Once we had played right into the night we decided to stop. Everyone was filing out when there was a tap on my shoulder.
"Marinette," Alya said almost solemnly. "I need to talk with you."
"O-okay," I nodded. "Hey, Adrien! Alya and I are just going to chat in the bedroom."
I lead Alya in and we sat opposite on the bed. We sat in silence for a few minutes before Alya began whispering.
"Mari, I'm scared. This whole miraculous thing is taking a tole on me." She looked up with teary eyes. "What if I get akumatized again? I'm trying to stay positive but after you took all the kwamii's the other day I just..."
"Shh..." I coaxed her, wrapping her up in a hug. "I completely understand."
"Do you though?" She asked. "I have seriously considered returning Trixx. It's a lot to feel like everyone has their trust in you."
"More than anyone else I understand." I whispered. She broke from the hug and gave me a confused look.
"You do?" Her face was tear stained and puffy.
"I'm gonna do something for you Alya, that I'd do for no one else in this circumstance." I told her trying to steady my breath. "I'm going to break my own rule. T-Tikki, spots on."
Alya jumped back as I was wrapped in my spandex suit.
"Hey, Reina." I whispered awkwardly. She stood flabbergasted for a second.
"L-ladybug? Your Marinette?" She opened her mouth like a fish a couple times. I frowned and looked down.
"I wanted to tell you so bad and even now I've broken all the rules." I whispered apologetically.
"Wow," She sat back down. "I'm a really bad investigator." She chuckled.
"No, your not." I assured her. "Its just that us miraculous girls are hard cases."
She smiled up at me and I let my transformation drop.
"You know if Chat finds out your dead right?" She laughed through her redened face.
"Pfft, Chaton needs to understand our bond is stronger than anything else. Your my sister Alya." I held her hands.
"H-how do you understand though? Ladybug is the most powerful hero of all." She looked at me with sad eyes.
"When I got my miraculous there was no role model to follow, no instructions and nobody who could help me without making a pun." I mused. "Never did I want the earnings but Master Fu the original guardian chose me. Tikki had to convince me to transform in the first place and then I just flailed across town. Then we took down stone heart and I forgot. I didn't purify his akuma."
"It wasn't your fault though." She tried to tell me.
"It was, Tikki gave me specific instructions and I forgot. So when stone heart returned I panicked and took off my earings. I didn't know Master Fu then so I just put the box in a dresser. When you take off your miraculous your kwamii is taken into them." I took a shuddered breath. "The next day at school I sliped the earnings into your bag."
"I almost became ladybug?" Alya raised an eyebrow in disbelief.
"Until I saw you trapped behind that car. Alya, your the reason I'm who I am. Your the reason hawkmoth didn't get both the miraculous." I told her with a greatful smile.
"Why does hawk moth want the miraculous?" She asked since she was never one for sentimentality. Never the less I swear she was blushing.
"If the miraculous are worn at the same time they can grant ultamite power. The wearer would be able to make a wish but at great cost. For every action the universe takes creates a reaction." I shuddered at the thought of hawk moth taking Tikki and getting that sort of power.
"Then why don't you just wear both of them?" She asked as if it wheren't obvious.
"Chat and I talked about it a few times but we think only in a dire time should one of us wear the pair of miraculous."
"What about us sub-heros?" She asked thoughtfully.
"Your no less important than us." I told her sternly. "I guess it could work though but you should only resort to that if we're in grave danger."
"And what if someone wore all of them?" I blinked dumbly at her.
"I wouldn't know." I frowned. "Just that if the wrong person wore them chaos would break out and not that stupid akuma."
"So you thought it was weird too?"
"What?" I tilted my head.
"The akuma was weaker this time." She pointed out what I had thought during the battle. "Like Hawkmoth is busy getting ready for something."
"I thought I was just being silly." I shrugged. "We should keep an eye out though. If what we think is true, we might be in over our heads."
A/N: Lè lead up! 🐞🐱