Who am I?

It wasn't enough... It was never enough. By the time a year past by, my name had long since ceased to be whispered of, and I went back to my old status of merely an oracle. Oh, my sudden ability to minipulate magic had stirred the village to the point that I hardly ever grasped even a blink of sleep for a week. Somepony had always come and pounded on my door, all of the ponies having been spirred to ask me questions, somehow sure that now that I had magic the answers were sure to be even more precise than ever.

It drove me half mad. Until the faithful night I locked my door and boarded the windows shut, I was near seething with annoyance. Once sleep had graced me with its presence once more, however, I was much more open to their questions, while still making sure to shut my door at a reasonable hour.

After all the hubub, I got to explore magic further. With it now at my hoof tips, I found out so much more than I would have with just listening. The first thing I realized, was that anypony could minipulate magic, I being a key example of someone who had no magical properties at all yet still being able to have a sapphire aura around my hooves. It was slow work, but it was steady none the less.

Spells I had heard of I tried, and I listened intently to my friend to know more. Nati was a great help, in both showing me how to better direct it, and in helping me control it. Now that the connection had been made with my mind and my hooves, each day it grew harder to seperate mental from physical. With kind words and a guiding hoof, Nati showed me how to control the arua and offered much help, which I kindly refused.

While her help was needed and appreciated, I was not a foal who needed someone's hoof to guide them through everything. I was capable, and after a while, I got her to see that.

Still...even with a concept so vast to keep me entertianed for many a year, my thirst was not quite quenched. I had learned the basics of one concept, and while my concious was happy to continue learning the complexities, my subconcious could not bear staying on one topic for too long. And so, I departed once more.

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I continued my research on magic far into my travels, but as last time, nothing really yeilded new information for me... It was all starting to seem like a song that had long since been stopped being enjoyed, or a desert you'd had one too many times and now it was beginning to taste bland. My idle time brought forth my irritation, annoyed by the ponies telling me of useless things, or even more annoying things I already knew...

One day, my mind turned in a dark direction. My eyes swiveled to look unto the young, scrawny Ever Free, tempted to study the creaturs within its wake. The shadows would surely pose a decent topic to study... I shook my head. No, it was too dangerous. Even with magic, the shadows that could shift at will would be too much of a threat to my overall being. There had to be a better way...

Yet as I sat in silence at my lonely little tent in the vast plain just before the forest, nothing more sprung to my mind. The Sun Goddess and Moon God must've surely known everything... they watched the entire realm through the sun and the moon, did they not? Slowly, as this thought formed, a small smile crept onto my face and started to grow. Oh... oh I had such darling plans forming. If magic did not give me the challenge I wanted, then the keepers of the Moon and Sun would surely quench my thirst.

I would disect their character as I have with my own, and with everypony I knew, and I would be so wrapped in the project I would never need any more.

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I needed a plan. One that wasn't half baked, at least. I needed a true, honest plan, to reach the heavens where the 'Celestials', as I'd taken to calling them, housed. My magic would need assistance... /I/ would need assistance. Surely, a team of unicorns along side me would get me to their dwellings... But as this idea was explored another formed.

What if I didn't have to? I'd heard of unicorns giving up their physical existance for a short time, allowing themselves to become nothing but their manefestation of power for a short time. I pondered this idea, and as this sollution came to mind, the other died. The second was riskier, but the first was simply outragous. Who would possibly want team with me? Even with some inspiring words, ponies often did things only when it gave something to them, in turn.

Yes... It would be a lot easier and take a lot less time to simply give up my physical existance for a while, and the concept was yet another opportunity to learn. I would get to know what it felt like to live without a body, free of physical afflictions. I shivered excitedly at the thought. Oh, yes, this was certianly going to be my plan.

I would relinquish my body for a spell, (I actually like making puns at times, hope you'll excuse it,) and find a way to turn back once I had my fill of spying on the gods. It was rich, yet at the same time I knew it was somewhat risky. If they discovered me, I would be in no position to fight, as I would be nothing but a cloud of magic, which, is not very strong.

I supposed a few cloaking spells would disguise me well enough, too tired that night to think on it anymore, I paid a tribute to the Stallion Keeper of the Moon before putting out the fire and resting my head down to rest.