Miraculous One Shot Compilation

A. Nony Mouse

Alya was up late one night adding a feature to her blog. Now she could recieve private messages from and respond to IP adresses. Technically it was still traceable, but as close to an anonymous tip system as she could get. It seemed to be good enough for someone at least, as her first tip came flying in a lot faster than she could have expected.

Dear Alya,

You do great work, I read it every day, but there is one huge flaw in your investigation. Once you picked up Ladybug's dropped textbook and determined it could have only come from one school? Why have you not followed through on that lead?!

Signed,
A. Nony Mouse

Alya was a little frustrated, this person was reading her blog selectively. She had explained why that evidence needed to be dismissed.

Dear Nony,

Please refer to my next vlog after the one where I found the textbook. There I explain why, sadly, I had to drop the lead. In short, I learned that Ladybug is over 5,000 years old and could not possibly be still in high school.

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

There was no immediate response and Alya assumed the conversation over, but the next morning there was another one.

Dear Alya,

You were so close! Luckily, do I have the tip for you! Ladybug and Chat Noir are inherited titles. There have been many sets of them throughout history. Their miraculouses are over 5,000 years old, but the people most likely are not.

Sincerely,
A. Nony Mouse

Alya tried hard to keep her excitement in check. This was a great break! If it was true. She'd learned her lesson from the Chloé incident.

Dear Nony,

You have me intrigued. Do you have a source for that?

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

Dear Alya,

Is this enough for you?

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

Alya was skeptical. She'd already dealt with a few imposters. What was there to say this person wasn't any different? The first screen name he had used, a bad pun on "Anonymous", was in keeping with what she knew of the superhero's personality. She decided to make a game of it.

Dear "Chat",

Can you purrove you aren't an impawster?

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

She sat back, figuring she'd called him out. The next response suprised her.

Dear Alya,

This is Plagg, he is my kwami, a magical creature that interacts with my miraculous to turn me into Chat Noir. Ladybug has a kwami too, though I don't know what hers looks like. I apurriciate the puns. Do you believe meow?

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

Alya couldn't believe it. She was dealing with the real Chat Noir, but why would he come forward like this?

Dear Chat,

Can you please tell us who you and Ladybug are? The world wants to know!!!

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

Dear Alya,

Sorry, M'Lady hasn't told me who she is. That is why I need your help. You are smart. If we work together we can find her! I'll give up my identity when you uncover hers.

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

It seemed like a fair enough deal to Alya, but what did the hero get out of it?

Dear Chat,

I don't get it. Why would you turn on her like that?

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

Dear Alya,

I'm not "turning on her", I know we can trust you with our identities. She doesn't want anyone to know who she is, but I'm desperate. I love her, but she won't even tell me who she is! I hate having to go around behind her like this, but if it's what I have to, it's worth it for the chance to be together with her.

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

Alya didn't know if she should think his devotion to Ladybug was cute or whether she should be alarmed. She opted to go along with him, after all, he could give her more information than she could collect on her own.

Dear Chat,

For your information, at that time I had a prime suspect for who Ladybug could be. I crossed her off my list when I found out about the age discrepancy, but now with your new information, she's back at the top of my list! The thing is, my very own best friend misplaced her own copy of the same textbook at the same time!

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

Dear Alya,

Do you mean Marinette?!! She was missing her textbook?

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

The uncomfortable vibe was coming back.

Dear Chat,

How do you know who my best friend is?

Sincerely,
Alya Césaire

Dear Alya,

I'm closer than you think.

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

Alya didn't respond to that last message. She was following this lead on her own. At school she waited until her best friend was preoccupied before asking in a purposely casual tone. "How is your kwami today?"

"She's fine." Marinette responded automatically before going wide eyed. "I mean, what?"

The girls then switched to a private texting conversation, unaware of the boy who had been listening to them.

Dear Alya,

THANK YOU!!! You helped me find my soulmate, you have no idea how much this means to me! As promised, you will find out my identity when I ask her out in two days time.

Sincerely,
Chat Noir

Alya wondered what she had done. She knew that Chat Noir was a good guy. She knew that despite the strange way he talked about her in their messaging, he would never hurt her best friend. However, Alya also knew that Marinette had eyes for no one but Adrien Agreste. Alya knew she had signed up her best friend for an extremely awkward encounter, and Chat Noir for a tough heartbreak. At least that's what she thought.

Every scrap of that worry was washed away when right on schedule the blogger observed Adrien Agreste ask out Marinette Dupain-Cheng.