Selene woke up to the sounds of hooves above her running. She sat up noticing she was in a large bed wrapped up in a warm blanket. Causing her to move about a bit. She could feel some sharp pain on her right side as she pulled herself off of the bed. She bent over and pulled her trident over towards her as the doors to the room opened up. Celestia walked in wearing her regalia allowing Selene to bow towards her.

“Do not half to bow to me. Just relax” she smiled towards Selene as some ponies walked in carrying a long stretcher.

“What is going on?” Selene sat up as Celestia used her magic placing her on the stretcher.

“We have made it to the dock.” She had a smile on her face as Selene pulled her bags towards her. She watched as the ponies picked her up and carried her through the hall of the ship. Selene sat up and squinted her eyes as they walked out on the deck. She slowly opened her eyes allowing them to get adjusted to the sun allowing her to see a large harbor full of different size ships and boats. She saw a large mountain range of different size buildings as ponies flew around them. Selene noticed the ponies that were carrying her lifted her towards a smaller boat waiting. She saw Twilight sitting in the boat helping them with her stretcher.

“Why can’t we get closer?” She looked up towards Twilight.

“The ship we were on is too large for the harbor to handle. We need these smaller boats to reach land.” Twilight moved the blanket from her tail before placing a wet towel on her. Selene sat up as she kept watch. There was a long line of ponies moving to the boat and back to land. Selene looked over to the boat and noticed Celestia and Luna were flying above them.

“Can all surface ponies fly?” Selene looked towards Twilight as she shook her head.

“Only Pegasus ponies. The princesses are alicorns so they have the attributes of all three races.” Twilight looked towards Selene as she moved closer her eyes shining.

“You only have three races. I know so many races. You have Zebra fish ponies, sea horses, normal fish like me. I have a guard that is”

“SHARK!” Selene was cut short as ponies were screaming. She turned her head as a dorsal fin was aiming straight towards the boat Selene was in. Twilight got up and placed a bubble around the boat causing the dorsal fin to disappear into the water. Both Selene and Twilight moved their eyes towards the dock watching in silence. The row pony stopped rowing as he looked towards the edge of the boat. Twilight stood up as she looked towards the edge as the boat was slammed into again. Selene watched as Twilight fell into the water. She leaned over and grabbed a shell before pulling the blanket off of her. She jumped into the water despite the pain in her tail.

Twilight was struggling to keep her head up. She went under as Selene jumped form the boat. She was having a hard time holding her breath as she fell deeper into the ocean. She slowly let the breath she was holding go as small tears formed in her eyes. The fear of never seeing the ones she loved, the ones she held dear to her came playing in her mind. Her vision started to fail her as she noticed a blur moving closer. Selene made her way to Twilight gripping her hoof. She pulled her close as she placed the shell against her skin. She started to chant as her trident started to glow a light silver. The dark brown shell became a soft white that faded into purple while a silver string wrapped around her neck. Twilight’s hind legs started to change into a long dark purple tail with scales of dark blue and pink mixed in. Her mane grew longer as she had light pink fins at the bottom of her tail. Selene lifted her head as she could hear her heart beat was slow. She took a deep breath in and kissed the mare pushing the oxygen into her lungs. Her eyes kept watch as she noticed a large shadow was looming over them. Keeping Twilight close Selene started to move towards the dock wincing every now and then.

Twilight started to come to as she noticed Selene was holding her with one hoof as she kept her trident out in front of her. A large shark pony with long black mane and red eyes were staring at them. He had this wide grin on his face as he started to move towards them.

“Thought I saw a wounded princess” his voice caused the hair on Twilight’s back stand on ends. She wanted to run but her back legs wouldn’t kick. She looked down and noticed they were no longer there and she had a tail. Selene pulled her closer as she kept her Trident up.

“Do not come closer!” she ordered as the shark started to laugh.

“you two will taste lovely” he chuckled as he started to advance. He was cut short as another shark with a rainbow mane tackled him. Selene could feel a pair of hooves pulling her backwards. She looked back and noticed her guard Za pulling her towards the dock.

“Za!”

“we need to go” Selene could see her eyes scanning the surface for something. She saw a small boat above them causing her to take a sharp up. She kept swimming allowing Selene to watch the sharks below fight. Getting to the surface Za tossed Selene and Twilight into the boat before disappearing into the sea.

“My legs” Twilight croaked out causing Selene to turn towards her. She leaned over and tapped the shell on her neck. The tail started to glow and shift back into her legs causing her to stare at Selene.

“I had to do something. You were going to die and I” she was cut short as Twilight wrapped her hooves around her neck.

“Thank you” Selene looked down and hugged her back.

“Your welcome. You can change forms by taping the shell. It’s not permanent so you don’t half to worry” she smiled as the shark from before jumped over them. He landed on a nearby boat glaring at them. Selene held her trident out aiming it at him. He chuckled and looked towards her.

“You're out of magic little princess” he hissed as he jumped towards them. Selene watched as he was falling towards them. He was cut short as a golden aura wrapped around him.

“She may be but I am not” Celestia flared her wings as she pulled the shark towards her. Selene watched as she changed his form making his tail disappear. She stopped looking as Twilight started to shake beside her. glancing back as she noticed the shark with the rainbow mane crawled in beside them.

“Ra are you okay?” Selene looked down at her as he nodded breathing hard.

“Out of shape” he hissed as a large bundle of kelp was placed on the boat. Twilight looked up and noticed a pair of black and red fins appeared at the back of the boat. A strip of white ran along them as the boat was slowly pushed towards the dock. Selene looked towards the dock as guards took the shark pony away from the dock.

“You can’t do this to me. I am a merpony” he hissed as Selene pulled herself on to the dock wincing from her tail.

“But I can. You not only attacked me but a surface pony.” Selene sat up as she held her trident in her hooves. The sea started to glow as she pointed it towards him “by my words and by the words of the sea you are sentenced to be a surface pony. Any trail the surface ponies give you will be fair since you are now one of them” she looked towards him as a silver necklace wrapped around his neck with a white stone in the middle. She placed her trident down watching him being dragged off by the guards. She waited till he was out of sight as she fell to her side.

“Princess” she could hear her guards yell as they pulled themselves up on the dock. Celestia walked over to Selene as she placed her in another stretcher. Za pulled the kelp over from the boat and started wrapping it around her tail. Twilight climbed out of the boat and looked towards Selene.

“You’re a princess?” Selene looked away nodding.

“I didn’t want you to know. My father scares most ponies away from me and I thought If I kept that title hidden I might make friends easier” she placed her hoof over her eyes “I’m sorry”

“First lesson you do not lie to others” She moved her hoof and looked up towards Celestia.

“You won’t run away?” she looked towards Twilight who shook her head.

“I promise I will not run away. I promise I will help you make friends while the princesses find your aunts” Selene smiled as she held her hoof out.

“Then let me start over. I am princess Selene star. I am the daughter of King Triton and Queen Aurora. These two are my guards Za and Ra” she pointed towards the two merponies beside her. Za shook the water off of her changing into a dark red Pegasus with a black and white mane. Her silver eyes stayed the same as a black and silver necklace appeared on her neck. Ra did the same as he changed into a dark grey earth pony with a dull rainbow mane and tail. He yellow eyes stayed along with his sharp teeth. He too had a black and silver necklace around his neck. Both of them bowed to Celestia as she smiled at them.

“Za, Ra it's nice to see you both. What are you two doing here?” Za stood up as she walked closer to Celestia.

“We were told to guard the princess on her travels to the surface.” Za bowed as Selene looked up to Celestia as some of the guards picked her stretcher up. Ra placed a wet blanket over her.

“Princess please do not let this sour the peace talks with my father. I already doomed us once. I don’t want to doom us again” she lowered her head. She felt a wing brush against her head.

“My dear I rather talk to your father a negotiate peace. I do not like using anyone as bait” she smiled causing Selene to smile as well.

“Thank you, Princess. I hope your search goes well” she waved as the guards carried her off. She noticed that all eyes were on her. She could hear ponies whispering as the guards walked towards the train station.

“So how long does it take for your tail to heal?” Twilight was walking with them as Za looked towards her.

“A week if we can keep proper kelp on her. Her muscles will take longer. Her magic will be back in no time.” Za smiled as she kept her wings close to her body.

“Really?” Twilight was writing everything Za was saying. Selene was busy looking up at the tall skyscrapers

“What are those” she pointed towards the buildings as Twilight looked up.

“Some are apartments and some of them are business. Others I don’t know they don’t have signs or posters.” Twilight was rolling the scroll up as Ra looked down towards Selene.

“Who is she?” he nodded towards Twilight.

“Oh right. Ra, Za this it Twilight Sparkle. the Princess wants me to stay with her while she finds my aunts. She will also help me make friends” Selene looked at him as he glared towards Za.

“Alright,” he shifted his hooves a bit as he walked alongside the other guards. Twilight paid for the tickets as the train was pulling into the station. The guards helped Selene onto the train making sure they had picked a car with beds. Selene rolled over to her side noticing Twilight was lying on the bed across from her staring at the shell.

“I can remove that for you” She spoke up causing Twilight to shake her head “Are you sure? You don’t seem to like it” Twilight looked towards Selene.

“I would rather have thought about it. But I guess I can’t complain you did save my life” Selene sighed as she looked towards her.

“I am not like my brothers. I don’t want to see ponies drowning. You been nice to me even away from your princess. I want to be friends” Selene was messing with her hooves as she looked towards the ground. Ra climbed up on the top bunk above Selene as Za climbed in the bed above Twilight.

“Oh really” Twilight sat up as she looked towards Selene “I would love to be friends. You can probably teach me how to use my new tail” she smiled as Selene nodded.

“So when you sentence that pony why did the sea glow” Selene’s ears twitched as she looked towards her trident.

“Now there are other towns of merponies and even another kingdom with their own magic. My father is the king of our sea. What he said is law. What my mother says is law and so on and so on. What I say is law as well. If I banish a pony to the surface the sea will recognize my ruling and place that sentence on the pony. My father can overrule me but he has to be here in order to do it” Selene sighed as she moved her trident “I don’t have much magic like my brothers, father, and mother. If I was near water I can lift things, pull things, and push things. I can create things in the sea.” Selene sighed as she looked towards Twilight “I can use my trident to cast other spells and give out sentences as you saw. But my brothers and my father can use their full magic without a trident.”

“Selene stop beating yourself up. You can do a lot” Ra leaned down to look at her.

“Well, maybe I can help. My special talent is magic after all” Twilight was smiling ear to ear as Selene sat up nodding. Za jumped down as she moved towards Selene checking on the kelp. She removed the kelp placing it in her bag placing the wet towel over her tail.

“I will replace the kelp once we get to the location were staying in” The train ride was silent and pretty short. Not many ponies were getting on or off at other stops. Selene watched as she noticed the sun in the sky getting ready to set. The guards got to their hooves as the picked up Selene from the bed. She rolled over to her side allowing her fins on her back to stretch out. She watched as most of the ponies were standing at the train doors waiting to get off. The guards moved towards the doors allowing Selene a perfect view of a large group of ponies standing on the platform. The train came to a slow stop as the guards allowed Twilight to exit first.

“Twilight!” the group shouted as the guards walked out. Ra and Za stood beside the guards watching Twilight be swallowed with hugs.

“Girls I missed you to” she smiled as she noticed Selene watching from the stretcher “Oh right” she blushed “Girls if you follow me I can let you meet a new pony” Once she had said that all hopes went out the window. A bright pink pony started jumping up and down.

“new pony where” she looked around as she started to sniff the ground.

“Pinkie Pie she needs to heal first” Twilight looked towards the guards “And I need to get her home first before she can heal” Twilight pushed through her friends as the guards started to follow her. Za and Ra stayed behind the group watching the surroundings.

“So who is this pony darling” a white unicorn with a dark purple mane flipped her mane from her face as she flashed a smile.

“She is a princess from another land. The princesses are going to find her aunts and while that is happening she will be staying with me to make friends” Twilight lead them through town. Selene sat up a bit as she stretches her fins out. She saw small buildings covered in flowers and other objects. She was completely taken with the clothing store and the local bakery as she was staring at them. She couldn’t get a look at their names as the pain in her side caused her to lay back down. Twilight opened the door to her house walking in towards the back of the library. She flared up her horn creating a large deep pool.

“Dearie if you want to go swimming we should go to the lake” the white unicorn spoke up as the guards walked in.

“It’s not for me. It's for the new pony staying with me” Za walked in as Ra looked into the pool. He smiled as he quietly slipped into the pool. He sawm down noticing it opening up into a larger chamber. He could see the basement with a tone of boxes and some equipment. He wasn’t so sure but he was impressed with the size of the room. He swam back up as Za handed him the bags.

“So?” she looked towards him as he nodded.

“Pretty large” he smiled as Za slipped into the pool. Twilight had pulled her friends to allow the guards to place Selene next to the pool. They held up the stretcher allowing her to slip into the pool unnoticed. Selene placed gems int the guard's hooves before diving into the pool. Twilight watched the guards leave the house before moving to the basement. Her friends quickly followed her. Twilight flared her magic up quickly placing items into place as she turned the light on.

Selene followed the pool down as she noticed a light coming from the bottom of the pool. She noticed the large room where Za and Ra quickly found a place to call their own. She looked towards the side of the tank noticing Twilight and her friends. Selene swam over wincing a bit as she waved towards them. She kept her trident in her hooves as she glanced around the room.

“Can you hear me?” Twilight spoke up as Selene moved towards the bottom of the tank. She nodded as Twilight pointed towards her mouth.

“Can you hear me?” she spoke up as Twilight nodded.

“Oh, this is neat. I hope this didn’t cause you to much trouble” she smiled as Twilight shook her head.

“This was easy” she chuckled as Pinkie pressed herself up against the glass.

“Who is this” she smiled as Selene touched the glass.

“This is Selene she is a princess of merponies. The two in the back are her guards Za and Ra.” As she pointed up Za was swimming around allowing her fins to breathe. Selene kept towards the glass as she waved towards the ponies.

“Is she the new pony?” Pinkie was bouncing as Twilight smiled.

“She is. Selene this is Pinkie Pie” she pointed towards the pink mare who was grinning towards her “This is Rarity” she moved her hoof towards the white mare with a purple mane glancing towards her. “Applejack” she pointed to an orange mare with a yellow mane and tail with bowing with her hat in her hooves. “Rainbow Dash” she pointed up towards a light blue Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail. Selene looked back towards Ra.

“Ra I found your surface pony” she snickered as he came swimming over glancing at rainbow smiling. A bright yellow Pegasus with pink mane and tail hid behind Twilight.

“This is Fluttershy. It’s okay Shy he is a shark pony while she is a Zebra Fish.” Twilight hugged her friend. “And this is Spike my number one assistant” she pointed towards a purple and green dragon. Selene moved down and waved towards him. Spike waved back as he looked towards Twilight.

“You promised gifts” he pointed a claw at her as she turned her smile towards him.

“Of course. Go make some tea and I will the gifts ready” Selene silently watched as Spike ran to the stairs with glee on his face. She moved from the glass moving silently up the tube towards the library. She pulled herself out of the water looking towards Spike as Twilight and her friends walked up to the stairs.

“Selene I thought you would be resting” Selene sat up as she looked towards Twilight.

“Sorry I thought the glass would be too informal.” Selene looked towards the others. she pushed her mane back as she sat on the edge of the pool keeping her tail in the water.

“Oh well hello darling” Rarity smiled as she walked overextending her hoof towards Selene. Selene tapped her hoof against Rarity’s before bowing. Rarity stared at her as Twilight blinked a couple of times.

“You do not tap hooves together?” she tilted her head as Applejack started to laugh.

“No sug, we hoof shake” Applejack walked towards Selene gripping her hoof shaking it roughly. Selene started to wine a bit as she felt pain running up her side.

“Applejack not to rough she still injured” Twilight shouted causing the earth pony to let go.

“Sorry sug” Selene nodded as Za quickly appeared with her fins out wide. She pulled Selene into her hooves disappearing into the water. Applejack looked towards Twilight.

“What was that?” Rainbow Das spoke up as she was looking towards the pool.

“That was her guard” Twilight spoke up.

“Tea is ready!” Spike yelled. Za pulled Selene down into the bottom of the pool/ Za placed on her a large shell bed that was set up in the middle of the chamber. She pulled out some kelp placing it along her tail as she kept silent. Selene huffed a bit as she curled up on the bed.

“Just rest” Za shut the shell a bit allowing Selene to close her eyes.