Lila was in her room listening to music while doing her homework. Today had been pretty good at school. She had efficaciously managed to get a perfect score on a pop quiz by watching the movements of her classmates while they wrote.

Then she had managed to convince a classmate to pay for her lunch when she and a group of kids went out to eat. Lastly, she had managed to get more gossip about what was going on with Ms. Bustier's class thanks to her pet Alya.

It was amusing how susceptible she was too hypnotic suggestions. All she needed to do was send a text or wait for her phone to alert Alya when it was time to get more information or have her act out. Alya was her instrument into destroying Marinette's confidence.

There's no way I'll be caught. Sure, lying about Marinette was the key to getting Alya on my side. When I couldn't do that any more stage hypnosis was the perfect way to go.

There was some hard thumping on her door. "What is it?" she called out in a snarky voice.

"Lila, you are wanted downstairs in the dining room by your parents. They looked pretty angry," her cousin Tod informed her through the door.

Lila rolled her eyes. She swore if this was a prank by her cousin, she was going to make his love life suffered. She left her family suite and was escorted by Tod to the dining room.

When she got there, she was surprised to see Alya with her folks and they had harsh looks on their faces. Sitting across from them Lila's own parents looked chagrinned and angry. She best step lightly here.

"Alya, it's so great to see you. So these must be your parents. I've heard a lot about you and I have to admit I'm impressed by your career paths."

Alya glared at Lila. "Please stop pretending Lila. I can't take it anymore."

"Pretending? Why would I pretend to not be interested in what one my friend's parents do for a living?"

The Cesare's' faces turned an angry shade of red. You could feel the hostility in the air. Lila's own parents were also emitting their emotions in the air.

"Lila, SIT DOWN NOW." her father instructed her in his business tone. A clear indication he was not to be messed with at this moment. She did as instructed and tried to not look afraid.

Oliva Rossi looked at her daughter with a lot of disappointment and hurt in her eyes. "The Cesare's came over to show us a few videos someone took while you were out with your "friend" Alya here. Imagine our surprise when we viewed them and saw what you had been doing to Alya."

The video played on her mom's phone and it showed Lila and Alya at the café. In the video, Lila was telling Alya about her ability to do stage hypnosis. The video clearly showed Lila using stage hypnosis on Alya and what she was saying was loud and clear.

"Alright Alya, I want you to snort like a warthog. Can you do that?"

"SNORT! Snore snort snore!" Alya imitated the animal.

Lila laughed and then asked, "You can stop acting like a warthog now. Stay relax and calm. Your inhibitions have been lowered. Please try to whistle the French National Anthem."

Alya managed to get halfway through the song before she was asked to stop. "Okay, it's time for the big one. You have a lot of anger towards your former bully Malika. Tell me what you wanted to say to her okay?"

The video showed Alya going on a rant and saying a few rude words. While she was doing this, Lila was messing with Alya's phone, setting up an alarm time and a reminder in the memo pad.

"Alright Alya, whenever you hear this alarm, check your memo for the reminder to be able to say all those things about Malika anytime to the person in front of you. When I snap my fingers you'll come out of this state of relaxation and you'll ask to see the video."

The rest of the video showed Lila and Alya looking at the video of the first two commands, but not the last before they went in opposite directions. "There are two more short videos of you listening to what Alya told other people and laughing about it. The question is why?"

Lila quickly thought of a way to spin this to minimize the trouble she was in. "Alya wanted to know if I could do stage hypnosis and used it on her with her permission. The last suggestion was supposed to be a funny joke."

"A joke? You think what you did was a joke, Lila? Do you realize what you did, is considered a crime? That you were emotionally abusing Alya and making her act out in harmful ways which someone might have gotten really hurt? That is not a joke."

"You can't make anyone do anything they don't want to do under hypnosis," Lila reminded everyone seated there. Alya and her folks looked affronted by what the teenager said.

She pushed on quickly by adding "Dad taught me that when he was teaching me the party trick. Whatever Alya said was because she wanted to and I just gave her way to express herself."

"Then why did you hide the fact you left a suggestion in her mind? You went as far as setting up a trigger device to remind her to do this several times Lila. You should have undone it immediately or not at all!" Vino bellowed at her.

Lila looked at her parents and the Cesare's contritely. "I didn't mean for this to go so far. I would have undone it when I saw Alya next." Lila reached out for Alya's hand as she continued to speak. "I'm sorry Alya. I did a terrible thing to you. How can I make it up to you?"

Alya smacked Lila's hand away. There were angry tears in her eyes. "Make this up to me? You think saying you're sorry and doing something for me means I should forgive you for lying and tricking me!

My reputation as a journalist has been damaged. My actions hurt my friends and my teacher gave me detention for interrupting the field trip. I had my phone and computer taken away. I lost the respect of my parents and sisters.

I can't trust myself anymore so I'm being enrolled in therapy! I hate you, Lila! I hate you!"

Alya slouched backward in her chair and cried. While Marcela calmed her daughter down, Otis started talking to the Rossi adults. "My wife and I were ready to file a lawsuit, have your child arrested and expelled over this. The law is on our side."

"We understand Mr. Cesare. Whatever you want to do our daughter and we will comply," Vino assured the man. He wasn't making any excuses for Lila. He was being a good parent by letting her face her punishment.

"As I was saying, we were going to go through all that and we agreed Alya should decide what actions we should take."

Alya was still crying and couldn't speak so Marcela handed over a document to the Italian parents. They looked it over and found everything in it to be reasonable.

With no proof Lila did anything to Alya on school grounds, they couldn't have her suspended or expelled. Instead, they wanted Lila to stay away from Alya and that statements of her actions would be added to her file and the teachers and staff alerted to the situation.

They had lodged a formal complaint with the police. Lila would have to be presented before a judge. She would probably have to do two hundred hours of community service and pay monetary compensation to help pay for Alya's therapy.

They also wanted Lila to have some form of punishment at home. Mr. and Mrs. Rossi assured the Cesare's, Lila would be facing harsh consequences for her actions.

She was grounded for two months, have her phone and computer taken away, and she had to do all her chores and her cousins' for the next month without getting an allowance.

On top of that, this was considered strike one against her. Two more strikes and they would follow through with disinheritance and barring her from working at the company.

She was also going to start seeing a therapist herself to help her stop her behavior and lying. Also, to make sure she actually went and told the truth, a family member would be accompanying her to each session.

Lila couldn't believe this was happening to her. She had been so careful and now had lost her best chance at breaking up Marinette and Adrien.

There was no way to spin what Alya would say in a positive light for her. Not only that, her family was actually following up on their threats. Her popularity would take a bit hit.

This is the worst day of my life she thought.

Across the city, Ning was preparing for her return to New York tomorrow. Her partial success in her mission to the country of Ukraine had helped with keeping the situation stable.

Now she was wanted back so she could get a new extensive training program to prepare her for whatever her next mission would be. "My new routine will have me reviewing weapons use, extra exercises such as rock climbing barehanded, and of course my diet's going to be changed. They want me to put on a tiny bit of muscle," she explained to Master Fu as she packed her suitcase.

"To make you stronger for your next mission?" he asked kindly.

Ning nodded her head. "I was lucky in Ukraine no one attacked me and I had the Kwami Charms with me. Next time, I might not be so lucky." Wiping the sweat off her forehead she asked, "How much longer until the adoption is final?"

"I'm hoping the papers come in sometime this week. It would be nice to have a small celebration in honor of the occasion." He looked at Ning with affection and she blushed.

"AKUMA ATTACK! WE NEED TO GO NOW!" Honorra shouted as she phased into the guest bedroom. Her feathers were askew and her eyes were super wide. Her paw/hands were moving nonstop. "WE ARE NEEDED NOW! MY WIELDER IS IN TROUBLE!"

"Calm down Honorra, please. Start from the beginning and explain why your wielder would need you?"

Honorra quickly explained what she had seen on tablet twenty minutes earlier. How Bob Roth had held a fake contest so his son XY could steal other artists work for his own. That the song and look he had stolen belonged to the band Kitty Section, the one Juleka was in and the outfits Marinette had designed.

She then mentioned that before the camera feed had cut out, she had seen an Akuma called Silencer who had taken XY's voice and she felt Juleka's emotions turn to fear and panic because the Akuma was her brother Luka.

"Please, if Silencer has managed to steal any more voices, it will cause serious trouble for our heroes, especially if he manages to steal both their voices."

They couldn't let that happen. Ning was still learning about the spells to assist wielders with disabilities and Fu didn't have time to take the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses to modify them.

Understanding the situation, Fu quickly fetched Honorra's Miraculous. "Go quickly. Honorra's powers should be able to counter the disadvantage if either Ladybug or Chat Noir lost their voices. Be careful."

The agent and kwami quickly made their way to the TV station. Upon arriving at the right studio, they found Juleka trying to use Ladybug's yo-yo to contact Chat Noir about what happened to Ladybug. Ladybug herself was pacing as she tried to get a sound out, but nothing came. Her voice was gone.

Juleka snapped the yo-yo closed when she heard someone entering the room. Upon seeing who it was, she relaxed a little remembering where she had seen her before. "I know you. You're the woman from Heroes Day. Are you here to help?"

Peace Keeper nodded and asked what had happened. Juleka explained that she had snuck into the building after seeing Silencer on the big TV. She had instantly recognized her brother and had rushed up to the studio to try to stop him.

By the time she got there, Silencer was gone and Ladybug was in the studio trying to find something that might have recorded her voice since Silencer stole hers.

"There's nothing here with her voice on it and we can't figure out how to find and see if there's any archived footage of her calling on her power. I tried to call Chat Noir to request his help, but he's not picking up."

"Most likely he isn't transformed right now. We need to move fast before Silencer steals even more voices and finds the target of his anger. We'll need your help Juleka or should I say, Kkachi," Peace Keeper said as she held out the box containing Honorra's Miraculous.

Honorra flew out of one of Peace Keeper's belt pouches and hovered in front of Juleka. "Let's do this Juleka. Let's save your brother!"

Juleka only hesitated for a few seconds before she put the headband on and called out the transformation phrase, "Collecting Items." A few seconds later Kkachi was standing there ready to go.

The trio split up once outside. Ladybug went in search of her partner while Peace Keeper tracked down the location of Bob Roth to protect him, and Kkachi went to find Silencer and keep track of him until they were ready to cleanse him.

Kkachi used her wingsuit to gain the height needed for her to scan the city for any sign of Silencer. Mentally, she went over in her head what she knew about the dishonest music producer and who he might go to if he was in trouble.

This jerk likes poaching other people's work and having big friends to elevate his ego. His biggest friend would be Mayor Bourgeois. I should head to City Hall.

Angling her wingsuit to catch the breeze she glided over to City Hall. Very carefully, she landed on the building near the base of the flag tower. Her footing slipped and she started to slide down but managed to get a grip on the shingles.

Carefully, she inched across the roof until she reached the mayor's office. Strangely, the deputy mayor was working in there talking to some of her assistants. They were going over some details for a project.

Pursuing her lips, she inched further across and peeked inside the deputy mayor's office. She clamped her mouth shut as she got her first really good look at her brother's Akuma form.

He had blue skin and was wearing a pink, black and yellow-ish outfit with a jagged mouth on the helmet covering his head. When he moved his hands she heard XY and Ladybug's voices being used to communicate.

"Thanks to your voice, I'll be able to force Bob Roth to admit he stole Kitty Section's music and Marinette's costume designs. You should get better friend Mayor Bourgeois. I'm sure one day Bob Roth will turn on you," Silencer stated using the Mr. Bourgeois own voice to taunt him.

Silencer was heading for the window as Kkachi quickly pulled herself out of his line of sight. He looked around to check if Ladybug or Chat Noir were watching him. Seeing nothing, he made his way back to the studio.

The grip of her saber vibrated quickly. Touching the base as a small screen lit up. It was Chat Noir and she could see Ladybug was with him. "Kkachi, it's nice to be working with you again."

Ladybug tapped her foot impatiently and Chat gave her his trademark grin. "Right, I'm up to date on the latest Akuma. Peace Keeper contacted me a few minutes ago saying she saw Officer Raincomprix handcuff Mr. Roth and is driving him to the studio. You have eyes on Silencer?"

"Yes, he's heading to the studio. He wants to force Mr. Roth to admit to what he did on live TV. He's also stolen Mayor Bourgeois' voice to fool Officer Raincomprix into bringing Roth to him."

"Meet up with us at the studio. We need to figure out a plan." Chat Noir signed off as Kkachi hurried back to the TV station. She landed on the roof next to her fellow superheroes, save Peace Keeper.

Chat Noir quickly explained what the plan was. "Peace Keeper's going to grab Roth and stash him somewhere in the building. We need you to keep Silencer busy long enough for me to assist Ladybug in creating a fake Lucky Charm," he said as he glanced at his partner making sure he was conveying the plan correctly.

"Once we're ready, lead him to us so I can trick him into using My Lady's voice to call a real Lucky Charm. After she has that we work together to defeat Silencer. Can you do that?"

Kkachi hesitated a few seconds, but a look of resolve came over her face. "You can count on me. I promise." Kkachi jumped off the roof and glided around the building until she saw an open window.

Slipping inside the building, she headed towards the studio knowing it was the most likely location he was in. Her heart pounded as she raced down the hallway.

Nearing the studio doors she saw Silencer burst out of them. He was looking everywhere for any sign of Mr. Roth. He looked right and saw her. Using Officer Raincomprix voice and ask. "Who are you? I don't recognize you."

The purple outline appeared over Silencer's face. Kkachi tensed knowing Hawkmoth was informing Silencer about who she was and what her power was. When the outline disappeared the Akuma looked at her with amusement.

"Kkachi. That's a silly name for a superheroine. Your power is useless unless you want to power me up," Silencer taunted her. This time he used XY's voice.

Kkachi faltered for a second before responding. "What your doing is revenge, not justice. There is a more honorable solution to this. Don't let Hawkmoth misguide you."

"The only one who is misguided is you!" Silence shouted with Ladybug's voice.

He came at her, his hand extended towards her lips. She blocked him with her saber. She then pushed him back with the weapon. He came at her again forcing her back down the hallway. He was trying to maneuver her into the corner before she could turn the other way.

Kkachi responded with a spin kick to the chest. He fumbled back as she jumped over him. She quickly turned around and tossed her small cape over his head and pulled tight.

Silencer tried to pull the cape off of him. He was tearing at it when Kkachi detached it from her wrists and shoved him to the ground. She ran down the central hallway calling out, "What's the matter? Can't catch a little magpie?"

She felt him chasing her as tried to widen the gap just a little. She needed to keep out of his reach, but at the same time, keep his attention on her. She ducked into another hallway this time to the left then took a sharp right and jumped up onto the ceiling.

As she suspected, Silencer didn't look up because humans had a tendency not to do that. She waited until he was right below her and then dropped on him. He went down hard and she tried to pull the helmet off, but it would come off. He reached behind him and tried to get Kkachi's voice, but she swatted him away.

She heard her weapon beep knowing what that meant. She got off him and waved at him before she headed back to the studio. Getting there first, she saw Ladybug holding a red and spotted table lamp.

"He's right behind me. Get ready," she said. As she took her position behind Ladybug she called one her power. "Bestowment!" she tapped Ladybug's shoulders with her saber. Now her power would be supercharged.

The plan unfolded perfectly. With the power up Ladybug was able to get an industrial vacuum pack and was able to stay transformed for two extra minutes. Not only that, Bob Roth was caught on live TV admitting that the music and costumes his son used were based on Kitty Section.

So with the proper credit, the band got to jam it on live TV. It was a lot of fun and Juleka was happy her brother was okay. She still missed Honorra, who had to go back with the mysterious Peace Keeper, as soon as the transformation dropped.

So Juleka was out on the deck looking up at the stars. Below, her mother was talking with Luka, making sure he was okay after being akumatized. She had done the same for Juleka when she had been Reflekta.

"I'm glad I was able to help Luka. Still, my hesitation almost led to us to lose Ladybug and Chat Noir help forever when he took their voices." She switched from gazing at the stars to looking at the water. "Why do I keep hesitating?"

"I don't know. Maybe if we talk we'll figure it out," a tiny voice chirped. Honorra landed on the boat and looked up at Juleka. "I sensed you were troubled by today's events. The Guardian allowed me to come to see you for a little bit."

Juleka grinned a little and picked up the kwami. They went to the pilot house and she closed the door so they could talk in private. "I missed you Honorra."

"I missed you as well." The kwami's tail feathers tickled the teenager's hand earning a chuckle. "I'm here for you no matter what Juleka. All you need to do is talk."

The girl brushed the hair out of her eye and sank to the floor. "I hesitated again just as I did when you came to me the first time. I hesitate all the time. When I'm with a group, I can be a part of something bigger than me. It was one of the reasons I'm able to play in the band and give it my all."

Honorra tilted her head. "Does being in a group help you feel less hesitant?"

Juleka thought about it for a few seconds. "My best memories happen when I'm with a group. In art club, she can write the lyrics and I play some tunes until we figure out the best ones to use for a song.

The school photo wouldn't have happened without my friends either. I use to have terrible luck with photos and thanks to my class I finally broke the curse.

Oh and before that making the movie with the class was fun. Nino really liked my makeup skills."

Honorra chirped softly as she tickled Juleka's hand again, getting a little laugh. "Listening to you speak, I think I have figured out why you hesitate when standing alone."

Juleka eyebrows rose up as the little kwami told her the answer to her question.

"You hesitate because your fatal flaw is a lack of self-worth. Because people don't always notice you and you think that if your part of a group, then you can share some of the limelight. Juleka, why do you value yourself so little?"

The teenager bit her lip and looked away from the kwami. Honestly, she didn't know the answer to the question. Her family saw her value and her friends also really appreciated her. Why was it so hard to value herself?

"I'm not sure I can answer the question. I don't know why I don't value myself as much as I should. Others see value in me I know."

Honorra chirped lightly at hearing this. "Could it be hard because you don't know what they value about you?" When Juleka nodded Honorra continued. "You know I'm the kwami of Honor right?"

Juleka rolled her eyes. Of course, she knew that.

The kwami patted the girl's hand. "Honor is a difficult concept to understand sometimes. Honoring others by doing right by them is one example.

Another type of honor is fulfilling the wishes a family member has placed on you to make the best decision possible.

The most difficult part of honor is honoring yourself. If you can't do that then you can't really share honor with other people. Everyone has self-worth because each individual is important. It is vital that you remember this fact.

I could have chosen someone else to wield my power, but I chose you Juleka. Without even trying, you showed me who you are on the inside. An honorable individual who would do anything for those she cares about."

Juleka wiped the tears out of her eyes. Hearing Honorra repeat these words, she knew they had to be true. She was an honorable person and she was meant to wield this power. It was time to stop doubting herself.

The teenager stood up and kissed the top of Honorra's head. "Thank you for helping me and choosing me to wield your power. I promise I work on seeing my self-worth and if I'm needed again to help Ladybug and Chat Noir, I won't hesitate to step up."

"Good for you Juleka. Until we see each other again, keep being strong." The kwami kissed her on the cheek and flew off into the night. Ning was waiting for her further down the river to take her home.

The next morning at school, Ms. Bustier's class was wondering where their teacher was. The bell had rung and there was no sign of their teacher or Alya. The class started to whisper among themselves wondering what was going on.

Five minutes after the bell rang, Ms. Bustier entered the classroom with Alya. Both of them appeared to be subdued and not meeting anyone's eyes. They both stood in front of the teacher's desk.

"Class, if I may have your attention, please. Ms. Cesare has something she would like to say to all of you." She gave Alya an encouraging smile.

Alya lifted her head up and tried to make eye contact with the class. It was hard, especially when she looked at Marinette. She had practiced what she was going to say last night and now she could barely summon her voice.

"I owe all of you a huge apology for my behavior towards each of you these last few weeks, especially to you Marinette. I recently learned that Lila Rossi had taken advantage of me and was using stage hypnotism to cause me to act out."

The students either gasped or looked at Alya suspiciously, wondering if she was making up an excuse for her behavior. Ignoring this, Alya continued to apologize to the class.

"While Lila might have been the catalyst to my abrupt behavior, I am also guilt-ridden over my own actions. You can't make someone do something they don't want to do under hypnotism. What Lila did was lower my inhibitions and I let loose a lot of anger I had on all of you and especially at Marinette.

Before I came to Paris, I was bullied by someone I thought was my friend. I thought I had come to terms with my past. I hadn't and projected all my thoughts and anger onto you Marinette. I was a bad friend and didn't even think I was behaving badly.

I'm truly sorry for all the mean things I said and my actions towards you. I don't expect you to forgive me or trust me again, but I do promise I will do my best to make up for hurting you by listening better and taking your feelings into consideration. That goes for all of you as well."

When she finished she hung her head down, waiting for the class to respond. The students looked at Marinette, who stood up and walked towards the front. Alya kept her head down looking at the floor.

"Alya, can you look at me please?" Marinette asked gently. Alya lifted her head up and looked directly at Marinette. She mentally prepared herself for a lecture on her behavior or Marinette rejecting her apology.

"I was very hurt by the things you said and how you acted towards me. You didn't consider my feelings at all when you gave my seat to Lila nor did you listen to me when I explained my actions to you.

Instead, you continued to be very stubborn and cold to me, even after the truth was revealed. You were pejorative of the choices I made when it came to forgiving people or who I was hanging out with. You even lied to me and accused me of being a bully!

That's what hurt the most. You thought I was a bully even though I demonstrated over and over again how I would put others feelings ahead of mine. I thought you trusted and believed in me more than that."

Alya couldn't bear to look at Marinette in the eyes anymore. She looked down at the floor and wrapped her arms tightly around herself. Marinette was never going to forgive her.

Marinette gently lifted Alya's head up so they were facing each other once more. She then placed her hands on Alya's should steadying the girl. "I accept your apology Alya. I'm glad you were strong enough to realize your mistake.

I'm not ready to forgive you yet. What you did has me questioning our friendship and it will take time for me to trust you again. I'm going to give you a second chance, but remember, this is your only chance to make things right."

Alya wiped the tears from her eyes and thanked Marinette for accepting her apology. The two girls took their seats and opened their books, believing class was going to start, but it appeared the apologizing was just getting started.

Ms. Bustier had thought about what her colleague had told her. It was time she admitted her mistakes and take responsibility for what her actions had done to her class.

"Students I also want to take this turn apologizing to all of you. I have done wrong by you and I need to admit my mistakes." The students looked at their teacher wondering what she was talking about. With their eyes all on her, Ms. Bustier dug deep inside herself for the courage she needed to tell the truth.

"I know some of you are wondering what I'm talking about so let me explain. I have not been fair to most of you when it came to your feelings or classroom discipline." She raised her hand to stop the students from saying she wasn't unfair. "I have been making mistakes and I need to own them."

In her mind, she counted down to ten then looked at Ivan first. "Ivan, I should not have sent you to the headmaster's office on the first day of school. You were not the instigator and I shouldn't have made you take the blame."

She looked and frowned at Kim then added, "Kim, I should have disciplined you and worked harder to help you know when it was time to be serious instead of goofing around."

Her eyes went to Nathanial next. "I owe you an apology. I should have believed you when you said your parents didn't approve of the transfer. It was wrong of me to not to trust your word. I'm sorry."

She then looked at Max, telling him she should have tried to get him to go outside his comfort zone a little to help him expand his interests a bit more. The boy looked a little puzzled by this but accepted the apology nonetheless.

Her next apology was aimed at Juleka, Rose, Mylene, and Alix. She should have taken their feelings about being bullied much more seriously. She had failed them each in an individual way and she was sorry for her mistakes.

Her eyes became wet as she looked at Sabrina and Chloe. "I failed you both. Sabrina, I should have separated you from Chloe so you could learn what real friendship is and I should have disciplined you for doing Chloe's homework.

Being friends with someone does not mean you are a slave. You can speak up for yourself and do what you want too.

Chloe, I should have put an end to your bullying a long time ago. Misbehavior is not tolerated in other classrooms and I should have followed those examples. Your father does not have control over what anyone at the school does and I never should have given into you so much.

From now, both of you will be punished if I catch anymore cheating or you two break the school rules. Do I make myself clear?"

Both girls nodded knowing she was right and they wanted to start over.

Bustier concluded her apologizes to the remaining students. To Alya for not stepping in sooner to help her when she was in trouble. To Nino for not always listening when he thought something was wrong with his friends.

To Adrien, she as sorry she hadn't helped him understand the social skills and dynamics so he wouldn't have struggled so much with his peers. Her biggest apology was to Marinette.

"I'm sorry for not considering your feelings Marinette. It wasn't right of me to accept your gift and forget it had been vandalized. I should have also stepped in years ago when you were dealing with Chloe's bullying. It is not your job to set an example for other students to behave. It's my job and I haven't been doing.

I am truly sorry to all of you. Things have difficult ever since Hawkmoth showed up. Today's class period will be about each of us admitting our mistakes and asking for forgiveness.

If you don't want to participate or accept an apology that's fine. I'm not going to force you.

I want us all the start over and learn to be better people. Hopefully, we can learn from our mistakes and become better people. Now would anyone like to say something to someone else?"

Marinette raised her hand. She peered down at her boyfriend, who felt her eyes on him and turned to look at her.

"Adrien, I forgive you. You've shown me that you've learned from your mistakes. I also apologize for my actions towards you. I should have done that earlier and I apologize for taking so long. Please forgive me."

Adrien smiled pleased he was finally forgiven. "I shouldn't have said what I did. It was wrong of me to assign you the blame for creating Chameleon. The only one to blame is Hawkmoth. I forgive you for what you did to me."

Soon the rest of the class was apologizing to one another. They took turns listening to each other. Explaining why they were upset and what actions they were going to take make sure they didn't make the same mistakes.

It was a very emotive experience.

At Master Fu's shop, a small celebration was taking place. The paperwork for the adoption had finally been approved. Fu and Ning were now officially a family.

The four inhabitants were eating pieces of small cinnamon cake. Instead of tea, they were drinking lemonade. Soft music was playing in the background. The newly made father and daughter were enjoying a conversation.

"I'm going to miss you when you're back in New York. How soon do you think you can come for another visit?"

Ning took a sip of lemonade and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. It could be some time before I can come back. My bosses understand that my first peacekeeping team is a priority, but they have to think of which crises they can solve first.

A magical terrorist doesn't rank as high as resolving a conflict between countries to end a war."

"Too bad, it should rank higher," Honorra said as she nibbled on her piece of the cake.

Wayzz nodded in agreement. He understood why it didn't but wished it could be different. "At least when you do come back you know your family here."

Ning nodded enthusiastically. "I'm glad that you adopted me. I wish I could take the certificate with me, but we have to keep this a secret. I don't want to think about the amount of trouble I would be in if word got out I compromised myself on purpose."

Fu assured her he was keeping the paperwork in a very secure place and his friend had made sure his files couldn't be accessed either. Her secret would be safe.

"We should be getting you to the airport. It's a long flight back to New York." Fu stood up and went to get his wallet as well as Ning's suitcase. Returning with them he asked in a pleasant voice. "Shall we be going, daughter?"

Ning resisted the urge to cry. "Yes dad, let's get going. It was the start of a new chapter in both their lives. One which promised happiness and love.