(Italics: Voice over)

(Time Skip)

After the battle had taken place, the vikings returned back home to Miraculous... with more than they bargained for in terms of spoils. But they were all on the edge of their seat as they waited for Adrien to finally wake up from his injuries.

Thankfully for them, a week after they got back, their prayers were answered when Adrien awoke to Plagg nudging his face with his nose. At the sight of his friend awake, Plagg immediately grew excited as he started licking Adrien's face.

"Oh, hey, Plagg. I'm happy to see you too, buddy." Adrien groaned out as Plagg started nudging him out of bed, still licking his face before accidentally stepping on his groin. "OW!" the blonde yelped, curling in on himself while Plagg backed away in response. But once the dragon did so, Adrien was finally able to see that he was in his living room, his bed having been moved down from his room.

"What-- Uh, I'm in my house." Adrien observed in confusion, until he realised another important thing. "You're in my house!" the boy exclaimed as he took in the fact that an over-excited Plagg was with him.

"Uh... does my dad know you're in here?!" Adrien asked Plagg, only for the dragon to start jumping around the living room in excitement, soon coming back over to his rider. "Okay, okay-- no, Plagg!" the boy exclaimed when Plagg decided to climb up one of the support beams and hang from the rafters like a bat.

"Aw, come on..." Adrien groaned, attempting to get out of bed before he realised something else... he couldn't feel his lower left leg. Taking off the blankets, he was soon met with the sight of a mechanical peg leg.

The prosthetic leg itself was made out of metal and wood, with the wooden section acting like Adrien's ankle and attached to his leg. The metal part, which acts as his foot, is hooked onto the wood with a spring inside to act as a shock absorber. But while Adrien could see that it was well made, it still didn't make up for the fact that his leg was gone. Seeing Adrien's sudden sombre mood, Plagg dropped down from the rafters and walked over to Adrien, just as he placed his new leg onto the floor, the metal creaking a bit as it landed next to his intact right leg.

Taking a few deep breaths, Adrien attempted to walk on his new leg, using the bedpost to help lift himself up. But after only one step, he fell to the ground, where Plagg caught him before he hit the floor and lifted him back up so he could help him walk.

"Okay... okay... Thanks, buddy." the blonde thanked before he started hobbling to the front door, Plagg supporting most of his weight until he reached the door. Now that he was used to the feeling of the new leg, Adrien took a few steps to open the door, only to be greeted by the sight of a roaring King Monkey Nightmare before he slammed the door closed in shock. "Plagg, stay here." Adrien ordered the Chat Noir Fury before he opened the door fully to see what was going on, and was greeted by the sight of Kim riding the King Monkey Nightmare in front of his door.

"Come on, guys, get ready! Hold on tight! Here we go!" Kim cheered before he flew away from Adrien's door, followed by two more vikings riding their own dragons.

At the sight of the dragon riding vikings, Adrien walked to the front porch and looked out at the village, and was in awe of the sight that greeted him. All around as far as his eyes could see, the village was filled with dragons as they peacefully co-operated with the vikings, sitting on the roofs of houses flying around or eating from basins full of fish. At that moment, Adrien only had one thought on his mind.

"I knew it. I'm dead." Adrien remarked, not believing the amazing sight in front of him.

"No, but you gave it your best shot." a voice chuckled beside Adrien, causing him to look and see that it was his father who spoke as he placed a hand on his son's shoulder. "So? What do you think?" Gabriel asked as he led Adrien down the steps to their house, soon drawing the attention of the village below them.

"Hey, look! It's Adrien!" Tom pointed out from the crowd, causing everyone in the vicinity to come surrounding the father and son, all glad to see Adrien doing well.

"Turns out all we needed was a little more of... this." Gabriel said as he turned to face Adrien, gesturing to his son with pride.

"You just gestured to all of me." Adrien happily remarked, a smile appearing on both his and Gabriel's faces at the implication of his father's words.

"Well, most of you." Nathalie spoke up, her and Gorilla walking up from Gabriel's left as she spoke.

"That bit's my handiwork." Gorilla pointed out as he gestured to Adrien's new metal leg. "With a little "Adrien Flair" thrown in." the blacksmith added, proud of his work.

"You think it'll do?" Nathaile asked, hoping that it was to Adrien's liking.

"I might make a few tweaks." Adrien admitted, causing the crowd to laugh at his words. But he was suddenly surprised by a punch to his shoulder, making him turn around and see that it was Marinette who hit him.

"That's for scaring me." Marinette stated, as if that would answer Adrien's questioning thoughts at that moment.

"What? Is it always going to be this way? Cause..." Adrien began to complain, only for Marinette to shut him up with a kiss. Once she pulled away, Adrien was left in awe. "...I could get used to it." the boy relented, too happy to argue with his crush. He had been wanting to do that for a long time.

"And this..." Marinette began as she pulled out a box from being her, the wrapping mimicking the one she gave him before. "Is to replace the jacket you lost in the fight." the bluenette explained as she handed it to Adrien, who took the box with great care before unwrapping it. When Adrien finally opened the box, his eyes widened at the contents.

Inside was a new jacket to replace the one he lost while facing the Scarletmoth Red Death. But instead of being a replica, it was a black long sleeved jacket, with short black fur inside of it. Neon green fabric edging, lined the bottom, the open front edges, the collar, and the cuffs of the sleeves at his wrists. The back of the jacket had a large neon green silhouette of a Cat Noir Fury embroidered onto it, and a large hood at the back of the collar with cat ears sewn on the top of it, with neon green fabric lining the edges. And to finish it off, a small neon green cat paw print was embroidered onto the top left of the front of the jacket, lacking the breast pocket the first one had. Seeing the new jacket, Adrien smiled and immediately put it on.

"I love it!" Adrien exclaimed after he fixed the collar, turning to face his crush with a bright smile that rivalled the sun. "Thank you, Marinette." the blonde thanked, pulling the girl into a hug. At first, Marinette was in shock that she was hugging her crush, despite already kissing him a few seconds ago, but she soon melted into it and returned the hug.

"You're welcome, kitty." Marinette replied, burying her face into his shoulder. But once they pulled away, Nathalie handed him a new saddle and a new tail for Plagg, made with improvements to the original design.

"Welcome home." Gorilla said, causing Adrien to smile at the words. But the moment was interrupted when Plagg had had enough of waiting.

"Chat Noir Fury! Get down!" a viking shouted as Plagg made his way to Adrien, jumping on top of numerous vikings as he did. At the sight of the Chat Noir Fury's antics, both Adrien and Marinette laughed at the dragon's behaviour.

'And to think, Plagg is supposedly the deadliest dragon in existence.' Adrien mused in his thoughts, happy to finally be able to be himself.

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Soon enough, Adrien hooked up the new saddle and tailfin onto Plagg, and sat himself onto the Chat Noir Fury's back. As he did, his metal leg locked into the new foot pedal Gorilla had made to work with his new leg, and used it to open the new neon green tail fin decorated by a large black paw print. Once he was ready, Adrien looked to his left and saw Marinette next to him as she sat atop her Multimouse Nadder, now named Mullo.

"You ready?" the boy asked Plagg, getting a nod in response before looking out at the dragon filled village in front of them.

(This... is Miraculous. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three.)

With the way clear, Adrien and Marinette both take off into the skies, ready for a day of flying with their dragons.

(Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so. )

Both riders then steered their dragons to fly through the village, surprising a random viking as he drank from his ale, soon passing by Alya and Nino on their fly. Seeing their friends having fun, both Alya and Nino mounted their own dragons, Trixx and Wayzz, and joined up with Adrien and Marinette as they banked into the harbour entrance. As they passed the threshold of the harbour entrance, Plagg roared in happiness as the group dived towards the boats in the docks.

"YEAH!" Adrien cheered as they flew over the ships and then went back around towards the other end of the village.

(The only upsides are the pets.)

As they banked back to the village, the riders passed by one of the catapults before going back down to fly along one of the walkways along the cliff face. When they reached a gap in the cliff rocks, they soon met up with Max as he rode upon his dragon, Kaalki, leading to them flying either over or under the bridge between the rocks to continue their flight.

"WHOOO!" Marinette exclaimed in joy as they continued to fly through the village, soon passing through the harbour entrance in reverse.

(While other places have...ponies or parrots...)

While the group began to fly back through the village, they were soon joined up with Juleka and Luka as they rode Roarr and Sass, and Kim as he rode upon Xuppu. With the whole group together, they began ascending into the skies alongside each other.

(We have... dragons!)

With a roar, Adrien and Plagg broke away from the group, flying high into the skies and straight into the sun, feeling free without a care in the world. A new age... had just begun.