Hey everyone. This is TheUltimateFangirl7. I'm finally updating this story. And I'm only a week late! I'm really sorry, I've just been very busy lately. School has finally picked up and I have a lot of homework, plus my school is doing a bunch of standardized testing required by the state right now and that's been really stressful. And to top it all off my Saturdays have been busy with marching band competitions and I haven't been getting much sleep due to my bronchitis. Luckily, today's competition was postponed due to weather and I was finally able to finishing writing chapter 6 and get it posted. Again, I'm really sorry. I'm not sure I'll be on time next weekend either, but I will certainly try.

Chow for now, TheUltimateFanGirl7

Adrien was staring at her. His mouth was hanging open and his eyes were wide. He looked shocked and dumbfounded. Any other time she would have giggled at the stupid look on his face, but right now the situation seemed serious. She watched as he silently opened and closed is mouth a few times before finally managing to choke out,

"A – another… dimension?!"

"Yeah," she answered his question with a small smile, "another dimension. Or maybe you'd rather call another universe? Or maybe another plane of existence?"

"H – h – how?! What?!" He managed.

"I'm… not entirely sure… Everything I know I learned by reading this journal." She said as she handed it to him. "Remember at school today when I said received some socking news? Yeah well…" She gestured to the notebook in his hands.

"He slowly opened it, still staring at her, then tore his gaze from her to actually read the contents. She watched him read the first couple of pages, tapping her foot impatiently with her arms crossed across her chest. He reached the page she had bookmarked and glanced back up at her.

"Wow." He breathed.

"Yeah." She replied.

It was at this point that Tikki and Plagg decided to rejoin the conversation.

"Did you say… another dimension?!" Tikki asked warily. She looked scared, her eyes had grown wide and her usually rosy-red skin had paled to a pretty pink color.

"Yeah…" Marinette responded hesitantly.

"That's not good! Plagg that's not good!" Tikki yelled turning to the cat kwami hovering next to her and virtually shaking the life out of him.

"Tikki calm down" Plagg said. "It was bound to happen eventually."

"Uh… guys?" Adrien said, interrupting the two kwamis, one in the middle of hyperventilating and freaking out and the other calmly patting his companion on the back and whispering to her soothingly in attempt to calm her down. "Mind cluing us in on what's happening?"

"Plagg glanced at Tikki. Deciding she was in no shape to be explaining anything right now, even if she was better at this sort of thing, he answered his chosen himself, shocking Adrien with how serious he was.

"So you know how are over 5 millennium (that's 5,000 years, just FYI) years old? Well, about… I'd say 43,000 years ago, give or take a century or two, we discovered that Tikki and I, when our powers were combined properly, had the ability to access this sort of gateway. This gateway led to another place, where everything was the same, and yet different at the same time. We came to the conclusion that this… place, was another dimension. We managed to find a way for the other kwamis to be able to open the gateway themselves, but it was very difficult for them taxed them greatly, leaving them exhausted and greatly weakened for a few days. Unfortunately, after a few centuries, we found that this other dimension was just to different. It was to hostile, to dangerous. Plus, magic didn't exist there. It was draining on a kwami to stay there for too long. And the more times we visited, the more chances here were for the two worlds to discover each other, and we didn't want that to happen. We were never certain what would happen if they did, and we'd really rather not find out. So, we decided to stop visiting and to close the gateway permanently. And we did. We forbade any future visits, we swore never to tell anyone, and to never speak of it again. Even the current Great Guardian doesn't know. The fact that an akuma is in this other dimension means either Hawkmoth doesn't know what he did or he found out about the other dimension, and I highly doubt that his kwami told him. Either way, he broke the ancient code. And to help this victim, we would have to as well."

When he finished speaking, Marinette and Adrien just stared at him, eyes wide and mouth hanging open, in shock.

Plagg smirked at them, "Close your mouths. You'll catch flies."

At this point, Tikki had calmed down and recovered enough to actually participate in the conversation.

"Plagg!" She scolded, smacking him on the back of his head. "This is serious! And as much as I hate to say it, we're going to have to break the code. We have a duty to purify the akuma."

This statement was enough to snap Marinette out of her shock. Tikki hated to break any rules. Ancient codes of secrecy and magic? Forget it.

"Tkki's right." She said with an air of finality. "This girl needs help. We're just going to process this when this is all over, after the akuma's been purified, after we get back, and after the gateway's been sealed again."

"Tikki smiled at her chosen, practically glowing with pride.

"So how do we get to this other dimension?" Adrien asks, finally emerging completely from shock himself.

"Oh, that's easy." Plagg smirked. "Assuming Tikki and I can remember what to do."

"Just relax." Tikki said, flying over to sit on her chosen's shoulder. "All you need to do is transform and relax, then let Plagg and I guide you from there."

"Guide us? How?" asked Marinette.

"You're just going to have to trust us. We've sworn not to do this unless it's an emergency, so don't worry about. And besides, we need your consent, so it's not like we can do it whenever." Tikki answered her.

"O – okay." Marinette responded nervously. "Ready, Adrien?"

"Plagg! Claws out!" Marinette reverted her eyes has a blinding green light enveloped her shy, gentle crush, turning him into her cocky, flirtatious partner. He smiled at her.

"Just waiting for you, M'Lady."

She smiled back before shouting out, "Tikki! Spots on!" And one transformation sequence later, she was Ladybug.

"Okay… now what?" She asked.

"I guess we do what Tikki said and relax?" he answered her wit a shrug. Marinette nodded, taking a deep breath. She could feel Tikki urging her to just relax and let her guard down. So, she did. And as she did she felt a surge of… something run through her body and she shuddered. And then she started moving, swinging up towards the very peak of the Eiffel Tower. And she wasn't doing anything. She started to panic as her body continued to move of its own accord.

"Marinette, you need to relax. Everything's fine." It was her own voice. Her own voice was telling her to calm down and she wasn't in control of it. "It's okay, Marinette. It's just me, Tikki. Marinette, you need to calm down before my control on your body is broken. Please! Everything's okay, I promise."

"Tikki?" Marinette thought. "Okay, Tikki. Okay. I'll calm down."

Knowing it was Tikki who had control of her body allowed Marinette to relax. Before too much longer, she reached the top of the tower. Cat Noir was already there, leaning against a pole like he had no cares in the world.

"Plagg?" Marinette's body asked. He gave a slight nod and asked,

"Tikki?" Marinette felt her head nod back at him.

"Ready to go, Plagg?" She asked.

"Of course, Tikka. Do you remember what to do?" Marinette's body rolled its eyes at the nickname before answering the cat boy.

"I could never forget. Do you remember?"

He smirked in response, and said, "Do you doubt me, Tikka? I didn't even go after a cheese shop the minute I had control!"

"True." She smiled. Then she closed her eyes in concentration and held her arm out straight in front of her, hand out, fingers spread, waiting for him. Ans she didn't have wit long. After only a moment, she felt his hand press against her own. Tikki reached deep into the very core of her soul, into the heart of her powers. She felt the magic flow up through her in a rush and spiral around outstretched arm until it joined with Plagg's magic, dancing around their joined hands, crackling and sparking in the air. Then she released her hold on Marinette.

When Marinette opened her eyes, she was greeted with the sight of what must have been the gateway. A giant spiraling vortex, colored with blends of blue and purple, now throbbed and pulsed, sending out surges of energy between her and her partner. Finding her voice, she managed to say,

"So… do we just … walk into it?" She had to yell to be heard over the roar of the gateway.

Cat Noir stepped around to stand next to her.

"I guess." He held his hand out to her. "Shall we then, My Lady?" She smiled before taking his hand in her own.

"We shall." Then, turning to the gateway, she took a deep breath. And together, they stepped into the vortex.