Miraculous Ladybug: Reality

Ch 29: Acceptance

Adrien was leaping from platform to platform, his baton firmly in his grasp. He had no idea where he was going or if he was even going the right way. But hey, it was not like he had any places to go other than forward.

He got too cocky and jumped off a platform, underestimating how far the next one was and plummeted down into the bottomless pit below.

But he was teleported back onto the platform when he fell for long enough. He cursed under his breath.

"This is getting really annoying..." he mumbled.

"Maybe you should slow down a bit, Adrien. Take a look around. Do you have any idea where we are going?" Plagg asked.

"No. Not really. I just want to find the next diary. I have to know what came next after that cave."

"What came next is not important. All you need to know is that Aatrox became evil and that is that." Plagg scoffed.

"From what I read, Plagg, you and the other kwamis have been keeping secrets. And you know how much I hate secrecy." Adrien argued.

"We made a vow of silence, kid. You should not be reading that diary."

"Well I am. And you can't stop me. I will find out whether you like it or not. Vow or not..."

Plagg sighed and shrugged while shaking his head slowly in defeat. Why did he even try?

Adrien took a running start and used his baton to get better height, making it safely on the next platform where another entry of the diary was located. He activated it without hesitation.

"Dear Diary: I am back in the academy. But things are different. Well, they are still the same. Kwamis going about their day, learning, talking, laughing, playing. But it doesn't feel the same for me. Like I said, things are different now.

I look at the kwamis walking in the hallways of the school and all I could see is their dead bodies laying before me. The images on what I can do to them flashed in my eyes. The more images I received, the more insane I grew.

I grabbed a pendant from my pocket. I opened up the middle part and examined Laara's photo. It calmed me down. I knew deep down I could never hurt anyone. But the rage inside me persisted. If this was a way to bring Laara back to me, then fine.

However, I also needed to think about how she would react if she were to ever return. Would she be angry? Proud of me? Would she hate me?

I shook those thoughts out of my head. I felt myself slowly starting to grow out of control and felt my head twitch like a serial killer. I need to kill someone... And fast. I need torment... I need to see suffering..."

"So, Aatrox just accepted the fate he was bestowed upon? I thought he would write his own destiny?" Adrien asked.

"He did say that. None of us quite knew what he meant. He hid his rage really well. But soon, kwamis began to go missing..." Plagg explained.

With nothing to say, Adrien went on. He used his baton as an extended foot and just jumped from platform to platform. The next pillar was not that far away either. Only a few platforms away. Once he arrived at the pillar he activated it.

"Dear Diary: I got my first taste of relief today... I kidnapped a kwami who I have not mentioned up to this point. A kwami named Rook. Rook was a bully in the early days of the academy. I hated him back in those days.