Izuku Midoriya would look back on this day, and decide it was one of the best days so far of his four year existence.

Two reasons made him make this decision. Firstly, as he was getting ready for school, the post arrived with a delivery for him.

Midoriya gave an excited squeal as he collected it. "Mom! It's here, it's here," he yelled.

His mother, Inko, a slim woman with her hair in a ponytail appeared from her room. "That's great honey." She took the package from her son's hands and opened it, revealing the item inside. It was a simple magazine named Official Guide to Heroes, with this issue focusing on Izuku's favourite hero, All Might.

Izuku eagerly took the magazine back, opening to the page showing All Might's STATS. All of his STATS; Strength, Technique, Agility, Teamwork, and Smarts, were S-rank at 6 out of 5, the first hero to do so for all categories. A section of the page was dedicated to his Quirk. A poster showing All Might in his hero pose fell out, flattering to the floor, although Izuku had already decided it would be placed behind his computer.

His mother gave a small chuckle. "Honey, you can read it all later. You have school to go to now."

Pouting slightly, Izuku put the magazine down and followed his mother through the door and to his school.

The day passed in a blur, Izuku to happy about his magazine to focus on school. He would be like his idol, All Might, and be a hero once his Quirk activated.

At lunch however, his musings were stopped when he saw his 'friend' Katsuki Bakugo towering over a classmate, flaked by his two friends; Tsubasa who was small and chubby whose Quirk gave him a set of demon wings, and Tetsue who had long branch-like fingers. Izuku ran over instantly, stepping in between the two sets of people. "Why are you being so mean? You're making him cry Kacchan," Izuku shouted, hoping he sounded more confident than he felt. "If you keep on hurting him, I- I'll ... I'll stop you myself." He raised his hands, now curled into fists, weakly in front of him.

Bakugo laughed, a laugh with no happiness or mirth, rather a mocking laugh. "You wanna pretend to be a hero." Bakugo raised his hands, using his Quirk to create miniature explosions. "You don't stand a chance without a Quirk, Deku." He spat the final word like a slur. The punch came unexpectedly, knocking the wind out of Izuku and sending him to the floor.

The next punch was expected, but Izuku covered, screaming as the punches rained down.

Eventually, he got lucky. One of Bakugo's fists landed on Izuku's open mouth, blood spilling as flesh met tooth.

Bakugo let out a scream of pain as he gripped his now bloody finger. Izuku, however, was no longer moving, his eyes firmly closed.

Opening his eyes, he was no longer at school, but rather he was in his room.

No, that wasn't right. It was a like his room, Izuku decided, but not right. His computer sat in the centre of the wall, with a bookshelf either side, each bookshelf containing a single magazine.

Curious, Izuku picked up the magazine, it was the same magazine he had received today, the Official Guide to Heroes, but had a picture of Bakugo on the front. He opened the magazine and began to read.

Katsuki Bakugo the page read, a STATS section prominent, as well as a Quirk section highlighting Bakugo's Explosion Quirk.

This was the second reason today was Izuku's favourite day. For it was the day he discovered his Quirk.