//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: EG Mermaids: Just add Magic // by Ctmaley //------------------------------// They returned to the RV, Pinkie was making the light go off and on. “Pinkie stop!” called Sunset from the bathroom. “Sorry.” said Pinkie. “Twi didn’t get a mermaid power.” said Rainbow. “Maybe my telekinesis is already enough.” Twilight shrugged. Applejack held the pearl shard. “Funny how this little thing can turn us into mermaids.” she said. Sunset exited the bathroom, she saw the shard light up white and then saw their geodes light up. “That’s how.” said Sunset. “What’s how?” asked Fluttershy. “Our geodes are reacting to the pearl shard.” answered Sunset. “Because our geodes are connected, that’s why all of us changed.” said Rainbow.  “Where are we keeping that?” asked Pinkie. “I don’t know.” answered Sunset. “Should we give it to Princess Twilight?” asked Twilight. “Probably.” answered Sunset. Back in Equestria Princess Twilight was in a meeting with Queen Novo, they were in P.Twi’s library/office. “Before I return to Sea Equestria is there anything else I should know?” asked Queen Novo. Princess Twilight squirmed a little. “Well…..um one of the Pearl of Transformation shards has ended up with Sunset Shimmer & her friends.” she answered. “WHAT!? Where is Sunset?” asked Queen Novo. “It’s complicated.” answered Princess Twilight. “How exactly?” asked Queen Novo. “Sunset’s in the human world.” answered Princess Twilight. “The Human World?” said Queen Novo. “It’s another world connected to ours and in that world there’s another version of everypony here. The version of everypony in that world is a species called Humans.” said Princess Twilight. “We must go there and get that pearl shard back from Sunset!” exclaimed Queen Novo. Twilight sighed. “You must follow my directions while being in the human world, many of the people in that world, like many over here are unaware of their being two worlds connected to each other.” said Princess Twilight. “I will follow & respect your instructions.” said Queen Novo. Princess Twilight opened a purple & magenta colored portal when they entered, it closed. The two appeared on the pier in a magenta flash, thankfully it was night time and the pier was empty. Queen Novo lost balance, fell to the ground and she was astonished at her human form. Princess Twilight helped her up, Novo stood at 6 feet 5 inches, the colors of her eyes, hair & skin were the same as her eyes, mane & fur in her seapony/hippogriff form. Novo’soutfit was a purple sleeveless top, a light blue skirt & gold boots. “Where is this Sunset?” asked Queen Novo. “Don’t know exactly.” answered Princess Twilight. The rainbooms had gone for a night swim, it was difficult to swim underwater in the dark. Applejack lit up her hands so they could see. Princess Twilight & Queen Novo saw two bright circles of yellow light in the water and caught a glimpse of the rainbooms tails. “There they are!” said Queen Novo. Queen Novo jumped off the pier, when she landed in the water her legs turned into her light gray tail with a large magenta tailfin and she had two magenta fins coming from her back like in her seaspony form. Novo was given a purple bikini top in over her breasts in her mermaid form. The rainbooms were having fun swimming, twirling and dancing around. “What’s that?” asked Pinkie, seeing the large shadowy shape approaching. Queen Novo came into view. “Queen Novo the ruler of Seaquestria & Hippogriffa and you’ve stolen my pearl shard!” thundered Queen Novo. “Come here.” said Sunset, leading them all to shore. Princess Twilight ran down the stairs on the side of the pier when she saw them come up. “How did you get here?” asked Sunset. “That would….be…..me.” painted Princess Twilight. “I thought the portal was connected to the statue & CHS?” said Rarity. “I focused on Sunset & the other me and was able to create a portal that took us here.” answered Princess Twilight. “Nice.” said Sunset. “Can we get back to you thieves?” aksd Queen Novo. “We’re not thieves.” said Human Twilight.. “We didn’t even know about Seaquestria or your kind until today.” said Rainbow. “I found the pearl shard just laying on the ocean floor.” said Fluttershy. “Natural portals between our worlds exist, there’s probably one in Seaquestria somewhere that opens up in the ocean here.’ said Sunset. Princess Twilight put a hand on Queen Novo’s shoulder. “See no one’s a thief, it’s a reasonable explanation.” Princess Twilight said. “Where’s the pearl shard?” asked Queen Novo. “In there.” answered Applejack, pointing to the RV. Sunset went & got the pearl shard, as she handed it to Novo, the shard and the rainboom’s geodes all lit up. Once Novo had the shard the stopped glowing. “That’s how we got our tails, the shard & our geodes react to each other.” said Human Twilight. “And we got new powers.” said Pinkie. “Powers?” said Princess Twilight. The seven showed their powers to the princess & queen. “The pearl of transformation only gives the weider a tail and the ability to breath underwater, but nothing else.” said Queen Novo surprised. “That came from our geodes and we don't know why.” said Applejack. “Interesting.” said Princess Twilight. “Can we keep our tails?” asked Fluttershy. “Obviously they are the version of myself & my friends, plus they can also harness the power of friendship & elements of harmony.” said Princess Twilight. “Seeing & hearing everything, yes I allow you all to keep your tails.” said Queen Novo. "Thank you, your highness." bowed Sunset. Queen Novo held out a hand & chuckled. "No need for that." she said. "Sorry, being raised by Celestia. Learned to bow to royalty." said Sunset. "I should be apologizing for my hastefullness, my kind's been away from the greater world of equestria. Even though things are better, I went to the worse scenario and judge you." said Queen Novo. "The shard is your property, you have every right to be protective of it." said Rarity. "No, I still shouldn't have jumped to conclusions." said Queen Novo. "It's alright." said Sunset. "Thank you for handling the pearl shard & I better get back now." said Queen Novo. "How about a swim first?" said Rainbow. "You are our guest and as you felt the water was great." said Pinkie. "No need to rush out." said Sunset. Queen Novo smirked. "You make a good argument." she said. Queen Novo used the shard & a purple aura glee around Princess Twilight, like Human Twilight. P.Twi got a light blue stripe in her hair. "It would be rude to leave you out Princess." said Queen Novo. The women ran into the ocean, Princess Twilight's tail was purple, she had larger tail fins than Human Twilight and Princess Twilight had magenta fins coming from her back, Princess Twilight got a pink bikini top in her mermaid form. Applejack lit the way so they could see, while the oceans of Equestria and the human world were very similar. It was still fun for Queen Novo, they swam for a couple hours. At the end of the 2nd hour Sunset thought she saw a very faint blue glow coming from down below. Sunset pointed to the glow's direction and everyone followed.  They traveled 150 meters down and they found an underwater cave. The geodes lit up, the walls of the cave also lit up blue and in the middle of the wall a portal formed. The women entered the portal & they came to another underwater cave in Sequestria. They were changed to their Equestrian forms. "We found that portal." said Queen Novo. "Hopefully no human or Seaquestrian finds the portal." said Princess Twilight. "We travel 150 meters down in the human ocean." said Queen Novo. "Which is too far down for Humans to dive." said Sunset. "That leaves my people, like the princess said hopefully they don't wander into that portal." said Queen Novo. "We all better get going." said Princess Twilight. "Yes." said Queen Novo. "It was lovely meeting you, your Highness." said Rarity. "Likewise." said Queen Novo. Everyone returned to their respective homes, Princess Twilight gave back her tail after reaching the surface in Equestria and she teleported home, The Rainbooms headed off to bed when they got back, in the morning Fluttershy went for a morning swim. In Seaquestria Princess Skystar & her cousin Silverstream where swimming, they were racing each other, Skystar was winning and she stopped when she saw the faint glow coming from the portal in the underwater cave. “Sky, why’d you stop?” asked Silverstream. “I saw something.” answered Skystar. “What?” asked Silverstream. “A light came from here.” answered Skystar. The two entered the cave and the portal opened. “Cool.” said Skystar. Skystar poked a fin into the portal. “I don’t know about this.” said Silverstream. “Come let’s see where this goes.” said Skystar. Skystar dragged her cousin through the portal and they ended up in the human world; they both gained human halves. Their tails & fins were the same, their maines turned into hair and both had light blue bikini tops in their mermaid forms. “What happened to us!?” asked Silverstream. “Like I know.” answered Skystar. “Let’s go back.” said Silverstream. Skystar grabbed Silverstream. “Maybe she knows.” said Skystar pointing at Fluttershy.