Chapter One: The Girl Who Had No Voice

I'm not your every day on the block!

I'm as good as it gets,

And as bad as they come!

I'm a nightmare,

Dressed as a daydream!

Life's just a game…

And I'm just the player…

It was a bright autumn day for the students of U. A. . The weather was perfect for blazers and long sleeved uniforms; there wasn't a cloud in sight! The students were all inside – working hard to reach their dreams of becoming heroes and everyone else were either out shopping or running errands or hard at work. It was still early in the morning and everyone was getting ready for their classes. Most of the female students were gathered close together; gossiping and chatting away while the male half of the class was complaining about their homework assignments from the previous night.

Bakugou Katsuki walked into the room with a few other students. He took his seat and started to pull out his homework and other supplies he would be needing for his lessons. However, with the girls standing around the window beside him was challenging to ignore.

"Did you hear about the new girl that just transferred from R. A.?" Mina asked in an excited tone; her gloves waving wildly in the air.

"You mean Rosemont Academy, right? That school is full of stuck up lil preps with no sense humility!" Kyoka cried out in a snotty tone; sticking her nose into the air.

"I thought R. A. is an all-girl school for heroes in training." Asui chimed in with a blank look on her face; tilting her head to the side in confusion.

"I'm sure that not all the girls at R. A. are like that, Kyoka." Ochaco said in a nervous tone; giving her an optimistic smile while she raised a finger in the air. "But I wonder why anyone would transfer so late in the year."

"It makes me wonder how she even got in so late in the first place. She must've gotten a recommendation from someone on the school board. Well, either that – or her parents must've paid her way in." Momo said in a flat tone; resting her chin in her hand.

The other girl was about to reply, but Tenya walked over to the girls and glared firmly at them. "Now, that's no way to talk about someone you don't even know." He said in a warning tone; pushing his glasses back in place.

Before anyone could make any more comments, their homeroom teacher came in and placed his brief case on his desk. He told the students to settle down and to get in their seats with a blank stare in his face.

"Before I take up your homework," Eraserhead stated calmly as he glanced over towards the door, "we have a new student joining us from Rosemont Academy." All the female students quietly groaned and a few of the male students held their breath and waited for the new student to walk in.

The girl walked in and stood in front of the classroom. She stood to be about 5'6.5" with long grayish-silver hair that was tied into a neat braid that reached down to her thighs and long bangs that parted to the left; concealing her sickly white skin that would've been considered flawless if not for the scars that riddled her neck and hands.

The new girl was dressed in the normal school uniform and had black stockings that reached up to her upper thighs like most of the girls in the classroom. She wore the standard school blazer, but the other students would see black gloves of some kind covering most of her hands. She had a black messenger bag hung over her head and crossed over her chest. Unlike most of the students seating in the room, this girl had crutches holding her up and some kind of leg bracers on both her legs. However, the only part about the girl that stood out the most about this girl – was her eyes.

She had heterochromia eyes just like Todoroki. Her right eye was a dark violet color, and her left eye was cobalt blue. Both eyes were different in comparison, but both eyes didn't have pupils, and both eyes were hidden behind a pair of semi-framed bifocals.

The teacher cleared his throat and took his place next to the girl. "Class, I'd like you to meet Auryn Honda. As I'm sure you all know, she transferred from Rosemont Academy and will be joining our class for the remaining year."

He then looked over at the girl – or "Auryn" with a blank stare. "Would you like to say hello to your new classmates, Auryn?" He asked in a flat tone.

Auryn blushed and looked down at the floor. "…Um… hello… m-my name is Auryn Honda… I-I hope we can be friends." She muttered quietly; not looking up at the students in front of her.

"You can be MY friend any day!" The blonde boy declared in a flirty tone; making Kyoka smack him over his head.

"Stop scaring the poor girl, Denki!" She growled in a disgusted tone; a vein pulsing on the side of her head.

Eraserhead cleared his throat once again, and gave the two students a weary look. "Please, be nice to Auryn and make her feel welcome here at U. A. or I'll give ALL OF YOU detention for a week. Got it?" He warned in a hollow tone; placing his hand on Auryn's shoulder; making her look up at him. "Why don't you go ahead and sit next to Bakugou Katsuki for now and I'll figure out where to put you next time, okay? He's the young man with the red eyes."

Auryn nodded to the older man, and looked over at the group until she found the boy in question, and moved down the row as quickly as she could manage.

She silently slipped out of her crutches and propped them up against the side of her desk. She quickly pulled her messenger bag off her shoulder, and began pulling out a notebook and writing utensil.

The teacher then instructed his students to pass up their homework assignments to the front of the class. Katsuki watched as Auryn twisted in her seat to take the papers from the students behind her, and saw several scars on her hand when the glove rode up her hand. She caught him staring at her when she passed up the papers, and quickly retracted her hand and pulled the fabric back into place.

The teacher went over the homework and went on about his lessons for the day until it was time for class to end. He then watched his students all file out of the room until Katsuki passed by his desk. He called the youth over and asked him if he would show Auryn to her classes for the day.

Katsuki nodded in agreement, and looked over at the girl who was putting her things away. "WHAT?! Why me? Why not Tenya or even Midoriya?" He asked in a panicked tone; looking back at the older male sitting at the desk. "Or one of the girls for that matter?"

Eraserhead sighed. "Well, Midoriya has already left for his next class, and Tenya is too strict and would most likely drag her along; making her trip and hurt herself or something to that extent." He reasoned in a logical tone; shaking his head at the boy. "And you've heard all the girls talking about her before I came into the room – they've already judged her by the school she transferred from. I mean, I know you've got better things to do, but wouldn't it look good on your hero status if you helped her out?" He added as he wrote out two passes and handed them over to him.

Katsuki sighed and nodded to his teacher. He turned around and found Auryn already walking out the door. He quickly followed her out the door.

"Hey, Honda – wait up!" He called out to her; darting over towards her side.

"Yes? Can I help you… Bakugou, right?" Auryn replied in a careful tone; looking up at the boy with red eyes.

Katsuki closed his eyes for a moment, and opened them up to give Auryn a small smile. "Just call me, "Katsuki"." He replied in a polite tone.
Auryn nodded once. "Only if you call me "Auryn". I've never really been one for formalities when it comes to people my own age." She replied with a faint smile. "Did you need something, Katsuki? I'm on my way to class."

Katsuki glowered at the girl in front of him. "Yeah, I'm taking you to your next class." He said in a final tone; holding his hand out to her. "Give me your schedule. The faster I see what classes you have, the sooner I can be on my way."

"That would be very kind of you, but I can get there on my own. And besides, wouldn't you get in trouble for being late to your own classes?" She suggested in a confused tone; tilting her head to the side.

Katsuki shook his head and held up the passes. "Eraserhead gave us passes so we'll be excused for being late – not that I care about that." He said in a lazy tone; turning to face their front. "So, stop wasting my time and give me your schedule."

Auryn gasped and let go of her crutch. She quickly fished through her pockets and handed up him a folded up piece of paper. He unfolded the paper, and scanned over her schedule. He gasped when he saw that she had nearly all of the same classes as he did! There were only three classes that were different from his own schedule!

"What is it, Katsuki? Are my classes too far away from yours?" Auryn asked in a frantic tone; leaning closer to look at the paper in his hands.

Katsuki blushed and shook his head. "No, it's fine," he said in a quiet tone; handing the paper back to her, "you're schedule is almost exactly like mine. You only have a few classes that I don't, but those classes are either around the corner from mine or straight down from mine."

"Oh, that's good, right? That means you won't have too much getting to most of your classes on time!" Auryn said in a pleased tone; giving him a sweet smile.

And with that, the two made their way to their next class. It was Gym class. Katsuki had suspected that Auryn wouldn't be able to participate in class, and he was right: the teacher had ordered her to sit out for the lessons. The teacher did, however, make her walk around when the other students had to walk the track. The girls were the first to start and the boys followed suit shortly after.

Denki jogged forward to catch up the Auryn, and gave her a cheerful smile. "Hey, you're Honda, right? I'm Kaminari but you can call me Denki! It's nice to meet you!" He said in a friendly tone; draping his arm around her shoulder.

The sudden action caused Auryn to jerk away from the blonde, and made one of her legs to get tangled in her crutches; making her fall on her side. Denki and the students behind them all stopped and rushed to her aid. They bombarded Auryn with concern and hostility towards the boy; making him jump away from them; protesting that he didn't intend to hurt the gray-haired girl.

"Are you okay, Honda?! You didn't hurt yourself, did you?!" Ochaco cried out in panic; kneeling down next to the girl.

Ochaco reached out to touch Auryn's shoulder, and Auryn scooted away from the group with a startled yelp. For some reason or another, it almost seemed like Auryn was – AFRAID to be touched.

"No, please! Don't worry about me! I just wasn't paying attention and tripped over my crutches! I'm fine – really!" She said in a skittish tone; shaking her head quickly and trying to push herself back up; causing herself to fall back down on the ground.

"What's going on here?" A strict voice called over the fussing students; causing them all to look over at Tenya.

"Honda fell down because Kaminari was hitting on her!" One of the female students shot out hotly; making the blonde boy jump away and hold his hands up in surrender.

"I WAS NOT HITTING ON HER! I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE NICE!" Denki protested defensively.

Tenya glared over at the shorter boy and shook his head. He then turned his attention back to Auryn, and held out his hand to her. "Let me help you up, Honda."

Auryn stared at his larger hand for a moment, and placed a shaky hand into his. The taller male pulled Auryn to her feet and watched her untangle herself from her crutches.

She was about to say something to Tenya, but the gym teacher rushed up to the group and started sending them on their way. He then turned back to Auryn and asked if she okay. She quickly told the teacher that she was okay, but he told her to go down to Recovery Girl's office to get checked out.

Before the teacher let her go, he saw Katsuki grabbing Kirishima and shaking him violently; screaming nonsense as he did so. The teacher sighed and blew the whistle; making all the other students stop and give him their full attention.

The teacher gave Katsuki a weary glare. "Bakugou, instead of trying to kill Kaminari," he said in a weary tone; resting his hand on Auryn's shoulder, "why don't you make yourself useful and take Auryn up to Recovery Girl's office? You don't want a handicapped girl get lost wandering the halls, do you?"

Katsuki looked over at Auryn, and saw a small scratch on her left jaw that looked like it was already starting to bruise. He saw the nervous look on her face, and most of his annoyance was almost immediately forgotten.

"Alright, fine! I'll do it!" He shot out in annoyance; rubbing the back of his head. He then looked over at Auryn with a weary sigh. "Come on, Auryn. Let's get this over with."

And with that, Katsuki started walking off towards the main building. Auryn sighed and hung her head in defeat. She gave the other students and their teacher one last look, and moved over towards Katsuki as quickly as she could.

'This is going to be an adventure…' Auryn thought bitterly to herself as she followed the boy into the building.

"You don't have to take me to Recovery Girl's Office, Katsuki… I don't even need to go to there." Auryn protested weakly; making sure to keep her voice low so only they would be able to hear each other talk through the empty halls.

Katsuki rolled his eyes at her in response. "Oh, and that scrape on your jaw is no reason to go to the nurse's office?" He asked in a challenging tone; making her flinch. He felt a sudden jolt of remorse shoot through his body, and sighed. "Look, I only to help you get to Recovery Girl's office because I couldn't stand those idiots, and this was the perfect excuse."

Auryn looked down at the floor for a moment. "I'm sorry… you must think I'm a ditzy klutz, huh? My foot getting caught in my crutch and all." She said in a quiet tone.

She looked up at the boy next to her with a weak smile. "I guess I made one heck of an impression back there, huh?" She asked in a joking tone; shaking her head at her own comment.

Katsuki shrugged his broad shoulders. "It was just an accident, right? Who cares what other people think? It'll only slow you down in the long run." He said in a logical tone; placing his hands behind his head.

Auryn smiled kindly at Katsuki. "Thanks, Katsuki. I needed to hear that." She whispered in a gentle tone as a blush made its way to her cheeks.

'She doesn't look half-bad when she blushes.' A voice inside of his head called out before he could stop it.

He quickly shook the thought out of his head, and looked up at the door. He was a little surprised when he saw that they were in front of Recovery Girl's office. He reached out and opened the door. He gave Auryn a court nod to go inside.

"Oh, hello, Auryn! You're back for another breathing treatment?" The old woman asked once she looked up at the two students.

Katsuki glanced over at Auryn for a second, and would've asked what Recovery Girl meant, but Auryn kept her focus on the shorter woman.

"No, ma'am," Auryn spoke in a weary tone; turning her head towards Katsuki, "I fell over my own two feet and got a little banged up." She replied in an apologetic tone; turning her face fully towards her.

Recovery Girl nodded and hopped off her seat and wobbled over towards the two. "Okay, dear, I'll kiss it and make it all better." She said in a caring tone; guiding the girl over towards one of the beds.

Auryn yelped and took a step backwards. "Oh, no, you don't have to use your quirk on me! A simple bandage will work just fine! Please don't trouble yourself!" She pleaded in a desperate tone; shaking her head quickly.

Recovery Girl sighed and made Auryn sit down on a stool. She then went over towards her supply cabinet. "Honestly, Needy," she said to the girl while she pulled out a box of bandages, "you could be fully healed and able to join your new classmates in their activities, but you choose to remain crippled and isolate yourself from the rest of your classmates."

Katsuki blinks in confusion. 'Why would she want to stay like that?' He thought to himself as he watched the old woman take a seat in front of Auryn, and begin to apply some ointment to her injuries. 'Why wouldn't she want to get better? It must be a way for her to get attention or something.'

"…With all due respect Recovery Girl, I've got to fight through some hard times before it gets easier – there's no other way around it. It's a part of life." Auryn responded in a hollow tone; her eyes clouding over as she turned her face to the side to give the older woman better access to her injury. "I never needed help before – why should now be any different?"

Recovery Girl nodded in understanding. "That's a very lonely way of thinking, isn't it?" She asked in a worried tone; putting the bandage over Auryn's jaw.

"It's my cross to bear – no one else's…" Auryn countered in a firm tone; bringing her face back to her front. "I don't want to take the easy way out anyway."

"Well, if you ever change your mind, dear," Recovery Girl said in a relented tone; picking up her supplies and started putting them away, "you know where to find me."

Auryn nodded to the woman and pushed herself up from the bed. And slipped into her crutches. Katsuki watched her pull herself into balance and look up at him with a brave smile.

"Are you ready to go yet? We better get back to class before it ends; otherwise Sparky and Shitty-hair would probably say something to piss me off." He said in a bored tone; turning on his heel and walking away from the girl.

Auryn blinked at the retreating boy for a few minutes, and shook her head. She looked back at Recovery Girl with a brave smile, and mumbled her thanks to her before she pushed herself after Katsuki.

Recovery Girl watched as Katsuki held the door open for Auryn, and watched them leave. Once the door closed and smiled despite herself.

"That Honda girl is most certainly different from the rest of her family. I can see a wonderful future in store for her…" She said thoughtfully to herself as she moved back into her office…