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It was really cold. Izuku was just bored and wanted to explore. It wasn't his fault he got caught in a snow storm and was now holding out in a cave. Regardless he was still cold and felt like his coat wasn't doing anything.
He decided to move further into the cave to maybe get a little more warmth. With hesitant steps he made his way deeper into the cave guided by the flashlight on his phone. It was dark but not horrible, the cave seemed to be abandoned and looked stable from what little he knew about exploring caves from his little info rabbit holes, damn ADHD.
He traveled for a bit when there was a click. Izuku froze, bracing for some sort of ambush or attack, but all that happened was a bunch of lamps along the walls he hadn't noticed lit up. That totally wasn’t amonous as fuck. After getting over the initial shock he was curious so he follows the lanterns, which oddly are lit by fire, maybe a quirk.
He plans on going back to check on the storm but a little farther down he sees that the path turns and opens into somewhere. Following the path Izuku finds it opens to a laboratory of sorts. Ignoring the dingy look and all the dust he enters.
The room seems organized but messy, like someone was frantically looking for something.
He walks through the many shelves examining the odd things. “Nether Warts? Ghast Tear? Redstone? Fermented Spider Eye!!? The heck is this place?” moving away from the shelves Izuku sees a work bench and a…. Cauldron?
On the bench is a book. Izuku approaches, the covers and spine of the book are leather and look beautiful, but ancient. “Handbook of magic, spells, and potions.” What an odd title. Izuku opens the book and flips through the pages. His eyes widen as he reads what seem to be spells. He recognizes some of the ingredients from the shelves.
Izuku begins to read further but, “Midorya Izuku!!” A masculine voice calls out for him, he runs back to the entrance of the cave.
“I’m here” Izuku calls back.
He exits the cave to find a man in bright yellow with a dog. “Are you Midoriya Izuku?” a tall muscular man asks.
“Yes I am” Izuku responds and puts his arms up to block some of the wind and snow.
The man grabs a walkie-talkie that was strapped to his bright yellow coat and speaks into it.” I’ve got the kid, coppy.”
A “ Coppy” Comes back through.
“Kid” Izuku looks up “I’m Kimura Haruto I’m here to take you back to the Lodge” The man, Kimura, unloops a rope from his belt. “I’m gonna tie this around your waist so you don't get separated, is that ok”.
Izuku nods and keeps his arms up to let Kimura tie the rope around him.
The trek back to the lodge takes a bit but they eventually make it back.
When they arrive Izuku is bombarded by medical personnel checking for hypothermia, police berating him for going out without checking the weather and when all of that is over his mother frets over him and barely lets him out of her sight the rest of the day.
By the time his mother finally calmed down enough to go to bed he finally got a chance to properly process what he found.
“Magic” he whispers into the dark room filled with the sounds of his mothers steady breathing and rustling from the rooms next door.
He decides to go back to look around and explore the cave and book tomorrow… or when the storm blows over.