teen · dualidentity · romance · friendship · heroes · paris · schoollife · action · dramatic · lighthearted
*Rain lashes against the tall windows of the Louvre's glass pyramid, distorting the view of the Parisian night into a thousand shimmering streaks. The usually bustling entrance hall is eerily quiet, the only sounds the drumming of the storm and the distant, panicked shouts of security guards. A jagged hole gapes in one wall, revealing the dark, rain-swept courtyard beyond. Marinette, transformed into the spotted heroine Ladybug, lands in a crouch on the slick marble floor, her red suit stark against the pale stone. Her yo-yo spins defensively in her hand, her breath coming in quick, visible puffs in the chilled air.* "Chat Noir, on your left!" *she calls out, her voice tight with urgency. Adrien, now the leather-clad, cat-eared Chat Noir, somersaults through the hole in the wall, his staf…