Call me Emma, Emma Agreste

Chapter 29: Assistance

HEY MY DEVILLED EGGS, ITZÁ ME!

HOW ARE YA'LL DOING? 

DID YOU MISS ME? 

ARE YOU EXITED FOR THE CHAPTER?

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE PRESENTS FROM CHRISTMAS?!

ANYWAY, NEWS ON THE FUTURE UPLOADS OF THIS BOOK: I WILL BE UPDATING THIS BOOK WITH ONE CHAPTER EVERY OTHER DAY! SO THE DAYS OF UPLOADS WILL FOLLOW LIKE THIS: SATURDAY, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SUNDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY....ETC ETC. I WILL UPLOAD LIKE THIS UNTIL THE BOOK IS FINISHED. AFTER WHOCH I WILL RESUME EOTHER MY 'MISS FORTUNE' OR MY 'LUKADRIEN' BOOK! 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT DURING THIS YEAR, IM SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO WRITE! LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND ENJOY THE CHAPTER! 

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Emma's POV:

I needed some guidance and I didn't know who else to turn to. By now I'm sure that charl has vanished. I hated myself for being te cause of all this and I felt tears flow down my cheeks as I bounded over the rooftops to a certain set of apartments. I knew Louis would be fuming and I mentally cursed myself for making him sit through two of our siblings disappearances. However, even if I had gone back to our room in the Agreste mansion I doubt I would've been able to save her: my sister.

I needed real help, real guidance and while she's only 16 I trusted her a lot. Alya. My Godmother. I thought a lot about what dad had said in the video and I think I understood what he was going to say. Don't be afraid... to tell someone? I cant think of anyone I'd rather tell than Alya. Back home she was always there for me if I felt alone or sad, plus she's let me get away with way more than my parents. If I broke a window and she saw she would just blow it past her and say its our little secret. Her and Nino were always so laid back, you would be surprised that their son was so uptight.

Léon was the smartest in our year and sometimes I wondered wether he was actually their son; he was always slightly tense and really obsessed with studying; like....as a hobby. Sometimes even Louis had to persuade him to meet up after school. Despite that léon definitely had her determination and intelligence ,oh, and Nino's inventiveness. I've never seen someone win the science fair so many times in a row. My aunt Alya and my uncle Nino never cease to tell me or my parents how proud they are of him. He's everything they've ever wanted in a son.

Landing on alya's balcony I pondered for a moment wether this was the best idea. I mean... she was best friends with ladybug...I mean my mum; she wouldn't hesitate to tell her something that she found out....about me. "Well, no time to dwell on it. This is the only thing you can do." I felt cold and I could feel the wetness of the rain on my shoulders despite my suit's magical enchantments. I hadn't de-transformed at all since my meeting with ladybug and chat noir and my head started to feel dizzy again. Like it did the first time I had shown someone my identity.

Now my sides started to hurt and I fell to my knees on the floor of her balcony. The iciness of the puddles numbing the pain in my legs ever so slightly. My thoughts once again became clouded and my vision blurred. My teeth started to chatter like I was wearing no suit at all. I collapsed into the pools of water and they clung to one side of my body like parasites waiting to devourer my soon-to-be decaying body. Darkness crept over me and this time there was no chat noir, no saving grace to carry me somewhere homelike.

I closed my eyes and imagined being wrapped in my dad's arms. Him carrying me up over buildings and laying me down in bed, ready to tuck me in at night. I was suddenly reminded of what it felt to be a child in need of comfort from their dad, comfort from the monster under my bed or in my closet. My dad was there always. As adrien or as chat noir. One night after the other him and my mum caressing me slowly as I drifted back off into sleep...

"No, NOno. Stay AWAKE." I jumped up at the sound of a familiar voice. Instantaneously my vision came back and I saw none other than the person I came out here looking for. Alya. "Are, are you ok...timber, right?"

I searched for some way of speaking but for some reason I felt unable to express the emotions inside me. Was I happy? Sad? Should I be grateful for her saving my life or angry at her for not letting me pay the price for the loss of my siblings. As my usually chatty mouth remained silent, I told myself to nod in response.

A loud relieved sigh came out of her mouth as she resumed to the mostly one-sided conversation we were having. "Do you need anything, what are you doing out so late?"

Slowly starting to regain my ability to speak I uttered something to her. "I..came to talk to you." Alya, as she always did, understood what I was trying to say and accepted my request to stay in her house by leading me to her room. Getting up off the couch sent a weird sensation into my legs, not like when you first learn to walk, or what I imagine that would be like anyway, more like the pins-and-needles feeling you get when you've been sat down for too long. Alya patiently helped me get my bearings, after-which walking me over to her room. "Thank you again...for, um, you know." Talking became easier now and my headaches soon subsided. My thoughts rushed clearly into my head once again and I reminded myself of what I needed to do here.

"Dont mention it Timber, I do have to ask why you came to see me, its not like I have any connection to the miraculous or anything..." a small deflated chuckle came from her mouth and I became aware that I shouldn't know her identity. Ladybug hasn't even told chat noir of the other hero's identities, so how am I supposed to know!? Wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. When I reveal myself to Alya the fact that I know her identity wont come as much of a shock.

"About that. I need to tell you something about MY miraculous." Her eyes widened and the moonlight from the window of her room reflected off her glasses right back into my eyes. Shielding the light with my hand I continued "you have to promise not to tell ANYONE what I'm about to tell you, especially marinette and adrien." The girl intoxicated by curiosity fell silent but nodded her head solemnly. "Thank you Alya."

mustering up any strength I had left I spoke the de-transformation words.

"Lupuu, join the pack"