Selene was sitting in front of her father and her older brother. Her father was glaring down at her as Selene was rubbing her hooves together. She kept her eyes down waiting for the wrath of her father.

“Why did you hide this from me” he finally spoke up as Selene looked up towards him.

“This is my first crush” Selene was glancing down.

“I think father would have approved of this surface pony sister. I mean she has saved Equestria and is a student of Princess Celestia” She looked up towards her brother keeping quiet.

“Saluki I would not have approved of any surface pony.” He noticed his son and daughter expression as Selene had tears in her eyes “I also wouldn’t approve of any merpony because I don’t want my little girl to go through any more pain.” She felt his hoof on her cheek as she blinked out the tears from her eyes.

“So you don’t mind me with Twilight?” Selene kept her eyes on her father as he nodded.

“Of course now go get ready. Celestia has a grand Gala that she has planned and been putting together” he smiled as Selene leaned up and hugged him before running off to the room she was staying in. She noticed Princess Luna was standing in the room with a line of dresses in front of her with a couple of guards standing beside her. Selene could see five dresses in front of the princess. Moving to her side she could see each one was different. The first one wasn’t a dress just a pearl and gemstone heads dress with a matching necklace. The pony also had some silver bands around the legs. The second was a mermaid style dress. The top was black as it had long bell sleeves attached to it. The sleeves had silver edges around them with small stars lining the side. The bust had a silver edge allowing the sweetheart neckline to be defined. The skirt was black with stars lining one of the sides. The manikin had a silver necklace with a moon attached to it. The third one was the same but it had a different color scheme to it. The top was black but as she worked her eye down it slowly turned into a soft blue. The fourth one had a simple black slimed dress on it with no edges or accent color to it. IT had no sleeves to it and it had a simple silver headdress with a simple blue gem necklace. The last dress was the same as the second dress but the color was different. The top was a dark blue almost black that slowly faded out to a violet purple at the bottom of the skirt with the silver stars showing. It had a silver pearl and gem headdress with the same necklace that was on the second.

“Oh, Selene I didn’t hear you come in” Selene was looking at the third dress as she was blushing “I take it you like that one?” Luna was smiling as she looked up towards the elder princess.

“How do you wear these?” she smiled as Princess Luna gulped a bit. She knew this was going to be a long evening. After getting Selene through the shower and replacing her spell on Luna was ready for this fight. She took the dress off the manikin as she walked towards Selene.

“Hooves up” Luna raised her hooves. Selene sat on her flank and placed her hooves up allowing her to placed the dress over her head. She used her magic to pick up Selene as she pulled the dress down smoothing the skirt out. Selene let out a squeak as she felt the skirt being pull on. Luna allowed her guards to walk over as they started to work on her mane and face. Princess Cadence teleported in as she walked towards Luna.

“How is it going in here?” she looked towards Selene as the guards kept her mane simple. The braided it to the side placing different star charms throughout the braid. They placed her crown on before finishing her mane. The other guard was placing a simple dark blue eye shadow on her eyes before doing a simple black eyeliner.

“Princess what color of lip gloss or lipstick?” the guard turned towards Luna.

“Dear Niece, what do you say?”

“How about a blueish purple” Cadence smiled as the guard nodded before outlining Selene’s lips with a lip pencil before adding the lipstick. Once the other guard was finished with her mane she started to placed thee large silver and diamond necklace on.

“Perfect” Cadence smiled “I will see if Twilight is ready and get her to the ballroom” Cadence disappeared leaving Selene with Princess Luna.

“Well, my guard will show you the way. My sister wanted me to see her before the Gala” Luna smiled as she walked out of the room. Selene started to walk down the hall with the guards trying to get her breathing in control.

“I wonder how Twilight is doing?” Selene glanced out of the window as she walked by. Twilight was not having a fun time as well. She was standing in her tower with her friends around her. Rarity was working on an updating a simple A-line dress in a nice dark midnight blue color. Twilight was standing still as Rarity was placing a single silver moon on the bottom with a few stars. Fluttershy was fixing her mane as Twilight was glancing at her hooves.

“Twilight darling what is wrong?” Rarity looked up at her friend as Twilight sighed.

“I’m nervous about what Selene’s father would do to her”

“Nothing” Aurora walked out with Princess Cadence standing beside her.

“How do you know he won’t do anything?” Applejack turned towards her as Aurora smiled.

“Because I was a surface pony. I am Celestia’s and Luna’s older sister. I was a knight commander and was gifted the nickname warrior princess” she smiled as the five ponies were staring at her.

“That means your”

“Yes me and my husband are over a thousand years old. Merponies age slower than normal ponies due to the makeup of our bodies and the area that we live in. If a merpony stays in the ocean they can live to a good two thousand years.” Aurora kept her smile up as Twilight’s eye twitched.

“I don’t think I can be with her?” she spoke up as Aurora looked down at Twilight her smile fading.

“Twilight don’t let that scare you away from her.” Aurora looked away from the group.

“Queen Aurora?” Pinkie looked up as Aurora sat down.

“It’s been a long time since I have seen my daughter smile for anything besides me and her father. I am glad she has found a very friendly and smart pony like you Twilight. I have seen what others have tried to do once they found out about her crush on them” Aurora looked over and fixed Twilight’s mane a bit as she noticed the shell around her neck “I see she been teaching you” Twilight’s eyes widen as she looked down towards the shell.

“She found the ship I was on with the princesses. We were coming back from a trip and we heard a loud crash. She fell into the cargo hold the net saved her but she had a few nails in her tail. We let her stay on board since we weren’t too far from the harbor. We were moving from the main ship to land and were attacked by a rogue shark. I would have drowned if she didn’t jump in and gave me the ability to change into a merpony” Twilight was glancing towards her hooves.

“Twilight do not be ashamed. My daughter saved your life in the time of danger.” She smiled “Now since I am here and not my daughter do any of you have questions?” she looked at the ponies as they helped Twilight get ready.

“Yeah, why would Twilight fall for Selene so fast” Rainbow Dash spoke up causing them to stare at her. Aurora chuckled a bit as she shook her head.

“That I cannot answer. But the same happened to me when I first meet Triton. He saw me at a meeting I was helping our mother with. His father had come to set up a new peace treaty since his wife had passed. He was the only pony besides my father to beat me” Aurora smiled as she looked towards the small group of ponies. Rarity smiled as she finished with the dress her eyes settled on Rainbow Dash.

“Twilight dear I’m done with your dress” she got up as Twilight moved from the stand. Rarity flared up her magic grabbing the brash Pegasus and placed her on the stand.

“No” Rainbow tried taking off but her hooves were tied down by fabric.

“Now stay still” Rarity started to work causing Rainbow to nod.

“Why me next” Rainbow turned towards Rarity.

“You didn’t need to so straight forward!” Rarity snapped at Rainbow Dash causing the Pegasus to look away.

“Well, it's weird. She comes into town and attaches to one pony and instantly likes her” Rainbow grumbled as she noticed Aurora laughing.

“Selene is like that. She will attach herself to any pony who is nice to her. Sometimes that causes other ponies to snap at her. Have you tried to do anything with her besides Twilight?” Aurora looked down at the ponies as they shook their heads.

“I threw a party!” Pinkie smiled as Rarity glanced towards her.

“Something that isn’t a party” she placed a pin in the dress she was creating around Rainbow.

“Rarity why are you so quick to jump on her side” Applejack tilted her head as Rarity pushed herself from the dress.

“Because I feel like we had this conversation before, but it was about Spike” she glared towards the farmer “He wasn’t so sure about us at the beginning and he would only stare and drool over me. Every time we would come to the library he would not talk to us and he simply stare. It took Twilight dragging him to a Pinkie party to get him to speak to us” Rarity stared at her friends “I want to get her to speak to us and try to have a conversation with us. But I don’t know where to start” Rarity placed her glasses down as Applejack looked away. Pinkie Pie was sitting in one spot being quiet which scared the others.

“Look me and her father are going back to the kingdom to get things ready for my sisters. I will send word to my sisters telling them they could come out and visit. My daughter will still be with you before then. I know she knows some recipes with apples in it. She knows a few games I know the islanders taught her about. And she knows some island animals.” Aurora looked down at them as Applejack looked up towards her.

“Why are you so dang set on helping us know your daughter?” She huffed as Rarity glared daggers towards her.

“I want to see that smile. I want to see her break the shell she has made around herself. I want to see the side of her that only Ra and Za see.” Aurora sat down as she leaned up against a wall “My daughter was never formal around me or my husband. That ended when the nobles laid into her in front of her father about the way she spoke to him. He wasn’t able to do anything since he was in front of them” Aurora sighed as she stood up.

“I must be on my way. I need to get ready myself” she bowed to them as she walked out of the room. Each of the ponies was heavily thinking about the words their friend spoke. Twilight looked towards her friends before slipping out of the room. She moved along the castle grounds her mind swirling with thoughts and information. Twilight wanted to enter the ballroom but shook her head as she walked to a small area. She found herself into a small dancing room where the maids were setting up drinks noticing Selene was hiding in the room. She was shocked at how Selene was dress. Her jaw dropped as Selene turned around and smiled towards her.

“They didn’t send you to come find me did they?” she rubbed her leg as Twilight shook her head. Selene smiled as she blushed a bit as she loved the dress that was on Twilight.

“No…no why are you here. Your family is entering the room” Twilight walked over as she noticed Selene was holding to a glass of apple juice.

“I don’t like everypony staring at me. you didn’t hear Ra or Za tell me I couldn’t run at the station?” Selene watched Twilight shake her head “I get uncomfortable when a whole group is staring at me.”

“What about me?” Twilight instantly turned red as Selene chuckled a bit.

“I wouldn’t mind you watching me” Selene smiled as it was Twilight’s turn to blush “What would you like to do on this lovely evening?” Selene picked her glass up as she took a sip out of it.

“I’m not sure” Twilight rubbed the back of her head “I normally like to hide during these galas. Unless you want to walk around” she looked up as Selene was looking around at the drinks. She picked up the first on as she held it out to Twilight.

“I think I would love to walk around the castle” she smiled as Twilight took the drink sniffing it. She scrunched up her nose as Selene turned around “Did I not grab apple juice?” she turned to face Twilight.

“It’s fine” Twilight left her drink on the side table. Selene did the same as she followed Twilight out. Both of them noticed her parents were sitting on the edge of a pool talking to some ponies while drinking a few drinks. Ra and Za were standing around both of them in their merpony form. As soon as Selene walked out of her hiding spot many of the nobles came rushing her. Many got between her and Twilight forcing the purple unicorn to the drink table. She sat near the table picking up a drink sipping on it. She watched Selene shake her head too many stallions causing them to back off. Till Blueblood reached her. Selene looked up and noticed a white unicorn with blond mane and tail bowing in front of her.

“Prince Blueblood at your service” he smiled as he placed his hoof around Selene. She backed up as she smiled towards him.

“Nice to meet you prince Blueblood I am Princess Selene,” Twilight noticed her face going from a natural smile to a forced one as she kept her composer staring at the pony.

“I would like to take you on a nice date. Show you what a real is” he smiled as he moved closer towards her. Twilight felt something boiling up in her as she watched him place his hoof around her shoulders. She kept her eyes on Selene as she noticed a smile on her face as she giggled to some of the stallions around her. She grumbled as she noticed Selene shaking her head. She removed herself from his hooves as she walked over to Twilight bowing. Twilight stood to her hooves as she walked out of the room with Selene following her.

“Twilight?” Selene ran up to her trying to catch up. Twilight marched her hooves down the empty dimly lit hallways slowing down when she couldn’t hear the music anymore. Her heart was pounding but sank in her chest as she heard the set of hooves behind her “Twilight” Selene walked up towards her as she placed a hoof on her shoulder.

“Maybe you should head back?” Twilight kept her face away from Selene.

“Why? I am here with you” Selene leaned down as Twilight looked up towards her.

“Really? You were laughing and smiling for those stallions. I thought I was. Just watching you smile for them made my heart sank. It made my chest hurt and” she was huffing with some tears in her eyes. Selene looked down at her as she leaned in and kissed Twilight deeply. Her hooves wrapped around Twilight before breaking the kiss.

“Twilight I tried to stay calm so Star wouldn’t punch them. But if you want I can wear your colors” Selene looked down as Twilight glanced up at her.

“Really?”

“Yes,” Selene nuzzled her as Twilight looked towards her.

“So what would wearing my colors do?”

“For merponies when they wear other merponies colors it means they are dedicated to them and no pony else. I was only smiling and laughing at them because they were comparing me to fish. That prince only wanted me for my title and he said so. I don’t want that” she placed her hoof on Twilight’s cheek.

“How can I tell” Twilight kept her eyes on Selene allowing her to see the hurt in her eyes. Selene leaned in and kissed her and smiled.

“Tonight I will show you. Tonight I will wear your colors Twilight” Selene leaned down and nuzzled her before pulling her to the room she was staying in.

“How will you?” Twilight watched as Selene started to pull the gems out of her mane.

“You wanted to know about my biology” she grinned as Twilight started to turn red. Selene disappeared into the room with the bed leaving Twilight to gather her thoughts. She took a deep breath in as she walked towards the room noticing Selene was laying out on the bed. her tail was draped over the end as her mane was draped around her shoulders. Twilight pulled her dress off as she climbed onto the bed.