I'm just gonna reply to a few reviews lol

Matt- Hm that's a wonderful idea! I'm gonna do that!

D3lph0xL0v3r- WELL CLEMONT'S ALREADY BEEN AKUMATIZED SO THEY'RE SAFE THERE. AND I MEAN AS LONG AS NO ONE ASKS HIM ANYTHING SPECIFIC HE'LL BE GOOD.

AND I DONT KNOW WHO VOLPINA (OR "RENA ROUGE") IS GONNA BE YET BECAUSE I KEEP SWITCHING BETWEEN PEOPLE-

A guest- "an MLG version of it and send it to youtube" What does that even mean? XD

Anyhoo let the chapter begin!

"Maybe Serena is Ladybug!"

"WHAT?!" Ash exclaimed in surprise. "Why would you think that?"

"I mean it makes sense. If you acted weird like that with Ladybug, and Serena has that mark on her neck, there has to be a connection!" Clemont remarked, putting all the pieces together.

"B-but there's no way! Surely I would've figured it out by now. I'm not that stupid!"

"Well..."

"Hey!"

"Sorry! I'm not saying it's true, it's just something to consider." Clemont raised his hands innocently.

"Whatever. Let's just get back to lunch..." Ash sighed and turned to leave. "C'mon and hide, Plagg," Plagg zoomed into the boy's jacket and hid inside.

"That explains a lot," the blonde inventor remarked. "You hit yourself yesterday in the same place Plagg flew to."

"Yeah, he's annoying, so that happens a lot."

"Hey!" a muffled voice yelled from inside Ash's jacket. The boys laughed at the kwami's outburst and began the return to their table in the cafeteria, where Serena and Misty were hurriedly trying to apply makeup to the mark on her neck. Ash thought about what Clemont had said.

'Clemont does have a good point about Ladybug. Serena does look a lot like her, and the mark on her neck would've been the same spot...' he shook his head to dismiss the thought.

'But there's no way they're the same person'

"Hey guys! What were you guys sneaking away for?" Gary grinned. "Are you two hiding something?"

"I just wanted to ask him something in private," Clemont replied

"Hmm, no secret love?" the brunette smirked.

"Gary!"

"Don't worry! I don't ship you two!" Gary replied with a smile. "I ship you and Se-"

Ash jumped across the table to cover Gary's mouth before he could finish the statement. Everyone stared at him in confusion.

"What was that all about?" Misty questioned.

"Nothing! L-let's just change the subject..." the boy flushed, and lightly punched his chest when he heard quiet and muffled laughter.

•~•~•

"To recap, the school will be hosting an art competition this weekend! First prize winner gets professional art supplies and $100!" Professor Oak announced happily. Students muttered in slight interest. Not many people in the class were very dedicated to art. Well, except...

"Amazing! I am definitely gonna enter that!" Tracey, the class artist, exclaimed in determination.

"I think you'll definitely win!" Ash piped up, turning around in his desk to face the passionate artist. Tracey smiled in response before a snarky voice exclaimed.

"No one is going to win that competition except me!" Harley, the dramatic classmate, challenged.

"Harley, you don't even like art, how do you expect to compete, let alone win, an art competition?" May remarked. The brunette had a special place in her heart for Harley. It was the place where she wanted him to die.

"I have my ways..." the purple haired boy said mischievously. Everyone in the class sweatdropped at his behavior.

"Well, I'm rooting for Tracey," May retorted.

"Same here, he's super talented." In the seat beside the brunette, Dawn agreed.

"I think everyone here knows Tracey has more drawing talent in his finger than you do in your whole body," Misty crossed her arms and smirked.

"Oooo burn!" Plagg shouted from Ash's jacket. The boy's face turned red when everyone in the class stared at him in confusion. He nervously pretended to cough.

"Aha, sorry, I'm losing my voice!" he lied, doing a horrible Plagg impression. Clemont facepalmed as the class bought the excuse.

"Anyway, the point is, Tracey is gonna win," May said to Harley.

"Alright guys, let's lighten up on Harley. It's okay to be a little competitive..." Tracey sweatdropped, defending the boy.

"You know he doesn't like art as much of you, Trace." May began. "He's got some other agenda going on, I know it!"

"Let's just let him compete. There's no harm in that!"

"See, Tracey trusts me!" Harley pointed to the boy in question. "Why don't you?"

"Uh, because I know you," the brunette deadpanned before rolling her eyes.

"Alright, let's begin normal lessons before this goes any further!" Professor Oak interrupted. The students all settled in their seats, albeit somewhat reluctantly, and started class.

•~•~•

"Man, I don't have any clue what to draw!" Tracey whined, resting his head on the lunch table.

"You have so many great sketches in your sketchbooks, why don't you enter one of those?" Dawn asked, flipping through pages and pages of drawings.

"They aren't good enough!" he replied, moving his head up only to bring it back down to hit the table.

"What are you talking about?! These are all, like, photorealistic!" May exclaimed, looking over Dawn's shoulder.

"Honestly, these look like actual black and white copies of photographs Rotom has taken." Elio remarked, sipping a juice box.

"Can I look through Rotom's photo gallery for inspiration?" Tracey suddenly shot up with stars in his eyes.

"I'd say go nuts, but Rotom stayed up all night watching some detective show, so he had to stay home to charge. Sorry." The boy apologized.

"Aw, man..."

"Maybe you can go outside and see if there's a nice scene to draw?" May suggested. "That seems to be your specialty."

"I want to go out of my comfort zone... I think I want to draw people!"

"Oh, then you should draw us," Dawn joked. Everyone knew artists hated when people said that.

"Har har," Tracey rolled his eyes. "I want to draw someone that everyone knows, so it's more recognizable, you know?"

"What, like Ladybug and Chat Noir?" Elio meant that as a joke, but Tracey took it seriously. He jumped up and leaned far over the table to be face to face.

"That's perfect! Elio, you're a genius!"

"W-wait, what?"

"I'll draw Ladybug and Chat Noir!"

"Wait, wait wait wait..." Dawn began. "How are you gonna draw them from memory, or how would you get them to pose for you?"

"Uh... Good point..."

"Why don't you find people that look like them? They'd probably be flattered that you think they look like superheroes." May suggested.

"Great idea! But... Who do we know that looks like Ladybug and Chat Noir? I don't want to go up to a stranger!" Tracey asked.

"Hmm... Oh! Serena, this year's new girl? She could probably give you a good enough image of Ladybug!" Dawn chimed. "They look a lot alike!"

"And Ash would probably make a legit looking Chat Noir." May said.

"You're right! They would be perfect! But... I don't know them very well. I remember Ash cheering me on earlier, but we aren't really friends... And Serena... I thought her name was Ceres..."

"Oh my arceus, Tracey!" Elio laughed. "Wow, you're such a weirdo..."

"No need to worry! Serena is super sweet. She comforted me after I- uh, y'know- she's nice." The bluette explained.

"And Ash is nice, too. He's super enthusiastic about literally everything, and would jump at the chance to try something new." May told him.

"I... still don't want to go over there alone..." Tracey grabbed a sketchbook and hid his face behind it.

"Hey," May pulled the sketchbook down. "We'll go over and ask with you, kay?"

"Really?"

"Of course! Now let's go before lunch ends!"

The four all stood up and shuffled over to where Ash and Serena we're sitting. They were with Misty, Gary, and Clemont like usual. They all looked up at the four in mild surprise.

"What's up?" Ash asked with a smile. May, Dawn, and Elio pushed Tracey ahead as the boy awkwardly cleared his throat.

"Well... I decided on what to draw for the art competition, and was wondering if you, well Ash and Serena, could help me..."

"You want our help?" Serena smiled and lightly blushed. "What are you wanting to draw?"

"Ladybug and Chat Noir."

.

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"W-what?!" Ash panicked and turned bright red all over, almost letting Pikachu mistake him for a weird bottle of ketchup. Serena's face turned pink, but she was able to keep her composure. The others at the table all had wide eyes as well, especially Clemont.

'H-HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW?! AND WHY IS HE ASKING SERENA TOO?! OH ARCEUS IS SHE-'

"You two look similar to them, so I was wondering if you could like, pose, so I can get a bit of a sketch." Tracey explained, mildly concerned about their previous reactions.

"Um, I'd love to! B-but I have Showcase practice..." Serena remarked.

"Oh, Dawn and May do that!" he motioned to the two girls. They waved. "It ends at 5, right? Are you not free after that?"

"Um... Well... I guess I am free afterwards..." the honey blonde couldn't think of an excuse. "I'll pose for you, i-if Ash does, too!"

"Really?" Tracey's face lit up. "Ash, what about you?"

"U-um..." Ash nervously met the boys eyes. He seemed so determined and desperate, who was he to crush him? "I'm free anytime!"

The smile Tracey gave in response could light up Prism Tower.

"That's amazing! Uh, I usually watch May and Dawn practice, so I can meet you there, Cere-Serena! You guys can come over to my house and we'll get started right away!"

"Sounds good," Serena lightly smiled.

"I'll meet you at the practice, too." Ash said, still very panicked.

"Great! See you then!" Tracey began to leave with May and Elio, but Dawn lingered for a bit.

"Serena, you look like you tried to cover something on your neck with makeup." she remarked.

"W-what?!"

"It's too pale for you. If you wanna hide something, you should use the right foundation!" Dawn winked before walking away. Serena's jaw dropped to the ground before frantically turning to Misty.

"Fix it fix it FIX IT!" she shrieked. Misty sweatdropped as Serena began to shuffle through her bag for her own makeup.

Meanwhile, Harley stood on the other side of the lunchroom, lurking. He strut over to a table where a certain short, blue-haired girl sat. She was chatting with her group of friends when Harley approached.

"Miette, I need your help with something," he said, catching her attention.

"What? Why would I help you?" the girl rolled her eyes and turned back to her friends.

"I need you to help sabotage an entry for the art competition." Harley explained. Slightly interested, Miette faced him again.

"Why?"

"I want that grand prize. $100 plus expensive art supplies equals lots of money."

"And would I get any of that money?"

"Of course," Harley grinned and held out his hand. "So you'll help me, deal?" Miette took his hand and shook it.

"Deal,"

•~•~•

~Skipping Tracey drawing them because I tried to write it 5 times and gave up~

"Go Tracey!" Bonnie exclaimed as she and the others stepped into the space where all the contest entries were held.

"Bonnie, that's not how these things work," Clemont remarked and bumped her shoulder.

"It should be,"

"No... It shouldn't,"

"Who cares? Let's look at all the art!" Gary exclaimed and pushed in front of them.

"Where's Tracey's drawing?" Misty turned to Ash and Serena curiously.

"Not sure, it's not like they tell you where it is." the raven haired boy replied, shrugging.

"We'll find it. We should look at some other art though, too." Serena suggested, walking ahead and staring at a few pieces on display.

"I guess,"

Eventually they found the drawing they were looking for, and they all loved it. Ash and Serena stood proudly as the others admired it. They soon moved on, looking at the rest of the art. After a while of walking around the whole gallery, a voice was heard over an intercom, saying the judging process was about to begin, and that everyone should leave for a moment so they could do their thing. Everyone left, except an evil two people.

"Okay, so what exactly are we doing?" Miette asked, carrying a bunch of paint and paintbrushes.

"We have to find the best piece of art in here and cover the signature. Then I put my own over it. Easy." Harley explained, examining the art around him.

"Well hurry and find a picture! The judges are gonna walk in here soon!"

"Yeah yeah..." he scanned the room until he found what almost looked like an actual photograph of Ladybug and Chat Noir. "That one!" he and Miette ran over to it and checked for a signature.

"There's nothing there! Are you kidding me?!" the bluette threw all the paint onto the ground angrily.

"That just makes it easier!" Harley grabbed a pen and wrote his name on the bottom of the paper. To be thorough, he carefully unstuck it from the wall and painted white over the real artist's name. Surely it was a foolproof plan.

"Alright, let's get out of here." Sticking the paper back to the wall, Harley grinned. "We'll get that first prize in no time!"

"Wait, what?!" Tracey stared in disbelief as the judges announced his entry as the winner... but made by a different artist.

"Harley! Come up and receive your first prize!" Professor Oak smiled proudly, gesturing to the aforementioned boy. The purplette strut up to the stage and took a trophy, a big box of art supplies, and a check for $100.

"Thank you, thank you!" He cried dramatically. "It's such an honor to receive this award! I couldn't have done it without you marvelous judges, and of course, the great Ladybug and Chat Noir for being my models! We're all besties!"

"What?!" Ash and Serena growled. Yeah they had agreed to model, but they hadn't agreed to model, and they most certainly weren't 'besties' with Harley.

"That's not his art! That's my art! This is theft!" Tracey yelled at Oak.

"Of course this is mine! It has my name on it..." Harley grinned and pointed to the bottom corner, revealing his signature in black paint.

"That's proof enough. You can't disprove a signature." A judge remarked.

"W-wha... Did I forget to put my name on..." Tracey began to trail off, too confused and stunned to finish. Elio, May, and Dawn ran up to him, offering support.

"No need to worry, we'll get this sorted out!" Dawn said, resting her hand on his shoulder.

"Stay calm," May whispered, taking his hand in hers.

"Everyone knows Harley is a manipulative jerk, people will be on your side." Elio patted his back. Tracey shook them away and turned around, walking toward the exit.

"Tracey, wait!" Serena grabbed his arm before he could leave. "Don't go out on your own like this! It could be dangerous!" The boy escaped her grasp but she quickly recaptured him.

"Don't let your emotions get the best of you, stay here and we'll fix this." she begged. Tracey glared at her, his sadness turning into anger.

"Just leave me alone!" he shouted, and shoved her back. Serena tripped and fell backwards onto the floor, letting out a sharp "ow!"

"Hey!" Ash yelled, and ran to the fallen girl, suddenly feeling protective. "What was that all about?!"

Ash helped Serena to her feet as Tracey left the auditorium. Everyone had a hunch something bad might happen, but the teachers continued with the award ceremony. Clemont tapped on Ash's shoulder with a stern look on his face. The boy nodded in response, knowing what he meant.

"Hey, uh, we gotta use the bathroom, so we'll be back, okay?" Ash lied with a nervous smile.

"I thought it was girls who go to the bathroom together, not guys," Gary deadpanned.

"Well we both need to go!"

"Okay~ You're lucky I'm already an Amourshipper, or else I'd ship you two!" the brunette winked.

"Amour what? Whatever, let's go, Clemont." The two ventured into the hallway and into the bathroom where nobody was nearby.

"Are we sure I need to transform yet? I mean he might not get akumatized?" Ash asked.

"Better safe than sorry, now transform!" Clemont remarked, carrying a somewhat excited tone in his voice.

"Wait, what was that?"

"What was what?"

"You sound all excited... Are you... fanboying over me right now?"

"..."

"OH MY ARCEUS YOU TOTALLY ARE!" Ash burst into laughter and hunched over, clutching his sides.

"I just really wanna see you transform!" the blonde squeaked, face red and glasses completely white. "What does it look like?"

"I don't know! It just feels like things get tighter since it's y'know, leather."

"Well I wanna watch, so..." Clemont jumped onto the sinks and sat with his legs dangling above the floor. "Go ahead."

"Alright..." Ash opened his jacket, letting Plagg out. He blushed a little. For some reason, it felt embarrassing to transform in front of someone.

"Enjoy the show, kid!" Plagg giggled.

"Plagg, claws out!"

When Chat Noir emerged from the magic, he found Clemont on the floor, crying with laughter.

"What the hell, man?" he asked, blushing furiously under his mask.

"You- you look like-" Clemont couldn't create any comprehensible sentences through his laughing and wheezing. "You transformed like a magical girl!"

"What's wrong with that?!"

"Your face when you put on the mask! And your poses!" Clemont got up and horribly imitated a pose. He couldn't nail it due to his continued laughter.

"It's not that funny!"

"It's hilarious!" Clemont wiped away a tear of joy.

"Whatever..." the cat grumbled.

•~•~•

"I can't believe this!" Tracey exclaimed, trying to tear his hair out in frustration. "That no good liar took all of my credit!" Sensing the anger and hostility, Papilusion reached out to him. A little black Butterfree fluttered into a pencil he was on the verge of breaking. His face darkened as a purple outline of a Butterfree appeared.

"The injustice of theft needs to be countered! I am Papilusion, and I will help you get revenge on that thief if you help me. I want you to get me the miraculous stones from Ladybug and Chat Noir!" She said with a wicked grin. "Do you accept?"

"I accept, Papilusion!" the boy smirked as he was covered in black and purple. He emerged in a white paint splattered body suit, with black boots and gloves. A pen in one hand and a drawing tablet in the other, he was ready for his revenge. He burst back into the auditorium, where all the winners had given their speeches and people were about to leave.

"You think you can get away with stealing my work? Think again!" 'Evillustrator' yelled and drew a sharp, metal shuriken to copy and throw at Harley. The purplette barely managed to dodge them.

"Who do you think you are?!"

"I am the true creator of that first prize, Evillustrator! That drawing is mine!"

"Tracey?" May gasped, covering her mouth as tears threatened to escape her eyes. Dawn and Elio were next to her, completely shocked.

"I'm not here to hurt you, I'm here to hurt him!" Evillustrator explained, and made the shuriken bigger before firing it again. The danger caused everyone to quickly run away, leaving the auditorium almost empty, except Harley and Evillustrator.

"H-hey now! Take it easy, if I give you part of my prize, will you leave me alone?" Harley bargained. His response was nearly a shuriken to the face. Evillustrator backed him to the wall with a threatening look. "What if I give you full credit?"

"You think you can get away with stealing my creation? Think again!" the villain prepared to attack again but was stopped by a yoyo wrapping around his waist and pulling him back.

"Why don't you think again!" Ladybug said triumphantly. She dragged him back to her.

"Ugh, Ladybug, how dare you try to stop me!" Evillustrator wriggled out of the string and drew a glass box, placing it over the superheroine to fall and trap her. Before gravity could completely do its work, a baton appeared out of seemingly nowhere and tossed it away. Chat Noir appeared after it and shortened it to it's original length.

"Cat of the shadows, I made the purrfect entrance!" he cheered.

"Chat! I'm glad you're here!"

"Glad to be here, M'Ladybug!" the cat grinned.

"Yeah okay Mr. Eros,"

"H-Hey!" Chat began blushing furiously as Ladybug stopped her bantering. She managed to catch Evillustrator's drawing arm and yell at Harley to run.

"Get out of here, quick!" she yelled, and the boy happily followed the instruction. "Oh, and by the way. We aren't 'besties'" she deadpanned, causing Harley to blush a little in embarrassment.

"On your way out, be sure to confess what happened!" Chat extended his baton to block the boy's path until he agreed.

"A-alright, I will! I promise!"

"Good."

Harley ran away as fast as possible just as Evillustrator untangled his hand from the yoyo. He glared at the two heroes and began drawing again, creating balls and chains stuck to their feet. Ladybug and Chat Noir tried to move, but it was too difficult.

"That'll keep you in place." Evillustrator growled, starting in the direction Harley ran.

"What a coward! You lock us here because you're afraid to fight or something?!" Chat exclaimed, balling his fists. The villain laughed.

"It's funny that you think I should be scared of you. What can you two do? All you do is destroy things and you can only make one thing at a time. Not to mention you lose your power once you use it! You're nothing compared to me."

"You sound like those jerkface artists who think they're better than everyone!"

"Yes, except I am better!" Evillustrator chuckled and walked away, leaving the two alone.

"How are we gonna get out of this?" Ladybug wondered aloud, tapping her free foot.

"Here, I'll destroy your chain and let you go after him. I'll catch up." Chat summoned a Cataclysm and turned her chain to ash.

"Thanks, Chat. Are you sure you'll be okay on your own?"

"I'll be fine, no worries." he shooed her away and waited a moment to detransform. Plagg zoomed out of Ash's ring.

"You do realize you'll have to regenerate me, transform, regenerate again, and then transform again, right?" the kwami questioned.

"I can shake off a few of those steps. Go see if Clemont is still in the bathroom, he's got something to cut metal in his backpack."

"That kid has the weirdest things..."

"Yeah, but it's helpful, so go get him!"

"Fine." Plagg flew away, down the hall slightly and into the bathroom. He kept close to the ceiling, since most people weren't looking up there. He phased through the door and saw Clemont and Gary. Great. How is he supposed to get the inventor's attention.

Noticing Gary had his back turned to him, Plagg started flying in circles, trying to draw the blonde's eyes up to him. He could hear Gary constantly questioning where Ash had gone, and Clemont didn't know how to properly answer. It was fairly easy to get the boy to see Plagg, since his eyes were wandering anywhere but Gary.

"Go to the auditorium!" Plagg mouthed, frantically motioning his little arms outside the bathroom.

"Um, I'll be right back," Clemont excused himself.

"Where are you going this time?!" Gary asked.

"Uh... S-somewhere, er, alone!"

"What the heck..?"

"Just stay here!"

Clemont rushed out of the bathroom with Plagg close behind. The kwami led him to the auditorium, where Ash was waiting.

"That didn't take as long as I expected," he remarked.

"What happened?"

"What can I say? This double life is a ball and chain!" the boy winked, and Clemont lightly slapped him.

"If you're gonna make puns, make them funny," he mumbled as he brought a cutoff saw out of his bag. He carefully cut through the metal band around Ash's ankle, effectively freeing him.

"Thanks Clemont," Ash smiled, giving Plagg a piece of cheese. "That made things a little bit easier."

"Anytime,"

"Alright Plagg, claws out!" he chanted right when the kwami swallowed the last bit of cheese. He transformed into Chat once again, greeted by stifled giggling from Clemont. "Shut up,"

Chat ran in the direction he had seen Ladybug go, and eventually found her fighting Evillustrator outside the cafeteria, where Harley had apparently taken refuge. She threw her yoyo at him, but he caught it, spun her around, and flung her right into Chat Noir.

"Wow! Looks like you fell for me!" he smirked and was replied with a retracting yoyo to the face.

"Now's not the time for flirting, we gotta figure out how to distract him and take his pen or his tablet! One of those has to carry the akuma."

"Use your lucky charm?" Chat suggested.

"Right, of course. Lucky Charm!" Ladybug shouted, tossing her yoyo into the air. It produced a red and black spotted rubber duck.

"A duck? Is it bath time?" Chat asked sarcastically. Ladybug rolled her eyes and scanned the room, finding a water fountain nearby.

"I have an idea... Distract him really quick, okay?" Ladybug ran off to the fountain.

"Where are you going, Ladybug? You aren't gonna be able to stop me with a rubber duck!" Evillustrator laughed and drew a few blades to throw at her. They we're all deflected by Chat.

"Why don't you fight me? You pitiful excuse for an artist!" He exclaimed, purposefully pushing his buttons.

"How dare you!" the villain cried, furiously throwing anything he could quickly draw at him. He blocked them all easily.

"That all you got?" he taunted, bringing about more things to be thrown at him.

He didn't have to stall much longer, because Ladybug came back with a rubber duck full of water. She threw it right at Evillustrator, causing it to squeeze slightly from the impact, spurting water everywhere. It landed all over his tablet.

"Ugh, what on Earth was that?! You think you can stop me with a little water?" Evillustrator exclaimed angrily, creating another drawing. However, he couldn't create lines because the water was messing up the tablet. "What?"

"Water tends to mess with practically anything you could draw on," Ladybug smirked, and cheekily tossed her yoyo around the pen, pulling it back to her. She snapped it in half and was happy to see a little black Butterfree fly out of it.

"You'll have to try harder than that, little akuma!" she said and captured it. Once she released it, it grew to the size of a normal Butterfree and flew away. "Bye bye little Butterfree!"

"Miraculous Ladybug!" the heroine chanted happily and released magic through the school, and it turned Tracey back to normal.

"W-what happened?" the boy asked fearfully.

"You were akumatized, but everything is okay now." Ladybug replied, helping him to his feet.

"I was akumatized? Did I hurt anyone?!" he was suddenly extremely terrified and shaky.

"You didn't hurt anyone, don't worry." she assured him.

"Thank Arceus..." he sighed in relief.

"You should go to those judges and explain what happen. Harley promised to confess, so you'll get your credit. If not, Harley will have to deal with me!" Chat remarked with a proud smile. "Your picture is amazing by the way, thanks so much for drawing us!"

"Yeah! That's the best thing I've ever seen! Don't ever give up on your passion for drawing, you're so amazing!" Ladybug cheered as one of the spots on her earrings disappeared. "I have to go. Thanks again for drawing us!"

Ladybug began sprinting away, but Chat still had something to say to her before she left. He quickly caught up and got her attention.

"Wait, Ladybug, hold on a sec,"

"What is it?"

"I... I know you don't want us to know each other's identities, but I just have one question, and I want you to answer honestly!"

"Go on..." Ladybug spoke cautiously as another spot disappeared.

"Do you go to this school?" The two of them stayed quiet for a good while, to the point that another spot disappeared. "The truth, please."

"...Yes, I go here. Do you?"

"...Yes," Chat answered. "That's all I wanted to know. See you around... Maybe in the halls!" Ladybug watched his vanishing form for a moment before remembering she was going to detransform soon. She hid in a janitor closet.

"Spots off, Tikki." she whispered, and the red kwami appeared in a flash of pink.

"How do you feel?" Tikki asked.

"I feel shook," the honey blonde responded. Tikki glared at her.

"Seriously?"

"What? That's all I can think of to describe how I feel!"

"Alright then. Ready to go find everyone?"

"Let me just calm down in here for a moment." Serena slowly slide down the door onto the ground.

"Why did that shake you up so much?" Tikki wondered, cuddling up to the girl.

"I don't know... I guess it's just that it freaks me out that he's kind of guessing who I am. What if he doesn't like the real me?"

"That's what you're worried about?" the kwami almost laughed. "Well why would you care what he thinks of you? You have your friends, and that's all that matters."

"But... Ladybug is this amazing hero. She's confident, she's smart, cunning, amazing,"

"She's you,"

"I feel like Ladybug and I are completely different people, y'know? I'm kind of a pushover, I'm all insecure. Heck, I've even wondered if I annoy my friends 24/7. I know it's not true, but I can't help it." Serena rested her head on her knees.

"Look Serena, you're an amazing girl. Don't let your insecurities get the best of you!"

"You think so?"

"I know so!"

"Thanks, Tikki" the girl smiled and cupped her hands around the kwami in a makeshift hug.

"Way to go, Chat! Or Ash... Do I still call you Ash like that?" Clemont asked Chat as he began to detransform. They were once again in the bathroom. Once the magic faded and Plagg was again visible, the boy replied.

"I dunno, call me whichever. Well, don't call me Chat at school though, that would give me away." he said as he handed Plagg a big piece of Camembert.

"Got it! Anyway, you did great! You only needed someone to save you once!" the blonde giggled as Ash playfully punched his shoulder.

"Har har,"

"Let's go find everyone else. I'm sure they're wondering where we've been," Clemont suggested.

The boys were about to open the door to leave when the loud crash of a stall door being flung open sounded behind them. It was closely followed by a familiar voice.

"GOING TO THE BATHROOM, HUH?!" Gary exclaimed after kicking open a stall he was hiding in.

To be continued...

A/N: That was pretty evil oops. Oh well. I was gonna add another cliffhanger and give you all two things to scream at me about, but my friend told me not to, so :/

Y'know the lucky charm producing a rubber duck? You know where I got that from? A CHILD. My friend's 5 year old sister is obsessed with ML and somehow she forced me to role play with her. She did her lucky charm thing and threw a rubber ducky in the air making... A rubber duck. The way it destroyed the villain is it accidentally hit her sister's foot XD so thanks for the help smol child

So ye, hope you enjoyed! Forgive me for typos T^T