Asra, let's fly

(Y/N) opened the clasp and the lid shot open in a brilliant flash of light, a blurry figure appearing in front of them "Hi, (Y/N), I'm your new kwami,"


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(Y/N) gawked at the small raven in front of them; somehow they seemed magical, a kind of radiant you would only hear about in stories. Their feathers looked pristine and perfect, a deep hint of purple laid in the darkness of the color. The raven made an expression of amusement and laughed "I'm Asra. I was sent here by my master."


The teem in the hospital bed shook their head, almost to snap themselves out of a dream. They reached out to touch the raven almost to assure themselvew this was really happening, and they leaned into the touch. 


"I'm very much real, (Y/N)."


"How," (Y/N) trailed off, any and all thoughts turning to mush as she tried to wrap their mind around the entire situation. This was the kind of stuff you would read a book or see a movie about, this wasn't the kind of one-in-a-million thing to just happen in real life. (Y/N) took in a shaky breath and made eye contact with the kwami, "Why me," the asked, their voice laden with disbelief and all kinds of unspoken questions. 


Asra perched on the table next to (Y/N), looking serious "Ladybug and Chat Noir can't do this by themselves anymore," and he continued before (Y/N) could bring up the obvious response of the other heroes, "Master says the others have yet to prove themselves as a permanent hero. But you were willing to die for the class you'd known for a week. Things are getting dangerous," he said, a glint appearing in his eyes " and you have the same fire as the cat and the bug, my master saw it that day." 


(Y/N) could feel their heart pounding as the raven spoke "How do I do this? The hero thing," they asked, holding up the thin silver bracelet now settled on their wrist with a pleasantly small clink of the interlocked chains. 


Asra laughed "The hero thing," he asked, his eyebrow raised, "You just have to take down the akumas to the best of your abilities, leave the rest to me until you get a grasp on things, young one," he said in his best attempt to bring some form of comfort. Asra fluffed his wings slightly before he spoke again "I haven't been used by a wielder in many years, so this will be a learning experience for the both of us." 


(Y/N) nodded, "So how do I power up and stuff?"


Asra chuckled "Is that what they're calling it? Powering up," when (Y/N) nodded, he grimaced at the lack of refinement before amending and answering the very obvious question "In order to bring forth your power, all you have to say is 'Asra, let's fly', and to go back to normal, you say 'Asra, time to land,' okay?"


(Y/N) nodded, jumping at the sudden knock at the door. Asra quickly vanished into the bracelet at the door opened, showing the very much welcome streak of blue hair. Luka smiled, setting down an almost unbelievable amount of bags with a smile on his face.


"(Y/N), did you sleep okay?" he asked as he dug around the bags looking for something. 


(Y/N) nodded, craning their neck to see what Luka was looking for "Yeah, yeah I slept fine," they said, "what's with the bags?"


"Owen and your grandparents went a little overboard when they found out you were getting discharged today and had me pick up a bunch of gifts from them since they couldn't be here." he explained, his face flushing as he spoke again "There's a little something from me too but it's not nearly as expensive as the stuff they had me pick up for them," he said, visibly looking a little embarrassed and sad. 


A smile quickly spread across (Y/N)'s face, fighting the urge to get up and wrap their arms around Luka and hug all the sadness out of him. "I'm sure I'll love whatever you got me, Luka," they said, their voice turning into that same gentle and comforting voice they used at the concert, making Luka's eyes a little glassy. 


He cleared his throat and whirled around, holding a box with the logo from a local bakery and setting it down on the end table. He rubbed the back of his neck shyly, a small laugh escaping him "I wasn't sure what you liked so I got a little bit of everything." 


(Y/N) smiled, the image of Luka in a bakery slightly panicking on what snacks to get bringing even more meaning to the gift. (Y/N) pulled him down to sit on the bed and kissed his cheek, never being able to get over how warm he is, even in a hospital. 


It was when Luka was finally close to (Y/N) that he noticed how abnormally pale and worried they looked. He reached out to hold their cheek without thinking, and the spell of unknown tension around them began to fill the room. He kissed their forehead, taking note of how cold their face was as he did so "You're so cold, (Y/N)" he murmured, "Are you okay?"


(Y/N) nodded, clearing their throat "Just a small pain flare-up, I'm okay." 


Apparently (Y/N) said the wrong thing as Luka only looked more worried, he pulled them into a gentle embrace before pulling back "Do you want me to go get a doctor? You're supposed to leave today but if you're in pain, you should stay longer."


Luka continued to ramble and mutter to himself, checking (Y/N)'s charts and when they were gettint their pain medication but all (Y/N) could focus on was the guilty feeling forming in their stomach. They'd never lied to Luka before, and they didn't want to. But, (Y/N) knew how dangerous the knowledge of miraculouses are and they didn't want to put him at risk. They noticed the worry in his eyes as they tried sitting up more. 


Luka turned when he heard (Y/N) moving, immediately resting a hand on their shoulder "You lie down, okay? I'll be right back with your medicine" He whispered, kissing their forehead before rushing out into the hallway, closing the door behind him. 


Asra popped back out as soon as the door closed with a very satisfying click. He nudged (Y/N) "Thank you for not telling him. It's too dangerous for anyone to know." 


(Y/N) sniffled, wrapping their arms around themselves "I hate lying to him. He doesn't deserve it, Asra"


Asra looked at (Y/N) and plopped on their lap, nudging their hand, "It's a necessary evil, my dear. I'm sorry. It's going to be a painful road ahead, but you have to do this"


(Y/N) nodded, breathing shakily, "I know." 


The door handle began turning and Asra vanished again, Luka coming in with a doctor following closely behind. Luka noticed (Y/N)'s eyes welling up and immediately tensed, worried about how much pain they were actually in. 


"You are ready to be discharged. The pain medication will be given to you at the front desk. I do recommend walking if you can, it'll be good for you." he said before leaving, almost as quickly as he arrived. 


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"Luka, you really didn't have to walk me home. I would've been okay on my own," (Y/N) said as they squeezed his hand.


Luka shook his head, "Nope, I have to. I missed seeing you everywhere but that damn hospital. I missed seeing you happy like this."


(Y/N)'s face flushed along with Luka's "I might just have to kiss you for that one, Couffaine."


"Please do," he said with a smirk, wrapping his arm around their waist as they walked through the city. The sounds were happy again, Luka was glad they didn't feel like venom anymore. 


The peace didn't last long, a massive pounding noise ran through the city, screaming was heard and people ran in a frenzy. Luka lost (Y/N) in the crowd quickly, immediately running to look for them as they snuck behind a dumpster. 


They took a deep breath and murmured an apology to Luka before looking at the bracelet on their wrist "Asra, Let's fly"


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(A/N: Holy smokes we hit 3k reads fast. I'm sorry I missed an upload last week, things have been incredibly hectic. It was so hard picking between suggestions for the miraculous, but you guys will get to see the extent of (Y/N)'s new powers in the upcoming chapter! I love you all so much, and I will do my best to post an extra chapter in the next few days to make up for missing an upload. As always, I hope you enjoyed it!)

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