Ladybug (Ladybug finishing her transformation)

Cat Noir (Cat Noir finishing his transformation)

Crystal Cygne (Crystal Cygne finishing her transformation)

Cottontail (Cottontail finishing her transformation)

We've been preparing (Ladybug, Cat Noir, Crystal Cygne and Cottontail on patrol)

Sharing (Elisa helping Sakura with her Footloose lines)

Training (Luka and Elisa meditating together, holding hands)

Studying A to Z (Elisa raising her hand in class)

Bonding (Elisa and Sakura hugging)

Battling (Cat Noir destroying Captain Hardrock's ship with Cataclysm)

Laughing (Elisa laughing at Nathaniel's drawing of Hawk Moth's defeat)

Gettin' crazy, you and me (Luka kissing Elisa)

'Cause it's coming soon (The window in Hawk Moth's lair opening)

When we all meet our destiny (Luka and Elisa standing under the moonlight in each other's arms)

Under the Parisian moon (Ladybug, Cat Noir, Crystal Cygne and Cottontail stand side by side, now joined by Rena Rouge, Carapace and Queen Bee)

Miraculous!

Elisa

Ever since we played Truth or Dare at Juleka and Luka's houseboat, I've known that Marinette crushed on Adrien. But I had no idea she had pictures of Adrien all over her room!

Heh. Marinette can be such a drama queen.

Speaking of Marinette, I was waiting for her outside the Dupain-Cheng Bakery. We were going to head to the Gabriel Agreste fashion show together.

She ran out in a panic, and we both dashed off.

We stopped when we saw a limousine pull up to the Grand Palais. Chloé stepped out, followed by a blonde woman with a big hat wearing black and white.

"Anthony - uh, André." Said the woman. "Be a dear and fire the chauffeur. I can't believe Gabriel allows his staff to drive like that!"

"And neither do I." Chloé sneered.

"Yes, of course, Audrey dear." Mayor Bourgeois acknowledged.

The chauffeur drove off.

"Oh, no!" Marinette panicked. "It's Audrey Bourgeois!"

I raised an eyebrow. "'Bourgeois?' Sounds like Chloé's mother to me."

Marinette nodded, confirming my suspicions. "Only the harshest fashion critic in the entire world! I didn't know she was coming!"

"Looks like my mom and Chloé's mom share a name." I remarked.

We watched as Madame Bourgeois stepped onto the red carpet.

"What is this carpet? Is it fabric? Why isn't the red carpet made out of marble like I said?!" She turned to Officer Roger before walking down the red carpet with Mayor Bourgeois and Chloé. "You're fired! Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous..."

"Well," I shrugged. "Guess we know where Chloé gets her attitude from. Hmph, like mother like daughter indeed."

"She's gonna hate my hat for sure." Marinette groaned.

"Don't jump to conclusions, Marinette. I'm going to go on ahead and meet up with my parents and Sakura."

Chloé

Nadia Chamack was interviewing us in front of the Grand Palais. I hope Mummy likes the gift I got her...

"Audrey, like the slogan of your magazine says "If it's in good taste; it's in 'Style Queen!'" So, what's in good taste this year?"

"Judging by the way you're dressed, you obviously don't know my dear." Mummy said into the microphone. I snickered at Nadja's bland outfit. "For your information, the trend this year is glitter."

I agree with Mummy on this. Glitter is very important in the fashion industry!

"As the editor of 'Style Queen', you spend a lot of time in New York. It must be nice to be with your family for a change here in Paris."

Nadja's right! Time to present my gift to Mummy!

"She's very happy to see me. By the way, Mom, I have a little something for you." I pulled the small gift box out of my jacket pocket, wrapped in pink wrapping paper.

"Clara - Uh... Chloé, what is this?" Mummy demanded. Why does she always forget my name?!

"Um... it's a gift?" I said hesitantly.

Mummy was not impressed. "Ugh, this wrapping paper is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. You're fired."

I gasped, and so did Daddy. That stung!

"Darling, please, you can't fire Chloé! She's your daughter!"

Daddy's right. How come I never impress Mummy?!

"Audrey, how long are you planning to stay in Paris?"

"As short as possible time." Mummy replied, walking away. Daddy and I followed behind.

Elisa

I entered the Grand Palais and met up with my parents, who were talking with Sakura and her parents. Chloé and her parents were standing off to the side.

"Madame Bourgeois!" Mom called out.

Madame Bourgeois turned around and greeted Mom with a warm smile. "Madame Krelborn-Fulquard!"

Mom and Madame Bourgeois kissed each other on both cheeks.

I tilted my head, raising my eyebrows. "You know each other?"

"We knew each other in Skid Row." Mom replied. "She handpicked a few of my old outfits."

"Madame Bourgeois! How wonderful to see you!" I greeted Chloé's mother politely.

"Oh, please, Glitter Girl." Madame Bourgeois looked at me. "No need to call me that. Call me Aunt Audrey. You are my goddaughter, after all."

At that, both mine and Chloé's jaws dropped.

"She's my godsister?!" Chloé and I yelled at the same time.

I turned to my parents, shocked at the revelation. "Mom! Dad! You never told me Chloé was my godsister!"

Mom shook her head. "Elisa, we tried to, but you kept going on and on about your school musical."

All of a sudden, a hat rolled past us and bumped into Madame Bourgeois - erm, Aunt Audrey's shoe. I turned to see a terrified Marinette on the floor with an open box.

Aunt Audrey picked up the hat. "What is this?!"

"Uh, Mom, this is Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the loser, and this is a hat she made because she thinks she's a designer." Chloé took the hat and held it upside down. "She even signed it. Look."

Marinette stuttered on and on about how it wasn't her, but I gave her a disapproving look.

Nathalie appeared to take Marinette to the dressing room to give the hat to Adrien, and I exchanged a shrug with Sakura.

We took our seats on the benches, and Marinette entered a few minutes later, followed by Chloé and Aunt Audrey.

"How dilapidated is this place?" Aunt Audrey sneered. "And I have to share the front row with this group of low-lifes? Ridiculous." She sat down between Mrs. Dupain-Cheng and Alya. "Utterly ridiculous. On the other hand, I do get to sit with the Krelborn-Fulquard and Morris families, so they're not all low-lifes."

"Uh, sorry to disappoint you, Aunt Audrey, but that seat has already been reserved for Marinette."

Aunt Audrey sighed. "This Marinette girl, again?"

I'm not sure if I like my godmother that much, but at the end of the day, even if it's on a spiritual level, we're still family.

"Let me handle this, mother." Chloé intervened. "Hey, losers, do you know who my mother is? She's Miss Style Queen: the most powerful woman in the world of fashion. This show is for her, okay? So, get lost!"

"Chloé, come on," I tried to reason with my godsister. "You don't really need to make a scene about this."

"It's facts, Elisa." Chloé sassed.

An unimpressed Nathalie approached Aunt Audrey. "Mrs. Bourgeois. Mr. Agreste has reserved a seat for you..."

"Ah, finally." Aunt Audrey stood up.

"...in the second row."

"What?!" Aunt Audrey recoiled in shock.

Looking over my shoulder at Sakura, I was surprised to see that she was totally neutral in all of this.

"My mother always sits in the front row." Chloé spat.

"Not today." Nathalie replied.

"This is unacceptable! Gabriel cannot do this to me! I'm the one who discovered him. Without me, he'd still be drawing his unworthy designs in his dismal, grim studio!"

Nathalie's facial expression did not change. "I can offer your seat to someone else if you don't want it."

"How dare you?" Aunt Audrey growled, pointing a finger at Nathalie. "You're fired."

"I don't work for you, I work for Mr. Agreste."

"We'll see about that." Aunt Audrey pulled out her phone and called Mr. Agreste. He did not answer, much to Aunt Audrey's frustration.

"I assume from your expression that I'm not fired."

"This is unacceptable!" Aunt Audrey screamed. "I will not view a fashion show from the second row, EVER!" She stormed off, followed by Chloé. Nathalie gestured for Marinette to sit down, and she did so.

"Sakura," I turned to my best friend. "I thought you had a disdain for the Bourgeois family."

"I do, but I've learned to keep it under control." Sakura replied.

I sighed to myself. "Aunt Audrey's definitely getting akumatized. That's pretty much a given."

The house lights dimmed, the stage lights came on, Nino started the music, and the fashion show began.

Adrien entered and proceeded down the catwalk in a cute black outfit, wearing Marinette's hat. I saw her shaking out of the corner of my eye and was about to ask if she was ok, but Alya beat me to it.

"All cool, girl?" She asked.

"Mm-hm." Marinette nodded.

As Adrien walked past where we were sitting, he glanced back at Marinette with a smile. Sakura and I exchanged knowing smirks with each other.

Adrien struck multiple poses and lots of pictures were taken. At that moment, a woman made of pure glitter materialized on the catwalk. I immediately recognized her as my akumatized godmother.

"A fashion show without the queen of style?! Glitteraly unacceptable!"

"Is this supposed to happen?" A confused Mr. Dupain-Cheng asked. "I've never attended a fashion show before."

"Where is that ungrateful Gabriel Agreste?" My akumatized godmother demanded, pointing her finger down at the catwalk. "I demand that he kneels before me!"

"My father isn't here!" Adrien said defiantly. Wow, he's really brave.

Looking around me, I saw people getting up and fleeing.

"Well then. If fashion-disaster daddy isn't here, I'll just have to settle for Agreste Junior! You're fired!" My akumatized godmother twirled her staff and shot a beam of gold dust at Adrien, turning him into a golden glitter statue. The crowd panicked, and I gasped in shock.

"Adrien!" Marinette cried out.

As more people got up and ran away, I turned to Sakura.

"Take cover, Sakura! I'll hide in the bathroom."

Sakura nodded and ran off in a different direction as I locked myself in the bathroom. Suuiren flew out of my purse.

"We need to save your godmother, Elisa!"

"You're right. Suuiren, shake your feathers!"

I transformed into Crystal Cygne and exited the bathroom.

Chloé

Mummy had just turned Daddy into a statue, and I knew I had to do something.

"Mom."

"Claudine - uh, Chloé." Akumatized Mummy glared. "I'm not mom, I am Style Queen." She made the tip of her staff glow as she pointed it at me. "Do you want to be fired, too?

"No, no, I really don't, Style Queen." I shielded my face from the blinding light. "Uh, besides, don't you need an assistant?"

"Hmm." Style Queen tilted her head slightly, shutting off the blinding glow from her staff. "I did fire my last one this morning."

"She sure was useless." I said sassily. "Utterly useless."

"Fine!" Style Queen held out her hand to me. "I'll take you on trial."

I nodded with a grateful smile.

"Style Queen!" I heard a familiar voice from a rafter. It was Ladybug!

"What an atrocious suit." Style Queen shook her head, putting a hand to her forehead. "That bug looks so last year."

"But the yo-yo makes a strong comeback this year." Ladybug replied, twirling her yo-yo. She then threw it, but it passed through Style Queen.

"You're a couple of sizes too small to beat me, Ladybug." Style Queen taunted before shooting gold beams at Ladybug. She dodged them all before blocking a big one with her yo-yo and falling backwards due to the recoil. At that moment, Crystal Cygne and Cottontail arrived on the scene.

"Mom! Uh - Style Queen." I stopped my akumatized mother from turning Ladybug into a gold statue. "If you want to find Gabriel Agreste, I know where he lives. You can take care of Ladybug and the others later; they're worthless anyway."

"Hmm... It's not a completely idiotic idea."

Sakura

Style Queen hit the ground with her staff, and she teleported away with Chloé and the statue that Adrien became.

"Well that happened." Crystal Cygne shrugged.

"I daresay, she reminds me of Rita Repulsa from the Power Rangers series." I smiled proudly at the fact that I enjoyed the Power Rangers. "Man, I love that show!"

"Cottontail!" Crystal Cygne said sternly. "You know you're not supposed to reveal anything about what your civilian self likes."

"Whoa, hey!" I held up my hands in an 'I surrender' manner. "A lot of people in Paris like Power Rangers."

"Yeah, you're right. Now let's go after Style Queen." We left the Grand Palais in pursuit of Style Queen.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Ladybug shouted as she followed us.

Just as the three of us landed on the gate to the Agreste mansion, Style Queen flew out with Chloé.

"Not again! Ooh!" We heard Chloé complain.

"Can't you stand still for two seconds?" Ladybug groaned as we tailed Style Queen again.

"Just where is Cat Noir?" I asked. "He usually shows up by now."

"I'm calling him as soon as we get to the Eiffel Tower." Ladybug replied.

By the time we arrived at the Eiffel Tower, we saw Chloé banging on a force field that Style Queen had put around the Adrien statue, which was now laid upon a bier.

"Oh, it doesn't break. Adrikins, wake up!"

"Cat Noir," Ladybug said into her yo-yo. "I don't know what you're doing, but there's a witch of a villain running loose and we really need you."

Chloé looked up and saw us.

"Psst! Ladybug, girls!" She ran over so she stood below where we were hiding. "Hurry up! Adrikins is crumbling!"

"Did you see where your mother's akuma landed?" I asked.

"It's in the rose she put on him." Chloé replied. "Where is Cat Noir?"

Ladybug looked at her yo-yo. "I wish I knew."

"You better come up with something fast!" Chloé urged. "My mother is going to see you!"

As if on cue, Style Queen appeared on top of the force field around Adrien's statue. Chloé turned around slowly, smiling sheepishly.

"It's really impossible to find qualified staff these days. You're fired!" She turned Chloé into a statue before addressing us. "Ladybug, Crystal Cygne and Cottontail! Hand over those awful pieces of jewellery and let's get this over with."

Ladybug threw her yo-yo, but it passed through Style Queen.

"You still don't get it, huh, fashion victims? I am invincible!" Style Queen taunted us, shooting gold dust at us. "My power is only equalled by my sense of fashion. I am invincible!"

Ladybug used her Lucky Charm and got a mallet. The three of us triple bombed Style Queen, but our attacks were useless.

"Haven't you got it already? You. Can't. Beat me. How could you defeat me?" Style Queen kicked Ladybug into the metal railings. "You can't even touch me." She laughed evilly.

Ladybug grabbed the mallet again, and something dawned on her. "Of course."

I knew where she was going; to see Master Fu.

Marinette

I ran in to see Master Fu and saw him with his back to me.

"Master Fu, Cat Noir has disappeared. We can't beat Style Queen without him! Crystal Cygne and Cottontail are on their own, and the Lucky Charm told me to come here."

"Don't worry," Master Fu didn't turn his back. "Cat Noir is fine."

"Well, what's he doing then?" I demanded. "Why isn't he helping us?"

"He's just lost his Miraculous." Master Fu looked at me over his shoulder.

"What?!" I panicked. "He's just lost his Miraculous?! This is a disaster!"

"That tomcat's really gotten himself stuck up in a tree this time."

Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw a tiny black cat kwami eating cheese.

"Uh - Lemme guess, you're Cat Noir's kwami?" I pointed at the kwami.

"Yes, he tends to copy me a bit too much." The kwami flew in front of my face. "Yet, lately, he's been doing really silly things. In five thousand years I've never experienced such an irresponsible Miraculous owner. As a result, he's lost his ring and it's just me that's able to help you out."

Master Fu gasped and turned around, pointing a finger at the kwami. "No! It's out of the question, Plagg. You are way too dangerous without an owner."

"Dangerous?" Plagg said innocently. "Me? How so?"

"Does the disappearance of Atlantis ring a bell with you?" Master Fu demanded.

"I'd had too much cheese."

"The Leaning Tower of Pisa?"

Plagg crossed his arms. "I didn't see it."

"Dinosaurs!"

"Oh! Yeah... okay. No, I - I... did go too far there. But I was young."

"Neither Cat Noir nor Plagg can help you today." Master Fu said sadly, getting to his feet.

Plagg sighed disappointingly.

Master Fu brought out the Miracle Box and opened it. "Marinette Dupain-Cheng, pick an ally you can trust to fight alongside you on this mission. Choose wisely; such powers are meant to serve the greater good. Once the mission is over you will retrieve the Miraculous from them."

I was torn between choosing the Fox or the Bee Miraculous.

"I need someone who can actually immobilize my opponent."

"Do you have someone in mind, Marinette?" Master Fu asked.

I picked up the Bee Miraculous. "I know just the right person."

Sakura

Things were not looking good. Crystal Cygne had allowed herself to be turned into a gold statue to protect me.

By the time I got down to Ladybug, she had dropped something and Alya had been turned into a gold statue.

"Where's Cat Noir?" Style Queen asked mockingly. "Oh, lemme guess. He's hiding because he's ashamed of his outfit."

Ladybug used her Lucky Charm again, and this time got a tube of glue.

"Glue this, Bug!" Style Queen gloated, shooting more beams of gold dust at us.

I then spotted a French flag out of the corner of my eye.

"Ladybug, catch!" I threw the flag to Ladybug, and she caught it, smearing glue on one side. Style Queen appeared yet again on top of the force field around Adrien's statue.

"You're always running away, Ladybug."

Ladybug twirled the flag before pointing it at Style Queen. "Not this time!"

The three of us ran at each other, me blocking Style Queen's attacks and Ladybug dodging them. She eventually managed to swipe the flag through Style Queen, covering the glued side in glitter.

"A glue diet? Ha! That's original."

"Oh, Style Queen!" I sing-songed. "I think you've got... What's the word?"

Style Queen looked down in shock, seeing a gaping hole in her abdomen.

"Oh, what's the matter?" Ladybug added to my taunts. "Do you have indigestion?"

"How dare you? I'm gonna squash you like the nasty bug you are! I'll even put that bunny rabbit in her place while I'm at it." She knocked Ladybug away and kicked me into the force field. "Hahaha! You're no match for Style Queen. Soon, you'll be nothing but a bad memory, like shoulder-pads!"

At that moment, a black cat kwami flew in front of us. "Stay away from the Ladybug and the Cottontail!"

"Plagg!" Ladybug exclaimed. Ah, so that's the name of Cat Noir's kwami.

"Agh," Style Queen was obviously not impressed. "My, my. What do we have here? A talking rat?"

"Meow!" Plagg said dramatically. "Style faux pas. Cataclysm!" He booped the floor, causing a huge explosion. The force field around Adrien's statue cracked, and a piece of debris fell on Style Queen.

"You better hurry and fix everything." Plagg urged.

"Now I get why Master Fu didn't want to let you out." Ladybug kicked the force field, breaking it and grabbing the rose.

"No!" Style Queen wailed in defeat as Ladybug snapped the rose, releasing the akuma.

"No more evil-doing for you, little akuma." Ladybug opened up her yo-yo to catch the akuma, swinging it. "Time to de-evilize!" She then caught the akuma with her yo-yo. "Gotcha!" Finally, she opened her yo-yo again, releasing the purified akuma. "Bye-bye, little butterfly." She then threw the tube of glue into the air with a yell of "Miraculous Ladybug!"

Everything returned to normal, including the Eiffel Tower and everyone who had been turned into gold statues. Style Queen also turned back into Mrs. Bourgeois.

"Adrikins!" Chloé ran to hug Adrien. "I was so scared!" They then walked over to a very annoyed Mrs. Bourgeois.

"What am I doing here? You're all fired."

Crystal Cygne came down to join us, and we did our signature "Pound it!" with Plagg.

Ladybug frowned. "I hope Cat Noir finds his Miraculous."

"Don't worry. I'll be on him like mold on cheese."

"See you again soon, Ladybug!" I left with Crystal Cygne, and we parted ways to detransform.

Elisa

"Suuiren, land!" I detransformed, and Suuiren flew into my purse. I then went to find Sakura.

"Elisa!" Sakura ran to hug me, and I hugged my best friend back. "I was so worried! Are you ok?"

"Don't worry, Sakura. I'm ok. Hoping Aunt Audrey is ok, though..."

Chloé

Mummy and I were walking down the Eiffel Tower stairs since the elevator wasn't working. She was just as exhausted and frustrated as I was, panting all the way.

"Remind me to tell your father to fire the person in charge of the Eiffel Tower elevators. This is... unacceptable. Utterly... unacceptable."

"Of course, Mom." I stopped as I stubbed my toe on something. I looked down, and to my surprise, I saw a strange looking box.

I picked the box up and put it in my pocket before following Mummy the rest of the way down the stairs.

Later on that evening, I was sitting on my bed with the box in my hands.

I cautiously opened the box to reveal a bee shaped hair comb. A bright yellow light emerged from the comb and flew around me.

I shielded my face from the blinding light as it stopped in front of me.

The light faded to reveal a tiny bee creature.

"Hello, My Queen." The bee creature greeted me.

I was in total shock. What is that thing?!

Elisa

The next day, the fashion show resumed on schedule. We got the biggest shock of our lives when Mr. Gabriel Agreste himself showed up. I recall being told by Ladybug that Mr. Agreste hasn't appeared in public since his TV appearance when she and Cat Noir dealt with a villain called Simon Says. Prior to that, his wife Emilie had gone missing, and he never stepped out of the house before the Simon Says incident.

I watched with bated breath as Mr. Agreste walked down the runway and stood in front of Adrien, who took off his hat. Mr. Agreste pulled Adrien into a hug, and Adrien returned the embrace.

"Awwww..." Sakura and I cooed, hugging our own fathers.

Roughly an hour later, I was standing with my parents, godparents, Marinette's parents and Chloé. Adrien, Marinette and Mr. Agreste joined us as the latter went to talk to my godmother.

"My dear Audrey, I heard about the unforgivable misfortune you had to endure." Mr. Agreste kissed Aunt Audrey's hand.

"I'm still quite overwhelmed." Aunt Audrey said dramatically.

"I want you to know that I've fired the person who was responsible for the misunderstanding. Only one row in the house is befitting to Audrey Bourgeois and that's the first."

Aunt Audrey smirked. "Let's not overdo it. Huh Gabriel?"

"He's right, Madame Bourgeois. Only the front row suits you."

Aunt Audrey sighed. "Elisa, please. I already told you to call me Aunt Audrey."

"Oh, right. Sorry, Madame Bo- Aunt Audrey."

"Did you enjoy the show?" Mr. Agreste asked as Sakura, her parents and Nathaniel joined us.

"So, so." Aunt Audrey replied. She took Adrien's hat off his head and examined it. "This hat is not a 'Gabriel Agreste'." She looked at Marinette in an intimidating manner. "Are you responsible for that?"

"Um..." Marinette looked at her parents nervously. Her father gave her a thumbs up.

"Stand proud." Adrien whispered to Marinette.

Marinette smiled nervously. "I... I'm the one who created it."

"Marinette won a fashion design competition." Mr. Agreste explained.

Aunt Audrey lifted her glasses to get a closer look at the hat.

"It's the most..."

Chloé smiled smugly, waiting for Aunt Audrey to criticize the hat.

"...Exceptional thing I've ever seen!" A genuine smile blossomed on Aunt Audrey's face. "You're a visionary, Marinette. Glitter's had its day." She raised her arms to express her joy. "Feathers are the trend of tomorrow!"

"Maybe I should look for a dress with feathers." I said to myself.

"Yes, you should, Elisa." Aunt Audrey agreed. "You'd look just as wonderful in a feather dress as you do in a glitter dress. I haven't felt this much emotion since... You." She turned back to Mr. Agreste.

"She does have talent." Mr. Agreste acknowledged.

Aunt Audrey looked back at Marinette. "You wanna be a fashion designer, right?"

"Uh... Uh... Yes, ma'am."

Aunt Audrey put the hat back on Adrien's head. "Then come to New York with me! I'll make you the biggest name in fashion. I'm sure you'll even upstage Gabriel!"

I gasped and Sakura covered her mouth with her hands. Marinette?! Going to New York with Aunt Audrey?! What an honor for her!

"Aunt Audrey only accepts the best, and you impressed her!" I smiled at Marinette.

Adrien turned to Marinette with a smile. "I'll be able to model for you!"

"We'll be there for you, honey, no matter what you decide!" Said Marinette's mother.

Aunt Audrey pulled her glasses back down over her eyes. "My helicopter will be leaving for the airport at 8 pm tonight."

"Well done, Marinette." Sakura patted Marinette's shoulder.

Marinette put her face in her hands, letting the news sink in.

"Isn't this wonderful for Marinette, Chloé?" Adrien asked.

Hanging her head low, my godsister was seeing red. She seethed and looked up at Aunt Audrey, outraged. "It's... It's ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous! I've never been to New York with you, and you're taking Marinette Dupain-Cheng?!"

Aunt Audrey had her hands on her hips. "I'm taking her because she's exceptional, Claudette - uh, Chloé."

"I'm exceptional, too!" Chloé yelled. Is that a tear I see in her eye?!

"The only thing exceptional about you, my dear, is your mother." Aunt Audrey rebuked.

Marinette, Adrien and I exchanged sympathetic looks. I now understand why Chloé is so mean.

Sakura laughed. "Burn!"

I elbowed Sakura to shut her up. "Sakura!" I then turned to Aunt Audrey. "Madame Bourg- uh, Aunt Audrey, wasn't that a bit harsh?"

"Heard that, Morris?" Chloé sneered. "Krelborn-Fulquard sees reason."

Aunt Audrey sighed. "I'm sorry, Elisa, dear, but it's true. Clarissa - uh, Chloé thinks she's all high and mighty because she has the world's greatest fashion designer for a mother."

"Audrey, dear..." Uncle André nudged Chloé towards Aunt Audrey, but Chloé pushed him away. "Chloé!"

"I'll show you how exceptional I can be!"

Suddenly, to my horror, Chloé pulled out a box and opened it, revealing the Bee Miraculous. A yellow ball of light flew out.

"No!" Marinette, Sakura and I cried out.

At the same time, Adrien cried out, "Chloé!"

Mr. Agreste gasped in shock, and Aunt Audrey pulled up her glasses again. The ball dissolved, revealing the bee kwami.

"How may I please you, My Queen?" The kwami asked.

Uncle André gasped.

"What is that thing?" Aunt Audrey questioned.

Chloé took off her sunglasses and threw them aside before putting the Bee Miraculous in her hair.

"Chloé, what are you doing?"

Chloé didn't answer Adrien's question.

"Pollen, buzz on!"

I watched in dismay as Chloé transformed before our eyes!

She leaped up on top of the lights... and said for all to hear,

"I am Chloé Bourgeois, and from now on, I'll be your new superhero: Queen Bee! We'll soon see if you think Dupain-Cheng is still more exceptional than moi! Spinning Top!"

She used her weapon, a spinning top, to exit the Grand Palais.

"What is happening to our beloved daughter?!" Uncle André asked, terrified for Chloé.

Aunt Audrey was obviously not impressed with the stunt Chloé pulled. "She always was such a show-off." She walked down the red carpet and out the door. "See you tonight, Marinette. I'll meet you at my helicopter." She stopped to turn back to me. "And Elisa, don't forget to find a dress with feathers!"

Uncle André ran out after Aunt Audrey. From of the corner of my eye, Nadja Chamack was reporting what just happened. I'm sure Master Fu is watching the broadcast and wondering what went wrong.

Mom put a hand on my shoulder. "Elisa, we should head home, sweetie."

"That goes for us too, Sakura. Come along, Nathaniel." Mr. Morris wrapped one arm around Mrs. Morris and the other around Sakura and Nathaniel as he led them out. My parents and I followed behind.

Sakura

My parents, Nathaniel and I got into our limousine. Our chauffeur drove us home.

"That was very reckless of Chloé." I said to my mother. "She broke the 'keep your identity a secret' rule."

"Sakura," Mom put her hand on my shoulder. "We have the Miraculous Four. They'll deal with her."

Something told me Chloé was going to do something else reckless.

"I'm going upstairs. I think I'll meditate on this." I said the minute we got home.

"You do that, sweetie."

I went upstairs to my room and shut the door, locking it. I let Fluff out of my kimono.

"I wonder how Chloé got her hands on that Miraculous!" Fluff remarked.

"I'm wondering that too. It's time that we make her see the error of her ways. Fluff, hop to it!"

I transformed into Cottontail and set out to find my teammates.

Elisa

When I got upstairs to my room, I called Luka. He answered right away.

"Hey, love! Everything all right?"

"Did you see the stunt Chloé pulled?"

"I did. Are you going to transform and stop her?"

"As a matter of fact, that's what I'll do."

"Please, be careful, my love."

I smiled to myself. He truly does care for me.

"I will, Luka."

With that, I hung up and let Suuiren out of my purse. "We need to stop Chloé before she does anything stupid. Suuiren, shake your feathers!"

Suuiren went into my necklace, and I transformed into Crystal Cygne. I met up with Cottontail on the way, and we found Cat Noir at the metro station. Nadja Chamack and a cameraman were also there.

"Cat Noir, what are you and the others doing here?" Nadja asked.

"Waiting for the next train." Cat Noir replied. We then jumped on top of the passing metro, meeting up with Ladybug and heading to the front of the train to look down and see Queen Bee.

"Queen Bee, stop this at once!" Cottontail demanded.

"Need a helping paw?" Cat Noir offered.

"Sto-o-op sta-aring! Ca-an't you se-e-e you're distracting me-e-e?" Queen Bee's voice came out shakily due to the railroad ties.

"This is not a playground!" Ladybug barked. "Cat Noir, I'll slow it down as much as I can; you stop it! Cottontail, Crystal Cygne, go inside the train and tell the passengers to remain calm!"

While Ladybug and Cat Noir moved to stop the train, Cottontail and I entered through the top hatch.

"Please, everyone, remain calm!" I urged. "Ladybug and Cat Noir are addressing the issue. Just stay in your seats, and no one will get hurt!"

Before we knew it, the train came to a complete stop.

"Is everyone all right?" Cottontail asked.

"Yeah!" Said the passengers.

"Now everyone, please exit in a single file line. Cat Noir and Cottontail will help you off the train."

I exited the metro to meet up with Ladybug, Cat Noir and Queen Bee.

"Thanks for your co-operation, people. Please, keep on being pawsome and evacuate the station calmly."

I rolled my eyes. Cat Noir and his puns...

Ladybug went to help the driver, who powered off the train, before confronting Queen Bee, who was bragging in front of Nadja and her cameraman.

"You're welcome. It was nothing. I was merely-"

"Queen Bee!" Ladybug shouted. "This was your doing!"

"Oh, Ladybug, you're too kind." Queen Bee smiled, apparently not caring that Ladybug was berating her instead of giving her praise. "This was teamwork. Oh, how amazing is this?! We're a team now!"

"Nu-uh." Cottontail shook her head. Didn't realize she had rejoined us. "After the stunts you just pulled...?"

"You're the one who paralyzed the metro driver, aren't you? You used your power to create this situation just to make yourself look good!"

"Who cares?" Queen Bee asked sassily. "We saved them, didn't we?"

"Completely irresponsible!" A female passenger interjected.

"Queen Bee, or rather, Chloé Bourgeois," Nadja had Aunt Audrey live on her tablet. "We're on the air with your mother, Audrey Bourgeois. Audrey, do you have anything to say, live, on TV?"

"What?" Aunt Audrey said sarcastically. "Regarding my daughter's ineptitude? I think it speaks for itself, doesn't it?"

"Chloé," Ladybug said demandingly, holding out her hand. "Give us back your Miraculous."

"Finder's keepers, loser's weepers!" Queen Bee spat.

Mine and Cat Noir's eyes widened.

"Did you lose a Miraculous?!" We both questioned in surprise.

With wide eyes, Ladybug pulled us aside.

"Listen, you lost a Miraculous once, too!" Ladybug hissed. "May I remind you that Crystal Cygne got turned into a gold statue, and Cottontail and I were busy taking care of Style Queen all by ourselves?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Queen Bee stomping up the stairs and exiting the station.

"Ladybug!" I got my teammate's attention.

She turned around and saw Queen Bee leaving.

"Queen Bee! Chloé, wait!"

The four of us chased after her, but by the time we landed on the street, she was long gone.

"Chloé!"

"Wherever she is, she must've transformed back by now." Cat Noir quipped.

"She's probably gone home. I'll pay her a visit and get the Miraculous back!" Ladybug twirled her yo-yo and took off.

"I'll come with you." Cat Noir extended his staff and leaped into the air.

"We're coming too! Let's go, Cottontail."

I took off flying, and Cottontail leaped after the rest of us.

When we made it to the Bourgeois hotel, we jumped onto Chloé's balcony and entered her room.

"Chloé?" Ladybug whisper-yelled.

"Queen Bee?"

"Chloé, where are you?"

"She's not here." Cottontail said. "Let's check downstairs."

We took the elevator to the lobby, and what we saw surprised us. The employees and Chloé's parents were paralyzed, and they had insect stings on them.

"What's that?" Cat Noir asked. "An insect bite?"

"How weird." I remarked. "She's only able to use her special power once, like my Swan Song and Ladybug's Lucky Charm."

"Yeah," Ladybug concurred. "She should've transformed back."

We then heard buzzing from above, and Cottontail gasped. We looked up to see a swarm of wasps coming at us in arrow formation.

"Crystal!" Cottontail grabbed me by the arm, and I fell on top of her. I looked over to see that Ladybug had gotten Cat Noir out of the way as well, and she was on top of him too.

"Your reign is over, Miraculous Four!"

I looked up to see Queen Bee, but she looked different. Her color scheme had changed, her eyes were now a dark pink color, and her skin was now yellow.

"I don't even care if you don't give me your Miraculous; my wasps will paralyze you and I'll simply take them myself."

I saw Hawk Moth's butterfly overlay appear over her face, and I instantly knew what had happened.

"Wasps, Venom!" The akumatized Queen Bee commanded.

The wasps took the form of four darts, and we all dodged them, fleeing the hotel.

"Hawk Moth must've akumatized her while she was still Queen Bee."

About time Ladybug put the pieces together.

"I bet the Akuma's in her Miraculous." Cat Noir concluded.

"That makes sense, but Miraculous are indestructible. We will need your Cataclysm to release the Akuma."

"I think you're wrong there, Ladybug." I corrected. "Miraculous are not indestructible, but Cat Noir will still need Cataclysm."

"We'll need to avoid getting stung too." Cottontail reminded us. "That's very important."

"A ladybug doesn't stand a chance against the queen of wasps!"

We looked up to see Queen Bee, scratch that, Queen Wasp, floating in the air on some of her wasps. Some other wasps picked up two cars, throwing one at us, and the other at some civilians. Ladybug used her yo-yo to catch the car before it could crush the civilians and lower it safely to the ground.

I dodged some wasps in the shape of a dart, and Ladybug ducked behind the police car Queen Wasp had thrown. Cat Noir leaped into the air to try and hit Queen Wasp with his staff, but she grabbed it and swung him around before flinging him into Ladybug. The resulting impact sent them flying into a street lantern. She then sent her wasps after us.

Sakura

The four of us fled from the wasps yet again. We jumped onto a roof and towards the Seine.

"Jump!" Ladybug commanded.

At that moment, I pulled out a wish card.

"Wish card, invisible snorkel!"

An invisible snorkel appeared on my face just as we fell into the water. Ladybug, Cat Noir and Crystal Cygne used their yo-yo, staff and scepter as oxygen masks. It didn't take us long to arrive at Luka and Juleka's houseboat. We climbed aboard.

"What, you think I'm a catfish?" Cat Noir joked.

"I don't know." Ladybug replied. "But I do know we're gonna have to come up with another plan." She then called her Lucky Charm and got a snorkel of her own.

"How ironic." I commented. "I summon an invisible snorkel with my wish card, and you get a visible one with your Lucky Charm."

"It has a great sense of humor, you know." Cat Noir remarked. "At least you won't drown."

"'Drown'!" Ladybug's face lit up. "That's the idea: wasps don't like water!" She then glanced toward four nearby garbage bins. "You know guys, we may have to get a little dirty."

"That's ironic, we just took a bath."

Crystal Cygne and I laughed.

"Just follow Ladybug." I elbowed my black clad teammate.

We grabbed the trash bins. I took the inflatable duck and put it on my shoulder while Cat Noir grabbed the roll of tape, and Crystal Cygne took the hose. We each got under our trash bins and shuffled on our knees so the parts of our bodies would not be seen by the wasps from under the bins.

We eventually made it to the hotel roof, and we heard the wasps buzzing outside the bins.

"Ugh, that's disgusting!" Queen Wasp groaned.

"Now, guys!" Ladybug called out. We took the trash bins off and threw them at Queen Wasp, who dodged all four. I tossed the inflatable duck to Cat Noir, who caught it.

"You'll never get it back!" Queen Wasp growled.

Cat Noir jumped onto Queen Wasp and put the snorkel over her mouth. Ladybug wrapped the yo-yo around Queen Wasp's leg and jumped down into the Seine. I attached the hose to the snorkel, and Crystal Cygne taped the hose to the inflatable duck.

The five of us were now fighting underwater. Queen Wasp managed to avoid us several times before Ladybug, Crystal Cygne and I restrained her. Cat Noir called for his Cataclysm, muffled by his staff. He tapped the Bee Miraculous with a finger, breaking it and releasing the akuma. Queen Wasp turned into Queen Bee and back to Chloé, who sorrowfully grabbed the pieces of the Miraculous and cradled them to her chest.

The five of us jumped out of the water, Chloé in Cat Noir's arms.

"No more evil-doing for you, little akuma." Ladybug opened up her yo-yo to catch the akuma, swinging it. "Time to de-evilize!" She then caught the akuma with her yo-yo. "Gotcha!" Finally, she opened her yo-yo again, releasing the purified akuma. "Bye-bye, little butterfly." She then threw the snorkel into the air with a yell of "Miraculous Ladybug!"

The Bee Miraculous was fixed, and everything returned to normal.

Elisa

"Pound it!" We did our signature four-way fist bump as Nadja's van arrived.

"I have to get the Miraculous back, Chloé." Ladybug said sadly, holding her hand out for the Miraculous.

"Give me a second chance, please!" Chloé pleaded.

"Audrey Bourgeois, tell us live how you feel about what just happened." Nadja said, holding her tablet with Aunt Audrey on it.

"According to me, Chloé just clearly demonstrated that there is nothing exceptional about her."

I sighed. If only Aunt Audrey had done a better job with raising Chloé and being there for her...

Cat Noir knelt down and put a hand on Chloé's shoulder. "I know that you did the things you did to impress your mother."

"Anyone can make mistakes, even a superhero." Ladybug said understandingly. "What matters is how you fix them. I personally made one by losing that Miraculous. Don't make the mistake of not giving it back. Act like a hero."

"And show everyone how exceptional you can be."

I put a hand on my godsister's other shoulder. "You can do it, Chloé. We all have faith in you."

Chloé stood up and hesitantly gave the Bee Miraculous back to Ladybug.

"Thank you." Ladybug said gratefully.

We were about to leave, when Chloé stopped us.

"Ladybug? Cat Noir? Crystal Cygne and Cottontail?"

We turned around.

Chloé smiled sadly. "I'm sorry."

We smiled back before leaving.

Chloé

I did not come out of my room, except for eating lunch. I just sat on my bed and sulked, lamenting my own mistake. By making that very mistake, I had realized three things: one; that Mummy would never love me, two: that I had let Ladybug down, and three: that I had disappointed Elisa, who I had no idea until yesterday was my godsister.

And Pollen... I miss her very much. Now I might never see her again...

A knock on the door broke me out of my train of miserable thoughts.

"Go away!" I yelled.

"That was the plan, but no." Said a voice from the other side.

I begrudgingly got up to open the door, and standing there were two people I did not expect to see.

"Dupain-Cheng? Elisa?"

"Aunt Audrey is wrong about you not being exceptional." Elisa said firmly. "We're going to put her right, and you're coming with us. Marinette said so, and she dragged me all the way here."

I gasped in surprise. Marinette wanted to... help me?

The butler and I accompanied Elisa and Dupain-Cheng to where Mummy was waiting with the helicopter. Marinette said that she wouldn't be going to New York, and that everyone she loved was here in Paris.

"You're making a mistake, Marinette."

"I think you're wrong." Dupain-Cheng insisted. "A huge part of your life is here in Paris, too!" She stepped aside so Mummy could see me, Jean-Piers and Elisa.

"Chlorine, uh, Chloé..."

I looked to Mummy, and then between Elisa and Marinette guiltily. Marinette nodded encouragingly, and I looked back to my mother.

"Why don't you love me, Mom?"

Mummy looked surprised. "But of course I lo... love you."

I wasn't convinced by that. I've tried so many times to impress her, and I hardly remember the last time she's ever shown me affection.

"Uh, I kinda need to see it to believe it, Aunt Audrey." Elisa said disapprovingly.

Dupain-Cheng groaned. "You're also wrong about your daughter not being exceptional." She then smirked. "In fact, Chloé is exceptionally mean. She's the worst person I've ever met. She may be more heinous, pompous and selfish than you. Compared to both of you, even a rock seems more capable of love."

As Marinette spoke, I growled. Just what was she playing at?!

"How dare you!" I shouted. Wait, did Mummy say it too?! We both looked at each other, surprised.

"See? You're both much more alike than you think. Come along, Elisa." She then walked off, humming.

"She's right, you know." Elisa added before trailing after Dupain-Cheng.

"Are you as mean as this... Maria... says?" Mummy inquired.

"Well, I haven't gotten along that much with Elisa. And I don't have one single friend in school except for Sabrina, but she doesn't realize that I'm just using her." I then leaned close to whisper, "My favourite hobby is giving Jean-Louis a hard time."

"You mean Jean-Yves?"

"Who cares what his name is?" I smirked before rounding on Jean-I-can-care-less-about-what-his-name-is. "Jean-thingy, put my luggage in there! No, not like that?! Take them out and stack them from smallest to the biggest!"

Mummy now looked impressed. "I think I may have judged you unfairly, Chloé. Martha... uh— Marinette's right, you are exceptional, just like me." She then pulled me in for a hug. "I've decided I'm staying in Paris with you."

I hugged Mummy back. I have wanted this for so long now. I definitely owe Dupain-Cheng one.

"So we're not heading to the airport after all, then?" The helicopter pilot inquired.

"You're fired!" Mummy and I said simultaneously.

Sakura

Nathaniel and I were in the secret room once again. We had put marigold bouquets on Nathaniel's parents' cryo pods.

"I wish we knew what happened to them, Nathan." I murmured, wrapping an arm around his shoulder.

"And I wish there was a way to bring them back." Nathaniel agreed, wrapping an arm around my waist. "I miss them so much."

"Mr. and Mrs. Kurtzberg," I spoke to Nathaniel's parents. "I know you probably can't hear us. But tons of mistakes will be made in the coming days. No matter, no matter, you will be back with Nathaniel soon enough. He misses you, and so do I, even though we never actually met."

When I returned home with Nathaniel, my father ran up to me, having discovered something surprising. Turns out, the Oda family was not completely gone, and I still had family members alive in Japan. I never knew them, and I never met them!

What an interesting discovery...

?

I was on my way home from a friend's house. It was almost dinnertime, and just my luck, it was storming out.

The storm seemed to be getting worse by the minute. It wasn't a tropical storm or depression, but it certainly seemed like one.

And then...

Pain, pain, that's all it was. Nothing but pain. It felt like over a hundred needles being constantly stabbed into me at once.

I let out this high pitched, yet guttural agonizing scream, and then everything went black.

Elisa

Luka had come over, and we were getting ready to meditate, when my cell phone rang.

I realized it was Valerie. We're both in the sixth period dance class taught by Mrs. Faye.

I picked up the phone and put it to my ear.

"Hey, Valerie! What's up? Do you need help practicing a dance move? Luka and I can come visit if that's the case. I know with the weather and everything, it might not be a good time, but we can still manage."

"Elisa... I'm sorry if I interrupted you, but... But..."

"Valerie, what's wrong?"

"Lulu's in the hospital."