Up, from the window in her tower, Celestia looked down on the young filly that had just finished reading her book. It was one of those rare occasions when she actually saw that knowledge-thirsty unicorn spending some time in the sun, out of her own volition. Her zealous pursuit for the wisdom of those that left their mark in the history of Equestria was to be commendable but she was also a young pony that was yet to grow into its full form; there were, in the land filled with promises of adventures and lessons, so many more other forces that surpassed that of magic. Surely, if it weren't for magic Celestia wouldn't have even been here and she was thankful for her gifts that allowed her to rule in peace and prosperity, raising the sun and the moon each day. But that wasn't what clouded her Majesty's mind as she turned her back to the window.
She remembered her younger sister, and the time they had spent together. She also had a vivid memory of a time when they were both younger and perhaps more eager to seek out the fragments of knowledge that were then spread across the land. Luna had always been the youngest, and she was the first to have found that peculiar book written by one of the most eccentric wizards of the ages past. They spent nights on row trying to unlock its secrets, and the tome was as stubborn as its creator must have been while he was alive. But some breakthroughs were made, and Celestia felt that Luna could have learned much more from and and perhaps share her experience with the world, had that Nightmare Moon incident not occurred. Ever since that horrid night, Celestia gathered as many books as she could get, seeking answers on how to reveal the locked up secrets of the ancient tome but unfortunately the book refused to give in so she had it stored away, far from anypony's reach, waiting for the day somepony else would rise to the challenge.
As for the other works of literature, Celestia decided to establish a special section dedicated solely to the mysterious wizard, where she would comprise a most thorough collection of the most brilliant minds' scholarly works. And a number of those manuscripts held precious information indeed. Some of the researchers that spent their entire lives gathering valuable stories about Star Swirl the Bearded's achievements in the field of magic argued that he had not really passed away as normal pony folk do but instead retreated into its greatest creation, the Amniomorphic spell - few had lived to see it performed by the great unicorn. and even fewer had the privilege to enter its encompassing domain. However, if there was a point regarding Star Swirl's most obscure past that most scholars agreed upon was the fact that the wizard's mark looked nothing like a shell: the star was clearly dominating the white spiral that had subdued to the point of becoming a part of the star's outline, swirling to the exterior as a cloud of magic: thus, all stories of it having looked once like a snail shell were thoroughly discredited - after all, who would ever believe that cutiemarks can change their form?