Finding Me (Todoroki x Reader)

Chapter 1

"Y/N. Wake up, honey. Today's the day!"

My mother's voice jolted me awake, my eyes flying open with anticipation. She was right; today was the day.

"Come on, Y/N, you need to get ready, or you'll be late." I saw my mother standing at the door to my bedroom, an amused smile on her lips. 'I must have bed hair or something,' I thought as I jumped out of bed and raced towards my closet.

"Oh my gosh, Mum," I cried excitedly, searching through the endless abyss of clothes that was my closet. I was searching for my all black outfit that I wear in training. Because today was...

"I can't believe today is finally here. I've been dreaming about this forever!" 

That's right, today was the entrance exam for Japan's top hero school: UA High. I had graduated middle school, and had spent the past ten months working my body and my quirk for this day.

Ever since that day in the park, almost a whole decade ago now, I was more determined than ever to become a hero. My parents couldn't believe what miracle I had been granted, and immediately started helping me work out just what exactly I had as a quirk.

I haven't worked it all out yet, but quirk doctors have defined my quirk as Energy Manipulation. This just meant I could use and manipulate anything defined as an energy source into anything I needed. For example, I could transfer energy from a light pole into me, and then output it as a weapon or morph it into an object.

This also works with the sun, the wind, other electrical systems and so on. However, I was only able to hold so much energy at a time, so I still have trouble as to how much energy I can take and store in myself from another source. Let's just say, when I first started out, we had a lot of blackouts in our house.

Nowadays though, I was a lot better at controlling my quirk, but I knew I still had a long way to go if I wanted to become a true hero. That's why I was competing in UA High's entrance exam. Today. In less than two hours.

"Aha," I found my outfit and started to slip it on. I knew it was gonna be a hot day today, so if I wore black, I could absorb the sun quicker and utilise my quirk better. Who knew what those UA guys were going to throw at us. 'Oh well, guess I'll find out when I get there.'

As I continued to struggle with my outfit, I ran down the stairs of my house to the kitchen and dining room. Dad was there, eating his breakfast while having a cup of tea and reading the local paper. Mum was there too, washing up some dishes. And I was there, looking like a mess. Typical morning in our household.

"Morning Mum, morning Dad," I greeted both of them cheerfully, finally slipping into the slick and sticky black ensemble. It was effective for my quirk, but definitely not for everyday living, that was for sure.

"Morning sweetie," my dad replied as he lifted his head from his paper to smile at me. "Are you ready for today?"

"Am I? Dad, I was born ready for this!"

Dad just chuckled. "Well, if you say so," and then he went back to his paper. I bounced over to the low lying table, and sat on the backs of my heels. I clasped my hands together in front of the meal Mum had made for me and thanked her for it. After that, I tucked in hungrily, trying to shove anything and everything I could into my mouth at once. You'd think I hadn't been fed in months.

However, this was just a side effect to my quirk. I was like a battery, so when I slept, I charged up and so by morning I was buzzing and raring to go. I  also obtained energy through the food I ate, and today was no exception. Because I didn't how long it would be until I ate again today, I needed to absorb all of the energy I could get. So, I ate the mother of a breakfast Mum had cooked up, knowing that this could be my last meal before the exam.