--Canterlot Hospital: Research wing--
-Mid-afternoon-

Aidan sits on a medical examination bed, being poked and prodded by various devices and spells. All this, in an effort to understand the appearance of the black moon in the sky. Twilight and Celestia are currently talking with some of the researchers, unless interrupted by Rainbow Dash. She seems quite set on trying to duplicate the moves Cale taught the guards earlier in the day, and knocking over the medical skeleton display in the corner of the room.

"Come on Rainbow, we'll see if we can find you a punching bag in town or something" Applejack says, as she tries to drag her out of the room.

"But what if we miss something mind-blowingly awesome!?" She yells out, reaching for anything to hold on to. Unfortunately, that something turns out to be Pinkie Pie.

"But the more you make noise the longer they take and the longer they take the longer before the awesome stuff can happen!" Is all that is heard as Pinkie helps Applejack drag Rainbow outside the room.

"I'll just go make sure they don't get into trouble, if that's ok with you Princess Celestia." Fluttershy quietly asks the day princess. As soon as Celestia give a nod of approval, she heads out to follow the others.

Aidan fidgets in his seat. "I'm hoping Pinkie's right and things can move along faster now."

"One would think that you could put up with some simple magical & medical procedures. After all, you did spend most of the morning translating instructions from your owl to the guards" Rarity states from her little separate section of the room. She has her sketchbook open and is busy drawing out various new outfits, having been inspired by silver feathers glinting in the sunlight.

"Things would go much faster if you'd let us take a blood sample" one of the various doctors in the room states.

"No way, no how. Not letting some part of me out of my sight, where the Nine could potentially get it. Blood and body parts have a magic of their own, and can bypass some of my magical defenses." Aidan states quite adamantly. "Only way you're getting any bodily fluids is if I get to put it under magical guard."

"Which we have stated would interfere with the tests that need to be done." the doctor says, hands on her hips and staring straight at Aidan. "Having to deal with some strange magical beast while testing would increase the odds of a mistake."

Celestia walks over to Aidan and says in her most diplomatic tone, "What if Twilight supervises the tests, and destroys the samples afterwards. Would this be acceptable to you?"

Aidan thinks this over. "This is acceptable, if can add the addition of Cale guarding her."

Celestia looks to the group of doctors, as they seem to think things over. "This is an acceptable compromise princess," the lead doctor says. "Now, we can take the blood sample. Then we will have you provide a urine and semen sample." She says as one of the doctors walk up with syringe for taking the blood sample.

Blood sample is taken and Aidan is provided two specimen cups and shown to a bathroom. Lacking his seeing eye owl, cause Cale did not want to see that, there is sounds of him bumping into things like the sink or toilet.

"You ok in there?" the lead doctor asks.

"Just fine. Think I found where everything is." is the response from the bathroom. After some time he exits with the two specimen cups and hands them over for testing. "Who designs a washing basin on the wall, with nothing attached to the floor for blind people to tap a foot against?"

"Yeah, we are in the research wing. Most of those styles are only common in the rest of the hospital, where such ponies need them." the lead doctor explains. Taking the cups, she and Twilight head off with Cale to perform the tests. The other medical researchers follow along, leaving a blind Aidan in the room with Celestia.

"Now that we are alone," Princess Celestia says as she moves closer. "You are not fully blind, are you? Even without Cale around."

"Whatever do you mean?" Aidan says, turning to face the sound.

"I have noticed that you sometimes turn to face others, even when your seeing owl is looking elsewhere. It is not consistent, but enough to know that there is something else going on."

"Well the answer to that is not a straight forward one. For I am one hundred percent physically blind." Aidan extends a hand with index and middle finger extended. "It would be easiest to show you, and while I have not recovered enough of my essence path to cast this spell. I should be able to force through." He draws in the air, leaving lines of light behind his fingers. With the sigil complete, he guides the spell and casts it upon Celestia. "This is the very spell that lets Cale be my physical eyes. It is a two way street and can share my senses with another." He looks off into the distance, towards an inner wall of the hospital. "Ready to see the world through my eyes princess?"

She nods and states. "I am."

"Now close your eyes, focus your mind inwards and then think upon me."

Celestia finds herself looking at pure blackness. "I see nothing."

"That is what I see of the physical world. As for the next part, you know of the nephilim as I explained to Twilight correct?" He asks her, getting a near immediate answer.

"Yes, they are humans of your world born with the souls of the ancient supernatural races. You did not go into more detail at the time, and her notes are very clear on that."

"I am a nephilim, and the race that my soul belongs to is known as a the Devah. A race gifted with great power of summoning, and one of the rarest. They nearly rendered themselves extinct using the power of ancient great beasts. As one of the Devah nephilim, I have spiritually inherited one of their physical trait. A third eye, and this is how I see the world with it."

Aidan opens his spiritual third eye and Celestia now sees a vast world covered with a flowing white mist. The mist flows along various currents that she can not understand. Along the path of sight granted to her, she sees forms off in the distance. One of them is a purplish aura in the shape of a winged pony, and a horn. "Is that Twilight!?"

"Yes, that would be her magical essence. While I can not see the physical, I can see the magical. And that includes beings infused with other forms of supernatural energies. You alicorns are the most visible to me, so far. Followed by unicorns, then pegasi and earth ponies." Aidan explains, focusing his gaze on other forms. Celestia is barely able to make out the forms of pegasi and earth ponies from the mist of ambient magic. The unicorns do stand out, though it varies from pony to pony. One form that stands out quite clearly is that of Aidan's owl, Cale. The owl looks nearly like he does in the physical world, perhaps an indication of it's magical nature.

"And what do I look like to your second sight?" Celestia can't help but inquire. Her borrowed gaze begins to pan to the right, slowly a golden light can be seen. Moment later she can see herself, a tall and elegant pony with white alabaster skin. Her wings are larger than they are in the physical world, as is her horn, and she is surrounded by a brilliant golden aura.

"Blindingly beautiful," is Aidan's answer. His sight unable to see the red now tinting her cheeks.

Author's Note

Next chapter will continue directly from here, cause think this is perfect point to pause for dramatic tension.

(And no did not forget about Rarity. Just wait till next chapter)