Don didn’t know how he found the strength to move, but he somehow found himself walking away from Twilight’s house while he just mumbled to himself “but…I didn't do anything, what just happened...”

Then he realized…it didn’t matter. His friends now hated him regardless, and worst of all, so did Twilight. Don found himself walking out of Ponyville, not in the direction of Cantterlot, but away from, everything. He felt like his heart broke, like his magic left him, he even felt as though the very passion that brightened his fur was gone as he wandered out of Ponyville.

Don couldn’t understand what had happened, he hadn’t done anything wrong, yet he had been accused and blamed for things he hadn’t done. The worst part about it is that his friends hadn’t even let him defend himself, they had just yelled at him, even Twilight hadn’t let him speak, and he thought she loved him. She had said she loved him, he wondered how she could have been that way if she really cared so much, it didn’t make sense. Don walked straight out of Ponyville, and before long he found himself on a trail that seemed led into a thick forest, but he didn’t care where he went now. He had no memory, and no Twilight to comfort him, so he kept walking until he reached the forest edge, then he walked in.

Back at her home, Twilight sat in the pile of books she didn’t care to clean up. She sat there waiting, she didn’t know for what, but she didn’t care what it was. She hated herself for what she had just done, she felt sick to her stomach. She knew she had to find a way to prove him innocent so that she could fix her problem.

Then just as she began to wonder if she had acted rashly about the whole thing, Spike opened the door yelling “HEY DON, ARE YOU DONE WITH PINKIE’S STUFF YET, SHE SAYS SHE NEEDS IT BACK SOON…oh Twilight, umm I didn’t see you there”

Twilight’s face was that of shock and hope “did you say ‘Pinkie’s stuff’ Spike”

Spike looked stiff with worry, he was caught “Well yeah, he asked her if he could borrow some paint and her Party Cannon for awhile, but I’m not allowed to tell you why”

Twilight glared at Spike, she had to, now she had a reason to go get Don “Spike, you listen to me very carefully, every one of my friends just yelled at Don, and I told him to leave, because we thought he stole our stuff, you need to come outside with me and after I regather our friends, tell us exactly what you know”.

Spike’s mouth fell open “why would you-”

“not now Spike”. Twilight left the room and went out to gather all of her friends.
About ten minutes later Twilight returned, then her and her friends gathered in front of her house after they tracked down Pinkie Pie and made Spike come outside. Twilight didn’t waist anytime questioning Pinkie “did Don steal your paint and Party Cannon Pinkie?”

Pinkie giggled “What! No, of course not, why would he do that”.

Twilight glared at Rainbow Dash, who immediately said “but I heard you say he stole it”

“No no no Dashie, I said ‘he ran out of here so fast it was like he stole something’ you need to clean your ears”. Twilight turned to Spike “what did Don tell you”.

Spike took a deep breath and said “Don came to me after…after I got back from Rarity’s and asked me to help build you a birthday present Twilight. He had me show him where to buy hay for the project, and then asked me to find some jewels for him, so I went and asked Zecora for some, then he went to Pinkie’s and got the Party Cannon and paint. He was planning on making a giant version of you, it actually looks pretty good, all it needed was the paint and it would have been finished”

Twilight was flabbergasted, this may have just backfired, or gone perfect, she couldn’t tell

“Show me” her words came out fainter than a whisper. Spike nodded and motioned for them to follow him.

It took them about twenty minutes to trudge through the forest before they came to a clearing, where a giant Twilight made out of hay stood in the middle of it. Spike gasped “He must have finished it quicker than I thought, it’s already painted!”.

It was true, it did look like Twilight, and she could see now why he wanted the jewels, he had changed their color with magic and had used them to make up her Cutie Mark.

Twilight couldn’t breathe “and I just turned him away like that, ohhh”

she nearly collapsed to the grass, her plan was breaking apart, she knew he had been innocent, but the fact that he had been making her a birthday gift when she accused him, that made this manipulation ten times worse. Applejack voiced a thought that still stumbled them

“But then what about his fur being in my barn and Rarity’s”. As though she had been waiting for this question, there suddenly came a very overly voiced laugh from behind Twilight’s hay statue. Trixie stepped out from behind it and walked forward “The clever magic that you speak of belonged to none other than The Great and Powerful Trixie" *insert evil Trixie laugh*.

Twilight needed to vent her own anger on something right now, and Trixie was the perfect nasty target. Twilight got up and screamed at Trixie “WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WAS ‘YOUR MAGIC’, WELL OUT WITH IT!”

Trixie just laughed “Oh Twilight Sparkle you are so brainless, Trixie doesn’t know how you managed to best her. Oh well, if you must know, after your mate ruined Trixie’s chance at revenge by blowing up her vines and the pictures in her hat, Trixie decided she would take a different approach to her vengeance. She cleverly realized she could get revenge on both of you by framing Don for stealing your precious items while he worked on his project, and Trixie gets revenge on you because you drove him out of Ponyville!” Rainbow Dash dragged her hooves backwards in the dirt, as though she was going to charge Trixie like a bull.
Twilight's legs felt like jello, she had acted so stupidly, she had wanted to use this problem to solve Don having to leave someday, by making him leave her early, she had planned on finding him and apologizing, but Trixie said he had left. Twilight knew she should have never tried to manipulate her friends like this, it was selfish, but the thought of Don leaving her someday made her crazy and irrational. She just thought she could change the future by making him leave early…it seemed like a really stupid plan now that she thought about it. Now she may have truly lost Don because of it.

Rarity asked the question, that Twilight already had figured out “what do mean she drove him out of Ponyville” Trixie laughed “well of course, you don’t know, but Trixie does, after you all shunned him, and Twilight shut the door in his face without so much as giving him a chance to explain, Trixie watched Don walk right out of Ponyville, and off towards the Everfree Forest”.

Rainbow Dash charged straight at her then, a rage in her eyes “GET HER!”

Trixie laughed “you’ll never catch Trixie”.

Before Rainbow got to her, Trixie flashed a blinding light with her horn,by the time it was over, Trixie was gone.
Twilight couldn’t control herself any longer, she felt the small tears start to roll down her face "stupid brain" she thought. Applejack helped her up and steadied her on her shoulders “there there, sugar cube, we’ll find him, don’t you worry” Twilight started rambling to herself “I’ve been so stupid, how could I let this happen, he could be anywhere in Equestria by now”

Pinkie Pie hopped over to her “Umm hasn't it been only like, an hour? He can't really be that far, besides I have an idea” Everypony turned to Pinkie, wondering if they should even consider the thought. But seeing as they were desperate, they let her speak. Pinkie smiled “well Twilight, do you still love him?”

Twilight didn’t even hesitate, forgetting that they didn’t know she had tried planning this in the first place, and so the answer wasn't as obvious “of course I do, what kind of question is that Pinkie?!”

Pinkie jumped in place “Well then, all we need is a pony who is an expert on love, and who do we know who is” Twilight understood what she meant then and yelled “Cadence”

“Exactly!”

“Pinkie you’re a genius!”

Pinkie blushed “thanks Twilight”

They all hoofed it back to Twilight’s house to prepare to hunt down Cadence and Shining Armor!

Author's Notes:

Short chapter
Twilight and her brilliant plans, i couldn't help but think of the time travel episode as i wrote this part