Dimentio's PoV
"Equestria isn't an option. Not yet anyway." I said sternly to my unhappy unicorn sidekick.
"But Tri-" I arched my brow, causing her to stop mid-sentence. "I mean, I am unsure."
"Well, the Great and Powerful Unsure doesn't have a great ring to it." I said, stifling a laugh at her expense.
"You know exactly what I meant! The Griffin Kingdoms and Minotaur territories aren't exactly the friendliest place for random ponies to show up without an escort." She replied.
"Aww, are you afraid? Tsk tsk, Unsure, what happened to that charming bravado I have grown to love?" I asked.
"My name is Trixie, and my bravado is still alive and well. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee the same for ourselves if we cross either of those borders."
"Guarantees are nonexistent dear Unsure." I said as we strolled through the forest. "Besides, Minotaur and Griffins are unable to use magic."
"But Minotaur are incredibly resistant to it, if we manage to aggravate a group of them, it's finished!" Trixie argued.
"Perhaps, but you're a bit late to be complaining." I said as we crossed the border between the Everfree forest and the Minotaur lands.
"How? We should have been walking for days!" Unsure whined as I learned she had a tendency to do.
"I may have teleported us a few times along the way." I replied with a smirk.
"Hey!" A gruff voice yelled. Trixie turned to see a massive minotaur with tribal looking markings all over his body. The large club that he carried made it quite clear that he wasn't a pacifist. "This is Clan Grouh's territory. You had better explain to Grouh Tan what you're doing here."
"Unsure! You're not the only one here with that terrible impediment of proclaiming your name every two seconds!" I said only to get a nervous glare from the blue mare.
"Oh hello! Don't pay him any mind." Trixie said nervously. "We were just passing through, have a good day, a nice life even, bon voyage!"
"Not so fast little filly." The minotaur said menacingly as he blocked her path. "What do you mean we? You're the only one I see here."
Where was I? Just standing around and watching as Trixie desperately attempted to convince the minotaur not to harm her. It was quite entertaining.
"Err, Dimentio? Could you please help?" Trixie asked.
"With?" I replied.
"The matter at hand? The massive...nice minotaur that I really wouldn't want to crush us!" Trixie complained.
"Too late you little brat!" The big brute proclaimed as he swung the club directly at Trixie.
The club suddenly halted not even one centimeter from Trixie's crying face. I stood on the weapon and stared directly into the big cow's eyes.
"Lucky for you, I can't allow that book to be harmed." I sighed.
"What the...how did you stop that?" Tan asked incredulously. He stared directly through me as if I wasn't even there.
"Can you not see the guy on your club?" Trixie asked curiously, wiping her tears on her coat as she realized that she was saved.
"you're trying to confuse Tan!" The brutish cow yelled as he lifted the mace over his head.
"Trixie." I began with a little bit of seriousness. "Throw the book at him."
"What?" She asked looking at the book she was carrying on her back.I suppose she realized that I had used her real name and figured that I was a least a tad serious.
"Did I stutter?" I asked back. She quickly tossed my book to the minotaur's bottom hooves eliciting a small grunt of surprise from the attacker as he finally gained the ability to see me.
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"Why hello there." I said to the big lug that stared slack jawed up at me as I stood up on his club. "I don't appreciate your abuse of my little companion there. A magician needs his assistant after all."
"Who are you?" Grouh Tan asked. "And why are you on my hitting stick?"
"How rude." I said looking down at the minotaur. "That is a club,sir, not a 'hitting stick'."
Grouh Tan angrily swung his club all around in an attempt to force me off of it, but to no avail. In desperation, he dropped the weapon and tried to come at me with his hulking fists. I snapped my fingers and a barrier separated his arm from his body at the elbow. The minotaur yelled in pain and rage as he looked at the nub where his arm once was.
"And now, my temporary assistant. Sorry Unsure, but I don't think you would like this." I said with a grin as I snapped my fingers and many more barriers separated different portions of Tan's body.
"Unsure, would you mind saying the...magic words?"I requested
"My name isn't-whatever, what magic words?" Unsure asked.
"What words do you tend to use during your acts?"
"Let Tan go!" Tan screamed attempting to surrender his vision of masculinity for a chance at life.
"Well, I don't always use magic words."
"Too late, you'll have to figure out some more before our next act." I said as I turned back to my hapless victim and snapped my fingers.
The many parts of Grouh Tan separated and rearranged in many different ways until I found it satisfactory. The barriers faded and the screaming bull couldn't even stand.
"What did you do to Tan?" He asked as he looked up at his torso. His head was now where his right foot should have been while his right arm was in the neck hole. His various tattoos had been changed into imitations of my mask displaying many different taunting faces.
"I think I'd call it an improvement." I said to the ungrateful minotaur. "Several steps in evolution if I do say so myself."
"That was...amazing." Unsure asked. "How did you do that?"
"Just a matter of magic dear girl." I replied. "Come now, Unsure, we should continue on."
"My name is Trixie!" Trixie yelled.
"Alright Trixie, I was getting tired of that Unsure character anyway." I replied as we began to walk further into Minotaur territory.