//------------------------------// // Chapter Four: Food Fight // Story: King Sombra: Babysitter? // by Badguy400 //------------------------------// Once Princess Twilight Sparkle, King Sombra, and Flurry Heart enter the kitchen, they are met with some.. questionable stuff. For instance, there’s only jars of mashed peas and bottles of milk to be found; not to mention the countless items that anypony would need to care for an entire house, and too many dishes to count as well. With that in mind, King Sombra goes to where Twilight is directing him, and sets Flurry Heart down in her high chair. King Sombra then proceeds to go and get Flurry Heart some mashed peas to feed her. “Open wide”, King Sombra told Flurry. And surprisingly enough, she listened. Until... *continuous splat sounds*. The entire kitchen is covered in mashed peas, plastic jars, and plastic spoons. “Well... you’re right kid. Your niece is a picky eater”. King Sombra then proceeded to wipe his face off to clean up the mashed peas. “Technically you’re right”, Twilight began, “but she isn’t that picky. Just loves to make messes.” *chuckles sarcastically*, “funny. Real funny kid”. King Sombra was not amused; not even in the slightest. Twilight laughs nervously. Meanwhile, Flurry Heart was laughing and tossing the leftover mashed peas onto the walls. “Well... we can try feeding her a bottle of milk I guess.” King Sombra was still trying to shake off the mashed peas from him. Unfortunately it didn’t work, and the mashed peas start to stick to him. *tummy growls*, “me hungwy“, Flurry Heart whined. “Well next time eat your food, and don’t play with it. Kay?” King Sombra was definitely not amused; if albiet a little annoyed. Flurry Heart whimpered, and then nodded in agreement. She was basically feeling bad for making a mess. King Sombra sighed, “it’s fine kid, don’t worry about it. Here.” King Sombra then hands Flurry Heart a bottle of milk. She then takes it and starts to drink it. King Sombra then attempted to try to clean himself up with a paper towel, but it was no use. King Sombra then took some breaths to calm down, then proceeds to go and carry Flurry Heart. “You really are my enemies’ child eh? No wonder you made that big of a mess”, King Sombra said with a slight smile and chuckle. Flurry Heart got a little embarrassed and hid her face in Sombra’s chest. “It’ll be fine”, Sombra reassured Flurry whilst patting her on the back. Flurry Heart then looks up at Sombra, and gave him a slight smile before continuing to drink from her bottle. “Aww”, Sombra began, “how sweet; for someone who’s my enemy that is.” Flurry Heart giggled at that remark. Twilight Sparkle smiled. “She really is. But can be a hoof-full at times”, Twilight reminded Sombra. Sombra blinked before saying, “oh.. right. I knew that.” Sombra chuckled a bit more, then looked at Flurry for a bit. Flurry Heart looked back at Sombra, and smiled while still drinking from her bottle. Twilight was smiling warmly because of how Flurry Heart took a liking to her new sitter; even though her new sitter was her old captor so to speak. Flurry Heart then finished her bottle and sighed in relief that her hunger is now satisfied. She then tried to give Sombra her empty bottle. “Oh, thanks kid”, Sombra said as he took the empty bottle and tossed it away into the sink. Surprisingly the sink managed to let the empty bottle dive into it without toppling over the other dirty dishes in the process. “Great. Now that Flurry’s been fed, we can start cleaning up”, Twilight said with a smile. Flurry Heart clinged onto Sombra’s shoulder and shook her head. “I think she wants me to carry her for now. Sorry bout that.” Sombra then picked up Flurry Heart and carried her on his shoulder. Flurry then laid her head against his shoulder while sucking on one of her forehooves; almost like she’s sucking her thumb, (if she were human that is). Twilight sighed, nodded with a smile, and used her magic to clean up the place in no time at all. “Well, that’s all done”, Twilight said as she took some breaths of slight exhaustion. “Possibly, but I think you’ve missed a spot”, Sombra said while approaching Twilight. “What?” Twilight said, before being booped on the nose. “Got ya”, said Sombra while smiling slightly. Twilight giggled at that gesture, and so did Flurry Heart. Sombra just did a slight chuckle and put his hoof down to help carry Flurry Heart with both hooves. It was fun for a while, until... *looks down and starts to whine a little*, “I messy”, Flurry Heart whined; as she was also covered in mashed peas. Twilight sighed. “Alright little bug, let’s get you cleaned up. Okay?” Flurry Heart nodded and leaned her head back onto Sombra’s shoulder. As they were walking down towards the hallway to the bathroom, King Sombra turned to Twilight and asked, “so, is your niece gonna behave for us this time?” Twilight frowned and said, “maybe. But Flurry barely even likes baths. She just plays and splashes in the bathtub, and that’s it. She would also try to hide at first whenever it’s bath time, and she’s not even dirty whenever that time came.” “I wish you told me that sooner”, said Sombra as all three of them approached the bathroom door. “Well”, Sombra gave a sigh before bracing himself, “here goes nothing...”