Le Magazine de l'Avenir

Encounter 1: Alya

Alya had no idea how this got into her bag. But there it was. The title of the magazine was "Héro." The date on the top right corner was October 2028-Twelve years into the future! The male form on the cover was breath taking. Golden hair in a mane surrounding a beautiful face that bore a black mask and green feline eyes—

Chat Noir?

It was indeed the feline themed hero on the cover. His black leather cat suit was different. The bell was missing, and the shoulders seemed to have metal pads. Pauldrons after a fashion. The front was unzipped revealing a sinfully toned abdomen. His smirk was devilish. Like the cat that had gotten the canary.

The Cover Story was,

"A Salute to Chat Noir! An in-depth look at Paris's favorite black cat in honor of Halloween." Alya wondered if she should open it, but her curiosity drove her onwards. Inside there were colorful pictures of other superheroes and there, at the bottom of the staff page was Alya Cessaire EIC of "Héro!"

She flipped through more pages and saw there was a small set of Halloween interviews from-from Team Miraculous!

Calm down, Alya! Just calm down!

Ladybug was the first of these. Alya eagerly flipped through the magazine and there was her red spotted heroine sitting on a chair. Her uniform was a little different too. It looked thicker than spandex, more like a racing jumpsuit. She had black gloves and boots where the spots were red, and there was a plain black belt on which two yo-yo's hung. She also appeared to have a pair of gossamer wings spread behind her. Her mask and twin tails were the same. Though, the twin tails were clearly much longer.

We check in with Paris's preeminent Heroine, Ladybug, about her feelings and traditions for Halloween.

A-Thanks for dropping by Ladybug. I'm sure you're very busy in your real life as well as in your heroing life.

LB- No problem at all!

A-So how do you feel about Halloween?

LB- I enjoy the holiday very much! My favorite holiday is still Christmas though.

A-How do you and your family celebrate?

LB-We have a small party, just friends and family. Simple family foods and we have our own sort of costume contest. I've been forbidden from entering anymore.

A-Why is that?

LB-I kept winning too many in a row. My family and friends decided I had an unfair advantage.

A-Being a superhero?

LB "laughs"- Oh, nothing do with that.

A- what's your favorite costume, aside from this one?

LB- My favorite costume aside from this one? One year I went as a very scary were-cat.

A-Were-Cat?

LB-It was a dare from a dear friend of mine. He held up his end too.

A-What was he?

LB-A very handsome were-wolf. He's not a fan of dogs.

A-I suppose that dear friend wouldn't be Chat Noir, would it?

LB-Chat Noir is a very dear friend.

A-But you won't confirm if he's that one. What is your favorite halloween treat?

LB-A family recipe for pumpkin doughnuts.

It was then that Ladybug's yo-yo beeped.

LB-I have to go, that was Chat Noir. There's a situation down town.

A-Thanks for coming by.

With that Ladybug exited the room.

Alya was floored by what she'd read. She flipped to the next page and found a young man with a green helmet and visor wearing green light leather armor and a larger shell-like shield strapped to his back.

Shield Turtle? Who is Shield Turtle? Aly flipped to the next page and blinked at the next woman. She looked like the akuma victim Volpina, but her names listed as "Red Fox." It almost looked like it was Alya herself, but that would be preposterous! She flipped to the next page and there was a blonde woman with a definite Bee theme to her outfit: Yellow striped unitard, black boots, black gloves, a stinger like rapier on her belt, a black stripped mask, and in her hair was a golden comb keeping her hair up in a french twist. On her back were insectoid wings, similar to Ladybug's but these looked more suited to a bee.

Alya went directly to the Chat Noir feature and—wow.

Chat Noir was draped over a couch like male model in a picture that stretched two pages. Alya flipped the page and it showed him siting next to Ladybug with a dopey grin on his face. Ladybug wore a glowing smile. There were other pictures of him alone or with those other three heroes. The Feature covered his first appearance and then there was a section on,

"Romance?" Alya studied the rumors about Chat Noir and Ladybug. Nothing was confirmed to the bespectacled journalist's dismay.

"Halloween Noir"

A-What's your favorite part of Halloween?

CN- spending time with my friends and eating junk food.

A-Does a special Lady appear?

CN-Every night in my dreams.

Then there was an add for Miraculous by-by Marinette! It was a clothing line inspired by Team Miraculous and the main male model was drop dead gorgeous. The female model was-

Marinette? When did you grow up? Alya thought. 26 year old Marinette stood in a Ladybug inspired gown next to a man in a clearly Chat Noir inspired outfit.

Wait, that blond hair, those green eyes, that smile-

Adrien Agreste is modeling Marinette's line and she doesn't appear to have combusted? Miracles do happen!

Marinette would grow up to be a very beautiful young woman with slim but very noticeable curves. She looked extremely fit. Her hair was worn in a long braid over her shoulder.

She flipped past that page and saw there was a brief article about Marinette's Miraculous line.

"The young Parisienne designer and her husband spent a lot of time with each of the members of Team Miraculous to understand them to better capture their personalities for the lines based on them."

Husband? The picture below it made Alya drop the magazine in shock. Before she'd lost her grip on it, the picture was of a radiant Marinette being hugged by a beaming Adrien.

This was how Nino would find her and the magazine.

MP: Hello! This is my first multi-chapter Miraculous fic.

Updates will be once a month, and the total chapters will be 6.

See you in October!

Note added January 8, 2018:

After finding out Marinette's age from S2, I've elected to change this to being a twelve year jump, instead of ten, since we find out she's only turning fourteen and wasn't sixteen like I'd previously thought.
So...yeah. I'm going through and fixing this.
Originally it was a ten year jump, and I also had the kids too old at one point because, again, I over estimated the ages of the pair of lovebirds who are a love square.