Marinette checked that Tikki was still in her little purse munching on the stash of cookies in her bag. She walked into the old Miraculous guardian's home. Pushing open the Chinese style gate, she came into the old man meditating. He opened his eyes slyly at her tripping over a small box. Grumbling at her clumsiness, she gathered her bag and let Tikki out. The little kwami was carrying a small cookie half nibbled at.
"Hello, Ladybug." Greeted Master Fu. Marinette smiled at the memory of the mental joke she had made when she first learned his name.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNVeJ8Obym
Master Fu? Is that your last name? Is your first name Kung?517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS1tYW7F54
Marinette gave a quick bow to the man who had given her the Ladybug Miraculous and thus kept her on her toes. She wasn't sure if being Ladybug was a blessing or a curse. "You wished to see me, Master? Tikki got your message. "
" Yes, Marinette," he replied. He stood up nervously. "I have located a new Miraculous." 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGmU3qM64j
"New Miraculous?!" Marinette repeated. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggAAWPvcxq
"Yes, but this one isn't quite like the others." Master Fu walked over to where he kept the miracle box, punched the code in, and pulled the miracle box out of it's hiding spot. He carried it over to where Marinette was now sitting, opening it up. "Here. Look at this." The first thing to catch Marinette's attention was a beautiful chain necklace that looked like it was made of silver. Five small opal-esque gems were set in the shining metal, none much bigger than the nail on her pinky finger. It was small enough inconspicuous and clearly easily hidden, but eye-catching. The old man removed the necklace from the box and held it out to Marinette. "I need you to find someone to take care of this. The box isn't safe."517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrJoBdSj2Z
"What do you mean the box isn't safe?" 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ30DsVywQ6
"It's the kwami who brings the most danger to the rest," Master Fu admitted. "Arnoo. He's not supposed to exist." 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji4ZYA1qnM
"What?"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucBkHrpwMr
"You know Bunnix, right?" 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuCJdRj1us
Marinette nodded in response. "Yes, what about her?" 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiubxRzjTl
"Her kwami, Fluff, is the Time kwami. Arnoo was a bit of a mistake. He's basically Fluff but from another universe. However, it's almost impossible to return him now until we get Bunnix, but if we keep him here, he's liable to glitch the miracle box into another universe," Master Fu sighed. "Can I trust you?"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYZKNt1M3F
"Yes, Master," Marinette nodded nervously, taking the necklace. Upon leaving the general vicinity of the miracle box, the necklace changed into a simple white bead necklace spelling 'Marinette'. Marinette stood up and left the building quietly, tucking the Miraculous into her bag. She leaned up against a wall upon leaving, nerves twisting her gut. "Tikki, what am I gonna do?" 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQS1gvrdTZ
"Do your best, of course," Tikki chirped from Marinette's bag. "You're Ladybug, you can do it!"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2jbD7yM4R
"But what if I choose someone wrong?"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJTaxinHv8
"Then I can get the Miraculous from them. Easy-peasy." 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4EBRf8nbi
Marinette smiled nervously. "Right. Easy." 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHVljUyYEL
Jessica walked in front of her new school. Italy had been nice, but this was a new place. New opportunities, new friends, maybe something else? She looked around and noticed a tall, blonde, boy with green eyes talking to a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. She walked over. "Hi, I'm Jessica. I'm new here. Can you direct me to the office? I need to register. " the blonde boy opened his mouth to speak, but the girl scowled at her as if she was gum stuck to the bottom of her shoe.
" Who on earth are you? " the girl scoffed. "Ugh. I have better things to do than escort people to the office." The girl punctuated her sentence with a flip of her hair and sashayed into the building.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IaSCisJDu
" Sorry, " the boy apologized. "Chloe can be a bit mean at times. I'm Adrien. " he held out his hand to her to shake it. Jessica shook his hand. " You know, I can show you to the office. We have ten minutes before school. " he turned toward the building, and Jessica followed him to a large brown door topped with a lazy coat of paint over some recent graffiti. She turned to thank Adrien, but he was already gone. She shrugged and entered the office, her brown ponytail swinging because of a nearby fan. The tall, grey-haired principal sat scribbling something on a notepad. He looked up as she came in.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JiRomStOp
"Oh, hello. You must be Jessica. Come, have a seat." He pointed to the seat in front of his desk and rifled through a thick binder. He produced a few sheets of paper. He handed her one, which turned out to be her schedule. "Here you go. Now don't be late!" She took the sheet and hurried out the door. Her physics class was first, so she headed there.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z2EkocQgq
Chloe was sitting in the second row back with a ginger-haired girl with a bob cut that seemed to hide from every stinging remark Chloe made about someone's fashion sense. Adrien sat in the front row next to a dark-skinned kid with glasses and a blue baseball cap labeled "Nino". A dark-haired girl with pigtails in pink ribbons, a little purse resembling a coin purse, and shining blue eyes sat in the second row on the other side of the room. A girl sat next to her, typing something furiously on her phone. She had shoulder-length brown hair and dark skin with brown eyes like the boy in front of her.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kL3aJXFQ4
" How's the Ladyblog, Alya? " asked the midnight-haired girl in pigtails.
"Perfect for this time of year! I heard a new girl is in our class! And on the first anniversary of the Ladyblog and two months after that other girl moved in, no less!" 'Alya' replied. Jessica walked up to Alya and the other girl.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiBk04pFVg
"Hi, I'm Jessica. " she introduced, holding out her hand and flashing a smile. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58fovALUrx
"Oh, hi! " yelped the other girl, obviously surprised. "I'm Marinette. Nice to meet you!" Greeted Marinette. Adrien walked up.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ72R8VPqY
" Hi, Alya. Hi Marinette. I see you've met Jessica. " he ruffled his shaggy hair nervously and wore a shy smile.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHSuTUHSAN
Shaggy hair... Jessica noted mentally. She fiddled with a small pebble she had found. She noticed a girl with dirty blonde hair that shone a brilliant gold in the sunlight. Her eyes shone a golden hazel that seemed to glow blue or green at the same time. "Who's that?" She asked Nino, who had come up while Jessica was examining the girl. She sported a blue long sleeve shirt with white sleeves that declared "I'm just kitten." She was wearing leopard print leggings that were topped by blue high tops with grey laces. They were sneaker-like and were decorated with a white pattern.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa6lmieoll
"Oh, her?" Asked Nino. " That's Emily. She moved in a couple months ago. " Jessica studied her outfit once again. She noticed a gold choker with a small silver flame charm. She noticed Marinette nervously giggling at Adrien's weak jokes.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtB9fkFcxh
She must like him. Guessed Jessica. Those jokes aren't funny.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAjDKVUTQa
"Class, settle down. Find your seats. Jessica, sit next to Emily. " commanded the teacher, who donned a lab coat hastily and held up a glass test tube. Chloe let out a groan that obviously declared 'this is going to be a long class. '
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After school...
Chloe's groan had been right. School had been long, and the pain of sitting next to a popular girl was impeccable. Adrien slid into a limo that whizzed off. Jessica noticed Marinette, who had fallen down the stairs. She smiled warmly, crouching down and offering her a hand. "You okay?"
"Yeah, perfect," Marinette murmured. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLoVu0LCQ7
"It looks like you have a crush," she noted as Marinette took her hand and Jessica pulled her to her feet. Marinette blushed furiously. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY1joFjyS3
"W-what makes you say that?"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajm1j58lOZ
"Firstly, I've seen the way you look at Adrien, you laugh at all his dumb puns, and you tend to only stutter when he's around or if anyone mentions him or a relationship," Jessica replied, ticking the things off her fingers. "Don't worry, I can keep a secret." She held a finger to her lips. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaacYfQVHPV
"Oh- okay," Marinette stared at the sidewalk. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5iugc85yL
"So, are you okay? That was a pretty rough tumble." 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFFpA8hJuq
"Yeah." A kid stumbled while walking past them, about to hit the sidewalk. Both girls reflexively reached their arms out to catch the kid. They exchanged slightly surprised glances but sent the kid on his way. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GdCuhOX4C
Later, Jessica organized her room as her mother had told her, unpacking and organizing boxes that sat defiantly against the wall as she frustratedly tried to find a place for everything. She finally flopped on her couch and stared at the empty wall. Noticing a little black box on her coffee table, she leaned over to get a closer look at it. It had a complicated red pattern on its top that seemed to beckon her to open it. She picked it up curiously and opened its lid. A small necklace sat inside, it's stones gleaming. She put it on tentatively, and a small floating wolf flew out of the pendant. She jumped, but eager to have a new friend, she reached out to the little wolf. The wolf yawned and noticed a pile of cookies. He swooped down and snatched one, gobbling it in one bite.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7KUuCCtqI
Wiping crumbs away from his little cheek, the little wolf held out a little paw or hand. He didn't have fingers or toes, Jessica observed. "Hi, my name is Arnoo. It is nice to meet another Grey Wolf to serve."517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpiQKttm9v
" Grey Wolf!? " She exclaimed, startled. "Is that a superhero?"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF6bFHFJx0
Arnoo looked around nervously. "Oh, I'm still in the wrong universe," he huffed quietly. "I suppose that guardian sent me to someone to take care of."517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3uPXpURCg
"Cat Noir! Your ring!" Yelped a female voice. A clank sounded. Jessica looked outside as a tall villain dressed in what looked like a recolored male Scarlet Witch cosplay whirled around a long rope that seemed to have no end. The villain tied up the two heroes and reached out for the two heroes, who Jessica recognized as Ladybug and Cat Noir. The villain tried to reach for Ladybug's earrings, but Cat Noir kept swatting at his hand with a silver staff he somehow managed to move under the ropes.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX3C0Ve7yk
"Wait, if I'm a superhero, shouldn't I be helping them?"517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloaIV7JyTW
"No!" Arnoo protested. "They can take care of themselves! Besides, you can get hurt if you transform!" 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvph7tbcYW4
"But I can help! I can't just stand there! Tell me how to use my powers!" The villain continued to attack the heroes. "See what I mean? They can't do this forever."517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHA2rRxm7ok
Arnoo sighed. "When you need to turn back, stop, or slow time, just say Howl and imagine slowing, stopping, or turning back time. After you use your power, you have five minutes before you transform back. And you can't reveal your identity to anyone." Arnoo quickly explained. " Now, to transform into Grey Wolf, say Arnoo, Fangs out. Alright? "517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qjCCD3iQH
Jessica, thoroughly excited, transformed immediately. "Arnoo, Fangs out!" She quickly transformed into a hero with a fluffy wolf tail, grey suit, and wolf ears. She wore gloves with claws on them and a pair of white boots. Looking in the mirror, she noticed she wore a grey mask. The necklace, which had been a bead necklace with her name on it before, was now the beautiful opal necklace it was before. Her wolf ears seemed to grow out of her head. A small coin was in a zip-up pocket. She turned it around in her hand and it extended into a short staff. She focused, lengthening it into a full-length white staff. Her brown hair hung loosely around her shoulders, her brown eyes sharper than usual. She hopped out of the window, with no less impulsiveness than a Gryffindor on drugs. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUI6IWxMYl
"Who are you?" Cat Noir asked. Grey Wolf held out her hand to Cat Noir, and he shook it. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj25ZBOxoj
The villain threw his lasso at her. Grey Wolf backflipped out of the way with strength she didn't know. "Who are we working with?" 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnl53FE7h0h
"His name is Red Warlock. He was a friend of mine's drama teacher who created a superhero for a comic book. " Ladybug dodged another strike from a sword. "He can capture anyone with a touch of his lasso and split anything in half with his sword, but one touch of his gloves and..."517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZaG6a9A6q
Cat Noir mimed walking like a zombie. "You have to do anything he says. Don't get tagged. "517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCxAcatNiM
"Duly noted," Grey Wolf wheezed. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YoUzGsA1h
Ladybug used her Lucky Charm. "A hazmat suit?" Asked Grey Wolf. She looked over the plastic radiation suit.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Y70QEELjM
"What am I supposed to do with this?" Ladybug mused.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIu1oznUlj
"Well, I doubt you'll be working in a nuclear reactor anytime soon." Cat Noir quipped.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEXjrktpgZ
Grey Wolf leaped into the air and swatted his lasso out of his hand. She swept around and saw a small pin that glowed each time he used his powers. " I have an idea! Ladybug, give me the suit! " she hopped into the hazmat suit and quickly zipped it up. She ran forward, reaching out for the pin. Red Warlock tagged her, but through the suit it did nothing. She unhooked the pin and backed away. Wielding her staff, she knocked the pin off him. She broke the pin as Ladybug's earrings flashed.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHUsxrOfNn
"Time to de-evilize!" Shouted Ladybug as she captured and released a black butterfly that had come out of the pin. It had turned a bright white and flew away. Getting out of the suit, she set it down. Ladybug threw it in the air, turning back all the damage done by Red Warlock. He transformed back, looking around as Ladybug and Cat Noir bumped fists.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbfkKT4i53
" Pound it! " they said together. The man hurried off after seeing the heroes. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTDGC4gK7O
"Sorry about intruding, I noticed you guys kinda needed help. I'm not really supposed to use this," she muttered. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a7tfupTxY
"Oh, I know you," Ladybug responded. At that moment, Ladybug's earrings flashed. "I have to go. See you another time!" Cat Noir stared in the distance after her.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKHZFQRC8F
Grey Wolf, now that she had time to look at him, looked at his outfit. He had a little gold bell at the base of his collar, and he had a silver staff similar to hers. Cat Noir was surprisingly lean and muscled with a posture that radiated confidence, and handsome cat-like eyes sat under a black mask. His sly, brave, and laughing smirk looked after where Ladybug leaped off. He loves her. Grey Wolf mused mentally. She tapped his shoulder with a claw. He jerked his head to the side as if startled she was still there.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ6yZm7Qaj
"It's nice to meet you, Grey Wolf," Cat Noir bowed dramatically. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC6zRcGY3Z
"Pffft!" Grey Wolf started laughing. "Call me Grey, I guess. I'm not really too formal. Cat Noir straightened and chuckled. 517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2nCJmYPPQ
"Have a nice day, Grey. Take care of yourself!" He turned and ran off.517Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2P4qYujCv
