A Diamond in the Rough [Discontinued ON WATTPAD (Read Desc)]

Chapter 1- Coal

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"Sorry kid, but it's not going to happen'. Those were the words reverberating through 5-year old Izuku Midoriya's mind. A few hours earlier he had gone to see the doctor regarding an x-ray he had take a week prior. The results were... disappointing to say the least. Izuku was upset, having cried an hour earlier as his mom tried to "console" him. Inko Midoriya's words had however done naught but make the already downtrodden child feel worse. He didn't want to hear that she was sorry, he wanted some form of support. He wanted to hear 'You can be a hero!'

Currently we find Izuku sitting on a park-bench alone. He had left his home an hour back, seeking to collect his thoughts. It was around 5:00 in the evening, but it was a weekday, so he didn't need to worry about too many other kids being at the playground, he could be alone to think.

'Why can't I have a quirk!' Izuku mentally yelled at himself. 'It's not fair!' At this point, tears were beginning to form on Izuku's green eyes. Izuku was starting to come to the realization that the world is not fair. Not everyone gets what they want, and not everyone is created equal. For a 5-year old to face this, it was gut wrenching.

Izuku is a plain boy, black and green bushy-curly hair, deep green eyes, and freckles dotted along his cheeks. He had hoped he could have some flashy quirk to make up for his blandness, he wanted to be just like his idol, the top hero All Might. Now though, Izuku's thoughts wouldn't stop rampaging, and he started getting a headache.

'Kacchan has a cool quirk... but I don't' *sigh*. Izuku hopped of the bench and began walking home, his mom would be worried if he stayed out too late, plus it didn't matter how much he moped, he was going to remain quirkless, and he felt his headache growing as well. Thinking more about it however, Izuku began to realize something, "Who cares!" Despite not having a quirk, Izuku knew that if he tried hard enough, he could be a hero. He would need to try harder than those with quirks, but that did not matter to the 5-year old.

However, before Izuku succumbed to his new resolve he heard a bark. Turning around he saw three dogs, and not just any dogs, these dogs were huge... and they looked angry. "Oh- he-hello d-doggies." Izuku was frightened, even the smallest dog of the group dwarfed him in size. "Pl-please stay back doggies, I-I-I-I can't pl-play right now!" Near the end of his sentence Izuku was nearly shouting, as the dogs were slowly creeping towards his position. Before they could get too close to him though, Izuku began to run.

"Somebody help me!" Tears were streaming down his face, he didn't want to die. He didn't need to turn back to know that the dogs had also begun chasing him, as he could hear the deep guttural roars of the canines still behind him. He didn't know where to run, but he knew that despite the tears clouding his vision, he needed to keep his eyes open, as the slightest stumble would leave him at the mercy of the dogs. His headache had also started getting worse the moment he met the dogs, and only got worse as soon as he began running away.

Izuku was running over bushes, through alleyways, and over fences, hoping to outrun the dogs. These things did not slow down the dogs by much, only kept them back at a distance, and they were very slowly catching up to Izuku.

Before he realized, Izuku ended up at a stream in the middle of the forest. The same forest he would go to with his friend Kacchan to catch bugs and other small critters, and it seemed that this would unfortunately also be where he met his end. Izuku turned around and saw the three dogs slowly approaching him.

"Please get away! Someone help me!" Izuku slowly backed away as he screamed for help, his head throbbing as he moved. As he was backing away, he tripped, and fell on his butt. Scared Izuku began throwing stones from the river's bank." Get away doggies! Please leave me alone!" The dogs seemed to only get angrier the more he yelled, and the more rocks he threw. Izuku's headache had also reached its peak, coincidentally Izuku didn't realize that what he had been throwing weren't rocks, but lumps of coal someone had dumped in the woods.