requested by danielgaraybe

peace and quiet

tokoyami revelled in the comfortable noise of nothing

unfortunately, like all good things

it didn't last

a storm was forecasted

and his little moment in the sun enjoying the peace had to come to a close

and now he had to endure the noisiness that is his classmates

sighing, he went into the kitchen to get himself a snack

but when fishing for the apples within the apple basket

one, in particular, caught his eye

reaching it out he noticed it was a red, orange and yellow apple with black spirals covering its surface

it was memorizing and he couldn't help himself as he bit into the fiery affected fruit

but although it was beautiful in appearance

it wasn't so much in taste

tokoyami tried to spit the chunk out but he unintentionally swallowed it whole

gaging he threw the supposedly out of date apple in the bin and went to the tap to wash away the disgusting taste away

but the taste refused to leave, he was so desperate to make it leave that he spilt water all over his head and top

"yo, bro are you ok, did you set fire to your feathers or something," asked Kirishima coming into the kitchen to get his own snack, only to be met with a dripping wet classmate

"yes, um..don't go near the apples, they're horribly out of date" tokoyami explained sheepishly as he went out the kitchen and towards his room

he was met with some odd looks from his other classmates but he was too tired to care

apparently trying to get a horrible taste out of your mouth and continues to stay takes a lot out of you

reaching his room he closed the door and grabbed his fluffiest blankets and laying on his bed

he wouldn't admit it as it would ruin his image of the dark prince but he loved to stack fluffy blankets on his bed and just sleep in a nest of comfiness

but the persistent winds from his window prevented him from being warm

and he was really not in the mood

it was a good idea to open them to get some fresh air in his stuffy room when it was warm

but now he had to go from his comfy bed to the cold winds from his windows

he didn't bother dark shadow because if he wakes up, he won't get any sleep

only the windows seemed to be stuck

as he struggled to get it closed

a shining white light with a fiery line crossing through it

struck tokoyami straight into his chest

causing him to fly back onto his bed and the window to snap shut

and so did his eyes

(the next morning)

"ughhh" tokoyami groaned

tokoyami had woken up to dizziness and strange sensation in his chest

it was warm

placing a hand to his head he swore he was getting a fever

getting up he slowly walked to his bathroom, staggering slightly

he got a cloth and dampened it to get his temperature down

only when he placed the wet material on his head

he had to drop it instantly as it started to hurt

"ow, what?" he muttered in confusion

shaking his head he turned to the mirror to see what caused the pain on his head

only it caused him to yell in surprise

just like the apple his feathers were now a brilliant mix of orange, yellow and red

like a still fire

he could only stare in awe

poking his feathers one by one

he noticed that every single one of them had changed and was now admitting a warm glow

"fumi, what's...what happened" began darkshadow, coming out of his host's body from its slumber, awoken by the sudden change of emotion, only to come out and see all his host's feathers changed

but tokoyami didn't answer staring at his quirk with even more shock

"what?" darkshadow asked

before catching his reflection in the mirror

it seemed like darkshadow was also affected by the same change

his figure now lighting up like a floating blaze

he backed up in shock

but his figure seemed to catch a bit of the showers curtain

causing it to set ablaze

both screamed as they tried to put the fire out

they were successful but now the curtain was a pile of ash

"ok...um" tokoyami began, trying to calm himself as well as catch his breath

"I think for now you need to return so things like this don't happen" tokoyami instructed

"ok, but will you be ok?" the dark shadow asked

"I'll be fine" tokoyami reassured his quirk

even though he knew he was lying

"tokoyami?" he heard a voice call outside his room, it was muffled but it sounded like midoriya

"yes?" he asked, trying to play dumb, he knew that his scream would attract attention, but he really didn't need people to see him like this, he needed time to research this for himself

"We heard a scream and we wanted to know if you're ok," momo muffled voice said worriedly

"I..uh..darkshadow just scared me, that's all" tokoyami responded, figuring it was the only good excuse for a scream, not much would make him do so

"well can you come out then, we need to make sure you're ok" Iida's declaring voice shouted through the wall

(how many people are out there?) tokoyami grumbled to himself

"I...I'm actually getting into the shower so-" tokoyami tried to lie before a more vicious voice was heard from the other side of the door

"get out here bird brain or so help me I will blow this fxxking door down!"

it made tokoyami cringe

but sighing in defeat he opened the door to meet his fate

he was welcomed with a round of gasps

which soon turned into a split of laughs and questions of concern

"talk about a hair dye fail" laughed Minetta before getting a foot to the face

"well you see-" tokoyami tried to say before being interrupted

"I didn't know you liked this stuff, I thought you were a more dark prince," sero said in confusion

"I'm not it-" tokoyami tried again but failed

"I like it, a fiery effect" awed mina, she reached out to touch his feathers

"wait!" tokoyami tried to warn

but mina's hand had already touched them

and immediately her hand started to glow

luckily her screams were caught short as Todoroki covered her hand in his ice

"mina I'm so sorry, I don't know what happened" tokoyami apologised

luckily for him, a mina was a very forgiving person

"ok, I have a feeling you didn't want this" kiminari suggested

"you think" tokoyami muttered

usually, that voice would render everyone silent

yet it seemed to cause light chuckles

"heh, sorry, kinda hard to take you seriously as this" Jiro muttered

tokoyami sighed in annoyance

"Anyway, do you know what might have caused this?" ochaco asked

tokoyami tried to think

it was still quite fuzzy

"Could it be why you were soaking wet yesterday?" Kirishima

and just like that, it seemed as if a lightbulb went off in his brain

and to which no one told him made his feathers glow brighter

"the apple, I ate a great looking but horrible tasting apple yesterday could be the reason why," tokoyami said as he rushed down to the kitchen

putting on a pair of gloves he tried to fish out the fruit from the bin

"this one," he said

and instead of disgust, he was met with "ooh's" to the amazing design

"wait..and then I got hit by a weird lightning thing" tokoyami continued, his memories all coming back

"WHAT?" they exclaimed

"I need to see if there's been anything like this before" tokoyami rambled to himself

only he was stopped by the two fire quirk users, bringing him to the coach

"First you need to calm down, if this is like your original quirk then you need to keep calm" Todoroki instructed

tokoyami tried to make up an excuse but he knew they were right

so while the others tried to find any clues on the apple

tokoyami, bakugo and Todoroki stayed in the main room, to try and find out exactly what his new powers were, in case they had to deal with this for a while

they found that when he was deep in thought his feathers shone brightly

darkshadow was a literal phoenix

and if any of them touched any surface it would instantly become alight

"sorry tokobro, we couldn't find anything" sighed Kirishima as all 1-A students returned to the main room, looking very defeated

"it's ok, you all tried you're best, and I thank you all for trying your hardest" tokoyami said

which all people smiled fondly at the bird-headed boy

"on the plus side" hagakure began

"the storms finally are gone," she said, pointing outside to the now clear sky yet wet grass

but soon as she said that tokoyami's chest and head soon started to cool down

"tokoyami?" asked midoriya

but tokoyami was too preoccupied in his changing

now his appearance was starting to change

his feathers soon turning back to their normal midnight black

"Hey, you're back to normal" cheered asui

"yeah, I-" tokoyami began

that before his chest and head/feathers soon started to become cold

his feathers now turning electric icy blue

he started to shiver as he reached for the visible blankets

"here we go again" Todoroki sighed, patting the poor chattering ice ravens shoulder