Maddie is currently in Musutafu, Japan, wandering the streets while trying to keep her head down. She's there for only one thing: reconnect with her childhood best friend, Tenko Shimura. However, to her immense shock, there is nothing but an empty hole where the Shimura residence used to be. Undeterred, she continues searching. Along the way, she has a chance encounter with Izuku Midoriya, a Quirkless boy who was on the run from the facilities and the Quirkless Commission. Her empathy compels her to try to save him. Unbeknownst to her, this decision would trigger a sequence of events that would lead both of them down the path of heroes, a dream Maddie had always thought to be well out of her reach. Who said dreams couldn't come true? This is the story of how Izuku Midoriya and Madeleine Pilgrim became the world's greatest heroes.