The Truth

Soul

Soul

"You want me to do what?!" Demanded Felix, glaring at Ladybug.

"I want you to hand over you amok, so I can extract the feather." Answered Ladybug, "I found a thing in the miraculous spell book that could turn amok feathers into souls."

"That sounds safe." Snarked Kagami, folding her arms and looking down at Ladybug and Felix, "What'll happen if it goes wrong?"

"I dunno, it didn't say." Answered Ladybug, practically vibrating on the spot.

"Why me? Why not one of the other Amoks hanging around?" Demanded Felix, as Ladybug looked towards the corner, where Mayura's Ladybug sentimonster sat teaching herself to read.

"Because they have the minds and attitudes of small children." Answered Ladybug, "that, and I like you the least."

Felix and Kagami stared at Ladybug.

"That's nice."

"You have no idea what you're doing, do you, Marinette?"

"Nope."

Felix glanced at Kagami, before handing his ring over to Ladybug. The heroine almost immediately took the ring and started talking a mile-a-minute. Felix felt a burst of energy and had a tingly sensation run through him, as Ladybug curled the fingers of the hand not holding the ring and made and almost pulling motion. A dazed flash of light and a white Amok feather floated in the air. Ladybug wiggled her fingers and the feather turned into a ball of light, before Ladybug gently pushed the glowing ball into Felix's chest. Felix felt the light lodge itself somewhere inside him, before the strange tingling had vanished.

"Hey, it worked!" Celebrated Ladybug, grinning.

"How do you know that?" Demanded Felix, before Ladybug pricked him, "Ow!"

Felix glared down at his hand, a small bead of blood welling on the finger tip.

"Amok's don't bleed." Said Ladybug, before looking at Kagami, "You're next."

Kagami looked hesitant, before handing her ring over. Ladybug repeated the process, before planting the orb from Kagami's ring into her chest. Kagami took the pin from Ladybug before she could prick her.

"I can do it myself." Said Kagami jamming the pin deep into her finger, "Mother fuck-!"

S

Felix and Kagami watched Marinette try and wrangle the newly humanised senti's ran around. Bubbler, now just called Bubba, ran around with Senti-Nino, while Senti-Bug kept trying to put stuff in her mouth.

"Guys, a little help?" Asked Marinette, getting a laugh from Kagami, "Seriously, I'm used to one or two, three at the most, but seriously!"

"I thought you planned on making them toddlers." Remarked Felix, as Senti-Bug wandered up to Marinette, holding a Swan Lake DVD.

"Hmm, what is it?" Asked Marinette, wincing as she rubbed the middle of her chest, as the toddler pointed at the Princess and then to herself, "Huh?"

"Me." Said Senti-Bug, looking up at Marinette.

"You want to be called Princess?" Asked Marinette, frowning when Senti-Bug shook her head, "Swan? Lake?"

Senti-Bug kept shaking her head, making Marinette sigh, "Odette?"

The toddler nodded, before clambering up Marinette's leg, making Marinette scoop her into her arms. Odette sighed and curled into Marinette, as Bubba tripped and fell onto Senti-Nino, who then fell onto Senti-Alec, now simply called Al, who fell on Senti-Gabriel, now called Gabe, who hit his head on a chair. Soon, the four toddlers were bawling.

"Oh, great." Groaned Marinette, as Odette looked at them and said "Fuck."

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Adrien stared at the toddlers, watching Gabe trying to eat a tie, he turned and looked at Felix, Kagami and Marinette, with Odette trying to fit a large piece of cantaloupe into her mouth.

"This happened because Marinette felt bad?" Asked Adrien, fiddling with the Graham de Vanily rings.

"In all honesty, I'm not sure why they're toddlers." Shrugged Felix, as Kagami bounced Bubba on her knee.

Adrien bent down and picked Gabe up and frowned, "When were they created?"

Marinette frowned, "Mayura created Ode a year and a half ago, and Gabe, Al, Ni and Bubba were made a year or less ago."

The four all stared at the toddlers, before the penny dropped.

"Holy shit."

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Marinette winced as her parents looked at Odette, Sabine was giving Marinette a quizzical look, while Ode pulled on Tom's moustache.

"So, you were...cloned and you thought we'd adopt her?" Asked Sabine, as Marinette winced.

"Okay, I know that it sounds weird," Said Marinette, "but I didn't get pregnant, hide it from you and had a baby, without anyone knowing because that'd be impossible."

"I think it'd be a bit more believable that a botched cloning incident." Said Sabine, frowning, "But, if that's what you want to tell us."

"Maman, she's a year and a half old, I was fourteen-fifteen then," Argued Marinette, folding her arms, "I wouldn't've been able to hide something like that from you."

Sabine hummed, before looking at Odette, "There isn't a birth certificate is there?"

"No, but Adrien said he'd look into it, since, er, Ode wasn't the only one made."

"Marinette," Asked Sabine, slowly, "how many are there?"

"Including Ode?" Responded Marinette, "Five?"

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Marinette watched Nino interact with Bubba and Shelly, the former Nino senti-monster. The rest of the class were milling around the room, while Al and Gabe were playing with some building blocks.

"It's amazing that they have their own individual personalities." Said Adrien, as Marinette fiddled with the tome.

"Maybe it's because they're now free, independent beings." Suggested Marinette, flipping a page, "Ooh, Tòuguò pòsuì de jìngzi. That sounds promising."

No one noticed the light red haze around Marinette and Adrien.

"What does?" Asked Alya, as she and Nino walked over to them, letting Bubba and Shelly play with the others.

"Tòuguò pòsuì de jìngzi." Said Adrien, as the haze enveloped Nino and Alya, "It's a spell in the tome."

"Are you sure you should be using magic, girl?" Asked Alya, "Since the state Monarch left you in."

"Su Han's already checked, all the damage is practically gone." Said Marinette, just before the haze flashed and the four vanished.