Nocturna Ace Attorney: Equestrian Trials

by JcfRaven

Rating: teen
Tags: Adventure, Dark, Tragedy
Length: 5324

Nocturna has recently opened a law firm in Equestria, and surprisingly, even fresh out of law school, she's already getting cases. Will she be able to find the truth and free the innocent ponies that have been convicted? She can only hope so...

Nocturna has recently opened a law firm in Equestria, and surprisingly, even fresh out of law school, she's already getting cases. Will she be able to find the truth and free the innocent ponies that have been convicted? She can only hope so…

Note: After seeing a good bit of Ace Attorney crossovers, I started to wonder how to play a story out similarly, but without the known Ace Attorney characters. I apologize for not including the characters, but I hope you enjoy this nonetheless! Also, due to the only main characters being OCs, as the cases are planning to vary a lot, I will only put the OC tag as a main character, so it's not flooded with pictures.

Note 2: I cannot promise a consistent releasing of chapters due to time dedicated in the Air Force Junior ROTC program, alongside the amount of work currently in Highschool. My goal is to at least get one chapter released every 1-2 weeks, and I don't expect it to be a month between trial chapters, so I hope that makes y'all feel better.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-10-10 00:57:36 UTC

Turnabout Bloodmoon: Investigation Day 1(Edited)

Turnabout Bloodmoon: Investigation Day 1

A phone rings on this chilly morning of Equestria, Nocturna waking up to the sound of her loud ringtone. Quickly getting herself woken up enough, she answers the phone.

"Nocturna Law Office, Nocturna speaking."

"Hello Ms.Nocturna, I'm sorry for calling you at such an early hour, but I must request your assistance. I can give you more information at the detention center."

"I'll be right there when the visitor hours start, Miss..."

"Trixie Lulamoon."

"Trixie, huh? You definitely aren't like I remember. I'll see you at the center, Ms. Trixie."

"Thank you," the phone call then ends, the phone beeping to indicate as such.

Trixie Lulamoon..I still remember her performances, leading up to her humiliation, and then the alicorn amulet corruption. She conversed with me some time ago after a performance, but I can only assume she forgot. I wonder what happened to the whole third-person arrogance business..in any case, better get ready.

Donning her usual look, surprisingly not much apart from glasses and the way she does her hair, she goes into her kitchen area to find something to eat. She simply gets some leftover hay fries she had the day before, grabs her bag, and steps out into the cool morning.

Feels nice today, I wonder what will ruin that feeling, haha

While walking along the dirt path she takes to get to ponyville, she hears a bush rustling then sees a shadow quickly pass by her peripheral vision, sadly not getting a good look at what caused it.

Possibly just a squirrel, still, it might be worth looking around in that area

Nocturna looks in the bush that rustled, and strangely found half of a note that reads:

Remember all this note told you, follow the instructions, and that arrogant wannabe will be declared guilty in your place.

Better take this with me..

>Note added to the court record<

She hurries to the detention center, making up for lost time. Just like she's always heard, two royal guards stand before the entrance.

“Halt! For what reason are you here?! Especially just at the start of visitor hours?!” The guards say in unison, noticeably ready in the event of being attacked.

“Nocturna, defense attorney. Here at the request of the arrested Trixie Lulamoon, gentlemen,” Nocturna said evenly. She then shows them her attorneys badge.

“You may enter,” they say again, allowing her inside. After asking the main pony there permission to see Trixie, she was called to room #3, where Nocturna headed to herself.

The detention center..the usual bland holding spot for both convicted innocents and true criminals, all awaiting trial. I now understand what they were talking about with stress..just remain calm Nocturna, deep breaths

It took a little bit of waiting, but finally Trixie appears, without her get-up.

"I take it you're Nocturna, the new defense attorney I called?" Trixie asks, looking Nocturna over.

"I am indeed Ms.Trixie. Do you mind telling me what you're accused of?" Nocturna takes out the notepad she keeps with her, alongside a quill.

"I can indeed. According to the police, I am accused of the murder of two ponies by the name of Snips and Snails, who were murdered at 8:00PM yesterday at the Hay & Stay hotel in ponyville. Apart from that, they told me nothing except that they had a witness and decisive evidence." Trixie tells her, downcast.

"You didn't do it, correct?"

"I may seem like a mean-spirited pony, but I'm not one who could ever commit murder, even if those two ruined..." Trixie trails off, making Nocturna curious.

"So you know these two ponies, I see, but what did they "ruin"?"

"Back when they were younger, stupid foals, they led an Ursa Minor into Ponyville, thinking it as an Ursa Major, since I stated I was able to defeat one. Obviously I couldn't even handle an Ursa Minor. Past that, during a situation involving an amulet known as the alicorn amulet, I basically made them my servants, and they wasted so much time, angering me greatly."

So she has a motive..that doesn't make this look good already. I guess that's all the information I'm going to get out of her for now though.

"Thank you, Ms.Trixie. I will take your case. I promise you I will prove your innocence, I just need to do some investigation work," Nocturna states.

"Thank you, Nocturna."

Nocturna leaves the detention center, and starts trotting over to the Hay & Stay hotel, thinking the information over.

Let's look over some facts:

-Somepony wrote another somepony a note, and with the half that I have, it makes it clear it could very well be talking about Trixie.

-Whoever wrote that note is of high probability an accomplice to the murderer.

-Trixie currently has an established motive, and I need to figure out who else could've had a motive, which should link back to that note.

-The prosecution apparently has decisive evidence alongside a witness.

-The murder occurred at 8:00PM.

After thinking everything she knows over, she arrives at the building, noticing the building is shut down to the general public, with a guard pony protecting the entrance. After explaining that she is Trixies attorney, she was allowed in, and told of the room number the murder took place at, room 427. After a fair bit of wandering, she eventually arrived, encountering a detective.

"Hiya! My name is Zachary, but you may call me Detective Z, if you like," Zachary states happily. Nocturna examines him a bit, making a mental note of his appearance.

Brown fur, a black coat, and a magnifying glass as a cutie mark. I wonder how much I'll see of him.

"Hello Detective, my name is Nocturna, the defense attorney for this case," She says to him, shaking his hoof.

"Pleasure to meet you! If you need any help, feel free to ask me!" Zachary tells her, hoping to be of assistance.

"There is something that is bugging me a bit, specifically a note that I found this morning. Is it possible to get it analyzed?" She asks him, hoping to possibly get a lead.

"Sure! I should be able to get that done fairly quickly. Just give me the note, and meet me in the hotel lobby later, and I'll give you the results," He says.

Note given to Zachary<

"Thanks, Zachary," She says, smiling a bit at his helpfulness and kindness.

“Not a problem at all!” Zachary says, starting on his way to the Criminal Affairs Department to get it analyzed. Nocturna proceeds to the crime scene, in order to investigate it, though not much was there, as the bodies have already been processed and moved out of the scene.

A gun marked on the floor, more than likely the murder weapon, given the bullet holes on the walls. Might want to check them out next.

>Deagle added to the court record<

3 bullet holes total, alongside the messy state of the room, pointing to a struggle between the killer and the victims. I can safely assume one of them was taken out easily, yet the second one was startled, making it a bit harder. Better take some pictures of the holes and the room, will definitely come in handy.

>Bullet holes added to the court record<

>Picture of the room added to the court record<

Not much more to investigate, given the bodies have been taken out already. One was murdered in the chair, and the other near the door, probably trying to run. Three fateful gunshots and the two lives were ended..a shame indeed.

Nocturna steps out of the hotel room to head to the reception area to get a copy of the hotel record to see if Trixie was staying in the hotel, and who else could've went into that room. When she arrives, a red-furred earth pony in a suit is talking to the receptionist, obviously after some information.

“So, Mrs. Harshwhinny, the defendant, Trixie, was staying at the hotel the night of the murder?” The earth pony asks her, examining the hotel record.

“Indeed, it appears she was staying here overnight, and our security cameras show her heading towards their hotel room, before the cameras cut off. Her hotel room was on the second floor, and if you look at the hotel diagram there is no reason for her to be going that way, unless to get to that room, due to it being a dead end at the end of that hallway,” Mrs. Harshwhinny tells him, making copies of the diagram, hotel record, and the recorded video. While she's doing that, the earthpony looks over and sees Nocturna.

"Hello Miss, may I ask what you're doing here? You don't look like a detective," He states, a bit suspiciously.

“My name is Nocturna, the defense attorney for this case. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Redwell," She says, shaking his hoof in greeting.

“Ah! I was told there was a newbie defense attorney on this case. Pleasure to meet you as well, Ms. Nocturna. I assume the next time we meet will probably be in the courtroom, as I'm just finishing up here," He tells her, receiving the copies of what he requested.

"May I get copies of those as well, Mrs. Harshwhinny?" Nocturna asks.

"Go ahead and take mine, I'm not in too big of a rush," Redwell says, smiling as he hands Nocturna the copies.

"Thank you, Redwell."

Hotel diagram added to the court record<

Hotel records added to the court record<

Security camera footage added to the court record<

Alright, so according to the hotel record, Trixie was staying here the night of the murder, and as it currently stands, that was indeed Trixie going to the room of Snips and Snails, as there were no other ponies on that floor. I haven't really learned anything too useful here, so I'm hoping Zachary arrives soon.

As if the universe had read her mind, Zachary trots through the front door with the Analysis Papers.

"Hello again Nocturna! I've got the results of the analysis, and according to it, a pony by the name of Moonlit Shard wrote it, a pony that has been hunted for a while due to an escape from the courtroom, when she was found to be the true culprit of a murder case while she was on the witness stand. She's been in hiding for some time, but it appears she's rearing her head again, this time as an accomplice," Zachary tells her, giving her the Analysis Papers.

>Analysis Papers added to court record

"Just out of curiosity, can you tell me what happened exactly in the courtroom that day, to the best of your ability?" Nocturna inquires, curious.

"Sure thing," He says, before he starts retelling the story.

"It's over Moonlit Shard! We've caught you! Admit to the murder of Lotus Blossom!" Defense Attorney Sonata Gloom shouts, pointing a hoof at the witness stand. As quietness befalls upon the courtroom, a quiet chuckle is heard from Moonlit Shard, and the Judge notices as such.

"Young mare, do you not understand the seriousness of this? If you don't have anything to say to defend yourself, you will be found guilty of the murder of the victim Lotus Blossom!" Judge states, being met with more chuckling.

"You think it's that easy? Oh please, you make me laugh," Moonlit says calmly, as everyone in the courtroom starts getting dizzy, some starting to collapse.

"What's....the meaning...of this?" Judge says, about to collapse himself.

"The meaning? Why, it's so I can escape!" She exclaims, galloping out of the courtroom, and managing to get long gone before the ponies in the courtroom regain consciousness.

"The witness is gone!" Sonata shouts, highly concerned.

"Bailiff! Call the Police Department! We have to track her down!" Judge exclaims, quickly bringing the trial to an end with a verdict.

"That's the basic gist of what went down. Why she would appear again as an accomplice is a big mystery, but maybe you can figure that out," Zachary states to Nocturna, who has been listening closely.

"Thank you for the help, Zachary. I guess I'll head to the Detention Center to speak to my client one last time before tomorrow. Stop by my office later on if you want, I'll be happy to speak to you," She says, smiling.

"Not a problem! See you tomorrow!" He exclaims, heading back to the Criminal Affairs Department.

Going through the same deal as before, she meets with Trixie again.

"Hello Trixie. Since we don't have much time, I need to ask you about something really quick, and I need you to be honest with me," Nocturna tells her, looking serious.

"Sure," Trixie replies.

"Did you go to the victims' room the night of the murder?" Nocturna inquires, hoping Trixie will tell her the truth.

"No, why would I? Those two aren't worth my time!" Trixie exclaims, obviously hiding the truth.

Alright Trixie, I guess I need to prove that I know you went there..

"I believe you're lying, due to this."

TAKE THAT!

"I received a copy of the security camera footage, and before it went out, it clearly showed that you went in there. Now the question become the following: Why did you go to them that night?" Nocturna asks, Trixie flinching after her lie being proven false.

"Fine, I went to their room. They requested for me to come, as they wanted to talk and apologize, wanting me to do so as well. Here's that note," Trixie states, hoofing Nocturna the note

Letter added to Court Record<

"Thank you for finally being honest, Trixie. I promise, I will prove your innocence," Nocturna states, determined and powerful.

"Thank you, Nocturna," Trixie says, before a guard leads her out of the room. Nocturna then heads out of the detention center, and towards her office. Along the way, she does some final thinking before preparing her case.

So what we have now:

-The note was written by a criminal by the name of Moonlit Shard, that appears to be the accomplice of this murder, for some reason. I guess it's up to me to solve that mystery.

-Trixie was seen heading to the room of the victims per request at the time of the murder, that was the requested time.

-Trixie still has a motive, which I'm positive will be brought up by the prosecution.

Let's hope the knowledge and evidence I've acquired will be enough..

Turnabout Bloodmoon: Trial Day 2 Former

Nocturna Ace Attorney: Equestrian Trials Trial Day 2

Nocturna and Trixie both sit inside Defendant Lobby No.6, present in the ponyville courthouse. Looking up from the case files, Nocturna looks briefly at the two guards positioned at the entrance door to the court, two royal guardponies. Her investigation yesterday had been fairly informative, but sadly there is still a good bit to find out, and there’s not a lot to go off on in the event of trouble, apart from that one trump card.

“So, how’re you today, Trixie?” Nocturna asks, keeping her spirit up and keeping a smile on her face.

“Apart from being accused of murder, I’m doing fine, thanks. You seem happy about something,” Trixie states, a bit confused.

“Well, I’m confident that, if all else fails, this letter here will get us out of a mess,” She states, hoofing Trixie the note.

“Well, whoever wrote this note obviously hates me for some reason or another..” Trixie says, sighing a bit in sadness. She doesn’t tend to think about it much, but ever since she has tried to change her ways, and take up a more honest magical career, she’s tried to make amends with those that she’s hurt, similar to what she hoped would’ve happened that night, had the murder not occurred, but some ponies wouldn’t accept her apologies, which was understandable but saddened her as well.

“Apparently it was a pony by the name of Moonlit Shard. It appears she’s either an accomplice or blackmailing somepony, forcing him or her to be the accomplice. Either way, she’s involved, and she’s had quite a history with the Equestrian Guard, after escaping the courtroom she was in when she was found out to be the murderer in a case a while back. Why she’s appearing now though is a bit strange..” Nocturna tells Trixie, not noticing her turning a bit pale.

“M-Moonlit Shard?! Noct-” Trixie didn’t get to finish her statement before being interrupted by the Bailiff.

“The defense and the defendant will proceed to the courtroom immediately!”

“Come on Trixie, let’s go,” Nocturna says, walking through the doors, and watching Trixie get escorted to the defendants seat. After a few minutes, The Judge, Redwell, and the observers/gallery arrive into the courtroom. The Judge bangs his gavel to initiate the start of the trial.

“Court will now commence for the trial of Trixie Lulamoon. Are both the prosecution and the defense ready to begin?”

“The prosecution was born ready, your honor,” Redwell states, confidently.

“The defense is ready, your honor,” Nocturna says, evenly.

“Ah, so you’re that new defense attorney I heard about. You seem pretty confident today,” Judge says, a bit surprised.

“Thank you, your honor,” Nocturna states, even though inside she’s pretty nervous.

Alright Nocturna, you got this. You know the facts, you have the evidence, you simply need to piece everything together and find the truth.

“The prosecution may make their opening statement,” Judge says, nodding to the prosecutions table.

“Thank you, your honor. The two victims, 18 year olds Snips and Snails, were murdered in room 13 on floor one of the Hay & Stay hotel in ponyville at 8:00PM, two days ago. According to the autopsy report, they both were killed through a single shot to their hearts. I’ve also been given footage from the night of the crime, that showed the defendant going to the scene of the crime right before the time of the murder. Even though we can’t get a proper magic analysis due to tampering, more-than-likely done by the defendant, I claim this is an open and shut case, your honor,” Redwell tells the court.

“Very well, the court accepts the Autopsy Report and footage as evidence, alongside the murder weapon,” Judge states, banging his gavel.

>Autopsy Report added to the court record<

“The prosecution may call its first witness.”

A blue-furred rainbow-maned pegasus takes the witness stand, and right as she does Nocturna can tell that she doesn't like Trixie.

Tense, seems to be more of angry confidence than nervousness though. Hopefully, she'll slip up quite fine.

"Witness, state your name and occupation," Redwell says to her.

"Rainbow Dash, weather patrol division 2 of the town of ponyville," Rainbow says.

“Please testify to the court what you witnessed the night of the murder,” Judge stated.

Witness Testimony: What I observed

At the time of the murder, I walked by the hallway, heading to the staircase.

Right when I passed by it, BOOM there were gunshots!

Afterwards, I saw Trixie leave that room, and I hid before she spotted me.

“As the court can very well here, this matches up perfectly with what I’ve already said,” Redwell says, expecting the trial to end very shortly.

“While you are correct, the defense has a right to cross examine the witness, if they so please,” Judge states.

“The defense does wish to cross-examine the witness, your honor,” Nocturna says, preparing.

Alright, I know where I need to go with this. There are no clear contradictions, so I need to dig for new nuggets of information.

Cross-Examination

At the time of the murder, I walked by the hallway, heading to the staircase.

HOLD IT!

“So, this hallway you're referring to is the first floor hallway then, correct?” Nocturna asks, verifying the information.

“Yep, the same one the security footage was taken at!” Rainbow says.

Right when I passed by it, BOOM there were gunshots!

HOLD IT!

Alright Rainbow Dash, let’s get a bit more information..

“Can you please tell the court how many gunshots you heard, since you were near the scene of the crime?” Nocturna questions.

“Sure! There were two gunshots, obviously one for each one. Never knew that arrogant plothole could aim!” Rainbow says, laughing a bit.

I've got you now.

“Please refrain from personal attacks on the defendant. In any case, please amend this information to your testimony!” Judge states after banging his gavel.

“Sure thing!”

There were two gunshots, each one taking a life.

OBJECTION!

“Your honor, I’d like you to take a look at this,” Nocturna says, levitating the pictures of the bullet holes to Judge.

“Hmm...there’s one, two....three bullet holes.....wait, three?!” Judge exclaims in shock, realizing the lie in the testimony.

OBJECTION!

Redwell shouts after the crowd goes into a minor uproar.

“So she didn’t hear a third bullet, so what? Perhaps she was distracted and miscounted the amount of firings,” He says, smiling.

OBJECTION!

“I find it hard to believe she would miss the hearing of a third gunshot, especially if she saw my client go to that scene. It appears to me like she has hatred for Trixie, noticeable by how she's been describing it, alongside her tenseness, bearing not a resemblance to nervousness, but of angry confidence! If we take this into account and do a bit of research, I think we could easily find a venomous link between the two!” Nocturna shouts back at Redwell, making him shake his head.

OBJECTION!

"You'll need to provide a better reasoning than that. "Tense in angry confidence"? That is nonsense! I would say any witness would be a bit nervous on the stand. Furthermore, you've shown the court nothing to warrant such a check!"

OBJECTION!

"What about the third bullet?"

OBJECTION!

“There's obviously a good reason for the mishearing, and we simply need more testimony to ascertain that reason," Redwell finishes, bowing.

"I agree with the prosecution. Ms. Dash, please explain why you didn't hear the third bullet!" Judge says, banging his gavel.

Witness Testimony 2: What about the third bullet?

When I initially passed the hall, I actually went ahead to the staircase.

When I arrived, I heard a thud from the hallway

I went back, and then the rest of the gunshots were heard then.

"How did the first gunshot just sound like a thud? That doesn't seem too likely," Judge comments, not too keen on this testimony.

"Simple to explain, your honor. Another magical analysis proved that a noise-cancellation field was present in the room at a recent time. This testimony shows when the field was and wasn't there," Redwell says.

"What about the thud?" Judge asks.

"Simple. When the first bullet was fired, the noise-cancellation field just made it sound like a thud from an impact, instead of the shot itself," Redwell states.

OBJECTION!

"But how could that be? A noise-cancellation field is supposed to eliminate all noises inside of the area it stretches to.." Nocturna says, confused.

"You're correct, it's meant to do so. However, in some cases, it is completely possible for it to actually drown out the noise, instead of canceling it, such as being right next to the field boundary," He says, showing a circle around the inferred borderline. The circle included the room, a bit of the upstairs rooms, and the bottom of the staircase.

>Hotel Diagram updated<

Hmm..I need to see about the staircase..

"Very well, the defense may begin the cross-examination of Ms. Dash!"

Cross-Examination

When I initially passed the hall, I actually went ahead to the staircase

HOLD IT!

"Two questions for you, one, why didn't you tell us this originally?" Nocturna starts by asking.

OBJECTION!

"What does it matter? That line of questioning won't lead us anywhere. The fact of the matter is she's fixing earlier information, and that it matters not. Next question!" He states.

"Fine. My second question is simple: How far up the stairs were you?" She asks.

"How far? I only trotted up around halfway before the thud was heard. I don't see the relevance though," Rainbow says, confused.

Halfway? That’s impossible, she would’ve never heard it then!

"Ms. Nocturna, is what the witness said important enough to add to her testimony?" Judge asks.

"I would say this is very important, and I would like for it to be added to the testimony," She replies.

"Very well, the witness will amend this information to her testimony!"

"Alright," Rainbow says.

I trotted up halfway up the staircase before the thud was heard.

OBJECTION!

“Ms. Dash, lying is very unbecoming of a mare like yourself,” Nocturna starts, shaking her head.

“What are you talking about?” Rainbow asks nervously.

“Take a look at the hotel diagram. As the prosecution has kindly illustrated for us, the condition for being able to hear a thud from the gunshot is on the border of the cancellation field. However, if you were halfway up the stairs, you wouldn’t have heard a sound!” Nocturna shouts, pointing her hoof. Redwell, instead of objecting, remains silent.

“Ms. Dash, what do you have to say for yourself? This is the second time you’ve lied to this court!” Judge shouts at Rainbow, her flinching.

“I..I want to go home now..” Rainbow says, cowering a bit.

OBJECTION!

“You’re going nowhere until told, Ms. Dash. You claim to’ve heard two gunshots and a thud, yet you were in no position to hear such! I think you’re trying to lie because you’re angry at the defendant!” Nocturna shouts again, confidently.

“How could I? I don’t even know her!” She says, obviously lying.

OBJECTION!

“I guess it’s time for me to step in,” Redwell starts, eying Rainbow.

“Hey, what gives?! I thought you were on my side!” She shouts at Redwell.

“I’m never on the side of a witness who won’t stop lying. I’ve done background checks on you, Ms. Dash, and found information about relations between you and the defendant. A long time back, she, as a young arrogant show mare, decided to insult and humiliate your group of six with her performance magic. After disappearing for some time, she appeared once more and enslaved your hometown, with the Alicorn Amulet, and use all of you as slaves. Trying to deny you know the defendant is futile, and I want you out of that stand,” Redwell says, striking a nail in her coffin.

“I agree with the prosecution. I do believe that this witness is better off being scratched from the record and put under surveillance, until the end of the trial today,” Judge states, waiting for approval or disapproval from the prosecution.

“The prosecution agrees, your honor. I request permission to call up my next witness as Ms. Dash is being escorted,” Redwell says.

I would've thought he would keep her here for longer..what's he planning? This only helps me at the moment..

“Very well, the prosecution may call up their next witness!”

"Witness, state your name and occupation for the record," Redwell tells the witness.

"My name is Nightlight, I prefer not to state my last name unless necessary. I'm currently more of a traveler than anything else, doing miscellaneous work as needed," She says, smiling in a fake kindness noticeable by Nocturna.

I can see how forced her smile is. On the inside, she's angry, but about what, I wonder?

“Very well, you may begin your testimony Ms. Nightlight!” Judge tells her.

Witness Testimony:

I was outside of the hotel at the time of the murder

I walked past the window of the late Snips & Snails when I heard 3 thuds

A bit confused, I started walking to the hotel door before seeing Trixie fleeing the scene.

Going to Snips & Snails’ room, I saw the dead bodies and alerted the staff, as I had no phone on my pony.

“Nice and clear-cut, huh, Nocturna?” Redwell asks, smiling. Nocturna simply shakes her head.

“The defense still wishes to cross-examine Ms.Nightlight!” She states, and the Judge nods.

“Very well, we shall start the cross-examination!” Judge exclaims.

Cross-Examination

I was outside the hotel at the time of the murder

HOLD IT!

“Any particular reason for being outside that late in the evening? I can assume there weren’t many ponies out,” Nocturna asks.

“Like I said, I’m a traveler. I was passing by the hotel on my way to my next location, I can only assume fate had it that I heard those thuds,” She replies.

“Alright, carry on then,” Nocturna says.

I walked past the window of the late Snips & Snails when I heard 3 thuds

HOLD IT!

“The window is a bit away from the sidewalk, is it not? Why were you sticking so close to the wall?” Nocturna asks. Nightlight flinches slightly.

“Well..I..” She starts to say.

OBJECTION!

“What does it matter? Maybe she was simply trying to hear about something interesting. It has to be boring never staying in the same town nor city all the time. Hardly enough time to usually hear what’s going on,” Redwell reasons.

OBJECTION!

“Even if she's a traveler, it seems a bit too coincidental that she just happened to be so close enough to hear all three like that," Nocturna argues.

"If..I may say something?" Nightlight interrupts.

"There was a reason I was that close to that specific window, it's because I received information that the defendant was going to that room, and I knew there was bad blood between them," She states.

"Ah, yes, I have forgotten to mention, her travels have led her to Ponyville during Trixie's power-trips, my apologies to the court," Redwell says.

"So I assume you alerted the staff something was amiss?" Nocturna asks.

"Indeed, I did, after I found the bodies. Many staff could attest to that fact," Nightlight says, forcing a hint of sadness.

"Shall we continue the cross-examination?" Nocturna asks.

"Yes, of course," Judge states.

A bit confused, I started walking to the hotel door before seeing Trixie flee the scene.

HOLD IT!

"With our new information, it's safe to assume you knew basically what might've happened, correct?" Nocturna questions.

"I assumed there was a fight, but I never guessed she would murder those two," Nightlight responds.

"Alright. Was my client holding anything, by any chance?" Nocturna asks.

"Holding anything? Hm..yes, actually..she was holding a knife," Nightlight responds. Redwell was taken aback at this.

"Why didn't you bring this up to me before?!" Redwell shouts.

"I originally didn't think it was relevant!" Nightlight responds back, evenly.

"Your honor, I request a recess so that we may analyze this knife, it could prove to be very important!" Redwell says.

"Agreed. We will take a 30 minute recess while the knife is being analyzed, and put this cross-examination on hold until then!” Judge exclaims, dismissing the court with a bang from his gavel.

Introductions

Introductions

Hello, my name is Nocturna. Who am I, you might ask? That's a question we all must ask, wouldn't you say? Some would call me a wanderer, some a loner, but really, I'm simply a defense attorney, protecting the innocent from false accusations, and finding the truth of every case. I've just gotten out of law school, but I'm confident that I have the ability to be a great attorney.

Why did I become an attorney you ask? Quite simple, truth be told. My mom and dad were murdered in a case years back, known as KL-9 by official police records. The accused was my sister, and due to decisive evidence and testimony, she was sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment. I believe it was due to me that she received that sentence, but I know better. She didn’t murder our parents, I know it wasn’t my sister I saw, but the prosecution managed to use my testimony against my sister. There’s nothing I can do in my current state, but I plan on proving her innocence one day, or my name isn’t Nocturna!