AN: So I know I'm probably late to the game for this fandom, but hey, better late than never.
Please read and review!
Also, this is one of two ideas I have for BMHA, don't know when I'll post that one, but please enjoy this one!
Welcome to U.A!
Amelia sighed as she readjusted her tie once again, frowning when it didn't look right. She just couldn't get it to lay the way she wanted it to. She sighed again and tugged it off, tossing it onto her bed with a huff. She would simply go without it. Unbuttoning the top button made her feel a little bit better, if only slightly. She was still annoyed at her tie, though.
Her annoyance at her tie wasn't because of it's lay, but rather because of its color, if she was being honest.
It doesn't look right, it should be black, damnit. She thought to herself. She clenched her fists, angry with herself for acting like a child. She should be grateful for being able to wear U.A's uniform, hell she knew she should be grateful just for being able to attend U.A! But still, she couldn't find it in herself right now to be happy. I spent 4 months at U.A Pacific; I had friends there, a routine. And now I'm back at square one. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, thinking back to how this all began.
"Congratulations, Ms. Ferox! You were selected to take part in U.A's foreign exchange student program!" The little mouse-dog-bear-thing cheered, looking up at her while the two heroes behind him simply watched. She blinked slowly, before realization sunk in. Her eyes windened and she turned to Dean Dracul, her eyes imploring her to confirm what Mr. Principal had just said.
"It's true, Ms. Ferox. You were selected out of all of our applicants to join the heroics department in this new program. You're our top student in all areas, so it shouldn't come as a surprise-" The Dean began, only for Mr. Principal to cut them off.
"Actually, you see, compared to the other applicants throughout North America, Ms. Ferox placed in the middle. The reason why we chose her was because she can speak, read, and write in Japanese. We felt that the others would face a barrier that she would have no problem overcoming." And just like that, her excitement was slashed. Her eyes took on the same look an injured animal does, and she schooled her features into a mask of indifference while the little creature continued to explain the reasoning behind her selection. She looked down at the ground, clenching her hands before relaxing.
Her Dean could see the look on her face and they took that as a personal affront to their school. They snapped their fingers, causing Amelia to stand straight and tall. A smug smile stretched their lips. Mr. Principal stopped talking and glanced up, wondering why he had been interrupted.
"Thank you for coming here today, Mr. Principal, and for personally delivering the news. It shows the the main department of U.A. has a well disciplined staff. However, due to the nature of Amelia's transfer and the differing school schedules, we need to make the necessary arrangements with her family so that she may acclimate without issue." Amelia could kiss her Dean for that subtle turn of word. When she glanced up at them, she noticed their eyes were showing a passionate fire in them. They had her back, even if her new school didn't see much in her, but that didn't matter. She had one of the most powerful heroes in America in her corner, and that made all the difference to her.
Amelia stood in front of the door for 1-A, her hand raised to open it. She could hear some of her classmates already inside, chatting away while she just stood there. She wasn't sure why she was just standing there; could it be her nerves finally getting to her? Or could it be because she knew she would stand out like a sore thumb the minute she stepped in? Sighing to herself, she figured the only way to solve her problem was to walk in and get it over with.
You got this bitch, she told herself, before silding the massive door open. She wondered if it was that large due to some students having physical quirks that made them bigger. While thinking about the schematics of the door, she stepped inside the classroom and was faced with far fewer people than she was expecting.
There was a female with long black hair in a spiky ponytail, a boy with dark blue-black hair, a little gremlin looking creature with purple balls on their head, and a boy with the head of a crow? Maybe a raven? And they were all looking at her. She gave a peace sign and a small smile, hoping to break the awkwardness she was feeling. Nobody moved for a couple seconds, before the blue-black haired boy walked up to and held his hand out.
"Hello, my name is Iida Tenya." Amelia shook his hand, and titled her head up a little bit. He was quite tall, compared to her petite 5ft 3in. And his handshake was strong, but not too forceful, or overpowering.
"Amelia Ferox, pleasure to meet ya." She said, noticing the way the others perked up at her introduction. Iida seemed to have picked up something else, as he released her hand and began to rub his chin in thought.
"Your accent is different, I don't think I've heard it before. And your name, it's very unique. What part of Japan are you from?" He asked, his tone coming off a little strong. Amelia just smiled while scouting out a desk nearby.
"Oh, uh, you see, I'm not from Japan. I'm actually from America, Washington state to be exact." She explained, finding a desk of the left side of the classroom that was free. She started moving to it, only to be stopped by Iida with another question.
"America?! Don't they have their own U.A over there?" She nodded and quickly sat down. She set her bag down and leaned back in her chair and surveyed the others.
"U.A has a North American branch, but due to the size of North America, they separated the countries into regions. There's the Pacific Coast region, the Mountain region, the Central region, and Atlantic Coast region. I'm from the Pacific Coast region, or U.A. Pacific to get general." Amelia explained, hoping that would answer Iida's questions. Her explanation seemed to be enough, as he nodded and went back to the front of the class, probably to greet their other classmates. She sighed, glad to have gotten that out of the way. Amelia knew she would have to explain all of that again when everyone was present, but she was hoping that her instructor would do that for her. The others seemed to have heard everything and left her to her devices, figuring that they would have time to get to know each other later, which she was okay with. It gave her time to center and adjust herself before the day began.
Apparently though, the little gremlin had other plans. Amelia was busy pulling her things out of her bag when she felt something touch her side. Her body froze, her animal instincts going into overdrive. She shot a glance to her side and noticed that it was one of her classmates. They, or rather he, was giving her a lecherous grin while one of his hands were making groping gestures.
"What?" She hissed, already hating this little pest. He didn't seem to take the hint, though.
"I'm Mineta Minoru, or your future husband." He introduced himself, his eyes glazing over as he thought about Amelia inappropriately; he even began to a drool a little bit.
"Mineta! Quit making those rude gestures to Ferox!" Iida shouted, quickly heading towards them. Right as he grabbed Mineta by the collar of his shirt, he was reaching out to grab Amelia's chest while muttering lewd comments under his breath.
What happened next, was no one's fault but Mineta's.
Amelia felt the shift in her mind instantly, the fog pulling her back while the animal side took over. She knew better than to transform into something big, so instead she went with something smaller. And deadlier.
Due to Iida grabbing Mineta and forcibly pulling him away, he was close to enough to notice the change that Amelia made. His eyes widened as his classmate was suddenly gone, and in her place was a snake.
A snake. A. Goddamn. Snake.
And not just any snake, but judging by the rattling of its tale, an American rattlesnake. Iida yanked Mineta away faster (he would later deny that he actually threw him across the room) and jumped back as the snake lunged forward. He yelled, he didn't shriek Tokoyami, thank you very much, he yelled and started shouting at Amelia right as more of their classmates walked into. The snake simply coiled back up and rattle its tail again as a warning to Mineta, before shifting back into Amelia.
Who was glaring death and daggers at her classmate.
"Try that shit again you fuckin' purple gremlin and I bite ya as a black mamba!" Amelia shouted, shaking her fist at Mineta, who was cowering in the corner and calling her a devil woman. Iida was waving his hands around in the air and scolding her, the other two were simply staring at her like she had grown a second head, while the ones who had just walked in were unsure about the entire situation.
Well shit, so much for a good first impression, Amelia thought to herself as she huffed to herself and glared at her desk while crossing her arms over his chest like a pouting child.
After the sudden commotion between Iida, the last two of their classmates, and their instructor, Amelia was sure nothing else weird would happen on the first day.
Except for the fact that their instructor, Mr. Aizawa, wanted them to change into their P.E. uniforms before following him. Just as he was about to head out, it looked like he suddenly remembered something and turned around. He headed towards the podium in front of the classroom and stood behind it, looking exhausted and like he wanted to be anywhere but there.
"Oh yeah, I guess I should have you guys introduce yourselfs to the class-" Iida's hand shot straight up, interrupting Mr. Aizawa.
"Sir, what exactly do you want us to say?" Iida asked, his eyes shining with determination. Amelia decided that Iida was one of those hard working, studious types. He also seemed like he was all about rules; she smirked in amusement, her golden eyes glowing a bit in interest.
"The usual; who you are, what your quirk is, why you want to be a hero, etc." Mr. Aizawa said, blinking. He looked completely uninterested in the whole introductions, but that was probably because he already knew who they were and what not. He was a teacher, after all.
As all of her classmates stood up and did their little introductions, Amelia noticed that Mr. Aizawa was avoiding her. She rolled her eyes, of course he would save her for last. She paid attention, silently noting and cataloguing everything.
Huh, a lot of my classmates have some interesting quirks. Geez, not a single mental quirk in here, this will be no fun.
"Amelia Ferox," a voice called out, pulling her out of her musings. She perked up and looked at Mr. Aizawa. He gestured for her to come to the front of the class. She nodded and tucked a few stray strands of hair back. She was glad she had decided to put into a braided bun, it would stay out of her eyes a lot more. When she was standing at the front and facing her classmates, she bit back a grimace and called on her training from Dean Dracul. She squared her shoulders back, straightened her spine, and eased a mask of indifference over her features. She was calm, cool, and collected. "As you all may have heard, U.A. and it's other departments decided to participate in a foreign exchange student program. Ms. Ferox here, is from the North American department, specifically the Pacific Coast region, U.A Pacific. She was the top student at her old school and was one of the top applicants who applied. She will be joining all of you throughout your journey here, so I expect all of you to treat her with the same respect that you want. Understood?" She glanced at her teacher, fighting back a grin at what he said. It was completely contradictory to what his boss had said all those months ago. It made her feel a lot better about her place here.
"I'm Amelia Ferox, it's a pleasure to meet all of you. Please call me Amelia, not Ferox. My quirk is Shapeshifting, which allows me to shapeshift into any animal, so long as it's not extinct in both the wild and in captivity." She greeted everyone, hoping they wouldn't demand to see her quirk.
"Can you show us?!" A boy with spiky red hair, Kirishima, asked. He looked excited, as did many of the others. Except Mineta, who looked like he'd seen a ghost the minute the others started asking. She rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment, before turning to Mr. Aizawa, who shrugged.
Amelia took that as a 'yes' and closed her eyes, letting the pull of the fog take her away. She chose a simple animal, nothing too exciting, or terrifying. She didn't want to give Mineta a heart attack, though the little gremlin deserved it. When she opened her eyes, she was on the ground and looking up at everyone, who were crowding the front desks to get a look at her.
"Oh my god! She's a silver fox! Ah, that's so cute!" Hagakure squealed, though Amelia couldn't tell if she was happy or not due to her being invisible. Amelia gave a couple yips, making the girls squeal even more and the boys to make high pitched sounds. After a few more minutes acting like a playful fox, Amelia felt the fog becoming thicker in her mind and knew she had to switch back. She closed her eyes and forced herself to come back, and opened her eyes as a human again. The class was silent, before they started to all ask her questions at once, overwhelming her.
"Yo, look at her eyes! Her pupils are the same as the fox'!" Kirishima pointed out, to which Mr. Aizawa stepped forward and silenced the class.
"You'll all have time to ask your questions later, but right now, I want you all to change and meet at outside. Dismised." He said, walking out and leaving the students to themselves. Amelia rolled her shoulders a few times and shook her head, before grabbing her uniform and following the other girls to their locker room.
"Hey, Ferox-I mean Amelia, you got an awesome quirk there!" Jirou said, walking next to her.
"Thanks, so do you."
"What, these things? Compared to yours, they aren't so great." Jirou said, shrugging her shoulders and smiling in a way that annoyed Amelia.
"Oh please, one blast from you and I'm down for the count. There's no animal out there that can handle having their eardrums destroyed. I know, trust me." Amelia said, giving Jirou a look that dared her to say otherwise. Jirou laughed before nodding, holding her hands up in defeat.
"Oh hey, why was Mineta calling you a devil woman earlier?" Jirou asked, suddenly remembering. Amelia gave her a wicked grin, sending a chill down her spine when she saw those sharpened and elongated canines.
"That little gremlin thought he could cop a feel, so I tried to bite him as a rattlesnake. Too bad Iida got in the way, he seems like a fuckin' pervert." Amelia explained, changing alongside the other girls. They all stopped talking and stared at her, wondering if they had all heard her say what she did. "If that little shit tries that again, I won't be so forgiving the next time." Amelia said, a sudden darkness surrounding her while she muttered about all the venomous animals she could turn into. Jirou shivered in fear; Amelia was decidely terrifying.
"What?! A quirk assessment test?!" The whole class shouted at Mr. Aizawa. Amelia stood near the back with Jirou, just as confused as the rest of them. Mr. Aizawa began to explain the reasoning behind the test and why he didn't care about them missing the school orientation. He held up a device, explaining how none of them have ever actually been tested on their quirks before, only on their studies.
"Bakugo, you scored the most points on the pratical exam. What's the farthest you've thrown a softball when you were in Junior High?"
"67 meters, I think."
"Right, try doing it with your quirk." The entire class looked at Mr. Aizawa in surprise, but stayed silent as he pointed to where he wanted Bakugo to stand. Everyone watched as Bakugo began to wind up and suddenly threw the softball with all he had. Mr. Aizawa turned around, showed them the score, 705.2 meters. Amelia raised an eyebrow, impressed. He had a lot of strength, but it looked like he was a cocky bastard. Just great.
After Mr. Aizawa finished explaining everything and how they had to go "Plus Ultra" on these tests, he blew his whistle and told them to begin.
First up, a timed 50 meter dash. Amelia grinned widely, suddenly excited to take these tests.
Amelia stood at the start line, going up against Ojiro and Uraraka. She watched as her classmates got ready and she couldn't help her little smirk. She fell into the fog quickly, shifting into a cheetah. When her two opponents looked at her, they both gave a sweat drop. The minute the little robot told them to go, she took off, crossing the finish line far ahead of the other two. Using her tail to change direction, she began to slow down before stopping in front of the others. They just looked at her as she stretched and opened her mouth to yawn, showing off her pearly teeth. Jirou walked up to her and poked her in between the eyes.
"You big cheetah." The horrible pun made Amelia turn back, only she was laughing and clutching her sides. She gave Jirou a light punch in the arm.
"How long did it take for you to come up with that one?"
"'Bout as long as it took you to crush the other two." Jirou retorted, laughing with Amelia as they joined the others. Amelia decided that despite the threat of being expelled hanging over their heads, her classmates were going to be just fine.
AN: Alrighty, so what do you guys think? Please let me know, and don't worry, Amelia and Shinso will have some interaction coming up.