Title: First Day of School

Prompt: #1-Introduction

Characters: Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth, Larry Butz

Author Notes: Well, welcome to my fic! I'm taking a 100 themes challenge, and I hope to have a lot of fun while doing so. Number one on the list is 'Introduction', which I guess you're supposed to use to introduce the challenge to your readers, but I'm doing that now. The drabble to come will be a different take on 'Introduction'. Oh, and this is the only number I'm doing in order. Special thanks to Candyland, because reading her Fanfic100 helped me plan this fic. I think I've rambled enough now, and I promise that most of my author notes won't be this long.

Disclaimer: If I owned Phoenix Wright, I would be working on making GS5, not writing fanfiction.

Summary: He was so scared that first day of school. But then again, that was before he met them.

The first day of Kindergarten is a huge stepping stone in every child's life. It can also be one of the scariest days they'll ever go through.

As he walked down the long, lonely corridor to his new classroom, 5-year-old Miles Edgeworth held on tightly to his father's hand. He was dreading the moment when he would have to release that hand, and wander off into his classroom by himself. The boy was beside himself with nerves; feeling more nauseous with every step. Then came his father's voice, and the words he didn't want to hear.

"Miles, we're here."

The young boy gulped and looked up at his father.

"C-can't you stay with me just for today?"

His father smiled gently and patted Miles' head.

"No, I have to go to work. You'll be fine, I promise," he said as he opened the door.

Inside, several children were already running around and playing before school began. Mr. Edgeworth kneeled down so he was eye-level with his son.

"Now, you'll be on your best behavior today, right?"

"Y-yessir."

"Good," he said, hugging his son, "I'll see you this afternoon."

"Dad, you don't have to go yet. School hasn't even started yet."

"You're going to be fine, Miles. Can you be brave for me and stay here all by yourself?"

"O-ok…"

"That's my boy. Have fun today, ok? I love you."

"I love you too."

And with these parting words, Miles' father had gone, and the world had grown considerably colder.

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"Hiya!"

Miles blinked when he heard the voice and turned around to see who had spoken to him. Who he saw was another young boy with spiky brown hair, smiling friendlily at him.

Miles couldn't think of any reason why he should be smiling.

It had only been ten minutes since his father had dropped him off, but already he was lonely and miserable, sitting alone in a corner of the classroom. He wanted to go home, but he had promised his father he would be brave, so he forced himself to smile back at the boy.

"H-hello…"

"My name's Phoenix. What's your name?"

"Miles…I'm Miles."

"Miles, huh? That's a cool name. I haven't ever met anyone named Miles. Well, I haven't exactly met another Phoenix either, though," he said, grinning brightly. But his grin disappeared when he saw that his classmate was staring at his feet, suddenly very uncomfortable.

"Ah…I'm sorry! I meant that as a compliment!"

Miles couldn't gather up the courage to tell the boy that it didn't bother him, that he just wasn't in the mood for jokes, so he settled for smiling again and shaking his head apologetically.

Phoenix studied him for a minute, then was grinning once again.

"C'mon! There's someone I want you to meet!"

And before Miles could protest, Phoenix had grabbed him by the arm and was dragging him across the classroom. They stopped in front of a boy with scraggly orange hair, playing with a set of alphabet blocks.

"Hey, Larry," Phoenix said as they walked up.

The boy looked up. "Nick! Help me finish my block tower!"

"Hold on a second, Larry! I want you to meet my new friend."

Friend?

"Larry, this is Miles. Miles, this is my best friend, Larry."

Larry gave Miles a lopsided grin.

"Nice to meetcha, Miles! Now, are you two going to help me or what?"

They spent the next few minutes building up a huge block tower only to have Larry knock it over at the last second on accident. Miles was just beginning to relax a little bit when they all heard the teacher's voice.

"All right, students! Class is about to begin. Go ahead and find a desk to sit at, you can sit wherever you want."

"Yeah!" Larry hollered, "C'mon, Nick, all the good seats'll be gone!"

"Yeah! C'mon! Hurry!" Phoenix said, springing up and racing after Larry, leaving Miles alone in a pile of bricks.

"W-wait! Guys!"

He stood up and quickly began straightening out the blocks, but by the time he had finished and looked over at the desks, he couldn't see a single open desk. He felt his eyes begin to water.

Great, just great…thanks guys…

"Hey, Miles!"

He turned his head slightly at the sound of his name, and saw Phoenix and Larry waving at him.

"We saved you a desk!" Phoenix called.

"Yeah, it was easy!" Larry said, giving another lopsided grin. "No one else wanted to sit between the two of us!"

In spite of himself, Miles found himself smiling.. Well, maybe this day wasn't going to be so horrible after all.

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My my, for 5-year-olds, they sure do have an extensive vocabulary... 0-0 Maybe I made them just a smidge too grown up…and yes, I do know they met when they were 9 or so. This made for a cuter story. :3