Marinette was pinned to the ground. The silhouette of her attacker loomed over her. She had a feeling she knew the identity of this person but she couldn't be sure. Why this rather violent attack on her? What did she do to deserve the rage of this person? Was it premeditated or blitz? Curse her bad luck! Her attacker brought a knife to her neck. She could feel the cold metal of the blade. This was it. Her life was going to end in a brutal way. The young woman clamped her eyes shut and prepared to meet her end but it never came.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Marinette opened her eyes to see a very strange sight. A humanoid cat creature holding Theo by the neck. Yes, it had indeed been Theo who attacked her. His reasoning was unknown to the raven-haired young lady who watched the scene before her in shock. The creature had his claws around Theo's neck and bared his rather sharp teeth in anger before scratching Theo across the face and throwing him aside. With Theo gone the creature seemed to calm down and took on a more human look save for the ears, eyes, and tail he still possed. When he turned his attention to her Marinette shrunk away in fear, scared of what he might do to her.

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you," it whispered extending a hand to help her up.

Marinette very nervously took the creature's hand. She stared in disbelief at him.

"What are you?"

"That's a long, complicated story,"

"Do you at least have a name?"

"You can call me Cat Noir," Cat replied with a small smirk.

Marinette looked at him warily making notes in her head. He looked fairly human now as opposed to earlier. He was slightly taller than her with messy blonde hair, black cat ears that sat on top of his head, cat-like green eyes that glimmered with mischief; he had a tail too. He wore all black clothing to better blend in but he seemed confident.

"I'm Marinette,"

"Pleasure to meet you Marinette" Cat said with a bow.

"Thank you for saving me," Marinette said.

"My pleasure, now what were you doing out so late at night?"

"I just got off work, it's only ten minutes from my apartment," Marinette explained.

"Oh, and would you happen to know who your attacker was?"

"Theo Barbot, my ex-boyfriend,"

"You should report him to the police,"

"Trust me, I will,"

"Good now, may I escort you home?"

"Yes,"

Oddly enough, Marinette felt as if she could trust Cat. It totally blew her mind. She hoped this wasn't an error in judgment. Thankfully, Cat escorted her home without a problem. She thanked him again to which he replied:

"My pleasure Princess, see you soon,"

and he was gone. Marinette was dumbstruck. Did he just call her Princess. This night couldn't get any stranger.

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