FEB 13 Thursday. It's our last day in the forest as we will be leaving today, the next train back to canterlot will arrive early in the morning tomorrow so I'll be leaving soon today and staying in Ilinalta again.

Right now I'm organizing all the things I've found in the forest over the last two weeks, I have over a dozen types of berry seeds a few fruit seeds and three tree seeds, birch maple and pine I'll have to research them when I get back to the library, I'm also going to need a new sketchbook as mine is now full.

Beyond the things I've collected I have gained a decent amount of practice with copying different plants flows, I've studied a few dozen plants now so I think I have enough practice to feel life magic even in my apartment, so I'll be able to continue my practice back home although it will probably take a while for me to get used to copying plants in an environment without as much life magic.

That's for future me to worry about right now I'm spending the rest of my time in the valley copying the magic of the mushrooms I first found here, I drain my magic then rest with some tea before I start packing up the camp to leave the valley.

time skip

FEB 15 Saturday. I wake up getting out of my bed, I may like camping but I have missed my bed, I move into the kitchen before making some breakfast for Entropy and me enjoying some fresh meat before grabbing my badge and making my way out of the apartment and to the library, I walk through the streets moving through the morning rush of ponies.

I enter the library and check in with Daisy for a moment before starting my work, I'm reshelving books today so I grab a cart and get to work.

I've been thinking about Entropy's ability to teleport ever since she first used it, I still have no idea what she is but as I learn more about her I can narrow down my search, what I do know so far is that she seems more intelligent then a normal animal even by this world's standards.

I'm not sure if she'll become as intelligent as a pony but considering how smart she's been so far I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility, and as for her ability to teleport I should probably help her test and train this new ability as I rather she didn't teleport inside a wall, or pony.

I have also realized something important, she can teleport which means that at least to some degree she's manipulating space, that is both amazing and somewhat useless right now it's amazing because I might be able to copy her to do the same, and also useless as even if I can copy her I don't have the control required to manipulate space like that yet.

Still it's something which is great as before this I was going in blind, beyond that I think she might develop more abilities given some time, the reason I think this is because as far as I can tell when it comes to powerful magical creatures they seem to get more powerful the older they are, alicorns also follow this rule as most alicorns as best I can tell start out as really powerful ponies and then become alicorns that get stronger with age.

I move back to the sorting room to return my now empty cart before taking another full cart and leaving the sorting room again, changing the subject from magic creatures to something I've discovered recently, and it reminds me once again of the odd nature of cutie marks and what they do.

Let's start with my cutie mark, as far as I've been able to figure out my mark helps me learn modify and create spells, and that brings be to something odd about my cutie mark that I noticed when I got it, when I first got my mark I thought the symbols on it where gibberish but they are not.

I was going through my notebook that I filled with different runes last night organizing it and noticed that one of the runes matched the runes on my mark, my cutie mark has fourteen symbols seventy three numbers along with thirty seven math related symbols, all on a dark stone tablet drawn in the same green color as my eyes.

The rune that matches my mark is a rune for water, a very old rune for water in fact it's the oldest rune I could find that means water I'm not sure what this means for me, but I took some time to closely examine my mark and I didn't find anything just like before.

I don't know what any of the other symbols mean as I don't recognize any of them, the math also still doesn't make any sense and I don't mean I can't understand the numbers or the order they are in, what I mean is that it makes literally no sense at all.

This is a part of the numbers for a example, 12 = 23 - 243 = 34 + 3 and it goes on, the math isn't just wrong it is literally impossible hell it's barely math at this point it's just random numbers more than anything, but the fact remains that one of the symbols for water is there and they are exactly the same, I once wondered if fate was an active force in this world I still don't know but this does make me lean to a solid maybe.

I've done a lot of research on cutie marks and I'll probably look again now, but I still understand very little a good example of how odd marks can be are the names of ponies, many ponies have names that seem to determine their cutie mark at least to some extent, but then ponies also seem to get their marks from doing what they love.

I have two theories of how this works, both involve harmony as it's a powerful force in this world although I don't know if harmony is a force or a actual being maybe some kind of aspect of this reality, it may be possible as discord does also exist so I can't say for sure that other beings representing parts of the world don't exist.

Take me for example I still don't know how I ended up in equis so once again I can't say for sure that something like the embodiment of death life or fate hell even time doesn't exist somewhere out there.

My second theory is about emotions and harmony and how they affect magic and the world at large, emotions are very important in this world that much is obvious but what role they play in how this world and its magic works is vague at best, and that leads me to my theory.

I know all things living and nonliving things have magic, and magic gathers inside some types of materials and always gathers in living things, I think harmony is either a real being or a manifestation of all beings emotions, I don't have anyway to prove either of these theories but there my best guess so far.

Whether or not this has an effect on cutie marks I don't know, but I think it does somewhat and my best proof is in Rainbow Dash and Twilight both ponies have done many thing worthy of note like all of the main six but what I find interesting about these two is their names and cutie marks.

Lets start with Rainbow Dash specifically her name, she gained her mark from the sonic rainboom and her name is Rainbow I don't know how much more obvious the universe can get with that, then we have Twilight who's mark is as far as I can tell about all types of magic at the same time.

What I find interesting about all this is that Rainbow Dash's name is very specific to what she goes on to do' while Twilight's name is still connected to her future as she is going to be trained by the being that currently controls the day night cycle right now and her name is the middle point in between both day and night.

This whole mess gets even worse when you bring in Twilight's dam who's also named Twilight but seems to have a fairly ordinary life in comparison, if I had to boil this all down into a single question it would be, to what degree does a pony's name affect their cutie mark and future?.

And to be honest I'm as lost as everypony else, I may have special knowledge of this world and what will happen to it but in living here I've come to realize that there are still things, big things about this world that I don't know about and if I want to stop what's coming I'll need to keep learning more about this world.

I move out of my thoughts as I make my way into the breakroom for lunch, I sit next to Daisy as she talks to Maple "hey anything interesting happened when I was gone?" I ask mostly as a joke as almost nothing happens in the library.

Daisy turns to me and gives me a deadpan look before answering "besides a massive dragon head appearing in the city before disappearing? no" she answers her voice filled with sarcasm, I pause and sink back into my thoughts for a moment, :well it seems spike has been hatched then:.

That also means Twilight is officially the student of Celestia now and also now has her cutie mark, I'm forced out of my thoughts as Daisy is still looking at me waiting for a response, I guess I'll need to play ignorant then, "very funny Daisy, but seriously anything happen?"

Maple speaks up "actually she's telling the truth three days ago a dragon's head broke it's way through the top of Celestia's magic school along with a magic shockwave at the same time there were a lot of ponies panicking."

I pretend to pause before sighing "because of course I'd miss something like that, anypony get hurt?"

Maple shakes her head "no there was some panic but the guards did their job and everything calmed down soon after."

I pause to eat a steamed carrot before speaking again "Well that's good, any other wildly crazy things happen when I was gone?"

Daisy answers this time "nope just more of the same like most days, although Blaz will be two weeks late to return to the library and work he pulled a wing muscle so he was told to rest for two weeks."

"Well I hope he gets better soon otherwise working with the two of you is likely to drive me crazy" I joke trying to lighten the mood a little seeing the concern for her friend on Daisy's face.

That does get a small laugh out of her, we continue eating lunch and talking about what we've missed and how our time off was, I told them about going camping although I lied about where I went and that I was alone, as I don't think they'd like that I went into a somewhat dangerous valley by myself.

I get into a conversation with Maple about pie which she seemed to really like, she even seemed a little obsessed with pie, after that we went back to work and before I knew it my shift was over and I'm walking out of the library and heading home.

I enter my apartment and not even a few seconds later Entropy is in front of me on the floor chirping, "hey girl I'm guessing you're hungry?" she claws at me before flying over to the kitchen, I spend some time making some food and making some tea for the both of us as I have a plan.

After she eats I bring her with me to the window and lay down, I think for a moment on how to try to get her to do this, before getting an idea, crows in my world were trained to solve puzzles and I think I can do the same here, I grab a small ruby from the work room.

I spend some time enchanting the ruby to create as strong of a shield as it can in a two foot area, after a hour I'm done and have a ruby that generates a small shield next to it that only lets light and air through, I grab a few juniper berries as treats along with a small piece of raw fish meat.

At this point Entropy knows something is happening and is paying close attention to me, when I activate the shield it will only last for an hour or so before the ruby needs to recharge but that's enough, I give her a berry which she gobbles down before placing the piece of meat on the floor and activating the shield around it.

Entropy really likes meat even more then fruit or berries so she will try almost anything to get it, my hope is that her desire for the meat will be strong enough for her to try teleporting inside the shield, I keep some tea nearby incase she does teleport as she'll probably need it to regain her lost magic.

Last time she teleported she moved both of us a few miles back to the camp, so I think a jump of only a few feet will be something she can do without exhausting herself like last time, Entropy seems to understand she can't reach the meat after repeatedly trying to find a way around or through the shield.

She spends some time scratching at the shield with her beak and talons before getting frustrated hopping around the shield and cawing at it, I give her a berry to try and calm her some before letting her continue trying, I start meditating trying my best to feel the space around me.

I can't keep my attention on her with both my eyes and spatial senses so I just try feeling the space and close my eyes, it takes a while of her repeatedly trying different things before something happens, Entropy stills for a moment before I feel the space around her twist and shift, I can't keep up with what is happening and only catching bits and pieces of what she's doing.

Then for a split second Entropy disappears and then in the same second reappears inside the shield, I try my best to feel the process but my senses are not enough to feel what is happening clearly, I open my eyes after a moment and see Entropy enjoying the piece of meat.

I turn off the shield and let her eat her well earned treat before checking her over, she look a little out of breath much like when she flies for a long while but is otherwise fine, I smile at her as she bows her head demanding scratches I comply using the edge of my hoof to scratch her neck.

"Well then girl it seems you'll be joining me in some training, although I'll need to buy more meat" she caws at me when I say meat and I chuckle "seems you agree then."

Author's Note

Thanks for reading.