Alliances: Part Three

Epilogue

Seraphina nearly fell through the door, dragging her two suitcases behind her as her backpack and purse fell off of her shoulders. Her platinum blonde hair was pulled roughly into a ponytail, and her moss green eyes glittered brightly. "Mom, I'm home!"

Evangeline popped her head out from around the corner, her mousy brown hair a mess. "Oh, Seraphina! Did the bus just drop you off?"

Seraphina nodded, grinning. "Paris was amazing, Mom! I wish I could live there. Everyone was so nice, too!"

Evangeline smiled sweetly. "That's so wonderful, sweetie. Care to explain what you were doing inside an abandoned home, though?"

Seraphina froze on her way to her room. "What?"

"Don't try to play innocent." Evangeline crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow at her daughter. "The school called and said you had disappeared a few nights after you had arrived, and when you came back, everyone was boasting about going into some abandoned house surrounded by the police. Why?"

Seraphina blushed. "I-it was just a stupid dare! I didn't get hurt or caught, though!"

Evangeline sighed, pulling a bent letter out of her pocket. "The school sent this."

Seraphina didn't even need to see what it said. She had been expelled enough in the past four years to know what it was; Seraphina was beginning to believe she would experience all of the United States schools before she graduated. Her vision blurred as she bit her lip. "I'm sorry."

Evangeline shoved it back into her pocket. "It was perfect timing, actually. I just got a new job." She smiled. "You won't believe where."

Seraphina peeked from underneath her hair. "Where…?"

"Paris."

Seraphina's eyes widened. She squealed, but quickly clapped her hands over her mouth. "Oh my gosh, really?!"

Evangeline nodded, chuckling. "This job will be good for us, sweetie. They're even willing to help you find a school."

Seraphina fist-pumped the air. "Oh, my gosh! I'm going to Paris again!" She suddenly looked a little ashamed. "I mean, I'm sorry about getting expelled again, but…"

Evangeline laughed at her daughter's antics. "It's something new! We've never lived abroad before. It will be exciting."

"Oh. Em. Gee. Mom. I need to show you this, then!" Seraphina rushed over to the counter, yanking out her computer and turning it on. She pulled up the internet and showed her mother the Ladyblog, a famous website popular in Paris. "These are the heroes of Paris! They're the ones that had saved it right before I had arrived! So cool, right?! I mean, superheroes are real!"

Evangeline smiled softly as her daughter brought up the French website. However, her smile faltered slightly as she saw the picture of the three Miraculous Wielders.

Seraphina rambled on, not noticing her mother's concerned look. "They're named after animals, too. Like, one is Chat Noir, which means Black Cat! And…" Seraphina listed off the other two, translating the French words into English needlessly; after all, her mother knew French, as well.

Chuckling, Evangeline rubbed her daughter's back. "Go ahead and start packing; we're heading out in a few weeks."

Squealing excitedly, Seraphina took off towards her room.

Evangeline gave the Ladyblog one last glance before closing the screen. "They're just kids," she murmured to herself, frowning in concern.

Seraphina dropped her bag off in her room, humming happily to herself as she quickly changed out of her travel clothes. Taking a quick shower, she returned to find something glinting on her floor.

"Whoops," she muttered. It must have fallen out when her bag had tipped over. Picking it up, she took a better look at the brooch.

When she had went into the house with her classmates, she had somehow or another managed to split off from them and had ended up in a circular room overlooking the Parisian night skyline. The brooch had glinted next to the window, and when she had picked it up, it had glimmered like fairy wings.

Now was no different. It glinted lavender and gold, making her think of dreams and wishes coming true. Her heart felt so full while holding it; she felt like she could do anything. Grinning, she pinned it onto her shirt.

A bright lavender light flashed in front of her, and she squinted her eyes shut in surprise. When she opened them again, a strange little creature with butterfly wings floated in front of her, looking weak and miserable before slowly floating to the ground.

She knelt down as the creature opened its eyes to stare at her. Whatever it was, it was obviously exhausted and hungry. Without thinking, she asked, "Can I help you?"

She instantly berated herself. Of course the little creature couldn't talk.

"Fruit," it rasped in French.

For a few seconds, Seraphina couldn't respond. Suddenly, she found herself racing down the stairs to the counter, grabbing a banana and tossing over her shoulder, "Got hungry!"

The creature hadn't moved at all while she had been gone. It slowly raised up at the sight of the banana, but it just thudded back onto the floor. Seraphina carefully peeled the banana and set it next to the odd creature.

A few moments passed in silence as it munched on the banana and Seraphina just sat and tried to comprehend what was happening. Finally, she asked in English, "What are you?"

"A kwami," it said around a mouthful of banana. It swallowed, emitting a satisfied sound. Somehow or another, the tiny thing had managed to put away over half of the fruit that was three times its size.

Thinking that was an unfamiliar French word, Seraphina tilted her head to the side. "What is a… kwami?" She asked in French.

"We're supposed to help those who wield us do good in the world," it explained in French, its voice not as hoarse anymore. "I am Nooroo."

Seraphina stared at Nooroo. "Can I call you Papi? It's short for Papillon." She couldn't consider calling this adorable creature something like Nooroo; no, she would rather use a shortened version of the word 'butterfly' in the language it was obviously more used to.

Nooroo - no, Papi nodded, sitting back. It seemed a lot more content now. It glanced around the room, curious. "Where are we?"

"Colorado in the U.S.! This is my room." At Papi's wide eyes, Seraphina quickly reassured it, "We're actually moving to Paris, so I can find your previous owner and - "

"No!" Papi trembled, shrinking against the backpack. "I… I don't want to be given back. Please don't do that."

Shocked, Seraphina stared at the little creature. "Okay," she finally said, sitting down in front of it. "So… what happened?"

Papi told her about its previous wielder, Hawk Moth, and what he had done. Distraught, it even told the girl about the other Miraculous wielders and how it hoped they would help fix everything now that it was gone.

Seraphina's head spun. "Wait, wait. So… you're telling me kwami grant normal people superhero powers?"

Papi nodded warily, slowly backing up. "Yes, but… I never wanted to be paired up with someone again since my last one…"

Seraphina clapped her hands together. "Oh, but I'll be good! I promise! I just think it's so cool!"

Papi slowly relaxed. "You're so nice, Seraphina."

Seraphina blushed. "Thank you, Papi." She hesitated before holding out her finger. "Friends…?"

"Friends!" Papi exclaimed excitedly, hugging the finger. Seraphina felt a zing race up her arm from where Papi had touched it, but she barely even noticed it. She grinned at her new friend, excited.

A/N: Just so everyone knows, this is not the end. I will be continuing the story under a new series name called "Buried Traits." Keep an eye out for it! I'm going to plot it all out first before I start posting, so it might be a few weeks before I get the first post up.

I hoped you all liked "Forgotten Memories" and that you will like "Buried Traits" just as much! BT will have more original content in it, and it will be focused more on Zamir's and Seraphina's story (much like how I had written Adrien and Marinette in FM).

I look forward to seeing you later! Enjoy!

Love, Max

Edit: In response to MiraculousFanForever's comment, I wanted to add that the new series "Buried Traits" WILL have Adrien and Marinette in it, along with their alter egos, Chat Noir and Ladybug... and, whenever those two are around, you know there will be moments. ;)