A Brighter World With You

Athena was woken up to her alarm much the same as Izuku. It was a school day for both of them but it was also their 13th birthdays. They both had been born on the same day and in the same year but in two different worlds and now they both faced the challenges that laid ahead of them.

Athena woke to the warm sunlight shinning through her window and curtains, she was lying in her bed and the warmth brought a joy to her face, she had not slept well for she knew it was her 13th birthday today. When the people of her world turned 13 they were watched by the Authority to insure they didn't manifest a quirk. She had been worried since last night that she was going to have a quirk and be singled out from the rest of her class mates and family. The punishment for having a quirk was instant disownment by her family, the loss of her human rights and the most worrying one for all was the risk she may be killed for having something that was out of her control. It had been plaguing her since she had received the letter from the Authority stating she would be watched whilst she went about her day. She didn't want to leave the warmth that her duvet gave her, she wanted the day to all ready be over with so that she knew she was safe. She had heard about a boy the next town over that had received his quirk and accidental destroyed part of his apartment, he hadn't killed anyone but he was still taken away and not heard of since. His parents told everyone that they had never had a son and was unsure of what they were talking about and this was something she did not wish for herself. She wanted to stay with her loving family and feel the joy she got from being with them, she wanted to continue to go to school with her two best friends in the world and she wanted to grow up to fit into the society she felt she belonged to. Her alarm buzzed again and her mother called to remind her she needed to get up and ready. She lived in a small village called Dean's and she had a walk to get to her school.

She pulled herself up from the comfort of her bed and swung her legs over until they reached the deep blue carpet on her floor, it was cold underneath her feet and she wanted nothing more than to shove them back under the duvet. She stood up from her bed and walked over to her dresser to get her bra and clothes for the day. She stripped out of her puppy patterned pajamas and put on her white bra before she reached and placed her white dress shirt that was part of her uniform, next she placed on her grey skirt and tucked her shirt into it before zipping it up, she reached and placed her blue ribbon on, tying it up under the collar of her shirt, she had a blue ribbon to indicate she was in the first year of this school, whilst her brother had a black and blue tie to say he was in his last. The last few items to go on where her blue blazer and black knee high socks. She moved to her mirror to look at the state she was in from her sleep, her hair always played tricks on her in the night and she looked as though she had been fighting whilst being pulled through a bush, her long, wavy brown hair a mess on her head. She reached for her brush and tried to get some control of her hair but after a while she gave up and tied it up into a ponytail like she always did when she couldn't get it to behave. She then went downstairs to meet see her family sitting around the table, chatting and eating breakfast that her mother had made them. She walked in and sat down next to her brother, who had a mouth full of eggs on toast. He looked at her and just nodded to say his morning to her. Her mother and father both said good morning to her and she returned the greeting. It was like this every morning for Athena, even if today was her birthday they were not allowed to celebrate it or mention it until the day after.

Breakfast finished quickly, quicker than normal and soon she had washed her face and brushed her teeth before grabbing her school bag and shoes and walking out the door with her brother. They always walked to school together and today was no different. They chatted about random things on TV they saw or what the teachers were like at their school to pass the time. Along the walk Athena could feel that something wasn't quite right with herself, she felt a bit dizzy and nauseous but continued on her way, maybe she had eaten something strange or was getting ill from the chill that still hung in the air but she pushed it to the back if her mind. Arriving at the school gates her brother said he would see her later and rushed over to his friends leaving Athena alone until she head the familiar voices of her friends walking behind her, she turned around and saw her friend Emma, she had short brown hair and blue eyes and leaning on her shoulder she saw her other friend Jack, he had black hair and deep blue eyes that if you looked to close you could become lost at sea in them.

"Morning Athena" They called to her and she returned the greeting. As they walked to class they discussed their homework and what they didn't understand. Walking into the classroom Athena walked over to her desk and placed down her brown leather school bag before sitting down in the uncomfortable wooden chair. Her desk was close to the window, whilst Jack's and Emma's were on the other side of the room. Emma walked over to her after placing her own bag on her desk.

"Damn girl your hair is so long and such a pretty brown color, your making me jealous" Emma said as she touched Athena's hair in the ponytail.

"Don't forgot them green eyes and cute brown freckles" Jack called from his seat in the classroom.

"Damn it Jack, why do you always embarrass me like that" The statement caused Athena to blush and she shrieked across her classroom, which caused to class to laugh. This was the normal for the trio and her class mates were used to it. She began to feel the nauseous become worse and a fever was starting to spread through her body. She managed to last through all the morning classes and soon lunch came, she was glad it was lunch time as she needed to get out and into some fresh air, the fever had caused her to feel very stuffy and she wanted nothing more than to get out into the chill.

She walked to the rooftop of the school with her friends and found their usual picnic table to sit down and have lunch at. Emma and Jack pulled out their lunch and began to compare them and see who was going to eat theirs the fastest or who made the best food. Athena still felt really nauseous and decided that she was only going to have a drink to try and settle her churning stomach. She looked around and could see the familiar cemetery and fields that surrounded the school on the side they were sitting on, but a small grey bird caught her attention, she watched at it danced through the air on its wings before landing on a corner of the building. She sighed and thought of how it would feel to fly but was brought out of her thoughts by a scream. She looked around and noticed that she was level with the floor and there were a pill of clothes around her. She looked over and into the frightened faces of her friends, who were backing away from her. She tried to walk over to them but the pile of clothes in front of her where to big, she looked down as she went to pick up the clothes to move them but was shocked and scared when she saw her arm was that of a grey, feathered wing. She paused and began to search over her body with her eyes but she couldn't see that well but she knew something was very wrong. A dizzying sensation wrapped through her body and she was than sitting on the pile of clothes she had been stuck in, she was completely naked and scrambled to grab the clothes off the floor to cover her exposed and cooling body. She looked around and saw other people in the school were just as scared as she was but soon there was someone far more scary that appeared in her view. Men in black uniforms and carrying electric weapons appeared and so did her brother and headmaster.

"Oh no..... please no. I'm not evil" She said to everyone around her. She and the rest of her classmates had learned about people with quirks when they were younger. They had been told that these people were the devil and had been possessed with his power to do harm to the world. Athena knew what this meant but her brain didn't want to believe that it was true.

"Brother, am I evil?.... Why did this happen to me?" She said as her brother walked over to her, he had his head hung low and tears were visible at the side of his eyes. She had never seen her brother cry and this brought a sharp, stabbing pain to her chest.

"Get away from me you evil and wicked person, I have no sister. Never come home, I will tell mother and father. If you come home even once I will kill you myself" The words her brother said were fully of tears and utter despair at what had happened to his sister. He walked away from her and never turned around once before the men in black told her to finish dressing and gather her belongings from her classroom. She was escorted by the men to her class room to get her bag and then out of the school. She didn't even get to say goodbye to anyone before she was shoved into the back of a black truck and locked into place by her hand and feet. She was distressed and in shock, tears rolled down her face as the door to the van were closed, leaving her in complete darkness and on to a place that had no love or warmth.

Izuku on the other hand had been woken up by his All Might alarm clock that sat above his headboard. His room was still a bit dark as his curtains were made from black out material to stop any light from entering. He sat up in his All Might covered duvet set and looked around sleepily at his room. His room was covered in the pro heroes merchandise and he wouldn't have it any other way. He swung his legs out of bed and onto the coldness of his wooden floor. He walked to his dresser to grab a pair of clean white socks for the day and slipped them on being careful not to fall. He had a habit of being clumsy and several time he had managed to fall whilst putting his clothes on. He reached to grab his white shirt before pulling it on. His uniform was all black apart from his shirt. He pulled on his trousers one leg at a time before tucking in his shirt and buckling up his trousers. He grabbed his black jacket and walked over to the mirror, his forest green, curly hair was a mess and no matter what he tried to do it just bounced and refused to listen, he gave up in the end like he did most mornings and headed out of his room and along to the kitchen where his mother was waiting. His mother was beautiful and she did everything she could for her son. She was a single mother and had been since Izuku was found out to be Quirkless, his father not accepting the fact left and never returned. His mother had forest green hair much like he did but hers was straight and tied up in a half up, half down due. Her green eyes saw Izuku enter and she rushed over to her son to give him the biggest hug.

"Happy birthday Izuku and good morning" she said to him and he became red in his freckled checks. He returned her greeting and hugged her back before leaving to sit on the wooden chair they had next to their table. His mother had made a mountain of food for him and all his favourites to get his morning off to a good start. He stared at the food and realised they would be eating this for days with the amount his mother had made. He tucked into his food as his mother fussed and talked about random things in the kitchen. The only thing on Izuku mind was what his sub gender result was going to be. Since last night he had felt a small emotion growing in him, he wasn't sure of the emotion to its fullest but it felt like he was missing something, longing for something and he couldn't figure it out. His check was going to be done at school when he arrived and the results would be given to him by the end of the day. The world he lived in had come so used to testing that they had streamlined to process and could now get results as soon as the same day. He was hoping that he would be a Beta, like his mother and live a happy life trying to become a hero. The only problem was this emotion that grew inside of him and he felt that he could smell different things that he never could before. He didn't want to worry his mother over this and just finished eating some of the food, he was full but his mother kept it coming. She had even made him lunch with some of the food and with that he got ready to leave for school. Once he had brushed his teeth and washed his face he left their apartment to head to his school, he had to get public transport to get to school and wondered when his previous childhood friend would appear from. They both went to Aldera Junior High. He knew the blond friend had been classed as an Alpha when he did his sub gender test and he knew this only boosted Kacchan's ego. The bullying became unbearable but Izuku was determined to prove his old friend wrong. He got off the train to the station closest to the his school and walked whilst thinking about how his test would affect him. The smell of cinnamon hit him before the scent of nitroglycerin and he turned to see the angry blond setting off a small explosion right behind him. The blond was in a foul mood at how Izuku was walking in front of him and wanted to let him know about it.

"DEKU!!" Kacchan screamed in his angry tone at the green hair teen and poor Izuku just froze, wondering what punishment was going to come next. Katsuki knew that today was his birthday and wanted to rub in the fact that someone being born Quirkless would probably be at the bottom of the societies chain, the lowest sub gender there was, an Omega. Male Omegas were far more common than female ones and this raised confusion in scientists for the longest time. Izuku did nothing more than greet the angry blond as he walked past to only get a grunt in response. How Izuku wished he had his friend back to how they used to be, back when they played and confided everything in each other, but that was long gone now and he wasn't sure if they would ever get back to this again. Izuku had things on his mind and he had an appointment with the school nurse to get his test started, he needed to go before class started and he made his way into the school, head hung low so not to make trouble for himself from the others around him. Kacchan had announced a long time ago to his class that he was Quirkless and the whole school knew this by now and teased the young teen.

Izuku walked to the nurse's office and knocked on the brown wooden door. He waited for a response before pulling the door to enter, he saw his school nurse sitting at his desk reading a medical magazine about Quirks and sub genders. A heated debate had happened recently about how the sub gender of someone could affect their ability to gain and train stronger quirks.

"Hello Midoriya, what can I do for you?" He asked in his cheerful tone that sometimes drove people mad. His nurse was a cheerful man, in his late 30's and walked with a small limp to his right hand side. The nurse used to be a sidekick for a pro but got severely injured and had to retire.

"I..I need to get my sub gender tested today. It's .. It's my 13th birthday" he said to the nurse whilst becoming shy and stuttering, a thing the green hair teen had gotten used to. The nurse proceeded to get everything he needed for the test and asked Izuku to sit down on the wooden stool nearest his desk. Izuku looked at the stool before sitting down, the stool was uncomfortable but he knew the blood test would distract him from it. He removed his black jacket and had to roll up his white shirt. The nurse placed the tourniquet on Izuku's arm and pulled it tight to slow the blood flow, once he was happy he pressed the needle into Izuku's arm and into the vein to draw the blood he needed. It wasn't a lot of blood, just one vial but it seem to take forever for it to fill. His mind drifter to elsewhere whilst he waited for the blood to fill and was snapped back when the nurse pulled out the needled and pressed and bandage on his wound. The tourniquet had been removed and Izuku hadn't even noticed.

The nurse said that he would have the result by the end of the day and to return after class. Izuku thanked him before rolling his sleeve back down and placing his jacket on once more. He sighed in relief that the first part was over with but he wanted to know the results as soon as possible. Izuku was a natural born worrier but he was also a fantastic strategist and could figure out solution quicker than most, which sometime irked the blond Alpha more than he care to admit. He walked out of the nurses office and headed to his classroom for the lessons to start, walking in he found that his desk had once again been vandalised but for him this was the norm, he had even got a cloth ready before he entered the classroom.

He started to clean his desk as the explosive blond walked over, spewing nonsense and hurtful words towards to teen. He wanted to ignore it like he had always done but something inside him did not want to submit to the Alpha in front of him and a small and low growl left his lips. Kacchan was taken aback by the sound the teen had made at him and falter in his advance towards him. Izuku snapped back to reality and saw that Kacchan had stopped coming towards him and felt his chest rumbling, a noise he never heard coming from his mouth. His hands shot up to cover his mouth but the sound continued. The blond Alpha smirked at the realisation that his old Quirkless friend could be an Alpha and pushed his luck with the teen. He released his pheromones into the room and sent a chill through the others in the room, he was determined to get the green haired teen to submit before him like the weakling he was but Izuku stood his ground and the gender inside of him gave him to courage to stand up to his bully. Soon the room was full of oppressive pheromones and growls and the teacher had to come in to separate the two before a full blown fight happened. The teacher scolded them both for their actions and they had to wait in the corridor at either end of the classroom to reflect on their actions. Izuku didn't know what came over him and was mumbling out loud all the things that could of caused it.

"Shut the f**k up you damn nerd! You're a f**king Alpha" Kacchan said to Izuku before turning back and continuing with his reflection.

"I don't know that. I haven't had the results. It could be something else" Izuku said back to the blond. He didn't want to be an Alpha that was Quirkless, it was unheard of to be one but he also knew that this could explain at lot. They had been taught thought out their school lives about the sub genders and being an Alpha brought some major advantages for the teen, but he could also see the disadvantages that came with it. The fact you can only be with an Omega was one of them and that any Omega could cause you to Rut and falsely mark them was another, he wanted to find a partner to love and who shared what he shared and cared about, he didn't want to be limited to a small percent of the population. If he was indeed and Alpha then he would need to look more into it when he got home, he knew that there was a second gender council and they had passed many laws, this would be something else he would be interested in. When Izuku got an idea or a thought he had to know everything about it and researched it until he couldn't find out any more. He had been doing this for a long time with all the hero and people he meet with quirks, he had been keeping journals and was filling them at an alarming rate. He knew about their quirks, what their moves where, their popularity and other things that would class him to be a stalker, but he wasn't, he was just a teen interested in a world full of heroes.

The bell rang to signal the end of the class and Izuku and Katsuki went back inside to be lectured by the teacher once again. The day seemed the pass fast for them both after this and soon it was time for the teen to get his results. He left the classroom quickly so the blond Alpha wouldn't see him and rushed to the nurses office. He knocked once again and waited, his heart was racing and he just wanted to know. The nurse said he could enter and just pointed to the stool once again. Izuku took that as to sit there and he walked over and sat on the uncomfortable stool, looking at the nurse the entire time. The nurse reached inside his desk and pulled out the envelope with his name on before handing it to the teen, who by this time was becoming fidgety and worried. He took the envelope and slowly opened it to see the results. His heart plummeted when he saw that Kacchan was right, he was indeed an Alpha and small tears began to prick the corner of his emerald eyes. The nurse could see he was upset and just placed a hand on the teens shoulder, this caused the tears to flood over and sobbing filled the room.

What Izuku hadn't realised was the his old friend had seen him leave in a hurry and had followed him to the nurses office. He had watched as the teen opened his envelope and had seen the results. He couldn't believe this Quirkless guy was an Alpha like him and just walked away before Izuku could leave and find him there.

"It may be best to discuss this with your mother. You will have to attend Alpha classes to help you control yourself and your pheromones but other than that everything will be OK" The nurse said to the teary teen, who just nodded and wiped the tears away using his jacket sleeve.

Izuku left the office after a while and started on his journey home, his mind full of things he needed to research and of what to tell his mother. Athena on the other hand was being subjugated to things that a teen should never be and she could only wish they would stop or this was a nightmare she would wake from, unfortunately for her that wasn't the case. For them both their journeys had began and fate had started it plan for them, a plan that would leave them both physically and mentally torn, a plan that would cause them to suffer and in a sick way a plan that was full of joy and excitement but fate had a way to mess with everything.