AN: I'd just like to say that this is the final chapter in this story, but there are three others planned. A bunch of one-shot prequels in which Liam bonds with his classmates, a sequel which will essentially be my spin on the season 2 episodes thus far and the third story with no details being revealed. With that said, I'd like to thank you for reading this story and I hope you enjoyed it and will read the next stories.

Marinette and Adrien were in Jagged Stone's hotel room with Liam and his band, Kayla and Jagged Stone. They watched Liam singing a song when he was interrupted by Penny Rolling.

"Gabriel Agreste has returned." She said, before being shoved aside.

"Just let me in!" Gabriel ordered, shifting past into the room. "Adrien, Stan Billiton's given a full address to find your mother." Adrien gasped in joy. "We're going to get her." Adrien's smile slowly disappeared into a false one.

"Oh, who do I stay with till you get back?"

"You really think I'm gonna make our family complete again without you? You're coming too!"

Adrien was in shock. Marinette chuckled and Liam cheered.

"Whooo! Go and get your mother back, boy!"

Adrien finally finished processing what his father said. "You mean that?"

"Of course, I do. We're going to Hartlepool, England and with luck, we get to be a happy family for Christmas here in Paris." Adrien dashed and hugged his father, who gave him a hug back. "Now we're leaving tomorrow morning. We'll go back to the mansion tonight and pack some extra clothes. If we find her, we wait with her until she's ready to come home." Adrien let go. "Let's go. I want to get you a present." Gabriel walked out and Adrien followed him before turning to Marinette and Liam.

"Goodbye, Liam."

"Goodbye, Adrien." The boy answered.

Adrien walked over to Marinette. "I'll see you tomorrow." Then the next part, Marinette did not expect. Adrien locked lips with her, then let himself go and followed his father. Marinette's cheeks went redder than Nathaniel's hair. Kayla walked over to Marinette and saw she was still in shock.

"Call her friends," Kayla said. Marinette snapped out of it.

"He-he-he..." Marinette stuttered. Liam put his bass guitar down and escorted Marinette to the elevator. He pressed the button on the ground floor. The doors shut and Tikki flew out of Marinette's purse.

"What a rollercoaster!" The little kwami stated.

"It truly was."

"Defeating Hawk Moth, Liam bonding with your friends, Fire Ant arriving, akumas being brought back as heroes, Fire Ant being defeated and Hawk Moth being taken down. Then there's the broken rule..."

"Cat Noir and I found out each other's secret identities. I still can't believe it's him." Marinette stopped. "But who's the real person, Adrien or Cat Noir?"

"There's something else, Marinette," Tikki spoke softly. "You and Adrien were given your Miraculous so that you could defeat Hawk Moth. But now that Hawk Moth is defeated and the Butterfly Miraculous has been returned to my master, I'm afraid..."

Marinette began breathing faster. "...You have to go back as well." Marinette sighed and started tearing up.

"Oh, Marinette..." The elevator stopped and Tikki quickly dashed into Marinette's purse. The door opened and Marinette walked out to her friends. Sabrina was back with them, rubbing her arm where Chloe had bruised it. Only Nathaniel, Alix, Rose, Juleka and Alya were left, everyone else had gone. Alya saw Marinette leaving the elevator, rubbing tears from her eyes.

"Whoa, Marinette!" The blogger said. "Are you okay?"

Marinette sniffled. "I'm okay, Alya. I just..." Marinette needed to think of an excuse. "Adrien's going to England with his dad tomorrow."

"WHAT?"

"No, don't be angry. The thing is..." Everyone was listening.

"The thing is..." Adrien said, emerging from the doors. "Dad and I have found mom. Hawk Moth told him where she is, and there's been a change of plan: we're leaving now."

"Now? Adrien, your dad said upstairs that you were leaving tomorrow."

"We're not waiting anymore. Knightowl said he will fly us there and back before he returns to America. Dad is excited to finally find his wife, and I..." Adrien stopped. "I can't wait. The sooner we find her, the sooner we can bring her back." Adrien walked over to Bridgette and Félix. "Dad wanted me to give you some advice: You've got each other, you've your family. Never let go of them. Keep them close, because you might lose them and, unlike us, you may lose them forever." Adrien then walked back outside to find Gabriel. Marinette turned to her friends.

"Wow. Last Christmas, he gets everyone visiting him and this Christmas, he gets his mother back."

"Things are certainly changing fast," Alya said. "Did you know that Chloe's dad has been removed from the Mayor seat?"

Marinette gasped. "What for?"

"Liam's old man found out about Chloe and the Terrence siblings," Alix said.

"And that the Mayor had blackmailed Mr. Damocles to keep it secret," Nathaniel added. "He hasn't done anything to Damocles, though. Probably doesn't want to because Liam's attending the school."

As Marinette and her friends talked about Chloe's dad, Gabriel was outside with Adrien, while Nathalie and Mr. Acier were inside their car. Adrien and Gabriel began talking quietly.

"Did the other Quantic Kids know who you and mom were?" Adrien asked.

"Yes," Gabriel answered. "They knew us and we knew them. Your mother, I thought she had left us because of Blitzwolf, but now..." Gabriel sighed.

"Where does Tibet fit in all of this?"

"Tibet?"

"Behind the picture, there was the book, a picture of mom and a book on Tibet."

"Oh, right. The book on Tibet is a whole other can of worms. Something we investigated, but no leads afterward." The sound of a helicopter roared throughout Paris, alerting everyone. Marinette, Alya, Alix, Nathaniel, Rose, Juleka, and Sabrina ran outside, followed by Kayla's parents and brothers and Marinette's parents. The helicopter hovered, then landed on the road. The helicopter was painted brown with Knightowl's logo painted on either side. Knightowl and Birdy got out and walked to Adrien and Gabriel.

"Ready to make your family whole again?" Knightowl asked.

"I've been ready for over a year," Gabriel answered. Adrien, Gabriel, Knightowl, and Birdy got into the helicopter, the doors closing automatically. Everyone was waving them off and Marinette blew Adrien a kiss, one he returned. They all put headsets on. The helicopter lifted off into the air and set off for England.

"We'll be going a lot faster than normal," Birdy said. "We'll be in Hartlepool, England in an hour." In that hour, Adrien kept thinking about the revelations he had found in the past few days.

'Will she recognize me?' Adrien thought. 'Do I tell her about Cat Noir? Will she tell me about Le Paon? And Marinette? She was Ladybug the whole time. Do we still need to be Ladybug and Cat Noir now that Hawk Moth is defeated? Maybe we can help Liam? Fire Ant said there were others after the Hornet. The... Hyenas?'

Adrien kept thinking until...

"You okay, son?" Gabriel said through the headsets.

"Oh, er yeah. I'm just thinking about what we say to mom. Do we spill everything, or take it slow? What if she's built a life here and doesn't want to come back?"

Gabriel was silent. "I never thought about that. I don't know what she'll do, but I know one thing: Seeing you will definitely put a smile on her face." As they finished talking, land could be seen ahead.

"There it is!" Birdy exclaimed. "Hartlepool. Did a bit of research and they're known as the Monkey Hangers."

Gabriel and Adrien's faces each had one eyebrow lifted. "Where did they get that name from?" Gabriel asked.

"Apparently during the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship was wrecked off the coast, the only survivor was a monkey wearing the sailor uniform, presumably to amuse the crew. The people who found the monkey never saw a monkey or Frenchman before, so they held a trial and actually questioned the monkey. Poor thing couldn't answer their questions, so they assumed it was a French Spy and hanged it."

"Really?" Adrien said. "That's something to tell the classmates."

"What's the address, Gabriel?" Knightowl asked.

"67 Clamp Road," Gabriel asked. "You have a GPS?"

"Majestia's transmitting coordinates from America." Knightowl was silent for a few seconds. "Right. We're as close as we can get. I'll have to land you here and then we get there on foot." Knightowl landed his helicopter and Adrien and Gabriel got out. "Clamp Road."

Adrien and Gabriel began walking, Gabriel counting the door numbers. "45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, five more..." Gabriel took Adrien's hand and ran, stopping at a three-floor house. "This is it," Gabriel said to Adrien. "Adrien, this is where your mother lives."

Adrien and Gabriel's nerves were showing, but Gabriel went to knock on the door. "Dad?" Adrien asked. "What if it's a false lead?"

Gabriel stopped his arm. "Adrien. Your mother's been gone for over a year. Plus, Hawk Moth gave us the precise address. Why give us that information if it's false?" Gabriel knocked on the door. Ten seconds passed, to Adrien and Gabriel, eternity. The door opened, showing an elderly woman with curly silver hair, a red cotton shirt underneath a black sleeveless vest jacket, beige pants and pink slippers.

"Hello?" The woman said.

"Hello, there. Sorry for troubling you Madame, but we are looking for someone and we were told we'd find her here. Her name is Maria Agreste."

"I'm afraid I don't know any Maria Agreste."

Gabriel's heart sank, as did Adrien's. "I see," Gabriel said. "Sorry to bother you, Madame." Gabriel turned around, but Adrien persisted.

"Please, Madame! She's my mother. She's been missing from Paris for over a year."

"Paris?!" The woman asked in surprise. "What's your name, young man? And what does your mother look like?"

"My name is Adrien. My mother has fair skin, green eyes, blonde hair..." Adrien stopped, grabbed his phone from his pocket, unlocked it, and showed the woman a photo of his mother. "That's her." The woman looked, then spoke firmly.

"Come on in." The woman went back inside, leaving the door open for Adrien and Gabriel.

"Thank you, Madame." Adrien and Gabriel walked into the house, closing the door behind them. The house was big. They were standing in a hallway, which had two doors on the right, a staircase on the left and one door straight ahead. The first door on the right led to the dining room, the second door led to the lounge. The door straight ahead had a fireplace, cabinets containing books, a couch, and a chair and table set, with another door leading through to the kitchen, then another one leading to the laundry room. Adrien and Gabriel followed the woman into the lounge.

The woman called out. "Mary! You're not going to believe it."

"What's the problem?" A woman's voice called out, walking out from the laundry room. She was wearing a black blouse with a light pink jacket worn over it. On the jacket, a brooch shaped like a flower with five petals with a pearl in the center was attached. She also wore light pink business pants and black high heel shoes. When she saw Adrien and Gabriel, she froze with her jaw down. "A-Adrien?!" She was on the verge of crying.

"Mom?" Adrien replied. Maria Agreste had been found. The mother and son dashed at each other, then Maria fell to her knees and the two hugged each other tightly. "Mom." Adrien began crying. "I never thought I'd see you again."

"I thought the same thing," Maria replied through tears.

"So did I," Gabriel said. Maria turned her head and saw her husband. She stood up and walked over and kissed him. The two of them were crying. "I thought you'd..."

"Died? I'm surprised I hadn't. Stan Billiton... His family were-"

"I know. We've got a lot to catch up on." Gabriel let go of his wife. "Are you ready to go home?"

Maria pulled her hair away from her face. "I need to notify Edna's sons first. I'm her caretaker." Gabriel nodded. Maria let go and walked to the telephone. Adrien stood up.

"Can I get you two anything?" Edna asked.

"No, Thank You," Adrien answered.

"I'm alright, Thank You," Gabriel responded. "Just so glad to see my love again. I must admit: I never thought she'd be here. We didn't even know this town existed until a couple of hours ago."

"We're not that well known," Edna said. "but we help each other out." Maria returned. "I'll leave you three alone to talk things out." Edna walked out into the kitchen. Maria, Adrien, and Gabriel were sat on the chairs.

"So start from the beginning," Maria said. "How did you find out about Stan Billiton?"

"He's been terrorizing Paris," Adrien answered.

"Trying to lure the Quantic Kids out so that he could dispose of them," Gabriel responded.

"Then why keep me alive?"

"He didn't say."

"I know that he stole the..."

"He used that," Adrien said. "All of my classmates were corrupted. Except for me, a girl named Marinette, and Liam."

"So how did he get caught?"

"Ladybug and Cat Noir returned," Gabriel answered. "Took him down with help from a new hero: the Hornet."

"But with a new hero came a new villain," Adrien added. "Fire Ant/ He put half the school in hospital, then attacked the Quantic Kids at the mansion."

"What?!" Maria interrupted. "Where were you?!"

"Acier took him to the Dupain-Cheng Bakery," Gabriel replied. "Nathalie and I were at the mansion. Fire Ant nearly killed us, but Sparrow saved us."

"When did this happen?"

"Yesterday."

"Yesterday?"

"That's not the end of it," Adrien said. "Earlier today, Hawk Moth attacked Le Grand Paris while Fire Ant attacked the Rejeter family."

"Félix and Bridgette?"

"Yes. Liam Rejeter defeated him and found that Fire Ant was just a kid being controlled. Then Hawk Moth took two girls hostage at Le Grand Paris, threatening to kill them if he didn't get me, Liam and Marinette."

"Marinette?"

"Dupain-Cheng. We did what he said, and he let the girls go, but one stayed and knocked him out. The police took him in and then..."

"...I got to speak to him," Gabriel finished. "And that's how we found you."

Maria processed all of what her husband and her son had told her. "That's... really convoluted. How did you get to Hartlepool though?"

"The same way we're getting back to Paris," Adrien answered. "Knightowl and Birdy."

"Lucas?" Maria whispered.

15 Minutes Later, Edna's sons returned and helped Maria pack her things. After a few minutes, Maria was ready to go home. One son stayed with Edna, whilst the other carried one of Maria's bags to Knightowl's helicopter. The man shook Maria's hand, then she got into the helicopter along with her son. Gabriel waited.

"I can't thank your family enough," Gabriel said. "I'd like to repay you."

"Don't worry about it, sir. You have a Merry Christmas." Gabriel got into the helicopter and Knightowl took off, not giving Gabriel any time to get strapped into his seat. Gabriel was sent backward to the side door and was finally able to get himself onto a seat. Maria and Adrien were able to stop him from falling out.

"Sorry, Lady and Gents," Birdy said. "Knightowl's an idiot."

"You fly then," Knightowl retorted.

"I'm good."

Knightowl flew back to Paris. The Agreste family couldn't stop smiling at each other. They eventually reached Le Grand Paris, where Mime, Melodie, and Mercury were on the rooftop.

"Are they all...?" Maria asked.

"Yes," Adrien said. "Even Bridgette and Félix are inside, or they were when we left. If Liam's still there, they will be." Knightowl saw Adrien's friends down below. "I hope we don't get bombarded." Knightowl landed on the ground, and contrary to Adrien's prediction, only two people surrounded them: Nathalie and Mr. Acier.

"Mrs. Agreste!" Nathalie exclaimed, "Welcome back."

"Good to see you, Nathalie," Maria said, looking around at her home city. "Not much has changed." Maria looked at Le Grand Paris and saw the teenagers. "Would you like to introduce me to your friends, Adrien?"

"Certainly." The Agreste family walked to the entrance of the hotel, meeting some of Adrien's classmates. Knightowl and Birdy stayed near the helicopter. "Hey everyone! This is my mother, Maria Agreste. Mom, these are some of my classmates. Alya Cesaire, Alix Kubdel, Nathaniel Kurtzberg, Rose Lavillant, Juleka Couffaine, Sabrina Raincomprix, and Marinette Dupain-Cheng."

"Nice to meet you all. Marinette Dupain? Are you related to Bridgette Dupain?"

"She's my aunt," Marinette answered.

"That must make you Liam's cousin!"

Everyone began mumbling in confusion.

"What do you mean?" Before Maria could answer, Bridgette and Félix arrived.

"Maria Agreste!" Bridgette shouted.

"Bridgette Dupain," Maria responded. "Félix Rejeter. Aren't you two married yet?"

"No," Félix answered. "Still not able to find the time. But anyway, it's been... What? 2 Years? What happened?"

"I don't remember much. I remember being in the atelier, then something hit me on the back of my head. The next thing I knew, I was in a hospital in Hartlepool."

"You know if you wanted, we could investigate this. No doubt Stan Billiton is the one who attacked you. I could get a confession from him and he'll have kidnapping added to his charges."

"If He was Hawk Moth this whole time, I don't think it's worth a kidnapping charge if he's already being charged for those attacks."

Bridgette's eyes moved all around. "Shall we go inside? It's bloody cold out here." Bridgette turned around and saw Liam's classmates. "You know, Liam's done with Jagged for the day. He's packing up and coming down and he wants to talk to... one of you." Everyone went back inside the hotel, where Kayla's parents were talking with Marinette's parents and Alya's parents, who had shown up while the Agrestes were overseas. Kayla's little brothers and Alya's little sisters were chasing after each other around the lobby. "I'm gonna get us some coffees. Maria, I think Paige, Jason, and Joshua will want to talk to you, they've got a lot to say." The students went and sat in the seats available. Rose, Juleka, Alya, and Nathaniel sat on chairs, and Alix sat on the arm of Nathaniel's chair. The elevator pinged and out came the Side Swipe band and Kayla. Liam's three friends left, carrying their cases of equipment. Kayla had a guitar case on her back, and Liam was no longer wearing a fake beard or mask, and had a salmon pink bass guitar on his back, the strap over his shoulder. Juleka saw the bass and smiled. Liam and Kayla looked over and walked to Liam's friends.

"Hello, guys," Liam said. "I'd like you to meet the girl who defeated Hawk Moth."

"Kayla Hernandez," Kayla said. "I'm in Miss Bernard's class. I recognize some of you. You're Nathaniel Kurtzberg. Liam told me you designed two characters for Max Kante's Ladybug game."

"It's a Ladybug game?" Nathaniel asked, surprised. "Why not just use real-life villains instead of making new ones?"

"It's called 'Likeness rights'. Can't use somebody's image without permission, but Liam's brother and his fiancee purchased the rights to Ladybug, Cat Noir, Hawk Moth and The Hornet, so they can use them."

"And we do want to use the other villains," Liam said. "But we need permission for the likenesses."

Kayla pointed at Alix. "You're Alix Kubdel, Liam showed me the race you two had. You're a great skater."

"Thanks," Alix responded.

"Good drummer, too," Liam said. Alix smacked Liam's mouth, startling her friends.

"I didn't want our friends to know that, yet."

"Well, we've got a favor to ask about that." Alix raised an eyebrow. "Jagged wants us to play those songs at the concert."

"But the drummer hasn't got a clue how to play them," Kayla added.

"We were hoping that you could play them when the time came."

Alix was flabbergasted. "Play them at the concert?" Liam and Kayla nodded. Alix's classmates gasped. "You know what? I'll do it!" The Teenagers began discussing the concert and Adrien's mother when Liam's father, Bryan returned from a talk with Former Mayor Bourgeois.

"Ah, Liam, Félix." The president said. "I'd like to congratulate you, my sons. Today, Hawk Moth AND Fire Ant were defeated, and I have been given evidence that demands new leadership for this city. It wouldn't have been possible without you two." The hotel butler came into the lobby with three small glasses on a tray, with a bottle of wine. Bryan took the wine and filled each of the glasses, giving one to Félix, but Liam hesitated to take the one that his father offered him.

"I can't dad. I've seen what alcohol can do."

"And one glass is nowhere near enough for that."

"I'm sure I'm under legal drinking age."

"There is no legal drinking age in France."

"But I-"

"How come you don't want a drink, Liam?"

"Because I'm not the only one who needs congratulations." Liam walked over to his friends. "Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien Agreste, and most of all, Kayla Hernandez." Liam placed his right hand on Kayla's left shoulder, exposing his bandaged wrist. "SHE knocked out Hawk Moth long enough for the police to take him into custody. Hell, she disarmed his bombs, whilst the three of us kept him talking so that he didn't see her. If this hits the headlines, then it should be Kayla who gets the most glory."

"Alright. Congratulations, Miss Hernandez. You'll be seen as a hero like Ladybug and Cat Noir" Bryan stopped. "Actually, where are those two? I know Hawk Moth said he'd set off the bombs if they were here, but why aren't they here now?"

Liam scoffed. "I don't know, fighting crime, saving people from road accidents? If they're not here, it's because they're needed somewhere else."

"Good point. A hero's work is never truly done. Speaking of which, I gotta handle the press. It was a brief reunion, my sons, but a great one also. Until we meet again."

"Likewise." The brothers responded in unison. Bryan and his bodyguards left. Everyone began drinking, the adults had wine, the teenagers had sodas and the children had fruit juice. Eventually, Liam went back up to Jagged Stone's room with Alix, Kayla, and Nathaniel. The four went inside and Liam placed his hands on the drawer, hung his head and sighed in sadness.

"What's wrong?" Nathaniel asked.

Liam recollected himself. "I think I'm..." Liam struggled to find his words. He picked up an open envelope. "I found this in one of the drawers. It's got my name on it." Liam took out its contents and showed it to his friends. On one side, a message in purple ink: Do you know who your 'brother' is?. On the other side, a photograph, showing a woman in a hospital bed holding a newborn baby and a young man sat on the side of the bed, rubbing the baby's forehead. The type of camera used allowed the time and date of the photo to be recorded.

"April 21st, 2001," Alix said. "The day I was born."

"It's also the day I was born. The troubling part is that the couple in the photo aren't Bryan and Sharon Rejeter." Everyone looked at Liam. "It's Félix Rejeter and Bridgette Dupain." Alix, Nathaniel, and Kayla gasped. "Guys, I think I'm their son..."

All four kept that to themselves until Liam was ready. When Christmas Day came, everyone went to the Agreste mansion to celebrate Maria Agreste's return. The new year's concert was a huge success, even when Alix took over as the drummer. Throughout all of those events, Liam kept his discovery secret, even to his cousin, Marinette Dupain-Cheng...