Back with Toby and his friends...
They managed to arrive back to Canterlot fast. Unfortunately for the gang, Toby peeked out and saw some guards that were in the palace.
"Hmm. the main entrance is well too guarded. I need to find another way in." Toby said.
"How about there?" Pinkie suggested, pointing at a place of flowers.
Toby walked out of the truck unnoticed and used a basket of flowers to get to the main entrance. One guard saw him but let him through, making the boy walk faster. When he got there, he opened the door for the others.
"Wow, Toby. You were like Sly Cooper back there!" Nathan commented.
"Thanks, Nathan. You guys and Uncle Spike, go find the others. Auntie Pinkie, come with me." the boy planned.
The kids, teens, and Spike headed for the lobby while Pinkie Pie and her nephew went the other way. The room they went in had a mirror and some props.
"Say, Toby," Pinkie said, as she went to the suit and tie. "These are your clothes."
Unfortunately, Pinkie shook it too hard making the mirror next to it fall down and break.
"Someone's coming! Hide!" Toby cried as Pinkie laid down, pretending to be a floor mat. While the person was approaching, Toby put his finger on the tan colored makeup and put it on his mole. He also put on the suit and tie quickly. The person that was approaching was none other than George Cunningham.
"These clothes are tight. Those kid's family really are morons. I hate dates." he muttered.
He approached the 'mirror' while Toby was imitating his moves. But George didn't seem to notice. The two squinted, turned around, and pondered. Then they crouched down and rose up, trying to scare each other. They crouched down again and put a hat on. Unfortunately, Toby's hat is different from George's, and the criminal was about to put two and two together until his partner came.
"Ah, there you are, Number Two," George said while Toby also imitated his movements. "Well, don't just stand there. Come in. Now that we are succeeding our ultimate plan, we steal the crown jewels and frame Toby's family for it." George said.
"But what will happen when they realize it? Because the mares and humans will know everything!" Bowser exclaimed.
"Once they served their purposes, kaboom. It will be horse meat for dinner. And for the human mother, I'll roast her with a burnt bomb." George said while smiling devilishly.
This caused Toby to gasp in silent and a thought was made. 'What did he do with them?'
George laughed evilly until a staff member showed up with a box.
"Package delivery. Where should I put it?" he said.
"Put it over there on that pink rug." George answered.
Pinkie still laid in silence, but when the box landed on her, she grunted, causing Toby to grimace over her aunt's squish, but no one heard it. George and Bowser left the room while Toby squatted down to inspect his aunt.
"Are you OK, Auntie Pinkie?" he asked with worry.
"I'm fine. How do I look?" she said while turning to side.
Toby grimaced again at her aunt's new shape while his thought was "No comment," but he actually said "You're fine. Let's find Momma, Mommy and the others!" as he and her left the room. Unfortunately, they were caught by the officers.
"Ah-ha! The Turtle! Finally I found you!" Iron Will said with glory.
"And George Cunningham, the most dangerous human in existence!" Will said with equal amount of pride. "As we like to say it, case closed!"
"Good!" Gilda said while leaving with Iron Will, who was dressed up in beach wear. "That gives us our annual vacation!"
"But wait! What are we supposed to do with them until the holding unit arrives?" Shade called.
"On vacation!" Iron Will said.
Later...
The officers frisked Toby and Pinkie. Then they put the boy's and pony's hooves behind their backs and handcuffed them. They shoved the two in the car.
"But you've got the wrong human! I'm Toby Mason!" the boy pleaded with tears forming in his eyes.
"And stay there!" Shade said as the officers turned their backs.
Back with Toby's family...
They were having the party of their lives while the Princesses watched them.
"Say, Lulu. It seems kind of fun here. But, where's Toby?" Luna said.
"Hmm. It seems that our subjects are here with us, but neither Toby, the children, Silver, Icezer, or the Bearer of Laughter is here." Celestia said.
"They're lost, but as long as Pinkie is with them, they'll be safe." Twilight answered.
"Ok, Twily. Hope Nathan would be OK." Shining Armor said.
Everyone went back to partying but while doing that, they all had the same thought, "Where is our children?"
"Uh, princess, with all due respect, but where are your crowns?" Rarity asked.
"We were wondering that ourselves," Luna replied.
"What do you mean?" Samantha asked.
"Well, when I woke up, I couldn't find my crown anywhere in my room," Celestia replied.
"The same with myself, Cadence and Twilight," Luna added.
"You know, when I was walking through the halls, I overheard Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon talking about missing jewelry as well," they turned to see Eris standing there.
Flashback to a few short hours ago,
As Eris wandered through the halls of Canterlot castle, he heard some voices, and they were distressed, "I could've sworn I put my tiara on the table!" one voice Eris recognized as Diamond Tiara.
"And I can't find my pearl necklace anywhere!" the other voice belonged to Silver Spoon. Feeling like she needed to do something, the draconequss girl knocked on their door, "Who is it?" Silver Spoon called.
"Its Eris!" Eris replied, "Can I come in?" she asked.
"Sure," Diamond Tiara replied, sounding depressed.
Coming in, Eris saw that the two fillies turned the room upside down looking for something, "What happened?" Eris asked.
"We can't find our jewelry!" Diamond Tiara replied, obviously upset.
"We placed our jewelry on the table over there last night, but when we woke up this morning, they were gone!" Silver Spoon cried.
"Now first, you need to calm down," Eris said.
"How can we when our tiara and necklace are gone?!" Diamond Tiara cried.
"Well, lets think, you're sure you put your jewelry one the table?" Eris asked.
"Yeah," the two fillies replied.
"And you're sure you didn't just put them in your bags when you turned in for the night?" Eris asked.
"Yeah," the two replied.
"Well, I'll keep an eye out for them. If I find them, I'll give them back to you," Eris said, as she teleported away.
"And so far, I haven't found anything," Eris said.
"Hmm, there must be a thief in the castle," Rainbow Dash theorized.
"I hope not!" Rarity cried.
"I'll tell the guards to stay on high alert," Shining Armor said, as he went off to find some of the guards.
Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara were getting themselves prepared for the party. While doing her hair, Silver Spoon sighed depressingly. Diamond Tiara caught the sound of her friend's distress, "Silver Spoon, what's wrong?" the pink filly asked.
Giving another heavy sigh, the anthro filly looked at her best friend, "I don't know Diamond. I mean, I love Toby and all, and when he asked me to be his date, I was thrilled. But he asked me without hesitation, like it meant nothing to him. We've never once had a fight. but it was so easy, it just doesn't feel right," Silver Spoon replied, as she began to sing.
"I'm with you. Toby doesn't feel like the young man you fell in love with," Diamond Tiara commented.
"Well, hopefully he'll go back to being the same boy I love after we go back home," Silver Spoon said.
Back with Toby and Pinkie,
"Hey Toby, isn't that Silver Spoon?" Pinkie asked, pointing over to where Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara were walking out.
"I think there must be a party going on," Toby commented, 'Silver Spoon looks gorgeous,' he thought to himself.
"A party?! Without me?!?" Pinkie said, stamping her hoof through the floor of the car, "Wow, that's a poorly made car," Pinkie commented.
Just then, Toby got an idea, "Auntie Pinkie, since we can't escape the car, why not we take the car in ourselves?" Toby explained.
"Alrighty then," Pinkie said, stamping her other three hooves through the floor of the car, and walking away from an unsuspecting Will and Shade.
Back with George and Bowser,
As George and Bowser walked through the halls, George stopped in front of a door, "Before I forget, Number Two, I have hired us some help," he said, opening the door, to reveal Diamond Dog puppies.
"Uh," was all Bowser could say.
"I know right? Who would suspect puppies of stealing jewelry?" George asked, before remembering something else, "Oh yeah, before I forget, we can sell these," George said, giving Bowser a burlap sack. Looking inside, he saw the princesses crowns, along with a child's tiara with real diamonds in it, and an expensive looking pearl necklace, "Before I went to sleep last night, I went ahead an stole these pieces of jewelry," George explained.
"Ah, more money for us!" Bowser said, as he led the puppies to do their part of the job.
"Now, to keep every moronic fool at that flyspeck of a party busy," George said, as he put on Toby's glasses.
Unaware to them, a bat-winged girl was eavesdropping them the whole time.
"George is here! I'm so glad to see him again! But I can't see him in the blue. Guards are around the Crystal Empire. I'll just approach him by surprise. Then we could get revenge on Celestia and her subjects." Shadow Mavis thought, as she flew somewhere else.