Chapter 1

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It was just like any other day. Mom had taken us all to the park to play around and have fun being kids. My sisters had gone off to go play with each other while Mom took care of baby Jaxxon. I ventured off on my own to the playground. The swings were old and squeaked every time they swung. The slides made my hair stand up on end when I went down them. A small spark would hit my hand occasionally. It was fun. I had fun.

My imagination would run wild. Instead of swings, they were snakes that hiss at me for using them to get across the jungle. Instead of slides, they were monsters that generated electricity and would grant me their powers when I slid down their backs. And the monkey bars were by far the most dangerous. I would have to hold on or fall into the lava that bubbled below. The heat emitting from the pit caused me to sweat. My hands started to slip from the metal bars. I could barely hear the scream for my name. My head started pounding, my vision going blurry. Before I sank into the bubbling hot substance below, I had lost consciousness.

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My eyelids feel heavy. I don't want to open my eyes. There is a dull ache in the back of my head. It smells weird. I feel hot and stuffy. This doesn't feel right. There is a faint beeping in the background. Where am I? I don't want to get up. What is that noise? What is happening?

A dull light enters my eyes as they slowly open. I try to scan the room to find anything familiar, but nothing. It's dark, the moon shines in from the window behind the open curtains. The beeping seems to be coming from some sort of machine with lines and numbers. The door is closed with light seeping in through the crack at the bottom. There is another door with no light behind it. The bed is hard and uncomfortable, my body is sore.

Where am I? Where are Mom and the others? What happened? How did I get here? Where is here? Why am I here? Why does it hurt? My head keeps pounding. Tears start to stream down my face. I'm scared. I don't know where I am or why I'm here. I want to go home. I want to see Mom and Erika and Kaori and Jaxxon. I don't want to be here anymore. I'm so scared. Where is everyone?

Bright light washes over me as the door opens. A woman stands in the doorway. I look up at her with tears still in my eyes. "W-w-w-where a-am I? W-w-where is m-mommy?" I choke out between sobs. I keep wiping at my eyes, but the tears keep flowing keeping my vision blurry.

She rushes over to me and starts to gently rub my head and back, she keeps saying something but I can't understand her. It sounds like I'm underwater. The soothing circles being rubbed into my back slowly persuade my eyes to close and I fall back to sleep.

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Mom's teary face is the next thing I see. She stands, leaning above my bed-ridden form. There is a bright light coming from outside now. I smile up at her, relieved that she is finally here with me. "I missed you, mommy. I was so scared. Where am I?" I croak out. My throat is sore and dry. I'm so thirsty. Mom smiles down at me. "I'm so glad you're ok, baby. I was so worried about you. You're in the hospital. Do you remember what happened before you got here, sweety?" She fondly pushes the hair out of my face and places a loving kiss on my forehead. I feel so happy to receive a small gesture of love from her. I beam up at her, a big goofy smile now adorns my face.

I try to recall what happened before I found myself here. I remember playing in the park. "We were at the park, but I don't remember anything else. What happened, mommy?" I ask, tilting my head to the side to show my confusion.

"Your quirk manifested. I was terrified when I saw you falling towards a pool of lava. I nearly had a heart attack." She places a hand on her chest where her heart is. "You lost consciousness and the lava disappeared so you hit the ground hard. I thought it was some sort of villain attack at first, but the doctors confirmed it was your quirk."

"I have a quirk? I have a quirk! Ahahahaha" I laugh joyously, standing up on the hospital bed striking a dramatic pose. Wait, what is my quirk? Making lava pools? That's pretty cool I guess. How would that be used to be heroic though? Can I do anything else?

I went home that day with so many questions about what I could do, and how I could use this newfound power.

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Since that day, I had become a walking disaster. Small accidents would occur daily. I was often lost in thought, which wasn't a good thing considering my quirk. I could make my imagination a reality, with some limitations of course. If I imagined someone died, it wouldn't just happen, but If I imagined a dragon was attacking, depending on how much I focused, a dragon would appear. Most of the time they were tiny and would swirl around my head, giving me away to anyone that looked my way.

I'm 14 now and a lot has happened in the past 10 years. I started elementary in Canada, where I was born and raised, but an accident happened when I was 8, causing me to lose an eye. We had just come back home from the zoo. My mind fresh with all the animals I saw that day, I decided that I wanted to have a pet lion. Things didn't go as planned, I lost control of it and the lion attacked me. It managed to catch my eye with its claws before I could send it away. That was one of the many trips I had to the hospital for injuries related to my quirk.

Mom decided after that, we would go live with her parents in Musutafu, Japan. She couldn't afford to keep feeding 4 children and herself on her own at that point. This was also when I learned I could change my appearance. I didn't want anyone to judge me for being blind in one eye and the massive scar on the side of my face, so I thought of myself looking like I used to. I couldn't hold it for long at first, but as I practiced it each day it kept getting better.

I was 12 when I noticed I was different than most of the boys in my class. They kept talking about wanting to get girlfriends and have their first kiss, but I didn't want that. Sure girls are cute and all, I won't deny that, but I found myself more attracted to this boy in the class next door. I went home that day to look up what it was that made me different. That's when I realized I am gay. I was scared, I didn't want anyone to think of me differently. I wanted to stay as friends with everyone. I didn't want my family to be disappointed with me. I read about all the horror stories of coming out online. I didn't want my life to become one of those.

Now, I am one of the 4 demon generals that serve under the demon king. I have been tasked with finding the other 3 that got separated from me when we landed here on earth. I try to keep my powers locked away in my injured eye, but sometimes it's too much. When the eye patch is removed and the seal on my eye is revealed, my true nature emerges and I become a tyrant. Devilish wings grow from my back, horns grow from my head, I get fangs, claws, and a tail. 


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