The light faded and Nino found himself on top of Marinette. Good, He'd had them miss the hit, Wait, Marinette? He'd tackled LB, not  Mari. "Spots! Your Identity, I'll cover you!" He tried to cover more of her body. 

"Nino?" her voice was so soft he almost missed it. Then he realized what no doubt she had also just realized. He was covering her with his arm, not his shield. She gently brushed her fingers against his skin, the spot where his Miraculaos should have been. He inhaled sharply she moved her hand away quickly. It burned to have her touch it. He finally looked at his arm and saw a bruise? He wasn't sure, it was black and purple. He grimaced it reminded him of Hawkmoth, was this part of his plan? 

"Nino." She spoke again. "Move my hair out of the way." It wasn't a question, but her voice shook as she spoke. Nino moved her hair out of the way, she had given up the pigtails last year and had switched to a half up half down look. But as he moved her hair away from her ear she tilted her head so he could get a better look, he gasped, her ears lopes were darker than his wrist. He didn't dare touch them. 

"Oh, Mare." He hugged her close. 

"Ninny, where are we?" he could tell she was fighting back tears. 

"I guess I should let you up and we will go find out together, eh?" He was careful to stand up, he didn't want to knee her in the back, once he was up he crossed his arms and offed his hands to her. 

"What are we back in dance class?" She teased, she also crossed her arms, took his hands and pulled herself up just a touch then swang and jumped to have Nino help her up, just like when they had taken dance together. 

"Seemed like a good time for a laugh. Wasn't that one of our parent's ploys to get us wed?" Nino smiled at the memory of him and young Mari in dance class together. 

"That and to give me more grace." Mari struck a pose, and her face went from a smile to shock. "Nino I don't think we are in Paris anymore." She pointed as Nino turned to see what she was pointed at, "I'm not even sure we are in our world anymore..." Nino saw it, two moons hung in the sky, Nino guessed that they had to run parallel to each other. 

"Well, you should turn and see what I was looking at it." So they turned and saw a beautiful almost victorian style homestead. "Well, should we head there and see if we can find answers?" 

"I don't think we have any other choices. I don't think this is the work of an Akuma." So soon as she said that her eyes lit up in fear. "Nino! What are our friends going to do without us?" She started to hyperventilate. 

Fortunately for both of them, before Adrien entered the picture, Nino had been the one to deal with Mari's panic attacks. He was a seasoned pro, Tom had helped him learn grounding techniques so Mari was never alone, he'd done the same for Adrien, but Mari didn't need to know that. "Mare, stay with me. Breath for me. Listen to me, Knowing Alya and Adrien, they grabbed our miraculous and become LadyFox and Turtle Noir. And if this is the work of Hawkmoth, we won't be here for long. If not, you know they will try to find a way to get us back." 

He watched as she breathes slowed, "You're right." She chuckled, "LadyFox and Turtle Noir, I like that. But Nino I meant it, I really don't think this is an Akuma, the few times I've been taken by an Akuma it doesn't look like this."

"I was afraid you were going to say that." Nino sighed and chuckled at the same time. "Well let's go." He offered her his arm. There would be time for crying and breakdown laters. Right now he needed to be strong for both his and Mari's sakes. 

Fortunately, it seemed like they had been dropped at the edge of this homestead. So they got to walk on a path. When they got to the door, Mari knocked on the door. A man dressed in a casual suit opened the door. He smiled at them. "I was wondering how much longer we'd have to wait. Please come in and I will explain everything." He opened the door and welcomed them in. "Maryweather love! The new eathers are here! Please bring a tray of hot drinks for them." He ushered them into what looked like a den or foyer. "Please sit."

Nino looked at Mari looked at each other and sat. "My dude, oh um sorry sir? Who are you? Where are we? Why are we here?" Nino realized dude might not be the best way to address this man.

"Please no need for formalities. I only dress this way because it's Maryweather favourite style. Would you like to wait for drinks before we dive into your questions? Why don't you tell me about yourselves then we don't have to worry about Maryweather interrupting us."

"Well my name is Marinette, I like to work in the kitchen and I love sewing and fashion. I'm 19 and supposed to graduate in three months. I've also been in a relationship for a year." She sat uneasily, Nino knew she was trying to look brave and put together.

"I'm Nino, I love filming and DJing. Same age and grad date. I've been dating for three years." 

"Ah," the man's eyes saddened. "So you are not lovers then?" 

Mari giggled, "No, much to our parent's dismay. We've been best friends since childhood." 

"We are also superheroes back in Paris," Nino added seeing as their miraculous' were gone he gathered there weren't super hero's here. 

"It requires the magic of the miraculous." Mari looked at the man like she was studying his reaction.

"Ah, that makes this all the more interesting them. I assume that nasty bruises are from?" They nodded. Then a woman entered with a tray of drinks. She wore what Nino assumed was a casual dress, he'd have to ask Mari later. 

"Hello young ones, I'm Maryweather, married to that one, we have tea, coffee, hot chocolate and warm milk. Enjoy. Also, I'm making a pancake breakfast tomorrow, will that be a problem?" both kids shook their heads. "Perfect, once you get the run done of everything and pick a room, I will bring up a tray of snacks for you. I imagine you will want time to think through everything. And not want to join us for supper." With that, she left the room. 

"Okay, allow me to explain, then you can ask questions okay?" They nodded and took their drinks suddenly feeling parched. "Alright, My name is Edward and I ran the homestead on behave of the earthers. Which are people from your dimension. See you come from Dimension 332. The oldest dimension, you are now in Dimension 652 also know as Dou Luna. And every 500 years for you, two people from your world come to our world. We don't really know why, it just happens." 

"Has anyone ever made it back to Dimension 332?" Mari interrupted. 

The man looked down, "No never." Both Mari and Nino gasped. Nino impulsively reached out to take Mari's hand. She squeezed it. "I won't tell you not to be sad, please morn the life you lost, but please, don't hide away from us waiting for someone to save you."

"You speak like you've seen this, but you can't be more than five years older than us?" Nino could help but ask.

"Yes, You see my grandmother married the earther once. You see historically they end up with each other. No one else can relate to their life experiences so it just happens but not always. The woman who came over with this man had been 20 and her parents held the two time miraculous and she believed without a doubt they would come to save her. She died waiting." I only meant her once, I was only five when she passed." 

"Oh." Mari leaned on to Nino this was becoming a lot already. If the holders of Fluff and Sass couldn't bring their daughter back, what odd did they have?

"I know this is all sad news, I want to give you the good news before we find you a bed to rest your head. The very first people who come over were smart. They started this homestead, it provides grain for the whole dimension, so you two can have whatever life you want because my family has been managing the homestead for years. It employs five families, so you don't have to cook if you don't want to, theirs a family who cleans you can live like royalty if you want. Or there are a few unoccupied apartments, and townhouses you can choose from. But for tonight, we have several guest rooms in this house. It was build before the other buildings, So it was made for a huge family, plus staff." 

Nino and Mari looked at the man, this was a lot. "So basically we have inherited a fully functioning farm that we don't have to work unless we want to?" Nino was dumbfounded. 

"Yep, you are rich now, and no one minds much because this homestead so much for the people here. And it's not like you got a choice in this matter so it's the least we can do for you." Edward smiled at them. "Now, I'm sure you have many questions, but I think would be best if I let you two have some space to talk to each other and get some rest and will face the of the world tomorrow."

 "Do you have a king-size bed?" Edward nodded, "Nino, can we share a king-size bed? I don't want to sleep alone." Mari's voice was soft but heavy, Nino could tell she was ready to break, if he was honest so was he. 

"I agree." Nino smiled at his best friend. 

"Alright, we have a room with an ensuite. I'll take it to you to it, take as much time as you need, honestly, very few people rush into this new life most take months to accept. We move at your pace." 

Once the door was closed on their temporary bedroom, they both sat on the floor. "Nino?" her voice was tight like she was trying not to cry. "Can we break now?" 

"Yes, Mari we can." They silently let tears fall. 

"Nino, we are never going back are we?" She looked at him, tears rolling down her face. 

"Hey now, sure he said no one's ever left, but Paris needs Ladybug. Alya, Adrien and Master Fu will do everything they can to get us back." A knock at the door interrupted them, "Enter." 

"Here is your snack tray." Maryweather placed the tray on the short but long dresser in the room. She then left. 

"Look's I know it's only 6 pm here, but I'm beat, and I bet you are too, so unless your hungry, I say we go to bed, and I'll set this clock over here to go off at six, and we will get up and make a plan for the next six months. Then if in six months we are still here we commit 100 percent to this new life? But we have no idea how time works over here verse there. " 

Mari yawned, tears still rolling down her face. "I think that's a really wise idea." 

Nino stood up, "Let's see if they got some pj's in this place. Because I don't know about you but these clothes feel gross."

"On that, I agree." She stood, and Nino opened the top draw on one side of the dresser and Mari opened the other. "Look!" Mari held up a long soft pastel pink nightdress. Nino smiled and held up a set of blue plaid PJs. the top was long-sleeved with buttons. "I'll change out here if you want the bathroom. She offered. 

Nino nodded and wander into the bathroom. He took off his clothes and folded them into a pile. After all, he wanted to be neat if Mari came in here. He sipped into the plants and buttoned up the shirt. When he walked out and found Mari in a ball on the floor, the nightgown making her look so young. She was shaking, she was crying. He walked behind her, he took her hair out of the clip she kept it in and ran his fingers through her hair. Then mustard the last of his strength and picked up her and set her on the bed. He turned off the light and crawled into bed. 

Once he was under the covers, Mari moved closer to him. She got close but then stopped as if she was scared. Nino pulled her close to him. He felt her arms gently press against his chest. Her body shock, he stroked her hair and placed an arm lightly around her waist.  He waited until her body stilled. Waited until her breathing evened out. At about seven-thirty, she lighted snored. She was asleep. 

With his job of protecting done, Nino finally fully broke. He cried himself to sleep.