It was Wednesday. Two days after school started back at UA. It was only 8:55 which meant everyone was at school already and homeroom was getting ready to start.

I sat up in the hospital bed quickly gasping for breth. Without looking around the room I tear the IV out of my arm and yank the breathing mask away from my nose and pull up the tube that was going down my throat gagging as a reflex.

Without waiting I grabbed my phone that I saw on the bedside table and grabbed my clothes on the chair just noticing that the room was empty and ripping the cords off of my chest. I quickly went into the bathroom and change into my clothes and seeing that someone had braided my hair into a low braid causing me to smile seeing the little details that others would miss knowing that it was my dad who had braided it. I smiled remembering how he always smiled when I allowed him to do my hair. I go back into the room seeing three nurses and two doctors that had run in when the heart monitor had flat lined because I had ripped the cords off.

One of the nurses said, "Get back into that bed, young lady. You only just woke up we need to make sure you are okay."

I say, "Nope. Not staying in the hospital." I focused and 10 Blades of Light appeared and I sent them flying towards the window with a flick of my hand.

Just as they connect and shatter the window I run towards the window and jump. As I'm flying I hear a nurse scream, "Security!"

But I land on the ground without a scratch and I roll to my feet and I run in the direction of UA. I run in the gates and into the school and towards Class 1-A.

I open the door and stop and when I see Mr. Aizawa glaring at me with him being all bandaged and he says, "Really, Cara? Get your butt back to the hospital now."

I stand there and glare at him and say firmly, "Fuck, no. You know I hate hospitals. I'm not staying there at all." After I say that I walk to my desk and sit down just as all the teachers rushed into the classroom.

I wince and feel in my pockets and I realize that I don't have my student ID. I stand up quietly and say, "Sorry. I forgot my ID. No one left it in the hospital."

Just then a phone ringing cuts through the air. Mr. Aizawa pulls out his phone and says, "Hello." He listens to the person on the end before saying, "Yes, I'm Shota Aizawa." He pauses again and says, "Yes, she is here in front of me." Again he pauses and then says, "No she refuses to come back to the hospital." Another pause before he says raising his voice, "She just woke up from a bloody coma! I'm not going to knock her out to take her there." Another pause he says now screaming into the phone, "And you wonder why she doesn't like you guys!" He hangs up the phone mumbling.

The other teachers retreat. I say quietly, "Mr. Aizawa, can I tell the class something?"

Mr. Aizawa looks at me and nods seeing my face. He steps away from the podium and gestures me towards it. I step up to it and face my classmates. I take a deep breath and then say, "Okay. You guys are probably wondering why Mr. Aizawa allowed me to fight with him at the USJ."

Mr. Aizawa says, "I already told them about your training with multiple pros and going on missions with them including me."

I look at him and then turn back towards the others I say, "Okay...so I don't need to address that. However, I do need to tell you about why I was trained. I won't give you all the details yet. That will have to wait until after the Sports Festival. Now I normally wouldn't tell anyone this because of me having trust issues but we all survived the USJ attack. And some of you, Kirishima, Izuku, Todoroki, Bakugo, you helped in the battle even though All Might said not to but I thank you for that. And Iida...Tenya you left to get help even though in your heart you were initially reluctant to. I know that I don't normally talk to most of you but nonetheless I see you as my friends. I have a Quirk called Panther which makes me like a panther but it also makes my protective instinct even higher than it is. That is ultimately the reason why I fought as hard as I did."

I pause and look at Mr. Aizawa and seeing his fact soften a little in the bandages I turn back to the class and continue, "The news mentioned my name. I don't know if any of you heard it but they questioned whether I was the same girl that five years ago got kidnapped. A picture and the name Cara was all that they gave back then because that was all they had. They said that she was the daughter of two unnamed heroes and that it was her aunt who kidnapped her and that she was tortured. That when she was 4 she witnessed her mother's death and was tortured by her aunt before her father could take custody of her." I have one tear that escapes from each of my eyes.

I look at Mr. Aizawa again and see him nod slightly. Once again looking at the class I say, "The reporters actually have it right. I was that girl. That is the reason why I was trained. Mr. Aizawa hinted at my past when he said 'The world is full of unfairness. Just look at Cara'. Tenya, you caught on to it even if you weren't able to find out what exactly. I've seen many horrible things in my life but because of it I became stronger. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. My mother died when I was 4. For many years I blamed myself. My mother was single and never told anyone who my father was though it hurt her not to tell him. Despite being a hero and working a lot from it she loved me well. I blamed her death on myself for a reason though. I ran towards her distracting her...she didn't see the weapon that would deal the final blow. She died protecting me and I was to go with my aunt. My mother and her younger sister were results of a Quirk marriage. My grandmother was an aspiring hero like us but she was forced to forget that dream when her parents forced her into a Quirk marriage with a man who was a villain on the side. Two children were born of that marriage. My mother who like her mother wanted to be a hero and she succeed. And my aunt who hated those people with 'useful Quirks' because she was jealous because she had a 'useless Quirk'. When my mother was 9 and my aunt was 5 the family was split. My mother, the eldest, went with my grandmother and was raised to become a hero. My aunt, the youngest, went with my grandfather and was raised to become a villain. My aunt was there at the USJ. I know that many of you probably heard my scream of anger and it was because of her. The two years following my mother's death my aunt tortured me every day. Most couldn't see it because she made sure to not hurt the parts of me that showed everyday...my face, arms, and legs. I withdrew into myself. No one knew what was going on. Some, like Todoroki, who was a friend of mine back then noticed something was up but I wouldn't say no matter how hard he tried. By the time someone noticed and rescued me the damage was done."

I paused again breathing deeply and the tears kept falling but I was powerless to stop them. Todoroki stood up and walked up to me and hugged me. I pulled back and turned back to the class and continued, "I went to my father at that time as he had gotten custody and I had started making progress though it was slow. That is around the time I met Izuku and Bakugo. Izuku had tried making me a frined but I was still not ready yet though he didn't know. His insistence would end up helping me more than he knew. The night after my 11th birthday I was kidnapped by my aunt. She had become a full fledged villain at this time. I was taken to a hideout where for a month I was strapped to a table and tortured everyday." I step out from behind the podium and left my shirt showing my stomach and side and my eyes turn silver. I point to the scars and the gruesome words that were carved into my flesh saying 'worthless' and 'waste'. I say, "I hide them because I'm ashamed of them. My aunt carved those into me. The other villains did whatever they wanted. I was starting to become desperate for rescue. They knew the one thing I was weak against at the time though they foolishly kept it on me at all times so I ended up developing a resistance to it."

I pull my shirt down and my eyes go back to normal. I continue, "Just as I was forming an escape plan I heard a lot banging. Using it to drive me I was able to escape from the table I was strapped to. Three guards came in and I used some of the knives and scalps in the room to throw at one of them imbolizing him to the wall by his clothes. I had panicked and was curling in on myself. An ability that I' scared of and I never used since that night came to be. The Quirk is called Shadow Wolf. It basically transforms my body into a large shadow-like wolf. It can become as big as a bus or as small as a regular wolf. One of the guards came too close and reacting out of fear I snapped the jaws of that form towards him."

I close my eyes pausing to let out a shaky breath and then continued, "I bit the guy's hand off. When Thirteen had said that one in the class knew the feeling of taking a life she was talking about me. I didn't mean to and it makes me terrified of this ability. It's why I refuse to use it. I don't think I can control it. I was becoming even more panicked but luckily the heroes arrived. However, all trust I had in others was shot. I'll forever be grateful to the heroes who rescued me that day. They were Eraserhead or Mr. Aizawa, Present Mic, Midnight, and Best Jeanist. Despite knowing that I was safe and being rescued I tried to attack my rescuers because I didn't feel like I could trust anyone. I went home with my father that day and Mr. Aizawa and Best Jeanist trained me so I wouldn't turn bad. Some of you heard Shigaraki...it makes me uneasy the fact that I could have easily become like him if it hadn't been for the intervention of Mr. Aizawa and Best Jeanist and for the unrelenting friendship of Izuku. I remember being an innocent girl who looked up to my other and wanted to become like her but that innocence was destroyed when my mother died in front of my eyes. On the outside I may look young but age is just a number...experience means more. It's also why I hate hospitals and doctors thanks to my aunt bringing in a doctor to do experiments on me. It's why I recognized how the creature Nomu was created."

I pause and look at them determinedly and say firmly, "I don't tell you this to gain your sympathies but you deserved to know. I'm no better than you. That is not everything in the slightest but I will leave some of it to be told after the Sports Festival. And in case you are wondering I will be competing so no going easy. If you treat me differently or 'soft' I will freeze you solid. Ask Mineta it's not fun." I go to walk to my seat but I quickly hug Todoroki and whisper to him, "Thank you, Shoto. I wish that we hadn't ever been separated but life didn't go how we wanted."

Ending the hug I walk to my seat and flop down and put my head down and sit there for the rest of the day.