Author's Note: I am only human, and I screw things up sometimes, so please bear with me. I am also too lazy to come up with a title that doesn't start with "Turnabout." Or include a disclaimer. Please forgive me.

Date: August 3

Time: 2:34

Location: Wright and Co. Law Offices

"Here's to Nick," Maya said, holding her glass of soda in the air. "And here's hoping he'll last at least one more year!"

"Hey!" Phoenix protested. "What kind of toast is that?!"

"A very practical one." Edgeworth smirked and held up his wine glass. "At least Miss Fey is realistic."

Maya grinned. "Cheers!"

Phoenix groaned and raised his glass. Today marked the second anniversary of his debut as a defense attorney, so Maya had decided to invite a bunch of people to the office and hold a surprise party for him. Pearls and Larry were there, as well as Edgeworth and Detective Gumshoe. However, it seemed like one of Edgeworth's friends had decided to invite herself...

Kay Farraday laughed and held up her soda. "This is a great party, Mr. Wrong! I'm so glad I stole that invitation!"

Phoenix sighed. "It's Wright. Not Wrong."

Maya pouted. "Aww, stop being such a party pooper, Nick! Cheer up a little!"

"Hey, Nick," Larry yelled from across the table. "Are there any hot chicks coming?"

Before Phoenix could reply, Pearls reached up and slapped Larry across the face. "Mr. Nick has eyes only for Mystic Maya!" she announced. "Stop trying to lead him astray!"

While Larry nursed his cheek and tried to placate the little girl, Detective Gumshoe happily munched on a piece of cake. "This is really great, pal!" he said between mouthfuls. "I haven't been able to afford cake for almost two years!"

Edgeworth sighed. "When are you going to learn to investigate properly? If you could find a decent clue I might not have to cut your salary every two hours..."

Gumshoe pouted. "Yes, sir."

Phoenix shook his head and smiled. Well, at least it looks like everyone's having a good time, he thought to himself. Glancing around, he noticed Kay talking with Maya. Those two seemed to get along rather well for only having just met each other...

"So can you really channel the spirits of dead people?!" Kay asked excitedly. When Maya nodded, Kay grinned. "That's so cool!"

Maya smiled mischievously. "Oh, that's nothing! I've been working on something even more amazing than that..."

Phoenix suddenly felt an inexplicable twinge of dread. Kay gasped excitedly. "Something more amazing than channelling dead people?!"

Maya nodded. "There's a secret channelling technique that only certain people in my village know. Since I might end up becoming the Master there soon, I've been studying it." She grinned and clasped her hands. "Now I can channel the spirits of living people, too!"

Maya's last statement had been rather loud; everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and turned to listen.

Pearls gasped. "Mystic Maya! Have you really mastered the secret technique?!"

Maya smiled sheepishly. "Well, I haven't really mastered it, per se... I still need to actually try it."

Larry grinned. "Hey, why don't you try it out on Nick here? He'll be the perfect guinea pig, right, Nick?"

Phoenix felt that dread again. "No, no, no, I don't really think that's necessary-"

Pearls gasped happily. "Oh, Mr. Nick!" Her eyes misted over. "This is the perfect way for you and Mystic Maya to get in some soul-to-soul bonding..."

"But Pearls..." Phoenix protested. "If Maya's channelling, her soul leaves her body. That's not really 'bonding'..."

Pearls pouted. "But Mr. Nick... don't you want to help Mystic Maya? After all..." She brought her hands to her cheeks. "She is your special someone..."

Maya blushed. "I already told you it's not like that, Pearly!"

Phoenix nodded emphatically. "Sorry, Pearls, but..." He gulped. "I REALLY do not feel comfortable with this..."

Now it was Maya's turn to pout. "Aww, come on, Nick," she pleaded. "It won't be that bad... Just this once!"

Phoenix shivered. "No way!" He took a step back. "Honestly, I've never been so creeped out in my life.."

Suddenly, he felt a pair of hands on his shoulders. "Don't be such a wet blanket, Nick!" Larry shouted, and pushed Phoenix towards Maya.

Phoenix panicked, and bolted for the door. "NOOOOOO!" he screamed, as Larry caught a hold of him and held him back. He flailed wildly for the doorknob. "I like my soul in my body!"

Maya sighed. "Okay, okay... just calm down..."

Kay giggled. "Mr. Wrong sure is a wuss, isn't he?" She snapped her fingers. "Well, if he won't do it, why don't you try it out on Mr. Edgeworth?"

Edgeworth spat out the wine he'd been sipping. "C- Certainly not!" he sputtered. "No offense to Miss Fey, but I-"

"Aw, come on!" Kay grinned. "It'll be fun! Right, Gummy?"

To Edgeworth's dismay, Gumshoe looked excited. "Right, pal!" he said, and grinned. "It's healthy to have some excitement in your life, sir!"

Edgeworth stared at him. "'Excitement'?!"

Maya nodded. "It's perfectly safe!"

Edgeworth took a step back. "I don't think you understand..." he said, fiddling nervously with his left cufflink. "There is no way that you are going to get me to participate in some occult ritual! This... This is just ridiculous!" He headed for the door.

"HOLD IT!" Kay grabbed him by his cravat and pulled him back towards the table. "You can't escape that easy!"

"No!" Edgeworth tried desperately to wriggle out of her grasp. "Let go of me!"

Maya looked disappointed. "Looks like nobody wants to try it..."

Kay grinned. "We don't need their permission, do we?" She yanked on Edgeworth's cravat. "I'll hold him for ya!"

Maya clasped her hands. "Okay!"

Pearls gasped. "Mystic Maya! You're not going to channel Mr. Nick?" Her eyes widened. "Could it be... that you're having an affair with Mr. Eh-ji-werth?!"

"WHAT?!" shouted Maya and Edgeworth, almost in unison. Maya folded her arms. "I told you, I'm not dating anyone, Pearly!"

Pearls pouted. "Then why won't you channel Mr. Nick?" She turned to Maya with the best puppy-eyes she could muster. "Please?"

Maya clasped her hands again and turned towards Phoenix. "Uh, okay..." She started chanting a strange incantation.

"NOOO!" Phoenix screamed. "Channel Edgeworth! CHANNEL EDGEWORTH!"

"Yeah, pal!" Gumshoe shouted. "Channel Mr. Edgeworth!"

"No!" Edgeworth yelped. "Wright! WRIGHT!"

"Yeah!" Larry shouted. He started chanting. "Nick! Nick! Nick! Nick!" Pearls joined him enthusiastically. "Nick! Nick! Nick!"

Kay jumped up onto the table. "Edgeworth! Edgeworth! Edgeworth!" she shouted.

In a matter of seconds, the whole room erupted into a cacophony of voices. Maya shut her eyes tight, trying to focus. She started having to shout to hear her own chanting over the noise around her.

As all the chanting reached its climax, Maya suddenly gasped. Her whole body trembled, and her eyes started to roll back in their sockets. The whole room instantly went silent as she fell to her knees. Suddenly, she threw her head back and let out an unearthly scream. It sounded as though two voices were crying out as one.

In that instant, both Phoenix and Edgeworth collapsed. Pearls gasped. "Oh no! This is really, really bad..."

Kay looked worried. "What's going on...?"

Maya continued to scream, and began convulsing as her body contorted. Pearls rushed to her side. "She must have accidentally channeled them both at the same time!" she said, and clasped her hands. "I'll perform the Spirit Severing technique!" She started chanting furiously, and the magatama around her neck began to glow with a pale light.

When Pearls finished chanting, Maya stopped screaming and slumped to the floor. Her eyelids fluttered; her vision was going black. "Pearly..." she mumbled, tried to lift her head, and lost consciousness.

"...are you alright? Come on, wake up!"

Edgeworth could hear voices around him, but his head was swimming as he regained consciousness. He tried to lift his eyelids, but they felt too heavy. What... what in the world happened? he thought. He felt... strange.

He could hear the voices again. A girl's voice... she sounded worried. He was too out of it to identify whose voice it was. He tried opening his eyes again. This time, he managed to get them open after blinking a few times.

Edgeworth looked around. All he could see was ceiling and a face. I must be lying on the floor... he thought. Slowly, the face came into focus; it was Maya Fey. She smiled at him, her hair dangling over his nose.

"I'm so glad you're finally awake!" she said, sounding relieved. "For a while there, we were worried something bad had happened to you. But it looks like you're okay."

Edgeworth swallowed. His mouth felt like it was full of sand. "What... happened?" he croaked. His voice sounded strange...

Maya smiled sheepishly. "Well... the channeling didn't go so well. I was knocked out for a little bit, too, but not nearly as long as you. Luckily, Pearly was here to save the day! It took a lot out of her, though, so she's taking a nap in the other room." She bowed her head. "I'm really sorry, Nick!"

What? Edgeworth tried to sit up. What's going on? "Why... why did you call me 'Nick'?" His voice still sounded strange... was that really his voice?

Maya blinked. She looked slightly confused. However, after a moment or two, she started laughing. Edgeworth felt relieved. Oh... she was only joking.

Maya giggled. "I get it... you're pretending to have amnesia or something. Very funny. " She paused for a moment. "You are joking, right? This isn't gonna be like that case with the bananas, is it? "

Edgeworth felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. HE was certainly not joking. He was starting to wonder what exactly had happened when he'd lost consciousness... although he suspected that he wouldn't like the answer.

Edgeworth struggled to a sitting position. His entire body felt oddly sore. Once upright, he looked down. And instantly regretted it. His signature red jacket and cravat were nowhere in sight. They'd been replaced with a sickeningly familiar blue suit and tie.

Edgeworth staggered to his feet. This simply couldn't be happening. It had to be some kind of nightmare. Dazed, he stumbled towards the bathroom. Maya was saying something, but he didn't comprehend a word. He felt like he might retch.

He pushed open the door to the bathroom and staggered inside. He took a moment to brace himself, then looked in the mirror.

Edgeworth felt, for a moment, as if his heart had stopped. The face staring back at him belonged to Phoenix Wright.

"This... This isn't real..." he mumbled to himself. "These things just don't happen..."

Maya poked her head into the bathroom. "Nick?" she asked tentatively. "Is... something wrong?" She looked worried. "Come on, talk to me, Nick!"

Edgeworth swallowed. It took all his resolve to keep from breaking down and crying. "I..." He turned to face her. "I'm not Nick."

Phoenix moaned softly. He'd been awake for some time, but it had taken him a while to shake the fuzziness from his thoughts. He felt like someone had taken his brain and turned it into scrambled eggs. It didn't help that every part of his body ached; he still hadn't found the strength to open his eyes.

Phoenix could hear voices whispering, but they were very hushed, and he couldn't quite tell who they belonged to. Suddenly, he heard a loud series of thumps; it sounded kind of like an elephant crashing into every piece of furniture in the office. Someone was shouting, and he realized that it was Maya.

Hearing her voice jogged his memory of what had happened before he'd lost consciousness. He was instantly concerned; something had gone very wrong with the channeling, he knew that much. He opened his eyes and blinked a couple of times.

"Hey, Gummy! He's awake!"

"Really? Hold on, pal, I'll get some ice or something."

Phoenix blinked again as the room slowly came into focus. He was lying down, probably on the couch. Someone was leaning over him; at first he thought it was Maya, but Maya didn't have green eyes. He wracked his brain... it must be that other girl. What was her name again... Key? No, Kay.

Kay grinned. "Geez, how long were you planning on sleeping in?" She smirked. "We had a three-hour Steel Samurai marathon while you were out. It was glorious."

Phoenix grimaced. He was starting to really hate that show... although he figured she was probably joking from the teasing look in her eyes. Why she would bring it up was beyond him. In fact, he wasn't exactly sure why she was even talking to him like that. They'd only known each other for about twenty minutes.

With some struggling, he managed to drag himself up to a sitting position. For some reason, it was difficult for him to get his limbs to cooperate. "Is... Maya okay?" he asked. Huh... his voice seemed a little... weird. Maybe it was because he was out for such a long time.

Kay blinked. "Uh, yeah, she's fine." She turned around and faced the bathroom for a moment, then turned back to him. "Seems like she's having some problems with her boyfriend over there."

Phoenix raised an eyebrow. "Her boyfriend?" That's new...

Kay rolled her eyes. "You know, that pointy-haired lawyer guy. They are obviously a thing." She shook her head. "You are so clueless sometimes, Mr. Edgeworth."

Phoenix blinked. "Huh? W- What? What are you talking about?" He started to feel that unspeakable dread again. His voice really was different...

Kay laughed. Phoenix started to sweat. Why did she think he was Edgeworth? Either she was blind, or...

He let his gaze travel downward towards his own chest. Instead of his usual blue suit and tie, he found himself chin-deep in ruffles.

"Oh my God..." he mumbled, trying desperately to keep it together. How could this have happened? He gasped. The channeling! He staggered to his feet. "Where did you say Maya was?" he asked urgently.

Kay looked confused. She shrugged. "I think she's in the bathroom talking to Mr. Wrong..."

Phoenix scowled. "It's WRIGHT. Not Wrong." He shook his head. I don't have time for this! I need to figure out what's going on...

He stumbled towards the bathroom door. He felt unbalanced, like his center of gravity was off. He was about two feet away from the bathroom when the door suddenly swung open. Phoenix's heart skipped a beat. There, framed in the doorway, stood...

Phoenix blinked. "Is that... me?!"

Author's Note: Ha ha ha ha ha ha I wrote another one of "these" stories. I'm sorry, I just cannot resist.

Also, distinguishing (character-wise) between Kay and Maya is really hard. I tried to tone Maya down a little and bring out more of Kay's cheekiness, but they still seem kind of like the same person to me. O_o

Oh well. I hope you enjoy the craziness that is this fic... trust me, it's only gonna get weirder from here on out...