The Steve-Caper

Joe was sweating heavily and his eyes where wide open, ready to spot any burglars. After two hours Joe finally motioned towards the bathroom. That's when Pinkie Pie jumped out. Joe gasped, grabbing his chest with a hoof.

"Oh, Pinkamena... You... scared me." He said, panting. Pinkie laughed.

"Have you ever read 'Cupcakes?' " She asked smirking. Joe grinned nervously and chuckled. " Um, yes, and I think it gave you a bad reputation..." He said backing up away from the pink earth pony. She sniffed the uniform he was wearing and smirked. "Well, I smell a fresh baked platter right here...." She picked up a hacksaw and smiled widely, her mane now flat and dark pink. "And this one's on the house!"

*Thump!*

      Joe rubbed his head and groaned. He looked around to see nothing but darkness and some unintelligible whispering. Her whimpered and started panicking. Then, a click was heard, and a small lamp was lit over his head. Three figures came over him and they were not what someone would call "happy faces". Joe's eyes widened and his ears flat against his head. He shivered so much that his fur shook like a wet dog. Over him was a purple alicorn, cyan pegasus, and a pink earth pony with a stick in her hooves.  Pinkie's mane was still flat and dark, but she still had a serious expression on her face.

    Looking down, he saw his forelegs where in ropes and his hind-legs in metal cuffs. He started crying and begging to be let go. Finally, someone spoke.

     "Okay, mister * Bang!* tellmewhereSteveis!!!" Pinkie said, hitting him in the head with the stick. Joe was speachless. He looked up to Twilight with puppy dog eyes, heavily filled with tears. Joe shook his head.

"I-I-I D-Don't know.. where S-Steveee iiiiiisss..." He said sobbing.

"Why did you... h-hit meee with a hack-s-saw, Pinkamenaaa?" He asked with the pleading expression in his eyes. Pinkie broke out into a laugh. The other two smirked as Pinkie almost fell over laughing.

"Oh, silly filly! I didn't hit you with a hacksaw! When I brought it up, you fainted! Then I dropped it....Oopsie! My bad.. heeheehe!" Pinkie said smiling.

"Now, you gonna tell us where Steve is, or will I have to..." She brought up a hacksaw, and Twilight levitated it over Joe who screamed like a mare. Rainbow Dash just stared and tossed a notepad to Twilight. "Talk NOW," She said holding the feather in her aurora.

Joe sighed.

     "I guess I can't hide anymore... Well, Steve and I were trotting to my place for diner. He is a mighty fine pony, if I do say so myself. We were chattin' about stuff, and he said he had a meeting for a job interview in Canterlot, so he said he would be gone out of town for quite a while," Joe said. Twilight jotted down the notes and looked at him. "When did her leave for the interview?" She asked.

"He went an' left just two days ago, I think. Not sure when exactly, cause he injured his forelegs a day before he left in a carriage accident." Joe said shuffling in his place.

    "Steve here, he never told me about anythin' and was acting kind strange when he left. I left and went home, finding a note. I always kept it with me and I was real excited the day he'd come home. But days passed and he never returned. I never got letters, nor did I get a phone call," Joe sighed at this last part, and Twilight closed the notebook. The walkie talkie buzzed and a voice was heard.

    "Twi, we are outside, let us in! It's freezing out here! Um, please... Now!?" Fluttershy called. Rainbow hit a red button and a buzz was heard, but not the walkie talkie- a door. It was early morning, like 6:00 or something, but it did not take long for Joe to realize that he was in Fluttershy's shed. Derpy, Scootaloo, and Fluttershy walked in, pulling a lever to securely lock the door. It was like a garage door, but smaller. About four ponies could go across it.

      Sky Wishes smiled at Joe who sighed in relief. She untied the ropes, but kept on the cuffs. Joe moved around his forelegs and stared at all the mares there. Sky cleared her throat and spoke.

"Um, I have great news and sorta bad news.... Good news is that I know who foal-napped Steve. Bad news is that Steve is not Steve..." The others and Joe stared at her in disbelief.

"Woah, woah, woah... hang on a second. Are you saying that Steve is some sort of..." Rainbow didn't finish, but she knew that Sky understood.

     "I'm afraid that 'Steve' is not his real name. Nor is he a colt. Steve is actually a filly, and a job interview of being a part of the undercover team in Canterlot. She faked everything and went to work with Secret agent Sweetie Drops and a few other ponies. If she had beed discovered, she would be captured by another undercover team from Manehattan. Her real name is Agent Arrow Tale. As Twilight tells me, the foal-napping was planned, and the accident, knowing that Joe would have been notified if Aroow's hooves were unusable. Her horn was covered in a poison to stop her magic."