✎ : trapped in a room together during a quarantine
Sure, it had been hours since Juleka got stuck here as a mean of safety. But while she hadn't been alone, the gothic only hoped the heroes out there were dealing with that freely roaming bad guy. Although, she feared this crazy diseases akuma had dealt with the heroic duo. Considering it neared three hours since that evildoer attack, the noises outside was not pleasant. In fact, lots of peoples were still infected by whatever sickness.''Soooo, uhh.Not a good day, right?'', Juleka sat down near the other teenager. Having barricaded doors, windows tightly to prevent getting sighted by the villain, would hopefully work for more hours.
Marinette put a hand on her friend’s shoulder as she saw that she was about to cry. She knew perfectly well that she couldn’t handle sad looks, let alone tears. She threw her arms around Alya’s shoulder and let her cry on her shoulder. She probably didn’t want to hear anything of what Marinette had to say, or sign, anyways.
Prompt: Alya is tired of hiding and training in the shadows, watching her girlfriend protect Paris without her. Her mentor keeps on telling her to wait until it gets to a point that Chat Noir and Ladybug need help. The reason being is that they need time to learn how to work in sync with each other first. When Volpina appears, Alya cannot stand by any longer. (Peacock!Alya)
FEATHERS SPREAD!
For @ladybehindtheblog
Alya was walking back to school, she remembered that there was something that she left in her locker and she needed it for her homework. She was reviewing the forms on the Ladyblog making sure that everything was in order. She was absorbed in her phone until she heard screaming, her blog completely forgotten as she halted in her tracks and looked for the source of the scream. She saw people pointing to the sky and saw a large meteor flying towards the city and she knew that she had to do something. She wanted to transform but there were too many people around.
Before Alya had the chance to run off to hide, she spotted a figure dressed in orange appear and push the meteor away from the city. Something was wrong about this entire situation, she could feel it. Like how did a meteor that large get so close to the ground, most of it should have burnt up in the atmosphere. Something was clearly wrong here and Alya did not like this. She did not stick around long as she left the area and ducked into the nearest alleyway. She needed to talk to her kwami and fast. When she found a safe area to let Seikko out she opened her messenger bag. “Seikko we need to talk.”
“What is it Alya?” The Peacock kwami flew out of the back and floated in front of his chosen. Arms were crossed as he glanced over his chick to make sure she wasn’t hurt.
“Something isn’t right here and I don’t like it. Maybe we should check it out.” She explained glancing back at where she just came from. She could not get that nagging feeling out of her gut, that person dressed in orange was just screaming bad news to her. “There are too many things that don’t match up with what just happened. You told me the Miraculous Armor can protect against heat, but I don’t think that they could protect someone against the heat of a falling meteor.” She pointed out to her kwami, eyes narrowing as she put the facts she had together. Then she heard the orange “superhero” no Volpina call out that she was the only superhero that Paris needs.
Seikko looked at Alya knowing that there was no point in talking the reporter out of doing this. He knew that if this was the Fox Miraculous being activated, that the chosen wouldn’t be acting like this. As one of the five protectors of the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous, it was his job to ensure that those two Miraculous never fell into the wrong hands and that they were allowed to do their job. He explained that to Alya, and his chosen’s hero forms reflected that. The way that this Volpina was acting, did not match how she should be acting if that was a true Miraculous she had. “Very well. Only intervene if you think it’s absolutely necessary.” Normally he liked to show off and he would encourage his Chosen to do the same. This situation required a level of precision that his normal advice would not support.
“Of course. Seikko! Feathers Spread!” She cried out as she moved her shirt to reveal the Peacock Miraculous that was pinned to her right hip. The kwami flew into the gem just like all of the previous times. She brought her hand from the left side of her face to her right side in an arch as her mask appeared after her hand. A skin tight body spread across her skin, covering everything up to her neck. Her Miraculous kept her belt that transitioned into peacock feathers in the back. Her fans hid underneath the belt and as her transformation ended. She looked around and knew that she had to get to the roofs to get the information she needed. She took a running start and jumped onto the wall and then pushed off to the other wall directly opposite of it and continued that until she was on the roof. She knew that Ladybug and Chat Noir had her beat in terms of mobility due to their weapons but she didn’t need no such thing.
She knew that if there was a time to put all of her training to work, today was the day. She thanked the incredible eyesight that Seikko gave her, so she was able to keep a safe distance from the duo, now a trio without risk getting spotted. Using the buildings as cover she watched them interact and it was clear to her that Ladybug did not like Volpina, and she could not blame her. Something was off about the newest hero. She knew that she hasn’t exactly been forthcoming about her own presence, but that was at the request of her mentor. Her eyes traveled around seeing if there was anything else that was abnormal and Hawk Moth’s appearance was definitely something that fell in that category. “Hawk Moth?” She muttered to herself in surprise. After all of the Akuma attacks, he never showed his face once. Now to appear in person either meant that he was feeling incredibly bold and quite frankly stupid or this was a massive trick. After everything that Paris has been through, Alya had a good feeling it was the later.
When the trio split up, warning flags were going off in Alya’s mind. She didn’t know who to follow, she knew that Ladybug and Chat Noir could both handle themselves just fine on their own. Volpina was acting super suspicious which made her want to trail her instead of Ladybug. She thought about the safety of her girlfriend and decided against it. She could be overreacting to the entire situation, which she’s been told by Nino has happened before. Alya took a deep breath as she tried to calm her nerves, maybe Volpina was in the same situation that she was in. Volpina could have a mentor that just told her now that it was okay to reveal herself.
She knew that she didn’t get the okay by her mentor, however this felt like an emergency and knew that the former Peacock Miraculous holder would understand if she explained it at her next training session. Shaking her head, Alya knew that she needed to focus in. This was an incredibly bad spot to get caught in by her girlfriend. She already knew that this would be a long conversation when she finally revealed herself to the public. Revealing herself to Ladybug by getting caught stalking her would just make the matters worse. She knew that Ladybug’s hearing was worse than Chat’s meaning she could get closer without fear of being detected. She didn’t know how her hearing compared to Chat Noir’s however but she was close enough to hear Ladybug wonder where Hawk Moth went off to.
She peaked her head around the corner to see if Laybug was still alright, and she was thankfully. Until she took one too many steps and saw all these weapons appear out of nowhere and were pointed directly at Ladybug. Once again, she got that feeling that these were not real. It was the same one like with the meteor only stronger. She wondered if this was because she was transformed, Seikko mentioned that her Miraculous represented truth. So it would make sense that lies did not affect her as much as the others.
When the conversation between Ladybug and Volpina started, she had to pull one of her fans out and bit down on it. HARD. She was getting so riled up with what Volpina... now revealed as Lila was saying. She didn’t know what happened between those two that ended up with Lila becoming Akumatized but she knew that she couldn’t stand by anymore. She jumped a few more rooftops to get into a better position to present herself for the first time. When she heard Volpina demand the Miraculous and Ladybug telling her to wait, that was when she showed herself. “You know Volpina, illusions are just as bad as lying.”
Alya grinned as she pulled out her second fan and threw them both at the massive amount of weapons pointed at Ladybug and all of them dissipated in a puff of smoke. When her fans returned she caught them with ease and glared at the Akuma victim. She was having issues telling if this one was real or not to her disappointment. So instead she jumped onto the roof that Ladybug was standing on. She could feel her girlfriend’s eyes dig into her costume, so much for having a nice conversation tonight. “Who are you supposed to be?” Alya heard Ladybug ask and she never expected those words to hurt so much. She could hear the hostility in her voice, and she couldn’t blame her if she was honest. If the roles were reversed she probably would have had the same reaction. Two supposed heroes appear out of nowhere on the same day and one of them turns out to be one of Hawk Moth’s victims.
“Pavonne. It’s a bad name, it’s the first one I could come up with if I’m honest.” Pavonne admitted with a smile on her face, she might love everything involving superheroes. That never meant that she was good at naming them, or being creative at that either. “I’ll explain later.” She replied tensing up for the impending fight, knowing that Ladybug was the leader and she needed to follow her lead. Which wasn’t going to be a problem, she does that enough while she was just plain old Alya.
“No we talk now.” Ladybug said firmly as she threw her yo-yo at Volpina and just like the weapons that Pavonne destroyed, Volpina disappeared in a puff of smoke. “Prove to me that you aren’t one of Volpina’s illusions or tricks.” Ladybug commanded as she pulled her yo-yo back watching Pavonne carefully.
The feathered hero knew that she had two choices. Either she would explain the situation with words or show Ladybug first hand. She could tell that today might be a long night, so she might miss their date so she decided to go with showing. A slight smirk appeared on the heroine’s face as she closed the gap between her and Ladybug in a blink of an eye and brought the spotted heroine into a passionate kiss. She could feel that at first Ladybug was taken completely off guard but quickly relaxed into it. Just like every single other time that they kissed, the only difference was that Marinette was not the only one in spandex. When the two parted for air, there was surprise and hurt on Ladybug’s face. “Alya? You have a Miraculous? Since when? Why didn’t you tell me?” The questions spewed out of the more experienced hero as Pavonne just laughed.
“Easy buggie, I’ll tell you later okay? We have an Akuma to catch. But don’t worry about me, I can handle myself.” The Peacock Miraculous holder teased as she ran towards the direction that she saw Volpina run off to. Leaving a dumbstruck Ladybug in her wake. Ladybug quickly shook her head and gathered her bearings, letting Chat Noir on the situation… and who the real hero joining their team.
Yoyo held on to a nearby tree, Ladybug waited with baited breaths as a bright light flashed in front of her. With that, she retracted the yoyo and turned toward the excited girl, letting out her breath. “Was that good? Do you need more?”
The best part of Marinette’s week was probably when she and Alya went out for lunch. Sure they lived together, but that didn’t mean that they really got to talk a lot. Marinette had Ladybug things, a job, not to mention her studies... Alya was similar. They were both so busy and out so late that some days they hardly spoke more than a ‘hello’. Arranging to meet weekly was a good way to make sure that the two of them remained friends.
So at their normal Thursday time Marinette was at their favorite cafe, sitting at their table and waiting patiently for her best friend. They hadn’t gotten a proper conversation in all week, and Marinette had plenty to catch Alya up on. Mostly drama in the fashion department, and some stuff that had gone down at work. Knowing Alya, her friend likely had plenty to share as well.
When Alya walked in she grinned and stood up, waving at her. Once she was close enough, Marinette hugged her. “Hey, girl! I feel like I haven’t seen you all week!”
╰ ☘ ╮Ladybug thought it wouldn’t hurt to visit a certain reporter tonight. She was free earlier today and did her patrol then so she was free at night. She told Chat to take the night off since it was a long week filled with patrols and Akuma attacks. But Ladybug couldn’t find it in her to just calm down and relax so that is what brought her to the reporter’s house. She knocked on the window, using her yo-yo as a rope to repel down from the roof a smile on her face.
