Master Fu's Residence

"Hello, Marinette," Master Fu greeted the girl who was out of breathe and leaning against his door frame. Tikki flew further into the residence and took a seat next to Wayzz, who was leaning against a hot cup of tea. "I had a feeling you would visit tonight."

"I'm sorry to come so late, Master but the Akuma this time is too dangerous to get close to," Marinette explained as he opened the door wider for her to enter. They made their way to the phonograph and Master Fu enter the secret code to unlock the miraculous box he had hidden within the old contraption. "If someone stares at her, they'll become frozen and she'll steal their hopes and dreams...but for some reason, it didn't work on Chat Noir. Do you have any idea why?"

Master Fu didn't answer Marinette right away as he opened the box and presented it to her. He thought about Adrien Agreste, the boy behind the mask and how his home life may also contribute to his hopes and dreams not being taken.

Such a burden to have...

"As much as I don't want to..." Marinette sighed and took the bee miraculous from the box. "I would ask Alya but she's with the girls back home. Asking her to leave would cause too much confusion. I'm sure they're all already worried about me."

"Trust yourself, Marinette." Master Fu replied as he walked her and Tikki to the door. "No matter who you choose, you will always win." Marinette smiled and nodded before turning to leave.

"Thank you, Master! I'll be back soon!" And with that, she ran off into the night. Master Fu closed the door and walked to the mat in the middle of the room. His Kwami, Wayzz, flew beside him, a worried expression on his face.

"Master, why didn't you tell her the reason it didn't work on him?" He asked his owner. Master Fu hummed and stroked his beard before answering.

"The reason is something Adrien must figure out on his own. That is the only way to overcome it." Master Fu sighed and stared at the center of the box, his gaze on the spot where the Cat Miraculous goes. "The miraculous of destruction is indeed a blessing but also a curse...it has clouded whatever it deems unimportant to protect others and get the job done...hopefully, Adrien comes close to discovering his purpose in life so that he may remember again..."

"And if he doesn't, Master?" Wayzz asked. Master Fu turned his gaze to the Kwami, a grave look on his face.

"If he doesn't discover his purpose soon, I'm afraid he never will...even when it is time to give the miraculous back..."

Ladybug jumped and swung across Paris until she finally landed on the balcony of Chloe Bourgeois. She sighed in frustration as she could hear the voice of her longtime enemy barking out commands.

"Jean-Linen, hurry up and make sure that my mother is safe! Ugh, I swear if I was a superhero right now, you would be BEGGING me for help."

A knock on her window caused Chloe to stop yelling and look outside. A squeal of excitement left her as she shoved her butler out of the way and hurried to open the door. Instantly, she held her hand out in front of her; palm up.

"Well, come on! I know you need my help!" She boasted.

"I'm only retrieving you because Rena Rouge can't make it." Ladybug replied with a roll of her eyes. She placed the box in Chloe's hand and watched her open it. In a ball of light, Pollen flew out and greeted her Queen.

"Oh, I missed this!" Chloe squealed.

"Chloe, focus!" Ladybug snapped. "We need to hurry! Chat is doing the best he can to hold off the Akuma. He won't be able to do it forever!"

"Oh, of course! Right away!" Chloe quickly transformed and together, she and Ladybug leapt off the balcony, heading to where Melpomene and Chat Noir was still fighting.

"Let me go! You worthless, hopeless, dreamless feline!" Melpomene yelled as she continued to slam Chat Noir into walls. He grunted with each hit and multiple scars covered his face, however, he never let her go.

"That's pretty rude! I have hopes and dreams!" he replied, trying to make light of the situation. However, his arms were getting tired and he wasn't sure how many more times he could take getting slammed into bricks and stone.

"You have none!" Melpomene replied as she zoomed across the streets of Paris, making sure to slam Chat into anything she saw. "That is why I have no interest in you!"

"Chat, let go!" A voice suddenly shouted from above.

"The Queen has arrived!" Another voice said, causing him to roll his eyes. He gratefully released Melpomene, who immediately turned her gaze to the two female heroes.

"Yes, your dreams and hopes were quite filling," Melpomene said as she stared Ladybug down. Ladybug swung her yo-yo, aiming at the Akuma only for her to grab it. Before Ladybug could react, she pulled it, causing Ladybug to fall over the edge of the building. She twisted and landed on her feet, however, when she looked up, she was face to face with a black hole.

Ladybug felt her body tense as her white aura glowed around her. Slowly, she watched her purpose get sucked into the darkness.

Hurry! she thought frantically.

"Venom!" she heard Queen Bee yell as she stung Melpomene with her spinning top. Even though the process didn't stop, the theft of Ladybug's hopes and dreams slowed. "Now, Chat Noir!"

Chat ran towards the villain and yelled out his power. However, as he was about to grab her mask, he remembered how the Akuma wasn't there. So, he went for the next best thing closest to it; the Akuma's headband.

Please be it, He thought as he snatched the headband from her hair and let it disintegrate into the air. Thankfully, Melpomene let out a loud wail of distress and released Ladybug who felt like her soul returned to her body. Ladybug hurried to catch the Akuma and de-evilised it. Letting the pure white butterfly fly away in its place.

"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" She shouted. Once the magical ladybugs reversed everything back to normal, Ladybug bent over to catch her breath. Chat went to help his lady while Melpomene screamed, her persona dissolving and leaving a crying upcoming pop star in place.

"What did you do?!" Mélanie shouted at the superheroes. Queen Bee scoffed as was about to make a snide remark before Ladybug stopped her, finally able to catch her breath.

"You're Mélanie Bassot, am I right?" Ladybug asked as she stood in front of the red-haired girl. To shocked to reply, she nodded. "I'm one of your biggest fans!"

"You?...you're my fan?" Mélanie stuttered, unable to comprehend what was happening. She sniffed and wiped her eyes, wondering if it was all a dream. "But...you're a superhero!"

"That may be true," Ladybug placed her hand on Mélanie's shoulder. "But underneath this mask, I'm just an ordinary girl. I'm not sure what happened today but it didn't seem right."

Suddenly, a flare of anger surged within Mèlanie and she grit her teeth.

"They cheated!" She suddenly shouted, startling the hero. "I overheard the director and someone in Olive's room saying that the results were rigged over money!"

Shock covered the faces of the superheroes, even Queen Bee seemed genuinely concerned.

"My career..." Mélanie sobbed before covering her face with her hands. "My hopes and dreams were taken from me right before my eyes! Why should I continue this path if my future can be crushed by something so small?"

"Because this path is who you are," Mélanie lifted her head and stared at Ladybug, who gave her a reassuring smile. "There will always be setbacks when you go after something you want but you never let it make you feel like you should give up." She chuckled and turned to look at Chat. The memory of their first battle played in her head. "There have been plenty of times that I've wanted to give up but never let that feeling overcome you." Mélanie sniffed again and nodded. "Good, now let's get you home."

Once the Chat and Ladybug placed Mélanie back at her hotel and retrieved the miraculous from Chloe, they stood on top of the Lumiere D'Argant theater, overlooking Paris.

"So, should we pay the theater a visit?" Chat asked, knowing what the answer would be. Ladybug nodded before they both entered through a skylight.

Luckily, some of the lights were still on, making it easy for the heroes to spot two people sitting in the seats and chatting. The heroes cautiously ran across the beams until they were directly above the pair.

"Thank you, Mother, I—" the voice of a young girl said.

"Don't you dare thank me," the woman replied. "Maybe if you had sung better, I wouldn't have had to bribe that sorry excuse of a judge!" The girl flinched, twiddling her fingers as she stared down at her lap. "Next time, you better get first place so I don't have to keep losing money. After all, you owe me so much out of your 'career'."

Beside her, Chat clenched his fist as a feeling of hurt filled his chest.

"Time to step in," Ladybug whispered. She tied her yo-yo to the beam and lowered herself in front of the woman and the girl who Ladybug recognized to be Olive Hale. Once her feet touched the ground, she heard a sharp crack beside her and turned to see Chat's staff embedded into the floor. He slowly lowered himself, glaring at Ms. Hale as if he were trying to stab her with his gaze.

The blonde haired woman was clearly uncomfortable with his entrance and instead turned to Ladybug, who glared at her equally.

"Who are you and what do you want?" She asked, trying to keep her voice steady.

"Your daughter doesn't deserve that 1st place title and you know it," Chat jumped right in.

"Whoa, down Kitty." Ladybug frowned at her partner, wondering why he was suddenly so harsh. "Ms. Hale, an emergency happened today because of the actions you made."

"I don't know what you're—"

"Save it, mom. They know what happened... " All three turned to Olive, who still had her head down. "I know what we did was wrong... and I'm willing to fix it..."

"Olive, your career!" Her mom exclaimed. Olive suddenly stood, glaring down at her mother with tears in her eyes.

"This isn't my career!" She yelled before turning to Ladybug and lowering her voice. "This isn't...What I want."

Everyone was silent before Chat pushed forward to stand in front of her.

"What are your hopes and dreams, Olive?" He asked her before looking at the mother. "Whatever she says, you had better support it."

"Chat..." Ladybug whispered, knowing how he felt about issues when parents were involved.

"I...I'm not sure..." Olive replied softly. At first, nothing was said before Chat placed his hand on her shoulder. He gave her a smile and winked.

"Than you and I are just alike!" He replied, earning a shocked expression from her. "How about this, once we find our path, we'll let each other know, okay? In the meantime, just be yourself."

A smile broke across Olive's face before she engulfed Chat in a huge hug.

"Now it's your turn," Ladybug said to Ms. Hale. The mother sighed and pulled out her cell phone, pressing a number on speed dial. After it rang a few times, someone picked up.

"Cogswell, we need to talk."

Marinette's House

"Okay, are you girls ready?" Alya said, looking at each of her soldiers. After Marinette hadn't returned, they panicked at first but Alya and Alix pumped them up to go look for her. They decided to strap pillows, blankets, anything they could use as protection to their bodies and were preparing to go downstairs to look for their friend. "Everyone remembers their positions?" They nodded in return. "Then let's go! For Marinette!"

"For Marinette!" They shouted. They all headed for the trap door and as soon as Juleka and Rose pushed the dresser, the door was flung open and Marinette climbed through. The pigtailed girl stopped and stared at her friends in shock before she was grabbed and smothered in hugs.

"We thought we lost you!"

"What happened!?"

"We were so worried!"

Marinette smiled and let herself be embraced by her friends. She felt tears well up in her eyes, feeling happy that she had amazing people looking out for her.

"I'm sorry, girls," she replied to them. They released her, giving her room to speak. "When I went downstairs, I saw the Akuma and decided to hide in the cabinet. I guess I was so tired I fell asleep in it. When I woke up, everything was back to normal."

"So, the Akuma is gone?" Mylene asked with hope. Marinette nodded to which the girls sighed in relief.

"Now, shall we continue our night? I have a feeling that the next episode of Singing with the Stars will be interesting."

Adrien's House

Chat Noir skillfully and quietly entered his room and de-transformed. Plagg, Adrien's Kwami, splayed himself out on the sofa, exhausted after being tossed around.

Without saying a word, Adrien made his way to his bed and fell back onto it, staring up at his ceiling. He thought about what Olive had said. How she didn't know what her hopes and dreams were...and realized he didn't know what his were either.

"I need cheese!" Plagg whined, causing Adrien to sigh. He got up, grabbed a piece of Plagg's favorite stinky cheese, and gave it to him. "What's got you all down?"

"It's just...everything that happened today...what are my hopes and dreams, Plagg?"

"Don't know," Plagg shrugged as he took another bite of his snack. "Never really mattered to me."

"Did any of the previous Chat Noirs' have any?"

"Hm, a couple did, yeah."

"And the ones who didn't?" Adrien asked. Plagg narrowed his eyes at Adrien and yawned.

"Wow, I'm beat. Time for bed!"

"Plagg!" Adrien said but the Kwami had already flown away in a hurry, leaving the boy alone. Sighing, he looked down at his hand, wondering what his hopes and dreams could be.

Suddenly, without warning, a quick image flashed in his head. He blinked in surprise.

Marinette?

I hope you all enjoyed this very long Miraculous Episode. I know there were a lot of errors in this (It was made last year) and I promise to go back and go over it. Until the next one!

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