Use the Teleporter (50%)
It wasn’t easy for her to admit, but Twilight actually couldn’t perform a teleportation spell. She tried, and she got the closest out of anypony else, but she never was able to perform it successfully. Thus, she would have to use the teleporter spell slab.
She pulled the green square of stone out of the cake. Concentrating, she envisioned herself outside of her prison, standing on the sands of the desert a free mare. She put her magic into the stone and let the inscribed spell move her body.
“Ready?” she heard a voice say. Looking around she saw she was standing in front of a pony shaped silhouette. Behind her was two police officers pointing a crossbow at her.
“FIRE!” Captain Fancy Pants had been proctoring Officer Trailblazer’s marksmareship test, when a Pony teleported right onto the firing range, that wasn’t going to look good on any of the records.
FAIL
I guess some things just weren’t meant to be.
Twilight sparked back into existence hyperventilating. She thanked her lucky stars she was able to reverse the spell before she got shot. But, she was now back in her cell. With the phony cake still on the floor.
Use the Cellphone (50%)
Cellular telephones. Telephones themselves actually weren’t that recent an invention. Equestria had had working phone lines for nearly 70 years. These lines connected the major cities together and were primarily used by governmental offices and police stations. Cellphones were a recent upgrade, and were very expensive.
Fortunately, Twilight knew how to operate one and knew exactly who to call…
September 9th 12:53 PM
District Court House
Courtroom No. 4
The gavel crashed down drawing all eyes to the judge. He was an old horse with a long grey beard. The epidemy of a court judge.
“Witness, please continue your testimony.”
“Okay.”
Witness Testimony
The witness in question was one Lyra Heartstrings, one of the Unicorns who had unknowingly smuggled Twilight into the Bank.
“I was riding alongside my partner in the armored van, when suddenly… We spotted a bag on the side of the road. We got out and eventually decided to throw the bag in with the others. We didn’t know there was somepony hiding in there!”
“Objection!” Twilight’s attorney was a Unicorn mare about the same age as her, named Minuette. Her light blue fur contrasted with her cobalt and blue grey mane. Said mane had been pulled back into an elaborate and rather impossible hairdo. “So, the defendant crawled into that bag in order to break into the bank. Is that correct?”
“Is it not obvious?” jest the prosecutor, another old stallion, though one more unkempt and wild looking.
“Is it really that obvious?” Minuette retorted. “I have proof that the defendant didn’t hide herself inside that bag.”
“Well then,” said the judge. “What are you waiting for? Present this evidence at once!”
Present which piece of evidence?
Attorney’s Badge: It is my all-important badge. It shows that I am a defense attorney.
Disguising Bag: The bag the defendant used to sneak into the bank. The knot is tied on the outside of the bag.
Floor Plans of Bank: A diagram of the bank and its surroundings.
Mysterious Device (teleporter): A device whose use is unknown.
Security Footage: Security footage of the night of the intrusion. Shows the defendant leaving her disguise and setting off the alarm.
Doctor’s Analysis: Doctor’s examination of the defendant done after arrest. Defendant suffered many bruises.
Thanks very much for getting the next chapter up. Definitely appreciate you going to the effort. Certainly liked the description of how the teleportation spell slab worked (or, was SUPPOSED to work) as well as how Twilight was able to avoid getting shot.
In the event that the evidence bag IS chosen, when Minuette asked how she could have tied the knot outside the bag while inside the bag, the prosecutor can point out "She's a unicorn. She has telekinesis." before Minuette retorts "Well, yes, but this doctor's note clearly states that she has taken severe physical injuries which would have thrown off her telekinesis. It would have been impossible for her to tie the knot from inside the bag. Which makes it much more likely that she didn't. She wasn't hiding in the bag. She was stuffed in it. As aforementioned, this doctor note clearly depicts her being quite seriously injured. She was unconscious."
After Minuette gets Twilight acquitted, there could be an additional scene with Twilight thanking her and admitting she will pay as soon as she has the money before Minuette reassures her that she knows Twilight is broke and this was pro bono.
At the start of the "Stealing the Diamond", there could be some scenes with Twilight as the new librarian in Ponyville (taking the job because it was one of the few paying jobs that she was qualified for doing and it was far enough away from Canterlot that most of them wouldn't know about her criminal record) interacting somewhat civilly to a few of the Ponyville residents before finding out about the diamond from a newspaper. When she find out the diamond is valuable enough to set her for life once she gets it fenced, she decides to try for it after the library's closing time (as she IS professional enough to wait until after the library's official closing time).
After Twilight successfully steals the Diamond, there could be a couple of brief scenes - one with shadowy figures grumbling about how some unicorn they never saw before beat them to the diamond and the other with another shadowy figure getting Twilight with a dart from a blowgun and commenting that the Captain is going to be extremely pleased with how Twilight was captured without anybody getting hurt.
My vote is for the attorney's badge.
We need another fail after all.