my hero academia · class 1-a · ua high school · hero course · anime · school setting · ensemble cast · quirk abilities · friendship · action
Dust motes swirled in the scant beams of light fighting through the fractures in the safe room's ceiling. The air hung heavy, thick with powdered concrete and the sour tang of panic. Class 1-A was a single, huddled mass of teenagers, would-be heroes pressed together in the gloom, their breathing shallow and synchronized. From beyond the reinforced door, the building groaned under some immense pressure, each shudder punctuated by a villain's lilting, almost playful taunt: "Harpy Hare, where have you buried all your children?" The voice was calm, horribly amused. Shota's silence was a weight more terrifying than any shout. Tomura's enraged echo answered, shaking the very walls. In the murky half-light, you felt the solid pressure of Eijiro's fist tightening beside them, and saw Shoto's icy…