"Yucky Mummy and Daddy," Alison said when she looked up from her doll to see what her parents were up to. Marinette and Adrien came back from their kiss and started to laugh. "I forgot she was still in the room with us," Marinette said as she stood in Adrien's arms. "So, did I actually." He said. Marinette dropped her arms from his shoulders as he let go of the cheek he was stroking and left his other hand wrapped around her waist. She turned to face her daughter, who was still on the other side of the room.
"Come, her Sweetie," Marinette said to her daughter. Alison dropped the doll she was playing with and ran to her parents. Marinette picked her up when she got closer to them, and the three of them had a group hug. "Does twis mean we awe family now?" Alison asked as she looked at her Mother and then her Father. "We will always be your family, Baby," Adrien said to his little girl. "Pwomise?" Alison asked. "Promise." Adrien and Marinette both said at the same time. They both kissed her before giving each other one more hug.
"Want to go and watch a movie together?" Marinette asked. Alison had shouted a yes loudly, which caused her parents to giggle. They walked over to the couch, and as Adrien put a movie on, Marinette was already sitting on the sofa with Alison curled beside her. Adrien soon joined the too and sat beside Marinette. Then he put his arm around her, and they all curled up on the couch together and watched the Smurf movie.
After they all had Dinner and they had gotten Alison ready for bed, they read her a story before she went to sleep. "Do you like your room, Baby?" Marinette asked Alison. "I do Mummy wery much." She said. "But the bed is too big for me," Alison told her parents. "Yes. The bed is a bit big for you, isn't it? We should get a bed that is Ali's size, shouldn't we." Adrien said. "Uh-huh." Came Alison's reply. "Okay, remember my room is across from yours, and your father is two doors down," Marinette said to Alison.
Alison nodded her head as she let out yarn, and she rubbed her eyes. "Goodnight, Baby. Sleep well, and we will see you in the morning. We love you so much." "wove you, Mummy, Daddy." Alison heard it as she fell asleep with her thumb in her mouth. They both kissed her and then left her room. They left the door ajar so if needed, she could leave her room to go to her Mother's or Father's room during the night. As they were walking back to Adrien's room, he asked Marinette,
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"What do you say about going on a patrol tonight, M'Lady?"
"I think that is a good idea, Chaton, since we have not done a patrol since we started Fostering Alison," Marinette replied. When they entered his room, they had called on their transformations. "Tikki Spots On!"
"Plagg Claws Out!" Then they jump out the window. "I don't think I am ever going to get used to transforming in front of you, Adrien," Marinette said as she looked over at her partner in crime. "And I am never going to get sick of seeing your transformation, Bugaboo," Adrien said as he stood beside her in his outer ego. Together they jumped out of the window and started their patrol around the city of Paris.
An hour and a half later, they had met up at the Eiffel tower just like they did after each patrol. "Everything good on your side of the city Chaton?" Ladybug asked. "It was quite nothing out of the ordinary. What about you, Bugaboo?" Chat asked. "I was the same for me on my side." She said as she looked out into the night that was overlooking Pairs. "I think we should get back home to our daughter. We have been out for nearly two hours and still have school in the morning." She said. "Yea, let's go home, Bugaboo. Race you back home?"
"You are on." They raced all the way home. Once, they jumped back through the window of Adrien's room and called off their transformation. Adrien then took Marinette's hand and walked her to her room. On the way to her room, they poked their heads in to check on their daughter, who was sound asleep, before continuing across the hall to Marinette's room. "Adrien, what will we do with Ali when this school project is over?" She asked him as they stood outside her door. "I don't know, Mari. I don't think I could ever send her back to that Orphanage after this is done." He said. "I know I feel the same way."
"Let's not worry about it for now. Let us worry about when it gets to the end of the project and go from there, alright?" He said as he pulled her in for a hug. "Marinette nodded against his chest. Adrien then leaned down to peck her lips then said, "Goodnight. See you in the morning."
"Night, Chaton." She replied before letting go of Adrien, which she didn't want to do but knew she needed to sleep. She then walked into her room, leaving her door ajar a bit just in case Alison was required to get in.
"You feeling better now, Marinette?" Tikki asked her chosen one. "Yes, Tikki, I am, thank you," Marinette said, giving her Kwami a goodnight kiss. "See you in the morning Tikki." She said as she hopped into bed and was nearly asleep before her head touched the pillow. Back in Adrien's room, Adrien was lying in his bed and couldn't get to sleep with everything that happened tonight going through his head. "Plagg."
"Yea, Kid?"
"Did you know Marinette was Ladybug this whole time?" Adrien asked his Kwami. "Of course, I did. Just like Tikki knew you were Chat Noir this whole time." Came Plagg's reply. "How? May I ask."
"Because I could feel Tikki's Miraculous around Marinette just like Tikki could feel me whenever Marinette was close to you." Explained Plagg. "Now, Kid goes to sleep," Plagg added in. "Night, Plagg," Adrien said as he rolled onto his side and closed his eye to go to sleep.
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Alison's Nightmare
"Mummy, Daddy, whewe awe you?"
"Alison." Alison heard Marinette and Adrien call out to her, but she could not see them. She continues to walk towards their voices. "I am hewe Mummy. I am hewe Daddy." Alison cried out. Then she sees the woman that had hit her around her face stand in front of her. "Alison, come to your real Mother." The voice said,
"No, go away." She shouts at the women. "You are an unselfish little girl. Come to your Mother Now!" The woman said.
"No, leawe me alone," Alison screams at the woman standing before her. Behind the woman, she sees Marinette and Adrien, her parents, so she tries to run to them, saying, "Hewe Mummy, hewe Daddy."
But every time she thought she was getting closer, they just got Father away from her. "No, Mummy, don't go." She shouts. "I will find you, you little brat." Alison heard the voice say. "I will be coming for you."
"NOOOOO!!!"
NIGHTMARE OVER!
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Marinette woke up when she heard screaming coming from across the hall from her. She knew then that Alison must have had another nightmare that had caused her to wake up screaming. Marinette got out of bed and rushed to her daughter's room across the hall. A few seconds later, Adrien came running into the room after being woken up from the screaming to find Marinette sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to stop Alison from screaming by waking her up.
Soon as Alison's eyes open, she flings herself into her Mothers arms, sobbing. "Shh, Shh, it is alright, Darling. It was just a dream." Marinette said. Adrien went over to turn the lights on before climbing on the bed on the other side of his daughter. "I am scawed, Mummy, Daddy," Alison said, still sobbing into her Mother's shoulders. "Scared of what, Princess?" Adrien asked as he stroked her hair from her face. "Her Daddy. Her." Before they could even ask who she was, Gabriel had walked into the room. "Is everything alright in here?" Gabriel asked the pair in his monotone voice.
"Ali just had a Nightmare Father," Adrien told her Father. "I am sorry, Mr Agreste, if she woke you up," Marinette said as she turned her head to look over her shoulder at Adrien's Father. "It is alright, Marinette," Gabriel said before giving them a belief nod, then he turned and strode out of the room. "How typical," Adrien said under his breath, but Marinette still heard it. "Adrien?" she asked. "Don't let her take me, Mummy." Alison cried. "Shh, Shh, it is all going to be alright, Darling," Marinette said as she rocked her distraught daughter.
It took another 15 minutes for Alison to calm down when she fell back asleep in her Mother's arm. Marinette then placed her back into bed and pulled the blanket up. "I think tomorrow we need to go and see Nana Sue again to find out more of Ali's past," Adrien said. "But what will we do with Ali while we go and talk to Nana Sue?" Marinette asked. "We could leave her with your parents for a few hours," Adrien said. "Or we could ask your Father to watch her tomorrow," Marinette suggested. "No, don't ask him. He will just say no anyway." Adrien said back. "How do you know that, Adrien?" She asked him.
"I just do okay. You saw the way he acted to Alison the other day after Dinner. He doesn't care about anything except his work."
"That can't be true, Adrien. He cares about you." Marinette told him. "Well, if he does, he has a funny way of showing it then. Ever since my Mum passed away, he buried himself in his work and has made me feel like I am nothing to him. All he does is sit in that office of his and design." Adrien said as he got off the bed and turned the lights off. "Come on, it is late. Let's sleep in here with her for the rest of the night," Adrien said. Marinette got under the covers beside Alison as Adrien turned the lights off, then hopped beside Marinette. "Adrien."
"Hmm." He replied. "I am worried about Ali and these dreams that she is having," Marinette said as she wrapped her arms around her daughter. "So am I, Mari, so am I. What I would like to know is who is she so afraid of. Adrien said, placing an arm around the girls. He then kissed Marinette, and they both went to sleep, not knowing that Gabriel was standing outside the room and heard everything they said. Gabriel poked his head into the room and saw them together, asleep. He then turned and strode down the hallway to his room for the night.