The First Turnabout... Again!
Author's Note
For the sake of the story, I will not put the part where Phoenix meets Racer, I'll jump it
The First Turnabout... Again!
October, 10. PM
Canterlot District Court
Defendant Lobby #2
There was a blue pony, with a hedgehog-like hair
"Please author, don't make any jokes about my hair, please?"
OK! OK! Geez! Stop breaking the fourth wall!!
*ahem* Anyway, this pony, again, has blue coat, is a unicorn, and is currently waiting for his co-counsel and his client.
"Star Racer and Princess Celestia respectively"
I SAID TO STOP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!!!
"..,"
*ahem* Well, as he said, it's them, now you might be asking, "Why Princess Celestia would commit a crime!?", well, actually, she was framed for murder, and this pony is going to get her rid of the "guilty" verdict, why?
This pony is Phoenix Wright. The best defense attorney in Earth AND Equestria!
Now, "Why EARTH?" you're asking, well, Phoenix thought he could have some vacation days in Equestria, well today's trial proved it otherwise, while he was sitting on the Lobby's sofas, Racer and Celestia arrived
"Wright!" Racer said, rushing to him and hugging him
"Hey Racer, been a while huh?" Wright said to him.
"Yeah! I know that! How's yourself for this trial?"
"Meh, I'm okay, it's not my first trial after all"
"Hmhm, I agree with you" Celestia said
"I still can't believe someone framed Celly!" Racer said in frustration "The REAL murderer is gonna pay for this!"
"..." *insert stupidness sound here* Wright and Celestia were watching Racer in sarcasm.
"... Oops! Hehe! Sorry about that!" Racer apologized
"No problem, but we have a trial to go right?" Wright remembered
"YEAH! Let's do this!" Racer said in enthusiasm
(From here on in, it will be Phoenix's P.O.V)
Day 1
Court is now in session
ALL RISE
"Court is now in session for the trial of Princess Celestia Sunlight" The Judge pony said
"The prosecution is ready Your Honor" Discord said from the Prosecutor's bench
"The Defense is ready your honor" I said from my Defense bench
"Alright, let's first enlist the details. Mr. Wright?" The Judge said to me
"If I may..." I said to the Judge "The victim, which name is Cindy Leaves, was murdered by being stroke once by a wooden stick, here's the stick for our perusal" I presented the murder weapon
"Right, the court accepts it into evidence" The Judge Pony said
Wooden Stick added to the court record
Type: Weapon
The Weapon used in the murder, there are no hoofprints on it
Alright, if I remember Mia's training, I have to pay attention to any evidence that is included in the trial, the evidence is my only weapon, so I have to check the Court Record frequently. While I was thinking through that, the judge banged his gravel with his magic
"The prosecution may call its first witness" He said to Discord
"The prosecution would like to call the defendant Ms. Celestia to the stand" Discord said
[Now that was fun to do!]
"Mr. Wright! You object the call of your client!?" The Judge said in more surprise than anger
"Nuh-uh, I'm objecting because the prosecution made a mistake on calling the PRINCESS a MISS!"
"D'OH!" Discord shouted, then some discussion happened in the court that the Judge had to bang his gravel and say "ORDER! ORDER IN THE COURT!"
"..." Racer was speechless by my side, I just had shut up the most chaotic being in Equestria... and I was smirking.
"Alright, alright..." Discord said "The prosecution would like to call the defendant PRINCESS Celestia to the stand"
"Now that's more like it" I said *insert an stupidness sound here*
Celestia was now on the stand
"*ahem* Princess. Is it not true that the victim had recently broke one of your rules?" Discord asked the princess
"Hey watch it! I don't even know that victim!" Celestia objected
*insert stupidness sound here* (But you had to scream objection if you wanted to say something like that...) I thought
"Besides, do you have any proof of WHAT rule she was breaking?" Celestia said
"It's right here" Discord said while presenting a certain rule "It says here that there is a rule where you ban the pony for 6 months into detention center for not correcting his time"
*insert stupidness sound here* (What kind of rule is that?!) I thought
Rule #27 added to the court record
Type: Evidence
Maybe a "made-up" rule by Discord
"Now, Princess Celestia, What do you think of the victim now?" Discord asked
"Uh-Oh... I don't think you want her to answer that question Wright..." Racer said to me
(Yeah, she is the highest authority in Equestria for Pony's sake... What do I do?) I thought, after realizing that question he made escaped the REAL trial, I slammed in the desk and said "My client had no idea that rule existed!" then I pointed to Discord "That question is irrelevant to this case!"
"OOF!!" Discord said and winced, surprised by my outburst
"Irrelevant?" Celestia said
"Because it goes off-topic" Phoenix explained "The question he made escaped the trial"
"Speaking of it let's continue it shall we?" The Judge spoke
"Yes Your Honor" Me, Celestia and Discord said
"Now, next question:" Discord said "What were you doing at the crime scene?"
"Uh... A moment please?" The Judge asked "What was the crime scene?"
"It was the princesses' ruined castle at the Everfree Forest your honor" I answered
"I was trying to reform it, so that the Everfree Forest wouldn't be the scary forest it is now"
Discord shouted "Your Honor, the defendant is lying!"
"Lying?" The Judge said
"The prosecution would like to call a witness to prove the defendant is lying" Discord said
"Well that simplifies matters, who is your witness?" The Judge asked
"The pony who found the victim's body" Discord answered "Before making the gruesome discovery" he then pointed to Celestia "He saw the defendant fleeing the scene of crime!" Some chatter started in the court again, and the Judge had to bang his gravel but before he could say: "ORDER IN THE COURT I SAY!" I shouted:
SILENCE!
And then the court was silent
"Thank you for your help Phoenix, but next time, let me do this" The Judge warned me
"Sorry Your Honor" I apologized
The pony that was the prosecution's client was now standing on the... Uh... Stand...
"Witness, state your name and occupation" The Judge said
"Cruise Speed, and I'm just a cruiser through Equestria, over some of the safest place to the most dangerous places of Equestria" The witness, Cruise Speed, answered
Cruise Speed added to the Profile Record
Type: Witness
Pony Specie: Alicorn
The prosecution's client, there's something odd about him
"OK Cruise, you may testify" The Judge said to the witness, here I must remember, I have to hear carefully what the witness will say, so that I could use that against him!
Witness Testimony
Witness's Account
I was cruising through the most dangerous place of Equestria when I saw your majesty running away from the castle, I thought she was checking out something at it that I wouldn't mind, but being the adventurer and curious I am, I decided to check out the castle. When I got there, I found the body of the pony, I quailed in fright and decided to flee from the castle as fast as I could to warn the guards. I remember the time, it was 11:00PM, at September
"Hmmm..." The Judge said in curiosity
(Wait a minute...) I thought (This is JUST EXACTLY as my first case! This is going to be so easy!)
"Incidentally, why weren't you using your wings during that time, since you're an Alicorn?" The Judge asked him
"I like to walk, I just use my wings in danger and fright situations, same with the horn, finding the body was one of them" He answered and the Judge nodded
"Now, Mr. Wright?"
"Yes Your Honor"
"You may begin your cross examination"
"Um... Wright..." Racer was saying "Explain me again what is a cross examination?"
"Well that's easy" I answered "You must see if there are contradictions on the witness's testimony, by comparing his testimony with some of the evidences in the Court Record, once you've found the contradicting evidence, you have to present it so that his lie is confirmed"
"Oh... Thank you for reminding me" Racer thanked
"Um... Your Honor, a little moment please?" Celestia asked
"Yes Princess?"
"Incidentally, I was going to put some electrical equipment at the castle, you know, TV, table clock these sorts of things" [Since electronics exist in Equestria (Thanks to Vinyl) I thought to put more of them in the ponies' world]
"Hmm... Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us Celest- Oh... PRINCESS Celestia" Celestia nodded at that
"I was gonna present it even..." Discord said while presenting a record "This is a blackout record of the time of the incident"
Blackout Record added to the Court Record
Type: Evidence
Presented by Prosecutor Discord
(Discord's just making this too easy) I thought
Cross Examination
Witness's account
I was cruising through the most dangerous place of Equestria when I saw your majesty running away from the castle
HOLD IT!
"What was Celestia's appearance when you saw her?" I asked
"She was tired, probably from running out of the crime scene" He answered
"Hmmm..."
I thought she was checking out something at it that I wouldn't mind, but being the adventurer and curious I am, I decided to check out the castle.
HOLD IT!
"If I remember, the castle had a curse, it would be a little impossible for you to enter there" I affirmed
"Well SHE is not cursed if there WAS a curse, since SHE entered WITH the victim" He answered
"Oh... Sorry about the misunderstanding" I apologized
When I got there, I found the body of the pony, I quailed in fright and decided to flee from the castle as fast as I could to warn the guards. I remember the time, it was 11:00PM, at September
[Now I know why you guys like this word]
"You said you found the body at 11:00PM, you sure?" I asked
"Yes, it was 11:00PM, for sure" He answered, but I slammed the defense bench and said "Frankly. I find that hard to believe!"
"HUH!?" I presented the autopsy report for him, while saying: "Your statement directly contradicts the Autopsy report. The Autopsy notes the time of death somewhere after 02:00AM. There was nopony to... er... no "PONY" to find at 11:00PM! How do you explain this three-hour gap?" He then started to get nervous about it, I knew it! His whole story fell apart!
"T-This is trivial!" Discord objected "The witness merely forgot the time!" But the Judge shaked his head no and said "After his testimony, I find that hard to believe" He then turned to the witness "Mr. Speed. Why were you so certain that the time was 11:00PM?"
"I... Uh... Well... Gee... That's a really good question!" Cruise said nervously
"THAT'S IT WRIGHT! WAY TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT!" Racer cheered by my side
"Alright, alright, the trial is still not over, let's-" before I could continue however...
HOLD IT!
"I remember now!" Cruise interrupted
"Would you care to give your testimony once again?" The Judge asked
Witness Testimony
The Time Of Discovery
You see, when I found the body, I heard the time. There was a voice saying the time... It was probably coming from the television. Oh, but it was three hours off, wasn't it? I guess the defendant let the victim watch a video of a taped program on the TV, enough distraction for the defendant to kill her. That's why I thought it was 11:00PM! Terribly sorry about the misunderstanding...
"Hmmm" The Judge started "I see... Mr. Wright, you may cross-examine the witness"
"Of course your honor" (The contradiction is RIGHT in the start of the testimony!) I thought
Cross Examination
The Time Of Discovery
You see, when I found the body, I heard the time. There was a voice saying the time... It was probably coming from the television.
"Hold it right there!" I objected "The prosecution has said there was a blackout at the time of the discovery!" I then, presented the blackout record "And this record proves it!"
"...!" Ha! One more testimony down! I slammed the bench and said "You couldn't have heard a television... or a video!"
"GAH!!!" Cruise scared himself "I... er... urk..."
"The defense has a point" The Judge said "Do you have an explanation for this Mr. Speed?"
"No, I... I find it quite puzzling myself! Quite!" Cruise said nervously, and then he said "W-Wait! I remember now!"
"Mr. Speed?" The Judge started "The court would prefer to hear an accurate testimony from the very beginning. These constant corrections are harming your credibility" He then took an actual look at the witness "That, and you seem rather... distraught..."
"...!" He was scared, just as I thought "M-My apologies Your Honor! It... er, it must have been the shock of finding the body!"
"Very well, Mr. Speed. Let's hear your testimony once more please."
Witness Testimony
Hearing the Time
Actually, I didn't "hear" the time... I "saw" it! There was a table clock in the castle wasn't there? Yeah, the murder weapon! The killer used it to hit the victim! That must have been what I saw."
Hmph! He made the biggest mistake in that testimony!
"You saw a clock? I guess that would explain it." then he looked at me "The defense may cross-examine the witness."
"Gladly" I said, confident
Cross Examination
Hearing the Time
Actually, I didn't "hear" the time... I "saw" it! There was a table clock in the castle wasn't there? Yeah, the murder weapon! The killer used it to hit the victim!
"Wait just a moment!" I objected, then slammed the bench while presenting the contradicting evidence "The murder weapon wasn't a clock. It was this wooden stick! Now how's this supposed to be a clock!?"
"WHAA!?!?" The witness screamed "Y-You with your "objections" and your "evidence"... Just who do you think you are!?" Then, Racer slammed on the desk
"Just answer the question Cruise Speed!" He objected
"Hey, I... I saw it there, okay! That's a clock!" He desperately tried to avoid it, but in vain
"Your Honor, could you check to see if this stick is indeed a clock?" I asked the Judge
"Bailiff! Check if this stick is a clock!" The Judge said to the Bailiff
15 minutes later...
"This stick is just a wooden stick, nothing more, nothing less" The Bailiff said
"Oh well... I guess that ex-"
The witness exclaimed
"While this IS indeed a stick." Cruise started to say "It proves nothing! Because this stick DOESN'T HAVE HOOFPRINTS ON IT!!!" Well I wasn't even scared, because the last witness that TRIED to prove that Larry Butz made the crime HE did, because the witness was using GLOVES at the time of the crime, so...
Another objection?!
But the Judge is quiet...
...the witness is quiet...
...the prosecutor is quiet...
...Racer's quiet...
...even I am... Wait... I know that voice... suddenly, out of the blue, SONATA teleported to the middle of the court!
"SONATA!?!?" Me and the Judge screamed in surprise
"The prosecution had presented a FALSE EVIDENCE!!!"
"Sonata! What are you doing!?!?" I asked more surprised than scared
"Phoenix..." She said "Remember when I said, 7 months earlier, at the trial of Rainbow Dash, that I had no one to protect?"
"Uh..." I was thinking through that case when the realization hit me "Your Honor!"
"Yes Mr. Wright?"
"May I please request Sonata to convert her objection into testimony."
"Of course Wright! I may have not been in the crime scene, but I was searching some rules at the Canterlot castle! Let's do it!" She said very confident
"Alright Ms. Sonata" The Judge said "Take your place in the stand and tell us what you found."
Witness Testimony
The Rules of Celestia
When I heard about the case, I saw when Discord presented the false rule of Celestia, the "Rule #27", as he calls, after that, I went to Celestia's castle and asked permission to investigate her rules because of that evidence, they let me in, and I started searching the Rule #27, it appears that the REAL Rule 27 is, oddly, for MURDER, the rule says: "If a pony is guilty of murder, he must be banished to another world or the moon from 6 to 12 years, or, in extreme cases, give him death sentence by sending him to the sun", when I found out about that, I rushed back to the court, and now here I am telling you this.
The whole court was silent, that what she said, was VERY decisive
"Incidentally, do you brought the rule with you?" The Judge asked her
"I never come unprepared, that's what I say" she then showed the rule "Here's the rule"
Rule 27 added to the Court Record
Type: Evidence
The real rule, oddly it says about the crime of murder. Presented as evidence by witness Sonata
"Does the prosecution have any problems with this testimony?" The Judge asked Discord, which was looking sad, and very quiet
"...No..." He answered "I can't beat that... The prosecution rests..."
"Sonata... You're a life saver!" I said to her while she trotted to the defense bench.
"Don't thank me! Still, there are no fingerprints on the wooden stick, Your Honor"
"Yes Ms. Sonata?"
"Incidentally, the witness that was just arrested was an Alicorn right?"
"... Oh! I guess that would explain why the stick hadn't any hoofprints!" Sonata nodded at that "Yes Your Honor!"
"Well then. This court finds the defendant, Princess Celestia Sunlight..."
NOT GUILTY
Well... I guess that's one more case out of the bat!
"Court is now adjourned" and with that, The Judge banged his gravel for the last time.
It appears that Cruise Speed was a common stalker! He had been stalking Celestia with all of her project of reforming the castle, that day... When Celestia exited the castle, Cruise let himself him to do his dirty work! But when he was searching her castle, the victim arrived and tried to stop him, Cruise got the nearest object he could find...
*CRACK!*
And blunted the victim, killing her instantly.
