The Spirit Of Knowledge

Day 1

Alright journal, if the spell worked, then you are currently recording my thoughts. Do not let anyone but me read my thoughts. I'm just going to assume that worked, and dictate what is currently happening. ... nothing is happening. I watched as the sisters flew away carrying you with them. That was a few hours ago, and this is super boring. I can still think and everything, don't know how that works. I can still move my mana around within my body, but I can't mess with anything outside of it. I'm going to look through all the knowledge in my head and see if that can help me at all.

Day 2

So, something interesting happened earlier. A giant wave of power, which felt just like the portal iI went through, washed over me and almost shattered my statue. Thankfully, some weird rainbow light appeared around me, and fixed the cracks and stopped the wave from destroying me. That got me to thinking. It felt like time magic, and I shouldn't exist. I know discord said I would be fine if I did this, but with the universe changed, there was no reason for a version of me to be sent back. That my journal, is called a paradox. There are a few theories about what happens when a paradox occurs. One if everything stops existing, another is the person who caused it stops existing. Turns out the second one is true. See, that wave I felt earlier? That was the universe trying to cleanse me from existence. I was wondering why discord wasn't worried about unleashing an uncontrollable powerhouse, and I guess he thought I would be destroyed. I'm so lucky that the sisters didn't listen to me, and turned me to stone forever. The sad thing is I mean that. I'd rather be alive in stone, than not existing at all. Onto other news, I think I found a way to keep my sanity intact. More on that later.

Day 3

Interesting things happened today. A bunch of ponies carried me and discord to a castle dungeon. So that's nice I guess. The sisters dropped by, and said they would find a way to release me, and apologized a lot. I don't mind forgiving them if I get out of here soon. Mistakes happen after all. Back to keep my sanity in tact, I found a way to connect with my journal. I used the link it has to my mind, to transfer more power into it. Now it records everything that happens within the country of equestria. I was only able to though, because they brought the journal with them when they visited me. If they hadn't I would be in a pickle. Anyway, I also created a domain. You might be confused, and I understand if you are. See, I don't have a physical domain, I have a spiritual one, I think. Either way it isn't a physical thing, now matter where it is. Remember that aether realm? I connected to it and created my own pocket dimension thing, and I can even visit it. My physical body is still stuck right here, and I can't go anywhere but my domain, but it is completely worth it. You might wonder how my journal is recording equestria, well it's amazing if I do say so myself. While in my domain, I sent out a pulse through my journal. That pulse copied every written book, and connected to every living creatures shadow. Not on the whole planet, I'm not that strong, but this continent I have covered. It isn't all that big of a continent though. Anyway, what really surprised me, was what happened to my domain after. Shelves grew out of nowhere, and all the copied books appeared as freshly written ones on the shelves. I shouldn't be surprised that the spirit of knowledge's domain is a library, but It definitely startled me. What was really cool, were the books still being written. The ponies shadows that I connected to, were recording everything that happens around that pony, then shortening it to fit into the book. It basically kept out all the useless information, and anything interesting to that pony got recorded. Like if they got a promotion, or fell in love, they figured out a new spell, those kind of things. There was also one central book, in the middle of my domain. It was propped up on a wooden table that kinda resembled an altar, and I felt connected to it. That was my central power thingy. All I truly understand about it, is I can't let it get destroyed. Remember how the pulse went to every living thing? Yeah, when anything of importance regarding magical, physical, or any kind of cal happens near one of them, it gets recorded in the big book. Today has been pretty good for being trapped in stone. Oh yeah, Celestia and Luna freaked the fuck out after I sent the pulse. I guess they felt it and thought I was trying to attack them? I don't know but what I do know, is that they locked up my journal in a secret room. Also I learned their names.

Week 2

So, two weeks of being a statue, not all that fun. The sisters haven't visited me again. My library has steadily been growing, and something interesting happened with it. Whenever a creature it's connected to touches one it isn't, then the connection spreads. At first I thought I was dying, (my mana was disappearing and I was freaking out), but when I went to my domain I watched as more and more books appeared. As the books grew, the strain on my mana slowly lessened. I read Celestia's book, and it turns out they had a meeting. All the races in this world came together to talk about what to do now that discord is petrified. For some reason they didn't talk about me though. Not even in a passing mention, just took all the credit for themselves. At least I'm not bored though.

week 10

So, thought I would give another update. The sisters brought some bearded pony to take a look at me. He said something attacked my prison, and that the elements were stuck in defense mode. Why did they bring him down you might ask? Well, earlier that same day, they tried to free me. I was ecstatic at the thought of freedom, until the spell fizzled out and that same rainbow glow appeared. Turns out that when the universe tried to erase me, the elements went into overdrive to keep me imprisoned. The sisters of course, said they were sorry, and there was nothing they could do, all that junk. Luna even cried a little. At least they feel guilty. On a positive note, my mana isn't being drained anymore. The creatures from that meeting, spread all over the world. With all the knowledge I'm recording, my mana is growing instead of decreasing. I briefly entertained the thought of breaking out myself, but I squashed it pretty quickly. I doubt I will ever be stronger then the literal universe. Or if I am ever that strong, it will take a few million years before it happens. Not looking forward to that being a thing if it ever is. Whelp, back to reading about dragon fights.

Year 3

Hello again journal. It's been a while hasn't it? Not much has happened. My library is huge now, so I can fly around inside of it. That brought my boredom down a bit. I've actually become a pretty good flier. I still can't do any crazy maneuvers though. The sisters never visited again. So I guess I really am stuck like this. I encountered a new species again. Been a while since that's happened. They're called changelings, and they kinda freak me out. They feed off the emotions of their victims, and replace their loved ones. I stopped reading their books. Remember that bearded pony? I've been reading his book lately, and he has a lot to say about magic. The books he has written on the subject, are actually quite interesting. I would love to introduce him to runes, he could probably teach me a thing or two on them. Ooh, a dragon clan war just started. This will be an interesting read.

Year 10

Hey there journal, it's been even longer now. The library has grown, It's like 1/4th a mile now. Turns out a lot happens in this world. I've grown a lot stronger to. I think I lucked out when discord made me the spirit of knowledge. Imagine if I was the spirit of hope or something like that. Ha, I would be powerless then. I learned how to manipulate my domain more. I created a room to practice magic in. While I'm here, I basically decide what the rules are, so I set the room to be indestructible and made it act like the outside world. Good thing I did to, I've messed up quite a few spells in that room. I don't even need runes anymore, I can just picture what I want the magic to do and will the spell to do it. It costs me more mana to do it like that though. I think it's worth it, I can cast any spell in an instant now. Well, if I already have the mana gathered. I'm still practicing enchanting though, I can't just will my way through that. Nothing else of interest has happened.

Year 100

The dragon clan war finally stopped. I kinda wish it didn't though, I thought it was super interesting. Does that make me a bad person? Heh, probably. I've been stuck here for a while now. The library is huge now, and I don't think there is a single creature I'm not connected to. I had to reorganize all the shelves, since there were to many books to go through the way I was. Now the books are together by species and sub species. I further organized them by their job to. I then added a new rule to my domain, all the books that I would find interesting glow. I also made it so the book covers had the color of their genre. The adventure books were green, comedy yellow, slice of life blue, I think you get it. I also found some interesting things about the sisters. Turns out alicorns like them, are really just another form of spirit. They are both connected to the sky. Tia has the day, and lulu has the night. I read about those two nicknames a few years ago. I think it's kinda cute they call each other that. I also know they're spirits because Celestia tried to force her way into my domain. She didn't know it was mine, she just stumbled upon it and wanted to check it out. I held her off though, I didn't really want to talk to her.

Year 300

So, I played god. I modified the spell I used to create my journal. With the new spell and the power of my domain, I created my own librarians. They manage all the new books for me, and make sure any book I read goes back to the correct place. At first I thought they were more like robots, but they read the books to. I have even caught them talking to each other in private, and creating their own spells for fun. They do other stuff for fun to. After I made them the materials, they started to paint, make music, and study everything they could. They also have their own books, but for some reason they can't read them. I can, and they can read each other's, but they can't read their own. I thought that was interesting. They also call me father. I don't know how to feel about that, but I guess it's pretty apt. There is only six of them for now, and I don't think I'll make more. Just thought I would document what I did. They wouldn't survive outside my domain though. They aren't actual flesh and blood creatures. Just sentient magic.

Year 700

It has been so long, so very long since I last tasted freedom. Over the last 400 years I found out some interesting things about my new existence. Turns out I can't go insane from living to long. Since knowledge is my domain, I can't accumulate to much of it, and the sands of time don't wear down my brain. I don't know how I would fair without my domain, but with it I'm ok. I also have a perfect memory. I remember every single moment since discord changed me, with absolute clarity. The weird thing is, I can choose to think about stuff or not. I don't mean the normal way where you just don't think about it, I mean I forget what I don't want to remember, but it's still there. I can just remember it if I need to like it was never forgotten in the first place. My librarians have names now, though I'm not going to list them all. They also named their species. They call themselves Watchers. It is a pretty unusual name for a species, but it fits them perfectly.

Year 1000

So something interesting occurred a little bit ago. Luna went insane and attacked Celestia. Celestia then used the elements to trap luna in her domain. Wondering why that happened? Well, it all started 100 years ago. There was a kingdom, called the crystal kingdom. It was made of crystal, I know not very original, and it was taken over by an evil king. That king was named sombra, and he was an evil genius. He conquered the kingdom, and linked himself physically to his own shadow. Don't worry, he didn't have the strength to link to anything more than his own shadow. He was strong though. The sisters fought him, and with the last of his strength he cursed the empire and Luna. The empire disappeared with him,(no idea how he did that) and Lulu's dark side was slowly released. Over time this made Luna go insane. Leading to her being banished into her own domain. I would be more specific, but when sombra linked with his shadow, he destroyed my connection to it. Which is also why he only linked with his own shadow. I fought hard for control of the others, and I am waaaay stronger than he is. Back to the present, the sisters castle for wrecked. One of the death lasers exploded in the dungeon, and my statue went flying outside into some bushes. Tia ended up moving to a new castle, but she never found my statue. I'm pretty sure she thought I was destroyed. I think I prefer it this way though, since she moved discord's statue into a public garden for the world to look at. No thank you.

Year 1500

While studying a way to make mana come back faster, I discovered a neat little thing. The prison that's holding me, is also slowing down my mana regeneration. I just wish I knew why creating life cost so much mana. I mean, I can create dirt just fine, or water. They didn't take that much. But the plants? Not even close. (Did I mention I tried to make my librarians alive?) Not to mention everything is easier in my domain. I can't imagine how much it would take outside of it. Remember how I guessed it would take a million years to become a god? Yeah no, try a few trillion. Even then I couldn't make a universe. Really makes me realize how weak I am in the grand scheme of things. I mean, I'm currently just a little weaker then Celestia at her best. With enough time to prepare, she can suck so much power out of the sun, it's amazing. To be fair, I last saw her do that 600 years ago. So she's probably even stronger now. Normally I would think I got short changed, but I stopped to think about it. I grow stronger faster then she does. Therefore even though she started stronger then me, I will eventually surpass her. I also learned more about her in general. She has a physical domain, but she's so strong she can connect to the aether. She somehow connected her domain to the aether, and I don't think she realized how stupid that was. Sure, she can cross the aether,(which is how she found my domain), but if someone finds that connecting point and destroys it, she dies. Before they would have had to destroy the sun, and no one is going to do that. Now something can just destroy that link and boom, Celestia is dead and the sun remains. I just don't get why she would do that.

Year 1700

So something is going to happen. I don't know what, but the universe is slowly tensing. I think time is catching up to where I was sent back. The universe probably only has one more shot to destroy me before everything... I don't know. Before the paradox messes stuff up. I'm kinda anxious to see what will happen.

Year 1800

Oh boy it is getting closer. Whatever it is, my skin is tingling. I just hope I don't die when whatever is gonna go down goes down. Crossing my claws.

Year 1900

It is so close. It's all I can think about. I tried distracting myself reading the books of Celestia's students, but I can't focus. Whats going to happen?

Year 2004

It happened, and I can't believe it. I don't even... just what? Well, on the bright side I'm free. On the downside, I am now questioning my entire existence, but that isn't important right now. Don't worry journal, I'm coming to get you back.