Cadence yawned as she sipped on her third cup of coffee. Her mornings, unlike her nights, were peaceful now. Discord plaid with her until nap time. It gave Cadence a luxury she would do anything for, time for breakfast. Now that she had it she would do anything to keep it.

The clock ticked closer to 10.

Her quiet morning was interrupted by the squeak of the door. Sombra stepped on the cold tile floors his fur stood up as he forgot just how cold the castle floors could get. He shivered sitting down as quick as he could. "Cadence."

"Thank you for coming I wanted to give you these." She bent down picking up a brown satchel, "I tried to give them to Discord but he was playing with my daughter." Cadence pulled out two yellow folders, "they were just too cute to bother. I know it'll be safe with you." She flopped the folders onto the table.

Sombra looked up at her with hesitation. Opening that folder that hesitation faded away into shock. He flipped through a birth certificate, a social security number, a bank account, and a passport. "I didn't think you would do this."

"Welcome to the crystal empire Sombra." Cadence tried to sound welcoming but was peeved he thought that. Of course, she followed through why on earth would she lie?

"If anyone says this.... it will cause a lot of trouble," Sombra said his horn glowed and his eyes turned green. The folder, surrounded by darkness, sunk into the void. With a pop, the darkness was gone.

Cadence tried not to shudder, it would take some time to get used to Sombra casually using his magic. "My whole job is trouble. Love, chaos, darkness. We are more magically connected than you think."

Sombra hummed in thought. "You are wiser than I thought. If it's a deal then Discord and I will help you. I make no promises about damages from anyone's magic."

"I understand. Please help yourself to anything the castle offers. Now I must be off to do paperwork of doom!"

"Paperwork of doom?" Sombra tilted his head and Cadence laughed.

"Yeah, math" Cadence got up and so did Sombra. She looked back in confusion.

"I insist on helping this is..." Sombra looked at the two yellow folders. They dissolved into a crawling shadow. "I want to make sure I am still covered by the contract. I don't take care of Flurry as much as Discord." Sombra didn't know how to feel about the contents of the folders. He know he would be giving them closer look. Cadence was a mare of her word, but was that word the truth? For now, he'd just have to keep an eye on her suspicious behavior.

Cadence didn't argue as she supposed that was fair enough. Sombra didn't seem to take a liking to foals but liked hers enough. Pushing him to do it would only distance him. The two of them walked until coming to a door with a parge frowny face. "Welcome to the room of doom."

Cadence sighed, "today is my day. Shining and I switch off neither of us is any good at math. We do the best we can with who we have hired but...it's all so confusing."

Sombra looked at the mess that was in the room, papers scattered, the trash bin overflowing. The calendar was packed with so much you couldn't tell what was happening. "Your sister-in-law would have a heart attack."

Cadence sighed and rolled her eyes. "I know she tried to help before but I can't maintain it."

"What about the hire on?" Sombra interrupted cleaning the papers off the floor. Finding a stray one underneath the cabinets.

"He came from Celestia but doesn't do much. I hate to fire him but he isn't very useful. I think he just assumes we are the same pony. Always trying to make us understand so we can do it ourselves." Cadence sighed.

"That's ridiculous you have enough on your plate, in fact, it's overflowing." Sombra helps up the dusty paper. "You signed off on a meeting with the hippogryphs Friday..."

Cadence's eyes went wide as she looked at the paper. "I forgot..." her breathing quickened and the room started to tilt. "I have nothing prepared oh damn oh no. I have to do this."

"I will take care of it as long as you swear I am covered by your contract." Sombra started to organize the many papers in date order. Cadence at least seemed to be a mare of her word. So he could at least trust her to update the contract.

"Of course, feel free to use the maid service. My castle is your castle."

With that, she was gone Sombra chuckled. "She should have thought about that sentence." She was correct if you went back about a thousand years. Though he ruled he never had these problems, though he knew why. Sombra’s magic made his people sleep so he wouldn't have to deal with them.

Sombra pushed the big red button underneath a speaker.

"Maid service!"

"Ivy?" Sombra questioned remembering the mare who helped him hunt down pillows. Then was nice enough to help him clean it all up after Discord left.

"Sombra?! Hey! How can I help you."

"Please meet me in Room 1276. I'd like whatever meat this castle has with a side of toast. Bring the biggest cup of coffee you can." Sombra let go of the button not sure if he used it right.

"Of course!" The machine fittzed out and Sombra smiled. She said her castle was his castle.

Cadence jogged through the halls a mismatched creature suddenly poofing in front of her. "Hi, Cadence!"

Cadence skidded to a stop beat red and out of breath. "Discord?"

"That's my name don't wear it out! Do you want a lift?" Discord snapped his fingers and Cadence was suddenly on a flying pig.

Cadence's heart raced "yes" She was too exhausted to teleport and could barely keep her eyes open. She kept falling asleep and ending up in random hallways.

Discord tried not to show any shock as the princess accepted his chaos with stride. That's never how things went, "I heard you are seeing 'Tia. Try and push my chaos agenda. Discords law: the sun must always be a marshmallow."

Cadence took a moment and laughed. "You know what sure. Thanks, Discord. To meeting room A please." The pig flew off and Cadence took the opportunity to nap, she just had to whenever she could. Even if she knew it wouldn't be enough.

Discord looked at the empty spot. Only Pinkie indulged his chaos, and Fluttershy did her best to. Celestia sometimes wavered and so did Sombra. That was it, no one else really tolerated him let alone just accept his chaotic ideas.

Discord grumbled as he pulled Flurry from the void she babbled and giggled as he thought. 'Something isn't right.' Dread knawed at the back of his mind. And he gently floated off. He would take care of the baby and follow Cadence.

It didn't take him long to get distracted by the cooing baby.

"You a hungry? Oh, you hungry don't eat me! Instead take my sacrifice of milk!"

The baby giggled and so did Discord. He took one last look at the meeting room and teleported to the kitchen. He would be right back what could go wrong?

Even so, he made sure to be quick, grabbing the bottle out of the fridge he put on a pot and some water. "Come on, commmmme on." He just need to wait as it came to room temperature.

Discord couldn't rush it, Cadence told him about the horrors of Motherhood. Like stomach flipping, Flurry had to be slowly introduced to cold and hot otherwise her stomach would flip. Apparently, that was a bad thing. He didn't trust his chaos magic to be that exact, it never was. Whenever he made something it was always off.

He looked at the clock that said 3 minutes were left. Could tike go any slower he paced around in circles and Flurry giggled with glee.

Finally, the timer dinged he grabbed the bottle and gave it to Flurry. As quick as he could he snapped back to the meeting room but the doors were open and no one was there.

Discord looked around using his magic he cast a scrying spell finding her instantly he flew over to find her sleepwalking. He giggled and sighed with relief.

"The muffin crew a raise," Cadence mumbled.

Discord snickered, even more, he didn’t know she slept talk.

"The sun to close muffin take the mayo and kiss." Cadence bumped into walls and knocked over furniture. Her left hoof stepped forward and her body acted like it was going forward over a large set of steep stairs.

Discord went from choking back his laughter to his stomach dropping. He put Flurry in a bubble and dived for Cadence.

The crash was loud, making a few ponies murmur with concern. A small crowd gathered to gossip about the fall from a distance.

Discord groaned as he leaned up, "Cadence?" He shook her gently but nothing happened, quickly he grabbed her and Flurry quickly. In a matter of seconds, he was in the medical ward.

Author's Note

Sorry this is a bit rough and also late I visited my sister on my day off.