I feel really bad! It's been almost a week without a new chapter!
That is honestly something I never thought I would be able to say. If you read Miraculous Spies while I was writing it, you probably remember how updates could go for months without anything new.
But now here we are! This story isn't even half a year old and it already has twenty chapters!
And I also just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's commented so far, that really means a lot to me.
Anyway! Now that the mushy stuff is passed, let's get on with the story!
I.O.N.
Enjoy!
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They had been at sea for close to two months, with the only fresh food coming in the form of the occasional catch of fish. But according to Nino, they were getting close to a friendly port. How any port could be friendly to pirates was unknown to Adrien, but everyone else seemed to be excited. Gabriel just hoped that it wouldn't be some black market port.
Before the week was out, land had been spotted and Marinette informed the two blondes that if the wind stayed with them, they'd reach the port by the next morning. Adrien went to bed extra early that night, so that he would be awake when they reached land.
Imagine his surprise when he woke up and saw the friends he'd made donning their pirate gear. Looking around for Nino, Adrien spotted him, getting his mask adjusted by Marinette. "What's going on? I thought that this port was friendly?"
Marinette smiled at him as she finished the finishing touches on Nino, "It is, but right now we're flying under pirate colors, and this port is kind of like a safe haven for everyone, so all kinds of ships are there and everyone on this ship does have a bounty on their head, so it's best to go as a pirate."
Adrien nodded his head, wondering what Marinette would look like in pirate clothes, he himself had only recently gotten his everyday work clothes so he was still getting used to those. Then something she said struck his mind, "You said everyone on board. What about Ella, Etta, and Manon? Surely they can't have done anything too horrible, they're only like ten."
Nino smirked, "Actually, Ella and Etta are wanted for theft of some very important jewels a few years ago and a couple other less important crimes, and Manon is wanted on three charges of attempted kidnapping of a duke's son, instigating an entire town's population of children to rebel against their parents, a few other things we won't talk about now that she did with Ella and Etta, and um..." Nino scratched his head trying to remember the last one. "Oh yeah! And duping the princess of a small nation to invest in a phony business to save an imaginary ailing brother." Both pirates laughed at Adrien's horrified expression.
"It's not as bad as it sounds. We'll explain more once we get your father a semi-stable job." Alya said as she walked up. "Anyways Adrien you should probably get ready yourself."
"What?"
"Mari, haven't you given the boy his new clothes yet?"
"I gave him the everyday clothes because I usually have enough spare material around for those, but I only just got finished with the pirate."
"Oo. So what did your marvelous brain come up with as a costume?" Alya gave Adrien a once over, "I think he'd make a pretty good clown. Or maybe knight."
Marinette blushed lightly, something that didn't go unnoticed by her friends, "I was thinking he'd look good as a cat."
Now Arien was just confused. What were they talking about? And why was Nino suddenly looking at him like he'd grown two more heads?
"You're sure about that Mari?"
"...Yes."
Suddenly Nino grinned and started dragging Adrien towards Marinette's sewing room, "Everything's still in here right?"
The secret pirate captain laughed and shouted the affirmative. Then she turned to Alya and smiled softly, "We're almost home."
"Yep! And who knows, maybe after we settle the tailor in we could go looking for the other ships. Just the six of us. Like the good old days."
Marinette laughed, "Alya! We're eighteen, we aren't old enough to have good old days yet!" Then with a little frown, she said, "Besides, you know we won't find anything without Chat Noir."
The young fox sighed, "I know. It's just, I want to know what the ship that goes with this necklace looks like."
"We'll find it someday."
Before they could continue their conversation Jade Turtle and the new pirate Adrien returned from the sewing room.
Alya was shocked.
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