My Little Ace Attorneys

"Who are these guys?" a cocky, tomboyish voice asked.

"Girls! You were supposed to focus on the Princesses!" another voice, this one sounding intelligent and well-read.

"Well I certainly see no harm in asking such handsome creatures their business here," retorted a third voice, this one posh and sophisticated.

Phoenix Wright groaned, wondering groggily what the voices he could hear were arguing about. He was sore all over. His mouth felt like it was full of sand. As the voices continued to squabble, a southern accent, a hyperactive squeal and a shy whisper contributed their opinions to the discussion. Phoenix blearily opened his eyes a small bit. His vision was blurred, but to his right there was a magenta shape sprawled on the ground, which he assumed was Edgeworth, and a little ways past him was a red and white blob who could only have been Apollo. He closed his eyes again and worked up the courage to reopen them a few minutes later. When he did, his vision was clearer, and he was in for a shock. He was in a library that seemed to be hollowed out of a huge tree. On the second floor, there was what appeared to be a dragon snoozing in a cat basket. But that's not the strange part. The strange part was the 6 pastel coloured horses staring at him. All fully grown mares.

He didn't want to believe it, but Phoenix was fairly sure that they were the owners of the voices he had heard arguing. As they all began arguing once more, and ignoring the fact that he was awake, he managed to match voice to face. The cocky voice came from a cyan, winged pony with a rainbow mane. She had a gold necklace with a red lightning bolt studded into it. 4 other mares had similar necklaces, however the owner of the intelligent voice had a tiara with a star studded into it. She was a purple pony with a single horn, which Phoenix guessed made her a unicorn. The wings made the cyan pony a pegasus according to Greek mythology. The purple unicorn had a bowl cut mane, which was darker purple with pink highlights. She seemed to be the leader of the group. The posh voice belonged to a white unicorn with an elegantly styled purple mane. The southern accent belonged to an orange pony with no distinguishing features other than the fact that she was, well, orange. Her blond mane was tied back unspectacularly and covered with a cowboy hat. She smelled strongly of apples. The hyperactive squeal belonged to a pink pony with a darker pink mane that was as gravity-defying as Phoenix's own spiky hairstyle. She was constantly bouncing, wiggling her legs so vigorously that she seemed to float into the air, despite her lack of wings or a horn. The shy whisper came from a nondescript pale yellow pegasus with a light pink mane. She was very quiet and shy, hiding from the lawyers behind her mane and whispering and stuttering suggestions into the discussion.

Such was the nature of the company Phoenix found himself faced with upon his awakening. In the corner of his eye he saw Edgeworth stir. Phoenix shakily got to his feet, but it was strange. He felt wrong somehow. He was still fatigued, and had to remain on all fours in order to prevent himself from toppling over. The 6 mares noticed him.

"Oh, you're finally awake," beamed the purple unicorn. "Sorry for the inconvenience. We were practising a summoning spell and it went wrong, because somepony couldn't stay focused for 2 minutes," -she shot a glare at her friends- " Excuse me for a moment," she continued, and trotted over to her friends to resume her discussion about who was at fault.

She introduced them to Phoenix. "This is Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy," she said, pointing to each mare in turn, "And I'm Twilight Sparkle. Pleased to meet you!"

"I'm Phoenix Wright," Phoenix introduced himself, "And, uh, if you don't mind..." -he drew in a breath- "Why the hell am I in a hollow tree with a dragon sleeping upstairs and colourful talking HORSES staring at me?" he screeched.

Everypony stopped what they were doing and stared at Phoenix. Finally Rainbow Dash spoke up, "Did you hit your head or something? Or are you just stupid?"

"Rainbow Dash! How rude!" Rarity commented indignantly. She addressed Phoenix, "Darling, you are a handsome stallion. If you don't believe me then look in the mirror. I for one do not think you peculiar in any way, and I would love to get to know you better. You look simply fabuloooooous." She swooned and fluttered her eyelashes at this last statement. She wandered off someplace to find a mirror.

But Phoenix had stopped paying attention at the word 'stallion'. "Stallion?" he thought, "That can't be right. A stallion is a male horse, and I'm a human...aren't I?"

True to her word, Rarity returned, with a mysteriously floating mirror trailing behind her. It was surrounded by a light blue aura. A similar aura surrounded Rarity's horn. Phoenix could only assume that she was using magic of some sort.

Phoenix took a look in the mirror, if only to confirm his fears, and nearly died of a heart attack. In place of his usual tall and sturdy build, there was a pegasus stallion, with a dark blue coat and a black mane and tail which were done up in a sickeningly familiar spiky hairstyle. Phoenix stood looking at his reflection, hyperventilating. His vision was blurring and he was in real danger of fainting. But he didn't. Instead he yelped loud enough to wake the dead, let alone Edgeworth, who also seemed to have been ponified, snoozing beside him.

Edgeworth rose to his feet. Unlike Phoenix he was quicker on the draw. The second he saw Phoenix he connected the dots. He joined Phoenix by the mirror, but since he knew what was coming merely by glancing at Phoenix, he didn't scream or panic. He merely sighed at the thought of the nightmares to come. He was a magenta stallion, without wings or a horn. An earth pony was the correct term, if he heard the discussion he had been listening to right. He had a black mane and tall. His fringe had elaborated itself into his mane.

"Brilliant. Just brilliant." he muttered to himself, "Trapped in the land of colourful talking ponies, with a panicked Wright and soon to be panicked Apollo."

He decided that he should try to be civil with these mares. After all it was better to get on their good side if he wanted to return to Earth, for he could only assume that this was another world entirely.

"Hello ladies. My name is Miles Edgeworth, however you may refer to me as Edgeworth," -managing to execute a very admirable pony version of his signature charming bow- "and we would be gratified if you would help us get our bearings. The dark blue fellow next to me is Phoenix Wright, and the sleeping dope is Apollo Justice."

The Mane 6 were no match for Edgeworth's charms. While they filled him in on the workings of Equestria (they just assumed their spell had messed up his memory in some way or another), a very fatigued Apollo Justice, who had been awake longer than the other two, but hadn't bothered moving, finally decided to get to his feet. He'd heard the whole conversation, from the argument, to Phoenix's reactions and Edgeworth's charms. From this he had a fair grasp on what was going on, and was aware of his own transformation. He strode up to the mirror like he owned the place. Despite the fact that he knew what to expect, be still jumped a little when he saw himself. Not unlike Rarity, he was a white unicorn, however he was wearing a red vest and his signature bracelet was around his right foreleg. Unsurprisingly, it still fitted him perfectly, thanks to the special alloy it was made of. His brunette mane and tail were spiked, not as if he had been standing in front a jet engine like Phoenix's, but rather as if he had gelled them. It gave the slightly comical impression that he had three horns. He introduced himself to everypony.

Once the 3 lawyers had calmed down, they explained their situation to Twilight and her friends. Though they got some strange looks, and once or twice a snort of laughter would come from Rainbow or Pinkie, they weren't interrupted. At the end of their tale, Twilight said, "That's quite the story. But I think I believe you."

She then outlined what their actions had been before the trio arrived. "We were practising a summoning spell that can reach between dimensions. It's a little hard to explain, but basically this spell, which requires the most powerful magic known to Equestria, the Elements of Harmony, can cut through the barriers that separate worlds and take ponies -and humans too apparently- here. Princesses Celestia and Luna, rulers of the day and night respectively, have to go to another world on a mission with Discord. They can get there on their own, but the problem lies in getting back. So they went to a realm they can return from at will so we could practise summoning them. But the problem is that all six of us need to stay in focus on our targets. Now, who got distracted? Who's the least likely to stay on topic for 2 minutes?" Five heads swivelled in the direction of Pinkie Pie.

"Pinkie, were you focusing on the princesses when we performed the spell?" Twilight asked.

"Oh I was at first, but then I started thinking how cool it would be if the princesses were LAWYERS! They'd be all like 'Objection! That's not relevant.' and 'Hold it! Why were you there in the first place?' and stuff. Then I got super determined to train the princesses to be the best lawyers they could be! And I thought that Luna could be the defense attorney, fighting for the weak and Celestia could be the ruthless prosecutor! So then I thought that to train them to be lawyers I'd have to get the best lawyers! I needed a determined defense attorney and some vicious prosecutors. So then I focused on them instead!" she replied, sounding pleased with herself.

Throughout Pinkie's monologue, Phoenix and Apollo were twitching involuntarily. Phoenix would ruffle or flare his wings, and Apollo would pick up books, quills, paper and on one occasion Fluttershy, with his magic, only to drop them after a few seconds.

"Mystery solved. Ah guess Pinkie was a might overbearin' and distracted everypony else," Applejack sighed.

"Double mystery solved actually, because I have a reputation for never giving up on my clients, and so does my protege, Apollo," Phoenix explained, "And Edgeworth has a...dubious reputation for using any means necessary to get his guilty verdict."

"Wright, keep your gossip to yourself. That was then and this is now. Now I pursue the truth, just like you," Edgeworth responded.

"So, how do we go back?" asked Apollo.

"Ummm...about that...I seriously doubt you can. Travelling between worlds takes a huge amount of energy. Energy we don't have access to," said Twilight awkwardly.

Now it was Edgeworth's turn to panic. "WHAT? But I thought you said those 'Elements of Harmony' things were the most powerful magic you had? If they can call princesses, why can't they send lawyers?" he asked in a daze.

"We'd have to research the spell. Could take years. If you want us to try, get used to Equestria," Twilight answered bluntly, "Plus, you guys would have to read up on magic too for that extra boost of energy," she continued.

There was a lapse in conversation. You could have heard a pin drop, except for one sound. Somepony was drinking coffee.

"Blacker than a moonless night... Hotter and more bitter than Hell itself...that is coffee."

In the commotion following the attorney's arrival, nopony had noticed a teal unicorn with a visor over his eyes, three horizontal red lines that were glowing. His mane and tail were white, and unlike Apollo, he knew what he was doing with his magic, and his ever-present coffee mug was floating in the air, surrounded by a red aura. Oh yes, Prosecutor Godot was calm, collected and cool as ever. He was unperturbed by the fact that he was now a colourful talking pony, with other colourful talking ponies surrounding him.

"We have to do what we have to do to return, then we might as well start now," he said as if nothing strange was happening. "And if we fail, well then we fail. Simple as that," he continued, treating the situation like a trip to the store.

"I agree with the laser face pony. Uhhh, what's his name?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Some spend their entire lives waiting for me, Diego Armando, to appear. However you may call me Godot," he replied cryptically.

"Why is there a visor on your face?" asked Rainbow.

"I was poisoned some 15 years ago. It turned all my hair white and destroyed my eyesight. Even with these huge goggles on my head, I still can't see the colour red on a white background," was the answer.

"Oh YEAH! This is my GUY!" shouted Rainbow Dash enthusiastically, "He's cool, looks awesome and he hangs on no matter what!"

Inspiration struck Pinkie Pie. Inspiration for a prank, that is. She wanted to be the one to tip the coolest guy around over the edge. "Hey Godot, do you like Apollo's vest?" she asked, giggling slightly "Isn't the red pretty?"

"What vest...? Oh I see. Haha very funny," came the deadpan reply, "Red on a white background."

"All right, so if we have to teach these guys about the different types of magic, I think Edgeworth and Godot should stay here with me. I can teach Godot some unicorn magic and Edgeworth can read up on earth pony magic. Because, no offence Applejack, but you don't know much about Earth pony magic, and neither does Pinkie," said Twilight.

Rarity chimed in, "I will watch over Apollo. His fashion sense is to DIE for."

"I don't know much about pegasus magic, but I think I know more than Fluttershy, who's scared of heights," Rainbow said, cocky as ever, "I'll take Phoenix back to my cloud place and then teach him all kinds of acrobatics!"

"Great. The guy who's scared of heights gets to be a pegasus and has to fly into the sky and learn acrobatics. Not to mention messing with clouds, lightning bolts and the like. Maybe I should go with Fluttershy..." thought Phoenix.

And so it was decided that until further notice, Godot and Edgeworth would stay in the library, Apollo would live in Carousel Boutique, and Phoenix would take to the skies with Rainbow. It was going to be a long ride home...