'I felt like a child once again, always changing my mind at a moments notice, but I am in a dangerous place, alone. With all this magic I could create a new base of operations, a small piece of land claimed solely for humanity. Not that I am very human anymore.'

I absorbed a small portion of the magic and put the amulet into a small shield bubble and hid the amulet within myself for safe keeping. 'No doubt the princess and her royal guard are looking for me. It is no longer safe here.'

Shadow Sense felt that the time for subtly is over and for there to be a bigger impact from her presence. Being a spy hidden in plan sight was not what she was good at, blunt straightforwardness was. She made her way to the northern edge of Canterlot to climb down the side of the mountain, making sure to keep an eye out for pegasus guards along the way. As she reached the bottom the sun started falling down the horizon. 'The darkness should make me harder to spot.' She proceeded north as the sky and land grew darker as the moon got higher in the sky. At around midnight Shadow Sense swam across a river, after crossing she continued several more miles on land before stopping.

'This is it. From here I can see Canterlot, Cloudsdale and Neighagra Falls, Yet a decent distance from the Frozen North. The perfect place for me to set up that isn't subtle yet won't immediately gather attention.' Gathering the magic from the amulet I sculpted a magical being made with the same personality I tested earlier in Hayseed Swamps. To make it seem more believable to non magical beings, I gave the magical creature stone parts (made with real stone) to make it look like a stone golem. Essentially I gave it a thick stone skin to cover it's magical insides. It looks like a living being of stone, it could also use the magic I give it to cast spells or change shape, but it won't do it unless it is necessary, if it's magic is used up it would 'die'. Basic levitation for moving it's parts is all it needs to do what I need it to do for now.

Using magic I altered the personality giving it the general idea of what I want it to do and build, then I copied the personality for more golems, I sent it on it's way before building another... By the time I created the 5th golem I felt mentally exhausted, so for once in a long time I took a break and watched as the golems work. They started digging a quarry and taking as much stone as they can out, they built pillars into the ground using their magically enhanced hands to mold and shape the stone to their needs as if it where just clay. Over time they built a large pile of stone to work with. I took some and made another two golems with it, the rest was being turned into large stone bricks by 1 golem while the rest mined for stone. I made the stone in these golems more compact and smooth, making them more symmetrical and solid, then I created a large solid stone shield for both of them on their left arms. I added as many small details as I could but kept it simple, It was for intimidation not style. After finishing the two guard golems I sent them on separate patrol paths around the quarry and working golems.

It was at this moment I had a great idea. He made 4 golems quickly out of dirt and 1 guard golem. After their creation she gave them very important goals along with extra magic. They are to go west to Galloping Gorge inconspicuously and find strong metals or gems. The dirt golems will rebuild themselves with the stronger materials, when they can no longer carry any more stronger materials they will come back. The guard golem is there to protect them and help mine the materials when the dirt golems aren't strong enough to dig them. I sent them on their way, hopefully when they come back they will be larger and denser.

I checked up to see how the construction was going. They had made about 14 'bricks' they were 10 feet long and 2.5 feet thick. They are stacking them like normal bricks and they had also made plenty of half bricks that were 5 feet long. The idea was to make a basic structure of 200x200 square feet area on the ground that was 120 feet tall. After the walls were built I would melt them together to make the structure sold before adding the roof / ceiling myself. Of course the golems would make the parts for me while I add the parts to the ceiling. It would essentially be a large rectangle of a building with a large door on one side, but that's all I needed for the near future.

As time passed The structure was about 25% done by the time the sun started rising. The mental strain from creating so many personalities in my mind was annoying. Each and every entity I created is almost as intelligent as me and obeys without question. I have no idea if I can bypass this strain, but that's a problem for later. Watching my subordinates work stoically almost reminds me of home. Something that I likely won't see again, but magic might solve this problem, I would not trust the likes of Celestia to send me back, she is too emotionally indisposed(Archaic definition).

So wherein lies the problem, I can either take what I want by force, or I could convince the ponies to give me what I want to get home, if neither are possible... I'm going to build an enclave powerful enough to contest any nation and wait for humanity to reach me, even if it takes centuries.

Author's Note

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The image to help visualization of stone golems was found here.https://www.pinterest.com/pin/444449056961224894/

-Tracker-
--Base
-5 construction golems, stone.
-2 guard golems, stone.

--Collection group going to Galloping Gorge
-4 collection golems, dirt.
-1 guard golem, stone.

Base is near Neighagra Falls, map is for those who don't know where the character's base is going to be.

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