At the start of the Classical Pony Era the pony known as Starswirl the Bearded was shown to have great influence due to his vast collection of spells. Through Starswirl's personal journal, Twilight finds that there were a lot of things about him that have been lost to history. She decides to translate Starswirl's stories into modern tongue so that others might find that Starswirl did more than just collect spells from almost every unicorn clan of the age, he collected a great number of other things as well. This is the story of Starswirl, and a story of bells and recipes too.
Second story in the Observations Universe!
Continued in Observations and Preservations!
When a mysterious visitor arrives asking for Twilight's research involving Pinkie Sense, she must decide whether to help with or thwart his research. Although the real question is, just how has he managed to not run into Pinkie Pie himself?
Twilight Sparkle has located Starswirl the Bearded's journal, a document that disappeared along with him at the beginning of the Classical era. This is the Secret history of Starswirl the Banished.
The final puzzle solved, Twilight Sparkle discovers that everything she's ever known is wrong.
Spike tries to discover what happened to some artifacts that Starswirl mentions in his journal: Dragon Eggs