Forget Me Not (A Midnight Story)

Chapter 8: Red Dahlia

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" it was 7 AM and Midnight's alarm just started going off. She had awoken in the middle of the night from a bad dream, and took a while to fall back asleep. Kayama dragged herself out of bed to take a nice shower before getting ready for the day.

As per schedule, Nemuri was up and at 'em, ready for Aizawa to come pick her up. Today was a big day, as it was the day Class 1A was doing their outdoor hero training. Midnight was excited to watch her old friends from that class perform and show everyone what they could do, especially Momo Yaoyorozou, who she had grown a slight bond with over the past two days. She had also promised Eri that she would let her style her hair that afternoon during lunch.

"Ok, Midnight, training starts at 10:00. We will be outside at the obstacle course, it's behind the school by the woods, see you then!" Aizawa said before leaving Midnight's office. "Alright! See you then!" Midnight called out, waving farewell before she sat down at her desk "Ok, I guess I could get some more reading done in the meantime." She pulled out her diary and picked up from where she left off the night before.

September 23

It's horrible! It started off like a normal day, but Suimakuma was nowhere to be seen. Asashi was called out of the classroom, but I did not know who it was. A few minutes later, I heard some noise coming from outside our classroom. I checked the hall and he was out of control. He had his lightning belt out, slashing everything in sight, causing electrical explosions after destroying the lights.

I looked behind him and saw that Suimakuma was controlling him. This must have been what she meant by all that mumbling yesterday. This was her revenge scheme for me not giving her as much attention and being outcast by everybody. I wish I had been there for her when she needed me most.

Midnight kept reading in horror until she was snapped out of it by a knock on her door. She opened the door and saw that it was All Might. "Sorry, did I get you in the middle of something?". Midnight sighed in relief, "No no, I was just reading....a scary book." All Might smiled for a second and then recollected himself, "So how has readjusting been?"

Midnight responded, "It's gone well". All Might nodded at her in return as she added, "I just wanted to say, thank you guys so much for helping me out and trying to make me feel welcome again. I'm sorry if my memory problems are making things difficult" All Might placed a hand on her shoulder "Don't worry about it. Even if you don't remember last week, you're still one of the best pro heroes and teachers I have ever had the honor of working with my whole life." Midnight almost cried and thanked him as he hugged her nice and tight for a few seconds.

After letting go All Might asked, "So, you're going to watch Class 1A train soon?". Midnight perked back up, "Yes, I am! I'm pretty excited to see these sweet little pupils in action." she answered. All Might gestured ahead and said, "Trust me, you're in for a treat! They are about to get warmed up right now." Midnight hopped up for a second, "Alright! You're going to watch too?" All Might responded, "My pleasure, besides I know Midoriya loves it whenever I come to cheer him on". Midnight called out "Lead the way sir!" and All Might directed her to the back of the school to the training course.

He led her to a small hill overlooking the starting line. Once at the top, Midnight took a minute to observe what the students had to maneuver. There were many climbing nets, rock walls, balancing beams almost 20 feet in the air (complete with swinging mallets for them to avoid being hit by), and wooden targets for them to bust. It looked like something out of an army training movie mixed with an obstacle course TV show. A few minutes later, All Might checked his watch and said "And here they come. On time as usual!"