Sapphira | A Miraculous Story

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Genevieve's breathing quickened. She remembered reading in the news a few months ago about strange villains and superheroes in Paris but she had assumed that it was a hoax or journalists getting desperate. Adrien grabs her hand and pulls her into another room.

"Stay here. You should be safe." He begins to leave the room, but Genevieve grabs his arm.

"Wait, where are you going?" She looks at him with pleading eyes, not wanting to be left alone.

"I uh need to make it back home as quick as I can. My father is there so he probably will be worried if I stay here but your father is still here so you should stay here too." He rubs the back of his neck, smiling sheepishly. He sneaks out the door leaving Genevieve alone in the dark.

She pulls out her phone and turns on its flashlight to find that she was in fact in a closet of cleaning supplies. She sighs before sitting down on a small stool. Her phone vibrates. A notification pops up that seems very similar to an 'Amber Alert' message but this one titled 'Akuma Alert.' Genevieve clicks on the notification and it takes her to a live news video.

"Don't be amused, it's just the news. I'm Nadia Chamack and just moments ago, an akumatized villain just emerged from the gala being held at the Bourgeois hotel. We've yet to receive any intel on who this villain is or what they want. Keep watching here to get live updates on the event and to see Ladybug and Cat Noir defeat the villain themselves!" The video switches from the reporter to the live broadcast following the giant diamond woman as she traumatises the people of Paris.

Odette flies out of Genevieve's clutch and sits on her shoulder, "This has been an eventful day."

Genevieve looks at her little friend, "It sure has. Do you know these super heroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir?" Odette shakes her head no.

"They must have been part of a different miracle box. The miracle box I was part of has been lost generations ago. I'm not even sure if the other miraculous in them are still out there!"

"How did you end up in our family then?" Genevieve turns the volume down on her phone so she can hear Odette better. Odette flies off her shoulder to face her.

"I'm not sure exactly, but I do know I didn't have a holder for the longest time. Then one day, your fifth great-grandfather found the ring and proposed with it to his fiance. From what they told me, he found the miraculous while walking along a rocky beach in Scotland. Last I knew, I was in the miraculous within the miraculous box so I have no idea how I ended up in Scotland, in the rocks no less!" She crosses her little arms offensively. "But ever since then, it's been a tradition of passing the miraculous down to the oldest daughter on her 21st birthday."

Genevieve sits up straighter, "I wonder if any of the other miraculous in your box are in Scotland too." Before she could continue on that thought, her eyes are drawn to the news still playing on her phone. She picks it up and turns the volume up. The heroes of Paris fighting the diamond diva being shown in real time. Nadia Chamack narrates what the superheroes were doing. Ladybug and Cat Noir continued to dodge blasts from the villain while trying to come up with a plan. They get just a brief enough moment for Ladybug to do her 'Lucky Charm' which ends up being a keychain in the shape of a Swan. The camera catches the confused look on both of their faces. Even Nadia expressed confusion about what the lucky charm could mean. As the two superheroes bicker for a second, a bus slides on the road and pins them against a building. Genevieve gasps, her eyes glued to the screen in anticipation of what's to come.

"Genevieve!" Odette exclaims, "Don't you realise what the key chain means?" Her wide eyes stare into Genevieve's. Genevieve shakes her head no. The kwami sighs, "It means that they need you! The swan miraculous!"