Saitama gave out a loud yawn as he regained consciousness and used a hand to wipe the sleep out of his eyes. As he pushed himself into a sitting position he opened his eyes slightly to allow light, or lack thereof, to enter. Unable to see much he cracks his eyes open and takes in his surroundings which are, to his surprise, a dark room in which resided several cages.

Within each of these cages rested one, or several, human beings, most of which were naked. He himself was also in a cage, though thankfully whomever kidnapped him had left him his clothes.

"Whoever put me in this cage is going to be sorry. Don't they know that there's a bargain sale at the super market today?"

Without much in mind other than wanting to put whomever put him in a cell in his place and hoping that he didn't miss the sale at the super market Saitama stood up and took a steel bar in each hand before easily bending them open. With that done he stepped out, and with no hesitation walked over to the next cage before opening it.

As he did so he didn't bother taking note of the human inside of the cage giving him a strange look before laying his head down and going back to sleep. Saitama went around and did this for all the cages before turning to the thick concrete that made up the walls of the building. Without much hesitation he pulled his fist back before blowing a hole clean through the twelve-inch wall and then set off to find the super market, but not before making whomever put all those people in cages pay.

--

Bad Business, a fairly fierce looking stallion whose coat was a light slate gray with a black mane and tail, sat in the office at his self-run pawn shop. Of course the shop was merely a cover up for his more nefarious business dealings, human trafficking. While selling human was most certainly not illegal, using them for arena fights most certainly was, yet that was where the real money was.

As such he found himself capturing several wild humans, the more fierce the better (Besides ponies would get suspicious if local humans suddenly went missing), and selling them to the highest bidder. Of course he would never partake in the arena fights himself for he was a stallion who liked to keep things stable and in his odds which gambling, of course, was not.

And as a stallion whom liked things to stay stable he found himself thoroughly annoyed when a messenger had burst in claiming that somehow, somepony had bust through the walls of his warehouse and had attempted to set all his captured humans free.

"So you're saying that someone somehow bust through a twelve-inch thick wall of concrete and opened all the cages without anypony noticing?"

"Yes sir. Luckily we were able to contain the humans and keep them all from escaping. Well, all except one."

"No matter, one human isn't a huge loss. It's not like they can tell anypony anything anyways. What concerns me most is that now there appears to be some kind of do-gooder trying to interfere with my business. Bring a message back, tell them I want the hide of whoever did this or I'll have their hides instead."

"Y-Yes sir!"

As the courier took off Bad Business leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh.

"If they haven't contacted the authorities yet then there's still a chance to keep this isolated. I'll find out who did this and when I do they'll have a lot to answer for."

--

"Huh, no one was around. You'd think theyd've at least shown themselves so I could beat them up. Ah well, I still don't know where the heck I am though. I can see a town off in the distance so maybe someone there knows something."

Saitama set off at a jog towards the town in the hopes that he could get a lead on whoever had locked him up. Preferably he could settle everything before the super market closed, veggies were cheap after all. It took little more than half an hour for him to reach the fringes of the settlement when he noticed something weird.

"What the hell? Is this a monster village?"

Every single inhabitant of the village was a variation of some kind of equine monster, there were some with wings, some with horns that appeared to posses psychic powers, and those that looked to be normal.

"Hmm, well I guess it couldn't hurt to try anyways. If they attack me then I'll just beat them all."

With that he took a step into the settlement of strange creatures, hoping that someone here would be able to help him figure out where he was. As he walked into the town he decided on a course of action and swiftly walked towards the nearest equine which just so happened to be a light, but not unappealing, shade of pink with a light amber mane and tail as well as having a trio of lilies on her flank.

As he neared the mare looked up at him and her face went through a mixture of expressions. As Saitama made to speak he was cut off by the pink mare.

"Ugh, I can't believe some ponies just let their humans roam free like that. What if somepony got hurt? Not to mention the tacky way he's dressed."

Saitama was silent as the mare shook her head before turning away from him and trotting down the path that lead deeper into the small village. Saitama scratched his head in confusion as he tried to figure out what that had been about.

"Rude much? Ah well I'll just find someone else to ask."

He looked around for a second before spotting another pony standing behind a counter covered mostly in carrots. This pony appeared to be a regular equine like the other one, but this one had a soft golden coat with a curly gamboge orange mane and tail. On her flank was a picture of a grouping of carrots.

"Huh, I guess they all have those. Well whatever, hopefully she'll know where I am."

Saitama made his way up to what he assumed was some sort of carrot stand like they had in the old days before super markets. He really hoped he could get back before the sale at the super market was over. Nevertheless as he approached the mare looked up and smiled at him.

"Hey there big guy," she spoke softly, as if to not scare him away, "I don't get many human customers. Are you here shopping for your owner?"

"Actually I just want some directions."

The mare's mouth went agape and her eye began twitching before she finally stopped reacting at all.

"Uh, are you okay?"

He gave the mare a small poke which sent her tumbling to the ground, unresponsive.

"Is everyone here weird? Ah well there's plenty more people to ask."

With a few more people in sight Saitama set off to see if any of them could tell him what he needed to know, however each of their responses were to either faint or run off screaming. In the end he couldn't find one single person that could give him any idea on where he was or where he needed to go.

Saitama let out a sigh of annoyance at the lack of leads or knowledge, no longer sure of what his next action should be. He sat down and leaned back for a bit of rest when he spotted what appeared to be a large crystalline structure rising above the other buildings in the area.

"Hmm," he pondered while picking his nose, "That place looks important. Maybe someone there can help me."

With renewed vigor Saitama pushed himself up and took off towards the massive structure at a leisurely pace. As he made his way through the town he found that most of the creatures that inhabited it ignored him.

I guess that's good for me. The more time I spend dealing with monsters is less time for me to get to the super market.

While working towards reaching the out of place monstrosity Saitama found himself taking in the scenery of this quaint little town. He had never really seen any towns before, for most of his life he'd lived in City Z and had only really ever traveled to other cities when there was a disaster. As such Saitama found the lack of all the harsh noises of the city to be relaxing. That was one of the reasons why he chose to live in the abandoned part of Z City , well that and the rent was really cheap.

"I wonder if this is what Genos' hometown was like before it got destroyed."

That reminded him! What happened to Genos? Was Genos taken too? If he was then he might need help. Just another reason to figure out what was going on around here. Of course Genos was pretty strong so he could handle himself, but he was also an S-Class so a lot of people know who he is. Since he, himself, was relatively unknown it was unlikely that they really took any precautions in capturing him.

"Ahh! This is too much, I'm just gonna figure out what happened and then decide on what to do next."

A little while longer and Saitama finally found himself standing in front of the weird out-of-place building that appeared to be some kind of cross between a tree and a fairy tale castle. Without any other ideas he made his way up the front stairs and raised his fist before he knocked on the door.

--

Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship and former student to Princess Celestia, was having a rather boring day within a rather boring week. Of course with as much that happens around here she should be enjoying this time off from all the craziness that usually accompanied living in Ponyville.

Instead she only felt apprehensive because a boring week in Ponyville always always meant that something big was going to happen, and soon. Of course without knowing what it was there was no way to prepare for what was to come, and as such she could only wait patiently.

Twilight Sparkle was, in fact, so anxious that she found herself unable to read. Unable to read. Her! If anything she was beginning to hope that whatever was going to happen would happen soon so she could just get things over with and get back to normal. Thankfully for her she found a distraction when she heard somepony knocking at the door to her castle.

Making her way downstairs she used her magic to try and make herself at least presentable to guests before she reached the front door. She cleared her voice as she readied herself to great whomever was at the door before she used her magic to pull open the door to reveal... a human?

"Oh, uh, hey there big guy. Are you lost? Do you need help finding your owner?"

"I'm just trying to figure out where I am."

"Who said that?" Twilight questioned, craning her neck in an attempt to see if anypony stood behind the human.

"I did." the human spoke, waving his hand at her.

"I, you, but, what?"

"Hey, are you ok?"

Twilight felt the world tilt as the ground rushed up to meet her.

--

"Ahh!"

Twilight bolted upright gasping for breath. After a few seconds Twilight settled down and realized that she was in on of the many bedrooms of her castle.

"Phew, it was just a dream."

"Hey you're awake."

Twilight's head swung towards the source of the voice and found the same human from the dream sitting in a chair near the bed.

"HI, I'm Saitama."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

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