Electric Heart, Ch. 1

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In which Petunia has a Quirk and Lily doesn’t, and that is really the start of everything.

Petunia
Evans manifested her Quirk at the tender age of three. It  wasn’t anything fancy, all she did was get the
mess she’d made eating off of her bib, and her parents registered it as a
‘Cleaning Quirk’. That wasn’t quite what it was, but she didn’t question it
until later. Neither did her parents, as they were busy preparing for the birth
of Petunia’s little sister.

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Little Lily
Evans was a lovely child, and Petunia loved her fiercely. They’d play together,
would read hero magazines with riveted attention and obsess over news reports.

“Just wait
until I get my Quirk!” Lily would chirp. “I’ll be the strongest hero! My name’s
gonna be Tiger Lily!”

“We’ll be
heroes together,” Petunia would vow.

“But your
Quirk is Cleaning,” the younger Evans would then frown.

“I’ll find
a way.” Petunia was young and stubborn in those innocent times. The only thing
that would change about that in coming years was her age.

“It’s a
promise!” Lily would cheer.

But Lily Evans
never manifested a Quirk, and while she still aspired to be a hero, her heart
didn’t seem to be in it anymore. But Petunia never forgot that promise, and in
her idealistic child’s mind, she never considered the possibility that Lily
might.

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