Selene was resting perfecting as her head was nuzzling up against Twilight. She pulled her hooves in pulling the pony closer hoping to find soft warm fur. Instead, she got something soft and smooth like a pillow. Cracking an eye open she noticed Twilight was replaced by a large pillow. Sitting up she noticed the sun was peaking through the curtain and that the jewelry she was wearing was gone from the desk. Moving the pillow from her side she slipped from the bed. Moving towards the cracked door she could smell food and hear ponies talking. Slipping out of the door she moved towards another door noticing it was a bathroom. Quietly and silently she went into the bathroom freshen herself up for the day. Poking her head back out the door she moved towards the set of stairs. Taking her time she slowly walked down as her mane was blocking her sight. Once she came to the bottom her hoof moved her mane form her sight allowing her to see Twilight sitting in the kitchen with her parents. Selene used her magic to change her tail into a pair of legs as she pushed her mane out of her face. Walking into the room she noticed they were dressed for the morning causing her to look at them.

“Did I miss something?” Selene spoke up as Twilight glance back as she shook her head.

“I was about to wake you up. Mother and father are taking us out to a restaurant in Canterlot” She smiled as she used her magic to pull Selene’s mane up into a braided bun getting it out of her face.

“Oh, what kind of restaurant is it?” Selene looked towards them.

“Oh, it’s Twilight’s favorite Doughnut joe’s” Velvet smiled as Selene nodded. She stretched her legs a bit as she watched the ponies move in front of her. The air was crisp as she moved down the road with Twilight was getting an ear full from her mother. She was asking twenty questions about the sapphire around her daughter’s hoof. The night was keeping quiet as he listened towards his daughter ramble on. His eyes looked back towards Selene noticing the merpony was watching many of the one nights walk back to their homes.

“Ponies do silly things when drunk or having a good time” he spoke up causing Selene to turn her head around towards him. She blinked a couple of times as she blushed a bit as she was caught staring.

“How do you wear clothes all jumbled like that? I could hardly wear a dress for a few hours” Selene flexed her fins as she noticed the two mares were staring at her now.

“My dear it's not that we want to. It's just some ponies feel that they must wear clothes to be perfect” he smiled as Selene scratched her head.

“But Twilight is perfect with out clothes” Selene smiled as Twilight started to blush.

“And that is your view on it” He smiled as he walked up towards a large white bricked building. Looking up Selene noticed it had white and pink fabric hanging over the windows and door. Her ears twitched as she heard a bell ring out causing her to flinch a bit. Moving her head she noticed Twilight staring at her as she kept the door opened for her. Blushing Selene walked in as she noticed the warm air blowing over her. Looking around she could see decorations that were related to sweets a lot. Her stomach started to turn as she could smell coffee filling the air. Pulling her spell off she walked towards a table sitting at an empty one while Twilight and the others were at the counter ordering food and drinks. Twilight turned towards Selene who was messing with her tail.

“Selene would you like a blueberry muffin and coffee?” Twilight spoke up as her mother shook her head.

“Oh, no…no…she can not have coffee. Apple juice” she smiled as she looked towards her daughter.

“I think she can handle coffee”

“Twilight my daughter no” her mother glared towards her daughter.

“No coffee”

“Coffee” Twilight watched as her mother placed her into a barrier. She turned her head towards the counter and smiled “Everything to go please Joe” she had a smile on her face as the pony behind the counter nodded. Velvet turned around picking up her daughter from the ground as she walked over to Selene.

“You two need a lesson and you two need it now” she added Selene to the barrier before walking out of the shop with them in tow. Selene glanced towards Twilight as the purple unicorn sighed.

“Mother” she groaned as she watched her carry her through the streets of Canterlot. Twilight sat back in the barrier as she glanced towards Selene.

“Get ready once she has something in her mind she goes for it” Twilight sighed.

“Like another pony, I know” Selene smiled as Twilight blushed a bit.

“Hey I was under an influence”

“I heard from a certain dragon about lesson zero or want it need it spell,” Selene noticed Twilight staring at her with wide eyes.

“I am so talking to that young dragon” she huffed a bit as she noticed her mother dragging them to the hospital. Selene moved closer to Twilight as her eyes glanced around at the ponies sitting around waiting. Many had bandages wrapped around certain parts of their bodies. A few ponies were small foals and fillies sitting with their parents. Selene tried to hide under Twilight as many of the ponies had turned towards her noticing her tail. Pulling her tail Closer she felt the barrier they were in being pulled towards a hall. Selene kept quiet as she watched Velvet carry them into a room away from the public eye. She took the barrier down as she placed Selene on the bed watching as the merpony laid on her stomach while her tail was moving behind her. Selene watched as she saw a muffin being placed in front of her.

“Dear you need to lay on your back” Velvet smiled as Twilight shook her head.

“Mother merponies need to lay on their stomachs. If they lay on their back their gills can’t move” Twilight spoke up as she quickly finished off her doughnut as Selene was picking at the muffin.

“Well, she can’t do that all the time” Velvet huffed as Night Light picked up a chair in the corner. He pulled over a magazine as he started to read it as the door to the room opened up.

“Good morning I am Golden Heart” a white and gold Pegasus nurse walked in. Her coat was partially covered by a white scrub shirt as she walked in holding a chart in her hoof. Her teal and blue mane was pulled into a bun as her tail was swaying behind her. Selene leaned over and noticed her back hooves had a tint of green around them as she turned around shutting the door behind her. “I heard you were looking for some information about pregnancies” she looked up and noticed Selene’s tail “You can take the costume off we get many mares looking for an after pill”

“she not wearing a costume” Night spoke up as Selene used her fins to wave at her. The mare looked towards her chart as she started to mime a fish.

“Oh…okay. I am only trained on certain stuff. Let me get the head doctor for this department” she smiled as she walked out of the door.

“She was a merpony a healer as well” Selene spoke up causing the others to turn towards her.

“How did you know?”

“Her fins and her hooves” She smiled as she pushed the pieces of muffin away from her as Twilight glanced towards her.

“Don’t like the top?”

“Too sweet” Selene rested her head in her hooves as the door opened up again. Velvet moved as she heard another mare pushing Golden heart into the room. Kibby had her head down. Her body was covered in a long white lab coat as she wore a pair of thick-framed glasses on her muzzle.

“Listen you need to handle these kinds of cases”

“But I am not”

“Then you call me in here and I will” she looked up and sighed “Help you. Merponies like you and me will be coming here for help as well Golden. We need to be able to treat all ponies. Now hello to all. I am the head surgeon and the head of the merpony medical department or emergency department” she smiled. She turned her head towards the other pony as she held her hoof out.

“So a merpony looking for information on pregnancies” Golden was shaken as she looked towards her chart “Well do you have any questions that might start us in the right direction?”

“My mother says caffeine will not work”

“And she is right” Kibby spoke up as she noticed how bad Golden was acting.

“Try to avoid all caffeine, alcohol, and try to find food that you can eat. Now I say that because merponies have a tendency not to eat and focus on more finding the perfect spot for them to rest and relax. Force her to eat. I will be sending you some instructions as well as I am sending them to the princess Queen” Kibby glared towards Selene causing her to back up “They were worried sick about you last night. I told them you were probably hiding in the cave and couldn’t handle the pressure of all the ponies” She huffed as Golden looked towards Selene in shocked “Before you go I will get an ultrasound and I will be sending that to the princess as well” Kibby wrote down her orders in the chart before handing them to Golden. She turned towards the door as she opened it up placing a smile on “I will be back in a moment” she disappeared out of the room with Golden on her tail.

“Told you” Velvet smiled at her daughter as Twilight sighed.

“Twilight” Selene sat up as she looked towards her “I… my aunts want me to stay in Canterlot”

“Till when?” Twilight sat up as Selene looked towards a wall hoping she would have a window to stare out of.

“Till I give birth” Selene moved her hooves, “They thought it would be the best with what has happened” Selene fixed her tail as she sits back looking towards Twilight. The purple unicorn looked towards the floor as her ears draped against her head as she slowly nodded.

“Twilight I did tell them I wanted to stay with the original plan. I was going to stay with you and help show you magic still” Selene noticed Twilight had gone quiet as she kept her eyes on the floor. Selene sighed as she shifted a bit as she started to climb off the bed. As she was getting off of the bed the door opened up and Golden was pushing a cart in while Kibby was glaring at her.

“On the bed”

“You sound like Skelly after one of the mood potions wares off” Selene climbed back on the bed.

“I have had a full day Selene and you are not helping” Kibby sighed as she leaned up against the door. Golden was setting things up as Twilight glanced towards Selene as she leaned back on the bed.

“They want you to stay here?”

“Yes, they said so on the train ride here after I ran from the guards” She smiled as Twilight shook her head.

“You know I can talk to Celestia and see if you can stay”

“Not if you have a sanctuary or a large tank to house her. She will need a large tank to house her Twilight” Kibby spoke up as Twilight sighed. Her mother walked over and nuzzled her.

“Look me and your father will be here. We can keep her company and help her. Besides you can always take the train to see her and the same way around” Velvet smiled as Twilight nodded.

“Okay this will be cold but it will allow us to see what is going on” Golden smiled as Kibby turned the lights off. Golden placed a small amount of cold gel onto Selene’s stomach causing the merpony to shiver. She leaned back as she watched Golden placed a small wand against her stomach.

“Right now we are just seeing how many you are carrying. And if your body is taking the pregnancy well after all the healing you had to go through.” Kibby walked over as Golden smiled. She moved the wand causing Selene to watch silently. The pony looked back towards Kibby as she was pressing a few buttons. Kibby was pressing herself up to the screen as she moved a large button on the console.

“Twilight when was the first time you two” Kibby waved her hoof around in the air.

“Two months ago maybe but it was at the gala. Why?”

“Well, she two months not a month-long so I was off on that. I can tell why as well. She is carrying twins which is not a surprise with merponies and surface ponies. What I can tell I can confirm one merpony…and oh this is new” Kibby moved Golden’s hoof towards the left and up “and a unicorn. The horn is just forming.”

“But its to early to tell” Velvet spoke up as Kibby nodded.

“In normal ponies. Selene is a merpony so things will be different. With merponies, their forms take shape quickly especially with her since Selene has been under heavy medical watch. Our births also linked to our magic. I know normal surface ponies take eleven months. Merponies take seven months since the water doesn’t stay the right temperature during the winter months. It’s still warm but it's like a mild spring to a very light summer where it's warm but still cold when most give birth.” Kibby was smiling as she looked towards the screen “I will print this out and send a copy with you and to the castle” she had a smile as she walked overturning the lights on.

“So in about two more months we can hear the hearts and then another month after that we can see if she carrying a merpony and a normal pony or something else” Kibby bowed as she walked out of the room. Golden was printing out some pictures before cleaning up her area. Twilight handed Selene some towels as the merpony sat up on the bed. She noticed Twilight was sitting there shocked as her mother was clapping her hooves.

“We have two grandchildren we can spoil Night” she was smiling as Night looked towards her with a smile on his lips “We need to go shopping” Velvet smiled as Twilight moved from the spot she was sitting at. Her parents watched as she climbed the bed pulling Selene down and kissing her.

“I am so demanding Celestia allowing you to return home”

“Not if you have a large tank for her.” Kibby walked in with a set of papers in her hooves “She will need to stay in a tank constantly after the four-month mark. Her tail will grow and her mane will be the vane of her existence. Her best place is here or in the Crystal empire sanctuary” Kibby handed Twilight the papers “Discharge papers along with pictures of the ultrasound. I will do a look when she is back in the castle” she smiled as she waved her hoof towards them as she walked out of the door. Selene looked towards Twilight as she sighed.

“Well let's go shopping now” Velvet picked up Selene in her magic causing the merpony to glance down. Twilight sighed as she followed her mother out of the hospital.

“Mother we should head to the castle” Twilight spoke up as her father followed them in quiet.

“We will but for now I want to get to know my future daughter in law” she smiled as Selene glanced down at her.

“What is a Daughter in law?”

“Its what you call a mare who marries into a family. Like Cadence, she is my daughter in law since she married my son.” Night smiled as Twilight glanced towards him “What you know how your mother gets when she sets her eyes on something. She like you when it comes to books and studying” he kept his grin up as Twilight started to blush.

“True” was all Twilight could say. Selene glanced down as she floated around in Velvet’s magic. As she was floating around she noticed many of the houses were heavily decorated with pumpkins and bats while orange and purple lights hung from the roofs. Many had moons placed on the fences as ponies were moving around decorating.

“What are they doing?” Selene spoke up as she watched the ponies place items up around the homes.

“They are getting ready for nightmare night” Velvet placed Selene on the sidewalk beside her. She noticed the look the merpony was giving her “Do you know what Nightmare night is?”

“No. we have two holidays the first being the summer solstice or the warming of the sea. The second is the winter solstice or the chilling of the sea. I was born on Hearths warming eve I think Fluttershy called it” Selene watched as Velvet smiled.

“Oh how old will you be” she smiled as Selene scrapped her hoof against the sidewalk as she started to blush.

“Well I will be nineteen” she whispered trying to keep her voice low.

“What darling” Velvet smiled as Selene looked towards her.

“I am still a child I am”

“What you’re a kid! You’re not over eighteen?” she glanced towards her daughter as Selene tilted her head.

“I’ll be nineteen merponies are not adults until they are hundred and eighteen” Selene watched as Velvet turned towards her breathing slowly.

“Dear oh you had me worry” she waved her hoof towards her face.

“Wait they make you wait that long?” Twilight walked over to Selene.

“Well, what do surface ponies count as an adult?” Selene turned towards her.

“Eighteen” Night walked up to Selene causing the merpony to stare at them “What happens if you die before you reach a hundred eighteen years?” He kept his eyes down at the pony.

“You die as a child. They say your body will not return to coral since it is so young and too new to reconnect with the coral. They say the rest of the souls of the child will float around the sea as fish waiting till the gods of the sea will give them another chance to live” She looked towards the ponies noticing Velvet walking up to her. She felt the hooves wrap around her.

“Oh you poor dear”

“Is something wrong?” Selene blinked as Velvet pushed back.

“Dear surface ponies don’t live that long. The oldest pony recorded on the surface that isn’t a princess only lived to be a hundred.” Velvet looked towards her with a worried look in her eyes. Selene moved her tail as she looked towards Twilight.

“Oh” She looked away blushing a bit.

“Well let's get some shopping done shall we?” Velvet smiled as she walked with Selene down the sidewalk.