After watching the trailer for season 3...

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I believe Marinette gets mad at Alya for not believing her when she said Lila was lying. And when she saw how Lila was getting all of her classmates' attention, she weeps in the girls' bathroom. Cue akuma.

Not wanting her earrings to get akumatized, she quickly used her sketchpad as a shield. She tried to resist, but is soon akumatized into Masquerage, a villain who can change into her own version of past akumas' costumes and use their powers as well.

Tikki flies away and is found by Marinette's classmates. Eventually, they find out Marinette is Ladybug. They also find out that Lila has been LYING to them the whole time.

Oh. And all miraculous heroes' identities are revealed to the whole class.

Feeling guilty and wanting to help her friend, Alya managed to convince Tikki to bring her, Nino, and Chloe (who suddenly feels a weird urge to help her rival despite her mixed feelings) to Master Fu.

Fu might even reveal the full version of his backstory.

What if Marinette is the first person to ever break free from Hawk Moth's control during her akumatization?

A few times she showed signs of her sweet self feeling guilty, before returning to her vengeful akuma self.

After her friends show her how much they are willing to get her back, she rips her own sketchbook into half.

This enrages Hawk Moth.

Yet... he's impressed.

After her classmates call her out for her lies, Lila threatens to reveal the heroes' identities to everyone. But then Chloe... ;)

I hope her mother transfers her to another school. You know... Because of all the akumas... ):)

Adrien and Marinette join their teammates and goes to Master Fu to return their miraculouses. But instead, Master Fu lets them keep their miraculouses and kwamis. He also give them their own power-up potions.

With the whole class discovering the heroes' identities, who knows what crazy villains will they face next.

I miss my "Hellhound" story. So please enjoy this alternate take as a welcome story to season 3.

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What are the chances Lila tells Alya she's friends with Rena Rouge, making the real one suspicious of her?

He didn't want to do this to his old friend... But she did upset her own dog.

The moment the little furry beast ran off in despair, he excused himself, found a secluded area, transformed, and transformed the little Pomeranian into a giant dog with nine tails.

With every dog in Paris at his command, Hellhound imprisoned every human at Le Grand Paris, and began a canine revolution against all humans.

Soon, Paris will turn from "City of Love", to "City of Dogs"!

"Don't forget your part of the bargain, Hellhound." Hawk Moth reminded, watching the civilians caged in giant pet carriers.

"Not until I get my princess." Hellhound growled.

Ah yes. His princess. Hawk Moth recalled Unique mentioning her pup running away, only to be found and returned by a young girl. Before she returned him to his owner, she gave him a bow for his fluffy tail, the same bow he akumatized.

Touched by the girl's kindness, Hellhound wanted to make her his princess, and refused to follow Hawk Moth's orders until she is brought safely to him.

Luckily for both villains, they don't have to wait long.

In order to win Hellhound's obedience, Hawk Moth knew he had to be respectful to his princess.

He approached the girl, but was surprised to find out who she really is.

She was used to Chat Noir calling her "Princess".

A giant dog with 9 tails calling her "Princess" was another story.

She and her friends were just celebrating Sabrina's birthday when a large pack of dogs appeared before them and announced their intentions to take Marinette.

Her friends were not going to let that happen... So they took all of them. And brought them to Le Grand Paris.

They were brought before a giant white dog with 9 tails. The dog bowed to Marinette, followed by the other dogs in the room. She awkwardly bows back, then got licked by the nine-tailed dog.

As she wiped the dog drool off her, she spotted something dark, and violet behind the giant alpha dog.

Oh no. It can't be...

She and her friends stood frozen, unable to do anything or even say a word as they were approached by the one who akumatized everyone of them. (Except Adrien.)

Hawk Moth gave a respectful bow, "It's an honor to meet you, your highness."

Marinette chuckled nervously, a large nervous smile plastered on her face as she curtsied and bow, "Pleasure's, all mine, kind si...?"

She didn't get to finish as Hawk Moth grabbed one of her hands, and placed a kiss on the back of it...!

Marinette quickly withdrew her hand and flashed a nervous smile once more at the villain. (While Alya secretly washed Hawk Moth's germs from her hand.)

"This must be a mistake." Marinette protested, "I'm no princess."

"That's what I said." Chloe muttered.

Hellhound laughed, his fellow dogs followed.

"Of course you are." The akumatized dog stared down at the bluenette, "You have saved me from a terrible fate."

"I just gave you a cookie and brought you back to your owner." Marinette corrected.

"Exactly!" Hellhound barked, "Minus the last part."

Hawk Moth clears his throat, "Your part of the bargain, Hellhound."

Hellhound turns to the butterfly villain, "I just can't leave my princess...!"

Hellhound roared as a sudden painful sensation surged throughout his body.

Sometimes, he wished he didn't have to do this to his villains, but sometimes you need force to gain their cooperation.

"Hey! Leave him alone!"

Hawk Moth glared at the blue-haired teen who was also glaring at him.

Why would she even bother defending such a beast?

Hawk Moth doesn't know why, but there was something familiar with the way the young teen glared at him.

Hawk Moth stopped inflicting pain on Hellhound, went to Marinette's side and placed an arm on her shoulder, "Not to worry, Hellhound. I will take good care of her. Just bring me Ladybug's and Chat Noir's miraculouses."

Hellhound left, along with his pack of faithful followers. However, he left two German shepherds to watch over his princess.

Once he was gone, this gave Hawk Moth the chance to finally talk to the one person who freed herself from his black butterfly's control.

When Hawk Moth offered to take her and her friends for a walk, Marinette never expected him to take them to the gardens outside Le Grand Paris.

But she was secretly glad he did.

She marveled at the many flowers surrounding her and her friends. There were red roses on one side, daisies on another, silver mask in front of her...?

Marinette screamed and jump in surprise when Hawk Moth just appeared in front of her.

"Don't think I forgot what you did, Masquerage." Hawk Moth leered closer to the teenage girl's face.

Masquerage... How could she forget?

She was so upset at Alya believing Lila's lies that she opened herself up for akumatization.

To be really honest; She looked good in evil.

Except for the part where she hurt her friends. And almost gave Chat Noir's miraculous to the most dangerous man in Paris.

"Usually I don't mind if the negative emotions of my intended victims disappear just as they were about to be akumatized." Hawk Moth stated, "Or that they tend to disobey orders. But a villain allowing himself, or herself, to be purified... I must admit; You were quite the challenging little troublemaker."

Marinette blinked 3 times in surprise. Did Hawk Moth just chuckle? In amusement? And complimented her?

She chuckled nervously, "It's a good thing you can only akumatize one object at a time."

Hawk Moth pulled back away from her, "At least you had more progress than your unskilled classmates."

"Hey!" Marinette pointed and snapped back at the villain, "My friends are amazing. And they don't need a corrupt, and twisted butterfly jerk to mess with their lives."

Her friends turned to her in surprise and gasped.

Then they awed.

Before gasping again.

Hawk Moth was surprised by the young girl's, choice of words.

Was it just him, or does her glare look... familiar?

The butterfly villain regained his calm composure, "If you say so... Princess."

He bowed before walking away from her, leaving her to be tackled by her grateful classmates.

"Girl, you're awesome!" Alya exclaimed, before whispering, "But you might want to tone down hero mode."

She was right. She almost went full Ladybug on her enemy.

If only there was a chance for her and her teammates to transform without Hawk Moth suspecting. And if all else fail, their only salvation is in the form of a black cat superhero.

"Chat Noir better get here soon before things get any weirder." Chloe remarks.

"This just got weirder." Marinette remarked nervously.

After a failed attempt to sneak away, Hellhound returned with a few dogs. The rest were still out searching for the heroes.

Hellhound wanted to fully induce Marinette to canine royalty by dressing her up in formal wear and ballroom dancing with her.

The dress was too big and tight, so she made a few changes and adjustments using dining utensils. The result impressed everyone, especially the caged prisoners, and Hawk Moth.

As Hellhound was having trouble finding a way to dance with his princess due to his giant size, Marinette caught a glimpse of a weird brown dog with big eyes that do not seem to be moving.

The dog looks at her and waves its arms around as if trying to... claw something.

Chat Noir... In a dog costume

Where did he get a dog costume?

Hawk Moth groaned before approaching Marinette and offering a hand for her to take, "May I have this first dance, your highness?"

Marinette was caught by surprise. She turned to Hellhound who gave a sigh of defeat. Great.

Then again... While she distracts Hawk Moth, Chat Noir can grab the akumatized item.

She accepted Hawk Moth's hand, and he led her to the center of the ballroom. Then the band began to play.

This was a chance for the others to... Wow. He's a really good.

As Chat stealthily made his way to Hellhound, he couldn't help but watch as Hawk Moth waltzed with Marinette on the dance floor. He was so, cordial, acting like a true gentleman around her. He even made her laugh.

That was his job.

Alya didn't know why, but she found herself recording a video on her phone of Marinette dancing with Hawk Moth. She stops and deletes the video. There was no way was she going to survive the rest of her life with images of her best friend dancing with her sworn enemy flashing before her eyes now and then.

When she saw the way Marinette laughed at something Hawk Moth said, a horrible thought occurred to her, and her friends.

Marinette glanced at her friends, giving them an annoyed look, as if knowing what they were thinking. Alya quickly popped the thought bubble and flashed an apologizing smile to her friend.

Chat Noir shook the same thought bubble out of his head. Finally, Hellhound's akumatized object was within his reach. He reached out to grab it... Then saw the way Hawk Moth dipped Marinette...

Then he blew his cover.

He was forced to fight Hellhound's pack all by himself. During the fight, a dog pounced at him, but he moved out of the way. Instead, the dog bit the rope that was securing the chandelier in place.

And it just so happens that Marinette was underneath the chandelier!

Luckily, someone came to her rescue. And it wasn't any of her friends...

Unknown to her and her saviour, their eyes briefly glowed purple at the same time.

When is he ever going to win against those infernal brats?

Gabriel found Marinette and her friends talking to Unique. His old friend was giving the young teenager her Pomeranian.

He could see why; The talented girl understood the pup more than she ever did.

For some strange reason, he found himself smiling as he watched the pup happily lick his new owner. Just a few seconds ago, he was mad at Ladybug and her team for foiling his plans once again, but when he saw Marinette laughing...

Gabriel shook his head in confusion. Why did his mood suddenly change just like that?

He had to admit though; She was quite a talented, brave, and clever girl. She even distracted him from noticing that Chat Noir was in the room. He actually fell for her cute clumsiness.

Did he just label her "cute"?

Oh well. Team Miraculous may have won today, but Hawk Moth will emerge top dog.

Until next time... Marinette Dupain-Cheng.