On the day Trixie Lulamoon was hired for student councilor at the School of Friendship, she single-hoofedly murdered a philodendron plant named Phyllis, a close friend of current headmare Starlight Glimmer. For her crimes, Trixie is put on trial, and it reaches the Grand Canterlot Court. This story details the trial.

Takes place immediately after A Horse Shoe-In.