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“GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW YOUNG LADY!”
Ladybug winced, crouching down behind a chimney across the street. The sound of a pole and booted feet behind her alerted the heroine to Chat Noir's arrival.
'Just what I DON'T need' she groaned internally.
Turning, she was greeted by Chat's silly grin. “Why hello, my Lady! You are looking as lovely as--”
“--the FIRST two times you saw me today?”
Undeterred by the interruption, he winked with a coy, “You know what they say... third time's the ...charm.”
She didn't bother to hold in this groan, althought it was drowned out by yet another enraged shout from across the way.
“MARINETTE DUPAIN-CHENG, YOU HAVE T'IL THE COUNT OF THREE TO SHOW YOURSELF!”
Chat Noir's face went from playful to panicked. “Wait, the Akuma is after Marinette?!”
“ONE!”
“That's no akuma,” she sighed as she stood, unhooking her yo-yo.
“TWO!”
Before Chat could ask, she threw her yo-yo, grim despair writ clearly in her eyes.
“That's my dad.”
“YOUR DAD!? But that means--”
She didn't have time to wait for him to put the pieces together. With a quick tug, she was soaring across the street and onto her balcony. She landed in front of both her parents and released her transformation just as--
“PRINCESS!?”