Chapter Text
Third person's pov:
"Many centuries ago, magic jewels bestowing extordinary powers were created. These were the Miraculous. Throughout history, heroes have used these jewels for the good of the human race. Two of these Miraculous are more powerful than the others. The earrings of the Ladybug which provided the power of creation and the ring of the Black cat, which grants the power of destruction. According to legend, whoever controls both these jewels at the same time will achieve Absolute power."
"I want that absolute power, Nooroo. I must have those Miraculous."
"But no one knows where these Miraculous are!" The man grinned. "I found you though, my little Nooroo. Your Miraculous, remind me of its powers again." He put on the brooch. "The moth brooch allows you to give someone their own superpowers and to make that person your devoted follower."
"When it comes to luring superheroes, what could be better than creating supervillains?"
"But master the Miraculous are not meant to be used for evil purposes." Hawkmoth gripped the brooch tightly. "I must have this absolute power! You're Miraculous is in my control. I am your master now and you must obey me."
"Yes, master."
"Nooroo, Dark wings rise! From this day on, I shall be know as Hawkmoth."
~Meanwhile~
"Master! Master!" The turtle Kwami tried to get the small old man's attention while he was messaging a customer. They looked up at the small voice. "Hmm. Master, master." The old man chanted. "Chanting, it's all part of the treatment. Master, master. Thank you for coming! See you again next week!" He shut the door quickly behind. "Master! The moth Miraculous. I felt its aura." The small turtle Kwami told the old man. "I thought it had been lost forever." The old man was deep in thought. "But master, it's a negative aura. I fear it may have gotten into the hands of a dark power!"
"We must find Nooroo and his Miraculous. If it has gotten into the wrong hands, there's no telling what evil will come upon the world! Time to transform. Way-!" He groaned in pain. "Please, Master. Be reasonable. You are-" The old man smiled. "Still young. I'm only 186. But you're right, Wayzz. I can no longer do it alone. We'll need some help."
Max's pov:
I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off at exactly 7:30 am. I dragged myself out of bed and went to brush my teeth. I found a moss green shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans to wear from my dresser. I also grabbed my glasses from my nightstand and put them on.
I walked into the kitchen of the apartment. "Max!" My mom called out as she's actively searching for something. "Moring mom, also what are you looking for?" She looked up from the stove. "My hat and my keys." I pointed next to the front door. "The keys are on the table next to the door and your hat is on the coat rack behind your black jacket."
"Thanks Max." She kissed my check. "I don't know what I'd do without you." I laughed. "Now do you need me to drive you to school or would you rather walk?" I shrugged. "I would rather walk but if you insist I can ride with you." She shook her head. "No, its fine. But try to make some friends, okay?" I nodded. And that seems to be the confirmation she needed because she walked to door to leave. "I need to go before I'm late, I'll see you later. Bye Max." She waved and I waved back. "Bye mom."
I finished my bowl of cereal and put it in the kitchen sink. I checked my hair wasn't a mess before grabbing the backpack that I packed last night and walked out the front door. I made sure i had my keys and locked the door. It shouldn't take me much time to walk to school but I always like to be early to claim my usual sit near the back of Mrs buster's class. I've always had her as my homeroom teacher and this year isn't any different.
Kim's pov:
"Kim! You're going to be late!" One of my dads shook me awake. I groaned and rubbed my eyes. "Hm?" He sighed. "Kim you're going to be late of you don't hurry up. Also your papa Vadim made pancakes for breakfast so if you want any you should get up." I jumped up. "Pancakes?" He nodded. "So hurry up." Then papa Minh left the room.
I jumped put of bed and ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I grabbed a dark red hoodie and some jeans to wear and put some hair gel in my hair. I ran down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Morning dads!" I yelled as I sat down. "Here's your breakfast and you have 10 minutes before you need to get going." I nodded. "Thanks." I started shoving my pancakes into my mouth.
I grabbed my bag from next to the front door. Hopefully I have everything I need and I went out the door.
Max's pov:
"Hey Max!" I turned around at the mention of my name. "Oh, hello Marinette." She was holding two boxes of macaroons while rushing in my direction as it was the way to school.
"School starts in 10 minutes there's no need to rush seeing as your house is only across the road from our school." She smiled sheepishly. "You'd be surprised how unlucky I am."
She stood next to me as we waited for the light to turn green. An old man walked towards the road, apparently not knowing it was red. I grabbed his arm in a panic and knocked over Marinette in the process of trying to help the old man. "Oh thank you, young man. My eyesight is getting quite bad nowadays." I shook my head. "It's no problem sir, it's what anyone would've done." He smiled and I turned to Marinette. "I'm so sorry for knocking you over." I apologized profusely. "Nah it's fine I still have some macaroons left."
Shs counted the ones she had left. "13! A baker's dozen. You want one?" I nodded. "Yes, thank you." She smiled. "Of course." The light turned green at this moment. "Bye sir, have a good day." I turned back to the old man and waved before walking towards my school.
Kim's pov:
Okay I was late but in my defense I was helping an old man. So basically I was running cause I was about to be late but then there was this old man who fell over and was wiggling his feet in the air like a turtle, his walking cane out of reach.
So I decided fuck it, if helping someone means being late then oh well. I ran over to him and help the old man to his feet. I also grabbed his walking cane off the floor and gave it to him. "Thank you, young man." I grinned. "No problem sir, have a good day!" I waved and ran into school.
I ran into my new classroom. "Sorry I'm late!" I exclaimed as I ran into the room. "It's fine Kim take a seat next to Max would you." The teacher, I think she's called Ms Bustier. I forgot. Also who's Max? "Uh miss, who's Max?" I asked. "Max raise your hand." A boy with short brown hair raised his hands.
I walked over and sat down. "Hey." I smiled. He had hazelnut colored eyes, dark brown hair and black glasses. He also had a green shirt that compliments his caramel skin and a pair of blue jeans.
"Hello, I'm Max. Nice to meet you?" He held his hand out in a handshake. "Kim, nice to meet you too!" I shook his hand with a grin.
Max's pov:
My new desk mate is definitely quite weird and give off the same vibe as some of the kids who used to bully me. But I tried my best to ignored it as he seemed nice enough.
The bell rings. "Those of ypu who have PE, Mr D'Argencourt is expecting you at the stadium. The rest of you can head over to the library." Ivan holds up a piece of paper. "Kim!" Ms Bustier gasped. "Ivan! What's going on?" Ivan points to Kim. "It's Kim! I'm so going to-" He raises his fists like he wants to attack him. "Ivan! Go to the principal's office!" He clenched his fist but reluctantly grabbed his bag to leave.
Third person's pov:
"Negative emotions. This is perfect." Hawkmoth grins. "Just what I need. Anger, sadness." He held out his hand and a butterfly flew onto it. "Burn a hole into his heart, my horrible Akuma." He infected the butterfly with his power. "Fly away my little Akuma and evilise him!" The butterfly flew out the window and off it went to Ivan.
Ivan opened the door to the principle's office. "Excuse me, young man. Hasn't anyone ever taught you to knock?" Mr Damoclès asked. "Go on, out you go. Let's try it again." The principle called from behind the door. "Go on, knock!"
The Akuma affected the piece of paper Ivan was holding. "Stoneheart - I am Hawkmoth." Hawkmoth grinned. "I give you the power to seek revenge on those who have wronged you." Ivan smiled. "Ok, Hawkmoth." The black and purple magic consumed Ivan's body.
"Well? Come on in." Mr Damoclès raised his voice. He was knocked over his chair with a loud crash. "Ah!"
"KIM!" Stoneheart roared.
Max's pov:
I fell out of my chair in the library when there was a loud crash. "KIM!" I silently cursed. What did Kim do? I hid in a corner of the library in case whoever it was would come for me.
A giant stone monster stonping into the library while yelling Kim's name. Many people ran out screaming while some people like Alya ran after the monster. "It's as if he's been transformed into a real - life supervillain!" I peaked out from behind the book shelf I was hiding behind. Ayla took her phone out. "GPS? Check. Battery? Check." I was about to warn her there was a 76.8% chance she would get hurt if she went after the stone moster but she already ran out. "I am so outta here." I pinched the bridge of my nose and decided to go home since there's at least an 84% that we won't be having any more lessons for the rest of day anyway.
When I got home I unlocked the door to my apartment. I went to my room to change and I dug through my bag to find my phone to text my mom.
I felt my hand touch a hexagon shaped box. I don't remember putting something of this shape in my bag so I was really confused. I pulled it out and on top of the wooden box, there was a red symbol that looked like a Chinese symbol.
I opened it and a bright pink light exploded out of the small box. When the light died down I saw a pair of red earrings with black dots on it and a red creature, a giant ladybug maybe. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I wasn't dreaming once I was sure I wasn't dreaming. I screamed.
Kim's pov:
"KIM!" I bolted the second I heard the giant stone monster call my name. I didn't expect the note I gave Ivan would turn him into a giant stone monster! I ducked into a small alleyway.
I'm so fucking screwed. I need to call my dads. Why is there a hexagon box in my bag? I pulled it out and it's a wooden box with a red symbol on top. Maybe one of my dads put it in my bag but I've never seen a box like this in my house. I opened it and in a flash of green light a black cat like creature appeared.
It yawned. "Hm? Where am I?" Okay so the thing talks? "Hi? I'm Kim by the way." I tried to poke it but it flew out of reach. "Uh who or what are you?" It flew in my face. "I'm Plagg, nice to meet you." It flew around my head a few more time before I caught it. It let out a yelp. "I still don't know what you're doing in my bag." It stared at me blankly. "Look, I'm a Kwami. I grant powers. Yours is the power of destruction. Got it?" I shook my head still quiet confused. "Good. Now do you have anything to eat? I'm starving!" It exclaimed loudly. "My dads are pranking me, right?" Plagg shook his head. "Wow humans are actually evolving. Finally two men can get married. Is it the same with women." I nodded. "Yep. Actually now that I think of it I should tell them what happened." Plagg flew out of my hand. "Your dads must never know that I exist. Or anyone for that matter."
Max's pov:
The bug like creature followed me around and I back away from it. "Listen Max. I know everything may seem a bit strange but-"
I cut its talking off by grabbing the glass I had left on my desk last night and captured it. "If that makes you feel safer, I guess." It said in its squeaky voice. "What are you and how do you know my name?" I demanded. "I'm a Kwami and my name is Tikki. Now please let me explain."
"Mom!" Wait! She wasn't home. "No, no, no, no, no! Sh!" It flew out of the glass. "I'm your friend, Max. You must trust me. You're the only one who can stop Stoneheart."
Third person's pov:
"Do you think they'll be up to it, Master?" Master Fu stared at the miracle box for a moment before responding. "I only got it wrong once. It will never happen again. At least I hope not." He muttered the last part and close the miracle box.
Max's pov:
"This has to be some mistake. I don't have anything special about me besides the fact I literally don't know how to properly interact with people!" Tikki flew in my face. "Max! You're the chosen one."
Kim's pov:
"But Stoneheart is looking for me! There's no way he won't see me when I try to help! What good is a superhero who gets people turned into supervillains?" I exclaimed. "No good! That's why you're going to help fix it. If you're willing to help that is." I picked up the ring that fell to the ground and stared at it for a moment.
I putted it on and it became a gold ring with a wavy design between the gold bands. "'Claws out.' that's how you transform." I grinned. "Got it! Plagg, claws out!"
A green light surrounded me "No wait! I haven't finshed explaining!"
The ring become a black ring with a neon green paw print on it and my normal clothes turned into a tight fitted black leather suit with gold cuff around my wrist and a leather belt that stretched into a tail. Cat ears appeared on my head along with a mask and my shoes became leather boots with a gold chain on the sides. There was a staff attached to the back of leather belt.
"Too cool!"
Max's pov:
"Alright, so, all I have to do is break the object where the Akuma is hiding?" I asked as I put on the earrings. They transformed into silver star earrings with planets hanging off them when they touched my ears. I'm honestly glad that I had my ears pierced when I was younger because I wanted to try my mom's earrings. "Yes and you must then capture it." I nodded. "Got it. Capture the Akuma once it's been freed and what's the charm thing called again?" Tikki smiled. "The lucky charm. It's your secret superpower." I took a breath trying to calm my nerves. "Tikki I still don't think I can do this. I'm 89% sure I won't be able to pull this off." She patted my hand. "Trust yourself Max. Just say, 'spots on'." I nodded. "Spots on!"
A pink light surrounded me. "Whoa! What is happening?!" The sliver planets becoming two red stud earings with black pota dots. My regular clothes transformed into a red suit with black dots all over it with a sliver chain on my waist, my shoes turned into black platform shoes with white laces and ladybug charm hanging off the side of both shoes and a mask appeared on my face. There was also a yo-yo attached to the chain.
I stared at my new outfit in the mirror that my mom insisted on having in my room. What happened to my regular clothes and how does this outfit come off when I need to get it off? "Tikki? If you can hear me, I want regular clothes back! I can't go out like this."
Stoneheart is heading towards the Montparnasse Tower. The monster seems to be unstoppable. I forgot my phone was still on my desk. "Okay, I apparently have special powers and this yo-yo thing?" I walked over to my open window and tossed it towards the roof of a building. It seemed to have gripped onto something and I gave the string (that seemed to be endless) a gentle tug and I went flying. "Argh!"
Kim's pov:
I'm starting to get hang of this. I did my best with balancing on the pole since balance wasn't my strong suit. "Huh?" I was knocked off by a guy who's about my age just way shorter. The yo-yo thing he was holding gripped onto my staff and just barely prevented us both from faceplating onto the concrete ground.
"Well, hey there. Nice of you to drop in." I grinned. He smiled apologigly. "I'm so sorry. I didn't do it on purpose." I shook my head. "It's fine. You're the partner my Kwami told me about. Right? I'm-" I thought for a second. "Matagot? Yeah Matagot! And you?"
"Royal Fortune!"
Max's pov:
I really hoped Matagot didn't mind the fact that I just crashed into him, that was a total accident! Gosh I'm such a disaster.
The crash of a building snapped me back to reality. Matagot charged into the sceen before even though we haven't come up with a plan yet. "Hey wait! Where are you going?" I swung my yo-yo to try and catch up to him.
"KIM! So, who's the wuss now?" Not the stadium. That's where half my class is right now for PE. I could hear them screaming while running from Stoneheart or well, Ivan. He started chasing the other students that were there. Huh? I thought Kim would be here since he seemed like the athletic type. Oh well, one less person to try and save.
Kim's pov:
Yikes. Stoneheart is scary. Okay, I actually need to save my classmates or they're gonna get crushed by Stoneheart.
"Hey, it's not very nice to pick on people smaller than you." I grinned and slid down to the stadium floor. This is honestly kinda fun. "I guess you're talking about yourself." Ouch. Okay, stop being distracted. I jumped out of the way just as Stoneheart tried to grab me.
Third person's pov:
"Everything's going to plan. The Ladybug and the cat miraculous have been activated. Here they come to save the day and now my supervillain will destroy them." Hawkmoth grinned.
Kim's pov:
I hit Stoneheart and he grew bigger. Right he does that. "Where are you, Royal Fortune?" I jumped put of the way as Stoneheart tried to hit me again. Where did he go?
Max's pov:
"Oh I can't. I'm not cut out for this." I covered my face with my hands. I watched as Stoneheart ripped one of the football goals from the ground and threw it at Matagot. Wait Marinette and Ayla?! Matagot threw his staff just in time to block the goal from hitting them. And then he got captured by Stoneheart. How great.
"What are you waiting for, Super red bug?!" Ayla yelled in my direction. "The world is watching you! Come on!" And Marinette being encouraging. I'm not even surprised. I took a deep breath, determined. I was chosen for this. Therefore whoever chose me had to have faith in me. I can't fail them. I gripped my yo-yo tight and jumped. The yo-yo wrapped around Stoneheart's legs. I pulled it tight. "Animal cruelty? How shameful." I pulled, harder this time and Stoneheart fell over and released Matagot in the process. "Yes!" I looked in Marinette and Ayla's direction. They were waving at me and filming. Great a bigger audience.
"Sorry I took so long, Matagot." I ran over to him. "It's cool, little red. Now let's kick his rocky ass!" Nicknames already? Whatever. He started running towards Stoneheart again. I grabbed his tail. "Wait! Haven't you notcied?" I let go of him. "He gets bigger and stronger with every attack. We have to do something differently."
"Different how?" I paused. "Uh, I don't know." He grinned. "Okay then let's use our powers! Cataclysm!" The hand with the ring on had this glowing purple, black type of energy on it. "Apparently, I can destroy whatever I touch." I smiled. Matagot touched the goal. "No! Don't do that!" The goal collapsed. "Cool! It's just you and me now." He smiled like a kid on Christmas. "Time to rumble, soon-to-be rubble." He ran towards Stoneheart. Again! Doesn't he think before he acts. "Matagot wait!" He touched Stoneheart's foot and to his surprised (not mine) it didn't work.
Kim's pov:
Shit! I didn't know I only get one use of my power. Stoneheart hit me and I went flying backwards. "Now you only have five minutes before you transform back." I didn't know that either. Great. I should start listening more. "Didn't your Kwami explain that to you?" I smiled sheepishly. "I transformed before he finished explaining." Royal Fortune just sighed. "Well, guess it's up to me now." He tossed his yo-yo in the air. "Lucky Charm!" And it gave him a wetsuit? "My Kwami told me I have to break the object where the Akuma is hiding."
"Well he's entirely made of stone."
Max's pov:
I looked at Stoneheart. "His right hand. It's always closed. He never opens it. The object isn't on him, it's hidden in his fist." Why didn't I figure that out sooner? It's so obvious. "So what's your plan?" I glanced around the stadium. Marinette, the tap and the hose! Easy. "This." I picked up the hose and got it in the wetsuit. I wrapped my yo-yo around his legs. "Don't resist. You've got to trust me." I spun him around a few times and launched him in Stoneheart's direction. "You're crazy!" Stoneheart grabbed Matagot while I ran.
"Catch me if you can." I jumped into his right fist. He dropped the small purple rock which is when I'm assuming the Akuma is. "Marinette! Get the tap!" She grinned and ran over to open it. The water rushed into the wetsuit and Stoneheart let go of me. I ran over to the purple rock and stepped on it. It broke and a purple butterfly flew out of it. Stoneheart fell apart and became Ivan again. The purple rock became just a small ball of paper again.
"What's going on? Why am I here?" Matagot turned to me. "You're incredible, Royal Fortune! You did it!" I shook my head. "We both did it, Matagot." I bumped my fist with his. "Pound it!" His ring started to beep. "You should get going. Our identities must remain a secret." He bowed. "Bye, little red. Let's do this again soon!" And he used his staff to propel himself away. "Not too soon. I hope." I mumbled but still smiled nonetheless.
I opened the paper ball and read what's written in it. You haven't even got the guts to tell Mylene you love her, wuss. Oh... "Kim wrote it. He's always making fun of people." I walked over to Ivan. "You know, you shouldn't get so bent out of shape about that. There's no shame in telling someone you love them." He smiled. "Thank you."
I lifted my head when I heard a squeal. It was Marinette and Ayla. "Spectacular! Are you two going to be protecting Paris from now on?" Marinette was filming. "How did you get your powers? Did you getting stung by a radioactive ladybug like spider-Man? Oh we've got so many questions to ask you, er, mister?" I turned back around. "I'm Royal Fortune and my partner is Matagot." I ran off after that. I can't have my secret identity being exposed on the first day.
Kim's pov:
I finally made it home. So, thanks to this amateur footage, the Parisians now know the name of their heroes. "Kim!" Papa Minh wrapped me in a big hug the second I walked through the door. "Oh Kim!" Papa Vadim also came and wrapped me in a hug. "Hi dads." They sighed. "I told you to be careful and you decided to get yourself chased by a supervillain on your first day." Papa Minh patted my head. "You need to be careful okay?" I nodded. "Good, now come eat dinner, papa Vadim made your favorites." My eyes lit up. "Thanks dads." I took my shoes off and ran into the dinning room. I told them about my day as I ate and I snuck some food to Plagg too.
Max's pov:
I jumped back through the window I left out of. "Spots off. Tikki! I did it, thank you for believing in me even if I didn't." She flew to my shoulder. "See I told you, you were up for it." I smiled. "Max? I'm home." Oh good, my mom's home. "Tikki do you need anything?" She smiled. "Food please." I nodded and went to the kitchen to get her some fruit and also greet my mom.
A huge celebration in honour of our city's new protectors Royal Fortune and Matagot! I knew we haven't done much but it still made me smile knowing people appreciated our efforts.
Third person's pov:
The Akuma flew to the top of the Eiffel Tower. The Akuma multiplied. Now there was over a hundred butterflies.
Just as Paris is about to celebrate the appearance of our two new super heroes Royal Fortune and Matagot, a new wave of panic is sweeping across the capital as dozens of people are mysteriously transformed into stone monsters. It's simply unbelievable.
Max's pov:
I messed up. I forgot to capture and purify the Akuma. "Max it's not your fault. Everyone makes mistakes." I shook my head. "I'm sorry Tikki but I told you I wasn't up for this. I've made a great error. I'm grateful for this opportunity but I cannot continue to do this." I took the earrings off and they turned back into plain red and black stud earrings. "I'm sorry Tikki."
Kim's pov:
These victims transformed into Stonebeings are still like statues. Police are perplexed. What will happen to them? Will they come to life or be frozen in time forever?
"Plagg, what's going on? I thought me and little red defeated him." I was confused. How? How is any of this happening? "Did you capture the Akuma?" I shook my head. "But what's that got to do with the other stonebeings?" Plagg flew up to my face. "An Akuma can multiply if not captured. If what's his name? Ivan? If Ivan's emotions become negative again, then the Akuma will turn him back into Stoneheart. He'll control the stonebeings and being them to life to serve as his army." Well this was worse than I thought. "And I can't do anything about it?" Plagg shook his head. "Only Royal Fortune can capture and purify the Akuma and repair the damage caused by supervillains."
Third person's pov:
"Ivan has a sensitive heart. It won't be long before anger and sadness strikes again, and he and the stonebeings will come alive." Hawkmoth opened the gem on top of his staff and the Akuma flew into it. "Then we'll see how long you remain hidden, Royal Fortune and Matagot. Once I have your Miraculous, you will be powerless against me. Everyone will be powerless against me! I will have absolute power!" He laughed.