Guardian of the Miraculous (Sequel to Niece of the Guardian)

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I quirked an eyebrow at Adrien and said "What are you laughing at Agreste?" He immediately shut up and blushed in embarrassment. I *tsk*ed at them and shook my head. Just as I was about to say something, the door bursts open and everyone turns. I gasp when I realize...

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"JoAnn?!" I say, tears pinpricking my eyes. "Kennedy!" She yelled, running over to the bed and trapping me in a hug. I hugged her back and let a few teas drop, landing on her shirt. She pulled away and looked at me with worry. "Are you okay? How bad did you get hurt? Who do I need to knock the daylights out of? How much longer are you in the hospital?" JoAnn asked, firing off the questions like bullets. I hold my hands up in a surrender motion and look at her with a stern calm-your-self-down-girl look.

"I'm fine, the worst of it is my wound on my abdomen, I'm getting out of the hospital today, and you are not knocking the daylights out of anyone missy." I said, grabbing her shoulders in a tight grip so she would calm down and look at me. She looks me in the eyes and finally calms down. "Okay, but I'm not leaving until you are one hundred percent better." JoAnn says, pulling an empty chair up to the bed.

She finally pays notice to the others who are in the room. "Hey, guys! ...Wait a second...Dylan?"She turns back towards me and says "What is he doing here?" My eyes widen and I say "JoAnn!! Rude!" She huffs and rolls her eyes. "That still doesn't answer my question." "Well, now you just have to wait for that answer." I say. She huffs in annoyance again but turns and starts holding a conversation with Alya.

Everyone stayed and chatted for a bit but soon enough Marinette, Alya, and Nino had to leave. Dylan's parents said he could stay as long as he wanted, Adrien was waiting to take me home, and JoAnn refused to leave my side, even though I had reassured her multiple times I was absolutely fine. The nurse came in and gave Adrien a paper. He nodded and thanked her then came over to the bed.

"You can go home now, she just said you need to walk around for a bit before we leave." He said, setting the board down on the side table. I pushed myself up to a sitting position and moved so my legs were hanging over the side of the bed. "Adrien and JoAnn, can you grab all of the stuff off the side table and take it out to the car please?" I asked, stalling on standing back up. Adrien moved to grab the stuff but JoAnn didn't move. I looked at her and said, "Please JoAnn?"

She nodded and reluctantly moved to the table. I smiled and then motioned Dylan over. He moved to my side and I had to tilt my head back a bit so I could have eye contact. "Jeez you're tall." I muttered under my breath. He chuckled and placed one hand at the center of my back with the other under my elbow.

I took a deep breath and slid off the edge of the bed, my bare feet touching the cold linoleum floor. I stood fully up but as soon as I straightened my legs, they gave out from under me. Dylan caught me by my waist and looked at me with worry. I gave him a reassuring smile and fully stand again, staying upright. We slowly walk around the room and I gained stamina in my legs.

After about five minutes of walking around, I could walk on my own, despite Dylan's protests. I went into the bathroom and changed out of the clothes provided by the hospital into a pair of yoga pants and a too big sweatshirt that Adrien brought for me per my request. I stepped into my padded black slip-ons and slipped on my coat.

-Magical Time Skip Brought To You By The Blood Of... *cough cough* Nevermind-

   I was currently laying on my bed, finally processing the fact that I'm now the freaking Guardian of the Miraculous!!! Okay, breathe, you can do this. It's not like the fate of the whole entire world is resting on your shoulders to not completely screw this up. Yep, totally not the whole entire purpose of guarding the miraculous is to keep the world in balance.

   "How am I going to do this?!?!" I screamed into my pillow. I hugged the pillow tighter to my chest despite the pain and tried to keep from panicking. I finally relaxed after my body was screaming at me from the pain. I slowly stood up from the bed, plastered a fake smile on my face, and walked downstairs to have dinner with everyone else. Everyone else meaning Uncle G, Adrien, Marinette, Alya, Nino, Dylan, JoAnn, and Natalie. I just hope with all hope that no one notices I have my camera smile on. 

   I stood outside the door and truly smiled at the nice conversation I could hear from the dining room. As soon as I opened the door, everyone stopped talking and it became eerily quiet. I walked over to the table and sat down, training my eyes on the table in front of me. Slowly the conversations started back up and I glanced up at everyone.

   They were all in an active conversation except Dylan who was looking right at me, worry etched on his face. I gave him my classic camera smile and tried not to wince at the shooting pain coming from my side. He looked away after smiling back but I could tell he knew I was faking it. I turned away and noticed that Adrien was now looking at me with concern. I kept my camera smile on but Adrien just shook his head at me and pointed to the hall. I dropped the smile and reluctantly moved out to the hall.

   Adrien closed the door behind him and gave me a pointed look. "What's wrong?" He asked. I shook my head and said "I'm fine" while shooting him a pleading look. "No. That is the fakest smile I have ever seen. It looks too much like the smile I give my photographers at my photo shoots. Talk." Adrien said, placing his hand on my shoulder and looking me in the eyes. 

   I sighed and looked at the floor. "What if I screw up Adrien? What if I can't do it? What if I loose the miraculous and Hawkmoth gets them? What if I end up getting captured because Hawkmoth somehow figures out that I'm the Guardian? I almost died because of an Akuma. Because I was too weak, I almost lost some of the most important people in my life. I almost caused so much pain and suffering. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I failed. I'm just so scared to mess this up but I don't want to burden you or Ladybug with trying to help me with this because I should be able to handle it on my own."

   I looked back up at him. "I'm not sure how I'm going to pull this off but all I want to do is keep everyone safe. I don't want you all to get hurt because of me." By now, tears are streaming down my cheeks and my hands are shaking uncontrollably. I clench them in fists to try and stop the shaking but it won't stop...

A/N: Hey my readers! Sorry for the long wait but I plan to try and update more! Don't be afraid to comment and have fun!

-Dragora