Izuku gathered up his pens and pencils, stuffing them into his bag. He was going to take the UA entrance exams. He was leavizng early, because he was certain at least two heroes would stop him on his way, making him explain who he really was, and no, he wasn't some dangerous criminal running around.

  Quirkist assholes.

  Just because a lovecraftian monster that looks like it's from the dawn of time is running around doesn't mean it's a villain.

  At least not in this case.

  Izuku put on the quirk suppressors halfway down the street. He took them off when there were fewer people around, and put them back on for the quick three minute train ride. He was pushing it, but as it was so early not many people were around.

  He was stopped by one hero who tried to scold him for quirk usage, but Izuku told him it was passive, and that he couldn't control it. All the hero saw was an Eldrich tentacle claw monster with a deep voice talking to him about quirks.

  Izuku made it to UA twenty minutes early, and was greeted by a tired man in a black jumpsuit and big grey scarf.

  This man feared death, but not his own. He feared for the safety of his students. The grim reaper took his familiar form around Izuku.

  The man seemed startled by his appearance, but knew about Izuku's quirk beforehand.

  "You're Midoriya?" He asked.

  The grim reaper nodded his skull.

  "Come with me." The hero said.

  Izuku followed the man towards the main building.

  "Why the grim reaper?" The man asked.

  "Because he is who you fear most. Not for your own sake, but for your students, and those you care about." The reaper growled.

  The man brought Izuku to a door.

  "Wait here a moment." He said, stepping inside.

  Izuku just nodded.

  Three feared death for the same reason as the sleepy man.. one feared All for One, a few others feared becoming incompetent as heroes, and one appeared fearless. Izuku couldn't read them properly though, so it was most likely principal Nezu. Izuku couldn't tell what animals feared as well as he could humans.

  There was a moment's conversation within, and Izuku's name was called.

  The greenette stepped through the door, into the large meeting room. Somebody screamed. One of the ones that feared incompetence. To their eyes, Izuku looked like a disgusting Eldrich monster. His face and body were constantly shifting, transforming between different horrors.

  A skinny blonde man coughed up blood, then relaxed. He was the one that feared All for One. He was just as afraid of the man as All Might was. No... Izuku was just as powerful as when he'd met All Might.

  Izuku forced All for One to manifest for the rest of the heroes to see. It would make it easier, as he was quite plain looking, similarly to Izuku.

  "Mr Midoriya, thank you for joining us." A rat squeaked from the head of the table.

  Izuku bowed politely.

  "Not at all principal Nezu, it's my pleasure." All for One's silky smooth voice responded.

  Nezu seemed intrigued.

  "You look, sound and act just like him... Do you also have his abilities?" He asked.

  All for One smirked. The blonde man's fear skyrocketed, sending energy surging through Izuku.

  "Indeed." He replied smoothly. "I have each and every one of his abilities. I apologize sir, however this form is the one most suited for a meeting. A tentacle monster, or a beast of the deep wouldn't quite be as fitting." He said to the blonde man.

  The man waved his hand.

  "It's quite alright Young Midoriya, I understand."

  The pro hero Midnight raised her hand.

  "What exactly is your quirk? And why do you look different to the photograph in your application?" She asked.

  All for One turned to the heroine.

  "My quirk is called Fearmonger. It's best explained by calling it a nightmare. Dreams are controlled by your subconscious, alongside your fears. When combined, you get nightmares. My quirk draws out these fears, and night terrors, and manifests them into physical form."

  All for One pointed to All Might.

  "My appearance right now is courtesy of this gentleman, as he fears the man I now have the form of. In your case..." Izuku said.

  All for One turned to mush, swirling, expanding and becoming a flowing robe. His skin, flesh and eyes melted from his skull, flowing down his body and becoming the bloody scythe. The grim reaper now towered over the heroes.

  "What you and three others here fear is death. You worry for your student's lives, and so that is what I become." The skull grated.

  "Can we see what you really look like?" Nezu asked, unfazed.

  The reaper turned to the sleepy man.

  "You are Eraserhead, correct? Would you mind?" The reaper asked.

  The hero activated his quirk, and the grim reaper shrank, folding itself into a much smaller body with green eyes, green hair and a big smile.

  "My name is Izuku Midoriya, it's nice to meet you!" He said brightly.

  _________________

  Izuku took the written exam separately from the other students. He the reaper's form, as Aizawa supervised his exam.

  The greenette watched the presentation from outside the auditorium, and was the first to the busses. He sat down, unfortunately losing the reaper's form for now. Once the other examinees arrived Izuku was bombarded with a deluge of children's fears.

  The dark, tight spaces, open water, sharks, dogs, rabbits (Izuku didn't want to know), the Iida family name being tarnished, parent's well-being, dying, and a few big time villains were sprinkled in there too.

  Everybody avoided Izuku like the plague. He'd become a Cthulu like monster, all writhing tentacles over weird animal body. He actually kept his green hair though, score! It wasn't curly though, and it was more toxic waste than healthy leaf green.

  Parent's well-being was forced to sit beside him because there were no seats left. Izuku sighed, forcing the grim reaper to replace pseudo Cthulu.

  "Izuku Midoriya." The skull rattled. "Nice to meet you."

  He held out a thin skeletal hand to the brunette.

  "O-Ochako U-Uraraka..." She said, shaking his hand.

  The reaper just nodded, facing forwards once again.

  The bus drove for a few minutes without incident. Chatter had broken out once the examinees realized the skeleton wasn't going to hurt them. Maybe.

  The bus thumped over a pothole, just startling most people.

  Izuku's head fell off. The skull plopped right into his hands, and his jaw hung open.

  He held up his head, turning it to the wide eyed Uraraka.

  "Kiekiekiekiekie!" He cackled. "I didn't know I could do this!"

  Izuku held out the skull and posed as dramatically as he could whilst sitting on the bus.

  "Oh.. Izuku.. I knew him once. Kiekiekiek!"

  Uraraka giggled quietly, while Izuku tried to figure out how to reattach his head.

  "I'm totally gonna spook mum with that later!" He muttered gleefully.

  The bus stopped outside a large wall and a massive pair of doors. The examinees all got off the bus, while Izuku finally got his head back on.

  The observation room was on top of the wall, but he could still feel the fear from here. The strongest fear Izuku had ever felt.

  All for One adjusted his white collar, a smirk dancing on his lips.

  "Let us see what this supervillain can do..."