"This book could've been my connection to Adrien without my Ladybug mask for once, but I get it. I'm not gonna be returning it to him," Marinette sighed, looking over the book Adrien had of superheroes outside her room.

"I'm really sorry, Marinette. But its information is invaluable," Tikki frowns.

After Gwen defeated Volpina, Marinette took the book home. Tikki recognized the book and she had to take it before it goes into the wrong hands.

"Information? But it's all written in code," Marinette frowned. She couldn't understand a thing in it.

"I know someone who's been looking for this for a long time. He knows how to decipher the codes."

"So what exactly is so special about this book?"

"It contains all the secrets of the Miraculous powers. It's sacred and extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. He needs it back," Tikki informed.

"I don't get it, Tikki. Just tell me what's going on. Please, who is he?" Marinette frowns.

"The Great Guardian. And I think the time has come for you to finally meet him," Tikki smiles.

Marinette smiles and nods. She stands up and headed to her room when she stopped. She tensed and Tikki sensed she wasn't following her.

"What is it, Marinette?"

Marinette frowned and looked down at the book before starting to flip through the pages. She shook her head and kept flipping them. "I don't see it! I don't see it!"

"What is it?" Tikki worries.

"The spider miraculous is not here!" Marinette pales. "How does Ghost-Spider have these incredible powers? How is she strong? How is she more advanced? Just who is she?"

Tikki flies to her face and shakes her head. "I don't know. We can ask The Great Guardian."

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Marinette blinks as she remembered the place they are going to. She and Ghost were defeating Princess Fragrance. But why is she here? She followed Tikki inside and sees the old man in a Hawaiian red shirt, meditating.

"Hello, Ladybug," the man smiles softly.

"I know you never wanted me to bring her here again but...you must see what she's discovered. Show him, Marinette," Tikki urged.

Marinette hesitated, not knowing if she can trust him. Tikki seems comfortable with him but she's not sure yet.

"I've been here, I've met you before," she started. "You're the healer that cure Tikki when she was sick! So...I'm guessing you're not really a vet?"

He smiles, "Not really. That was your first day of school, that wasn't a chance meeting either." He remembered when Marinette helped him. "Marinette, you're always ready to help others. I knew that very moment that you'd make a fantastic Ladybug."

"But, who are you?"

He smiles, walking up to his phonograph. he clicked on the dragons and presses three buttons. The phonograph twirled and opened to show a hexagon box. It looked antique but well kept. It had a large symbol similar to the book she had.

"Master Fu is the last known member of the Order of the Guardians," Tikki informed.

A green kwami of a turtle flew around Marinette. "Guardians of the Miraculous! I'm Wayzz, Master Fu's kwami. It's a pleasure to meet you, Marinette."

Marinette chuckles nervously, "Uh..you too."

"We guardians are responsible for protecting and disturbing the Miraculous, for the good of all humanity," Master Fu grabs his Miracle box and opens it, showing more miraculous.

"We are chosen in childhood and trained for many years, especially for this mission. When we were much, much younger, we..." Master Fu sighs.

"I made a mistake. The guardians' temple was destroyed, all because of me! Two of the miraculous were lost that day. The Butterfly and the Peacock. Also gone forever was the ancient spellbook!"

Marinette frowns, flipping through the book, "But all it has are drawings of old superheroes and a bunch of strange symbols."

"Not strange to a Guardian," he places his Miracle box back into the phonograph. "Back in the days, I was never given the opportunity to even have a look at it, but I've been taught enough to be able to partially decipher the code," he raises his hands to have the book.

Marinette hesitated, looking at her kwami who nodded. She handed the book to him.

"These pages contain various spells capable of giving Ladybug and Chatnoir special abilities we haven't known about, until now! Obviously, this book is invaluable," he smiles.

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"Hey, Lila," Gwen calls from her guest room to her A.I.

"Gwen! Hi!" Lila smiles from the line.

"Hey, yesterday. Did you give the book back to Adrien?" Gwen places a drawing of Hawkmoth on her wall with pushpins.

She heard Lila gasp from the other side and groan. "I accidentally dropped it in the trash bin. I'm sorry, Gwen!"

Gwen rubs her head and smiles, "Don't worry about it. Adrien is looking for it, I'll go get it."

"Are you sure? I can help you look for it."

"It's fine," Gwen smiles. "By the way, you said you're going on a vacation? What's that about?'

"Just for a few days, I'll come back. We can get that ice cream when I come back."

Gwen smirks, "I'll hold you to it, I won't keep you long. I'll see you in a few days."

"Bye, Gwen!"

Gwen hangs up and glares at her wall. She looked through her cameras and saw the footage of Lila dropping the book in the trash bin. But something interesting was there too. She was too focused on Lila and Adrien, she failed to sense Marinette sneaking up on them and taking the book.

Why would Marinette take the book? Because it's Adrien's? Seriously?

Gwen shakes her head and turns to print out more pictures. After looking through that book, it was interesting to see many different miraculouses in there. She accidentally recorded it and took pictures of them to try to decipher the codes.

She frowns when she sees Hawkmoth, Volpina, Ladybug, Chatnoir, and more. But what's confusing is that Adrien had this book in the first place.

She searched for this book on the internet and there was nothing to be found. She assumes that that book is one of a kind. And she had the assumption that the one in charge of all miraculous lost this book.

Perhaps Hawkmoth had it before it got into Adrien's hands. Gwen frowns more. "Adrien can't be Hawkmoth. I sensed him. I kept an eye on him. Who else belonged to that book?"

She also researched Adrien's personnel. His bodyguard, his father's assistant, and his father. They were normal. But Gabriel Agreste has been gone since his wife disappeared.

Not only that, her senses spiked dangerously being near to that man. She huffs and places a picture of Gabriel next to Hawkmoth and a picture of Adrien next to them.

"If my calculations are correct, Gabriel Agreste could be Hawkmoth." She sadly frowned, looking down at her dog tag. "If Gabriel really is Hawkmoth, who is Adrien to him? His accomplice? I can't jump to conclusions yet until there is proof."

She thought back to being close to Adrien. She didn't sense any danger from him. "Perhaps, he's been kept in the dark. But what about Gabriel's workers?"

A text message was sent to her headband and she put it into a hologram. Her eyes widened when Adrien sent her a text that he lost his father's book and now he can't go back to school anymore.

Gwen looks up at her map wall of Hawkmoth and Gabriel. She grabbed a string and wrapped them around their push pins.

"Proof," she smirks. "J.A.N.E.T. Print Adrien's message."

"Very well...what are you going to do?"

Gwen messages Adrien back before calling Ladybug on her bracer. Ladybug didn't answer once again. "Gabriel Agreste is Hawkmoth. Call me when you can."

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"I've always believed that whoever possessed this spellbook must also have the Peacock and the Butterfly miraculous," Master Fu gave Marinette tea before looking through the book.

Marinette's eyes widened. "Wait a sec, you mean whoever owned the spellbook could be Hawkmoth?"

"How did you discover this book, Marinette?" Master glanced at her.

Marinette hesitated as Adrien had the book. It can't be him! What will Master Fu do if Adrien really is Hawkmoth? "I...uh...I found it, lying on the bench in a park close to...close to school," she lies.

"You didn't see who it belonged to, then?"

Marinette hesitated, "No, No, I...didn't."

Tikki stopped playing with Wayzz and incredulously stared at her. She lied to Master Fu.

"What a shame. For a moment, I thought we were about to discover the identity of Hawkmoth. We would've had a chance to defeat him," Master Fu sighs.

"Uh...I could investigate if you want," Marinette apologetically smiles.

"But you must be very careful, Marinette. If you succeed, you may well find yourself face to face with Hawkmoth."

"I'll be very careful, I promise," she stands up and heads to the door when she stopped.

Master Fu raised a brow in confusion. Marinette gritted her teeth before turning around to face him.

"If you're truly the Guardian of the Miraculous. What do you know about Ghost-Spider's powers?"

Master Fu nods, looking through the book again. The last few pages were blank. He waved his hand over the pages and a picture showed up.

It was a picture of a figure with blue-pink veins in its system. They couldn't see the person's face but the anatomy of their body.

"Long time ago, a guardian prophesized a greater power to wield the power of strange of powerful stones. They were strong enough to change the world's reality. But it can also transfer from different dimensions."

Marinette's eyes widened, "What are you saying?"

Master Fu smiles, "You'll have to ask Ghost-Spider personally where she is from."

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Marinette runs out. Tikki flew out of her purse, "Why did you lie to Master Fu?!"

"I couldn't tell him that Adrien was the one who had the book. Adrien can't be Hawkmoth!" Marinette gasps. "But what if he is? Th-That would mean that I'm crazy in love with a supervillain! I can't be crazy in love with a supervillain...I...I'd have to fight him and..."

Marinette frowns, thinking the worse. "Calm down, Marinette. I'm sure there's an explanation," Tikki smiles.

"I need to get to the bottom of this," she pumps herself up.

"Do you know where to find Adrien?" Tikki blinks.

"I know that boy's schedule by heart," she smirks heading to the school.

Entering the school, Marinette couldn't find him. She looked through the locker rooms and nothing. She headed to her homeroom and the class was crowding around a crying Chloé.

"Oh no! This is a terrible tragedy!" Chloé cries.

"What's up with her?" Marinette asks the class, walking over.

"Adrien's never coming back to school! Ever! Oh..." Chloé cried.

"His dad grounded him!" Kim crossed his arms.

"For life," Max finished.

"What? Why?" Marinette pales.

"Something about losing this major important book that belongs to his dad," Nino informed.

Marinette's eyes widened at the information and sighed in relief which confused the class.

" 'Phew'?!" Chloé irritatedly asks.

" 'Phew' cause I...I was scared it was super serious. I mean, yeah, sure, it really is serious but it's not like he's sick or anything, you know. Surely we can fix this, right? We won't just stand by and let this happen!" Marinette flusteredly runs to the restrooms.

She checked every stall and entered one of the restrooms. Tikki flew out of her bag.

"So it wasn't Adrien's book. It was his father's! Adrien isn't Hawkmoth!" Marinette sighs in relief. "I knew it! Adrien doesn't have an evil bone in his body."

"Except, according to Nino, Adrien did take the book without his father's permission," Tikki interrupts.

"Well, he must've had a good reason to do it," Marinette frowns in worry.

"You realize, based on Master Fu's theory, Adrien's father could be Hawkmoth."

"No way! It couldn't be!" Marinette stops when she recalled her argument with Ghost-Spider.

"My spidey senses trigger when there's danger nearby. And that man is no good, Ladybug."

She gasps, covering her mouth. "An eccentric artist who never leaves his home. Mysterious, very intelligent, but cold, even with his own son. Ghost-Spider was right! How could I be so blind?! This is a very strong lead, Tikki!"

"Please be careful, Marinette!"

"I will," Marinette transforms and jumps out the window. She went to call Ghost-Spider when she saw that she has a message from her.

"Gabriel Agreste is Hawkmoth. Call me when you can."

"She figured it out," Her eyes widened, and called both Chatnoir and Ghost-Spider. Chatnoir didn't answer but Ghost did.

"About time," she heard from the line.

"Ghost. Meet me close to the Eiffel Tower, I need you to tell me all that you know."

"Don't worry about that."

Ladybug hung up when Ghost jumped, landing next to her. Ghost crossed her arms and looked at Ladybug. She narrowed her eyes, looking at her. 

"So you know too."

Ladybug nodded, "How did you find out?"

Ghost shrugs, "I did my research. What about you?"

Ladybug stopped and hesitated to say a thing about Master Fu. "It doesn't matter. We have to call Chatnoir."

Ghost narrowed her eyes at her. Now, look who's hiding secrets. She shook her head and waited until Chatnoir would arrive. After several few minutes, Chat arrived.

"Chat? Did you get my messages?" Ladybug asked.

He nodded, "Yeah, and I can't wait to know more. M'Lady-tective. So who's the suspect?"

"Gabriel Agreste," Ghost crossed her arms. Chat gasped in horror. "You know, the fashion designer?"

"You got proof?"

Ladybug stammers and turned to Ghost who pressed on her bracer, showing a hologram. Ladybug's eyes widened in horror seeing the book pages. How did she get to them?!

"These pages show Miraculous powers in this book," Ghost swiped, showing the cover of the book.

Chat's and Ladybug's eyes widened. But Ghost kept going, "Word spread around that this boy lost it from his father," she swiped to show a picture of Adrien smiling.

Ladybug trembled. She never realized how intelligent Ghost is...It's terrifying. What else does she know?! Does she know their identity?!

"When fighting Simon Says, I encountered Gabriel Agreste and my senses spiked dangerously being near him, instantly distrusting him. This book is one of a kind. But somehow, Gabriel had it. Why was that? I'm not sure yet. This book shows all the power-ups of the miraculous, and Hawkmoth had this book to decipher the code to power up too.

"Thankfully, Adrien lost it before Gabriel could decipher it. Unfortunately, it was taken by a girl. I was looking for her on the way here but I couldn't find her anywhere."

Ladybug gasped. She can't...she can't!

"Who was it?!" Chat grabbed Ghost's arms pleadingly. Ghost shrugged him off and showed the cameras from every angle. Chat's eyes widened when he saw Marinette grabbing the book from the trash bin.

Ladybug shook her head in disbelief. "No..."

Ghost took off her hologram, "I'm sure she meant well. For now, we have to focus on Gabriel Agreste. We'll handle the book later."

Ladybug felt cold over her body. Ghost was able to figure out everything from a different perspective. Chat was quiet and placed a hand on Ghost's shoulder. "Are you sure about this?"

Ghost nods, "Positive."

Chat nods and turns away from the group. "So, I'm supposed to accept that?"

"Trust me on this. It all makes sense from another perspective. He's secretive and never leaves his house," Ghost showed Gabriel's fashion logo in her hologram grabbing the pairs' attention.

"Look at his brand logo."

"A butterfly?" Chat's eyes widened, remembering it perfectly that there are butterfly patterns everywhere in his house. He sighs sadly.

"You okay, Chatnoir?" Ladybug concernedly asks.

"It's time to get to the bottom of this," Chat grimly stares ahead before heading to the Agreste mansion.

Ghost and Ladybug follow. "Ghost."

"What is it? You'll apologize for accusing me of being a liar?"

Ladybug frowned in disappointment and nodded, "I'm...sorry for not believing you. But I must know..."

Ghost jumped over a roof and listened. Ladybug gritted her teeth, "Where did you come from?"

Ghost's eyes widened and turned to her. "I thought we weren't supposed to reveal anything from our identities."

"I know. But you mentioned before that you don't have a miraculous. You are risking your life to help us. Tell me."

Ghost looked into her eyes and saw something different in Ladybug's eyes and frowned. "I can't tell you until you fully trust me. And that's not gonna happen any time soon."

She jumped away and caught up to Chatnoir who has been quiet.

They didn't realize the collector was hiding from them behind a statue and smirked, "My plan is working perfectly."

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The trio jumped inside the mansion and gasped at the mess. The statues before were on the ground and broken. More things were broken.

"Whoa, what happened here? Looks like somebody had a little tantrum," Ladybug looked around.

Chat picked up a frame of his drawing when he was younger. It was a drawing of his family. The glass was broken and on the ground. He sighs. He can't believe it. He can't! His heart ached, scared of confronting his father.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Ghost placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah. Yeah, let's keep going."

Ladybug gasps, "He's got a son! Let's go check in his room; make sure nothing's happened to him."

Ghost's senses went off when they ran to the front hall. "Where's Gabriel Agreste?!" Chat demanded.

They stopped when they saw someone on top of the stairs. "There is no more Gabriel Agreste. There is only...the Collector!"

The Collector threw his book at Ladybug who barely dodged it. The book pages touched the entrance door and they disappeared.

"You won't be able to escape!" The Collector shouted.

The Collector threw the book at them and they dodged. They jumped around the hall and fought The Collector when he didn't have the book. The three ran inside the dining hall and waited.

Chat gritted his teeth and threw his staff at The Collector. Ghost's senses went off and tried to grab it but it was too late.

The staff hit The Collector's pages, disappearing. Ladybug and Chat gasped.

The Collector smirked, showing a picture of the Chatnoir staff. "Nice piece, wouldn't you agree?"

Ghost throws the dining table at him, which The Collector traps in his book too. The three ran away into the main hall again and hid behind the staircases.

"The akuma's gotta be in that book!" Ladybug exclaims.

"Yeah, but if we touch it, we'll disappear!" Chat exclaimed too.

Ghost frowns in confusion. Gabriel Agreste is akumatized. How is that possible? Did she miscalculate? She felt confident in her proof, but it's not possible! She never gets her calculations wrong.

Ladybug used her Lucky Charm, dropping a set of pedals on her hands. "A pedal?" She looked around to have a plan but nothing was coming up. "I have no idea what to do with this. We need to stall him."

The staircases they were hiding on, disappeared and revealed The Collector. "Ladybug, Chatnoir, and Ghost-Spider, you shall be the masterpieces in my new book  of inspiration."

The Collector threw his book at them but they jumped away and dodged it. Ghost jumped in and punched the ground where The Collector was. He was out of balance as Chat tried to grab his book, but he failed to try to dodge his attacks.

Chat was trapped and The Collector was close to touching him when Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around his arm and pulled him away from Chat.

The book flew out of his hand but it flew back to him, almost touching Ladybug.

The Collector kept throwing and punching. He easily dodged Ladybug and Chat's attacks. He screamed in agony when Ghost punched his ribcage, hearing a crack.

Chat's eyes widened in worry for his father but kept attacking. He kicked away The Colletor's book. The Collector jumped to retrieve it when Ladybug wrapped his feet with her yo-yo and dragged him to the ground harshly.

He groans in pain from the ache in his rib cage. He reaches out for the book as it flew back to him. He smirks and touched the yo-yo with his book, capturing it.

"No!" Ladybug exclaims.

"My collection's growing!" he smirks, throwing his book at Ghost. She dodges it and jumps upstairs with the others.

Chat's eyes widen at the realization, grinning widely. "So that must mean...Gabriel Agreste can't possibly be Hawkmoth, since he's been akumatized!"

"You call Agreste turning into The Collector good news?!" Ladybug exclaims.

Ghost kept quiet and felt a nudge on her arm. "So your theory is wrong," Chat grinned, relieved.

Ghost frowns and runs to Adrien's room with the others. They barricaded the door and looked around. Adrien wasn't here.

"Gabriel Agreste's son isn't at home?" Ladybug asks.

"Maybe the Collector's already captured him," Chat shrugs.

Ladybug and Ghost gasp in shock. "You'd think he'd take it out on his son?"

Chat stopped, not knowing what to say. They heard crashing on the other side of the door and stood in a stance.

"You cannot escape from me," The Collector laughs as more things disappeared.

"What if he has no pages left in his book?" Ladybug asks before looking around the room. She smiles, figuring out a plan.

The Collector managed to get inside and started throwing his book around the room. The three dodged it. Ladybug hid behind the T.V, Chat jumped upstairs, as Ghost jumped inside the bathroom.

"But before I immortalize you, allow me to seize your miraculous for Hawkmoth," he walks over to the bathroom where Ghost is hiding, believing to take out the stronger opponent before anyone else.

"Chatnoir! I need ammunition!" Ladybug shouts before running away as the T.V. disappeared.

"You need what?" Chat blinked.

"We're gonna complete his collection!" She jumped on the wall and grabbed one of Adrien's trophies, throwing it at the CDs where Chat is.

"Very smart m'lady, quite ingenious," he smiles.

"Less talking, more doing! Ghost! Cover me!"

Ghost runs out of the bathroom and dodges The Collector's attack before heading to Ladybug. "Grab his belt!" Ghost nods and webs Chat's belt to them.

The Collector ran to fight against Chatnoir as Ladybug and Ghost used the foosball table.

Chat dodged The Collector's attack and shoved him to the rock-climbing wall. He used his cataclysm to destroy his shelf of CDs.

Ladybug attaches the pedal with Chat's belt to the foosball table. "Ready, Chatnoir?" Ghost asks

"I'm always ready for you, girls."

Chat started dropping CDs onto the foosball. Ladybug nodded to Ghost who grabbed the pedal and started pedaling at a fast pace with her hand.

Every CD fired to The Collector. He wasn't able to dodge some as the attacks have become aggressive with Ghost's strength at pedaling.

He dodged some of them and approached the girls, he captured most of the CDs as he neared.

Chat looked around and saw there were no more CDs left. "No more ammo!"

The Collector touches the Foosball table and goes to touch Ladybug but Ghost stood in front of her.

She closed her eyes when the book touched her, but nothing. Her eyes snapped open to see the frustration in The Collector's expression.

"Huh? It's already full!"

The Collector goes to remove one of the CDs in his book but Ghost punches him across the room, dropping the book onto her hands. She ripped it apart, releasing the akuma.

Ladybug smiles and captures it, bringing everything back to normal.

The Collector turned back to Gabriel Agreste.

Ladybug raised a fist in victory at the two but Chat ran over to Gabriel in worry. "Are you okay, Faaa–sir?"

"Chatnoir, Ladybug, Ghost-Spider. What happened to me?" Gabriel asked, looking around.

"You were akumatized by Hawkmoth. But don't worry, it's over now!" Chat grinned.

"Thank you, thank you, all of you!" Gabriel gasps looking around. "Adrien...Where is my son?!"

"He...must be hiding?" Chat made up an excuse.

"Chatnoir is right, otherwise your son would have reappeared right her," Ladybug smiles.

Gabriel places his hands on Ghost's shoulders. She stiffened when more danger made her senses spike. She trembled again, confusing Gabriel.

"Nothing must happen to him. He's too precious to me," Gabriel smiled at her.

Ghost narrowed her eyes at him with distrust. Ladybug noticed she was running out of time and warned Chat and Ghost. "We're about to transform back. Goodbye, Mr. Agreste."

"Don't worry yourself, sir. I'm sure your son is safe and sound," Chat smiles.

Both of them jumped away but Ghost stayed behind. It was quiet for a moment. Gabriel was confused about why this hero stayed behind. Is she going to apologize for getting the "wrong" assumption about him?

He slightly smirked before showing an emotionless expression when Ghost raised her chin, getting his attention.

Ghost took thought about this. It's risky. But there's a chance he already knew. He may fool everyone but not one can fool her. Especially Ladybug and whoever is in charge of the other miraculouses.

"I do not have a miraculous. It's all mine."

Gabriel's eyes widened in disbelief. He did not expect to hear that at all! Is this a joke?! Why did she point that out?! Her bracer!–he stopped, keeping his composure.

"Why are you telling me this?"

Ghost smirked, noticing everything in his eyes. "To see your reaction. I got what I needed. Stay safe," she jumped out.

She glanced at him and his eyes widened. His breath hitched, seeing her. She is challenging him. As if telling him to give it his all. Because she will be ready for the threat.

As she left, Gabriel clenched his fists. "I'll see you soon..."

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"So, since Gabriel Agreste was akumatized, he can't possibly be Hawkmoth, right?"

Marinette went back to Master Fu and confessed that she lied to him.

"That's very probable, but...how did you find out that Gabriel Agreste was the owner of the Spellbook?" Master Fu asks making her stiffen.

"At first, I was thinking the book belonged to Gabriel Agreste's son, Adrien 'cause I saw him with it at school. Well, before it's stolen by a girl and before Tikki got it back and I only just met you so. I...I didn't know if I could tell you that, so yeah."

"You were afraid in case the one you love turned out to be Hawkmoth," Master Fu smiled.

Marinette stammers, "Wha? Uh, no, uh. How did you know that? I mean, I don't love him at all." she laughs nervously as Master Fu chuckles. "Oh all right, yes. Adrien is amazing. I couldn't stand the thought of him being a supervillain."

"You know, Marinette. If we want to be stronger than Hawkmoth, we have to trust each other."

"I know. But now, Adrien will never be able to come back to school because I can never give him that book back. I'll never see him again!" she whimpered, lying on the ground.

Master Fu hums. "There isn't a problem that can't be solved, Marinette." He uses his phone to take pictures of every page on the Spellbook. "These modern inventions really are quite incredible."

Marinette sees him taking pictures and remembers when Ghost's evidence. "Master Fu."

He hums, glancing at her.

"Ghost-Spider. She didn't tell me where she was from. She was able to figure out about Gabriel Agreste and the spellbook. I know she's amazing when doing her job as a hero. She's intelligent! Very advanced too! Her senses warn her of danger but this time, I'm not so sure anymore..." Marinette frowns.

Master Fu nods, "Don't worry, Marinette. Work with her for now."

Marinette blinks in confusion. "Work with her? She has proven to be very secretive. She figured out I took the book. She can figure out who Ladybug and Chatnoir are in her sleep!" She gasps, "What if she figured it out already?!"

Master Fu places his hands on her shoulders and smiles, "Don't worry. I'll handle this.

She hesitated but walked out of the shop, Tikki following her behind.

Wayzz flew to Master Fu. "What are you going to do, Master?"

Master Fu didn't respond. He walked to his balcony and opened the doors, giving a small breeze to his curtains.

Ghost-Spider was sitting in his rails.

"I have been waiting for you, Ghost-Spider."

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Marinette handed back the Spellbook to Gabriel and left. Gabriel looked down at the book and went to his studies. He went to his galleries where the copy of his pages was.

"So then, if you had a copy of the book, why'd you go through all that trouble?" Nathalie asks.

"I did what had to do to keep my secret," Gabriel replied, looking through the pages. He stopped when he saw something new on the back of the pages.

It was a picture of a figure with blue-pink veins in its system. They couldn't see the person's face but the anatomy of their body. There was a distinct drawing on the figure's hand.

"Interesting....very interesting..." he smirks, seeing a spider on the figure's hand.

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Adrien was glad that Marinette gave the book back to his father. Assuming she found it and went to give it to him. He got out of his car and was tackled in a hug by Nino.

Chloé shoved him away and hugged him. The rest of the class greeted him. Adrien smiles seeing his friends. His smile brightened when he saw Gwen on the staircases. Relief spread through him, making him feel happier.

Moving away from everyone, he tackled her in a hug which she reciprocated.

"Welcome back," she chuckles, seeing the dog tag hanging around his neck.

He tightens the hug, "It's good to be back."

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Published: May 25, 2022

Word Count: 4936