Apollo Justice Ace Attorney: A Canterlot Turnabout

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October 17th, 9:45am

Canterlot Courthouse~Defendant Lobby no.4

"My name is Apollo Justice and I'm fine!" I shouted out loud to nobody in particular.

"My name is Apollo Justice and I'M FINE!" I shouted again, only this time a little bit louder.

"My name is Apollo Justice and I'M FINE!" I shouted one last time, this time even louder than the previous two times.

All of sudden the door opened revealing Mr Wright standing there with a smug look on his face, causing me to stop my 'Chords of Steel' vocal warm up. "Well Apollo this is it, first Equestrian trial and judging by the extra emphasis you put on your vocal work out, I'd wager your a little nervous" he said causing me just stare dumbstruck at him.

"Of course I'm nervous boss, I'm going to be one of the only human beings in that court room" I said to my boss with beads of sweat dripping down my forehead.

"Now why does all this seem familiar?" said Mr Wright in a joking tone before looking at me in more of a serious way. "Don't panic Apollo, Equestrias justice system is quite similar to ours, so you should feel right at home" he finished but this did little to suede my fears (yes, right at home among talking ponies...Mr Wright have you been drinking again?) I thought to myself in a sarcastic way.

"Hiya" said a cheerful voice from behind me, that caused me to jump when I first heard it, sure enough Pinkie Pie was standing their along with the other girls, Spike and even Twilight. "Wow Polly, your more jumpy than Fluttershy during that time with the dragon" the pink earth pony said with a giggle (Couldn't you just simply say hello instead of making me jump like that?) I thought in an annoyed tone.

"Sorry 'bout the delay Apollo, Princess Celestia jus' gave us the job of bringin' Twilight ta the courthouse" AppleJack replied looking over at the forlorn alicorn.

I decided to see how she was doing since our talk yesterday "So Twilight, how have you been holding up?" I asked her with some concern in my voice.

The alicorn sighed heavily before she answered my question "I'm doing a lot better than I was before Apollo, thanks for asking" Twilight said with a small sad smile, which actually made me pity her even more.

"Wow, you girls weren't kidding when you said that she was an alicorn" Mr Wright exclaimed in amazement grabbing Twilights attention in the process.

"P-Phoenix!? Wow you look...different" the alicorn said in an unsure tone.

"I could say the same thing about you Twilight, but still it is nice to see you again" the ex-lawyer said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, its nice to see you again as well" Twilight continued before her expression became more sorrowful. "I just wish that the circumstances where different" the alicorn finished with a depressed sigh.

"Don't worry about a thing Twilight, I'll have you declared innocent in no time" I said in a determined tone of voice. I then turned to ask the girls a question that had been on my mind all night "by the way, do any of you know who the prosecutor is going to be for the trial, or at least who the judge is?" I asked knowing that those two factors where important to a case.

"Well Princess Celestia did tell us that her sister Princess Luna would be judging this trial" Rainbow Dash repiled as in an answer to a question.

"Wait, so the council won't allow Celestia to preside as the judge when I was defending and yet they're fine with her little sister acting as the judge" Mr Wright questioned with some scepticism in his voice.

"Well you see Phoenix, Princess Luna has a reputation for not letting her emotions get the better of her in situations like this, so the high council trusts her more with cases like these, even if we're friends" the unicorn finished while looking down at the floor. I on the over hand was just a sceptical as Mr Wright (in other words, this high council just likes Luna better) I thought in an annoyed tone.

"What about the prosecutor? not to sound rude or anything, but I'd like to who I'm up against" I said in a worried tone (speaking of which, I wonder what Klavier would do if it was him in my shoes?) I thought as I imagined what my prosecuting rival would be like in Equestria.

"Actung baby!" Klavier shouted as he stood on a stage with a bunch of ponies in the crowd, all of which where acting like rabid fangirls. "Ja baby, this next one goes out to all the unicorns in the crowd tonight, espcially you Lyra" the rock star said as he pointed to the mint green unicorn, who proceded to swoon over him.

(Wait, what the heck am I thinking?) I thought as I snapped out of my thoughts, noticing all of the others looking at me with strange looks on their faces.

"Does it really matter what the prosecutor is like darling?" Rarity said in a curious voice before Mr Wright cut into the conversation.

"Rainbow was almost declared guilty because I underestimated Trixie last time, I don't think we want to take that chance again" Mr Wright said sounding more and more serious. (Okay, this is definately not my level headed boss anymore, whats gotten into him?) I thought as the doors opened behind me.

"I was hoping that we wouldn't meet again Twilight, not under these conditions" said an almost emotionless voice which caught everyones attention, even Mr Wright's.

"T-that voice" Twilight said almost in disbelief.

"It can't be" Mr Wright continued sounding just as shocked as the lavender alicorn, we turned around to see that the source of the voice was a dark coloured unicorn with brown hair, wearing glasses and had a picture of an eyeball on her flank. "S-Sonata?!" Mr Wright exclaimed in a surprised tone.

The unicorn just gave us a sad smile "its nice to see you again Phoenix" she said in a half depressed voice.

Rainbow Dash immdeitly got up in her face "what the hay are you even doing here?!" the pegasus exclaimed in anger at Sonata, causing her to flinch slightly. (I'm sensing a history between these two) I thought as Sonata explained herself.

"If you must know, I've been assigned by Princess Celestia herself as the prosecutor for this case" stated the unicorn prompting everyone in the room, except for me to look at her in shock. Sonata then turned her attention to Twilight "but I just wanted to say that I'm only trying to find the truth behind this incident, personally I don't think Twilight would kill anypony" she said placing a hoof on Twilights shoulder.

The alicorn just gave Sonata an understanding look "just do whatever you need to Sonata, I won't take it personally" Twilight said in a sad tone.

(Wow, talk about a change of pace) I thought as Sonata turned her attention to me "I assume you must be this Apollo Justice that the princess informed me of" she said causing me to jump slightly.

"Yes thats me, its nice to meet you Sonata" I said trying to be as polite as possible, however she gave me for my troubles was a critical look.

"I hope for Twilights sake that your as good a lawyer as the princess made you out to be" the unicorn said now starting to sound like most prosecutors that I know.

Mr Wright just chuckled slightly at this statement "Trust me Sonata, he may not be as expirenced as I am, but he can definatley handle a murder case like this" the ex-attorney said in a determined tone.

"I guess I'll take your word for it Phoenix, but just know that I will not be going easy on anyone today, no matter how painful it might be" Sonata said as she turned to the door. "I wish luck today in the trial Mr Justice, your going to need it" she said somberly as she left the lobby.

"Out of all the ponies in Equestria, it just had to be HER!?" Rainbow yelled prompting me to wonder what had happened between them.

"Whats with this hatred towards Sonata? she seems fine to me" I questioned with Mr Wright stepping in to answer.

"Well you see Apollo, Sonata was technically the one who framed Rainbow Dash for murder back when I was defending her" he answered before scratching the back of his head in an embarassed way. "That and she was also blackmailing her?" he said making me cock my head in confusion.

"She wasn't really the murderer though and her altering the crime scene was mostly out panic than anything else, its just that Rainbow hasn't really forgiven her yet" Twilight said looking over at the cyan pegasus in sympathy.

"She put me through Tartarus during that whole Ace Swift thing Twilight and now she's trying get you killed! just face it she's out to get us" Rainbow continued in a worried voice.

"Look Rainbow, don't you think you should just let it go? I mean this was two years ago" I said with everyone else agreeing with me.

"Maybe Polly's right Dashie, I mean she was very accepting of me and Feenie breaking into her room" Pinkie Pie said with a grin which caused me to have a confused look on my face.

"I'll keep an open mind about it for now, but I still don't trust her" the pegasus spat out as a guard came into the room.

"The trial will begin in a moment, would the defence and his co-council please enter the courtroom" the guard said in an almost demanding voice.

"Well this is it Apollo, good luck in there" Twilight said with her and her friends giving me a confident look. (Its sink or swim time Apollo, I just hope that I can swim through this) I thought as I put on my best brave face.

"I'll do my best girls" I said as I turned to the door "brace yourselves Equestria, HERE COMES JUSTICE" I shouted as I ran into the courtroom.

"He certainly is an energetic one Phoenix" Twilight said with a slight smile.

"Well maybe that enthusiasm is what we need to win this" Mr Wright said as he followed me into the court.

October 17th 10:00am

Canterlot Courthouse~Courtroom no.4

The courtroom was filled with Ponies who where chattering about who knows what before the familiar sound of a gavel made the room go silent, I looked up at the judges bench to see who it was who banged the gavel and sitting there was a dark blue coloured alicorn with a starlike mane, who I assumed was Princess Luna. "Settle down now my little ponies, court is now in session for the trial of Twilight Sparkle, are both of you ready?" the alicorn asked referring to both Sonata and myself.

"The prosecution is prepared, your highness" Sonata stated now sounding more professional from behind the prosecutors bench.

"The defence is ready your honour" I said in an unsure voice (at least I hope I'm ready) I thought as the princess continued.

"Very good, now before we begin might I have a word with you human?" Luna said in a cautious tone. I casually nodded to her request "When my sister told me that I would be judging this trial, I didn't know that a human would be leading the defence, could you tell me you name please?" she asked now sounding more curious than before.

"Sure your honour I'm Apollo, Apollo Justice" I say trying to sound a confident as possible, even though I was freaking out on the inside.

"Apollo...Justice, I must admit you have a strange name defender" the princess said prompting me to face-palm. "Regardless of your name, I hope you are aware of the consequences if your client is found guilty" she continued now sounding more serious.

"*Gulp* Yes your honour, the defence understands" I said in a nervous voice. (Stay calm, whatever you do, DON'T PANIC) I thought to myself as Luna turned to Sonata.

"Now that we've gotten that out of the way, would the prosecution make their opening statement" she said now looking to start the trial.

"As you wish your highness" Sonata complied now sounding more like a regular prosecutor. "At 10:45pm on the 15th of October, Prince Blueblood of the Equestrian royal family was found dead in his own room, however the victims time of death was 15 minutes earlier at 10:30pm as detailed in the victims autopsy report" the unicorn stated as she presented the familiar envelop which contained the autopsy notes.

Autopsy report has been added to the Court Record.

Sonata continued with opening statement "the cause of death was multiple stab wounds from this" she said presenting a dagger which had dried blood on the end of it. "This dagger is also coated with a special kind of poison called silent violet, which is strong enough to kill an alicorn, meaning that it was only a matter of seconds before he died" that dark coloured unicorn said as she levitated the knife in front of us.

Poisoned dagger has been added to the Court Record

"Are you sure that Twilight was the one who used this though?" I asked as I examined the knife more carefully. "I don't see any bite marks or hoofprints on it" I said with the unicorn being quick to answer.

"The investigation team was able to find magical residue on the handle, basically telling us that this dagger was levitated" Sonata said in an informative way. "Unfortunately, the residue doesn't tell us who used the dagger, but luckily we where able to find some evidence linking Twilight to the crime" she said before the princess cut in.

"What was this evidence Miss Sonata?" Luna asked in curiosity as both me and Mr Wright leaned in to get a better listen.

Sonata readjusted her glasses before she answered "It was a bunch of feathers found next to an open window" the unicorn pointed out.

I yelled while slamming my fists on the desk "that evidence isn't decive enough, anyone could've gathered those feathers and used them to frame Twilight, for all we know it might've been a pegasus that killed Blueblood" I said while pointing in Sonatas direction.

Sonata countered as she brought her hoof down on the desk "Did you forget what I just said Mr Justice? the dagger had magical residue on the handle meaning that only a unicorn or alicorn could've done it" she said in an irritated tone making me feel a little bit stupid. (You know, that completely slipped my mind) I thought before Sonata continued "even if that was the case, there is still something else linking her to this crime" said the unicorn as she levitated the dagger into view "This dagger was found in Miss Sparkles room when she was arrested" she finish much to my shock.

"W-WHAT!?" I shouted in shock causing the whole courtroom to start chattering again, mostly over what they had just heard.

The chattering was stop quickly when Princess Luna pounded her gavel repeatedly "Order in the court!" the princess of the night shouted to try and calm the crowd of ponies.

"That and we have a witness all ready to testify who can confirm that everything that has been said up until this point has been true" Sonata said causing me to panic some more.

"Very well then, Miss Sonata would you please call your witness to the stand" ordered Princess Luna to the dark coloured unicorn.

"Certainly your highness, the prosecution would like to call the night guard who was on duty on the night of murder to the stand" said Sonata as she pointing to the witness stand. (Well this case is just off to a great start) I thought sarcastically as the witness was brought into the courtroom.