Chapter 10

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I pass through the portal, sighing.

This… this is so wrong. I knew the League of Villains were evil, I knew they had no qualms with using genetic manipulation, but… this is just so vile.

“Deku?” the monotone voice catches me off guard and I focus to see Maud Pie standing not too far away.

She looks like she’d been doing something with a small pile of rocks nearby… and I choose to ignore whatever it was.

Reading either version of Maud was impossible in the show and EQG, so I’ll probably never understand her in person.

We stare for a moment, before I look away.

A beeping sound makes me look back at her to see she’s using her phone.

“Um, what’re you doing?” I ask.

“Everyone wants answers,” Maud says simply, pocketing her phone. “Especially about the Quirks my sister and her friends gained while at Camp Everfree.”

It takes a second for what she said to properly process, before I shake my head. “Maud, they did not gain Quirks, they gained magic. Big difference.

“Oh, yes we did~”

“YAH!” I cry out in alarm, Pinkie Pie just suddenly being there behind me.

Goddamnit, I’m never going to understand how any Pinkie Pie is… well, Pinkie Pie.

Before I even open my mouth to talk, however, the MMPA activates, scanning… Pinkie Pie?!

“New Quirk user detected,” Present Mic’s head appears. “Name: Pinkie Pie. Quirk: Sugar Sweat. She secretes as sugar like sweat with a similar consistency of corn syrup and sugar. Her body’s water contents are also higher in order to properly handle the exess water usage, so she doesn’t get dehydrated easier than your average person.”

I just stare, wide eyed as my brain tries to process the idea of Pinkie Pie having a Quirk… before what her Quirk means properly sifts through the brain and I find myself deadpanning and facepalming, while also feeling utter terror.

With that Quirk, combined with the power her magic gives her, Pinkie’s basically a happy go lucky, fourth wall breaking version of Bakugo.

We are all so fucked.

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I try not to meet the multiple sets of eyes watching me as I approach the table in Sugar Cube Corner.

Sitting there are all the rest of the Humane Seven, Vinyl, Octavia, Diamond, Silver, Wallflower and Derpy.

I walk slowly towards them, dreading this meeting for multiple reasons. One, the idea the girls all somehow have Quirks and not knowing how I feel that I’ve failed to keep Quirks from randomly spreading to this point, and two… because of what I learned, about both Nana and myself.

“Deku, it’s been three weeks!” Diamond says loudly as we near, standing up and slamming her hands on the table. “Three weeks without a word from you! Do you realize how worried we were, especially after what happened at the Friendship Games?!”

I’m thankfully saved from answering, for a little while, at least, by the MMPA activating, though that just makes me more anxious, honestly.

Thankfully, the café is empty, save Mr. and Mrs Cake, so I have that small comfort as the device scans the remaining six girls, Present Mic’s head appearing and giving off the stats.

“Multiple Quirk users detected,” he says, each wall of stats showing up as he directs to each girl in question.

Pinkie squeals. “I’m so nervouscited!”

“Name: Sunset Shimmer. Quirk: Thought Projection. She can project her thoughts onto anyone within a fifty mile radius. She can even target specific beings to be the only ones hearing her thoughts. In addition, if she focuses hard enough, she can project images into their minds too.”

“Huh. With my magic, that makes an interesting complimentary combo,” Sunset remarks, rubbing her chin in thought.

“Name: Fluttershy. Quirk: Sonic Shriek. She can create ultrasonic vibrations whenever she screams, allowing her to severely damage both organic and inorganic objects.”

Wait, so, like Black Canary?

“Name: Applejack. Quirk: Air Steps. When she walks on air she creates a tile of solid air wherever her feet go. Each tile only last for thirty seconds though, so she can’t just stand in the air all the time without moving.”

“Huh. So that’s what happened when Ah fell off the dock last time, but didn’t fall in the water,” Applejack remarks.

“Name: Rainbow Dash. Quirk: GPS. If she knows of a location, all she has to do is think of it and she has a mental map inside her head that will lead her right there, without any chance of getting lost. She can also focus on the locations of specific people or objects in order to find them.”

“That’s… cool, I guess?” Dash looks confused. “Is that good? Sounds kinda lame, right?”

“Name: Rarity. Quirk: Eagle Eye: She can see in detail as clearly and far away as an eagle, allowing her to see eight times as far as a human can, being able to see as far away two miles, as well as being able to extend into both the infrared and ultraviolet bands, like the Australian Wedge Tailed Eagle.”

“I always did have a keen eye,” Rarity flourishes her hair.

“Name: Twilight Sparkle. Quirk: Hyper IQ. After she drinks one hundred millilitres of apple juice, her IQ multiplies between factors of one to ten times its normal number. The number her IQ rises varies depending of the breed and quality of apple.”

The glasses wearing girl frowns. “That’s an… odd thing to call a superpower, isn’t it?”

I look around at them all, sighing.

“So, Pinkie was right after all,” Applejack says, looking from the pink girl to the others. “We all thought those were just part of our magic, since they started up around the same time after we got to Everfree, but…”

“But we all somehow gained Quirks while Deku was away in Equestria,” Sunset murmurs, rubbing her chin. “But… how?”

“Um… I may have an idea,” We all turn to the one person in our gathered group without a Quirk at all, Octavia. “Sunset, since your magic lets you see others’ memories, maybe that could help you put the pieces together.”

There’s a pause as we all look at her, before looking around at each other.

“That… would actually work quite well,” Sci-Twi ponders, before looking between myself, Sunset and Wallflower. “If Sunset looks at Deku and Wallflower’s memories, she could probably put the pieces all together.”

Sunset nods, looking to the two of us. “The two of you were the first ones to show any signs of Quirks. We should probably look into Diamond or Silver Spoon and Maud and Vinyl’s memories on their Quirks too. They might have pieces the others are missing.”

So, Sunset goes around, holding the wrist of each of the other girls mentioned, before coming to me.

“I’ll… just, don’t think too differently of me when you find out the truth about Nana,” my words cause the others to look at me with concern.

Sunset takes my wrist, her eyes glowing white for three seconds, before she pulls away, rubbing her head, before gasping, staring at me with wide eyes.

I nod solemnly, looking away.

“What did you see?” Silver Spoon asks anxiously.

“Gimme a minute,” Sunset says, closing her eyes, frowning.

We wait for several minutes, before a sad expression comes over her face.

“That bad?” Dash asks, shocked.

Sunset nods, then shakes her head.

“Um, can you make sense?” Diamond folds her arms.

Sunset nods. “It’ll make sense once I show you all.”

Her eyes glow white and the world soon follows.

Equestria

Canterlot Castle

THREE WEEKS, FOUR DAYS AGO

“Princess Luna!” I slam the doors of the throne room aside, startling all those present, that being several guards, Ink Well and both Alicorn sisters.

“I am here, Deku,” the night Alicorn steps forward, giving me a firm but in inquisitive look. “I feel this is not a social call.”

I nod, my expression firm. “I need you to look through my memories in the dream realm.”

Luna cocks an eyebrow. “I… fail to understand what such an action would do to benefit you, I must admit.”

“I need to speak with the Vestiges of One For All!” I say, clenching my fists. “I’ve just come back from a fight with a villain from the League, one who came to this world from theirs. He called me something, something that gave me a bad feeling. Only the Vestiges will be able to tell me, and the only way I know I’ll get their attention, is if you’re with me in the Dream Realm.”

Luna watches me for a few moments, before her expression firms. “You must understand, Deku, this could be dangerous, even for you. We do not know what the Vestiges will do upon sensing my presence in that plain with you. They may very well view you as much of an outside threat as they would myself.”

I nod. “I know, but we need answers and they’re the only ones have can give us any.”

Luna and I keep eye contact for several minutes, before she sighs, looking to her fellow princess. “Sister, I shall be gone. I do not know how long.”

Celestia nods. “I understand, Luna.” Her expression worries slightly. “Be careful, my sister. We are just as unclear as Deku on these matters. You must use the utmost caution.”

Luna hugs her sister and she walks down, meeting me and we head for her personal quarters.

THREE WEEKS, TWO DAYS LATER

“This isn’t working,” I growl, sitting down on Luna’s bed.

I’ve been staying all the time with Luna since I got back to Equestria.

Every day, while she’s been sleeping, I’ve done what I can to help around the castle to pass the time.

Then, every night, Luna focused all her Dream Realm time on helping me try to get into the Plain of the Vestiges, as I’ve come to call it.

Every night… it’s been the same result. We hit some kind of a wall, as if we’re being blocked from passing into the PV. Even when I tried entering on my own, it did nothing.

“We shall make it, Deku,” Luna says, using her magic to lift the blanket up, myself reluctantly laying down letting her drape it over me. “I understand your frustration. However, we must keep trying. As you said, we must find out the truth.”

My confidence is not as strong. How Luna can keep hopeful about this, I don’t have a clue.

Luna lights her horn and I feel sleep take me.

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I blink, looking around in shock.

I’m standing in the Plain of the Vestiges.

“Luna, you did it!” I call out, punching the air.

A pained gasp makes me look behind me and causes my eyes to widen.

Luna is bent over, one knee on the ground, her expression a mixture of strained and exhausted.

“That was… harder that I had hoped,” she says with raspy gasps as I hurry over and try to help her up.

“I should be angry,” my voice causes my head to snap up and I find myself face to face with…

My eyes widen. “Nana?!”

She nods, smiling, before it becomes sad. “Hello, Nana Midoriya.”

Anything I was about to ask gets halted. She called me by her name? What?

She nods. “Things aren’t quite what you think they are. I am not the eleventh wielder of One For All and you are not the twelfth despite being a new soul in this body.”

Twelfth? Okay, filing that under You Better Explain, Girl, for later.

At once, a wave of guilt washes over me and I fall to my knees, hands in front of me.

“I’m so sorry about your body, Nana! I… I promise, if I could change things, I would. I-I just—”

I feel a hand on my shoulder and look up quickly… only to see her smiling warmly. “I know, Nana. I know. No one blames you for what happened to me. It’s not a subject you have to fear bringing up.”

I pause, before I’m reminded of our original reason for coming here in the first place.

I frown slightly. “Nana… what do you know about the term Subject DC52?”

She looks at me for several long moments, before standing, her eyes on Luna.

I quickly get up and stand in front of the pony. “Luna is not our enemy. She has as much right to know the truth as I do. It is her world the League originally invaded.”

Nana stares at Luna for several moments, the dark Alicorn meeting her gaze, before she eventually sighs. “Very well. I suppose I can’t change your mind, so I won’t try.”

The black clouds of the Plain of Vestiges swirls around us for a moment, before parting to reveal… some kind of medical centre?

The room is full of countless tube-like tanks filled with some kind of odd green liquid.

“What is this place?” Luna asks what I am thinking.

Nana merely points to one of the tanks.

I move a little closer, before I scream in shock.

It… it’s Nana! Nana is floating in the tank, some kind of mask over her mouth. Her eyes are closed, so I guess she’s asleep?

She looks like she’s about five, maybe six?

“But, I worked so hard on these last twenty,” a nasally male voice whines and I look around to see an old man with a hunched back, wearing a lab coat talking to a guy in a suit.

“Doesn’t matter,” the man says, his face hidden in shadow. “The boss has seen the results. The entire DC project has been deemed a failure and is to be cancelled immediately.”

“Just because the first twenty lost One For All before the two year mark, it doesn’t mean all of them will,” Lab coat guy says, sounding quite frustrated. “Do you realize how much of a waste it will be to just terminate them all? We captured her for a reason! How many resources and how much time we’ll have spent for nothing?”

“Those are the boss’s orders!” the suited man says sternly.

Lab coat huffs, folding his arms. “I don’t suppose they’ve sighted a reason for their all being deemed failure before the last twenty have even gotten to the first year stage?”

“Thanks to looking over Doctor Shiga’s notes, yes,” the suit man says, folding him arms. “The problem was the DNA. With the passing of the generations, we can’t cultivate that Quirk like we can others.”

Lab Coat looks at him for several moments, before his eyes widen and he scowls. “That explains everything. Damnit! So they all really are completely worthless. We can’t even use them as test subjects!”

“Since you’re going to be terminating them all, I am a little curious,” the suit man walks into a position where he can clearly get a good look at the tanks closer to us, specifically the one with Nana. “Why did you keep this one alive?”

Lab coat guy scoffs. “The early results suggested we could cultivate just the stockpiling aspect.” He walks up to the tanks with the girl and snarls. “Her Quirk hadn’t manifested, but was proven through tests to be like her grandfather’s. I hoped, perhaps, that could fix the issue we’ve been having with all the male clones, but, if you’re right about the DNA, Subject DC52 is going to end up just as useless like the rest.”

My eyes widen and I whirl to look at the tank.

Nana’s Subject DC52? They were using her to… recreate One For All?

The suit man nods. “Then, I leave you to it, doctor. And think, the DC project may have failed, but the others are doing just fine.”

The doctor grumbles something as the suit man walks out of sight, the sound of an automatic door opening and closing.

The doctor walks over to a tank on the far end of the room and presses several buttons.

The liquid in the tank drains out, leaving the infant inside, which I now realize looks like a baby Izuku, hanging by several wires and starts making sounds of discomfort.

“To think, we wasted all these years on DNA we couldn’t use because it had multiple Quirk factors,” the doctor growls, pressing several more buttons.

To mine and, judging by the loud gasp, Luna’s horror, the tank is immediately filled with flames and, while we can’t hear it, I can easily imagine the screams of the infant as it’s literally burned alive.

We watch in disgusted horror as he keeps doing this for several minutes, the man showing no emotion, the silent screams of the dying babies ringing in my ears, making me want to hurl.

Nana says she’s speeding things up, but can’t stop us still seeing the sickening sight before us… though it’s likely because she’s remembering things from a first person perspective.

After the fourth infant was incinerated, Nana had woken in her tank and, seeing what was happening, panicked, pounding against the glass with everything she had.

As the doctor reaches the last tank after what feels like hours of torture, Young Nana looks more frantic than ever.

“Farewell, worthless stock,” the doctor says, reaching forward to press the button that would’ve incinerated Subject DC52 like all the rest.

At once, Nana’s eyes glow blue and I can somehow hear her scream through the glass and mask over her face.

Her fists come down on the glass and there’s a huge explosion.

When the dust settles, Young Nana is stumbling across the room.

The doctor is lying, I believe unconscious, though I wouldn’t be sad if he’s dead, against the wall on the far side of the room.

As Nana reaches the door, explosions can be heard outside it.

She quickly backs away as the door to the room is ripped off its hinges.

Standing where the door used to be is a being who looks like a man made of pure darkness. His completely white eyes look stunned for a moment, before he puts a finger to his ear. “Teams A, B, D, G and Q, I’ve found the lab with the clones and the man responsible for them. The clones are… he eliminated all of them. But we’ve found the captured Midoriya.”

He kneels down, holding out a hand as Nana backs away, looking scared.

“It’s alright, little one. I’m a hero. Your family misses you and will be happy to know you’re okay.”

The black smoke returns and we’re back in the PV.

“Was… was that when you first...?” I look to Nana.

She nods with a sad smile. “The first time my Quirk activated after months of them trying to clone it out of me. It’s also where I got my Cell Activation Quirk, forced upon me to see if they could make it stronger through my Quirk. You pretty much know the rest.”

I look down, not sure how to feel.

“Where are the other Vestiges?” Luna’s question makes me start and I look at her, before looking to Nana, confused.

That… was something I had been thinking about in the back of my mind. Why is Nana the only Vestige speaking with us? I somehow awakened a flying Quirk during the fight with Spikes, so shouldn’t their Vestige be here with her too?

Nana looks uncertain. “Things... aren’t what you think. I don’t have One For All, like my grandfather. He had to give it up to stop All For One in the end.”

Excuse me, what?

Nana continues though. “My Quirk is different, but similar. Even after he gave up One For All in the final battle against All For One, grandfather still had the embers. Those embers were part of him, in his DNA. DNA he passed on to his children and they theirs.”

She chuckles, grinning.

“My Quirk and now yours, Deku is officially called One For All: Flying Embers.” She points at me. “Those two worlds need you now, Deku. Your Quirk and the aid of your allies could be all that will keep them from suffering whatever plan the League of Villains truly have.”

I look to Luna, then back to Nana and nod.

Nana gives a two-fingered salute as the world starts to fade away.

“This is your story now. Make it a good one, Hero.”

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We all gasp as Sugar Cube Corner comes back into view.

We’re all silent for several moments, before Fluttershy starts crying, Rainbow holding her, letting her sob into the athlete’s shoulder.

“I… I knew the League were evil but… but…” Diamond is staring at nothing, her eyes wide.

“That was… horrible,” Derpy looks to me. “And that’s what you were learning while you were in Equestria?”

I nod, not meeting any of their gazes. “Luna’s been helping me the last couple days, and she can help you all too if you come to Equestria… but, even though Nana made those parts silent… I can swear I still hear the screams.”

There’s a very, very long pause, the only sounds being Fluttershy’s sobbing.

After while feels like an hour, Fluttershy manages to calm herself down and Sunset’s eyes glow.

“I realize we’ve all seen a lot already,” she says, “but now I know why we all got Quirks.”

Canterlot High

Year Book Committee Room

TWO DAYS BEFORE DEKU WOULD FIRST CROSSOVER FROM EQUESTRIA

“Mail call,” Derpy chirped as she entered the room.

Wallflower started, before smiling. “Oh, thanks. Just put them in the cupboard.” She waved to a cupboard next to the desk the computer she was using was on.

Derpy nodded, walking over, opening the cupboard and pulling out a box from the mailbag she was carrying.

“Wait. This isn’t right. These aren’t erasers.”

Wallflower turned from the screen to see Derpy holding a now open box.

She got up and leaned over to see what was inside… and felt very confused.

There were a bunch of small glass-like capsules, about twenty-two in total.

Wallflower picked one up, studying it between her fingers. “What are these?”

They all seemed to be filled with a golden… Wallflower wanted to say liquid?

It was weird. Whatever was in the small pod acted like liquid… but also didn’t?

Suddenly, loud music blasted from nearby, startling the two girls.

Several of the pods fell to the floor.

Wallflower made a dive for them, Derpy hastily putting the box on a shelf in the cupboard and diving too.

However, Derpy tripped on a of piece chalk that was on the floor, slamming into Wallflower.

The two hit the floor, the sound of breaking glass following suit, along with multiple cries of shock and confusion and both girls feeling a strange warmth passing through their bodies.

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Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were walking down the corridor.

They’d just seen Derpy walking into a room up ahead, but it wasn’t their concern.

As they neared the same door, however, loud music began playing from the next room over, followed by the sound of a commotion from inside the room Derpy had entered, causing them to turn their heads.

They weren’t sure what happened next, as the sound of breaking glass followed the feeling of something crushing under their feet and a warm feeling rushing through their bodies.

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“I’m tellin’ ya, Octi, these could be my best beats yet,” Vinyl grinned at her girlfriend as she stood over her DJ equipment.

Octavia, sitting on one of the desks in the room, just rolled her eyes, but smiled.

Maud Pie was in the room too, writing some kind of paper. Pinkie had mentioned something about her sister applying for study in a specific program at the local museum.

The girl sure loved her rocks.

Vinyl started playing her music, the loud beats not startling Octavia. She was used to them.

Maud’s lack of a reaction surprised her, though.

Octavia frowned, thinking she heard something, telling Vinyl to stop for a moment.

Begrudgingly, Vinyl stopped the music and Octavia opened the door of the room to see what was going on outside.

She gasped in shock when she saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon laying on the floor, groaning and could see Derpy and another girl in the next room, in similar positions.

“Whoa!” Vinyl’s yell caused Octavia to look back, only for her eyes to widen in shock and horror.

Vinyl and Maud were also glowing, both vibrating as if in an earthquake.

When the light faded, the two collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Canterlot High

Year Book Committee Room

NINE DAYS AGO

“I’m really worried about Deku,” Twilight said as the girls were gathered around the table. “I want to thank her for her help and… well, something happened.”

“I know,” Fluttershy sighed, stroking Angel Bunny’s head. “After that villain called her something, her emotions changed.”

“And the way she shoved Cinch against the wall like that?” Dash shakes her head. “I actually was worried she’d use her Quirk on her or something.”

“You should have more faith in Deku,” Wallflower said as she finished packing her bag and moved to leave. “She doesn’t understand everything that’s been happening and that villain clearly knew something she didn’t.”

“I… don’t suppose Princess Twilight was able to give any clues?” Rarity asked Sunset.

The red and yellow haired girl shook her head. “Deku didn’t tell her much. She just told Twilight she was going to see Princess Luna and that’s the last she’s heard from her.”

“It’s been over two weeks,” Applejack says incredulously. “How long could it take fer her and Princess Luna t’ sort whatever it is Deku’s needs sortin’?”

Wallflower shook her head. “Whatever the case, Deku will be back when she has what she needs. Til then, we have to wait. Lock up when you’re done in here, okay?”

Dash smirked. “You and your team going out to do more Hero Work?”

Wallflower blushed, but nodded, her expression firm. “We need to get the police trusting us so they’ll let Deku speak with that Lockpick villain. The more we help out as our Hero Names and tell them Deku’s our leader, it should sway their opinion enough. Later.”

The girls all called out their goodbyes to Wallflower as she went out the door.

“At least we’ve been able to distract ourselves with raising the money to go to Camp Everfree,” Fluttershy murmured, Angel batting her hand away and hopping off the table and towards the door.

“It’s probably why we’re startin’ prep work on the yearbook too,” Applejack said, lazily waving a piece of chalk in front of her face. “Keeps us fr’m worrying, ya know.”

“Hey, what’re these?”

They all looked to Pinkie Pie, who was moving away from the cupboard near Wallflower’s computer.

In her hands, Pinkie was holding eight strange glass pods with something yellow glowing inside them.

“Are they… magic?” Fluttershy asked, cocking an eyebrow.

“I… don’t think so,” Sunset took one from Pinkie, examining it closely. “It’s not magic, but… I don’t know what else it could be.”

“Well, well, well. Imagine finding all of you here.” Groaning, they all looked to the door to see Trixie walking in. “Working early on the yearbook, huh? Might I make a suggestion?”

“Whoopsie!”

The cheery cry made them all turn to see Pinkie tripping on an errant piece of paper on the floor, the glass pods in her hands flying into the air.

Sunset didn’t think. She tossed the pod she’d been holding and dived to catch Pinkie.

As she caught her, the pods hit the ground, all shattering.

A bright light blinded them all, along with feelings of warmth rushing up all their bodies.

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“Oh, yeah,” Dash says as the café comes back into view and we’re all shaking our heads. “We all woke up in the infirmary wondering what had happened.”

“And Principal Celestia said they thought it was an electrical surge and would have someone look into it, with us lucky we weren’t badly injured,” Rarity adds.

Sunset looks to me. “Those pods were in all our memories. I think those pods were holding Quirks. Somehow, before the League of Villains left their world to go to Equestria and then come to this one, they must’ve found a way to turn the Quirks they’d stolen into a form of energy and lock them into those pods.”

“And, if my calculations are correct, there’s still at least seven left,” Sci-Twi nods. “We need to get that box and Deku should take it to Equestria, where it’ll be safer than… Deku?”

Her question makes everyone look to me.

I’m frowning, thinking.

“What’s up, Deku?” Diamond asks, before her eyes widen in fear. “Oh no. you noticed something in those memories we haven’t didn’t you?”

“Trixie.”

“Huh?” is all their responses.

I look firmly at them. “Trixie was in the room with you when the seven of you,” I point to the Humane Seven, “got your Quirks. There were eight pod that shattered. If you all got Quirks at that time…”

Their eyes all widen, before the MMPA beeping halts any talk.

We all watch as the cube forms, then turn to see where it’s scanning, to see Trixie having just stepped in, her pausing as the beam scans her, Present Mic’s head appearing with her stats.

“New Quirk user detected. Name: Trixie Lulamoon. Hero Name: The Great and Powerful Trixie. Quirk: Misdirection. When she focuses, she can slightly misdirect the attention of anyone she wants to a maximum of fifty people at one time. It comes in really handy for magic tricks.”

There’s silence as we all just stare at Trixie and she stares right back like a deer in headlights.

Author's Note

PHEW!

That was a big one.

Wanted to get this chapter done before next week so it wouldn't be floating around nagging me all throughout work next week like last chapter was for me this week.

I bet nobody saw ANY of those twists coming.

~~Deku's actually a clone of Izuka, not his biology granddaughter at all and the Nana we've been following is actually counted as the 12th user of One For All.~~

Deku IS Izuku's granddaughter, but has her own, Quirk, not just One For All passed onto her. AND has Cell Acticvation due to the villains forcing it onto her five-year-old, pre-awakened Quirk body.

Plus, now the Humane 7 have not just their magic, but Quirks too.

Funny thing is, i struggled to figure out some of their Quirks for quite a while especially Dash's and, keep in mind, my plan was to give them Quirks since the prologue, so I've been sitting on what Quirks to give each of them for a quite a while now.

Sunset, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Sci-Twi's Quirks I'd figured out very early on, but the others took a little longer. Rarity I figured out by the time I'd posted chapter 6, with Applejack being figured out by chapter 7, but Rainbow?

Man, she was WAY harder to figure out than I like to admit.

one thing i wanted was for each of the Humane Seven to be able to have Airborne combat abilities to use in conjunction with their Quirks and their magic. Sci-Twi, Fluttershy and Dash already had flight covered with their wings, Sunset, though not getting to keep the wings of her Daydream Shimmer form, does still have flight if you pay attention, and Rarity can ride atop her gems like the Silver Surfer if she wants.

and Pinkie Pie?

It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it.

that just left AJ as the only ground bound of the seven, so I was struggling to figure out what kind of Quirk aside from outright flight, could work to help her in airborne combat, when the idea for Air Steps hit me Monday morning.

and Dash's Quirk? It finally came to me Tuesday afternoon.

after all, i wanted to give them useful Quirks, but not ones that would make them overpowered, because then it's no fun.

But, all in all, i think i made the right choices with who got what Quirk out of the seven.

and Trixie gets a Quirk too?

Eeyup.

She's the one i mentioned i was originally going to have it revealed to already have a Quirk in a previous chapter, before realizing the original Quirk i'd planned for her, Magic Trick was TOO OP and i'm sure you can figure why from the name alone, especially if you've watched the Misfits special short set right before season 3.

So, i was racking my brain Thursday and yesterday while i was out just enjoying exploring a shopping centre i hadn't been to before (managed to score the Slugterra Return of the Elements Movie on DVD for just $5, which is SWEET) and Misdirection came up as i was pondering Trixie, trying to figure what Quirk i could give her that was still related to her magic tricks, without making her OP and Misdirection was born.

Seriously hope you all enjoyed this and are looking forward to what comes next when i get back to this.

as i mentioned in a previous chapter, i want to take some time of this fic and get back to my WITCH fanfic instead. i've been really eager to work on that one again, especially since i recently won an auction on Ebay to get boxset of WITCH, including both seasons one and two.

So, look forward to WITCH making a comeback soon and i'm going to end this here because i haven't had lunch yet and i'm seriously hungry.

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and, til next time, stay safe, stay clean and see your later everybody