THE NEXT DAY AT UA

Bakugo and Ember walked into Class 1-A. "Look who's back!" Kirishima exclaimed.

"How are you feeling?" Momo asked walking over to Ember.

"I'm f-feeling better. I-I'm still g-getting adjusted to e-everything." Ember quietly told her.

"That's good." Momo said with a smile.

"Everyone please head to your seats! Class will be starting soon!" Ida called out.

Ember looked around startled for a second and then headed over to her seat. A couple of moments later Aizawa walked into the classroom. "Good morning class. Today and tomorrow are the last days before finals. So, I suggest you use the time I will be giving you wisely. I am going to take a nap." Aizawa headed over to a corner got in his sleeping bag and fell asleep. Suddenly Ember's phone rang.

Everyone turned to look at Ember who pulled her phone out of her pocket. Bakugo was the only one to notice how Ember's posture changed from that of someone who was mildly relaxed to someone who was terrified. Ember answered the phone and said, "H-hello?"

"Ember.... where are you?" A familar voice growled at her.

"I-I'm at UA.... w-w-what do y-you w-w-w-want." Ember said taking deep breaths to try to combat the terror that was rising up in her chest.

"You know full well what we want. We've missed you and our play times. Why won't you play with us?" Israfael spoke in a singsong voice. "You don't want bad things to happen, right?" Israfael said dangerously before hanging up.

Ember turned to look at everyone who was staring at her. "I-I've got t-to go." Ember mumbled and ran out of the room.

"What did she say?" Todoroki asked.

"I don't know." Bakugo said casting a nervous look after Ember.

Ember ran off into the wood near U-A. The moment she thought she was a safe enough distance she fell to her knees and screamed. In a 30-foot radius around her everything turned black and rotted. Ember curled up into a ball and started to cry and hyperventilate. Back at UA everyone heard the scream. "What the hell was that?!" Aizawa exclaimed not happy at being woken up.

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Bakugo was halfway out the door and called back, "That was Ember!!" Bakugo toook off running in the direction of the scream.

Aizawa quickly got out of his sleeping bag and ran after Bakugo leaving the rest of Class 1-A staring confusedly after them. "We better go after them. Just in case something's wrong." Ida and the rest of Class 1-A followed in suit.

As they ran into the woods Denki asked, "Guys did these woods ust to be this rotted out?"

"I don't think so!" Jiro exclaimed.

Soon tey came to a clearing where the found Ember curled up surrounded by a crackling force field. "Ember!!! What happened?!" Bakugo exclaimed runnign towards Ember.

Ember just shook her head as she continued to fall deeper into the panic attack. "C-can't s-st-stop." Ember whispered.

"What did she say?" Bakugo asked looking at Jiro.

Suddenly Ember stiffened and and froze as her eyes locked on a figure coming out of the woods. "Ember, sweetheart?" A woman's voice asked.

"Auntie Lilith?" Izuku and Bakugo asked at the same time.

"Auntie?" Shinso asked.

"What are you doing here?" Bakugo asked.

"I was just taking a storll when I saw you running into the woods and I needed to see what was going on." Lilith said in a sweet all sugar and honey voice. Lilith walked over to Ember. "Ember sweetheart. Please lower your force field." Lilith said sweetly, sending a telepathic message into Ember's mind saying you know what to do. Ember nodded and the force field dropped. It was still evident though that she was terrified. "Okay sweetheart name 5 things you can see."

"Th-the decaying t-trees, Bakugo, the s-sky, t-the grass, a-and the s-sun." Ember murmured.

"Very good, now name 4 things you can feel."

"T-the ground, the t-trees, t-the r-rock, the s-soft dirt." Ember stammered.

"Name 3 things you can hear." Lilith spoke gently.

"M-my hear b-beating, t-the wind, mm-my b-breaths." Ember stammered.

"Goodm good. Name 2 things you can smell."

"W-wet dirt, r-rotting w-wood." Ember softly breathed.

"Name 1 thing you can taste."

"M-my mint g-gum." Ember whispered.

Bakugo could tell that Ember was still terrified, but she had calmed down slightly. Lilith leaned into Ember and whispered in her eay, "So I ust sold you to the Lague of Villains for an hour. Do what they want and don't be a nuiscnce."

Ember eyes widened and then she nodded imperceptibly.

Suddenly a portal appeared. Ember's eyes glowed purple and the rest of class 1-A found themselves not able to move. Shigaraki and another man with dark ebony hair stepped out of the portal. "Ember dearest!" The man wiht ebony hair crooned.

"Don't hurt them... please." Ember said in the loudest voice they had heard her talk in a while.

"Then you know what to do...Ember." The Bone shaker said with malice.

Ember nodded and walked towards the portal. "EMBER!!! RELASE US!!! WE CAN HELP YOU!!! EMBER!!!!!!!" Bakugo screame as Ember walked into the portal.

Once Ember had walked through the portal the force keeping Class 1-A stationary disappeared. "EMBER!!!!!" Bakugo ran at the closing portal. He then collapsed to his knees and buried his face into his hands.