In the time I have been away, I have been focusing on growing my audience on Fimfiction. I apologize for the long wait.

I awoke the next morning to a pounding in my head. I quickly raised my hand to my head to try and control the pain, only to further flare the headache I had from the lack of sleep.

Ah! ...ow...

I took a quick look at the clock. I shut me eyes and realized that maybe it wasn't the best idea in the world to stay up until four in the morning and wake up at nine.

"All the time in the world and I decided to stay up until four..." I lectured myself. I debated the point of staying in bed for a few more hours, before I wondered about getting some water to quell my headache. After deciding to get up, I went into my bathroom and took care of my immediate hygiene issues for they day. I showered quickly, and after getting out, I quickly dried off and put on my clothes for the day. I turned to look at myself in the mirror, debating weather or not I was presentable so far. I leaned in to inspect myself closer, paying close attention to my face.

...looks fine…

I looked back to my sink, and reached for my toothpaste, when a thought sprung into my mind. I tilted my head in thought, before quickly searching my mind for the recent levitation spell I had acquired.

What's stopping me from using it on two things at once…?

Really, the only thing stopping me was my reserve of magical energy. I locked the spell on both the toothpaste and my brush, before casting it and lifting my hands. Both the objects went with my hand, but before I could even think about applying the paste, I found myself unable to further lift the paste and brush, and quickly had to set them down. I took a step back, breathing heavily, before getting upset and deciding to just do it the regular way. After finishing, I looked in the mirror, checking to see if I had missed anything in my teeth. I stepped back, content with the job that I had done. I gave myself a small smile as I looked at myself.

…

The glass of the mirror shattered into a thousand pieces as my clenched fist collided with it at speeds that shouldn't have even been possible for me. I stepped back, and looked to the floor. I let out a small gasp, before thinking about what had just happened.

"...I… what?" I asked myself as I looked at what I had done.

What… why did I… do that?

I stepped away from the shards of glass before looking at the wall where the mirror once was. Shards of the mirror remained, but the majority of it was on the floor in pieces. My next thought was about who I would need to talk to to get this fixed, and weather or not I would be charged for it.

"Why did..." I said, still beyond confused.

I did a double take at the door, before exiting my bathroom and stood, bewildered, in my room. I looked at my fist, to find that there was not damage done to it.

"...What the fuck is going on?" I asked the air. I shook my head, before exiting my room in a hurry. I made my way to one of the meeting rooms that I would expect to find Celestia at at this time in the morning. As I rounded the corner, I quickly stepped around a pony who was walking around the corner.

"Sorry, my mistake," I said aloud.

"Hm, yes, it was," the pony responded. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the pony was not one of the castle staff, or any one I knew either. This pony seemed to be wearing rather high end clothing, and seemed to be rather cross with the way I had almost walked into him. I turned to look at him as he walked away, and a few more fancily dressed ponies followed him. I snorted at this, but otherwise payed them no mind.

Upon arriving at the meeting room, I saw a few more ponies sitting next to Celestia. They were apparently discussing something, as they looked rather deep in conversation. A few of the ponies cast a glare my way, but I payed them no heed. Celestia met my gaze for a few moments, and I could swear I saw a look of slight anger in her face. Not an "I'm angry at you, but at these circumstances" kind of mad.

Hm…

I quickly went over to a long table on the side of the room that had a multitude of refreshments and snacks on it. Things like pastries and assorted dainties, nothing too heavy. I grabbed a few small snacks before I exited the room. I slid down the wall parallel to the doors, and sat on the floor, partaking in my small breakfast.

From what I had gathered, though it wouldn't take a genius to figure it out, Celestia had been involved in a meeting, which seemed to leave her slightly agitated. I quickly devoured the muffin that I had taken, and started eating the apple that I had taken. About half an apple later, the doors to the room in front of me opened, and the ponies that had been conversing with the princess stepped out, and made their way down the hallway. I looked back to see Celestia sitting at the head of the table, and I stood up to go talk to her. She looked up to see me approaching her.

"Hello Daniel, how are you this morning?" she asked me.

"Well..." I trailed off immediately. She raised an eyebrow at this.

"What… seems to be the issue?" she asked, looking me up and down.

"How much, hypothetically, does a standard bathroom mirror cost?" I asked in an innocent tone. She turned her head slightly.

"...approximately… one hundred bits. Why?" she asked me.

"Let's say… hypothetically of course, I broke the mirror in my room. Would I have to pay for replacement? Hypothetically?" I asked her. She let her shoulders fall.

"...how did you break it?"

"I… well, that part I'm still a little confused about. I mean, I was standing there, trying to cast a simple levitation spell, when I lost hold on them, so I put them down. I looked at myself in the mirror, and then I just… hit it," I told her. She blinked a few times at this.

"So, you just… hit it? I'm still lost on the 'why' part," she said again.

"I don't know! I wasn't angry, or sad, or upset at all! I just… look, all I know is one minute I was looking at myself, and the next, there were shards of glass all over the floor. I can't even really remember it. I mean, I know I hit it, but I don't know why!" I explained. Celestia lowered her head in thought.

"And the thing is, it wasn't a normal hit either. It was fast, I mean ridiculously fast. I don't think I could have even blinked in the time it took me to hit it," I finished.

"I… you say you were trying to cast a levitation spell?" she asked me.

"That's right, I was casting the spell on both the toothpaste and my brush at the same time, when I lost the spell, and then just… bang! Broken mirror," I told her. Celestia put her hoof to her chin in thought.

"I can't… think of a situation in which this would occur normally. Maybe..." she trailed off. I tilted my head, and motioned for her to continue. She let out a small chuckle.

"I mean, of course the obvious answer would be to say it has to do with your magic, or something about the elements," she told me with smirk. I blinked a few times.

"...but what if that's the problem?" I said in a hushed tone. She picked up the tea that she had set in front of her, taking a sip before responding.

"I as much as I would love to help you in this matter, I am rather busy today, and I need to make my way to my next appointment. This meeting happened to finish early, which is why I am talking to you right now. I will, however, send a member of the staff to replace your mirror," she told me before standing up. She took her tea, finishing it before walking towards the exit.

"Perhaps you could find something about this in the library?" she told me.

"What would I even begin to look for?" I asked her. She turned and gave me a small smile.

"That's your job, not mine," she said, and with that, she left the room. I dropped my shoulders in defeat, before looking towards the table covered in snacks. I looked around the room, only to see a single maidspony cleaning up the table where the princess had been sitting. I looked back to the food table.

"Ahhhh… whatever," I thought aloud, opting to take a second helping of breakfast.

One Hour Later

I placed the most recent copy of Incantations back on the shelf where I had found it, before moving on to another shelf in the Charms section of the Magic quarter.

The castle's library was quite impressive, and was likely the largest of its kind in all of Equestria. The library was divided into sections, four of them, thus the name quarters. Magic, Life, Learning, and Tales. Each quarter was then divided into countless subsections, each listed alphabetically. My first thought was to ask why Magic wasn't in the same category as Learning. However, when you compare the absoluteness of magic in everyday life, as well as in any science, it becomes clear to see why it has a category of its own.

"Incantations is basically a joke," I mumbled to myself. Incantations was a yearly printed book that allowed users to send in various tips and spells about magic in everyday life, and picked the best ones to feature in its publications. However, the individuals who picked the information that went into the book didn't seem to smart, as the series as a whole seemed more like a gimmick than anything else.

Now what could I look at next…

"Daniel! Are you here?" I heard a familiar voice call out to me.

"Yeah, if you can hear me," I called back. I looked down the aisle of bookshelves to see Austin poke his head around the corner, before he walked up to me.

"And keep your voice down! This is a library," I told him in a quiet tone. He gave me a look of mock surprise, before making a motion of "zipping your lips." I rolled my eyes, before going back to looking for a book that could help me.

"So uh, can I talk to you about something?" he asked me. I looked to him with a serious look.

"Yeah, of course," I said.

"Well… I had my blood done. Same thing with my body, as a whole. The princess said that I did everything that they ran you through," he said. I motioned for him to carry on.

"They uh… they said that whatever you have, isn't what I have," he told me. I tilted my head for a moment. Then it dawned on me.

For a few moments, we stared at each other. I blinked a few times.

"So… is that a good thing?" he asked me. I turned back to the bookshelves.

"I can't answer that for you Austin,"

"I know, but I just… I don't know how to feel about this,"

"Well, fortunately right now there's nothing to feel. We'll just take this as it comes," I told him, as I picked out a book, looking over its rather glossy cover.

"I guess so," Austin said in response. I placed the book I had selected behind me on the floor, with a small pile of books that I picked out for reading.

"Hey, what are you doing anyway?" he asked me.

"I'm trying to find a book that will help me with something that happened today,"

"And what happened today?"

"I was brushing my teeth and I broke my mirror,"

"...that doesn't seem like the… what?" he asked confusedly. I laughed as I went on.

"I was trying to use a levitation spell to help me brush my teeth, when I just… blacked out, I guess. For a split second, I had no control over my body, and in that split second, I hit the mirror as hard and as fast as I could. I don't know why, and I'm trying to figure it out.

"...muscle spasm?" Austin asked quietly. I smiled a bit at this.

"I don't think that was it. It was so fast that I doubt you would know what would happen if you were watching,"

"Then how did you know if you lost control," he asked me.

"I lost control, not sight,"

"Ah,"

"Regardless, it's something to keep me occupied, not matter how overdrawn and overthought it is. It could be something, or it could be nothing. Though based on recent events, I honestly doubt it's nothing," I explained myself.

I bent over and picked up the small collection of books I had selected. We walked over to the librarians desk, and I got my books checked out. We left the library, hearing the large wooded doors slowly shut behind us.