#ml shadow moth | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

doodlegirl12345 · 2 years

Text

Mirror Image {5/5}

When it feels like it’s an end of a era. Hello my Miraculous Lovelies it’s time to finally end this story. So let’s conclude this with the fifth and final part of Mirror Image. I hope you like it. 💕

Previous Parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4

Here’s the recap for anyone who needs it:

Things are going well in Sabrina’s life as she now has a great group of friends and thriving in her new role as the super heroine Honeybee. However, things goes awry at a Halloween dance when her friends accuses her for misdeeds that she never done. Have her friends turned on her or is there something more insidious happening in the background?

Also available on Wattpad

Mirror Image

Choices.

One of the few consistent truths in life is the fact that nothing ever stays completely the same. Life is not supposed to remain stagnant where growth and success stays dormant. Growth is driven by your choices as that’s what carves out the future. The choice not to change for the better leads to personal stagnation. Either you will grow with the world or it will inevitably grow around you.

There was always a small part of her that felt like this side of her life was a gamble. Nothing was ever definite with infinite chances to win along with the exact amount to lose. Yet here she was, standing in this cluttered alleyway trying to scrounge up the courage to follow her part of the plan. Honeybee laid her back against the wall clutching the silver pendant around her neck. With the pitch black sky hanging above her she looked around the alleyway spotting the two metallic trash cans a few inches away.

She often wondered how she got herself in these situations.

But the moment when Honeybee caught her own reflection in the large puddle stretched out at her feet. She knew the answer in her reflection, seeing her teal eyes behind the yellow and black mask. Her long fiery reddish orange hair with jet black highlights pulled back into a high ponytail with a black headband with matching ribbons like antennas sticking out contrasting with her fair skin. The yellow and black jumpsuit she wore had a black collar, black full length gloves with fluffy pollen yellow cuffs. The suit’s torso was bright yellow with a large black v-shaped stripe across the chest with two thinner black stripes underneath. The lower half of the suit was black with knee high boots that ended with yellow wedges. The most important thing being the golden hair comb placed on the right side of her head.

That was the source of it all, accepting the responsibility of being the second bee miraculous holder. Although what had brought her to this specific position tonight was another choice that was born out of desperation.

The fox miraculous.

“Are you ready?” a small voice repeated.

Honeybee’s eyes pulled back up from the puddle toward the miniature fox right in front of her. Trixx, the fox kwami she had summoned a mere minute ago. Without a word the bee held her hand up toward the fox. Silently requesting a moment before stepping toward the edge of the alleyway. Honeybee peered her head from the corner gazing into the city block. Not much had changed within the few moments she had stepped away.

Just a few feet from where she stood was Chat Noir.

The cat swung up his two batons crossing them in front of his face blocking the blade of his opponent, Shadow Moth. Chat Noir shoved him prior to swiping with his batons. Shadow Moth deflected one of the batons with his blade while the hero swung his leg hitting him in the head. As the cat proceeded forward, sparks were forged between their weapons with the constant cycles of intense collision.

Shadow Moth dove between the string of attacks, grabbing Chat Noir’s wrist and striking it with the handle of his blade. The cat cried out in pain causing him to drop the baton. Shadow Moth reached for his ring when Chat Noir used his other baton, cracking it right in the supervillain’s ribs. A howl of pain came from his mouth as Chat Noir struck him for a second time.

On the other side of the street was Ladybug who was flinging her yoyo, cracking like a whip to create distance from her own brazen opponent. Pieces of garbage flew toward her such as wrappers, soda cans and glass bottles. The bug spun her yoyo into a shield deflecting the objects. The yoyo’s wire sliced through three concrete bollards and a metal trash can. Suddenly Ladybug’s body slammed into the building behind her, creating a cloud of gray dust from the impact. The dust cleared revealing Ladybug having a set of fingers wrapped around her neck.

Behind that grip was the other opponent the trio of heroes had been facing tonight, Mirror Image.

A doppelgänger of Honeybee’s civilian identity: Sabrina Raincomprix. The lookalike was even wearing a replica of Sabrina’s Halloween costume for tonight. A white lace knee length dress, a matching white shrug, solid white tights, white wedges, a white headband, a long plastic pearl necklace with matching bracelets, an orange rubber wristband and silver glitter fake angel wings.

However, this version procured damage throughout the night such as an orange fruit punch stain that ran down the front of the dress and multiple slits in the jewelry. With burning bright red eyes, the sentimonster reached toward the heroine’s earrings.

But Ladybug had other plans, swinging her legs forward into Mirror Image’s stomach forcing her opponent to be knocked back, dropping her. The sentimonster looked toward the ground noticing the manhole cover within. Mirror Image lifted up the metal cover chucking akin to a frisbee. Ladybug ducked as the cover flew into the building behind her. The bug stood back up while pulling the wire from her yoyo. Mirror Image darted toward her while Ladybug blocked another blow, delivering by a swift kick to the side. Another brutal strike was delivered right to the face.

Things weren’t supposed to be this way.

None of this fulfilled Sabrina’s expectations for the night of her first Halloween dance. At first, it seemed Shadow Moth’s objective was to turn her friends against her so she would become his victim for tonight. Although the truth was much more insidious, this was a test for him to confirm suspicions about her.

That she was the second bee miraculous holder, Honeybee.

Sabrina denied it stating that his accusations were baseless continuing the fallout. Once Ladybug approached her with the bee miraculous there was some hesitation. The bug reminded her about Shadow Moth’s trend of victimizing others which momentarily erased her doubts. After she transformed, Ladybug proposed a plan that would cover her tracks and even beat the supervillain at his own game.

Phase one had already been completed: ambush Shadow Moth and fight Mirror Image.

But now it was time for phase two but even though Ladybug explained the details and had summoned Trixx to inform them ahead of time. Still Honeybee felt a modern day Atlas carrying the weight of her world. Her eyes drifted back down to the pendant because if this failed her other choice would be to leave into the city to have complete peace of mind. Nerves clustered in her stomach as the location of Mirror Image’s amok was still an enigma. Honeybee looked back into the city block watching Chat Noir and Shadow Moth.

With the slim hope that there was something that could give her a clue of the amok’s location. Since searching for Mirror Image had been fruitless.

Shadow Moth charged toward Chat Noir while his blade caused the cat to block while crossing his batons. He grabbed Chat Noir by his ring hand forcing the baton to be dropped. However, before the attempted theft was completed Chat Noir kicked Shadow Moth onto his back. Honeybee noticed underneath the supervillain’s overcoat was a thin dark purple two pocket holster belt. The left side had a closed pocket while the right side had another pocket with a small silver object poking out of it.

Wait a second. Honeybee thought while Shadow Moth quickly moved his jacket back into place. Could that be where the amok is?

It would explain why Shadow Moth attempted to keep himself in the shadows. Chat Noir, preoccupied with securing his ring, seemed not to notice the revelation. Honeybee felt a soft tap on her shoulder causing her to turn, meeting face to face with Trixx.

“I think we should go on with the plan,” the tiny fox whispered. “We shouldn’t wait too long.”

“You’re right,” she whispered back. “Let’s do this.”

The bee moved deeper into the alleyway for cover. Ladybug’s instructions still in her memory, she moved her hands side to side before joining them together.

“Pollen. Trixx. Unify,” she whispered.

A flash of golden light covered her body causing her suit to change. Her mask shifted in design, a yellow base with a large black v-shaped stripe across the center. The heroine’s hair reverted back to its’ natural orange shade, pulled back into a braid and tied with a black ribbon. The bee miraculous remained on the right side of her hair while a pair of long yellow fox ears with black tips appeared on her head. Black and yellow were still the dominant colors of her suit and there were still significant alterations. The black collar remained the same with the color continued down the suit onto the shoulders, triangulating off the top part of the chest. A white section similar to a fox’s belly ran down the front stopping at the hips.

The remaining parts of the sleeves were yellow, ending with black wrist length gloves. Around her waist was her trompo while the suit’s lower half was yellow with a black vertical stripe going down the side of each leg. Her boots were simple black ankle booties. The suit’s back had a hostler with a yellow and white flute while a long triangular fabric tail with black v-shaped stripes hung off her waist.

She became Honey Fox.

The hybrid heroine looked down at her reflection in the puddle, amazed. She noticed the fox miraculous had merged with her collar with gold lines representing the time limit. Honey Fox stepped away from the puddle pulling her flute from the hostler.

“Mirage,” she whispered.

With a particular image in her mind the hybrid heroine summoned an illusion by swinging the flute in her hands forward. In a matter of seconds after a flash of orange light, mirages of Honeybee and Sabrina in her Halloween costume appeared. Honey Fox grinned as the mirages were exact copies with the important details such as Sabrina’s hair pulled into a bun and wearing borrowed jewelry. She brought her hands to her chest while pointing with one hand while holding the flute with the other.

This would be her only shot, it had to be perfect.

“Hey! What are you doing here?” Honey Fox cried out, causing the Honeybee mirage to repeat the question seconds later. “Stop! It’s not safe.”

The two illusions ran out of the alleyway avoiding the puddle while entering the city block. Mirage Sabrina led while Mirage Honeybee followed close behind.

Eventually stopping a few feet away from the battle between Ladybug and Mirror Image.

“Hey didn’t you hear me?” the mirage heroine caught up with the mirage counterpart. “I said this area was closed…”

“Uh…I can explain,” Mirage Sabrina spoke, reading Mirage Honeybee’s aghast face. “I-“

“It’s clear what happened even though I couldn’t see it before,” Mirage Honeybee reached for the trompo on its waist. “Shadow Moth made another sentimonster.”

“Wait no!” the angel mirage cowardly held its hands up. “Trust me, it’s not what you think!”

“Sabrina?” asked a familiar voice.

The two illusions look over to see Ladybug standing beside them. The bug’s facial features started to harden.

“Uh…hi Ladybug,” Mirage Sabrina meekly finger waved. “You may be wondering why I’m here. It’s actually a pretty funny story.”

“Really, how funny because I’m not laughing! I told you to stay back at the school,” Ladybug scolded. “What are you trying to do? Get your yourself hurt-“

However before the bug could finish Mirror Image approached grabbing her shoulder. Ladybug quickly pried the hand off as the sentimonster was swung around and thrown back to create distance.

The bug turned back to the illusions.“Honeybee, get Sabrina to safety, now!”

After delivering that instruction Ladybug charged toward Mirror Image to keep her opponent at bay.

“So you’re the Sabrina that I had been hearing about,” Mirage Honeybee said.

“You know who I am?” Mirage Sabrina asked back.

“Of course, Ladybug always gives us a debrief of the situation. So I have heard what you are going through. I’m so sorry.”

“Yeah, none of this has gone exactly as planned.”

“I know, but you shouldn’t be here,” Mirage Honeybee took the counterpart’s hand. “It’s not safe, you need to go.”

“NO! I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!” Mirage Sabrina ripped its hand from Mirage Honeybee’s grip. “NOT UNTIL I’M ABLE TO DO WHAT I CAME FOR!”

“Came for what?” asked the mirage heroine.

“Revenge on him for trying to ruin my life!” the mirage angel pointed over the counterpart’s shoulder.

Mirage Honeybee turned to keep up with the illusion. Chat Noir laid flat on the ground while Shadow Moth stood in shock with the painted expression of bewilderment on his face. Almost if his mind was processing what his fragile ego had tried to deny.

“Hey don’t draw attention to yourself like that,” Mirage Honeybee warned. “Look, you need to go. I’m worried about your-“

“What? My safety?” Mirage Sabrina spoke icily. “He already attacked my friends. It’s time to get even!”

“You realized who you are talking about here, right? This is the same guy who can turn someone into a fifty foot monster because they failed a math test. He’s someone not to take lightly especially since you don’t even have a miraculous.”

“Don’t remind me, I tried to convince Ladybug to loan me one. But she turned me down because she and Chat Noir were going to face Shadow Moth tonight. So she wanted someone more experienced.”

“That’s probably why she asked me to be here tonight.”

“Which is why it’s so unfair! My whole night got ruined because he thought I was you. My friends hated me tonight because you exist!”

“I know, like I said before I’m sorry that happened. My intention was never to hurt anyone.”

“Well, I’m going to put things in my own hands. I’m sick of being the victim.”

Mirage Sabrina started walking toward Shadow Moth’s direction.

“Hey!” the mirage heroine grabbed the angel mirage’s shoulder. “Let’s not do anything drastic here, you’re not in a good emotional state right now.”

The angel mirage looked over at the supervillain who had a sick satisfied grin on his face. He started to walk forward when Chat Noir threw one of his batons hitting him in the back of the knee, knocking him off balance.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Chat Noir questioned. “We’re not finished here.”

“Do you realize what you’re doing here?” Mirage Honeybee asked. “You could get hurt or even akumatized.”

“That won’t happen,” said Mirage Sabrina. “I’m not hopeless here.”

“Is that so? Alright, if that’s the case then prove it,” the mirage heroine moved its hand from its counterpart’s shoulder.

“Huh?” the angel mirage asked, stunned.

“You said you’re not hopeless so prove it. You’ve made it this far without being under Shadow Moth’s influence so you must be special.”

“But Ladybug said-“

“Ladybug told me to get you to safety. But according to you you’re safe right here. It’s a bit of a loophole but Ladybug uses them all the time. Just don’t get in Chat Noir’s way. He already has a lot on his plate.”

Both illusions looked over toward the cat who threw one of his batons at Shadow Moth causing him to deflect with his blade.

“Fine, I will,” Mirage Sabrina started walking forward, head held high.

Chat Noir lunged toward Shadow Moth’s chest aiming at both of the villain’s miraculous uttering his famous phase, “Cata-“

All a sudden Shadow Moth cracked Chat Noir across the jaw using the handle of his blade, knocking the cat back.

“Nice try,” the supervillain taunted while Chat Noir pressed a hand against his own jaw. “Just be happy it wasn’t the other end.”

“Go ahead,” Mirage Honeybee ordered as Mirage Sabrina stood completely frozen. “What are you waiting for?”

“I…I..I…” Mirage Sabrina whimpered as tears started to flow. “What I’m I thinking? I can’t do this. I’m not you or Ladybug. I’m so stupid thinking I can do this all spur of the moment.”

“Spur of the moment?”

“I…I didn’t plan to come here. After Ladybug left I went back to the dance and overheard some people talking about the akuma alert on their phones. I asked them where and they told me. I wanted to take a walk to clear my head. But I kept thinking about how I could confront Shadow Moth tonight. So I made my way here.”

The mirage heroine looked uneasy as the counterpart continued to sob. “I’m not really good with emotional stuff. Would a funny quip make you feel better?”

Mirage Sabrina kept weeping, causing a panicked look on Mirage Honeybee’s face. “Would it make you feel better to know that I punched Shadow Moth in the face?”

The angel mirage stopped sobbing, wiping away tears. “You did?”

“Totally, I punched in the face and he went down like a chump,” Mirage Honeybee boasted. “That’s the reason why I put on the mask to help people against that creep. All three of us have been trying to help you tonight, which is why Ladybug wanted you to stay back at the school.”

“You’re right, I should have listened to her.”

“It’s okay, we all make mistakes but you should leave. The last thing I want is you to get hurt,” the mirage heroine reassured. “If you still need to talk I can spare a minute or two but I need to come back to help my teammates.”

“Alright,” Mirage Sabrina let Mirage Honeybee guide her toward one of the nearby alleyways. “But wait, were you actually going to let me confront Shadow Moth?”

“Of course not,” the mirage heroine admitted while the illusions ducked into the alleyway. “I was planning to hog tie you if you got more than five steps past me. But I wanted you to make your own choice just like someone had done for me.”

Once the illusions were out of sight, Honey Fox retracted her head back into the alleyway saying the final word. “Reality.”

She let out a sigh, noticing the last section of her pendant dwindling. “Trixx. Pollen. Divide.”

Golden light surrounded her as Trixx flew out of the pendant. Her suit reverted back into its original state.

“Great job. Especially on your first try,” said the miniature fox. “But I guess this is also good-bye, too.”

“I guess so,” said Honeybee. “But I really want to thank you for helping me, Trixx.”

“No problem with everything that Shadow Moth has been putting everyone through, we should help each other out,” Trixx told her.

“That’s a good way to see this,” the bee unclasped the pendant. “So goodbye for now Trixx.”

The moment that the pendant slid off her neck the miniature fox vanished. Honeybee took her trompo off her waist, opening the top pulling out the black spot earpiece. She placed it in her left ear and dropped the fox miraculous into the trompo before snapping it shut.

Time for phase three.

After wrapping the trompo around her waist, Honeybee hopped onto the nearby trash cans giving herself a boost onto the adjacent rooftops that had made the alleyway. She advanced forward to the next rooftop, noticing the battles in the distance. The bee tapped on the earpiece to inform Ladybug of her progress.

“Honeybee to Ladybug, phase two is completed and phase three is in progress,” the bee leaped forward. “Also think I know the location of Mirror Image’s amok which gives me an idea to go along with what we already planned. Can you hear me?”

A mix of background noise came from the earpiece consisting of the sound of colliding metal and screaming.

Honeybee felt her blood run cold as she heard Shadow Moth’s voice in the background. “This will be the end of you, Ladybug!”

Honeybee picked up her speed. “Alright, I think I got the message. I’m on my way.”

After a few short leaps the bee landed on the rooftop of a mid rise building in front of the simultaneous battles. She approached the ledge surveying the scene, noticing her teammates had switched partners. Chat Noir fended off Mirror Image using his staff to deflect multiple hits. While Ladybug threw her yoyo repeatedly at Shadow Moth as he swung his blade at her.

“I’m here,” said Honeybee. “Now awaiting your signal.”

The bug looked up, giving her a little nod before throwing her yoyo up in the air. “Lucky charm.”

Ladybug threw her yoyo up in the air as a sheen light changed the bug into her lucky charm suit. The yoyo spun, releasing little hearts that formed an object that landed in the spotted heroine’s hands.

A ladybug patterned can of silly string.

“Silly string?” the bug pondered as her eyes darted around. “That’s not what I expected.”

At that moment Shadow Moth charged toward her. Ladybug pressed the nozzle of the can, spraying the red string into his eyes.

“AHH!” Shadow Moth screamed, dropping his blade.

“Chat move!” ordered the bug.

The cat dove forward rolling past Mirror Image. Ladybug began spraying covering the sentimonster.

Well that’s my cue. Honeybee thought.

She leapt off the building landing in the midst of the battle. Shadow Moth still pulling string from his eyes reached underneath his jacket revealing the glistening object from earlier.

A small silver pocket mirror.

“Mirror Image vanish!” he ordered.

The sentimonster followed orders but the blanket of silly string made it impossible to hide. Honeybee threw her trompo hitting Shadow Moth’s hand causing him to drop the mirror onto the ground.

The bee pulled the string of her trompo declaring. “Venom!”

A quick jab struck Mirror Image in the chest between the strands of silly string.

“So Shadow Moth,” the bee asked the villain. “So do you want to surrender now or you still want to drag this out?”

“You!” the supervillain hissed removing the last of the silly string from his now red eyes.

“Yes it’s me, one of the city’s favorite superheroes at least according to the polls,” she smirked while looking down for a second before putting up four beckoning fingers. “So what are going to do about it?”

“I might have been wrong about my assumptions about you,” he hissed, picking up his blade. “But now you’re on my list just like the other two.”

“Wow, that’s such an achievement. If I knew this was going to happen I would’ve written a speech talking about the sequence of five events that lead to this,” Honeybee held up five fingers at her teammates who surrounded the two. She shot Chat Noir a look as her eyes drifted toward the ground before pulling them back toward Shadow Moth. “You know what I’m feeling charitable tonight. I’ll actually give you a free hit if you just come a little closer.”

“I’m going to get you if that’s the last thing I-“ Shadow Moth stepped forward before a splitting sound came from the villain’s feet.

His eyes widened while dread overcame his face as he looked down discovering the mirror at his feet. With the notorious blue feather fluttering from the cracks.

“I’ll be taking that!” Ladybug exclaimed, catching the feather with her yoyo.

Honeybee giggled. “Thanks for the assist Shadow Moth. Granted I could have broken it myself but having you assist in your own downfall is so much sweeter.”

Shadow Moth’s features hardened pulling his gaze from the feather to her. Pure rage singed right into his face as he charged forward swinging his sword.

Honeybee called out. “Chat Now!”

Chat Noir drove in front of the supervillain, pressing his ring hand against the road. “Cataclysm!”

The cataclysm spread forward crumbling the ground underneath the supervillain’s feet creating a hole into the sewers that Shadow Moth fell right into.

“Now that’s for earlier!” Chat Noir yelled into the hole.

“Alright, it’s time to finish this,” Ladybug spun her yoyo around to purify. “Bye-bye little feather.”

She released the purified feather letting it flutter in the wind. Followed by a quick toss of the silly string can into the air. “Miraculous Ladybug!”

A wave of ladybugs washed over the city repairing all the damage that had been done. The magical swarm swept over Mirror Image causing the sentimonster to disappear. The hole vanished causing Shadow Moth reappeared back above ground. While he groaned, the heroes circled around him, weapons ready.

“It’s over Shadow Moth,” said Ladybug. “You’re outnumbered.”

“Yep,” Chat Noir agreed. “By the way, nice job breaking that mirror. How many years of bad luck is that again?”

“Seven, the last time I checked,” Honeybee answered. “So the next couple years are going to be really rough unless you surrender now.”

Shadow Moth narrowed his eyes as tonight had become fruitless. But at that moment all three of the heroes’ jewelry beeped causing him to smile.

“Insolent children, don’t pretend you three do not have shortcomings of your own,” his hand moved underneath his jacket. “Unless you three want me to know your identities, consider this stalemate until next time-“

Honeybee noticed the placement of his hand. “Hey! He’s pulling out something-“

Before she could finish that sentence Shadow Moth pulled out a silver marble size orb and threw it onto the ground. A fog of purple smoke enveloped the heroes. Seconds later the smoke pulled from around them revealing Chat Noir spinning his staff around like a propeller.

“Does everyone still have their jewelry?” he asked.

Honeybee ran her fingers from her hair until her hand hit her hair comb. After she looked over seeing both Ladybug and Chat Noir were still intact.

“I think we’re all fine,” Ladybug reported. “But Shadow Moth has escaped.”

The bee looked around realizing that the bug’s statement was true.

“Dang it!” Honeybee shouted. “We were so close!”

“Don’t worry, considering who we are dealing with,” Ladybug put her hand on the bee’s shoulder. “This won’t be the last time.”

With that a round of fist bumps, gratitudes and goodbyes were quickly exchanged before departing. Chat Noir ran into an alleyway while the heroines ran down the street removing the manhole cover to enter into the sewers. Ladybug went first, rushing down the ladder to get behind one of the walls while Honeybee sealed the whole. After coming down the ladder the bee pulled out the fox miraculous from her trompo. A gold light shined reverting her suit back to her angel costume with her hair down, her purse back on her shoulder and her friends’ jewelry had disappeared.

“That was amazing, your Highness,” Pollen cooed after reappearing.

“Aww thanks Pollen,” Sabrina walked over to the sewer wall. “But it’s no big deal I followed Ladybug’s plan.”

“Yeah but you outsmarted Shadow Moth by tricking him into releasing Mirror Image’s amok,” the miniature bee followed behind her. “That was not part of the plan, you’re just so clever.“

“Pollen is right,” Ladybug spoke from behind the sewer wall. “You did good tonight with that mirror trick. Also it was clever silently signaling Chat Noir to do sequence five with holding your hand out and word choice.”

“I’m just glad he got the message before I became a bee kabob,” the angel pulled out a plastic sandwich baggie with a snickerdoodle out of her purse and handed it to Pollen. “I think tonight shows we finally got this sequence code thing down. So do you think Shadow Moth believed my illusion?”

“Considering he mentioned wrong assumptions about Honeybee I believe he did. He should now think you are two separate people. But just because you’re no longer a suspect doesn’t mean we should start being careless. So that means for a while we might have to meet down here. Is that okay with you?”

“Of course,” Sabrina nodded. “I’m just happy that I get to still be Honeybee after this.”

After a quick recharge, both the fox and bee miraculous were returned to Ladybug. The bug led Sabrina through the sewers back to the school to enjoy the remainder of the dance. Once the pair was a block away from the school Ladybug handed her a magical charm. It was white with diamond spots covered with a white lace pattern. Ladybug explained this was a test charm she had made directly from the amok, hoping it could be used as a source of protection in case Shadow Moth ever summoned Mirror Image again. Sabrina thanked her while putting the charm in her purse before climbing up the sewer ladder. After a short walk Sabrina arrived back at the school. Upon Ladybug’s suggestion she had been led a block away from the school to avoid questions. Once she got closer the angel noticed someone standing atop of the building’s front steps.

It was Chloé.

She was wearing her Queen of Hearts costume, a black medieval styled knee length dress with vertical glitter gold trim on the bodice. The dress had a sweetheart neckline, puffy short sleeves, a white merci collar and a two layer skirt dotted with glittery red hearts. Chloé also had on solid black tights, black high heel ankle booties and a circular black crossbody bag on her shoulder. A golden crown sat on the top of her head with this being the few moments Chloé had her long blonde hair down.

Sabrina raised a brow while coming up the steps. “Hey, did you come out to get some fresh air?”

Chloé shot her a bitter glare. “If you must know I’m leaving! Coming to this stupid dance was a big mistake.”

“Oh wow, sorry to hear that,” the angel walked toward the door. “But thanks again for helping me out earlier. I’ll see you on Monday.”

“Is that really all you have to say?” Chloé questioned while Sabrina put her hands on the door handle.

“Yep,” Sabrina spoke brazenly, still keeping her back turned. “It really is.”

“I’m standing here alone in the cold and you don’t care!” the mayor’s daughter shouted. “How could you be so selfish?”

The angel flinched, keeping her back turned, she could see what Chloé was doing. In the past during their friendship, if Sabrina did not immediately respond to her beck and call, Chloé would make her feel like the worst person in the world. But after the nightmare she just went through, not this time.

“You’re not going to answer?” Chloé spat.

“I guess I don’t matter to you anymore. So, did you have fun hanging out with Ladybug?”

Sabrina completely froze wondering how it was possible? Twice in one night she had been questioned about her affiliation towards Ladybug. Was she literally the unluckiest person in the world?

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” the angel turned to face her.

Chloé’s lips curled into a proud smile. “Don’t lie to me. I saw you two walking into that classroom after talking to Chat Noir.”

An inward panic spread throughout every inch of Sabrina’s body. Her thoughts begin to race while trying to pull another excuse from her arsenal.

“The worst thing about this was when I tried to listen through the door, Tsurugi and Cèsaire interrupted me,” the mayor’s daughter scoffed. “So what, are these friends your little bodyguards now?”

Sabrina’s features began to harden. “Wait, why were you trying to listen through the door?”

“What?”

“Did I stutter? Why were you trying to listen through the door? How much did you hear?”

“Not much,” Chloé’s proud stance slightly deflated. “Only up to the point when Ladybug said something about feelings and sleeves before Tsurugi and Cèsaire interrupted me before telling me to leave.”

Sabrina analyzed Chloé’s movements to see if she was lying. She learned how to tell after a long period of time. Usually it was a slight eye twitch, a pouty lip or crossing of fingers. At least to her it appeared that Chloé was telling the truth.

“I’m going to ask you one more time Chloé,” the angel crossed her arms. “Why were you trying to listen to my conversation with Ladybug?”

“Maybe because after helping you out of that janitor closet I felt entitled to some information about you,” the mayor’s daughter huffed. “Instead of finding out because I’m your last option. Especially when it involves Ladybug of all people.”

“You’re not entitled to know anything about me anymore, Chloé. I don’t know why you think otherwise. The only reason I clued you in is because Mirror Image approached you.”

“It’s because a few months ago I was! Until you downgraded to Mari-Brat and her squad. After all I have done for you!”

“Oh yeah, treating me as an unpaid servant and emotional punching bag. You were so kind. By the way, as I said before, stop calling Marinette names!”

“It’s like I don’t even know you anymore!”

“It’s because you don’t. I refuse to go back to a time where we were not on equal footing.”

“Is that why you’re friendly with Ladybug? Just to spite me?”

“Oh my gosh Chloé not everything is about you! I was talking to Ladybug to give her information about Mirror Image. It’s not like we went out for pizza!”

“Then why were you walking back here?”

“I took a walk to clear my head. Are you of all people trying to shame me for accepting Ladybug’s help?”

Chloé’s face started to burn bright red. “Well sorry for questioning your oh-so-perfect life!”

“Perfect?!” Sabrina exclaimed. “Did you literally forget what I’ve been going through these last couple hours?”

“Oh please, I saw the ladybugs swarming around here which means it’s all over now. Just a little bump in the road for the perfect princess and her kingdom of dorks.”

“Perfect princess? Is that what you think of me? That I’m some princess with a perfect life?”

“Seriously, how did you become this dense?! You have a boyfriend who came across the world to see you. Your stupid little cosplays are getting popular online. You seem to have a decent relationship with the heroes and have annoying little friends who often defend you. Don’t you think it’s irritating seeing you getting by so well without me!”

“What was I supposed to do, shrivel up and die because you weren’t ordering me around anymore?! I mean, are you jealous or something?”

“Jealous! How could I be jealous? I’m a politician’s daughter. My mom runs a successful magazine in New York. We’re loaded, I literally live in a luxury hotel where the staff waits on me hand and foot. I’m-“

“Still alone? All the things you listed were about money or status. But when you described my “perfect” life you talked about my personal relationships. Is that what you really want?”

“I…I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

“Look if I’m right then I understand. But that does not give you the right to take it out on me.”

“Like you know how it feels. You’re always posting about going out with the same fifteen people, working on your cosplays and hanging out on Juleka’s boat.”

“Wait? Have you been stalking my socials?”

“That’s…that’s not the point here! What I’m trying to say is that you don’t know how it feels to be alone.”

“Did you forget all those times you stood me up to be Queen B.”

“Sabrina that was-“

“For the city I know. At least that’s what I hope you were going to say. But most of the time you wouldn’t tell me even after the fact. I often heard it from either the news or Alya’s blog. Do you know how humiliating it was to wait for hours for someone who never showed up? I wasn’t even worth receiving a after the battle text from you. So don’t tell me that I know nothing about feeling alone when I do. Especially when you already had your chance.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“When you were Queen B, people were willing to open up to you. But instead of changing for the better you just had gotten the worst. Even siding against Ladybug just to spite her.”

“Who told you that?!”

“Honeybee mentioned it in one of the videos on Alya’s blog. Before Ladybug left I asked what Honeybee meant by that and she told me the truth.”

“You’re going to believe someone like her? I told you she was jealous of me!” Chloé’s left eye twitched slightly. “Now she’s bad mouthing to anyone who would listen!”

“Is it really bad mouthing when it’s true?” Sabrina pressed. “The timeline matches up with the day you called me ranting about how Ladybug was the worst person in the world. It was also the day the city was attacked by those wasps.”

“Even if it’s true, why does it matter now? Ladybug took my miraculous and give it to that stupid Honeybee.”

“Well you were never entitled to it in the first place. Based on what you told me, you practically forced yourself in and Ladybug gave you a chance. A chance not everyone is given and you wasted it.”

“What’s your point here Sabrina?”

“My point…my point here is you had a chance to grow and decided not to. Now you’re mad that I had something similar and unlike you I took it. That’s why you’ve been horrible to me since you’ve come back from your trip, right? It’s because you couldn’t handle the responsibility of bettering yourself!”

“No, the reason why I’m mad is because you ditched me for those losers!” Chloé’s left eye twitched again. “Who barely noticed your existence until a few months ago.”

“They’re still some of the kindest people that I have ever met. Yes we might have had a bump in the road tonight but if I can give you a million second chances. I can at least give them one.”

At that moment the Bourgeois family’s car pulled up in front of the school. The driver honked the car’s horn. The two girls stared at each other almost as if realizing they had become mirror images of a path each other did not take.

Chloé broke away from their gaze, started to walk down the steps toward her family’s car.

“Chloé, I don’t know if we could ever be friends again,” Sabrina called out. “But like it or not you did help me out tonight. I know you can be better than this. It’s still not too late to take a different path and change.”

Chloé kept her back turned. “Change for what? There’s nothing wrong with me.”

The mayor’s daughter finished walking down the steps and entered the car in front of her. After the car sped away, Sabrina put her face in her hands feeling like this was not the end between them.

“Sabrina?” asked a familiar voice. “Are you alright?”

The angel looked up to see Marinette and Luka climbing up the steps toward her.

Sabrina looked at her Marinette, noticing the stark contrast compared to when she first saw her tonight. She was wearing a soft pink full length dress with a corset bodice and decorated spaghetti straps with pink fabric flowers and green fabric leaves. Her raven hair was down in soft curls covering her ears while a light pink flower crown was on her head. On her shoulder was her trademark pink purse and had a pair of sparkly pink fairy wings on her back. She was still wearing her garden fairy costume but all the food stains were removed.

“Wow, you look so pretty,” Sabrina gushed. “I see that the ladybugs have gotten to you.”

“They did,” the garden fairy hugged her. “But are you okay? We…we overheard what happened between you and Chloé.”

A look of horror flashed across Sabrina’s face, she had forgotten that the bakery was across the street. The way that both girls were yelling it would be impossible not to overhear.

The angel took a deep breath before letting go of her friend. “I’m fine, I just needed to get a few things off my chest.”

She looked over at Luka who also was clearly swarmed by the ladybugs. His make-up was now intact as his skin was a limp green tinted gray with a black scar besides his mouth. The rest of his costume, a faux leather jacket, distressed graphic t-shirt of a zombie’s rib cage, black fingerless gloves, ripped blue jeans and black Converse, were now stainless, making him an impressive zombie rockstar.

“Luka, how’s your head?” she asked.

“Much better, I just needed to sit out for a while,” he said. “But I really want to apologize for what I said to you tonight.“

“It’s okay,” the angel told him. “You were just reacting to what you thought you knew. It really did look like I turned against everyone.”

“Let’s go back inside,” Marinette suggested, her phone now in her hand. “We still have an hour left in the dance.”

With that the trio entered the building, the moment Sabrina stepped onto the steps she could feel a surge of positive energy in the atmosphere from the crowd. She looked over toward the DJ booth at Nino who was still working. He was still in his Dracula costume, a white long sleeved frilled shirt with a burgundy vest, black trousers, black dress and a black cape with a vampire collar. He must’ve noticed her because he waved back before pulling the booth’s microphone towards him.

“Alright party people, we still have about an hour left tonight,” Nino announced into the microphone. “So for the rest of the hour I will be accepting requests. Just approach the booth to put your request in. But the first request for tonight is “Warrior” by Sasha Durand dedicated to Sabrina Raincomprix from a group of people who want to apologize to you.”

“Wait what?” Sabrina sounded completely flabbergasted.

A string of electronic beats played for a few seconds before the rest of the musical accompaniment came in. A harmonic voice sang:

🎶 These new roles haven’t been easy.

Even in the moment when I fight.

Walls closing in, getting tight.

But I’m ready to pave the way.

Just for a better day.

I have become a warrior.

Finally free and glorious. 🎶

The angel turned to the couple who were smiling at her.

“Did you two know about this?” she asked.

“I might’ve texted a suggestion in the group chat about doing something like this since this is your favorite song,” Marinette admitted. “But everyone else agreed on it.”

“I also might’ve been the one who she ran this idea by and agreed on it before putting it in the chat,” Luka added. “And when I say might’ve right now, it actually means definitely.”

“Sabrina,” said a voice behind her. “Can we please talk?”

She turned around to see the remainder of her friends standing in front of her. All of them were wearing costumes that were restored to their former glory along with the dance’s provided orange wristbands. In her Claudia, the celestial witch costume Alya stood wearing her black witches hat with faux silver roses at the band. Along with her black lace front knee length dress paired with silver glitter black lace and black ankle booties. The reporter’s crescent moon pendant had returned back on her neck while her silver hoop earrings with threaded star charms was also spotless. Kagami wore her costume proudly a black unity jacket with her returned mockingjay pin, black t-shirt, olive green pants, soft brown ankle boots and arrow quiver of her Katniss Everdeen costume. Adrien stood right by her side wearing his Dread Pirate Roberts costume, a black v neck pirate shirt, black pants, black skull cap, black masquerade mask with matching sash.

Rose looked like a little princess in her pink puffy ball gown, white full length gloves and a golden paper crown of her Princess Peach costume. Juleka appeared on the sinister side of the royal spectrum with her Zombie Prom Queen costume. Similar to Luka, her skin was a limp gray with a greenish tint. Both her eyes were sunken while a large scar ran down her cheek. Juleka’s long hair was pulled into a bun while wearing a silver plastic tiara. Her dress, a glittery tattered black puffed sleeved prom dress had her PROM QUEEN sash covered in specks of fake blood. Mylène’s hair was in braided pigtails, tied with blue plaid ribbons. Her blue pinfold dress, white knee socks and ruby slippers made her look like a suitable Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.

Ivan was in his black grim reaper cloak wearing his gray plastic skeleton mask on his face. Lastly, Alix wore her black overcoat, white vested shirt, black combat boots, black shorts with black and white striped tights and black top hat with glued on white rabbit ears for white rabbit costume. She, along with the others looked, very apologetic.

“I think I can speak for everyone here to say we owe you an apology,” Alix continued. “Isn’t that right everyone?”

The rest of the group nodded and verbally agreed.

“We should have thought about all the possibilities first before being all passive aggressive toward you,” said Alya. “Especially what happened was completely out of character.”

“I think we all had forgotten that we live in a world where Shadow Moth exists for a moment when that happened,” Adrien added.

“True, as not everything is what it seems,” Kagami agreed. “I think we all learned that lesson the hard way tonight. Our anger clouded our judgment.”

“I shouldn’t have doubled down when you told us the truth either. Sorry about that, I also shouldn’t have brought up Chloé either,” Alix admitted. “I thought you had betrayed us. It wasn’t until I saw you and Mirror Image at the DJ booth to realize how wrong I was.”

“You saw that?” Sabrina asked.

“Adrien sent a text in the group chat that you and Mirror Image were at the DJ booth,” Mylène replied. “Once we saw both you and Mirror Image together we all realized the mistake we made.”

“We wanted to apologize earlier,” Ivan told her. “But we couldn’t find you.”

“I had to take a walk to get some fresh air and think over some things,” the angel told them. “Take a break from the drama.”

“That’s completely understandable,” Rose told her. “We didn’t believe you when we should have. But is there any chance you can forgive us?”

“Well…” Sabrina brought her hand to her chin. “There’s a lot to consider here.”

She looked over at the group who all had concerned and apologetic looks on their faces.

“Just kidding!” the angel smiled. “Of course, I forgive you all.”

“You do?” Juleka asked.

“Of course, I can’t even fault you guys too much because you were tricked. Besides I wouldn’t be in the position that I’m in if it wasn’t people giving me a second chance,” she smiled at Marinette. “It’s about time that I’ll pay it forward. Besides, there’s one thing that I’ve been wanting to do all night.”

“What’s that?” Kagami questioned.

Sabrina smiled as the music switched to a more poppy uplifting beat. “Have fun with my friends! Come on everyone you heard Nino we technically have less than an hour left. Let’s make the most of it!”

With that she grabbed the hands of the friends closest in her proximity: Marinette, Kagami and Alya while leading the rest of the group to dance the night away.

Finally at peace, content with her life and the choices she made including the path she decided to take.

The End.

Thanks for reading! 😊

Woo! We are finally done with this story. As previously mentioned I did not expect to take this long but life had gotten in the way. But at the same time I did want to explore Sabrina’s and Chloé’s relationship after Sabrina character development and seeking new friends. Future Sabrina stories will fill up the summer between Confetti and Mirror Image that reached towards this point. I already have a few planned which even includes a birthday party story. For those who were patient for all those months. I really appreciate it. Hopefully we won’t have that serious of a gap for a very long time.

I’m excited for the next story. Not wanting to give too much away it will likely be a two parter and be very special as the first part will be release on my birthday 🎂.

I would also like to note that the song in the story was inspired by the real life song Warrior by Chloe x Halle. They aren’t exact but it was the inspiration. I did not write the original song but the story was mine.

This is story is also available on Wattpad.

The song for this week is “What I Believe In” by NerdOut.

youtube

See you next time. 👋

#miraculous ladybug #sabrina raincomprix #ml sabrina #ml fanfic #miraculous fanfic #bee!sabrina #bee miraculous #miraculous au #ml ladybug #ml chat noir #sabrina redemption #my writing #tales of ladybug and cat noir #miraculous fandom #fanfic #ml shadow moth #miraculous shadow moth #chloé bourgeois #ml chloe

9 notes · View notes

doodlegirl12345 · 2 years

Text

Mirror Image {4/5}

Time to update the blog. Hello everyone, here’s part four for Mirror Image. For anyone reading this I hope you enjoy it.

Previous Parts: Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3

Here’s a quick recap for anyone who needs it:

Also available on Wattpad

Mirror Image

Resilience.

Throughout life there’s a cycle of high and lows which includes triumphs and defeats. There are going to be tough moments and days where it seems that things can’t get anything but worse. Sometimes it is beyond our control, other times it’s because of the choices we have made. It can feel like the world can be ganging up on you especially since some people out there will make it their mission to bring you down to gain some kind of satisfaction. But it is important to hold on to the inner strength deep inside and push through as life is often made out of these moments. Resilience is what gets us through the day to show that life hasn't broken us.

It had been a fleeting thought that was born within this bone chilling night. To succumb to the pressure that her adversary created based on outdated knowledge. Remove a part of herself that had recently been let out. It was a fleeting thought that came after threats and manipulation. However, the concept of resilience was not too far away. That is what brought them here. Honeybee and Ladybug, scaling the rooftops of the city that they had sworn to protect. They crossed each rooftop alternating between using their weapons and skillfully leaping forward to advance.

“How much farther?” Honeybee called out landing onto another rooftop, wrapping her trompo around her hips.

“Based on all Chat Noir’s tracking information that he had shared,” Ladybug landed, checking the screen of her yoyo. “It’s only two more blocks, so hang in there.”

Honeybee nodded as both of them returned to the same method from before to advance forward. This was not the ideal for tonight, her first Halloween school dance. Her plans originally entailed hanging out with her friends, dancing and checking out the other attendees’ costumes. However a storm appeared, a storm named Shadow Moth. At first it seemed the supervillain wanted to interfere with her civilian life as Sabrina Raincomprix by sending out a doppelgänger sentimonster named Mirror Image to ruin her friendships so she became his victim for tonight.

Since she was the few people left that did not have one of Ladybug’s magical charms. But the truth was actually that much more insidious. It was all a test to confirm his suspicions about her.

That she was the second bee miraculous holder, Honeybee.

She had denied it of course but Shadow Moth was not convinced. So he had originally locked her in the janitor closet.

This was originally after all the threats.

After targeting her friends.

After all physical intimidation.

After the bruises.

When she was eventually approached by Ladybug with the bee miraculous there was much hesitation and doubt. But after the revelation from Ladybug that she was more capable than she felt at the moment. She had the right to defend herself. Along with her reminding her of all the terrible things that Shadow Moth had done to others this past year erased the doubts.

This wasn’t just about her.

So she took her miraculous and transformed into her alter ego. Her hair became long and fiery reddish orange with jet black highlights that was pulled into a high ponytail by a black headband with ribbons like antennas. Her suit replaced the angel costume that was wearing. The suit had a black collar that covered her neck. Full length black gloves with fluffy pollen like cuffs. The suit’s torso was bright yellow with large black v-shaped stripes across her chest with two thinner v-stripes underneath. The lower half was black with knee high boots with a yellow triangular pollen band at the knees and yellow wedges at the bottom. A black and yellow domino mask was placed on her face with the colors divided longways; yellow on top and black on the bottom. While the golden hair comb was placed on the right side of her head.

The heroines finally had reached their destination landing on the rooftop that once was right in front of them. On the edge ahead was their partner Chat Noir, sitting. The cat was looking straight forward but after the soft thump of their landing, his faux cat ears twitched causing him to turn around.

“Finally,” Chat Noir smiled, standing up from the ledge. “I’ve been waiting, Ladybug.”

“Like I told you on the phone,” said Ladybug. “I needed to pick someone up.”

The cat looked over at Honeybee and smirked. “Oh I see, you had to pick up the local princess over here.”

“Princess?” Honeybee fake gasped. “Leave it to a stray like you to not recognize a queen when she’s standing before you.”

“Queen?” the cat teased back as he approached them. “Well I guess you’re technically better than who previously had your throne.”

The bee bumped her fist with his. “I’ll keep that in mind. But you’re still on thin ice. So watch yourself, Kitty.”

Chat Noir smiled which Honeybee easily returned. These past few months Honeybee and Chat Noir had become good friends, constantly teasing and joking with each other. They mostly bounded due to their similar sense of humor and the bee being one of the few reserve heroes that actually laughed at his jokes. Besides Ladybug she considered him as one of her best friends in her superhero life.

“Okay you two that’s enough friendly banter,” Ladybug told them. “You can do that on your own time. Let’s remember why we’re here.”

“You don’t have to remind me,” Chat Noir pulled his staff from his hostler, sliding it open. “I kept out of sight and kept my distance like you asked. But I still took a few pictures as necessary surveillance. So you would know what we would be up against.”

“Chat,” said Honeybee. “Ladybug gave me the short version of what has been happening tonight, including what you found out. Is it true?”

“See for yourself,” he handed her his staff.

The bee looked at the staff’s screen and saw a photo of Shadow Moth standing in an alleyway with two metal trash cans up against the alley’s wall. He was speaking into the open top part of his cane. Propped up right beside him, stiff as a board was Mirror Image still wearing the replica of her Halloween costume: a lace sleeveless white knee length dress, a matching white shrug, solid white tights, a pair of white wedges, a white headband, long plastic pearl necklace with matching bracelets, a orange rubber wristband and fake silver glitter angel wings. Although one thing that they did not share was the orange punch stain ran down the front of Mirror Image’s dress.

Honeybee bit her lip while scanning through the other photos as a chill ran down her spine. This was the man who was trying to destroy her life. “So it’s actually true. He’s actually out in the open. This scheme must have meant a lot to him.”

“Well considering all that he had done to Sabrina and her friends,” said Ladybug. “It’s clear that he was planning to go all out tonight.”

“That’s probably why he was freaking out at whoever was listening on the other line,” Chat Noir added. “He was mostly standing around yelling at them about some mangy cat that had ruined his plan.”

“Mangy?” the bee asked, handing over the staff to Ladybug. “That’s a little harsh.”

“Usually, but considering the source it feels more like a compliment,” the cat told her before turning to Ladybug. “But I’m assuming that you don’t want to hear the things he was calling you.”

The bug looked up from the staff’s screen. “You can keep that to yourself.”

“So are there any ideas where the amok could be?” Honeybee asked her teammates.

“Technically it could be anywhere. It always seems to vary, sometimes it’s on the sentimonster itself. Other times it is on the person who manifested it,” Ladybug answered while still scanning the pictures. “Any guess could be accurate based on the information we have. It seems the best method right now to see if it’s on Mirror Image. Chat, did you hear anything different?”

“Nothing,” he shook his head. “All he did was yell at the person who he was talking to, stating that luckily he had failsafes just in case this happened. But didn’t go into detail and the other person couldn’t get a word in edgewise. So I couldn’t even try to recognize the voice on the other end.”

“It might be Mayura,” the bug handed back his staff. “We haven’t seen her in person since the Miracle Queen incident. It’s been a few months since Shadow Moth combined the butterfly miraculous and the peacock miraculous. So she might have been regulated to working behind the scenes now.”

“Either way, Mirror Image just causes too many problems,” Chat Noir added. “Not just for Sabrina’s case. But for us too. The last thing we need is having Shadow Moth be able to spy on us. That is going to put our identities at stake.”

“Don’t I know it,” Honeybee mumbled while folding her arms.

“Huh?” the cat turned toward her. “What was that?”

“Uh…nothing! Just…agreeing with you!” the bee spluttered while noticing the panicked look on Ladybug’s face. “That would be awful if that happened to any of us.”

“Right,” Chat Noir raised a brow before turning to Ladybug who flashed him a big smile. “That’s one of the reasons why I kept distance between him and us by changing my location after being told. I figured that you would want to discuss everything before attacking, Ladybug.”

“Aww you really do know me so well,” Ladybug turned to Honeybee. “Honeybee, this is going to be the first time that you are going to face Shadow Moth in person. Are you sure that you can handle this?”

The bee nodded. “Completely, after hearing everything from you about what happened to Sabrina. He does not deserve to win.”

“That’s the spirit,” Chat Noir checked his staff. “According to the tracker that I had put on Mirror Image. Shadow Moth is still in the exact same place that I left them. That means about two blocks away. Same as the info that I sent you Ladybug.”

“Thanks, Chat. I also sent out an akuma alert for that area. So there should be no civilians in the crossfire by now,” Ladybug explained. “Considering the situation, I think it best to do sequence twenty five from a few weeks ago. So you both know the drill. Follow my lead and await my signal, understand?”

Both Honeybee and Chat Noir nodded their heads in unison as they had done this sequence many times before. Ladybug advanced ahead leading the charge with the other heroes following behind. A few rooftops laters, the trio stood on the ledge of the roof peering over an unwitting Shadow Moth. Who was frustratingly pacing up and down the alleyway.

“No you don’t understand! You need to remember that half measures are not acceptable! Or should I remind you of the terms of our little agreement!” he barked into his cane. “So call me back when you have actual legitimate suggestions!”

The supervillain closed the top of his cane, putting his face in his hands muttering. “Unbelievable!”

Honeybee’s eyes narrowed as Shadow Moth kicked Mirror Image in the shin out of frustration, which the sentimonster didn’t react to. She looked over to Ladybug who stood between her and Chat Noir. After the trio prepared their weapons Ladybug held up her left hand putting up a finger.

One.

She held up another.

Two.

Finally one more.

Three.

The trio leaped off the ledge landing into the alleyway with weapons in hand, right in front of Shadow Moth.

“You know, considering your clear rage issues maybe you should cut out the middleman and handle us yourself more,” Chat Noir taunted. “Then maybe you would have a sliver of a chance of winning.”

“Oh Chat, don’t give him ideas,” Ladybug told him. “But again, it’s not like there would be much of a difference.”

However Shadow Moth simply ignored the remarks from the bug and the cat. Instead he turned toward Honeybee.

“So you’re actually here,” he said. “Interesting.”

“Um...yeah you know when things get serious Ladybug likes to bring out the cavalry,” Honeybee remarked, gripping her trompo tightly. “Besides from what I hear from Ladybug. The things that you did to that Sabrina girl and her friends gives even more reason why you need to be taken down.”

“So that’s the game you want to play,” Shadow Moth’s hand moved toward his hip. “Fine. Mirror Image mobilize!”

With those words Mirror Image sprung from against the wall coming back to life. However, the sentimonster’s teal blue eyes that once replicated Sabrina’s was now a pupil-less fiery red.

“Oh please, is that supposed to scare us?” Chat Noir jeered. “It’s three against one and after the guy with rocket launchers for fingers from last month there’s not-“

“Mirror Image attack!” Shadow Moth cut him off.

Mirror Image lunged forward grabbing Chat Noir by the throat and flung him out of the alleyway. Before the others could react, the sentimonster grabbed one of the metal trash cans smacking it into Honeybee knocking her into Ladybug causing them to be thrown out of the alley while food scraps and soiled food containers went through the air. The bee felt herself fly through the air before crashing into the public mailbox on the sidewalk of the city block. She groaned, feeling her back ache. Honeybee looked over seeing Ladybug propped up against a lit street lamp rubbing her head.

“Alright, I must admit it,” Chat Noir peeled his body off the dented hood of the red sports car. It was parked next to the mailbox and the street lamp. “I might have underestimated Mirror Image’s strength. Just a little.”

Ladybug picked off a crumbled up burger wrapper off her shoulder. “You think?”

Honeybee climbed off the mailbox while pulling off a wadded up napkin from her ponytail causing her to shudder. Mirror Image charged out of the alleyway like a speeding bull, catching a glance at the heroes before darting right at them.

“It’s not over yet!” the bee exclaimed.

Mirror Image leaped forward with both fists raised causing the heroes to scatter as smoke appeared from the impact on the road. Through the smoke Chat Noir ran forward attempting to approach their opponent from behind with his staff. However, the sentimonster must have sensed it as Chat Noir was grabbed by the wrist and was thrown over Mirror Image’s shoulder. Ladybug jumped forward flinging her yoyo which their opponent effortlessly deflected. After sweeping a leg under, the bug threw herself forward with both legs together to make an impact.

But the sentimonster grabbed both of her ankles and threw her sideways. Honeybee lunged forward trying to land a punch as Mirror Image approached her. But her opponent caught her first while shoving her back. The bee leaped over performing a double leg back kick when Mirror Image jumped high avoiding the attack with gravity doing the rest of the work to trample the heroine. Honeybee jumped back before grabbing Mirror Image’s forearm and pulled it forward trying to hold her opponent. With that Ladybug and Chat Noir charged forward tackling the sentimonster right onto the ground.

Honeybee pressed her weight against Mirror Image’s back. Ladybug shoved Mirror Image’s head against the asphalt while Chat Noir pinned both arms down. Ladybug and Chat Noir tried to pull off the accessories off Mirror Image while Honeybee started pulling on the cord of her trompo.

But the sentimonster stood up lifting the heroes off the ground before lashing out with full force knocking them off. Their bodies flew slamming against the road.

“Uhh...” Honeybee groaned, rolling onto her side. “Did anyone get anything?”

“I tried to grab one of the bracelets,” Chat announced, lying on his back. “But it felt like it was glued down.”

“Same for the headband,” Ladybug added while starting to stand back up.

Mirror Image glared at them still red eyed, charging again causing the heroes to spring back onto their feet. Chat deflected their opponent’s strikes with his staff flicking back and forth. The cat swung his leg but missed his target. He hit Mirror Image with an open palm strike to the jaw. The sentimonster swiped at him, the cat flipped back multiple times and planted his staff in the ground swinging around it in an act of avoidance. Ladybug flung her yoyo toward the scene causing Chat Noir skillfully avoided by flipping back.

However Mirror Image did not, getting hit across the chest and was thrown back into one of the buildings’ walls. Ladybug jumped forward cracking her yoyo wire creating multiple lacerations in the sentimonster’s jewelry but there was still no amok in sight. Once the bug was close Mirror Image grabbed her by the wrist slamming her into the ground. This followed by the sentimonster trying to bring their foot down to the bug’s face. Ladybug caught her opponent’s foot just in the nick of time and moved her own legs forward hitting Mirror Image in the chest.

The sentimonster was knocked back without having a chance to react as Ladybug charged with her yoyo smacking it back and forth in the face. The bug lunged forward for another hit but Mirror Image swung, launching her back. Chat Noir sprinted forward catching his teammate to avoid them crashing into the store front window. While Honeybee did front aerial forward picking up speed as she threw her trompo wrapping around Mirror Image’s shoulders, throwing the opponent over her. The sentimonster raised back up coming in with a left hook then right one. Mirror Image’s raised fists caused Honeybee to pull out the wire of her trompo between her hands, blocking them. She moved sideways striking Mirror Image in the gut before a swing in the face hitting the glasses.

But still no amok.

“Seriously? Nothing?!” Honeybee asked, completely baffled. “Okay, this is getting ridiculous.”

Mirror Image lunged forward punching her in the stomach and throwing her back. The bee’s body dragged across the asphalt from the hit.

Honeybee struggled getting back up as the opponent charged forward. The bee spun her trompo into a shield, deflecting each hit that came at her. Mirror Image pushed forward while Honeybee tried to keep her stance. But before she knew it was being pushed back at first by centimeters that quickly shifted into inches. The bee got pinned up against a brick wall of a building. Her body recoiled in pain dropping her weapon as Mirror Image pinned her against the wall.

The sentimonster’s hand moved toward the bee’s miraculous. However, right at that moment the end of Chat Noir’s staff jabbed the back of Mirror Image’s head. While Ladybug’s yoyo wrapped around the opponent’s wrist. Mirror Image turned around to see Ladybug and Chat Noir.

“Let her go,” Ladybug commanded.

Mirror Image glared at her before pulling the yoyo wire forward and Ladybug along with it. The bug got pulled in close but Chat Noir extended his staff creating a barrier between them which Ladybug used the opportunity to sweep her leg under to knock Mirror Image off balance. Honeybee fell to her knees as the sentimonster had let her go before attacking her partners.

Ugh. I heard the phrase about being at war with yourself. The bee thought, struggling to stand back up. But this is absurd.

She looked up seeing Ladybug and Chat Noir still fighting their opponent. Mirror Image ripped a nearby stop sign from the ground, swinging like a baseball bat which collided with the other heroes’ bodies.

“Ladybug! Chat!” Honeybee screamed, picking up her trompo as she felt something hit against her back causing the heroine to collapse again onto asphalt.

Before registering what was happening she was grabbed and tossed from her own shoulders.

“Uhh…” the bee groaned again as this time she landed flat on her stomach against the hard ground. “Alright, is it too late to change Halloween plans or what?”

Suddenly she heard footsteps approaching causing her to look up and be greeted by Shadow Moth. With one of his hands hovering right over her head.

“AHHH SHADOW MOTH!” Honeybee screamed, causing her to spring back onto her feet, grabbing her weapon. “Uh…I mean excuse me kind sir, it’s pretty clear that I got separated from my group over there. So if you just move a little to the left I can get back to them.”

The bee stepped forward but Shadow Moth pulled the covering of his cane revealing a long blade and pointed it toward the heroine’s throat.

“You’re not going anywhere,” he told her.

Honeybee’s teal eyes darted around her surroundings realizing that she was in a dark alleyway. There were no gargoyles, rooftop decorations, chimneys or flagpoles to perform a quick trompo maneuver. Even if she tried she wouldn’t put it past Shadow Moth to do something to prevent it. She looked behind her seeing the end of the alleyway was completely closed off with brick.

It was a dead end.

The bee narrowed her eyes. “Okay, I admit even I didn’t believe what I just said. Especially considering that I just called you kind. So what do you want?”

“I know whose face is underneath that mask,” said Shadow Moth. “I know it’s you, Sabrina.”

“Sabrina? The girl who you tormented?” she questioned. “Good guess, but incorrect. However, I can see why she would have a grudge against you.”

“Stop lying!” Shadow Moth screamed, swinging his sword at her.

Honeybee leapt over the blade landing behind Shadow Moth flinging her trompo at him. The supervillain turned causing the weapon’s wire to wrap around, the sword as Shadow Moth blocked, causing the spinning top to almost hit him in the face. Honeybee pulled the wire back sliding it off the sword, flinging it once more. He batted it away, lunging forward forcing the bee to perform a back handspring in avoidance. She drew out the wire of her trompo putting between her hands blocking the sword. The opponents went back and forth blocking each other which caused multiple metallic sparks between the colliding metals of their weapons, creating quick sparks of light in the night.

Honeybee kicked Shadow Moth in his left knee forcing him to reel back, she wrapped the trompo around his wrist, throwing the supervillain right into one of the nearby walls.

“You know it’s pretty funny hearing you call me Sabrina thinking that you had figured out my identity,” Honeybee taunted. “Where did you get that idea from the back of a cereal box?”

Shadow Moth grabbed his side. “Do you really think I’m that stupid?”

“Well…considering how you’re dressed and this whole villainy thing,” Honeybee spun her trompo. “It’s quite clear you don’t always make the best decisions-“

Shadow Moth swung his sword causing the bee to duck.

“You really think that I’m just going to take your word for it?” he shoved her into the wall. “But if what you are saying is true just take off the mask.”

“Okay, it’s clear that you think I’m stupid,” Honeybee ducked once more as Shadow Moth lunged forward causing his sword to plunged into the brick wall behind the heroine. “The reason why it’s called a secret identity just isn’t because those words sound so pretty together. But I guess I shouldn’t expect you, someone who has an IQ of dryer lint to understand.”

“Why you little!” he hissed at her.

“Why you little!” the bee mocked while delivering an open palm strike to the face before she rolled to the side to get out of dodge. “Props for keeping this fight PG with the dialogue, Mothy. Especially considering what Chat Noir told me about your rage issues. But I think you might just need a new hobby or trade. I heard that they teach a few in the slammer.”

Shadow Moth stepped back from the wall gesturing his hands toward the handle of the sword that was still deep in brick. But to his confusion it didn’t move.

Honeybee raised a brow but took the opportunity to leap forward to kick him across the face. Shadow Moth reeled back, grabbing the end of his sword. The bee swung her fist but he caught it with one hand swinging his leg kicking her stomach and threw her back against the opposite wall. She looked up seeing Shadow Moth struggling to pull his sword from the brick wall, also noticing both the butterfly miraculous and peacock miraculous on the front of his suit.

That must be the butterfly miraculous and peacock miraculous that Ladybug had been talking about. Honeybee thought. It looks like his sword is stuck? That means I only have a few seconds. I can stop all this even though it’s not part of the plan. But maybe this could end with me.

The bee approached him while starting to pull the cord of her trompo.

“Ven-“ she started.

However before Honeybee could finish that phase Shadow Moth grabbed her by the throat. She could feel his fingers pressed harshly against her windpipe causing her to drop her trompo from shock.

“Enough!” he yelled, throwing her into the alley’s back wall.

The bee’s body hit against the wall as the supervillain finally pulled the sword from the brick. She groaned as Shadow Moth approached shoving her into the wall.

“This little display here just shows how right I am about who’s underneath that mask,” he hissed, putting his hand on her head. “It’s over Sabrina! When Mirror Image gets Ladybug’s earrings and Chat Noir’s ring. I think I’ll pay a certain someone a visit. It would be such a shame if your father had a little accident in the line of duty.”

Honeybee’s eyes widened as her face started burning red with rage. She swung her legs forward hard as she possibly could, hitting Shadow Moth in the stomach and knocking him back. The bee dropped to the ground as pure fury had overtaken her. Throughout the night Shadow Moth had been trying to pull the worst out of her based on suffering.

But the only thing that he had released was her wrath.

“The only thing that shows is how ignorant you are,” Honeybee stood back up onto her feet. “That you think the only reason I’m fighting this battle is only for self interest. The reason why I do this is for every single person that you have victimized for the past year!”

She leaped up bouncing off the adjacent wall to give her strike more impact before kicking him in the chest. Shadow Moth reeled back, returning the kick which Honeybee effortlessly dodged. The two continued to exchange blows with the bee inflicting the most damage. Consistently she beat her opponent in the chest, arms and face including driving the edge of her wedge heels into his jaw. Afterwards she rolled forward kicking him into the air.

Once Honeybee rolled forward grabbing her trompo. Shadow Moth struggled to stand back up after landing, still with sword in hand. He lunged toward the heroine who threw her trompo wrapped around one of Shadow Moth’s ankles. She knocked him off balance pulling him close mid fall, punching the supervillain in the face with all the strength that she could muster. Before throwing him right out of the alleyway into the city block.

Honeybee wrapped her trompo around her waist following the person she had just thrown. Her eyes darted around the area, surveying the scene. She approached toward a close-by overhead street lamp noticing her partners were less than a mile away from her. The bee observed the scene watching her partners still putting up a fight with Mirror Image. The sentimonster ripped a lamppost from the ground.

Ladybug and Chat Noir jumped out of the way causing the storefront behind them to get demolished.

Oh good, they’re fine. Well fine as you could be fighting the doppelgänger of their partner can be. Honeybee thought. But at this point that’s just a normal Saturday night for them. Maybe I should-

Before that thought could finish the bee heard footsteps approaching toward her. She turned around to see Shadow Moth charging at her while viciously swinging his sword. Honeybee jumped up grabbing onto the arm of the light and hurling herself around to land atop of it.

“You can’t hide from me you insufficient insect!” Shadow Moth yelled, swinging his sword.

Honeybee narrowed her eyes, noticing how the supervillain carried himself. While there was not any visible substantial bruising it appeared that his balance was a little unsteady. It seemed like that the beat down she had given him had some effect.

“Ooh nice alliteration,” she taunted. “Any primary school teacher in the district would be so proud.”

“It’s not wise to make a fool out of me,” he said.

“Me make you look foolish?” Honeybee asked, completely baffled. “Excuse me but have you looked in a mirror lately? You’re literally wearing something that someone like Gabriel Agreste would give two thumbs down!”

Shadow Moth growled, swiping his sword through the center of the street lamp’s pole.

“Eep!” the bee squeaked as she dropped to the ground, hitting her head. She brought her hands forward catching the end of the street lamp to keep it from crushing her while her head throbbed. “Ow, okay that’s another bruise for the collection.”

“It’s over Honeybee,” Shadow Moth approached with his sword. “Any last words?”

Before she could answer there was a gasping sound coming from her opponent. Along with the sound of metal clinking against asphalt. Honeybee looked up to see Chat Noir standing behind Shadow Moth with his staff pressed longways against the villain’s throat while his sword was on the ground.

“I know I have a few about you,” said the cat. “But I must admit they aren’t so nice.”

“Chat,” the bee smiled, completely relieved.

“This is so unacceptable,” Shadow Moth spat.

“Hey don’t be mad at me for having friends in high places,” Honeybee threw the fallen lamp off her onto the ground.

“I was going to ask if you were okay,” Chat Noir told her. “But it’s clear that your mouth isn’t broken.”

“Thin ice, Kitty. Thin ice,” she replied back. “Besides, how else I’m I supposed to know that I’m still alive?”

“Good to hear. Ladybug says to trade places. Join her with Mirror Image while I’ll take care of Mr.-“ the cat started when Shadow Moth grabbed one of his hands off the staff, breaking the hold and flipping the hero over his shoulder.

“Chat Noir!” Honeybee called out as he rolled forward, hitting the base of the street lamp.

“I guess I should delay unmasking the bee and try my luck on one of my original targets,” said Shadow Moth, picking back up his sword.

“Hate to break it to you but black cats and luck usually don’t go hand in hand,” Chat Noir swung his leg around while putting one hand on the ground with his staff in the other. “Honeybee, I can handle this guy. Go help Ladybug.”

“Got it,” she stood back up as her head had stopped throbbing. “Thanks, Chat.”

“No problem,” he told her, blocking Shadow Moth with his staff. “But if I have to save you one more time tonight then you at least owe me a gift basket.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” the bee called back racing over toward Ladybug and Mirror Image. “I’ll fill it up with macaroons and cans of tuna.”

Honeybee charged forward spotting Ladybug and Mirror Image, still battling against each other back at the part of the block where the fight originated. Mirror Image swiped toward the bug who was blocked and dodged while being backed into the red sports car. The sentimonster went underneath grabbing one of Ladybug’s ankles, throwing her onto the car’s roof. Honeybee narrowed her eyes pulling off her trompo off her waist and tossed it hitting Mirror Image in the back.

“Hey!” she called out as the sentimonster turned around. “Did ya miss me?”

Mirror Image charged forward as the bee stood completely still while momentum was being gained. However at the last minute Honeybee leapt high up into the air avoiding her opponent who kept moving forward and crashed into a brick wall.

“I heard that you sent a request for me,” the bee landed on the dented hood of the car. She smiled at Ladybug, who was still laying on the car’s roof. “Or was just the cat fibbing?”

“Get down!” Ladybug instructed, grabbing her arm and pulled both of them behind the car.

“Sorry for not coming sooner but I got delayed,” the bee apologized.

“I saw, that’s why I got Chat to cover for you,” the bug explained, plucking off one of the spots off her yoyo and placing it in Honeybee’s hand. “It’s time.”

“Right,” Honeybee nodded while making her hand into a closed fist. “Let’s-“

The sound of ripping and twisting of metal appeared behind them as their cover was split into two as Mirror Image held up both ends of the car in scraps.

“Welp, didn’t see that coming,” said Honeybee.

Mirror Image lunged forward causing both heroines to jump out of the way as the car halves flew toward them. Ladybug stayed close, spinning her yoyo into a shield as Mirror Image started throwing scraps of the car such as spilled nuts and bolts that came undone from the splitting. While Honeybee aligned herself up near the alleyways after making sure there were no dead ends.

Let’s hope this works. she thought, sharply throwing her trompo hitting the sentimonster in the back.

Mirror Image turned around, removing attention from Ladybug.

“Oops, just had to do a test run,” the bee announced as her weapon retracted back into her hand. “So what do you think of the product? Ten out of ten?”

Mirror Image charged forward pulling off the rear bumper from the leftover car parts, swinging it like a baseball bat and hitting her back. The bee was thrown back into the alleyway causing her to let out a loud groan.

Half true, half performative.

Okay, if that’s not taking one for the team then I don’t know what is. She thought while pulling herself back up to her feet. Her body did ache but at this point knew she needed to push through.

Time for phase two.

Honeybee peered around the corner checking to make sure the coast was clear. Once it was she went three buildings down the block to create a little distance. While stepping in a few rain puddles along the way still leftover from the recent rain storm from the previous Thursday. The bee entered another alleyway opening the top of her trompo pressing down on the top’s base causing it to give off a golden glow. Similar to Ladybug’s yoyo infinite storage, she pulled out one single item.

The fox miraculous.

Honeybee closed the trompo after putting Ladybug’s earpiece inside and wrapping it around her waist. She put the pendant around her neck causing it to turn silver when clasping it in place. An orange orb of bright light appeared in front of her shifting into the tiny fox, Trixx.

“Finally,” said the fox kwami. “Are you ready, Honeybee?”

The bee firmly grasped the pendant around her neck.

Here goes everything.

End of Part 4.

Thanks for reading! 😊

Honeybee has the fox miraculous?! How is Honeybee going to use it? What is Ladybug's plan? How is this battle end? Find out in the last part of Mirror Image!

This story is also available on Wattpad.

The song for this week is "Rise" by Katy Perry.

youtube

See you next time. 👋

#miraculous ladybug #ml #ml sabrina #sabrina raincomprix #bee!sabrina #ml fanfic #miraculous fanfic #fanfic #ml ladybug #ml chat noir #ml shadow moth #sabrina redemption #my writing #miraculous chat noir

4 notes · View notes