Framed

by The Mysterious Lombax


Chapter 2: Pavilion drops the "bomb"

Pavilion kept on running and running. If he wants to get revenge on Joshua and his family, then he must do it tonight. He went inside at a nearby house and closed the door softly. He then grabbed the stake he got on his way to Ponyville. He went under a mare's bed. When she slept, Pavilion aimed the knife at her. However, the security alarm sounded, and the mare woke up screaming.

"Pavilion! He's here!" she screamed while picking up the phone.

Pavilion managed to escape the house and ran away just as the authorities arrived. "Now for Phase Two." he thought.

"Horse feathers! He got away!" one guard said.

"Again? That's the eleventh time this month!" the other said.

Just as Pavilion arrived to the Castle of Friendship, he heard a ruckus inside. When he peeked inside, he saw the Mane Six, Nyx, and Joshua having a party.

"Perfect. Now for the swap." Pavilion thought. "I just need to wait for that kid to come out, switch places with him, the cops will take the bait, and I'll be clear."

He saw Joshua exiting the castle, looking for party supplies. Pavilion knocked out Joshua and took him to an alley. He put his knife near to Joshua. Pavilion grabbed the bag of party supplies and quickly headed to the castle. Once Joshua woke up, he came out of the valley and tried to look for the party supplies but got stopped by the guards.

"Don't a-any of you re-ecognize me?" Joshua stammered as he put his hands up.

"Dear Celestia! He's got a weapon! Arrest him!" a guard shouted.

As Joshua struggled in his restraints after being handcuffed behind the back, he was suddenly shot by another guard in the neck with a tranquilizer. The guards threw the unconscious Joshua in the prison cart, and ran off.

After the guards left, Pavilion chuckled evilly.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I gotten rid of that brat! And now, it's time for my revenge!" he sneered while approaching the bag of party supplies and dragging it to the Castle of Friendship.

"Hey, Joshua. We were just waiting for you." Twilight said as Nyx came to hug her 'brother', not knowing he was actually the escaped criminal.

What Pavilion failed to realize was that he didn't sound anything like Joshua, so he did the next best thing: impersonating as the young child.

"Uh, yeah. I'm back." he said.

"You okay, Josh? You sound different." Apple Bloom asked.

"Yep. I'm fine. I brought the party supplies I've said about." Pavilion said.

"Hey, Joshie!" Dinky called. "Hope my little bun-bun has fun in his sister's birthday!"

"Yeah, that's true, alright. I got it." Pavilion said. "In fact, I have a song planned for you all." He then grabbed a nearby microphone and started singing.

Everyone started clapping for the kid, which was actually a criminal they do not know. Suddenly, the door opened to reveal Apple Bloom with an wagon of apples. She was about to make it inside, but the wagon fell down, and the apples fell down. However, 'Joshua' acted quick and grabbed all the apples before they fell to the floor.

"Wow, Joshua. You grabbed them all, but how come you were athletically grabbing them instead of your using your magic?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Well, I had to act quick, plus my magic's isn't around all the time even when I need it." 'Joshua' said.

Suddenly, a explosion occurred, and everyone rushed out to see Sugarcube Corner on fire. This made Pinkie Pie scream in terror, as she ran back to the place. But she was tackled by guards afterwards. Shortly, they couldn't handle her properly, and they called more guards to secure her in a straitjacket, and shut her muzzle with a muzzle... well, literally. The fire department arrived, and they were about to put the fire, but the hose was cut off. Everyone was in a panic, but 'Joshua' eventually grabbed several buckets of water, and threw them in the fire. he fire was disintegrated, but Sugarcube Corner collapsed. Muffled crying came from the Element of Laughter, but 'Joshua' snuck an unseen gingerbread house, dripped an potion of growth, and the gingerbread house took place of the destroyed Sugracube Corner. 'Joshua' came to the restrained Pinkie Pie, which he gave a hug to. Pinkie struggled and she made muffled noises, but 'Joshua' suddenly twirled a key, and unlocked Pinkie's straitjacket and muzzle. Pinkie gasped for breath, and she grabbed 'Joshua' into a hug.

"Joshiethankyouforsavingsugarcubecornerandsavingmefrombeingarrestedbycelestiasuards!" Pinkie said altogether in a fast rate. (Note: No bad grammar, it's just the way sometimes how Pinkie Pie says these things fast in a sentence.)

"Ok..." 'Joshua' said in a awkward position.

"Josh, that was awesome!" Dinky said in exclamation.

"If you mean perilous, then yes, it was."

"You were like me, only more cooler!" Rainbow complimented.

"Well, don't put my reputation like that. I needed to do it because Sugarcube Corner is something Pinkie Pie values. We all have our passions."