Magician of Misfortune (technically discontinued)

Chapter 1 - Attack of the Magician

Release Date - Saturday, September 18, 2021

"Lucky Charm!", Ladybug screamed as she summoned her usual lucky charm. This time it happened to be a magic kit.

"A magic kit, what am I supposed to do with this?", Ladybug asked to herself, along with the lucky charm, a usual thing she did nearly every day during akuma battles. At this point, days without an akuma battle were pretty rare, letting Ladybug get used to the not-so-new daily routine of a superheroine. Shadow Moth must be really desperate for power, Ladybug thought.

"I don't know milady, but it seems pretty fun-ky, just like this guy's magic!", Cat Noir joked, briefly making Ladybug chuckle quietly. As Ladybug started thinking of exactly how to use her lucky charm, Cat Noir stared at her lovingly, mainly thinking about how long the two have gotten along and done everything as a duo. I hope things never change between the two of us, Cat Noir thought to himself.

Once Cat Noir stopped thinking to himself however, he heard a beep coming from his ring.

"Oh crap", Cat Noir muttered to himself. Unfortunately for him though, his troubles weren't over yet. Nor were Ladybug's.

"Adrien Agreste, show yourself and witness how life-changing and superior my magic skills are to yours, starting with me taking the miraculi of Ladybug and Cat Noir!", Magician of Misfortune screamed from the heroes' back, signaling the attention of Ladybug and Cat Noir and by extent, delaying Ladybug's plan.

Beep, beep!, Cat Noir's ring kept on beeping over and over again, signaling that unless he left the battle scene at that moment, his identity would be discovered! Ladybug then briefly took a look at her partner's personal situation.

"Um, would you mind taking over the battle for a while bugaboo? Gotta recharge!", Cat Noir, noticing Ladybug's confusion, explained to her. Ladybug then gave him the ok, leading him to enter the alleyway and try to find a good hiding spot.

"Plagg, claws in!", Cat Noir, transforming back into Adrien as he descended into the darkness, whisper-screamed. Unfortunately for Adrien, the nearby Magician of Misfortune happened to be looking for him, the very guy who had unintentionally insulted his craft by simply beating him in a magic competition.

"Adrien, where are you?", Magician of Misfortune said in a taunting, sing-songy voice as he veered closer to what he thought was Adrien. After noticing that the figure located in the direction that he had been going was not Adrien, but a heap of trash that just happened to vaguely shape like a human, he continued by saying "I want to show you a little trick!", in the same tone of voice as Adrien (and Plagg) both tried from hide further from the villain. Ugh, where are you Ladybug?!, Adrien pondered to himself as he continued to tremble in the dark. As he started to give Plagg some camembert from his pocket though, Ladybug finally came to save the day, with a group of cards, presumably coming from Ladybug's kit, being thrown at the villain's face.

"Agh!", Magician of Misfortune screamed as the cards kept being thrown at his face. After witnessing what had happened, Adrien attempted to get Plagg to hurry up by tapping on the kwami's head with his finger.

"Ugh! Come on kid, I'm just taking my sweet time here, okay?", Plagg whisper-screamed in response, taking another bite of his beloved camembert immediately after. Plagg was snarky and gluttonous, but also an ultimately well-meaning kwami. Or so he thought. After a brief moment of annoyance as a result of Plagg's rebellious behavior, Adrien decided to take matters into his own hands and got up from his hiding spot, taking and hiding Plagg and his camembert with him.

Magician of Misfortune's attention was redirected from Ladybug's attack as the sound of Adrien's footsteps grew louder. "Huh?" was the sound he made to express his confusion. It was then that Ladybug discovered who those footsteps were coming from. Not Cat Noir, as she initially figured, but Adrien.