Schadenfreude looked up from his desk, glancing at his boss. "So... Bluey, I though you told me that you weren't going to be giving me any more "off the books" paperwork to deal with."

Blueblood groaned, massaging his temple. "I wouldn't, but something rather drastic has come up. It turns out my cousins have been keeping an eye on a girl whose origins aren't recorded anywhere, and she's found her way through some trouble. They have exhaustive documentation concerning her middles school and high school careers, but she doesn't have any elementary school data, or any personal information."

His subordinate rolled his eyes. "First, I don't know if I can fabricate a backstory for this girl without more details. And I know you won't tell me anything, becuse-"

"She's a former magical prodigy from another world, whose face was all over those videos I had Chrissy cover up last year." As Schadenfreude stared at him, he shrugged. "You're right- I can't keep secrets from you anymore. We're reaching the end of what we can do subtly, and we'll soon be managing far worse."

Schaden looked at his boss blankly, then allowed his gaze to settle on the files nestled under Blueblood's arm. "Magic? Really? Bluey, I saw the video, but it seems so-"

"Insane? Yes, it is, in many ways." Blueblood scowled. "However, from what little Celestia has shared with me, the civilization this girl hails from has enormous amounts of power in individual hands, and little technological development. If someone finds out about this before they're ready, I can see a thousand and one ways for it to end badly. And that's not even going into the fact that the girl in question- Sunset Shimmer- is currently legally vulnerable, with potential powers and intelligence that would make any security analyst wet themselves."

"Which way?" Schnadenfreude snarked.

"Both, depending on the situation." Blueblood drew in a deep breath. "Granted, I doubt any of them would try anything so overt as to try and kidnap her right now. However, there have been incidences- both magical and non-magical- which have brought her to the attention of the law. If she became a person of interest and another event like that occurred, it would be far too easy for someone to put her in protective custody and isolate her."

"Which is why she needs a legal background." Schadenfreude's normally abrasive attitude vanished. "If we do a shoddy job with these fake files, theat would be worse then no protection at all, though."

"It's not going to be fake." Blueblood pulled the first file from under his arm. "This is documentation for one Sunset Shimmer, orphaned at age 5, who would later be placed as a ward of Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns." Cutting off Schadenfreude's response, he nodded. "Unicorns. Celestia doesn't just run the school in the other world, either."

Blueblood stared at Schadenfreude, then shook his head. "You don't need to fabricate anything. I know you; you can be a blatantly obstructive as you need to be to annoy someone. I want all of these files, which have finally been transferred to our care under refugee protocol 52-c, to be added to Sunset's files. I want the truth plainly stated in her documents, then buried behind so many legal protections as to keep them obscured. I want them added to the files by the book."

Schadenfreude looked up at his boss and nodded. "That, I can do. But, you mentioned that it's only going to get worse?..."

"Sunset's the only immigrant, thank god, but there are more visitors coming and going; and Celestia thinks it's only going to get worse. She's letting me use the Faust files to lean on people if necessary, but we can't do this alone."

Schadenfreude's face snapped up. "She's letting you- she must think this is really important."

"Yes. Too important for just the two of us. Get ready to share your office, you little wanker; I'm getting the A-team together."

Schadenfreude grinned. "The Auditor-Team? Wonderful."

Author's Notes:

Wondering what the Faust files are? Noticed my oblique reference to Chrysalis? Looking forward to what's next?

There's a lot of machinations behind the scenes. I always do enjoy building backstory.