Reflection (A Miraculous one-shot) by Summer Cheng (@SummerCheng37)

 Tikki  and Plagg woke up horror stricken!

    "Ah!"  They screamed.

      Tikki could not believe it.  She saw two of herself.

        Plagg saw the same thing. 

"What is happening?"

 "I do not know, sugarcube."

   "Stinky sock, this is not funny."

    "I know, it is serious."

      Tikki moved slowly away from the mirror.   Maybe it was a mind trick or an illusion.

    Plagg did the same because he was not sure what else to do.

       The two faced each other.  

        "Plagg, I see two of you."

        "Likewise, Tikki."

          "What are we going to do?"

           Tikki scratched her head in frustration.  The last time this happened was when Master Fu had mixed up part of his ingredients for a special soup.  Ladybug had shrunk, and Plagg's head had grown two sizes.  She was relieved the side effects were temporary.

          She heard screams.

         It was the akuma alert.

        "Four years, Plagg, that is how long ago Monarch was defeated."

        "Yes, and your point?"

       "My point is we should be done with akumas by now."

      "Well, tell that to the new villain then, babe."

         The new holder called out, "Tikki, spots on!"

         Plagg soon heard the words "Plagg, claws out!" from his new holder.

        

      "I am Reflection, and I want to see all of Paris reflect from itself,  ha, ha!"

       Ladybug rolled her eyes.

       Chat Noir scoffed, "Reflection," that is the most boring name I have ever heard. It is a bad spin-off of the name Reflecta."

         "I double that statement."

         "Doubters, you are?"

     Reflection threw a wade of mirrors in their direction.  Ladybug dodged them as did Chat.

     The crook scowled.  He was not happy.

       He threw more mirrors and other shiny objects in the hero's direction.

        This time ladybug was hit, then Chat.

      "Gah, I see two of you, Chat!"

      "Same here, Ladybug!"

    

     Reflection laughed.

      "All of Paris will see a reflection of themselves on instead of the normal one there will be two of all of the citizens of Paris, France."

     Chat Noir looked at Ladybug. He saw her think as she formulated a plan.

     "Lucky charm!"  Ladybug gasped when she noticed two charms fell instead of one.

     "Whoa, two charms!" 

        Chat Noir thought perhaps this was to their advantage.

        Turned out he was correct. Ladybug tossed both bags of sand in the path of the bad guy.  He fell down and splat on the pavement.

       Chat Noir shook his head.  "Ouch, that is going to leave a bruise in the morning."

      He used his fist to form a cataclysm. He put it on the stick in Reflection's hand and it split in two.

      No akumas came free. Strange he could have sworn the akuma was in there.

     He looked at his hand as the ladybug gasped. A second cataclysm, what?

        He charged at the crook again and touched the hat.

     This time the akuma flew free in the breeze.

    Ladybug caught it and purified it.

    "No more evil-doing for you. Bye, bye, little butterfly!"

   "Miraculous ladybug!"

    This time there were two miraculous ladybugs. Twice as powerful as one, so the damage was fixed, and the reflections all disappeared.

     Ladybug and Chat pound it, then Chat ran home!

     

   Once back at her place, ladybug detransformed and fed her kwami.

    Tikki looked around again and sighed a breath of relief. Her other half was gone.

    Yes!

   Plagg did the same at his place and saw everything was good on his end as well.

  The akuma must have caused the strange events of today.

  Perhaps, or maybe it was something else.

 Who knows for sure?

 Tikki and Plagg met up secretly after their holders were asleep.

   "Plagg, that was one wild day!"

   "Yes, it was Tikki!"

   "Sugarcube?"

"Yes, stinky sock."

"I would not trade our wild days for normal ones if it means I do not get to spend them with you."

  "You say the craziest things sometimes, Plagg."

   "I know, but you love me for it."

"No, I love you for you, stinky sock."

"Awe, and I love you for you too, sugarcube."

   Tikki and Plagg pound it.  Plagg kissed Tikki and she blushed.

Plagg grinned. It was the best end to a crazy day!

  

the end

Until the next Miraculous one-shot story,

bye-bye, little owlets!

Summer out!