*I always wanted to do a take on the cliche "Fantasy AU" that everyone already has done (and probably wrote better). the characters are mostly going to be the same as their regular counterparts but some will be wildly different (Some heroes will be villains)*

Izuku Midoriya placed the the last of his supplies in his bag. Tomorrow was the day his journey would begin. His mother sighed as he tied the travel bag. She knew that this day would come sooner or later but it didn't ease the fact that it hurt to see her son leave her. The only solace she had was that Izuku will be traveling with capable companions.

His mother remembered the day her little Izuku was given the gift. He was five years old when he saved his mage friend, Ochako from a pack of coyotes armed only with a stick and some of his books. He had received several cuts and bruises as a result of his heroic deed, however and soon fell ill. Everyone assumed his wounds were infected but it turned out what had really happened to him was beyond their wildest imagination.

The spirit of Divine Justice- The Almighty One apparently was impressed with Izuku's bravery fighting those coyotes and "rewarded him" by inhabiting his body. The results were...less than impressive. Despite the fact that he had such a powerful energy dwelling inside of him, Midoriya found himself to be only slightly stronger than the average five year old. Turns out that The Almighty One didn't just grant immense power at the drop of the hat. Izuku had to tirelessly train to get his body conditioned to handle such power. Clans and Guilds from neighboring towns were happy to lend their hands to train Izuku.

The Order of Ingenium of knights trained Izuku in how to wield weapons along with a boy who was about the same age. Tenya Iida and Izuku quickly became sparring partners and pretty good friends. They shared the same moral values barring one important facet of their integrity- their view of demons.

Tenya and the rest of the Order of Ingenium forged a strong partnership with beings from the demon realm. Demons enchanted their bodies, armours, and weapons while the Order provided goods and services demons wanted that were only available in the human realm. To Tenya, demons were just people that looked different and lived in far away places like any other foreigners. He even took trips to the demon realms with his parents at times to help deliver such goods.

Izuku never really trusted demons and that distrust soon turned into a prejudice after his father was slain by a band of demons. He never voiced his distaste for demons especially around the Order of Ingenium since they seemed to have a good relationship with them. Deep down, he couldn't believe such a noble line of knights would make deals with such vile creatures.

Aside from certain ideological difference the two young men also fought differently. Midoriya chose a lightweight mace to weild. His enhanced strength made such a weapons easy to weild and easy to imbue with spells he learned from Ochako's Coven. Iida chose a heavy claymore to use in battle. The high speed knight would lull enemies into thinking that they are facing a brute in heavy armour before attacking at supersonic speeds. The nimble Knight often wondered why his friend rejected the gifts his clan offered. Midoriya was fast, that much much was true but he could only go so fast without demons enchanting his body as he grew. All of his family members were enhanced since they started training so their bodies could get used to the magic. Midoriya neglected them for so long that even if he decided that he wanted to get the enhancements they wouldn't work on him. The Ingenium Order had their bodies slowly enhanced as they age so they could fully get used to the unheard of speed they possess. Tenya never knew that Midoriya's prejudice against demons prevented him from accepting their gifts.

Midoriya wasn't content with just being a physical fighter. Whenever he wasn't training with the Ingenium Order, he was off learning magic with the Impetu Coven, a group of magic users. Ochako Uraraka was around both Iida and Midoriya's age and a mage in training. While Uraraka focused on a well rounded style of fighting that involved learning all types of spells running a wide gamut of techniques to attack, heal, enhance her allies, summon, and so much more. She wanted to learn any spell she was able to. Midoriya knew he couldn't keep up with her while training with Iida so he focused on using magic to augment his and his allies' abilities.

Learning magic proved to be quite difficult for Midoriya. Training with Iida while hard was fairly straightforward. Even channeling the powers of the Almighty One became easier after performing so many strength drills. Learning to channel one's magical energy was grueling for Midoriya. He wasn't aware that to be a good mage that one not only had to practice channeling the latent magic inside them but also channel the planet's own energies to enhance their spells.

Uraraka could do this almost naturally and was even able to summon a familiar at a young age. It was nothing much at first- just a normal frog but as Uraraka became more experienced with the mystical arts, she learned how to give the frog human level intelligence and by the age of 14 she gave her the ability to freely morph into a pseudo-human form that had the abilities of a frog.

Tsuyu soon became a fourth member of the group.

Midoriya eventually learned some spells of his own, nothing too fancy, just some basic enhancement spells to improve combat abilities. The young man knew that he couldn't do much more in his sleepy little village so he decided to go on a journey to learn how to control the power within himself.

Inko felt tears down her face as she looked at her boy. "So...this will be your last night sleeping in your own bed"

"I know it's hard mom...I'm having second thoughts about this too but both Iida and Uraraka feel like they need to leave for their own reasons and this is the best chance I have."

"You're right, all three of you could protect each other but still…"

"There's no other way I could control the power inside me, mom. It chose me for a reason and I can't just waste my gift being a farmer or something!"

"Okay...but I need you to do one thing on your journey."

"Sure, what is it?"

"I have a friend who lives in the Chealuer mountain range-"

"...Don't barbarians live there?"

Inko smiled nostalgically "Yes, I used to travel there to meet her. We mostly talk through magic mirrors since we both gave up our adventuring lifestyles to raise our families. She has a son around your age that she feels isn't content with staying in the mountains. She also told me that he doesn't have many friends so I was hoping that you three…"

Izuku chuckled "You want us to be friends with him? Mom, I'm always open to meeting new people but…"

"He's a barbarian, Izuku. That means he's a great fighter and powerful ally."

"Okay, I guess it wouldn't hurt to meet him…"

Inko clasped her hands with joy "That's great! I'm going to call Mitsuki and tell her that you and your friends are going to visit!"

"Uh...do you know what her or her son look like?"

"Ah, I almost forgot! You're going to see a woman with spiky blonde hair greeting you once you reach the mountains. Don't be surprised if she makes you stay for dinner but you shouldn't worry since her husband is a stellar cook. Her son is a bit rough around the edges but I think you could manage him…"

Midoriya looked out the windows and sighed "When I first started training with Iida and Uraraka, I thought traveling to the places where they lived were so far away...now I realize just how little traveling I've done. My legs won't stop shaking mom, I'm still scared of what might happen...Pretty sad for the person chosen by the Almighty One, huh?"

Inko enveloped her son in a tight hug "Oh Izuku, being afraid doesn't make you a weakling or coward. You're still going on this journey to learn how to control your powers, right? And you want to do that because you want to help people with the gift you've been given. That's the reason why the Almighty One chose you to wield his power."

"I guess you're right…"


"You're really going to do this, Tenya?"

"I have to mother. Tensei was slain by that monster. He saved my life when that vile being tried to kill me and sacrificed himself for my own well being. His soul wasn't even allowed to find peace since that criminal used his magic to seal him inside my blade." Tenya gasped in pain after finishing his sentence

His parents immediately ran to his side as his father asked him what caused him to double over in agony. Tenya showed him a mark on his wrist and both of his parents gasped in horror.

"What's wrong? The man who killed Tenya barely grazed my wrist with that knife of his...I think he used magic to heat it up however…"

"That's not a burn wound my boy...You've been cursed!"

"What?"

"The foe you fought, he cast a spell on you, a dire one at that. "Traiecto Mortem" is a curse meant to kill someone slowly...over the course of a year this mark will grow upwards until it reaches your heart and then you will perish."

"Is...is there any cure?"

"Only one...tell me Tenya, why did you partake in this quest?"

"I wanted to meet the Lady of the Lake so she could help unseal Tensei's spirit from my blade."

"Well you will now have to request two favors from her. If I recall correctly, only a mage of her calibur could banish this curse from your body...if she deems you worthy to be cured."

Iida panicked slightly at his father's words "Y-You met her before, haven't you? She would help a dying soul, wouldn't she?"

"I don't know, the Lady of the Lake isn't an immortal being. The one I met was kindly old woman but that was years ago and whoever has taken her position might not be so compassionate."

"Well...It's better to ask her and get a "no" than to stay here and slowly rot away. My friends could use my my help as well since they have their own quests that they need to complete."

"Ah yes, we shall send some of our guards to Uraraka's village to make sure no bandits make out with anyone's belongings."

"Thank you mother."

"It's no bother to us, we're just happy that your so determined to help your friends on their journeys as well. You're an embodiment of the ideals that this clan was founded on- to fight only for justice."

Tenya gave his mother a weak smile in response before bidding his parents a farewell to meet Uraraka. He wanted to to leave as soon as possible because he couldn't look his parents in the eyes after they praised him for his kindness.

The truth was that he had another reason to go on the trek with his friends. He wanted to find his brother's killer and make him pay for what he had done. It was a betrayal of his clan's ideals to pursue vengeance so viciously and every one of them wouldn't approve of his goal.

They would never understand...they didn't see Tensei get cut down by that monster...he sacrificed himself to save my life and I must avenge his death.


Ochako Uraraka put her hands in her head and sighed in defeat. All of the people in her village were now turned to stone- and it was all her fault. What started as a deadly flu outbreak became something much worse because she was too confident with her magical abilities. She thought that one of her healing spells would do the trick but instead it turned her entire village into stone. She modified the infection and as a result, her friends and family became lifeless husks!

Well, that wasn't exactly true...They were still alive but they were immovable and unbreakable stone statues. It must be terrible not being able to do anything that made you human, to be stuck in one place knowing who and where you are but not being able to do anything about it.

And it was all her fault.

The frog on her shoulder jumped to the floor and began morphing into a human form "You shouldn't blame yourself. This disease was going to kill everyone that was infected and in a way, you gave them more time…"

"They're not that much better off, Tsu…"

"But isn't this why you're exploring the world with your friends? To find a cure?"

"Listen...Tsu, I know you mean well but I can't lie to myself and pretend this isn't my fault!"

"I'm not asking you to do that. I'm asking you to not beat yourself up about it too much! You have people to save and moping around isn't going to do anything!"

Uraraka sighed "You're right Tsu...I guess I just wanted to be more honest with myself…"

"Why don't you be honest with your friends and tell them what really happened to your village? I'm sure that they will understand what you tried to do and why you did it-"

Uraraka wildly waved her hands in the air "No! I can't do that...It'll just make things more complicated, you know?"

"I don't…"

"Listen...those two thinking I messed up will make them lose faith in me as a mage and they won't trust me to help them. I can't let that happen!"

Tsuyu sighed "Whatever you say…"

Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Iida, who gave them a warm greeting. Tsuyu waved back at him while Uraraka ran towards him to give him a warm hug.

"It's good to see you, Iida!" Uraraka squeaked before she turned her eyes to the ground "I'm sorry about what happened to your brother...I wish I could help you…"

Iida stopped her before she can continue "Uraraka, you're a wonderful mage but you're still just a teen...we all are and we shouldn't be crestfallen that we don't know everything yet."

Tsuyu joined in on Iida's praise "If you weren't so talented, I wouldn't be here right now!"

"See Uraraka, you were able to bring to life a good friend in Tsuyu! You should be proud of your accomplishment! Who knows what you will be able to learn once you complete your journey. Speaking of which, There will be guards arriving in this village shortly to make sure bandits don't run off with anything hear. You don't need to worry about anything"

Uraraka's smile returned to her face after her friends complimented her prowess. For a brief moment, she forgot that she was the reason why her village was in its current state.

"Thank you guys so much!"

Iida nodded "We should go find Midoriya."

Tsuyu morphed back into her frog form and jumped in Uraraka's travel bag.


Izuku saw the shape of his two friends march towards his house. Today was the day…

"Mom...my friends are here!"

Inko gave her son one last hug before bidding her little Izuku a farewell. She waved goodbye to the three teens as they began their journey

"Make sure that you all stick together, okay! I don't want any of you getting hurt!"

As Midoriya's town disappeared over the horizon, the three knew that there was no going back now.

"So..what should we do first?" Uraraka asked

"We should head over to the Sario town inn to spend a night. There should be jobs posted there that could give us some valuable money and experience. I have enough money to last us a good while but it won't last forever…"

"I almost forgot that your family is filthy rich, Iida…" Uraraka said

"Hey guys let's not stay in the inn for too long, okay?"

"Do you have any plans Midoriya?"

"Yeah...my mom says she knows a bunch of barbarians in the Chealuer Mountains. She says there is a guy around our age that would probably join us on our journey."

Uraraka looked at MIdoriya quizzically "Your mom knows some barbarians?"

Midoriya shrugged "Apparently she was friends with one and they used to hang out all the time before they settled down and became mothers. They still talk through magic mirrors and my mom told them that we would be arriving soon so we shouldn't make them wait."

"Indeed, we should travel swiftly!"

*This chapter is mostly exposition so far. I wanted to establish a reason why Iida, Uraraka, and Midoriya wanted to partake in this quest so I gave them all some "miniature goals" for the time being *