The Phoenix {A BNHA Fan Story}

Introduction

Rain poured from the skies as a new mother held her newborn baby in her arms. Her cheeks were stained from tears from the pain she had just experienced, but those tears were also from joy. She held the baby close to her, her heart racing and beating so loud that it felt as if her heart was in her head. She could hear nothing and could see nothing other than the little person in her arms. She had barely known the child for more than a few minutes but was already willing to sacrifice anything for it. She couldn't hear the doctors and nurses asking her questions, it didn't matter. She looked up when she felt someone tap her shoulder and saw that it was her husband who had grabbed her attention. He was mouthing something, and she stared at his lips, trying to form the words in her head.

Frail....weak....small...emergency...

He pointed at the baby in her arms and her tears of joy were brought to an end and replaced with horror and fear as she realized what was happening. Everything came rushing in at once, her husbands voice, the doctors and nurses now pleading for her to listen to them. She could see them all now and how frantic they looked. Reluctantly, she let them take the child from her, leaving her feeling empty and alone despite all the others in the room with her. She laid her head back against the pillow and everything went black.

"Mommy! Daddy! Help!" The wails of the 4-year old child rang through the small two bedroom house, making her jolt awake and throw off the warm covers of her bed. She made her way to the only other bedroom in the house, her husband not two steps behind her. There was light coming from the room and the room inside was hotter from the rest of the household. She slammed the door open to find her child surrounded in flames, standing in front of her window. The fire's light glinted off of the tears from the small girl. The mother was panicking on the inside but showed nothing but courage for her daughter. She was thankful in that moment that her own quirk could easily solve what would have been a mothers worst nightmare had it been anyone else. She raised her arm, ready to make the fire dissipate, before she realized something was wrong. Though the fire raged throughout the entire room, nothing was actually burning. It was like it was just a coating, there was nothing lethal about it. She looked over to the man next to her who seemed to realize the same thing. He spoke before she did.

"Honey, I know this looks scary and I know what I'm about to ask you to do might seem crazy and illogical," He started, the girls eyes shifting between the two of them rapidly. "But hold out your hand and touch it. Relax and will it away." The girl did in fact look at him like he had gone completely insane.

"But you said fire was a bad thing! It's gonna hurt me!" Her voice was laced with reluctance and terror. The mother stepped forward, into the room and touched it herself. After it hadn't burned her she smiled, actually smiled.

"This is different honey. Look, it's not hurting me." She spoke softly and calmly, trying to get the girl to also relax. "But-" The girl shut her mouth before stating how dangerous it was again. Seeing how calm her mother looked and how she was being truthful about it not hurting her, she took a deep breathe, shut her eyes, and did as she was told. The light dimmed down until the room was black once again and the room slowly lost it's heat. She didn't open her eyes until one of her parents had hit the switch and again the room was lit up. Her parents were standing there in front of her, huge grins on their faces before her father picked her up excitedly.

"That was your quirk! You got your mothers quirk!" Her father couldn't seem to contain himself and even her mother looked proud of both herself and her daughter. The girl couldn't see what was so exciting about it until she understood what he was saying.

"Is that a good thing?" She asked, her brow raised in confusion. She didn't know what made a quirk good or bad, weak or powerful. Her parents laughed at this question.