Back at the Dupain-Cheng house, Marinette was washing the dishes, dinner was already eaten, and thoroughly enjoyed, while her parents continued to watch the news.
"Oh, my!" Sabine cried out, causing Marinette to turn from her task and to look at the T.V as a new news segment was playing.
"Just as Paris is about to celebrate the appearance of our two new superheroes, Ladybug and Chat Noir, a new wave of panic is sweeping across the capital as dozens of people are mysteriously transforming into stone monsters," Nadja reports as clips of multiple people were transformed into clones of Stoneheart, and were frozen in place. Marinette and her family could only watch in fear as the events happened.
"It's simply unbelievable!" The reporter said, as Marinette panicked and hurriedly raced up the stairs to her room.
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Meanwhile, with Adrien, he was still in his room, sitting in front of the T.V. but this time with more contempt than before, because Plagg was now feasting on his preferred snack.
"Camembert cheese, fantastic. All he eats is camembert, which means I'm going to smell like stinky old cheese," Adrien sighed out, resigned himself to his fate of smelling like stinky cheese for the rest of eternity. But he suddenly had bigger problems, though, when he noticed the news was reporting people being transformed like the other boy was.
"These victims transformed into stone beings are still like statues. Police are perplexed about what will happen to them. Will they come to life, or will they be frozen in time forever?" Nadja said as a picture of the frozen stone beings played on the screen, while both kwami and the boy looked at the screen nervously.
"Plagg, what's going on? I thought we defeated him," Adrien asked, wondering what the heck was going on that caused this catastrophe.
"Did you capture the akuma?" The kwami asked as he turned away from the screen, holding his uneaten cheese.
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"What's capturing the akuma got to do with the other stone beings?" Marinette asked, wondering why capturing the akuma was so important.
"An akuma can multiply. That's why it must be captured. If Ivan's emotions become negative again, then the akuma will turn him back into Stoneheart. He'll control those stone beings and bring them to life to serve as his army!" Tikki explained as she nervously flitted around in front of Marinette's computer.
"So that means... This is all my fault!" Marinette realized, seeing how bad the situation was. This was all her fault! She totally forgot about purifying the akuma.
"I knew it! See, Tikki? I'm not cut out to be a superhero! I'm only gonna keep messing up," The young girl said, ashamed of herself for making the biggest blunder she could have made, which was endangering not just her family, but all of Paris!
"Keep calm. It was your first time. You're going to go back and capture Stone Heart's akuma and do it successfully!" Tikki said as she tried to talk Marinette into seeing that it was just a mistake and that she could fix it, but her plea fell on deaf ears as Marinette turned away from her.
"I can't! I told you, I'm clumsy. I create disasters all the time. I'll only make things worse for me, for everyone. Chat Noir will be better off without me. I'm quitting," Marinette said, not seeing any other way to make things better.
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"So I can't do anything without Ladybug?" Adrien asked, wondering why Ladybug's role in their team was so important.
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Miraculous Hunters Rewritten: Book 1
FanfictionJim and Marinette are half siblings, and are seemingly normal teenagers. They go to school like everyone their age, have friends and do normal teenager things... but that's not the whole story. They have the responsibility of keeping the world safe...
