In the Past... (Miraculous Ladybug)

e i g h t: Bye bye, little butterfly.

Word count: 1,238.

Ladybug and Chat Noir stood on a close rooftop, ready to take action. The akuma had taken prisoner of the red-haired girl, but she was almost unnoticeable from where they were standing. Chat extended his stick to hit the source of all that chaos, bringing its attention to him.

The akuma was a giant. An orange skirt with several awful rips on it, and bows and strings of all kinds hanging from it too. Its brown hair was messy and distorted and hung down all the way to its hips. Tear droplets were dramatically dripping down to the akuma's black heels. Whatever it all was supposed to mean, it was incredibly disorderly. A purple handkerchief hung from the dress collar, and several other items were on its slim shape.

Ladybug patrolled from the back, trying to spot where the sour butterfly had gotten into. She wondered if this was even an akuma, but then again, what else could it be? "Over here!" She heard her partner's taunts to the creature. He was now jumping from place to place to disorient it.

The heroine spotted a pair of kids in the middle of the danger. She quickly hooked them with her weapon, dropping them off in another street. "The two of you will be much safer here." She stated as best as she could in English.

"Wait!"

Ladybug turned back to one of the kids she had saved. He had black hair like hers, and deep green eyes. "The akuma, it took one of our friends prisoner!"

Ladybug was surprised, he spoke in perfect french. "Okay, i'll go check it out." She responded in French this time.

She stepped back into the unfolding scene. Her eyes scanned the akuma, and then she saw her. A girl inside its clutch. This scene brought her flashbacks from back when they defeated Gorizilla. The heroine signaled to her partner to free the girl, and they immediately set out to teamwork in order to do so.

"Well, what do we have here? Messy hair, check. Runny mascara, check. Weird sense of style, also check." He stated. "Looks like we're dealing with another teenager, M'lady." He directed a sarcastic eye roll towards her. Before his attention could be fulfilled again, the akuma knocked him off his feel with a ribbon.

"She's fourty-three, Chat Noir." Ruth addressed from the akuma's grasp.

The akuma shook her head and shot more ribbons at the superhero. "I'm flattered, darling..." She tied him up. "But Dream Shatterer has a job to do and I'll make sure of it."

"Dream shatterer?" Chat questioned. As she brought him closer to her face, a string shot towards her arm. The distraction caused her attention to shift over to Ladybug, allowing her partner to free himself with his baton. Now they stood side to side in front of the akuma.

"So, Dream Shatterer." Ladybug began. "Tell Hawkmoth that his dreams are now considered shattered." She attempted to wrap her yo-yo around the akuma's body, but the woman shot her ribbons towards it. From her torn-up costume, it seemed they were endless.

Chat struck again with his baton. As expected, she was able to swat it away effortlessly.

Ladybug tried the same, except this time she was able to successfully wrap its string around the akuma. "About time... Now where's her item with the akuma?"

But before she could do anything else, the gigantisized woman took her handkerchief and wiped her tears. As she could freely move and swing ribbons around now, both miraculous holders came to the conclusion that was were it was at. They hoped.

Dream Shatterer took her position back and waved her arms. "Nobody will ever get in my way of following her dreams!" She waved the handkerchief in their directions, glittery dust cloud going towards the heroes. They instantly pulled out their weapons to block it. It ended up going towards some news reporters nearby.

"I don't want to be a news reporter anymore." A man with a funny mustache announced. His co-workers put down their equipment and walked away.

Not much damage could be done, since it was the midst of night and nearly no people were out.

Hugo saw all this happening and took some steps back, dragging his sister behind, too. "What do we do... Oh, what do we do..." He worriedly muttered. Emma had told him before that they should just wait for the action to be over. He had argued that they needed to do whatever they could to resolve the chaos, but she reminded him that it was best to not interfere.

They continued watching from afar as Ladybug and Chat Noir of the past continued struggling to fight the akumatized villain. Well, at least they had gotten Ruth safe over by the police cars. She was shooting too many ribbons and dust clouds at them. The pair was struggling to fight them all off, and who knew what would happen if they got hit by Dream Shatterer's un-motivating clouds.

Ladybug called her Lucky Charm. Both her and her partner anticipated what would come out of her power's creation, and a can of spray paint fell out of the air.

Dream Shatterer cackled harshly. "What are you going to do with that, Beetle?" She teased.

Ladybug looked around, her Ladybug vision now taking her focus. She looked around, and the only thing she could come across was an old park shed, the park's pond, and the akuma. Turning around, she saw Chat. His Cataclysm was key.

"Chat... Do your thing!" She commanded. He winked at her and sped away, as if he was able to read her mind. He cataclysmed the tree behind the shed, making the shed along with its roof and the tree fall into the pond. A glorious splash drenched all of them, included the akuma . The can of paint was the last piece of the puzzle. Ladybug tossed it to the akuma's feet, causing her to slip on it. Dream Shatterer couldn't do anything to stop herself from falling because of her size, and her distorted fabric pieces weren't a great help either. They were all soaking wet. Chat was closest, therefore he crept up and took the purple handkerchief, ripping it in half with his gloved claw.

Ladybug was quick to catch the darkened butterfly. "Bye-Bye little butterfly." She smiled as it flew away. The akumatized villain turned back into her normal form. Picking up the patterned can of paint, she threw it up in the air.

(A/N: HOLY CRAP I JUST SAW A WHITE BUTTERFLY PASS BY ME LMAO WHAT)

Soon the Miraculous Ladybugs were sweeping across the park area. Everything that had fallen out of place was fixed nicely.

"Pound it!" They cheered together. Hugo and Emma watched as they made sure everyone was okay. They came out of their hiding spot as the heroes transformed into their AstroCat and CosmoBug forms.

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HIIIIII!!

I hope those of you who read this thought it was fine, because so did I. I don't really do action scenes so this may be rough compared to other fanfics you may have read but it's pretty good :D

Anyways, the next chapter is 100% the last one, since I don't have much planned for it. I hope this story was enjoyable enough, and see you in the next chapter!! <3