Leaving the town of Trottingham was what appeared to be a relatively modest-looking cart, led by a very proud ice-blue unicorn mare. She gave the sleeping town one last fond look before continuing on her way, her mission in the town complete as the cart itself rattled along the road. Her next stop was a small, backwater town called Ponyville.

"That will be a nice place for Trixie to make a few quick bits before heading to canterlot..." she thought to herself as she examined the map floating beside her. "Yes, a little heckling... a challenge here or there... Trixie will be ab-..." She was cut off mid-thought by a light appearing ahead in the road. She actually used the map to shield her eyes as the light increased before stopping as suddenly as it arrived. When Trixie finally lowered the map her jaw dropped a little as she examined the two figures who were slowly making their way toward her.

With a quick motion she had unhitched the cart and dropped the map before pointing her horn at the two strange creatures. "S-stay back! I'm warning you, you're dealing with the Great and Powerful Trixie! The most powerful Unicorn in all of Equestria!" They stopped a few feet away, the light from her horn revealed two very large and muscled creatures that looked similar to a cross between monkeys and minotaurs, but one only had a short, spiky mane on his head as far as hair was concerned, and the other one was bald except for a goatee framing his mouth.

"Oh good, you do speak the same language, that's definitely going to make the transition a bit easier." The first one replies, "My name is Toma, and this is my brother Gomo..." The Saiyan explains. "...We're on our way to a location called Ponyville to meet up with an old friend, would you care to point us in the right direction?"

Trixie hesitated, letting some of the glow of her horn fade a little as she turned her head up to get a better look at the two. The first was wearing some strange type of armor, but it was only a chestpiece with tassels, a furry belt and shoulder guards. His wrists and feet had covers that seemed to be of a similar material as the armor, but from his upper legs until the top of the boots he didn't seem to have any sort of armor, while most of his arms were just as bare as his legs. The second one seemed to be wearing a very fancy suit that did cover most of his body, the suit itself was a jet-black with a dark red undershirt and white tie.

"Yes madam, it is quite important... as my bride to be is waiting for me in that town and I would like my arrival to be a surprise for her." Gomo explains as he pulls up a picture of a very beautiful Saiyan.

"Actually... Trixie is already heading that way as her next stop... if you would like Trixie could hire you two as temporary bodyguards." the light-blue mare says as she gets herself hooked back up to her cart.

Toma lets out a small chuckle. "Why would you need bodyguards if you were the most powerful unicorn in this country?"

"Because... unicorns and other spellcasters from out of the country sometimes don't take well to Trixie's... popularity."

"Toma, we shall be her bodyguards for the time being." Gomo states as he cuts off his brother's reply. "I too know the pains of being a celebrity in a land of jealousy." He turns back to the showmare. "Off we go then, and perhaps we can trade stories, one celebrity to another?" He exclaims happily.

Trixie nods and brings up the map again as the three of them start walking off into the night.

"So Trixie, you said it was going to be how long until we arrive?" Toma asked as he walked alongside the light-blue mare.

"Keeping this pace you two should be able to infiltrate the town at nightfall before Trixie arrives in the morning, that way you can spread the tales of the Great and Powerful Trixie to entertain the masses before Trixie arrives to wow the ponies of Ponyville with her astounding magic." The unicorn mare boasted as she pulled the cart along. "But what will you two be doing after Trixie has finished her show?"

"It really depends, I know that my brother is going to try and propose to Paolina again once day hits..."

"And she will accept my proposal this time! I know it!" The sharply-dressed and very-muscled martial artist replies as he straightens his jacket.

"Yeah... and what attempt will it be this time? Tenth? ...Twentieth?" Toma asks with a chuckle.

"This will mark attempt number one hundred thirty-six." Gomo replies with a straight face before pausing to step on a nearby rock with one foot and point to the sky with a determined look. "She will accept my proposal and we shall be wed so that we can create the strongest breed of Saiyans the galaxy has ever known!"

Toma sighed once again as he prompted Trixie to keep walking, he leaned down to whisper in her ear. "...She's not going to accept... she hasn't done it any other time... but... might as well let him keep his fantasy."

"Yeesh..." Trixie replied with a whisper. "And ponies say Trixie has delusions of grandeur. Why does he keep pursuing her if she has declined every one of his proposals?"

"Because he loves her... or at least says he does." Toma replied as he straightened up. "He's just so obsessed with how strong she is-..."

"I am not obsessed! I have an appreciation for her desire to become stronger!" Gomo shouted as he quickly caught up to the pair.

Trixie nodded a little. "Well, you two understand the plan? Pull this off and Trixie may even be able to pull in enough bits to pay you both for your protection service."

Toma quickly raised his hand. "We're fine, we may not stay in Equestria too long... We're just here to let Paolina know that we are available as backup for the mission she's on."

"Alright, well... Thank you anyways." Trixie replied with a smile as she trotted just a little closer to the clean-shaven Saiyan. "Do you know how long you will be staying in Equestria? Trixie could always use the company on her journey."

The armored Saiyan shrugged. "I don't know exactly how long, Gomo may be going back after we speak with Paolina because he's the Earth Martial Arts Champion, aside from that though... It does sound like an interesting idea. I'll get to view this world at a nice, leisurely pace... It'll be a nice break. I'll figure it out when it gets to that point."

The light-blue mare smiled a bit more. "Thank you for your consideration then, Trixie hopes that you'll choose to travel alongside her."

"I believe that earth and this world could learn something from each other..." Gomo started, gathering the attention of his traveling companions. "...But whatever it is, I haven't got the slightest idea." At his cluelessness the three share a nice chuckle as the day starts dragging to a close.

The three of them stood at the crest of a hill overlooking the small town, most of the townsfolk had already went to bed for an early rise the next day while a few still wandered the streets, enjoying a nighttime stroll or otherwise being the guards that patrolled during the night to deter thieves and other delinquents.

Trixie took a deep breath and smirked. "Too easy, Trixie will be having this town practically worshiping her by sundown tomorrow."

Toma chuckled. "I'm sure you will, until then, let's get some rest."

"Certainly! It would be terrible to meet with my betrothed while exhausted, I need to be in peak physical condition to be sure that she is ready for my proposal." Gomo stated as he lifted the cart, with the showmare attached, over his shoulder and set it down gently just off the road on a nice, flat area where they could get a fire started.

"It may be better for us to go in and talk to the ponies about you in the morning instead of tonight." Toma suggested to the unicorn after she got unhooked from the cart.

"...Yes, that may be a better option... rest up tonight, then speak with the ponies and awe them." She sighed as she used her magic to get some loose brush set ablaze after Toma had collected it. "Trixie is exhausted from the trip anyway."

"I could have pulled the cart for you..." Toma muttered as he sat down next to her, jumping a little as the light blue unicorn gave his arm a small, friendly nuzzle.

"Trixie understands. But the cart belongs to Trixie and you two were hired in case trouble started up, you wouldn't have been able to react as fast if you had to unhitch yourself from the cart." She explained, getting only an annoyed eye-roll in response. "But Trixie appreciates the offer..." She added with a small smile.

"I got the rations!" Gomo calls as he exits the nearby forest with a large creature slung over one shoulder.

Tomo gives him a curious look. "Are you sure that's edible?" He was about to continue before Trixie's stunned expression caused him to turn more of his attention her way. "You know what it is?"

She nodded slowly. "T-that's a Cragodile... but... Those things take nearly a whole Royal Guard platoon to handle a single one... was it dead when you found it?"

"Of course not! There's no pride in taking a corpse of another creature's victory, It took a single punch to the snout..." Gomo states with pride as he pounds his chest.

"That explains why the snout looks like it caved in." Toma muttered. "Might as well get it over the fire then."

That night, Trixie couldn't tell whether she wanted to be curious about the two Saiyans she decided to keep company with on her travel to Ponyville... or whether to be fearful of the appetite that split a full-grown, armored cragodile between the two as if it was simply some sort of giant crab that was buttered and ready to go.

She settled on a mix of the two.

Toma yawned a little as he simply followed behind Goma, the latter of which was passing out flyers among the ponies the two of them walked by. While most ponies seemed a tad apprehensive, all the giant Saiyan had to do was give a gentle smile and pass a flyer before continuing on, letting them both see more and more ponies that morning without causing some sort of uproar. The two of them were on their way to the Library by the time most ponies had begun crowding their way to the center of town.

The spiky-haired Saiyan smiled as he suppressed another yawn. "Good... Every-... Everything's going according to plan." He was about to chuckle a little before the larger Saiyan passed him the remaining flyers. "w-what?" He stumbled just before the Saiyan's suit jacket and undershirt landed on him.

"It's time for the One hundred thirty seventh proposal." Gomo replies with a neutral, serious look. He takes a deep breath, "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....!" He starts as he moves incredibly fast towards the area that Trixie set up for her performance.

Paolina chuckled as she watched the ponies gather around the stage that was set up automatically, the magic of an unknown occupant drawing it towards town square and unfolding it. The mane six, Spike and their Saiyan friend were just standing a little bit away from the crowd. "Well, I think it might be entertaining to see just how strong this unicorn may be..."

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "There's no way she could back it up, Just look at those special effects!" She says as she points out the lights that would go off similar to fireworks sparklers. "Ponies don't even need magic to make stuff like that, how much you wanna bet she's all show and no power?"

"careful Dash, you're betting against someone who can sense energy... You sure you want to make that kind of bet?" Paolina chuckled, causing the pegasus to land and get a slightly worried look about her choice of words the more she thought about what Paolina had been implying. "Come on, let's go see what all the fuss is about." the Saiyan suggested, getting nods of agreement from the others before they started walking over as a group. Something made Paolina slow down though, getting the others to turn towards her and notice her pensive look.

"What's wrong dear?" Rarity asked as she took a hesitant step forward.

"I... I don't know, it's like something I haven't sensed in a while is-..." She stopped as everyone began hearing a sound.

"What in tarnation...? Is... Is that gettin' closer?"

"...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMO!" The shout grew in volume until the last two letters were punctuated by a very burly man did a forearm smash into the side of Paolina's face, sending her flying. Without missing a beat the large man took a single step before vanishing from sight.

Paolina recovered her senses after bouncing off the ground a few times, letting her momentum get her to her feet before bouncing up so that she was off of the ground as she used her ki to help slow her body's trajectory.

The girls, and Spike, were still stunned at what just happened... staring at the spot their friend and the burly man had been only a few moments before.

"Damnit Gomo!" The shout was enough to rouse them from their surprise as they noticed a similar, if not shorter, armored Saiyan running towards them with a stack of papers under one arm and a jacket and shirt over the other.

Dash cut him off as he drew closer to the group. "What's going on!?" She shouted, bringing her forelegs up as she got ready to box the new arrival, before a tug on her tail from Applejack managed to keep her from actually hitting him. The rest of the mares got into a battle-ready stance, except for Fluttershy... who bravely decided to hide behind Rarity's tail, and stood between the newcomer and the gathered Townsfolk.

The new Saiyan sighed as he ran a hand through his short black hair. "Sorry, it's just my brother... he's in love with Paolina and it's really hard to keep him under control when he is around her."

Spike was the one to speak up this time. "Wait... so that thing that just hit Paolina... was the guy who's in love with her?"

Toma opened his mouth to explain before a shout echoed through the town and caused a bright, yellow light to appear.

"GEOMETRY!!!" came Gomo's voice as a square beam of golden light shot up into the air at Paolina, engulfing her in a blast.

"We've gotta help her!" Dash called as she was about to take off once again, though Toma held her back this time.

"It's actually better if you stay here, Gomo only has the advantage at the moment because he took Paolina by surprise..." His calm demeanor was certainly enough to get a few confused looks as he stepped forward and used the point of his boot to draw an X in the dirt. "A few steps back please..." He says politely.

The others oblige just before a blur comes out of the air and sends up a dust cloud that several pegusai immediately get to work clearing, revealing Paolina standing with her arms crossed and frowning with disappointment at the Saiyan behemoth buried upside down in the dirt in front of her. She looks up at Toma and gives him a small smile. "Hey Toma, how's it going?"

He shrugs. "Oh you know... After the incident at Tokitoki work's been kinda slow... Work as a bodyguard for a magician in this world now."

"Really? Wow, how are you enjoying it here?"

"It's fairly good so far, I'm thinking about turning the temp job into a more permanent one though, it'll give me more of a chance to explore the place at an easy pace."

The legs of the huge Saiyan move forward together quickly, similarly to a kip-up just before springing the other way and using the momentum to loosen Gomo from the ground. He lands quickly in a crouched position before he straightens up, giving those gathered a very good look at his battle-scarred chest, arms and back before he turns to Paolina. "So... What say you to my proposal this time?"

Without missing a beat Paolina glares at him. "No, Just like the last hundred times."

"And just like the last hundred times I shall not give up my pursuit for your hand! I shall become stronger than you, and on that day you will accept me!" He shouts with bravado as he strikes a dramatic pose, bringing one fist up in front of his body as if it were a speech recited a thousand times.

Rarity leans over to Twilight as the large Saiyan continues. "Oh my... his manner of speaking... It seems so much more civilized than the brutish fighting that he was just participating in..."

Twilight simply gives a confused shrug. "Honestly Rarity... it's hard to try and make sense of the world outside of my books anymore... every time I rationalize it I'm worried I'm going to have a mental breakdown."

Paolina interrupts their conversation as she looks over to Toma with a sudden worried look, "Wait... If you two are here... and Cello is here... is... HE here?"

It took a few seconds before Toma processed what she meant before he laughed. "Oh no! Dumplin's not here, I think he said something to the Kai of Time about bridges before he just took off spouting a bunch of gibberish about demons. Kinda wish he was here though."

Paolina let out a happy sigh. "Good... I couldn't deal with his shenanigans if he got loose here, he was a pain enough back in Tokitoki during the fight with Demigra..."

They all turned their attention to the stage as more fireworks went off. "BEHOLD! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!" The ice-blue unicorn called out with a grin

The showmare had begun her act by weaving a story about how she had single-hoofedly saved the town of Trottingham from a creature called an Ursa Major. Though some of the funnier tricks had begun after Spike called her out on the claim, having her challenge anyone in ponyville to a test to let her prove that she was better. First up had been Rainbow Dash, who certainly impressed as she did a very complicated trick involving hanging onto a windmill not just once, but twice. Once on her way up into the sky as she used it to help her momentum and allow her to pierce several clouds before using the sun to outline her athletic figure, then once more as she descended and used the spin to catch quite a bit of water and force it to shoot after her before she stopped on the stage and had the droplets mist off of her wings and create a rainbow above her.

And it was oh, so entertaining to watch the smirk get wiped off of her face as the rainbow spun her around like a top before a miniature thundercloud appeared and zapped the weather pegasus on her flank, causing her to yelp and shoot off. As much as Paolina knew it was bad to laugh about it... she also knew that the mare was alright and that she kinda deserved some of it.

Things took a much funnier turn as Applejack stepped up to the stage, somehow using her tail as if it was a prehensile limb and doing quite a few fancy lassoo tricks to make even ranchers back on earth a little jealous. Trixie's counter to AJ's show was to simply use one end of the rope like a wiggling hypnotic snake before making the other end quickly hog-tie the farm mare as the showmare used her magic to pluck an apple from one of the nearby trees and popped it in AJ's mouth, completing the look. The orange mare was left hopping off stage with a very grumpy look, Paolina had been sure to help get her off stage and untie her though.

Rarity had been the last challenge, spouting off about elegance and grace as she used the curtains on Trixie's cart to create a quite beautiful impromptu-dress... only for the whole image to be shattered within seconds as the blue unicorn lit up her horn and simply changed the color of the Fashionista's mane from a rich violet to a very sickly-green, allowing the fashionista to unknowingly insult a certain green-maned carrot-grower during her panicked exit.

"Any other challengers?" Trixie called with a smirk over the slightly restless, and admittedly-impressed, crowd.

"Come on Twilight! You just gotta do it!" Spike pleaded to his caretaker as he tugged on her leg.

She gently shook him off. "I can't show them now... I'll only be proving that I'm just like her..."

"Come on! Please!" He begged, only to get just as much of an adamant refusal as the last time.

The mare on stage though had a different idea. "How about..." She started, looking around before pointing at Twilight. "...You!"

Twilight jumped and squeaked a little before backing away shyly. "Uh- what?! Me? No! No no no nono! I'm nopony special... just a regular unicorn!" She blathers with a sheepish smile, quickly turning tail before she could be pestered further.

"Twilight..." Spike sighed as he watched her run. He turned up to Paolina as she put a hand on his shoulder.

"You should go keep her company... I gotta talk to Toma and Gomo for a bit."

The little dragon nodded before scampering off to try and catch up with his caretaker. Paolina watched him go for a few moments before making her way over to Toma, who simply gave her a small shrug. "Not my idea..." He tried to placate as a frown grew on her face.

She let the frown fade a little as she sighed. "Toma... I'm happy that you and Gomo are here... but... Half the time I don't even know why we're here in the first place."

Toma frowned a little as well before he walked with her over to a nearby bench so they could watch Trixie's show. "Lina... you gotta realize... We're here because at some point, we're going to be needed... You train to better yourself, Gomo trains to inspire others... But that's not what you wanted to talk about, right?"

Paolina leaned back in the seat. "I... It's hard to describe... ever since my first battle here I've had so few opportunities to fight stronger opponents and something about being here instead of in Tokitoki makes me want to relax more than train." She lets out a sigh as Trixie makes a flock of birds made out of light appear. "This world is so peaceful... There was a close call with Gilda, but I didn't even need to transform in order to fight her..."

"That's the thing when you get strong Paolina... anything less than a true challenge feels like a hollow victory... Maybe this is your chance to relax a bit and enjoy the world, that's what I'm going to use this chance for once Gomo heads back to earth to resume the title of World Martial Arts Champion."

Paolina looked at Toma in confusion. "When did he do that?"

"He went to the future of his timeline when Hercule was retiring from being a martial arts champion, he had this huge speech and everything ready for when the title fight happened."

The crowd was restless as the title fight for the thirty-first World Martial Arts was announced.

"And now! The moment you've all been waiting for! Our champion and hero Hercule!-" The announcer started, only to be cut off by a roar from the crowd. As the roar died down he continued. "And the rising challenger, Gomo!" The burly Saiyan slowly walked out of the waiting room side by side with Hercule. He was garbed in an orange gi styled after the Turtle Hermit's uniforms that Master Roshi himself used to train his students. Upon reaching the stage the gathered crowd once more cheered for their martial arts champion before some of them looked on in confusion as the bulky Saiyan walked up to the announcer.

"May I borrow your microphone good sir?" Gomo asked, getting a slightly confused look from the announcer before he passes the mike over. "Thank you..." He says politely before turning to Hercule. The stadium gets quiet as he speaks.

"Champion Hercule, Mister Satan... For seven years you have reigned as the World Martial Arts Champion, an icon to the people who have gathered here today as well as those who are watching at home. You have become a legend that these people aspire to become, no matter whether they have the means to or not, and for that you have my utmost respect. It takes a true hero to become an inspiration to the masses, to become a man that can turn the day for the better and cause others to follow your example simply by being your presence." He takes a small breath before turning to the crowd. "But today... This match at the end of the Thirty-First tournament, I shall end your reign as the Champion. I am stronger, I am faster... but I have become so because of your example!" He exclaimed before turning to Hercule once again. "I will take the title of World Martial Arts Champion not to replace you in the hearts of the people! But to give them another hero! Another champion to aspire to be like. I only hope to be able to inspire this world as you have inspired me!" Gomo looks to the announcer and passes him back the micrphone before returning his attention to Hercule.

He quickly tugs on the front of his shirt and takes off the upper half of the gi, revealing his muscles and scars. "No tricks... No flying... simply martial arts. I will become the new champion, and you will be giving the title to someone who deserves to inspire the world as much as you have." They both got into a battle stance before the sound of the gong started their fight.

"Seriously?" Paolina asks with a stunned look.

"Yeah, he donates regularly to needy foundations, lives in a modest home, and regularly attends special functions to give awareness to the problems that are present in the world." Toma replies as he leans back. "It's made me more than proud to call him my brother."

Paolina smiles a little as she sits back as well, watching the end of Trixie's show. "Yeah... he's a really great guy..."

Author's Note

Despite the shortness of this chapter, I did have quite a bit of fun with Trixie.

I never know what to put in these authors' notes so just imagine that I put something that sounds like a really deep philisophical quote