Project Bloodlines. A military-funded medical study on the quirkless, subjecting children to go through what even the most shadowy of government intelligence agencies would consider torture. Most people knew about the project, but only as a study on activating latent quirks. They didn't know the truth. The worst thing about Bloodlines wasn't the death toll. It was that it worked.

Almost half a year before Izuku's fated meeting with the Slime Villain, our hero finds himself running away from his fears. But instead of letting his fears overtake him and drag him back down to the darkness where they think he belongs, he finds friendship in the most unusual of places and with his new friends' help, they will claw their way into the light where they truly belong.

Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.

A mind controlling Meta bursts onto the scene, bringing chaos and death, yet bringing our favorite hero and villain closer than ever before.