The Accusation.
It's a regular day in Ponyville, Equestria. Rainbow Dash has just returned from doing her usual duties as a Pegasus when suddenly, she hears a pony call her.
"Rainbow Dash!"
She recognizes this voice from flight school. She goes to the entrance of her cloud house to find a pony by the name of Ace Lightning.
"Hey Ace" Rainbow Dash says. "What's up?"
"Applejack's been arrested."
"What?! What for?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"No idea and no time to explain." Said Ace. "I got word that the Royal Guard has already arrested the rest of the Mane 6. Their on their way to get us! We gotta get out of here while we still can!"
"Right. Lets go!" Said Rainbow Dash.
She could hardly believe what she heard. The entire Mane 6 being arrested. It couldn't be possible. What could they have possibly done that could have them arrested? About 15 minutes had past when 2 Royal Guards spotted them. Immediately, Ace and Rainbow Dash began flying away. Ace was able to keep up with Rainbow Dash since they flew together during flight school. And since Rainbow Dash taught Ace how to fast as her. But just as they were about to escape, a few unicorn guards arrived and used a freeze spell that froze Ace and Rainbow Dash.
They were then brought to the Equestria Detention Center, the most highly guarded and inescapable prison n Equestria. After they were unfrozen, they were put into the same cell with the Mane 6.
"Why are we in here?" Twilight asked confused.
"No idea" said Ace. He then went to the cell bars and said "Hey, if we're all in here, can you at least tell us why? We have no right to be in here without a REAL reason!"
"You are in here because one of you ponies stole something that is very valuable and belongs to Princess Celestia!" Said a guard. The Mane 6 gasp.
"Who would do such a thing" wondered Fluttershy.
The guards stared at Applejack.
"We know you did it Applejack" said a guard.
The Mane 6 gasp. They could not believe what they just heard.
"A-Applejack?" Said Rainbow Dash.
“Applejack, What did you do” questioned Ace.
“I didn’t do anything!” yelled Applejack.
“Don’t lie to me Applejack.” said Ace.
“I told ya'll, I didn’t do anything!” yelled Applejack.
By this time the some ponies from the Royal Guard have been eavesdropping in on the conversation; and they've had enough of it. One of the Guards comes over and takes Applejack and Ace into an interrogation room.
“We know you did the crime missy” said a Guard. “I suggest you tell us the truth or else.”
"And what if I don't?” replied Applejack angerily.
“If you refuse to cooperate, we’ll be forced to use force.” replied the Guard.
“Ya'll would hit a mare" questioned Applejack.
“No. But he would” said the Guard pointing to Ace.
“You would hit a Mare?” asked Applejack in amazement..
“Only on one occasion, and that is self defense” replied Ace.
“Hitting a mare in self defense or intentional is the same thing,” said Applejack.
“No it isn’t.” Replied Ace.
“Quiet! Both of you.” Said a Guard. “All of you are suspects in the theft.”
“What’s so important that was stolen?” Asked Ace.
“The princess’ crown was stolen” replied the guard.
“Well none of us did it.” Said Ace.
“Are you sure about that?” Asked a guard.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Ace real puzzled.
“You don’t know that for sure.” Said a guard. “Any one of the Mane 6 could have went to the castle and stole the crown.”
“And if that did happen, which it didn’t, how could it have?” Asked Ace.
"Easy." Said the guard. "Twilight is Princess Celestia’s student. So she’s close friends with her. And the rest of the ponies, including you, are friends with Twilight. That means any one of you could have went behind her back when she turned her back and stole it.”
Applejack and Ace remained quiet. After arguing for about 10 more minutes, the guards send them back to their cell. On the way back to their cell, Ace overheard one of the guards talking about him.
"Alright that's it!" Ace snapped.
The guards stared at him.
"If you got something to say, say it to my face. Otherwise, keep your mouth shut. I can handle alot of things, but if someone starts talking about me while my back is turned, that's when I lose it. So you got something to say or not you sorry excuse of a royal guard pony." Said Ace.
The guard just stood there quietly. "This isn't over Ace." said the guard. "I'll get you before you get out of here."
"Good luck with that. You'll need it" replied Ace.
“So…” Said Rainbow Dash curiously.
“All we did was argue to the guards trying to tell them we didn’t do it. And they still don’t believe it.” Said Ace.
Then one of the guards walked over to their cell.
“Give us your saddlebags.” Demanded the guard.
As Applejack picked up her saddlebag, something fell out.
"What's that?" asked Twilight.
They were all curious of what fell out of AJ's saddlebag. Ace began walking toward the object.
"Hold it!" yelled one of the guards.
"I'm picking it up." said Ace sternly.
He began to get tired of the guards' attitude toward him and the Mane 6. Ace walked over and seen that it was Princess Celestia's stolen crown. Applejack got a worried look on her face. They all looked at Applejack.
“Applejack...” Said Ace. "I thought you were the Element of Honesty, not the Element of Thieving."
Author's Note
I hope you all enjoyed part 1 of The Escapists! Thank you to those who have read part 1. It will take me some time to create part 2 so please be patient. If you liked the story, feel free to share it with your friends! Joe=YourAverageJoe (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOJbBYamXv2L5G0-InByiw)
I'd like to thank YourAverageJoe for giving me a shoutout in his Random Stream of Randomness livestream! Thanks man! In return, I have featured him in the story.
