Selene looked towards the five ponies as they smiled towards her. She pressed herself up against the wall. Rainbow sat next to her as she stretched her hooves out. Selene was shaking as she looked down towards her hooves unsure of what to say.

“You half to say something Selene” Star spoke up as Selene nodded. She looked up noticing the girls were chatting softly amongst themselves. She glanced towards Rainbow as she had her eyes glued to the ceiling.

“Why”

“to get you away from Twilight darling” Rarity spoke up “We love our friend and we promised her to get to know you. But”

“Your to clingy to Twilight” Rainbow shouted as Selene’s fins spread open causing her to look away. It was a silent train ride as Selene heard the whistle of the train and jumped over the bench. Rarity was staring at her in disbelief as they got up and ran after her. Selene replaced her spell on allowing her to move faster. Her heart was racing as it was sinking at the same time. Selene didn’t think it could happen as her hooves slowly come to a stop her heart and head lead her to a large body of water. Glancing back she noticed the friends were missing causing a bit of worry to wash over her.

Rarity sighed as she shook her head. Pinkie was bouncing around as Applejack fixed her hat. Fluttershy was staying near Rainbow Dash as they watch the crowd of ponies walks by.

“Twilight is going to kill us” Applejack sighed as Pinkie shook her head.

“Not if Celestia does” she whistled as they looked towards the hyper pony.

“And why would the princess try and kill us sug?”

“Selene her niece. I over heard her mother and the princess talking” she smiled as she watched the color drain from their faces.

“We so dead” Rainbow sighed.

“Now where should we even go” Applejack spoke up as Pinkie started walking.

“Pinkie where are you going” Rainbow watched as Pinkie waved them on.

“Where else would a merpony go” they all wanted to place their faces in their hooves as they started to follow the pink hyper pony. Selene was walking along the beach as she found a large quiet area for her to sit and reflect on.

“Great going”

“Leave me alone Star. I don’t want to hear it”

“You didn’t even hear what they wanted!”

“They wanted me to leave Twilight. They don’t like me” Selene growled as she released her spell pulling her tail closer to herself.

“You don’t know that Selene” Star grumbled as Selene shook her head. She looked out to the ocean sighing till she was tackled hard to the ground. Looking up she was nose to nose with Pinkie Pie smiling.

“Told you I was a blood hound” she giggled as she looked up.

“You said you were a treat hound!” Rainbow shouted as she noticed Selene was under her hooves.

“You found her! Rarity shouted as Selene pushed Pinkie off of her before dusting the sand off of her. She looked away from them.

“Why did you run” Applejack looked over at Selene. The merpony closed her eyes as she took a deep breath in.

“Because you’re not the first group of ponies who want me to leave their friend. I get it a cursed merpony no pony wants me around. Star scares ponies I also understand that.” She was stopped Applejack placed a hoof on her muzzle.

“That is not why we pulled you away from Twi sug. We wanted to know you but you seemed to be using Twi as a crutch” Applejack removed her hoof as Selene blinked.

“You don’t mind me being friends with Twilight?” Selene was moving her hooves in the sand.

“No Darling but we do want to get to know you better” Rarity walked over and hugged her. Selene hugged her back as she started to cry.

“I thought you hated me being around her. I thought you hated me because of Star and this bloody curse” she hid her face as Fluttershy walked over and hugged her.

“No sug. We are just worried about our friend. After what she told us about you and how she acted in front of us we grew worried.” Applejack noticed Selene staring at the sand under her hooves.

“That and you two move fast” Rainbow smiled as Selene turned a dark red. She moved past the girls as she started to walk along the shore line.

“She told you about that night” She turned around watching them nod “I wanted to talk to her about that night. I think we both were running on emotion and I thought it is best if we went slow. I’m also scared about continuing down this road with her.” Selene watched the waves.

“Why would you be scared?” Fluttershy spoke up softly as she moved towards Selene.

“What if this curse kills me? What if this curse never gets broken. I will be leaving her heart broken. I mean what if we go further and start something as a family I can’t leave her like that” Selene has some tears in her eyes.

“Oh,” Fluttershy moved towards her.

“Well since we are going to be here for a while any pony want to take a dip” Rainbow pointed to the ocean causing Pinkie to run past them. She dived into the ocean as Rainbow rolled her eyes and followed her. Rarity rolled her eyes as she sat beside Selene.

“So why didn’t you come to us. To start a conversation” Rarity nudges her a bit.

“I’m scared. I am scare because I don’t know what to say after hi. I am also scared that you would turn your backs on me. I also didn’t want to ruin your relationship with Twilight. I am still trying to figure Spike out” Selene huffed as she moved her eyes towards the two ponies in the water. She then turned her head and noticed a bunch of ponies doing the same.

“Something wrong sug?” Applejack noticed the look on Selene’s face.

“There are so many ponies here. Why is that?”

“Well, darling Baltimare is known for its beaches as Trottingham is known for its docks and boats.” Rarity giggled.

“Hey, Selene!” Rainbow shouted causing Selene to turn her head towards her. She was still in the water waving her hoof.

“There is another merpony here!” she shouted at the top of her lungs causing Selene to jump into the water. She moved out towards Rainbow Dash and Pinkie noticing a pale merpony floating in front of them. Her fur was a greyish white with full black eyes. She had a long black mane with bones tied into it. Selene moved around her as she was glancing down towards her tail.

“Girl are you checking her out” Rainbow stared at Selene as she shook her head.

“She looking for my book” her voice went from a soft angelic voice to an eerie spine chilling voice as she smiled. Her teeth were sharp causing the other two ponies to back up.

“Sea witch you are not welcomed here.” Selene got in front of them staring the merpony down.

“How can another surface pony keep them from me” she laughed as Selene’s fins went up.

“You know damn well I am not a surface pony. You knew I was a merpony because I was looking for your book.” Selene looked over at her as the sea witch tackled her down into the water. Selene looked up as she shoved the pony off of her. laughing the sea witch attacked her with one of the bones from her tail. Looking down it was a rib cage from a random animal or pony. Raising her hoof Selene punched her in the head causing her to release the tool. Taking the opening Selene swam towards the surface noticing Pinkie and Rainbow Dash were still waiting for her.

“Get to the shore!” Selene pointed to the beach as Rainbow shook her head.

“I’m not leaving you with that psycho!” Rainbow looked towards her with a worried look.

“Rainbow it’s going” she stopped as she felt something running along her tail before being placed into her side. looking down she saw blood leaking from her tail as a piece of bone was sticking out of her. Slowly closing her eyes she took a deep breath in before looking back at the witch.

“Rainbow, Pinkie close your eyes” Star had taken over as she pulled the bone from her side. The witch stared at her in shock.

“You’re a witch to” she growled as Star got close enough to shove the bone through her side “I am just cursed” Star then reached around and broke her back fins before moving away. Star moved towards Rainbow Dash as she looked at her.

“You just”

“Rainbow I just spared a Sea witch live” she stopped as she noticed her vision getting blurry “Get me to shore fast” her eyes rolled into the back of her head before passing out in Rainbow’s hooves.

“How dead are we?” Rainbow glanced towards Pinkie. They rushed her to shore as a crowd had gathered around noticing Selene in Rainbow’s hooves. A few gasped as they noticed the long gash on the side of her tail bleeding. Rainbow grabbed a nearby towel as Applejack and Rarity ran for help.

Selene slowly opened an eye noticing the light tan sand she was sleeping on. Moving her head around she noticed she was in a small cave filled with coral and small schools of fish moving about. She could hear bubbles blowing near buy as she tried moving from the cave. Feeling the pain in her tail she glanced down noticing stiches in different parts of her tail with a large bandage tapped on her side. Poking her head out of the cave she could see a wall of glass with ponies staring back at her. A few fillies were sitting up front pointing towards her as she moved from the cave towards the glass. She noticed three fillies pressed up against the glass. One was a white unicorn filly with a white and lavender mane. Next to her was a yellow earth filly with a cherry blossom red mane and tail as a bow kept her mane back. On the other side of her, she noticed an orange Pegasus filly with a dark purple mane leaning in and pressing her nose to the glass. Selene looked down as she pressed her hoof up to the glass causing them to turn and shout. Glancing up she could see Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash walking to the tank staring at her. Rarity was staring at her shocked as she looked behind her yelling for somepony. Selene stayed near the glass as it was hard for her to float around. Hearing a thud she turned her head and noticed Twilight staring at her looking a mess. Selene smiled as she pointed up to the top of the tank watching her run off. Selene pressed her hooves against the glass before moving up wards finding it hard to inflate her swim bladders.

“buck” Selene pressed her head against the tank as she heard something entering the water. Looking up she noticed Twilight swimming towards her.

“Selene your awake” she placed her hooves around Selene’s waist. Selene let out a bit of a gasp as she felt her hooves hit a sore spot along her side “I’m sorry” she looked towards Selene.

“Can you help me up. I think I got hit in the swim bladder” she leaned against Twilight as they moved up towards the top of the tank “Why am I in this large tank” she looked towards Twilight.

“The hospital wasn’t sure what to do. They got ahold of the aquarium here and asked for help. The vets here and the doctors from the hospital have been working side by side to help you” Twilight pulled her up to the edge of the tank allowing Selene to hold on. She pulled herself out of the tank before taping the shell around her neck. Shaking the extra water from her coat. Looking to Selene she started to pull her from the water but a random pony rushed up and stopped her.

“She needs to stay in the tank” a light tan earth pony with a dark burgundy mane and tail. She had on a green scrub shirt as she looked towards Twilight.

“And why not?” Twilight huffed.

“Because she cannot survive on land”

“I have been on land for a few days now” Selene pulled herself out of the tank as she winced at the pain in her tail “True I can not be out of water for more than two days now” Selene looked over at the doctor noticing the shocked look over her face.

“You can talk… You can be on land” the doctor scurried off as she was yelling for the others.

“Can we please send for princess Celestia or Luna” Selene shook her head.

“Well, they just want to help you” Twilight nuzzled her “You had me worried when the girls told me what happened. I am grateful none of you haven’t died” Selene leaned into her as she gripped her hoof.

“Twilight I couldn’t just leave to the hooves of a sea witch. They would have been killed quickly before any pony noticed”

“Then why did they survive?” Twilight ‘s expression looked horrid.

“Rainbow called out to me. When she yelled at me she used the word merpony and that probably made her freeze thinking I might be a better target.” Selene looked up as Twilight sat down next to her.

“Good thing they did” she looked away as Selene moved closer to her.

“Twilight it's my fault. I ran from the train scared of what they would do. I only had ponies gang up on me because I was trying to be friends with a pony. Or I was doing some shopping in an area they did not want me in it.” Selene leaned into her as Twilight let out a sigh.

“Okay”

“So can we leave?” Selene spoke up as she started to hear a rush of hooves running towards her.

“I take that as a no” Twilight whispered as Selene moved under her a bit. The doctors stopped as they noticed Selene hiding as they heled their hooves up at her.

“Okay were just here to help” the doctor was speaking low and slow as Selene rolled her eyes. The main doctor was a brown unicorn with a pushed back mane and tail as he got on his stomach. He slid up towards her as another unicorn with a grey coat and salt and pepper mane and tail walked up wearing a white coat.

“So steamy? is she okay?” the unicorn spoke up as the other one turned towards her.

“I just got here Dreamy” the unicorn turned back to Selene.

“Can you?”

Selene kept her face hidden as Twilight looked down at her. She moved down and nuzzled Selene a bit “They are trying to help” Twilight looked at her worriedly. Selene moved towards her kissing her causing her to blush.

“Are you sure? Twilight?” Selene looked up at her.

“Of course” Selene let out a huff as she moved from under Twilight and sat up. She looked over to the doctors biting her lip.

“I can understand your doctor. I do not understand why you are talking to me like a new born foal” she crossed her hooves as the doctors moved a bit closer towards her.

“We were not sure if you could understand us.”

“Feisty… I like that” the grey unicorn walked over as Twilight glared at him.

“I’m Selene and I am with Twilight” she pointed to the purple unicorn that was glaring holes in them.

“Well I am Dr. Stone and this is my college Dr. Dream” the grey unicorn smiled as he looked down at Selene.

“Nice to meet you” she turned her head.

“Well let's get you healed up so you can go back into the ocean” Dr. Dream smiled as Selene looked towards him.

“I’m staying with Twilight. I am learning about the surface” Selene looked away as she started to blush.

“Well if you can stay here we will get our tools and equipment and start with some vitals” the doctors turned and walked off as Twilight sat down watching Selene’s face.

“Selene?” The merpony looked over at Twilight her face was red. She leaned over and started to rub up against Twilight.

“Selene?”

“Don’t tell them but I think my hormones are starting” Selene was panting a bit as Twilight started to blush.

“You're going into heat” Twilight hissed as Selene leaned over and kissed her. Twilight kissed her back till she heard the hooves of the doctors running towards them. She broke the kiss as the doctors returned carrying some mobile machines and some charts. Moving Selene from the tank they laid her out on a small mat while hooking her up to different machines. The doctors said very little as they were writing in the charts speaking numbers back and forth to each other. Selene watched as they started to pull needles out causing her to freak. She tried to move backward but was stopped as Twilight wrapped her hooves around her holding her close.

“Just close your eyes” Twilight whispered into Selene’s ear. Closing her eyes she took a deep breath as she felt a small prick on her arm.

“Done” Selene opened her eye as she noticed the doctor placing some vials of blood into a bag as he smiled “We want to check some stuff. We do want to keep her for a few days to make sure the stitches hold and her blood work comes back” The doctors looked towards Twilight as they smiled.

“Okay thank you doctors” Twilight nod to them lightly as they walked off. She moved Selene towards the tank placing her down slowly. Selene held her hoof up towards Twilight.

“Will you spend the night?”

“Of course I will” Twilight tapped the shell and entered the tank. This made Selene smile as she slowly followed Twilight down to the cave. Despite being injured Twilight was able to make the pain fade from Selene during the night.