Flurry Heart and Sombra’s Little Misadventures in Babysitting

Chapters

An Unexpected Entry
A Little Bit of an Issue
A Very Semi Productive Morning
A Sorta Nice Stroll in Ponyville
A Bit of a Pickle
Long Way Back
Not so Sweet Surprise
Unknown Variables
A Nice Welcome Home (Probably)

An Unexpected Entry

Sombra is currently busy trying out a new recipe that he’s creating while in the kitchen of his castle in Ponyville. Why… ? The reason for this is because he’s getting into cooking! How did he get into cooking? Sadly that’s another story for another time… . For now, enjoy this hilarious mishap!

“Cmon… “ Sombra began as he’s trying to carefully drop an ingredient into the bowl alongside with the other ingredients. “Cmon… .” Sombra then began to sweat. “Just one drop… . Not a full squirt, just one drop, and that’s it… . Cmon… .” Eventually, Sombra succeeded. Until… .

“I’m back!” Flurry Heart said while also slamming the front doors to the castle open. This caused Sombra to squirt the rest of the crucial ingredient into the mixing bowl, causing it to shake and explode right at Sombra’s face, leaving a few scorch marks, and a messy kitchen.

Sighing, and wiping off his face, Sombra said in retaliation; “you think maybe next time you could knock? I was just getting the hang of this recipe too.” Blushing, knowing that this was the day of Sombra’s cooking time, Flurry Heart meagerly approached, and said; “sowwy Sombwa… “ with her forehooves behind her back.

Shaking his head and chuckling, Sombra replied with; “ah it’s no worries… . I knew it was bound to happen eventually… . It’s not your fault.” Flurry Heart nodded in response, and then turned to take off her saddlebag that was on her back.

Getting a few things from the closet, Sombra then began the process of cleaning up the kitchen, when he then stopped as he saw Flurry’s saddlebag, sighs, and then says; “important meeting with your parents?” Flurry Heart nodded. Sombra then asked with; “need me to watch over you till their meeting’s over?” Flurry nodded in response again, and then turned with a smile while showing Sombra a picture that she drew and or colored with crayons. Smiling and shaking his head with a laugh, Sombra then said; “I had a feeling that this was gonna happen too, hehehe.” After that Sombra continued with cleaning up the kitchen.

Flurry Heart is currently drawing something while sitting on the kitchen table. Meanwhile, Sombra is trying his hardest not to break the ceiling because he’s trying to fix something.

Looking up from her drawing, Flurry Heart asks; “you okay up there? Need any help Sombra?”

Getting distracted by Flurry’s question, Sombra replied with; “I got it!” Unfortunately, he soon lost control and fell down. Luckily for him, he’s okay. Unluckily for him… it’s gonna get worse. “Look out!” Sombra shouted as he dove out of the way of the falling chandelier. Flurry Heart saw what’s about to fall, and then dove down behind something to shield herself from the falling object.

Crash!

“All good?” Sombra asked out of reflex. “Yeah!” Flurry Heart said from afar. “That’s good!” Sombra replied, and then gets out of the table he was hiding under.

Flurry Heart got out from behind the living room couch, then stopped as she then saw the mess that occurred after the fallen chandelier. Worried, Flurry Heart asked; “you okay?”

Sombra looks around, at himself to make sure he didn’t hurt himself accidentally, looked at Flurry Heart to see if she didn’t get hurt also, and then nodded his head. Flurry Heart sighed in relief as both of them weren’t hurt, and then gestured to the broom closet. Sombra nodded and used his magic to get the supplies out and clean up again.

Flurry Heart and Sombra are now preparing to get out of the castle and explore Ponyville.

“Got everything you need?” Sombra asked as he’s checking to see if anything’s missing from his saddlebags.

“I’m ready!” Flurry Heart responded while looking at Sombra while holding her saddlebag straps as if she’s going on an adventure, or class.

Sombra then smiled, then petted Flurry’s head before saying; “if your parents were here instead of being at the meeting, then they’d see how grown you’ve became… .” He then paused to see that Flurry’s still wearing her diaper for just in case of another accident, and then finishes with; “more or less… .”

Flurry giggled, and then walked to the front door before saying; “cmon Sombra, let’s go!” Sombra chuckled while shaking his head, and then followed Flurry Heart so they could get out of the castle for now… .

What’s gonna happen to the two best pals? Only one way to find out… .

A Little Bit of an Issue

Sombra has Flurry Heart on his back because she’s feeling tired from walking; despite the fact that they just left, and that they only walked one mile… . Regardless, Sombra didn’t mind carrying her, and was overall happy that she’s still feeling young for whenever she can. Because he knows that when she’s older, she won’t be able to act as young as she was anymore… . Regardless, if the situation calls for it, then Sombra will be there to help her feel better anyway possible! Even if it meant giving Flurry her old plushie for old times sake, and also reading her a bedtime story too, if she requests one that is… .

Anywho, Sombra and Flurry Heart are currently almost at Sugarcube Corner. The reason is that firstly, he needed something to drink because he’s starting to feel tired from carrying Flurry Heart for too long; especially with the added weight of her backpack on her back. Secondly, Flurry Heart wanted to apologize to the Cake Twins because she just realized that after all this time, she didn’t even once apologize for breaking one of their toys as a means of getting the two twins to share when they were fighting over it when the three of them were infants. And lastly, because Sugarcube Corner has breakfast for all hours surprisingly… . So because of that, the two of them decided to take advantage of it, and started their course towards the bakery.

Unfortunately, before Sombra and Flurry could even get to the front door, they saw Applejack and Rainbow Dash arguing at the side of the bakery. Both curious and worried, they headed towards them instead.

Now in front of the two ponies, Sombra began to ask; “so what’s the problem here… ? Cuz I’m sure that no pony else heard you two ramble on and on like that.”

Rainbow Dash looked pretty steamed from anger, and then growled in response, before replying with; “AJ here just can’t seem to realize that I need to practice! I mean… she’s been sending me scroll after scroll non-stop. It’s ridiculous!”

Applejack then got in front of Rainbow while looking at Sombra, and then said matter of factly; “in my honest opinion, I thought that she was asleep, or dead… . I mean sure it’s been only a few days… but still! It felt like weeks since I’ve last heard from her… . And I was nervous.”

Rainbow Dash put a hoof to her forehead and groaned loudly; having been feeling annoyed by her friend’s worried antics for nothing, and then said apologetically, but yet also sounding annoyed; “I’m really sorry about this… . I’m sure that this lil farm pony didn’t know that I’m still here! I mean after all, I can’t be that hard to take down… . Am I right?”

Having taken offense over what Rainbow had supposedly called her; Applejack started to growl, and then shouted before getting ready to attack Rainbow; “if I didn’t know any better, then I’d say that what you just called me can’t go unanswered Rainbow… . So get ready for a fight!”

Rainbow’s face then got that look of terror when she knew she messed up, or is about to get a beating, and then replied with; “uh oh… “ before starting to fly above the sky, and away from her attacker.

Growling again, Applejack began to chase her whilst shouting; “I’m gonna get you for this Rainbow… ! You’ll regret ever calling me that! Mark my words!”

Standing there stunned, Flurry began to ask; “should we… ?” before Sombra interjected, and said; “let’s leave… “ before both ponies ran to the bakery. In the background, Applejack is still chasing a flying Rainbow whilst shouting; “you get back here you ol varmit!”

Flurry Heart is currently playing with Pumpkin Cake by doing teatime with her; much to the dismay of Poundcake, who’s in a teatime outfit that his sister Pumpkin made him wear. He didn’t like it, but he’s fine with it as long as there’s no makeup involved! Ever since that incident when they did the exact same thing four years ago… , only that Flurry Heart wasn’t there, and both of them figured out why only grownups wear makeup. The taste alone can make them gag just by thinking about it.

“So… . How’re the Twins?” Sombra asked with a concerned look to him. Are they… ?”

Mrs Cake placed down some pots that she was cleaning at the kitchen counter, approached to the front counter, and then replied; “oh they’re fine… . It’s not like they’ll remember any of it!”

Sombra snickered, pointing to Poundcake in a dress, and said; “yeah… . Yet I’m definitely sure that they’ll remember that.” And then he began to get into hysterics with quiet snickering, trying his best to contain his laughter.

Mrs Cake gently slapped him on the arm with a dish cloth, and then replied; “oh hush now! I’m sure if you had to wear something embarrassing, you wouldn’t want others to find out too… . Right dearie?”

Sombra stopped since he knew that she got a point, and then sighs before looking apologetic. “Yes mam… . I’m sorry.”

Mrs Cake smiled, and said; “that’s all I wanted to hear… “ and then went back to the kitchen to check on the customer’s orders.

Few hours later… .

“I’m bowred… .” Flurry Heart started to whine.

“Me too!” replied Poundcake; whom is looking equally as bored. “Even though I was having fun with this game!”

“I wasn’t!” replied Pumpkin Cake while she’s wrapped up in a blanket, and covered in face paint and bits of feathers. What game were they playing is a mystery since kids have been known to play games that have random rules or something else along those lines… .

“Let me go!” Pumpkin Cake demanded, apparently almost getting even more frustrated than she already was before.

“Not until you apologize to Flurry’s plushie.” Poundcake explained; pointing to the only plushie that isn’t one of theirs.

“Okay… I’m sorry Mr Snuggles… “ Pumpkin Cake said while looking at a plush toy monkey dressed in formal attire. “Now would you please let me go?!”

Poundcake nodded and unraveled the blanket so Pumpkin Cake could be set free.

“Thanks… “ Pumpkin replied as she then got up to dust herself off and stretch.

“Don’t mention it.” Poundcake replied while cleaning up a little bit since he isn’t done playing just yet.

“Can we go see sombwa… ?” Flurry Heart asked. “I’m bored… .”

Pumpkin Cake sighs; having grown tired of Flurry’s whining, and replied with; “you’re always bored… “ while also tidying up a bit herself so the mess they’ve made won’t be much of a problem. “Besides… . I don’t think Sombra would want to play with you. I mean… . With you constantly whining and crying about over the littlest of things… .”

Flurry Heart took quick offense to that, and shouted; “that’s not true!” And got a look that reads; “I’m gonna hurt you… .”

Pumpkin Cake smirked, then said; “oh… ? Then what was that whining about being bored hmm??? Sure sounds like whining to me… .”

Poundcake then got angry, and demanded; “alright that’s enough sister! You’ve made your point… . Now leave her alone!”

Pumpkin Cake just laughed at that scene her brother was making, and said; “oh look… . The little knight is defending her princess… . Sure… . I’d say you’d make a great knight!”

Sombra approached Pumpkin Cake and shouts; “alright that’s enough!” With Mrs Cake trailing behind. “Honestly… . Couldn’t you think of anything better to do other than making fun of her??? I mean… , she didn’t do anything to you at all personally… . And even if she did, then she probably didn’t mean it at the time.”

Mrs Cake approached in front of her daughter, and demanded ; “now young lady… . I know that you and Flurry both had your differences ever since you and your brother first met her… . But that doesn’t mean you can just be mean to her for what she did to you in the past.”

Pumpkin just scoffed, and said; “in the past… ? Well what about just now??? Huh??? I mean after all… .” Pumpkin then turned to point at Flurry Heart, and said; “she did after all wrap me in that blanket so I couldn’t move… .”

Sombra looked towards Flurry Heart, and asked; “is that true… ?”

Flurry Heart then sighs, nods, and then replied; “b-but I thought that we were playing a game… ?”

Poundcake then replied with a slight chuckle; “oh we were… . Until Pumpkin decided to get angry because she thought that you had it too tight for her for when you were rolling her up in that blanket.”

Sombra just sighs, and says; “you know what??? I heard enough. Clearly you two can’t be friends anymore because of your constant complaining about what she did to you and your sibling in the past. I mean sure she broke a toy that you two were fighting about… . But in her honest opinion, she was just trying to get you two to share the toy. I mean after all… . She thought that hey, if breaking something in two helps you share food with someone, then maybe that same principle applied to your toys… . Wouldn’t it?”

Pumpkin Cake sighs, and then says with a blush; “I mean… sure… . But… .”

Sombra interrupted with; “but what hmm??? But what… ?” Sombra said; his voice raised from anger.

“I-I… . I-I… .” Pumpkin Cake began nervously. Unfortunately though, before she could say anything else, she heard what sounded like hissing, causing her to look down.

Sombra sighs, looks to Flurry Heart, and asked; “was that you???” Thinking that she might’ve had an accident.

Flurry Heart shook her head, and responded; “I’m clean… . Honest!” Just then, the group heard sniffling, and saw that Pumpkin Cake was crying; due to the fact that she had an accident; which is unfortunately noticeable by the puddle at the bottom of her backhooves.

Concerned, Sombra asked; “what happened?” and knelt down. But also kept his distance for just in case of any potential tantrums or additional accidents.

With tears in her eyes, Pumpkin Cake replied; “I-I got scared… . A-and then I… . Uh oh… .” Unfortunately, Pumpkin Cake’s puddle grew larger as she just had another accident, and then soon after that, she began to cry.

Mrs Cake sighs, and then groans before saying; “this is just great… .” She sighs again before starting to rant; “I mean… . We just had them potty trained years ago… . Out of all those years… now Pumpkin has an accident? I mean… I was expecting Poundcake, but still… .”

“Hey?!” was Poundcake’s response since he heard all that.

“Okay enough!” Sombra replied before picking up Pumpkin Cake carefully. “Poundcake, help me warm up a bath for your sister. Mrs Cake, find some cleaning supplies for that puddle. And also… .” Sombra approached her before asking sincerely; “Please don’t be mad at your daughter… . It wasn’t her fault. She was just scared… . If I’m being honest, I’d have an accident too if I was severely frightened like that… .”

“You would???” Pumpkin Cake asked.

Sombra chuckled, then replied with; “not necessarily… no… . But if I had a full bladder, then a little… .”

Pumpkin Cake giggled, and then said; “eww gross!” before laughing.

Mrs Cake chuckled while shaking her head, and said; “okay that’s enough you two… . Go get cleaned up! I’ll just stay here and clean up. Now run along now… .” Sombra and Pumpkin both nodded before Sombra began walking towards the stairs.

However, before they left, Mrs Cake asked; “oh and do please be careful Poundcake… . Not too hot now. You wouldn’t wanna hurt your sister now, would you?”

Poundcake just rolled his eyes with a smirk, and said; “hey, if anything, I should worry about her hurting me.” Pumpkin smirked also, and started growling playfully while reaching for her brother. “See?” Poundcake replied before Pumpkin Cake giggled. Mrs Cake just chuckled while shaking her again before getting up to get the supplies. Flurry Heart soon followed Sombra close behind because she doesn’t wanna feel left out.

“You okay now… ?” Sombra asked while kneeling down by the edge of the tub.

Pumpkin nods with a blush to her cheeks and replied; “t-thanks Sombra… . I-I-I really mean it… .”

Sombra then nods in return, before beginning to rub shampoo on Pumpkin’s head while she’s in the tub.

Flurry Heart whimpered a bit, and then started to say; “I’m sowwy for being mean when we wewe foaws… .”

Pumpkin just snickered, and said; “hey… it’s okay now… honest! We get it!” Pumpkin chuckled a bit before continuing, “we didn’t know that that’s what you were trying to do… . But then again me and Pound were still babies too… . So I guess we didn’t know any better… . Hehe… .” Pumpkin then blushed some more before finishing, “sorry for the misunderstanding… . And the uh… , m-mishap!”

Flurry just smiled, and then said; “it’s okay… . I have accidents too… . And besides!” Flurry then got close to Pumpkin before replying; “I could use the sweets you two were throwing at me.. ! They were delicious!” Getting the joke, both Pound and Pumpkin Cake began laughing; along with Sombra following behind.

Mrs Cake knocked on the door frame behind them, with Poundcake on her back since he misses it when he gets carried like that. Mrs Cake then said with a warm smile, “well now… . Aren’t you three getting along now.. .” Both Flurry and Sombra nodded, but Pumpkin blushed with embarrassment and looked away. “Not looking sis… . Don’t worry.. .” Poundcake said while looking away also, as he’s quite aware of privacy, and also because of the fact that he shouldn’t be here because his sister’s in the tub. Well sure ponies normally don’t wear clothes, so this is mainly a privacy reason… . That’s all.

“We’re getting along here. No worries!” Sombra said, holding his shadow hands up as a means to appear less threatening.

Mrs Cake nods, looks to her daughter, and said; “you know it’s okay if you have accidents honey… . Everyone has them.” Flurry Heart nods and points to her diaper, signifying that even she has accidents every once in a while… . Even if it’s sometimes more than once too.

Poundcake then nods, and replied, “if I’m being honest here sis, I still remember that one time that I decided to eat something spicy during our trip to the pool, and my stomach wasn’t having it! Truth be told… it was pretty hilarious.” Poundcake ended his sentence by laughing. Mrs Cake scowled at her son with a glare, and slowly shook her head. This prompted both of the Cake Twins to start laughing; having remembered of their fond little memory together.

Mrs Cake sighs, and then turns to help with finishing Pumpkin Cake’s bath by pouring water over her head so that way she can get any lingering soap or shampoo off or her daughter’s body. “There we are… all clean!” Mrs Cake then picked her up and quickly wrapped a towel around her so the boys wouldn’t see her.

Blushing, yet smiling, Pumpkin Cake said; “thanks mama… .” and then waited to get dried up and have her ears and nose cleaned. Taking that as their cue, the three ponies left while the mother and daughter stayed behind to condone their bathroom rituals… . Meaning drying up Pumpkin Cake and cleaning her ears and nose with cotton swabs.

“Well that could’ve been a lot worse… .“ Poundcake trailed off while walking down the stairs.

“How so… ?” Sombra replied while walking down the stairs with the other two ponies.

Poundcake stopped at the bottom of the stairs, and then looked to Sombra solemnly before sighing, and replying, “ever since we got captured by those bandits, my sister has been having accidents nonstop soon after we got back home… . We’ve tried everything, but it just didn’t seem to work… . Most of the time it only happens for whenever she gets afraid of something… . Well… more than afraid really… . A-and at other times it just… happens… , without her even realizing it. I’m really starting to feel bad now… . I just wish… .”

Poundcake was stopped by Sombra, whom then replied, “hey kid, it’s not your fault, really… . I understand now… .”

“Y-you do???” Poundcake replied.

“Yeah!” Pumpkin Cake said from behind. “You’ve done all that you can to protect me from those bandits! I mean sure I got an accident problem ever since… . But it really wasn’t your fault. I really do appreciate it for when you’ve defended me like that… . I really do! So please brother… , whenever you feel like it’s your fault, just know that it never is your fault, and you are never to blame at all… . Okay?”

Feeling better now, Poundcake then replied with a slight tear to his eye; “thanks sis… .” and then ran to slightly tackle her into a hug.

Little surprised, yet also relieved that he didn’t fully tackle her, Pumpkin Cake then returned the hug, and then said; “you’re the best brother ever… .” and then the two remained like that for a little while.

After that, the four ponies then got back downstairs to play a game with each other; with Mrs Cake watching from afar, and shaking her head with a smile before returning to the kitchen to make some dinner for her children, and guests.

Some bites and some crumbs later… .

“Wow that was good… .” Sombra said. “Who knew that she could cook?” The Cake Twins raised one of their hooves each in unison, and then laughed.

Sombra rolled his eyes, and said sarcastically; “oh hahaha… . That’s funny.” before going back to eating his meal. Flurry Heart then decided to flip one of the carrot sticks that was on her plate into her mouth, and succeeded. After that, she then got it out so that way she’ll dip it into something before eating it. Cuz after all, kids of any kind have been known to hate eating veggies… . So the grownups would occasionally have their kids dip their vegetables into something, so that way it’ll taste great, and to also have kids eating their vegetables… . That’s all.

After everyone ate, they then went to do their own things before the night is over… . The Cake Twins went to their play area to play dragons and knights, which involved a dragon plushie, and a wooden sword. Meanwhile Sombra and Flurry Heart are playing flight; which involves Sombra lifting Flurry Heart high into the air, and with Flurry Heart giggling and flapping her wings while she’s being held up; pretending to fly. Soon after that, everyone went upstairs to get ready for bed.

Half an hour later… .

“I can’t sweep… .” Flurry Heart said as she’s lying on one of the Cake Twins’ beds.

“Us too.” the Cake Twins said in unison while occupying the other one.

Sombra sighs, and then says; “well… neither can I… . Mostly because of you three saying that for the past half hour.” The three kids all frowned and looked down in shame. Sighing again; not just due to exhaustion, but also to keep his cool, Sombra then looked at them, and asked; “Well what do you wanna do??? It’s getting pretty late.”

The three little ponies looked to be thinking of something, but couldn’t think of anything and shook their heads no as a means to say that they’ve got nothing. Sighing, knowing that this is a little too premature for them, Sombra suggests this. “How about I read you three a bedtime story for the night. Huh??? What do you say?” The three instantly gathered together and looked at Sombra in anticipation. Shocked, surprised, stunned, and so on, Sombra just stood there blinking his eyes; before regaining his composure and starts sitting down so he’ll be able to get comfortable to tell them a little story before bed.

“And Gusty the Great ran off into the sunset, wondering what other adventures that she’ll have in the future… . The end.” Sombra then saw that the three little ponies are asleep. Seeing the site as cute, Sombra then smiled, got up, and then went to leave the room… . But not before fixing the blanket for them, and then turning the nightlight on in case some of them might have a fear of the dark, and slowly closed the door before going downstairs; searching for his own room to sleep in for the night.

“Tomorrow will be a good day… “ Sombra wondered. “At least… I hope so… .” Soon after, he found where he could sleep, and then went inside to go to bed. Unfortunately for him, tomorrow will be a very long day… . Here’s to hoping that he’ll handle it. One way or another… .

A Very Semi Productive Morning

Sombra and the others are fast asleep in their own beds… . Well technically Sombra is sleeping in the guest bedroom downstairs, and Flurry Heart is asleep with the Cake Twins on one of their beds. Surprisingly it’s big enough to fit all three of them in there… . But then again, it’s cartoon physics!

Anywho, Mrs Cake is downstairs, getting ready to tackle the day of baking stuff for the customers, and of course making some breakfast for her children, and guests. “Hmm… .” She began thinking to herself. “I wonder what to do today… . Surely no pony would ever be here this early now would they??? But what do I know, I don’t pay attention to that stuff!” She then chuckled to herself, but then covered her mouth in shock as it was loud. “I really gotta control that… “ she thought. “That could’ve been embarrassing… .”

Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack are now both sitting at a table together, both covered in bruises, dust, and with their manes all scuffled, whilst having mugs of hot chocolate on the table.

“Should I ask or is this a bad time?” Sombra began as he’s concerned about them hurting each other like that, yet also secretly smiling and finding the situation funny.

“I don’t… wanna… talk about it… !” Rainbow Dash replied slowly as she’s trying her best not to raise her voice due to her being cranky, and angry from her fight with Apple Jack. After a bit, both her and Apple Jack got their respective mugs, and then took a sip from them. Rainbow shook her head and looked at her mug in shock, and asked; “h-how is this peppermint flavored? T-that’s weird… .”

Mrs Cake sighs, having been rolling a wooden barrel for some reason, and then replied while looking at Rainbow; “because Filthy Rich insisted that I have some peppermint flavoring for in the case he and his wife ever do visit… . I swear… if those two weren’t paying for our bakery, I’d certainly would’ve told them off… .”

Apple Jack apparently spat out her drink in shock, and then looked to Mrs Cake with disbelief whilst saying; “what??!” To which, Mrs Cake nodded her head with a frown. She wasn’t asking that because of what Mrs Cake just said; she’s used to it already. However what she didn’t know was that the Cakes actually didn’t own this entire bakery… . And that stunned her to her core… .

Also stunned, Sombra stammered out, “i-i-i thought that you and your husband owned this bakery… . You don’t?!”

Mrs Cake sighs, nods her head again, and also looked to Sombra with a frown before saying; “sadly… no… .” After that, she stood up the barrel, and then sat down on it; using it as a chair of sorts.

“Well uh… . I’m sorry to hear bout that… .” Sombra said as he leans in to put a hoof to one of Mrs Cake’s hooves.

This caused her to snicker, and ask, “I’m honestly surprised that you managed to reform so quickly… . How’d that happen???”

Flurry Heart just hugged Sombra as an answer, and then Sombra pointed to her with a smirk while looking at Mrs Cake, and said; “She is a non stop hugging machine. That’s all… . Oh, and also I’m sick of being hunted down like I’m some sort of bounty for them… . That’s all.” Flurry rolled her eyes with a smile, and then playfully punched Sombra in the arm before leaving to play with the Cake Twins. To which point, Sombra just replied; “ow… .” Before rubbing his arm because it hurt.

Afterwards, the ponies then separated to do different things while Rainbow Dash and Applejack are still sitting together; metaphorically licking their wounds by sipping their hot chocolates together, now that it’s cooled down.

“Twee more days??? Again?!” Flurry Heart said; having just finished reading the letter that Sombra received from the Cake Family’s mailbox. Even Sombra was stunned; due to the fact that he’s just standing there with a shocked expression to his face.

After that he groans, and then just went to the counter while muttering; “they can’t be serious… “ and leaned against it while pinching his nose; as if to signify that he’s annoyed, and not happy, like a stressed out, or not so happy cartoon character. As for Flurry Heart, her face went from shocked, to sad, and then she threw the letter down in anger with a huff, and then stomped towards Sombra in order to sulk as well… .

“Trapped in Saddle Arabia again???” Rainbow Dash asked while leaning against the counter next to Sombra.

“Eeyup… . Didn’t bring enough money again to leave any spares for their trip back home… . That figures!” Sombra ended with a sigh. Meanwhile, Applejack is trying to calm down Flurry Heart, but is having no luck since she keeps swatting her hooves away and shooing her to go away too.

“Hehe… that’s Shining Armor for ya. Always not good with planning… . Hehehe… .” Rainbow ended with a bit of a chuckle.

Sombra snickered to what Rainbow just said, and then replied back; “believe it or not, it wasn’t Shining Armor this time.”

“Really???” Rainbow said with a small laugh. “No kidding… .”

“Yeah… “ began Sombra. “It was Cadence this time! Who knew?! Hehe… I guess couples think alike after all huh… ? Who would’ve known???”

“Hey… ?!” Was Flurry Heart’s response because she felt insulted for having her parents dissed on like that by her best friend/babysitter, and her rainbow mane colored aunt.

Before there could be any more trouble in the mix, Applejack held both her front hooves out, and said; “hold on there little ponies. No need for hostility’s now… . It’s fine.”

Rainbow Dash snickered due to the irony that they in fact are little ponies, and then said; “like with what happened between us??? Hehehe… .”

Applejack then glared at Rainbow, and then replied with; “don’t you be startin’ that again now… . I’ll tan your hide!”

Sombra then blurted out; “woah, language! We’ve got kids here.. !”

Applejack then covered her mouth in shock; since Sombra got a point there, and then muttered; “my bad… .“ before standing there with a worried look to her eyes; thinking that Flurry, the Cake Twins, or all three of them might learn and repeat what she just said. Worst yet, make it awful by saying their own bad words as well.

Smiling with a giggle, Flurry Heart then said; “it’s fine… . I don’t say bad words that much anyways… . It’s fine!”

Sombra then looked to Flurry with a smirk, and replied; “you’ve been saying bad words when I’m not around???” “Uh oh… “ was her response. And with that, Sombra said; “aw you’re definitely getting it now… “ and knelt down with his shadow arms spread out. “Here comes the tickle monster!” Flurry Heart then screamed with a giggle, and began running away. Eventually, Sombra gave chase.

Rainbow Dash then looked to the Twins, and said; “now if you’re thinking about saying bad words now… , then feel free to blame it on Applejack! She’ll vouch for ya!”

Applejack then glared at Rainbow again, and then said; “now just you wait here.. ! I ain’t gonna be in any other one of your schemes there Rainbow… . Not again!”

Rainbow just laughed, and said; “chillax Applejack, I’m just playing with ya! There’s no need to get all steamed up!”

Applejack growled in response, before replying with; “oh I’ll show you steamed up… . Once these here Twins are out of sight, then your hide is mines!” The Twins gasped and covered their mouths; hoping that their aunts don’t come to blows with each other.

“Uh guys… ?” Sombra interjected.

“What?!” Replied the two mares, before their expressions changed into something different.

“We’ve got a problem… .” Sombra replied while holding Flurry Heart in a weird way… . Eventually the Twins, and the two mares figured out why… . Not only did Flurry Heart have an accident, she had what parents would call “a blowout”.

Thinking quick on their feet, the Twins said in unison; “follow us”, before leading Sombra to the nearest bathroom. Sooner or later, both mares repaired their friendship with a hug, and then followed close behind.

Inside the bathroom… .

“Sowwy… .” Flurry Heart said with her face all red from embarrassment as she’s in the bathtub taking a bath.

“W-what did you eat???” Sombra asked with a look of shock as he’s trying to rub off the leftover accident that’s connected to one of Flurry Heart’s lower hooves. Flurry Heart just shrugged, and then starts swaying as if to wait for Sombra to finish cleaning her up since she gets bored easily; (like any child does in any given situation).

After that was done, Sombra sighs and pauses to take in some deep breaths cuz he’s exhausted. “I’m only giving you a bath and I’m exhausted already… . Hehe… what’s wrong with me?”

Flurry Heart shrugs, and then says; “you stiww okay to me… . Now cmon! I’m stiww nakie here.”

Sombra snickers, then says; “calm down… . Let me catch my breath!”

Flurry Heart started to pout, and then replied; “you take too long!” Sombra snickers again, which prompted Flurry Heart to say; “it’s not funny… “ whilst crossing her hooves with a pout.

Sombra stops, takes in a deep breath, and then looks to Flurry Heart before saying; “you sure you’re all clean??? Or do you think I should bathe you a little longer… ?”

Flurry Heart looks to be thinking, and then replied with a blush, “m-more pwease… . M-Me stiww feel icky… .” Sombra replied with; “good call”, and then continued bathing her.

“Ready to go?” Sombra asked as he’s standing at the front door with a backpack on. Reason being is that he’s planning on heading out with Flurry Heart to go explore Ponyville. “In a minute!” Flurry Heart replied from afar as she’s currently upstairs, trying her best to tighten the straps of her backpack to her back so that way she could be ready to leave with her friend.

“Can we go with y’all too?” Pumpkin Cake asked with her brother close to her. “Us as well?” Rainbow Dash said with her best friend Applejack close behind her.

Sombra looked behind him, and then asked; “why?” To which Rainbow replied; “we haven’t had any fresh air since we’ve been cooped up in our homes… . Remember that one time where literally everyone had to stay inside because of this “crown virus?”

Sombra blinked, sighed, and then replied back; “you, Jack, and the twins can come with us, but no fighting from either of you! I know you would fight with apple sometimes, and that you twins fight each other over whatever y’all came up with… . So please… for the sake of my mental health, don’t fight! Got it?!” All of the group except Flurry Heart nodded their heads, and then awaited for his instructions. “Good! Now that we’re all going on an adventure; (a quick one I might add), do any of y’all need to do something before we leave… ?”

The group were all looking at each other, wondering if anyone needs something. Then, with a blush, Flurry Heart slowly raised her hoof; as she discreetly walked into the group, and then replied with; “I need to go potty… .” Sombra snickers, then says; “then go. You know where it is… .”

Flurry’s blush got a little worse, as she shook her head no, and replied; “no-not that… . I… .” She then sighs before clarifying; “I mean that I went potty already… . And… . I need a new diaper… .”

Sombra sighs, chuckles a bit, and then replied back, “cmon kid… . Let’s get ya changed.” Flurry Heart then raises her hooves to be picked up, and then Sombra began taking her to the bathroom so she could be changed.

“Do you think this is going to happen a lot… ?” Applejack said, as she and Rainbow both then heard a hissing sound coming from Pumpkin Cake.

After it stopped, Pumpkin Cake blushed, and then said with an embarrassed look; “I may have had an accident too… . I’m sorry.”

Applejack sighed, assured her that it’s okay, and then shouts while looking at the direction of the bathroom; “Sombra! We’ve got another one… !”

Something tells the group that this adventure is gonna be longer than they thought it would be.. .

A Sorta Nice Stroll in Ponyville

The group are all outside, taking in their surroundings as they’re off on an adventure! One that ain’t gonna get them hurt! Hopefully… . As some of them in the group are accident prone… . And not just potty accident prone too.

“Ugh… where are we going???” Rainbow Dash said; surprisingly tired already. “I’m bored… . And hungry… .”

King Sombra stopped in his tracks, turned to look at her, and asked; “I thought you just ate?”

Applejack sighs to this, points at Rainbow, and then replied with; “apparently she thought that shakes would actually help fill her up… . Hehe… guess not.” Rainbow Dash glared at Applejack for saying that, but then looked down with her ears folded in as she could be right about that… .

Sighing as well, Sombra said, “cmon now. We’re gonna get dehydrated if we stay here for too long. I mean… I do have some cold water for us… . But still, I wouldn’t want those to heat up. Despite the fact that it’s not even hot or cold out, and also despite the fact that you out of all ponies wouldn’t travel light… surprisingly… .” Blushing; Rainbow Dash tried to say something, but couldn’t as Sombra had got a point. Applejack is blushing too as apparently she isn’t traveling light either… which is basically obvious by the way both of their bags looked… . To put it short, their bags looked cartoonishly huge, and towering to the sky.

“So… “ Pumpkin Cake began as to break whatever awkward moment this is. “Where are we going?” Sombra lit up for some reason, and then enthusiastically said; “we’re going to a fancy restaurant!”

Flurry Heart gasped, and said; “really?!” Sombra chuckled, then said; “no we’re not… . We’re going to the park. After that, if we’re still hungry, then we’d go to a regular restaurant to eat.”

Flurry Heart then said; “oh… “ and then shrugged before finishing with; “that’s fair. I don’t think I’d be able to handle the pressure of being in one of those places… “ before laughing a bit.

Sombra chuckled too, then asked; “your aunt been teaching you about how to speak like a grownup or what?”

Flurry Heart just giggled, then responded; “she’s weird… . But in a good way!”

Sombra nodded, and then replied with; “that’s fair… . Now let’s go.” Flurry nodded and continued looking ahead so she won’t bump into anything or anyone while walking with the group to the park.

“So… “ Rainbow Dash began. “How’s your day so far Sombra?”

“Could’ve been worse… but otherwise fine!” Sombra replied.

Applejack then added with; “well if I’m gonna add into this conversation for starters, Apple Bloom has been feeling mighty angry at me for some reason… and I can’t seem to figure out why???”

Sombra looked to her with a raised eyebrow, and then asked; “did you by chance decide to treat her like a child or a little baby again???”

Applejack blushed to that question, and then slowly nodded before covering her face with her hooves. Sombra chuckled to that, and then replied with, “Well there you go! I mean cmon now kid, she’s practically thirteen already… . Why else would she be acting like that???!” Applejack’s face grew fully red and she fully hid her face from embarrassment with her hooves.

The Cake Twins and Flurry Heart approached the group, and then Poundcake asked; “is it okay if we can eat now??? I’m starving… .” “Yeah… me too! I haven’t ate anything since we left our house… .” Pumpkin Cake replied.

The three older ponies just chuckled, and then Sombra said; “but didn’t you two and Flurry Heart eat anything for a meal???”

Flurry Heart ran to the group, having overheard the conversation, nods, then says, “but we’re small… . And we stiww hungwy… .”

Sombra sighs, then says; “well… . Since the three of y’all are growing up, I might as well.” And then opened up the picnic basket to get the three some sandwiches.

However, before the three fillies and or foals could begin to eat, Pumpkin Cake’s tummy started to rumble, and then she said; “uh oh… “ before keeling over from feeling like she’s either gonna hurl, have “the runs”, or both.

Seeing this, Sombra asked; “you okay?” Before Pumpkin replied back quickly; “I need a bathroom… !” Realizing as to what’s happening now, Sombra quickly got up, and carried Pumpkin Cake to find a portable bathroom.

The remaining four ponies looked at each other before Poundcake asked; “sooo why were you two fighting?” Before Apple and Rainbow both groaned, not wanting to answer a question like that anymore because it’s making them feel uncomfortable… .

“Bathroom bathroom bathroom… . Oh where is it?!” Sombra whispered to himself, trying his best to find a portable bathroom very quickly so that one of the cake twins wouldn’t have an accident. Pumpkin meanwhile was feeling really antsy, thinking that maybe she wouldn’t be able to hold it in any longer… . And the more time that’s spent, the more likely it’ll become a reality.

Suddenly, after what felt like an eternity, they both finally found a portable bathroom! Both of the ponies sighed in relief as they soon hurried to get to it so that way Pumpkin wouldn’t have an accident. And so that way Sombra wouldn’t have the chance to change her! Reason being is that not only that she’s eight; (same age as her brother), but also because if she went in her diaper, then her potty training would be lessened to the point where she’ll become diaper dependent again… . It hasn’t happened much to the point, but it’s getting there.

“Okay… now if I can just… .” But before Sombra could finish his sentence to open the door, someone else opened it, and exited the bathroom. Feeling hesitant, both ponies went to investigate, only to find that the bowl was filled with not only a pile, but with flies flying all around it. Repulsed by it, both ponies gagged and shut the door, taking in deep breaths as they did so due to the smell.

“Well… that stunk… .” Sombra commented. Not just due to the fact that it was used, but also because it smelt. Pumpkin giggled because of the joke, but then quickly clutched her belly as it’s rumbling again; signifying that she’s not going to hold it anymore longer… . “I don’t think I can make it… “ she said through a strained voice.

Sombra then went to check and see if there was another portable bathroom close by, but no luck. Admitting defeat, Sombra slowly approached Pumpkin Cake, and then said; “hey… if you want… we could let you go in the bushes… . Would that make you feel better?”

Pumpkin shook her head to this, and replied; “can’t… . It’s more of my brother’s thing… . Sorry… .”

Sombra then asked; “you can’t or you won’t?”

Blushing, Pumpkin Cake answered with; “both… “ and groaned with a whimper as she’s about to reach her breaking point.

Sighing, since this is against as to what he’s trying to do, Sombra knelt down, and replied with, “if you want, you can just use your diaper… . We’ll keep working on getting rid of your accidents and re potty training you… . It’s okay.” Pumpkin nodded with a deep blush to her face, and then she knelt down before grunting to relieve the pressure from her stomach. After that was done, Pumpkin sighed with relief, but then eventually started to cry since she had an accident; something that both she and Sombra were trying to avoid.

Sighing also, since it was all for nothing, Sombra picked her up, and then said; “it’s okay… . Like I said before, accidents happen… .” Before patting Pumpkin’s diaper while carrying her, which unfortunately is now dirty. “And also it takes time to re potty train anyways… . Flurry had the same problem too back then… . So no worries!”

Feeling no longer embarrassed and ashamed, Pumpkin Cake nodded, and gave him a hug with a smile. Chuckling to this, yet also feeling repulsed from the smell, Sombra looked to her with a bit of a weak smile, and then said; “let’s get ya cleaned up… . Okay?” Pumpkin nodded with a blush, and then hid her face with a lock of Sombra’s mane. With that, Sombra then began to walk back to the picnic area with Pumpkin Cake in tow.

Once they got back, Pumpkin was lied down before being changed by Sombra; whom again, has a disgusted and repulsed look to his face due to the smell. Seeing this, Pumpkin Cake whined, and covered her face with her hooves while blushing heavily because she’s feeling embarrassed again. Soon afterwards, the deed is done, and Pumpkin now has a new diaper on.

“So uh… “ Applejack began to ask. “You two couldn’t find a bathroom in time?”

Pumpkin sat up, sighs, and replied with; “technically.. we did… . But somepony already used it and didn’t bother warning us before hoof.” Applejack growled to this, and then mumbled angrily to herself. “Well that figures… . This always happens!”

Seeing her friend angry now, Rainbow Dash replied; “it’s okay AJ. I’m sure that they were in a hurry is all… . It’s fine!”

Applejack growled again, before replying to her friend, “but what if they didn’t?! Besides, even if they actually were in a hurry, they should’ve just warned the two before hoof… . It’s ridiculous!”

Sombra placed a shadow hand in front of Applejack, and replied; “hey, it’s over now, so just leave it be!” Applejack then began with; “but it’s not… “ before her sentence was cut off with Sombra replying back; “leave it!” Applejack did as she was told, and left it at that; albeit whimpering now as she’s not used to being yelled at like that at all.

Sombra saw this, sighs, then says, “I’m sorry kid… . I’m just in a bad mood right now… . I mean after all… , those bandits have made one of the Cake Twins have a problem now… . And I’m not so sure if it’ll be fixed… .” Hearing this, Pumpkin whimpered and asked; “what???” Before starting to get teary eyed.

Sombra quickly caught himself before replying back; “I meant that I’m not so sure that your problem will be fixed as quick as Flurry’s accident problem! That’s all… .” Pumpkin Cake then said; “oh… .”

And then sat down before continuing with a whine to her voice; “but I want it fixed now… !”

Sombra quickly shushed her, and replied back; “I know, I know… . But like I said already, it takes time… okay? So please just don’t make a big deal out of this… .” Sombra sighs and says; “if anything, I’m just mad that this day is getting worse… .” Sombra then laid down before continuing with, “and I’m just not sure on how it’ll get better… .”

Pumpkin Cake laid down next to him, and replied with; “well if it makes you feel any better… I do appreciate you changing me and all… . Even though you didn’t like it.”

Sombra snickered to that response, and replied with; “what??? I never enjoyed that! Who said I enjoyed it?” Pumpkin Cake began to laugh, and so did Sombra.

After that, both of them got up and dusted themselves off. But before anything else can happen, Sombra turned to ask; “you know I just realized something… . How are you wearing a diaper?”

Blushing, Pumpkin Cake replied back; “a-a-at home… . B-b-before we left… .”

Sombra blinked, then asked; “was it your mom that got you those diapers to wear? Or no?” Pumpkin nodded, and began blushing again. Sighing, Sombra replied; “like I said; accidents happen. And we’ll definitely get you re potty trained, and ensure that there’s no more accidents! Okay?” Pumpkin Cake nodded and hugged him with a smile, with Sombra returning the gesture.

After awhile, Sombra asked; “do you want anything to drink now???”

Pumpkin Cake then started panting a little bit; realizing that she’s now feeling hot due to the weather heating up, and from thirst, before replying with; “and something to eat too… ? I’m starving… ! But mostly thirsty.”

With that, Sombra replied; “coming right up!” And gave Pumpkin Cake her sandwich and juice box. Soon afterwards, the rest of the ponies got their sandwiches and drinks, and then began to enjoy their picnic meal. After that, they began to clean up to go back to the Cake’s bakery.

“Oooooh… . What a day… .” Applejack said; exhausted from the day that was spent. “Eeyup! You’ve said it… . I don’t think I’ll ever wanna do that again… . Hehe… not until next year… hehehe… “ Rainbow Dash replied; both sheepishly and due to exhaustion.

“So did she???” Mrs Cake began before Sombra cutted her off by saying; “oh yeah… . And it was a big one… .” Mrs Cake sighs, and says; “this is all my fault…. “ before starting to tear up.

“If only I wasn’t so hard on her, then maybe she wouldn’t have had this problem! You know… ?” Sombra sighs, then says; “well then again… your son Poundcake did say that the problem began back when the bandits abducted all of us… . So technically it wasn’t your fault.”

Mrs Cake sighs as well, before replying; “true… . But if I haven’t been so hard on her, then maybe it wouldn’t have gotten worse… . You know?” Sombra nods again, and then wraps a shadow hand behind her back before responding with; “that’s fair… . But hey, it could’ve been worse… you know?”

Mrs Cake then got this look that she just remembered something, snickers, then looks to him with a smirk before playfully slugging him. “You really think I’d fall for you… ? Hah! In your dreams… .” “Ow… “ Sombra said with a chuckle while rubbing his arm that was punched. “That wasn’t what I meant… . But okay then. Assume away.”

Mrs Cake chuckles before getting up to get behind the front counter, and replied with; “fair point… “ before clearing her throat. “Now then… . Is there anything I can get for you today?”

Before Sombra can act like a customer, the three little ponies (Flurry Heart and the Cake Twins), all decided to act like customers too, but during a lunch rush. Chuckling, Mrs Cake gestures with her hooves, and said; “one at a time, one at a time! I can’t take y’all’s orders if y’all are speaking all at once like this… . One at a time!”

The three little ones all calmed down, and then Pumpkin Cake raised her hoof while bouncing, and asked; “can I get a strawberry lemonade please??? It’s so good!”

Mrs Cake chuckled to that, and said; “maybe I’ll get you a small for until it’s time to eat dinner… . Okay?” Pumpkin Cake whined, but nodded; as she was hoping to just drink some lemonade and that’s it.

Poundcake then asked; “can I get a chocolate lava cake?” Mrs Cake chuckled to this too, and replied with a wave to her hoof; “no no little one… . After dinner… okay?”

Poundcake sighed with a groan, and then replied with; “fine… . Just get me a small cup of orange juice then.” Mrs Cake nodded, and then turned to ask; “and for you two? What would you like?”

Flurry Heart began to whisper something into Sombra’s ear, and then giggled. Sombra snickered, and then asked; “can we get two Angel wings please???”

Mrs Cake blinked, feeling confused as to what that could possibly mean, slightly scared as well, and asked, “uh…. What’s that?”

Applejack and Rainbow Dash shouted from afar; “strawberry, banana, and blueberry smoothies!”

Mrs Cake; now getting the reference, says; “oh! Coming right up!” And then dashed out of the counter to make the orders. The group then all laughed at this, while the farm and jock ponies are sipping from their cups of coffee that they ordered recently.

At dinner time… .
“So uh… who’s got any interesting stories?” Sombra said while he’s at one of the tables eating his dinner. Rainbow Dash raised her hoof and tried to tell it, but unfortunately wounded up spitting out some crumbs and such since her mouth was full.

Applejack pointed at Rainbow, and then Rainbow swallowed her food down before replying; “I said.. I got one! But I don’t know if it’s exactly foal friendly… .” Rainbow Dash then started to blush after saying all that.

Sombra sighs, and then replied with, “I got one!” And drank some water before beginning to tell his story… .

“So get this… . I was with Somnambula, believe it or not. And as we were walking… we’ve came across some interesting looking vendor.” Sombra paused as he saw Rainbow Dash raising her hoof like some student with an answer to a question.

Snickering, Sombra asked; “yes Rainbow… ? What do you want?” Rainbow Dash then replied with; “is the vendor some super shady vendor like from one of daring do’s adventures?”

Chuckling, Sombra replied with; “the shadiest kind that there is.” “Oh… “ was her response before sitting down and looking intrigued. Sombra then pats Rainbow’s head, and then clears his throat before continuing his story.

“So basically, this vendor was really sketchy. Now what I didn’t know was that even though he’s a scammer, he’s also something else… . Can anyone guess who else he is???” The group all nodded no, prompting Sombra to reply with; “he was a known criminal!” All of the ponies in the group gasped, and then Sombra replied with; “but no worries! Cuz after a few hours of chasing him, he was caught, and tried with not only scamming countless tourists and locals, but also for filly napping too! Amongst other crimes I can’t tell you for your own sanity.” The ponies then all shivered, and then nodded.

“Now then… “ Sombra began. “Anyone of y’all got anything interesting to say before we do something else? It’s getting late after all.” With that, Pumpkin Cake replied with a cute little yawn, and began rubbing one of her eyes. Seeing this Sombra replied with; “awww… . Feeling sleepy?” Pumpkin Cake replied with a bit of a whine, and then nodded.

Mrs Cake approached her daughter to pick her up before replying with; “you know you’re not a baby no more, right?” Before giggling; thinking that it’s a silly thing for her daughter to do. Whining a bit, Pumpkin replied; “sowwy… . But I so sweepy… !”

Poundcake chuckles to this, and replied with; “easy there sis. You’re tired. You can act like a baby if you want… but not for too long… . And don’t go too far with it too… okay?” Pumpkin Cake nodded and yawned one last time before closing her eyes and falling asleep in her mother’s arms.

Looking at the adorable sight that lie before her, Mrs Cake replied with; “maybe tomorrow we’ll see if we can re potty train her. Obviously, we won’t treat her like a foal… .”

“And I’m not gonna be looking obviously… “ Poundcake said before covering his eyes for a bit.

Mrs Cake chuckles, then says; “we’ll see if we can fix that problem too… “ referring to her daughter’s potty accident problem.

And with that, the rest decided to call it a night, and went to their own respective rooms to sleep the night away… .

The end… for this chapter anyways.

A Bit of a Pickle

The group are all eating their breakfast at Sugarcube Corner. Sombra and Flurry Heart are eating pancakes and fruit. Rainbow and Apple are eating fruit salads; since unfortunately they’re gonna compete against each other again soon… . And finally, the Cake Twins are eating oatmeal. They would’ve eaten something else, but since they’re still both young, the Cake parents don’t wanna overdue it with their breakfast just in case it has too much sugar, or something else… . Either way, everyone’s having a good time this morning! Well… for now at least.

“Everypony okay?” Mrs Cake asked from behind the counter. “We’re fine Mrs Cake, don’t worry.” Sombra said before continuing to eat his breakfast.

However, this didn’t satisfy Mrs Cake in the slightest. And so, she responded with; “Ooh I know that everypony is alright… . But I just can’t help it if I get so worked up about things! You know… ? I am a mother after all!”

Sombra snickered, then responded; “I guess… . But then again… I’m a ex con… or something… . I’m sure your kids will be fine with me watching over them! So long as they don’t get into trouble themselves that is… “ Sombra started to trail off. “But no worries!” He continued. “I’m sure they’ll be in great hands… ! Or hooves.” Mrs Cake grew uneasy, but eventually shrugged and walked to check on the twins.

Few hours later… .

“So… . How’re things?” Sombra asked while looking at the two competitors, trying his best to contain his laughter.

Now… . Anypony would’ve simply asked why he’s trying not to laugh. Let alone what for… . Well… here’s what happened… .

Hours before Sombra asked them this question… .

“You ready Applejack???” Rainbow called from afar. “Ready Rainbow!” Replied Applejack.

“Here we go!” Rainbow began before tossing something into the air and whacking it.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack are apparently playing a game of air ball. Basically, the British ponies from trottingham would’ve called it keepy uppy. But since this is Equestria (the pony version of America), the game’s called air ball. Or catch. Or whatever name involves a game that involves keeping the ball in the air without it touching the ground.

Anyways, Rainbow Dash and Applejack are having a pretty good time considering their competitive nature. And it would’ve been better too… haven’t it been for one thing… .

“Look out… !” Was all Bulk Biceps could say before the ball hit the nut cart, and it exploded. How did it explode? Well… remember those crystals that Maud used to make that fireplace… ? Well… as it turned out, Equestria’s “Amber Crystals”; (as I the writer am calling them), are surprisingly combustible if hit really hard with a greater force… .

To make it less confusing, the reaction to hitting an Amber Crystal would be like putting out a grease fire with water… . With that in mind, the nut cart blew up, and what’s left was a burned out cartoon explosion symbol on the ground. Luckily, no one got hurt. Bad news… .

“So that’s what happened… “ Sombra said as he’s trying not to laugh at Rainbow and Apple, who are covered in burn marks head to hoof. Not to mention covered in scorched nuts as well. “Don’t… talk about it!” Both of them said in unison before Sombra just fell backwards laughing. With that, the two ponies left the table to go to the counter, leaving Sombra in hysterics over the situation that transpired a while back.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen of the bakery… .

“Oh no oh no oh no oh no… . Nooo!” Pinkie Pie said as she’s trying her best to prevent the oven from smoking anymore… . Usually Pinkie’s never known for ever burning a single sweet treat when baking them in the oven… . But ever since her capture in the bandit fortress, her skills have gotten rusted. And right now, it’s starting to take a toll… .

“Everything okay deary?” Mrs Cake asked. Pinkie sighs, before replying; “no… “ and sat down with her ears down with a pout before continuing with; “I’m not okay… . Everything is not fair… .”

Mrs Cake then sat down next to her, wrapped one hoof around Pinkie’s shoulder, and then responded with; “ now now… . Those mean bandits can’t hurt us no more… . It’s alright… . King Sombra and the others made sure of that… .”

Pinkie Pie giggled softly, yet weakly due to still feeling sad, and then gave off a weak smile before replying with; “yeah… hehe… . They really gave them the old what for huh??? Hehe… . They were running scared… .”

Mrs Cake giggled, and replied back; “indeed they were… . Now, honey… . There’s no need to get worked up over something so minor… okay??? Go have a chat with Sombra. I’ll can take it from here.” Pinkie began to look reluctant at first, but even sighed and nodded before walking to him.

Seeing one of his former enemies all sad looking, Sombra looked up at Pinkie, and asked her; “you okay… ? Heh… . What’s the matter?”

In Pinkie like fashion, she responded by hugging Sombra while also sitting on his lap for some reason, and then replying with; “I burned too many cupcakes and now I’m sad about it… .” Before she sighs and looks sad again.

Sombra chuckled to this, and replied back; “that it??? Hehe… . I was expecting something a bit more… serious… .”

Pinkie glared at him, and replied with an angry sarcastic expression; “oh sure, if you’re not worried about burning things down over and over again because of your mistakes!”

Sombra then put his forehooves up; (to appear less threatening), and then replied with; “woah woah woah… easy there kid… . It’s fine… .” Sombra sighs, then says; “look; I may not be like a professional cook or anything… . But even I make mistakes.. . And I still make them too! Even just by burning them too because I didn’t keep close watch over what I was cooking at the time… . You know?!”

Pinkie began to nuzzle up to Sombra’s shoulder a little so she could get comfy, and then replied with; “I get that, sure… . But it’s just that I’m known for never ‘ever’ burning out anything I’ve baked… . You know… ?” Pinkie’s voice is slowly becoming more high pitched due to the fact that she’s gonna cry any second, and that her eyes are slowly forming tears, and are just about to burst; (metaphorically), with her crying. “A-a-and since I’m never known for burning down things I’m baking… I just feel like my skills aren’t up to par no more and that I’m becoming a bad baker now, and then I feel like I’m gonna cry and cry and cry… . And then I just feel like all hope is lost and then I just think that if it wasn’t for those bandits then none of this would’ve happened… .”

And this is the part where Pinkie is about to cry. “Aand I just don’t want that and I… . I… .” Pinkie then takes in a deep breath before losing her sentence, and then is about to cry out loud.

However, before that happened, Sombra covered Pinkie’s mouth with his shadow hand, and then responded with; “eh so what right??? We’ve scared off those bandits and I’m sure that they’re never coming back… .” Sombra then started to chuckle before continuing with; “and if they were still here… then I don’t think your crying would do us any good… . Partially because it’s my job to scare ponies, not you… . Right… ?”

Pinkie Pie uncovered her mouth and started to sniffle a bit… before seeing the funny side of it and started chuckling whilst sniffling, before replying back; “yeah.. hehe… . That wouldn’t be good… .” And then Pinkie began to softly laugh and cry at the same time… .

After finishing his chuckle, Sombra then went to pick up Pinkie Pie, and then laid her head down on his shoulder before replying with; “exactly… “ before patting her back. “Now how about we go see if the Cake Twins are doing okay.. and of course not fighting each other again… . Is that alright?”

Pinkie then wiggles in his grip, before replying back with; “goo goo gaa gaa.” And then began to giggle. Sombra snickered at that, and then responded with; “you’re so silly… “ before giving Pinkie a hug, and then walked with her to the Twin’s play area while still carrying her.

“Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay. Yay!” Flurry Heart repeated over and over again while bouncing up and down. Mommy and daddy are coming back home tomorrow! Look!” Flurry then shoved a letter that she read at Sombra’s face.

Sombra then took a hold of the letter to read it, his eyes then widen, and finally he replied; “finally… . I thought he’d never been able to afford those tickets… . It’s about time!” Flurry Heart then squealed with joy while bouncing; (like her aunt Pinkie Pie), and then began to hug Sombra a little too tightly. “Ack! Too… tight!” He said through really tight hugging.

Flurry released and blushed while saying; “sowwy sombwa… “ while swaying with her forehooves behind her back. Sombra then took in a series of deep breaths before replying; “it’s nothing… “ before sitting down on the ground so he could recover some more. After that, both him and Flurry Heart went to the counter to order something to drink again.

Meanwhile, at the Twin’s play area… .

“I’m bored… .” Pumpkin Cake said with a whine. “Me too!” Her brother Poundcake replied before he continued with; “we should look for something else to do… .”

Pumpkin Cake then began looking around before seeing both Sombra and Flurry Heart sitting at the counter drinking some milkshakes. Getting an idea, she then began with; “wanna see if Flurry and Sombra can give us some milkshakes to drink?”

Not liking his sister’s idea one bit, Poundcake then replied with; “I don’t know… What would our mom say if she found out… . Let alone… what would Flurry and Sombra say if we asked?”

“We would say ‘nice try’, and ‘better luck next time’… .” Sombra said while carrying both his and Flurry’s milkshake. Both Cake Twins yelped on fright since they didn’t expect the two ponies to have overheard their plan to get a free milkshake.

Flurry Heart just giggled in response, and says; “you can let your mommy and daddy get you some! You know they wiww… .”

Both of the Twins blushed, and Pumpkin Cake replied with; “we tried that already and got in trouble for it… .”

Confused, Sombra asked; “wha- how? How can you get in trouble for that??? It’s ridiculous!”

Mrs Cake frowned while behind the counter for overhearing what’s being said, and replied from afar; “not if your kids are known to take things before asking for them!”

Sombra then said; “oooohhhhhh…. .” and then proceeded with; “that’s fair.”

Seeing the Twins looking depressed, Flurry Heart walked up close to them, and then says; “it’s owkay… . You can share with me if you want.”

Sombra chuckled, then says; “it’s nice to do that and all… . But I also don’t think it’s a good idea to give them something you already drank out of… you know… ?”

Flurry Heart blushed to this, and then replied while shuffling, “I know… . But I just wanna be friendly.. .”

Sombra chuckles, then says; “true… but there are other ways of being friendly that doesn’t involve someone getting potentially sick accidentally… you know?”

Flurry giggled to that, and replied; “I know… “ while playfully jabbing her friend. “But can you give me back my smoothie? I’m thirsty… .” Sombra obliged and gave Flurry her smoothie.

After that he turned to the Cake Twins, and asked; “what kind of smoothies do you two want?” The Twins looked to be thinking of something, before both of them nodded their heads with a smile together, and then both responded in unison; “chocolate cake!”

Both Sombra and Flurry snickered, and then Sombra replied with; “I don’t think your parents would’ve wanted you two to have that kind of smoothie though… . You two are already sweet enough as is.”

This made Poundcake laugh due to the pun, but it also unfortunately made his sister Pumpkin Cake blush and sat down on the ground with a pout to her face. Seeing this, Flurry got close to her, and then knelt down before replying; “it’s okay…. . You’ll get used to being called that… . Trust me… .”

Pumpkin looked up, nodded a bit with a little smile, and then replied with; “hehe, thanks Flurry… . You’re the best.” Flurry Heart smiled at that, and replied with; “happy to help!” Before getting up to stand besides Sombra.

After a few minutes, Mrs Cake came by with a tray that has two smoothies in them, and looked to her kids before asking; “now then… . Since Sombra was right about the whole smoothie fiasco… . I’ve decided to give you kids something equally sweet, and healthy. Now then… “ she trailed off as she lowers the tray. “Who wants a strawberry, blueberry, and banana smoothie?” The Cake Twins’ eyes both widened, and then both of them replied in unison; “we do!” Before grabbing their smoothies and started slurping from them; albeit a little too fast.

Seeing this, Sombra snickered, and replied; “easy there kids… . It’s not a race after all… . Take it easy… . You two aren’t exactly Rainbow Dash and Applejack now are you… ?” Both of the Twins blushed to this and whined; “heeey?!” While looking at him with baby eyes; despite not being babies anymore. Sombra snickered, and replied; “just kidding…” before laughing. Then he continued with; “but in all seriousness, don’t. Those smoothies are cold… . Cold enough to freeze your brains if and when you’re drinking them too fast… . Understand?”

Understanding what a brain freeze is, both of the Twins slowed their pace down, and are now drinking their smoothies normally; albeit with scrunched up faces since their brains were almost frozen. Sombra and Flurry snickered to this, and then Sombra replied; “told ya… “ before he and Flurry walked away to leave them alone… . Eventually the Twin’s faces went back to normal, and they continued sipping their drinks while also playing with their toys a bit.

“So… . What happened here… ?” Sombra began to ask while looking at what appears to be a warzone throughout the entire bakery. “I… don’t… know… .” Flurry Heart replied while looking around with him.

Apparently, Sombra and Flurry Heart went outside for a bit to do some grocery shopping. Reason? The Cakes were running out of groceries, and that they needed some help to buy some as the Cake Parents are a little busy with two things… . Cleaning up the house, and organizing the baking supplies in their kitchen. So with that, Sombra and Flurry went grocery shopping for an errand. And also to make sure that their boredom is satisfied.

Looking sheepish, Pinkie smiled with her cheeks all red from blushing, and then she replied with; “I tried creating a new recipe to honor and celebrate our new found friendship… . But it ultimately backfired… which was rather unfortunate… .” Pinkie then finished her sentence with a small giggle and smile, which then transitioned to a sigh and a frown.

Sombra saw this, and replied with; “it’s fine… . After all… you’re Pinkie Pie! You can just do whatever you think is best in order to celebrate our friendship! It doesn’t always have to be baking… . Use your imagination.”

Pinkie chuckled to that, and responded with; “thanks Sombra… . I just kinda wished that we were friends back then… you know… ? Because to me you honestly seem like a nice guy! Despite not admitting it, hehe… .”

Sombra took a deep breath, chuckled as well, and replied with; “you’re right on that.. hehe… . I do seem like a nice guy at times… . Even when I never show it much… hahaha… .” Sombra then got a glaring expression to his face, and then began with; “and if you think about telling anyone that, I’ll deny it, and make you hurt so badly… you’d wish that it was all but a nightmare… .”

Hearing this, Pinkie replied; “got it!” And made a gesture of zipping her lips. Sombra then replied with; “that’s good.” And then began smiling again before looking at all the mess before him… . “So how’re we gonna clean this up???”

“I have no idea… “ Pinkie responded. With that, Sombra groaned, and then slumped to the floor in defeat.

Nighttime in Sugarcube Corner… .

“So um… wanna talk about what happened back at the kitchen, or… ” Sombra trailed off. “Eh… maybe tomorrow. I’m sleepy.” Pinkie Pie replied while laying in her bed.

Technically speaking, it was one of the Cake Twins’ bed, because Sombra is sharing one of the beds with Flurry Heart; (due to her either having fear of the dark, or nightmares). So with that, Pinkie had decided to sleep with them. Not because of nightmares too. She’s too old for that… .

Unfortunately though, it was because Rainbow Dash and Applejack waited too long to leave the bakery to get back to their homes. So because of that reason, it’s too dark now, and they can’t get back home! Luckily for the two of them, Pinkie gave them her bed while she goes to sleep with Sombra and Flurry in the Cake Twins’ bedroom. Much to their dismay since they’re still mad at each other about another fight they once had. By they, it meant that Rainbow and Applejack had a fight with each other… again.

Which also means, much to the Twin’s dismay and embarrassment, they had no choice but to sleep in their parents’ bed. The parents don’t mind one bit and are happy with it! The Twins however do mind, and are annoyed/embarrassed by it. Reason being because they’re too old; (in their opinion), to sleep with their parents. So because of that, they’re not liking the decision… . Despite not having a choice.

“Everypony okay now… ?” Sombra asked while getting into the bed covers. Both Pinkie and Flurry nodded and laid down on their beds. With that, Sombra nodded with a smile, and laid down as well… . But not before Flurry got up to warn Sombra that she had another accident. So because of that, Sombra sighed again, got up to carry Flurry Heart to the bathroom. And then tucked her and himself back into bed to go back to sleep. Plus to turn off the lights. And make sure that nothing is opened. That’s all… .

Long Way Back

“Finally we can go home… “ Shining Armor groaned while he’s sitting down on his seat, finally happy that he and his wife are able to go home after going through such a long process of getting home and whatnot. Cadence, shaking her head as she’s quite disappointed in him, responded with; “and whose fault was it for leaving their passport at home? Hmm??? I thought so.” Shining Armor blushed, and then slouched down on his seat from either embarrassment, or from being ashamed… . Or both.

Basically what’s going on is that the Royal Couple are in a train, finally heading to Ponyville to pick up their daughter Flurry Heart. After so many trials and errors in Saddle Arabia, the couple are finally able to go back home. Albeit not in a good mood as they probably got into a fight with each other over passports. Cuz of that, Cadence is mad, and Shining Armor is sad. That’s all.

“Ugh… I can’t stand it… .” Shining Armor said in frustration. “Why is there a crying foal on this train? At least our daughter isn’t a cryer. Least not anymore of course.” Unfortunately though, that only made things worse as the foal then proceeded to grunt, making the sound of what sounds like a huge wet whoopie cushion, before the foal sighs with relief, and then a huge wave of awfulness filled the room as the foal had messed themselves in their diaper.

“Oh the irony… “ Cadence said through covering her nose and trying her best not to barf due to the smell. “You’re right about one thing though Shining… . At least our daughter isn’t like that no more… . Who knows what horrors might await for us if she is… .” Shining Armor then replied with; “oh how I wish you hadn’t said that… “ before gagging and covering his mouth and nose; trying not to barf and smell the awful dirty diaper scent at the same time.

Soon after that the train had made its stop to drop off some passengers, and then left once every pony was settled. As for the mare who had the misfortune of changing their foal, she looked drained. Bright side the foal’s asleep. Downside, her seat was taken. So with that, she sighs, and then grabbed an empty seat in the back before taking a snooze. After all, who’d ever want to sit in the back right?
Few hours later…
“Ugh… . I’m beat… .” Cadence said while looking completely drained of energy. “Yeah… hehe… . Me too… .” Shining Armor replied; also not looking too good himself.

The royal couple are back at home, lying on their bed, and just staring up at the ceiling. Hopefully they’ll be able to get their daughter back. Hopefully… .

“Wanna pick up our daughter say; tomorrow night?” Shining Armor began. Cadence looked to be thinking of something, looks worried, and then replied back; “you sure that’s a good idea??? What if we forget?” Shining Armor just scoffed it off and replied; “relax… . What’s the worst that can happen?”

Unfortunately, after he said that, he got a letter; stating that the tracks are frozen, again. And that the trains are inoperable till then.

So with that, Shining Armor shouted a bad word out which started with an f, and then the couple went for their room. That’s all.

Not so Sweet Surprise

“Easy there kid… . Relax… . It’ll all be okay… .”

King Sombra is currently trying his best to calm down his friend Flurry Heart. Reason why is because of what happened previously… . Meaning that Flurry had received another letter this morning about what happened to her parents last night, and she’s not happy about it.

“I’m sure the tracks will unfreeze itself eventually, and then we can… ” Sombra began before being cut off by Flurry Heart ripping the letter to shreds, screaming out in anger, and then having a full blown tantrum by lashing out on an oversized plushie that the Cake Twins have in their play area. Reason why they have it or how they got it is anyone’s guess really… .

Luckily for every pony, the plushie was unharmed; since Flurry wasn’t strong enough to rip it to shreds anyways… . And then she flopped down on the belly of the plushie before starting to breathe heavily from being exhausted from her tantrum.

Sitting down next to his pal, Sombra asked, “better now?” Before moving closer to them and putting a shadow hand on their belly. Giggling, Flurry responded with; “if only you hadn’t put your hand on me, then I’d be fine.” Sombra placed his shadow hands up, and chuckled a little before replying; “sorry hehe… . Kept forgetting that you’re ticklish… .”

Flurry then leaned up a little, and said; “and you also wouldn’t wanna be in trouble for supposedly foalnapping me would you?” Before her face enveloped into a smirk.

Realizing the reference, Sombra smirked as well, said; “that does it”, and then grabbed Flurry Heart before laying her down on his lap before tickling her belly, causing her to erupt into squeals of laughter and flailing hooves.

After a few more seconds, Sombra stopped his tickle torture, leaving Flurry Heart to catch her breath from being tickled for too long; (because to a five year old, a few seconds of being tickled is probably a lot longer than anyone would’ve thought since toddlers can’t tell time or perceive it well… . Yet).

Eventually, the two decided to get up and stretch before going to the counter to order something to drink again. Why do they do this over and over again? Easy. The weather is hot now, and that explains why. Plus there’s not much to do besides sitting somewhere and chatting as Cadence and Shining Armor forgot to pack some toys and such to keep Flurry occupied and not be bored so much.

“So what happened between you and Sombra?” Flurry Heart asked Tirek, whom was sitting next to her at the front counter.

He looked to be thinking of something… then eventually responding with; “it’s a long story kid… . Trust me… . You don’t wanna know.”

“That bad huh???” Was Flurry’s response. “Eeyup!” Tirek replied. “That bad… .” Afterwards, he went back to sipping from his smoothie that he ordered.

Why was Tirek at Sugarcube Corner was easy to explain really… . Once again, he and Chrysalis got into an argument. What was it about was anyone’s guess. And of course, like usual, he’s not happy about it. Which is also tellable due to the fact that Sombra’s just pacing back and forth while rubbing his temples; mumbling incoherently to himself.

Soon afterwards, Flurry got bored, and got off the barstool before going to play with some plushies with the Cake Twins again. And as for Tirek, he ordered one last smoothie for himself before getting another one to give to Queen Chrysalis. Either as a peace offering, or that she might’ve ordered one… . It varies.

“I’m sure it wasn’t that bad… . Was it… ?” Flurry Heart asked with slight nervousness in her voice while looking at King Sombra. He responded with; “I’d say that’s an understatement… . But then again it ain’t exactly kid friendly to talk to you about… . So I’d just leave it be for now… . Okay?” Flurry Heart nodded, then said; “okay.” Before leaving and replying back; “bye bye… .” Sombra waved bye back, and went to go see if the Cake Parents need any help with anything, since he’s feeling restless, and there’s not much to do. Aside from making sputter noises all day due to his restlessness.

What were the two talking about was anyone’s guess… . Maybe Flurry wanted a story about when Sombra got into a fight because of something she heard from someone. Or maybe about what happened when he was still villainous… . Or even maybe that she remembered what Tirek said, and that prompted her to ask him as to what happened between him and Tirek so that way her curiosity could be answered… . What happened between Sombra and Tirek is unknown… . But what is known is that Sombra doesn’t wanna talk about it, and just left it at that. And so, she did just that. That’s all.

Few hours later… .

“So… what happened back there?” Sombra asked as he’s finishing up Pumpkin Cake’s diaper change. Poundcake then winced while sucking through his teeth, and then replied with; “you really don’t wanna know… “ before both of them saw Mr Cake leaving in a huff, and then hearing the front door slam shut as he left to go outside to cool off.

Pumpkin Cake got up, sighs, and then responded with, “mom and dad always get into fights like this… . Whether about forgetting to buy certain ingredients, leaving something cooking or baking for too long, or at times parenting us, and what not to do when doing so.” Sombra snickered, then asked; “like what???”

Mrs Cake slammed a glass of orange juice on the counter; (which didn’t crack or break thankfully), and then replied with; “whether or not we should treat you like an infant still; despite the fact that you’re only eight, and only have an accident problem that’s temporary… . Nothing more.” Pumpkin Cake blushed, and then replied; “o-okay then… . T-that’s fine… .” Before sitting down and looking down at her shuffling backhooves due to sheer embarrassment.

Sombra picked her up, and then replied with while also chuckling slightly, “like she said, it’s an accident issue. I mean after all… it could’ve been worse… .” Pumpkin Cake looked confused, and asked; “how so… ?”

Sombra rubbed the back of his neck whilst looking embarrassed, and replied with a blush, “you might be turned back into a baby again if they choose to do so because they missed babying you, and such.” Pumpkin blushed to this, then replied; “o-oh! Uh… . O-okay then… .” Before blushing harder, and then hiding herself in her hooves and mane.

Sombra chuckled, then said; “it’s okay… “ before picking her up again as he’s getting a bit exhausted from carrying Pumpkin Cake, and then began patting her back. Pumpkin struggled a bit, before calming down and having her eyes closing slowly before she replied; “o-okay… . T-that’s fine… .” Before she yawned and rubbed one of her eyes. With that, Sombra smiled, and patted her back again before replying softly; “sweet dreams little one… “ and then got up before walking to the Cake Twin’s room so he could put Pumpkin Cake down for a nap.

“So what’s this?” Sombra asked as he’s looking at what this weird thing is on his plate that’s for dinner.

Mrs Cake blushed, and then replied with, “I-I’ve been trying out a new recipe, a-and it kinda backfired… .” She then proceeded to laugh nervously, but then continued with, “b-but it’s nothing to worry about! Really…. . It’s okay.”

Thinking that it’s a bit weird that she’s acting like this because of a cooking fail, but then shrugged it off as he knew that it’s just Mrs Cake acting nervous for messing up dinner, Sombra just replied; “uh okay… thanks anyways… !” And then began to eat his dinner. To his surprise, it tasted good. What was it??? It was simply veggie salad, but a little burned looking as Mrs Cake forgot that not everything had to be cooked in order for it to be considered a meal, just like anything else that ponies eat.

After dinner was done, the ponies then went their separate ways to do their own things. And as for Mrs Cake, she was just relieved that dinner didn’t get more worse, aside from the fact that she overcooked and or burned some of the food that she prepared for not only her children and husband, but also for Sombra and the others too.

Flurry Heart is once more having trouble sleeping, still not feeling well over the fact that her parents are still stranded back home due to the train tracks freezing over again.

“You okay?” Was Sombra’s response as he heard somepony’s shuffling, and thought that it was Flurry Heart again. He was correct, and decided to sit next to her so he could calm her down.

With a sad look to her face, looking like that she’s also gonna cry, Flurry looked up at him, and replied with a sniffle, “no… . Mama and dada are at home still… . They probably hate me!”

Sighing, as this wasn’t the first time Flurry had doubts about something like this, Sombra laid down, looked at her, and replied; “well if they did, then the letter would’ve stated otherwise… . Correct?” Flurry nodded, but cried and sniffled a bit as she’s still having doubts over her parent’s love for her. Not wanting her to feel like this anymore, Sombra took a deep breath, and then picked up Flurry Heart before sitting her down on his lap before continuing with; “well hey now… it could’ve been worse… .”

Flurry looked up at him, and asked, “how so… ?” With a slight baby tone to her voice as she’s still technically a toddler as a five year old.

Sombra chuckled to this, and replied; “if none of this had happened, then I would’ve remained a villain, and also I’d get in trouble for supposedly foalnapping you… . Right?” Flurry gasped, and then giggled while wiggling a bit, getting the reference that she made to Sombra a while back. Chuckling a bit, Sombra replied with, “I get it now… . No need to do anything childish now… you hear?” To which point Flurry just giggled again, before making a grunt noise while pushing, which is soon followed by a noise coming from her diaper. Trying his hardest not to laugh, Sombra replied, “how dare you.. ?” Before laughing hard, yet quietly as a courtesy to not wake anypony up, as Flurry Heart had just broke wind. She thought it was funny and laughed too, albeit a bit too loud since Flurry couldn’t control how noisy she is just yet.

Hearing the Twins stirring beside them while they’re sleeping in their own bed, Flurry and Sombra looked to each other, before he said, “let’s get some rest now… .”

“Night night… “ was Flurry’s response, before the both of them laid down on their bed that the Twins once again lent to them, and then covered themselves with the blanket before falling asleep.

Who knows what may happen tomorrow… ? It’s a mystery… .

Unknown Variables

It’s morning in Ponyville. All the birds are chirping, and tweeting. Some of the ponies that are considered early birds have gotten out of their homes and went to do whatever they wanted, and to go wherever they wanted as well… . As for the other ponies, they don’t get up till later in the day. Which is the case for the main characters here. Well… almost all of them.

“Ugh… .” Sombra said in his sleep. “I’m so tired… . And I feel like my head’s gonna burst. But also… .” He paused as he feels something, or someone pressing down on his chest when he’s leaning up. “What’s this feeling in my chest??? What’s going… ?” However, before he could figure it out, he saw something that made him jump out of bed. Or in a realistic scenario, fall out of bed. The mysterious object then giggled, then replied with; “you’re funny Sombra… . It’s no wonder you were reformed.” Realizing who it was that startled him, Sombra groaned, and then replied with, “really pinkie??? You couldn’t have thought of a better way to wake me up?”

Pinkie jumped down from the bed, and then giggled some more before replying; “nope! Not really.” Sombra rolled his eyes at this, and replied back, “of course… “ before getting up from the floor.

Pinkie then looked sad, and replied; “well sowwy… . I didn’t know you never liked my antics… .” Sombra sighs, then replied; “I liked SOME of your antics. Not all of them… .” He then approached her and picked her up before cradling her, and continued with, “but I’m sure it’s nothing… . Okay?” After that, he raspberries her belly; causing her to giggle.

Usually he’d never do this at all. But since Sombra spent way too much time with Flurry Heart and or the Cake Twins due to babysitting them on most days, he’s developed some instincts that he couldn’t simply control at times… . Like treating Pinkie like a toddler for instance. More or less.

After five minutes, Sombra set Pinkie down and started to leave to go downstairs to eat breakfast. But not before she got on his back and held onto him. Shaking his head with a smile, Sombra then started carrying pinkie pie down the stairs.

“So Flurry. How’re you liking Ponyville so far?” Sombra asked while sitting with her. Flurry then responded with, “it’s okay… . But it’s not home… .” Sombra nods, then says; “that’s fair.” Before taking a sip from his cup of coffee.

Curious, Flurry Heart got close to whatever Sombra’s drinking, and then asked; “what’s that?” Whilst pointing. Chuckling, Sombra replied, “it’s coffee. It’s really good.”

Intrigued, Flurry Heart said; “oooh… .” And then started reaching before asking; “can I have some?” Chuckling, Sombra said; “no little gal this is mines… . If you want coffee, then you have to wait until you’re old enough, okay? Maybe until you’re eighteen. Got it?”

Whining, Flurry Heart asked; “but why… ?” Sombra then replied with; “because if I gave you coffee, you’ll develop a bad habit of drinking it, and not to mention that you’ll literally be bouncing off the walls if you do… . Oh… and the bad bathroom trip because of what happens afterwards… . Okay?” Flurry whined some more, before saying; “owkay… “ before walking away with a sad face.

Sighing, Sombra set his coffee down on the table, and then walked to pick up Flurry before replying while cradling her; “if it makes you feel better, most fillies your age aren’t allowed to have smoothies… . You know that?” Flurry Heart gasped, before replying; “really… ?!” Sombra nods, then replied with; “but no worries. Since they’re fruit smoothies, then there’s nothing to worry about.” Flurry then got a realization, then said defeatedly; “oh… “ before frowning again.

Sombra chuckles, then says; “but you also do drink chocolate smoothies, and haven’t developed a sugar habit, right?” Flurry nods, but then blushes before replying; “b-but that also makes me have bad twips to the potty… . A-a-and even bad poopie accidents in me diapee… .” Sombra chuckled, then replied; “again, it’s fine. No worries.” Flurry nodded, then responded; “owkay… “ before laying her head down on his shoulder.

Smiling, Sombra said; “let’s go have some fun.” Before walking Flurry Heart to the play area so she can play with the Cake Twins. And Cozy Glow as well since she’s just visiting.

Pumpkin Cake is currently playing with one of the plushies at the play area and nuzzling them. Her father, Mr. Cake saw this, and approached her to ask her this before kneeling down, “you doing alright there kiddo?” Blushing, realizing that her father was watching her, slowly but surely lifted the plushie up to cover her face. Mr. Cake just chuckled at her, and replies with, “don’t worry about it. If you wanna act like a baby again, that’s fine… . But just not in public. And try not to take it too far either… . I still have a lot to clean up after Pinkie’s babysitting service.” After that, he shivered at the memory. Laughing because she thought her father was acting silly, Pumpkin Cake looked at him with a smile, and said, “don’t worry about it. I will never take it too far. Poundcake though… I’m worried… .”

Overhearing the conversation, Poundcake approached before kneeling down too, and asked, “what do you mean by that?” Blushing hard this time, Pumpkin replied; “th-th-that you m-m-might treat me like a baby and take it too far with it… .” Chuckling, he replied, “I would never… . But mom though… . She might.” Pumpkin groaned to that and lied down on the ground from sheer embarrassment.

Shaking his head with a smile, Mr. Cake replied, “don’t worry about it sweetheart. We just kinda missed it when you two were babies again… . You know?” Pumpkin chuckled with a smile, and then replied back, “I guess so… . I kinda miss it too.” Mr. Cake nodded, and replied; “but also.. try not to get used to it. We wouldn’t want you to think that you’re still a baby… despite only having a diaper to wear to control your accidents, and a few toys too.” Pumpkin laughed a bit, then says, “yeah… . But don’t worry. I won’t. I promise… .” Mr. Cake sighs to this, and says, “okay then… “ before going back to the kitchen.

Poundcake looked at his sister before asking, “Are you really sure about this??? You kinda did act like a total foal that one time when Pinkie was foal sitting us… . And that was only when we were four.” Pumpkin Cake sighs heavily, says, “don’t remind me… “ and then lied down on the ground again. “That was super embarrassing… . I honestly didn’t even know that happened.” Pound chuckled to that, replied, “Yeah… hehe… . It was pretty bad… .” Pumpkin Cake whimpered, then hid her face with the plushie she was playing with, and asked, “can this day get any worse… ?” As if on cue, Cozy Glow is seen crying while Sombra is holding her high up and away from him because as it turns out, Cozy also has an accident problem ever since she and her buddies were foalnapped by the bandits. As it’s unfortunately evident by the brown marks on her back hooves. After that, Pumpkin groaned, and hid her face with her plushie before lying back down on the ground.

“So… . How’re you feeling now?” Sombra asked as he’s sitting next to Flurry Heart while she’s in bed. Frowning, Flurry Heart said, “tewwibwe. They stiww hate me… . And… . I miss em already… .”

Sombra chuckled, then replied, “no they don’t… . Trust me.. .” Looking a bit grumpy, Flurry Heart replied, “oh yeah… ? How so?”

Sombra smirked, then held out a piece of paper before responding with, “if they did, then they’d never send you another letter of their arrival, would they???” Flurry then looked surprised, and said; “what?!” Before grabbing the letter from him and began reading it. And by reading it, it meant that she’s actually looking through it with her eyes since she doesn’t know how to read yet. However, she does know a few words though… . Such as the ones that mean that her parents are coming back, not coming back, etc . And with that, her face lit up with glee, now realizing that her parents are coming back tomorrow.

With a high pitched squee, Flurry said; while bouncing up and down on the bed, “thank you thank you thank you!” Ooh I’m so happy!” Sombra chuckled nervously, and said, “now let’s not carried away… . Best to not do this before… .” However, before he could finish his sentence, Sombra and Flurry fell through the floor and into the ground floor while still in bed.

Looking up at the hole they created, both of them looked at each other before Flurry asked, “should we… ?” Before Sombra interrupted by saying, “let’s go see if we can sleep with Cozy and Chrysalis.” Flurry nodded, and both of them went to the room where the two former villains are at. Why is chrysalis at sugercube corner is because, once again, Tirek and she had a fight. That’s all… .

Meanwhile, the Cake Twins looked through the hole, turned to each other, and laughed before saying in unison, “oh flurry heart… “ before returning to bed.

What’s gonna happen tomorrow? Who knows… ?

A Nice Welcome Home (Probably)

It was a bright and sunny morning. Everypony was asleep and dreaming about pleasant things. They weren’t gonna wake up yet, but they will eventually… . And things could’ve been perfect like that if it hadn’t been for one thing, and one thing only… . A wake up call.

“Kids, everyone, time to get up! It’s breakfast time!” Mr Cake called from downstairs since he and his wife made some breakfast for the kids, and guests too. “One more minute!” Sombra shouted from upstairs as he’s still tired and half asleep.

Not satisfied with his answer, Mrs Cake played the “food’s gonna get cold” card, and then added with; “if you ponies don’t come down, I won’t make y’all any snacks!” Groaning since they wanted snacks, everypony that was asleep and or lying down got up and got ready for the day.

Once they were down, Sombra asked; “so what exactly did you ponies make to call us down? Is it the same old same old? Or is it something different?”

Mrs Cake frowned, then starts saying whilst swaying from side to side, “well I just wanted to make something for everyone to enjoy… . Is that so hard???” Sombra sighs, then says, “it isn’t that… . It’s just how I feel and react whenever I get woken up by something other than my own body clock… . You know???”

Mr Cake sighs, then says, “it is like that yeah… . But hey, I’m a parent, so I apparently can’t do much about other than just soldier on… right?” Sombra shrugs, then Mr Cake continued with, “look… how about we just go eat our breakfast so we won’t yell at each other… . Understand?” Sombra nodded, and went to his seat. Eventually the others did too and began eating. Afterwards, they separated to do their own things.

“You sure that Flurry’s gonna be okay with seeing us?” Cadence asked Shining Armor. He responded by saying; “pssh! It’s fine… . Really! I mean… “ he said as he opens the door. “What’s the worst that can happen?”

However, soon after he said that, Shining and Cadence saw the sight that lie before them. It involved Sombra covered in bits of batter, the Cake Twins stuck together from the batter, and finally, their daughter hidden in a literal pile of batter.

How in Equestria did all of this happen? To basically answer that question this’ll take nothing more than a flashback… .

And probably a few more hours into recalling this event as well.

“So… what do you kids wanna do?” Sombra asked.

The Cake Twins and Flurry Heart looked to be thinking of something, but they eventually shrugged because they had no clue as to what to do.

So with that, Sombra just shrugged too, and sat with the group to try to tickle them. It worked for a bit, until Flurry Heart looked to be having an idea, and then stopped laughing to tell everyone of her idea. This idea of hers is pretty messy, but assured that it’ll be worth it.

However, before this could happen, there was a hissing sound, then it stopped. Both Flurry and Pumpkin raised their hooves, defending themselves by saying that it wasn’t them. The group then looked towards Poundcake, whom is blushing, and went to go get cleaned up by his mom and dad before getting one of his sister’s diapers to wear; as he forgot to go to the bathroom before playtime, while Sombra went to go get some cleaning supplies to clean up the mess. Poundcake necessarily doesn’t have an accident problem just like Flurry and Pumpkin, but he’s getting there; as it’s evident by Poundcake’s statement.

“Do we have everything?” Sombra asked while looking over the ingredients and appliances. Pumpkin nodded, but looks to be feeling nervous, and started to ask; “a-are you sure we have everything??? B-because mommy and daddy will be mad at us if we made a huge mess in here… .”

Sombra just chuckled to this and said; “relax… . What’s the worst that can happen?” Pumpkin Cake just sighed, before nodding her head in agreement.

Poundcake gave Sombra the all clear with a pony version of a thumbs up gesture, which prompted him to rub his shadow hands together before saying; “let’s do this… “ and then began to prep the cake.

Few minutes later…

“Well this can’t be good.” Sombra said as the cake that was once baking in the oven is now on the countertop, slowly but surely rising and inflating: almost like if a ballon was rigged into the batter without anyone noticing.

“Uh.. guys… ? H-how do we get this to stop???” Pumpkin Cake asked nervously. Her brother soon replied; “I-I think we just have to hope that it doesn’t… .” The batter then exploded without warning.

“Explode… .” Poundcake finished before hearing pieces of batter falling to the floor as a result from the explosion, and then afterwards, the front door being opened.

“So that’s how it happened.” Shining Armor said before laughing. The Twins and Flurry Heart were sulking as it wasn’t a good time to laugh about it since it happened only recently. “Don’t… mention it… please!” Pumpkin Cake replied; her voice indicating that she’s trying not to yell from her anger. “Got it”, Shining responded before gesturing a zipper like gesture as a means to say that he’ll keep his mouth shut from now on.

After a few minutes have passed, Sombra broke the silence by asking; “so… how was the trip?” Which then caused Cadence to sigh heavily before she responded with; “it would’ve been a great trip to pick up our daughter if somepony hadn’t been procrastinating lately.” Shining then turned to his wife, and said; “hey, you said that I could have a shower before we left, but no. You said that the train was here before I even got a chance to do so.”

This unfortunately sparked an argument, and then the royal couple began arguing with each other in front of the group. Not liking that her parents are fighting, Flurry Heart began to whimper with tears enveloping in her eyes, before she bawled out and started crying. After a few more heated words, the couple then stopped fighting.

Sombra picked up Flurry Heart to calm her down some more, and then replied to the royal couple, “look, I get it; it’s hard to get ready on time to pick up your daughter, I get it now… . But also, hey; if you two have some problems with each other, sort it out in private. Don’t just act out like that in front of us! Especially in front of your daughter too… . You know how sensitive she’s gotten ever since she’s been abducted by the bandits, and also for having to run away from home to get to safety in Ponyville when the yetis decided to attack all of Equestria due to their natural territory being invaded or threatened… .”

Scootaloo; whom was inside the bakery to have some smoothies with her cmc pals, butted in to ask, “how’d you know all that?” To which Sombra responded; “it’s a long story… .” Scootaloo nodded her head and returned to her seat to continue socializing with Applebloom and sweetie Belle; whom all three of them are sitting on the counter, drinking their smoothies.

Sombra regained his composure, and continued with, “like I said before, if you two are gonna fight, then sort it out first before doing so… . Otherwise your daughter here will get even more sensitive to the point where she could have to wear these things for all time… “ Sombra finished while referring to Flurry’s diaper, which is thankfully clean… for now.

Realizing that he’s got a point, the royal couple just frowned from feeling bad now, and nodded their heads. To which point, Sombra continued with; “and for obvious reasons you two love each other so much… . I’m sure that you two don’t wanna break up with each other and leave your daughter behind like that… . Would y’all?”

Having small tears in his eyes, Shining Armor replied; “we get it now… . So please stop before you make us cry… . I’m sure you can guess that I don’t like that… “ Shining finished before sniffling and wiping his nose. Sombra replied with; “understandable… “ before going back to comforting Flurry Heart since he’s still carrying her, and that she’s still calming herself down too from crying as well.

After a few minutes passed by, Shining Armor and Princess Cadence looked back at Sombra, smiled, then Shining said, “feel free to drop her off when you’re ready. We’ll be back home. Okay?” Sombra nodded and waved them goodbye.

However, before they left, Cozy Glow got in front of them to ask, “is it okay if I visit you guys sometime??? Pwease??? I get weawwy bowed easily, and I don’t know what I wanna do… .” Sombra sighs, then says, “she’s wondering if she can have a playdate with Flurry Heart one day. Sure she’s a villain in the past but she’s still a kid! And besides… “ Sombra began as he sighs heavily, “she’s basically parent-less soon after she became a villain. So she’s also wondering if y’all can consider adopting her… when y’all are ready that is… . Is that alright?”

Not wanting another kid, but also not wanting to make Cozy feel bad, Shining Armor replied; “we’ll think about it… “ and then both of them left the bakery.

Once Cozy returned to Sombra, she then asked, “you really mean it?” He sighs, then replied; “why not? I mean… I’d definitely adopt you and all… but… .” Sombra sighs before continuing with, “but I just don’t think I’d be a good parent, you know… ? I mean… “ he knelt down before finishing with, “I just don’t have much experience with being a parent, you know… ? So that’s why… .”

Cozy seemed to understand, but then went to climb up to have Sombra carry her, before she responded with; “how about this. If by some chance you get married to Chrysalis, would you adopt me? And if not… then can you be my foal-sitter???” Sombra then looked to be having some thoughts, before she just put her hoof to his mouth, and then finished with, “and by that, I meant that it’s okay if you don’t want to be my dad… I get it! We’re former villains now.. and it’s hard to get past that! I mean… “ Cozy started to blush before finishing with, “I’m still not used to being the good guy… know what I mean?” Realizing that she’s got a point, Sombra nodded with a smile, and then replied; “got it… “ before Flurry Heart began to yawn and rub one of her eyes.

Thinking about what to do next, Sombra just asked, “wanna make a cake?” Both Flurry and Cozy nodded, and then the three of them went to the kitchen. But not before making Flurry Heart a sandwich for her to eat.

With that, the three ponies had fun, and awaited the day to where they can drop Flurry Heart off back home… .

The end.