Maryanne

"Don't scream." A voice said.

That was very hard to do with a stranger putting their hand on her mouth.

"Jesus Sarah, what do hell are you doing?" Victoria called.

The figure laughed before crawling off her bed. Now Maryanne could see everything clearly. Sarah stood over her smirking, Fouzia and Faith behind her watching the scene with a smirk.

Maryanne frowned when she realized they were all in their hero costumes.

"What the hell? What time is it?" Maryanne groaned.

"11:34 put your hero costume on and let's go. Mrs. Zambiea is calling for all of us to go to the common room." Victoria explained.

Victoria's hero costume was quite beautiful. It was a long flowing silver dress (which didn't seem practical to fight in, but she made it work), over that she wore a black jacket with a logo of a crescent moon on the back.

"Why?" Maryanne asked.

"No clue," Fouzia said.

Maryanne sighed and reached into her closet and grabbed her hero costume, which was a blue kimono with two black stripes around the waist. The kimono was closed around the waist by a large black belt adorned with a Tsubaki flower.

"Let's go," Maryanne said.

The girls walked out of the room and were greeted with Cleo and Aeorlynn watching them. The latter seemed to be putting a lot of distance between the two. A couple of feet from them was Aurelie. Or at least someone who looked like Aurelie. Her hair and her eyes were a beautiful shade of violet.

"Jesus you guys take a long time to get ready." She said.

"Sorry about that, which one are you?" Maryanne asked.

"Allison." She said.

"Are we ready to go, the boys are probably already there," Sarah complained.

"You didn't have to wait for us." Fouzia snapped.

"You're welcome, Fonzy." Sarah hissed.

The girls continued to bicker as they made their way to the common room. As soon as they got their the girls dispersed. Aerolynn sat with Jake, something Cleo didn't seem fond of. Aurelie and Cleo wiggled in a spot nearby Jarret and Kevin. Sarah wasted no time sitting right next to Matt, curling up next to him like a cat to a fire. Purring softly. She noticed Fouzia and Faith sat away from the boys, which she found odd. Maryanne smiled and decided to sit right next to Victoria.

"Where is our teacher? And why does she have us up at this ungodly hour." Lex complained.

"Midnight training?" Jarret suggested.

"God I should have went to public school," Sarah complained.

"I'm here, you all can silence your complaints." Mrs. Zambiea smiled.

She stood in front of the common room and smirked. "Who's ready for a field trip?"


Fouzia

"I'm freezing my ass off." Hunter complained.

The sixteen teens and their mentor had been walking for almost an hour. Wandering through the dark woods, following their teacher relying only on blind trust.

"Can't you start a fire?" Faith suggested.

"I don't know if I can do something so close range and I would probably burn your eyebrows off." Fouzia laughed bitterly.

Her eyes went to her friend. The girl had been quiet ever since the party. She wasn't sure what exactly went down, but she knew it seemed to put a damper on Faith and Lex's friendship.

They kept walking until the trees ended and they were on a cliff. Large mountains stretched on the sides of the valley almost like it was forming a dome.

"What is this place?" Sarah said.

Mrs. Zambiea smiled and pointed to a spot near a boulder. "Follow me."

The teens followed her to a shaded spot by the boulder. Already there was a cooler and some blankets.

"Are we having a party?" Hunter smirked.

Mrs. Zambiea laughed. "Something like that. I know you guys have had a rough couple of days. With the arena and the Black Church, I'm sure some of you are questioning becoming heroes."

Fouzia blushed. She had to admit, all the bad news was making it hard to be excited about being a hero.

"However, I brought you here, because I think that you guys should be able to enjoy being a hero. So we are going to do a Choosing Ceremony. You're going to announce your hero name to us and the stars above. Make sure you pick something you'll be proud of when you're older." She said.

She pointed to a large boulder as she pulled out a knife. "After that you're going to carve your name into the rock."

"Sounds fun." Kevin smiled.

"Finely something we're doing we're I don't have to see a medic afterwards." Sarah laughed.

Mrs. Zambiea chuckled and opened up the cooler revealing several beverages.

"Don't tell anyone I gave you guys soda." She joked.

Jake grinned and snatched two bottles of coke. "You are the best teacher ever."

Fouzia smiled as she grabbed a can of sprite. "Definitely."

Mrs. Zambiea held the knife out for Aeroylnn. "We're going in alphabetical order. Aerolynn please do us the honors."

Aerolynn blushed and looked at her classmates. Fouzia liked Aerolynn's costume it was, plain golden spandex and black sunglasses over her eyes.

So I tried thinking of names that went with my quirk, but Bubble Letters isn't really menacing. She joked.

That earned a chuckle from the others. Aerolynn smiled and held her hands up high above the sky. Big glowing letters formed above her.

The Whisper. It spelled out.

She smiled. It's the best I could come up with.

"It's amazing." Jake clapped.

Aerolynn grinned. I'm glad you like it.

"Very cool Aerolynn." Cleo said.

Aerolynn nodded awkwardly, causing Fouzia to raise an eyebrow. What was going on with those two?

Thank you. She said simply.

"I like it Aerolynn," Mrs. Zambiea said.

Aerolynn smiled and walked over to the boulder. She seemed to be able to carve it out easily making her wonder if it would be that easy for her.

"Up next is Alexander." Mrs. Zambiea announced.

Alexander walked up nervously and gave them a stiff wave. "Hi, guys,"

"Loser." Sarah coughed under her breath, which caused Fouzia to roll her eyes.

"Well I don't know if any of you are familiar with Greek myths, but there was this one hero named Achilles, he was invulnerable on every part of his body except his heel. In honor of my heritage, and the fact that it relates to my quirk I want my hero name to be Achilles." Alexander said.

Fouzia smiled. It was nice he actually put thought into his hero name.

"I like it." Maryanne said.

Her words made Fouzia frown. Were they close? Not that it mattered to her.

"Yeah bud, I think it's awesome." Hunter said.

Alexander smiled and took the knife from Aerolynn. He walked over to the boulder and began to carve Achilles.

Victoria smiled and walked over to the center of the room. "I guess I'm next."

"I'm sure you all know my parents are pro heroes." Victoria said.

Victoria looked down at her feet awkwardly. "They chose a name for me that they think would be good for our brand."

"Your brand?" Jarret questioned.

"They have chosen the name Black Magick, the focus group approved of it and my parents think it will appeal to a large audience." Victoria said.

"Is that the name you wanted to choose?" Mrs. Zambiea asked.

Victoria smiled. "Yes,"

However Fouzia had a feeling the smile wasn't genuine. "Thank you."

"It's really cool." Fouzia said.

"Totally, I can't wait till we're pros!" Maryanne cheered.

Victoria nodded and grabbed the knife. She carved her code name in one quick motion.

"One step closer to my goal." Victoria muttered.

She handed the knife to Lex. "Here you go."

Lex smiled. "Thank you."

"My codename is kind of simple, but my quirk isn't really that flashy anyway." Lex said.

"Flashy enough to take out Matt." Hunter snickered.

Fouzia looked over to Matt, his face was blank. He seemed to be trying really hard to conceal his emotions. His eyes were glassed over and he was gritting his teeth so tight she was convinced she would crack his jaw. Her eyes went to Sarah, her eyes were emotionless like his. Only it didn't look like she was trying to hide something. It looked like there was nothing but pain in her soul.

Even though Fouzia hated Sarah, she was alarmed to see the normally confident girl look so defeated. She made a mental note to check in on her roommate later.

"So I have chosen the codename, Jinx," Lex said.

"That's dope," Jake said.

Lex smiled and looked at Faith. "Do you like it?"

"Yeah, it's cool." Faith said nonchalantly.

"Okay, enough it's my turn," Allison announced.

She hopped off her spot of the rock and took the knife from Lex. She closed her eyes and concentrated.

Soon five other Aurelie's appeared each with a different hair and eye color.

Aurelie smiled. "Hey, guys."

"Hello, all of you." Fouzia laughed.

"We wanted to do this together, since you guys don't know all of us." Aurelie said.

Fouzia was impressed with Aurelie's hero costume She wore an indigo colored skinsuit with a visor on her helmet. Her belt was black and she set the whole outfit off with a pair of beautiful white wrist guards.

"You all know me I'm Aurelie." She said.

The one with the yellow suit stepped forward. "I'm Adeline."

"I remember you." Sarah said bitterly.

"And I remember beating your ass." Adeline smirked.

The one with the blue suit walked over. "I'm Adele." She said wearily.

"Hey ya'll you can call me Adriana!" The one with the orange suit said.

Allison didn't look up at the others and instead inspected her nails, acting as if they were more interesting than her classmates.

"I'm the purple princess, but you can call me Allison." She said.

The one with the green suit walked over. "Hello classmates, my name is Amelie."

"So since my powers are related to light and colors, I thought I should choose the name Prism," Aurelie said.

"That's awesome." Kaleb grinned.

"It's okay," Sarah said as she rolled her eyes.

The girls walked over and each took turns carving a letter in the word Prism.

"Your turn Matthew." Mrs. Zambiea said.

Matt smiled and grabbed the knife. "Like Victoria, I come from a pro hero family, I realize now more than ever I need to honor my father. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am today."

"So in the honor of my father, Captain Union, I take on the mantle of Union Lad," Matt said.

"That's really cool," Fouzia said.

Matt smiled and turned to Sarah. "Do you like it?"

Sarah smiled weakly. "Yeah, I really like it."

Matt seemed satisfied by her answer, but Fouzia couldn't help but notice how forced it sounded. He carved the name and handed the knife to Maryanne.

"You're up." He said.

Maryanne clapped her hands. "Hey guys."

"I thought about this a lot, and there were so many puns about water that I wanted to choose, but I finally settled on one." Maryanne said.

"Drumroll please." Hunter said.

He began to rapidly tap his legs causing others to laugh.

"Thank you Hunter, my hero name is Rainwoman!" Maryanne said.

"That's incredibly underwhelming." Jake smirked.

"Jake shut up." Fouzia groaned.

Maryanne smiled. "Despite what Jake says I think it's a very positive name and I think it will be great for my hero career."

"That's a good outlook Maryanne, you can go carve your name on the boulder." Mrs. Zambiea said.

Jarret stood up and walked to the center. His hero costume consisted of a gray shirt, a helmet, gray pants, with a black skintight suit underneath. On his shoes were wheels, which Fouzia guessed helped him spin. He seemed nervous being in front of them. Based on his awkward stance, Fouzia had a feeling he didn't know where to start.

"So what's your hero name?" Fouzia said.

Jarret smiled. "The Twister."

He blushed. "It sounds lame I know."

"No bro, I think it's awesome." Kaleb said.

Jarret looked up at the boy hopefully. "You do?"

"Yeah it's very strong name." Kaleb said.

Jarret let out of deep breath that seemed to be out of relief.

"Yeah Jarret it's really cool." Faith said.

Jarret smiled and walked over to the boulder and carved 'The Twister' in big letters.

"Now give it up for Cleo!" Mrs. Zambiea said.

Cleo smiled and made her way to the center. She wore a skintight dark blue crop top with a neon green high-collared section, with a zipper down the middle. Over the higher part of her chest, which reveals her torso from the underside of her breasts down, she also wore sports pants with black trainers with neon green lace as well at the back and bottom are also neon green. She seemed to have some sort of a speaker system around her neck.

"I want my hero name to be Screaming Siren." Cleo said.

"Gee I wonder why?" Sarah said.

Cleo ignored her and grabbed the knife from Jarret and carved her hero name into the boulder.

"Perfect." She smiled.

She handed the knife off to Jake who grinned and leaped up. He was sporting a beige tank top , black army pants, on his back was a energy generator. He wore black gloves and boots, which actually looked quite nice.

If he wasn't such a dick, Fouzia would have been impressed with his outfit.

"Ladies and gentleman…and Maryanne-"

"Jake." Mrs. Zambiea warned.

Jake rolled his eyes. "Anyway, since my quirk involves eating and my lips are pretty big, I figured the name Bigmouth would be perfect. It's light, funny, and if I'm treating this like Victoria will proably appeal to a wide range of audiences."

"Very comedic, Bigmouth." Hunter snickered.

"Come up with something better." Jake snarled.

Faith rolled her eyes and stood up. "Instead of boring us all with your fragile egos, why don't you let me go."

Jake grunted and handed the knife to Faith who smirked.

"Hello everyone, I owe my hero name to…a friend of mine. He helped come up with it." Faith muttered.

Fouzia noticed she wouldn't look Lex in the eyes. What the hell happened last night?

"My hero name will be Valora. I hope I can live up to it." Faith smiled.

"I love it Faith!" Fouzia cheered.

"Yeah it's really good." Lex smiled.

"Spunky. I like it." Hunter said.

Faith handed the knife to Kevin. "Here you go."

Kevin took it slowly and sighed. "I'm not sure I deserve to do this."

"What do you mean?" Cleo asked.

"I'm not sure if I'm really a hero, you all saw my quirk. I'm…I'm a monster." Kevin sighed.

Kevin there's no hard feelings about the arena, I know you couldn't control yourself. Aerolynn said.

"Still, how can I expect to a pro if I keep loosing control. I can't control my quirk, I don't deserve to be a hero." Kevin sighed.

"That right there is why you deserve to be a hero Kevin. You are compassionate, you are willing to throw away your dreams to protect others. One day you will learn how to control your quirk, and you will be a great hero." Mrs. Zambiea said.

Kevin smiled weakly. "I hope so."

"My hero name is Crimson Bat." He said.

It made sense with his long-sleeved red spandex suit and crimson tights. A skull was on the front of his suit, that Fouzia had to admit looked quite terrifying. Kevin carved his hero name slowly and turned to the others.

"I like your name better than Rainwoman." Maryanne laughed.

"I'm sure everyone does." Jake said.

"Your turn Sarah." Kevin said.

He handed the knife to Sarah who hopped out of Matt's arms. She wore a red suit with a short, torn light red cape. Matching with that was red boots. On her suit was a stopwatch symbol.

"My hero name will be Stopwatch, I'm sure I don't need to explain why." Sarah said.

"I love it babe." Matt smiled.

She nodded. "Thank you."

"It's good." Fouzia said simply.

She figured she could at least try being polite. Sarah looked at her like she was surprised.

"Really?" She said.

"Yeah, Sarah, I like it." Fouzia said.

She looked away, almost as if she didn't want Fouzia to see her expression.

"I'll just go carve my name." She said.

After she was done carving it she held the knife to Kaleb.

"You're up loser." She said.

She sat back down next to Matt, who was quick to wrap his arm around her.

"Hello everyone!" Kaleb smiled.

"Hi Kaleb." Alexander laughed.

He wore a black shirt and green pants. Fouzia was impressed with his helmet. It was a roaring monkey with spider fangs.

"Given the fact I have four eyes, I thought would take on the name Foresight." He smiled.

Fouzia noticed there was no pause in between his words. "Don't you mean Four Sight?"

"Well kind of, I thought it would be a nice pun. Foresight, Four Sight, clever, huh." He smiled.

"I love it." Faith said.

"I second that." Hunter said.

After he carved his name he handed the knife to Fouzia. Fouzia stood up nervously. She wondered if her name would sound as cool as the others. It seemed like some of the others put a lot of thought into it.

"I like your fireman costume." Maryanne complimented.

Fouzia looked down, she decided to go with that not only because her parents were fireman but because it related to her quirk. She thought it was very crafty at the time.

"Thank you. So, my quirk allows me to create spirals of fire, which kind of look like cyclones of flames. So, I was thinking about it and I want my name to be Cyclone." She smiled.

Fouzia looked at the faces of her classmates looking at her. She blushed and looked down. It probably was awful compared to theirs.

"I like it," Alexander said.

"Cyclone, that's so trendy!" Faith cheered.

Fouzia laughed. She was glad that some people liked it. She smiled and walked over to the boulder. She felt empowered looking at the names of her classmates. All of them carved together, proving that they were one step closer to being real heroes.

After she carved her name she handed the knife to Hunter.

Victoria

"My hero name is Origami!" Hunter grinned.

"Did you just pick that because the easiest name you could think of?" Victoria asked.

Hunter smirked, "You know me so well."

"I'm proud of all of you and I really like you're names. Now let's head back to school." She said.

"Wait where's Jake?" Faith asked.

Everyone looked around, noticing the teen was gone.

"With as loud as he is you would think we would notice him leaving." Fouzia said.

"Jake!" Kevin yelled.

Silence. Cleo frowned and stepped forward.

"Allow me. JAKE!" She yelled.

Her voice so loud that the rocks even began to tremble. Victoria winced and covered her ears. The screech was unbearable. Soon Jake emerged from a path, covering his ears and screaming.

"Bloody hell! I go to take a piss and you guys send the banshee out on me." Jake yelled.

"Jake you can't just walk off without telling us, we were worried about you." Mrs. Zambiea said.

"Speak for yourself." Sarah smirked.

"Not tonight Sarah, everyone grab your stuff, we're walking back." She said.

Everyone started to walk out of the cave, Victoria stayed behind to grab her can of Sprite when she felt a muscular hand grab her wrist. She jumped and looked at the source.

"What the hell?" Victoria asked.

Jake blushed. "I'm sorry."

"I wanted to gather the eight of us together." He said.

Victoria looked around and noticed it was the eight kids that were in the Black Church.

"What is this about Jake?" Sarah asked.

Jake reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "So when I went to take a leak, I saw some names on a different boulder."

"And that is why you wanted to stop us?" Matt sighed.

Jake showed them the photo. There were several names on it, Quickstep, Hell Priest, Conduit, and some others she couldn't quite make out.

"That's weird, those are our teachers." Faith said.

Jake frowned. "That's not the worst part."

He zoomed in on a word towards the bottom. It was a heart with two names in it.

"Holy shit." Matt coughed when he saw it.

"Amanda and Cyrus. Why would that be in a heart?" Kaleb read aloud.

Alexander gulped. "You guys know what the means right?"

"That Amanda and Cyrus use to do the nasty? That's disgusting." Sarah said.

"Worse, Cyrus went to Morning Star academy he was friends with our teachers. What if there is more behind the story than what our teachers are telling us." Alexander said.

"It kind of makes you wonder. Why did he attack the Black Church?" Victoria asked.


Addy

Addy woke up with a start. She was in a poorly lit jail cell. The cell was a decent size with enough room for a bed, a toilet, and a sink.

"About time she woke up." A voice called.

Addy turned to see Quirk Killer standing in a cell across from hers. Next to his cell was Land Mine.

"Where are we?" Addy asked.

"Maybe hell? We were the ones unlucky enough to loose to those children." Land Mine snarled.

"Next time I see Jake and Aerolynn I'm blowing their brains out." He hissed.

Quirk Killer pouted. "And I was so hoping to carve young Victoria's heart out."

"I just wanted to be friends with Sarah," Addy said.

"Sure you did you crazy bitch." Land Mine snickered.

Soon a loud door was heard opening. Loud footsteps were heard approaching. Soon she saw a pretty woman with auburn hair, a pantsuit, and black heels walking towards them

"Good you guys are all up." She smiled.

"Who are you?" Quirk Killer asked.

She smirked. "I'm Amanda Morningstar, and boy do I have plans for all of you."