Hey there! I can't believe that we're already on the sixth fanfic of this series… I never wrote a series this long before. I'm even impressed with myself. Still, I don't want to bother you with that. Right now, I just want to tell you that this particular story was planned before "Miraculous Team: The Collector", and it was supposed to be the initial sequel of "Halloween Madness". But the more I thought about it, the more it made me realize that the story that I wanted to tell in this fanfic, deserved to be properly planned, and so, it's only now that I'm going to tell it. We all know that in the series, Adrien's mom did not die, as we initially thought, but is in fact asleep beneath Agreste Manor. Well, that's not going to happen in this story… in my AU, Emily Agreste is dead, dead as a doornail, and she won't be coming back to life. But that doesn't mean she won't play a part in this story, which will focus a little bit on Adrien, and even on Gabriel Agreste. As always, we'll be seeing some really cute moments featuring your favourite ships, mainly MarinettexAdrien, AlyaxNino, ChloexSabrina, KimxAlix, RosexJuleka and IvanxMylene. And now, on with the show!

Chapter 1: Fire at Notre-Dame

A few days had passed since the Collector was captured by Miraculous Team and Master Fu, ending his threat. The media never found out about the whole story, and just assumed that it had been another akuma, created by Hawk Moth, who attacked both the city and the Miraculous Heroes. Still, in the end, he was defeated and things went back to normal; or as normal one can expect for the young heroes. It felt good to once again be able to put on their miraculouses and having their kwamis to talk to, without fearing a madman would burst through their houses and kill them, just to obtain them, so he could fulfil his scared mission, which was to create a world, where justice would benefit the righteous and the innocent, and punish those who to his eyes did not even deserve to breathe. If Hawk Moth had one good thing was that he could not feel the energy of the heroes' miraculouses, and as such, could not track them down.

When she arrived home, Alya was bushed. Because of a cold she caught the day before, she had a hard time getting some proper sleep, and that affected her in school. If it had not been for Marinette and Trixx, who helped her stay awake, by talking to her during classes, the brunette would have fallen asleep. Usually, no one thought about Miss Bustier's classes as boring, but on that day, Alya, who was not a big fan of science, almost fell asleep, while she talked about the circulatory system in Science class, due to the cold, but also due to her lack of interest in the subject.

Opening the door, she saw that there was no one at home. Her parents were both working and would not be back until dinner time, Nora had gone to train, and the twins were spending the rest of the day and the night at school, as part of an activity that was being organized by the teachers. So that meant she had the house all to herself. Closing the door behind her, she dropped her backpack and went straight to the living room, where she sat on her favourite couch. Trixx, her kwami, quickly got out of the girl's backpack and flew over to where she was.

"You really are in a lousy shape, girl." -Trixx said.

"Tell me about it…" -Alya sighed. –"You know what's the worst part?" -she asked her kwami. –"It's that I have a tremendous headache and I can hardly breathe through my nose."

"Maybe a tea is in order?" -Trixx suggested her.

"Right now, I won't say no to one." -Alya said. She had never been a tea person, because she had always felt that tea was just hot water. But ever since she had met Master Fu and became part of the Miraculous Team, that she had grown to enjoy a nice cup of tea. –"You know where my mom keeps the tea. Do you mind making me some?" -she asked the fox kwami.

"Leave it to me. I know my way around the kitchen." -Trixx said as she dashed towards the kitchen. –"What are you in the mood for? Chamomile, oolong, lemon?" -she asked Alya.

"Not really sure… just get me something that helps me with my headache, as well as with this cold. I'm literally freezing." -Alya told her. Right then, she just wanted that headache to stop. Going to her room, she grabbed a jacket and put it on, hoping this would make her feel a bit warmer.

"Alright, I'll see what I can find." -Trixx said, as she opened the cupboard, looking for the right kind of tea. –"Now, what should I give her? I mean, I don't know if any of these here can cure a headache." -she thought to herself, as she read the labels on every box of tea. –"Let's see, black tea, oolong, white tee, green tea, chai tea, chamomile, lemon, hibiscus, raspberry, rooibos… come on, which should I choose?"

While she waited for Trixx to come back with her cup of tea, Alya decided to lay down on the couch, hoping this would help her out. Closing her eyes, she tried to abstract herself from everything else. But it did not take her more than ten seconds to realize that was not going to work out for her. Her headache was killing her, and she just wanted it to go away. Opening her eyes, she got up from the couch and started walking around the living room. Her mother had once told her that the best way for one to get rid of a headache was to walk around, until this one disappeared. Wanting this headache to disappear, Alya was willing to do anything for it to disappear, even walking in circles around the living room. Unfortunately, after a minute or two, the headache had not disappeared or diminished. And to make matters worse, even with the jacket she had put on, she was feeling colder than ever, and it was getting harder for her to breathe through her nose. Thinking, she remembered there was some Vicks in the twins' bedroom, from when Ella was sick a few weeks earlier. Going to her sisters' bedroom, she found it on top of their cabinet, along with several of their toys. As she grabbed it and readied herself to apply it to her nostrils, she noticed a piece of paper that was under a few toys that caught her attention. Pushing the toys away, she saw that the piece of paper was not just an ordinary piece of paper, but rather a drawing done by Ella and Etta. It was a drawing of one of the Miraculous Heroes, Rena Rouge. It had been done with crayons and it depicted Rena Rouge fighting a huge monster. Seeing this, Alya could not help but to smile.

"If they knew that their big sister is Rena Rouge… they wouldn't be able to keep it a secret." -Alya thought to herself, smiling.

"Here you have, Alya. A nice cup of tea, girl." -Trixx said, as she entered the room, carefully bringing her the steaming cup.

"Thanks, Trixx." -Alya said, as she grabbed the cup, relieving Trixx, who had to use most of her strength to carry it.

"It's hibiscus tea." -Trixx warned her. –"So, what are you doing in the little monsters room?" -she asked her. Trixx's relationship with Ella and Etta was not the best in the world, mostly because whenever they were around, the fox kwami was forced to pretend she is a stuffed doll, and that lead to them fighting to see who got to play with her, which involved them pulling her ears and tail.

"Oh, don't call them that." -Alya giggled.

"I'll call those little monsters, whatever I want, Alya!" -Trixx exclaimed. –"Ever since I met you and came to this house, that I've been the victim of those two little monsters!" -she went on. –"Just from looking myself in the mirror, I know my ears are at least two millimetres longer than they were, thanks to your sisters, who spend their time pulling them and my tail, to see who gets to play with me! Speaking of which, I don't even want to know just how much my tail grew thanks to them!"

"Don't you think you're overreacting just a little bit?" -Alya asked her, as she sipped form the cup.

"No, I'm not!" -Trixx yelled.

"Okay, okay, just don't yell like that… remember, I have a headache." -Alya told her.

"Sorry, I forgot." -Trixx apologized to her. –"It's just that… your sisters have the ability to make me mad."

"Well, that's Ella and Etta for you. Besides, that would not happen if you did manage to hide faster, when one of them enters in my room, without knocking." -Alya told her, as she sipped a little bit more of tea from the cup.

"Or maybe, you and your parents, along with your older sister, could teach them to knock before entering." -Trixx suggested her.

"Perhaps." -Alya said. –"Mmm, this tea's really good. I'm feeling a little bit warmer already." -she admitted.

"Why don't you go to your room and try to take a nap. You don't have any homework to do today." -Trixx suggested her, as the two exited the twins' room. –"There's nothing like a good nap to help you get better from a cold."

"I don't know. I mean, I'm exhausted, but I don't think I'm exhausted enough to take a nap right now." -Alya admitted. The idea of taking a nap had crossed her mind in the last couple of minutes, but she quickly discarded it. –"Maybe I'll just watch some television, until my headache gets better, or the very least, until I feel a little bit warmer." -she said.

"You're having a headache, and you're going to watch television, girl? That's not what one should do, when having one. At least, that's what I read online."

"Yeah, well, it's mostly the noise that's making my head hurt. If I turn off the sound, I'll be fine." -Alya told her.

Sating on the couch, she turned on the television and did just that. It felt a little weird to watch television without sound, but Alya did not mind. She just wanted for her headache to go away, and if watching television helped, even better. As for Trixx, she left the brunette, heading back to the kitchen to see if she could find any snacks. She had eaten a cheese and jam sandwich at lunch, but she was already hungry, and was in the mood for something crunchy. Checking the cupboards, she found exactly what she was looking for, a delicious cereal bar.

"Now this is talking about." -Trixx smiled, as she grabbed delicious treat. –"Those twins might be little monsters, but they're monsters who have excellent taste, when it comes to cereal bars." -she said, as she tried to open the wrapper, struggling with it. –"Come on, you dang thing, open!"

At the same time, Alya was flipping through the channels, hoping to catch something that was interesting, when suddenly, something called her attention. At first, she thought it was a movie or a television series, but it did not take her more than a second or two to realize it was not one thing, or another. It was the news channel, and what was going on was real… Notre-Dame was in flames. At the bar on the bottom of the screen one could read "Notre-Dame in Flames."

"Trixx!" -Alya called out her kwami.

"W-What is it?!" -Trixx said, as she came from the kitchen, holding the cereal bar in her hands. She had been trying to open it, but that was proving to be a challenge for her. –"What's wrong?!"

"We've got trouble!" -Alya exclaimed.

"Hawk Moth?!" -the fox kwami asked the brunette.

"No, I don't think so… I think it's just a fire. Still, we have to do something. Notre-Dame is on fire." -Alya answered her.

Looking at the images of the cathedral, one could see some flames coming from the cathedral's spire, and a lot of smoke. One could only hypothesize that the fire had begun somewhere inside the roof framing, which was under renovation, like certain other parts of the building. The news reporter added that there were no indications that that was an akuma attack or a terrorist attack. As they both watched the television, they saw several fire trucks arriving at the scene, while the police, who had arrived a few minutes earlier, was busy setting up the perimeter, as well as making sure that the cathedral was evacuated.

"Still, even if it's not akuma, a fire in a place like that could be very bad." -Alya said, as she got up. –"Notre-Dame is one of the city's most emblematic landmarks. We can't just let it burn to the ground. Let's go, Trixx." -she declared, as she turned off the television.

"Are you sure? You're not exactly in shape to go fight that fire. Not with that cold of yours and with that headache!" -Trixx warned her.

"I don't care. I've got to go." -Alya told her kwami. –"It's like Miss Bustier once said, "We may not want to do certain things, but we must, because no one will do it for us.", you know?" -she remembered the words her teacher had told her and her class.

"But I'm sure you're not the only who watched this happening. The others can take care of this." -Trixx told her. She was worried that Alya's cold would affect her acting, when arriving at the scene, and felt that she should stay home and rest. –"They won't judge you for not going and staying home resting, you know that."

The truth was a part of her, was really considering staying home, resting, while the rest of the team handled things. After all, one of the good things of having fourteen superheroes that were always ready to fight whatever menace showed up in Paris, was that if one or two of them could not show up, there was still a pretty significant number of them to handle things. Still, something inside of her refused to stay home, while the others handled the fire. Alya did not know if it was stubbornness or pride, but whatever it was, it was telling her to ignore her cold and every pain she was in.

"I can't, Trixx. It's my responsibility. Besides, it's not like I have a broken arm or a foot that prevents me from moving. It's just a cold and a headache." -Alya told her. –"Plus, the more we are, the easier it will be for us to put out the fire and help the firefighters and anyone who could still be inside the cathedral." -she said.

"Alright, let's go." -Trixx sighed. She knew better than to try to demote her from doing something she had set her mind to. –"Just say the words."

"Trixx, transforme moi!" -Alya exclaimed.

In a heartbeat, Alya transformed into her superhero alter-ego, Rena Rouge and was ready to save the day. Now transformed, she felt a little better from her cold and her headache felt a little better. Plus, she could now breathe through her nose. Taking a deep breath, she felt so much better, now that she could breathe through her nose.

"I should have just transformed as soon as I got out of the school. I feel so much better." -Rena Rouge thought to herself. –"But now is not the time to think about that. We've got a fire to put out and a cathedral to save." -she said, as she slid the door to the balcony open, and readied herself to jump down below.

Just like Trixx had told the fox heroine, they had not been the only ones watching the news. Most of the Miraculous Team also found out about what was happening, either by watching it on the television or on social media, or by being near the cathedral at the time. Juleka was one of the members of the team, who happened to be near Notre-Dame at the time. Because she had promised Rose, she would meet her after her ballet class was over, the Goth had some time to kill, and she decided to spend it by going to the houseboat her mom used as her art studio, which was located in the Seine, near Ile de la Cité. Though that houseboat served as her mom's art studio, Juleka and her brother, Luka, also used it to practice their music, or to just simply catch some sunlight, when the weather allowed it; and on that day, the Sun and its warm light felt nice, as if Spring had arrived a little bit earlier.

She, along with her kwami Tamara, were lying on the deck, checking some songs Juleka had downloaded the night before. The raven kwami was incredibly shy, just like it happened with her holder. But that was not the only thing they shared with each other. Their taste for music was practically the same.

"What's this band's name again?" -Tamara asked Juleka, as the girl put on a pair of sunglasses, she had brought with her. The sun was beginning to get too bright for her eyes.

"Panic! At the Disco." -Juleka answered her. –"This song of theirs is really catchy, isn't it?" -she asked the kwami.

"It is." -Tamara agreed. –"But I think I prefer the previous one from Fall Out Boy." -Tamara told her.

The two went on with that casual conversation for a few more minutes, when they began to smell something burnt. At first, they both wondered if someone nearby was burning leaves or something. But then, they heard sirens, which spiked their attention. Looking around to see if they could see any signs of fire, they noticed a large column of smoke coming from near Notre-Dame.

"I wonder…"

"What, Juleka?" -Tamara asked her.

"I don't know, Tamara. But maybe we should investigate." -Juleka told her kwami.

"If you think we should, then maybe we should. One must never ignore its instincts." -Tamara said.

"You're right. I guess it's time for me to change into something more appropriate." -Juleka declared, as she grabbed her cell and headed inside the boathouse, followed by Tamara.

Once inside the boathouse, where no one could see her, Juleka transformed into Corbeau Noire, willing to find out where the smoke was coming from. But of course, she knew she could not exit through the same way she had entered, fearing someone would see her. Instead, she decided to use one of the portholes, which she knew were big enough to get out, that was on the port side of the boathouse to exit incognito. Opening it, she exited the boathouse, and using her flying abilities, she dashed towards Ile de la Cité. Looking down, she noticed the fire trucks speeding through the various streets, heading towards Notre-Dame, where the smoke was rising from. The police also looked busy, trying to evacuate the island, to prevent civilian casualties. You could not say that Paris' finest were not doing their job. Built in the 12th century, with its works carrying up until the end of the first half of the 14th century, Notre-Dame Cathedral was known for being the most beautiful example of Gothic architecture in the world, as well as the most famous example of the French Gothic. Over the years, the building had seen the rise and fall of kings and emperors. But like everything else, time had not been kind to the cathedral, which fell into a state of disrepair by the time of the end of the Napoleonic Wars at the beginning of the 19th century. At the time, some officials even considered demolishing it. But thanks to Victor Hugo, who admired the cathedral with all his heart, and his famous novel, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, managed to create awareness to the cathedral's decaying state, and thus save it. But now, a fire threatened the legacy of the noble writer, who had done the impossible in his lifetime, as well as the legacy of an entire country to the world.

"Oh no… please let it not be an akuma this time." -Corbeau Noire thought to herself, as she dashed towards the cathedral. The closer she got to it, the more intense and unmistakable stench of burnt things became. And to her horror, that smoke was coming from the cathedral's roof, accompanied by some flames.

As she was passing by the towers on the west façade, making her way towards the ground to see if she could find out what was going on, she noticed a yellow and black figure in the sky, approaching her. Looking at it, she saw that it was none other than Queen Bee, who had also caught wind of what was going on, and had decided to investigate it further.

"Hey! Do you know what's going on?" -Corbeau Noire asked Queen Bee, as the bee heroine stopped in front of her. –"I saw the smoke coming from this direction, and I decided to investigate." -she told the blonde.

"They were saying on television that there was a fire." -Queen Bee answered her.

"So, it isn't an akuma attack?" -Corbeau Noire asked her.

"I don't know about that. They didn't say a thing about the possibility of this being an akuma attack or a terrorist attack." -Queen Bee declared. –"Still, let's keep our eyes and ears open." -she said.

"Agreed." -Corbeau Noire said. –"Where's Sabrina?" -she asked.

"She's on her way here. What about Rose? It's not like you to show up alone by yourself." -Queen Bee asked, pointing out that fact.

"Ballet class. I don't know if she'll come. But even if she doesn't come, I think we won't need the whole team to take care of this… assuming it's not an akuma, who's causing this." -Corbeau Noire said.

"Let's really hope it's not an akuma. I'm still not fully recovered from our last encounter with the Collector." -Queen Bee commented, as they made their way down.

As they landed in front of the west façade where the police and the firefighters were busy, they spotted yet two more members of their team approaching, Ladybug and Dragonfly. Jumping over the police barricades, the two girls joined Corbeau Noire and Queen Bee, who had just landed in front of the cathedral.

"And here I thought we were going to be the first ones to arrive." –Dragonfly declared, as she landed.

"Is it just the two of you?" -Ladybug asked them, not seeing anyone else of the team around.

"So far, yeah. But Louve Grise is on her way here and… oh, here she comes!" -Queen Bee said, as she saw her best friend running towards them.

The wolf heroine had gone to the police precinct where her dad worked to visit him after school, but when she got there, she hardly got to say "hello" to him, when he and pretty much everyone else in the precinct was called to head towards Ile de la Cité, to help evacuating it. Kissing his daughter goodbye and telling her that he would try to be home by dinner time, Lt. Roger Raincomprix made his way to the precinct's garage. Not knowing what was really going on, Sabrina exited the precinct and found a quiet place to transform into Louve Grise, so she could find out. From talking so often with her dad, the redhead knew that the only times the police were called like that was when there was a bomb threat, a terrorist threat, some serious accident, or when there was an akuma attacking the city. Tagging along with the police, she hopped on top of one of the police vehicles to catch a ride. As they headed to the island, she began noticing the dark smoke in the sky, as well as the unmistakable smell of burnt things. And once they arrived to the island, Louve Grise saw what so many others had already seen in person, or through the various media. Notre-Dame was on fire. Passing by the blockade the police had assembled to prevent anyone from entering the island, the wolf heroine could not help but to be photographed by the reporters covering the incident, and who had been prevented from passing from that blockade. As soon as the police car stopped, she jumped from it and headed into the square in front of the cathedral, where some of her friends were already. The firefighters and the police had noticed the presence of the heroes, but were too busy, trying to save the cathedral to even care.

"Hope I'm not late." -Louve Grise said, as she joined the others.

"You're just in time." -Ladybug said. –"And we got four more to help out, look!"

On her way to the scene of the action, Rena Rouge ran into her boyfriend, Carapace, Antelope and Arachnid. The three of them were going to a new videogame store Max had found a few weeks before, when they saw some fire trucks passing by them at full speed. Fearing something was wrong, Max quickly went for his cell phone and checked online if something was going on. It did not take him more than a few seconds to read one of the multiple news articles, saying that there was a fire at Notre-Dame. Fearing an akuma might be behind it, they found a quiet spot and transformed into their hero identities. They were halfway to Notre-Dame, when Arachnid spotted Rena Rouge, running on top of a nearby building. Warning the others, the three heroes quickly caught up with her. Seeing them, the fox heroine was happy to see that she had not been the only one who saw that something was up.

A few minutes later, arriving at the Ile de la Cité, the four heroes quickly spotted Ladybug and the others, and rushed to where they were.

"Guess we all arrived almost at the same time." -Rena Rouge said.

"Do you think anyone else is coming?" -Carapace asked Ladybug.

"I don't know. But for the time being, we're enough to deal with this." -Ladybug declared. –"From what I can see, I don't think we're dealing with an akuma here, which means, it's probably just a fire. Still, we have to do something to stop it." -the scarlet heroine said. –"Does anyone know see the chief of firefighters?"

Ladybug had seen enough television series with firefighters as protagonists to know that in cases like that, the person they should ask for intel on the situation was the chief of firefighters. She knew their fighting skills were not going to be of any use in that fire, but she also knew that their acrobatic skills and their strength could be invaluable when fighting that fire. Locating him, she, along with the rest of the heroes that had showed up, approached him as he was giving orders to his men through his walkie-talkie.

"Excuse us, chief. Sorry to interrupt, but can you tell us, what's the situation?" -Ladybug asked him. –"We'd like to help, if possible." -she declared politely.

Turning around, the chief was a bit surprised to see them, still he did not show it. He quickly informed them that everyone who was inside the building when the fire started had been evacuated. He also told them that the fire had begun on the roof, near the cathedral's spire and because of the quantity of flammable materials they were using in the restoration of the area, there was the danger of this one spreading out of control.

"My men have managed to get most of the flammable materials from the area before they caught fire, but some of the tarpaulins that had been set to protect certain parts of the roof's galleries, as well as some cannisters of paint and varnish had already caught fire when they arrived." -the chief told them.

"How can we help?" -Ladybug asked him.

"Well, if any of you could help my men inside fighting the fire or getting some of the artworks and statues outside, before they are damaged, that would be a great help. We must try to salvage as much as possible, in case the fire gets out of control." -the chief declared.

Hearing him say that, Ladybug knew that they would not need to worry about with damages done to the artworks r the cathedral, because they could use the Ampulla Amulet to get everything back to the way it was. What was important was to make sure that none of the firefighters or police officers got hurt in the process. Still, she was not going to argue about it, and instead, she was going to follow the chief's orders as closely as she could.

"We could also use a little help pointing the hoses up there. There are more of us on our way, but they're going to take a little to arrive. We need to make sure that the fire stays contained to that part of the building. Because if it starts spreading, it could the bell towers as well as the vaulted interior could get damaged." -he warned them.

"If everyone's been evacuated, we only need to worry about putting out the fire, got it. Tell your men that we're going to assist them, chief." -Ladybug smiled to him.

Turning her attention to her friends, Ladybug knew she had to come up with a plan of action and fast. Luckily, she was used to coming up with plans rather quickly, if the situation demanded, and right then, it demanded that she could conjure one as formidable as possible. Notre-Dame was counting on them, as well as the firefighters to extinguish the fire as quickly as possible.

"Okay, let's see. We need to split up." -Ladybug said, as she looked and see who was present. She needed to make sure each member of the team was assigned to a specific mission that allowed them to make the most of their special abilities. –"Alright, Carapace, you go and help the firefighters on the north side with your shields, in case some debris starts to fall. Queen Bee, take Louve Grise up to the roof and find a way for her to get inside the wooden roof. Once inside, use your ice breath to put out the flames." -she told the wolf heroine. –"Remember, don't be afraid to break a couple of things while you're inside, if that means helping someone out of a tight spot."

"Understood." -Louve Grise told her.

"Antelope and Dragonfly, you are the fastest of us all. Get in there and try to bring every last piece of art you can see out of there. And while you're at it, if they need, help clear a path for the firefighters."

"Will do." -Antelope said.

"Arachnid? I need you to climb up to the roof and make sure that the spire doesn't fall, and if possible, try to prevent the fire from spreading." –Ladybug told him.

"You can count on me." -Arachnid said.

"What about the rest of us?" -Rena Rouge asked her.

"The rest of us are going to help out the firefighters." -Ladybug answered her. –"Between carrying the hoses, making sure the fire is under control, and helping out the firefighters and the paramedics, we've got a lot to do." -she said, as she saw three ambulances arriving, along with a few more fire trucks.

Following Ladybug's orders, Queen Been grabbed Louve Grise by the arms and carried her to the roof of the cathedral. Looking for a place where she could land, Queen Bee had to be careful, because the flames were starting to come out of the lead roof, which was most likely boiling hot, and the last thing she needed was for her best-friend to hurt herself. As they did this, a few fire trucks were parked alongside the south façade of the cathedral. They were going to try and sprinkle the building to prevent the marble from opening cracks due to the heat.

"I'm going to drop you near that arch, where there aren't any flames." -Queen Bee warned Louve Grise.

"Okay. What about you?" -Louve Grise asked her.

"I think I'm going to make use of my powers and try to bring some of the river's water up here to cool things down a bit." -Queen Bee told her. –"Ready?"

"Ready! Drop me!"

Dropping her on top of the stone arch, the bee heroine quickly flew to the river with the intention of bringing some water to help cool down the building. Thinking on how best she could use her powers to carry the river's water to the cathedral, she came up with a great idea. Throwing her trompo into the water, she then used it to create a whirlpool. Once it reached the speed she wanted, she ordered the trompo to come back to her, and by doing this, she created a water tornado, which she had to a good amount of her power to keep it stable, so as to transport the water. Her plan was to drop the water over the roof. Still, she knew that if she dropped it from too high a height, the water would evaporate before reaching the flames, and if she dropped from a height too low, the weight of the water would endanger the structure.

"Come on, come on! It can't be too high or too low!" -Queen Bee thought to herself, as she did her best to keep the height of her water tornado. –"If I drop it too high, none of the water will reach its target. And I drop it too low, the roof and the ceiling might collapse. Focus, Chloe!" -she kept musing to herself.

At the same time, Louve Grise looked for a safe place where she could punch a hole on the roof, without getting burned. Once she did this, she then used her hands to make it wide enough for her to go through and entered. Inside, she saw that what awaited her was the closest thing to a fiery Hell. Looking around, the only things she could see were flames and smoke, which were making it hard for her to see more than a couple of feet in front of her nose. Still, amongst the cacophony of noises she could hear, one stood out from the others… human voices. She knew it had to be the firefighters, which had entered to extinguish that fire. Determined to join them, she began to use her ice breath on everything that was aflame. As soon as she began to freeze the flames, steam began to build up, making it difficult for her to see where she was going. Having no other option, she used her fans to cut break one of the centuries-old windows to let the steam and the smoke out.

"Thank God we have Ampulla Amulet insurance for this sort of thing." -Louve Grise thought to herself, as she continued walking straight, while using her ice breath on the flames.

While this went on the roof, inside the cathedral's cloister, Antelope and Dragonfly were busy helping out getting all the works of art, statues and relics from the cathedral. A large human chain of firefighters, emergency workers and civil servants was doing its best to get every last work of art to safety. The smoke from upstairs was starting to come be visible down in the cloister and that forced some of the workers and firefighters to exit the building for a couple of minutes to prevent health problems from breathing all that smoke. Luckily, the two heroes' speed and strength were proving a godsend in that situation, as it allowed them to not only carry larger works to the outside easily.

"Okay, here's another one." -Dragonfly said, as she handed a large painting to one of the firefighters, who was making sure every single object that was extracted from the building was placed somewhere, where there was no chance of it ended up damaged.

"Come on! And you call yourself fast?!" -Antelope said, as he arrived next to her, carrying a large marble statue from one of the Apostles, placing it carefully on the ground. –"I already managed to get most of the marble statues outside, while you managed to get out a couple of paintings."

"They were very large paintings, and this isn't a competition, you know?" -Dragonfly told him.

"It is for me." -Antelope shot at her, with a grin on his face. –"You know I treat everything in a mission like a competition, and… hey where are you going?!"

"Inside, of course. There are tons of things that need to be brought outside, and they aren't going to grow a pair of legs and walk, you know?" -Dragonfly commented in a sarcastic tone. –"Instead of exercising your mouth, you should be exercising your legs!" -she went on with the sarcasm.

"Oh yeah?! I'll show you! I'm going to get more things out of that place in a minute, than you will in an hour!" -Antelope said as he sprinted inside the cathedral, determined to show his partner that he was the best of the two. –"Just you wait!"

As the two speedsters competed to see who was able to get more things out of the cathedral, Ladybug, Rena Rouge and Corbeau Noire were busy helping the firefighters, by carrying the hoses as high as they could, and using them to put out small streaks of fire that fell from the roof.

"Okay, let's do this!" -Ladybug told her friends. They had been shown by the firefighters how to operate the hoses and were about to use them. –"Aim for the flames!"

When she was younger, Ladybug, like all kids had imagined how it would be to work as a firefighter. To her, there was just something amazing about being a firefighter, when she thought about it. They had the coolest vehicles, the outfits that protected them from the fire, the firehouses where they hang out, whenever there was not a fire or an emergency, and last but not least, they had the coolest dalmatian dogs. Before she even thought about becoming a fashion designer, the scarlet heroine, in her naïve mind, wanted to become a firefighter. Of course, growing up, she decided that she did not want to be a firefighter. But now, as she held that hose, part of that silly dream came back to her mind, and she felt like the little girl who dreamed about becoming a firefighter.

"Maybe we should try and get up on the truck?" -Rena Rouge asked Ladybug.

"I don't see why not. But remember, be careful with the hose." -she answered.

As Rena Rouge and Ladybug took care of the flames that fell from the rooftop, Corbeau Noire flew upward, stretching the hose as much as it was possible and began fighting the flames that were beginning to show up at the base of the spire. Arachnid had set his lasso around the spire and was about to wrap it around one of the arches. Still, if the flames kept raging the way they were, the spire would eventually be consumed and fall on top of the roof, damaging it and endangering whoever was inside.

"Need a little help?" -Corbeau Noire said, as she put out some of the flames with the fire hose.

"A little water never hurt anyone." -Arachnid said. –"But I think a certain busy bee is on the job." -he pointed out.

Above their heads the massive water tornado that Queen Bee had created by sucking the water out of the Seine, made its way to the top of the cathedral's roof. Her goal was to drop the water on the roof, but the more she thought about it, the more she realized that if she dropped that amount of water on the roof, everyone that was inside would be steamed alive, including Louve Grise. So instead of dropping it all at once, she did her best to make the tornado rain the water on the cathedral. She had never tried anything like it before and knew that trying a trick like that was dangerous, but still, she believed in herself and went for it.

"Okay, here goes nothing." -Queen Bee thought to herself.

Focusing as hard as she could, the bee heroine made it rain on the cathedral, which put out every visible flame, as well as decreasing the roof's temperature. Carapace, who had been a little busy creating energy shields to protect the firefighters from any debris that might come down on them, decided to lend a hand to both Arachnid and Corbeau Noire, creating an energy shield above their heads, so they would not get soaking wet. On the inside, Louve Grise had managed to get to where one of the teams of firefighters was fighting the flames. Lending them a hand, she froze the flames around them, allowing them

"Are you sure you don't want me to freeze the floor as well?" -Louve Grise asked. She was beginning to feel a little exhausted from using her power almost continuously, still, if given a couple of minutes to rest, she could keep doing that for another hour or two.

"It's best if you don't. This is a wooden floor and if frozen, it could break." -one of the firefighters said.

"Alright. You guys are the experts." -the wolf heroine said, as she made her fans appear on her hands.

"But, if you wouldn't mind, we could use some of that ice breath of your over there. We're supposed to meet the other teams at the middle of this place, but the fire is raging to wild." -one of the firefighters said, as he kept dousing the flames.

"Leave it to me. Just keep your hoses on the flames, and leave the rest to me." -Louve Grise said, coughing a little due to the smoke in the air. –"At this rate, I think we might be able to extinguish the fire around here in maybe 30 minutes." -she thought to herself. –"And it's not that I'm complaining or anything, but if Nathaniel was here, he would have probably put out all these flames with something he would draw and then bring to life. What I wouldn't give to have him or his powers, right now."

And she was not the only one wishing to have the same powers as Panda Rouge, or that he would show up to help out. Dragonfly and Antelope too were hoping for him to show up. Having managed to take out every single piece of art from inside the cathedral, the two were taking a small break, while also breathing through an oxygen mask, after two paramedics insisted, they should do it, so as to avoid any injuries from smoke inhalation. Neither one of them knew if their powers prevented them from getting sick from smoke inhalation, but they were not in the mood to find out, so they did as they were told. Sating on the back of an ambulance, breathing through a mask, they saw as Queen Bee made it rain on top of the cathedral's roof, thanks to her water tornado.

"You could say that's a refreshing shower right there." -Antelope said, which made Dragonfly roll her eyes on him.

"That is probably the dumbest joke you have ever said." –Dragonfly told him. –"You know what it would be great? If Panda Rouge showed up." -she said.

"I agree." -Antelope said. –"Not that I'm saying that we can't all take care of this, but if we had him here, we would take care of this a lot faster." -he declared.

"There's still time for him to show up."-Dragonfly said, as she watched a lot of firefighters running into the cathedral. –"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" -she asked Antelope.

"I definitely am." -Antelope said, as he took off the oxygen mask. –"Something must be happening inside. I'm not liking it."

"Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's go! Recess is over, man." -Dragonfly told him, as she got up and with a well-placed jump, took it to the air.

Inside the roof, things got a little more complicated, when the fire made one of the sections of the roof collapse. Luckily, no one was hurt due to Louve Grise who managed to protect everyone that was near her, by creating an ice barrier to shield them from the flames. The collapse of the roof felt almost as if a bomb had gone off, making everyone who happened to be near the place to fall on their back.

"Is everyone alright?!" -Louve Grise asked the group of firefighters that was with her, as she got up.

"Y-Yes." -one of the firefighters said, as he helped one of his colleagues get back up.

"If it wasn't for you, we would have ended up roasted." -another firefighter said.

"Thanks. But this is getting a little too dangerous. I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but maybe you should get out of here and leave this to me." -Louve Grise told the firefighters. She did not know just how long they were there, but if she was feeling exhausted and almost breathless from the heat, the smoke and the steam, and she was a superhero with superhuman abilities, strength, speed, agility and stamina, she could only imagine how they were feeling.

"Maybe we can give you a hand?"

The voices made everyone turn around to see none other than Dragonfly and Antelope, standing behind them. Seeing them, the wolf heroine felt relieved to know that backup had arrived, and not a minute too soon. But Dragonfly and Antelope were not the only heroes who came to see if she was alright. A few seconds later, Ladybug, Rena Rouge and Carapace also showed up, ready to give her a hand. Even with all the smoke in the air, making it hard for them to see anything, seeing her friends there to help her out, was perhaps the most beautiful sight she had seen in the last couple of minutes.

"Gentlemen, leave this to us." -Ladybug said. –"Don't worry about your fellow firefighters on the other side. Dragonfly picked them up and they are safe downstairs." -she declared.

"And if you will allow me, I will get you outside." -Dragonfly declared with a smile.

"B-But this is our job…"

"Which you have done admirably, and we thank you for that." -Ladybug told them with a smile. –"But you also deserve a little rest. If things start to get worst, we're counting on you to come back and help us out." -she declared.

The brave group of firefighters did not want to leave the heroes to fight the fire, when that was their job. But they realized that they had needed to rest for a bit. One of the downs of their profession was that they could not keep doing it for long periods of time, thus risking their own well-being and safety.

"Very well. We'll go, but we're sending another team to help you out. Like I said, it's our job to fight this fire." -the lead firefighter said, as he handed the fire hose to Rena Rouge.

"Okay, we'll be waiting for them!" -Dragonfly said. –"And if there are no objections, let's get you all out of here." -she declared.

With swift moves, one by one, Dragonfly took every last firefighter outside, leaving the team alone to face the blazing Hell that stood in front of them. Still, they knew that it would only be a matter of minutes before another team of firefighters arrived to relieve the one Dragonfly, so if they wanted to do something, without ricking anyone getting hurt, that was the time. To shield them from the heat and the smoke, Carapace created an energy bubble around them, which he opened a few second slater, to let Dragonfly in. The bubble did not do much when it came to keep the heat away, but at the very least, they did not have to breathe the smoke and the noxious gases that were accumulating in the air.

"So, where's Chloe, Juleka and Max?" -Louve Grise asked her friends.

"They stayed outside, in case the fire starts to break through the ceiling, like it did now." -Rena Rouge told her, still holding the fire hose, which she had closed, so she could talk with the team.

"And how are things looking from outside." -Louve Grise asked. She had lost track of how long it had been, since she had entered in that place, and so, wondered if they had managed to keep things controlled outside.

"Not as bad as in here, that's for sure." -Antelope said.

"But don't worry. We can handle this, together." -Ladybug told the wolf heroine. –"We just need to find a way to put out all this fire at once." -she said, as she looked at the fiery challenge they had in front of them.

Sometimes I surprise myself with how fast I write these chapters. And here we have it, the sequel I announced last time. I want to make a confession... originally, this chapter did not exist on the story as I planned the narrative, but after what happened in Notre-Dame almost a month ago, I decided that I needed to honour the cathedral, and so, the beginning of this story is my version of what happened on April 15th of the current year. But instead of the tragic outcome that we all know happened, in my AU, Ladybug and some of the heroes are there to help save the day. It's not much, but it's my way to express just how special that cathedral is for me.

As always, feel free to comment, fav and make suggestions. I'm always opened to suggestions to improve the story.