Chapter 2: Settling In

The next morning after her arrival she awoke in the same room "phew, kinda of glad I'm still in one place" she said to herself before catching the smell of something "what is that" she thought aloud, making her way to the kitchen to find a made breakfast "ah, good morning Wendy, I hope you slept well" Toshinori asked "yeah, thank you for, well everything" she said much to his dismissal "well what kinda of hero would I be if I didn't help" he said as she considered the words "so I gathered people in this world have powers" Wendy started "oh, yeah, well tell me what you know and I'll fill you in the rest" Toshinori said as Wendy took a breath.

"Well I get the general gist most people have powers of some kind and some become pro heroes to save others from villain's, but what I would like to know is how do you go about becoming a pro" Wendy asked "hold on, if you don't have a Quirk why asked" he asked "well in my world people can use magic and well overall there just like superpowers" Wendy explained before Toshinori told her about hero licences and how to get them "so I have to enrol in a high school hero course to get a license" Wendy summed up "which might be tricky given your from another world, which means there aren't going to be any documents to say you exist and without those getting into any establishment will be a hassle" he said thinking as Wendy pondered at the thought.

"Is there any way to get those made up" she asked as All Might paused "they might be, but you are going to have to tell someone about your story, is that okay" he asked as Wendy nodded "sure, but who" she asked "he's the principal of the top hero school in the country, he might be able help, though I feel like I should warn you" he said lifting up his shirt, Wendy seeing a massive injury to his chest "a villain gave me this six years ago, I'm telling you now because I don't want you getting involved without knowing the risks, tell me though do you want to become a hero" Wendy didn't hesitate in her answer "I do" she said as he nodded "I'll have him met you this afternoon".

That afternoon All Might had left Wendy alone as he had his own work to do (hero work and training Midoriya) while Wendy studied a map of the city so she could find her way back on her own if she went out, that was until 1pm when she heard the elevator coming up, and so Wendy got up to great the person, when the doors opened she was meet with principal Nezu "afternoon, how's your day going" he greeted "good sir, come in please" Wendy said not as surprised by the fact she was talking to rat as much as she should have been, Nezu than made his way to the table as he sat down, Wendy following suit "so I've heard from All Might about your struggles, the need for an on paper identity and your wish to attend UA and become a hero, though I do have a few questions and conditions, first I was told you had powers of some kind and I would like to know what they are" he asked as Wendy told him "I'm a sky dragon slayer, so I can use sky magic, support magic and healing magic" she listed "interesting, not to be bold but could I get a demonstration of your healing magic" he asked as Wendy hesitantly nodded "sure but I can't really heal someone who doesn't have any injury or sickness" she said as Nezu nodded.

"That won't be a problem, as it happens I wasn't so careful with my morning tea and happened to get a little burn" he said in doing the cuff on his sleeve and rolling it up to show a small burn on his forearm "as you can see it's nothing I would worry about but can you heal it" he asked as Wendy smiled "of course sir, this shouldn't be an issue" Wendy said raising her hands to the burn, her magic healing it within seconds "all done" she said a little proud "yes how wonderful, now the second question I had was why do you want to become a hero" he asked "well I suppose it's because that's just how I live my life, helping others and to do that here I need to become a hero" Wendy answered "alright, now on to my condition, I'll help you set up a ID for you in this world regardless but I have to be fair to my other potential students while I will enrol you at UA if you want to be in the hero course you need to take the entrance exam like everyone else, it's two months away so you have till then to prepare, with that said I must return to my work but before I go do you have any questions" Nezu asked as Wendy paused hesitantly, before she shook her head "not really sir" she admitted "well then I'm off I'm sure we'll speak again" he said getting up and heading out the door 'that was rather interesting, the fact I'm a rat didn't seem to phase her at all' Nezu thought once the door was closed 'either way she's going to be a very interesting student'.

After Nezu left Wendy went turned her attention to studying, while Grandeeney had taught Wendy how to read and write, perform arithmetic and passed her medical knowledge, Wendy was unsure if this would be good enough for her to pass the entrance exam for a school like UA (one of the best schools in the country) Wendy studied for four hours until she stopped to get something ready.

All Might arrived back an hour later to find dinner waiting for him "oh after noon Wendy" he said as Wendy set down his plate "thank you but you didn't have to do this" he said as she waved him off "oh it wasn't that big a deal, just a way to say thank you, though I do want to limit your expectations I don't know how to cook that much, just a few soups, a bit of meat and some desert's" she said thinking back as to why she knew each.

Mira had taught her how to make some soups saying "if your ever out on your own soups can be an easy meal to cook if you have low supplies or need to gather some from your environment" she cited as her reason to teach Wendy.

Natsu in a similar vein told her "different meat requires different levels of heat depending on rare you want it, just make sure it's cooked all the way though, oh and when eating chicken you shouldn't be able to she any pink or else it's not done, Happy and I made that mistake once, basically if you're out on your this will save you a lot of stomach aches" and showed her how to cook a few different meats.

Oddly enough Grey had a different reason to teach how to make a few desert's "if Erza is ever mad at you or you know she is going to be, knowing some cake recipes could save your life and take it from me there isn't just one kind of cake, there's sponge, butter, pound and more, if you tell her you made it specially for her it may defuse her".

Following that thought Wendy sat down to eat "so how was your talk with Principal Nezu" All Might asked "he said I could take the entrance exam in two months from now" Wendy answered "are you sure you're gonna be ready for it" he asked "well I can use what time I have to study for it if that's okay" she asked as All Might was conflicted "If you need it the second basement level is training space where you can use your powers freely, it's mine from 10 to 12" All Might said as he was thinking 'I've already told her about my weak form but if we're living under the same roof she might find out about young Midoriya and one for all, so should I tell her now or not tell her and risk the fallout' he thought deciding quickly "there is something else I have to tell you" at this Wendy stopped and gave him her full attention "Wendy Marvell I'm asking that you keep this secret even more than my weak form" he said as Wendy replied "I won't tell a soul" Wendy said.

"Alright, the truth is unlike most in this world I wasn't born with my abilities they were given to me by someone else a touch passed on from one person to next" he stopped waiting for a response as Wendy was just intent on listing "and I myself am ready to pass that torch to my successor when he is ready, as such most days I'll be out doing work or training him" All Might said as Wendy was curious "so I take it it's rare to be able to pass your powers to another" she asked "I wouldn't say rare more unheard of entirely, so you need to keep it secret, including you there are only nine people that know" All Might said (note this isn't counting All For One as All Might believe he's dead, but his count that do know are himself, Midoriya, Recovery Girl, Principal Nezu, Sir Nighteye, Grand Torino, Detective Tsukauchi and David Shield) Wendy nodded "thank you for trusting me with it, I won't let you down" Wendy promised as the two kept talking "so now that that's out of the way, let's dig in" All Might said as they had only been picking at their food throughout the conversation.

Following that day Wendy began studying in earnest to pass the upcoming test, the only off time she took off was to meditate on her magic, it wasn't something she was used to doing as it was unusual for Dragonslayers however ever since her magic power grew she hadn't used her magic other than healing, which took basically no effort now, which meant her power had grown past anything she had experienced before and as such she started mediating to fully grasp how much magic she now had before she thought about using it offensively, Wendy continued this routine for three weeks before something changed when Malfor spoke to her again.

Malfor had remained silent since the first time he spoke to her observing the type of person the girl was and taking note of how her body absorbed his powers and abilities, coming up with his own plan to take her body, settling on one that was quite simple yet easy for him to defect blame should she realise what's happening "all I have to do is teach her how to use Aether and eventually she'll 'accidentally' use it's dark counterpart and once she's had a taste of it she won't be able to help herself but use it more and more till she craves it's power, then I'll be able to make my move" he said to himself as she wouldn't be able to hear him 'hm, sometimes the simple plans really are the best, though first I have to tell her how to use her new abilities so she can progress to that point' he thought before deciding to talk to her again.

"Child are you there" Wendy heard knowing the voice "Malefor oh thank goodness I was starting to worry I know you said you wouldn't be able to talk to me but three weeks is a long time" Wendy said in relief "thank you for your concern Child but unfortunately even after this much time a talk must be short" he said as Wendy paused awaiting his words "since you now have access my magic I need to tell you how it works, the element I possess is called Aether it is the element of the purple dragon that draws in the essence of the very universe itself, a dragon with this element is using the very essence of magic and as such will be able any other element however you are different while your body's changed to handle these elements you can't produce them" he said as Wendy thought over the words.

"So what your saying is that I can't make fire like Natsu on my own but I can eat fire and then use it" Wendy interpreted "yes, that is the general idea but once you have a from grip on the other elements you should have the ability to use Aether whenever you want" Malefor explained "wait why do I have to know that first" Wendy asked "because I myself learnt fire, lighting, ice then earth before ever touching Aether, if you were to use it before you are ready I don't know what the result would be, though once you are able to use its full power I have no doubt you'll be able to return to your world, but that is all the time I have, I must leave you for now" Malefor said his voice fading out "thank you" Wendy said.

After her conversation she decided to try eating another element, of course she started with fire as it was closest thing to sky and she had seen Natsu do it plenty of times "okay you can do this" Wendy said as she had some matches out igniting it as she hyped herself up some more "you can do this, it will be easy just take a deep breath" she said before getting a surprise, the match had burned down to her fingers while she was talking "I didn't even feel that, I guess that means I can do it" she said igniting one more match as she started eating the fire "wow, this is so different then what I'm..." Wendy paused before falling over in pain "it's hurts, it hurts so much" Wendy said feeling a burning sensation though her whole body "but wait my throat, my mouth there aren't burning physically which Ag" Wendy paused still in pain "which means that the pain.. Ag ... I'm feeling right now is coming from my magic" she thought aloud trying to distract herself to no avail.

After a few minutes of this Wendy's felt like she stopped burning but still felt hot like a summer day 'well that went well, I hope that's only because it's my first time but I can't do this on the regular, I really need to cool down maybe with a drink or..' Wendy thought when another idea struck "some ice, I could eat some ice and it might counteract the fire" Wendy said aloud as she slowly made her way to fridge and opened the freezer, fetching some ice cubes from a tray before she quickly bit into it a momentary relief as her hot spell faded "well that's a relie..." Wendy paused overcome with pain again as the feeling of burning cold overtook her, after another five minutes the pain stopped but instead of the heat from before stopping the cold Wendy flashed between hot and cold every few seconds "well let's see if there was a point to this" she said holding out her hand in front of her as a purple fame lit up "alright" Wendy said before quickly putting out the flame 'I need to go lay down' was her last thought before making her way to her bed and taking a short nap.

A while after that Wendy woke up to the afternoon sun as she got out of bed and looked at the clock "3pm so I slept for two hours" Wendy said as she started to stretch 'I really don't want to do that again but I might have too' Wendy thought bitterly before she left the room seeing All Might in the living room "afternoon" she said as greeting "oh you finally awake" he said as Wendy was confused by the amount of relief "huh" she simply said confused "when I got back I found you in your room tossing and turning in your bed with a fever, I was going to take you to a hospital but by the time I did, you'd already stopped and your temperature was back to normal, then you just slept that was about two days ago" he said "I was asleep for two days, I lost two days' worth of studying" Wendy said out of shock "hey take it easy, this isn't a time to overwork yourself, just relax I took a quick look at your progress your fine so try to take it easy, okay" All Might asked "okay" she said as he smiled "well then since your up how about we ordered some take out and have a movie night" he said his smile growing even brighter when she agreed that night the watched some old superhero movies, one about a man who learnt magic after a car accident and one about a tech genius who used a suit of armor to write the wrongs of his past.

It was a week after that night and one month left till the exam that Wendy decided to try some fire again this time on a colder day and with some water on hand to cool her down if the need arose "just got to do it, and remember how good it tastes, yeah focus on that" she said once more hyping herself up, before she lit a match and ate the fire off it 'yeah that is a pretty good taste' Wendy thought bracing herself for the outcome, she was presently surprised when instead of a burning sensation she was givin a slight hot flush that simply made her uncomfortable "it's not good but not nearly as bad as the last time" Wendy said reaching for her water to cool down, after a sip Wendy created a small flame on the tip of her finger "now let's see how long I can use you for" Wendy stateted keeping the small flame lit for about five minutes at that same time that warm feeling left her "so I've got five minutes from eating before my body digests whatever element I ate" Wendy speculated.

The next day she took the plunge with ice finding the same thing it wasn't as bad as the first time Wendy feeling a little chil rather than freezing and being able to create ice shards for five minutes and after an hour when the ice was out of her system Wendy tried something new eating a small rock "okay this should be alright" she said siting down on the coach reading herself for the consequences as she brought it up to her mouth her teeth slowly biting so she wouldn't break them on the rock, a fear that was unfounded as even her slow bite easily boke it up, she chewed for a 30 seconds before swallowing, as she waited for the backlash her body went though with fire and ice, Wendy didn't feel anything until she tried to move "my body feels so heavy, if I was standing I probably would of collapsed" she said unable to move 'still this isn't as bad as the other two and I'm in a pretty comfortable position so I can wait this out' Wendy thought, after an hour Wendy tried moving and while she was a bit sluggish, normal movement was not difficult.

After that Wendy's days shifted gradually as she didn't spend the whole time studying, cutting out the meditation as she got use to her increase in power and had spent a little time each day messing around with fire, ice or earth in basement gym.

A month later it was the day of the exam, All Might left early to see Midoriya and Wendy was ready as she had become accustomed to ice and fire, (not being anywhere near Natsu or Grey's level but she doubted she ever would) although her skills with earth were lacking and wouldn't be likely to improve soon, after checking her bag Wendy walked out in her red blazer and skirt combo, as that was the closest attire she had to a school uniform and wouldn't stand out in it heading for UA to take the entrance exam.