ODIN

Angelica Frost. A Young Teacher for the University of Equestria. With a blue long mane and tail. A Unicorn. White, marshmallow skin and as for her cutiemark. A Blue Crystal with four stars around on both sides shimmering.She Searches up to look for the symbolic references that can help the students to know Equestria. But by reading simple, pony-made books. She could only count how many research she conducted. Especially that she needs to finish her second book about the discovery of Vigcous, a hidden country with no history on it's mark.

Unlike any other teachers in the University. Angelica focuses more about the history of Equestria and it's secrets behind it. She knows how to decrypt unusual codes which may give feature of somewhat a crossed detail. She can also crack codes easily with her mind, filled with many knowledge of mathematics.

"Miss Frost?" A stallion, part of the staff member of the University sat down and faced her. "I know you're a mare with influence about Equestria before and Equestria today. But do you think adding optional lessons would give the students a hard neck for their heads?"

She let out a faint smile. Looking at the stallion's worries about the students that they may end their heads empty. For some reason, students may get stressed about the lessons she might add. Or even stay awake for a long time. Forgetting to sleep while their thoughts are placed by that options that she would add. Much would come about the student's mercies for the teacher that they should not get a big F.

"Young ponies with young minds are always open for knowledge." Her eyes looked at the book that she's reading. The pages of this old book were overwritten. Some of those pages were nearly torn to half. As this book dated 139 years ago. "They have to remember not only on this time of their lives. But also the past. Which remained unspoken by other history teachers."

"We're you forced to read by somepony the same way-"

"Just my Mother."

"That explains alot.." He stood up from the chair he sat on and walked away.

Silence still remained at the Library. Modernized surveillance cameras were placed on the ceilings. Watching every parts and places on the Library. Built with a mic-in camera. Albeit, Angelica doesn't mind about the built in cameras for strict security rules and disciplines of the students. Because she's also a Symbologist and a History Teacher. With an IQ nearly 200.

"Miss Frost." Another Stallion arrived on her table. This time, wearing an agent tuxedo and black shades that nearly hides the visibility of the eyes. Further hiding his identity. Angelica looked at the agent. "Equestria calls for your presence at the Palace of Grizallo the Great."

She raised her head, increasing the view of the agent. "Say... aren't you the guys that checked the University months ago?"

"Perhaps, but that's classified miss. We need you to come with me-"

"We?" She laughed as she stood up from her seat. "There's no we when you're inside an organization. You're actually requiring me to go to the palace only you by escort? And saying we?" Angelica wouldn't mind about what she said about the Agent's secrets. But she stand correct. "Praise yourself because you have the knowledge of zero about using languages."

"No time to delay in with words Miss Frost." The Agent raised his tone. Slowly increasing Angelica's unusual suspicions about the Agent's orders. "We need you to come to the palace now. As said by the Director and Fleur De Lis herself.."

Fleur De Lis? Director? The First name would be familiar to her. But having a Director is either Fancypants or the Agent's organization leader. Whatever she's onto, there's no telling how Fleur would need a smart and basic teacher on the University at the palace. "Let me guess. Why do you need me there?"

"Because you said to have to know about Quill Storm. The Author of many books about Equestria. Fleur says that you know Quill Storm and you are about to meet yesterday at cafe palacio." The Agent Said.

"What about him?" Angelica asked.

The Agent would rather put a serious way of saying this. Of what happened to Quill Storm. "Quill Storm is dead. Knife on the back. Levitated. Somewhat a magical aura used."

That surprises Angelica. Quill Storm? Dead? The famous stallion of creating a book called " Beyond Equestria's Truth " and " The Technology of Equestria ". Dead? For real? How would someone kill a famous author for creating a books that does make sense about historians reading?

"That is why we need you to come to the Palace. Escorted by me." The Agent escorts as soon as Angelica left from the Library.

Thirty Minutes Later.... Palace of Grizallo

Standing at the crime scene. Infront of a dead body. Written with several symbols and numbers of around 60 lessons about Algebra. The Palace itself is shut. As Angelica looked at the body of Quill Storm where there are many patterns on the sides about math. A Symbol infront of his face that remained unexplained.

The Palace of Grizallo is one of the known places on Equestria as a service event for Princess Celestia's society gala. Where many of the members are actually told to go here and join in. Where many would rather go on special occasions and view on the Palace's pictures. Angelica, one of the handpicked ponies by Quill Storm about being a fanatic mare of his author about " The Technology of Equestria " was also invited on this palace Two Weeks ago.

"The Large Piece of Portrait of the Quillastorcia is gone!" The Young Agent cried about the missing piece that's part of Equestrian History.

That's weird... Thoughts of mysteries beyond Angelica's mind. Clearing out the previous and filling the new details. No wonder, there's already patterns listed here on the right side. Then numbers on the left. And an unusual symbol that doesn't even exist on the public. By his face? How could he do that?

"What was the time he was killed?" Angelica asked, looking at the lifeless body of Quill Storm.

"We don't know. But the guards on the palace says around when the moon is about to place on the center of the sky. And we're trying to figure it out what that means." The Agent said.

"They meant around 11:00 PM." Angelica's intelligence proven to be far greater than any other teachers. "The Moon does position itself on the center around night of Equestria. Just like how the Sun would work too. But that depends when the Princess would use her powers deary."

"And it maybe around 11:00 PM." The Agent added. A Straight time? He would agree. But eventually, time do have minutes counted. "The Blade stabbed behind him is actually-"

"Knife?" Angelica takes a closer look on the knife of what the Agent identified. "Having a strange symbol of that knife is not a knife. It's a shortsword. And the handle is quite longer than apart of a dagger nor a knife." The blood is still fresh. That he was killed around 8 hours after. Or ten.

"And what about those numbers on the sides? Do they look familiar to you?"

"So much," Angelica looked on the left side where the numbers are all mashed up to another. Equations are filled with answers. Everything were all solved by her view. "Somewhat the killer had done something to solve a mathematical problem here. And it seems the killer is actually smart."

"Did he used it to go through and steal that portrait of the stolen art?" The Agent further asked as he waits for Angelica's expertise on answering a case that was never gone familiar with.

"Sounds like it." Angelica looked at the empty slot for the portrait art of Quillastorcia. Gone. Empty. Like four or five emplacements of security had gone through by the killer. A Natural Smart Thief. "If he's going to go through the problems, he needs somewhere to write. Rather than bonding with concrete pillars or walls. He'd go for the skin of a lifeless body. Avoiding the scans directed by you guys."

"And the symbol on his face?" The Agent pointed on where it is. Still expecting to Angelica to answer it too. "Is that how he solved through the security system?"

That's the only question she could not answer. Because she's not familiar with the symbol. Thus, the symbol itself is not even shown in public. As time now have forgotten this symbol again. "I don't know that symbol. And no. That's not how he got the answer to surpass security to get the most important art of Equestria. He has to go through by knowing the measurements of the laser systems. As well as how focused the lockdown coordinates are."

"Well said... But the Symbol remains unanswered."

"I don't know about the symbol. Really." Angelica goes further to honesty to herself. "If that symbol DID exist before. Then maybe Celestia knows?"

Problem is. Where is Celestia? Not here. Not on Equestria. But on Saddle Arabia for a peace conference and trading marketings. Well, the new Princess is now incharge. And she may know the symbol. However, Angelica is not familiar with the name Twilight Sparkle, as said on the newspapers. She can describe one word for her

Egghead..

"Still..." Angelica looked at the Agent. As he stopped looking at the dead body and now looked at her. "How did I even get involved on this case anyway?"

"A Message was sent to your house directly on your mail 20 minutes before his death on the palace." The Agent gives a little " Ehm " and continues. "Quill Storm directly sent it by owl. And once he did, the message did come to your mailbox. Then afterwards, the killing."

"What?"

"Did he sent a mail to you?"

She never got any mail on her mailbox yesterday night. She was sleeping on her house at 9:00 PM. Counted on the clock and written on her note for her schedule. Every test papers of 50 students were all checked. As some would be said failed and the others passed. Well. Out of the ordinary. It's just a University basic day.

"No. Not that I know off. When was the time the mail was delivered?"

"Around 10:30 PM  before his death early 11 PM."

Every morning, she checked her mailbox everday. But no. There was no mail on her mailbox around morning. It was impossible to get through that as the mail failed to get through her mailbox. Expecting something she could not know off, she stayed silent about that. The Mail? Was there something important about it? Sent by an owl? Maybe it died by exhaustation about it was too far from the west to the east. A Sick fast flight by the fastest Pegasus of the Wonderbolts.

"Strange to hear that Miss Frost. How did the mail not delivered to you directly?"

"I don't know." For all she knows. She took an early sleep after checking the test papers of the students and delivered it for the next day on the University. But no. No mails so far. And only a mail about her taxes already paid.

"Does any of the guards or ponies know the killer of Quill Storm?"

"No."

"How is Fleur involved and know about me having a string friendship between me and Quill Storm?" Angelica's raised her curiosity. So far, Fleur? Involved? Not knowing about that. What about her fancy husband Fancypants? There has to be an explanation here. Because if there is none. Then Fleur is the killer here.

"She said about that she saw you with him around the palace to look at his arts on the west section." He continued. "She do know about that both of you took interests on symbols. And the question about the symbol on his face remained unanswered. What is the symbol drawn on his face?"

Second time? Third Time? Too much? "Like I said Mr.Agent," She clears her throat with a simple pardon. "I don't know or even seen this kind of symbol until now.

"But he mentioned about a machine below Can-"

A Four Seconds Quake now takes the interruption slot and shakes the entire palace. As well as the city. It was strong. As its weakest part, the western art section, the ceilings collapses down at the ponies.

It stopped afterwards. And reports of multiple radio chatters on the Agents present in the area responded. It crowded the once silent hall caused by the quake to a radio market by agents.

"The Capital took a hit badly. As well as other cities. It took effect in the entire country."

"What do you mean?" The Senior Agent asked. As he helped Angelica Frost rise up from the floor, shaken by the quake that created fear on her.

"4.56 Seconds Earthquake. Science Division says it centered on Canterlot. Below."

Another silence on the hall again. They knew that once a secret and classified 800 years ago. Now just mentioned that this piece of classified machine just somewhat? Reactivated? This is now a new issue added by the Agents as they were trying to solve a case about Quill Storm.

"An Earthquake...took a bad effect on the entire country of Equestria?"

"We still have an unfinished issue here." The Senior Agent called in. "If you don't know the symbol. Can you tell why there's the symbol drawn in Quill Storm's face?"

"Ugh.." A brief sigh reply from Angelica. Hearing the same question again and again. " I don't know about the symbol. But he does say about an unusual symbol that existed hundreds of years ago. He said something about it. A Machine or something but whatever. It's considered a myth."

That startled the Senior Agent. Thought that she might know the truth. "Did he say about the name of the machine?"

"No."

"Well Miss Frost," The Senior Agent prepares to leave. As he ordered his agent to call somepony. "If we can't solve an issue here. Why not talk to Miss Fleur?"

"What?"

"You heard me Miss Frost. She wants to speak to you." The Senior Agent leaves as his lieutenant comes with him. And the rest of the agents continues to go along with their duties given by their superior.

Angelica goes by the museum's cafeteria. As she took a sit on one of the vacant tables nearby. She closed her eyes, remembering back that conversation with Quill Storm. But his dead body drowns her mind with fear. Thinking that she might be having nightmare of this murder. No one knows who killed him. But she fears about that she might be the suspect since she's one of the closest ponies to the best author of two best selling stories. She remembers one of her class sessions on AC-B room with 76 students inside. A Lesson to be taught. A Lesson to be explained for.

"How many bytes are placed on the small computer chip? Is it 40?"

"No. It can't be 40. 36. A Student lets out several papers by levitating it. 36 because the initial numbers are around 32. And by that, it can be divided by six. Then you multiply to two. Plus four for the addition when you add another byte to the program. You get 36. Because if you go more than 36, you'll end up having the same equations when you divide three times."

Angelica laughs about the top student unicorn on the class. "Funny. Because 36 is not the answer." She made the class noise up with complains and problems said. "The Answer is 5. You almost got it. That's right, you divide it by six and multiply by two? But have you considered of getting the equations by square roots on two before you multiply by two? Because the answer of the bytes are dependable. You get 2.34 instantly when you do it by the sq. The Basic when starting by default program is 6.61."

Odd Mathematics. But this really made the class wonder by Angelica's IQ. The Bytes do start by 6.61.

"Remember when Star Swirl the Bearded is considered to be the important conjurer of the pre-classical era?" Most of the students replys with a quiet nod. Ready to listen to Angelica's lessons. "There were only these basic math problems, and only many of those were answered by him. The Magic he got right was by the essence of aura. Which that occured many years before the machine technology is first introduced. Star Swirl is one of the six key ponies responsible for making Equestria change."

"Can you explain about Star Swirl when he made the book of magic?"

"The Book of Magic made by Star Swirl the Bearded is over a thousand years old. So old that there are still many spells to be written by icon patterns. And why Icon Patterns? No numbers yet. But those icon patterns serves as names. Names. That each of those must get two-three letters off from a word and combine it with another." She stops for a bit and continues. "Still, we use those icon patterns to indicate which magic is behind that given magic. And thus, it's also used as language for our present time. Well you can do alphabets by scrolls, but in ancient story books or in spell books. There are filled with icon patterns. And Star Swirl the Bearded created icon patterns and published those at several cities. Once were towns."

These surprised the students about Star Swirl. But one of the students raised her hoof and stood up. "Then did Star Swirl made every Unicorns from the past made their nose bleed??"

That made the students laughed. Nosebleed? Even Angelica would only smile by the student's guess about the past. "Confused. New to that language. Yes. You might add that. But after a few days, you know that Star Swirl would not make the Unicorns from the past become confused so easily. He teaches them, publicly. And those who listened were all interested and spread that language like an endless crowd marching."

• Present Time -

"Angelica?" A Female Voice that's so familiar to her called her name. As the pony in front of her called. She slowly wakes up as she did not know that she was taking a nap with her head laid on the table infront of her.