Miraculous: The Next Guardian (book 3)

Into your mind

Ladybug and Chat Noir met up at Su-Han's old place. He had started training them again. The two settled down and waited for their master.

"So, how's the coat coming?" He asked.

"It actually started to come together. But I might need more time."

"There's no need to rush-"

"Welcome you two." Su-Han approached them. He held two cups in one hand and a teapot in the other. He came and sat down across from them. He started a small fire and put the teapot on it. "Today's lesson will be a different one. You may release your transformation." He said as he grabbed something from his pocket. It appeared to be some herbs in a small container. He put some in the pot.

"Is that tea?" Adrien asked.

"No," Adrien thought it was weird he didn't tell them what it was instead of just answering his question.

"Today, we will have a spiritual kind of lesson."

"Spiritual?" Marinette wanted to make sure she heard right.

"Yes. We all have our own strengths, but we also have weaknesses. A good miraculous holder will know how to hide their weakness from the enemy. Most of those weaknesses may be called fears." They all noticed the drink he was preparing started to boil in the pot. He picked it up and extinguished the fire. He then poured it into the two cups. "But, not all of us know what our true fears are. So, to do that, you will both dive into each other's minds to see for yourselves."

"Why can't we dive into our own minds?" Adrien asked.

"Because it would be a lot harder for each one to face their fears. If you get stuck in your mind trying to escape them, you might not come back."

While Adrien and Su-Han were having that conversation, Marinette was thinking about going into Adrien's mind. She thought about what she could find about herself there. She also thought about him diving into her mind.

Oh no, he's gonna see what embarrassing stuff I used to do when we weren't dating. She thought. That made her turn bright red, and the other two noticed.

"Are you ok?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine why wouldn't I be?" She chuckled nervously.

"Allow me to explain further." He offered them the two cups. "By drinking this, and focusing hard on the person you want to enter their mind. You both will go into a deep slumber. But your consciousness will be transferred into that person's mind." They both took their respective cups.

"What happens after that?" She asked.

"You will travel through each other's memories, trying to figure out what are the fears of the other person. Once that is done, you'll be back to reality." He said.

"What is this stuff anyways?" Adrien asked.

"You don't want to know," Su-Han replied. Adrien was stunned but he drank it anyway. Marinette also drank it.

"Aw man, this tastes awful," Adrien pointed out.

"Tell me about it," Marinette said.

"Now think about each other. In a minute, you should-" Before he could finish his sentence they had already fallen asleep.

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Marinette found herself in the Agreste mansion. She kept roaming around the place until she found a blonde woman, reading a story to her child. She then hid behind a pillar. But then she remembered, she was in Adrien's mind. She then came out of hiding.