Chapter One
Have you ever imagined traveling back in time? Well let me tell you it is not at all what you expect, well not the way I expected anyway. Most people when they think of time travel think of a large machine you get into and change the dials to the day and time you want to go to. I wish it had only been that easy for me. Anyway I'm not the hero of this story, that would be my mom so lets begin with her.
Marinette woke up in a panic realizing that she had forgotten to set her alarm after patrol last night. She looked at the clock and knew she was going to be late she had only 20 minutes to get to class on time. She raced across her room grabbing homework and stuffing it into her school bag as she got dressed, then ran to the family bakery downstairs and grabbed a muffin saying goodbye to her working parents as she left. Marinette ran through the school with only seconds to spare as the bell went off as soon as she collapsed into her chair with a sigh of relief.
"Good timing girl. Wake up late again?" Alya whispered so not to disturb 's teaching.
"Yeah I'm exhausted I didn't get much sleep." Marinette whispered back. The truth was she never got very much sleep with all the homework and night patrolling she had to do.
"Pay attention girls." warned.
"Sorry!" Marinette and Alya apologized and went back to the lesson.
School seemed to go on forever so Marinette was grateful when the final bell rang. She gathered her things and started walking out the door when she realized that she had forgotten her sketchbook and quickly turned around and fell into Adrien Agreste who managed to quickly catch her.
"S-s-sorry I didn't mean t-to fall for you I mean I mean fall into you!" Marinette said in a stuttering panicked mess. As Adrien brought her back to her feet.
"No problem hey would you be interested in going to the fashion show I'll be in next week? I have an extra ticket? My dad will be busy so it would be nice to have some support in the crowd. Plus I know how much you love fashion."
"I would l-l-love to watch you! I m-mean the show! Thank you!" She Squeaked.
"Great! I-" Adrien was cut off when he suddenly heard screaming outside which only indicated one thing there was an Akuma.
"Sorry Adrien I've got to go." Marinette said suddenly running away. She sprinted out of the school and hid behind a bus stop station. Making sure no one was around. "Tikki spots on."
Marinette transformed into Paris' beloved Ladybug and went into action running towards what everyone was running away from jumping rooftop to rooftop.
"Hello my lady what a purr-leasure to meet you here." Chat noir purred suddenly joining her.
"Hey Kitty. Any information on the Akumatized victim?"
"Sorry My lady I don't." Chat noir Apologized.
Running together they finally caught up to the Akuma to see that it was an Akuma they had dealt with before so they knew exactly where the akuma was. Ladybug and Chat Noir looked over at each other and nodded knowing what the other was already thinking and grabbed each other's hand. Glaciator was going around the city trapping people in giant scoops of ice cream but they knew the only way they would get anywhere close to him would be to act in love.
"I'm Glaciator, the mean Ice-cream man. Escape my fury if you can! I melt your hearts, but I was wrong, now i'll freeze your bodies so long." Glaciator sang raining down ice cream.
"Glaciator!" She yelled trying to get his attention. "I don't think your wrong I think you are a great matchmaker." Ladybug tightened her grip on Chat Noir's hand and leaned into him.
"You lie! I will not fall for that again!" Glaciator seethed throwing ice cream at them.
Chat and Ladybug jump apart dodging the giant mint Ice cream scoop. They had to come up with a new plan. Ladybug called upon her lucky charm and held a giant magnifying glass she looked around and figured out what she had to do. With her Strength she dragged the magnifying glass into position and pointed it into the street but it was obstructed by a bus.
"Chat!" She yelled to get his attention. He looked up saw what she was doing and immediately called upon his cataclysm and disintegrated the bus and continued to distract Gaciator as he melted away from the amount of heat the magnifying glass was giving off by reflecting the sun. In no time they were finally able to pull out André and break the ice cream scoop. Ladybug caught the Akuma.
"Bye bye little butterfly." she sang as she let the white little butterfly go. "Miraculous Ladybug!" she yelled throwing up the magnifying glass with Chat's help everything went back to normal making all the frozen people to unfreeze and all the ice cream disappeared.
"Pound it." Chat Noir and Ladybug said as they fist bumped.
"Thank you Ladybug and Chat Noir you're my heroes!" André Exclaimed hugging them both.
"I'm glad you're okay André." Ladybug's miraculous beeps letting her know she is running out of time. "Well I've got to go catch you later." Ladybug then runs of and transforms in an alleyway where no one is around. "Thanks Tiki." Marinette says as she hands her a cookie.
"No problem Marinette but if you don't get home soon your not going to have enough time to finish your homework before you have to go on patrol." Tikki says as she starts to stuff her mouth with delicious cookies.
Marinette took out her phone and gasped at the time Tikki was right the Akuma took a little more time than she expected. Her parents were probably wondering where she was as if on cue she got a call from her mom."
"Marinette where are you? We have been waiting for you to get home you're late for dinner. Are you okay?" Marinette's mom sounded a little worried.
"Sorry mom I'll be home soon I just got caught up in an akuma attack on my way home but don't worry I'm okay I just had to take cover." Marinette always hated lying to her parents and friends it always left a bad taste in her mouth but she knew she had no choice she had to protect her identity as Ladybug.
"I am so glad you are okay. We will keep your dinner warm. Stay safe on the way home. Love you!" Her mother replied.
"Love you too mom." Then hung up the phone. "I always feel so bad lying to her." She sighed to Tikki.
"I'm sorry Marinette but we have to keep them and the miraculous safe from Hawkmoth." Tikki frowned.
"I know I just wish I didn't have to lie to all the people I care most about. Anyway, Lets go were late." Tikki went back into Marinette's purse and she ran home.
Marinette had to multitask and eat and do her homework at the same time if she wanted to make it on time for patrol. When she finally finished eating her food she had only two questions left on her homework which she quickly answered and then said goodnight to her parents and climbed the ladder up to her room and closed the hatch.
"Okay Tikki Spots on." She transformed into ladybug and then snuck out of the house out of her balcony.
Ladybug and Chat Noir always met each other on the same rooftop to start their patrol and as always Chat was already there waiting for her lost in his own thoughts looking out over Paris. She always found moments like this interesting when he had yet to notice that she was there. His face portrayed loneliness and hurt but she could never figure out why. She had asked him a few times if he was okay but he always held it like a secret to his chest and acted like there was nothing wrong.
"Hey Kitty." She greeted softly to not scare him from his thoughts.
"Hey Bug-a-boo." A smile automatically coming to his face. "Ready for Patrol?"
"Yep let's g-." Before she was able to finish her sentence she was interrupted by a voice below.
"Ladybug! Chat Noir! Can you please help me?" Ladybug and Chat Noir looked down to the street below to see a young girl at about the age of ten with Blue/black hair and large stunning green eyes looking up at them and so they jumped down to her.
"Hi are you okay? Where are your parents?" Ladybug softly questioned.
" I don't know I was hit by an akuma now everything in the city looks weird and I can't find my way home." She started to cry and hugged ladybug for comfort.
"Don't worry we will find your parents. What is your name?" Chat Noir asked crouching down to her height to swipe the tears off her face.
"My name is Emma." She said looking up to Chat and letting go of ladybug.
"Okay Emma can you tell us your mom's name and do you have a phone to call her?" Ladybug asked.
"I do have a phone and I have tried to call my mom and dad several times but it is not working oh and my mom's name is Marinette." Emma said looking down at her unworking phone.
"Marinette?!" Ladybug said trying to hide her surprise. "Um... do you have a picture of her on your phone?" Ladybug asked. Maybe there was another person in Paris with the name of Marinette.
"Yeah I do." Emma scrolled through her picture to find a picture when she finally found it she showed it to Ladybug and Chat Noir.
Ladybug was baffled. The picture that Emma showed her was of herself holding Emma and kissing her cheek. Ladybug tried not to stare for too long. The Marinette in the picture looked happier than she had ever seen herself.
"What was the name of the Akuma that hit you?" Ladybug had a hunch that she already knew the answer.
"Timebreaker." Emma answered immediately.
"That is what I feared. Emma you're from the Future." Ladybug said confirming her suspicion. "That is why the city looks weird and your phone doesn't work. Timebreaker sent you back in time."
"What! That is crazy what time are you from? How old are you?" Chat said in shock.
"I'm Nine Years old and the year is 2033." She said starting to get scared again.
"The year right now is 2019. You haven't been born yet in our time but don't worry Emma, Marinette is a good friend of mine and she will take care of you until we can figure something out."
"Ladybug you go take her to her mom I'll finish patrol tonight. We'll figure something out tomorrow." Chat Noir promised.
"Thanks Chat. Come on Emma jump onto my back and hold on tight I'll bring you to your mom." Emma climbed on and Ladybug threw out her yo-yo and swung off.
"Bye Bug-a-boo." Chat Noir said as she swung away.
"Bye Kitty."