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A small snow leopard stalked through the shadows. The world was destroyed and had been for several years now. A shriek rang through the air and the feline froze, shrinking down to hide. Glowing violet eyes shone in the darkness looking to the sky trying to see the nomu she had just heard. General Nova shirakumo was on the move to make it back to the bunker. She had been out on a recon mission her family had sent her on. Phantom pain shot down the scars on her face every time she heard a shriek of those monsters.
As soon as she was sure the coast was clear she moved swiftly once again through the rubble. It took her another twenty minutes to make it to base. As she slipped into the bunker she shifted back into her human form with a sigh. It was nice to be home again. The young woman ran a hand through her hair and padded silently through the halls. She smiled as she found her room where her husband was asleep in their bed. The man, shoto todoroki had been with her since highschool. They had grown close after she had helped him get away from his abusive home and sperm donor. When everything happened they stuck together and had began to date even with the world ending around them
They had been married in an old run down warehouse after several of their unit was disseminated by a nomu attack. It had only been them, her papa and mama, nedzu, katsuki and eijiro. It had been wonderful to finally say yes to the man of her dreams. She smiled and went to clean up before she lay down in the bed beside the man. She didn't bother to remove her chains from her arms, they all knew better than to ever be unarmed, even in sleep. As soon as she lay down shoto rolled over and wrapped his strong arms around her and held her close. She nuzzled into him and let the exhaustion take over her as she fell asleep.
Two days later her shadowcloud and present mic were once again on a mission. Trying to get information on shigaraki tomura, or better known now as all for one. The villain had taken over his body more than two years ago. They had been working on taking the villain down and they knew they were getting close, but they were also some of the few left fighting for freedom, for peace. The three of them had found the base the villain had holed up in and swiftly decided to infiltrate and get the information they needed. The three of them worked the best together because they were family, and had been together all her life, had trained her and kept her safe.
Nova shifted into her feline form and oboro shrouded himself in shadow clouds to blend into the dark and went first to clear the way. As they moved it was quiet and something felt off to the feline. A crash from behind made nova spin around, a large hunter nomu stood before her, hizashi in its grasp. She growled deep and rushed forward trying to get her mama out of the beast's claws. She leapt claws out only to be hit into the wall, her head smashing into the concrete and everything going black.
When consciousness returned to her she was tied to a chair gagged and she couldn't feel her quirks at all. Panic flooded through her as she fought against the bindings holding her. She knew she was hurt, it hurt to breathe after all but she didn't care, she needed to get free, to find her parents. She couldn't lose another one, not again, not to him. The sound of someone coming towards her made her freeze her breath hitching as she smelled decay in the air. After a moment, Tomura walked into the room with a manic grin on his face. Two sentinel nomu walked behind him with both mama and papa in their arms. She felt terror flood her as she watched them come closer.
“Well look who decided to wake up from their cat nap.” The grating voice made her ears hurt and she growled trying to get out and attack. “Awe poor little kitty cat is stuck.” he mocked her as he walked forward, clicking his tongue. He bent down and ran a finger over her cheek. She tried to bite him but when she did she felt all five fingers come down and the pain of her flesh flaking away made her scream. It hurt more than she remembered.
Her scream woke both of her parents and they were dropped to the ground painfully. Both looked at their daughter in terror. Both men were broken, bruised and bloody from their own beatings. Tomura laughed and turned to look at the two heroes mocking them before turning and backhanding Nova, making her and her chair falling to the ground.
“It was a valiant effort, General. But you have lost.” he smirked at them and decayed her arm down to the muscle before moving away towards her parents. “Right now, as we speak. An army of nomu are on route to your bunker. They will burn it to the ground and kill anyone left to resist me. We have won.” he laughed as her eyes widened. The sentinel nomu moved and kicked her harshly “now before you die, you will watch as everything you have left is taken from you.”
Tears fell down her face, stinging when they hit the hole in her cheek. Her heart was breaking as she screamed at the villain to stop and leave them alone. She knew he wouldn't but she didn't want them hurt. All for one walked over to present mic who glared up at him. He knelt down and placed his hand on the man's chest and kept it there. Horrible screams filled the room as hizashi yamada decayed into dust. His husband and daughter having no choice but to watch it happen. Nova felt devastation and numbness fall over her as her mama was killed. She couldn't do anything, she felt so useless.
Then the man turned to oboro and pulled out a knife and pulled oboro’s head back by his hair. He leaned down and spoke softly keeping his eyes on nova, the thorn in his side. “I won hero. Maybe you will meet again in death.” he laughed before taking the knife and slitting the man's throat and walking back towards nova. He licked the blood from the blade as he looked down at the woman, a large smile on his face.he kicked her a few times again before he began to stab into her but not enough to kill her yet. She deserved to suffer.
Nova screamed in pain and her vision going fuzzy and then nothing. The next time she opened her eyes she was without pain. She blinked and frowned confused. She felt small, she looked down at herself and realized something was strange but she couldn't explain what. She was in a dark room with soft lights showing a being standing before her. She didn't feel afraid, or suspicious as she stood there looking at the large being. She felt at peace, something she hadn't felt in a long time. Two others were standing silent in the room with her.
“General Nova Shirakumo, welcome to my realm. I do not have a name to give you, I am but part of the cosmos. I have watched you all your life and have seen you struggle. Your world is lost, one of three worlds now lost to the same evil, in different ways. Now another is threatened. We pulled you three to give you a choice. This world has the same people, and in this world some of you exist as well. This world needs saving, so we ask you. Will the three of you go to this world and stop from happening what did in your own world? You will have to be careful, trust few and fight hard, but you won't be alone in this fight. You will retain your memories of the events of your world to help you along the way. Find the allies and keep this world from falling. Do you accept it?”
She looked beside her to see two other girls standing beside her. They both looked battle weary as she was. She turned to look at the being once more and tried to speak but found her voice was gone. Instead she nodded determined. If she could stop this from happening again, if she could save those she loved she would do everything in her power to do so. The being seemed pleased with her answer and with a bright flash of light she found herself laying on the ground confused.
She looked around her and the confusion got worse. The world around her was bright and she could hear birds chirping and children playing and laughing. She hadn't heard that sound in so long it made her heart hurt. She sat up and tried to figure out where she was. She felt better than she had in many years. She felt lighter. She looked herself over and realized she was younger, she was shorter as well. She stood and after realizing she was close to UA. She found a public restroom and decided to check out what she looked like, and what age she was at. Once before the mirror she was shocked. She looked to be fifteen again. She still had the nomu scars on her face but she had her eye restored, something she was grateful for. A voice flowed through her head softly.
‘Be strong General. You were not meant for this world, so you are in your body aged down. We have faith in you. Good luck’ and then the voice was gone.
The idea she was not part of this world made her heart hurt. Were her parents here? Were they together? Where were her people? Was shoto okay? Will he still want her? Will he be the same as he was in her world? So many questions flew through her brain and she felt overwhelmed. She closed her eyes and forced all those emotions down. She needed a plan, she may not be alone in this mission, but she was still alone in this world. She needed to find allies.
Once she got herself under control she walked from the restroom and went to find a phone. She had no money on her or anything. Realizing this she decided to go directly to the source, to the one being she knew would never betray her. Nedzu.
It took her half an hour to reach UA and swiftly located the secret entrance that only Nedzu and his personal students used. Once there she looked to where the hidden camera was and waited. The voice of her grand paw made her smile.
“Who are you, and what brings you to my gates?”
“Hello nedzu, my name is nova shirakumo, and i have a few words for you.”
“Oh?” was the curious voice and she smiled.
“ The knights need to assemble before the king has toppled.”
She waited, breathing shallow hoping that even in this world the code would be the same. When no more words came over the coms she felt like she wanted to cry. The gate opened and a bot told her to follow it. She sighed in relief and followed it to Nedzu's office. The door swung open and she walked in.
“Come in young shirakumo…would you like some tea?” the white mammal asked and she nodded. Emotion flooding her seeing the one familiar person before her. She sat down and waited for the tea. Once the warm cup was in her hand and the first sip was taken, Nedzu spoke again. “Now tell me why you know a code I have yet to implement.” he opened her amethyst eyes and looked him over trying to sort her thoughts.
“Well..i know that code because in my world, you told it to me after a villain attack my first year in the hero course. You told me so many things growing up. I can't tell you everything yet. I'm not meant to be in this world apparently. I'm alone now so I came to the one person I knew I could trust.”
Nedzu studied the girl before him. She was definitely interesting. When he heard her last name he had frozen. Young Shirakumo was killed many years ago and he knew the boy had no other family except for Yamada and aizawa. He was not very good with human emotions but sadness was something he was feeling right then looking at the feline teen who sat before him. She reminded him of all three of the boys he considered family, and her story…even if strange, was sincere. He wondered how she had gotten the scars on her face. If she was who he thought her to be he worried about what her parents would think when they saw her. If they would realize who she was.
“Well nova-kun, that is an interesting story. Now tell me what you mean your world. Tell me what you can. Once i bring in a friend to verify what you say of course. Can't be to careful after all”
Nova nodded softly. “Of course, tsukauchi I assume. He will not like what I have to say but it's for the best. I know trusting someone is difficult and what I have to say is…out there.”
The mammal was shocked by the girl's words but didn't show it. They sat in silence as they waited. It was so strange to be in this office once again, she had spent alot of her childhood in this room before it was destroyed. Once the detective arrived and sat down, Nedzu motioned for her to begin.
“Okay…i can't tell you everything yet. I don't want things to be even worse than in my own world. Now, in my world I am the daughter of shirakumo oboro, hizashi yamada and shota aizawa. They used a quirk to have me. I grew up at ua. I joined the hero course against the commission and the number one hero's complaints. They didn't want to have my quirks try. According to all might I would turn on fellow heroes in my animal form.`` It still hurt to think about it even if she was an adult and a general in the army.
“True.” the detective's voice was strained as he relied. Nova nodded and continued.
“You principal took me as a personal student and allowed me to participate anyway. My quirks are a bit odd. I have a form of erasure, it's a bit stronger than dads is, and it activates when I sing. I also have a form of papa’s quirk, my clouds can control snow and blizzards, I also for some reason have my feline mutation that allows me to transform into a snow leopard form. All I can tell you is this. All for one is alive, he is building an army of villains and he is planning attacks on the school and the heroes. I can't tell you what, how or when yet, if you are told too early it could tip them off, if told too late it's all for nothing. I ask you tsukauchi not to tell all might any of this. He is a catalyst”
By the end the girl had tears running down her face. Tsuki was pale and sickly as he looked at her and spoke the word true in a hoarse voice. Nedzu clasped his hands and nodded. “ well nova… There are some things in this world that are different. Oboro was killed in his second year of UA, shouta and mic are married yes but they have no children. So it appears you aren't part of this world. I think we will make you a ward of UA for now. I'd love to get to know more about you child. The entrance exams will be in the next few days. I wish you would trust me enough to tell me what's going to happen though. So we could prepare better.”
She nodded looking down, she wanted a hug from papa and mama, she wanted to see her dad lecture the cats for stealing things. She wanted to be held in shoto’s arms and listen to his conspiracy theories. The problem was when she closed her eyes she could see the blood of her papa, she could hear the screams of mama as he was disintegrated.
“Alright nova-kun. Let's get you settled in the ward dorms. I have a feeling you have had a very long day.” once again she nodded. The detective left muttering to himself as she followed Nedzu through the halls and out to the dorms. The principal told her about the card he would give her to get necessities and wants. But she wasn't really listening. Once in the dorms she closed the door of her room and fell into her new bed and let the tears flow over her as she was wracked with sobs.
The days passed slowly. Nova waking with nightmares most nights. Startling at random noises and being hyper aware of her surroundings. She avoided the other teens in the ward dorms, not trusting any of them. She knew there were several traitors after all, and if she didn't get this right she didn't want to lose more friends. She knew dad and mama were on campus often and so she avoided going near the school except when Nedzu called her for tea. He had assured her he wouldn't tell her parents anything, and for that she was grateful. She enjoyed the time she spent with the chimera. They talked about so many things and even if he pried, sometimes he stopped when she growled at him. After all she was the predator animal in the room.
Then the day of the entrance exam came and Nova walked into the written exam auditorium and sat down. She was nervous, she needed to meet the other girls, find out who they were and what they were going to do. She also needed to try and avoid mama, no matter how much she wanted to just run into his arms and have him tell her everything would be okay and he would keep her safe. She knew she couldn't do that. When mama came to the desk and explained the written exam her heart raced and her breathing stopped. The image of him being turned to dust filled her vision and his screams filled her ears. She closed her eyes tight and covered her ears trying to shake the visions. As the exam began she quickly went through it. She knew the exam after all. It took her less than an hour. But she had trouble making her legs move to bring it to the front.
When she gathered the courage to finally do so she kept her head down her ears pinned against her hair. She didn't look up as she put the booklet on the desk and mumbled a thank you to mama before running head first out of the room. Once she was alone she sank down to the floor and let the memories and panic flood her and she spiraled into a panic attack.