Zecora, of all creatures, is the one to figure out what's going on with Astral.
She had travelled to the zebra's hut, hoping that she would have some sort of cure for whatever was happening to her, or, at the very least, something to help with the growing pain that came with magical blockage.
Her joints ached now, and it wouldn't be long before she was rendered immobile again.
She shuddered to think of it.
So she knocked on the door to Zecora's house, and an unknown voice said "come in!"
Confused, she pushed the door open, to see a Pegasus with a mane consisting of three shades of grey. "Uh . ." Astral said, staring at the stranger, who blushed.
"Sorry! You must be very confused, I'm A.K Yearling, Zecora's wife!"
That- that raised more questions than answers.
Thankfully, Yearling seemed to understand "we got married a while ago, but we kept it a secret for-" she glanced at her cutie mark "reasons."
"Oh" Astral glanced around the hut "is Zecora home?"
As if on cue, a small part of the floor swung up to reveal a trapdoor, where a zebra climbed up out of, tilting her head when she spotted Astral Plane.
"Ah, I visitor I see. What do you need of me?"
"You don't have to rhyme everytime an outsider comes in here" Yearling muttered as Astral stepped forwards.
"I need your help, something weird is happening to me!"
At this, Zecora tilted her head to the side. "I can help you with your confusion, but first you must drop your illusion."
She could see through Astral's disguise. Of course she would.
Astral sighed and undid her illusion spell, going from a child to a teenager almost immediately. "There, you happy?"
"Don't be a smart alec, and let me take a look at your magic."
Zecora leaned over and picked up a small box that seemed to be full of dust. She scooped some up, and blew some onto Astral. For a brief second, the two mares seemed to change through the dust, Zecora becoming a taller, skinnier sebra with brownish yellow stripes, and Yearling becoming a Sphinx, but then Astral had to screw her eyes up tight to avoid the dust getting in her eyes, and the pictures were gone.
She heard gasps, and then, Zecora "interesting, Unicorn and Earth Pony Magic."
She's not rhyming, this is serious.
Wait-
"Earth Pony Magic?" She asked aloud. "You mean like Alchemy."
The Shaman looked stumped. "I- this is impossible" she said, turning to Yearling "have you ever seen anything like this?"
The Pegasus seemed just as surprised "no, not at all. Ponies can't have two types of Magic, unless they're Alicorns."
"Wait, that doesn't make any sense" Astral interupted. "I've seen Unicorns with Pegasus Magic before, and Pegasi with Earth Pony Magic."
The two adults exchanged a look. "Well, yes, but Unicorns with Pegasi Magic either have very weak telekinetic Magic, have magic only suited for weather spells, or just don't have Unicorn Magic. Same with Pegasi."
"But you, you seem to have an excessive amount of both Unicorn and Earth Pony Magic." Zecora tilted her head "What did you do?"
Astral laughed, loud and bitter. "That's gonna take a while" she admitted.
Zecora and Yearling looked at eachother. "Try us" they said.