I had woken up once more in the room with the old lady. She explained to me, while All Might was there that I had experienced an extensive shock. Something that scared me so much it forced my body to shut down so I wouldn't deal with it. "You'll be fine by day's end." She assured me.

"But she's still fine to walk around?" All Might asked as he stood beside me.

"Yes, but she shouldn't push herself too much, I healed most of her injuries, a lot of her injuries are still present," She said and walked over to the small desk, "Just be careful."

"Thank you, Recovery Girl," All Might said, smiling in my direction as he waited for me to climb back out of bed. I couldn't feel the pain so the injuries couldn't be bad, but I could feel how hungry I was creeping up. How long had it been since I had something to eat? "We'll head to the garden now. Mr. Aziawa is going to meet us there." Mr. Aizawa, Principal said that I had met him before. The man with long black hair. "So, how was it?"

"G-Good..." I said, my eyes trailing the wall as I walked behind All Might, clinging to his shirt. There were a lot more people in the halls now, walking around us and saying hello to him with big bright smiles. He didn't say a single thing to me, he only let me stay as I was, following behind closely, holding on to the man who saved me.

We went to the garden and sat in the middle near the small trail of water that was as wide as my arm was long. There were soft things that All Might told me were flowers and leaves, the petals slipping between my fingers, so fragile and delicate that I could hurt them if I wasn't careful. The sun shined on us and the water seemed to sparkly as I ran my fingers through it. All Might stayed with me for the whole day, sitting calmly on a bench a few feet from me.

"You really like being outside, don't you?" All Might asked as I took some grass in my hand and dipped it into the water.

"Yes," I said softly, though this was the second time I remember being outside.

"I saw you from the school gate today," He told me, "When the sun was rising, there weren't a lot of people out, but I could see you in the grass." I was silent for a moment, not really sure what to say if I should even say anything at all, but he continued. "It honestly made me want to join you. You looked so free and alive, and despite not even smiling once, you could tell all of that from one look at you." He chuckled. "Reminds me of someone I used to know."

"My... Mom," I said softly, speaking before I was thinking, "She did... that, a long... time ago."

"Your Mom?" He asked and I nodded.

"She was, with... me. When, I was... young..." The words were clearer now, my voice not as rough, and my thoughts more focused. Speaking was becoming much easier for me, and it was nice, to know I could speak more. "She's not now..."

"I see," He said and looked as if he was in deep thought. Closing his eyes and thinking carefully about something. "Ah, I nearly forgot, one of the Heroes who was at the rescue will be here today. He wanted to make sure you were okay after everything that happened, which honestly really surprised us!" I cocked my head to the side as water drained out from my hands back into the small river. Someone who was there... was it a hero? "Don't look so scared now, we wouldn't let him see you if we knew they were bad." I had to trust him, I had least had to try, and so I did.

It was later that day when All Might left me alone outside, Principal, coming with Aizawa this time to check up on me and explain more about the person who wanted to see me.

"Pro Hero Endeavor," Aizawa said, "His quick is Hellflame so expect him to have fire surrounding his body. One of us will be here with you since All Might needs to check in with Recovery Girl again and do some other things as well." I looked at them through the water as they spoke. This and the sun were my favorite things, one was vibrant and screaming, the other was slow and calming. "We're letting you have the choice of which of us you'd like to have with you." Now I was looking at them with my own eyes. I had never gotten my own choice before, everything to this point had been decided for me.

I looked between the two, both who All Might trusted, both who I was learning to trust, but in the end, my choice was very simple. Grand Torino said few words to me at the hospital, but what he asked of me was a small and challenging trail. "Try." Something I could do one step at a time, with my own choices.

"A-Aizawa..." I said quietly and looked back into the water. Everyone was silent for a moment, Principal breaking this silence.

"I understand," He didn't sound upset, not even a little bit, "I'll head to school gates and wait for Endeavor there. I'll bring him here shortly." With that, he left, quickly and silently. Mr. Aziawa sitting beside me, a foot or two between us.

"There are a few animals in the garden too," Aizawa said to me, his voice graded and in need of sleep, "Mostly birds though, and a rabbit we can't seem to get rid of." As if he called it, a very small white creature with big ears and a twitching nose hopped out. I began to stand and back away but Aizawa took my wrist and guided me back to the ground. "Hold still. The rabbits not going to hurt you." I hesitantly sat back where I was, the creature hopping over and sticking its nose into the water. It's mouth actually, it was drinking. I kept my fingers in the water but didn't move a bit at all. It seemed so calm and relaxed sitting there. Its head-turning up to stare at me with big black eyes.

"So, you're the child that's been clinging to the Symbol of Peace?" A rough and angry voice said as loud stomps sounded near us. They sounded just like All For One's, the voice so much angrier than his. My body began to tremble as he came closer and closer, the rabbit fleeing for its life just as I felt I should be.

"Endeavour," Aizawa snapped at him, "She is still shaken up from everything that's happened. Please, try not to scare her." I looked to the side between my hair, just enough to see him. A man dressed in dark blue and bright flames. Flames I remembered seeing before when All Might had fought All For One. I remembered him now, screaming for All Might to show people why he was better. Better than what though?

"You probably don't remember me," Endeavour said, his height towering over me as my body refused to stop trembling.

"I-I do..." I said in a small, squeaky voice, sliding back a bit.

"Maybe you should sit down," Aizawa said to him, saying something I was too scared to point out. That right now, he looked so much like All For One. Painful and frightening.

"I remember seeing you with that old man during the fight," Endeavor says as he sits down between us, a few feet back. "Those damned kids tried to save you with that student." He let out a word under his breath and his eyes seared with anger.

"I've already been informed about the events and who was there," Aizawa said with a nod, "We're taking the actions needed."

"Good," He said roughly and crossed his arms, looking back at me. I finally got the courage to look, to see the calming blue in his eyes that rage was completely void of. "After that fight, Torino rushed you straight to the hospital. Still, you should be more trusting now." He reached a hand for me and I pushed it off. Falling back into the water as the trembles began again.

"Endeavour!" Aizawa snapped.

"N-No..." I said quietly and pulled myself from the water, sitting on my legs as I held my hands together, playing with the ends of my hair. "An... animal. A rabbit... is alone... they are not... afraid." I thought carefully of my next words, breathing slowly, my voice no louder than a whisper. "If someone like you... like him, comes to them... they will be afraid. Slowly, they will trust you. More and more." The words came out as easy as they could, small breaks that you could barely notice anymore. "But if you hurt them... accident or on purpose... they will never trust again. They will be scared, always."

"But I never hurt you?" Endeavor said uncrossing his arms.

"Yes," I nodded in agreement, "That is the sad truth... if something, does not know touch... and learns only negative... everything else... by fault... will be negative." The two looked at me with a new understanding of how fragile the girl before them really was, of how much she had gone through and how much she could still go through.

One thing was clear though, they would do everything they could, to make sure she... to make sure I could protect myself, in case someone else couldn't.

"We brought her back, yo," Present Mic said as we returned to Recovery Girl's room. She sat at the desk with new bandages on the table, Principal sitting beside her.

"Ah, I'm glad you're all here," Principal said and hopped off his seat, "I've made a decision that I think will best suit everyone involved, and I was going to let the people in this room hear it first."

"I think she has something to say to you first," Aizawa said and gave me a nod. Only he made me promise that I would tell Principal about not being able to read or write. That was his only request from me.

"I-I can't..." I swallowed hard, my wet hair falling in front of my eyes as I choked out the words for a second time today, "Read... write..."

"I had a feeling that might be the case," Principal replied with understanding, "Nonetheless, I still believe this is the right call to make. Mr. Aizawa, with your permission I'd like to add her as student number twenty-one in the hero course." I looked over at Aizawa and All Might who were certainly shocked, and Present Mic who stood there smiling.

"Nezu and I saw her rushing down the hall, plus Midnight confirmed her crazy fast reflexes on the stairs yo," Present Mic said, "And all that was to just get outside!" I flinched back slightly at his echoing voice, not as much as I had this morning though.

"You can talk about this while I change her bandages, they're covered in mud!" Recovery Girl said as she and I met back at the bedside, slowly she undid my left arm and rewrapped it while the others continued.

"That's right," Principal said, "That being said, and with her confirming her struggles in reading and writing, I'd like to start her tomorrow with basic classes in those subjects." Silently, I stood there crying again. They wanted to help me, to show me new things and now... just like her and I talked about... I would be a hero. "But to fully enroll you, we will need your name. Even just a first name or something to call you." I raised my head slightly and took in a breath. I had to try and remember it... but those memories alone were hard for me. The last person to call me by my name was my Mother... and she's been gone for so long.

"My-..." I went silent again, thinking hard about what it was she used to say, "S-She named me... after... a friend?" I looked up, never wavering from using my hair as blinds anymore.