Miraculous: Happy Holidays

By MiraculousMongoose

"Oh Tikki! Where are my spools of thread?" Marinette scrambled around her room, hurrying to finish her gifts, scattering supplies in the process. She still had to do Nino's and Rose's, not to mention the ones for the heroes.

"Which color?" Tikki asked.

"Gold!"

"Here you go!" Tikki flew up, carrying the requested thread.

"Thank you!" Marinette stitched a music note to a headphone plushie. "There! Nino's gift is finished!" She got to work on a flower purse for Rose.

A few hours later, Marinette finished the last present.

"Perfect!" She looked at the presents on her desk. "I've got everyone!"

"Uh, Marinette, it's a bit late, don't you think?" Tikki asked. "It's 1:30 am!"

"You're right, Tikki." She yawned. "I should get some sleep..." Marinette laid down and almost immediately fell asleep.

Adrien wrapped the final gift, one for Marinette. "I hope she likes it." He told Plagg.

"Oh, that girl will go nuts over anything you give her." Plagg said as he gobbled up a slice of cheese.

"You think so?" Adrien asked.

"As sure as I love Camenbert!" He said.

"Well, time to sleep. Goodnight, Plagg."

"Goodnight, Adrien."

That morning, Adrien arrived at school early to distribute his presents. For Alix he got a new pair of roller skates and a watch repair and cleaning kit. Alya received a high tech video camera and a notebook. Chloé got a honeycomb phone case and golden charm bracelet. Ivan got tickets to the Zombie Skull Crushers, for Juleka, he gave a makeup kit and barretts. Kim got swimming gear, Lila got some Mad Libs, Lillian got signed copies of the Harry Potter books, Max received a gaming console and games, and Myléne got a gardening kit and an apple sapling. Nathaniel got an art kit, a new sketchbook, and drawing materials. Nino was gifted with a new pair of headphones and music records, Rose got a blank scrapbook, and Sabrina, a set of superhero costumes. He smiled as his friends found their gifts. He then approached Marinette to give her her present.

Marinette opened it, revealing a silver necklace with a pinkish ruby pendant shaped like a flower. "Oh, Adrien! It's beautiful! I love it!"

He grinned as she gave him a big hug.

Lillian went home carrying an armful of presents. Alix had gotten her a guided tour of the Louvre, Kitty Section had pitched together to get her a trumpet of her own, Alya gave her an art kit, Max got her a joke book, Adrien gifted her the entire Harry Potter series, each one signed by J.K. Rowling herself, Kim, oddly enough, gave her a helmet, for which he said could be used for any sport, Myléne gave her a bouquet of lilies, which she said were her namesake, Nathaniel had given her each of his and Marc's comics so far, and Marinette had made her a light blue scarf with pink flower designs.

That night, she and Unna prepared the gifts for the heroes and their kwamis.

"Tikki told me that she loves cookies." Unna told her.

"I know, Unna. You've reminded me of that for a while now." She sighed.

"What's wrong?" Her kwami companion asked.

"It's just that I lost my dad on Christmas last year. There's not a day that goes by that I don't miss him. Mom was forced to move here so she could sustain us." She stared at a picture of the late Chase Montgomery. "He was coming home when a car couldn't brake fast enough..." Her voice broke and a tear slid down her cheek.

Cat Noir was on his way to the Eiffel Tower when he caught sight of Lillian. She was crying. He went over and tapped on her window.

"Cat Noir?" She asked in surprise.

"Hey. I saw you crying. What's wrong?" He asked his friend.

Lillian sighed. "My dad passed away a year ago tonight. I've never spent a Christmas without him."

"I understand. I lost my mom around a year ago, too, but I've learned to grow and move on, and I'd bet that's what your dad would want you to do."

She smiled. "Thanks, Cat."

"Any time." He vaulted off.

Later, the entire team met up at the Eiffel Tower, bringing presents. Ladybug gave everyone little plushies of their respective animals, Rena Rouge brought a polaroid camera, which everyone took selfies with, Carapace brought a *Just Dance* game, which was a huge hit, Ryuko gave some combat lessons, Pegasus produced books for everyone, including a cat pun one for Cat Noir and an owl pun one for Athena, King Monkey, for inexplicable reasons, gave everyone personalized helmets, and Athena and Viperion played a duet on the trumpet and lyre, which were surprisingly great sounding together.

Then it was Cat Noir's turn to pass out his presents, and he did so with gusto. Everyone received a kitten a day calendar, but every cat's head had been replaced by his.

Athena playfully threw hers at Cat Noir, which bonked him on the head. "I'm already haunted by it." She teased.

Even later in the night, Cat Noir returned to his room. "Claws in." He whispered and destransformed.

Adrien immediately hopped onto his computer and ordered something for his saddened friend.

Lillian stared at the small package in her hand. A delivery person had just dropped it off. She opened it and a note fluttered out.

"Lillian, I know it's hard to lose someone you love, but with this, hopefully you won't feel quite as lonely. Merry Christmas, Adrien." She read aloud. Inside the package was a golden necklace with a circular pendant engraved with an L. It was a locket, and she knew exactly what to put in it.

An hour later, Lillian looked down and smiled at the two pictures that now resided in the locket. One was of the night before, when they had all taken a group selfie with Rena Rouge's camera, and the other was of her father.

"Thank you, Cat Noir." She whispered as she put the necklace on.