Zolya

Zolya is the femslash ship between Alya Césaire and Zoé Lee from the Miraculous Ladybug fandom.

Canon
Alya and Zoé are both students at Collège Françoise Dupont. They are in different classes, with Alya in Miss Bustier's 9th grade class, and Zoé in Ms. Mendeleiev's 8th grade class. They are often seen hanging out together thanks to their mutual friend, Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Although Alya and Zoé do not share very many one-on-one interactions with each other, they appear to be on good terms. They are both known to assist Marinette whenever possible, and are both temporary holders of miraculous.

In the two part episode "The Kwamis' Choice", Alya and the rest of their friends celebrate finally getting Marinette and Adrien together. Zoé arrives at their party, concerned because Marinette is not picking up her phone and her voicemail sounds depressed. Alya tells Zoé that everything is fine, but Zoé doesn't seem convinced. She says they can't know for sure that Adrien and Marinette solved everything. Alya says that no news is good news, but Zoé says they should still try talking to their friends. To try and put Zoé at ease, Nino Lahiffe calls Adrien. Nathalie picks up the phone, and says that Adrien isn't feeling well, proving to Zoé and the rest of the students that the plan failed.

Knowing her upset their holders are, Tikki and Plagg decide to revoke their miraculous from Marinette and Adrien so that they can have a chance at a happy ending. Because of this, they need to choose new holders. Plagg first considers giving his miraculous to Nino, but Tikki has already selected Alya as her new holder. Since he does not want to deal with another relationship between holders, Plagg instead chooses Zoé as the new holder of the Black Cat miraculous.

Zoé and Alya first meet up as their new superhero selves, Scarabella and Kitty Noire, after Kiku begins to rampage through Paris. They are surprised to see each other, each expecting either Ladybug or Cat Noir to show up as their partner. They initially skip introductions so that they can defeat Kiku as quickly as possible. When Kiku uses the power of the horse miraculous to teleport, Zoé is stuck falling through the sky. Alya uses her yoyo to grab Zoé, catching her in her arms. Zoé apologizes, but Alya says the reason there's two heroes is so that they can help each other. Zoé and Alya are able to work together quickly to determine the best way to defeat Kiku. While Alya keeps him distracted, Zoé is able to execute their plan to destroy his akumatized item.

After the villain is defeated, Zoé and Alya are interviewed on the news. The reporter asks for information about Ladybug and Cat Noir, but Alya refuses to provide it. She then asks if it has anything to do with Ladybug and Cat Noir pursuing a romance with each other. Alya again refutes this, and adds that she and Kitty Noire are also not in a relationship. Zoé responds, "So far, anyway." Alya joins in on the teasing, saying "Of course not. We just met."

Unfortunately, Monarch is able to use the information on Zoé and Alya's Alliance rings to determine their identities. He uses the power of the Bee Miraculous to freeze them, and take away their miraculous. Because of this, they must relinquish their miraculouses back to Marinette and Adrien. They are never seen discussing their time as Kitty Noire and Scarabella together.

Fanon
Zolya is a rarepair in the Miraculous fandom. The ship sailed as a result of their interactions as Kitty Noire and Scarabella, most importantly their flirtation in the news interview. Although it can be assumed they were most likely joking with each other, evidence for this ship only grew when it was revealed that Zoé is attracted to girls. Most fanworks for these charcters revolve around them as the holders of the Ladybug and Black Cat miraculous, as they had very little interactions before or after that moment in canon.

There are currently 13 works on AO3 for this ship. It is Zoé's 5th most popular ship.

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