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animebookworm16 · 2 years

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So here’s a funny (read: stupid, trust me I came up with it) idea for a Miraculous Ladybug AU.

Mostly it just changes the way the Butterfly and Peafowl Miraculous work. They can still have their symbolism of Transformation and whateverthefuck that’s not the important part.

In this AU, Nooroo is like a djinn, he grants wishes but here’s the catch, the wishes have to be phrased in such a way that they are changing something about the person wishing, think less “I wish for world peace!” and more “I wish I could bring the world to peace”. Along with the whole ‘there has to be a strong emotion tied to it’ stuff.

And that’s why Hawky has to be so convincing, he litterally cannot take control of them until they make a wish. And the really fun part? Since MLB is set in a fictional universe, the writers could have it so that butterflies are known for granting wishes or something like that, like shooting stars or dandelions (which would also fix the issue of why it’s mostly kids who get targeted kids are more likely to make a wish than an adult) with the added caution of djinn (be careful what you wish for). So of course people would tell their wishes to passing butterflies never knowing that good ole’ Gabe might be listening in.

‘How does this become an AU’ I hear you cry? Because it could change the whole premise of the show. It isn’t just angry teens that were angry at the wrong moment, it’s an embarrased Ivan muttering in the hallway, “I wish I was strong enough to shut Kim up.” (an eight foot tall rock monster filled with rage would certainly do the trick), a slighted Alya staring blankly up at the sky and saying, “I wish I was fast enough to catch Chloe as Ladybug.” (teleporting through phones and litterally being able to pause someone certainly sounds promising), a heartbroken Alix staring at her family heirloom, “I wish I could go back in time and fix this.” (well that’s a little tricky but I’m sure your friends won’t mind helping!)

All that to say, the wish shapes the power. The stronger the wish, the stronger the abilities. Nooroo and the Butterfly are ‘meant’ (heavy quotation marks) to be used to lift people up when everything looks awful.

‘Didn’t you mention something about the Peafowl Miraculous?’ Why yes I did, I’m glad you remembered!

As for Duusuu. Duusuu’s powers aren’t wish based at all, in fact, a person doesn’t even have to realize that his powers have been at work, until it’s happening. In this AU Duusuu’s feathers (from the fan not his tail) attach to a person and act as a kind of ‘emotional spounge’ (again explaining why kids and teens are more likely to be targeted than adults) any excess emotions (like you finally beat a really hard level of a video game, or you just found out that your longterm partner has been cheating on you for most of it) get stored up, and when enough energy has been stored... you get to see a personification of the strongest emotion reflected as yourself. Let’s take Marinette as an example on say the day she got expelled because of Lila. Depending on how you personally (as the person potentially writing in this AU) take it, she was most likely either feeling furious or heartbroken. She would then be confronted with either a version of herself that just wanted to destroy everything in her path and go full scortched earth (furious) or a version that curled up on the stairs she supposedly pushed Lila down and cried her heart out.

In other words Duusuu and the Peafowl are ‘meant’ (those same heavy quotation marks) to be used to either force a person to confront the worst parts of themselves (you have anger issues, you probably have clinical deppression, you are a smug self-righteous jerk who needs to step off their soapbox) or show them the best parts of themselves (you brighten other peoples days whenever you compliment them, you put everything you had into this project and deserve to feel proud of it, you love your family and friends and show it in your own way). So in other words, Duusuu is like a free dose of therapy. And when I say excess emotion, I don’t mean you had one good or bad day and that tipped it over, I mean you’ve had a consistent good or bad month before it tips over at that last straw.

Ironically, Nooroo and Duusuu aren’t meant to be active in the same place at the same time. Add in the misuse of the miraculous and boom, you’ve got the miraculous sentimonsters from the show.

‘What is so messed up in your brain that this is what you spend your free time thinking about?’

First of all we’re both on tumblr so rude. Second of all I couldn’t get the thought of, “What if the reason Plagg was so annoyed at Adrien calling him a jinni was because Nooroo was litterally the origin of that story and he didn’t want to be called a copycat.” and it just kind of spiraled from there.

#miraculous ladybug #MLB AU #crack #probably at least #Nooroo #Duusuu

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the-delta-42 · 2 years

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Not a Soul

Ladybug froze when the Akuma held her face is a vice-grip.

“Now,” Said Soul Stealer, Ladybug had giggled about their name when she first heard it, “let’s see what you taste like.”

Then the Akuma breathed in deeply and Ladybug felt her world go dark for a second. Then everything came rushing back and her face curled into a snarl. She threw a punch at the Akuma, and then another, the next thing she knew, she was kneeling over an unconscious and bleeding Sabrina and the Akuma was trying to fly away.

Ladybug heaved deep breaths, before throwing her yoyo out and catching the Akuma and purifying it. Ladybug looked down at herself, her suit had changed slightly, but otherwise she felt…empty. No feelings, not concerns, no emotions. She thought nothing of it and decided to go home.

The next day Marinette and her friends found Mirelle crying in the bathroom, and everyone expected Marinette to rattle off one of her weirdly wise and thought-provoking conflict resolution thoughts.

“I have no idea what the fuck to say, but I’m sure if you both sit down and talk it out something will come of it.” Marinette’s voice had been void of all emotion since the incident with Soul Consumer and Sabrina hadn’t been found.

The routine continued for weeks on end, until Adrien and Lila returned from their journey and Adrien practically jumped at Nino and Alya.

“Civilised and intelligent company, how I’ve missed you!” Cried Adrien, getting shocked looks from the rest of the class.

“It’s great to see you too, buddy.” Said Nino, before noticing that Marinette was still sitting at her desk and not bothering to interact with anyone, “Marinette’s been acting a bit weird since you guys left.”

“Yeah, she’d been emotionless, lacking in every form of empathy and, to cap it all off, she got into a physical fight with Chloe and nearly killed her.” Murmured Alya, as Marinette idly picked at her nails.

“Is Chloe alright?” Asked Adrien, making everyone tense.

“Yeah, the thing is everyone saw Chloe reach out to an Akuma and then Marinette lost it.” Said Nathaniel, “Chloe’s going to be questioned when she wakes up.”

“When did that happen?” Asked Lila, frowning as she tried to think up a way to spin Marinette in a bad light.

“About a month ago.” Said Alix, as Marinette flicked a nail fragment away from her.

“Jesus.” Muttered Lila, as Marinette finally noticed Adrien’s presence.

“Hi.” Said Marinette, giving a half-wave with her hand.

“Okay, not what I expected.” Said Adrien after a moment, “How long’s she been like this?”

Plagg scratched at Adrien’s chest through his shirt.

“A few months now, about the same length of time that Sabrina’s been missing.” Replied Alya, as Marinette started attacking the table with a pair of scissors.

Adrien frowned, before excusing himself so he could speak to Plagg.

NAS

Chat Noir nervously waited on top of the Eiffel Tower, waiting for Su Han to turn up.

“I was surprised when I got your message.” Said the Guardian, making Chat jump.

“I know that usually Ladybug deals with contacting you,” Started Chat, nervously, “but one of my friends is acting strange. She isn’t displaying any emotions, doesn’t appear to register pain, she isn’t eating and, from what I’ve heard, isn’t sleeping.”

“I’ve noticed something similar with Ladybug,” Admitted Su Han, as two more Guardian’s landed behind him, “This friend of yours, what’s her name?”

“Marinette Dupain-Cheng.” Said Chat, getting a snort from one of the other Guardians.

“Then we’re speaking of the same person.” Revealed Su Han, “I’m aware that she didn’t want for either of you to reveal your identities to each other, but I fear that the situation has called for it.”

Chat quickly shook off his shock, “What do you mean?”

“We’ve been unable to trace Ladybug for some time now, we have no idea on how to find her.” Said Su Han, as Chat froze.

NAS

Marinette scowled as Nathalie skidded along the floor, “How did you find out?”

“I made sure to follow you.” Sneered Nathalie, as Marinette slammed her foot down on the woman’s arm.

“So, I’d be right in assuming you’re Mayura?” Questioned Marinette, “Or, at least, you were, before Gabriel didn’t find you useful anymore.”

Nathalie made a lunge for the earrings, only for Marinette to grab her forehead.

“You know, I made lots of discoveries since Soul Consumer,” Informed Marinette, “I can create literally anything, it doesn’t even need to be a lucky charm!”

Nathalie gazed up at Marinette in fear.

“For example, I can literally turn your insides to fire and do this!” Nathalie screamed as fire burst from her eyes and mouth. Marinette released her grip and Nathalie’s corpse fell to the ground.

Marinette carefully readjusted her clothes and waved her hand, a portal appeared in front of her, and she walked through. Marinette looked at the building in front of her, before stalking up to the front door.

Felix and his mother were having lunch when the front doors suddenly flew off. One of the servants started walking over to the door, only for fire to burst from their mouth and eyes. Slowly, the same thing happened to the others, leaving only Felix and his mother alive. Felix nervously gripped the peacock, while Duusuu froze and then scowled.

“Oh, Felix?” Called a familiar voice, Felix froze as he felt fear tear into him. Ladybug came for payback, “Where are you, you little bitch?”

Felix didn’t say anything as one of Adrien’s friends rounded the corner. Felix recognised her as the one that sent Adrien a video message saying she loved him. Marinette paused, before grinning, “Hello, thief.”

“I don’t know who you are-” Amelie was cut off as she was flung against a wall.

“So, where are they?” Asked Marinette, as silver, foot-long dagger appearing in her hand.

Felix swallowed, before Duusuu flew out and gasped.

“Tikki, what have you done?!” Demanded the Kwami, as Marinette tilted her head.

“Tikki hasn’t done anything, in fact she hasn’t done anything for the past four months!” Snarled Marinette, “Now, where are the rest of the Miraculous?!”

“I-I don’t have them!” Spluttered Felix, as Marinette tilted her head.

“Then where are they?” Asked Marinette, the tip of her blade resting under Felix’s chin.

“They’re in Paris!” Answered Felix, making Marinette scowl.

The girl waved her hand and Amelie found herself forced to her knees and dragged over to next to Felix.

“Tell me the truth, or mummy dearest will get a whole new perspective on how the world looks.” Threatened Marinette, moving the blade from under Felix’s chin to just above Amelie’s eyes.

“They are in Paris!” Felix begged, “They’re with my uncle, I gave them to him to take the Peacock from him!”

Marinette paused, before frowning, “Okay.”

Marinette slowly started turning away, before whipping back around and slashing the knife across Felix’s face, “There, now they’ll be able to tell you and your cousin apart.”

Felix held his bleeding face, while his mother screamed and tried to stop the bleeding. In the chaos, Marinette left through a portal.

NAS

Chat stared down at Nathalie’s body, while Su Han cast a spell to follow Marinette, “I don’t understand, why would Marinette do this?”

“Whatever’s effecting her is obviously greater that we all thought.” Said Ming Hua, kneeling next to the corpse, “Normally, this is only possible with someone who’s used the Ladybug Miraculous for a great number of years.”

The third Guardian, Li Cheng, frowned at the corpse.

“What’s so special about this woman that Fresh Bread had to kill her?” Asked Li, making the other three look at him.

“She’s my father’s secretary, I thought that she and he were a thing, but my father quickly stomped that thought out of existence.” Said Chat, as Su Han completed the spell.

Chat followed the three guardians, before freezing, “This is my cousin’s house.”

Ming Hua frowned and twisted her head so one of her ears was closer to the house. The woman quickly broke in to a run, with the three men following her. Chat heard his aunt screaming. Chat froze as Su Han and Cheng dragged his aunt away from Felix, who had his face slashed open. Ming Hua’s palm was glowing as she healed most of the wound. A long, red scar went from Felix’s jawline, through his right eyebrow and into his hair.

“What happened?” Demanded Chat, glaring down at Felix.

“Ladybug happened.” Coughed Felix, as Chat hauled him to his feet.

“Well, after what you did, I’m not surprised!” Snarled Chat, glaring at Felix.

“She wanted to know what I did with the other Miraculous and I told her I gave them to my uncle.” Answered Felix, making Chat snarl.

“Why?” Demanded Chat, his voice hissing as he spoke.

“Because he’s Hawkmoth.” Said Felix, making Chat freeze.

The ring flash a couple of times before Adrien unexpectedly detransformed. Felix stared at his cousin’s shocked face before Adrien drew his arm back and slammed it into Felix’s nose.

“What was that for?!” Yelled Felix, holding his now broken nose.

“DO YOU WANT A FUCKING LIST?!” Roared Adrien, as Plagg looked around.

“Wow, not even I would kill the staff.” Making Adrien freeze.

Looking around, Adrien saw more corpses that had been killed exactly the same was as Nathalie. Duusuu flew up to Plagg.

“That girl didn’t have a soul.” Said the Kwami, making everyone freeze.

“What?” Asked Su Han, looking at the Kwami.

“That girl, who came in here and killed everyone, she didn’t have a soul.” Reaffirmed Duusuu, looking around, “I’m not sure what Tikki did, but that girl was wielding her power like a god.”

“Goddess.” Corrected Adrien, blushing as everyone looked at him, “She’s female, so the correct term would be goddess.”

“WHAT IS HAPPENING?!” Screamed Amelie, making everyone freeze.

“That’s a long story.” Supplied Adrien, as Amelie gripped her head.

NAS

Marinette skipped though the halls of the Agreste Mansion, whistling to herself, she’d sent Adrien’s bodyguard through a wall, fused their chef to the floor and burnt Gabriel’s new secretary. Now, she just had to find Gabriel and the Miraculous.

Marinette sauntered into Gabriel’s office and grinned when she saw the Miraculous all laying out in the open. She ducked when she heard something cutting through the air behind her.

“Hello, Gabriel.” Greeted Marinette, dodging two more swipes and catching a third. Hawkmoth snarled as Marinette tightened her grip on his cane, his snarl morphed into a look of terror as cracks started to form along its length. Gabriel hit the wall as his weapon exploded and Marinette tore the butterfly from his chest.

“Whoo! That was fun!” Exclaimed Marinette, dropping the butterfly into her bag and collecting the rest of the Miraculous, “Since you have absolutely nothing to live for, I guess I should make this quick.”

Marinette placed her hand on Gabriel’s forehead, before retracting it, “Nah, I guess I can get my hands dirty.”

Marinette buried her fist into Gabriel’s face, starting slowly, before he was on the floor and Marinette was pummelling him.

Gabriel struggled to breath as Marinette applied pressure to his neck, when a black blur hit Marinette and restrained her as she struggled to get free. Chat Noir had his arms wrapped around Marinette, Ladybug, while Su Han removed the earrings and flicked them.

The earrings glowed, before Tikki shot out and crash landed onto the desk.

“…ow.” Muttered Tikki, before sitting up, “Oh no, Marinette!”

The Kwami frantically glanced around, looking for her chosen and spotting her being restrained by Chat Noir and having a Guardian bury their arm up to their elbow in Marinette abdomen.

“I’ve gotten a look at what her soul should look like.” Said Ming Hua, retracting her arm and looking at Gabriel, “Where do you keep the insects?”

Gabriel refused to say anything, before Su Han flicked the Butterfly Miraculous. Nooroo shot out and landed next to Tikki.

“Nooroo, where are the Akuma’s kept?” Demanded Su Han, making the Kwami point at the floor.

“He has a secret elevator that goes down into a basement, he has a garden and a lair for growing and creating Akuma’s.” Said Nooroo, as Li Cheng held a staff against Gabriel’s neck.

Su Han gestured for Cheng to bring Gabriel to him. Gabriel glared at the Guardian, until Su Han placed a finger on his forehead and the man collapsed.

Su Han then walked over to the painting of Adrien’s mother and pressed an area on the painting and made the floor open up. Su Han and Ming Hua both vanished for a couple of hours, when they returned, Ming Hua was holding a bright ball of light and Marinette’s struggling increased.

Chat continued to hold her, until Ming Hua forced the ball into Marinette’s chest.

Marinette stiffened, her mouth and eyes open in a silent scream, before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted.

NAS

Felix tried not to shift uncomfortably as they sat in the Agreste Mansion’s living room. His mother had been livid when the entire situation had been explained to her and had both herself and Felix accompany Adrien and the ‘Guardians’ back to Paris, where they found Marinette, as Adrien identified her, beating Gabriel to a pulp.

Adrien had taken Marinette and placed her in one of the guest rooms, before helping the Guardian’s check over the Miraculous. Gabriel tried to say something, he was ignored by Adrien and Amelie walked up to the fashion designer, picked up his glasses and broke them.

Gabriel dissolved into purple bubbles, leaving a purple feather on the floor. Felix’s stomach dropped, if Gabriel had been a sentimonster and his mother had destroyed him without an issue, would she do the same to him and Adrien?

Amelie walked back over to Felix.

“Gabriel died in a car crash when Adrien was three,” Said Amelie, while Adrien stared at the feather, “Emile was beside herself, wouldn’t sleep of eat, she’d already lost Joshua and she couldn’t bear the thought of Adrien losing a parent, so she created Facsimile.”

“Who the fuck is Joshua?” Demanded Felix, getting a glare from Amelie.

“Joshua Agreste was Gabriel’s older brother, Emilie’s first husband and…” Amelie paused, before continuing, “Adrien’s father. He was killed during a home invasion while Emile was still pregnant.”

Adrien collapsed into a chair, “My father has been dead since I was three, wasn’t my actual father and you were just sitting on that nugget of information for how long?!”

“Amoks do have a tendency to go mad if their creator dies, especially ones that are made with more complex minds.” Said Ming Hua, rubbing the Tiger Miraculous, “Remember what Goliath did after Tai died?”

“We’re still finding broken walls.” Muttered Li Cheng, as he carefully placed the Ox into the egg-like Miracle Box.

There was a thud, followed by a bout muffled swearing, then Marinette appeared in the doorway looking as if she just woke up.

“This isn’t my room.” Mumbled Marinette, blearily looking around, “This isn’t my home. Where am I?”

Marinette took a step forward and fell forwards in another dead faint.

Ming Hua stared at Marinette, “She’s probably going to be hungry when she wakes up.”

NAS

Adrien watched in amazement as Marinette devoured her fifteenth sandwich in a row. The girl took a big swig of water and started on another sandwich. After finishing her last sandwich, Marinette swallowed and leaned back in her seat.

“So, I had my soul stolen, went several months without it, found Felix and the Peacock and tried to kill Hawkmoth, who was Gabriel Agreste, and I can’t remember any of this.” Said Marinette, before looking at the Miraculous on the table, “Where’s Nathalie?”

Adrien paused, before Felix decided to speak, “You killed her, like you killed my home’s staff.”

Marinette jumped and her gaze snapped to Felix, “What the fuck happened to your face?”

Felix glared at her, before Amelie clapped the back of his head.

“You made the decision to aid a terrorist, regardless of your justifications,” Snapped Amelie, glaring at her son, “you knew Gabriel was Shadowmoth and you chose to keep that to yourself, when you could’ve informed the police.”

Felix looked slightly ashamed, “But she killed the Amoks.”

“Because they were destroying the city.” Snapped Marinette, glaring at Felix, “Besides, if you had a problem with the plan, you could’ve said, and we would’ve adapted. The only time you could’ve taken the yoyo is just after I gave you Barkk, which was before the plan. You’re just like Hawkmoth, you keep trying to make yourself sympathetic, but it just makes you intolerable.”

Su Han immediately clapped a hand on Marinette should, making her freeze and look confused.

“Why am I standing?” Asked Marinette, looking around.

“Since your soul was torn out, it’s going to ‘come loose’ every so often,” Said Ming Hua, before carefully placing a necklace on Marinette, “this talisman should keep your soul in place until we can find a way of fixing it to you. But you cannot take this off, under any circumstances, understood?”

Marinette nodded, before looking around again, “So, what’s needed for the ritual?”

NAS

“Okay,” Said Alya, dropping a pile of items in the table in front of her, Marinette, Adrien and the Guardians, “we have; Madagascan Vanilla, taken directly from Madagascar, One French Coffee Press, no coffee included, Coffee Beans harvested and roasted in Colombia, Marinette’s birth certificate, two drops of her blood, her favourite food, and two strands of hair from her parents.”

“Is that everything?” Asked Adrien, as Marinette fiddled with her pendent.

“It should be,” Said Ming Hua, before gesturing Marinette to lie down, “This may hurt a bit.”

Marinette shrugged, before lying on the floor. Ming Hua started chanting, making an intricate circle appear on the floor. The circle glowed a bright blue, before flashing red and turning gold. Marinette gasped and let out a small scream.

“Fucking ow.” Said Marinette, rolling onto her side and looking at her arms.

Red markings decorated her forearms, “What’s this?”

Li Cheng looked at the markings, before sighing, “Your soul almost didn’t take root because it couldn’t understand the actions your body took in its absence. These marks are your soul trying to purge the acts from you.”

Marinette nervously breathed in through her nose, “W-what would’ve happened if my soul didn’t ‘take root’?”

“That would’ve only happened if your body had done something completely heinous, like killing a parent.” Explained Li, as the marks started to fade, “They’ll behave like scars, so unless you tan, they’ll never show up again.”

Marinette nodded, that had almost been a reality, when Lila had tried to steal the pendent that kept her soul tethered to her. Thankfully, her Maman hadn’t been hurt but Marinette was terrified that, if Adrien hadn’t stopped her, she would’ve done something inexcusable.

“So, it’s fixed in place now, right?” Asked Marinette, nervously fingering the pendent around her neck.

“It’s in place,” Assured Li, “You don’t need to worry about it anymore.”

Marinette nodded, before Adrien guided her out of the room. Amelie and Felix had moved to Paris, following Gabriel’s arrest and Felix’s involvement with him coming to light. Felix was currently serving community service, along with Lila and Chloe. Chloe had gone to the tasks voluntarily, while Felix and Lila had to be tracked down and fitted with ankle monitors. Marinette thought it was a little bit of growth on Chloe’s part, but she didn’t rule out the possibility that it was to help the mayor’s election campaign.

“So, where are we going to?” Asked Marinette, as Adrien guided her to the cinema.

“To see the new superhero movie Alya’s been going on about.”

“Will there be food?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, lead the way.”

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