Night fell and it was around the time everypony in Ponyville began to sleep for tomorrow. Two shadows approach a local shop. It was unknown who they were due to their hooded appearances. The view pans up to the moon and the sound of glass shattering was all that was heard.

-The fifth day-

The next morning Twilight had awakened. Spike was still in his bed snoring under his blanket.

Twilight (stretching): Good morning Spike.

Twilight looked over her bedside and saw that Spike was still asleep. She got out of bed and silently walked down to the lower level. The first thing she noticed was that André wasn't around as he normally would be.

Twilight: André's gone? That's not like him to be up and about before me. I wonder where he could have gone. Probably went to go see Applejack again. Just to be safe I should go out and look for him, uh, what am I saying? Why am I mothering him? I'm worrying too much. I should probably go to see Babe first. I hope they're ready to meet Princess Celestia today.

Twilight's spirits were high. Her two good friends were going to meet Princess Celestia. Twilight did her daily morning routine and left the library. As she walked through the town square she notices a group of ponies gathered around. She stopped in curiosity.

Twilight: I wonder what's going on over there.

Pony#1: It's true! I saw them with my own eyes!

Pony#2: I should've seen this coming…

Twilight (approaching the group): Is everything alright?

Rarity (walking up to Twilight): Twilight?

Twilight: Rarity? What're you doing here?

Rarity: I heard the commotion and I had to see what was wrong.

Twilight: What happened?

Rarity: Apparently some miscreants have been breaking into stores, stealing and ruining businesses. The nerve of some ponies!

Twilight: …Yeah. That's just awful. Why would somepony do
this?

Rarity: Not sure but the situation will be handled soon. Princess Celestia has been notified about the situation and she's on her way.

Twilight: That's good. This is serious.

Rarity: Indeed.

André and Babe arrived in the town square and noticed the mess that fell upon the shops. The shop owners were talking to the authorities. The two boys ran over to the group of ponies in the square.

André: Hey, Twilight! Rarity!

Rarity: There's André and Babe now.

Twilight: Good.

André: What's going on?

Pony#3: IT'S THEM!

All of the ponies turned their attention to the voice of the pony who called out. The pony pointed forward.

Pony#3: It's them! They're the ones who broke into all our shops and stole our goods!

Babe: What?

Pony#4: Of course! It had to have been the humans! They show up out of nowhere and a week later things start going wrong in town!

Pony#5: Yeah! That's defiantly the same two who broke into my shop.

All the ponies in the square began to swarm around the two. André and Babe were obviously shocked and confused.

Babe: What is this, some kind of joke?

Pony#1: Quiet human! You're going to get what's coming to you, once Princess Celestia gets here!

Babe: Guys, what are you all talking about? It's us! André and Babe, we wouldn't ever break into any of your shops.

Pony#2: Liars!

Twilight and Rarity ran through the crowd and stood in front of André and Babe, defending them.

Twilight: Hold it right there!

Pony#5: Get out of the way! Don't defend these humans!

Pony#2: They're the ones who caused all this trouble!

Rarity: What is wrong with you ponies? I can assure you these two are not the ones you're looking for!

Pony#3: How would you know? You weren't there!

Rarity: They're our friends! They would never perform criminal acts!

André: That's right.

Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Fluttershy walked through the crowd and stood before Twilight, Rarity, André and Babe.

Twilight: Guys! Thank Celestia you're here, everypony in town is acting crazy!

Applejack: …

Pinkie Pie: …

Fluttershy: …

André: Guys, what's wrong? You all look angry.

Applejack: Don't play dumb with us. Why'd you do it?

André: Huh?

Applejack: You both were at Sweet Apple Acres last night…When I looked outside my window…most of the apple tree's in Sweet Apple Acres were all turned...to ash's.

Twilight: WHAT!?

Babe and André were struck with silence. They couldn't believe what they were hearing from their friends.

Applejack: Ah saw you two standing by and laughing, you dropped everything you had and ran away.

Rarity: T-That can't be…

Applejack: Would Ah lie to you?

André: A-A-Applejack…no, no, no! T-That's impossible…no! How could we do that to you?

Pinkie Pie: You were both at Sugarcube Corner too. You ruined the shop…in front of my eyes. How could you stand there and possibly say you would never do anything like that?

Babe: Fluttershy?

Fluttershy: You both…you both…you both destroyed the homes of all my animal friends and chased them off into the wilderness. At first I was hoping it was just a horrible dream but when I talked to Applejack, Pinkie Pie and the other ponies in Ponyville…I just had to-uh!

Babe: …

Babe took a step forward to Fluttershy but she backed away and hid behind her mane. André and Babe were seriously hurt by everything they heard.

André: T-Twilight, Rarity…you know we didn't do any of that right?

Twilight: …

Rarity: …

André: Right? After everything we've went through! You have to believe us!

"Stand aside" an angelic voice came from the crowd. Twilight immediately recognized the voice and faced the crowd of ponies. The hundreds of ponies that were around were making way as white coated Alicorn with a long following mane made her way to the center, as she walked all the ponies bowed in her presence including Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rarity.

Twilight: P-Princess Celestia.

Princess Celestia: …

André: Princess Celestia, I-

Princess Celestia: Silence.

André: …!

Princess Celestia: You are the two who I've heard so much about? I hear of your good deeds in Ponyville. I encouraged you to visit me in Canterlot. I wanted to get the chance to meet these two good humans in person. The day finally arrives and I come and see this. You attacked your friends and performed criminal acts in Ponyville. My sister warned me of letting you two run freely but after all the letters I receive from Twilight I had a change of heart. I decided to trust in her judgment and trust in you two. As co-ruler of Equestria how does that make me look?

Twilight: Wait a minute!

Princess Celestia turned her attention to Twilight.

Twilight: That's…that's not true! They would never do that. How can anypony just stand around and accuse them of-

Princess Celestia: Enough!

Princess Celestia raised her voice at Twilight. The change in Celestia's voice made Twilight flinch. Princess Celestia performed a magic spell that summoned a large magical screen. The screen revealed the events that happened late last night. Twilight's eyes shrank as she saw her two friends breaking into the shops and making off with whatever it was they could grab. It appears everything all the ponies said were true.

Twilight: N-

André: That…that's…

Twilight: That's impossible…

The lavender mare turned to the two with water in her eyes.

Twilight: You two were…I thought we were…

André: Twilight, please. You, of all ponies, have to believe us.

Twilight took a few steps back and stood beside Princess Celestia and her royal guards.

André: …Twilight?

Princess Celestia: I would expect that you know the seriousness of the situation. We have no choice….as punishment for their crimes. I hereby exile you two from Ponyville and Canterlot. Whatever you two have come here with, take with you.

André: …

Princess Celestia turned her back on them and walked away. All the others surrounding them began to exit the area.

Princess Celestia: You are to be packed and ready to leave Ponyville at noon. Everypony will see to your departure.

Princess Celestia boarded her chariot, her Pegasi guards flying her away. André fell to his knees and stared directly down at the ground below him. Babe simply looked at his "friends".

Rarity: I can't believe this and after we trusted you both. C'mon girls let's go.

Rarity led the remaining group of ponies away from the square, Twilight still stood in disbelief.

Applejack (turning back to the lavender mare): Twilight, let's go.

Twilight: …It happened so fast. We were friends.

Applejack went back to Twilight and pushed her forward. Applejack looked back at the two after getting this strange feeling in her heart but she ignored it and kept going.

André: …

Babe: Come on, Dré.

André: What happened?

Babe: Doesn't matter. Go get your stuff and let's go.

André: How can you just accept everything that's going on!?

Babe: Who said anything about accepting? We're going to go out and find those responsible for this.

André: What are you talking about?

Babe: We've obviously been framed. Let's just go out and prove to them that we're innocent men. I will not let this go by as if nothing's wrong. Whoever did this caused us our friends and they're going to pay for that.

André: …You're serious?

Babe (holding out his hand): Come on. Let's go.

André: …

Babe: We know we're not guilty so let's not even feel sorry for each other and all that crap. Don't even worry about small problems like this, especially when we can fix it.

André: …You know what, you're right.

Babe: Of course I am.

André grabbed Babe's hand. Later that day all of the ponies of Ponyville were standing at the town's entrance. Princess Celestia and Luna stood at the front of the group, the mane six standing directly behind the two.

Princess Celestia: You are here exiled from Ponyville and Canterlot. Your horrible deeds have earned you the distrust of all of the ponies in Ponyville.

Princess Luna: If you were ever to return we will banish you from Equestria. Do you have any last words?

André: Not really, more of a request on my end. You guys should really start thinking of apologies. (Bowing) I mean you no disrespect princess's but we've been wrongly accused. I think it's only fitting we get an apology when this is all over.

Babe: Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and of course you Fluttershy!

The mane six all looked at Babe, curious as to what he had to say.

Babe: We'll be back before you guys know it. Everything will make sense pretty soon. I know you guys know we're innocent so we're not mad at any of you, this is our problem so don't worry.

Applejack: (What is this sudden feeling?)

Rainbow Dash: …

Fluttershy: …

Pinkie Pie: …

Rarity: …

Twilight: …

Princess Luna: Go! Stop talking this nonsense, leave!

Babe: You've got it.

André: Right.

The two waved at the mane6 with smiles. The two boys turned and travelled down the only road that was set for them. All the ponies watched until they were out of sight. Twilight and the others couldn't stand to watch them go but they had no choice. As hard as it was to believe the evidence was quite clear.

Princess Luna: If only we could've acted sooner.

Princess Celestia: We did what we had too. Everything is alright now.

Rarity: I don't get it. How could those two have been smiling?

Applejack: They said they've been wrongly accused but that doesn't make any sense, right? How could they have possibly been wrongly accused after being shown proof by Princess Celestia?

Twilight: …Still.

Applejack: Huh?

Twilight: somewhere deep down, I believe them. A part of me somehow knows they were telling the truth.

The six friends all went quiet for a minute before Rarity finally spoke up.

Rarity: I, uh, sort of had the same feeling as well. When they said they'd be back.

Rainbow Dash: Seriously? Me too, one look at their faces and I began having my doubts.

Could it have been a coincidence the mane six had all thought to themselves, the fact that they've all had the same thought around the exact same time?

Later on down the seemingly road to nowhere André and Babe have walked so far down that Ponyville was no longer in sight. They were unaware they were being followed.

André (sighing): Well, now what?

Babe: We find whoever had framed us.

André: Duh, but HOW?

Babe (stopping to think): …Um.

André: …?

Babe: I don't…really know.

André (face palming): Uggh.

Apple Bloom (jumping onto André's shoulder): Sounds like we've got a real mystery on our hands!

André: Apple Bloom?

Scootaloo (jumping onto his other shoulder): She's not the only one!

André: Scootaloo? If you two are here then that must mean that-

Sweetie Belle (standing before the two): Sweetie Belle is here too!

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo jumped off of André's shoulder and stood in front of him with Sweetie Belle.

André: What are you three doing here? You should all be home in Ponyville.

Apple Bloom: We wanted to help you.

Babe: Help us?

Scootaloo: Of course! We know you both are innocent. We want to help you catch the culprit.

André: That's really nice of you guys. But I don't think it'd be safe for you to come with us.

Sweetie Belle: Aw, why not?

André: Well we've been exiled and you three can get into some real trouble if you're seen with us.

Scootaloo: We don't care about that. We're your friends, right? Friends help each other out and that's what we do!

Babe: We understand where you're all coming from but this is something André and I have to handle alone. You guys don't need this burden on your hooves. As a friend you should also see where we're getting at.

Apple Bloom: What's that mean?

Sweetie Belle: They're basically saying they don't want us in their way.

The three fillies laughed.

Apple Bloom: Very well then. You two win. But you BETTER make sure you come back!

Babe: Of course. Thanks for understanding. It makes us happy to see that you care that much for us.

Apple Bloom: No problem!

Scootaloo: It was our pleasure.

Sweetie Belle: We'll see you when everything is all straightened out right?

André: Mhm.

Sweetie Belle: Well, that's a relief.

Apple Bloom: Just remember this, even if all of Equestria sees you as enemies know that we'll always be on your side.

The CMC's started making their way back to Ponyville. André and Babe silently watched them as they all headed back home. The human duo turned back around and continued making their way down the road. They were even more determined to make everything right thanks to the CMC's.

Laughter and Loyalty

To be continued