When Adrien's mother first disappeared, everything changed.

His father coped with the disappearance by throwing himself in his work. As a result, it deprived the boy of a father figure.

But Adrien found another way to cope with that deprivation. He turned to the only other person who was also affected by his mother's absence.

His older brother, Felix Agreste. He was older by five years and Gabriel Agreste's successor to the company. He had blonde hair like his younger brother but it lighter in color and unlike Adrien's hair, it was always combed back and kept perfect. He also had their father's piercing violet eyes although the shade was different. And unlike Adrien's casual attire, Felix always wore slacks, dress shoes and a vest over a button-down shirt and tie. If he was going to be the successor of the company, he might as well dress the part.

Felix was starting his final year in school when it happened and was the first to see the changes. Felix was the only one who went to public school but he was abruptly withdrawn from school and homeschooled along with his younger brother. Both were not allowed to leave the house without the gorilla to accompany them. And since both boys had no friends, they were imprisoned in their own rooms most of the time.

He also saw that their father was ignoring the needs of Adrien and took it upon himself to try to fill the void. Felix was not a very emotional person, people have often said that he was carbon copy of his father when it came to emotion and how he carried himself but he always resented that. At least he cared for his little brother when their father did not seem to.

Adrien knew that Felix was a caring person. Whenever Nathalie left them alone to their studies, Felix would help him by pointing at certain paragraphs in the textbooks that showed what he needed and if he did a good job on an assignment, he was rewarded with a soft ruffle on his head. Or when Adrien would have a disagreement with their father, Felix would just hug him close and let the boy stain his shirt with his tears. Telling him that everything will be oaky, even though they both knew that it would not.

Felix resented that he and his little brother were forced to model for their father. He knew Adrien's smile and the ones he would see plastered in the many fashion magazines were not his true smile. Their mother would never have allowed this if she were still around. He may not have shown but he missed her desperately and he knew that Adrien missed her as well.

Why did she leave?

Didn't she love her family?

If she did love them, why did she hurt them by leaving?

The elder brother tried to answer those questions during the year she was gone until he finally came up with a conclusion.

All he knew was that before she vanished, their mother talked about going to Tibet for reason that were unknown.

That was all he had to go on.

He made up his mind and told Adrien that very night.

"You're leaving too?"

Adrien was sitting at his desk when Felix walked in to tell him what he was going to do after their homeschooling was done for the year, it was only when it was close to bedtime did the older boy's hair look wild and unruly.

Felix nodded sadly, he sat front of his brother and pulled out an entry from their mother's diary.

"she started talking about going to Tibet but when I tried to look for the reason why," He turned the page and Adrien could see that a page had been ripped off, "Tibet has to be a clue Adrien."

The boy looked at the diary before using the swivel chair to turn away only for Felix to turn him back.

"Don't be like that Adrien if not me then who else will look for her?" He asked, putting a comforting hand on his little brother's shoulder, "We both know that father stopped trying but I won't."

Adrien picked his head slowly and Felix could see the sadness in his expressive green eyes.

"what if you don't come back?" He asked, his voice was cracking but he did his best keep himself from letting his emotions out.

Felix made a very rare soft smile got up from the extra chair he was sitting on and hugged his brother closer.

"I'll write," He said with a gentle tone in his voice, "Where I am going, I doubt it was have a good cell service."

That and he did not want his father to track him.

"Really?" Adrien's voice was muffled by the designer pajama top Felix wore.

"Yes, but I can't promise that they will be frequent," He answered, "There could be days if not weeks that you will never hear from me but I will write."

He gently pushed Adrien away from to look seriously in his eyes, "When you do get a letter, try to get them before Nathalie does."

For some reason, Felix did not trust their father's secretary. He did not like that she basically took over their lives, telling them what they should and should not do, monitoring their meals (how he hated that his precious little brother was barley getting a meal for the sake of modeling) and that she looked over them like a hawk and reporting everything they did to their father. He wondered if she had 'privacy' in her mental dictionary.

Adrien must've known his brother's personal feelings towards the woman and nodded, "I'll try but what if she gets them before I do."

Felix had a solution to that, "Remember the book series mother would read to us?"

"The Series of Unfortunate Events?" Adrien answered with a question.

He received a nod in return.

"I will make it that it is not completely obvious."

And with that he hugged his little brother one more time before leaving to solidify his plan.

Surprisingly, convincing their father was easy.

Felix explained that he wished to see the world before going to university for business. He had never been outside of France and wished to broaden his mind.

Gabriel was suspicious in why his oldest son suddenly expressed interest in travel but he knew that Felix was eighteen and old enough to make his own decision.

He gave his blessing and Felix made the plans to leave the following month.

"I can't go to Tibet right away so most likely I'll be in China for the time being," Felix told Adrien as he sat in the airport waiting room.

The gorilla was sent away to buy drink s for the boy but it was a lie Felix made up to keep him from listening.

Adrien nodded, "When will I know that you mad it there?"

"When I stop calling and my letters become scarce," His brother answered, he then gave the boy a serious look "Until then, I want you try to go to school."

The younger Agreste was surprised when his very serious and very responsible elder brother just told to make an effort to rebel.

"But… Father-"

"Is too damn overprotective," Maybe it was because he was finally taking the chance to get away from their father but Felix needed to say his grievances before he left and Adrien was the only one he could trust with them.

"The only reason I never complained about being forced to be homeschooled was because I didn't want you to be alone," He said in a whisper so no one could hear them, "I want you to have a life outside of that prison we call home and I want you to make real friends. I can't stand that Bourgeois brat hanging all over you and claiming to be your friend! You deserve better than this."

Felix noticed the Gorilla coming back and immediately began to change the subject.

"And that is why you need to listen to father Adrien. Just because I'm going away it does not mean that you have the freedom to slack off on your studies."

Adrien nodded, knowing the trick, "Yes Felix, I understand."

They received their drinks and waited for the boarding announcement.

Ten minutes later, it was announced and Felix stood up and hoisted the brown backpack over his shoulder.

"Well, I must be off Adrien."

The boy stood up as well to say his goodbye. "Okay. Have fun."

Felix looked at him for only a minute when his dropped his cold front and tearfully hugged his little brother for the last time. Adrien hugged back, grabbing the designer vest his brother wore tightly until his hands turned white, he breathed in the smell of peppermint and *sniff* cigarettes? Felix buried his nose in his brother's hair and smelled the aroma of vanilla shampoo, he tried his best to burn the memory of the boy's small body in his brain because he knew that he was not going to see for a long time.

They broke the hug but Felix moved his lips near Adrien's ear.

"Remember what I told you before the gorilla came."

Adrien nodded and waved bye to his older brother as he walked away from the waiting room.

He watched as Felix maneuvered around the crowd.

It was only when his brother turned the corner did he leave.

Now that would have been the end of the story but it wasn't.

Felix came back four months after leaving, he offered no explanation why to his father but when he was alone he explained why to Adrien.

"I'm telling you Adrien, a monk came up to me and told me to back home," He explained that night in Adrien's room.

The boy tilted his head and curled up on the couch that sat in front of the big tv, "So some random monk just walked up to you and said go home?"

Felix scratched the back of his neck, "It sounded like it. He walked up to me just when I was sure I had a good lead. He said, 'What you are looking for is not here, your place of origin is where you must be.' Or something like that, he was speaking Cantonese and you how good I am at that."

"I'll say," Adrien muttered, "Your English is better and you almost failed that subject."

"Exactly."

The two brothers laughed and Felix ruffled his younger brother's hair before deciding to change the subject.

"So, any luck trying to go to school?"

The youngest smiled and sighed, "Well…. I was able to make it half way before I got caught?"

Felix nodded and gave it a thought, "We'll try tomorrow, I'll guard the doors."

"Ok if you say so."

The older one smiled and decided to retire for the night after saying goodnight to his brother and leaving his room, Felix went to his room across Adrien's room.

Once he was in his room, Felix walked to his backpack that was thrown on his cream-colored bed dug through it after he unzipped it.

'I won't tell Adrien what else happened with that monk.'

Finding what he was looking for, Felix pulled his hand out and glared at the object in his hand.

It was a black hexagon shaped box with a red design on the top, he tried to open it numerous times but to no avail.

'What else did that guy say? 'What you are looking for is not here, your place of origin is where you must be…. when the times comes, you will be free'? what else did he say? I could not understand the rest,' Felix tried to decipher the riddle only for him to ruffle his own hair in frustration, 'I should have stayed in China! I had a great lead!'

But the tantrum subsided as he sat down on his bed, "Adrien looked happy seeing me again, he must have been very lonely."

With his mind made up, he put the box on the night table near his bed and crawled in the covers.

'I'm only staying here for Adrien.'

That was his final thought as he fell into a deep sleep, the black box lay undisturbed but it gave a faint green glow.

"What you are looking for is not here, your place of origin is where you must be. When the time comes, you will be free. Your other half is needed once more. The power of mischief is now yours."