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"AAAAAHHHHH!! I'M LATE!! I'M SUPER LATE!!"
She cried out in urgent stress as she bolted out the door, bookbag in all... along with a few items that shouldn't be on her person right now as she bolted out the door, hastily scarfing down the biggest pink lady apple she managed to find in the fridge to serve as her improv breakfast.
Running as fast as her legs could carry her, berating herself for oversleeping on one of the most important days of her life, going straight down the street, running as if her rear end was on fire. Determined not to be later than she already was... Even though technically she would only be cutting it close by at least 1 minute If she doesn't get stopped by a few very annoying red lights.
'Today is the entrance exam, and there's no way I'm going to miss it, this may be my one chance to be able to experience what it's like to attend a Japanese themed school here in the US... And if I can score a scholarship then I'll be able to attend one of the best universities out there...' She thought to herself, '... That is if I make it in time!... And if I pass!'
Part of her wanted to really kick herself in the butt for staying up late last night binge watching anime knowing for a full fact that the exam was going to start first thing in the morning, and another part of her also felt like an idiot for not listening to her foster guardians about going to bed sooner, cuz then she would be avoiding the distressful stress that she was currently facing now.
Some days she hated when she was too stubborn for her own good... Though for others she was grateful for it.
But right now, it was a burden.
'This entrance exam is supposed to be really tough, and I've been studying for months just so I can attend. And just like any traditional Japanese school, exams begin in February and if you pass then the first day of school starts in April.' She reminds herself as she did a mental check list making sure she had everything...
... And quickly realizing that she inadvertently grabbed her big black canvas messenger bag that had all of her belongings in it as she was scheduled to move to a new foster home that was closer to her school within a few short days, roughly around the time she would get her results, so she had packed her bag well ahead of time, a week in advance so she won't worry...
'Way to go idiot, now everybody's going to be wondering why you're carrying two bags like you were going on a camping trip or something.' She mentally berated herself as she knew she was too far to return her bag back to the foster home, Even if she could there be no way the school will allow her to enter the exam as they were pretty strict for this particular one.
'Which seems unfair but then again this is the first Japanese school to ever open in my hometown and as far as I know anywhere in the US so it makes sense that they would have very strict rules, of course they have recommendation exams but it's only for a select few who have gained such a huge opportunity and I am not one of those students so I have to make it to this exam ASAP!' She thought as she just narrowly avoids getting hit by a truck as she just made it to the other side of another street, no time to yell at the driver to watch where he was going considering he was crossing a red light as she hastily looked at her pocket watch which she pulled out of her pants pocket.
If she were in an anime She would totally sweat drop as her heart rate got faster, 'I'm really, really cutting it close, but I should make it so long as there are no distractions... And provided that I don't trip over my feet again.'
Just as she said that however her foot got caught on a piece of pavement but just as she started stumbling forward she managed to catch herself and continued with her stride.
'Whew, that was close!' She thought as she sighed in relief, 'Poca old girl, today is not a day to let your clumsiness get in the way of your goal!'
The girl, Poca, Was not only known for being kind and smart, but was at the same time known for being kind of clumsy, yet even if she stumbles she fights tooth and nail to ensure she doesn't break or drop anything, or stumble when she doesn't want to, just narrowly avoiding a mess all together.
87% of the time She succeeds, but the other 13% she does not do well.
And she was not somebody who believed in luck as it was nothing but superstition. And she knew not everything was a coincidence as things tend to happen for a reason, whether it made sense straight away or seemed silly until it's later examined. As her current foster dad often said, "Whatever happens happens, And all we can do when it does is adapt."
Even though she hasn't known him and his wife for long she knew that they were very wise, in fact they were the most proverb-wise couple she's ever met as she often took their words to heart as More often than not It came in handy in some of her most frustrating and bad of circumstances.
As she turned a corner she could see the school in question right up ahead.
'Yes!! Sakura Starlight's Boarder Academy!!' Mentally she cheered as she quickly checked her pocket watch again seeing that Yes She was going to make it, just under roughly one minute but she will make it! 'Look out school, Pocahontas Zaira Laith is on her way!!'
With the excitement of reaching the school she gained a boost of energy in her stride as she ran at top speed, relieved that she was going to make it yet determined to not be even one more second late.
Yes nothing was going to stop her nor dampen her mood!
But then without warning as the sun peaked through the clouds above her, the light from the Sun briefly blinded her, which prevented her from, at that moment, seeing her turquoise crystal pendant start to glow which made the light even more unbearable and before she knew it, She suddenly felt herself drop as this caused her to be startled so bad that she couldn't scream as She forced her eyes to open only to see that she was falling through some kind of black void.
The very last thing she did before everything went black was quickly looking up only to see the hole above her start to close as the last bit of daylight vanished with her thinking, 'What on earth..!?'
Poca didn't know how long she had been unconscious, she didn't even know where she was, and as impossible as it sounds, as she was slowly starting to regain consciousness She noticed that she felt like she was floating, almost like she was in an ocean, only she was able to breathe and there was no water.
Blinking her eyes a few times to chase away the blurriness, she was eventually able to open her eyes fully only to realize that she was... in some kind of empty white space?
Wait what?! Was what her mind exclaimed in shock.
"Where am I!?" She exclaimed as she looked around only to go stumbling in the air as she kept getting twisted and turned as if she were in outer space due to there seemingly being no gravity at all.
She yelped and grunted trying to get herself back up right as She felt like she was fighting against solid air, Which in her case she kinda was.
Eventually she was able to get herself back up right, at least she thought she did, for it was so hard to tell when there was literally nothing else around her as everything was white as snow.
Thankfully she could see herself, cuz otherwise she would have thought that she'd gone blind.
"Ok so... let's think.." She spoke aloud as she started to evaluate, "First of all, I was on my way to take the entrance exam when suddenly I fell through a hole, That seemed to have come out of nowhere, after getting blinded by the sun for a brief moment. Secondly.."
SMACK!
"OUCH!!" She yelled as she rubbed her throbbing left cheekbone Which she slapped so hard that she was pretty sure it would leave a bruise later, "... This is not a dream, this is very much real. Third..."
She pauses briefly as she puts the pocket watch, which was still in her left hand strangely enough even after all that had transpired, back into her pocket before grabbing a compact out of the same one as she opened it to look at the mirror to check on herself.
Her Khaki brown hair still up in a high spiky ponytail with a tuff of her bangs both upright and seemed to sway to the left side of her forehead, The smaller bits especially her side bangs frame the rest of her face and head as a whole.
Her bright chocolate brown eyes were still staring back at her, same with her fair pale tan skin.
And she was still in the same outfit as she had been wearing that morning which consists of an overhead sky blue hooded jacket with a big pocket right around the stomach area and police strobe blue around the ends of her long sleeves and around her hoodie with the drawstrings being white, a white T-shirt underneath which said "I LUV SSBA" (The last part being an anagram for the academy she was intending to attend, not to be mistaken with any other coincidental acronyms) in black letters and the school's logo on the upper right corner of her shirt Which was a cherry blossom tree on top of a school building within a circle, a turquoise crystal pendant in the shape of a flat spear that hung on a black chain around her neck that was the size of her palms, black shorts that reach to above her knees, black shin length socks, Blue and white tenna- shoes, and her white and blue backpack and her black canvas messenger bag.
"...Despite having fallen through that hole I'm still ok." Poca said as she signed relief in seeing that thankfully she was still in one piece, although she couldn't help but, as she got a closer look, wondered why she suddenly looked more... animated, for lack of better term.
Deciding to ask about that later, she put the compact back into her pocket and went on to the fourth thing, "And lastly... I have no idea why that hole suddenly appeared out of nowhere like that, things like that don't just happen willy nilly, there has to be a reason as this is not a cartoon like Tom and Jerry, not to mention the fact that I have literally no idea where I am, other then the fact that I know that I'm not in Arizona anymore."
There was silence for a while as she was trying to ponder Why she ended up here in the first place and how she can even get back home.
"What have I gotten myself into??" She asked her aloud even though she wouldn't be able to answer it.
She wasn't going to ask that classic question cuz she knows that stuff will happen immediately after, she was not somebody who would tempt anything.
But apparently even thinking about it triggered something because suddenly just as she blinked at that moment multiple lights started to seemingly blink into existence, and the more she blinked the more bright colorful orbs of light seem to appear all around her in what seems to be every single color she could possibly think of and those she didn't even know there were.
The orbs of light were not too terribly bright as they only gave off a gentle glow like that of a firefly, and the orbs in question were the size of those big marbles she's seen the neighbors next door play with, and upon closer inspection she realized that each the orbs seem to have a different form of Japanese kanji on each and every single one that seemed to represent something.
She could not help but be in awe of everything around her as this seemed too dream-like to be real, because this all around her was as beautiful as something that came out of a fantasy novel.
As she looked her eyes caught on to a particular orb that was right next to her, the orb in question was a clearish white color.
The kanji was 訳す which literally translated as "Translate".
In her mind it kind of made sense as translation was to make things known, like interpreting another language so it could be understood, to make it clear as crystal, and she figured the clearest white color represented that.
Unable to stop her curiosity, she reached for the orb only for, just as she was about to grab it, the orb itself went straight to her and into a pouch that literally manifested right before her eyes as the pouch in question was completely see-through yet the black outline made it clear that it was there as the thing was about the size of a slightly bigger coin purse and due to the obvious transparent nature of said pouch She could see the orb within it.
Blinking hard She furiously rubbed her eyes trying to comprehend what she just saw, eventually opening her eyes once more only to confirm that yes the pouch and orb was still there so what had happened literally did just happen.
"Ok... either I really am dreaming and I'm just simply in a coma which caused the dream to seem extremely real, I've officially gone insane with schizophrenia, or this is really happening right now ..." She said aloud trying to keep herself from bursting from... shock? astonishment? fascination? She really did not know as she couldn't decide on any one of them so she chose overwhelmed instead because this was just too much to handle as it was.
"This is more confusing than that major math test we had last month," She said before audibly shuttering, "... trigonometry and fractions."
Long story short that was not a good day for her or her classmates as their new math teacher was... to put it bluntly, very brutal.
Deciding not to focus on that, she turned her attention back to the orbs only to see, to her surprise, that now the orbs had the English translation of each of the kanji's hovering above them within the orbs.
Even the ones that were far away she can now see their English names a little more clearly within her peripheral view.
Strength (強さ), Hyper flash (ハイパー閃光), Solar star (太陽星), Super strength (超強力), Shock absorption (衝撃吸収), Typhoon (台風), Blood stock (血液ストック), Masquerade (仮面舞踏会), Autopilot (自動操縦), Charge (充電), Lung radar (肺レーダー), Impact recoil (衝撃 反動), Life force (人生 力), to name a few and these were really just within her range of sight alone amongst thousands, maybe millions of others.
Although for some reason she didn't understand, she couldn't help but feel like some of the names of those orbs seemed... kind of familiar... But she couldn't comprehend why.
However she didn't get to pounder long as another orb caught her interest which was the kanji for insects (虫類) And the color of it being that of chartreuseish green.
Unlike most girls she actually likes bugs, even those that would be rather dangerous by whatever means, any insect fascinated her, the only ones she absolutely hated were mosquitoes, termites, bedbugs and flies because all four of them were the real pests.
And she more often than not felt kinda sorry for any poor insect that got caught in any predator plants like Venus flytraps or pitcher plants or sundews, But that was the circle of life and she was aware that some of the insects she found fascinating were pests in their own right too, for one reason or another.
Despite still being very confused by everything (which was the understatement of her decade) She decided to go along with it and see where things will go, To truly see whether or not this was actually real or if she was in a comatose dream or if she really had lost her marbles, as she reach out for that particular orb as just like the last one it came to her before going into the small pouch too, joining it's fellow orbmate.
For the next however many minutes or hours maybe?, She was within that void, and after some bit of trial and error in navigating, she began slowly making her way through the void looking at all the orbs to see if any of them might catch her interests.
So far she had collected a few more such as Water (水) which was as blue as it's name implies, Healing (治癒) which was a pinkish white, Detector (デテクター) Which was kind of like a mix between gray and red, and Adaptation (順応) Which was white with a hint of beige.
So far she had collected a total of 6 orbs, and judging by the The bundle she had and the proportion of the pouch, she could only assume that there was only room for one more orb to fit in, and when she did collect it she guessed something was supposed to happen, what that was she had no clue but she guessed that if she collected them she could maybe somehow get out of there, as nonsensical as that sounded she was going to have to take the risk.
As she was traversing, she couldn't help but really notice that every once in a while she spoted some orbs that were completely gray, and not in different shades of gray but in the same shade of gray, This shade of gray being dinosaur volcanic ash.
Was there a purpose to them being that way? Did they serve a purpose too?
Upon inspection She realized that the gray orbs were barely readable as they seem to be blurred and when she touched them they didn't go straight to her but instead remain floating and could sense that they've been abandoned, that they permanently were stopped in their tracks (whether by some outside force or by their own volition of circumstance), that they were unable to serve a purpose for some reason, they were left forgotten and it was the same for each and every single orb she inspected that were of that same color, again she got the same reaction.
She couldn't help but feel sorry for these poor orbs, even though that sounded kind of silly, she couldn't help but feel bad as among the beautiful array of colorful lights, these gray ones stood out and were unable to shine, were just left drifting like asteroids in the cold depths of outer space.
Upon the latest one she was inspecting, she literally felt like this one was being severely repressed, That it was unable to fulfill its purpose due to something that it had no control over in terms of situation, it felt cold and alone, that it was hurt, even somehow felt sad and miserable yet it didn't want to feel that hopeless and was struggling, refusing to stop even as it gets hurt, had been struggling, to not give in, so much so that she can't help but tear up as she held the orb close to her, trying to comfort it somehow, even though it seemed crazy, she just felt like it was the right thing to do.
"It's ok... everything's going to be ok.." She whispered to it, trying to warm it up by rubbing it gently, pressing her body heat into it.
Suddenly the orb flashed for a second, but it did so too fast for her to be able to tell what color it was underneath that volcanic gray, but She took it as a sign, even if it seemed vague, As she then proceeded to breathe as much hot air onto it as possible trying to warm it up, trying to alleviate it of the cold surrounding it.
This time she was able to see it flash, again even if it was for a brief moment she nonetheless was able to tell what color it was, which was yellow although she couldn't tell what shade it was yet.
Again she took it as a sign that what she was doing was making progress, but still wasn't enough to free it completely from its gray ensnarement.
Surely there could be more she could do to free it right?
Not sure what else to do She pulled the orb close to her as she pressed it right against her heart gently rubbing it as if it were a child only if said child was about as small as a mouse.
She knew the analogy sounded weird and she knew that the orb wasn't alive She can nonetheless tell that it was kinda sentient in a sense, come to think of it, looking back briefly and at the see-through pouch with all the other orbs inside She couldn't help but notice that they all felt the same way, but she couldn't tell why or even how that was Even though it should be impossible, though she could somehow tell that they were only remnants that were taken from those they used to belong to.
Still the thought of that alone felt sad.
'How were they all taken? Who stole them? Were they all alone or are they able to communicate with each other somehow?' She couldn't help but ponder on that as she gently brought the pouch closer to her where her heart was as well as she held both the pouch of orbs and the loan orb close to her, trying to convey some form of comfort, looking down She again saw that the orb flashed once more, And this time the other orbs in the pouch glowed brighter with it, but again it returned to its gray coloring as the other orbs stopped glowing but thankfully their color did not change.
'Is there anything more I can do?' She thought to herself as she pondered, so far it flashed several times, there was a chance but still there had to be more she could do, And not just for this little one either, but for the other orbs too, were they just as isolated and alone as this one? She couldn't just give up, there had to be more that could be done, there just had to, to give them hope that everything would turn out all right, even if she didn't know how she didn't want to believe that all was hopeless.
As one of her guardians had told her in the past, "Hope is like a light that will always pierce through the darkness no matter how time's may become while hopelessness is a blanket of darkness that will ensnare anyone unfortunate enough to get caught in it with hardly any way to escape."
This she especially took to heart as that hope has been like a guiding light that has helped her out even in the most frustrating of times she has faced. Even when she felt lost or upset, even scared, she never forgot her guardian's words.
Essentially they were the ones to teach her what hope was when she felt very lost Especially with how many times she's been sent to a different foster home for one reason or another.
They gave her hope, so she wanted to give that hope to others too, whether they ask for it or not.
In fact, for an odd reason she couldn't help but think of this one song that she heard not too long ago, While there were different versions of the song on YouTube, one of them in particular inspired her to sing a variation of her own, mainly in terms of the particular type of style of music that was done for that version.
If she could somehow thank The other people on YouTube and especially Username BriCie for the inspiration, she would do so in a heartbeat.
Whether it would help or not, she somehow felt this song was right for this particular situation.
Though we roam in a place so unknown
So far from home, from a land we had known
Please do not despair nor be so sad
I am with you, through our bond we are glad
I was given a spark of Hope
A guiding light to a brighter day
I'll share this gem to help you cope
And chase all your troubles away
Though there is much that I still do not know
Like why blue skies, or why the stars glow
I'll show you in my way that I care
That I'll love you, my heart is yours to share
Just then, it seemed like that song was just the spark it needed as a moment after the song ended did the volcanic gray orb suddenly lit up like fireworks as She yelped and had to shield her eyes just so she wouldn't go blind.
After what felt like ages, though really it was a few seconds, the bright light finally ceased which allowed her to look back at the orb only to now see to her relief that it was no longer that awful gray it was shrouded in, But instead it was a beautiful sunflower-water lily yellow that showed the Kanji for Hope (希望) and it seem to glimmer like a diamond, And not just it but the other orbs themselves were starting to give off that same diamond-like texture as well.
It was then that the bright yellow orb was finally able to join with the other orbs in the pouch, suddenly after that it seemed like a bubble had formed around the whole thing before the pouch itself surrounded the seven orbs in a bright (But thankfully not blinding this time) white light that made all the other orbs seem to merge together, The size of the orbs shrank as eventually she wasn't able to see what was going on until only moments later when the white light ceased, revealing something even more perplexing as the bubble "Popped".
Right before her, she didn't know how but somehow it seems that the pouch had transformed into an orb, the shape of a big marble but bigger than the other orbs were (the size of a tennis ball) and the other seven orbs are now shrunken, smaller yet still giving off their respective colorful glow and seem to be floating around aimlessly within the singular one.
Probably might not be the best time to make this comparison but for some reason this kind of reminded her of One For All, the quirk inherited by both All Might and Izuku Midoriya from one of her favorite anime "My Hero Academia".
Because including itself the quirk was composed of seven (Not eight because the stockpiling merged with the original quirk itself becoming one) quirk's all together.
Little would she know until later that the analogy would be most accurate she ever made in her life as about a minute after looking at the orb did it start to approach her until the very moment it made contact with her chest did the orb seem to phase through, going inside of her as the instant that it made it all the way in did she herself light up like a super nova.
Not blinded but otherwise greatly startled and very confused, she screeched, "WHAT'S GOING ON NOW?!?"
Before she knew it, Poca felt herself being flung forward like she were a softball being thrown in a fast rate, quickly becoming disoriented as she felt herself flailing and cartwheeling in space.
Screaming as she was unable to tell what else was going on around her until, once more without warning, she tumbled out of that tunneling white space as it immediately shut behind her, unable to stop herself from spiral flying out before she felt someone catch her, the soft yet solid force of the impact making her yelp an "Oof!".
Now finding herself squinting her eyes shut as she held her aching head, trying to soothe the dizziness as she heard someone, the person who caught her most likely, asked if she was alright.
She could only give the "So-so" gesture as she didn't trust her voice and didn't want to risk accidentally hurling.
The guy, she believes he's male as despite being disoriented she was able to distinctly tell it was male, seemed to understand her plight as he rubbed her back, slowing and soothingly as he guided her to breathe deeply in and out slowly to get rid of the dizziness and disorientation.
She more than happily accepted as she really hated being extremely dizzy and disoriented, especially to the point of hurling as that was extremely unpleasant. Although funny enough the only time she never gets that is when she's doing sports when she has to do a few stunts here and there when playing, it was kind of weird when you think about it.
Eventually to her relief that was exactly what she needed as, soon enough, the dizziness and disoriented feeling went away.
She sighed a sigh of relief as she looked up ready to thank the person for not only catching her but helping her to feel better and avoid a fairly distasteful mess, already giving him a thumbs up as she was about to thank him.
But she was immediately stopped dead in her tracks as She felt her jaw drop so hard it was almost like it disconnected from her head and her eyes widened, growing to the size of dinner plates practically as her irises shrank to the size of peas.
'No way! Am I dreaming?! I have to still be dreaming because there is literally no way that the number one hero is right here with me!!' She screeched in her head as He gave her a reassuring smile, the same iconic one he would usually give to civilians, as the number one hero, All Might, then told her, "Glad to see you're ok, You have nothing to worry about now my dear, because I am here!"
She's already been pinching herself, she is still pinching herself, ignoring the pain, but nothing was working, unless she was really really truly in a comatose dream then this really has to be reality if she's with the number one hero in Japan and one of her all-time favorite characters from her favorite anime, My Hero Academia.
She looked around and realized that she was right in front of Dagoba Beach, in it's clean and pristine state, if it weren't for the fact that she was in a severe state of shock she would have truly been able to admire the beauty of the place and especially at this man's successors handiwork through the past 10 months of training before the exams.
... Wait? ... Exams?...
That seemed to snap her out of it and stop herself from pinching any more than she already has, she was pretty sure that she was definitely going to be bruising and hurting later on, She turned back to the man, still not believing that she really was in front of All Might, Toshinori Yagi, who had caught her and helped her to not be dizzy anymore, As he was wearing that very same dark navy blue coat and white scarf that he was wearing on the day of the entrance exam when he gave his successor Izuku Midoriya his quirk, As she said, though kind of robotically both still equal parts shocked and what she hopes was curiosity, "T-thank you for catching me sir, would have had a nasty fall if you hadn't caught me, I've been having a very crazy day, by the way do you know what today is because I think I may have forgotten?"
He seemed to take it in stride, believing I was just plain nervous as all get out at meeting the number one hero for the first time and am not sure how to start a conversation with him Which was kind of true, as he replied politely, "I'm glad to hear. I can only imagine what you're going through..."
'Not really sir, not even close...' The thought ran quickly as she continued to listen as he concluded.
"... And as for today, why is it the day of the UA entrance exam, which will start in two and a half hours from now."
'THAT SOON!?' She screamed in her head, trying her best not to do so out loud as she quickly nodded stiffly to the hero, thanking him before excusing herself that she can go to the train station to get to the exams, leaving him in the dust, outright ignoring the man trying to call her back out of concern upon seeing her face paled quite drastically, her mind was already running a mile a minute as she was unable to hear what the hero was saying as she bolted as fast as she could.
'NO WAY! NO WAY! I'M ON THE DAY OF THE ENTRANCE EXAM! THAT MEANS I'M IN EPISODE 3 OF SEASON 1!' She yelled in her mind as she couldn't do so verbally as she was far too busy trying to maintain her breathing while running, trying desperately to find the train station.
There were just too many things going on right now, more so than one could possibly comprehend for somebody her age.
First off somehow she had been transported to the world of her all-time favorite anime, or at least one of them. Second of all, she had just met the number one hero in Japan and possibly the whole world All Might who just told her that today was the entrance exam for UA, and given the fact that she had just seen the beach completely clean and in pristine condition that meant that Midoriya had already just left to go home and get something to eat and get changed so he can be ready for the exams. Thirdly, with her knowledge of the future that meant that whatever happens now was in her hands, does she leave everything to happen exactly as it did the first time around or does she change it completely? What are some things she could change or some she couldn't for the sake of development and helping people to grow and become the heroes that they were meant to be? Too many questions and more.
Although obviously there were some things she absolutely was going to change even if she had to rip out all of her teeth to do it.
And lastly, and these two were the most problematic of the whole thing, One was that she was completely quirkless meaning that even if she did take the exams there was a chance that she would end up in general studies rather than in heroics, although she could find a way to work around it if she had to, or if push comes to shop she could enter for the support program given her knowledge on computer science, Hacking and studying on quirks for years so it might work, now If only she knew when the exams for the support course was going to start. And second of all which was the most disconcerting, she doesn't exist in this world, due to the fact that she was from another it made sense that there would be no profile of her ever existing in the world of her favorite anime and if anyone found out that would lead to severe consequences, and she would rather avoid that at all costs, meaning that she would have to play her next cards carefully to avoid being found out or worse, especially concerning the villains.
There was no way that she could just sign herself up to stay in a homeless shelter because UA would become suspicious immediately, so that meant she had to try and find some way to get some form of legitimate residency somewhere without arousing suspicion and at the same time try to avoid as much forgery as possible for she knew that that alone would be a nightmare to deal with, sure there was some things she was going to have to stretch but as long as she could stay as close to the truth as possible and trying to make sure that nobody caught on she should be able to manage... hopefully ...
Hopefully she could find somewhere she could stay in the area close by to the school, she can only hope so.
But that wasn't the only issue, despite her having knowledge of the future the very fact of trying to imagine herself facing against villains on her own was terrifying, she wasn't stupid, she knew how truly dangerous and terrifying the villains could actually be, no matter what she might have to face in the future.
Not to mention the fact that she was going to need help in making things turn out better than their original outcome.
Although there was an idea of how she can avoid placing a target on her back, an idea from which she heard from a few of her foster mates over the years regarding fanfiction and AO3 stories on the Anime in question, so there might be a chance it'll work but again she would have to be careful on how she played things.
Sure she wrote down everything she knew about the timeline and everything that had happened and was going to happen up until the parts where she was rather limited after season 6 due to both being unable to get her hands on the next mangas after issue 33 and her memory being a little hazy regarding the last time she checked Wikipedia but nonetheless were very prominent and needed to be dealt with so that those grim events never come to pass.
She wrote everything down in three separate but otherwise very big notebooks, and all she wrote she had done so wearing rubber gloves, the reason why, around that time she wanted to do that her hands were suffering severe dryness (she doesn't remember why at this point, too stressed to recall) and she needed to put a lot lotion on and not wanting to accidentally smear it on her work or somewhere it wasn't supposed to be so she wore either cloth gloves or rubber gloves to make things easier and so that she could keep a grip on her pen without it slipping out of her hand every single time.
She kept wearing them until a week later, when the severe dryness finally subsided, after she finished writing down what she knew from the time line so far, kind of but not really forgetting them as they were left in her other bag safely tucked away with all of her other belongings, completely untouched.
Indeed how funny things work out sometimes even in ways that were not really intentional from the beginning, thanks to those rubber gloves she can ensure that any trace of her DNA would never be found on them and therefore would never be traced back to her.
She would have to disguise herself somehow or something so that she can deliver those notebooks to UA, if there is anybody she could trust with this information it was the principle of UA himself, now undoubtedly he would bring in all the heroes necessary for the case, including All Might, Sir Nighteye, Gran Torino, and even All Might's trusted friend from the police force detective Naomasa Tsukauchi.
Things might get tricky after but that'll be a bridge to cross later.
Now I know exactly what you are thinking, wouldn't it be better to go to the heroes and tell them everything straight from the start? While normally that would solve things however there is one major problem and it's not exactly her fault there.
A while back, she couldn't remember which it was from either fanfiction or AO3, but she remembered hearing about another story from one of her past Foster mates, Thomas, about a story where a guy from their world was somehow born as Katsuki Bakugo with no clue how it happened, somehow being born with two quirks instead with one being the original explosion quirk and the other being laser like swords, And later on the story reveals that it was All For One straight from the start who had brought him into their world and even had Intel that knowledge in their world was common knowledge in the other including information on the future Not to mention a terrifying fact that he and his doctor have been monitoring him straight from the start without him ever even knowing it including times he'd started to change the tide of events.
And then one of his former friends, Westen, in the Foster care they were in at the time decided to torment her with that part of the story to the point that she had the nightmares over it, the guy was a jerk, and long story short he was such a horrible jerk and hated her so much for being two productively nice in his eyes that he outright tried to get her arrested for an extremely heinous crime that she had no part of, But thanks to the security cameras, for security and safety reasons, that they had in their temporary home at a time the police were able to figure out who the actual culprit was and he was never seen again after the police took him away upon revealing that he had secretly stolen some gems from a jewelry store nearby and pawn them off to a pawn shop that was every shade of shady there was to the criminal mind.
The last time she ever heard from him it was from rumors that he ended up getting put in jail later after getting out of juvie due to problems he caused back there.
And she had been seeing therapy since then.
So can you blame her for being apprehensive of going straight to the heroes as yourself?
She didn't know who or what brought her to this world but she didn't want to take a chance that it was she knew who, she had to be as secretive as possible here.
And even if it wasn't somehow because of him, who's to say that there might not be someone else with malicious intent watching her to see what she would do?
As she turned a corner it was then another thought struck her, while she had been learning a good handful of Japanese knowledge including learning how to speak and read and write in Japanese, she never had time to memorize the map of Japan besides identifying some iconic places she remember only hearing, seen pictures of on Google, or learning where towns in shows were based off of or names of towns in the real world that came up in her favorite shows... well...
"I'M A BIGGER IDIOT THAN I THOUGHT I WAS! I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I'M GOING! AS FAR AS I KNOW MUSUTAFU DOESN'T EXIST IN OUR WORLD SO I DO NOT HAVE A CLUE WHERE I'M GOING OR EVEN WHERE THE TRAIN STATION IS!!! AND EVEN IF I DID HAVE A MAP FROM MY HOME WORLD THERE'S A HUGE CHANCE THAT THE TOPOGRAPHY WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN I AM FAMILIAR WITH! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF ASKING ALL MIGHT WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE INSTEAD OF BOLTING LIKE THAT!? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!?!?" Poca screamed as She felt tears welling up from her own stupidity.
The saying "Even the cleverest man can make a mistake." or something along those lines from the last time she saw Sherlock Holmes and the Great escape, It's becoming rather prominent.
"Do not fret mistress, I shall help you."
Said a voice which made her stumble, startled, before she stopped as she looked around, panting, trying to figure out where that voice came from, it sounded male but it sounded weird in a way she couldn't explain.
"Who said that!?" She called out.
"I did dear mistress." Said the voice again which made her turn left once more only to see a.. dragonfly?
She couldn't help but blink at it as she looked around more wondering if the bug really had said something or if there was somebody else nearby... or she was really starting to lose her marbles...
"You are not losing your marbles by any means mistress, you did indeed hear me, it is only thanks to your quirk that I am able to speak to you." Called the voice from the dragonfly as this made her Yelp a little before the dragonfly gently landed on her nose, not wanting to startle her anymore than she already was.
That was when it hit her, despite being startled she couldn't help but ask.
"Quirk? What are you talking about? I'm Quitkless." She asked and pointed out, very confused.
"Actually that is where you are wrong mistress, from the first moment it appeared I was able to sense it immediately and thus I was able to know, I among many others of my kind and beyond, Know you indeed have a quirk which can allow you to not only communicate with insects but control them too." He explained in a gentlemanly manner.
'What?! How?!' She exclaimed in her head, More startled now that she witnessed this one having read her mind, before she started to retrace her steps on how this could be until it hit her like a speeding bullet.
"The white space I was in! All those orbs and what each one represented! Could it be...? Don't tell me all of those were quirks all along!?" She said as more shock had struck her, "But if that's true then that means not only do I have an insect quirk, But I also have a water, detection, adapting, healing, translation and hope quirk as well!... I'm my own version of Izuku Midoriya!!"
"It seems to be the case." Said the Dragonfly.
"Wow, there is a lot to unravel from this but I'm going to have to figure this out as I go. Right now I really need to focus on finding the train station." She said as She knew that standing around wasn't going to help especially as she was a bit on the time crunch.
"I will show you the way mistress, and do not worry about people hearing our conversation because there's one more neat aspect to this quirk, as you've noticed already, it will allow you to telepathically communicate with insects so therefore we can keep our conversation private." The Dragonfly said reassuringly.
She nodded, understanding that as she put on the hoodie part of her coat, as he started to give her directions on where to go, which thankfully she had already been on the right track before they met.
The two telepathically talked to the other as they eventually got to a more crowded area, the dragonfly, Ken, was a very helpful bug.
Thankfully she got there in time to get her ticket and got on the fastest train to where UA was without issue.
She was especially grateful for the policy of the school she was originally going to attend that made its students have currency from Japan on their person rather than American dollars due to some of the small shopping areas within the school and something employed staff from Japan being rather... strict about it, for a lack of better term. She was grateful to not only have gotten the currency exchange done two days before the exam date, but also grateful for the money that was given to her by a bystander.
Long story short there, she was making her way back home from the grocery store after getting everything that was on the list, she ran into a gentleman who looked to be pretty wealthy especially given his crisp and clean tailored suit, for an odd reason she still didn't quite understand, he wanted her to have a big wad of money because as he put it, he was already fabulously wealthy thanks to his occupation alone, and this money which was apparently won from a lottery that was given to him by a fellow loyal co-worker who insisted that he take it as a gift, but he'd rather have the money be earned through his business rather than have it be given to him by his friend even if that friend meant well, it was just odd for him otherwise. The gentleman insisted especially upon realizing that she was a foster child and may need it for an emergency, he left immediately after nearly shoving it into her hands before she could ask him if he was sure about that or ask to explain further.
The money in question was about 5000 dollars. She only kept 500 for herself, and gave the rest to the foster home she was in at the time. It's a good thing she wisely saved it up, because it very much came in handy here, and was further grateful that the tickets were not as expensive as she feared it would.
Upon getting on, Ken had become giddy as he had always wanted to ride the train, which was pretty amusing to Poca, then again she can only imagine bugs being just as curious as cats.
Once they were settled into a seat which was the closest to the door, Poca then started to explain to him in their minds what had happened to her before they met.
Silently snacking on a honey nuts and chocolate chip bar she had in her bag, not stopping the mental conversation as the Dragonfly sat calmly on her left shoulder. Which made things pretty convenient as even if her mouth might be occupied with other things she could still keep up the mental conversation with any bug She is interacting with.
"Huh... That does sound very... perplexing... another world beyond our own, and one that knows the future? If it weren't for the fact that I've seen billions of quirks in this world several times over every single day of my life, I would have thought your story was more fictional than real." Ken responded after having that clustered up bomb dropped on him, he was more baffled than he was shocked although he was very surprised in learning all of this.
'I was already pinching myself earlier, a part of me still thinks I'm in some kind of dream or maybe a really deep comatose state that has led to a realistic dream, or that I've gone crazy, I'm starting to believe that it isn't but a part of me is still fearful in acknowledging that truth.' She replied, sighing from emotional exhaustion and with how fast everything has gotten since all this started.
"And you also said that you ended up in some kind of white space and, without knowing it at time, gathered up particular orbs that represented quirks and once you collected 7 of them they all merged into one spear which merged into your body before you were flung through white tunnel before you found yourself being flung out of it and ended up being caught by the number one hero right?" Ken asked, making sure he recalled correctly.
Poca nodded to him in confirmation.
"Indeed that is very odd." Ken sighed in perplexed exasperation.
'The worst part is I don't even know who or what caused all this to happen in the first place or even why.' Poca told him in concern, 'And why me of all people? Why not somebody else like Philip or Lia, or even Matthew? I'm just a clumsy nobody.'
"Now I'm going to have to stop you there because first and foremost you are anything but a nobody, and second while you may be a little clumsy I can tell that you are anything but reckless." Ken told her firmly, half lecturing and half encouraging, "While it's true you may not know why you end up involved in all this in the first place, isn't it the same thing that kind of happens to some protagonists in shows who are in a similar situation as you? Some that really and truly believe that they aren't worthy until they make a grand journey to figure things out themselves? Whatever the reason is it had to be really important that you had to be here. Sure this is understandably scary and daunting, and you have every right to be worried, but right now I can say with full confidence that so far you're on the right track. Your heart is in the right place, as long as you never lose that hope I can tell which you keep close to your heart."
'Are you really sure?' She asked, stunning but still both unsure.
"Wholeheartedly, my dear." He replied, nodding to her, "You may have not asked for any of this, and while this probably might sound a bit pretentious on my end, please trust me when I say that You shouldn't despair on the "what ifs", but instead focus on what you can do now. The present right now should be what matters most even with the future in mind, as long as your heart is in the right place, And you stay true to the sincerity and love within your heart, I believe without a doubt that the goal you seek can be achievable. That You yourself can become a hero in your own right like the ones you've admired for so long. Whether you have powers or not, the strength of your heart should be what matters more, and if coupled together, great things can be achieved so long as you stay true to who you are in your heart, who you choose to be, and never give up, because that's what will matter more in the end."
Stunned to the point that tears started to well up, She felt some kind of weight lifted off her shoulders in a way she couldn't explain but otherwise was relieved when it did as all she gave him was a nod As she smiled at him and he, in his own insect way, smiled back at her.
'Thank you.' She said to him, for she really needed that, calmer than previously as he nodded back at her.
He was right, she knew she had to just keep putting one foot in front of the other, never give up, and work her hardest every day to make the future brighter, If she wanted things to be better then she couldn't run, she'll have to work hard, one day at a time.
Whatever happens now was up to her, She will not run away, she will fight!
To no one in particular, with only Ken able to hear her, she made her promise, 'Look out UA... world... future, Pocahontas Zaira Laith will become a hero who will save everyone!'
The song in this chapter was inspired by the song Ruu's lullaby, I want to thank a few of the people from YouTube who inspired me to make my own lyrics to the song: koohiirin, BriCie, and GBP - Gaming Bards and Poets.
PS: The school the protagonist was originally going to go to is something I made up. Just to make sure you know so there's no confusion.
I hope you guys enjoyed this so far, I know I already have a lot on my plate, and I'm aware I'm a story starter, just don't start throwing chairs at me okay? Please leave your review here and have a lovely day, until next time, TTFN!!!