This was already too much! How did Ratigan know about Hogwarts? What was he doing here? Now what was going through his twisted and diabolical mind? The questions were running through Ladybug's head, Basil put them out. Ratigan took his time before replying.

"In some cases, like this, you have to look for new points to attack the enemy. A cunning warrior doesn't attack the body or the mind. But the heart, first you have to attack the heart." Before the confused expression of his rivals, the professor continued. "Maybe I don't know who Ladybug and Chat Noir are; but my good friend Papillombre told me several times he attacked this place and, in those battles, he seemed to see our dear youngsters care a lot about this magical institution. So... what better place for their grave to be than this beautiful castle?"

Miraculous bearers felt their blood boil. Is that why he came to Hogwarts and hold the professors' prisoner? To get to them? So, his theory was true the previous fights were with the intention of analyzing them and knowing how to attack them. Ladybug and Chat Noir had to think of something fast to save Dumbledore and the others. Unfortunately, Ratigan saw through their intentions. He snapped his fingers and his thugs pointed their revolvers at the teachers' temples.

"No, leave them alone!" the heroine shouted. "The fight is between us!"

"I know that, naive brat, but why else would I have this wonderful advantage?" The professor laughed maliciously.

The fists of the young heroes trembled. That sewer rat... he had everything carefully planned. One wrong move and the teachers...

Suddenly Dumbledore began to cough and feel weak. The thugs holding him down were trying to keep him on his feet, but the old phoenix wasn't feeling well.

"Albus!" exclaimed the Heads of House

Ladybug and Chat Noir wanted to get closer, but Ratigan drew his revolver and pointed it at Dumbledore's chest making the youngsters stop.

"What's going on?" demanded the evil professor

"We don't know, professor," answered one of the thugs.

"I... I don't feel..." Dumbledore mumbled suffocatingly.

Suddenly, the thugs released the old phoenix while screaming in pain. Their hands were burned! Dumbledore spread his wings and great flames came out and hit the thugs. It was the opportunity for the teachers to free themselves from their captors and the five teachers ran towards the mice.

"Professor Dumbledore! That was amazing!" Ladybug congratulated.

"Thank you, Miss." answered the old phoenix

"You're not going anywhere!" Ratigan threatened. "GET THEM!"

Fidget and the thugs lunged at the group. The Miraculous bearers clashed with the rat's minions; Of that group, the only one that gave them a fight was the bat. Seeing this, the teachers helped the youngsters and quickly subdued them; the only one still standing was the sentimonster. Taking advantage of the distraction, Ratigan approached his nemesis from behind and leveled his revolver at him. Thanks to her powers, Ladybug heard the charge of the weapon, raised the hand holding the wand and pointed it at the villain.

"Stupefy!"

The spell hit the professor directly in the chest, throwing him away from them.

"RUN!" Ladybug shouted to the others, taking Olivia in her arms.

They walked out of the Great Hall and toward the exit, but it was locked; neither the Alohomora nor anything managed to open the front door.

"Were you going somewhere?" They all turned to find Fidget in the company of more thugs.

" Merlin's beard!" Slughorn exclaimed. "How many men does that rat have under his command?"

"You don't want to know." Chat Noir replied.

"What you do need to know," Fidget said, activating the barrel of his peg-legged gun, "is you have nowhere to run."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Dumbledore said, approaching the bat. "Maybe your boss managed to get Mr. Filch information on the castle. But there's something Argus didn't tell you."

"And what could it be, old man?"

"At Hogwarts, help will always be given to those who ask for it. In this case I would amend my opening sentence for this one: At Hogwarts help will always be given to those who deserve it."

Suddenly a beautiful song was heard in the air. They all looked up and saw a large bird approaching, about the size of a swan with crimson feathers on its body and a golden tail as long as a peacock's. Its claws and (long) beak were a gleaming gold and its eyes were black.

"Fawkes?" said the heroes

The phoenix flew towards the old headmaster, Dumbledore extended his wing-arms towards Fawkes and as soon as the wings of both crimson birds touched, a flame came out of them spreading throughout the hall causing Fidget and the thugs to back away from the fire. As soon as the fire died down, the bad guys pounced on...them? The Hogwarts professors and the mice disappeared, but that sullen old cat (Argus Filch) told them no one could appear and disappear in that castle?

"Don't just stand there like idiots!" Fidget and the goons looked toward the entrance to the Great Hall. Ratigan regained consciousness and glared at his minions. "LOOK FOR THEM ALL OVER THE CASTLE! NOBODY CAN DISAPPEAR FROM HERE, NOT EVEN THE DIRECTOR!"

"Yes, professor!" They answered and ran in search of their prey.

"For your own good you'd better defeat Ladybug and Chat Noir once and for all!" Papillombre threatened. "OR I WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR POWERS!"

"You don't threaten me! You brag about having great powers because you gave me mine, BUT YOU CAN'T ELIMINATE TWO BRATS ON YOUR OWN! YOU'LL SEE I'LL GET RID OF THOSE MEDDLING KIDS AND THE CRIME BREAKER!"

"YOU BETTER!"

=====MDMDMDMDMD=====

She had only seen Dumbledore do that with Fawkes when he escaped from the Minister for Magic, Umbridge and two Aurors after Dumbledore's Army was discovered. Did the headmaster take them out of Hogwarts? If so, where did he send them? The song of the phoenix made Ladybug finally open her eyes, seeing where they were she couldn't hide her surprise. It was a circular room, large and beautiful, in which a multitude of small and curious sounds could be heard. On the tables with long and very thin legs there were very strange objects made little noises and gave off little puffs of smoke. The walls were covered with portraits of former directors, men and women, dozing in their frames. There was also a large desk with claw feet, and behind it, on a shelf, a worn and broken wizard's hat, the Sorting Hat.

They were in Professor Dumbledore's office.

"Everyone is okey? asked the old phoenix, sitting down in his high-backed chair behind the desk, fixing his piercing pale blue eyes on those present. "I'm sorry I had to use that particular apparition, but using the magical powers of a phoenix was the only thing the apparition allowed me at Hogwarts."

"Merlin's beard! And I thought there was nothing worse than the normal appearance." complained the chubby and short brown bear.

"This is no time for complaints, Horace." the tabby cat admonished. "We have bigger problems since Papillombre got someone really dangerous and powerful."

"You're right, Minerva."

"Less more than Ladybug and Chat Noir arrived just in time to help us and Hogwarts," the badger said happily.

"We can't deny that, Pomona," the goblin said. "The only thing worries me is, if that rat is another Papillombre akumatized, why haven't you defeated him?"

The Miraculous bearers tensed. They couldn't blame Professor Flitwick for asking such a question; They looked at each other and then looked down in embarrassment. With that, it was more than enough for the Hogwarts teachers to understand he was no ordinary akumatized victim. A throat clearing caught the attention of the goblin and the four animals, finally noticing the three mice accompanied the young superheroes.

"Who are you?"

"Horace!" reprimanded McGonagall, Sprout, and Flitwick.

"What? They could be allies of that rat..."

"With all due respect, sir," Basil interrupted, taking a few steps forward. "Your doubts about us are understandable since we don't know each other. However, I will make one thing clear to you and your colleagues: I will never join Padraic Ratigan."

After the detective's words there was a tense silence. The Hogwarts teachers looked dumbfounded at the mouse. Dawson was embarrassed, Olivia just looked confused at the adults. Chat Noir was torn between reproaching the detective for talking to his Head of House like that when he himself admitted the issue was because they didn't know him. As for Ladybug, she patted her forehead at Basil's reaction. She lowered her hand, went to Basil and gave him a hard blow on the head knocked the deerstalker off.

"Do you happen to know the word 'delicacy'?! You just said that the confusion is because you don't know each other." She grabbed Basil by the collar of his Inverness cloak and glared at them. "So have a little consideration, you cold-hearted fool!"

"Okay, I think Basil got it now." Chat Noir said, separating the mice. "Calm down and let's think about how to beat Ratigan once and for all, okay?"

"Yes, you're right." admitted the heroine, releasing the detective. She crossed her arms and pouted a little.

A laugh was heard in the office. They all turned to the headmaster's table and, dismayed, saw Dumbledore laugh heartily.

"Uh... professor? What are you laughing at? Ladybug asked confused.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I couldn't help it seeing your reaction, Ladybug. With that mouse look your expressions looked adorable."

Okay... that was strange, especially since absolutely no one was expecting a response like that.

"Oh, Albus! McGonagall exclaimed, one hand covering half of her face.

Once the spasm passed for a rare moment, Ladybug proceeded to introduce everyone. The teachers were surprised and worried to see a little girl was involved in such a dangerous case/mission, even if it was to rescue her father.

"Now please tell us what happened as soon as Ratigan and his men arrived at the castle. And please don't leave out any details," Basil requested.

The five teachers explained they were just spending a normal summer day at Hogwarts taking care of everything in the castle since they, Hagrid and Filch were the only ones there because that day the rest of the faculty decided to leave the castle. When suddenly a strange black-purple energy covered them and Hogwarts completely. When it disappeared was when they noticed their radical physical changes.

The concern and surprise at the change was interrupted when the doors of the Great Hall were flung open and the same evil energy entered, rushing towards them and capturing them. They tried to use their magic to break free, but it was useless. At that moment Professor Ratigan and his men appeared; the rat approached them and 'announced' he now ruled Hogwarts and their teaching services 'were no longer required', their last job would be to act as bait to attract Ladybug and Chat Noir. With that, Dumbledore and the others quickly realized this was just another Papillombre victim.

"Ratigan knows the castle thanks to the fact he got the information from Filch, so the surprise factor won't work." the heroine opined dejectedly.

"Oh, I wouldn't say that." Dumbledore corrected. "Remember what I said: At Hogwarts, help will always be given to those who ask for it. Or in this case, whoever deserves it."

That cheered up the heroes, but confused the mice.

"And how can an old building help us?" Basil asked. "Yes, it is a magic school; but a construction 'doesn't do magic'."

"You shouldn't underestimate Hogwarts, friend." said Slughorn.

The other Head of House agreed with him. The detective didn't say anything else, truthfully magic was too complex a concept for his liking.

"What is clear we need to protect ourselves from his power." McGonagall said. "Distract his men and immobilize him so you can take the akumatized object from him."

"The question is how do we do that, Minerva?" Flitwick asked.

"Shield Charms and Body Freezing Spell will do," Sprout suggested, "but what kind of Charm will help us distract them?"

"The five of us have all that covered," Ladybug said.

Everyone present (including the portraits of the Hogwarts headmasters and headmistresses) looked at the heroine in confusion. She took out her yoyo, opened it and from it took out a pendant, a bracelet and a comb. Chat Noir, Basil, Dawson, and Olivia immediately grasped the coccinellid-rodent's plan. Ladybug put away her yoyo and handed the Fox Miraculous to Basil to the perplexed looks of the teachers and portraits.

"Uh... Ladybug, are you sure about that?" asked the head of Slytherin fearfully

"Don't worry, Professor Slughorn. I had already entrusted him with that Miraculous before."

That surprised the inhabitants of Hogwarts more. Basil put on the necklace and soon Trixx appeared.

"And you thought we'd never see each other again." the kwami of illusion commented.

The detective just shrugged.

" Trixx, Let's Pound!" —and he became Delusio.

Ladybug turned to Dawson and Olivia, shocking everyone.

"David Q. Dawson, this is the Turtle Miraculous, with the power of protection." said the coccinellid-rodent, handing the bracelet to the doctor. "Olivia Flaversham, this is the Bee Miraculous, with the power of immobility." She handed the girl the comb. "You will use them to do good."

"Going back to Professor Slughorn's question, are you sure about this? Chat Noir asked.

"Of course."

"Oh my!" Doc exclaimed. "I do not know what..."

"Cool!" Olivia exclaimed excitedly, taking the comb. "I can finally help you!"

"Young lady, this is serious." Basil reminded seriously.

"I know, just because I'm a little girl doesn't mean I don't understand what's going on!"

That was enough to shock the elders, except for the heroine. Olivia put the comb on her right ear and from it a sphere of yellow light was released revolved around her and before her eyes a kwami with the appearance of a bee appeared.

"Gosh, a little mouse!" exclaimed the little kwami. "At your command, my queen!"

"Queen?" The little girl repeated sadly.

"When the mission is over, the Miraculouses will be returned to me." Ladybug continued. "Can I trust you?"

"Of course, Ladybug!" Olivia responded excitedly.

"Doc?"

The good-natured mouse looked at the bracelet, then at the girl, then at Basil, and the detective smiled at him, nodding, encouraging him to accept. Dawson finally answered.

"Of course, dear."

Dawson took the bracelet, put it on his left wrist and from it a sphere of water green light was released revolved around him and before his eyes Wayzz appeared.

"Dr. Dawson! Will you use my Miraculous?" asked the kwami of protection.

"Indeed, friend Wayzz," answered the doctor.

"Do you remember how to use it?" Chat Noir asked.

"A little bit."

"Then do it Doc."

"All you have to say, Dr. Dawson, is: Wayzz, Shell On." the kwami explained.

The good-natured mouse sighed, giving himself courage.

"Wayzz, Shell On!"

The green light transformation water covered the doctor. When it faded, they saw his appearance: It was a military soldier's uniform, in different shades of green. His helmet had green goggles with yellow crystals and on his back was a shield with shell patterns.

"Amazing."

"You look like a soldier!" Olivia commented. "What will your superhero name be?"

"That doesn't matter anymore." Delusio said. "Ratigan will know right away it's you..."

"If it doesn't matter, then why do you use the name 'Delusio'?

The fox-rodent's ears reddened while the coccinellid-rodent and feline-rodent laughed.

«Touché» thought Delusio ashamed

"All right." The detective turned to the doctor. "What name will you use, Dawson?"

"Honestly, I have no idea," admitted the good-natured mouse.

Seeing him, Ladybug couldn't help but remember Captain America.

«Solo que más... robusto y de baja estatura.» (Only more... stocky and short in stature.) the heroine thought

"What do you think of 'Captain'?" Just Captain.

"If it's a military title, I think Commander would be best. And it sounds good.

"Ready then, Commander." Ladybug then turned to Olivia. "Your turn."

"What do I say?" asked the girl

"All you have to say, my queen, is: Pollen, Buzz On" the kwami replied.

" Pollen, Buzz On!"

The yellow light of transformation covered the girl. When it faded, they saw her appearance: She had blonde hair and a black braid reached the middle of her back, the Bee Miraculous was on her right ear holding black ribbons in the shape of an antenna. Her clothes were the same, only the colors changed; the upper part was black with yellow stripes as well as the bow on her neck, yellow forearms and black fingers. Her skirt and tights were yellow with black stripes. Black shoes with yellow soles. Yellow mask with black around the eyes. And a spinning top tied with a yellow rope around her waist.

"Wow, this is the most amazing and incredible thing has ever happened to me in my life!" Olivia yelled excitedly, checking out her superhero look.

"But remember despite your powers, Ratigan, Fidget and the bullies can hurt you." Ladybug warned.

"I know."

"What name will you use?" Dumbledore asked the girl, as if he were a grandfather speaking to his granddaughter.

The little girl was silent for a few seconds until she said:

"Seillean."

"Seillean?" repeated the coccinellid-rodent

Delusio told her he would explain the meaning to her later, at that moment they had to put together their plan of attack, so the young woman nodded and said nothing more. With the help of Dumbledore and the Heads of House, the Miraculous team devised their plan. They were about to leave when the old phoenix stopped them.

"What's wrong, professor?" Chat Noir asked.

"You'd better take this away." Dumbledore said going over to Ladybug and handing her a vial of clear liquid. "It's phoenix tears. From Fawkes to be more exact."

Ladybug and Chat Noir smiled gratefully at the director, phoenix tears had healing properties and with everything they had been through thanks to the Napoleon of Crime it was good to have a cure. Delusio was going to ask about the vial, but the coccinellid-rodent grabbed him by the wrist and took him out of the office. The heroine asked the teachers to stay in the office, so they would stay safe. The five teachers wished them luck and with that, the Miraculous team left.

It was strange for the original heroes to walk the completely empty Hogwarts corridors; in that situation it was dangerous, it was an advantage and a disadvantage in equal parts. They could hear when the enemy was approaching, but the enemy could also hear them; it was a double-edged sword.

"They are there!"

The screaming thug came out from behind a tapestry covered a hidden hallway. Seeing him, the team turned and ran.

"Where?" Delusio asked.

"Here!" Ladybug answered, grabbing his wrist and leading him through the corridors.

Despite the fact Ladybug and Chat Noir also knew the secret passages of the castle, the thugs managed to follow them without problems. Fortunately, Dumbledore was right when he told them Hogwarts would give help to whoever deserves it. The castle was protecting them. Unfortunately, luck did not last long; Going through the corridor of the third floor (by fleeing from the thugs instead of going down, they went up), the thugs managed to separate them, making the men go to the Trophy Room and the girls to a corridor on the right side. Ladybug immediately recognized it and, in those moments, she wished the Cerberus, Fluffy, was there to scare those idiots.

In the Trophy Room, the men didn't have it very easy, especially Commander. He wasn't a man of battle, but of helping others. Several times he was about to activate his power, but both Chat Noir and Delusio stopped him, reminding him afterward he would only have five minutes before he would return to normal and risk becoming an easy target. With a quick instruction from the young man, the tortoise-rodent finally understood his new powers and abilities and was able to help his friends.

As soon as the last opponent was knocked down, the men left the Trophy Room to look for the girls. A yellow light was seen coming out of a doorway and seconds later Ladybug and Seillean came out.

"Are you okay?" Chat Noir asked. She had to use his power, right? We saw the yellow glow."

"Eh... yes." Ladybug answered hesitantly. "The good thing occurred to me to do a Geminio charm on the crumpets to have enough to feed the kwamis."

Reunited again, they resumed their journey. They were about to leave the corridor, when suddenly a electric blue energy enveloped them and forced them to enter a large and empty room. Seeing where they were, Ladybug immediately recognized it: this is where Harry told them he first discovered the Mirror of Erised. In fact, at the end of the corridor there was a magnificent mirror, high to the ceiling, with an elaborate gilt frame, supported by claw-like supports. It had an inscription engraved on the top: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.

The heroine could believe what she saw: before them was the Mirror of Erised. What was it doing there? Why did lock them up precisely in that place where that magic mirror was located?

"What is this place?" Commander asked. "What's a mirror doing in a place like this?"

"Does anyone understand what it's saying?" Seillean asked. "What kind of language is that?"

"That's an excellent question." Delusio agreed, moving closer to the mirror to examine it. He saw his reflection and moved away from the object with pale ears from fright.

"Ba... Delusion! Are you okay?" asked the tortoise-rodent approaching his friend.

"The... the mirror..."

"What about it?" Chat Noir asked.

"Look at it!" The fox-rodent pointed to the mirror to the confused looks of the others, except Ladybug. "See what it reflected!"

Chat Noir, Commander, and Seillean looked at the mirror, but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"Are you sure you're alright?" asked the feline-rodent. "Cause all I see is us."

"What?! It's impossible!"

"Delusio, what you see in the mirror, they can't see it." explained the coccinellid-rodent. The rest of the team looked dumbfounded at the heroine. How was it possible Delusio could see something and the others could not? At their confused faces, she continued. "It's the Mirror of Erised, Desire backwards. The inscription on it is also the other way around, what it says is: I show not your face but your heart's desire. It means this mirror reflects the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts. You have to be standing exactly in the center of the mirror to show us those images and since it is something personal that why no one can see these reflections."

The four remained in total silence stunned at the new information. Delusio returned his attention to the mirror, moved closer to it and touched it with one hand, as if he wanted to feel what the object was showing him.

"Oh, so cute!" said a deep, annoyed voice.

Delusio walked away from the Mirror of Erised, the team gathered, back-to-back, searching for the source of the voice. From the shadows came thugs led by Fidget.

"What does the greatest detective in the kingdom want? Defeat Professor Ratigan? Get Mademoiselle Relda back? Which Ladybug stays with you?" That last question caused the fox-rodent's ears to redden and Fidget laughed derisively. "So cute! The detective fell in love again!"

The thugs laughed too. The Miraculous team looked at Delusio in disbelief, especially Ladybug who also had red ears. Were Fidget's words true? And if so, was what he saw in the Mirror of Erised?

They would leave those questions for later; at this moment they couldn't be distracted. Taking advantage of the fact the bad guys kept making fun of Delusio, Ladybug invoked her power:

"Lucky Charm!"

Her power gave her a pair of strange wrist gadgets. The heroine looked familiar, she took a closer look at them and suppressed a cry of excitement when she saw a spider icon on each wristband. She looked around and her vision highlighted an old chandelier above them, Delusio, Commander, Seillean, the thugs and the shooters. Because that's what they were: Spider-Man's web shooters.

«No sé a qué versión del Hombre Araña pertenece ¡pero esto entra en la categoría de "genial" con todo lo que ha pasado en esta aventura.» (I don't know which version of Spider-Man this belongs to, but this falls into the category of 'great' with everything that has happened in this adventure!) the heroine thought excitedly.

"I have no idea what gave you your power, My Lady." Chat Noir whispered, looking at the bad guys with concern. The light from the Lucky Charm caught their attention, causing them to point their weapons at them and begin to close in. "But I hope you already have a plan."

"Of course, I do, Chaton." she replied, also in a whisper. "And we're gonna need a really good distraction."

That was Delusio's signal. Picking up his flute, Fidget and the thugs opened fire, but Commander immediately activated his power.

"Protection!" He raised his shield and created a green hexagon-patterned force field protecting them all.

With that, Delusio took the opportunity to activate his power. He played the notes as a sphere of orange energy was created at one end of the instrument.

"Mirage!"

The hero pointed the illusion at them. Seeing the orange light, Fidget ceased fire and gave the order to his companions.

"Commander, now!" Ladybug pointed out.

"Liberation!"

The force field disappeared. Fidget and the thugs once again aimed their weapons at their targets, but to their surprise they were not seen. How did they manage to disappear? The Miraculous team had 'become invisible' thanks to the power of illusion. They escaped from the thugs by carefully using the yoyo and spinning top by hanging from the chandelier. Once upstairs, Ladybug used the web shooter to catch the thugs and tie them to the chandelier. When Ratigan's henchmen saw what was happening, they tried to flee, there the rest of the team was in charge of keeping them in their place. The heroine tied the last thug along with the others into a huge spider web rope and gave the signal to Seillean.

"Now!"

"Got it.!

The bee-rodent took her top and activated her power.

"Venom!" she threw the top catching it right away, the weapon becoming a stinging hare stinger in her hand.

Seillean touched the thick web with her stinger, the power shooting straight at the thugs rendering them immobile on the spot. As soon as they were safe, the girls climbed down from the chandelier and the men joined them.

"Reality!" Delusio said, removing the illusion.

"I must admit the three of them impressed me with their great handling of their powers." Chat Noir congratulated the three mice. "And the best thing is one fell, one to go."

"Which is the main target," said the fox-rodent. "Let's go get Fidget before... Confound it!"

"Delusion, what's going on?"

"Fidget's gone!"

"WHAT?!"

The Miraculous team looked around, realizing with horror the annoying bat was not there, it must have escaped during the rampage caused by the fear-ridden thugs. They left the room in search of the sentimonster. But as soon as they stepped out, they were greeted by a familiar evil voice.

"Oh, so cute! The fat guy and the little girl also became superheroes! So cute AND NAIVE! THE ONLY THING YOU ARE ACHIEVING WITH THAT IS GIVING ME MORE MIRACULOUS ON A SILVER PLATTER!" The Miraculous team examined their surroundings, but there was no sign of Ratigan. The professor took the opportunity to continue mocking them. "By the way, how much time do you have left before you go back to being a second-rate detective, a fat man and a little brat?"

At that moment the Miraculouses of Delusio, Commander and Seillean sounded; at time it was not convenient for them to return to being civilians. Less than suddenly the sound of a gunshot and the impact of a bullet behind Delusio put them on alert. What was happening? It was an empty corridor, there were no armor, no tapestries, no doors or windows. What...?

Ladybug and Chat Noir immediately understood. Ratigan was using a Disillusionment Charm! He wasn't invisible, but instead acquired the camouflage ability of a chameleon. Subtly, the youngsters unsheathed their wands. The five of them paid attention to their surroundings; Seillean heard footsteps behind her, took her top and threw it towards where she heard the noise, managing to hit the target causing her to let out a groan of pain.

"Finite incantatem!" Ladybug exclaimed.

The spell hit the target, revealing Professor Ratigan with a revolver in his hand. The Napoleon of Crime pointed the gun at the girl, but Commander immediately protected her with his shield. Ratigan ran out of bullets in his gun so he used his power and continued attacking. The fight moved to the Grand Staircase. The professor tried to escape and the others followed him; Before reaching the floor, Fidget appeared at the bottom of the stairs and aimed directly at the heroine's chest, but he couldn't shoot because at that moment the stairs began to move, taking them to another corridor. In which Dumbledore, McGonagall, Sprout, Flitwick and Slughorn were waiting for them, pointing their respective wands at both of them.

"It's over, Ratigan!" Delusius exclaimed. "This finally ends here and now."

The rat stared wildly at his nemesis. No! He couldn't lose! IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM, THE GREATEST CRIMINAL MIND IN THE KINGDOM, TO BE DEFEATED BY THAT SECOND-RATE DETECTIVE AND A COUPLE OF BRATS IN COSTUMES! Ratigan was going to use his power again to escape, but Chat Noir noticed and aimed at the evil professor's hand.

"Stupefy!"

The spell hit the rat square in the chest, knocking him unconscious immediately. The hero repeated the spell against the bat and he also fell senseless to the ground. Seeing their enemies on the ground, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, this madness, beyond the usual in a Disney movie, would end. Ladybug with a movement of her wand tied the akumatized villain and the sentimonster, and between her and her partner they took them to the Great Hall. They were left near the entrance and the Miraculous team approached the faculty.

"Thanks for the help and an apology for getting involved in this." said the coccinellid-rodent

"Don't worry Ladybug." Dumbledore said, waving a hand-wing dismissing the matter. "Tyrants will always involve innocent people in their evil deeds in order to subdue those who confront them in order to stand up for what is right."

"By the way, Professor." called the feline-rodent. "That heat and fire ability you used to free yourself and the Heads of House, the bonds were supposed to prevent them from using their magic. how is that...?

"Oh! I also thought I couldn't do it; it was lucky it was. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here."

Ladybug and Chat Noir looked at each other in disbelief. Come on, who was the old headmaster fooling with that cheap excuse?! Even the faces of his colleagues showed they didn't believe him either. In short, the important thing was everyone was safe and finally Padraic Ratigan was defeated.

"Let's Rest!" Delusio became Basil again, handing the necklace back to the girl. "We won't need this anymore."

Ladybug smiled at the detective receiving the Fox Miraculous.

"Excuse me." Commander called to the heroine. "What should we say?"

"You, Shell Off." She turned to Seillean. "And you, Buzz Off."

"Shell Off!" the aqua green light ran through his body, returning to being Dr. Dawson

"Buzz Off!" The yellow light ran through her body, becoming Olivia again. "This was the coolest thing ever happened to me!"

"This was also a peculiar experience for us, my queen." Pollen said.

"Excuse me, why do you call me 'queen'?

"Olivia." The girl turned to Ladybug. "Have you ever heard of the 'queen bee'?

That was enough for the girl to get the idea. She said goodbye to Pollen, took off the comb and gave it back to the heroine. Dawson also said goodbye to Wayzz and returned the bracelet.

"This fight is finally over!" Chat Noir commented, stretching a little to shake off the tension. "Now that pair is unconscious we can take the item containing the akuma and amok and return everything to normal."

"And will you bring my father back?" Olivia asked excitedly.

"Elementary, my dear Olivia," Ladybug replied.

The girl jumped with excitement and hugged the Miraculous bearers. The young woman saw Dawson and Basil; The doctor smiled happily and relieved this crazy adventure had come to an end. As for the detective... even though he smiled happily because finally after so many years he defeated his greatest rival, his eyes reflected sadness. Ladybug's ears turned slightly pink, she knew why and that made her nervous. Was it true what Fidget said, what the Mirror of Erised showed Basil how his heart's deepest desire was for her to stay with him?

"My Lady?"

The young woman turned to her partner who was looking at her worriedly, she immediately assured nothing was happening; The young man didn't believe her, but it would be best to ask her later and in private. Olivia parted ways with the heroes and they turned to the Hogwarts faculty.

"Again, thank you very much for the help and an apology." said the heroine

"Ladybug, you don't need to apologize. And it was a pleasure helping you." said Dumbledore, holding out a hand-wing to the young woman.

The coccinellid-rodent extended her hand to shake the old phoenix's; but suddenly a black spear pierced the girl's chest. It seemed to go in slow motion; everyone watched in complete shock what happened to Ladybug. The first to react were Chat Noir and Basil. The two caught the heroine before she fell; the hero was going to take out the spear, but as soon as he touched it it's disappeared in a black smoke. Basil settled Ladybug in his arms.

"Ladybug! Ladybug!"

"Ba... Basil."

The young woman was gasping for breath, the blood escaping dangerously from the wound that Dawson was trying to contain with his handkerchief, which was quickly turning a strong red color. Suddenly, the girl's earrings began to rattle, but not in the usual way after using her power, the entire jewel shone and one of the spots disappeared.

"Now let's see if her miraculous power saves her from this one!" Those present looked towards the entrance of the Great Hall, Ratigan and Fidget had reacted and freed themselves. "The next time you capture an akumatized, turn him back to normal, don't take him for a walk unconscious!"

"Damned..."

Chat Noir, with tears in his eyes, drew his staff and lunged at Ratigan. This one with a loose movement of his hand launched a black lightning at the hero, repelling him without problems. The professors drew their wands and charged at the evil professor, who effortlessly repelled the spells of his rivals. The feline-rodent also unsheathed his wand and helped the elders. Basil carefully laid Ladybug down on the ground, asked Dawson to heal the girl, drew his revolver and went to help the others.

Ratigan's fury was strong, because both his and Fidget's power increased dangerously making the mission of defeating them difficult. His opponents were exhausted, the one who was worse off was Chat Noir because he had a few minutes left to return to being a civilian; in an irrational act, under the influence of pain and rage, he tried to attack the rat and the bat with his Cataclysm, but they managed to avoid them and make him hit the great oak doors of the Great Hall.

The evil professor approached the tired hero, lifted him up by his hair, causing his claws to scratch his scalp.

"Now your friend no longer exists, I no longer see the case for you to continue fighting. You're just a useless brat who can't do things on his own. A proof of that is Ladybug was the one who made the plans and you just followed her no matter what. I'll put you out of your misery in a second and it'll be easier to take your ring off...

"Expelliarmus!"

Crimson light blasted Ratigan, abruptly pulling him away from the feline-rodent. Everyone turned perplexed towards the origin of that spell and their stupor increased when they saw who cast it.

"Ladybug!" Chat Noir and Basil yelled.

The coccinellid-rodent stood before Dawson and Olivia, exhausted but healed. Chat Noir suddenly realized the little girl had a vial in her hands and immediately understood. Fawkes tears! Phoenix tears had healing properties and before leaving the headmaster's office, Dumbledore handed them to them. Ratigan got up with Fidget's help and glared at the girl. That was impossible! How?

"If you have to kill someone, kill them, you don't need to talk about it!" Ladybug scoffed at the professor, at the same time thanking the rat for having a big mouth giving her time to rescue her friend.

What Ratigan feared was coming true: he was cornered, he was out of ideas. He never believed he would find rivals equal to or smarter than him and Basil; Papillombre's claims didn't help either. He backed slowly toward the doorless exit, but an invisible barrier prevented him and his sentimonster from leaving.

"This is the final ending, Ratigan!" Basil exclaimed, standing next to Ladybug helping her to her feet. "Your kingdom of terror is over!"

Kingdom? That's it! He still had a chance to win.

"Thank you very much for reminding me of my backup plan, Basil," Ratigan mocked.

That baffled everyone, what the hell was he talking about? In a quick movement, and taking care absolutely no one saw his akumatized object, the professor activated his power. A wave of black energy flooded the Great Hall, making it impossible to see what was happening. Ladybug and Chat Noir protected themselves with their arms trying to see what Ratigan was doing, but all they saw was the black energy of his power reaching them all.

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Seillean: Bee in Scottish Gaelic