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!

Normal POV

It was free period, the last period of the day. The students were hanging out in study hall either doing homework or talking. Elisa was hanging out with Nathaniel and the other boys, laughing at their jokes and comments.

Luka did not like this one bit. Elisa was his girl!

He thought back to his and Elisa's first date and their moonlight waltz. The memory made him smile.

He did have feelings for Marinette when they first met, but when Elisa entered the picture, they went away completely.

Elisa

"Oh, Nathan, that is very funny!" I laughed at his latest drawing that depicted Ladybug, Cat Noir, and me as Crystal Cygne beating Hawk Moth to a pulp and snatching his Miraculous.

I then turned to see Luka in a corner. Was he ok? I walked over to him, my white heels clicking on the marble floor.

"Luka, are you ok?"

He turned around and saw me with concern in my eyes.

"Why aren't you over there with everyone else?" I asked.

Luka's annoyed face morphed into a gentle smile. He curled his arms around my waist and pulled me into his muscular chest.

"Now that you're in my arms, I'm all right." Luka smirked.

I gasped at the seductive tone in his voice, burying my face in his chest.

"Luka, quit it! Not only will people stare, but Juleka and the girls will tease us to no end!" I sighed, dreading the laughs we'd get from Marinette and her friends.

"I just don't like the way the other boys look at you. I want them to see that you're my princess." Luka admitted.

"Hey," I rested my head on his chest and placed my hand next to my ear, pressed over his heart, listening to its strong beat. "You're jealous, aren't you?"

We then heard Nino shout from the other side of the room. "Yeah, too bad, Max! Elisa's taken!"

"Go sit on a cactus!" Max shouted back.

Luka groaned in annoyance. "Told you."

"Well, Nathaniel was showing me a drawing of Ladybug, Cat Noir and Crystal Cygne defeating Hawk Moth." I snickered, remembering how hilarious it looked. "It showed them beating him to a pulp and nabbing his Miraculous."

Luka snickered with me. "I would love to see that."

"You know," I looked up into Luka's zircon eyes. "When I was a little girl, I would watch this show called Howdy Doody. It would always air at sunset. Mom introduced me to that show."

At that moment, the bell rang. As everyone left the school, animals ran by, making the students flee in terror.

I gasped, pulling Luka along and taking him into an abandoned warehouse. After shutting the doors, I put my hand on my boyfriend's shoulder.

"Luka, what I'm about to divulge to you is something no one is supposed to know. Promise me you can keep this secret."

"I will." Luka nodded.

I pulled out my flute from my backpack, as well as a spare. I handed the spare flute to Luka.

"Luka, do you know how to play the flute?"

"A little." Luka replied.

"We're going to call Crystal Cygne."

Luka and I raised the flutes to our mouths and played. One by one, slowly, the five feathers on my necklace started to glow.

"Elisa, what's happening?" Luka asked, pointing at my necklace.

"I don't know..." I pretended to play dumb.

Suuiren came out of my purse and entered my necklace. I was surrounded by a brilliant white light. After a few seconds, the light faded, and I was Crystal Cygne. I flew down and hovered before Luka, who had the biggest smile on his face I've ever seen.

"Elisa... You're so beautiful! But I had no idea that... You were..."

"The thing is, Luka, no one was supposed to know." I landed in front of Luka and put a hand to his cheek gently. "Are you sure you can keep my secret?"

Luka pulled me tightly against him, slamming his lips against mine. We pulled back, and he rested his forehead against my own. "Elisa, I promise to keep your secret no matter what happens."

I smiled gratefully. "Thank you..." Our lips met once more, and we separated after seven seconds.

"Elisa, now that I know you and Crystal Cygne are one and the same, some of my worry has been alleviated. But still, knowing that my girlfriend is a superhero brings new worries. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Luka, we've been over this." I gently reminded him. "I know what I'm doing, and I have Ladybug and Cat Noir by my side."

Luka gasped. "Ladybug and Cat Noir! That's right! Elisa, I mean Crystal Cygne, go meet up with them. But please be careful." He pecked my lips before letting me go.

I raced out of the warehouse and took flight, searching for my teammates. I eventually found them on the roof of a building with... a new face? It was a female, and she was a fox-themed superhero.

"Ah, here she is!" Ladybug beamed. "This is Crystal Cygne. Meet Rena Rouge. She's going to help us in extremely difficult missions like this."

I shook Rena Rouge's hand. "Welcome to the team, Rena! So, what's going on?"

"A bunch of animals have escaped from the zoo." Ladybug explained. "We need to round them up. Here's the plan. Cat Noir will provoke the panthers into chasing him. Rena Rouge, when I give you the signal, you're going to use your Mirage. Crystal Cygne, you use your Swan Song to distract the other animals. As for me, I'll shut the vehicle doors when the animals get in. Got it?"

"Got it!" Cat Noir, Rena Rouge and I raised our fists into the air.

"And... Go!"

When Ladybug said that, we took off leaping across buildings, flying in my case.

Cat Noir provoked the panthers into chasing him. I hovered over a couple of gorillas. I then waved my scepter in a music note pattern, making it glow.

"Swan Song!" I called out. After saying that, I sang a few hypnotizing notes into my scepter like it was a microphone. The gorillas and other animals, except for the panthers chasing Cat Noir, turned their attention to me. Knowing I had thirty seconds before the effects wore off, I lured them into a van. Ladybug then shut the doors.

I then turned my attention to Cat Noir, who was still leading the panthers on a wild goose chase.

"Come on, guys, you wouldn't eat one of your cousins, would ya?" Joked Cat Noir.

Rena Rouge jumped along roofs to a vantage point above the street. She blew her flute and created an illusion of meat pieces that littered the street.

Cat Noir gestured to the illusionary meat. "How about some tasty chops, instead?" He leaped away with his staff.

One of the panthers stepped on a piece of meat, making it disappear. Both panthers followed the trail of vanishing meat until it lead them into a nearby van. Ladybug shut the doors, trapping the panthers inside.

Onlookers cheered as the four superheroes stood on the roof. Cat Noir held out his fist. "Pound i-" He looked back at Ladybug and Rena Rouge, who were running away. "Hey, where're you going?"

"Rena's about to transform back." Ladybug explained.

Cat Noir glared. "So you're allowed to know her true identity, but Crystal and I are not?"

"Because I have to get her Miraculous back."

"So what's my role, then? The guy who's always left in the dark? What else are you hiding from us?"

Rena Rouge's Miraculous flashed. She pointed to it. "We really gotta jam."

"Ok," Said Ladybug. "I'll talk to him about it."

Cat Noir and I exchanged confused looks. "Him? Who's him?" We said simultaneously.

"Uh..." Ladybug stuttered. "When the time is right, guys, I promise."

With that, Ladybug and Rena Rouge left.

Cat Noir crossed his arms. "I hate secrets."

I sighed. "Me too, Cat Noir."

We sat down on the roof together. "Crystal, why is Ladybug doing this to me?"

I put a soothing hand on his shoulder. "I'm not sure. Maybe it's something she knows that you're not ready to know."

Suddenly, my Miraculous flashed. "I wish I could stay and chat, but I must beat."

I flew up into the air and looked for Luka. He was about to pass the entrance to an alley. I flew into the alleyway and whistled. Luka turned and saw me. I gestured to the alley before running in.

Just as Luka rounded the corner, I transformed back. I ran into his arms and he pulled me in for a deep kiss.

"I'm so happy you're all right, Elisa."

"Luka, I told you I would be fine." I suddenly perked up. "Oh, right! The movie!"

By the time we arrived at the theater, Marinette had arrived as well. Alya was also present.

"Coming!" Marinette panted. "Sorry, I was -"

"No time to explain." Alya cut her off. "Come on!" She grabbed Marinette by the arm and pulled her into the theater. Luka and I followed suit.

"Hi!" Rose called out to us. She and several others, including Nino, were waving us over. We sat down in our seats. Just as the movie started, people in front of us were getting out of their seats and running out of the theater.

"What's going on?" Marinette asked.

"I don't know." I shrugged. Only mere seconds later, I got my answer. Water rushed under the seats where we were sitting. Just what was happening?

Alya was also clueless. "Okay, who left the faucet running?"

Marinette pointed to an open doorway with stairs going up. "The stairs! Quick!"

We all made a beeline for the stairs.

"Hurry up!" I cried out.

Marinette and Alya ushered stragglers while Luka and I went on ahead with Kim and the others.

Roughly a minute later, Marinette and Alya joined us on the roof. Why was Paris flooded? I hope Mom and Dad are all right...

"My circuits are sensitive to water." Whined Markov, Max's robot friend.

Kim, however, didn't seem bothered. He jumped into the water like it was a swimming pool. He tried to beckon everyone to join him.

"Come on, guys! I can teach you to swim in two seconds flat, Markov. You just put your arms like this, then you push your legs, and it's kind of like being a frog, you see. In fact, it helps to think as a frog, too, you know -"

While Kim was talking, I saw a fin approaching. He stopped when we all saw a pink mermaid villain leap out of the water, grab Kim and go underwater with him.

"Kim!" Max cried out frantically.

Alya, Alix, Luka and I ran to one side of the roof, while Rose and the others ran to the other side.

"Where is he? Can you see him?" Alya looked in another direction, seeing Marinette paddling away in a garbage bin, using a shovel as an oar. "Marinette, what are you doing?"

"Um..." Said Marinette. "I'm gonna go get help." She accidentally tipped the bin over and fell in the water, only to pop up just fine. "I'm fine." She got back into the bin and paddled out of sight.

"Ok, so..." Alix deadpanned. "I guess we're saved, then?"

It was only five minutes before Ladybug came back. "Elisa, I need to talk to you in private." She pulled me aside and out of earshot of Luka and the others.

"Ladybug, what's up?"

"Elisa, this is very important."

I started to panic. "Ladybug, I'll go get Crystal Cygne, I'll think of something -"

Ladybug held up a finger to silence me. "Elisa, if you see Crystal Cygne, please tell her that this is mine and Cat Noir's fight alone. This involves something she is not yet ready to know."

"But Ladybug -"

"Trust me."

I sighed. "Ok."

Luka

An hour went by before Ladybug and Cat Noir defeated the new villain. Paris was no longer flooded. Elisa had told me that this fight was too dangerous for Crystal Cygne.

"Well, love, looks like Ladybug and Cat Noir did it again." I kissed Elisa's lips.

Elisa leaned over to whisper in my ear, "Ladybug told me there's something I'm not yet ready to know."

I held out my arm to my girlfriend. "Allow me to escort you home, Elisa."

Elisa giggled and looped her arm through mine. "You may."

Ondine

I was overjoyed. Kim asked me out on a date! To the movies!

After the movie was over, Kim took me to an isolated alleyway. He looked at me with a glimmer of affection in his gray eyes. This was our first date, and it had been a day since I was 'akumatized' by this Hawk Moth villain. Kim had told me about Hawk Moth, and how he wanted to nab the Miraculouses that Ladybug, Cat Noir and new hero Crystal Cygne possess.

"Kim, that movie was so romantic! I loved it!"

Kim's muscular arm circled around my waist, pulling me into his strong chest. I looked up at him, and he seemed to have an apologetic expression on his face.

"Ondine, I was such a doofus that I didn't know you liked me. I'm sorry about that. I just wanted to say that I have feelings for you too."

I grinned like an idiot. "I'm so happy!"

Kim pecked my cheek. "We should go to the park sometime."

I nodded in agreement. "We should."

He offered his arm to me. "Shall we?"

I looped my arm through his. "We shall."

What a gentleman Kim is. He escorted me home and kissed my hand. I'm lucky to date a guy like him.

Elisa

The sun had set and the moon and stars were out. I stood on my balcony and stared out at the Eiffel Tower. It had been a day since the Syren incident. What was Ladybug keeping from me? What did she mean by 'something I'm not yet ready to know'?"

Suuiren sat on the palm of my hand. "Something on your mind, Elisa?"

"I don't get it, Suuiren. What is Ladybug keeping from me?"

"Elisa, have you heard the expression 'boil the water before you put the noodles in'?"

"No." I replied. "I had never heard that expression before."

Suuiren giggled. "Basically, it means that there is a time and place for everything."

I sighed. Suuiren was right. I guess I wasn't ready to know.

Someone came up from behind and wrapped their arms around my waist. I looked down and saw the familiar sleeves of a blue and black jacket.

"Luka? What are you doing here?"

"Just wanted to come over and see my girl. Mom said I can stay the night here, and I already talked to your parents."

My heart started beating faster. I've never shared a bed with a guy before, and it would be the first time.

Suuiren flew up in front of our faces. She was ready to introduce herself to Luka.

"Who's this little cutie?"

"This is Suuiren. She's my kwami. She helps me transform into Crystal Cygne." I explained.

Suuiren studied Luka for a bit before licking his face affectionately.

"Awww..." I cooed. "She likes you. Ok, now, Suuiren. It's bedtime."

Suuiren flew back into my room to sleep in the makeshift bed I made for her.

"Luka, about earlier today at school... I don't mind you acting so possessive over me, but not in front of the others, especially Chloé. You know how mean she is."

Luka tightened his grip on me, and I leaned back into his embrace. "I'm used to mean people like Chloé, but I understand where you're coming from, Elisa." He leaned down to kiss my neck. "But when I saw you talking with Nathaniel, I thought he was going to try something with you."

"Luka," I slid my hands down his arms, feeling his muscles under my touch. "Nathaniel and I are just friends. You're the only boy I ever love. You're mine, and I'm yours."

Luka released me, only to loop my arm over his head as if we were doing the waltz again. He pulled me tightly into him, slamming his lips down on mine. I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck, clinging onto him like a lifeline.

We made out for close to five minutes before we were interrupted by a little giggle. We separated and saw Suuiren hovering before us, laughing her little head off.

I sighed. "Suuiren, go back to bed."

When my swan kwami was in bed, asleep, we climbed into my bed together.

"Elisa?" Luka murmured, pulling me into his arms again.

"Yes?"

"Do you think Marinette is Ladybug?"

"I don't know. Probably not. Even if she was Ladybug, she would probably deny it, as I would if anyone said I was Crystal Cygne. And we can't reveal our identities to anyone, not even each other. I took a great risk revealing my identity to you. I can only imagine what would happen if you were akumatized." A tear slipped down my cheek.

"Elisa," Luka kissed the tear away before kissing my lips. "Even if I was akumatized, I would never tell Hawk Moth who you are, even if he tried to inflict the greatest pain on me. And yes, I know that Ms. Bustier tried to fight it, but you know what they say."

I smiled and said with Luka, "'Love conquers evil.'"

"Hey, Elisa, did you have any close friends in Moscow?"

I laid my head down on his chest. "Sakura Morris. We knew one another since we were toddlers. She and her parents came to Russia after a tsunami destroyed their home in Japan."

"Mom told me what tsunamis are capable of. I tend to wonder how my father is doing and where he is. Every time Juleka and I ask about him, Mom says that we don't mention him."

I let out a yawn before I could say anything. Luka pecked my lips. "I love you."

"I know." I murmured sleepily, letting the rhythm of his heartbeat send me into my dreams.

Sakura

Nighttime had fallen. I was getting ready for bed. I looked out the window and saw the full moon, the stars nearby. One of them shone brighter than the rest.

"Evening Star, I have a wish. I want to leave Russia and be with my best friend again. Elisa Krelborn-Fulquard is my true best friend. She's the only one who wants to be friends with me for who I am. Not for fame, money or power. Please bless my wish, Gods of Japan..."

I shut my window and went downstairs to see my father in his office.

"I can tell how you're feeling, Sakura." Dad got up from his chair to talk to me. "You miss Elisa, don't you?"

I nodded. "Yes, Dad. I miss her very much."

Dad put a hand on my shoulder. "Sakura, I have something to give you." He pulled out a sword and handed it to me. "You are to be the next Generation of Japanese royalty. This katana is yours. Use it well and responsibility."

"Thanks, Dad."

"Your ancestors fought in the Sengoku era. However, the Oda bloodline has completely died out. However, in World War 2, your grandfather, my dad, pulled what was declared to be one of the greatest stunts ever. He betrayed the Axis and fought on the United States' side."

"Grandpa Hideki really did that?"

"Yes. Your grandfather had a bright future ahead of him."

I then asked the question that was on my mind. "Dad, could we please move to Paris?"

Dad laughed and patted my shoulder. "I'll talk to your mother about that."

I then went back upstairs to change into my nightgown. I put my katana in my closet before pulling out my blue nightdress. However, something in the corner caught my eye. There was a suspicious looking box on my dresser that had a strange symbol on it. Was it Chinese?

"It's probably Chinese..." I said to myself. I opened the box, only to be nearly blinded by this white light. When it faded, a tiny rabbit-like creature was hovering before me.

"Hello, Sakura!" Said the rabbit-like creature. "I am Fluff, and I'm your kwami!"

"Kwami?" I raised an eyebrow.

"I heard your wish, and I was sent to you. There's danger in Paris."

"Danger?" I asked.

Fluff then told me about this supervillain known as Hawk Moth. He had intentions to nab the Miraculouses of Ladybug, Cat Noir and newcomer Crystal Cygne for unknown reasons.

"So you're saying that I get to be a superhero?" I squealed in delight.

"Yes, you do, but there is something I must tell you. Nobody must know your secret identity, especially Ladybug and the others."

I nodded in understanding. "Ok."

I heard a knock on the door. Mom's voice came from the other side. "Sakura, sweetie, did you brush your teeth?"

"Yes, Mom!" I called back.

"Good night! Sweet dreams, Princess!"

"Love you, Mom!"

I changed into my nightdress, climbed into bed, and fell asleep, Fluff laying next to me on a little pillow.

The next morning, I woke up hearing my alarm clock go off. I shut it off and told Fluff to hide in my closet. I then walked downstairs to eat my breakfast. I heard Dad's voice from the parlor. "Sakura, your mother and I want to see you!"

I went into the parlor with my bacon and sat with my parents.

"Sweetie, we've decided to leave Russia and get a better house in Paris!"

The biggest grin ever morphed onto my face before I squealed, hugging my parents. "OMG, OMG, OMG! Thank you!" I then raised my eyebrows. "When are we moving?"

"Tomorrow." Dad replied.

I was so excited! I'm looking forward to seeing Elisa again.