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Sirens wailing. Rain pouring. A thief taken into custody. That is all I remember that day. My father was that thief. Caught after an attempted bank robbery, he was arrested and taken into custody, by the worlds most popular hero, All Might. Because of this, my mother attempted to pay him out of prison, and ended up getting into debt with a bunch of loan sharks. I was only a kid at that time, but I knew money was an essential thing in life. My mother, formally an idol (now retired), couldn't pay off the increasing debt. Such was the way of life. As my dad says, "This world is made of two people. The takers, and the taken from." I, unfortunately, fell into the "taken from" category. But soon, I would join the takers.

I was alone, on the ground in an alleyway. Starving hungry, no money. Thirsty. No water. I curl onto the ground, and wait until I starved to death. Then, I heard a voice. "Hey. Are you okay?" The boyish voice asked. I look up, and see a face with freckles. Green eyes, messy green hair. I called him Midori. I had no idea how close I was to his actual name. "Hungry..." I moan to him. "Uh, wait here!" He said, and ran off somewhere. I waited for about three minutes, until he came back with a sandwich in his hands. "Here. Eat this." He offered. Without hesitation, I ate the food offered to me, then he gave me a bottle of water. I drank the whole thing. "Thank you..." I mutter, and he smiles at me. The first genuine smile I've had in years, since my father's arrest. "I have to go now. Bye!" He says, and runs off to what I assumed was his mother. I stood up, and walked back to my house.

Because of what All Might did to my family, I've held a grudge against him. Don't get me wrong, I did look up to him at a certain point in my life, but that faded away. I was about to have a run in with him. I decided that I would follow in my dad's footsteps, and join the takers side. I had just successfully snagged myself a dollar from a lady passing by, until she called, "Help! Thief!" And almost immediately, I was caught in the giant hands of the Peace Symbol. "Woah there, little girl. Where do you think you're going?" He asked. I didn't answer, and held the money in my tiny hands. "Hey now, it's not good to steal." He says, and attempts to take it, but I bite his finger before he can reach it. He quickly recoils back, and thinks, me still in his hand. I start to growl at him. My growling didn't take long, as I started coughing, but I started to growl again once it was over. "Hm..." All Might thought, and asked a shopkeeper nearby for a bottle of water. The woman kindly gave it to him, and he held it up. "Would you like to purchase this water for that dollar?" He asked me. I held the dollar tighter, but nodded anyway. "Well, give me the money, and you get the water." He said. I look at the money, then to water. I slowly move my tiny hand toward him, and he gently takes the money. In exchange, he gave me the water and put me down. I ran off quickly, and hid in an alleyway. Then started drinking the water. I return to my home, and see that my mother wasn't home. Again. I sigh, and climb into my bed, and very quickly fall asleep.

That's my childhood. Not the brightest, but definitely not the darkest either.

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