Hello~ Here is my very first MHA fanfiction, and I hope you'll like it ! It's a translation, since I'm french (the french version is also available on my profil) so my english isn't perfect. Don't hesistate to correct any mistake you could see, I would be glad to improve my english!

This story takes place one year after the beginning of the manga/anime. It only takes into account the events of the anime, which means that the characters will have evolved between the end of season 3 and the beginning of their second year!Elays and the other students in her class will then be younger.

Please enjoy!

Chapter 1: Together

The moon was shining, high in the sky, lighting the city peacefully with its whitish light. The air was soft, a sign that spring was shyly coming. Alone in her garden Elays Aisu laid on the grass with her arms perpendicular to her body. Her chest was rising and falling rapidly, to the rhythm of her irregular breathing.

The night might have fallen, it was not a reason for her to stop training. She had only one night left before she enters to Yuei, the greatest academy of the greatest heroes, and she was planning on use it to keep training.

"Come on" she motivated herself, getting up. Since she possessed a quirk allowing her to control and manipulate shadows, her training sessions at night were much more tiring than during the day. The light from the house entered the windows to illuminate the girl, who used her power to create a shadow clone and improve her melee combat skills.

"Elays!" called her father, opening the door on the fly. "It's late, you gotta go to bed." But, obviously, it was without counting on her father, who did not like to see her practice so late, especially when she had school by next day. Elays, forced to approve, returned inside – not without letting out a sigh – to take a shower and go to bed as her father asked.

The excitement deep inside her reached its climax, and she really did not know if she would be able to sleep during the few hours left of the night. Since she had received this letter announcing that she had passed the entrance examination, she was getting too impatient to the point she could not rest. Her phone vibrated as she was drying her long brown hair, catching her attention.

Luna Ueno:You sleeping? Me, impossible. I'm going around in circles for hours!

A smile appeared on her lips as she read these words, and she hurriedly explained to her best friend her current situation. A few weeks earlier, they had both taken the entrance exam together, and their support had allowed them to collect enough points to be accepted together at Yuei. And they could not have been happier than with it.

Luna, who had a powerful quirk of wind manipulation, had perfectly combined her power with Elays's, moving at her will the robots they had to destroy during the exam, to approach their shadows of her best friend. They had grown up together, knew each other by heart, and nothing seemed impossible to them. For Elays, the fact that they were again with each other in this adventure was obvious.

Luna Ueno:Good luck and good night, then! We'll meet tomorrow, huh?

It was hard to imagine that her friend could seem so panicked at the prospect of this new year. She was so strong and so confident in herself, usually, it almost seemed impossible of her. The pretty brunette answered affirmatively to the message, before going to her room to slip under her sheets, not without shouting a "good night" to her father, from the top of the stairs.

"I thought you wouldn't come," Luna said from afar, around the corner of the street, with a smile on her face.

"You would have been lost without me. I wasn't going to let you down," joked Elays with the same smile as her. Her green eyes landed on the pretty redhead and detailed her still figure, just a few meters from her. "I'm jealous, Luna, the uniform really suits you," she whispered, noting that the gray and green of the uniform matched perfectly with the red of her hair.

"I think you went out of your house without looking in a mirror, then!" Luna said, letting out a slight laugh.

Elays rolled her eyes at the compliment and answered by pulling her tongue, before making a broad smile. As soon as she had joined Luna's side, they both started to walk with a determined step to join the academy, telling each other their evening of the day before.

As a reflect of her excitement, Elays's heart drummed in her chest. Various sensations mingled in her being. Impatience, haste, joy, apprehension, every feeling was so strong she could not realize which was the one that dominated. At this very moment, she was waiting for nothing more than to find herself in front of the huge building that the academy was. For years, now, she has aspired to enter this famous and prestigious high school. Yet now that she was on her way to her first day, everything seemed surreal to her.

"So?" Luna suddenly said, taking her out of her thoughts.

"Hm?"

"What is Miss Aisu's official quirk?" Elays's mouth parted slightly and she scowled, taken aback. Her green eyes landed naturally on her left wrist for infinite seconds, before she clenched her fist while raising her head.

"Shadows' handling," she said, twirling her gaze in the darkness of her best friend's.

"Seriously... you're not afraid of having problems if they learn the truth?"

"How could they learn it? I don't intend to use my quirk. And with my mom, they'd never suspect it."

Luna let out a sigh as she saw Elays's determined look. It was a dialogue of the deaf, she knew it. Whenever she spoke of the nature of her friend's powers, it was as if she was talking to a wall. A huge and strong wall, that nothing could destroy. She was used to it, now.

"Here we are..." Elays said in a much quieter voice, gasping in front of the imposing building.

It was only the second time she was about to enter in it, yet she felt as if she had come here so many times that she could not even count them. Her blood pulsed in her ears and her hands began to shake, while a smug smile lit up her face as she turned to her friend. Finally, she was there. Finally, after this hard fight with herself she had always have, she had the opportunity to become a hero.

They entered, amazed, and crossed the main aisle of the academy. Filled with impatience and euphoria, the two high school girls entered the huge building and approached the lists of classes, making their way among the other students, obviously as excited as they are.

Finally.

When they arrived in front of the billboards, Elays quickly scanned the list of glances and suddenly let out a slight cry of excitement as she fell on her friend's neck.

"We're in the same class, Luna!" she said with enthusiasm. "Class 1-A!" The people around them turned to the undisguised joy of Elays, who felt her check warm up in front of such attention.

With the expression of embarrassment and joy of her friend, Luna could not help but sketch in turn a broad smile, before starting to walk towards their classroom, on the first floor. They were sure this year was going to be unforgettable, and being in the same class was the best start possible.

Many eyes landed on them as soon as they crossed the threshold of the huge door and Elays, intimidated, felt her breathing hang in her throat in front of these pairs of eyes on her. It was not that having her classmates' attention bothers her, but it was Yuei. They all were strong enough to pass the entrance exam, while she did not have a single idea of what kind of quirk they could have, of who they can be. Were some of them important? Son, daughter, brother, sister, anyone related to famous and great heroes?

"Hello! I'm Luna Ueno," Luna introduced herself with a huge smile, self-confident as she always was, while Elays was still lost in her thoughts.

"Elays Aisu," added the named one, finally following her friend's footsteps in the room.

Enthusiastic, the students all introduced themselves, their voices mingling with each other. However, the hubbub did not allow Elays to remember any name, but the prevailing atmosphere was enough to reassure her and make her forget the stress she had felt.

The brunette's eyes detailed the room: twenty desks simply decorated the premises. The place, devoid of any other furniture, except a blackboard and a platform on which stood another desk more imposing for the teacher, demonstrated the desired neutrality.

Neutrality, for a school of superheroes? Seriously?

"Do you guys realize?" rose a boy's voice, taking Elays out of her contemplation. "Class 1-A!"

1-A…, she repeated inwardly, her gaze empty.

These words echoed for a moment in her mind, as if she were trying to analyze them, to make sure of their reality. Yes, being in 1-A was something, and it carried a weird feeling. The previous year, first-grade students had experienced many complications in Yuei. For the first time, students had had to face villains during an attack, at one of their courses, but also during their summer camp, while they were with the other heroic class, 1-B.

During their sport festival, major event of the year and nationally broadcast on television, they had stood out as never before, allowing three of them to share the podium among all the first-year students. Somehow, they were all famous now, especially with younger students like them who had the chance to join this prestigious high school and follow their footsteps, as heroes.

"Hey, it seems that 2-A's class is just above ours! Don't you wanna have a look?" inquired a girl, rather small, with short blond hair.

Elays stared at her for a moment – enough to cross her blue-ocean gaze – to consider the idea. On the one hand, it was tempting, but on the other she did not really want to act like some kind of fanatics. They were certainly famous, but she doubted that coming to disturb them would please them, especially since they would have other opportunities to meet them.

Yet, seeing all her classmates approving and getting ready to leave the room, she realized that she did not want to be alone and take the risk of not integrating. Her eyes made their way to Luna, who kept watching the crowd of students getting out of the room. She finally turned her head to Elays before mimicking something with her lips to make Elays understand she was coming back, as she left in the opposite direction from the rest of the class.

Alone, Elays was about to follow them when she noticed that her phone indicated a missed call from her dad. "I didn't feel it vibrated…" she whispered, wondering if she should call him or not. "He must be wondering if I'm fine."

But she did not have time to think of anything that a cold wind entered the room, caressing her skin unpleasantly. She frowned, wondering how the weather can have become that cold since it was great few minutes ago. This icy wind slid down her arms to make her shudder, while her legs began to shake with cold.

The window of the room opened on the fly, making her jump of surprise. The girl let out a slight cry, despite herself, and her eyes widened slightly as she saw a silhouette emerging through this opened window to slip into the room.

A silhouette that was not unknown to her.

Shouto Todoroki.

I hope you've liked this first chapter :3 I'll try to translate the next ones as soon as possible! Please don't hesitate to let me a review and tell your opinion :3