//------------------------------// // Whistleroot and The Weed Garden // Story: What if....? // by Dragonborne Fox //------------------------------// "So, they had twins?" Tenmei asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah. A colt and a filly. They look strangely identical not only to each other, but to their parents as well." Rekka said with a smile. "As for Koto, she had triplets." "I still don't get why she craved firewood!" Tenmei replied, slamming his left hoof onto the table. "Neither do I, sadly. But the foals are all ok." Rekka said, tilting his head. Tenmei sighed before looking at his friend. "I wish I could have a foal of my own. Why am I getting mad again?" "Pardon?" Asked Rekka, his wings shifting slightly. "I want to have a foal of my own. You can run around announcing to the whole bucking world I envy you!" Tenmei answered, his ears against his head. "I'm.....I'm not really sure how to help you there, pal. The best I can say is, well, stick to what you know best." Rekka sighed as he patted his friend on the back with a reassuring hoof. Tenmei sighed and looked at his friend with a smile. "Thanks." "Anytime." Rekka said, smiling back. ____ "So, you had twins?" Asked Koto, who had finished putting the triplets she had to sleep. "Yeah. You were right, it was painful as buck!" Yuuki answered as she was cleaning her twins. The room they were standing in was pretty much an all-purpose nursery. "I wonder why I craved firewood." Koto said. "Puh-lease, I craved s'mores, peanut butter, mozzarella cheese that was preferably melted, seaweed, and rice all on the same plate!" Yuuki stammered. "Damn, girl!" Koto almost yelled. "Yes. You should've seen Tenmei bitch." Yuuki replied. "It was always about the cheese." "The cheese usually scares him off. It's worse if you fling it in his face." Koto giggled, holding a hoof to her mouth. "At least now I know a curve-ball around my infertility." Yuuki said, holding a hoof to the sky. "I wonder what Mikarya would do when she finds out." Koto smiled. "I don't know. The worst is her making a funny face." Yuuki giggled. "I know, right?" Koto chuckled. ____ "How'd she get around her infertility again?" Asked Mikarya, who was looking at the whistleroot garden that was separated from all the other gardens in the massive greenhouse. "See those plants in that glass cage? The rainbow flowers?" Tenmei said, pointing a hoof towards the vast amounts of whistleroot. "I am looking right at them. What do they have to do with it?" Replied Mikarya, who looked puzzled. "There's a spell Twilight Sparkle has that revolves around those flowers. It's a wacky sort of pregnancy spell." Answered Tenmei. "I see." Mikarya nodded. "Where'd she find all those flowers?" "They're considered weeds, which is why they're so damn plentiful." Tenmei replied. "And for some reason, she ran around craving cheese left, right, and bucking sideways!" "Cheese?" Asked Mikarya, who raised one eyebrow and lowered the other. "Yes. Cheese. Every damn time she brought it up I ran to the bathroom." Tenmei shuddered, all his hairs standing on end. "I take it you're lactose intolerant?" Said Mikarya. "Yes." Tenmei solemnly nodded. "Who did what to a lactose intolerance?" Misaki asked as she walked into the greenhouse. 01 was next to her. "It's a long story." Mikarya answered. ____ "So, these rainbow flowers are weeds with some odd magical properties?" 01 asked. "Yes. In other words, Yuuki's loophole around her infertility." Mikarya answered. "Good thing I have a book titled 'Magical Weeds of Equestria.'" Misaki said, levitating said book in the air next to her. She opened it and flipped through the pages until she reached the 'W' section. Wildtongue, Wildraisan, whistletongue..... "Found it." Misaki said as she pointed a hoof at the 'Whistleroot' section. "Whistleroot, a highly plentiful, beautiful, and yet parasitic plant. It feeds off the nutrients of other plants by tangling its roots with those of its neighbors and literally draining the life of said neighbors. It is easily identified by its multicolored petals, white center, and whistle-shaped roots which gave the plant its name. However, this plant has been the most commonly used plant-based ingredient in rituals and potions due to its various uses in the realm of magic and weed-like nature. The most common examples of uses regarding this plant include medicine, arcane magic, and aiding in pregnancy. Due to its magical properties, its best to keep this plant around, especially if you are a unicorn, alicorn, or zebra; as zebrakind has made some great medical boons using this plant alone." "Damn. So we have ourselves a lifetime of medicine if we use these things correctly." Tenmei said. "It would seem so." 01 replied.