SnowFlare, Pegasus of Ice.

Snowflare both slept and felt like a rock.

He probably read TOO much of those books and not enough sleep. Unfortunately, Telepathy had other plans for him.

Rise and Shine, Snowflare. came Celestia, as always. Snowflare sat up and watched his bedheaded mane fall.

He patiently waited for Celestia to get to the topic, which she pretty much always did. Probably gonna be more Combat spells or magic buildups. He thought, but not with Telepathy. However today's practice caught him off guard.

I want you to practice hiding your presence.

Snowflare was about to reach for a drink from the fridge, but the request made his hoof stop.

What?!

I said practicing hiding your presence.

I know, but what does that even mean? Invisibility?

I guess i should be more specific, hiding your magical presence. Strong enough unicorns can sense magic from a while away.

Like what part? The sound of their horn?

The Aura it emits.

How does that even make sense?

You can sense mine from the Telepathy right now, cant you?

So how do i HIDE My "Aura" Magic presence thing whatever-ma-bob?

Snowflare could hear Celestia chuckling at that last line.

A-anyways, back on topic, Hiding a presence isn't easy, but it can be worth it.

You can sneak away from powerful unicorn undetected.

Snowflare then remembered that lavender unicorn from the library, she must have had powerful magic...She probably could sense me, but couldn't make out what it was coming from.......

After a brief explanation on how to hide his presence, Snowflare gave it a try. He focused his energy and tried to force it deep inside his body. A purple streak covered his body for a split second, and then vanished. He suddenly couldn't feel his magical build.

He knew it was there, it just wouldn't come to his senses.

KNOCK KNOCK

Snowflare turned to face the door.

Okay, Snowflare, you should probably get that, i have to get Ruby some crystal flower seeds again.

Celestia said as she cut off the telepathy.

Snowflare walked up to his door slowly. Who could be visiting me?

He wondered as he opened the door. He saw a gray mare with weird eyes with bubbles as her cutie mark.

"Umm, heres a package from Princess Celestia!" The mare said as she gave him a package.

Wait......Something's not right. he thought as he looked at the package.

"Um, Excuse me......what's your name?"

"Ditzy, but you can call me Derpy."

"Derpy, it says this package is adressed to 'Rarity' My name is Snowflare."

The mare looked at the package and shrieked. "Oh no! I mixed the packages up again!!"

This is really bad....If whoever got my mail opened the package from Celestia, she or he'll think it was for him or her!

"Derpy! Where does Rarity live?!"

"A-at the Carousel boutique, that huge fancy looking building over there, " She said as she pointed a hoof.

"Thanks!" Snowflare said as he flew as fast as he could without Super-Dashing.

After a few minutes of flying through town he finally spotted the building.

Alright Snowflare......you know the plan, ask for your mail, give her her package, say thanks, and go back home.

He repeated that in his mind for about five minutes before he actually walked in.

She heard a voice of a little filly call "RARITY! THERES SOMEPONY HERE!" In an excited tone.

As if on que, a White mare with a curled purple mane and tail appeared.

"Hello, welcome to the Carousel Boutique! What may i do for you today?"

Snowflare sighed as he brought her package into eyesight.

"Our packages got mixed up, can i please have mine back?"

Rarity looked at the package to see that it was indeed, Hers.

"Snowflare, i presume?" She said when she realized it was.

"Yes, that is my name."

"How does a pegasus get things from Princess Celestia?" At that point, Snowflare didn't know wether to call her a racist, or to remind her that Celestia treats all races fairly.

"I mean, i thought Celestia taught MAGIC, Not flight."

Yep. Racist it is. He wasted no time asking

"Are you some kind of racist?"

Rarity was taken aback by the question, like she didn't even know what racism was.

"A lady is never a racist!" She stated as she did some sophisticated pose.

"Then what were you just being." Snowflare stated, trying his hardest not to show his annoyed face.

"Point taken...." She admitted in defeat.

Snowflare went ahead and put Rarity's package down and then took his and put it back in his saddlebag.

He then flew off back to his own home.

When he opened the package he realized that it was an ancient book that only The tyrant king Sombra had been able to find before.

DUSK: Artifacts of both worlds.

Upon closer inspection he realized the book had none of celestia's aura at all! Looking even further he realized one of the pages was bookmarked!

Title: The Demon's Mirror.

One day King Sombra, before becoming the tyrant king, had plotted a way to take over the throne. And one day, he had discovered a magical gem that could see past a pony. Knowing it could work for some devious plan. He placed the gem inside a mirror. Whenever a pony is to look upon the mirror, a darker form of it is created.

"......Who sent this, and what is he or she trying to tell me...?"