Chapter 1: Tony Stark

Anthony Edward Stark was what some would call a child prodigy. He was a genius among his peers, some of his teachers were convinced that if he really put his mind to hit he could graduate from college before his 18th birthday. He was a natural born scientist and engineer, at the age of 4 he built his first circuit board and only two years later be built an engine from scratch. Yet, with all these gifts there was one thing Tony Stark desired that he could never have, a quirk. Even so, with his intellect he could easily get into any support course in the country and take over his father's company when the time comes, but that was not his dream. Tony Stark wanted to be a hero since the day that changed his life forever.

"Yes, I'm completely sure about moving the company to Japan." Howard Stark said over the phone as the car drove down the streets of Mustafu, Japan. 6-year-old Tony Stark was tired, after what felt like forever on an airplane he was finally about to arrive at his new home. "Listen, please don't tell anyone I told you this but what I told the shareholders about the 'evolving hero market' was bullshit."

"Howard!" Maria Stark exclaimed, "Not in front of Tony!" she said as she covered the young boy's ears.

Howard mouthed a quick apology to his wife as he continued his conversation, "I just have to be in Japan for the foreseeable future. I can't tell anyone why it's just something I have to do." Howard continued, "No I don't need you over here! Obie listen, I need someone I can trust back in the States please, just trust me on this. I'll call again once we get the factory up and running." Howard hung up the phone turned to his wife, "Sorry about that, it's just… I'm sorry for putting you all through this."

"Howard. You know I don't mind, you told me how important this was." Maria replied. "If you should be apologizing to anyone it's Tony he's still not over leaving that engine he built behind." She said with a laugh.

"Yeah our son is a genius!" Howard exclaimed "Aren't you Tony?"

The 6-year-old simply yawned and asked the only thing that had been on his mind for the past few hours, "How much longer till we get there dad?"

Howard sighed, "I don't know Tony. This traffic is getting really bad and we're still a few miles away." The car and all the traffic around it had been brought to a complete stop. Howard asked the drive "What do you think's happening? Is the traffic usually this bad?"

"I don't know sir, could be a villain attack up ahead, those happen every once and a while." The driver looked back and saw how worried Maria had become, "Don't worry ma'am, crime rates have been plummeting ever since All Might showed up. He's the greatest hero in the world!"

Suddenly the young Tony Stark heard the loudest sound he had ever heard in his life. Explosions rocked the streets around them, "Maria! Take Tony and get out of the car!" his father's cry was the last thing he remembered before the sounds grew louder and louder, and his world was overtaken by darkness.

Tony carried the scars from the attack that took the life of his mother from that day forward. The doctors told the young boy that his mother had died shielding him from the explosions, but unfortunately Tony had been struck by shrapnel they were unable to remove without a high risk of killing the child. In order to, prevent the shrapnel from reaching his heart, he had to wear an implanted electromagnet for the rest of his life. For 6 years he had to drag around a car battery to power said electromagnet until he succeeded in miniaturizing one of his father's most important inventions, the Arc Reactor. From there Tony came up with an idea, one that could potentially help him accomplish his dream. His dream to stop other's from facing the same pain he did, to prevent other from dealing from the hardships he endured, his dream to become a hero.

"GODDAMN IT!" Tony screamed, the sound echoing throughout his workshop. For someone who was only 14 his workshop was state of the art, containing everything he needed to build his masterpiece. Yet, as the date of the U.A. High School entrance exams drew closer, it had become increasingly clear to the young Tony Stark that said masterpiece was not going to be finished in time.

The elevator door slid open as a man in a wheelchair emerged from the entryway, "Tony… I could hear you from upstairs if you're going to refuse my help at every turn you could at least keep it down" Howard Stark said with a sigh.

Tony sighed, defeated, "Sorry dad… I just… God this is so frustrating. I wanted to have it completed before the exam but…"

"If it's not going to be ready then focus on perfecting what you have Tony. You have the gauntlets finished right?" Tony nodded. "You are fully capable of passing the exam if the gauntlets are perfected."

"Yeah I just have to solve 'explodes 20% of the time' problem and maybe I'll survive the exam with my hands intact" Tony said sarcastically. Howard sighed, Tony knew full well that if he would just let him help he could figure out the problem in no time. "Dad I know you want to help me with this but… it's just something I have to due on my own. If I can't fix this relatively minor problem on my own… then I'm just not cut out to be a hero."

"Alright son, I understand." Howard said as he wheeled himself towards the elevator, "Tony… I'm really proud of you. You can do this." He said just before the doors closed

"Sir I believe that it's my responsibility to point out you have been making use of my subsystems to try to diagnose the problem" JARVIS, the Stark's personal computer system, chimed in.

"JARVIS you're different!" Tony exclaimed, "If I got dad to help he'd just use his quirk to solve the problem… I can't rely on quirks like everyone else." It was true, Howard Stark's quirk was called, Machine Voice, it gave him control over machines, the more advanced a machine was the more control Howard could exert upon it, but he could still fix the simplest of machines in no time at all. "Alright JARVIS pull up the schematics on the gauntlets again I want to try some adjustments."

AN: Well this is an idea I've had for a very long time and I just haven't had the time to write it down. So with season 3 coming out soon I thought now would be the best time to start. Next chapter will be the entrance exams!