//------------------------------// // A Miraculous Origin Story! // Story: Foretellers // by Fear Ripper //------------------------------// (Marinette’s P.O.V) That villain yesterday really had me exhausted. Now it’s Saturday morning. I wanted to go see Master Fu right after breakfast, but my parents needed help in the bakery this morning. “Marinette!” From my coat pocket, Tikki poked her head out and spoke in a harsh whisper. “We should be going to Master Fu’s right now. We need to tell him about the Foretellers!” “And we will,” I whispered back. “But I can’t bail on my parents right now. I promise once I’m done here, we’ll go see Master Fu.” Before Tikki could retort, the bell at the front door rang. Tikki ducked back into my pocket while I put on my best smile. Two customers whom I’ve never seen before came in. One was a tall girl that looked about seventeen. Her eyes and hair were brown, cut short, and she always wore a black jacket over a white T-shirt with blue jeans. The other girl looked about my age, albeit a little shorter than me. She had short, black hair and blue eyes, and wearing a pink frilly blouse and blue jeans. But what's strange is that she had a black eye patch over her left eye. “Welcome to our bakery!” I greeted both of them. “I haven’t seen you two around before. Are you new in town?” “Yup!” The smaller girl answered cheerfully. “My brothers, sister, and I just got into town yesterday.” “Oh, how nice! My name’s Marinette Dupain-Cheng.” “I’m Kira, and this is my older sister Jenny.” Kira gestured to the girl behind her. “Nice to meet you.” Jenny said cooly, “But Kira, let’s not forget we came here for breakfast for us and the boys.” “Oh yeah! What would you suggest we get?” Kira asked me. “Hm, well our croissants are one of the more popular pastries on our menu. Along with some coffee.” I suggested. “That sounds great. We’ll take five of those, as well as five coffee’s.” “One de-caf.” Jenny interrupted her sister, “Because of how someone gets around caffeine.” Her serious remark made Kira pout, as I let out a small chuckle. “You two seem really close, I wish I had a sibling like you guys,” I said as I got their order. “So why are you all in Paris? Vacation?” I asked. “Not exactly,” Jenny spoke up. “I guess you could call it a business trip. We have a job to do here, but a little sightseeing here and there wouldn’t hurt.” She smirked. “But I didn’t expect Paris to have their own superheroes!” Kira cheered. “What were their names again?” “I think it was Pokadot and Black Cat, or something,” Jenny answered. ‘Pokadot!?’ “Their names are Ladybug and Cat Noire.” I corrected sheepishly. “What about those other five?” Kira asked. “They looked so much cooler!” My eyebrow twitched slightly. ‘Cooler!? They just showed up and are already getting popular!?’ “I don’t know who they are. They are new around here.” I answered. “Anyways, here’s your order!” I handed them their order. Kira reached into her wallet and handed me some cash. “Keep the change! Hope to see you again soon.” Kira said as both of them left abruptly. Hm… what strange girls, but they were really friendly. I hope I can meet them again. I went to go and put the cash Kira gave me in the register, but in my hands wasn’t only the cash but also a letter. The letter didn’t have a return address and was sealed with a wax seal that looked like a fox. Curiosity got the better of me and I opened it. Hello Ladybug, Yeah, that’s right, we know your secret identity. Don’t worry though, we won’t tell anyone. Not unless you and your partner meet us at the top of the Eiffel Tower tonight at midnight. We didn’t have a chance to properly introduce ourselves, and we have much to talk about. May your heart be your guiding key. T-t-they know who I am!? Wait, guiding key? “Marinette!” Tikki whispered from my pocket. “That symbol on the seal, it’s the insignia of the Vulpus Union lead by one of the Foretellers.” “What! But how did they know who I am!?” “I don’t know, but this is much more serious then I thought. We need to inform Master Fu right away!” “I know Tikki. We’ll head right over.” I said as I took off my apron. “Mom, Dad! My shift is over, I’m going out now!” My mom yelled from the kitchen, “Okay, honey! Don’t be out too late!” With that, I made my way towards Master Fu’s! (Adrien’s P.O.V) *Piano Playing in the background* “Perfect as always Adrien.” Ms. Synthea, my piano teacher, complimented me. “Thank you for your teachings.” I bowed my head slightly. “Well, that’s all for this lesson. We’ll pick this back up next week.” She said as she left. The moment she left my room, Natalie entered with a few sacks in her hands. “Well done Adrien. Next on your schedule is fencing lessons. You have a bit of time to rest before then, so I brought you your weakly fan letters. I thought you’d want to sift through them.” She said while setting three sackfuls of fan letters. Natalie left my room, and I slump in my seat. “Why bother, it’s all the same anyways.” I sighed. “What if someone sent some tasty camembert?” Plagg suddenly appeared. I chuckled, “I seriously doubt my fans would send me camembert through the mail.” “Well if there’s cheese involved, I’m not taking any chances!” My kwami said as he dove in the sacks and started rummaging through the letters. While he was doing that, I started to think back to the Akuma attack yesterday. More specifically, to the five Foretellers who helped Ladybug and me. “Hey Plagg, do you know anything about those Foretellers from yesterday? Are they Miraculous holders too?” I asked. “Them? Oh no, they are a much bigger deal than that. They are the first Keyblade Masters from when the worlds were still one.” I looked at him confused. “Keyblade? Worlds were one? What does that all mean?” He pops out of the sack with a pondering look. “I’m not to fine on the details since it’s been centuries since I’ve even thought about them. We’d have to either talk to them directly or ask Master Fu about it.” I sighed, “Well, that can’t be today, I have a full schedule.” Plagg shrugged, “We’ll probably run into them sooner or later for an Akuma attack.” With that, he dove back into the sack to look for more cheese. While he did that, random letters flew everywhere making a huge mess. “Plagg, can you not make it look like a hurricane came through the window?” I asked sarcastically while picking up some letters. Although, one stood out to me out of every other letter. One white envelope with a wax snake seal laid with the other letters. I picked it up to find that it was blank. Strange, usually it would have a return address or a name, but its blank. I guess Plagg's cat curiosity rubbed off on me. I opened the letter and start reading it. Sup, Cat Noir. Or should we say, Adrien Agrest? That’s right, we know who you are. Your secrets safe with us, but we do request you and the lady meet us at the top of the Eiffel Tower at midnight tonight. It is of the utmost importance. May your heart be your guiding key. What!? They know I’m Cat Noire? May your heart be your guiding key? It must be those Foretellers. But how did they know who I was? Guess I’ll figure out how tonight. I’m sure they contacted the lady the same way. (3rd person P.O.V) Just outside of Adrien’s room, the three leaders of the Anguis, Leopardis, and Unicornis unions were observing the scene from a rooftop. “Nice work with the letter, Dan.” Lan complimented his brother. Dan smirked, “Well the Anguis Union does specialize in covert and stealth. Delivering that letter without either of them noticing was child's play.” “Uuuuhhhhhhh!” The both of them turned to see their leopard brother lying down, groaning. “Where the hell are the girls with breakfast!? I’m starving.” Alex complained. “Could you be any louder?” Dan asks sarcastically. “They might notice us.” “Hm. What I wouldn’t give for one of Pinkie’s muffins right now.” (Eiffel Tower) It was the stroke of Midnight, the city of love was illuminated by the dime lights of the street. Ladybug could be seen swinging across Paris with her yo-yo until she reached her destination, the top of the Eiffel Tower. “Alright, I’m here. They should be here any minute now.” Ladybug said to herself. “M’lady!” Suddenly, Cat Noire leaped from the edge of the tower and landed next to his partner. “Lovely night isn’t it? If you wanted to go on a nightly patrol you should have called. I would have brought a picnic.” “Not the time kitty.” She sighed. “I’m guessing since you’re here, you got a message from our new ‘heroes’ in town.” Cat Noire nodded. “Yup, but where are they. You’d think since they invited us, they’d be here first to greet us.” “Sorry, we haven’t hosted many parties.” Ira’s voice echoed. The five Foretellers suddenly dropped from the sky and surrounded the duo. Although, instead of their armor they were wearing their respective robes. “Hello, heroes.” Invi greeted. Cat Noire smirked. “Looks like you guys went shopping. You should have told us that this was a formal event, I feel underdressed.” Ladybug swatted at Cat’s head. “Focus Cat.” She chided. Gula snorted. “Well, we know who wears the pants in this relationship.” “We’re not in a relationship!” Ladybug yelled embarrassed. “Can we just get down to business?” “Geez, she’s just as stiff is you, Ira.” Aced joked as everyone, bar Ladybug, started laughing. Ira sighed, “As the leader, it’s hard to keep them in line.” “Don’t I know it.” Ladybug sighed as well. “Well now that we got that out of the way, I suppose introductions are in order,” Ira suggested. Ladybug nodded, “At least someone around here has their head on straight. I’m Ladybug, and this is my partner Cat Noire. We’re the resident heroes in Paris.” “I am Ira of the Unicornis Union.” “I am Aced of the Ursus Union.” “I’m Gula of the Leopardus Union.” “Invi of the Anguis Union.” “And I’m Ava of the Vulpus Union.” Ira nodded, “And as we said yesterday, we’re-” “The Foretellers.” Ira was interrupted by a sudden elderly voice. An elderly Chinese man wearing a red Hawaiian shirt stepped out of the shadows. “The first keyblade masters trained by the Master of Masters, and leaders of the five Keyblade Unions.” “Who are you?” Aced asked nonchalantly. “My apologies for not introducing myself earlier. I am Master Fu, keeper of the Miraculous.” He introduced himself. Invi stepped up, “So someone in this world knows of our predecessors. The question is, how?” “Then allow me to explain.” Master Fu turned towards the French heroes. “This concerns you two as well, so listen closely. This will be quite a story.” “At the dawn of our Universe, there was nothing. Then the big bang gave birth to beings we now know is the Kwami. Each Kwami is formed whenever a new abstract idea or emotion comes into existence in the universe, such as creation, love, beauty, etc.” “What does this have to do with the Keyblade?” Aced asked impatiently. “I’m getting there.” Master Fu answeres. “The Kwami all used to travel around the universe together, but they were unable to interact with other living beings. Although, thousands of years ago when they visited Earth, that problem was solved. During their first visit to Earth, they encountered a woman that somehow had the ability to see him. This woman was a survivor of the keyblade war.” The Foretellers gave the Miraculous Guardian a look of surprise. While the French heroes looked at him in confusion. “What’s the Keyblade War?” Cat Noire asked. “I’ll take this one.” Ira interrupted. “This may be hard to believe, but there are other worlds out there. We can prove it cause we aren’t from this world you call home.” The duo looked at him shocked but continued to listen. “But long ago, all the worlds used to be one. All interconnected with each other, with the heart of it being a world called Daybreak Town.” “That is where the Master of our Predecessors trained them and had them gather skilled Keyblade Wielders, many from different worlds, and all had to keep that fact secret,” Ava added. “It was very prosperous back then, but then one day The Master of Masters vanished.” Aced continued. “After the Master and one of their other comrades Luxu disappeared it was up to the five of them to keep the peace. But before the Master left, he left our predecessors with what was called the Book of Destiny. Which told of what is to come in the future.” Gula stepped up this time, “It told of future where the light expires and darkness would cover the world. Knowing that they obviously tried to stop it. But then the seeds of discord started to sprout.” Ladybug looked confused, “Darkness would cover the world? What happened to them if they all banded together to try and fight it?” “They discovered evidence that would lead to a traitor,” Invi answered. “They found evidence that someone had fallen to darkness, but without any proof of who they began to suspect each other. One thing leads to another until it reached the point where their union members got involved. Those seeds grew into something more chaotic, the Keyblade War. That day, thousands of Keybearers died, and the world became covered in darkness, just like the Book of Destiny foretold. The worlds eventually broke apart, leaving nothing but a wasteland of a once prosperous city.” “But hope was not lost.” Ava continued. “The original Master Ava gathered a hand-selected few of Keybearers from different unions into a group called the Dandelions. Where after the War, they scattered to the winds to make sure the light didn’t fully expire.” The Paris duo took a while to ingest all the information, while Master Fu just stayed silent. “Well now that you know our story, why not continue yours. Do you know the name of the survivor that ended up in this world?” Gula asked. “Her name was Skuld.” Master Fu answered. Ava’s eyes widened under her mask. “One of my Dandelions,” she muttered to herself. “From the stories told by the monastery I’ve heard, she had come to this world after the Keyblade War. Although, not before she fought herself. While escaping with the other Dandelions, they encountered various Keybearers wanting to stop them. She held them off most of them for the others to escape, but in doing so she was severely injured when escaping herself. She arrived in battle worn and keyblade shattered until she was discovered by monks. She was nursed back to health and taken under the monk's wing. Not too long after that, came along the Kwamis. They came to Earth as one of their stops throughout the Galaxy, but then they ran into Master Skuld. For some reason, only she was able to see them. Possibly due to the magic of being a Keybearer. After hearing their story and desire to interact with other lifeforms, Skuld herself crafted the Miraculous using the shattered remains of her Keyblade. They allowed the Kwamis to inhabit the Miraculous and interact with other life, and also bestowed the wearers of said miraculous with great power. From then on the monastery of monks was known as The Order of the Guardians, with their first master being none other than Master Skuld herself. With this power, they took it upon themselves to distribute the Miraculous jewels to worthy people so they could benefit all of mankind and protect the world from danger.” Master Fu finished. The occupants of the tower top were silent to process this information. Ava had a solemn, but also proud, look on her face. She was sad to hear the condition of her student when she came to this world, but proud because she did exactly when the dandelions were meant to do. Spread light to all worlds. “Well, we now know where our stories connect.” Gula broke the silence. “But even with all this information, why are the five of you in this world?” Ladybug asked. “Well, until we arrived here yesterday, we didn’t know,” Invi added. “Until we saw you both fighting the Unversed. With that evidence, I have a sneaking suspicion that one of our old foes is in this world.” “Crow,” Ira concluded. “Although we don’t know his motives for his being here yet. So looks like you’re stuck with us for a while. With that in mind,” He reached for his mask and took it off, making the rest of his robes disappear leaving him in his civilian clothes. “I think a level of trust is in order.” The other Foretellers followed his lead and removed their masks as well, which surprised the hero duo. “W-what are you doing!?” Ladybug studdered. “Yeah! You aren’t supposed to reveal your secret identity to anyone. That’s ‘Super Heroing 101!’” Cat Noire stated. Gula, now Alex, chuckled, “Well since we aren’t from this world, there really isn’t any consequence to us revealing our identities.” Ladybug then saw Kira and Jenny in place of the Ursus and Vulpus masters. ‘Those are the girls from this morning!’ She thought to herself. “You know us as the Foretellers, but as civilians are Lan, Kira, Dan, Alex, and Jenny Foreteller. We’re all siblings. Now, isn’t it your turn to reveal yourselves?” “We can’t do that.” Ladybug stated. “We can’t allow anyone to know our true identities. Not even each other.” Dan tilted his head in confusion. “I get that not letting civilians know about your identities, but you don't even know each other?” The hero duo nodded. “... That’s foolish.” This statement irked the heroes a bit. “What do you mean foolish?” Cat Noire asked. “I ain’t the smartest of this bunch, but even I think it's stupid,” Jenny added. “If you knew each other's real selves it would be a lot easier to get into contact with each other when a villain strikes. Also gaining a good amount of trust than just colleagues.” “It’s for both of our sakes. Knowing each other's identities could be dangerous.” Ladybug countered. “For who? It’s not like you’re screaming your names to the whole city.” Alex started sarcastically. “If you really trust each other with your lives, then you should trust each other with your lives outside of being heroes.” Kira saw that Cat Noire had a thoughtful look on his face. ‘It seems like we aren’t the only ones who think so.’ She thought. “Enough guys.” Lan interrupted. “It’s their identities, it’s their choice. We should respect their choices. Now that everything is done with, it’s getting late so we should get going.” Lan waved his hand and opened a door to light behind him. He turned to the Miraculous duo and bowed his head. “I hope we can work together in the future.” Was all he said before walking through the Door. One by one the other Foretellers followed his lead, the last one to pass through was Kira. But before she walked through she turned back towards the hero duo. “Just one more thing.” Kira focused on Cat Noire. “I can sense great love in you Cat Noire. It’s so strong and pure. I’ll leave you both with this. May your heart be your guiding key.” With that, she left. “Well, they were an interesting bunch.” In Hawk Moth’s secret sanctum, Hawk Moth and Crow could be seen along with a multitude of Unversed. An Akuma flew through the air until it landed on a Scraper Unversed. The Moment the Akuma landed on the Scraper it was covered in dark energy. The energy faded of the body of the scraper before it dissipated, but the only thing that changed about the Unversed except now it had a strange butterfly symbol on its chest. “Such pure and unbridled negative energy, how intoxicating.” Hawk Moth smirked evilly. “And that’s just one, just wait until tomorrow Hawk Moth. We’ll turn Hero Day into the Miraculous Duo’s retirement party.”