Midnight's Memoirs

          May 7th

          Tuesday 6:07 PM

Here I was slumbing around the remains of my old home and what do I find still in one piece? This old journal from so long ago. I’m surprised this thing survived the fire. I can honestly say without a doubt that I was certain that nothing survived, but it appears that I was wrong. See, 13 years ago I had a bit of a mental breakdown after attempting a rather difficult spell and set fire to our home. The blaze went rampant and couldn’t be put out in time. Mother wasn’t upset with what I had done, however, she was more concerned  with my wellbeing and relieved to see that I was alright. Ever since then, mother and I have lived inside Arcane Academy; she first gave me a dorm to stay in temporarily but I’ll be enrolling soon so I need not leave. I’ve mastered just about every spell I’ve come into contact with and limited my social interaction over the years; friends are of no concern to me anymore, the idea will only slow down my studies. I am a reclusive egghead who has renounced the very notion of friendship, but that bothers me not. Besides, mother put her responsibilities as principal before anything else including her own son, so why shouldn’t I do something similar?

          Speaking of which, should I even call her my mother anymore? Every time I speak to her it’s usual on ceremony, I either refer to her as principal and only refer to her as mother whenever she gets me in trouble. Besides, when I enroll, the only way I’ll be addressing her will be Principal Solar Wind. Perhaps………perhaps she was always principal Solar Wind. My mother, the one who loved me and cherished my very presence died the day the school was open. After that, I only spoke with Principal Solar Wind, because mother Solar Wind was gone and this new creature took her place. Mother would make time for me, however, the only ponies she’s made time for over the years were her students.

          She abandoned me and focused solely on the academy, I was left to study and practice magic by myself. I should look at the positive though, over the years I’ve learned that I can control two different elements of nature: fire and ice. It started the day of the fire, when I was studying an Amalgamation Spell I grew enraged because I couldn’t figure it out. I felt the air condense around me and found myself surrounded in a wave of searing blazes. I felt something inside myself, it appeared that my emotions increased and heightened my elemental magic. I did some research and found that elemental magic is slightly different from arcane magic. Some ponies are born with a type of elemental magic, but only with one, never two. This only proves how special I am, and how ready I am to enroll in Arcane Academy.

          Tomorrow is the opening ceremony for new students and also when the entrance exams are to be performed. Principal Solar Wind will be scoring everypony’s exam personally, time to show her how much I’ve learned without her help.

          —Midnight