Ch 1

The day she got her quirk was a day she'd never forget.

The night sky had never felt closer. The stars twinkled above her and casted a light that seemed to warm her spirit. Sonreí Pérez climbed up halfway out of the sunroof of her mother's vehicle, "Mommy the stars are following us!" She exclaimed as she rested her elbows on the roof of the moving car. The young girl's smile widened and her eyes glowed bright as they reflected the illuminated sky. Isobel Pérez couldn't help but to smile at her daughters excitement.

"That's the reason we came here, Sonni." Isabell slowly turned the car onto the side of the dirt road as to not hurt her daughter and slowed the car down to a stop. Isobel tickled the bottom half of her daughter that remained inside of the vehicle. The young girl of just four years old popped back into the car and giggled furiously before embracing her mother. The little girl ran her finger through her mother's thick, curly hair and admired its coarse texture.

Isobel held her daughter tight as she opened the car door, took a step outside and pointed to the sky, "You see all of those stars?"

Sonni nodded her head in amazement. She then turned to look at her mother, "How many do you think are up there?"

"An unimaginable amount mija. Infinity."

'Wow' was all that Sonni could mutter as her mother continued, "Sonni, in every direction there is an unimaginable amount of stars. Do you do what stars are?" Her mother held out her hand to reveal a small golden flame that resembles the stars, "Energy." she finished. Sonni had seen her mother use her quirk countless times but it always seemed to amaze her.

Her mother could manipulate many variations of energy from potential energy to mechanical energy. When she manipulated this energy it often took a golden appearance if it was concentrated enough.

The trick with her mothers quirk was that the concentration of the user had to be perfect for them to manipulate large quantities of energy. Because of this, her mother could usually only manipulate and greatly intensify energy that was directly within her eyesight, giving the appearance of laser vision.

"Sonni," her mother snapped her out to her thoughts of admiration, "This energy is something that is within you. Even if you don't have this quirk or any quirk at all. I want you to know that you are made up of the same things as those stars. And your potential is infinite," she looked seriously into her daughter's eyes, "Just like those stars."

Tears welled up in Sonni's eyes as she hugged her mother's chest. Isobel sighed, "I love you baby. Im sorry he couldn't be here to see how much potential you have. Just know that if he was, he'd be proud of the woman you are going to become. I just know it." Isobel said as she sat back down in the car, still holding her young child. She placed her i the passenger seat beside her and started the car up.

'All of this because she blamed herself for her father not being here.' Isobel knew that she was doing the best she could as a parent but Sonni wanted her father to see her. She wanted the man she had never met to find her and tell her how proud he was to call her his.

Isobel tried not to tear up. She knew it was her fault. She should have never mixed her professional life with her home life. Now her daughter was suffering. She looked to her daughter as she held back tears, "Buckle up, buttercup. we are coming to a main road."

Little did Isobel know her daughter would never suffer when her mothers presence befeld her.

Sonreí loved her mother more than anything. Any travesty that might happen in her life, her mother would shield her from. Any fear that the young child held in her heart was immediately demolished as soon as she felt the presence of her mom. Any doubt that Sonreí had in her mind was wiped away with the uplifting words her mother would give her because, after all, that's what heros do.

And her mother was exactly that- a hero. Sonreí wasn't the only one to think so either. The entire nation looked up to her mother as a hero. Even the likes of All Might himself had fought alongside her mother and even thanked her on many occasions.

Her mother, heroine Olympic Gold, had saved hundreds of people. First in the in her home of the Dominican Republic, then later as an upstart American hero and finally, at the side of All Might in Japan. Through all of these locationtions. The heroine had stayed true to her name, she had a heart of gold. That's why what happened next came as such a surprise. How could such an honorable hero fall so easily?

Isobel and Sonni were driving across the bridge that connected the wilderness they had just left behind to the city of Musutafu, Japan. The bridge was fairly busy considering it was a Friday night and this was one of the only ways to go in and out of the city. Sonni was gawking out of the window at the bright lights strung across the cables of the bridge when suddenly, the the family of two heard a loud explosion come from behind them.

Isobel whipped her head around to see the the beginning of the bridge from the side they had just entered had been blown up and the few cars close to that end of the bridge had either been blown into the water or were sent crashing into the cars in front of them. This goes for the 'lucky' cars at least. Another explosion sounded from the other side of the bridge was well. With the two sides of the bridge decimated, they were trapped.

Isobel quickly snapped into hero mode and pulled her phone out to send a distress signal to any other heros nearby. As her phone was in her left hand Isobel reached for the radio in her purse with her right hand.

'This would be a faster way to reach someone nearby.' she thought, "The north bridge is going down. This is Olympic Gold. Does anyone copy?"

Sonni began to start trembling. She had never seen her mother this serious before.

A few voiced replied to her radio, "Copy/Copy that/I am on my way" Sonni perked up. She recognized that last voice. It was All Might!

Her tremors settled down as she began to feel more at ease. But her ease was short lived as a series of explosions quickly sounded one after another. The last explosion soulding closer than the last. Sonni snapped her seatbelt off of her body and threw her body around to toward the rear window.

"Sonni! SEATBELT" Isobel whipped her car toward the side of the bridge near a '50 kph' sign, sending Sonni crashing into the side of the car. Isobel winced at the sound of her daughters yelp but she needed to do this. She had noticed that the explosions were coming from the middle of the bridge and she had hoped that they would just knock them into the water below them. This was their best chance at survival.

"Sonni curl up into a ball and close your eyes. Don't open them until I say so. We will be fine. We are going to be alright." Isobel was trying to convince herself of this as well as she tried to conjure energy from the explosions to form a shield around them. She had failed as an explosion hit close to their car and sent debris and glass flying in every direction. Their car caved inwards on the left side from the blast. Isobel quickly glanced at her daughter in and stared in amazement for a short second. A golden aura emitted from her tiny body that deflected the flying debris.

"Son-" Another explosion hit their car almost directly sending them flying into the car in front of them. Another followed soon after that in front of them. Isobel cried out as her abdomen was pierced by the metal pole of the "50 Kph" sign that had been on her left just moments before. The blast had sent the metal straight through her. The pole remained in her body, Isobel was shocked but still noticed Sonni try to lift her head from her tiny arms to see why her mother had screamed.

"SONNI, KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN." She tried to sound demanding but it came out as more of a plea. A few more explosions detonated in front of them before they stopped as suddenly as they had begun. Isobel was gasping for breath as she saw a familiar figure raise from the smoke and debris that the explosions had left behind. The familiar wild laughter followed after.

"There is no need to worry now! For I am here!"

Isobel felt that she was about to pass out, "Sonni keep your eyes closed until All Might says you can open the-" she slurred until her words came to a stop.

Sonni began to sob as she shook in terror. Something was not right. Why was her mommy making her do this. They were both going to be alright. All Might is here and he said so himself. She said so herself.

"Mommy!" she wailed just before her car door was ripped open and she felt two big arms scoop her up out of her seat, "Can I look up now All Might?" She looked up before the hero could give an answer to her question and was surprised to see that who held her was not All Might. It was Cementoss, the cement hero.

Sonni turned her head to look back at her mother but Cementoss quickly conjured a wall blocking her view. This frightened Sonni. The child began sobbing, "MOMMY!"

On the other side of the cement wall All Might stared at Olympic Gold's Body in terror. He had known this woman for years. But this body in front of him felt like a strangers'. He could not imagine the ever smiling, ever wise being of light he knew to become a victim in such a dark dismal scene. He smashed the pole into a shorter, more effective size. He knew if he pulled it out of her she would bleed out. All Might looked at his old friend and pulled her close to him, "Your daughter will know you another day."

Isobel drowsily pried her eyes open to meet her old friend's stare.

Ectoplasm, the clone hero, and his many embodiments were looking for survivors and evacuating them when he noticed All Might frozen staring at a half-dead woman as she muttered to him. Ectoplasm's eyes widened as he realized that that woman was none other than Olympic Gold-all might's former sidekick.

"ALL MIGHT!" Ectoplasm hissed, "The EMT's will arrive in three minutes, but there are still dozens more people to save. You cant let whatever history you two have get in the way of your status as peacekeeper."

All Might looked down at the ground. His smile was completely gone, "I can get her to a hospital in two." He reasoned as he jumped hundreds of feet into the air and flew away.

Sonni watched as he flew away and she felt her mother's presence fade away with him. She had never been able to feel her presence before but it felt like looking into the stars again. It felt like energy. As quickly as she began to feel this, was just as quick as the way it faded. She became scared and felt alone as her mother drifted from her.

Panic she pleaded, "Please take me to my mommy! Please!" she pleaded to no one in particular as she began to sob- just to anyone that could hear her.


The fifteen minute drive to the hospital felt like hours as she sat in the back of the police vehicle. She stared at all of the stars, but the deeper they got into the city, the less twinkling energy she saw.

When they pulled up to the hospital she still could not feel her mother's energy. Maybe she had imagined it in the first place. She hoped this to be true as she walked into the sliding glass doors of the entrance to the building alongside the officer that was to be her escort. He had introduced himself to her but she couldn't remember what he called himself. Her brain was overloading. As her mind raced, the next few events became choppy. Like strobe lights the events discontinuously unfolded.

The front desk.

The elevator.

Second floor.

Dimly lit room 213.

She saw a thin, blonde man hunched over a hospital bed. Little did she know this man was All Might himself. Reduced to his weakened form due to his weakened spirit. By the way his shoulders were moving she figured that he was crying. Something about this situation made her feel very uneasy. Something was really wrong. She turned around and ran out of the room. The panic young child throw herself by the door of room 213 against the wall, on the floor, "I'm not going in there!" tears welled up, "I don't like it in there! Where is my mommy?" she cried. The officer looked helpless.

"Tsukauchi." All Might had begun to walk toward the door, "why don't you go downstairs and wait a second? I'll take it from here."

"All right Toshinori. I'll see you then…" The officer took his hat off and held it to his chest solemnly, "I am sorry for your loss." the officer put his hat back on and sadly walked back toward the elevator. The little girl was sitting against the wall near the door with her arms crossed and rested on her lifted knees. She stared wide eyed at the floor in front of her. Tears fell down her little face. Her two braids slumped down her shoulders and fell down her back, which he noticed was moving up and down very viciously due to her heavy breathing. The girl was panicking. The fragile looking man swiftly sat down next to her.

He didn't know where to start. He cleared his throat, "Hey kiddo."

She looked up at him with her teary, amber eyes and cried out sadly, "She's gone?"

Toshinori looked into those eyes and saw the familiar eyes of someone he once adored. He tried not to let his emotions get the best of him, "No..." He choked. All Might puffed his fragile looking chest up and repeated this more confidently, "No. She is not. She's with you."

She looked at him with wet cheeks, "What?"

"She's with you," He repeated, "I see so much of her in you," his voice almost cracked, "Your mother and I were really good friends. And I know that she loved you so much that she instilled everything she needed into you to become an amazing young lady. I entrust that you took every lesson to heart. I can see it. In your eyes, young one, I see the very same light that was in hers. The very same energy."

Sonni wiped her tears as All Might continued.

"It's okay to be sad," He paused, "but you can't let it stop you from becoming the woman your mother knew you could be," He looked up to the ceiling of the hallway they sat in and began to reminisce. He wanted to tell this girl what he was thinking but he had to do it in a way that didn't blow his secret identity as All Might, "I am a trainer for heros here in Japan and your mother was, by far the strongest hero in the game. I met her when I was with All Might on his first American Tour."

Sonni looked at him with bewildered eyes as she wiped tears from her cheek. The man continued his tale.

"Olympic Gold was well on her way to becoming the number one American Hero. She first met All Might when the two had a public debriefing of violent crime statistics in their nations. She exalted the theories he had concerning crime containment and the two began their friendship. I was there as their friendship grew. They became more than just friends, in that short period of a few months Olympic Gold and All Might knew that their friendship was destined to be something greater. Something that could bring about real change to the world as a whole. Isobel, Olympic Gold, had decided to come back to Japan with All Might so they could become an inseparable partnership. All Might never saw her as a sidekick, but as his equal. To him, she was the number one hero."

Sonni began to tear up again, this time, it was tears of joy. The man stood up and outstretched his hand to the little girl.

Sonni looked at the hand for a moment before cautiously grabbing hold of it. The two were silent as they walked to the elevator. Sonni wiped the remainder of her tears. As the elevator door closed, Sonni looked to the man, "What's your name mister?"

"Toshinori Yagi."

"Im Sonni… Does this mean I am going to live with you?"

All Might accidentally bit his tongue in shock, "Um. Uh. Sadly no. My job is way too strenuous for me to properly suite you."

Sonni looked at the ground, "Oh. Will I be alone then?" His heart sank as the elevator door opened. He wanted to take care of this small child more than anything, but to take custody of her would be gravely selfish and dangerous. Who knows what could happen if an evil doer where to find out their relationship.

The pair met with officer Tsukauchi once again who smiled at the young girl and bent down to talk on her level, "How about you go sit down over in the lobby for a second." He gestured to the rows of chairs a few yards away "I bet you're tired."

She was tired. Today had been the most exhausting day of her short life.

Once she sat down and laid her head back onto the back of a chair the officer opened his mouth again, this time to All Might, "Do you know of any family she could go to?"

All Might slowly nodded his head yes, "She told me the name of her father," He paused, "But it's no good."

Tsukauchi raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

All Might tried not to be loud but he was furious, "I mean he is no good! He's unfit to father the child of such an honorable woman."

"All M- I mean- Toshinori, whatever you had with Bell in the past is over with. You can't just withhold this child from a decent life because you're jealous. The woman you loved moved on like you told her to. You can't be upset at that. The Symbol of Peace can't raise her." All Might winced at his words before looking to the ground in shame. He shot a glance to the little girl.

She was comforting a little boy about her age. He had dark green, almost black, hair and freckles that made his young face look innocent even for a child. She was hugging him and telling him that everything was going to be okay, "Even if you don't have any quirk at all." she told the boy, "you are made up of the same energy as stars. They are 'infument' and so is your potential."

"I'll take her in." the police officer spoke up, "I would hate to see such a beautiful young girl be tarnished by our foster system."

All Might looked at him with wide eyes. His fragile arms reached out and pulled him into a tight hug, "You have no idea how much this means to me Tsukauchi. Thank you." He choked.

Sonni kept the small boy in an embrace as well. She wanted to spread light just like her mommy.

Prior to the embrace, the boys face looked blank. Not in a calm way. It was more like shell shock. When His mother sat him down at the chair next to hers and went to go fill out paperwork at the front desk, Sonni had asked the boy what was wrong. He told her that he had just come back from a doctors appointment where he was told he didn't have a quirk. He looked so broken that she felt compelled to intervene.

Sonni ended the embrace and told the boy to outstretch his hand.

The boy cautiously abided.

Sonni concentrated as hard as she could on his palm just like her mother used to and soon after a ball of golden light appeared in his palm.

"WOAH!" the boy exclaimed as a smile crept onto his face. Sonni was almost as surprised as he was. Usually when she tried to do that she just had to imagine it worked.

All Might in the background watched in awe as well as his jaw dropped, 'so she developed her mother's quirk.'

The ball of light dance around in his hand before assimilating into the skin of his palm. The boy looked shocked, "W-where did it go?" he sounded disappointed.

Sonni shook her head, "no where," She looked at the boy with a half smile "I said your potential is 'imfinite.' That was just a little bit of your energy. Now it's back inside of you for you to use. How are you going to use it?

"I'm gonna be a hero even without a quirk!" the boy exclaimed, "I can do it! I can be just like All Might!"

All Might's ears perked at this.

The boy's mother rushed over and hugged Sonni, having overheard a majority of their conversation, "Thank you. You really have no idea how much this means to him." she swept her happy child up and walked out of the hospital.

Little did she know she was going to meet that optimistic little green haired boy again.