What if....?

by Dragonborne Fox

Spellbound Shenanigans

"Mom!" Called a young gryphon male. His top feathers (the ones forming the bangs of most Gryphons) were a light lavender, almost pinkish. His green eyes matched those of his daddy, who was not a gryphon. Nope. He was a freaking alicorn! And so was his mommy!

"Yeah? What is it, son?" Asked his mom, who was a purple alicorn. She was a light purple with a darker purple mane, and her horn was curved slightly inward. Her dark purple wings rested against her sides, and she was in the middle of indulging in a delicious strawberry cake. With a spoon. Because she could.

"Why don't I have a brother or sister? I want someone to huggle and look after and all that!" Replied the eager gryphon.

His mother nearly choked on the strawberry she just removed off the top of the cake. His dad, who sat on the opposite side of the table, spat out his tea on the newspaper. His eyes went wide with shock. It took all the effort of the purple alicorn to not choke on the strawberry as she drunk her whole glass of water in two seconds.

"A.....a sibling?" Asked his dad who had a rather crooked smile. He was trying to not twitch.

"Yeah!" Said the eager gryphon before he was tackled by a really good friend of his. This friend was an alicorn as well, she was a lighter purple--almost pinkish, to be more accurate--than his mother, and on the left side of her mane was a brilliant scarlet; the right had an ocean blue, and between these two colors was a modest purple. Her wings shared this pattern, and on her flank was a water droplet and an ember of fire crossing paths to make steam. Her wings were as large as those of her father, whose wings had a brilliant pattern reminiscent of fire. Her right eye was crimson, and the other was oceanic.

"Ocean Flame, what're you doing here?" Asked the gryphon.

"Mom and Dad are gonna have another baby!" Replied the alicorn.

"REALLY?!" Asked the gryphon and his parents, all of whom were slack-jawed.

"Yeah! And soon, Breezecatcher will have another friend!" Answered Ocean.

Breezecatcher's parents looked at each other, their mouths still hanging open.

"I'm gonna play with Ocean! See ya later!" Said Breezecatcher as he and his friend left the one of many side-rooms his parents had.

"Um, Yuuki.....how are we going to explain.....uh....your.....um....." Stuttered the green alicorn, who looked like he was about to drop his glass of tea.

"That's.....the problem, Nagare.....I don't.....know how we'd....explain what infertility is to a seven-year-old boy...." Yuuki replied, her voice hinting frustration. She was right, how the hell do you explain the concept of infertility to a kid, let alone a child gryphon?

The air was heavy as though there were no weaseling out of this fine mess. All was still, and it took almost fifteen whole minutes before they were calm enough to discuss this like adults.

"If only you weren't infertile. I still don't understand how you go into heat." Nagare said as he threw the newspaper away. It was nothing but someone getting arrested for drug charges anyway. Not an entire waste of tea.

"At least there aren't pestering children hearing us." Yuuki replied, rolling her eyes. "If only we could find..."

Her face went from shocked to energetic, and Nagare raised an eyebrow as a twinkle shined in Yuuki's eyes.

"I GOT IT!" Shouted the purple mare as she slammed her hooves onto the table. The empty plate that once held the cake clattered as vibrations shook the table briefly.

"That being?" Asked Nagare, who was puzzled.

"We get help from Twilight Sparkle! She'll know a way around this!" Yuuki beamed with a huge smile.

"Sounds interesting. Fair enough. What are we waiting for? Let's not waste time!" Nagare said, standing up on all fours.

____

Twilight was busy sorting books again in her ever-growing library. This went here, that went over on that shelf, ohh this book should be in the basement! Just another average day in Canterlot Castle--if a blinding flash of emerald light didn't cause her to fall off the step-ladder. A waterfall of books landed on top of the Alicorn of Magic, which she crawled out of and looked at the source of the emerald light. The bearers of Wind and Lightning were standing in the exact spot where the flash had occurred. The books were picked up and resorted by the visitors as Twilight dusted herself off and readjusted the step-ladder.

"A rather rude way to enter, I dare say." Twilight said as she eyed the alicorns.

"We didn't know you'd be sorting books at this time. I think the step-ladder was offended." Yuuki said.

"Well, when isn't it new? So, why're you two here, exactly? And where's your armor?" Asked Twilight.

"About that, we only wear it when an issue is at hoof like the normal natural disasters and, of course, the Shadow and such. This is an issue that....doesn't require the armor." Yuuki answered, her eyes nervously darting left and right.

"This issue being...?" Said Twilight, who raised an eyebrow.

"Well....Breezecatcher wants a sibling. But Yuuki's infertile. We came here for....a way around that." Nagare admitted, his ears hanging low.

"Say what?!" Twilight gaped, her eyes wide. "I'm not sure there's a spell for that!"

"You're an alicorn. Who says you can't help a friend or two?" Yuuki replied, smiling nervously.

"There's that. I suppose it couldn't hurt. But this library is so huge it'd take a while to find the right book. Just sit at that table over there." Twilight said before starting to search through the books.

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"I found the book!" Twilight said as she flew down to the her waiting friends, who were busy chatting with a guard that did not know why they were there.

"Really?!" Yuuki beamed with a smile.

"Yes, but it's a rather...complex process." Twilight said.

"We would ask you to get on with it if this guard didn't poke me in the shoulder." Nagare stated, pointing to a tan guard with a two-tone blue mane.

"Flash Sentry, please let them be. They came here for my help." Twilight said to the guard.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Replied Flash, who immediately returned to his post on the double.

"Where's Spike?" Yuuki asked.

A tall purple dragon with a light green underbelly and cheek-scale-tufts stood behind Nagare.

"Right here." Spike answered.

"Someone's grown!" Yuuki said in shock, ears perked to high heaven.

"Ten years sure is a long time!" Spike cheered, small wings visible on his back.

"Spike, I need you to get me a few things. This book asks for whistleroot, a unicorn horn made of stone, and some emeralds and amethysts." Twilight said, looking at her dragon assistant.

"Why?" Asked Spike, who crossed his arms in confusion.

"It's...a semi-personal issue. Now, get going. And take a guard or two with you." Twilight answered.

"Okay." Spike said as he left.

"Emeralds and amethysts?" Asked the couple.

"Well...this book said to get gemstones that best matched the coat colors of the clients involved. The horn is self-explanatory, and the whistleroot is.... well....something you ingest, Yuuki." Twilight stammered.

"Whistleroot?" Asked Yuuki.

"Let's just say...once the ingredients arrive, you eat the whistleroot. The ingredients then disappear and....you have yourself a foal. But this book also asks for a few more things, and it requires you both." Answered Twilight as both of the alicorns looked at her attentively. "I need a few feathers from your wings as well as strands of your manes."

Both alicorns nodded, and they removed the strands and feathers before putting them in a little tray on the table.

"Now, before we continue on with the...err...ritual, would pregnancy occur as it normally otherwise would?" Asked Yuuki.

"If you mean eleven months, cramps, and cravings, yes. But all pregnancies vary in some way." Twilight answered. "The pregnancy might fail and either be a miscarriage, stillbirth, or a forced abortion. It might be overdue or two days early minimum. But according to this book a failure has never occurred before."

Yuuki nodded as a smile crept on her face. "Does whistleroot taste good?"

"It...really depends on the pony eating the whistleroot. Taste buds vary. You have to eat it all as I cast the spell." Twilight replied.

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"I got everything!" Spike said as he carried a bucket with the gems, stone horn, and a whistleroot flower.

"Thanks, Spike. Leave the bucket there. Your dinner is in your room, as always." Twilight said.

Spike left, and Yuuki was sitting on the floor. Nagare took out the whistleroot flower and put the hair strands and feathers in the bucket. The flower had seven petals, each a different color of the rainbow. The center of the flower was pure white and the stem was green with whistle-shaped roots.

"He actually got a whole whistleroot intact?" Twilight asked.

"Seems like." Nagare said as he gave Yuuki the flower.

"I almost feel bad for eating such a pretty flower. It looks like it's begging to live. But it must be done, sadly." Yuuki said.

"Don't worry, they're so plentiful they're considered weeds." Twilight replied.

"Might as well give Tenmei a weed garden." Yuuki sneered with a bright smile.

"The roots are the hardest to chew, so I suggest eating those first." Twilight said as Yuuki stuffed the whole thing in her mouth, leaving not one speck of pollen behind. Twilight's horn began flaring as a purple aura encased the ingredients and her client. One by one, each ingredient started to disappear as the spell dragged on. Yuuki kept chewing her plant-meal as the roots became mush. The plant tasted like marshmallows and melted chocolate. If only the taste of graham crackers were present and then it would be pure bliss. Who couldn't resist a s'more every now and then? Yuuki timed her chewing so she'd swallow right as Twilight wrapped up the spell, the bucket now empty as a result.

"How do you feel?" Twilight asked.

"The same as always. But you did say the spell never failed and the pregnancy would go on as normal." Yuuki answered.

"Yes, I did. And one more thing: When you're pregnant from a cause like this, you can't fly or use magic. Keep this in mind." Twilight said.

"Will do." Yuuki said before another emerald flash flooded the room. When the flash was over, neither Yuuki nor Nagare were in the library.

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Six months passed since the spell was first cast, and Yuuki's stomach had enlarged quite a bit. Hell, it got so big she looked like she was nine months along! And she got the really odd craving of s'mores covered in peanut butter and mozzarella cheese. With seaweed on top. All of that in a plate of rice. It made Tenmei shiver every time he heard about it, and it did not help him one bit because he was lactose intolerant! It was a good thing she always cleaned her plate and muzzle after every meal, because after she had a big meal, she tended to fall asleep and not pester her mate and friends about the damn cheese. It had to be the damn cheese!

"Okay Nagare, spill the beans. How did Yuuki get pregnant?" Tenmei asked as he cleaned his glasses.

"The cheese gets to you, huh? Koto's picked up a craving for...firewood." Rekka stated.

"Firewood?! The he--nevermind...." Tenmei replied, rolling his eyes as he put his now-clean glasses back on. First time she was pregnant she demanded salty water (from the ocean, mind you) left, right, and sideways. With heaps of kelp.

"We went to Twilight Sparkle, and she used a spell." Nagare said.

"What kind of spell?" Tenmei asked.

"A complex one." Nagare answered. "Hard to explain."

"Let me guess: whistleroot." Tenmei said. He'd noticed Yuuki started keeping them all the time nowadays.

"Yes." Nagare said in defeat.

"Go easy on him, Tenmei. I bet ten bits it was Breezecatcher who started it." Rekka said.

"Fine." Tenmei said. "But no more cheese!"

"Alright, alright. I'll keep the cheese away from you if Yuuki doesn't kick my flank for doing so." Nagare sighed.

"She been getting more aggressive about the damn cheese?" Asked Rekka.

"She HAS to have it. Thank Celestia she cannot use magic for the time being." Nagare answered, ears flat as can be. The thought of Yuuki electrocuting him and all those other punishments she'd give terrified, well, everyone. Nope, let's not speak of those punishments!

"Rekka! We're out of firewood!" Koto complained as she walked in.

"Oh horseapples. I'll get some more." Rekka said before he teleported out in a crimson flash.

How does she eat firewood without puking?! Thought Tenmei, who looked puzzled.

____

"Mister....uh.....um...." Said a doctor.

"Just call me Nagare." Sighed the green alicorn. He was pacing about here and there in anxiety. What if the spell failed threefold?

"Alrighty then. Your wife and twin foals are perfectly fine, though your wife....is cursing." Replied the doctor. "Come inside."

The door was opened, and Nagare stepped inside. Yuuki looked as though she were drugged and drunk out of her mind, and the doctor certainly was right about her cursing, but nopony could blame her.

"Nagare! Get your green ass in here!" Yuuki said, her voice slurred as she pointed a hoof accusingly at her mate. She then passed out onto the bed.

"What kind of drugs was she given?" Asked Nagare as he trotted toward the unconscious Yuuki.

"Anesthesia. Nothing out of the bounds." Answered the doctor.

The green alicorn looked in the crib next to the bed. There was a dark purple colt with a horn, wings, and a really short lime green and amethyst striped mane, the lime being curled. His eyes were emerald green. Next to him was a light green filly with a darker green and lighter purple striped mane, the purple parts of which were curled like the wind. She had Yuuki's purple eyes. Both were sleepy-eyed.

"The colt was already named Thunder Gust. What will you name the filly?" Asked the doctor.

"Lightning Gale." Replied Nagare with a smile.

Comments

[Wolfboy183]

THat's an interesting way to have foals. Didn't know whistle root had a means to fertilize an egg without needing a sperm. Well done! Please elaborate on the science of whistleroots!

[Dragonborne Fox]

2985039 Side story it is.
And moar weed gardens