Pinkie had placed Selene down in front of a large building made to look like a cupcake. Glancing over the building Pinkie walked in holding the door open to Selene. The first thing she noticed was the warmth of the building. The banking spices and the different flavors hit her muzzle. Selene glanced around as she noticed some food sitting behind glass sitting on small pieces of paper. A light greenish-blue hue with a pink mane and tail walked out holding a tray with a yellow apron.

“Pinkie were not open yet” she smiled as Pinkie shook her head.

“Ms. Cake meet Selene she is a merpony and she is here to help bake!” Pinkie clapped her hooves as Selene was glancing at the food.

“Why does one hide these behind glass?” Selene tilted her head.

“To keep it fresh” Ms. Cake smiled as Selene scratched her head.

“Must be a surface thing. But Pinkie said I was able to help? I only know one recipe” Selene felt a bit down as Ms. Cake placed the tray down before waving her hoof at Selene.

“No worries dear Pinkie will teach you” she had a smile as a yellow earth pony with an orange mane under a cap.

“Oh, and who do we have here?”

“Mr. Cake meet Selene” Pinkie bounced past her and into the kitchen. Selene bowed towards him before backing up towards the kitchen. She walked in a timer was going off causing her to jump a bit.

“Pinkie can you pull out the cookies please” Ms. Cake shouted from the front of the room.

“Okie Dokie” she smiled as she opened up the oven. Selene felt the warmth coming from the oven causing her to walk towards it. Her spell faded causing her tail to appear as she spread her gills out. Selene placed her mane up quickly as she spread her fins out. Pinkie had placed the tray down as the cakes walked in and noticed Selene in front of the oven.

“Selene you can’t stand in front of the oven” Pinkie walked over and shut the door causing Selene to turn towards her.

“Why not? it's just like home” Selene looked towards the oven blushing a bit.

“Because it’s dangerous silly” Pinkie looked up as Selene nodded and placed her spell back on. She limped away from the oven as she watched Pinkie zoom around the space pulling items out placing them on the table in front of them. The cakes walked out of the kitchen as three fillies ran in stopping as they stared at Selene. Glancing down to the fillies she noticed they were staring at her flank.

“I thought adults had their cutie marks?” the yellow earth pony spoke up causing Selene to glance back. Her flanks were covered in scales hiding the cutie mark.

“I have one but my scales are covering it” she smiled towards them as they backed away from her.

“Girls I would like you to meet Selene. and Selene I would like you to meet Applebloom, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo” Pinkie smiled as Selene looked towards them.

“I saw them when Rarity and Twilight came to see me” She smiled as the girls looked towards each other.

“We saw a merpony” Applebloom huffed as Selene’s wings spread open as she kept her smile up.

“I am that merpony” Selene giggled as she stood up looking towards Pinkie.

“Well, let's get cooking!” Pinkie tossed confetti everywhere causing Selene to look around at the pieces of paper. She pulled up three stools for the girls before walking around handing the flour to Selene. The merpony looked towards the powder as Pinkie was going over the different ingredients needed for the cookie recipe.

“Selene I need the flour” Pinkie looked at her as Selene was moving the bag around before tilting it over her causing it to cover her. Pinkie started to giggle as Selene let out a puff of flour from her mouth.

“What were you thinking silly?” Pinkie giggled as Selene looked towards her.

“You said flower. I saw now flower in it just white stuff” Selene shook her mane as Pinkie fell to her side laughing.

“It’s spelled F-l-o-u-r. it sounds the same but it is not the same. I made that mistake as well” she grinned as Selene nodded. Pinkie went and grabbed another pack of flour from the shelves.

“Girls can you go and preheat the ovens?” she looked towards the fillies as she moved the eggs towards Selene “Can you crack these?” Selene looked towards the eggs and picked one up. She glanced it over noticing the shell was a different color than what is she was used to. Using her magic she quickly cracked the eggs tossing the shell back into the container as the yolks sat in the bowl.

“Thank you” Pinkie smiled as the fillies came back with grins on their faces. As Pinkie started to move around the kitchen Selene noticed it was getting warmer. To warm for her preference and being coated in flour wasn’t helping. She tried to pay attention as Pinkie was placing each ingredient in at different times. Pinkie had the dough on the sheets and was ready to place them into the oven. Opening the top one the room became scorching causing Selene’s vision to double.

“Girls you turned this to high” Pinkie called out as Selene stumbled around.

“Too hot” her eyes were rolling in her head as the ponies turned towards her. She stumbled her way out into the main area in front of the other ponies. She collapsed in front of everypony allowing her spell to break causing them to see her tail.

“She has a tail!” Sweetie Bell pipped up as Pinkie rushed towards Selene.

“Oh no, what happened? What do I do?” she looked around.

“She part fish” Scootaloo spoke up as Pinkie ran towards the kitchen pulling out a pitcher of water and poured it on Selene. She did this five times till Selene woke up her tail moving behind her causing the ponies in the bakery to stare at her. Selene sat up as she placed her hoof to her head.

“I thought I saw two Pinkie pies” she sat up on her tail as she flexed her fins. The fillies ran around her as they stared up at her.

“You’re the merpony we saw last week!” Sweetie Bell shouted as Selene nodded. She lifted her head noticing the other ponies were staring at her. She used her fin and waved towards the ponies causing them to freak. Selene placed her spell back on and ran out of the bakery. She could hear them still as she ran out of town as fast as she could till her back leg started to give her a fit. She made it to a large field of apple trees allowing her to slow down and to breathe. Finding a large tree to rest under she broke the spell and curled up under it. Her ears started to twitch as she heard thumping noises moving towards her. moving her head around the tree she looked around trying to see what was making that noise. Her eyes saw nothing allowing her to lean against the tree. The sound of thumping got louder and louder till she noticed a tall red stallion with a blond mane was staring down at her.

“Hi” she waved her hoof at him as he backed up. He snorted at her before stomping his hoof causing her to run from the area. She found herself sitting somewhere in a large dark forest. Her legs were shaking as she stumbled around trying to find the way she had ran in. The one thing she was lucky for was the river she had found. She slipped inside of the river propping herself up against a rock she allowed herself to fall asleep. As she found herself lost within the forest. Pinkie had run towards Twilight noticing the purple pony was standing in the doorway with spike standing in front of her.

“Twilight!”

“Pinkie?” Twilight was tackled to the ground as she looked up at her friend.

“Seleneismissing!sheranoffwhenponiessawhertail” Pinkie was rambling on as she started to pace in front of Twilight.

“Pinkie you're rambling. Where is Selene the princess want to see her” Twilight tilted her head as Pinkie looked towards her.

“Selene is missing! She ran off when ponies saw her tail” she had tears in her eyes as Twilight’s started to twitch.

“Go grab Rainbow. Have her fly over the town. I will half to tell the princess” Twilight groaned as Spike looked towards her.

“I’ll go find Applejack and Fluttershy to see if she ran out to them” he walked away from them as Twilight nodded. She glanced up the stairs dreading what the outcome would be. As she was telling the princess Spike was running as fast as his little feet could carry him. He made noticed Discord was in the front of the cottage messing with the flowers causing them to sing to Fluttershy as he floated around.

“Discord! Fluttershy!” Spike shouted causing the spirt of chaos to turn around.

“Spike my good buddy. What can I do for you” he smiled as Spike waved his claws.

“Selene is missing have you two seen her?” Spike watched as Discord made the flowers stop singing as he shook his head. Fluttershy walked up beside him as she shook her head as well.

“We haven’t seen Selene. We will go and ask my animal friends” Fluttershy flew off as Discord looked towards him.

“I will follow you” Spike nodded not wanting to argue. As they ran off towards the farm Selene made her way up the river a bit. She stopped once she noticed the river was blocked by some fallen trees and rocks causing her to get out. She looked towards the river not wanting to move far from it as it was the only source she could find. She sat on the edge of it her tail moving around softly. She glanced up towards the sky noticing it was covered by trees. Looking around she replaced her spell and limped her way through the forest. As she made her way through the forest she found old castle ruins. Slowly making her way over to the castle she noticed the sky was clear and free of trees. She looked up towards the sky noticing it was getting dark causing her to sigh. She limped her way through the castle looking for a place to hide for the night. Selene found a place to hide for the night. As she slept a black and white zebra was walking around the castle digging up plants that ran along the cracks of the castle. She noticed Selene hiding in the rubble asleep. Her tail was wrapped around her causing the pony to pull her out. The zebra was shocked to see her tail but didn’t run off instead she picked up Selene and carried her out of the castle. Moving through the forest she came to a large tree with a mask hanging outside each with a different expression. The pony opened the door walking towards a small bed placing Selene on it.

The night wore on and Luna tried connecting to Selene in her dreams but Star was heavily protecting her mind from the lunar princess. She was spending most of her time hiding in the shadows trying her best not to drain Selene of energy so her body could use it. Luna left Mistwing behind to help with the search as Cadence and Shining Armor stayed with Twilight. Celestia left some guards with medics well in case they were needed. Twilight felt useless as others were out searching but she couldn’t do anything. She tried to get ahold of Star but the curse wasn’t answering to her. As the day came over the horizon the zebra woke up noticing Selene had changed overnight. Her tail had grown longer as most of her scales had grown back but white. The scars were hidden on her tail by the newly grown scales. Her fins were larger as they were spread out behind her. Selene’s mane had grown out getting tangled in the twigs she had in her mane. The zebra was moving her mane and noticed her body had slimed out just a bit but she was still shivering. Selene had let out a small yawn causing the Zebra to jump from the area. Selene turned her head and noticed the zebra staring at her with fear in her eyes. She climbed down from the bed as she made her way towards the door before being stopped.

“Wait please don’t go” the zebra held her hoof up as Selene glanced towards her.

“I am sorry for being rude. Would you like some food?” the zebra smiled as she pulled out some flowers and berries.

“I’m Selene” Selene spoke up as she looked towards the pony.

“Zecora I am. A zebra is what I am” she smiled as Selene tilted her head as she pulled her tail in close to herself.

“I am a merpony”

“You are far away from the sea” Zecora placed a wooden plate in front of her as Selene glanced towards.

“You didn’t rhyme”

“I am teaching a filly herbs as she is teaching me speech” she giggled as Selene picked at the flowers.

“I am lost can you help me get back to town?” She watched as Zecora nodding towards her. Selene stood up placing her spell on noticing her legs were longer and the scars were more noticeable. It was still sore to place her weight down on her leg. She watched as Zecora placed a bag on before walking towards the door. She had stopped and noticed Selene’s tail was gone and was replaced with a pair of legs.

“Neat trick” she smiled as she walked towards the door opening it up for them. Selene limped behind the Zecora noticing she was yawning. Selene looked towards her hooves as she limped through the forest.

“I’m sorry for taking your bed” Selene kept up her pace as Zecora looked back towards her.

“It is alright. I can sleep when I get home” she smiled as they came up towards the path back to town “Follow the road you will reach the town. So do not worry and do not frown” Zecora looked towards Selene who was staring down the road nodding.

“Thank you”

“I will come to see you before I return home” Zecora waved her hoof as she walked off into another direction leaving Selene along. Her legs were shaking as she moved along the dirt path. She noticed some clouds were hugging the ground as the morning air was cold. The birds were chirping as she kept her slow pace up. Her leg was giving her a fit as it was getting harder to place any weight on it. She noticed a line of apple trees causing her stomach to growl. Moving towards a tree Selene forced herself up on her back legs trying to reach for the apples hanging from the low line branches. Jumping up she was able to grab one of the branches but it broke under her weight. Landing on the ground Selene pulled the branch towards her as her spell broke. Picking one of the apples from the branch she glanced towards town unsure if she should return. Her body was killing her. The nights were not forgiving and the days were a hit and miss for her. She glanced down at the apple as she pulled her tail towards her as she started to eat on the apple. As she was eating the apple she heard howling causing her to jump up. Quickly placing her spell on she noticed her magic wasn’t working. She quickly backed out of the trees and back onto the road as snapping branches could be heard. Backing up along the road she heard the howling again. Her front legs were shaking as she kept backing up watching as wolves made from sticks appear from trees causing her heart to beat faster. Selene watched as the jumped for her causing her to freeze in place. Closing her eyes she quickly curled up into a ball waiting for the worst. Once she couldn’t feel the claws or teeth of the oncoming wolves she peeked from under her hooves noticing a light purple shield around her. Shining armor walked around the shield blasting the wolves away as Applejack tossed her hat.

“Zap apple season has passed. Why are they here darn it!” she shouted as Selene moved towards the side of the barrier watching them talk before Shining armor turned around. He noticed Selene was watching them with fear screaming from her eyes as she pushed on the shield. Shining Armor placed his shield down causing Selene to calm down a bit. The adrenaline that was running through her system was wearing off causing her to close her eyes and to pass out. Shining sighed as he picked up the sleeping merpony and carried her back to the treehouse. Once they were in the treehouse he carried Selene up the stairs to the waiting medics. After leaving her with the medics both him and Applejack joined the princesses in the basement. Pinkie’s mane was flattened as Twilight was looking into the tank before slipping away from the group.

“Captain I see that you and the element of honesty are late” Luna spoke up causing Shining to stand up straight.

“Sorry, princess. As ume and Applejack were on the way here we heard Timberwolves in the area. We wanted to make sure other ponies were not in the area. When we got to the section of the farm we noticed they had Selene cornered. I placed a barrier around her before taking care of the Timberwolves. Selene is currently in the hooves of the medical ponies.” Shining armor bowed as Luna and Celestia gave him one as well.

“Thank captain” Celestia smiled. As Shining armor was telling the two sisters what was going on Twilight walked out of the basement. She moved along the stairs as the medics were walking down with different vials filled sending orders to each other. She moved towards her room noticing Selene laying on the bed her eyes were closed. Walking closer Twilight noticed her hooves were wrapped up in bandages as her tail had patches of wet bandages wrapped around it. Twilight was taken back at how long her tail was and her mane. Her fins were folded up behind her back as she laid on her stomach her head nuzzling the pillow. Twilight walked up to Selene curling up against her. She closed her eyes as she placed her head up against the merpony. As she settled in she felt Selene’s tail wrap around her causing a smile to form on her muzzle. As Twilight was sitting with Selene the rest of the ponies were downstairs going over the plan they had. Luna had turned around to the confused looks as she held a piece of chalk in her magic.

“So once we are in her mind my sister will break the seal on her memories. Once that happens we will be able to see what memories were sealed. We will also see if her memories will line up with Twilight’s” Luna smiled as the others continued to stare at her.

“What my sister is trying to say. Once we are in Selene’s mind I will break the gem. Once we are done with her we will go and break the seal on Twilight’s mind” Celestia smiled as the ponies started to nod causing Luna to toss the piece of chalk behind her huffing.

“Now get comfy this will be a long trip” Luna smiled as she released her magic around the room. The others watched as dark smoke started to fill the room as their eyes grew heavy. Celestia found a spot along the bookcases to prop herself up again. Luna closed her eyes after she felt the ponies around her drift off to sleep.