A Million Dreams

Ten

I run down the stairs and out onto the 1st floor. Then I dash through the hallway, passing Izumi on the way. "Ash? Ash, wait!" I don't stop. I keep running until my legs give out. I look up to realize I have no idea where I am. I walk into an alleyway, sit down, and cry. I cry because Jordan could have died on my hands. I cry because I'm worried. I cry because of Dad. Dad, why did you have to leave me and Mom so early. We could have skated together. We could have when to see Hamilton together. We could have celebrated my 13th birthday together. We adopted Taye a year after. We always talked about adopting a boy so I could have a big brother, like you and mom. How I wish you were there, so you could see how happy I was. How happy Mom was. How happy Taye was. Jordan, why didn't you tell anyone about this. I continue to cry. "Ash? Why are you here?" I hear a voice. I look up to see Sal. "Omg, you're so pitiful to look at right now." I get up and walk down the street, leaving him behind me. But he wasn't having any of that. He jogged up beside me and continues to make smart remarks. I walk faster. So, does he. "Why were you crying? You a little crybaby~" he says in a teasing manner. I start jogging at this point. But he keeps poking at me. "Don't ignore me." He moves my head towards him, making me stop. "Look at people when their talking to you." An image flashes through my head. "Look at people when their talking to you." I grab his throat and push him against a building. He gasps, trying to pry my hands away. "Don't. Ever. Touch. Me. Again." I say ever so slowly. I tighten my grip. He keeps trying to pullmy hand away. I lose control. I can't stop. "ASH, STOP!" I let go. Sal gasps. I come back to my senses and look in the direction where my name was called. Izumi was standing 2 meters away. I look at Sal, then back at Izumi. I run away. "Ash, come back!" he yells, taking off after me. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" I yell, running faster. I come to a park and dive into some bushes. It hurts like heck but I deal with the pain and stay silent. "Ash, where did you go?!!" I slow my breathing. I hear the footsteps fade away. I start crying again. "Why did I do that? I didn't want to to. I just wanted him to go away." I thought to myself. Suddenly the bushes spread apart. "There you are! I've been looking for you since you ran past me in the hospital. Why are you crying?" he asks. "I don't want to talk about it." I say. "Okay but you should know that Jordan's crying right now." I look up at him. "Why?" "I don't know. When I went up to his room, the doctor was trying to comfort him while he cried hysterically. I immediately walked back out not wanting to be a part of it." Izumi say, patting my back. "I don't know if you guys had a lover's quarl or something but-" "We. Are. Not. Dating." I said, glaring at Izumi. "Okay, okay. But you two should talk because it seems like your both really upset about something." He says, rubbing my back. I sniffle and stand. "Okay, I'll talk to him. But you are sworn to secrecy about this conversation. Oh wait, what about Sal?! Oh, god he's going to spread the word that I was crying." I sit back down. Izumi pulls me up. "Don't worry, I took care of it. He won't say anything. He was crying when you left. Probably because his life flashed before his eyes, so I doubt he will do anything." He says. "Okay, let's go." We run out the bush and onto the street. Izumi had directions to get back to the hospital. We got there in 15 minutes. Jaylen and Sam were waiting at the door. "Oh, thank you Jesus. Ash, you need to get up there." Sam says. "Yeah, he's acting like an animal. They had to restrain him because he kept scratching at the doctor and nurses. It's crazy!" Just as he said that the power went out. "Oh god, not this again." I said. "Like what?" Izumi asks. I grab all three of them and push them into a closet. "You have to promise not to tell anyone. Okay?" I said sharply. "This is a top-secret thing. If the government found out, they would take me away." Their eyes widened. "I promise. I've already been sworn to secrecy so what's one more time?" Izumi says. "I promise." Jaylen says. "I promise." Sam says. "Okay you might not believe me, but that's your choice." Iinhale deeply. "I'm not from this world. I come from Japan but from inside a show. So, I'm basically a T.V character that's never been shown. And the show I come from is My Hero Academia. So, I have a quirk. Technically, multiple ones. It's sounds hard to believe but it's true. My dad, my foster dad, was working on a piece of technology that can bring a T.V show character into the real world or let you travel. But something went wrong he got stuck in My Hero Academia. He met Mitsuki, Bakugo's mom, while walking down a street. She had recently given birth to a baby with multiple powers. She was trying to find someone to keep her safe. That baby was me." "So, what you're saying is that your Bakugo's younger sister?" Jaylen asks. "Yes, and I'm not 15. I'm 13. I just skipped a couple grades because classes were too easy for me. My foster dad told her that he was not from this world and that he could take her with him. She agreed and left me with him." "She was a horrible mother. Giving you away like that!" Sam said. Izumi punched his arm. "Have you even seen the show?" he asks. "No." Sam replies, rubbing his arm. "Well, in the show, there's a bad person called All for One. He had multiple quirks and one of them allows him to steal someone's and make it his own. And it was rare for someone to have more than one quirk. So, people could have taken her and used her for very bad things." Izumi says. "Oh okay. Continue." "He used the ring to travel back and brought me home. My foster mom was very happy. She was unable to have children so when my dad brought me home, she was surprised. They raised me as their own. When I was 6 and discovered my powers, my dad told me the truth. He also told to never use them in front of anyone or they would take me away. I agreed because I didn't want to be taken away. But the next day..." I trailed off. This was a hard thing to say. "The next day, me and my dad were running through a field of flowers because we lived on a farm. Then we saw 2 men in black suits and black sunglasses pull up and run towards us. My dad told me to run and take my mom to a secret room we had just in case something bad happened. When I was almost to the house, I looked back and saw one of the men holding my Dad's arms behind his back and the other one holding his head in his hands." I choked my my sobs but couldn't stop the tears from flowing out. "I scream his name and we locked eyes. "Go" he mouthed. Then "crack". My father's once energetic body wasstill. I ran back towards the house, grabbed my mom's wrist, and dragged her into the room. She asked me what was happening but I didn't answer. I opened the door and shut it. We sat there for 3 hours, being silent. And when I was sure they had left, I opened the door and walked out. The car was gone and so were the men. I broke down and told my mom everything. She called the police and then the family.They came and took the body. When they brought his pass, my mom covered my eyes, but I moved her hand away. The man I saw before me was not the man I once knew. His head and arms were in an unnatural position, he had bruises all over. It was a horrid sight. I cried for weeks. We moved a year later. I never interacted with anyone. I kept to myself. But at my last school, I almost killed somebody because they cut my hair. My dad used to do my hair and he always did braids. So, I had it in braids. Some boy walked up and pinned me down, while a girl cut my hair. All I remember was looking at their bodies, covered in deep cuts with blood oozing out. I ran home, covered in blood. I moved schools the next day. No one was around, and the boy and girl didn't say anything. They're in this hospital now, in a coma. I visit sometimes to tell them I'm sorry and that when they wake up, I'll take them out somewhere nice and get them each one thing they really want. I wasn't planning on making friends until I met Jordan. He was the one person I trusted almost instantly. Then I met you guys. And you know the rest. So that's the truth about me. I get it if you guys don't-" They cut me off with a hug. "We'll never stop being your friends Ash." Izumi says. I realize their all crying. "Thanks guys." I say hugging them back. "Okay, we should get to Jordan. The power came back on about 3 minutes ago." Sam says. "I can teleport us there." I say. "Well, to the top of the stairs on the 5th floor so that way no one see's us." "That's fine." Jaylen says. "Okay, hold on." I focused on where I wanted to go, then teleported. "Woah, I feel sick." Sam says, wobbling. "You speak for all of us." Jaylen says. Then we open the door and walk out.