"I'm Back."

"Do you know what this means?"

"Elias, you do realise that she will now try to stop you." The wolf spirit Ylva's voice reverberated around the somewhat empty room.

"I know, that's exactly what I'm hoping for." The artist's eyes never left his guitar.

"Child, sometimes you are an enigma."

"Well, I'm not a confused 15 years old anymore. I'm going to be twenty next year. Naturally, I'm going to stop being so painfully predictable."

"..."

With that, the spirit disappeared with a flash of light.
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Marinette sat on her bed, staring into nothing in particular.

"Marinette, you've been out of it for the past few hours, is everything okay?"

"..."

The lucky kwamii sighed. Flying closer to Marinette to get her attention.

Seeing as that didn't work the now frustrated kwamii pinched the miraculous holder's cheek.

"OW! TIKKI!?"

"Sorry, Marinette. You wouldn't snap out of your trance." The kwamii watched the girl's face warp into uneasiness.
This enforced the kwamii's concerns.

"Who is that man, and why has he made you so wary?" Tikki asks in a softer voice.

Marinette stares at the kwamii for a second before releasing her legs from the fetal position, going down her stairs and walking towards her laptop.

She grabbed it and climbed back up to her bed before curling up in the corner.

She opens up the laptop and does a quick search online.

The webpage loads before showing information as well as images of the man they had seen that day.

"He seems famous."

"Not seems, is."

"Why bother searching him up?"

"... I don't know either... I just felt... it... necessary-"

Tikki gave her a weird look before turning to the screen, as she sees the designer type an unknown name into the search bar.

'Timber wolf'

The images that came up were quite vague or unclear, but less, good enough to see what they were trying to capture.

A monster, or maybe a villain with what seemed to be a humanoid wolf.

The place of what would usually be the flesh on its face is left barren exposing the skull of a wolf or dog.

The most prominent feature was the black and white fur that seemed all too reminiscent of the musicians hair, though that could be a coincidence, it was rather strange...

"You think Elias is this Timberwolf person?" Tikki kept her eyes glued to the screen.

The girl started, "I know he's Timberwolf, he hasn't told me but... I'm not a fucking idiot." Frustration in her tone.

"What is so bad about him being Timberwolf?"

"...He's...murdering people."

This statement caused the Kwamii to turn their head sharply, eyes wide in shock.

"You do understand that the claims you are making are a sin against humanity as a whole. A Taboo." Tikki no longer sounded like the little Ladybug-looking companion who always tried to make the most of the worst situation but instead a wise being.

Tikki hated the idea of humans hurting other humans.

Marinette remembers that even when Chloe tripped some kid over on purpose Tikki seemed off, disgusted, and even pained...

The look in Tikki's eyes currently resembled those of a being that had existed for thousands of years.

Fitting, that was indeed the truth about Tikki.

Sometimes the girl wondered if happy-go-lucky Tikki was just a mask to fit into the period she found herself in.

"Y-yes... I'm not hundred percent sure, but I know him Tikki... and I wouldn't put it past him...I need to be extra cautious going into this." Marinette spoke. "I'll have to go on patrol way more often, especially at night, specifically midnight."

"Marinette, Chat Noir is your partner for a reason and even though you may think his safety is optimal, your safety matters as well. I hope you realise that human threats are far more difficult than fighting an akumatized villain." Tikki warned.

"Marinette you need to be sure about this," Tikki spoke.

"Tikki, I... I need to think about it some more."

"Friend, I know you want to protect Paris but you need to realise that even with my distaste for murder," Tikki audibly gags on the word. "Murder usually has a motive. Even serial ones."

"So I need to figure out his motive..."

"If you do confirm that he is indeed Timberwolf. What will you do from that point onwards?"

"..."