Switched

Lady Noire

"You've got to be kidding me." Adrien face palmed. He had hidden in a janitor closet until he could figure out what to do about the akuma.

"You don't have a choice," Tikki said gently. "Paris needs Ladybug—uh—Mister Bug."

"Didn't you say no one else saw us? So everyone would think I am Ladybug." Adrien accidentally knocked a mop over. The handle struck him on the face before he could catch it.

He was beginning to be as clumsy as Marinette.

"That's true," Tikki sighed. "You and Marinette will have to work together to switch back."

"So, uh, what do you eat?" Adrien put the mop back in place.

"What?" Tikki blinked.

"Do you eat Camembert, too?"

Tikki laughed. "No! I eat many things, but I prefer cookies."

"Well, I'm fresh out. I'll have to go to the bakery after this."

"You mean your house?"

"Yeah right." Adrien was struggling to remember that the whole world saw him as Marinette.

"Tikki, Claws Out!"

Tikki crossed her arms. "Wrong phrase."

Adrien chuckled. "Tikki, Spots On!" He used the right words this time.

A flash of red light encapsulated him as a red bodysuit covered him. Adrien would never get used to being Mister Bug.

He cracked the closet door open and checked the hallway to make sure it was clear of anyone before he came out.

Adrien turned the corner, coming straight into contact with Marinette. He had forgotten how great she looked as Lady Noire.

"Hey, Lady—I mean Cat Noir," he said. "What's going on?"

"It looks like Chloe has been akumatized into a villain called Golden Sun, Cat— I mean Ladybug."

This was by far the weirdest thing he'd ever encountered.

***

Marinette was still reeling from finding out her crush and Cat Noir were the same person, but she tried to put aside her feelings as she and Adrien faced Golden Sun.

Chloe aka Golden Sun had captured everyone in her thrall with her magic powers to strike people blind with her beauty.

Marinette never attempted to understand Chloe's logic. It only led to disappointment.

After seeing Rose struck blind in the courtyard, Marinette grabbed Adrien by the arm. "Don't look directly at her." She turned back to the people frozen in the schoolyard. "I don't know how we're supposed to fight her."

"We need sunglasses."

"What?" Marinette let go of Adrien's arm.

"Sunglasses let us look at the sun. We need to find some," he said.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Me?"

"You have the lucky charm!"

"Oh right. Lucky charm!!!!!"

It was not a pair of sunglasses that fell into Adrien's hands, but a mirror.

"What are we supposed to do with this?" he asked.

"I know!" Marinette snatched it from him. She used the mirror to reflect Chloe's beam back at her. While blinded by her own beauty, Marinette leapt forward and used her cataclysm to destroy Chloe's sunglasses.

The akuma flew out.

"Now, Ca— I mean Ladybug."

Adrien stood in the school hall with a frown on his face. "Isn't that my job? I'm Ladybug."

"No, I am. Anyway does it matter?" She shook her head at him. "Hurry and catch the akuma."

"I'm don't with you bossing me around, Marinette."

"Cat—" she hissed, thankful no one had overheard.

Adrien scowled. "No. If you're Ladybug, then you catch the akuma. I'm going home."

"Hey!"

But Marinette could only watch as Adrien took off without purifying the Akuma.

The first four episodes of season 5 have aired where I live and I'm crying.