Candle In The Wind - Miraculous Ladybug Movie Rewrite

Chapter 3: In the moment we're ten feet tall

The priceless, ancient glasswork exploded into smithereens, leaving Ladybug to smash through the other side and helplessly tumble to the ground below. She slammed into the stone floor with a grunt of pain, ears ringing loudly, as pieces of glass softly dropped to the floor around her.

Groaning, Ladybug pulled herself into a sitting position. The fall had hurt a little, yes, but not as much as she'd been expecting it to. She gave herself a quick once-over and as she'd predicted, there were no injuries to be found.

I guess the suit gives me more than just special powers.

"Um, hello?" said an anxious voice, as a pair of legs approached her. "Girl in red?"

Oh that's right. She wasn't the only one who'd blasted through the church window. Ladybug looked up to address the boy she'd accidentally kicked in the face. His green feline eyes glowed with concern, and though the church was dark, she could faintly see his cat-ears twitching nervously.

Cat-ears...

This was her new partner!

Ladybug then realized that maybe being sprawled on the floor surrounded by broken glass wasn't the best way to make first introductions.

"Hi!" she said, scrambling to her feet and holding out her hand. "I'm Ma- uh, happy to meet you! Are you the Black Cat?"

The boy raised an eyebrow and took her hand in his own. "No... I'm not. If you look closely, you can see that I am clearly the Dog-"

"Oh, hah hah." She pulled her hand back and rolled her eyes. Now that he knew she wasn't hurt, his concern seemed to have immediately slipped away in place of cockiness.

"And what are you supposed to be?" he asked, nudging her. "A watermelon?"

She scoffed, every cell in her body bursting to even the score against this arrogant sucker. "Excuse me? There's no way you're calling me names whilst wearing that ridiculous bell on your suit."

"Hey!" He self-consciously covered the aforementioned item. "What's wrong with my bell?"

"Ooh, look at me, I'm Bell Man!" Ladybug mocked, pumping her arm. "Ding dong!"

The boy frowned at her. "At least I put some creativity into my costume."

Infuriated, Ladybug opened the mouth to reply. And then thought better of it. They weren't here to mess about. This was a serious situation.

Focus, Marinette!

"What's your weapon?" she asked instead.

His cat-ears drooped. "My what?"

"Well, mine's a yo-yo." She held it up in her hand, the gadget thankfully remaining silent for once. "See?"

The Cat snickered. "My god. Red suit? Swinging ability? They should've just given you some spiderwebs and called it a day."

After a quick search around his physique, Ladybug discovered and grabbed the metal baton that was holstered against his tailbone. She lightly shook it and the stick expanded. "Look, it's right here! Man, yours is so much cooler than mine."

"Hey, give that back!"

"Fine," she relented, letting him snatch it from her. Ladybug began spinning her yo-yo, a red shield formulating in front of her. "Ready to save the world?"

The boy winced. "Actually, the reason I came here was just to talk to you. To see if you knew how to, um.... quit?"

Her yo-yo smacked her in the face. "What?!"