Author's Notes:

Sorry for this chapter taking longer than normal. During this time I am still working full time as I am considered an essential employee at the moment. I am also working on the other story Mare in the Everfree forest since I lost everything. I lost the story I lost the other chapters. I have been trying to end that bloody story of mine but things keep going. I have three other chapters in the works for this as I am planning out the ending and other stuff. First story ever that has gone this long for me. I also have school so.

It was a silent blur as Selene stayed in Luna’s room. Twilight and the others visited but the twins were not making the ride home an easy one. Luna kept an eye on the merpony when she slept making sure her dreams were a peaceful one. After seeing the last one where Star was waiting scared her to her soul. Selene was laying on the bed wrapped up in towels as the twins were feed and settling down allowing her to get some rest. Luna was sitting at her desk with a scroll in front of her. She was writing a letter to her sister explaining what she had found and why she was returning. She closed her eyes as she tapped the quill against the desk before sending the scroll off. She was already dreading what she would receive back from her sister. Placing the quill down she ran a wing over Selene’s mane. She noticed a scroll appeared on her desk. Pulling the scroll towards her she noticed her sister’s horn writing.

“I will meet you all at the dock” that was all that was written on the scroll. Luna let a sigh out as she rolled the scroll up.

“Sister why must you be so cryptic” she spoke softly as she looked out the windows noticing the light under the curtains. Moving from the curtains she looked towards Selene. She was lying on the bed her eyes were closed. Her hoof was resting on her stomach causing the lunar mare to sigh. She got up from her desk walking out into the hall. Her ears were twitching as she heard the guards and ponies giving orders. But her ears dragged her towards the dining hall where Twilight sat among her friends with Krill sitting with a book in front of him.

“Are you sure that is what the elder said?” Krill looked up as Twilight nodded.

“He said that Roseate came to his father asking for a charm where she placed apart of her soul into it. He said that Star is not the curse but a witch who is trying to take Selene over is”

“So its like nightmare taking Luna over” Pinkie spoke up as she pulled a cupcake in front of her.

“So we blast her with the elements!” Rainbow slammed her hoof onto the table. Luna sat at the door listening to the conversation.

“We can’t Dash. She with child” Applejack turned towards the Pegasus.

“Plus the elder said that King Atlas knows the cure” Twilight looked over at the other merpony.

“Are you sure he said King Atlas” he tapped his hoof on the table.

“Yes, why?”

“King Atlas was the first alicorn of the sea. He was the one I told you about while in the sanctuary in the Crystal Empire. He is the one who said to Faust that his ponies would stay in the sea. The surface ponies thought he had to much power since he was able to hide his fins and tail. Though the elders may be right. You see our documents start at King atlas’s son's birth and death. We have nothing on the first king. We are not even sure where his body is even buried.” Krill leaned back against the side of the ship.

“How about after birth we hit her with the elements of harmony” Rainbow shouted against as Twilight sighed.

“I’m not sure if the elements will even work. Selene will still be Selene. However, if we take them with us to the peace treaty in case the witch takes Selene over.”

“Twi darling do you even think the princesses will let us take the elements with us” Rarity flipped her mane as Luna walked into the room staring at the ponies around the table.

“If we tell my sister what we have learned then she might let us.” Luna huffed “If this sea witch is like the nightmare I had to go through then she will be affected by the elements” The lunar alicorn looked down at the ponies. Twilight looked towards her hooves as they shook a bit.

“Princess what if this is a form of nightmare? Will she be placed on the moon?” Twilight’s voice shook a bit as her friends glanced towards her.

“Sug if she gets sent to the moon for this. We will still be by your side” Applejack placed her hoof on the table.

“Yeah, plus doesn’t merponies live for a long time” Pinkie licked the frosting off her face.

“Yes, we do live for a long time. The oldest being Roseate. However, if she is holding one surface type pony than only one will still be around for her when she comes back. The princesses will be around but the other will be gone like Twilight” he looked over noticing the others were staring at their hooves in sadness.

“Do not look sad. Look happy we can spend time with her and make memories. Plus the more we go down this route the more we may be able to find the real truth” Luna spoke up as she smiled as the others looked towards her. Twilight nodded as she cleared the tears from her eyes as she looked over at her friends. Luna noticed the mood in the room was changing as she smiled over at the ponies. Her ears twitched as she looked towards the captain standing in the doorway.

“Princess we are a day away from Trottingham harbor. We got word your sister is shutting the harbor down allowing you and the rest to enter safely. A train will be waiting for you at the train tracks as well.” He bowed as Luna nodded. After hearing about the harbor she started to twitch.

“Twilight?” Krill looked towards her.

“I was hoping to go through Baltimare like last time” she pulled the book towards her as her friends looked back towards her.

“Twi sug?”

“Trottingham is the harbor we talk about” she moved her hoof towards her necklace as Luna glanced towards the purple unicorn.

“I will carry you to shore Twilight. Selene can ride in the boat with Applejack and Rainbow Dash and” she was stopped as her hears moved and her eyes made contact with the wall “Selene is awake” she spoke up causing the others to look towards the lunar alicorn. Staying quiet they watched as Selene moved down the hall yawning. She noticed the area was quiet as she walked out on deck her fins spread out beside her. She moved towards the middle of the deck laying out in the middle allowing the sun to warm her up. Twilight and her friends looked out on the deck watching the merpony and listening to her randomly purr.

“Is she a cat?” Applejack spoke up as Rainbow was trying to hold her laughter in.

“Maybe she both?” Fluttershy looked over at the merpony. Twilight placed her book back in the holder attached to her hip. She walked out into the deck looking towards Selene.

“What are you okay?” she spoke up causing Selene to open her eyes.

“The sun feels good on my scales”

“I bet it does” she laid out beside Selene her tail moving behind her. She placed her head on the merpony’s shoulder as she closed her eyes allowing the sun to soak in. the others watched their friend before looking up towards Luna with a worried look in their eyes.

“Princess if she does get sealed away. What would happen to Twilight?” Fluttershy pulled on her leg as Luna closed her eyes.

“I’m not sure. But if that comes after that. Me and my sister may half to alter her memories so she will forget Selene”

“And the twins?” Pinkie spoke up her mane was deflated.

“we will alter her mind so she can remember them. But if we can not. I will raise them” Luna turned and walked back down the hall as the others watched their friend in silence. As the day went on Selene stayed on the deck allowing the sun to wash over her. The crew did there best to move around her but as it grew late they forced her to move back to the room. Twilight was sitting on the bed spreading aloe on her fur.

“If you going to stay in the sun put some sunscreen on” she looked towards the merpony.

“What is sunscreen?” she looked back towards Twilight.

“It’s a lotion to keep the sun from burning you” the unicorn sighed as Selene moved her tail. Twilight smiled as she continued placing aloe on Selene. The rest of the time was peaceful as Rainbow and Pinkie were forced to work for causing chaos. Discord was spending time with the tree walker and Fluttershy on deck. They were watching the tree walker basking in the sun as his leaves were shaking. Rarity was busy watching from afar creating design after design while Applejack was going over the supplies with the crew. Luna was sitting on the deck watching Krill and Edan swim around the boat as Ra and Za sat beside her. They were staying silent as they were filled in on the plan. The lunar alicorn noticed the ships in the harbor were sitting out of the way of the decks. Glancing around she noticed her sister’s guard standing on the mast of the ships bowing towards her.

“We can’t go too far in princess” the captain walked over to her “We will get the smaller boats to move us to land. Your sister has the guards closing the port off. I got word she is waiting for you at the train station” he gave a short bow before leaving her alone. Luna nodded as she looked towards the two guards standing on her sides. Moving from her spot she walked into the haul her ears picked up the faint sound of crying hidden under the sound of shouting. Looking around she closed her eyes taking a deep breath in and slowly letting it out she noticed the crying was coming from her room where Twilight and Selene were in. Pushing the door open she noticed Selene was holding onto Twilight with a bloody leg. The purple unicorn was holding onto Selene as she looked up at Luna. The alicorn walked over as she noticed Selene’s hoof.

“What happened?”

“The curse took over again. She grew a pair of fangs and started to come after me. Before she harmed me….she bit down on her hoof allowing Star to take over” her eyes were red as she was patting Selene’s mane. The merpony had calmed down as Luna pulled a towel off wrapping it around her hoof.

“Twilight I think she needs to stay in Canterlot. Where we can watch her” Luna could see the pain in her eyes causing her tears to be moved by Luna’s wing “Look you can still visit her”

“I know princess” Twilight cleared her eyes.

“We are here in the harbor. Why don’t you go to shore with Ra and Za? I will take Selene to land. I heard my sister is on land waiting.” Twilight nodded at the statement as she released Selene. Moving from the bed she walked out of the room as Luna glanced down at the sleeping merpony. Her lips were stained with blood as her hoof was bleeding still. Pulling a towel out she wrapped it around Selene’s hoof before picking up the merpony. She placed her down on her back before walking out of the room. She noticed the ponies were getting many of the heavy items out of the way first yelling about which one gets handled by either Krill or Edan. Once she was outside she took to the sky flying from the deck she flew over the town. She could see most of the streets were cleared allowing the deck hooves to clear the ship with ease. She saw her sister standing on the train station with a few guards helping the ponies load up the train. As she landed on the train station she noticed her sister was staring at the tree walker that was between Fluttershy and Discord.

“What is that sister?”

“That is a tree walker. You should see the nightwalkers” Luna whispered back as she slipped onto the train walking towards the royal car. She laid down Selene on the bed running her wing over her head. She cleaned the blood from her lips as she heard the door open behind her. Glancing over her shoulder she noticed her sister walking in shutting the door behind her.

“What happened?” Celestia's eye was bouncing around stopping as she noticed the blood on Selene’s hoof. Taking a deep breath in Luna started to tell her everything. She didn’t move as Luna went over the islands, the elders, the magic and what happened with the curse. Luna even went over the plan she and the others made up. Once she was done she breathed a sigh of relief as she watched her sister move from the door. She sat beside Selene looking towards the pattern on her hoof.

“Why is it that we get something good and yet something so bad is following them.” She looked up towards Luna.

“ I know but at least we can give her the best few years or months that she has with us.” Luna watched as Celestia closed her eyes.

“I do not wish to mess with my student’s memories. But if it needs to be done” She opened them as she leaned in and nuzzled Selene causing her to let out a yawn.

“Did the boat stop?” her voice was soft as Celestia giggled.

“Yes. I heard the twins started to move.” She smiled as Selene sat up her ears were perked up as she looked towards her aunt.

“Auntie Celestia. I wasn’t expecting you on the boat” she moved her tail as she rolled onto her side. She had a smile on her face as she rubbed her stomach “Oh the twins. I guess they figured out they can move and make me sit down or get food” she giggled as Celestia smiled as she leaned over and nuzzled Selene’s stomach.

“Well you and my student are in trouble” she kept her smile on as Selene’s ears flattened against her.

“What did we do?”

“You two had a wedding and I was not there” Celestia started to pout as Selene’s heart was pounding in her chest causing her to sigh in relief.

“Well, you need to talk to Twilight. She was going to ask you something” she whistled the last part causing the solar alicorn to sit up straight.

“Oh, I will. But on to the trial. You need to be there for it. Your brothers have gone from demanding death to allowing my sister’s guards to use him for blood. Discord wants to take him and leave in a nightmare world where. It gets a bit graphic on what he wants” Celestia shivered as Selene looked towards her aunts.

“Must I be in the room with him?” her hooves were moving as Luna looked towards her sister.

“Celestia at this moment how she is acting”

“I know but she has to. The nobles gave him the option of seeing his victim”

“Sister” Luna looked towards her as Celestia.

“Can Star stay hidden?” Celestia looked towards Selene.

“Yes”

“She said yes”

“Good. We will keep Ra and Za on her side. The lunar guard can help as we keep the courtroom cleared except for the elements of harmony.” Celestia looked towards the door as she heard her student’s voice. A smile formed on her face as she looked over to Luna.

“I will need to speak to my student about a certain event” she moved towards the door and walked out of the room. Luna let out a sigh as she looked over at the door.

“Twilight will have a hard time dealing with her” she was snickering a bit as Selene felt a bit sorry for what was in store for Twilight.