Hikari was beyond upset when she saw her hero uniform. Mostly because it took all of two seconds to register that she had apparently sent the wrong sketch in.

Before All Might appeared in her life and offered her a chance to be a hero, giving her some much needed confidence, she had been planning to go pro as an ice skater.

It was a career that guaranteed to put her as far away from that jerk Bakugo and pretty much insured their paths would never cross again.

The sketch that had apparently been sent to the hero support companies for production wasn't her hero costume.

It was the ice skating costume she had designed for when she got enough sponsors to afford one she liked.

"Something wrong?" asked Yaoyorozu.

"I sent the wrong sketch in," she said. She suddenly remembered the other girl's quirk. "Would it be possible for you to make a coat or something?"

"Why? Is the design too racy?" asked Mina grinning.

"Not really, but the second Bakugo sees it I know he'll be a complete ass about it and I would rather avoid that until my actual costume gets made," said Hikari miserably.

Yaoyorozu eyed her for a moment. She knew peripherally that Hikari and Bakugo were classmates from before, but the way she said that spoke of an underlying issue.

"Sure. How long do you want it to be and what color?"

"Enough to cover the costume and if possible blue," said Hikari with relief.

"Can we at least see what it looks like while she makes the coat?" asked Ochako. "It can't be that bad right?"

Hikari winced, but she nodded. These girls weren't as easily influenced by Bakugo and had so far proven to be moderately friendly.

She walked into the stall and changed into the outfit. When she came out, everyone was staring.

"Wow! You look like an ice skater!" said Ochako enthusiastically.

"I should hope so, considering that was my original back-up plan in case I didn't make it into UA and this was the sketch I drew for when I got enough sponsors to afford it," said Hikari, glad none of them were making fun of her outfit.

"Here," said Yaoyorozu.

Hikari gratefully covered up the outfit. At least now she wouldn't hear Bakugo's snide comments about it, considering every time she tried to do anything feminine he would mock her horribly for it.

By the end of the lesson, Hikari would be on the verge of crying even though they beat the 'villain' team and the girls would unanimously agree Bakugo was the absolute worst and only beat out Mineta due to the fact he wasn't a rampant pervert.

Hikari never did get around to fixing the mix-up with her uniform.


Recovery Girl was not amused and it showed on her face. So much so that she made sure All Might was present (in his real form) when she went to lecture the girl and made sure that idiot Toshinori knew how serious this was.

"You have been in here for severe injuries twice in as many days. Why are you not using your natural quirk?" she demanded.

"Natural quirk?" repeated Toshinori. He looked at a squirming Hikari. "You mean she isn't quirkless?"

"Her body temperature is too low to be normal...unless she has an elemental-based quirk," said Recovery Girl flatly. "I've seen it often enough to recognize the signs of one, more recently in young Todoroki. Now why are you using All Might's quirk in class instead of your own when you barely have any idea how to activate it without injury?"

"I don't want to be branded a killer!" she blurted out, confusing the teachers.

"A killer?" repeated Toshinori alarmed.

"What happened?"

"My quirk...when it first appeared I accidentally froze our neighbor's cat solid and it shattered when I dropped it. She was so upset that she spent the next year and a half trying to find out who did it, and even convinced a pro hero to look into what happened. Eventually she moved away but every time the subject was brought up she called the one who killed her cat a monster and a murderer. I didn't want to lose my only chance at being a hero because of my quirk!" said Hikari miserably.

The two heroes shared a Look.

"Was that the only time that happened?"

She shook her head.

"Some crow decided to come after me once, and I froze it solid while it was still flying. It shattered on the ground and when it melted there was blood all over the ground," said Hikari miserably.

"Does your mother know about this?" asked Toshinori gently.

"She knew hearing about the cat really upset me, but she doesn't know I have a quirk," said Hikari.

Recovery Girl made a note to inquire about the incident from the girl's mother. If she was telling the truth then this was a simple matter of trauma that could be corrected with a bit of therapy and training.

Toshinori pulled his student into a hug, which she accepted. It was clear even talking about it upset her.

"If you did accidentally hurt someone, then it was an accident not murder," said Toshinori. "A newly minted quirk has the worst control and there's no way you could have killed the animal on purpose. It's not your fault."

Seeing the faint hope in her eyes, Recovery Girl added her own bit.

"We don't brand people murderers for accidents. Especially children who woke up their quirks with incredibly bad timing involved. I highly doubt the police or other heroes would charge you if they knew the full story."

"I think the neighbor knew who did it anyway. She made a point of always bringing it up whenever I was in earshot," said Hikari miserably. "After the fifth time Mom quit talking to her and made it clear she wasn't welcome near our home or around me."

"I'm slating you for therapy," said Recovery Girl flatly. "You still need training in how to use the quirk All Might gave you, and there's no way the school would allow you out in the field as a pro hero if you don't have training for both of your quirks, if only to prevent accidents."

Hikari winced. But Recovery Girl wasn't finished.

"I'm not saying you have to use your original quirk right away, but I expect to see some progress by the time the Sports Festival comes around. However we do need to update your files since yours are incomplete."

"I thought the Quirk Registry didn't allow major changes?" said Toshinori.

"Normally they don't, however there have been cases where children hide their ability due to trauma and if her story checks out then we can update her file. It hasn't been used in a long time, but there are protocols for this sort of thing. So long as we can legitmately prove she has two quirks, there shouldn't be any problems."


Hikari was incredibly nervous...this would be the first time she had properly used her actual quirk since the crow incident.

"Take your time Miss Midoriya. I'm sure Aizawa-sensei can help if anything goes wrong and Recovery Girl is right here as well," said Nezu.

It wouldn't be the first time someone had trouble controlling their quirk from a past trauma and it sadly wouldn't be the last. He was surprised her ability had gone unnoticed for so long, though considering her personality it was likely the bullying issue they had uncovered had only compounded things.

Hikari took a deep breath...and decided to start off slow.

She froze the entire floor solid with an inch of ice, turning the room into an instant skating rink.

She went through her usual paces, including giving herself skates which she then used to direct the ice she made into pillars and other objects, and it one noteable case a ramp that she did a flip on.

"I thought you said she didn't have training," said Aizawa, impressed in spite of himself.

"It would seem her trauma is mostly based on using it around others, not in private," said Nezu. "That makes things easier...once we get her used to actually showing off in front of larger crowds, she may be able to overcome her fears."

Aizawa wasn't so sure...he had been watching the interaction with Bakugo Katsuki and Midoriya Hikari and he could only describe it as 'caustic'. Every time Midoriya attempted to break away from her tomboy exterior, Bakugo would without fail make some sort of unpleasant comment about it as if the idea of her being a girl offended him in some way.

The worst of the original trauma had a chance to fade when the neighbor moved away, though being harassed for being 'quirkless' was another issue. Considering the emphasis the teachers had placed on Bakugo's explosive quirk and her disinclination to outdo her friend for fear of his reaction, she had been forced to train in secret. Add in the abusive way Bakugo treated his 'friend' and it was a disaster waiting to happen.

"She's a good skater though," said Present Mic impressed. "She's easy pro-level with those moves."

"It would make training her quirk a lot easier since making an ice floor to use would be both discreet and good control," said Aizawa.

"We do need to see the extent of her ability though," said Nezu.

Apparently she heard him, because what she did next was both impressive and slightly amusing.

Mostly because it became abundantly clear what her favorite movie of all time was.

All Might looked at the ice palace, scaled down due to the fact they were indoors.

"Isn't this the ice palace from Frozen?" he said amused.

"I do believe it is," said Nezu, equally amused. "I also believe we've solved a mystery from around the time the movie originally came out."

There were quite a few people who wanted to know who had managed to recreate Elsa's icy palace in almost perfect detail and a few artistic additives. The palace itself stayed up for a full month before the heroes with fire quirks (noteably Endeavor) were forced to melt the thing because of one too many accidents where parts had begun falling off due to the warming temperatures.

Endeavor was still pissed about having to waste his quirk on what he considered a frivolous use of powers and had been in a sour mood for weeks because of it.

(His son, on the other hand, had loved it. Not that he would admit as such...it was lucky Endeavor hadn't noticed him trying to recreate the ice palace before the full-sized thing suddenly appeared almost out of nowhere.)

"I do believe we have a name for her quirk. The Ice Queen," said Present Mic grinning.

"After the movie?" said All Might, he grinned at the exhausted form of his student. "I suppose it fits, plus it's clear she's a fan so it might amuse her enough not to hide it so much."

"Though this does make me wonder..." said Present Mic. Everyone looked at him. "Does she know the song that goes with the ice palace by heart at this point and did she sing it when she made that one that got Endeavor so pissed off?"

(As it turned out, yes she did know the song and yes she did sing it when she made the ice palace.)

A few days later...

As it turned out, the training All Might had in mind for the quirk he gave her was simple sparring practice. While she could use One for All, the simple fact was that she had no ability to regulate it properly.

She kept overpowering her attacks, which was why she always ended up injured.

To that end she had to spar with All Might until she got the ratio of control and power down properly. It had taken her a few years to get used to controling her ice quirk before she was able to do things like the palace after all.

At least she was finally able to do some tricks that she always wanted to try, but couldn't because she didn't want anyone to know about her ice powers. Seeing All Might's face when she made that massive 'glove' of ice around her fist when she went to punch him was incredibly gratifying.

Ironically enough, learning to mix the two powers made it a lot easier to get the control aspect to One for All down. She was used to regulating her quirk so that she could use it from anywhere on her body, and that helped her to shift her mindset into treating One for All the same way.

All Might was incredibly proud that she was able to overcome that roadblock... mostly from the sheer tongue-lashing Recovery Girl gave him for not training her in how to use her new quirk correctly.


Aizawa was in an empty training room while Midoriya trained her quirk and practiced her ice skating moves. Considering the most she would be doing was some advanced ice skating moves while playing music both of them could agree with while occasionally making sudden ramps or other obstacles, he felt it safe enough to do grading while looking up every once in a while to check on her progress.

Midoriya had made an ice table and he had swiped one of the chairs from the staff room before they entered, so he could grade in relative peace while 'supervising'.

He checked the time.

"One last set and we're done for the day."

"Yes, sensei," Midoriya called out.

She had just started a rather complicated manuever when the door opened without warning.

Todoroki Shouta had come to investigate the music, having come to the school to find something he had left behind in class. Seeing Midoriya's ice skating surprised him that he couldn't help but call out.

With the absolute worst timing possible, as it distracted her at the wrong time causing her to trip over her feet and land wrong. Aizawa was heading towards her in an instand, his spiked boots allowing him to get decent traction on the slippery surface.

"Ow..." she said, before her hand immediately went to her right ankle.

Todoroki was skidding a bit on the ice until he reached them.

"I am so sorry about that," he said sincerely. Even he could tell it was his fault for distracting her.

"Sprained ankle," said Aizawa. He sent a text to Hizashi (Present Mic) to see if Recovery Girl was still in the building. He got a text back stating she had already gone home for the day. "Todoroki, melt a path so I can take her to the nurse's office. We'll have to bind the ankle until tomorrow when Recovery Girl returns. I expect you to visit her first thing before you even come to class."

He carefully picked her up and they walked to the nurse's office. It took him fifteen minutes to bind the ankle, and Hizashi drove her home.

Todoroki felt incredibly guilty about it, but he knew it was an accident and that Midoriya would be fine tomorrow morning.