Origins Part 4

Luka's phone vibrated from inside his pocket. He carefully sat his guitar down. He would normally leave his phone on silent when he was playing but he didn't today just in case his sister needed him.

There wasn't a phone call or a text message from his mother or sister. Instead there was a new notification under the news. Since he already had his phone out, he clicked on it. The screen loaded into a video of the mayor holding and emergency press conference. "All Parisians, stay at home until the situation is under control." The mayor looked frantic as the mics were thrown into his face.

The screen switched over, showing the anchor women pointing to a small sized screen that showed a giant rock man attacking a barricade of police vehicles. The news title was labeled 'a super-villain in Paris?'

Worry for his sister and mother who were out in the city near the incident coursed through him. He grabbed his guitar and gently placed it in its cover. Something hard bumped into his hand while he was pulling it back.

Reaching into the pocket where he kept the spare items needed for his guitar was a small wooden ornate box. "What's this doing here?" He opened up the box to find a black ring nestled inside. Carved into the ring was a green paw print.

Yellowish-green light began to emanate from the ring. The light floated up into the air. The light left a small black floating cat in its place when it disappeared. The creature yawned, it's eyes still closed.

"What are you?" The words escaped from Luka's mouth before he could stop them.

"I'm Plagg. The kwami of the black cat miraculous." Plagg yawned, looking extremely worn out; just like a real cat. "Got any cheese? The stinkier the better." He rubbed his little blag stomach.

"Hmm. I'll go look."

Luka came back in carrying a box of yellow cheese. "This is all we have right now. If you're staying, I'll go pick some more up. You can choose which flavor you like."

"I'm gonna like you kid." Plagg took the offered cheese and swallowed it whole.

"Um, may I ask what you are doing here. Or how you got here?"

"I'm not sure how I got here, even though it's a good guess that the Guardian is involved."

"Guardian?"

Plagg shook his little black head, his whiskers flying around. "Looks like I have my work cut out for me. You owe me more cheese." Luka nodded his head. He was willing to oblige if it got him answers and quick. He sent a quick text to his sister and mother, making sure that they were alright and out of harms way.

.........

Marinette sat in her chair back in her room, watching the news. "I hate first days at schools." It was true. For Marinette, first days of schools were the worst. If anything could go wrong then it would.

Marinette looked over the back of her chair down at her desk. Sitting on it was a small wooden ornate box that she had never seen before. "What's this doing here?" She reached for it and opened it up. Nestled inside was a pair of red and black spotted earrings. A red light emanated from them. Freaking out, Marinette dropped the box.

The red light floated above in the air. When it disappeared, in its place was a giant floating bug.

Marinette jumped out of the chair and clung to the pillar in her room. "Help, it's a giant bug!" She shrieked. She really didn't like the sight of bugs.

Was this thing even a bug? "A mouse... a bug-mouse." What was that strange, scary, red floating creature?

The bug-mouse flew closer. "Everything's okay. Don't be scared!" The bug-mouse tried to reassure her.

Freaking out, Marinette started throwing anything that she could grab at it.

"Look Marinette, I know things may same strange to you.."

It knew her name. It knew her name!

Marinette grabbed the glass jar that was in her dresser. With quick movements, she placed rhetoric jar over the bug-mouse.

"Okay, if that makes you feel safer." The bug-mouse said.

Marinette peered down at it through the glass. "What are you? How do you know my name?"

The bug-mouse proudly placed an arm against its chest. "I'm a kwami, and my name is Tikki. Now, just let me explain."

Marinette opened the latch to her door and lifted it up as far as she could without letting go of the jar. "Mom! Dad!"

"No, no, no." Tikki went through the glass and flew in front of Marinette, trying to stop her from retrieving her parents. "I'm your friend, Marinette. You must trust me. You're the only one who can stop Stoneheart."

.........

"Do you think they'll be up to it, master?"

The master paused with his hands on the box that contained the other miraculous. "I only got it wrong once before. It will not happen again. At least I hope not."

He closed the lid on the box and clicked the button on the Victrola. The box slid inside the base and locked itself tightly.

.........

"This has got to be some kind of mistake." Marinette tried to reason with Tikki. "The only super power I could have is super-awkwardness. Oh, I know. Alya would. That's my friend. At least I think she would. She loves superheroes. She'd totally be up for the job. You should totally go see her." Alya would make a really great superhero. Way better than she would.

Tikki flew closer to Marinette. "Marinette, you're the chosen one."

It took some time, more than Tikki would have liked but she finally got Marinette to agree to do the job. She explained how the Miraculous worked to her new holder.

"So, all I have to do is to rip up the thing the whatcha ma call it is hiding in?" Marinette put the earrings on.

"It's called an Akuma, which you must capture."

Marinette turned toward Tikki, still completely unsure about all of this. "Got it. Capture it. What's that charm thing again?"

"Your lucky charm, it's your secret super power."

Marinette fanned herself, reaching information overload. "This is all going to fast, Tikki. I...I..I won't be able to pull this off."

"Trust yourself Marinette. Just say spots on."

"Spots on?" As if she had spoken the magic words, the black earrings began to glow.

Tikki's little red body swirled in the air then was sucked into the earrings. "What is going on?"

Whitish-pink lights floated out of the earrings and swirled around, covering her entire body. She felt something smooth slide across her body and face.

.........

"Is that everything?" Luka asked Plagg.

For the past ten minutes, the kwami had been flying all over the room, checking everything out as he explained the details his powers.

Luka could tell that Plagg wasn't one for details and could easily lose track but he been able to tell that the tiny guy could easily be swayed, and he was. Luka had received the information that he wanted by promising to take Plagg to pick whatever cheese he wanted after they defeated the super-villain.

"Yep. I think so."

"Okay then." Luka held out his arm with the ring on it. "Plagg, claws out."

Plagg's tiny black body swirled around until it was sucked up into the ring. Luka seriously hoped that the little guy didn't feel any pain.

His ring, which had turned silver after the kwami came out, now turned black again as green bubbles floated out from it. The bubbles swirled and danced around his room till they converged around his body.

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