As soon as class was dismissed I ran to Alya.

"Okay, who is this Hawkmoth guy?" I asked as Alya took off her pointe shoes. She knew something about who was convincing these people to break the studio rules and challenge me and Chat, and I needed to know more.

Alya laughed as she put her shoes in her bag, "Why are you so interested?"

"I-um-I... I just wanna know how you convinced the studio's owner to let you back in! Come on!" I pleaded, nudging her in the arm with my elbow, "Tell me!"

Alya zipped her bag and laughed, slinging the bag over her shoulder, "Okay okay!" she said, holding her hands up in surrender, "I'll tell you."

-----

"I don't know who he actually is," Alya said as we walked out of the classroom, "He just sent me a letter and gave me the costume and other supplies I needed to go into Club Miraculous and challenge Ladybug and Chat Noir."

"You challenged break dancers?" I asked, trying to sound shocked. I hissed my voice down to a whisper, "Don't you know you could be expelled from the studio permanently for that?"

"Yes yes I know. But Hawkmoth promised that wouldn't happen, and boy did he come through. He made sure I got back in to the studio, with no wait at all!"

"So Hawkmoth just, supplies people with what they need to challenge Chat Noir and Ladybug?"

"Basically," Alya said, "But he asks for us to reveal the identities of them in return."

"I see," I replied, I needed to tell Chat Noir, "Well, uh, I gotta go, uh, home! So um-"

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Alya said, placing her hands on her hips sassily.

I went through my thoughts, but I couldn't think of anything....

Then it dawned on me.

"Alix and Kim's race!" I shouted.

"There it is." Alya said, laughing.

Alix and Kim were rivals in and out of the studio, and they were always challenging each other to competitions. From who could turn the longest to who could get to the water fountain faster, they were always at each others throats.

Today they were racing down the block and back on roller skates, to see who was fastest.

"Come on girl!" Alya said, grabbing my wrist, "Let's go watch!"

Alya pulled me to the door of the studio and pushed me outside, where a crowd was already gathering, all still holding dance bags and wearing their ballet clothes. We pushed our way into the crowd just as Alix finished tying her roller skates and Kim finsihed his stretches. Kim would be racing on foot, while Alix used her skates.

"You ready to loose Alix?" Kim said as he stood, dwarfing the small pink haired girl.

"Are you hungry?" Alix asked the boy.

"A little," he replied, "Why?"

"Cause you're about to eat my dust!"

The crowd whooped and hollered.

Max, Kim's friend, walked out of the crowd and stood in front of the two racers, "The rules are simple." he announced, "Race down to the lamp post and back to the front of the studio, no checking or shoving allowed. Are you ready to race?!"

The crowd cheered again, but as Kim bent down in ready position, Alix slid towards the crowd, specifically me and Alya.

"Alya," she said, pulling something out of her pocket, "Could you hold this for me while I race? My father gave it to me before class today and I don't want it to get hurt."

She handed Alya a small pocket watch.

"But Alix I have to record the race-"

"Thanks Alya!" Alix said without listening to Alya. She slid back to the starting line.

"Ready, set, RACE!" Mac shouted, waving his arm.

Alix and Kim bolted down the sidewalk as the crowd cheered.

"Marinette hold this for me." Alya said without looking at me, "I have to record this!" She tossed the watch over her shoulder and I fumbled to catch it.

"Alya! Be careful!" I said, i gave a sigh of relief as I cradled the undamaged watch in my palm.

I turned my attention back to the race, Alix was definetly winning, her pink hair flowing in the wind as she slid gracefully down the sidewalk.

Suddenly someone bumped into me and I dropped the watch, "NO!" I exclaimed.

But someone caught it just before it hit the ground.

Adrien caught the watch.

"Need a hand?" he said with a dazzling smile.

"Oh my god, I mean, thank you!"

Adrien smiled and was about to hand me the watch...

Then Chloé showed up. She snatched the watch out of Adrien's hand.

"Adri-kins! What's this?" She said in a high pitched squeal.

"Chloé stop," Adrien said, "TTHATS Alix's."

"Well if it's hers, it can't be worth much." Chloé responded.

"THEY'RE ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE!" Max shouted. The rest of the crowd cheered.

"What does it even do-" Chloé said, examining the watch. She pressed a button and it popped open, startling her, "Oh!" She screeched, and dropped the watch.

It shattered into a billion pieces with a crash when it hit the ground.

Alix slid to a stop at the finish line, Kim fumbling behind her.

"Okay," Kim said, breathing heavy, "I want a rematch-"

"My watch!" Alix screamed, running over to the pile of broken parts. She looked up at Alya, "What did you do?!?!"

Alya held up her hands in surrender, "I have it to Marinette!"

Alix shot daggers at me.

"It wasn't me!" I exclaimed, "Chloé took it and-"

"I can't believe you guys!" Alix interrupted, "My dad have this to me, and I trusted you..." She picked up the broken pieces of the watch and slid off on her roller skates, leaving her bag behind.

I wanted to run after her, but Alya's hand landed on my shoulder, holding me back. "She's needs time to cool down." Alya said, "Lets go home."

-----

Alix slid around the block, wiping tears from her cheeks and cradling the broken watch in her hands. She rolled behind the studio, since the crowd had dispersed and she was alone. She opened the back door of the studio, someone had forgotten to lock the back door.

She opened the door to an empty classroom and placed the broken pieces on the bench. She rolled around the perimeter of the room and wiped her tears, but soon sadness turned to anger.

Alix punched a wall. "I can't believe they broke my watch..." she said to no one in particular through gritted teeth.

Suddenly she heard something slide under the door.

She turned her head and saw a small purple envelope. Alix rolled over and picked it up, it was addressed to her. She opened the door and look around for the sender, but no one was there. She closed the door and ripped open the violet letter. It said...

"Timebreaker,

My name is Hawkmoth. Those you trusted have wronged you, But now you will get a chance to prove yourself as a winner. They broke your watch, and I can fix it, if you find out the identities of the dancers Ladybug and Chat Noir in return. Go to the storage room of the studio and you will find the supplies you need. Look behind the old costumes and you will see a door that will lead you to your victory."

"I'll show them what I'm made of." Alix said. She pushed the door open and rolled to the storage room.

-----

I changed as soon as I got the call on my pages. I had a lot to tell Chat Noir, so I ran as fast as I could back to the dance studio.

I threw open the unlocked door and ran to the back of the dance studio. But as I ran past the bathrooms I saw someone going in, and they were looking at me. I turned around and saw...

Adrien.

He was here? What was he doing at the studio after hours? Why was he staring at me? Did he recognize me?

"Hi." he said.

I almost turned around to are who he was talking to, but i remember we were the only ones in the studio (well, besides the people who were already in the club).

"H-hi." I stuttered. "Um," I looked down at my break dancing outfit, "It's not what it looks like, I-I was just... Um..."

"I-it's fine," Adrien obviously didn't recognize me, he wUmouldn't be this nervous, "I know you're going to the secret club."

"You know about the club?" I asked.

"Yeah," he responded, "I... Um... I just found out about it! Yeah! I heard about the club and my friend told me to come see." he said, getting more comfortable around me and smiling as he talked, "I heard that you were an amazing dancer too."

"Oh! Thank you." I said. I felt blood rush to my cheeks. I hope he didn't see me blushing under my eye makeup. I heard people chanting from the club, "Well, um, I gotta go, duty calls!" I said. I waved to the blond boy and ran to the entrance of the club, throwing the door open and bolting down the stairs.

-----

I made it to the bottom of the stairs and people cheered when they saw me. They pushed me through the crowd and onto the dance floor, where I faced my adversary.

She wore a grey crop top with a neon green hour glass symbol on it, and a green hat with a matching black symbol. She had baggy black dance pants, and green eye shadow over her eyes. But what I instantly recognized was the pink hair and roller skates. This was defienetly Alix.

She span around and around and the crowd cheered her on. She jumped out and posed. Then she rolled around on her skates and high-fived the crowd as she rolled by. That got them pumped up. She rolled back to the center of the dance floor and dropped to the floor, posing in a freeze as the music stopped.

"Lets give it up for our latest challenger-" DJ N shouted into the mic, "Timebreaker!!!"

The crowd erupted into applause and Timebreaker stood up, holding her hands in the air as if she had already won.

Chat Noir put an elbow on my shoulder, dwarfing me. "Did you miss me my lady?"

I pushed his elbow off, "I'm glad your here. I found out information about Hawkmoth."

DJ N interrupted our conversation, "Champions!" he said, "You have been challenged! Do you accept?"

"Why of course we accept!" Chat Noir said, motioning for the crowd to cheer, and they did.

"One exception," Timebreaker said, "I want to face each of you one on one."

"You can't do that!" I protested.

"What's wrong bugaboo?" Chat asked, putting an arm around me and crouching down so we were eye to eye, "Don't wanna go on without me?"

"No," I said. I walked up to DJ N's turn tables. "I thought me and Chat were partners! Isn't there a rule against this?"

"Well, uh," DJ N said, pushing the mic away from his face so the club wouldn't hear him, "You're our first pair of champions, so technically there are no rules... so I don't see why not." He moved the mic back to his face, "Alright! Timebreaker will face both of our champions one on one!"

I let out an ugh as Timebreaker let out a victory whoop. I walked back onto the dance floor.

Timebreaker stood in front of us, "I bet you can't do this." she said. She proceeded to do a medley of tricks, with back handsprings and cartwheels, finishing off with a triple spin in her roller skates and dropping one hand to the floor in a handstand freeze, legs up, and the other hand holding her hat as she winked.

The crowd erupted in applause.

I cursed under my breath, I couldn't copy all that! I could barely walk across a dance floor without falling on my face, how was I supposed to do that! I sighed, and stepped forward anyway, knowing I would have to give up my title.

Chat ran in front of me and blocked the way to the dance floor. "Let me do this, my lady. I think I can. You'll have a better chance of winning when it's your turn, and if you win, we both win."

"That those moves are impossib-"

"I know." He interrupted, "But I believe you can beat her on your own." He flashed a (surprisingly familiar...) smile at me before turning around to face Timebreaker.

The music got louder. Chat copied Timebreaker's moves the best he could, but when he finished and went for the handstand his arm gave out and he fell on his face. The crowd booed.

"Chat Noir has been beaten by Timebreaker!" The DJ said in disbelief. Timebreaker held her arms up in victory.

"Don't think you've won yet!" I shouted, suddenly angry that Alix thought she was better than Chat, "You still have to defeat me!"

Timebreaker frowned and put her arms down. "Fine," she said, "Your turn Ladybug."

I took a deep breath in.

I dance like I had never danced before, I let the music flow through my veins, interpreting it to match my emotions.

My happiness when talking to Adrien.

My urge to protect and avenge Chat Noir.

It all came out in a big burst of intricate movements.

When I finished, the crowd's applause was louder than the music that was pounding from the speakers.

Timebreaker growled, she tried to copy my movements, but she slipped in her roller skates and fell. The crowd booed.

"LADYBUG HAS WON!!!" DJ N shouted, "LADYBUG AND CHAT NOIR ARE THE UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS!"

The crowd cheered and Chat ran up to me, engulfing me in a giant hug, "You did it!" he shouted over the screams of the crowd, "I knew you could do it!"

I laughed and pushed him off of me, "Thanks Kitty." I said with a soft smile.

I looked at the clock, it was getting late. I turned back to Chat, "Look Chat, I found out some serious information about this Hawkmoth guy."

"Hawkmoth?" He asked, "How'd you get this information?"

"Not important," I replied, "Now listen up."

I told him everything Alya had told me.

"Wow." Chat said when I was finished, "So he wants to find out our identities so he can shut down the club?"

"So it seems."

Chat nodded, "We need to fight him, and shut him down."

"Agreed." I looked at the time, "I have to go, but I'll see you soon." I said, flicking Chat's bell so it gave a little jingle, "Bye!" And I ran back up the stairs into the empty studio.

-----

"And Ladybug like, totally showed her how it's done!" Alya said over the video phone, "She was amazing!"

I laughed. I had gotten home and change into my pajamas just as I got the video call from Alya. Since then she's been talking about how amazing I - I mean Ladybug - was.

"And how was Chat Noir?" I asked.

"He went up against Timebreaker first so Ladybug wouldn't have to! They're so cute together, I totally ship them."

I laughed again, that was ridiculous, me and Chat Noir, a couple? Crazy.

"Did you hear any news about Alix?" I asked, curious how the pink haired girl was doing after her defeat at the club.

"She texted me with an apology, for yelling at me and stuff," Alya responded, "Apparently she was able to get the watch fixed!"

"Huh." I said. This Hawkmoth guys really kept his promises, "That's good."

"Well I gotta get to bed," Alya said, "I'll see you at class tomorrow, bright and early?"

"Yup!"

"Goodnight Marinette."

"Goodnight Alya."

I hung up the phone.

I got in my bed and cuddled under the covers after I turned out the light, but thoughts clouded my mind, preventing sleep.

Who was Hawkmoth?

Why was he trying to shut down the club?

Who would he turn against me in order to find out my secret?

...That didn't matter now. Whoever was put against us, Chat Noir and I could beat.

I fell into a deep sleep...