Hello again! I'm back with chapter 4! I'm glad you're all enjoying this, I wasn't sure how any of this was gonna turn out. I'm just glad it's gotten a good response. I promise you, no matter how long it takes for this story to update, I will complete it. I'm probably just going to take my time, because I don't want writing this to become a burden for me. Shoutout to reaganrose1315 for helping me write Uaithne's chaotic personality! I can't write chaotic characters well, so she helped me out a lot! Go check out her stuff! Without further ado, here's chapter 4!
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Izuku POV
Two days have passed since All Might said he'd train me. I'm now standing in a trash-filled beach with the man in his skeletal form.
"I expect this section of the shoreline to be restored. That is your first step in becoming a hero."
I blanch, "A-all this?"
"Heroes used to be those who did community service, not just fighting villains," said All Might, "It's boring, but that's just how it is."
He moved over to an abandoned fridge and crushed it flat, causing a gust of wind in the process.
"Start gathering the trash that you can carry, and we're going to run to the dump to drop it off," he decided, "come on! We only have ten months!"
I quickly run and pick up all that I can carry. It's not much, the most I can carry is thrown out stacks of paper and a car tire. As soon I got up the stairs, All Might sped off down the trail in the woods towards the dump. I raced after him, barely catching up to him at his breakneck pace. He notices this and slows down ever so slightly, thank the gods. All was going well until we hear loud rustling in the woods, and someone fell onto the road in a panic.
"Wait, what the fuck?!"
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Uaithne POV (a few minutes before)
I'm so close to reaching the faerie ring! Just a few minutes to go until I get to be free from this fucked-up place!
I hear the telltale signs of goblins near me. Fuck, not good. I tried to be as stealthy as possible in traveling through, but I guess it wasn't enough. I decided to just book it to the ring and just hope for the best. Suddenly, a goblin ran out in front of me to block my path. Shit, there goes that plan. I take out my iron knife, ready my fire-breathing and prepare to fight and run. I let out a stream of fire at the one in front of me, and it started flailing on the ground in agony. That's what you get you green bitch! I sprint past him and continue my course to the ring. I look back briefly to see two more behind me. Just fucking great. I let out another stream of fire at them, only hitting one of them. The last one continued the chase. I decided to just try and lose it for now. No point in risking injuring myself in a fight. I sprint my way through the woods knowing the ring wasn't much farther ahead. As my luck would have it, I tripped on a small rock going down the hill, and just started rolling down in a frenzy. At least the ring is at the bottom of the hill. Of course, it was painful to fall your way to it but I'm getting there!
Unfortunately for me, the last goblin was still chasing me down the hill. I get up quickly and step through to the human realm. I don't stop running until I see the edge of the woods. Aaaand the goblin followed me out… great. I burst out into the clearing with a burst of speed, until I trip on a damn stick. What the fuck is life? I hit the ground hard, and curl into a ball because, ow, that shit hurt!
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Izuku POV
"I am hurt, I am very much hurt." The boy said after tumbling out of the woods.
He gets up, dusts himself off, and looks at me. His eyes go wide with confusion and wonder, and we point at each other with both hands. We look exactly alike, other than our eyes and ears! Just then, something else ran out from in the woods.
"Oh, shit that's right I gotta run!" The boy yells.
"What the absolute hell is that thing?!" I shout in pure confusion and fear. This thing is green, grotesque, and looks like it's out for blood!
Out of pure instinct and adrenaline, I use biokinesis to wrap it up in thick, unforgiving vines. It started growling in rage in protest to it, but no way I'm letting it hurt that guy.
The doppelganger stops in his tracks and stares at that- thing, whatever it is. His chest and mouth start glowing with a red-orange light, and he blows a stream of fire at it. After that he pulls out an iron knife, and kills it for good. He looks at me with a bright smile of gratitude, and introduces himself.
"Hi, I'm Uaithne! I just came from the faerie world! You look exactly like me so I think I know exactly who you are!"
I stare at him, absolutely dumbfounded. Firstly, he's insane! You'd think he'd be freaking out a little more after being chased by that green thing! Second, I am his changeling! He's so calm about meeting me it's nuts!
"Uh, hi?" I manage. Jeez, what the heck is going on anymore?
"M-my name is Izuku Midoriya. It's nice to meet you, even if the circumstances could have been a lot different."
"Yeah, definitely would've been better if I wasn't getting chased by goblins!" He laughed.
All Might finally recovered from his own shock and said something. Young Midoriya, you know what this means, right? You don't have to worry about your counterpart anymore! He's alive!"
He's absolutely right. I don't have to worry about the fact he could've been killed for taking my place now. Oh shit, what do I do with him now that he's here?!
"Oh, yeah! You really wouldn't've had to worry about that until pretty recently if I'm being honest," he said, "Lady Fiadh and Lord Skáthach took pretty good care of me, kinda like they would a high-class servant. Yes, Skáthach did beat me from time to time, and I only had to leave because he was getting dangerous, but until now things were fine. Lady Fiadh even gave me a survival pack and an enchantment to survive the feywilds! Look at the knife she gave me!" He said it all as if he was proud of what he experienced, holding up the knife.
All Might accidentally voiced his thoughts out loud, "Oh, tiny child no…"
I'm thinking the same thing, but both Uaithne and I look back at him. I look at him with the same look he has on his face, and Uaithne looked at him in confusion.
"What? I only lived my life as a servant and just survived the feywilds for two days, what's the problem? Also, who's the dude behind you?"
I put both of my hands together, inhaled, and quietly muttered, "No… you poor, poor boy…"
He looked at me more confused than ever. Oh, boy was he gonna have to learn about our world fast…
Neither All Might or I could explain this to him, we didn't know how to. We just agreed to show him around while I made the decision to take him home with me. Oh, Mother Earth, I'm scared for the future. What will mom think? Will she still accept me as her son?
"You do realize this is just like the Spiderman meme, right?" All Might observed, already done with everything today.
"Oh my gosh, you're so right!"
"What's a meme?" Uaithne asked, still utterly confused.
"A meme is something funny that goes around the internet for a while, eventually becoming so well known that you can quote it and everyone will get it."
"What's the internet?"
"Oh, boy here we go…"
I ended up meeting my counterpart today, and not in the way I would've ever expected to. All Might and I finished training today, with Uaithne observing as he tried to wait patiently for us to finish. He started running across the beach with me, marveling at all of the trash and old electronics, and never stopped asking questions. My heart clenched for what this boy went through because of me; never experiencing the internet, never seeing a modern city, never having a regular childhood with other children. He grew up a servant, but he's free to do as he chooses now. I made a vow to help him in any way I can, and that starts with taking him home to finally meet his mother after fifteen years…
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That's a wrap for chapter 4! Hope you enjoyed it! Please let me know if there's anything I can do to make this series better in the comments, I'm eager to hear your responses to it. Also, feel free to ask questions about the lore or anything that might be unclear, because I make a lot of mistakes in my writing and would like to know what you think. Next chapter, we see what Inko thinks of this new information and seeing her biological son again!