The Mermare

Twilight awoke to a slap to the face. “OUCH!” Twilight hollered. “What the hell was that?!” She looked up to find herself in the library, with Princess Celestia staring bemusedly down on her, while her hooves were tied loosely together by rope.

Celestia shook her head. “Tut, tut, Twilight such foul language. Now who were you with when at Sunny Shores Beach?” she asked in a detective type manner.

“The girls and the Cutie…Mark…Crusaders…” Twilight stammered, her eyes widening in horror as the memory came back to her.

“What is the problem, Twilight?” Celestia asked.

“WE LEFT THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS AT THE BEACH!” Twilight screamed. With all the strength and power she could wield, she teleported out of the rope and reappeared on the outskirts of Ponyville.

“Girls! Girls, we forgot the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” she screamed, as she ran through town, passed Fluttershy’s cottage, passed Carousel Boutique, passed Rainbow Dash’s cloud home and right around again into Sweet Apple Acres.

She found Applejack beside a tree on the outskirts of the farm. The earth pony was about to kick her hind legs out and kick down the apples, but stopped when she saw and heard Twilight’s frantic screaming. “Good gravy, girl, what got into ya?” she asked as Twilight skidded to a halt beside her.

“Applejack, do you have Applebloom?” Twilight asked.

“No, a-ah thought she was stayin’ Scootaloo for the week.” Applejack replied, staring oddly at Twilight. “Why, what’s wrong?”

“I think we left her and the girls at the beach!”

Applejack’s eyes widened with fright. “Well, buck,” she cursed, stomping the ground with a hoof. “Should we go round up the girls and head back to the beach again?”

“Yeah, come on,” Twilight said, and with Applejack began to head into town again. It took fifteen minutes to round up the girls at the train station. Once there, the pair briefly explained what had happened, which Rarity nearly fainted upon hearing.

Once the unicorn had recovered enough to move, the girls took the first train to the beach. It took an hour to get there, and in that time, two of the six ponies paced up and down the train car they occupied, their minds festering with worry over their sisters. “Oh, don’t worry, Rarity and Applejack, I’m sure they are okay,” Fluttershy said confidently, even though she fidgeted in her seat.

When the train stopped at the station, the six ponies leapt off the car and galloped down to the beach. When they arrived onto the beach, they were met by met by four familiar faces.

“I believe these fillies are yours,” The mer-mare said, gesturing with a hoof at the three fillies before her.

“Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, Sea Swirl,” Rarity said as she slowed her pace. “We were so worried about you three,” Rarity said to the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

“Well they were very brave. But when they saw me swim out of the water, I could have sworn Sweetie Belle peed a bit,” Sea Swirl chuckled. All Sweetie Belle’s blood ran up to her face and created the cutest looking blush ever. The fillies ran up to their respective caretakers.

“Oh, Sea Swirl, I have something to tell you,” Twilight said hesitantly.

“Celestia has found out we live here, didn’t she?”

“How is it that everypony can read my mind?!” Twilight complained. She took a deep breath, and then looked back at Sea Swirl. “Anyway yes she did.”

Sea Swirl sighed. “Ah, I knew this day would come. But it’s not going to end like the last time. We need to talk to her like civilized ponies.”

“Well, I don't think you have much time to plan a speech,” Pinkie interrupted. “That's Celestia over there.” She pointed a hoof to the sky, where Celestia’s chariot was approaching rapidly.

“Oh buck,” Twilight swore.