Rainbow Dash: Ace Attorneyby MuleicousChaptersEpisode One: The First TurnaboutEpisode Two: The Turnabout GeniusEpisode Three: Wrong Turn(about) Episode One: The First TurnaboutThe First Turnabout! I was running through a field of clouds, chasing after a huge red bird. I felt the wind in my wings, the sound of clouds as then flew past my ears, and even the heat from the tail of my prey. As I closed in, my hooves aching to touch this strange animal, for some reason it turned and began to... Shout loudly into my ear... Almost like... Oh buck me! *** “Oh buck me!” Rainbow Dash yelled at the top of her lungs, she had set her alarm to wake her up an hour ago. Now she, the fastest pegasus in Equestria, was running late for her first case. The chief was going to kill her! Dashie flew through her small apartment, skipping the shower was a must. She’d make up for it with a nice clean blue suit and some extra perfume, the court wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. The pegasus grabbed a quick bagel from her toaster, hopping that the pure starch would be enough to get her through the day... However, when she looked at the clock on her wall she knew she’d probably burn the thing off just flying to the court house, considering how the trial was going to start in about 30 minutes and the court was nearly 45 minutes away. Suddenly, Dash’s phone went off. A familiar music filled her ears as she picked up the small, plastic box. “Rainbow Dash, Ace Attorney here...” “Dash!” Cheerilee’s voice shouted from the phone, “Where are you?! You said you’ld be here by six, and it’s nearly six thirty! Not to mention, your client’s going completely insane! She keeps yelling how she wants to die, and that she want’s to plead guilty... It’s a bit sad.” Rainbow sighed as she ran out the door, “Put Lyra on chief, I’ll try and talk her down. I’m on my way now.” The sound of the phone exchanging hooves erupted over the speaker until Lyra Heartstring’s voice finally blared into Dash’s ear. “Rain, dude, I’m dead! Get here and tell them I’m guilty! I’m not afraid to die!” the minty green unicorn shouted into the mouth piece. Lyra had been Rainbow Dash’s friend since kindergarten, and back then their school had a motto: “If it sounds fishy, it’s tugging at Heartstrings.” Lyra always had the worst of luck, but most of the time it wasn’t her fault or she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This time, however, took the cake. Lyra’s ex-girlfriend, some mare called Cindy Stones, was found murdered in her apartment, and Lyra was the main and only suspect. A colt named See Sahwit had picked him out of a line up after reporting that he found the body, but Rainbow believed that Lyra wouldn’t hurt a fly (or couldn’t, depending on who you talk to). Before Dashie knew it, she was at the steps of the court house. The azure mare took a couple of deep breaths and stepped through the doors slowly, hopping that her first case would’nt be her last. *** Rainbow, Cheerilee, and Lyra took their seats on the defense desk, waiting for the judge to enter Court Room 0993. Across from them sat a green colt in a purple suit, who Dash recognized as See Sahwit from the paper she had read three days prior, and a shy looking yellow pegasus with long pink hair in a plain grey suit. “Hey chief,” Rainbow whispered to Miss Cheerilee, “who’s the yellow mare in the ugly suit.” “Rainbow, don’t be rude,” the dark pink mare scolded her employee, “that’s Fluttershy. You should know her, I’ve told you about The Rookie Killer before.” “Th...The Rookie Killer...” Dash gulped, her boss had told her about a mare that jumped on little mistakes made my new attorneys, even making some of those newer lawyers give up the ghost completely and set out to be librarians. But... could this scared looking yellow pegasus mare be as ruthless as Cheerilee made her out to be? With out warning, the chamber door flew open and a tall white alicorn in black robes, with a rainbow mane trotted to the judge’s podium. “Court is in session,” Judgelestia called out, “all rise so that we may being. Is the prosecution ready Miss Shy?” Fluttershy stood and nodded before saying, in a very soft voice, “The prosecution is ready ma’am...” The pink maned mare then pulled a pair of extremely thick glasses from her silky looking mane, and placed them on her face. This completely hid her eyes from anypony who was more then a foot away from her. “Very good,” the judge nodded to the be-speckled mare, “Is the defense ready Miss Dash?” Rainbow Dash stood, her eyes wide as she tried to force a smile out, “The defense is r...ready sir... I MEAN MA’AM!” Judgelestia sighed and looked at the azure pegasus, “Miss Dash, I see this is your first case. It that true?” “Y...yes ma’am...” “Are you sure you’re ready for this then?” the white alicorn asked, “You seem quiet nervous.” “I...um...I...” “Your honor,” Cheerilee stood and addressed the judge, “Miss Dash just needs a small amount of time to prepare. Maybe a few pretrial question would help her nerves ma’am?” Judgelestia furrowed her brow, but then nodded in agreement, “Very good idea Miss Cheerilee. Now, Miss Dash, I assume you know the name of your client and the victim?” “Yes ma’am,” Dash smiled a bit softer, “Lyra Heartstrings and Cindy Stones.” “Correct, now could you tell me what the murder weapon was?” “W...weapon?” Dash stammered, this wasn’t good... The blue pegasus’ mind was drawing a blank as she turned to her boss and whispered, “I have no clue what she’s talking about chief...” “For Luna’s sake Dash...” Cheerilee rubbed her front hooves against her temples and frowned. Then the dark pink mare handed a folder to her apprentice. “This is the court record Dash, you should find all the information you need here... For Spitfire’s love you should know this already...” The blue pegasus blushed as she opened the folder, searching through the profiles of the prosecution, the defense, and even the judge until she finally found the pages on the murder weapon. “Any day now Miss Dash.” Judgelestia sighed, her gavel levitating above her podium. “The um... The murder weapon,” Rainbow Dash began as she pulled out a picture of a small statue of a pony sitting in deep thought, “it a small recreation of the piece of classic pony art, The Plotter. This recreation also happens to be a clock.” “Indeed...” the judge yawed, shaking her head to keep awake, “Right, Miss Shy if you could call your witness.” “Y...yes your honor,” Fluttershy took a stack of papers in her hooves and straightened them out. “The prosecution would like to call Lyra Heartstrings to the stand.” “Oh no...” Rainbow sighed. “What’s wrong?” Cheerilee asked as she watched their client walk out to the stand. “Well... Lyra can be a bit... What’s the word?” “Crazy?” “Excitable...” *** “Miss Heartstrings...” “I DIDN’T DO IT!” Lyra called out, interrupting Fluttershy’s question. The court audience started to stammer and call out and clap, that is until the judge slammed her gavel against the hard wood of her podium. “Order in the court!” Judgelestia called out, “Miss Strings, if you don’t wish to be in contempt of court I would suggest that you let the prosecutor finish her questioning.” Lyra, huge tears swelling up in her eyes, answered, “Y...yes judge.” “Now... Miss Heartstrings?” Fluttershy continued, “Isn’t it true that Miss Stones had dumped you earlier in the month?” “What?! NO!” Lyra yelled, “I... We where taking a break.” “You mean she...” “SHE DIDN’T DUMP ME!... She just want returning my calls... Or seeing me... Ever...” “OBJECTION!” Rainbow Dash called out, “Your honor, what does this have to do with the murder?” “Motive, Miss Dash.” Fluttershy said plainly, “You client took this statue, the statue that he made for her ex-girlfriend, and hit her until she bled out and died! Then, during the blackout mentioned in people’s evidence 002, Mr. Sawhit found Miss Stone’s body while trying to sell newspapers!” Again, the court erupted, and again the judge banged her gavel. Already this case was looking like a lost cause, but as Lyra left the stand and See Sahwit took his place on it the sky seemed to brighten. “Now Mr. Sawhit,” Fluttershy began, “tell the court, in your own words, exactly what happened.” “Ah, yes... well...” Sawhit said, his voice a bit shaky, “I was out and about, selling my papers. When I came across an open door, the door of the victim’s apartment, I opened it more and found her on the floor.” “And when was this?” “One PM, I remember because I saw it on the news broadcast on TV.” “Wait a second...” Dash said to herself before slamming her hooves on the defense desk, “HOLD IT! Your honor, there’s a flaw in Mr. Sawhit’s story... And it’s that, according to the evidence given, it was impossible for him to have ‘seen’ the time on the television.” “Wha...What?!” Sawhit shouted, biting his cheek. “Oh... oh right... The blackout... I meant that I heard the time. Yes yes, the clock... The Plotter’s a clock yes? It says the time correct?” Rainbow sighed and nodded, “That’s true...” Rainbow Dash stroked her chin and shook her head, then it struck her... just like that statue struck Cindy Stones. “What time did you say it was when you found the body Mr. Sawhit?” “What? Are you deaf? I said it was one PM.” the purple suited colt chuckled to himself. “Really, because... according to the court records the autopsy proved that the murder took place between 10 and 11 AM!” the new attorney smiled as the stuck up colt gasped and shuttered. “Your Honor!” Fluttershy called out, “My witness could easily be mistaken, after all he was in shock at the time from finding a dead pony.” Suddenly, the yellow mare’s elbow hit The Plotter clock’s head. “I BELIEVE IT IS 12:15 PM” the clock called, and Cheerilee gasped. “Your Honor!” The dark piny pony shouted, “The clock is three hours off! It’s 9:15 according to the court room’s clock!” The chief pointed to the small wall clock above her head, “It supports Dash’s theory about the crime.” “What no!” Sawhit yelled, growling in rage, “Th...here’s no way, I fixed that thing after I bashed that slut in the head! ... Oh buck I said that out loud didn’t I?” “That’s all I needed to hear Mr. Sawhit.” Judgelestia said, “Miss Dash... I’m happy to say you preformed well in your first case, but you should be careful. If it weren’t for you employer you mite’ve lost this case... So I rule in favor of the defendant, Miss Hydra Heartstrings...” “It’s Lyra.” the minty green unicorn said. “... Consider this the official ruling of NOT GUILTY.” *** From the attorney’s journal of Rainbow Dash, A.A. Well... It turns out that Sawhit was just some common thief. He used the lie about selling paper’s go get into pony’s houses and apartments. The strange thing is that, after the trial, Fluttershy came up to us and offered to buy us dinner to celebrate our winning. Apparently Miss Shy’s a good loser... And not half bad looking either. Lyra had thought the same thing about the chief, and gave her a copy of The Plotter statue to keep as a memento of the case... She didn’t even thank me for defending her. It wouldn’t be till a few weeks later that I realized how important that statue was... And how much bad luck it would bring about.... The End... Of Episode One. Episode Two: The Turnabout GeniusThe Turnabout Genius! Rainbow Dash stood outside the steps of the courthouse, waiting for Cheerilee to show up. The message her boss left her said that they needed to meet at the courthouse at exactly 2:25, and it was already 2:40. Dash was getting worried, the chief was never this late before... But before Rainbow could pull her thoughts together, an ear drum shattering voice ripped through the air. “DASH!” a pink pony with huge, cotton candy hair called out as she ran towards the pegasus. “P...Pinkie?” Rainbow Dash replied, it wasn’t her first time meeting his boss’ sister, but it was the first time she had shown up alone. “Have you heard from the chief... I mean Cheerilee? She told me to meet her...” “On the steps of the court house at exactly 2:25, right?” The pink earth pony bounced up and down, her purple and white medium robes flowing in the wind, “She called me up and told me that I should meet you here instead. The silly filly had to factor in some evidence or something for your next case. Anyway, she told me to make sure you went up to court room 0334 and watch the trial going on. Something about... A prosecuting genius pony or something. I don’t know, I was eating some cake at the time so I was really distracted... You like cake Dash? I love cake! Expecially chocolate cake, the kind with the little vanilla flowers on top, maybe even a little ice cream on the side...” Dash had pretty much stopped listening to the hyperactive pony after that, she had grown used to Pinkie Pie’s ramblings after the last time they met... When she talked about her favorite type of cupcakes... For three hours! Dash just did what she always did with a chatty girl, just smiled and nodded. If she messed up Pinkie wouldn’t notice, she never noticed anything wrong. This was one of the reasons why Rainbow had found it so hard to believe that Pinkie and Cheerilee where related at all, considering how the chief picked up on ever little mistake made in the court room. Finally, after a few minutes of rambling about cake, Pinkie got hungry and said good bye to Dash. The cyan mare then turned toward the door and headed up to room 0334, hopping that the crazy pink pony hadn’t forced her to miss a minute of the case. *** Rainbow Dash quietly snuck into the gallery, taking a seat next to a familiar face. “Hey... arn’t you The Rookie Killer? Flutterbye?” “Fluttershy, Miss Dash.” the yellow pegasus said, her eyes hidden behind her thick glasses once more, “I would wish you would remember me, after all I’m a very good friend of your boss.” “Really? Because the chief only mentioned you a few times after the case, and well... She said you where a bit strange.” Fluttershy reacted my placing a hoof on her forehead and sighing, then the two turned their attention to the court room. “You’ve missed half the case Miss Dash, the judge just heard testimony from the defendant and the Ace Investigator assigned to the case.” Fluttershy pushed her glasses up with her hoof, “You should’ve seen it kid, that Prosecution Genius just tore right through the holes in Rich’s story...” “Rich? You mean Filthy Rich, the supermarket chain owner?” Rainbow couldn’t believe her ears, the pony in the expensive suit that was always on TV saying ‘If it ain’t Rich, it ain’t worth a pinch.’ was involved in a murder investigation?! “What did her do?” “Well,” the yellow pegasus went on, “it seems Mr. Rich had been stealing money from rival stores and sabotaging their inventory, with the help of corporate spies. Apparently, somepony found out and he killed them with a bag of whole wheat Smarty Puffs, then he tried to pin it on a cross eyed pegasus who had been dating the victim.” “I’m guessing this genius guy caught Rich in that lie?” Dash said, rubbing her chin with her front hoof. “Ooooh yeah,” Fluttershy nodded, “ not only that, but the prosecutor tore the whole case open when he put that detective pony on the stand. He’s sitting right there, the big guy with the green trench coat.” Dash looked down at the prosecution desk and spotted a big red pony in a green coat. He wasn’t just big, he was huge! At least six inches taller then a normal colt. His blonde mane was a bit shaggy, and he looked like his cheek had been cut recently since he had a bandage on it, but mostly he was just really tall. “What’s his name?” Dash asked. “Big Macintosh, Ace Investigator.” the yellow mare responded, “He’s a perfect match for his Attorney partner too. Mac looks a bit like the muscle of the pair compared to the prosecutor. Oh! There she is now, walking in from recess.” Fluttershy pointed to a purple pony in a red, velvety looking coat with ruffles on the sleeves. She was a unicorn with dark purple hair that had a pink streek through it, and Rainbow Dash knew exactly who she was. “Twilight Sparkle...” *** Ponyville Elementary School, 10 years prior... “I’m telling you Miss Smith!” a foal with blue rimmed glasses said, “Lyra stole my toy and broke it! I have proof...” Granny Smith, or at least that’s what her students called her, shook her head as she looked at the Smarty Pant’s doll, which had a huge cut down its belly that was leaking stuffing. “Well... I guess we’ll just have to go to the principal. Lyra Heartstrings, come with me!” “Miss Smith I didn’t do it!” Lyra protested, the filly held her desk for dear life, “Needle Knos is lying, he didn’t see that it was...” “HEARTSTINGS!” Granny Smith yelled, “I am sick of you causing trouble, now if you don’t come with me I will give you detention.” Slowly, Lyra stood and walked over to her teacher, her head hung low until a pair of voices called out a single phrase. “HOLD IT!” Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle yelled. Th three ponies stopped and turned to the unicorn and pegasus fillies. “Miss Smith, Lyra’s telling the truth.” Rainbow said, “She was playing with us the whole time at recess.” “It’s true!” Twilight added, “and I have proof that it wasn’t Knos’ Smarty Pants that Lyra had.” “Hmmmm... I see...” Granny rubbed her chin and looked at the four little ponies, “If that’s true, I guess we could have a trial.” “A...A trial?” Lyra said, her voice shaky. Twilight and rainbow, however, had huge, beaming smiles. Their parents where always talking about their days in court, how exciting it was, expecially Twilight’s defense lawyer father. *** After a few minutes of setting up, the class room looked like a mock court room. Granny Smith acted as the judge, sitting at her desk, while Rainbow and Twilight began to question Needle Knos. “Now, Needle,” Twilight started, “You say that you saw my client, Miss Heartstrings, with your Smarty Pants doll, right?” “Yeah, I did.” Needle said, “She was tossing it around, and when I asked her to give it back she laughed at me. She said it wasn’t mine, but I know she’s lying! No one else has a Smarty Pants like mine.” “Really?” Twilight sat down and reached into her saddle bag with her magic, “Can you tell us why?” “Of course! My Smarty Pants has two green eyes, normal Smarty dolls have a red and blue eye.” Needle smiled victoriously. “OBJECTION!” Rainbow called out, “Your honor, Twilight and I have proof that Knos’ Smarty Pants isn’t the only one with green eyes.” Twilight then pulled out a doll that was very similar to Needle’s doll, in fact there was no difference at all. “B...but... My mommy sewed my Smarty’s eyes on!” Needle called as he looked deep into the green eyes of Twilight’s Smarty Pants doll. “Mine did too Needle,” Twilight said as she put her doll on the table the two fillies where using for a defense desk, “but couldn’t my Smarty Pants have been the one you saw Lyra playing with?” Needle nodded nervously, “Yeah, I guess so... But then who messed up my doll?” This statement caused every foal and filly in the room to give Needle Knos the most exhausted look a group of school ponies could give. “Needle... You where spinning your saddle bag around in your moth while it was open.” Rainbow Dash stated matter-of-factly. Needle blushed a deep red, “Oh... yeah... hehe...” “Well then,” Granny Smith said, “In the matter of this cased, I’d say that the defendant is clearly... NOT GUILTY.” *** Present Day, Court Room 0334 “In the mater of this case,” Judgelestia said, “I find the defendant, Mr. Filthy Rich, GUILTY.” The court room filled with cheers as Filthy Rich was taken away in hoof cuffs by Detective Big Macintosh, the shorter colt swearing revenge on Twilight and Mac for ruining his life. Rainbow couldn’t wait until they left the room, she flew up and landed right next to Twilight. “Twi!” the cyan pegasus smiled wide as she looked at her friend, however, twilight didn’t return the smile. “Rainbow Dash... What’re you doing here?” Twilight’s voice was cold, almost as if she had a deep seated hatred for her old friend. “I... I was watching your case. Good job convicting that bag of...” “Go away Dash, my mentor will be here any second and I don’t want to have to explain why I’m talking to a new defense attorney.” Twilight looked over at Big Macintosh returning from the court room lock up, “Especially a mediocre one like you.” Rainbow’s mouth opened as her eyes teared up a bit, “Twilight... It’s me, your friend Rainbow Dash. Don’t you remember our first case? How we helped Lyra?” The purple unicorn just ignored her old friend, turning to give the cyan pony the cold shoulder. Rainbow didn’t know what to say, so she just turned and followed a waiting Fluttershy out the doors of the court room. “Are you ok Dash?” the yellow mare asked. Dash turned to her new friend and smiled wide, holding back a river of tears as blue as she was. “O course I’m fine... I guess I’m just a little nervous about the day I have to go up against that chick. She... really is a genius...” *** From the attorney journal of Cheerilee Pie, A.A I had to miss the case today with that ‘Genius Prosecutor’, and of course Pinkie didn’t go up the the court room with Rainbow Dash like I asked her to. I’ve pretty much given up on asking my sister to do anything but hold evidence for me occasionally. From what Rainbow’s told me, Twilight Sparkle (the prosecutor) is excellent at her job. If my protigee where to try and face her in a case, I fear that the client may end up behind bars. Thankfully, as long as I’m around we wont have to worry about that. I’ve put a few important case papers in the statue of The Plotter that Dash’s friend Myra gave me, I’m not sure they’re safe... even in there. I’m afraid that another prosecutor, one that has less then good intentions, may find them... I hear the door now, it’s probably Pinkie coming by to go out to dinner. I told her we would go to a nice restaurant with gourmet deserts. Episode Three: Wrong Turn(about) Episode Three: Wrong Turn(about) Wrong Turn(about) Rainbow Dash sighed as she finished her hay tar-tar, “Thanks for the meal chief.” Cherilee had offered to take Dash along on her and Pinkie Pie’s dinner/meeting, and considering that Rainbow only had a few packets of noodles and some moldy bread at home she didn’t see a chance to refuse. The chief had taken her sister and protege to La Petit Cheval, one of the most expensive restaurants in town. Even a stack of hay fries is about 50 bits in this place, Rainbow thought, then voiced her curiosity. “Hey chief, how’re you able to afford three meals in this place? Well... Two meals and all the deserts.” The cyan pegasus looked over at the mountain of cakes and pies near her boss’ bright pink sister. “I’ve made some very good business decisions Dash,” Cherilee said as she stole a piece of double chocolate cake from Pinkie’s side of the table, “not to mention your friend Sarah payed us a good amount of bits for your first case.” “Um... her name’s Lyra, chief.” “Are you sure? I could’ve sworn it was Moyra...” That’s the second time tonight, I’m just glad Lyra’s not here to see this, Rainbow thought, it would probably kill her... “Anyway,” the dark pink pony said, “I’m glad you could some out here with us Dash. I needed to talk to you about our next case... It seems you mite be going up against that new genius prosecutor after all...” “My, my, my... Is that Cherilee Pie and friends I see?” A strange voice called from nowhere, causing Rainbow Dash to spin around and stand, ready for a fight. “Ch...Chief...?” Rainbow asked, looking for the source of the voice to no avail. Cherilee waved her hoof, “It’s alright Rainbow, it’s just an old rival...” the defense lawyer looked over to the wall behind her, “Hello Von Kaos.” Slowly, the wood work on the wall gave way to a tall being. He wasn’t exactly a pony, in fact Dash couldn’t tell what he was. He had the head of a goat, the legs of a dragon and a mule, the body and arms of a griffin, and a plethora of other extremely mismatched body parts. “Oh Cheri, I do wish you would call me by my full name, or at least my first...” the creature’s eyes turned to Rainbow Dash quickly, “Ah, a new face. Please, have my card.” He snapped the claws on his eagle talon hand, and suddenly Dash’s cola turned into a small, square card that read: Discord Von Kaos: Ace Attorney Prosecutor, Von Kaos Law Offices “Um... Thanks...” Rainbow said as she pocketed the card. She looked over the draconequus once more: Von Kaos had a velvety purple coat on, with ruffles at the sleaves, along with a dark violet vest and cravat. In the strange prosecutor’s had was a cane that had the head of some strange bird Rainbow had never seen before. “I’m sure your teacher has told you so many things about me.” Discord said as he hovered over the three ponies table (Pinkie, of course, oblivious to anything but the pumpkin pie she was destroying). “Not really, this is the first time I’ve ever...” “Well then,” the prosecutor snapped the paw on his lion’s arm, creating a 4ive pony band out of nowhere, “allow me to tell you a bit about myself, Miss new-faced defense attorney.” “Wh... What?!” the cyan pegasus just stared, slacked jawed. “Chief... What’s he doing?” “He’s going to sing Rainbow...” Cherilee rubbed her temples with her hooves, as if this had happened before, “He’s going to sing...” (Sung to the tune of Redd White and You) (Discord's lyrics in green, talking parts in black) Discord makes the rules, Discord fights for the right Discord has the record that makes everypony look twice Discord find the lies, Discord sees through it all Ponies stop me everywhere, to tip their hat’s in regards Discord’s prosecuting, making criminal turn heel I’ll just answer a question, cuz that’s just how nice I feel... Rainbow waited for the song to continue, until she realized that the draconequus was talking to her. “Oh...um... What do you mean by ‘the record that makes everypony look twice’?” “Ah my record,” Discord smiled, “my prefect score, my pride and joy...” My record is 100 percent, I’ve only lost one case mind you You may not know me, but I’m sure you’ll know my cases Blue Discord makes the tests, Discord follows through Don’t ask what I can convict, because that list’s too long for you. “Now Miss...” “Dash, Rainbow Dash.” the rainbow maned defense lawyer said. “Whatever...” Discord rolled his mismatched eyes, “I’ll give you another chance to ask me a question... Go on...” “Ok then Mr. Von Kaos,” Dash said, rubbing her chin as her boss and Pinkie watched, “There’s one thing I want to know... What’s with the frilly coat?” “Frilly?! What do you mean frilly?” the strange prosecutor glared at the pegasus, “All prosecutor’s used to wear cravats! It was a symbol of the office, and I make all my protege’s wear them as well.” “Wait... All of them? Does that mean...” “Yes it does,” another voice said, this one belonging to Twilight Sparkle, “I’m surprised Dash, you actually figured it out before I told you.” The purple unicorn clapped her hooves in mock congratulations. “Now, now girls,” Discord stretched his arm out and wagged his finger playfully, “Let me finish my song first...” So don’t you try to face me, and cast me off my throne Let he who fights the sinned (and loves it!) cast the final stone! Discord is the rules, Discord is the right Discord is the power, so make Discord’s advice If you face me, stop while you’re ahead Don’t ask if you can defend your client, when you know you’ll lose instead! And just as he finished his song, Discord Von Kaos and his protege disappeared in a puff of green smoke. “Chief... What just happened?” Rainbow asked, her head cocked to the side as she tried to figure out where the last ten minutes of her life went. “Don’t ask about it too much Dash, I never did when I faced him in the court.” Cherilee sighed as she shook her head. “It was a catchy tune though!” Pinkie called out, humming the tune that the band was playing.
Episode One: The First TurnaboutThe First Turnabout! I was running through a field of clouds, chasing after a huge red bird. I felt the wind in my wings, the sound of clouds as then flew past my ears, and even the heat from the tail of my prey. As I closed in, my hooves aching to touch this strange animal, for some reason it turned and began to... Shout loudly into my ear... Almost like... Oh buck me! *** “Oh buck me!” Rainbow Dash yelled at the top of her lungs, she had set her alarm to wake her up an hour ago. Now she, the fastest pegasus in Equestria, was running late for her first case. The chief was going to kill her! Dashie flew through her small apartment, skipping the shower was a must. She’d make up for it with a nice clean blue suit and some extra perfume, the court wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. The pegasus grabbed a quick bagel from her toaster, hopping that the pure starch would be enough to get her through the day... However, when she looked at the clock on her wall she knew she’d probably burn the thing off just flying to the court house, considering how the trial was going to start in about 30 minutes and the court was nearly 45 minutes away. Suddenly, Dash’s phone went off. A familiar music filled her ears as she picked up the small, plastic box. “Rainbow Dash, Ace Attorney here...” “Dash!” Cheerilee’s voice shouted from the phone, “Where are you?! You said you’ld be here by six, and it’s nearly six thirty! Not to mention, your client’s going completely insane! She keeps yelling how she wants to die, and that she want’s to plead guilty... It’s a bit sad.” Rainbow sighed as she ran out the door, “Put Lyra on chief, I’ll try and talk her down. I’m on my way now.” The sound of the phone exchanging hooves erupted over the speaker until Lyra Heartstring’s voice finally blared into Dash’s ear. “Rain, dude, I’m dead! Get here and tell them I’m guilty! I’m not afraid to die!” the minty green unicorn shouted into the mouth piece. Lyra had been Rainbow Dash’s friend since kindergarten, and back then their school had a motto: “If it sounds fishy, it’s tugging at Heartstrings.” Lyra always had the worst of luck, but most of the time it wasn’t her fault or she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This time, however, took the cake. Lyra’s ex-girlfriend, some mare called Cindy Stones, was found murdered in her apartment, and Lyra was the main and only suspect. A colt named See Sahwit had picked him out of a line up after reporting that he found the body, but Rainbow believed that Lyra wouldn’t hurt a fly (or couldn’t, depending on who you talk to). Before Dashie knew it, she was at the steps of the court house. The azure mare took a couple of deep breaths and stepped through the doors slowly, hopping that her first case would’nt be her last. *** Rainbow, Cheerilee, and Lyra took their seats on the defense desk, waiting for the judge to enter Court Room 0993. Across from them sat a green colt in a purple suit, who Dash recognized as See Sahwit from the paper she had read three days prior, and a shy looking yellow pegasus with long pink hair in a plain grey suit. “Hey chief,” Rainbow whispered to Miss Cheerilee, “who’s the yellow mare in the ugly suit.” “Rainbow, don’t be rude,” the dark pink mare scolded her employee, “that’s Fluttershy. You should know her, I’ve told you about The Rookie Killer before.” “Th...The Rookie Killer...” Dash gulped, her boss had told her about a mare that jumped on little mistakes made my new attorneys, even making some of those newer lawyers give up the ghost completely and set out to be librarians. But... could this scared looking yellow pegasus mare be as ruthless as Cheerilee made her out to be? With out warning, the chamber door flew open and a tall white alicorn in black robes, with a rainbow mane trotted to the judge’s podium. “Court is in session,” Judgelestia called out, “all rise so that we may being. Is the prosecution ready Miss Shy?” Fluttershy stood and nodded before saying, in a very soft voice, “The prosecution is ready ma’am...” The pink maned mare then pulled a pair of extremely thick glasses from her silky looking mane, and placed them on her face. This completely hid her eyes from anypony who was more then a foot away from her. “Very good,” the judge nodded to the be-speckled mare, “Is the defense ready Miss Dash?” Rainbow Dash stood, her eyes wide as she tried to force a smile out, “The defense is r...ready sir... I MEAN MA’AM!” Judgelestia sighed and looked at the azure pegasus, “Miss Dash, I see this is your first case. It that true?” “Y...yes ma’am...” “Are you sure you’re ready for this then?” the white alicorn asked, “You seem quiet nervous.” “I...um...I...” “Your honor,” Cheerilee stood and addressed the judge, “Miss Dash just needs a small amount of time to prepare. Maybe a few pretrial question would help her nerves ma’am?” Judgelestia furrowed her brow, but then nodded in agreement, “Very good idea Miss Cheerilee. Now, Miss Dash, I assume you know the name of your client and the victim?” “Yes ma’am,” Dash smiled a bit softer, “Lyra Heartstrings and Cindy Stones.” “Correct, now could you tell me what the murder weapon was?” “W...weapon?” Dash stammered, this wasn’t good... The blue pegasus’ mind was drawing a blank as she turned to her boss and whispered, “I have no clue what she’s talking about chief...” “For Luna’s sake Dash...” Cheerilee rubbed her front hooves against her temples and frowned. Then the dark pink mare handed a folder to her apprentice. “This is the court record Dash, you should find all the information you need here... For Spitfire’s love you should know this already...” The blue pegasus blushed as she opened the folder, searching through the profiles of the prosecution, the defense, and even the judge until she finally found the pages on the murder weapon. “Any day now Miss Dash.” Judgelestia sighed, her gavel levitating above her podium. “The um... The murder weapon,” Rainbow Dash began as she pulled out a picture of a small statue of a pony sitting in deep thought, “it a small recreation of the piece of classic pony art, The Plotter. This recreation also happens to be a clock.” “Indeed...” the judge yawed, shaking her head to keep awake, “Right, Miss Shy if you could call your witness.” “Y...yes your honor,” Fluttershy took a stack of papers in her hooves and straightened them out. “The prosecution would like to call Lyra Heartstrings to the stand.” “Oh no...” Rainbow sighed. “What’s wrong?” Cheerilee asked as she watched their client walk out to the stand. “Well... Lyra can be a bit... What’s the word?” “Crazy?” “Excitable...” *** “Miss Heartstrings...” “I DIDN’T DO IT!” Lyra called out, interrupting Fluttershy’s question. The court audience started to stammer and call out and clap, that is until the judge slammed her gavel against the hard wood of her podium. “Order in the court!” Judgelestia called out, “Miss Strings, if you don’t wish to be in contempt of court I would suggest that you let the prosecutor finish her questioning.” Lyra, huge tears swelling up in her eyes, answered, “Y...yes judge.” “Now... Miss Heartstrings?” Fluttershy continued, “Isn’t it true that Miss Stones had dumped you earlier in the month?” “What?! NO!” Lyra yelled, “I... We where taking a break.” “You mean she...” “SHE DIDN’T DUMP ME!... She just want returning my calls... Or seeing me... Ever...” “OBJECTION!” Rainbow Dash called out, “Your honor, what does this have to do with the murder?” “Motive, Miss Dash.” Fluttershy said plainly, “You client took this statue, the statue that he made for her ex-girlfriend, and hit her until she bled out and died! Then, during the blackout mentioned in people’s evidence 002, Mr. Sawhit found Miss Stone’s body while trying to sell newspapers!” Again, the court erupted, and again the judge banged her gavel. Already this case was looking like a lost cause, but as Lyra left the stand and See Sahwit took his place on it the sky seemed to brighten. “Now Mr. Sawhit,” Fluttershy began, “tell the court, in your own words, exactly what happened.” “Ah, yes... well...” Sawhit said, his voice a bit shaky, “I was out and about, selling my papers. When I came across an open door, the door of the victim’s apartment, I opened it more and found her on the floor.” “And when was this?” “One PM, I remember because I saw it on the news broadcast on TV.” “Wait a second...” Dash said to herself before slamming her hooves on the defense desk, “HOLD IT! Your honor, there’s a flaw in Mr. Sawhit’s story... And it’s that, according to the evidence given, it was impossible for him to have ‘seen’ the time on the television.” “Wha...What?!” Sawhit shouted, biting his cheek. “Oh... oh right... The blackout... I meant that I heard the time. Yes yes, the clock... The Plotter’s a clock yes? It says the time correct?” Rainbow sighed and nodded, “That’s true...” Rainbow Dash stroked her chin and shook her head, then it struck her... just like that statue struck Cindy Stones. “What time did you say it was when you found the body Mr. Sawhit?” “What? Are you deaf? I said it was one PM.” the purple suited colt chuckled to himself. “Really, because... according to the court records the autopsy proved that the murder took place between 10 and 11 AM!” the new attorney smiled as the stuck up colt gasped and shuttered. “Your Honor!” Fluttershy called out, “My witness could easily be mistaken, after all he was in shock at the time from finding a dead pony.” Suddenly, the yellow mare’s elbow hit The Plotter clock’s head. “I BELIEVE IT IS 12:15 PM” the clock called, and Cheerilee gasped. “Your Honor!” The dark piny pony shouted, “The clock is three hours off! It’s 9:15 according to the court room’s clock!” The chief pointed to the small wall clock above her head, “It supports Dash’s theory about the crime.” “What no!” Sawhit yelled, growling in rage, “Th...here’s no way, I fixed that thing after I bashed that slut in the head! ... Oh buck I said that out loud didn’t I?” “That’s all I needed to hear Mr. Sawhit.” Judgelestia said, “Miss Dash... I’m happy to say you preformed well in your first case, but you should be careful. If it weren’t for you employer you mite’ve lost this case... So I rule in favor of the defendant, Miss Hydra Heartstrings...” “It’s Lyra.” the minty green unicorn said. “... Consider this the official ruling of NOT GUILTY.” *** From the attorney’s journal of Rainbow Dash, A.A. Well... It turns out that Sawhit was just some common thief. He used the lie about selling paper’s go get into pony’s houses and apartments. The strange thing is that, after the trial, Fluttershy came up to us and offered to buy us dinner to celebrate our winning. Apparently Miss Shy’s a good loser... And not half bad looking either. Lyra had thought the same thing about the chief, and gave her a copy of The Plotter statue to keep as a memento of the case... She didn’t even thank me for defending her. It wouldn’t be till a few weeks later that I realized how important that statue was... And how much bad luck it would bring about.... The End... Of Episode One.
Episode Two: The Turnabout GeniusThe Turnabout Genius! Rainbow Dash stood outside the steps of the courthouse, waiting for Cheerilee to show up. The message her boss left her said that they needed to meet at the courthouse at exactly 2:25, and it was already 2:40. Dash was getting worried, the chief was never this late before... But before Rainbow could pull her thoughts together, an ear drum shattering voice ripped through the air. “DASH!” a pink pony with huge, cotton candy hair called out as she ran towards the pegasus. “P...Pinkie?” Rainbow Dash replied, it wasn’t her first time meeting his boss’ sister, but it was the first time she had shown up alone. “Have you heard from the chief... I mean Cheerilee? She told me to meet her...” “On the steps of the court house at exactly 2:25, right?” The pink earth pony bounced up and down, her purple and white medium robes flowing in the wind, “She called me up and told me that I should meet you here instead. The silly filly had to factor in some evidence or something for your next case. Anyway, she told me to make sure you went up to court room 0334 and watch the trial going on. Something about... A prosecuting genius pony or something. I don’t know, I was eating some cake at the time so I was really distracted... You like cake Dash? I love cake! Expecially chocolate cake, the kind with the little vanilla flowers on top, maybe even a little ice cream on the side...” Dash had pretty much stopped listening to the hyperactive pony after that, she had grown used to Pinkie Pie’s ramblings after the last time they met... When she talked about her favorite type of cupcakes... For three hours! Dash just did what she always did with a chatty girl, just smiled and nodded. If she messed up Pinkie wouldn’t notice, she never noticed anything wrong. This was one of the reasons why Rainbow had found it so hard to believe that Pinkie and Cheerilee where related at all, considering how the chief picked up on ever little mistake made in the court room. Finally, after a few minutes of rambling about cake, Pinkie got hungry and said good bye to Dash. The cyan mare then turned toward the door and headed up to room 0334, hopping that the crazy pink pony hadn’t forced her to miss a minute of the case. *** Rainbow Dash quietly snuck into the gallery, taking a seat next to a familiar face. “Hey... arn’t you The Rookie Killer? Flutterbye?” “Fluttershy, Miss Dash.” the yellow pegasus said, her eyes hidden behind her thick glasses once more, “I would wish you would remember me, after all I’m a very good friend of your boss.” “Really? Because the chief only mentioned you a few times after the case, and well... She said you where a bit strange.” Fluttershy reacted my placing a hoof on her forehead and sighing, then the two turned their attention to the court room. “You’ve missed half the case Miss Dash, the judge just heard testimony from the defendant and the Ace Investigator assigned to the case.” Fluttershy pushed her glasses up with her hoof, “You should’ve seen it kid, that Prosecution Genius just tore right through the holes in Rich’s story...” “Rich? You mean Filthy Rich, the supermarket chain owner?” Rainbow couldn’t believe her ears, the pony in the expensive suit that was always on TV saying ‘If it ain’t Rich, it ain’t worth a pinch.’ was involved in a murder investigation?! “What did her do?” “Well,” the yellow pegasus went on, “it seems Mr. Rich had been stealing money from rival stores and sabotaging their inventory, with the help of corporate spies. Apparently, somepony found out and he killed them with a bag of whole wheat Smarty Puffs, then he tried to pin it on a cross eyed pegasus who had been dating the victim.” “I’m guessing this genius guy caught Rich in that lie?” Dash said, rubbing her chin with her front hoof. “Ooooh yeah,” Fluttershy nodded, “ not only that, but the prosecutor tore the whole case open when he put that detective pony on the stand. He’s sitting right there, the big guy with the green trench coat.” Dash looked down at the prosecution desk and spotted a big red pony in a green coat. He wasn’t just big, he was huge! At least six inches taller then a normal colt. His blonde mane was a bit shaggy, and he looked like his cheek had been cut recently since he had a bandage on it, but mostly he was just really tall. “What’s his name?” Dash asked. “Big Macintosh, Ace Investigator.” the yellow mare responded, “He’s a perfect match for his Attorney partner too. Mac looks a bit like the muscle of the pair compared to the prosecutor. Oh! There she is now, walking in from recess.” Fluttershy pointed to a purple pony in a red, velvety looking coat with ruffles on the sleeves. She was a unicorn with dark purple hair that had a pink streek through it, and Rainbow Dash knew exactly who she was. “Twilight Sparkle...” *** Ponyville Elementary School, 10 years prior... “I’m telling you Miss Smith!” a foal with blue rimmed glasses said, “Lyra stole my toy and broke it! I have proof...” Granny Smith, or at least that’s what her students called her, shook her head as she looked at the Smarty Pant’s doll, which had a huge cut down its belly that was leaking stuffing. “Well... I guess we’ll just have to go to the principal. Lyra Heartstrings, come with me!” “Miss Smith I didn’t do it!” Lyra protested, the filly held her desk for dear life, “Needle Knos is lying, he didn’t see that it was...” “HEARTSTINGS!” Granny Smith yelled, “I am sick of you causing trouble, now if you don’t come with me I will give you detention.” Slowly, Lyra stood and walked over to her teacher, her head hung low until a pair of voices called out a single phrase. “HOLD IT!” Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle yelled. Th three ponies stopped and turned to the unicorn and pegasus fillies. “Miss Smith, Lyra’s telling the truth.” Rainbow said, “She was playing with us the whole time at recess.” “It’s true!” Twilight added, “and I have proof that it wasn’t Knos’ Smarty Pants that Lyra had.” “Hmmmm... I see...” Granny rubbed her chin and looked at the four little ponies, “If that’s true, I guess we could have a trial.” “A...A trial?” Lyra said, her voice shaky. Twilight and rainbow, however, had huge, beaming smiles. Their parents where always talking about their days in court, how exciting it was, expecially Twilight’s defense lawyer father. *** After a few minutes of setting up, the class room looked like a mock court room. Granny Smith acted as the judge, sitting at her desk, while Rainbow and Twilight began to question Needle Knos. “Now, Needle,” Twilight started, “You say that you saw my client, Miss Heartstrings, with your Smarty Pants doll, right?” “Yeah, I did.” Needle said, “She was tossing it around, and when I asked her to give it back she laughed at me. She said it wasn’t mine, but I know she’s lying! No one else has a Smarty Pants like mine.” “Really?” Twilight sat down and reached into her saddle bag with her magic, “Can you tell us why?” “Of course! My Smarty Pants has two green eyes, normal Smarty dolls have a red and blue eye.” Needle smiled victoriously. “OBJECTION!” Rainbow called out, “Your honor, Twilight and I have proof that Knos’ Smarty Pants isn’t the only one with green eyes.” Twilight then pulled out a doll that was very similar to Needle’s doll, in fact there was no difference at all. “B...but... My mommy sewed my Smarty’s eyes on!” Needle called as he looked deep into the green eyes of Twilight’s Smarty Pants doll. “Mine did too Needle,” Twilight said as she put her doll on the table the two fillies where using for a defense desk, “but couldn’t my Smarty Pants have been the one you saw Lyra playing with?” Needle nodded nervously, “Yeah, I guess so... But then who messed up my doll?” This statement caused every foal and filly in the room to give Needle Knos the most exhausted look a group of school ponies could give. “Needle... You where spinning your saddle bag around in your moth while it was open.” Rainbow Dash stated matter-of-factly. Needle blushed a deep red, “Oh... yeah... hehe...” “Well then,” Granny Smith said, “In the matter of this cased, I’d say that the defendant is clearly... NOT GUILTY.” *** Present Day, Court Room 0334 “In the mater of this case,” Judgelestia said, “I find the defendant, Mr. Filthy Rich, GUILTY.” The court room filled with cheers as Filthy Rich was taken away in hoof cuffs by Detective Big Macintosh, the shorter colt swearing revenge on Twilight and Mac for ruining his life. Rainbow couldn’t wait until they left the room, she flew up and landed right next to Twilight. “Twi!” the cyan pegasus smiled wide as she looked at her friend, however, twilight didn’t return the smile. “Rainbow Dash... What’re you doing here?” Twilight’s voice was cold, almost as if she had a deep seated hatred for her old friend. “I... I was watching your case. Good job convicting that bag of...” “Go away Dash, my mentor will be here any second and I don’t want to have to explain why I’m talking to a new defense attorney.” Twilight looked over at Big Macintosh returning from the court room lock up, “Especially a mediocre one like you.” Rainbow’s mouth opened as her eyes teared up a bit, “Twilight... It’s me, your friend Rainbow Dash. Don’t you remember our first case? How we helped Lyra?” The purple unicorn just ignored her old friend, turning to give the cyan pony the cold shoulder. Rainbow didn’t know what to say, so she just turned and followed a waiting Fluttershy out the doors of the court room. “Are you ok Dash?” the yellow mare asked. Dash turned to her new friend and smiled wide, holding back a river of tears as blue as she was. “O course I’m fine... I guess I’m just a little nervous about the day I have to go up against that chick. She... really is a genius...” *** From the attorney journal of Cheerilee Pie, A.A I had to miss the case today with that ‘Genius Prosecutor’, and of course Pinkie didn’t go up the the court room with Rainbow Dash like I asked her to. I’ve pretty much given up on asking my sister to do anything but hold evidence for me occasionally. From what Rainbow’s told me, Twilight Sparkle (the prosecutor) is excellent at her job. If my protigee where to try and face her in a case, I fear that the client may end up behind bars. Thankfully, as long as I’m around we wont have to worry about that. I’ve put a few important case papers in the statue of The Plotter that Dash’s friend Myra gave me, I’m not sure they’re safe... even in there. I’m afraid that another prosecutor, one that has less then good intentions, may find them... I hear the door now, it’s probably Pinkie coming by to go out to dinner. I told her we would go to a nice restaurant with gourmet deserts.
Episode Three: Wrong Turn(about) Episode Three: Wrong Turn(about) Wrong Turn(about) Rainbow Dash sighed as she finished her hay tar-tar, “Thanks for the meal chief.” Cherilee had offered to take Dash along on her and Pinkie Pie’s dinner/meeting, and considering that Rainbow only had a few packets of noodles and some moldy bread at home she didn’t see a chance to refuse. The chief had taken her sister and protege to La Petit Cheval, one of the most expensive restaurants in town. Even a stack of hay fries is about 50 bits in this place, Rainbow thought, then voiced her curiosity. “Hey chief, how’re you able to afford three meals in this place? Well... Two meals and all the deserts.” The cyan pegasus looked over at the mountain of cakes and pies near her boss’ bright pink sister. “I’ve made some very good business decisions Dash,” Cherilee said as she stole a piece of double chocolate cake from Pinkie’s side of the table, “not to mention your friend Sarah payed us a good amount of bits for your first case.” “Um... her name’s Lyra, chief.” “Are you sure? I could’ve sworn it was Moyra...” That’s the second time tonight, I’m just glad Lyra’s not here to see this, Rainbow thought, it would probably kill her... “Anyway,” the dark pink pony said, “I’m glad you could some out here with us Dash. I needed to talk to you about our next case... It seems you mite be going up against that new genius prosecutor after all...” “My, my, my... Is that Cherilee Pie and friends I see?” A strange voice called from nowhere, causing Rainbow Dash to spin around and stand, ready for a fight. “Ch...Chief...?” Rainbow asked, looking for the source of the voice to no avail. Cherilee waved her hoof, “It’s alright Rainbow, it’s just an old rival...” the defense lawyer looked over to the wall behind her, “Hello Von Kaos.” Slowly, the wood work on the wall gave way to a tall being. He wasn’t exactly a pony, in fact Dash couldn’t tell what he was. He had the head of a goat, the legs of a dragon and a mule, the body and arms of a griffin, and a plethora of other extremely mismatched body parts. “Oh Cheri, I do wish you would call me by my full name, or at least my first...” the creature’s eyes turned to Rainbow Dash quickly, “Ah, a new face. Please, have my card.” He snapped the claws on his eagle talon hand, and suddenly Dash’s cola turned into a small, square card that read: Discord Von Kaos: Ace Attorney Prosecutor, Von Kaos Law Offices “Um... Thanks...” Rainbow said as she pocketed the card. She looked over the draconequus once more: Von Kaos had a velvety purple coat on, with ruffles at the sleaves, along with a dark violet vest and cravat. In the strange prosecutor’s had was a cane that had the head of some strange bird Rainbow had never seen before. “I’m sure your teacher has told you so many things about me.” Discord said as he hovered over the three ponies table (Pinkie, of course, oblivious to anything but the pumpkin pie she was destroying). “Not really, this is the first time I’ve ever...” “Well then,” the prosecutor snapped the paw on his lion’s arm, creating a 4ive pony band out of nowhere, “allow me to tell you a bit about myself, Miss new-faced defense attorney.” “Wh... What?!” the cyan pegasus just stared, slacked jawed. “Chief... What’s he doing?” “He’s going to sing Rainbow...” Cherilee rubbed her temples with her hooves, as if this had happened before, “He’s going to sing...” (Sung to the tune of Redd White and You) (Discord's lyrics in green, talking parts in black) Discord makes the rules, Discord fights for the right Discord has the record that makes everypony look twice Discord find the lies, Discord sees through it all Ponies stop me everywhere, to tip their hat’s in regards Discord’s prosecuting, making criminal turn heel I’ll just answer a question, cuz that’s just how nice I feel... Rainbow waited for the song to continue, until she realized that the draconequus was talking to her. “Oh...um... What do you mean by ‘the record that makes everypony look twice’?” “Ah my record,” Discord smiled, “my prefect score, my pride and joy...” My record is 100 percent, I’ve only lost one case mind you You may not know me, but I’m sure you’ll know my cases Blue Discord makes the tests, Discord follows through Don’t ask what I can convict, because that list’s too long for you. “Now Miss...” “Dash, Rainbow Dash.” the rainbow maned defense lawyer said. “Whatever...” Discord rolled his mismatched eyes, “I’ll give you another chance to ask me a question... Go on...” “Ok then Mr. Von Kaos,” Dash said, rubbing her chin as her boss and Pinkie watched, “There’s one thing I want to know... What’s with the frilly coat?” “Frilly?! What do you mean frilly?” the strange prosecutor glared at the pegasus, “All prosecutor’s used to wear cravats! It was a symbol of the office, and I make all my protege’s wear them as well.” “Wait... All of them? Does that mean...” “Yes it does,” another voice said, this one belonging to Twilight Sparkle, “I’m surprised Dash, you actually figured it out before I told you.” The purple unicorn clapped her hooves in mock congratulations. “Now, now girls,” Discord stretched his arm out and wagged his finger playfully, “Let me finish my song first...” So don’t you try to face me, and cast me off my throne Let he who fights the sinned (and loves it!) cast the final stone! Discord is the rules, Discord is the right Discord is the power, so make Discord’s advice If you face me, stop while you’re ahead Don’t ask if you can defend your client, when you know you’ll lose instead! And just as he finished his song, Discord Von Kaos and his protege disappeared in a puff of green smoke. “Chief... What just happened?” Rainbow asked, her head cocked to the side as she tried to figure out where the last ten minutes of her life went. “Don’t ask about it too much Dash, I never did when I faced him in the court.” Cherilee sighed as she shook her head. “It was a catchy tune though!” Pinkie called out, humming the tune that the band was playing.
