Who We Never Thought We'd Be... (Miraculous Fanfiction)

The Evil Truth

It was surprisingly cool for the middle of June, and Adrian Agreste was sitting in his bedroom, flipping through channels on his TV.
School had been cancelled due to flooding from recent rain, making roads unsafe.

Sitting on the table next to the remote was his Kwami companion, Plagg. He loved cheese, especially Camembert, and was currently shoving a large piece in his mouth.

The smell made Adrian's nose crinkle, and he shook his head. "How can you eat that stuff...!?" He asked.

Plagg grinned with a mouth full of cheese. "Want some?" He offered after swallowing.

"Ew. No." Adrian turned off the TV them leaned back on the couch. "I'm bored..."

"How can you be bored? I'm here!" Plagg announced, then flew up to his face. "How about a run around town?"

"And both of us get colds? No thanks."
His attention was then caught by shouting coming from down the hall. "What's got my father so steamed...?"

"Maybe we're out of cheese." Plagg suggested. "I'd be upset if we were out of cheese."

Adrian rolled his eyes. "Stay here." Then he quietly slipped out of his room and down the hall.

His father's voice became more clear, and Adrian froze outside his father's office door as he heard the word "Miraculous."

"I'm running low on Akumas, Nooroo!" His father shouted. "Soon I'll have to go around collecting escaped ones, and I don't have time for that!"

"Y-Yes, master...!" A frightened little voice whimpered.

"I need those miraculouses...!"

Adrian backed away from the door, panic building in his chest. His own father was...

He hurried back to his room, closing the door carefully so his father wouldn't suspect him of spying. His throat was dry, and he panted as he pulled away from the door. "N-No...!"

"Adrian, what's wrong?" Plagg asked.

Adrian looked up, "My father... He's Hawkmoth...!"

"What?" Plagg got closer. "Are you certain?"

"I heard him talking to his kwami about akumas and needing our miraculouses...!"

"That's not good." Plagg suddenly gasped. "Nooroo...! He's been here all this time! How could I be so stupid!? My friend, he-"

"You have to go, Plagg."

Plagg froze, "W...What...?"

"If my father gets a hold of you, he's halfway to his goal."

Plagg began to sink, like a balloon losing air. "You...you're giving me up...!? I-I've never been rejected before...!"

"No no no...!" Adrian held the kwami in his hand. "I'm not rejecting you, Plagg... We just need to keep you safe."

"Come with me! We can transform and run away from here!"

"It won't work, Plagg! I'm too well known, the public would give up my location whether I was me or Chat Noir. You're small and anonymous enough that nobody will notice you. It's just until I can figure out what to do, alright...?"

Plagg nodded, sitting in Adrian's hand as the boy opened the window. "I'll cone back, Adrian... I swear I will!"

"I know, Plagg... Now go."

Plagg hugged Adrian's fingers for a moment, then took off into the city.

"Be careful..."