chapter 2 : origin 2

Streets of Paris, Miguel's voice-over POV as he writes in his first Rorschach-inspired journal...)

Steel Butterfly's journal.

First journal entry in a long time spent thirty-two thousand and fifty-six years training myself in all forms of combat, both real and fictional.

Now that I'm back in present day Paris and waited for another 14 years, it is now the big day. September the third, 2014.

Streets of Paris.

I found a sleeping stray cat in an alley this morning.

I tipped off the SPCA International branch in France about the male stray black and gray cat that had apparently been thrown out of his home after constantly refusing to use the litter box.

I hate cats due to personal experiences, but not to the point of being allergic to cats. Unfortunately, even now, I've got a feeling that my hatred of cats might change at some point in the future. And even with my foreknowledge in that scenario, I don't know what I'm gonna do about it, or how I can handle having a cat in my Parisian residence, even if I had been thoroughly training myself in the pros and cons of having a cat. Let alone that I watched My Cat From Hell from series premiere to finale so I can educate myself on how to handle a misbehaving cat.

What I wouldn't give to kill every cat and dog on Earth regardless of the consequences.

But even if I did, the food chain of the world would become unbalanced and most cat and dog owners would come after me for revenge for killing their cats and dogs.

This is definitely something I wouldn't relish.

So, I'm gonna have to suck it up and work past the disadvantages of encountering cats and dogs in every day life.

But regardless, I tipped off the SPCA and the man who was responsible for throwing out his cat was gonna have to pay a fine.

Now that rumors were surging about that I have been taking care of big and small problems that even the Parisian Police Department could never handle themselves but without revealing myself in any way just yet, even the remaining mob bosses and Neo-Nazis left in hiding worldwide are afraid of me despite the fact that they haven't ever met me or seen me before.

During my thirty-two thousand and fifty-six years worth of time travel training and intelligence gathering of human civilization evolving in ancient biblical days to the modern era, I have seen for thousands of years the true face of Paris, France.

The City of Love, soon to be turned into the City of Akumas thanks to Gabriel Agreste, also known as Hawk Moth, The Collector, Scarlet Moth, Shadow Moth, Shadow Noir, and Monarch thanks to the power of the original Butterfly Miraculous, originally supposed to be called the Moth Miraculous because some users of this Miraculous before Gabriel used to use moths and other kinds of white butterflies for their Tenshies and Akumas.

I cannot imagine a more dangerous and deluded supervillain and terrorist. Gabriel Agreste, also known as Hawk Moth, also known as The Collector, Scarlet Moth, Shadow Moth, Shadow Noir, and Monarch, also sometimes known in certain fanfictions of my Earth as Scarlet Shadow – which is basically a Scarlet version of Shadow Moth able to create infinite amounts of Akumatized supervillains and Amokized Sentimonsters, Dragon Moth with an upgrade from both Dragonus and Catalyst from that Dark Miraculous fanfiction saga on my Earth that I enjoyed reading, Tyranno Moth with the T-Rex Miraculous added to the power of the Butterfly Miraculous, Hawk Bug with the Butterfly Miraculous and the Ladybug Miraculous combined to give him the extra power from the Miraculous of creation, Nightmare Chimera with the power of every Miraculous in the Chinese Zodiac Miracle Box merged together without any side effects or repercussions of using too many Miraculouses thanks to the power of the Rooster Miraculous giving Gabriel that advantage, Rooster Moth with the power of the Rooster Miraculous added to the Butterfly Miraculous, and so forth.

Some criminals and wannabe supervillains I have encountered during my thirty-two thousand and fifty-six year journey throughout time in this current Quantic Universe to train myself physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually are literally afraid of me.

And that is partially because of the fact that Leppey secretly informed me that I have the same superpowers and abilities of pretty much every superhero and supervillain in fictional and real life existence, the real life part being that superheroes and supervillains exist in this current Earth of the Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir cartoon, otherwise known as the Quantic Universe.

Also, it's partially because of the fact that I've been using some of my duplication powers to create clones of myself in the likeness of superheroes that have the powers of either angels or demons, such as Spawn, Anti-Spawn, the Ghost Rider, Hellboy, Eric Draven, Ashe Corven, Alex Corvis, James Cuervo, a male version of Hannah Foster, and the Cosmic Ghost Rider among others.

In any case, I was ecstatic that I have a vast array and arsenal of superpowers and natural skills that most people in real life on my Earth can only dream of. This brought about the benefit of being able to counter some of the powers of rogue Miraculous users and rogue Akumatized supervillains like Robustus and rogue Tenshized superheroes of my own design.

And of course, among my thousands to millions of superpowers includes the powers and abilities of various angels and biblical heavenly figures, including Michael the archangel, Moses, God and Jesus Christ as depicted in many iterations of the Bible as well as all faith-themed media such as The Prince of Egypt, Superbook, and The Ten Commandments among others.

This could especially prove useful if I ever get called into service to bring the people of the world closer to God before the next signs of the end of days come to pass.

But now at the present time, the streets of Paris are much cleaner backdoors than New York City. The streets of Paris are not so extended gutters, and this kind of assortment of gutters are filled with some forms of lesser crime, greed, malice, corruption and abandonment because of the far advances in technology in this city resulting in many kinds of criminals, including abusers, being arrested as quickly as possible before they can cause irreparable harm. Of course, when I apprehended the ones responsible for these kinds of crimes while allowing only a select few to see me, they tried to explain who their assailant was when they were questioned, but because I kept myself out of sight when I beat down the various criminals without accidentally killing them while simultaneously allowing them to see me in the aftermath, and the fact that I scrambled any form of security camera footage to prevent myself from being recorded, even their cellmates don't believe them. And compared to the streets of New York in the alternate 1985 in the Watchmen franchise, the streets of Paris will soon be full of the blood from both civilians and criminals alike.

But anyway, when these drains finally dry out and scab over, all the fishermen and water patrolmen will save those who desperately need saving from the rivers of blood that are spilled from innocent and guilty people alike. And all the vermin will drown.

The accumulated filth consisting of magical terrorists, terrorist collaborators, serial liars, wannabe murderers, corrupt politicians, white collars, the sexually immoral, the adulterous, and corrupt police officers of every type and category in regards to their appearances, their motives, and their backgrounds will feel the flaming rivers of justice, vengeance and retribution filling up to their waists, burning them to ashes.

And that especially goes for every other category of criminal, supervillain and other kinds of evil abominations.

They'll look up and shout, "Save us!" for sure.

But I'll look down and say to them in response, "Hell no. You brought this fate on yourselves. You chose to ignore that your actions have consequences. You chose not to redeem yourselves to the side of good just because you enjoyed the life of crime without any regrets. You so chose to live on the wrong side of the law. You chose to ignore the fact that eventually you would get caught doing some things you weren't supposed to be doing at all. You chose to ignore the fact that your crimes, especially including sexual assault and murder, will eventually provoke retaliation no matter if the death penalty in certain places is discontinued or abolished or if the death penalty is still used to this day. You chose to ignore the fact that freedom comes with a price attached to it if it ever becomes abused by anyone like you. You chose to ignore the fact that God is real and He is watching over you, and that he is very disappointed in you for what you've done. Either way, no matter if I let you live or not, your final fate has been permanently sealed. Now, it's time for Judgement Day. Because, either way, your final judgment has come for you thousands to millions of years early and in the making."

But, just so we're clear, readers, this doesn't necessarily make me a moral compass like Rorschach AT ALL. I'm well aware that every version of Earth across the allverse – my version of the theory in which there is multiple omniverses – is not black and white in terms of the thin lines between good and evil, no matter what the Bible or any of God's angels or any of Jesus' disciples have to say about that subject.

However, pretty soon, it will be time for me to make my debut and fight alongside two of my favorite heroes for the first time.

But seeing as how they have very little training in the ways of Miraculous magic, they'll have to be educated.

But I won't be the one to teach them anything about Miraculous magic.

Hell no.

I may be a magical superhero now, but I still hold firm to my family's religious upbringing, no matter what anyone has to say about it. Especially Master Fu and Wayzz. And even if Master Fu and Wayzz find their faiths in God, there's nary a doubt that the rest of the Guardians won't feel the same way.

On top of that, seeing as how Ladybug, Cat Noir and their allies are uneducated about combat, I'll definitely have to teach them every combat style that I've learned during my thirty thousand year travel throughout time to train myself so far. Especially Mirakung-Fu, so that way, when Ladybug and Cat Noir eventually become Co-Guardians of the Miracle Box during the Battle of the Miraculouses season 3 finale, the titles remaining intact in case we're unable to apprehend Hawk Moth on Heroes' Day regardless of whether or not Nathalie will be able to use the damaged Peacock Miraculous to save her boss, they will be fully prepared to neutralize any Miraculous user that has started to rebel or proved to be more of a villain rather than a hero.

However, because Master Fu as Furious Fu has greater Mirakung-Fu skills than even Grandmaster Su-Han, I'll also have to teach Marinette and Adrien all about my newest martial art for the Order of the Guardians: Akumakung-Fu, something I invented to specifically combat rogue Akumatized villains in case they turn rogue or prove to be too powerful for Hawk Moth to control to the point where he can't recall the Akumas in time.

And of course, I'm currently in the works of inventing Tenshikung-Fu to combat rogue Tenshized superheroes in case the ones I make or the ones Hawk Moth's heroic predecessors and heroic successors make are unable to control them or recall their Tenshies.

And of course, because I've spent thirty thousand years training myself, I also took the liberty of assuming at least nine hundred and thirty different identities to assimilate different jobs to earn and sharpen my skills that includes the skill of teaching people.

Whether my teachings revolve around traditional school subjects, martial arts for the good guys to learn in wars, or even the Word of God, I happen to be an excellent teacher these days thanks to my training.

But anyway, above and beneath me, this so-called City of Love, it screams like a girl terrified of a horror movie monster on screen, and thankfully not an abattoir filled with retarded, mentally challenged children.

Paris, France.

Known to be the City of Love and known to be one of the few cities in the world that has very few and rare people living unhealthy diets and still able to exercise.

And as I've learned on my Earth back in 2015, on this day in Quantic Universe history, a supervillain and emotional magic-abusing terrorist arises to start his search for the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses just so he can use their combined ultimate power to revive his dearest wife from her magic-induced coma, brought on by her stubborn, rebellious, reckless and headstrong refusal to stop using the damaged Peacock Miraculous despite knowing the potential harm that the damaged Peacock Miraculous can cause.

What a buncha idiots.

It's common knowledge – to the people of my Earth at least – that when you overuse a damaged Miraculous jewel, and you have no Guardian to assist you in translating the grimoire to find a remedy without having to resort to unifying the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses just to revive a relative from death, only to end up destroying the current universe and rebuilding it, molecule by molecule as history and reality are rewritten in a way that the wisher might've wished for but without knowing what kind of price the wisher has to pay in the new universe, there'll be those like Hawk Moth willing to do whatever it takes to resurrect that relative regardless of the consequences in doing so instead of moving on like a real man.

Gabriel might believe that he's causing all of this destruction to make his son Adrien happy with the end results being that Emilie Agreste is revived in perfect health. But it's going to take a miracle to smack Gabriel in the face with an explanation of how delusional, mistaken, overconfident, reckless, cocky, ignorant, arrogant, prideful and greedy he really is. And it's gonna take a miracle for Gabriel to realize that he's only doing this for himself, and Adrien would never have asked for all of the destruction and misery his father caused just because he was unable to move on and find new love like Emilie would've instructed him to in her final will. Let alone to go public with the cause of Emilie's condition just because he thinks that no one will believe him and that someone worse than him and Lila Rossi put together could potentially breach his DEFCON-level security to steal the Butterfly Miraculous, the Peacock Miraculous, and the first Miraculous spellbook associated with the Chinese Zodiac Miracle Box.

And even worse, it's going to take a much bigger miracle for Gabriel to realize that Adrien, his own son, is not a prized possession and that he has his own life ahead of him to make for himself.

On the bright side, I'm glad I don't have to use my transformation inducement superpower on myself because the Butterfly Miraculous makes me immune to my own Tenshization, transformation inducement and Composization superpowers as long as I'm transformed in my superhero form unless I use my Sublimation superpower to make my immunities go bye-bye. Otherwise, I would gladly take a chance and transform myself into the Ghost Rider to punish and kill Gabriel and all of his villainous associates in the past and in this universe's future just to save the city of Paris the pain from having to keep their negative emotions in check at all times and not flip out when they don't get what they want so as to prevent them from becoming ridiculously powerful supervillains thanks to the power of the original Butterfly Miraculous being used to target people with negative emotions.

Oh-ho, believe me, I am sorely tempted, but I ain't gonna go through with it. And even if I did, the consequences of changing the timeline in such a big way are too severe to actually ignore with and without me knowing what those consequences really are.

And there's no way I'm gonna take that kind of chance without triggering some kind of anomaly like a time storm to appear, capable of destroying this reality to the point where not even any version of Bunnyx can fix it.

So, for the time being, I'm gonna have to play the waiting game and wait for Heroes' Day to make my final push to arrest Hawk Moth, Mayura, and Lila Rossi, also known as Volpina, Chameleon, and Hawk Moth II in the future after The Last Day, Part 2 in season 5 before the additional twenty-seventh episode.

And as an added incentive, since the fifth season's second episode revealed that the old blind overbearingly strict b**** Tomoe Tsurugi was working for Monarch and that she developed highly technological rings that enabled Monarch to transmit the powers of any Miraculous jewels in his possession to his Akumatized champions and other allies as long as they are wearing them, I'll also have to collect copious amounts of evidence of Tomoe's crimes and send the Tsurugi empire crashing and burning to the ground with her daughter Kagami rising from the ashes to become a better CEO for the company than her mother ever was once she's been thrown in prison in Japan. However, this contingency plan revolving around Tomoe's imprisonment is only for in the event my efforts to bring Hawk Moth down on Heroes' Day and have him, Nathalie and Lila arrested on Heroes' Day of 2015 were to all fail in some way, no matter if Nathalie has the damaged Peacock Miraculous to save her boss, or not.

But all the same, I have a distinct feeling that attempting to send Tomoe Tsurugi to a Japanese prison after the Multiplication episode of season 5 might prove to be a tad difficult because of her enhanced hearing combined with her connections even without her riches to back her up at her trial.

But if it's a challenge Future Tomoe wants, then it's a challenge she'll get.

After all, Master Fu doesn't call me the ultimate cross between angelic and demonic just because I'm a gentle giant all the time.

But at the same time, reclaiming the Fox Miraculous, the Bee Miraculous, the Turtle Miraculous, the Dragon Miraculous, the Snake Miraculous, the Dog Miraculous, the Monkey Miraculous, the Rooster Miraculous, the Pig Miraculous, the Goat Miraculous, the Tiger Miraculous, the Ox Miraculous, the Horse Miraculous, the Butterfly Miraculous, and the Peacock Miraculous from Monarch and Argos is all gonna be difficult because of the tactics and strategies and allies they'll have accumulated by the time of season 5.

And in any case, Gabriel and Tomoe ruining Marinette's relationship with Adrien so that they can force Adrien and Kagami to date each other because of Tomoe and Kagami being descended from samurai warriors, because of Tomoe and Gabriel having futures planned for their children whether they like it or not, and so forth, that is also something I would want to bring to the attention of the judges during the villains' trials so I can see if Paris will either throw them in solitary confinement under maximum security or if the United Nations will start to make a special case to petition for the death penalty.

And the fact that Kagami befriended Lila Rossi in season 5 despite knowing about her true nature and despite Lila's various offenses throughout seasons 1-12 before and after Lila became the new Hawk Moth, that is something that Marinette would blow a fuse at if she teleported far away from Paris and out of Hawk Moth's empathic range. On both identities of Hawk Moth.

Nevertheless, I think that Kagami ruining her mother's life and ruining Lila's life just in case we're unable to apprehend Hawk Moth, Mayura, and Lila on Heroes' Day next year is on my extensive bucket list of things in the future to change for the better and to change in order to spite the Thomas Astruc of my Earth.

At the same time, however, Grandmaster Su-Han still took way too long to acquire reinforcements from the Guardian temple in Tibet, just like he took too long to get to Paris after Feast just because he and the other Guardians are unfamiliar with modern transportation.

If we can't apprehend Gabriel, Nathalie and Lila on Heroes' Day for any reason, making sure Su-Han arrives in Paris earlier than canon is on my bucket list as well.

Next to that, I intend to make sure that Adrien is told all about his father's crimes, Nathalie's crimes, Lila's crimes, Felix's crimes, Amelie's crimes, Bob Roth's crimes, XY's crimes, Tomoe's crimes, Cash's crimes, and Techno-Pirate's crimes. But I intend to start with Gabriel and Lila first. That way, i can set in motion Adrien finally realizing once and for all - even if it's just this timeline - that the behaviors of those like Chloe and Lila aren't always going to be resolved in a diplomatic manner.

Bottom line: some part of me on the inside and the outside still hates Adrien for the things he did, regardless of the identity rule and love square, regardless of Master Fu's selective favoritism, and regardless of whether or not he knows any better. Therefore, at the biggest sign of mental instability in Chameleon, Oni-Chan, Cat Blanc, Felix, Sentimonster Ladybug, Lies, Queen Banana, etc., I intend to take back the Black Cat Miraculous, erase Adrien's memories of the Miraculouses and being Cat Noir permanently, and make sure that Adrien remembers the lessons he's been told before and after his forced permanent retirement.

And the same applies to Marinette in every way. But I do intend to make sure their futures happen in a much better fashion than what Thomas Butthead Ass-truck had laid out throughout seasons 1-12. With and without Gabriel dying of his Cataclysm mark, with and without Lila stealing the Butterfly Miraculous under the heroes' noses, and with and without Lila amassing an army of lambs to the slaughter thanks to her previous experiences with Ella Cesaire, Etta Cesaire, Manon Chamack, and Chris Lahiffe among other kids and so forth.

But anyway, if I ever get back to my Earth without disintegrating due to my age in immortality and without the alterations I'm facilitating for this future being undone whatsoever on both counts, I'll be sure to make a Miraculous Ladybug fanfiction that features Marinette, Adrien, and their teammates undergoing a Peggy Sue event to change their futures for the better. With Chloe on their side thanks to Marinette and Adrien remembering their mistakes that resulted in Chloe joining Hawk Moth in the Battle of the Miraculouses.

Next to that, I intend to find out if there's anymore Miraculouses in the possession of the Guardians based on fanmade Miraculouses invented by fanfiction writers all the way to 2049 which include fanmade Butterfly Miraculouses among others.

But nevertheless, I have Sublimation, so if push comes to shove in the future, if the situation demands it, and if there aren't anymore Miracle Boxes to salvage from the temple before Feast is first unleashed, I'll be sure to invent new Miraculouses. Just like that Counterstrike fanfiction story from my Earth featuring Ladybug using the Rooster Miraculous to invent new Miraculouses during Shadow Moth's Final Attack.

At the same time, I intend to change Felix's future so as to avoid having to send him and his mother to prison. But I think that it will all happen once Gabriel, Nathalie, and Lila are imprisoned, Emilie Agreste is revived, and Adrien is safe in his resurrected mother's custody.

Anyway, I'm hungry. I haven't had breakfast yet, and I see this fine-looking restaurant that vaguely looks like an American IHOP restaurant I used to frequent because of their pancakes, their French toast, their omelettes, their macaroni and cheese, their steak, their French fries, their milkshakes, their fruit platters, their salads, their waffles, and their burgers among other kinds of food that IHOP serves for their customers.

Miguel enters a diner that was just opening, thankful that he avoided the morning rush.

And like he noted in his journal entry, Miguel sees that the restaurant vaguely looks like an IHOP from the United States.

He is escorted to a table and is asked for his order.

Miguel orders some water for a drink, as he avoids drinking juices and coffee at all times. The reason for him avoiding drinking coffee despite knowing some of the potential health benefits is because he firmly believes that coffee is addictive, no matter if it's caffeinated or not. And he avoids drinking any form of juices because he firmly believes that juices are unhealthy unless they're made at home.

After being given his water, he looks over the menu, and Miguel sees some of the menu items that people normally order at IHOP restaurants for breakfast in the U.S despite the fact that this diner he's sitting in is not an IHOP and even though he doesn't remember what IHOP is called in Paris if he ever stumbled across one. And though he was confused at first, he still saw some of his favorite IHOP menu items on the menu.

He orders himself a full stack of double chocolate chip pancakes with no whipped cream and with a bottle of chocolate syrup, two sides of bacon, a spinach and mushroom omelette without hollandaise, onions and tomatoes, a bacon temptation omelette, a plate of strawberry and banana French toast with no whipped cream, a plate of blueberry French toast, a plate of hash browns, a plate of crispy breakfast potatoes, a plate of crispy potato pancakes, a plate of turkey sausage links, a plate of Belgian waffles, two cheese-crusted four-cheese melt sandwiches, and a fresh fruit bowl.

He is given his order, and he manages to eat all of his breakfast without making a mess, without arousing suspicions from the other customers or from the waiters and waitresses, without turning gluttonous, and without gaining weight, thankful that he has the ability to eat as many foods as he can without getting stuffed, without gaining weight, and without turning gluttonous, just like kwamis except for Plagg, just like The Flash, just like Harvey Bullock, just like Kid Flash, just like Killer Croc, just like Cyborg, just like Starfire, and just like Don Vizioso among others.

Finishing up and drinking down his water, he pays the waiter and leaves a humongous tip.

The waiter who gave Miguel his order is shellshocked at his humongous tip, but he decides that ultimately, this is even better than just twenty-five euros or less.

So, he collects the tip.

Of course, the waiter literally didn't tell Miguel on purpose that he did indeed visit a French IHOP called an IHOP Paris.

Miguel leaves the diner and continues on his way to his Parisian residence and his primary field headquarters.

First visit of the morning proved to be satisfying.

I ordered myself a full stack of double chocolate chip pancakes with no whipped cream and with a bottle of chocolate syrup, two sides of bacon, a spinach and mushroom omelette without hollandaise, onions and tomatoes, a bacon temptation omelette, a plate of strawberry and banana French toast with no whipped cream, a plate of blueberry French toast, a plate of hash browns, a plate of crispy breakfast potatoes, a plate of crispy potato pancakes, a plate of turkey sausage links, a plate of Belgian waffles, two cheese-crusted four-cheese melt sandwiches, and a fresh fruit bowl.

I feel full of energy now that I had a big, decent breakfast before the morning rush.

Now, I'm ready for a first day of work as a Miraculous-wielding superhero in the war with Hawk Moth.

But all the same, is it true that the best thing I can do until Hawk Moth shows up with his first Akumatized champion Stoneheart is warn my contacts and my associates to take all the necessary precautions we invented for the past 14 years since I returned to the present day?

Even with my own current team of superheroes, I feel like it's not enough. But I've since learned to be patient because I know that Rena Rouge, Kitsune, Queen Bee, Queen Hornet, Carapace, Heavy Metal, Chevalier Papillion, Empress Peafowl, Mariposa Paloma, Buitre Negro, Angel Hawk, Saint Hawk, Red Griffon, Dark Dove, Bright Partridge, Jetbird, Kestreleye, White Lark, Apollo, Harrier, Black Feather, Jackbird, Buzzard Hawk, Skeeter, Ringtail, Parakeet, Scarab, Firefly, Gryphus, Blackhawk, Owlet Moth, Tomcat, Black Cougar, Mouser, Leobob, Whooper Swan, Treeswift, Hawk Eagle, Hawkglider, Croup Fowl, Coli, Bluejay, Honeyeater, Dunnock, Seabird, Mastodon, Mink-Deer, Wildcat, Catamount, Hinny, Polliwog, Conchfish, Beluga Grampus, Spidex, Scorpio, Redbird, Virago, Chinchilla, Tigre Blanco, Cuttlefish, Octoarm, Rednose, Hawksbill, Condorman, Mexicanum, Equus, Dark Calico, Nudibranch, Packhorse, White Bear, Roseleaf, Caiman, Bear Cat, Mutton, Spothog, Alley Cat, Nightbird, Shadow Bat, White Feline, Viperion, Vesperia, Pegasus, Ryuko, Dragon Fang, Empress Wyvern, King Monkey, Caprikid, Multimouse, Tigress Pourpre, Minotaurox, Coq Courage, Traquemoiselle, Songhorn, Backcrosser, Razor Pyg, Lady Bee, Pegabug, Lady Noire, Mister Bug, Scarlet Butterfly, Shadow Butterfly, Queen Peacock, Shadow Noir, Multifox, Multibug, Multinoir, Dragon Bug, Pennybug, Light Blanc, Cat Walker, Rena Furtive, Dark Raven, Shadow Owl, Woody Talon, Gussy, Wolffang, Rocklifter, Ramhorn, Stickley, Fish Master, Grass Runner, Falconwing, Aspik, Snake Noir, Senticarapace, Sentibubbler, Emperor Butterfly, Dove Butterfly, Ghost Punisher, Broadband Woman, Lady Vulture, Simeon Says, Simon Says, Cupid, Mellow Weather, The Herollustrator, Distortion, Birthday Monarch, Shell Shock, RoboCop, Whiteblade, The Star Comedian, Guitar Hero, Ms. Raven, Incredible Trident, Scarlet Horse, Archangel, Phantom Owl, Captain Goldheart, Dream Writer, Christkindl, Ladybird, Materializer, Falsehood Queen, Princess Injustice, Prodigy Queen, Rematch, Goshawk, Kwamirestorer, Bosom Buddy, Composada, Gentle Fu, Aneki, Dreammaker, Noelmaster, Conscio, Scorcher, Forwarder, Kinetic Master, Magician of Fortune, King Odor, Air Foamer, Game Player, Hunter, Czar Rex, Chronostasis, Courageous, Mannequin, Deflector, Tungstenheart, Erysichthon, Clairvoyance, Merchant, Media Regent, Heatwave, Cheer Bear, Peacemaker, Colossal Goliath, Safeguard, Dogoran, Tech Ruler, Lightspeed, Hydrosphere, Apocalypse Survivor, Design Consort, Wormwood Dragonfly, Fast Forward, The Lizard, Liberator, Mind Brawler, Benevolent Krampus, Originality, Otaku, Silvercross, Shoutout, Conductor, Gundam, Lady Bleue, my own Tenshi replica of the Ghost Rider, Lady Dragon, and many other Miraculous and Prodigious superheroes will show up within the next year and eight years to come, regardless of whether or not Hawk Moth is in prison with all of his allies. Past allies, present allies, former allies, and/or future allies, it matters not. One way or another, Hawk Moth and all of his different types of allies in terms of timeline context will be in prison. It's only a matter of time.

And yeah, I used my Sublimation superpower to make all of the Miraculouses for my new Miraculous superhero recruits, including a new bee-like Miraculous called the Hornet Miraculous so that Chloe Bourgeois can still fulfill her duty as one of the city's heroes, as long as I can help to protect her true identity from being revealed to the world and to Hawk Moth.

And at the same time, the Hornet Miraculous looks exactly like the original Bee Miraculous, except that it has the body and wings of a hornet instead of a bee, and with the same superpower while having a secondary superpower. I don't know what it is, though.

But now, I have to prepare for when my turn comes to put Chloe Bourgeois and Caline Bustier in their places two years early before they ruin their lives like they did in the show and in several fanfictions I loved reading about.

I hope that my first Tenshized champion, the Ghost Punisher, will be able to get them to listen.

(Dupain-Cheng bakery, third person POV...)

In Marinette Dupain-Cheng's bedroom, her alarm on her phone is going off.

Marinette's mother, Sabine Cheng, calls out to Marinette, "Marinette! Your alarm's been going off for five minutes! You're going to be late for your first day back at school!"

Marinette turns off her alarm and says tiredly, "Got it, Mom."

Marinette walks down the stairs leading from her room to the kitchen.

Marinette says to her mother, "Morning, Mom. I bet you anything Chloe will be in my class again this year."

Sabine asks, "Four years in a row? Is that possible?"

Marinette answers, "Definitely. How fortunate for me!"

Sabine replies, "Oh, don't say that! It's the start of a new year – I'm sure everything will be just fine!"

Marinette smiles and nods, setting down the cereal she was preparing.

Thankfully, her years of being gentle prevented her breakfast from being spilled or spoiled.

Marinette suddenly had a thought and asked, "Mom. Is today the day I receive the Ladybug Miraculous?"

Sabine replied, "As a matter of fact, it is. So, I want you to be ready."

Marinette nods as she starts to have her breakfast.

Even though Marinette didn't condone training to use a pair of magic earrings, she couldn't exactly change her fate without something unforeseen happening to the current timeline.

In the bakery downstairs, Tom Dupain, Marinette's father, was singing La Marseillaise while he works.

Once Marinette saw the macarons her father made, Marinette said to him, "Dad, these are so awesome!"

Tom replied, "Glad you like them."

Marinette states, "Thank you, Dad. My class will love them! You're the best!"

Tom responds as he holds up a paper featuring one of Marinette's fashion designs, "We're the best, thanks to your amazing designs."

Marinette hugs her father, dropping the box in the process. Thankfully, Tom caught the box with his foot, and tossed it back to her.

Marinette giggles and thanks her father before kissing both of her parents on the cheek. Marinette says as she walks out the door, "See you tonight!"

In the streets of Paris, outside of the Dupain-Cheng bakery, Marinette started coming out of the bakery and out on the street, Marinette tries to cross the street, but a car stops her. Thankfully, Marinette managed to move out of the way before she could fully trip.

Marinette sighs in relief before seeing an old man – she doesn't know about Master Fu yet – crossing the street with a wooden walking stick, pretending that his "bad back" is making him go too slow to the other side.

Marinette gasps in shock as she sees the old man about to get run over by an oncoming car.

Marinette rushes to the old man, grabs him by his hand and takes him to the other side of the street, tripping and spilling the box of macarons in the process.

Of course, Steel Butterfly just couldn't help but quietly snicker at Marinette making the "Dwwaa" sound the moment she hit the pavement, as he was watching from the cameras he secretly placed all across the city.

Composing himself, he got out his walkie-talkie, turned it on, and quietly said, "Okay, Angela. You're up. Over."

Steel Butterfly got in response Angela saying on the other end, "On it, sir. Over and out."

As Marinette gets up, Master Fu says, "Thank you, miss. Oh! What a disaster."

As strangers step on some of the spilled macarons, Marinette replies, "Don't worry, I'm no stranger to disasters. Besides, there's still a few left."

Master Fu takes a macaron and takes a bite out of it.

Master Fu says, "Mmmh. Delicious!"

Steel Butterfly snickered and smirked as Angela came up and said, "If I may, Madame?"

She closes the cookie box, she waves her hand over the box twice in a left and right motion, and she opens the box again to show Marinette the results. Marinette was truly amazed at how more macarons filled the empty spaces, like the spilled ones hadn't been spilled at all.

Marinette gasps in shock and asks, "How'd you do that?"

Angela replied, "One, I happen to be prepared for situations like this. And two, I'm a stage magician, capable of using all manner of stage illusions, parlor tricks and sleight of hand."

Marinette smiles and says, "Welp, thanks for the little magic trick, ma'am. I don't wanna be late. Have a nice day, you two."

Marinette starts speed walking towards the school while double-checking to make sure she was extra careful this time.

Master Fu takes out a smaller Miracle Box capable of holding only one Miraculous jewel that Steel Butterfly knew was the right one, even if it means the Moth Miraculous might end up in Lila Rossi's hands in the future. The Great Guardian chuckles softly and says, "Thank you very much, young lady."

After discreetly giving Steel Butterfly's cameras the thumbs up sign that told him, "Test completed flawlessly," Master Fu and Angela walked over to the entrance of the Dupain-Cheng bakery, prepared to change Marinette's life forever.

Thankfully, Steel Butterfly managed to inform them ahead of time to keep some temporary amnesia dust on hand to wipe Tom and Sabine's memories of Marinette's identity in case they get kidnapped or Akumatized. Thankfully, Steel Butterfly made sure that the formula would have the effects being temporary and only active as long as the Akumatization holds. Hopefully, the effects will only amplify the amnesia curse that will activate once either Tom or Sabine becomes Hawk Moth's unwilling, but temporary pawns.

Then, Steel Butterfly decided to send a couple of invisible reconnaissance drones to the school to keep an eye on the students and staff, just to make sure they don't do any of the chronologically stupid deeds they did in the original timeline.

(Inside Francoise Dupont, third person POV...)

Marinette continued speed walking until she reach Caline Bustier's classroom.

Ms. Bustier asks Nino Lahiffe, "Nino, why don't you have a seat in the front row this year?"

Nino quietly grumbles in response, already starting to hate Ms. Bustier for telling him where to sit in the classroom.

Nonetheless, Nino did as he was told, knowing Ms. Bustier would try to snitch to his parents, and he would rather not cause a three-way argument between him, his parents and Ms. Bustier.

As Marinette sits in her seat, Chloe Bourgeois approaches and says, "Marinette Dupain-Cheng."

Marinette bemoans, "Ugh. Here we go again."

Chloe frowns and says, "That's my seat."

Marinette retorts, "But, Chloe, this has always been my seat."

Sabrina Raincomprix appears next to Marinette and states, "Not anymore! New school, new year, new seats!"

Chloe continues, "So, why don't you just go and sit beside that new girl over there?" She points at the previously unknown Alya Cesaire for added emphasis, causing the future Ladyblogger to angrily glare in response.

Chloe continues, "Listen. Adrien's arriving today, and since that his gonna be his seat, this is going to be my seat. Get it?"

Slightly scowling as she had reached her limit, Marinette asks crossly, "You're referring to Adrien Agreste, the son of my favorite fashion icon Gabriel Agreste, right?"

Chloe and Sabrina look surprised to hear what Marinette said, but not really paying attention to her tone or her scowl.

Sabrina asks curiously, "How did you know?"

Marinette explains briefly, "I've seen him modeling on TV and on magazines. Plus, he doesn't love Chloe romantically as Chloe delusionally believes. I've seen closely how Chloe's advances make Adrien uncomfortable, but not to the extent of him showing his discomfort in public, thanks to his father trying to quell Adrien's emotions via a sheltered house life and preventing him from making new friends at school by keeping him home-schooled by tutors. I can tell that he's not hard on Chloe because not only were the two of you best friends since childhood, but he's also a PUSHOVER."

Everyone gasped in shock, Chloe in particular looking like she's seen a ghost.

Marinette then states in a crossed tone, "Either way, if you torment me one last time, I will personally pull myself out of the school, see if the school board and the city council can't get through your father's thick skull about the consequences of your actions and the consequences of his own."

Chloe's face contorts into a sneer as Alya states before the mayoral heiress can utter a syllable, "Yeah, and who elected you to be the Queen of School Seats?"

Just then, unknown to everyone, Steel Butterfly freezes time, and sends a shapeshifting Tenshi into Alya's bag, ready to grant her superpowers and a transformation of her own.

Soon as the Tenshi merges with its new host, which in this case is Alya's bag, Steel Butterfly unfreezes time without being seen, without being heard, and without any adverse effects happening to everyone in the classroom.

Chloe snobbishly sneers, "Oh, look Sabrina! We've got a little do-gooder in our class this year. What are you gonna do, super newbie? Shoot beams at me with your glasses?"

Much to Chloe's confusion, Alya bursts out laughing maniacally before answering, "Ahh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Who do I look like, Cyclops from the X-Men? Ha! Fat chance of even that! I can't exactly shoot laser beams out of my eyes or my glasses. But I will tell you, anyone who wishes to do physical or emotional harm without expecting any retribution will suffer the consequences, one way or another. In particular, I don't care if your father is the mayor of Paris or not. He will learn the consequences of his actions sooner or later, and so will you. Because what I'm about to do to you is twice as worse as Billy Batson getting lobotomized by the Injustice Superman when he's in a really bad mood." Alya's eyes start glowing orange and red for added emphasis, literally scaring everyone frozen in the room.

Chloe starts backing away as Alya starts advancing, Sabrina wisely staying away while an undetected Steel Butterfly has frozen Ms. Caline Bustier to prevent any interference, in addition to wiping her memory of the whole confrontation.

Chloe starts stuttering in a scaredy-cat tone, "H-hey. T-take it easy. You don't want to do this."

Alya retorts in a Ghost Rider-style voice, "Yes, I do."

As Alya lets out a shout that quickly transforms into a monstrous roar, Alya's skull becomes a combination of Scorpion's flaming skull in Mortal Kombat and the Ghost Rider's flaming skull, while lavender and red smoke simultaneously envelops Alya's clothes, transforming them into a suit of spiky leather and razor sharp metal body armor surrounded by multiple melee and ranged weapons.

Alya looked like a combination of the Cosmic Ghost Rider and many incarnations of The Shredder, but without any of The Shredder's helmets.

Everyone in the classroom is so scared that they couldn't even move.

Taking on the name of the Ghost Punisher, Alya's eye sockets shoot beams of orange light into Chloe's eyes, causing Chloe to look into Alya's eye sockets, where small flames substitute for her eyes.

No matter how much Chloe resists, she can't turn her gaze away from Alya's demonic flaming eye sockets due to how powerful the beams of light really are.

Ghost Punisher states, "Your soul is stained with the torment, will bending and suffering of the innocent in your attempts to become like your mother for her approval. Feel their pain, Chloe Bourgeois. See all of the negative impacts on the minds, bodies and souls of the people you tormented all your entire useless life. Feel the torment of all those innocent souls who did nothing to you except for the occasions where they had to protect their friends and families from your desires and your wrath. Experience the pain of eternal guilt."

The beams intensify, showing Chloe how all of the people she tormented to be like her mother wound up being negatively impacted in the short term and in the long term. Especially in terms of falling outs with friends who decide to cut ties with the people Chloe tormented.

Chloe starts clutching her head in pain, finally starting to see for herself the ramifications of her actions.

Chloe starts screaming in pain as the visions become more unbearable for another three and a half minutes of frozen time.

Once the light show ends, Chloe is on the ground, crying her unharmed eyes out.

Thankfully, no time had passed for Steel Butterfly once again froze time, but without anything happening inside or outside the classroom, and without anyone being frozen.

Once Chloe has finished her grievances, Chloe hugs Marinette tearfully, asking her for forgiveness.

To everyone's surprise, Marinette says, "I might be able to forgive you, and God Himself might be able to forgive you, Chloe. But the big question is can you forgive yourself?" Chloe tearfully looks Marinette in the eye as the budding fashion designer continues, "It's never too late to do the right thing, Chloe. We got all the time in the world, no matter if time itself is frozen or not."

Chloe starts to consider Marinette's words as Steel Butterfly unfreezes time and Ms. Bustier while Ghost Punisher transforms back to normal simultaneously.

Noticing Marinette hugging Chloe, Ms. Bustier asks, "Is everything alright, Marinette?"

Thinking quickly, Marinette answers, "Yes, Ms. Bustier. Chloe needed help with some grievances after having an epiphany of how her actions impact people around her."

Ms. Bustier hums in curiosity.

As Marinette passes around macarons to the class, she hands one to Alya while whispering, "(Softly) How did you do that?"

Alya answers in a whisper, "(Softly) To be honest, I don't have a clue. But what I do know is that it's partially how Majestia would do it." She shows Marinette a picture of her favorite superhero from the United States, Olympia Hill/Majestia. Alya continues, "Majestia always says that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing. But I will be honest; I think I might've gone a little overboard before Chloe had that epiphany. She might've changed for now, but who knows how long that'll last?"

Marinette replies, "If I'm also being honest, I wouldn't have it either way. But, on the bright side, Chloe won't be getting on my nerves if it's not my wrath, the school board's wrath and the city council's wrath she and her father need to worry about."

Marinette grabs a macaron from the box and breaks it in half while giving half of it to Alya. Marinette and Alya make their introductions and become good friends, much to the undetected Steel Butterfly's pleasure.

Ms. Bustier writes her name on the chalkboard for everyone to see as she states, "For those of you who don't yet know me, I'm Ms. Bustier. I'll be your teacher this year."

Chloe grumbles quietly, "I wish Adrien was here right now. I would've asked for his input on how my actions impacts even him."

Outside of the school, Adrien is approaching the school steps, having been resourceful enough to have him electronically accepted into Francoise Dupont.

Just before he can start his ascent up the stairs, his bodyguard's car stops at the curve and his bodyguard and his father's secretary, Nathalie Sancoeur, step out of the car.

Nathalie pleads coolly, "Adrien, please reconsider. You know what your father wants."

Adrien replies with a scary scowl, "This is what I want to do!"

Just then, everyone hears an "Ohhh!" and sees the currently unknown Master Fu fallen on the ground, trying to get up while trying to reach his cane. Unbeknownst to Adrien, Nathalie and Adrien's bodyguard Gustav, Master Fu was literally playing pretend in the hopes that Adrien would pass his test and become worthy of wielding the Black Cat Miraculous.

Adrien rushed over to the old man and helped him up.

Master Fu said to him, "Thank you, young man."

When Adrien looks back, he sees Nathalie and Gustav blocking the stairs.

As Adrien starts walking back towards the car, he states angrily, "I just wanna go to school like everyone else. What's so wrong about that? Whatever you do, don't tell my father about this, or else."