Hi. I would like to apologize immensely for the ridiculously late update, and thank everyone who has been patient and encouraged me to keep writing this fic. You are all wonderful, amazing, beautiful humans! I do have the next three chapters finished but unedited, so I will fine-tune them and spam them throughout the week!

A side note: I now that we now have confirmation that season 2 will be out this December and that Alya will be the fox miraculous holder, but since I've already established Nathaniel as Marrenard in my story, I'm just going to stick with that. I do not think that I will be having Nino as the new turtle miraculous older, even though I totally support that headcanon, simply because I was thinking of adding in an OC or two to possibly be miraculous wielders. I might or I might not, but aside from super-characters, there will be the ~big reveal~ in this fic, and very soon too!

Ps, happy 2 years guys!

Thanks,

-LilacLuna14

Another day, another few hours at school, another Akuma attack. What with the rapidly cooling temperatures, Adrien was beginning to very much dislike the rather thin material of his Miraculous suit. After their Akuma-of-the-day was dealt with, both he and Ladybug were shivering like crazy. "I really need to talk with my Kwami about upgrading this suit." Ladybug said, wrapping her arms around herself to try and retain a bit of warmth.

"Yeah, and it's only going to get worse." Chat said. "We should probably go ahead and take off so we don't catch colds, yeah? Unless, of course, you'd be up for cuddling to stay warm?" He winked at Ladybug, who rolled her eyes as she walked to the edge of the building they were standing on. "Bye, Chat." She said before yo-yo-ing away. Chat Noir sighed, extending his stick to carry him off the building. When he de-transformed and arrived back home a bit later, he found Felix and Bridgette in the kitchen.

"What're you making?" Adrien asked, eyeing their flour-covered aprons. "Danishes. We made the dough earlier since it has to chill before you can use it, and when we started rolling it out, Felix got a little out of control." Bridgette explained with a smile. "How was school?" Felix asked as he went to check the beeping oven. "Pretty good. I can't believe how cold it is for early November, though. The classroom was like a freezer."

"Yeah, the weather is saying we might have snow come a little early this year." Felix said as he walked back over with a tray of danishes from the oven. "Well, what do you think?" The older Agreste asked Bridgette. "They look just about perfect! All we need for them now-" Bridgette grabbed a small sifter and a bag of powdered sugar. "-is some powdered sugar! Then you're welcome to taste-test if you'd like, Adrien. They're strawberry, by the way." Bridgette added as she sprinkled the sifted sugar over the pastries.

Adrien fell in love with these danishes after taking his first bite from one, and would have eaten every last pastry had Felix not forced him to stop after devouring five. "Leave some for us!" Felix scolded, but Bridgette only laughed and handed Adrien another one before he left to go upstairs and work on his homework.

Adrien dropped into his desk chair and turned on his computer, checking his digital calendar to see if he had anything besides homework for the rest of the day. There was nothing, thankfully, but he did notice the little note for next week's Thursday: that he and Felix were supposed to go over to Marinette's for Thanksgiving. Adrien did find it a little odd that they were celebrating an American holiday when Marinette and her family were not American to any degree, at least to his knowledge. They might have been and he simply wasn't aware of it, but he still found it odd.

Nevertheless, he was getting free - and very delicious - food. Plagg flew up and settled on his shoulder, munching on some camembert. "Are you feeling any better, Plagg? Not very uneasy anymore?" Adrien asked, and the small Kwami shook his head. "Not much, but still be on the lookout. I sensed some activation in the fox and bee miraculouses, and I'm a bit worried they may have fallen into bad hands." Plagg replied.

"Only a bit worried?" Adrien echoed. "Yeah. I don't really care so long as I have my cheese, but you know, I still kind of care about you and I definitely care about Ladybug's Kwami, and also kind of the person herself." Plagg said before gulping down the rest of his cheese. "Speaking of cheese, got any more?"

Marinette was absolutely exhausted. She had been up ridiculously late sewing the previous night, and was now completely out of energy thanks to the Akuma attack. When she got home after the Akuma attack and saw that Bridgette was gone, Marinette collapsed onto her bed and fell asleep. Tikki just giggled and went off to get some cookies, returning to her wielder's room once she had found her snack.

Tikki hoped that the new wielder of the actual fox miraculous would be decent, and that Marinette would at least give them a chance. Tikki knew that the Volpina incident had left a mark on Marinette, but what with the increasingly more dangerous Akuma beginning to surface, Ladybug and Chat Noir could use the help from the bee and fox miraculouses.

It was a couple of hours later that Bridgette finally returned home, and Marinette was still asleep. Bridgette giggled as she woke her younger cousin for dinner. "Marinette~," Bridgette said, repeatedly poking her cheek. "You've got to wake up! School starts in ten minutes!" She exclaimed, deciding to play a prank on Marinette. "Huwaa!" Marinette cried out as she woke up and leap from her bed. "Oh no! If I'm late for school again, I might get detention!" She said as she grabbed her school bag and jacket, then practically jumped out of her room.

It was a good few minutes before the younger bluenette came storming back up the stairs scowling. "Not funny," Marinette grumbled, and Bridgette and Tikki burst out laughing. "Man, that was priceless! Your face!" Bridgette said through her laughter. "It's not time for school, but it is time for my patrol. I'm supposed to meet Chat in about ten minutes, so I should head out." Marinette said as she set her jacket and bag down. "Tikki, spots on!" She cried, and transformed into Ladybug.

"Ah, I remember doing that like it was just yesterday." Bridgette said to herself. She hated to admit it, but she wished she were still Lady Luck. There was a freedom that came with wielding a miraculous that Bridgette sorely missed and couldn't find in anything else. Marinette, now transformed as Ladybug, walked over to her closet and fished out two capelets. "It's getting quite cold and our suits are very thin, and I just remembered I was working on these as a prototype for Alya. I figure they will work just as well as regular jackets, but will be a bit more moveable." Marinette explained as she wrapped the red and black-spotted capelet around herself, buttoning it shut.

"It looks wonderful, Marinette. I'm sure Chat Noir will love his." Bridgette said, then waved to the balcony. "Go on and get your patrol done. I don't think your parents will be back for a good while, but if they do get home early, I'll keep them occupied." Marinette smiled gratefully. "Thanks. Guess I'm off, then!" She climbed out onto her balcony and yo-yo-ed away into the setting sun. Bridgette sighed and headed downstairs to start working on a few things for the bakery tomorrow.

By the time Ladybug made it to the meeting point, the sun had almost disappeared entirely beneath the horizon. "Good evening, My Lady. Glad to see you on this wonderful evening." Chat greeted her through a shiver, and she all but threw the black and green fuzzy capelet at him. "I made us these to help stay warm." She said as he held it up, then put it on and fastened it. "Thank you very much, Ladybug." Chat said with a genuine, non-flirtatious smile. "Now, should we get going or-" Ladybug cut herself off when she saw a flash of orange-brown movement out of the corner of her eye.

"What was that?" She asked, pulling out her yo-yo. "You think it's an Akuma?" Chat replied in a question. "Maybe, but two in one day?" "Wouldn't be the first time." Chat said, drawing his baton. Some landed next to them, and both heroes attacked at the same time. "Woah!" The person said, jumping away. "Cut it out! I'm not an Akuma!" "That's exactly what an Akuma would say." Ladybug said, but nevertheless, she pulled back her yo-yo in favor of spinning it menacingly in her hand.

"Who are you?" Chat Noir asked. "I'm Marrenard, the new wielder of the fox miraculous." He said, showing them the foxtail pendant on his necklace. This only appeared to make Ladybug angrier, as she stepped closer and swung her yo-yo at him once. "The fox miraculous was Akuma-tized and in the hands of Hawkmoth; that's old news. What makes your story any more convincing than Lila's, huh? A magic box appeared in your room with a Kwami and jewelry and suddenly you're a superhero?"

"Well, yeah, actually," Marrenard said, stepping back from Ladybug. "My Lady." Chat Noir said, setting a hand on her shoulder. "Don't overreact. He isn't Volpina, and who knows? He might actually be the real deal. We could use the help, you know, and maybe the awakening of a new miraculous could be why our Kwamis were feeling off a little bit back." Ladybug had mentioned to her partner that her Kwami had been feeling off a bit ago, and when he said the same, they had both been fairly concerned.

"Please put it away." Chat said, referring to her yo-yo. He had already tucked his baton away. "Fine," Ladybug grunted, reattatching her yo-yo to her hip. "So what do you want?" She asked Marrenard bitterly. "To help you guys beat Hawkmoth." He replied. "I've been Akuma-tised before. I'm not sure how I remember it, but I do, and I know that I was horrible and tried to hurt people when I was under that influence. I don't want other people to get hurt from everything going on with this, and I don't want people to have to face the same regret that I feel if they remember being Akuma-tised."

"Alright, but how do you remember being Akuma-tised? That's never happened to anyone but Lila, and I'm not really sure how much she actually remembers." Chat Noir said, brow furrowing. "I have no idea. My Kwami, Reynard, was just as confused as us." Marrenard said. Ladybug was still uncharacteristically silent, her distrust and prejudice towards him painfully obvious.

"I think we should give him a chance. What about you, Ladybug?" Chat questioned, looking to his partner. She slid her blue eyes over to meet his bright green ones, and sighed. "Fine." She stomped over to Marrenard and stuck her pointer finger in his face. "You make even one move out of line, or give me one reason to doubt you, you'd wish you'd never approached me." Ladybug spun on her heel and walked to the edge of the building. "You can take him through the entire patrol route, Chat. I'm heading home." She threw her yo-yo and swung off.

Chat Noir sighed and ran a hand through his hair, being careful with his claws. "I'm really sorry about her." He said, walking over to Marrenard. "She can be difficult sometimes. And the incident with the false fox miraculous wielder who was actually an Akuma, well... it's a touchy subject for her." Marrenard nodded and gave a small smile. "I get it. Trust is a slow thing, but thanks for putting your faith in me, Chat. I hope I can work well with you and sometime maybe Ladybug too."

Chat nodded and stretched. "Alright, so how about I take you through our usual patrol route? SInce we'll be doing the full, it's a bit time-consuming, so I hope you didn't have any other plans for this evening." Marrenard shook his head. "Nope, I got nothing else." Chat grinned widely. "Then let's go!"