This was it. Claw Noir was very nervous to dance with the girl of his dreams at the masquerade ball. Of course, everyone is not gonna keep their eyes off of him in public. He did have a point that Felix made fun of him for pointing out that Adrien did want to have Marinette become his bride but she's far too young to be one, even himself as the vampire king too, physically speaking. He could imagine her in that dress. He looks at the mirror but only his cape is visible.

"Oh great" He sighs in disappointment.

"You can still see your invisible body shape with the cape floating in the mirror" Felix snickered.

"It's not funny, Felix. I'm just worried about my 'bride' and I just want her to be safe" Claw Noir using air quotes.

"I understand. I hope I'll get my dance partner as well" Felix has put on a peacock-themed suit.

"Why choose a peacock?" Claw Noir asked.

"I love peacocks, man. Everyone should know that the males are the ones with beautiful feathers" Felix smirked.

"Their feathers are like eyes and I hope you have a lot of eyes to watch your ass from getting killed" Claw Noir reminded him.

"Funny" Felix rolled his eyes.

"But still neat," Claw Noir said.

"Now let's hope you still have a sexy ass for this" Felix still annoying him.

"Will you stop saying I have a sexy ass?" Claw Noir rolled his eyes at how his descendant was a bit like him with more humor.

"Okay fine," Felix said and then straightened his tie.

"I'm still the cat's meow and a legend. Maybe then, I'll show that bitch who is the real monster" Claw Noir flossing his fangs, despite no reflection.

"That is if you have full control of not getting blood cravings from people around you every time you hear their pulse and heartbeat. It's like you have a sixth sense" Felix said.

"I'll try my best" Claw Noir said.

"Testing. Can you hear mine and is it really steady?" Felix asked.

Claw Noir listened carefully and sure enough, he heard his heartbeat, "Yup, I hear it. It's steady and normal as in alive and healthy"

"Good" Felix replied.

"Now let's go. Lila could be waiting and I want her there for everyone to witness who she is. Even those who are dead, I sure hope they'll feel avenged in knowing the truth in the afterlife" Ckaw Noir said

"I hope so too," Felix said.

-

With Marinette, she was wearing her newly made dress and switched her hairstyle to a bun.

She took a deep breath to get ready for the masquerade, "You can do this, Marinette" She said to herself.

Her dark knight did give her an earpiece communication in case Lila tries to set up an ambush at the dance. Rolling her eyes in annoyance he's unaware that she herself is Ladybug because she never told him. She did hope he would recognize her scent or the bite mark on her arm but she did hide it very well from him.

She heads to the ball, hoping to meet him. Lots of people wore their masquerade masks since this was a masquerade ball.

"Alright, where's the kitty?" She looks around.

"Puuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr" A familiar putting was heard and she felt him licking her neck, "Hey there Princess" Claw Noir said seductively.

"Well, you sure like to make a sexual move on my neck" Marinette held her moan in.

"Luckily no one noticed" Claw Noir turned her to face him.

"Ah, Dracula style to cover your whole body with a cape" Marinette held him by the shoulders.

"Yeah, the good old Romanian style" Claw Noir held her waist.

"And your paws are soft in your hands?" Marinette waltzed with him.

"Yes, I'm still the same hero from 1886" Claw Noir said.

"Except you awakened your claws instead of soft paws" Marinette was dipped.

"And sharp fangs" Claw Noir added.

"To look sexy and dangerous like a badass?" Marinette smirked before being pulled up.

Claw Noir glances at everyone staring at them but he uses his mind control to focus on waltzing with their partners, "Indeed, my lovely bride. I love dangerous things" Claw Noir purred.

"Meow" Marinette teased.

"Was that cute like a kitten, puuuurrrrrincess?" Claw Noir dipped her again.

"Oh, you bet it was, Dark Kitty," Marinette said.

He pulled her back up again, "That's another reason you're so dangerously beautiful like a dark princess"

"Funny because some call me Princess Justice after Lila and Chloe got exposed," Marinette said.

"Meow, they all make a great point at how rebellious you are with a sense of justice" Claw Noir waltzed side to side before twirling her.

"Which is why everyone should know that our God is always the witness in everything, prince of darkness," Marinette said.

"And not trust the seven sins," Claw Noir said.

"Thank god I didn't decide on suicide if you didn't exist or stop Chloe's cruelty," Marinette said.

"Good" Claw Noir replied as they kept slow dancing, "I never had a girl in my nine lives, my love. But the universe lead me to you, despite how I should have been dead as a human"

"And you inspired Ladybug" Marinette added.

"Indeed I did" He leans towards her neck, without biting but nibbling it a little.

Marinette closed her eyes without moaning.

Felix watched them dance. He was on the lookout while communicating with him through the earpiece communication. So far, it's not easy to recognize 50 women with real hair and one with a wig. But technology can't be lied to or deceived. Neither can Claw Noir's senses because he always can smell a person's scent by memory.

"Keep on enjoying the show" He whispered through the communicator.

"My lovely puuurrrrrincess, can you imagine being my bride for eternity?" Claw Noir dipped her.

"Maybe," Marinette said.

"Although I can't do that to you. Being immortal is like an eternity of punishment" Claw Noir said, twirling her.

"You really have a sense of morality in knowing what's right," Marinette said.

"Thank you," Claw Noir said.

"Is my kitty behaving well?" Marinette scratched his chin.

"Puuuurrrrrr.......That depends.......puuuuuurrrrrrr......how well I'm puuuuurrrrrtecting you" Claw Noir purred.

"Aw, you're purring" Marinette heard.

He then put her hand on his chest for her to feel the vibration of his purring, "My undead heart puuuuuuuurrrrrrs for you"

"It does" Marinette leans in.

He did the same to touch her lips with his, so long he wanted to taste her glossy lips.

Felix took forever to scan all the women in the lobby until his technology scan spotted a fake woman wearing a black hair wig and blue fake color eyes that gave away her pupillary reflex.

"There she is!" His lens confirmed it.

"Peacock Eyes to Vampire Prince, I see her. On your left. Orange dress, black wig, blue eyes" Felix said right through.

Claw Noir turned to the left and saw her. He can smell her scent all right and it's definitely her, "Shall we get refreshments, my love?"

"Of course" Marinette nodded.

He brings her to the table refreshments, "Ah, Monsieur Peacock, welcome. Getting your eyes everywhere, are you?" Claw Noir being charmed.

"Ah yes, spreading my feathers," Felix said.

"Felix?" Marinette recognized him through the mask.

"In the flesh" Felix confirmed.

Claw Noir did not like wine so he tried cranberry juice instead before sipping it, "There's a slayer around here. Puuuuurrrrrrtect my puuuuurrrrincess, blue knight. I'm sure that woman over there glancing at me seems to catch my eyes" Claw Noir said, knowing that Lila in a new disguise was coming forth.

"Yup," Marinette glanced back.

"With honor, dark knight with whiskers," Felix said before taking Marinette's hand, "Care to dance?"

"With pleasure" Marinette followed.

Claw Noir walks over to the strange woman but he knows it's her, being aware there are people around and he can't afford to attack.

"Hello, Lila. Yeah, I know it's you. Are you aware there's people around?" Claw Noir took her hand nicely but then gripped it hard.

"Agh! You figured it out?" Lila got shocked.

Claw Noir held her tightly to make sure she didn't escape from his claws, "I got many supernatural powers you cursed me into, Lie-la. Immortal curse can be suffering but my powers as a vampire are like I'm stronger than God" He waltzed with her.

"You're no god" Lila replied.

Claw Noir sinks her claws on her waist, "You put a curse on me. Monsters don't make great pets, Lila. You can't pass your punishments on another to carry your punishments. You're already holding your heavy chains of misdeeds"

"I don't care who I hurt. Humans are a disgrace" Lila winced by the claws.

"You're human too but very inhuman to forget reality check" Claw Noir growled lowly before dipping her.

"It doesn't matter" Lila replied.

"You can't escape your misdeeds, Lila. Consequences you created will always follow you, no matter how many lives you ruined in the name of your crazy desires. You may have gotten away with no witnesses but God is always gonna be the witness in what you did" Claw Noir glared at her before waltzing.

"You think you know about God?" Lila glared.

"Yes, and the Devil will claim you," Claw Noir said.

"And he will with your soul" Lila growled.

"Vampires don't have souls, Lila. Have you forgotten that I'm undead? It's as if I'm already dead but reanimated into a walking corpse to drink blood from the living. I can make your life a living Hell the same way you locked me in a coffin" Claw Noir chuckled insanely.

Marinette knew that something would happen soon at the sight. She just hopes everyone can believe this is real without denying if it's fake or not.

"You should've loved me, Adrien," Lila said.

"I don't fall in love with psycho murderers. You murdered my father to have the Agreste bloodline be at its end" Claw Noir was getting more aggressive by the second.

"Too bad that it ends today!" Lila pulls out a stake.

Claw Noir gasped and moved aside before doing a backflip, "Not today, Lila!" He bares his claws.

The people exclaimed as they stopped waltzing, seeing what was happening here.

"He's a vampire! He tried to bite me!" Lila does her innocent act.

"I don't need to hide it, Lila Rossi. And neither can you!" Claw Noir growled so everyone can see the truth.

He tossed his cape aside and used telekinesis to close all windows, doors, and exits so no one escapes until they see the truth.

"Everyone remain calm. No one is gonna get bitten tonight. It's true, I am undead as a vampire but I'm no monster that hunts innocents. But there is one who is a monster that got away with everything for over a century that day Adrien Agreste and Paw Noir disappeared at the same time. History can have deceptions to hide the truth no one witnessed" Claw Noir explained the story.

"He's lying! He's just trying to manipulate you all!" Lila trying to trick them.

"Ask yourself. Did they both really disappear or do you only hear what they say in the history books? And what happened to Gabriel Agreste? Did he really die of a broken heart or was he murdered by someone to cover up the truth? Lies and deceptions can fool the eyes. You're all probably familiar with Lila Rossi?" Claw Noir removed the wig and eye contacts from Lila to reveal who she was.

Everyone exclaimed at the same recognition from the history books of her but to them, it felt impossible for her to be alive in this current timeline.

"Impossible! She's a fraud!" They saw her true self.

"NO! I'm descended from her!" Lila tried to fool them.

"Keep telling yourself that. Tell them, Lila Rossi. How are you here living beyond your time? No human can live over 130 years without aging. You stand here as the same in 1887 to today" Claw Noir knows that she's gonna keep lying but everyone doesn't know who to believe.

"She's the same one who made my life miserable!" Marinette joined.

"And constantly forcing me to love her when I don't even live her by heart! Especially manipulating my father to believe we are a perfect match!" Felix explained how he went through a lot.

"Worst of all. She murdered my father, Gabriel Agreste. How do I know this? Here's the answer to how Paw Noir and Adrien Agreste disappeared. Claws in" He detransformed to Adrien so everyone can see that he is the true Adrien Agreste, the same boy who mysteriously disappeared that night in 1887.

"He's like a living ghost!" One student exclaimed.

"A living memory!" Alya gasped.

"He's a zombie!" Lila constantly trying to make everyone believe he's a liar.

"Really? If I was a zombie, why am I talking normally? Would a zombie have eaten brains for a month? Would a zombie smell like dead to everyone? No. You cursed me into a vampire because you never accepted my truth that I don't have feelings for you. So instead, you choose to punish me to suffer for eternity in a coffin you put me in and lied to the world to convince them that I disappeared" Adrien bared his fangs so everyone could see, "Not a single bite mark on my neck if that's what you're gonna say in front of everyone to think someone else bitten me to turn me when it's you who cursed me"

Knowing she's exposed, Lila then grabs Marinette and holds her hostage, "Back off or she gets hit with a lethal spell!" Lila warned.

"Get off of me, bitch!" Marinette struggled.

"Let her go! You're already proving yourself who you are, Rossi! The world is watching!" Felix points out that everyone has their phones recording for TikTok and other social media apps to see.

"That's right, Lila! You have lost!" Adrien said.

"You ruined everything again!" Lila was in so much rage that she fell into his trap. The entire world is watching and eventually, they will see how much of her deception is investigated.

"You brought this upon yourself. Not me, not Felix, not Marinette, especially not the innocent lives you ruined for years to come a long way for the past to come back at you" Adrien said before moving Marinette with his telekinesis to safety.

"You think everyone will trust a monster like you?! No one will ever want to be with a monster!" Lila trying to bring his spirit down.

"You're right. Perhaps it's time they know what we both are" Adrien brought her close, "You want monsters? You got it" He cares his fangs and bites her neck for everyone to see both of them what they are.

Lila screamed in so much pain from the bite. Everyone was gasping at the scene on whether to stop him or continue witnessing. That was until Lila pushed him off with a strong force that sent him crashing into the table refreshments.

"Time for some action!" Marinette ran to a hiding spot to transform.

Everyone exclaimed at how Lila was able to push him off so strong like a superhuman. The bite mark on her neck only bleeds black blood since she's a witch.

Ladybug soon ran inside to join the fight, "Hey! Lila! Over here!"

Adrien groans from the push and gets up, "What a bitch!"

"I got this, Adrien," Ladybug said.

The people recorded everything before it got intense of what was happening around here. Ladybug swings her yoyo at Lila and wraps it around her.