Author's Note: The following story is based off of an unnecessary press you can make during Fulbright's testimony in Turnabout for Tomorrow. For those of you who missed it, here's the dialogue to know what's going on:

Fulbright: "Because he was using it to hide someone inside. That's why."

Phoenix: HOLD IT! And how do you propose he hid a person inside one of those cases?!

Edgeworth: Hmph. Have you forgotten that we saw just such a thing only the other day? At your own daughter's magic show, she fit a grown person into a small box.

Phoenix: Oh, yeah… (Way to ruin the memory of a good day!)

Judge: A magic show! I wish you would have thought to invite me…!

Fulbright: Actually, I would've liked to go too!

Phoenix: Uh, m-my apologies. I'll invite you both next time. I promise.

This exchange left quite an impression on me and after searching for something to write about, this just popped into my head for some reason and I kinda just wrote around that. Also, this takes place after my previous story, Turnabout Christmas, so if there are any references you don't know, that's why…. Oh, and the only official pairing from the outset is "Blackwoods," based on, what I believe to be, the first and only successful shipping of Blackquill and Juniper from Feriku's "The Matchmaking Mishap" (which is amazing by the way, if you haven't read that already, you should!). Anyway, hope you all enjoy it!

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"Are you two ready yet?"

"Just about done, Mr. Wright!" Apollo shouted from his desk, scrambling to put the last of his things away, "Man I can't wait to see Trucy up on stage tonight."

"You're making it sound as though you've never seen Trucy on stage," Athena laughed.

"Oh common, today's different and you know it!" Apollo countered. He was right. Today, Trucy was unveiling her new show down at the Wonder Bar. Ever since she received the rights to use Magnifi's tricks in her own performance, she's been practicing non-stop. If everything goes off without a hitch, she may even be asked to hold her next show over at the Sunshine Coliseum. "Finished!" Apollo shouted, "Alright, let's go!"

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It didn't take the three very long to reach the Wonder Bar by taxi. Once they entered the establishment, they were immediately greeted by a few familiar faces, "It's about time you made it here, Wright. Wouldn't want you to be late for own daughter's performance." Edgeworth said with a grin.

"Me late? Never," Phoenix smiled back, "Gumshoe, Maggey. Glad you could make it!"

"Yeah right pal. I'd never miss one of Trucy's magic shows." Gumshoe chuckled.

"He's right pal," Maggey added, "especially one that'll be resurrecting Magnifi Gramarye's signature acts!"

"I didn't know that you were a fan of Troupe Gramarye, Maggey."

"Of course! I was a huge fan back in the day. I was so sad when the Troupe broke up, but to see their spirit live on in your daughter…. It makes me proud to be you're friend, Mr. Wright!" She exclaimed saluting him. Her conclusion was unexpected to say the least, Phoenix thought to himself. Just as he realized that she may or may not have intentionally stated that the only reason she found it worth being his friend was because of Trucy, he heard another very familiar voice from behind him.

"Ah, Mr. Wright. There you are."

"Y-Your Honor!? What are you doing here?" Phoenix exclaimed in complete surprise. He was one of the last people he expected to come, but what was perhaps even more startling was the fact that, for some reason, he was still in his judge's attire, gavel and all.

"Well, I just wanted to thank you for inviting me before the show started," the judge stated completely oblivious to Phoenix's shock. It was then that Phoenix recalled Athena's trial in the utterly destroyed Courtroom No. 4 and how he promised that he would invite him for his daughter's next performance.

He felt bad that he completely forgot to do so, but that made him beg the question, "How did you know that Trucy's show was tonight, Your Honor?"

"Why, it was Mr. Edgeworth who let me know, of course. You should know Mr. Wright. You were the one who told him to pass on the information to me…. And I thought I was the only one who was beginning to lose his memory."

Phoenix scratched the back of his head grinning, glad that the Judge was just as unaware as always, "Oh, yeah right. It's a good thing Edgeworth remembered to do that, hahaha" Phoenix added. I need to remember to thank Edgeworth for the save later, he thought to himself after seeing Edgeworth's stone-cold glare aimed at his direction.

"Is that your family over their Your Honor?" Apollo asked pointing to the woman who looked about the same age as the Judge and two kids about the ages of 9 and 10.

"Why, yes they are," the Judge said in astonishment, "Your eyes are as good as ever Mr. Justice." Apollo smiled obviously letting the compliment go to his head, "Oh, and there's no need for us to all be so formal. Please, feel free to call me Judge," he said casually as he patted his gavel into his hand. Not formal, huh? Yeah, right, Phoenix thought to himself upon hearing that last remark.

"Hey Ema, Prosecutor Gavin! I see Trucy invited you two as well?" Apollo said as they walked in.

"Ja, Herr Forehead. I would not dream of missing the young Fräulein's performance. I owe her much more than seeing her show after having to sadly cancel my gig last Christmas. Though I hear I was covered, was I not chief?"

Embarrassing memories of the Wright Anything Agency's Christmas party and the Steel Samurai began to surface in Edgeworth's mind as Ema immediately began to burst out laughing. "I thought we were never going to speak of that ever again," Edgeworth frowned at them.

"I-I'm sorry Mr. Edgeworth," Ema said trying to calm herself down, "But you've got to admit, the whole thing was pretty hilarious."

"I admit nothing of the sort," Edgeworth said folding his arms, starting to lose his patience.

"Hmm? What's this? Something funny happen during Christmas," the Judge asked, clearly intrigued.

"Yeah pal? What's this show everyone's talking about? Maggey and I arrived late." Gumshoe added also feeling left out.

"Well, it's a really funny story," Ema began, "You see, Edgeworth, his friend Larry, Apollo, and I-"

"Oh look, I do believe the show is starting," Edgeworth said cutting them off. Sure enough the lights began to dim and everyone began to find a place to sit. You lucked out on this one, Phoenix thought to himself.

"I'll tell you all later," Ema stated as they began to walk to the nearest table. The Judge unwillingly returned to his family, still wanting to hear what happened.

As they all sat down, Athena looked around and noticed that three people didn't show up. She knew where two were, but she wondered where the third was, "Hey, that's odd, I thought that Jinxie would be here. She's one of Trucy's best friends after all," she whispered to Apollo.

"Trucy said that tonight was a really important match for The Great Nine-tails. She felt bad for making Jinxie choose between her and her dad, so she didn't tell her about tonight," he whispered back, he also noticed the other two who weren't there. He was pretty sure he knew the answer, but he wanted to make sure anyway, "Hey, where's Prosecutor Blackquill? I thought we invited him to come along too?" He asked casually.

"Oh, he and Juniper went out on a date tonight," she said glancing at him cautiously. She saw him mouth the words I thought so as he looked away. It was only a week since the two of them started to go out, but she realized that Apollo wasn't completely over it. He felt guilty for not realizing that Juniper had a huge crush on him, and, though he was glad that she was happy with Simon, he still couldn't help but wonder what if he asked her first. They both tried to push these thoughts out of their head as the curtain began to rise.