I had been a normal person, there hadn't been anything outstanding, or special about me. I graduated high school and went to college, got a normal job, and had a normal boyfriend, I enjoyed anime and drawing. my family was normal, they loved me and my sibling. That was it.

That was all.

So why was I here?

It had been confusing at first, I couldn't understand anything, it was terrifying, I was small and helpless and I could barely see! I couldn't even understand what was being said around me.

Over time it got better, slightly, but that was all dulled by a horrifying feeling of "WHAT IS THIS"

I was a baby, that much was obvious, I had also died, that I also remembered.

So had I been reincarnated? Into another life? The details of my life before were shattered, pieces broken and others locked away, but I had been an adult, a 24 year old adult.

But that didn't matter, I was terrified.

From inside my crib, I looked toward the door as a woman opened it. Humming to herself, she walked over, "are you awake, mei-chan~" she cooed at me.

I struggled to move in my swaddle, it was so uncomfortable. she seemed too notice, and reached down to unwrap me. My new mother was a kind woman, always attentive and bright. But I think she could tell there was something off about me, I rarely cried, and most of the time stared off at nothing. I think it scared her, just a little. Maybe she was thinking: "why couldn't I have had a normal child?"

I felt slightly guilty about it, but I couldn't find it in my self too care enough.

I longed for my other mother.

I stared up at her with wide eyes. A garbled mess of "arrBBlr!" My only response. She smiled gently down at me, reaching down to pick me up. "It's time to eat" she singsonged.

Ugh. I hated this, being treated like a child, by someone that was probably as young, or younger than me. But still, I opened my mouth obediently as she lowered the bottle, me latching onto it immediately.

Then something weird happened, very weird. The cap of the bottle came of, the entire thing spilling over me, I cried out, my mother jerking the bottle back, a startled look on her face. "Oh no! I'm so sorry, Mei-chan!" I shifted, my clothes sticking uncomfortably to me, and tried too reign in my wobbly lips and watering eyes.

Then it was gone, I felt my clothes lift slightly, as the liquid was drawn from them, droplets forming right in front of my face, I stared blankly as it went back into the bottle, too stunned to make a sound.

What.

"Oh, you looked startled~" She whispered to me, gently as she set the bottle somewhere I couldn't see. "It's just my quirk, love!" What?

She made her way over to a chair, me still in her arms, and sat down.

Running her fingers through my hair, she continued. "It's a power that almost everyone has, and develops at a young age, you'll have one too, someday." It was weird, the way she talked to me, as if I was an adult. Maybe she was lonely, I hadn't seen anyone else around here, no father, friends, nothing.

None of those thoughts helped deal with the shock that seemed too suck the air out of me. Something far, far away shifted in my head, memories folding, shifting. And I remembered something, and the word "Quirks" shot through my head like a storm, as memories came to me. Green hair. Power. Quirkless? Still going to do it though. Don't give up! All for one? One for- my deku doesn't mean- All Might!

Quirk, quirk, quirk, quirk- Power!

My tiny lungs burst into shrieks, tears raining down my face as agony ripped through my head.

Hands? nom- oh no- Burned! burnedandboiling! wate-

So angr- greenhairlong- you perve-

Hero. Saviours. People that saved the da-

"Mei-chan!"

My flailing limbs came to a sudden, and jerky stop. I stared up at her, my eyes drilling into her frightened ones, I opened my mouth- "Hero" Her mouth opened in shock, eyes as wide as dinner plates as she gasped. "Your first word! I can't believ- oh, I wished it had been momma, but- this is okay. Hero? Do you want too be a hero, mei-chan?" She went back to the chair, uneasiness on her face, I was okay now, though. Was I? Yes. I was okay.

Maybe I had seen it wrong? But that wasn't any better, hallucinating was a very, very bad thing. No, it happened right in front of me, too me. My eyes saw, I couldn't deny it. What kind of sick joke was this?

Please, I don't want this to be real, I just want my home, my family! My attention was brought back to the world as my mother continued speaking.

"It won't be easy, mei-chan." She ran her fingers through my hair again, and my heart calmed slightly.

"You'll have to fight a lot, and get hurt a lot, you'll lose people and gain some, it won't be easy." What was she saying, I was only a baby. But as she stared down at me, I think she knew, she knew I understood. 'Oh no!' I thought, alarmed, what would happe-

"It's okay, mei-chan"

Her eyes were sad, and I felt guilt curl in me. I had deprived her of a normal child, someone she could teach about life, and help. And guide. 'But maybe, she could still be that for me.' my eyes mirrored hers, tears beginning to spill over, she wiped them away. "I think it's time we fed you, yeah?"

"Hero" I garbled up at her, looking desperately into her eyes, hoping she would understand. Understand what, I had no idea.

I could do this. I smiled up at her, to trick the fear in me.

I could do this, I could be a hero.

I was very, very, determined.