Floating in my Mind

It was a normal day in Equestria, more precisely in Canterlot which was still being build.
In this Time, there was the problem with the choose of a Leadership.

The Unicorns thought they should provide a leader, to provide an intellectual Leadership to all three tribes.
The Pegasi wanted a leader from their tribe, to lead all ponies with loyalty and to prepare the tribes against all odds which could occur doing the existence of the equestrian union.
The Earthponies wanted somepony from their tribe to be the leader, so all tribes could work with the best productivity and they wouldn´t need to fear food problems again.

But sadly, nopony wanted to see somepony from another tribe reign over them, which was beginning to ignite a new war in the new formed union, when all out a sudden two regal sisters appeared from a race which was unknown to all off the three tribes and were named “Alicorn” later.

The sisters had influences of all three tribes, but owned big magical abilities, which were superior to the power of all three tribes, even the Unicorns.
While a big group of Unicorns where needed to lower and rise moon and sun before the sisters' reign, both sisters could easily rise or lower the celestial bodies alone, which was even represented by there cutie marks.

The younger sister, a blue Alicorn named Luna, was capable of controlling the moon with all its power within, while the older sister, a white Alicorn called Celestia, was able to control the sun likewise.

There were many ponies who weren´t happy with the decision that nopony from any of the tribes were chosen to reign the newly established union and watch for order equally for all three tribes, but the voices against this decision suddenly vanished when all ponies recognised the two sisters as an symbol of all three tribes which showed that when they worked together with their abilities, every kind of task would be more easy to accomplish.
Councils and groups were formed to reflect all the needs in Equestria and to manage tasks much easier.

This is the time were Magnus the Manipulator was living in his foalhood.

Magnus was still a pupil in the newly build school of Canterlot and Starswirl the Bearded was already an old magician with high reputation.
He already created magic which would give the caster the ability to teleport and some magic which were more like a proof of concept and hat no practical use.
Magnus on the other hoof hadn´t found out what his special ability was, but when he was able to create magic which could shrink or embiggen objects , he was offered a post as pupil under Luna's watch like Starswirl, who was studying under Celestias wing.

He surely liked the idea behind this, but he refused this offer because he were frightened that he couldn´t accomplish what the princesses would request from him, so he started to learn everything about magic on his own and became a teacher at the school of Canterlot.
Magnus was already seen as an adult when Canterlot, his place of birth, was already completed and lived his life relatively simple, but this was about to change...