ML AU: The Dragon’s Curse
This Alternative Universe belongs to both @princess-of-the-corner and me, though I’m taking change of it since Corner has so many AUs to keep track of already.
Set in an Medieval Fantasy setting, this AU has Kagami as a princess transformed into a dragon by a curse. She is a dragon during the day and turns back into a human at night, albeit she keeps some dragon traits (eyes, teeth, claws) in her human form. This AU came about while Corner and I were discussing a ML Beauty and Beast AU with Adrien as Belle and Dragon!Kagami as the Beast.
Kagami actually doesn’t mind being a dragon but her mother , Tomoe does so Kagami leaves her home for another kingdom. However, the people in her new home fear that the “terrible dragon” will destroy them so they decide to offer her human sacrifices to appease her.
Kagami initially tries refusing the sacrifices but the people interpret it as them needing to offer “better” sacrifices. So, Kagami decides to take the “sacrifices” to a new village that they can live in.
Using messenger pigeons, the “sacrifices” can sent messages to their families telling them that they are alive with some of the families moving to the village.
The curse Kagami is under can be broken is her true love confesses their feelings for her. The twist is that Kagami doesn’t have only one true love, but three: Adrien, Marinette, and Luka.
Luka and Marinette are two of the most recent “sacrifices” though they volunteered so that the people in their villages (they’re from different villages/towns) wouldn’t fight each other over who’d be sacrificed.
Adrien is the prince of the kingdom and Nino is his best friend; they were both kidnapped and set up to become the Dragon’s sacrifices, a note left behind saying that Adrien had gone to slay the dragon. This was a plot orchestrated by Adrien’s aunt Amelie so that her son Felix would be next in line for the throne (This idea was taken from my Mari Hood AU).
Nino was kidnapped as well because it would have been odd for Adrien to leave on a quest without his best friend.
Adrien doesn’t know who was in on the plan to kidnap him so he can’t sent a message to let people know that he’s okay. He also doesn’t know about the note saying he went to slay the dragon, only that no one seems to be looking for him and he worries that no one actually cares that he disappeared.
I haven’t decided if Emilie is alive, dead, or in a magic coma through her not being around and Gabriel isolating himself might contribute to Adrien’s fear that not even his father cares that he disappeared.
meanwhile, Tomoe is travelling the world in search of her daughter.