I’m really worried, like really, really, worried. Why am I so worried? Discord and Sombra have saved Equestria from Cozy, Chrysalis, and Tirek. Stopped them right in front of Twilight, they were free for all of five minutes before they were back in stone, again. Why am I worried about that? I’m not actually, it’s very good. They both made significant progress in reformation. So why am I so worried? Well, I’m the Princess of Love, which means I can see love. I can see it, like with my eyes. It surrounds creatures with pink hues.
I can also feel it, and I can tell when a creature needs it. That is why I'm looking at Discord and Sombra, and I feel worried. There is barely any love going in their direction, and very little comes from them. Were they always this way? I don’t spend a lot of time around them, maybe that's why I didn't notice. Maybe it’s because they are surrounded by Twilight and her friends. The love pouring out from them was 100,000x what was coming from Sombra and Discord. I can tell that Twilight and her friends care about Sombra and Discord in some way...
But I can barely feel it; I have to try. Something... something is off. Somehow, someway Discord and Sombra need love. They need help, and while I wouldn’t have offered that before, they've more than proved they could be good. So, it is my duty as the Princess Of Love to help them, just like I normally do.
I just had to talk with my sister-in-law. Maybe, I could glean something out of her. So that's exactly what I do. She is by herself at the punch table. Now was the time to ask, so that's what I'm doing now. “Twilight.”
“Yes?”
“Twilight, tell me honestly. How do you feel about Discord and Sombra?” I asked, as I watched her sport a confused expression. knew what would come out of her mouth next, she was always a curious one.
“Why?”
“Just tell me Twilight, be honest. I won’t be mad,” I watched as she shifted back and forth, and I could feel my heart in the back of my throat. She was stalling? That couldn’t be good. That was bad, very bad. I didn’t mean to blurt it out, but I had to confirm my suspicion. “You haven’t forgiven them… have you?”
"Uh, well, it’s been hard."
"It's ok Twilight.” I did my best to try to smile genuinely but underneath I felt disgusted. Did anypony forgive them? I know that they both had a hard time adjusting, especially Discord. Twilight always forgave her friends, and her friends forgave her. I can't help wondering if Twilight even viewed Discord and Sombra as her friends or if she just said that she did. I know that what Discord and Sombra did was wrong, but should they continue to be punished for it if they've moved on? Did all of her friends feel this way? I looked away from Twilight and back at Discord and Sombra. She left my presence, I assume to go socialize with her friends.
I couldn't help but wonder how the two of them were treated when I wasn’t looking. Of course, I don’t have any proof, I could be wrong. Just because I had one brief conversation doesn’t mean I had proof. I could be jumping to conclusions, and I didn’t want to cause a scene if I didn’t have to. Maybe they do see them as friends but need extra time to heal. I hope that’s what’s going on. What if Twilight and her friends didn’t heal fast enough? I can see the need for love in Discord and Sombra’s life. They needed it now, not in a few days or weeks from now, NOW. They needed some pony to love them, to forgive them, to care for them. Who? Who could that pony be?
“Cadence.” Ah, I know that voice, it was my husband, Shining Armor. What could my love need? Should I tell him about this? I could see the worry in his eyes, no maybe later though for I know that face. The fact that he was panting and just finished trotting over to me wasnt a good sign either.
“Yes Shining?” He had his worry face on, his nose scrunched with his brows furrowed, it was bad news. I hope that it wasn’t too bad. I still had to see Celestia tonight. The meeting was going to be about connecting both of our empires to the new changeling one, but I felt like I may bring up some other issues with her.
“The babysitter called, she quit.”
I felt my heart sink, oh no, “Again? That is the fifth sitter this week. I thought Sunburst put that spell on her to curb her magic outbursts!”
“They aren’t outbursts, she is controlling them!”
Oh right, Shining was right. I had forgotten her magic outbursts were no longer outbursts. She was doing them on purpose. Even though, Flurry was a baby she had a stronghold on her magic. She needs some-creature very powerful to watch over her, some-creature who could keep up with her. Some-creature who could protect her, teach her, make sure she wouldn’t burn down the castle...again. There’s only so many times I can use the ‘i tripped over a candle’ excuse. I mean, what am I supposed to say, Flurry did it? What if they cut my daughter’s magic back, or restrain it in some way. That wouldn’t be fair, especially since she’s a baby. She doesn’t know any better.
Some-creature….some-creature…..some-creature. Who? Who is that powerful, who could keep up with her? Even Twilight had trouble, and she was considered a progeny child. I caught a glimpse of movement. Who was...Discord and Sombra. I have the craziest idea I have ever had. They needed pure unfiltered love, I needed powerful babysitters. I also knew that the two of them could keep a secret, I could finally confide in some-creature about Flurry’s powers. “Sombra! Discord!”
“Yes?!?”
“Could the both of you come over here please.” I looked at their nervous faces, as they approached me. Maybe it was because we never really interacted all that much. Maybe they were afraid they were in trouble. I brought them into a huddle and whispered. “Can you two do me a favor and keep a secret?” I watched them exchange looks and nod.
“Do you think you can watch Flurry for us? It’s just a couple of hours. Please. The sitter keeps quitting on us. Flurry has such strong magic, so strong she’s burned the castle down five times. I need help but I don’t want to restrain her magic. I know both of you are very strong as well. Please. I need to see Celestia. It would really help Flurry and I. I’m really stuck in a corner.” I thought to myself that they needed the attention, the love, something to love, something to love them back. Flurry needed guidance from powerful beings and I desperately needed help. This would work, this felt right. I watched as they gave a nervous look to one another, come on say yes. Do it. It’ll be good for every-creature, especially you.
“I guess we could are you sure you want us I’m sure-”
I looked at Sombra and I answered him back, “Yes I want you two to go. Twilight can no longer watch Flurry because our secret was almost exposed to the last time she watched Flurry. There’s no other creature I can think to ask who wouldn’t demand her powers be restrained, that includes Twilight. I know you have stronger magic then Flurry does, hopefully, you can keep in check. Just for a few hours. You can meet us in front of Celestia’s castle at eight pm.” I watched them swap some worried glances, come on, come on. Do it. I watched Discord's mouth open and hoped he would say yes.
“Okay, I guess we could do that.”
“Fantastic!” YESSS! YES! Thank Celestia, “you better go now, I would rather not clean up another burned down castle.” I watched as Discord snapped them both away and I knew, I felt, that it was the right thing to do. I felt it in my bones, this would lead to a wonderful place.
“WHAT?!” I heard Twilight scream, oh no, Twilight no. “You can’t have them look after your kid”
Hearing her say that broke my heart. Did she not see that they needed this? That, less importantly, that I needed this? You know what it did not matter. All that mattered is they got the love they needed tonight. “Why not?” From now on I decided I was on their side even if it caused a rift. This was my duty and while I love my family. I couldn’t let two creatures go unloved, no matter how much they messed up in the past. I watched as twilight opened her mouth then closed it. I was glad, I’m sure whatever she thought at that moment would have been upsetting to me. Instead, she told me
“Because they don’t know how to be parents.”
“Well, I think it’ll be fine Twilight. I just needed a couple of hours and I didn't know how to parent when I started. Now if you could excuse me, I'll be off to see Celestia.”
-One incredibly boring meeting later-
I stood outside the castle and I had just gotten out of an extremely boring meeting. Not only that but I volunteered for another one. Why? I had learned that Discord and Sombra go to those. I couldn’t help but feel like I should go. Something told me I had to, I trusted my gut explicitly. Usually, it leads me to problems of love and it was screaming at me to go to these meetings. At least they’d meet me here, although I should have just met them back home.
1hr later
Where are they?
2hrs later
Where could they be?
3hrs later
What the Tartarus, why are they so late?! I guess we had to teleport back home. That wasn't going to be easy and would take all of our power to do. To be honest I was a little miffed, a little worried. Has something gone wrong? What if some pony got hurt? What if the castle had burned down...again. What if they were caught, what if somepony knew what Flurry could do?
I couldn’t stop the negative thoughts. I rushed through my castle. I think if I ran over some servants, I could apologize later. I needed to see my daughter. I needed to make sure she was ok. Woe...what was that? I stopped, the walls they were spinning. I felt sick. It felt different, a different sickness. I felt...overwhelmed.
“Cadence?”
I stepped back to my husband and realized I felt the same feeling something from the throne room, coming from Shining. It came from Shining to me, pink. I looked back and noticed the doorway expelling a pink color and I realized it was love. Love was in that room. LOVE WAS MAKING ME SICK!? I’m the Princess of Love, how could I be nauseous?
“I just need a moment, Shining, I'll tell you later I promise. This is my duty darling. Please leave the questions until later.” I heard no questions exit his mouth, I knew he was confused. This was one of the reasons I had fallen in love with Shining. He gave me the space I needed, he trusted me, and he still wondered why I chose him. Sometimes he could be such a foal, how could he not see why I loved him so much? Remembering my love for him made me feel better and I turned back to the door. Pink light gushed out from where the door met the wall.
There was just that much of it, I had never felt something so strong before. I wondered if it was more powerful then Shining and I. Was that even possible? I felt myself adjusting to it and I couldn't help the smile that stretched across my face. I rushed into the room. Had it worked, did I do it? Of course, if I didn't do it there wouldn’t be so much love in the air.
There, in the middle of my throne room, was Sombra and Discord. Playing pika-boo with Flurry, I just sat back and watched, I stopped my husband with my wing. I smiled at him and lowered my wing back down. I gave him a wink as I pointed my hoof to them. I felt satisfied with the current situation. Although, something about those meetings bugged the back of my mind. I would worry about it later, so I could enjoy this now. It was just so wonderful.
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“pika-BOO!” Sombra said as he covered his green eyes with his hooves. He then put those hooves down, his eyes had changed to red. This made Flurry giggle and Sombra smile.
“pika-BOO!” Discord said as he covered his eyes, they also changed colors as he removed his claw and paw from his face. They went from red and yellow to blue and green.
“pika-BOO!” Sombra said, green eyes, covered face, red eyes. This is what made Flurry laugh so it was he kept doing. He just loved to see her laugh.
“pika-BOO!” Discord said as he changed his eye color as well, this time it was orange and purple. His chaotic powers meant he could change them to any color he wanted to.
“pika-BOO!” Sombra said, changing his eyes once again.
“pika-BOO!” Discord said one more time as he made a silly face this time instead of changing his eye color. Causing Flurry to topple over in laughter. “YOU ARE SO CUTE. HOW CAN SOMETHING BE THIS CUTE!” He cooed. There was just something about her that melted his heart. Maybe it was her chaotic nature.
“I DON’T KNOW!” Sombra said as he picked Flurry up in his magic “you are just so adorable! I think it might be illegal.” At that moment he meant it. Just like Discord, there was just something about her that melted his heart. Maybe it was because she was a mischievous child.
Flurry Heart giggled as she teleported one of her alphabet blocks into existence and threw it at Sombra, but it went straight through him. “You shouldn’t throw things Flurry. It isn’t very nice. Plus you’d have to be a lot faster to hit me.”
Flurry just picked up more blocks and chucked them at Sombra, they once again went straight through him. They hit Discord though. THUNK, the blocks went.
“Hey! I can’t do that!” Discord complained, those blocks were sharp, and they hurt. Well, it didn’t hurt that bad, but still, Discord complained.
Sombra giggled, “how about you only throw things at me from now on, we can make it into a game. I can dodge it. No throwing at any-creature else. Ok?” he said as he tossed Flurry to Discord, who caught her. They tossed her back and forth to one another Flurry laughed with glee the entire time.
“Hello,” Cadence said, not particularly worried about Flurry, “I see all went well.”
“It went more than well!” Sombra said as he watched Discord catch Flurry. He knew that he would not be tossing her back and his heart stung. Flurry had crawled her way into his heart.
“We had so much fun, I didn’t know your daughter was such a bag of chaos.” Discord said as Flurry attempted to teleport away to who knows where but Discord caught her in his magic before she could go anywhere “tsk tsk no teleporting into the either.” She began to cry but Discord soothed her with just a few scratches behind the ear.
Her parents' mouths dropped “how...how did you do that? How did you catch her?” Cadence asked, not even Twilight could do that.
“Well, it’s a special spell that requires a bunch of little ones and chaos magic. I’m not sure you can learn it, since I'm the only one that can do chaos magic. I’m sure we could teach you something close enough buuuuuuttt we want something in return.” He exchanged glances with Sombra, glances that said we have something we desire.
“Pleaseletsusbeflurryssitters!” Sombra spat out. Ahhh that was stupid, he thought that he didn’t mean for it to come out like that. “We promise we won't teach her bad things, you can even have someone to watch us!” Did he just sound desperate? He sure hoped not but he couldn’t shake the feeling that he did. He wasn't one to ask or beg but he wanted this, he needed this.
“Pleassseeeee. We promise to keep Flurry’s powers a secret. You were right she shouldn’t have to be stunted. You know I'm all for freedom.” Discord batted his eyes at her, he did not care if he sounded desperate. He just had to see this little bundle of chaos once more. This meeting was the highlight of his day, week, month. Oh, who was he kidding it was the highlight of the year. It had been so much fun playing with her.
“Deal,” to be honest she was going to ask them to be her babysitters anyway. So it worked out that they wanted to be. She was so happy they would join her fight to protect Flurry, to help her. She sighed contently, knowing she and Shining were no longer without help.
“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” they both shouted. Today was a good day. It started out well enough but the ending was the best part.
“We should probably give this back to you.” Discord said as he looked down at a Flurry Heart, he was disappointed. she was just so very chaotic, he couldn’t help but adore her!
“Five more minutes,” Cadence looked to her confused husband. She would use this time wisely. She would tell him what she had seen, heard, and felt. That way he was in the loop with her new plan. Her plan to provide Discord and Sombra with the love they needed.
“Woohoo!” Discord and Sombra shouted happily, they got to have some extra time with the little bundle of mischief and chaos.