Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: A Shimmering Turnabout

June 9th, 8:19am

Canterlot High School

POV: Twilight Sparkle

We had been in the human world for a few seconds and we had already gotten ourselves into trouble, we were staring directly at me was a rather scruffy man wearing a green trench-coat and had a noticeable stubble. (Okay, just who is this guy?) I thought out of confusion, seeing as how he wasn't here during my last visit.

"Well out with it pal, what are you doing here?" the man questioned looking as if he was getting angrier and angrier each time he spoke.

"We were just going to see Principal Celestia" I replied wondering what we had done wrong by just walking to front door.

The man didn't seem phased by this "Didn't you get the message? The schools closed for as long as the investigation is in progress" he said trying his best to sound threatening.

The last thing he'd said caught me off guard "wait, what do you mean by investigation?" I said to the man.

"Land sakes! Twi ya might wanna see this" AppleJack said sounding rather worried, when I walked over I saw exactly what had her worried. It was a white chalk line resembling a body indicating a murder had taken place (wh-what the heck happened here?) I thought out of fear.

"Detective, what the hell is going over here?" came a voice which shocked me out of the stunned state I was in, the voice belonged to a man wearing a magenta coat and a pair of glasses and he was approaching us casting a glare at the detective. "Honestly, I leave for five minutes and you've already lost control of the crime scene" the man said looking awfully angry at the detective "I have half a mind to cut your salary after what i've seen here."

"B-but sir, I checked this area multiple times and I found no civilians before, these girls must've snuck past when I had my back turned" the detective pleaded as he looked really desperate.

The man simply face-palmed "We'll discuss this later Detective, but for now just get back to work, I'll deal with this" he said as the detective gave him a quick salute and rejoined the investigation, however now the man turned his attention over to us. "I'm only going to ask this once, what are you girls doing here?" the man said casting us a cold glare, I could tell he was serious about this murder.

"Now wait just a minute buddy, we didn't even know this was a crime scene until your scruffy boyfriend over there came up and started barking at us" Rainbow Dash said clearly annoyed by being accused of tresspassing. But all her attitude did was get an even larger glare from the man.

"Rainbow Dash, just calm down!" I shouted while holding back the former pegasus, I then turned to the man. "I'm really sorry about all this mr..." I began before realising the man hadn't introduced himself yet.

"Edgeworth, my name is Miles Edgeworth" the man finally introduced.

"Right, sorry about all the trouble, its just that we didn't see any indication that this was a crime scene" I said trying to convince him we where here by accident.

"I find that hard to believe considering the area is already heavily taped off" Mr Edgeworth said as he gestured to the yellow crime tape around the area. "But considering the things i've seen on investigation before, I'll let it slide but only this once" he continued sounding calmer than he was before, but still rather irritated "Besides you girls hardly seem like the ones to cause a scene, unlike the one we have in questioning right now."

"Wait a minute, if you don't mind me asking sir who are you questioning right now?" I asked with my curiosity growing slightly.

Mr Edgeworth looked puzzled for a slight moment "well, I really shouldn't be giving information about this case to civilians" he said in a firm voice, however the voice also sounded rather calm as well, unlike Princess Luna on Nightmare Night. He then gave us an understanding look "however, I guess that I could tell you considering that blasted principal was supposed to include it on that letter, the suspect we have in questioning is Miss Sunset Shimmer, now if you'll excuse me I have a crime scene to look into" Mr Edgeworth finished as he left to investigate more, but me and my friends where left shocked at this news.

"Her again!?" Rainbow said in disbelief "great, just when I thought we heard the last of her ages ago" the ex-pegasus said with a huff.

"Woah there sugar, lets not jump ta' conclusions" AppleJack said before turning her attention to me "Twi, do ya think that Shimmer gal is responsible for this?" the farmer asked but I just shook my head at her question.

"I don't think so, besides the Elements of Harmony should have cured her of her hatred and even if that didn't happen I doubt she'd do this" I said gesturing to the chalk line, however I had this little voice talking to me in the back of my head telling me she was guilty.

"Psst, hey pal" whispered a voice which was revealed to be the detective talking with Mr Edgeworth earlier " I really shouldn't be doing this, but if you really think that girl is innocent, then I think I know a guy who can help" the detective said with a smile on her face.

This caused my face to light up "Really, who is it?" I asked awaiting the answer.

"Why Phoenix Wright of course, he's one of the best attorneys in town, heck he's an old friend of mine, if anyone can help your friend out of this situation its him" the detective said before leaving to help with the investigation. (Wait a minute, did he say Phoenix?) I think in complete shock.

"Was he talking about who I think he was?" Pinkie said with excitement building in her eyes.

"Yes Pinkie, I believe that he was, now all we need to do is find his office" I said only for Pinkie to reply a little bit later.

"Feenie works at the Wright Anything Agency, its just this way girls, follow me" she said before running off in the distance. Under normal circumstances I would've questioned how she knew where the office was, but considering it was Pinkie Pie I simply shruged it off and followed the hyperactive party pony turned human.

June 9th, 8:26am

Detention Centre

POV: Phoenix Wright

(I swear this place gets more depressing each time I come here) I thought to myself as I stared at the buletproof glass, that was there to keep suspects separated from the visitors, the sight of the detention centre made me remember the first time I was here when I was set up for murder by Dahlia. "Mr Wright, are you feeling okay?" Athena said snapping me out of my deep thoughts.

"Yeah I'm fine Athena, just some bad memories coming up" I replied as I shook the memories out of my head. "But thats not important right now, where here to listen to this 'Sunset Shimmer' out about the crime she's been accused of" I continue to say as a collage age girl is brought into the room, the girl in question was wearing a black jacket and had red and orange hair.

"Err...hello there, nice to meet you" I said trying to start up a conversation in an awkward tone, the girl who I assumed was Sunset Shimmer just sat there not even bothering to make eye contact with me, but I could see the look of pain and sadness in her eyes. "So, you must be Sunset Shimmer correct?" I asked the girl hoping that it would eventually get a word out of the girl.

The girl finally sighed before finally deciding to speak to me "Yes thats me, so I'm assuming your this Phoenix Wright guy I've heard about?" Sunset answered in an uncaring voice as I nodded to answer her question.

"Yep" I said feeling glad that we where finally starting this interview, I then decided to start asking questions about the crime. "So Sunset, if its alright with you I'd like to get straight to the point, do you mind sharing the details about the crime that you've been accused of?" I asked knowing that from the look on her face that what she went through must've been tough.

"Well I'll certainly try, but honestly I don't know that much about it" Sunset said in a sorrowful tone "last night, I was passing by my old high school when I lost consciousness out near the schools statue." While Sunset recalled the events of the crime, I had my magatama hidden from view to see whether or not she was telling the truth, luckliy for us it was reacting to any of her statements so far.

"Wait a second, how did you pass out? stuff like that doesn't just happen" Athena pointed out.

Sunset looked as though she was pondering this for a moment before she looked back at us with confusion on her face "To be honest, I have no idea" she said while scratching her head. "All I remember is getting a splitting headache one moment, but the very next moment I'm complete unconscious" Sunset finished.

"So then what happened?" I asked the collage age girl behind the glass.

"Well, when I woke up, I found Flash Sentry slumped against the statue, with his blood all over the place and I also saw a knife stuck in his chest, I pulled the knife out of his chest but the police showed up at that very moment and arrested me on the spot" she continued while starting to look down at the floor in shame.

"Did you see anyone else at the crime scene Sunset?" I asked getting a sneaking suspicion that a third party was involved as there usually was in these cases.

"I'm sorry Mr Wright, but thats all I know" Sunset answered in a disappointed tone.

"Athena, are you picking up anything on your mood matrix?" I asked the young lawyer wondering whether Sunset was hiding anything from us in her emotions.

Athena shook her head in response "Nope, nothing yet Mr Wright" the analytical psychologists said full of confidence.

"Alright Sunset, I have one last question for you then I'll decide whether or not to defend you" I said while gripping my magatama tightly. "Did you have anything to do with the death of Flash Sentry?" I ask looking directly at the girl behind the window.

"I've told you nothing but the truth Mr Wright, I did not kill Flash" the girl said quite forcefully and luckily for me she was telling the truth. (Well then, I guess that settles it) I thought as I pocketed my magatama.

"Okay then Sunset, I've decided to take your case and defend you in court tomorrow" I said giving the girl a hopeful smile.

"Yeah, we'll have you out of here before you know it" Athena said giving her some words of encouragement.

"Thank you Mr Wright, I owe you one for this" Sunset said with a small hopeful smile as we began to leave.

However, there was still something that was still bothering me about her story "hang on a minute Sunset, I have one more question to ask" I asked once again grabbing my magatama from my pocket.

"What is it?" Sunset asked now looking a little bit nervous.

I decided to just come right out and say what was on my mind "What exactly were you doing by the crime scene anyway?" I asked her only for Sunset to freeze up as soon as I asked the question. "Well?" I asked again now getting more currious about what had happened.

Sunset Shimmer on the other hand, looked like she could pass out at any minute "urm... I was just out on a stroll, yeah thats it" she said quickly only for my magatama to react, showing me three red psyche locks in the process. (You know, this doesn't even surprise me any more, but I doubt I can break them here) I thought to myself as Sunset began to leave.

"How many locks this time boss?" Athena said who was now used to how I acted whenever I saw psyche locks.

"Three and thankfully they weren't the black ones this time" I replied remembering my previous experiences with the black psyche locks. "But if were going to break them, we'll need to gather evidence from the crime scene" I said strangely determined to start investigating.

"I have a bad feeling about this case boss, I think we might need some extra help on this one" the younger lawyer said in an unsure tone, before her expression and mood changed quite suddenly. "How about head back to the office and get Apollo and Trucy to help out?" the young lawyer suggested.

I pondered this suggestion for a moment (Well, the more people we have working on this case the better our chances would be) I thought before giving Athena my answer. "Alright Athena, I guess your right, I'll give Apollo a call right now and tell him and Trucy to meet us back at the agency" I replied to Athena while I pulled out my phone and dialled Apollo's number.

June 9th, 8:30am

Train Station

POV: Apollo Justice

"Trucy, do you want to remind me why we're here again, I'm going to be late for work at this rate" I said in to the magician girl in vain as she dragged me through the station. Trucy had shown up at my house at 7:00am and rushed me to the station, she didn't even explain to me what the reason was (why do I have the feeling that she has another non-law related job for me to do?) I thought to myself in an irritated way.

"Polly, you really need to stop being such a workaholic and take it easy sometimes" Trucy replied in her usual laid back tone. "Besides, I already told you why we're here, a friend of daddy's is coming over for a visit and she wanted me to pick her up" the magician said catching my interest in the process.

"An old friend of Mr Wright's? are you talking about Pearl?" I said considering that she was the only one of Mr Wright's friends that I was familiar with at this point, not counting Ema or Mr Edgeworth.

Trucy shook her head in response "Nope, not this time Apollo" the magician girl said with a grin on her face that matched Mr Wright's. "But she is Pearl's cousin and she used to help out around the office for a while, before she moved back to Kurain Village of course" she continued admittedly causing my interest to grow.

"Hang on a second, if your picking up an old friend of Mr Wright's then what am I doing here?" I ask still confused as to why Trucy dragged me along to the station in the first place.

Trucy giggled slightly after I had said this "well it is supposed to be a surprise for daddy and since he doesn't like me going into town by myself I decided to bring you along, besides you seemed pretty determined to help earlier" she said with an oblivious smile. (Determined!? I haven't even had any breakfast yet!) I thought as me and Trucy arrived on the platform.

"So if this is Pearl's cousin, she should be wearing that strange spirit medium robe, right?" I asked Trucy, who looked like she was about to answer until I felt someone tapping on my shoulder.

"I wouldn't be calling anything strange with hair like that" said a female voice in a joking kind of tone, this caused me to grumble to myself when I first heard it. (Why does almost everyone I meet make fun of my hair? its normal compared to Mr Wrights) I thought out of irritation as I faced the source of the voice, a girl wearing a traditional Kurain robe and a magatama necklace.

"Err...can I help you?" I asked the girl before Trucy shoved me out of the way knocking me of my feet in the process.

"Maya!" Trucy exclaimed in excitement as she ran up to the girl and gave her a friendly hug. "You look great, how have you been?" the magician asked as I pick myself off the floor.

"Well, training is starting to get tougher, but I have been getting along just fine" the girl replied with the same kind of grin that Trucy had most of the time. "But enough about me Trucy, how have things been at the office?" she continued before I decided to intervene.

"Hang on a second, do you want to tell me who this is Trucy?" I asked getting the attention of the two girls.

"Oh right, I forgot about introductions" the magician said prompting me to facepalm "Polly, this is Maya Fey shes a spirit medium from Kurain Village and she used to be daddy's assistant" the magician introduced before turning back to the medium. "Maya, this is Apollo he's been working at the office for nearly a year now" Trucy said finishing her introduction.

"Oh, so your this Apollo Justice guy that I've been hearing about" Maya said with a smirk.

"Wait, you've heard about me?" I ask in curiosity earning a nod from the spirit medium.

"Sure have, Nick has been writing about you for a while now" she said in an upbeat tone causing me to scratch my head at what she just said.

"Nick? who is Nick?" I asked with a dumbstruck look on my face.

"Thats just what Phoenix's friend Larry calls him, so since he and I are so close it makes sense that I'd start calling him that as well" Maya answered flashing me another grin. "But enough about that for now, how's Nick been? Pearly told me that he had his attorney's badge back" the spirit medium said before my phone started ringing.

"Thats probably him right now" I said as I answered the phone "hello, this is Justice speaking."

"...Apollo" said Mr Wrights voice from the other side of the phone.

"Hey there boss, look sorry that I'm a little bit late today, its just that-" I began before Mr Wright cut me off.

"Its fine Apollo, Trucy already told me that you two had something to do today" he continued making me sigh in relief over the fact I wasn't fired. "But if its alright with you guys, I need to see you at the agency as soon as possible" Mr Wright said with his voice showing some legit concern.

"Why, is there a problem?" I ask with my curiosity peaking about why he would need us at the agency this quickly.

"I'll explain in detail when you get here, but the short version is that we have a new client and need your help on this one" the attorney on the other side of the phone said in a surprisingly calm tone.

"Okay Mr Wright, we'll be there" I said before hanging up the phone.

"What is it Polly?" Trucy said in a concerned way.

"Well it seems that we have a new client down at agency and Mr Wright wants us to help out" I said with my determination growing slightly.

"Well, lets not keep daddy waiting then Polly, lets go" Trucy said as we began to leave until...

We heard a voice yell from behind us and as we turned around we saw that its was actually Maya, who was smirking at us in a playful way. "Don't think that you two can just leave me here all by myself, I'm going too" the spirit medium said quite forcefully

"I'm not sure about this Maya, I mean are you really sure you want to do this?" I ask in a concerned tone only for Maya to respond in a sly tone.

"Oh I'm definitely sure, besides its been a while since I've investigated with Nick" the spirit medium replied prompting me to consider this request.

I sighed to myself before I gave my answer "Alright then, I guess it shouldn't be that much trouble" I said as we left for the agency.