My dear Miraculers,

First of all, let me thank my wonderful beta readers and friends, RoseySparrow and sweetXDmelody, for all the work they put into helping me make this story better and for making me believe it was worth sharing it with all of the FanFiction community. You girls are amazing.

It's been a year since I published for the FIRST time, so I decided to start a new story today.

(Yay! Happy birthday to 'Spots Off, Claws Out'! xD)

Prologue

"I can't believe Gabriel Agreste escaped..." Ladybug sighed, and when she didn't get an answer from her feline partner, she frowned with concern. Chat Noir had been behaving in a weird way ever since they'd defeated Hawkmoth.

"At least he doesn't have his Miraculous anymore." Chat said dryly, avoiding looking at her. Ladybug nodded.

Leaning over a random balcony on a Parisien building, they gazed towards the horizon while the sun started to come out. It was quite the view.

Ladybug breathed in, as if she wanted to assemble all her courage, and said, "Chat, the danger has passed and I'm ready to let you know who I am."

Chat Noir's head turned to look at her. His eyes widened with surprise and filled with fear.

Ladybug smiled and misinterpreted his fears, "It's okay, Kitty. I'm scared too." She breathed in and then out, "I love you, and I want you to know who I am, just like I want to know who you are."

"I love you too, My Lady." He answered, his eyes filling up with tears, "But-"

"Shhh" She interrupted, with a smile beaming on her lips. "No buts." She slowly closed the space between them and kissed him on the lips. The kiss was chaste and loving.

Zhi Ruo's cheeks turned a shade of pink. 'Never again.' She thought.

Once their lips drew apart, she whispered:

"Tikki, Spots Off"

The screen was filled with a red and white light animation and then it became black, followed by the credits of the movie.

Director & Screenwriter

Thomas Astruc

Cast

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug — Zhi Ruo Léi

Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir — Adrien Devereaux

Tikki — Lucie Alard

Plagg — Simon Laurent

Gabriel Agreste/Hawkmoth — Sean Bean

Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge — Eloise Bonnaire

Nino Lahiffe/Carapace — Mattheo Leblanc

Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee — Alice Martin

Master Fuu — Jackie Chang

Tom Dupain — Gérard Depardieu

Sabine Cheng — Sandrine Holt

Sabrina Raincomprix — Adele Exarchopoulos

Alix Kubdel — Olivia Cooke

Ivan Bruel — Tye Sheridan

(...)

Zhi Ruo felt her chest burst with happiness when the people in the theater started to excitedly applaud. She felt her eyes fill up with tears of joy, mixed with nostalgia and sadness. This was the last movie in the series.

When she auditioned at the casting call for the role of Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Ladybug, she never thought she'd actually get the part, let alone imagine that Miraculous would become as famous as series such as Harry Potter or Star Wars.

She had started filming the movies when she was around 13. As the audiences grew, the movies started to be launched once a year. Now, she was 17 and she had just watched the last movie of the sequels amongst the fans. She had entered the theatre with Alice Martin — the actress who played Chloe Bourgeois —, ironically, her best friend, both wearing a disguise. They did it every time a Miraculous movie was released. They would obviously go to the premiere with all of the cast members, and a few days later, just for fun, they would visit a random theatre and bless the fans with their presence at the end of the movie. It actually became a thing. Fans would watch the movie countless times, just to get a chance to see them.

Zhi looked at Alice, taking her wig off when she saw her friend doing the same. Tears were rolling down the blond girl's face. Zhi smiled at her, knowing that no one would understand better what she was feeling right now. They both got up and fiercely hugged each other — laughing and crying at the same time.

"Is that?..."

"OMG!"

"Ladybug!"

"Oh my GOD, that's Zhi Ruo Léi!"

"Alice Martin!"

"Marinette!"

"Chloe Bourgeois!"

"Ladybug!"

The girls snorted and burst into giggles at their fans' hysteria and soon they were surrounded by the enthusiastic crowd.

Thanks for reading!

Stay Miraculous!

AuriMoon*