My Hero Academia Untold: The Knights of Fafnir (Izuocha)

VII

Some people tend to forget how different the pacing of the first version of this story was.

This was actually chapter 3 in the original, and the prologue didn't exist.

In order, Chapter 1, Chapter 5, and this chapter served as the original Chapters 1, 2, and 3. So imagine reading the chapters in that order and completely skipping all of the chapters in between. This was a sign of my lack of experience when dealing with a story of this magnitude and how many layers I added to it back when I first started writing and was still figuring out my writing style.

Now, we are at the point where we begin the canonical storyline. Still, just like everything else in this story, while we go through familiar paces, this will be a very different turn of events.

No review responses again because of the lack of them...again. Seems like a curse I can never seem to break which makes engagement difficult to estimate. Oh well, what else can I do?

That being said, please enjoy the chapter.

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My Hero Academia Untold: The Knights of Fafnir

Saga I: Dusk

Arc I: Origins

Chapter VII: What it means to be a Hero

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"The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the color that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again."

-Ram Charan

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Years passed into another spring morning, yet another day for Izuku Midoriya as he walked down the street on his way to Aldera Junior High School. Happily scrolling down the screen on his phone while he held back a frown as he drew close to the train crossing. As the anniversary of his father's death had just passed again, the tabloids were quick to make their usual rounds of spiel and slander over the incident five years ago. The battle with a dangerous supervillain who remains unnamed to this day.

From rumors of secret love children and hidden affairs behind his wife's back. To unsubstantiated claims that the man had gone rogue and that the unnamed villain was just a cover-up. All of which only further fueled the bitter resentment in his stomach and the growing doubts in his heart. The young sighed as he waited for the train to pass and continue his journey to school.

As the only son of the deceased Pro-Hero, who had been labeled a disgrace in a society where family reputation went a long way(*1). Many held his family line as cursed due to the damages and loss of civilian life that Hisashi Midoriya was said to have caused all those years ago. Yet, his father had still stopped an incredibly dangerous supervillain, right?

And his reward for this sacrifice?

His reputation was destroyed; his family was left behind in economic strain, abandoned, and tossed aside by many of their so-called family and friends. To this day, there are only a few people like the Bakugou family. They stayed loyal and firmly by their side even through the very worst of it all. Thankfully, once they reached middle school, no one at Aldera knew the truth about Izuku being Draco Knight's son. The only people who knew were Katsuki, who would never say a word to protect his friend, and the school's principal, who was thankfully an understanding man.