My Hero Academia: Blood and Fire

It was night in Equestria, a few hours since the sun was lowered and the moon was risen, meaning most ponies would be asleep or getting ready for bed, though there were those, like the Lunar Guard, who would be up and about, since some did love to gaze at the stars and their beauty. Celestia took a moment to stare at Canterlot, noticing that some ponies were on their way to one of the various party venues that were scattered throughout the city, Vinyl was likely working at one, since she was a popular figure in the city based on what she had seen in the past. As she did that, however, the Solar Princess, a title given to her by all sorts of ponies, sighed for a moment as she glanced at the empty library tower that had once been the home of her most faithful student, before she sent Twilight to Ponyville a lifetime ago. It had been the best decision of her life, because not only did Twilight learn to make friends, but she had saved Luna, Celestia's younger sister, by finding the Elements of Harmony and defeating Nightmare Moon.

Now, however, Twilight, some of her friends, and a number of other ponies had simply disappeared, there was no trace of any of them as far as Celestia could tell, she had spent some time verifying that they hadn't been teleported to another part of their world, which meant she had to investigate the source.

Celestia spread her wings and took off, leaving her balcony behind as she disappeared into the night, because she had an idea of where to go to continue her investigations into the missing ponies and that, as she discovered, was the cavern under the castle that she and Luna used to live in, before she had to banish Nightmare Moon to the moon. It still pained her to think of the pain and isolation she had placed on Luna, accidentally or otherwise, that had caused her to snap and turn into the dark mare that wanted to bring about Eternal Night, which was why she was so grateful towards Twilight's group. As she flew, however, she also reflected on what Discord had told her, as she had gone to him and Luna after discovering that a number of ponies were missing, that he had seen what he described as 'cracks', which made her think he might be pranking her since he didn't explain what they did. Of course she had dismissed that notion after hearing that Fluttershy had gone missing as well, meaning he couldn't be behind this, but it left her without a clue as to what was going on and that was why she had come to the decision to investigate the area that seemed to be linked to the disappearances.

Eventually she landed outside the cave, which was located at the bottom of a ravine, and walked inside without delay, where Celestia came to a stop as she gazed at the tall crystalline tree that was known as the 'Tree of Harmony', baring the six gems that were the Elements of Harmony, given up to balance the land.

"I just don't understand how ponies could disappear from this place." Celestia commented, where she glanced around the area for a moment and found a few purple cracks in the air, the very same ones that Discord had mentioned the last time she had seen him, but didn't detect any magic coming from them, causing her to wonder what they were as she let out a soft sigh, "What are we missing? Why can't we find the missing ponies?"

"Still can't make any progress?" a voice asked, where Celestia wasn't surprised that Luna had followed her, because both of them had their reasons for wanting to track down and rescue the various missing ponies, and this meant she must have come to the same conclusion that Celestia had reached, that this was where it started.

"Yeah... I know this place is important to our search, but I haven't been able to figure out the reason why." Celestia replied, where she looked at the cracks once more and wondered if there was more to them than what they knew, even though she could tell that Discord was in the dark about their existence as well, which just made it harder for them to understand what was going on, "If only Twilight were here, I'm sure she would understand what we're seeing and have an explanation for us... I'm afraid that I don't understand what's going on."

"I agree, she would have all sorts of answers for us." Luna remarked, though as she said that she knew there was something off about the area this time around, there was something lurking in the darkness, though it wasn't Sombra, he was missing as well, something that absolutely terrified her since there was no telling what Sombra might do, "You don't think this is a trap, do you? That Discord was lying to us so he could finally do away with us and the Elements of Harmony?"

Celestia sighed again as she thought about that, because while it was a reasonable thing to think about she knew Discord had turned over a new leaf, and he wasn't willing to annoy Fluttershy by doing something like this, so that was ruled out as soon as the idea was presented to her. As she thought about it, however, she heard what seemed to be cracking and found that some of the cracks seemed to be glowing now, meaning they might be getting ready to do whatever it was that they were supposed to do, before she turned to face her sister. In the next instant something surprising happened, a dark mass gathered in front of Luna's chest, which even Luna was shocked by, before a dark phantom version of Nightmare Moon, who almost seemed transparent, rushed at Celestia like she had been fired from a cannon. The force of which seemed to knock Luna backwards, though that was when she noticed something else happening, a crack had appeared behind Luna and it had burst open to reveal a swirling vortex of energy, and the cracking sound behind her told Celestia that another had just opened behind her.

The force of Nightmare Moon magically escaping Luna's body sent Luna tumbling through the vortex that was behind her, though before Celestia could do anything the dark force that was her sister's darker side barrelled into her and sent both of them into the second vortex, causing Celestia to wonder what the future held for them as the darkness claimed them.

It was early evening in the city and Inko Midoriya, a slim woman who had dark green shoulder length hair and wore a light pink vest over a white shirt, was on her way home, as there was a bit more work to do around her home before it was time to pick up Izuku, or for Hisashi, her husband, to come home from work. As she walked Inko noticed that some of the people around her were paying more attention to the ongoing hero fight, as there was a trio of heroes dealing with a villain, or one of the people whose Quirks had gone out of control for some reason. She knew that it was in her best interest to steer clear of both the crowd and the fight, to which she headed down another street that would bring her back to her home in no time at all, but the battle had brought up her inner worry again, about her son and what sort of Quirk he'd manifest. Izuku was almost four and that meant it was getting to be time for either him to manifest the power that was his unique power, like a good number of the children in the city, or take him to the doctor for an evaluation, since many took their kids in to be sure they had the requirements to manifest a Quirk.

Thinking about Izuku warmed her heart, because even at a young age he adored heroes, All Might specifically since he loved watching the man save the day in his unique way, and knew that he, like his friends, wanted to walk down the path of a hero once he was of age to do so, which was why she was desperate to hope that he wasn't one of the unlucky ones, as there were those who ended up Quirkless.

As she thought about that, however, Inko noticed that there was a brief surge of light down one of the alleys and noticed that there was no one else that noticed it, plus there was no one running away from the area, so it looked like she didn't have to worry about a villain lurking in the shadows. When she investigated the alley, however, she found what appeared to be a four year old girl resting in a basket, though she was wearing a pink shirt and yellow shorts, though her hair was also pink, and as far as she could tell the girl was fully human, not a mutant. Inko looked around for a moment and found that there was definitely no one else in the area, confusing her since she had no idea where the girl had come from. She also discovered that she had a name, as there was a note on the basket that had 'Celestia' on it, which she assumed was the girl's name, though this still confused her more than she was willing to admit, causing her to pick up the basket before tracking down the police. Her idea was that one of them might be able to help her track down the girl's parents, as someone had to be missing their daughter right now and she could be the one to reunite them, causing her to focus on tracking down a police officer that wasn't busy with the ongoing villain fight.

While Inko was doing that, however, her husband was in another part of the city, standing outside one of the hideouts he used throughout his life, as this was the darker part of his life that he preferred to keep her out of, since she would no doubt question if he was the person she knew and if he truly loved his family. Hisashi was around Inko's age, physically anyway, and he usually wore a black suit over a white shirt, something both he and Inko shared interestingly enough, while his hair was short and white, though when he did his evil deeds he often altered his form and even used a mask with a function that changed his voice. He was actually the villain known as 'All For One', or 'AFO' as some had called him in the past, which was the point of the mask, to keep his civilian identity a secret so the heroes couldn't track him down, not until he was sure he knew where his target was located so he could get his hands on it. He was searching for a specific hero, as his Quirk allowed him to steal the Quirks of others and even give them to someone else, he had actually helped people who hated their Quirk by taking it away and gave power to those who wanted to defend themselves, but his other actions were why heroes had taken to seeing him as a villain.

Part of him sighed for a moment as he ran his hand through his hair, as Hisashi suspected that All Might was the one that held what he was looking for, though he needed to be sure before he put any of his plans into action, even though he knew that getting rid of him would no doubt make Izuku sad when it finally came to pass.

As he thought about that, however, Hisashi noticed a flash down the alley that was nearby and investigated it immediately, because he was always looking for new people to help so they could join his cause and be useful allies to him in the future, and found that the area was mostly clear, save for a four year old girl. What he discovered was that she was a mutant, or a heteromorph as some people called them, because it looked like she was a pony mixed with a human, as her legs ended in hooves, she had a pony tail, and she had pony ears sticking out of her hair. Her body was a very dark blue that looked like it was almost as black as night, while her hair and tail seemed to be a persian blue color, yet it didn't look like there was much else that set her apart from a normal human, in fact he was sure some would call her an 'anthro pony'. Resting near her was a simple card with the name 'Nightmare Moon' on it, something that caused him to raise a hand to his chin as he picked it up and stared at her, before deciding that he could cross the new bridges forming in his mind in the future, once he had a chance to check on her and understand why she had been dropped here.

In the end he picked the young girl up and carried her back to the hideout, debating between keeping her a secret from Inko or taking her back to his family, but he was sure that things were going to become interesting with a newcomer in his life and found himself looking forward to what the future held in store for him, his unsuspecting family, and the rest of the country.