Chapter 1: A (Small) Price to Pay
“RAAARGH ALL YOU HUMANS WILL DIE BY MY HANDS!” I heard a booming voice announce itself after the next explosion launched a red sports car past me. “JUST TRY AND STOP ME!”
I flipped my cape aside and raised a red-gloved fist as I got closer to the monster ahead. Rainbow Dash was standing before it, shaking a fist at it. Correction, she was shaking both fists at it.
“Oh?” The monster was a giant elephant standing on two legs, with at least six tusks coming out of its mouth. It had two gigantic hands instead of front legs. “You think you can defeat me, hero? You’re going to fail. Just go home. Do you know who I am? I am Helifantium! I am an all powerful creature of the Amazing Desert, who was infected by toxins spread by you humans! Now I have come here to erase you all from nature!”
“There’s an Amazing Desert?” Rainbow asked it. “I thought there was only an Amazing Forest.”
“That’s not relevant!” Helifantium raised its arms skyward. “What matters is me teaching all of you a lesson right here, right now! Behold!”
As it held its palms up, the monster’s trunk began to rotate and it began to rotate so fast that I thought it was going to fly off its face. With each rotation, more and more wind began to get sucked up over its head, between its hands, forming into a vortex of destruction.
Rainbow began running circles around the monster, running so fast that she began to form a tornado of her own, trying to cancel out Helifantium’s, but in the end, it didn’t work and it kicked a foot out, tripping Rainbow and sending her rolling into a pile of garbage that miraculously hadn’t gotten sucked up in the gale, though at Rainbow’s expense.
“Guess it’s time to step in.” I walked in, holding a hand over the top of my head.
Helifantium saw me walking over and it laughed at me. “Ha! Who are you? Another hero wannabe? Come to stop me like your friend? I’d like to see you give it a shot, puny human! What’s with that costume anyway? Makes you look dumb. And that hair! Are you ba-”
The monster didn’t get to finish its sentence, because my red-gloved fist found its way through the monster’s guts and the force of the blow created a rush of wind that canceled out the monster’s vortex, once again bringing the sun out over the now empty Canterlot streets. Guts rained from above, some of them staining my cape, and the street. Nothing out of the ordinary. Rainbow looked up from her pile of garbage and gave me a thumbs up.
“They really never learn…” I looked at my smoking fist and patted the hair on my head. “Hey, Rainbow, you okay?”
Months ago
It had been five in the morning when I hurt my arm when I smashed it down on my alarm clock. The pain had jolted me out of my stupor and I leapt out of bed as I remembered what today was.
Today was the day of the costume convention I had been preparing all month for.
As I throw open my window shades, I push my window open and take in a breath of fresh air. It smelt a little musty, but I was away from the city, so I didn’t get all that pollution a city-goer would have. It was still dark out, but I had chosen to get up early because of two reasons. The first, was so that I could throw my entire ensemble together for my costume. Two, I just couldn’t wait.
I grabbed a pair of kitchen gloves that was resting atop my circular wooden table, where I had left the ceiling fan on overnight to dry the red that I had painted on. Next to it, on a chair, was my outfit, which was a yellow jumpsuit I had sewn together. Yup, I can sew. It was something I had picked up when I was seven years old. I never really saw a need for it, but I thought it could be useful. Good thing, right?
Once I slipped the gloves and jumpsuit on, I returned to my bedroom, which was down the hallway from the kitchen. I grabbed the edges of my white bedsheet and plucked it off my bed, fastening it around my neck. This was to be my cape. All that was left were my belt and my boots, which were also painted red, but I had done that the day earlier, so they were already by the doorway.
If you haven’t already guessed, I was going to the convention dressed as Saitama from One Punch Man. Why Saitama? Well, it was because he’s really strong and no one could beat him. That’s just incredible, isn’t it? My favourite One Punch Man character is Metal Bat, but I didn’t want to go as him, because of the reason I stated above.
I then had quite the early breakfast of toast and salsa, which was quite decent, all things considered. Oh! By the way, I haven’t introduced myself. My name is Georg Filipe Mendoza, but you can just call me Georg. I’m a little private with my age, so let’s just say that I go to high school. I love comics, manga, video games, movies, anything you can name, I probably enjoy.
So when my watch hit six thirty, I left my home and began my walk down the streets over to the costume convention. I haven’t been to a CostumeCon in a long time, and it was nice to get to go again after so long. I normally buy a ton of merchandise and I haven’t had anything new to display in ages, mainly because of a virus that happened a while back. I had to stay home for quite some time and I missed two CostumeCons because of it.
By the time I got to the convention, I’m all sweaty and out of breath, but at least I had an hour to sit around and cool off for a bit. Didn’t want to stink when I took pictures with people.
I went to a washroom and mopped back my light black hair before inspecting my face and my costume. Everything I had on was in order and I looked exactly like Saitama, which was a good job if I may say so. The only difference between us now was that I still had hair. My hair was really important to me, because I looked bad bald, and I wasn’t going to shave it off just because I was cosplaying a bald character. I just thought of it as a wig, like that time Saitama infiltrated the martial arts tournament as Charanko. I thought it was always cool when people underestimate him, only to find out he’s so much more than anyone they know. That just goes to show to never judge a book by its cover, right?
Once everything was set and the convention was opened, I strolled on in and went straight to the merchandise booths to have a look. There were all kinds of figurines of so many different characters, but I had only brought so much money, so I would have to only get what I really wanted. There were things from all the anime I liked, like Naruto, Attack on Titan, and even something like Goblin Slayer. They all had cool figurines to get, but eventually, I found something better, which were Saitama and Genos keychains. It had been a real steal at twelve dollars each.
After a little more browsing, I went around taking pictures of the famous cosplayers I see on the internet, like Youtube or something. I asked some people if they wanted to have photos with me, but in the end, everyone said no. One guy even had the nerve to say that my hair didn’t match and it ruined my outfit. I just shrugged and went away, saying he had his opinion and I had mine. Personally, I didn’t think my hair was such a big problem like he did. As I watched him leave, I imagined myself giving him a good punch if I was actually Saitama. Oh, how great of a moment that would've been if I had Saitama's powers, right?
A few more hours into the convention, I found a store by the edge of the zone, featuring replica objects from various characters. To my joy, the stinky old man behind the booth had a pair of red gloves, exact replicas of the ones Saitama had, which were much better than the red kitchen gloves I had on. I purchased them and immediately threw them on, but once I did, I felt as though the world began to spin. I didn’t know what was going on, but I thought I might need a rest, so I began walking towards a bench.
But I never made it there.
I think I must’ve blacked out at some point, because when I came to, I wasn’t even in the CostumeCon anymore. Everything around me smelt like… nature, and I was in some grassy field which looked a little too unnaturally green and there were purple hills to my left and a small town to my right. This town was weird, with buildings that didn’t seem to be able to stand, but yet, there they were. It was all quiet and there were various colourful shapes walking around in town. When I got up to inspect them closer, I realized they were all…
“Ponies?!” I grabbed my head in disbelief. Down there, there were dozens of ponies, all of various colours and shapes.
They seemed to be doing everyday tasks, like grocery shopping, selling, and even hanging out. I had somehow found myself in a world of sentient ponies? I don’t even know how I got here, but I decided to look down and check myself. I still had on my Saitama attire and the new gloves I bought. That was good. I didn’t want my money to go to waste.
As a sense of loneliness and fear began to creep into my skin, I decided the best thing to do was to go to that town to see if there was a way home. When I realized the ponies could talk, I began asking them questions about my current location and how I could get home.
“You’re in Equestria,” one purple pony said quite naturally, as if I wasn’t the first human to come here. “You’re either free to stay here or you can go through a magical mirror we have over in the Castle of Friendship there.” She pointed to a purple castle that sat atop some kind of crystalline tree over by the other side of town.
“Still can’t believe I’m talking to a pony, but thanks!” I said and walked on.
It was all so weird to be in this world. It was as though I was in a kid’s cartoon world. I made my way into the castle, but it didn’t seem like anyone was home. I called out many times and even ate out of seven bowls of spaghetti that was left on the table, but still no one showed up. Why did I eat out of seven bowls? Let’s just say I was testing to see which one was not too hot and not too cold. And besides, it was weird to know that ponies ate spaghetti. I just wanted to see if it tasted the same as our human one.
I went through the entire castle and still found no one, though I did find a fairly large mirror hooked up to some kind of machine that was humming. I figured that was the machine the pony in town was talking about.
“Okay, so she said I could go through this…” I tried to tap a finger on the glass, but to my actual amazement, it went right through like it was made of cling wrap. It felt warm and like it was wrapping around your finger. The pony gave me two options but… “As if I’m going to be staying here. Bye Eques- whatever you call this place.”
And I was off, sailing down a rainbow tunnel that pulsated and glowed with each moment I passed through it. Everything began to get brighter and hotter until I was standing on a pavement looking out at a purple building with many windows.
I was out. I was home free! There were buildings around me that looked like actual buildings! However, there was one thing that threw me off. The colours were still wrong. Oh, and I didn’t recognize this place at all.
Not to be racist or anything, but people here had weird skin colours, like the ponies over beyond the mirror, which was now a statue of a horse. How weird.
The people walking about in front of me were of blue, green, pink and even purple skin, which definitely wasn’t normal for humans. Wherever I was now, this was definitely still not my world.
After standing there and looking at the building for at least twenty minutes, I surmised that it was an educational institute, in other words, a school. Judging by the height and looks of its students, this was a high school. I still couldn’t figure out what to do now, so I decided to head into the school to see if I could ask someone about my current predicament.
My target was a girl with bright rainbow hair and blue skin which was, of course, unnatural, at least to me. No one in the school also seemed to bother that I just walked right in. It was like they were used to strangers walking into their school just like that. They were lucky I wasn’t dangerous.
“Excuse me.” I tap her on the shoulder to get her attention.
“Yeah?” she asked, her voice high and a little hoarse sounding. Get it? Hoarse? Like you know, the ponies back in… nevermind, I’ll move on.
“My name’s Georg Filipe Mendoza. Uh, Georg for short. I just came through a portal over there outside your school from a land called, uh, it’s Eques-something. But you see, I woke up there somehow and they told me I’d find the human world when I walked through the portal, but this isn’t the same human world as the one I’m from, and-”
“Woah, woah, slow down!” The girl interrupted. “You’re gonna give someone a stroke like that, talking so fast. So you came from Equestria?”
“That’s what the pony said. Yeah.”
“And you woke up there?”
“Yep.”
“That’s weird, just waking up in another world for no reason.” She scratched her head. “What’s with the outfit?”
“Oh this?” I looked at myself. “I went to a costume convention dressed as a character called Saitama from the manga One Punch Man.”
“Say-tama?” She tried to repeat. “Never heard of him. Well, buddy, to be honest with you, I also don’t know how you’re going to get home. In the meantime, I could show you around and get you used to the place. You know, make you feel at home here till we can find a way back home for you.”
I gave that some thought. I didn’t want to be here. This world wasn’t my home, nor were these people my family or friends. But if I didn’t have a way home, what else was I going to do? In the end, I decided it would be a good idea to get a base of operations set up here while I figure out how to get home.
I took the girl’s offer and she showed me around school. Oh, by the way, her name is Rainbow Dash. Yeah, I know. Weird name, right? But I heard weirder on the tour she gave me, like Mystery Mint, Applejack, Sunset Shimmer. They all sounded pretty surreal to me. There was one girl who was rather cute though. Her name was Fluttershy and that wasn’t a name that was too weird. No, I’m not being biased or anything, okay? It’s just that… well, oh, Rainbow’s calling.
She said I could enroll in school while I looked for a way back so that I could have something to do in the day. I accepted again, because really, what was I going to do?
“So, where are you going to stay?” Rainbow asked after I finished my enrollment with the principal, whose name was Celestia. “If you don’t have a place, you could always come stay with me. I’ve got a spare room at my place.”
I shrugged. “I guess I’ll take up your offer. It’s free, right?”
There was an explosion outside and we all instinctively ducked down. Screams erupted around us and students began panicking and running all over the place, with one boy even running into a locker and knocking himself out.
“I hope it’s not that kind of neighbourhood…” I sighed. What else could possibly go wrong?
“Attention students. Please return to your homerooms and stay under your desks,” an announcement blared from a speaker above my head. “Our Defenders will handle this. Please remain calm and stay put.”
“I guess that means me.” Rainbow pointed a thumb at herself. “Stay put, Georg. There’s trouble outside and I need to handle it.”
“Wait, I can come too!” I called after Rainbow, but she was already gone. To my surprise, she moved surprisingly quickly. Like really quick. Like lightning quick.
After rubbing my eyes to make sure I hadn’t imagined it, I decided to follow along and found her outside standing before a giant squidfaced monster, sprouting five tentacles from its chin. It had quite the large belly and it had flabby humanoid arms and legs.
The monster laughed at her and pointed a grubby finger at her face. “I am Squidface, the Destroyer of Worlds and Lands! I have come from the ocean to finally exact my revenge against you humans! You have polluted my sea long enough. Now you will all die! And I will pollute the streets with your blood!”
“Hey!” I yelled as I ran in. Somehow, in a second, I was by Rainbow and she looked at me in disbelief, but I moved in front and shield her. That was weird. Anyway, I wasn’t going to let some monster harm her. She was sorta my first friend here. “Leave this city alone!”
“You don’t leave my home alone. Why should I?”
I was shaking in my boots. Literally, but then I suddenly thought of an idea. I was dressed as Saitama. I just ran quite fast. What if I could actually punch the monster? Flawed logic, I know, but it sounded cool and what harm was there to try?
“If you don’t leave, I’ll… I’ll punch you!” I held up one fist.
The monster guffawed and stuck its belly out and pointed to it with both hands. “Then be my guest! First hit. All yours! Give it your best! After that, I’ll eat you first.”
I gulped as I looked between my fist and the monster. I guess there was no chickening out now.
Drawing back, I threw my fist forward as hard as I could. I had shut my eyes, but then an explosion of fat and tissue made me open them again, at the wrong time. Body fluids splattered my face as Squidface was blown across a sizeable part of town, leaving only its legs, severed at the thighs.
“That was… That was awesome!” Rainbow broke my silent amazement. “You punched it and it just splooooshed! I can’t believe it! You killed it in a single punch! Just what are you made of?!”
I looked at my smoking fist and my hanging jaw suddenly formed into a smile. It actually worked. I actually one punched a monster. Somehow, I now have the powers of Saitama! That was incredible.
This was something I could get used to in this world. Nothing could go wrong now.
“Hey, uh, Georg…” Rainbow tapped my arm. Then she pointed to the top of her head. “Your uh… hair’s falling off.”
My eyes shot wide open. “What?!”
I ran a hand over the top of my head, but instead of hair, all I felt was smooth skin. Besides becoming strong, I was now also bald.
I fell on my knees and I yelled out for the world to hear.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
My sonic scream shook the entire city and a man who had been standing nearby dropped his ice cream.
"Hey! You're paying for that!"
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OK. Not a bad start. I just got one thing to say.
ONE PUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicely written, I can't wait to see where you take it. :)
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Haha, thanks y'all. Anything I can do to make it better?
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Agreed
I like! I think is better then mine because, it is flowing better then what I can have because my english is not good but, trying! Will be niced to see more!
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How come you me have more rating than this one? You say my Hero is 8 of 10 this you say 7 of 10