Willow slammed the book shut with an annoyed groan as she looked up to Twilight. "Anything on your end, Twilight?"

Twilight shook her head, as she turned a page. "Nothing. Not a thing about whatever you fused with, or whatever you are now. If Princess Celestia and Princess Luna don't have anything, I think we're out of luck."

She thought for a moment. "And not a thing about Castle Dracula. What it was, or why it's in the Everfree Forest. That isn't even a pony name. Nor is it griffon, minotaur, or hippogriff. It almost sounds..."

Willow gave a look. "It sounds like what?"

Twilight sighed, as she slumped. "It's a human name. But that's impossible. Humans have never existed in Equestria or this world. Not even in myth or legend. I should know. I looked. Why is it here?"

Willow scratched her chin. "What's a human?"

Twilight rolled her eyes, giggling. "It's a very long story. But I think it's better that we don't know where it came from, or why it's here."

Willow and her friend shared a look. "Why not?" She asked.

Twilight shivered, as she again thought of that name. "Dracula. The name alone scares me more than any villain that I and friends have ever faced, has. It's, wrong. Evil. In a way that I can't explain. Maybe it's for the better that we never know for sure."

Willow rolled her eyes, as she closed her book, and her friend went back to munching on a rather large rat that he had caught. "Fine by me. I'd rather read something more fun than old magic books. I'm not a unicorn. They're kinda wasted on me."

Twilight giggled, as she replaced the book she had been reading with another one. "Most of these spells are centuries out of date anyway. They were fine when this castle was still in use. But not anymore."

Willow rolled her eyes, as Twilight passed her another one in her magic. She wouldn't say it out loud of course, but Willow found the feeling of Twilight's magic rather pleasant to the touch. She didn't know why. But the feeling was still there.

Twilight, too, felt something when Willow took something out of her magic. What it was, she didn't know. But it was a nice feeling all the same. She didn't think it meant too much. They still barely knew one another. That was hardly enough time to be more than friends.

As she opened her newest read, Twilight caught sight of something in the corner of her eyes. Roses. Several of them seemed to have grown out of nowhere. Strange. Flowers didn't grow that fast. Not even with the help of an earth pony.

Earth pony magic now flowed in her veins, but Twilight still barely knew anything about it. Her Pegasus magic was more developed than her earth pony magic. A thought that made her wince. She'd been neglecting a part of herself for too long.

no more. When she got back to Ponyville, she would make an effort to learn more about her earth pony self. Pinkie Promise.

Willow looked up, as Twilight giggled. She saw the flowers at the other mare's hooves and an even bigger one by her tail. "Where did those roses come from? Were they there when we came in?"

Twilight came back to the present, as she looked again at the flowers that seemed to be drawn to her. "No. And I haven't done anything to make them appear. Flowers shouldn't be able to grow this fast. I'm not an expert on the subject. But even I know that."

Willow looked at them closer. She knew a little bit on the subject, having started a small flower garden herself, and she knew that a rose did not just grow out of nowhere. Let alone as fast as these had. Something strange was going on.

But what concerned her was that each rose was being drawn inexorably toward Twilight. Even from a distance, she could see how they seemed to be getting closer to the alicorn. But that was silly. Flowers didn't do that with ponies. It was just a trick of the light. "Well. Whatever is going on, they are beautiful."

Twilight smiled, as she looked closer at them. They were beautiful. They almost seemed to be begging to be taken by her. Like they wanted to be with her. It was a strange thought to be sure. But it wouldn't leave her alone once she started thinking about it.

Her smile grew. It wouldn't hurt to take a few of them with her. Igniting her horn, Twilight wrapped her magic around the two at her hooves. To her surprise, they offered absolutely no resistance to her slowly pulling them out of the cracks they grew from. In fact, they almost seemed to come willingly, all but jumping into her magic.

Giggling at the crazy thought, Twilight slid one rose behind each of her ears so that she could admire their beauty no matter where she turned her head. Both of them slid comfortably into place.

Looking around to make sure she had lined them up correctly, Twilight felt her tail brush up something behind her. Looking back, she found another rose, this one much bigger than the two she now wore, sitting by her tail. Smiling, Twilight gently lifted the flower from where it stood, again surprised at how easily it came out of the ground and almost happily into her magic. Careful not to harm it, she gently weaved the rose into her tail, moving her seating position so that she wouldn't accidentally crush the beautiful flower.

Willow tried not to blush at how beautiful Twilight now looked, but that was easier said than done. "You look beautiful, Twilight. Roses look good on you."

Twilight blushed. "You're just saying that, Willow."

Willow shook her head. "I mean it. I don't think I've seen anypony look this beautiful before. Not even Princess Celestia during the Summer Sun Celebration."

Twilight's blush grew hotter, as she hid behind her wings bashfully. Willow only giggled at how her friend was acting. Her companion just snorted dismissively.

Twilight opened her wings and glared down at him. "Oh. Who asked you?"

Willow giggled again, as the two of them glared at each other before Twilight turned away with a huff and went back to reading. Willow patted her friend's head, which seemed to calm him down for now, before turning back to her own book.

Neither of them noticed the flowers Twilight now wore slide themselves into more comfortable positions. Not for themselves. But for Twilight. As they did so, all of them began to work their way into her body, doing so in a way that was a pleasure for the alicorn, who hummed in content.

Now, it was only a matter of time. For them and Twilight to be one. Time they all had.

Author's Note

Time for the fun to start. The Venus Weed's effects on Twilight will take time to come to fruition. But the process has already started. It started the moment she picked them up in her magic.

It might just be me. But the Library in the Castle of the Two Sisters reminds me of the Long Library in Symphony of the Night. Just without the Master Librarian, Skeleton, Thornweed, Flea Man, Spellbook, Ectoplasm, Dhuron, Magic Tome, Corpseweed, Mudman, Flea Armor, and Lesser Demon.