Miraculous Arachnia

Chapter 9

Marinette knew something was wrong when a swarm of wasps attacked her and Luka. It was clearly another akuma attack. Luka was stung by one of the wasps trying to protect Marinette. She dove into the water after transforming into Ladybug knowing she would be safe there. She looked up at the surface of the water.

"I should've known Hawkmoth had a bigger plan all along, battle's not over" She stated before swimming away. She had hoped that Chat Noir and Arachnia were also safe in the water. She was going to need everyone if she wanted to stop Hawkmoth and save Master Fu. As she was swimming, she saw Chat Noir swimming towards her. She felt relieved seeing him.

"Ladybug!" He called out to her.

"Chat Noir!" She called back. The two stopped as the floated underwater.

"Something's wrong. What did Fu say to you when you gave him back the dragon miraculous?" He asked her. Ladybug hesitated for a moment.

"I wasn't able to give it back" She confessed.

"What?" Chat Noir said in disbelief.

"Master Fu has disappeared. I'm worried that something has happened to him" She commented. They heard a noise and Chat Noir decided to check it out using his baton to scan the area. He quickly located Master Fu showing it to Ladybug. She felt extremely guilty, blaming herself for the fact that he was in such a predicament.

"This is all my fault. I forgot to transform back before I went to see him. I was confused. I'm sorry. I'm such a failure" She sobbed as she buried her face into her hands. It made Chat Noir uncomfortable seeing Ladybug like this. He placed his hand on her shoulder trying to comfort her.

"Hey, the important thing is to save Master Fu and for that we need a focused Ladybug. Plus I don't think you're a failure" He said with a small smile hoping that would cheer her up. Ladybug looked up at him before pulling him into a hug which he didn't expect.

"Thanks Chat. You're always here for me" She said as she hugged him.

"Always Little bug" He said as he returned the hug. She pulled away realizing something. Someone was still missing.

"You haven't seen Arachnia have you?" She asked him.

"No, do you think she got stung?" He asked in response.

"I hope not. We'll need her if we want to defeat Hawkmoth" She replied. She then explained her plan before putting on the dragon miraculous.

"No it's too dangerous" Chat Noir voiced worried about the risk of his lady taking on more than one power.

"We don't have a choice" She defended. Chat Noir knew she was right. It was time to put her plan into action. The two heroes resurfaced joining in the battle. Ladybug unified the ladybug and dragon miraculous to transform her into Dragon Bug.

"Ladybug!" Miracle Queen exclaimed.

"That's Dragon Bug to you, Chloe" She stated cynically with a smirk.

"A few extra powers aren't going to save you, you know. In a few moments when the old guardian is too weak, and his shield is broken. I'll force him to tell me your secret identities and it will be all thanks to Ladybug. She led you all to your doom!" Hawkmoth announced.

"The only one being brought to their doom is you Hawkmoth!" A feminine voice spoke. Everyone turned to see Arachnia standing on the other side. Ladybug was happy to see that she was okay. Arachnia looked down at Dragon Bug giving her a smirk and a nod. It was her way of saying that she'll take care of Hawkmoth and Mayura while her and Chat Noir took care of Miracle Queen. It was time to fight. A few failed attempts and some second chances later Ladybug was able to capture Miracle Queen's akuma. Master Fu's shield started cracking. The only option he had left was to relinquish his title as guardian and hand it over to Ladybug. In doing so, he detransformed and his memories were wiped. Hawkmoth decided to make his escape using Mayura's sentimonster.

"Oh no you don't! Kinesis!" Arachnia shouted activating her power using it on the sentimonster capturing Hawkmoth and Mayura as well. Her power also paralyses anyone that's caught in it minus Arachnia, so the two of them were unable to move. "As I said before Hawkmoth. The only one being brought to their doom is you" She repeated her words from earlier. She reached in grabbing his cane. She then hit it on the floor of the rooftop breaking the jewel that held the feather controlling the sentimonster. Arachnia grabbed the feather running over to Ladybug's side.

"Ladybug! I have the amok!" She shouted before blowing the feather towards her. Ladybug captured the amok with her yoyo then purifying it. Queen Bee tried to make a getaway with the miracle box, but Ladybug stopped her with her yoyo.

"This belongs to me now" Ladybug said as she took the box. Queen Bee got mad as she took off the miraculouses with the exception of the Bee throwing them to the ground.

"I don't need them; I only need the Bee miraculous. I'll go to New York and be the only hero there without you and your poorly chosen friends" She lashed out. Arachnia joined after Hawkmoth and Mayura were in custody.

"The only poor choice Ladybug made was giving someone like you a miraculous. You don't seem to understand what it takes to be a hero. You don't care about saving people. You just want the fame that comes along with having superpowers. Being a hero means protecting others who can't protect themselves. Those who do it for the fame or just to have superpowers are not heroes at all. Ladybug was right to take away the Bee miraculous from you. Maybe if you didn't tell everyone your identity just so you could be famous, you could still be Queen Bee. Don't go blaming Ladybug for your own actions. The only one to blame is yourself" Arachnia scolding before pulling the hairclip out of Queen Bee's hair causing Queen Bee to detransform back into Chloe. After Chloe stormed away. The three heroes went to check on Master Fu. Wayzz was there hovering over his master. At the moment he was out cold, but he eventually came to. Wayzz hid behind Ladybug knowing that his now former master is not allowed to see him.

"Master" Ladybug said with relief. Fu looked at them with a smile.

'What pretty costumes. Who are you?" He asked.

"Has he lost his memory?" Chat Noir asked worried.

"Unfortunately yes, the guardian's memory gets erased when they pass on the box in order to protect the identities of the miraculous holders" Arachnia stated. Ladybug was saddened by this. She then looked at Fu with a smile.

"It's all good sir, we're friends" Ladybug told him.

"Well nice to meet you" Fu said returning the smile.

"Goodbye Master" Wayzz uttered from behind Ladybug. Chat Noir knelt down next to Ladybug.

"Wait, you haven't repaired everything yet. There's still hope" He said thinking that was the way to restore Fu's memory. Arachnia placed her hand on Chat Noir's shoulder. Both heroes looked up at her as they watched her shake her head.

"This has nothing to do with the damages caused by Chloe. It's a rule established by the order of the guardians" She stated. Even so, Ladybug still used her power to repair the damages caused by Chloe. Fu gave her another key that matched her lucky charm.

The next day Marinette and Felicity escorted Fu to the train station. Marinette gave Fu a box of Macaroons for his journey.

"Thank you" he said before boarding the train. Both Marinette and Felicity waved goodbye to the former guardian. The doors closed and the train took off.

"Everything's going to be okay. I spent some time in the guardian temple preparing to support you as the new guardian." She said trying to comfort Marinette knowing it was hard for her to watch Fu leave.

"Thanks Felicity" Marinette said with a soft smile. She was thankful that Felicity turned out to be Arachnia. She wouldn't know what to do without her or Chat Noir. Together, they were an unstoppable team.