Toby sobbed as he rushed to his jail cell. As he got in, a guard locked the cell door. Toby wept as he got on the cot of the cell.
"This is a mean place. I really don't like it here. The food here is terrible, I've been bullied by bigger people, and the cops have been watching my every move." He sadly thought. He pounded on the walls, to receive some angry grumbling from nearby prisoners. Next, he grasped the bars of his cell, crying and sobbing "Let me out!" He gave up, as he came back to the cot. He decided to sleep.
Sure he had been through cruel and unusual punishment before, but this was a lot harsher. He later opened his eyes and found himself in a deserted land. Suddenly, the land changed, and it turned into Ponyville.
"I'm back home, but where are the others?" he said to himself. As he walked, he eventually saw some familiar sights.
"Mommy! Momma! Auntie Pinkie! Everyone!" Toby cried happily as he ran to them. However, as he got close, he noticed a horrible sign. A double of him hanging out with his filly friend, big sisters, and his human friends.
"George Cunningham!" the adults cried, as they grabbed their children except for Fluttershy and Ashley.
"Momma, Mommy, Serenity. It's me, Toby." the boy started, as he started to approach his family, but was suddenly pinned down to the ground, and he looked up to see an angry Rainbow Dash. "Auntie Rainbow, it's m-- Oof!"
Rainbow shoved her hoof into the boy's mouth. "I'm not believing anything you say, George Cunningham! Hey, girls! Would you like to teach the criminal that he doesn't mess with us?"
The rest of the Mane Six nodded as they approached Toby, while he trembled in fear of what his own aunts and his adoptive mother would do to him.
"So, a varmint wants to take away my nephew? A'h think not!" Applejack said smugly as he started kicking Toby.
"Stop, Auntie A-- Ow!" Toby whimpered.
Pinkie Pie was next. Her personality was normal, but she was actually smiling evilly from ear to ear.
"No one messes with my family. Especially with my little wittle nephew!" she said gleefully as he put her party cannon close to Toby.
"Wait, I'm--" Toby started before being cut off by the party cannon shooting him various sweets that felt hard to him.
"My, some ruffian that escapes from the slammer deserves a horrible pinch!" Rarity snickered as she used her horn to levitate Toby above a nearby tree and left him there while some chipmunks took notice and threw pines at the boy.
"Hmm. Must be time for a you-know-what torture." Twilight smirked. "Spike! Get my feather quill!"
Spike came with a feather quill and gave it to Twilight. He then approached Toby and whispered evilly "Get prepared for the most torturing punish of your life."
So it begins. Toby laughed hysterically as Twilight tickled as his foot while the others watched in amazement.
"Hahaha. Please stop!" he cried while tears of joy came out of him.
"Nice. My plan is working perfectly."George thought evilly to himself.
Fluttershy was the last to go give payback. She grabbed Toby by the collar of his shirt and gave him her infamous stare. "HOW DARE YOU INFILTIRATE WITH MY BABY BOY!!! HE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG TO YOU, AND YOU WANT TO BE GETTING HIM?!?"
Toby started crying as his double approached him.
"Hmm. Sounds like we need to send him to Payback town." 'Toby' smiled devilishly.
The other children agreed as they got their cameras to scoop on the scene.
"Nathan. Can I have a bat?" 'Toby' asked.
"Sure thing, ya'll." he replied as he got a baseball bat and gave it to his 'friend'. 'Toby' was read to launch the real Toby until Silver Spoon interrupted the scene.
"Toby!" she shouted, while panting. "Don't forget your safety helmet."
"Thank you, babe." 'Toby' said while putting on a baseball helmet. He swung his bat, and Toby went flying into the sky until he can't be seen, and a star twinkled at the last place he had been.
Toby screamed as he woke up. That was one crazy, horrific nightmare.
"What was that?" one prisoner asked.
"Obviously George having nightmares again. So much for the most dangerous human in existence." a guard replied.
Toby was annoyed at this insult. He decided to prove that he was not the criminal and he was just a boy. He tries to take off the fake mole on his lip. But he still fails, much to his dismay. He hadn't been able to cope in prison. Like other prisoners, he was wearing an orange jumpsuit and black shoes. To make matters worse, he had a metal tracking GPS cuff on his left ankle. He later grabbed and shook it, only to be shocked with electricity.
"Ouch!" Toby whimpered. He then marked a fifth tally mark with chalk on the wall. He sniffled as he searched his pocket. It was a photo of him and his new family after Tirek's defeat.
Tears stung down his eyes as he treasured this memory. He hugged the photo with sorrow and despair.
"Mommy, Momma, I miss you so much. I will be brave for you and try to get back." Toby said as he stared at the bars of his cell window.
He sighed heavily knowing he had no choice but to escape the prison
At the hotel where the expo was taking place, the CMC and fillies called 'Toby' over.
"Toby, sweetie pie, we need to talk." Silver Spoon said as the 'boy' came over.
"What's up?" 'Toby' asked.
"To tell you that, you started acting strange when we got to Ponyville," Sweetie Belle answered. "You first got scared when Lyra showed up, even though she was friends with you. Then we got to Vinyl's loud music corner and you complained it was too loud, despite you playing the piano that counts as loud sounds, and when Ditzy dropped her muffin, Silver picked it up and you asked why he helped her, proving you've forgotten about friendship. Is everything OK with you?"
"Yes. Everything will be alright." 'Toby' replied.
"Are you sure? Because you stared becoming very weird after you and your friends defeated Tirek when he took over Equestria." Apple Bloom stated.
"Everyone changes, Applebloom." the 'boy' replied. Then he thought angrily 'How could they do that to someone's only father?!?'
Then Fluttershy and Ashley came in to their room.
"Hello, my precious little one." Fluttershy said to her 'son'. "How would you like to spend some time with me and your other mother?" She and Ashley beamed a smile.
"Er, actually, I'm thinking on skipping it." 'Toby' replied.
This made the two mothers have shocked faces.
"What?!? Why?!?" Ashley cried.
"Because me and my friends have futures and sure the two of them are going to help their own mother, but my future is to play the piano and become better. Good luck." 'Toby' responded, walking out of the room.
This gave Fluttershy and Ashley some sad looks on their faces.
"To think of all this, Toby doesn't want to spend time with us anymore?" Ashley sobbed.
"Let's face it, Ashley. Our angel is growing up, and there's nothing we could do about it." Fluttershy replied sadly as the two walked out of the room and to go to their beds.
"You see that?" Sweetie Belle cried. "Toby's acting strange!"
"Now that you mentioned it, you are kind of right," Silver Spoon said. "We need to find if that really my sweetie pie."
"And to do that," Apple Bloom continued. "We are going to need some help from Babs."
"Set a course for Manehatten." Scootaloo said. "We are going to have to do this Cutie Mark Crusader style."
As Bowser walked down the hall, he saw Fluttershy and Ashley with depressed looks on their faces, "Ashley, Fluttershy, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing, except that Toby doesn't want to spend time with us anymore," Fluttershy sadly replied. Bowser gasped at this.
"Well, he did just defeat one of the most powerful evils the world has ever seen. Maybe he just needs a siesta, you know, to relax," Bowser 'theorized', 'What is George doing?! He'll blow our cover!' he thought to himself.
"Yeah, but he should have at least told us that when he turned us down," Ashley said.
"Look, why don't I go talk to him? Maybe I can set him straight," Bowser offered. This put hopeful looks on both Ashley and Fluttershy's faces, 'Of course, it will be for my benefits alone,' he thought to himself.
"That would be much appreciated, thank you," Ashley said, as she and the yellow Pegasus walked away, as Bowser made his way to where his partner in crime was.
While going over the plans for the heist, George heard knocking on his door, "Who is it?" he called, mimicking Toby's voice.
"Its Bowser!" Bowser replied.
"Come in, Number Two," George called back. And with that, the unicorn stallion entered.
"I just talked with Ashley and Fluttershy," Bowser said, as he closed the door.
"Ah yes, I gave us a big opportunity for the heist," George said.
"And almost gave you away!" Bowser said.
"What was I supposed to do?" George asked.
"You need to keep up your appearance. Do whatever they ask you. I will see what we can do about an opening to get inside the museum," Bowser said.
"Hmm, you're right, I'd better go back and have 'Toby' apologize to them," George said, as he put on Toby's glasses, and walked out the door to find Ashley and Fluttershy.
Back with Toby,
After the lights went out, Toby sprang from his bed, with a spoon in hand, and walked over to a poster of Silver Spoon, and pulled it to one side, to reveal an escape tunnel. Toby screamed at who was in the tunnel already, "Stop digging this escape tunnel," Trixie ordered.
"How'd you know?" Toby asked.
"It's the first way everyone tries," Trixie replied, as she confiscated Toby's spoon.
The next day, some laundry people were gathering dirty clothes. Among them was Toby in disguise. He was about to attempt to sneak into the basket, before the dirty sheets were pulled of to reveal Trixie, "This is the second way everyone tries," she said.
A little later, Toby was staring at the toilets, thinking of going into the sewers to escape, before he was stopped by Trixie, again, "Third way, plus, that's just too gross," she said, as Toby bonked his head gently on the wall. Just then, he noticed something on the newspaper Trixie was holding.
"Wait a minute, those are my friends! What happened?" Toby asked, as he grasped the bars of his cell.
"According to this article, the Mega Expo they're hosting was right next door to a crime scene, at the Fillydelphia Art Museum," Trixie replied.
"Oh no," Toby quietly said.
"It looks like your friends have forgotten all about you," Trixie said.
"B-but, they couldn't have forgotten me. We're a family," Toby said sadly.
"'Family'? No one believes in 'family' in the Maximum Security Detention Center," Trixie replied, as Toby hung his head sadly. Just then, an idea popped into Trixie's head, "Toby, listen, we have an annual talent show here in the mess hall. Its either that or they riot. Why not help direct?" Trixie asked.
"Well, thanks for the offer Trixie, but I don't know anything about directing. And, even if I did, I would be done with all that kind of stuff," Toby replied.
"This isn't an offer, this is prison. Now, you either direct, or its the Wall!" Trixie said sternly.
"'The Wall'? Why would I be afraid of a wall?" Toby asked. He soon got his answer as Trixie teleported him outside, and threw some water on his back, and threw him on a giant steel wall.
"Just direct the show! You're never going to get out of here!" one of the people on the wall called to the boy.
"And, if you agree, I'll even take off your anklet. But don't get any ideas. The watchtowers are on high alert. So, what'll it be?" Trixie asked.
"Uh, when did you say that rehearsal was?" Toby asked. Trixie smiled at this, and tore Toby off the wall, causing the boy to cry in pain.