A/N: This is an idea that I've wanted to work on for quite a while now, but never really got the chance to do until very recently. And my inspiration for this story came from fellow fanfiction author gunman called Shinji's Birthday Wish. It's pretty much a similar concept, but it's going to have some major differences. And I want to thank gunman for allowing me to write this story based off of his own. Thank you so much, gunman! And now, with all of that out of the way, let's begin the story!

Disclaimer: The following is a non-profit, fan-based story. I don't own My Hero Academia, or any of the other franchises used in this story!

[Class 1-A Group Chat Names]

IngeniumII: Tenya Iida

Fem!Kermit: Tsuyu Asui

Invisib*tch: Toru Hagakure

Goddess: Momo Yaoyorozu/Yaomomo

EXPLOSIONMURDERKING!: Katsuki Bakugo

HotN'Cold: Shoto Todoroki

MuzakQueen: Kyoka Jiro

IWillFloatU: Ochako Uraraka

KidMight: Izuku Midoriya

SunWukong: Mashirao Ojiro

AlienKween: Mina Ashido

HeWhoShinesBrightest: Yuga Aoyama

TapeDispenser: Hanta Sero

Red!Riot: Eijiro Kirishima

Pikachu: Denki Kaminari

BowlO'Grapes: Minoru Mineta

CawCawB*TCH! (Dammit, Dark Shadow…): Fumikage Tokoyami

OctoLimbs: Mezo Shoji

CrocodileHunterJr.: Koji Koda

HAHA!SUGAHRUSH!: Rikido Sato

[UA Staff Group Chat Names]

Loki: Nezu

Skeletor: Toshinori

MixMaster: Ken Ishiyama/Cementoss

QueenOfTheNight: Nemuri Kayama/Midnight

Insomniac: Shota Aizawa/Eraserhead

Rockin'Cockatoo: Hizashi Yamada/Present Mic

ShadowCloneSpammer: Ectoplasm

CountDracula: Vlad King

NobodyF***SWithTheWhiteMage: Recovery Girl

SheriffWoody: Snipe

BlackHolesRULE!: Thirteen

CalmingChihuaha: Hound Dog

[Big Three Group Chat Names]

Walls?WutRThose?: Mirio Togata

IEatsWutIEats: Tamaki Amajiki

EnergyCurlsFTW!: Nejire Hado

A Not-So-Happy Birthday

It was the night of Izuku Midoriya's fifteenth birthday, which would normally be seen as a happy time for the lad even though it was usually just him and his mother who celebrated since his father left them as soon as he found out that Izuku was diagnosed as quirkless. Unfortunately, this was far from being a happy birthday. You want to know why? Well, it's because of a number of factors that all add into it. But we'll start with the most important part.

And that's that Izuku's mother, Inko Midoriya, was dead.

Allow me to explain.

It all started on the day of the Provisional License exams. Izuku was out taking the test that he would eventually pass and receive his Provisional Hero License, and Inko had gone to the market district to do some grocery shopping. All was going well as she had gotten everything she needed for the house. But as she was making her way home, a villain attacked and started destroying everything and attacking anyone who tried to run! Which was everyone! He had a quirk that allowed him to control the magnetic fields around him which worked perfectly for turning metal into weapons, especially in some of the sadistic ways he used it to kill civilians!

Medical implants were turned into internal spears that skewered the vital organs of his victims while dental fillings, make sure to brush those teeth kids, caused people's heads to pop like big, gory balloons sending blood, bone, and brain matter everywhere! As Inko herself ran for her life, she could only turn back and watch helplessly as the Magneto wannabe sent a truck flying her way…

And crushed her!

By the time the heroes showed up and stopped him, Inko was in terrible shape with broken bones, internal and external bleeding, and several ruptured organs. The heroes did have someone with a healing quirk with them at the time, but he couldn't do much for her. The most he could do was keep her alive as she was rushed to the hospital for surgery.

She didn't have the best odds of survival at the time, and both Inko and the doctors knew it. It saddened them, but they knew that the only thing they could do now was let nature run its course. But despite her normally harmless appearance, Inko Midoriya was every bit a fighter as any hero could be, and she fought her own shortened lifespan to see her son make his next big step in becoming a hero.

She managed to stay alive long enough to read his text about the Provisional Hero License exams and how he passed, as well as see the picture of her son's new provisional license. That very same night, Inko passed away in her sleep with happy tears in her eyes and a proud smile on her face. The next morning, Izuku had received a phone call from the hospital telling him what happened, and the light just faded from his eyes. He was immediately called to Principal Nezu's office after that phone call and was excused from classes for the week so he could take care of funeral preparations and mourn his mother's death.

It was a very quiet event, the funeral. Aside from the priest who performed the funeral, the only ones to attend were Izuku himself, his mentor, Toshinori Yagi A.K.A. All Might, and Inko's sister in all but blood, Mitsuki Bakugo along with her husband, Masaru. Three of the four attendees were a wreck as their tears mixed with the falling rain, as if the heavens themselves were crying over the death of such a sweet woman who was also such a loving and dedicated mother who loved her child with all her heart despite his quirklessness. Masaru had tried to comfort his wife, even though he was also trying to stop his own tears while Toshinori was there as a shoulder for Izuku to cry on, as he understood the pain of losing someone important to you, as he remembered how his own mentor, Nana Shimura, sacrificed herself all those years ago so he could live and be the hero she knew he could be.

It hurt the old man's heart just remembering that time.

After that day, Izuku started to change. And not for the better. He wasn't sleeping as he was constantly plagued by nightmares of his mother, mangled and bleeding, blaming him for her death and asking why he didn't save her, which were only made worse as he saw Sir Nighteye, Eraserhead, and others appearing and telling him how much of a failure he was and that he didn't deserve his quirk. How he was the villain for failing to save his mother. This in turn caused him to start skipping meals and focusing more and more on training to the point where he was on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion more than once, and was only getting about one or two hours of sleep every night because of the nightmares that continued to plague him.

If Eraserhead ever paid attention to his so-called 'Problem Child' he'd realize that the poor boy was in serious need of counseling with Hound Dog, and had long since developed PTSD from all of the events he's had to partake in this year alone.

He was still studying hard and wasn't slacking off in his school assignments, actually surpassing the likes of Momo, Shoto, and even Katsuki, much to the exploding blonde's anger, for top spot in his class. Unfortunately, his lack of self care has been a hindrance to him during Hero training, but we'll get to that later.

Anyway, today was Izuku's birthday and he had actually been hoping that this would be a good day for him, considering the rather rotten few months he's been having recently. He had been hoping that he could have a nice birthday with the new friends that he made in Class 1-A, the first friends he's had since he was first diagnosed as quirkless a little more than ten years ago. Unfortunately, there were two problems with his plan.

The first of those problems was his upper classman, Mirio Togata. As it turns out, they both share a birthday and Nejire Hado, Mirio's classmate and a member of UA's Big Three, had already devised a big birthday party for Mirio and invited all of class 1-A to the party. So, naturally all of his classmates accepted the invitation. Izuku had tried to let them know that it was his birthday as well over the group chat, but… that's where problem number two comes up in the form of Katsuki Bakugo spreading lies about Izuku and it not being his birthday over the group chat. Here's how that went down.

EXPLOSIONMURDERKING!: The nerd's lying. It's not his birthday. He just wants attention. He pulled this shit with some extra in elementary and middle school, too.

Kid Might: People share birthdays, Kacchan.

EXPLOSIONMURDERKING!: Unlikely, since you two went to different schools. What, breaking your bones not good enough for you anymore?

Needless to say, it especially hurt when his classmates chose to believe Bakugo over him. And he knew that it would only hurt worse if they realized that Izuku was telling the truth. Any party they threw him afterwards would be nothing more than a pity party and their belated birthday wishes would be filled with guilt and wouldn't be anywhere near as sincere. And he's pretty sure that the gifts he'd get from them wouldn't be well thought out or well meaning. Yaoyorozu probably wouldn't even take the time to look around and buy a gift for him. She'd just create something using her quirk.

Honestly, the only ones who even thought to wish him a happy birthday were the Big Three themselves, and even then it just hurt Izuku more that three upperclassmen thought more about him on his birthday than his own classmates! Mirio was even planning a joint party for both of them next year and has already blacklisted Izuku's classmates.

Izuku didn't smile as he finished looking thought back to that particular group chat, not really wanting to think about the conversation that was had then. He just sat at the table of his apartment, which he knew wouldn't be in the Midoriya family's possession for much longer, which sucks because it would mean that Izuku would be homeless once the school year let out again. His landlord was generous enough to at least allow Izuku to remain at the apartment until he moved back into the UA dorms once the new school year started up. He just sat at the table with a small lemon cupcake in front of him with a single candle lit in its center. He knew that the wishes one makes on a birthday candle never come true. All those times he wished he'd manifest his own quirk since his fifth birthday, and each year it just led to the same disappointment. He would have just let it burn out on its own, but for some reason, he felt compelled to make a birthday wish.

It was like he had this odd gut feeling that his wish would come true this year. Because he had a more meaningful wish to make this year rather than wishing for a quirk. He slowly and carefully picked the candle out of the cake and lifted it up so that he could make his wish.

'I don't know why I'm doing this, but… I wish for a family. A real family that will love and protect me as I would do the same for them, just like how mom did for me. I don't care if we're rich or poor, so long as I am loved by them I'll be happy. This is my wish.'

And so, he blew out the candle and made his wish.

Never dreaming of the chain of events he just set into motion because of it.

But with his wish made, Izuku got up from his seat and decided to see about preparing himself some dinner. He didn't really have much since he didn't get the chance to restock his fridge and cabinets due to everything that happened recently, but he would make due. Unfortunately, he didn't make it so much as ten steps towards his kitchen when he slipped on a banana peel that he was certain wasn't there before and fell flat on his back, hitting his head against the corner of the counter in the process! Izuku's vision blurred as he lay on the floor dazed from the impact. And as he slowly closed his eyes and lost consciousness he had only one thought going through his mind.

'Why is my luck so horrible?'

With that final thought, Izuku's eyes closed as he fell into the blissful embrace of unconsciousness. And while he was konked out, if one looked outside, they would see a star in the night sky beginning to glow brighter than all the other stars as a chain of events was about to unfold.

All because of a lonely and hurting child making a wish on his birthday.

***To Be Continued…***

Ending A/N: Okay, so I know that most of this chapter was basically me just giving group chat names to the 1-A students, their teachers, and the Big Three of UA but that was because I was planning to involve a conversation between Izuku and the Big Three about how Katsuki pretty much ruined Izuku's birthday because of that rumor he spread. Unfortunately, as I tried to write that conversation, I couldn't think of ANY dialogue for it! I literally could not! I'll try to include a flashback with that conversation at some point in the story, but for now, this is all I've got for you all. Either way, I hope you all enjoy the concept, and I once again thank fellow fanfiction author gunman for letting me write this. See you all in the next update!