STORIES

Todoroki lay on one side, fire merrily crackling on top of him, while the rest of 1-A roasted marshmallows.

"Scary stories!" Mina shouted. "We have to share some!"

Katsuki shoved a smore into his mouth. "I'll go first! A robot pretending to be a human is hiding among us!"

"It's Midoriya, isn't it?" everyone asked in a bored voice.

"Hah! You all know the truth!"

"Ooh! Me next!" Mineta said. "You go to peep on the women's restroom, and as the mists part, behold! Buck naked wrinkly old men!"

"That happened to you, didn't it?" Jirou asked flatly.

Mineta shivered and stared off into the middle distance. "I still have nightmares."

"My turn," Shoji said. "An eldritch being from beyond this mortal plane bestirs itself, ripping a gaping wound of inky smoke into reality itself."

Above the fire, black mist swirled. Kaminari looked up and paled. "Uh… Shoji?"

"From the void, a ghastly figure clad in the remains of the cultists that had summoned it emerges."

Shigaraki poked his head out from the mist. "Good, they're all here. Mustard, you're up!"

"Shoji," Kaminari said, "You can stop now, this isn't funny."

"The eldritch being breathed miasma out of its gaping maw that withered all life before it."

Yellow gas poured out of the portal. Kaminari pressed himself flat to the ground and shouted, "Alright, your story is terrifying! Please make it stop!"

Shoji blinked. "I haven't even gotten to the scary part yet where the eldritch being says 'hi son, how's your day going?' Ah well, who's next?"

The gas floated down around the class. All at once, they coughed and wheezed until they passed out. Only Izuku remained unaffected.

"Is it naptime?" Izuku asked. "I was not aware that naptime was a part of campfire traditions."

Now wearing a gas mask over the hand on his face, Shigaraki said, "Time to get our loot. Magne, haul him up!"

Magne stuck the end of a magnet out of the portal. Izuku's hair rose, and he shot up towards the magnet. His weight dragged Magne down, and Spinner grabbed her by her legs.

"They're too heavy!" Spinner cried. "Help me out!"

The League of Villains all pulled, but Izuku's weight steadily dragged them down. Then the Nomu grabbed them and pulled them all up.

"See?" Dabi said, panting. "I told you my plan was better."

"Shut up," Shigaraki spat. "My plan would've been fine if they hadn't all chickened out."

"You wanted to set the entire forest on fire. I'm all for it, don't get me wrong, but this was way easier."

"Excuse me," Izuku said, "But may I ask why you brought me here?"

The League of Villains all exchanged looks. In a whispered undertone, Kurogiri said, "He took out a Nomu, remember?"

Shigaraki said, "We're here to… play videogames."

"Excellent! I love videogames!"

Several hours later, Shigaraki disintegrated his tenth controller as Izuku's character made a victory pose. "That was a frame-perfect dash cancel! How?"

"Get good, maidenless noob."

500

This is why you never let an eldritch abomination tell campfire stories.