After speaking with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, Chris ventured off into the castle to see what his friends know, 'Maybe Toby knows something?' Chris thought to himself, as he made his way to the library.
Upon entering the library, Chris saw Toby reading a couple books at a nearby desk. He recognized some of the books by their titles, such as "The beginners guide to Magic", or "The Unabridged History of Magic", and other books.
"Hey, Toby!" Chris called quietly, as not to disturb any other readers. Looking up, Toby saw Chris approaching him.
"Hey Chris," Toby said, greeting his aunt's son.
"Do you know what's going on with Mom? Everyone thinks she and Discord have a thing going on," Chris asked. Toby then explained what he and Silver Spoon saw the first day.
"So, some of us may be thinking that Discord is secretly flirting with Auntie Celestia," Toby explained.
"Really? What makes you say that?" Chris asked.
"Well, the other day, Clover said that most people are hardest on the ones they love," Toby replied.
"Well, Mom appears to be at wits end. So, do you think you and the others could tone it down a bit?" Chris asked.
"Alright, I'll tell the others," Toby replied, as Chris took his leave. Putting down his, book, Toby then left the library, "I needed a break anyway," Toby said to himself.
Meanwhile, in a huge, mechanical fortress, Toby's evil father, James, was busy making plans to take back his son, "Is everything ready?" he asked his colleagues.
"Everything is ready to go," The Mane-iac replied.
"All systems are fully operational," the Pharaoh added.
"Excellent," James commented.
"One thing though," High Heel said, which caught the human's attention, "We just need to wait for the power to fully charge," she explained.
"Hmm, how long until we reach full power?" James asked.
"Approximately, forty-eight hours," Long Face replied.
"Seriously? What kind of power are we using?" James demanded.
"Solar power," Shadow Mane replied.
"So, why is it taking so long?" James asked.
"Well, the panels just need to warm up," Mane-iac replied.
"The sun is warming up?" James asked incredulously.
"Yeah, it doesn't make much sense to us either," High Heel replied.
"I think another reason the power is taking so long is that our minions are all watching continuous reruns of 'Gravity Falls' and 'The Muppet Show'," the Pharaoh added. Just then, a call came in on the computer.
"Hey, boss people, the pizzas just arrived," one of the Pharaoh's minions said.
"Alright!" They all cheered as they all left the control room.
"So that's basically it. We should probably cool it with teasing Auntie Celestia," Toby explained. After meeting with Chris in the library, Toby had talked to each of his friends, explaining the situation to them.
"Alright Toby, we'll try to keep it to ourselves," Silver Spoon said. With that, Toby made his way to find the others to explain what was going on.
Night fell quickly on the city of Canterlot, and Celestia and Luna were bringing Nathan and Josh to a guest bedroom that they were going to share, it nearly 9:30 at night which was typically past their usual bedtime, already in their pajamas, bathed, teeth brushed, and ready for bed, Nathan and Josh couldn't be more tired than ever. Suddenly, as soon as Celestia moved her right forehoof to open the door to the hallway that lead straight to their room, out of nowhere, a spring sprung out of the floor and a pie on top of it flung right at Celestia and struck her in the face.
"Ahahahaha." sounded Discord's laugh.
"Discord, I'm really busy right now!" Celestia demanded.
"I can definitely see that," Discord said looking at the two boys in their pajamas, "But I'd thought I'd do one last little ultimate prank on my Celly before she herself gets too sleepy." he said wiggling Celestia's cheek which made her blush, she didn't even hear Nathan and Josh snickering over it.
"Celly." Nathan whispered teasingly.
"Cheeks wiggle, and I just saw her blush, I think your sister is right." Josh said.
"Welp tata for now." Discord said kissing her making her blush again.
That's when she took notice of hearing Nathan and Josh giggling, "Care to explain what's so funny?" Celestia demanded, quirking an annoyed eyebrow. Trying to hold in their laughter, Joshua and Nathan both shook their heads. Celestia was still unconvinced, but decided to leave the issue at that, before retreating to her room for the night. The two boys, along with Luna, who had been holding in her laughter as well, burst out in a hysterical laughing fit. After a few minutes, they had all calmed down.
"Alright boys, good night," Luna said, as she left the room. Joshua and Nathan then crawled into their respective beds, and fell asleep.
The next morning,
Everyone was gathered in the dining hall, and eating their own individual breakfasts. As Celestia pored herself another cup of her morning tea, her cup shot her tea back at her like a geyser, leaving her drenched in tea. Celestia gave a very annoyed expression, as she heard snickers coming from all the children, including her sister, her two nephews, and her own son, "WHAT IS SO FUNNY!?!" Celestia bellowed in her Royal Canterlot Voice. The shockwave was strong enough to blow each of the children off of their seat. Celestia saw what she had done, and gasped, "Oh my, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, as she cradled some of the smaller children, who were just dazed.
"Whoa, and I thought Brian had a set of pipes on him," Francisco commented, rubbing his ear. Just then, Discord showed up again, laughing up a storm.
"Discord, what is the meaning of this?!" Celestia demanded, still seething in annoyance.
"What? I can't pick on you in the morning?" Discord asked innocently. Celestia gave him a very stern glare, "Ok, so maybe I was asked to come and check on the kids," Discord admitted. From the sidelines, the kids and Luna were all snickering as quietly as they possibly could as Celestia and Discord argued back and forth.
Meanwhile in the Maximum Security Detention Center...
"Oh, Georgie. I'm so glad you're back with me." Shadow Mavis said.
"Yeah, but our revenge isn't committed yet." George announced.
"What do you mean?"
"Gather our friends at the basement. I'll explain later." George said, as he headed off.
"So then I told Joshua that it wasn't his fault running out of magic-- it was Nathan!" Krusha said, as the other kids howled with laughter.
"Oh, man. And that time I punched Cory in the teeth, that was priceless!" Kiddy cried. Suddenly, Shadow Mavis appeared.
"Hey there, Shadow Mavis. How it's going?" Klump asked.
"We got to go to the basement. George is holding a family meeting in there."
"Again? That's the fourth time this month!" Krusha said.
"Well, we've got to go what George is planning." Pavilion said.
All of the evil twins of the Children of Harmony all gathered up in the basement. George cleared his throat as he stood up.
"You are all probably wondering why I've called you all here." George said.
"Well, yeah." Pavilion said.
"Is it because you can't pull a heist with only two people?" Helen asked.
"Well, that, and one other reason. After being sent here again by those dastardly children and their family, we want revenge! However, we've been doing this one by one, so this time, let's do altogether!" George announced, and the others cheered, but stopped when George raised a hand. "Hey, don't get all excited on this now. I know you want revenge against those kids, but we can't just barge in. I have been doing some watching, and I've heard their Titan friends were arrested for what their doppelgangers did. We should do something like that, should we?"
"Yep. After all, who's to blame for putting us all here?" Krusha asked.
"But before we get to business, I have some news. Five months ago in one night, I found this helmet on my bed. I had a weird dream about monkeys being my army, and I was their leader." George explained, as he raised a white helmet with a red light on it.
"Looks like George has been taking drugs again." Emily whispered, before George punched her.
"I've heard that!" he shouted while blushing. "Anyway, those monkeys kinda felt like minions, but they also a sign from my father. We should try to make his wish come true, and we should do more than expected. Sure we are the same amount of kids like our counterparts, but we could have some more help around the heist. And now I know how."
"How will that work?" Spider asked.
"Oh, you'll see soon." George smiled evilly.
"I wouldn't count on this 'plan' working," Krusha commented.
"I'm with Krusha." Klump said.
"Yep." Angie agreed.
"Yes." Kellie said.
"Uh-huh." Trudy commented.
Omega just nodded.
"Too wrong!" Heavy shouted.
"Tiny agrees this is stupid!" Tiny growled.
"Stupid plan." Helen said.
"Not going to happen," Shadow Mavis added. George looked down in depression, stricken that even own his girlfriend doubted his plans.
Meanwhile, back in James' fortress,
"Ok, so we're all in an agreement. We'll have an ice swan for a centerpiece, and banquet style food for refreshments. Anything we're forgetting?" James asked.
"We also need to go over the required dress code for the upcoming Summer party," High Heel replied.
"Right, so what would we need?" Long Face asked.
"Well, I guess for starters, we need... Wait a minute! Aren't we supposed to be planning to conquer Equestria?" James demanded.
"Oh yeah," Mane-iac replied.
"So, how are we going to do it?" The Pharaoh asked.
"I got it!" The Mane-iac exclaimed. She then explained her plan to her friends.