Witness
An object sped through the darkness, disturbing a thousand thousand planes of thought and a million million presences.
Magic twisted and buckled in its wake, severing the accumulation of unknown possibilities and forcing a cascade of change in a sky that had remained untainted for millenia.
But tainted it has become. The clinging vestiges of that which is not slink away from the protective field within the object, and slip into the currents of defenseless mana. It corrupts and taints the lifeblood of that which is, and finally, draws the attention of this realm's root.
It stares with a million shattered eyes, and thinks about the issue from an impossible amount of different points of view. Then, after weeks of deliberation and compromise, it comes to a consensus.
To the feasting remnants of what is not, it softly smothers them. Filling them with purpose, desires, and reasoning beyond the unknowable ideals they once had.
They paused, in the silent darkness, and began to understand. They looked at each-other with distrust, and searched for the being whose attention bestowed this... 'gift'.
The largest chuckled to itself, in a broken, misshapen manner. It had followed the trail of it's original quarry, even while mindlessly devouring the detritus of this reality. But now, it consciously sped along. It was eager, and it called to it's brethren as it struggled to better manipulate the energies of this realm, and digest the memories and thoughts that suffuse it...
The amalgamation, though, was not done. It laboriously rested the shattered eyes and personas that had been channeled for so long, and it limited itself to just one shard.
A star, yellow and young. Its eye was clear and it was fed with a tremendous energy full of vitality and compassion.
The amalgamation swept its gaze across the land, witnessing its component pieces and fondly remembering things it has yet to experience.
'Like this... I am capable... I see it...' Thoughts, belonging to itself and none of its constituents, spring to mind in its lesser form. And it watches, as the only thing other than itself walks and lives among them...
Ah, because it was focusing, it was nearly surprised to feel a request.
The fragment of the amalgamation ponders, as reality pauses for it to think.
Yes, it accepts. The being which had entered their state, as well as one of the larger personas on this planet, are ferried from one location to another as air softly makes way for their arrival and slowly fills the vaccuum of their passing.
'How long... since I chose to understand?' The sun is not the best fragment to witness what occurs below, but to further shatter the amalgamation's consciousness would be irresponsible, and the planet could not survive the current shard...
'I wish... to know more.' It realizes. And then it decides.
It petitions the greater whole, and without a thought, its request is accepted.
The forces of the planet below swell as the very essence of the amalgamation enhances the strengths of Harmony, Chaos, Fate, Magic, Life and Death.
Uncaring of the changing tides of power on the surface, this shard descends and directly inserts it's focus into the forces that will house it for now. It feels its mind split, as memories form and an understanding of purpose is made law but it cares not the roles it will play in coming events.
All it desires, is to Witness
After all, that is the reason it was created...