A/N: This is kind of inspired by A Cykes in Time by MATT SUNSTON. So if you haven't read that, you totally should. It's great.

It's 1:30 AM and I'm about to start writing this... This should be interesting... Well, enjoy!

Chapter 1: A Mission

As Edgeworth walked along the sidewalk, he looked around, wondering what exactly was going on. He remembered waking up this morning, and beginning to prepare for work as usual. However, as he was about to leave his home, there was a small earthquake, which had caused him to have a panic attack, and he passed out. The next thing he knew, he was standing on a sidewalk, and the city seemed different. It almost seemed to look like it did back when he was a child, before his father died and he moved to Germany with Manfred von Karma.

Edgeworth came to an intersection. He wasn't really sure where he was walking to, exactly. He knew he should probably be heading to work, but... Something just told him that wasn't what he needed to do. He turned to the right, still lost in thought. Suddenly, he was knocked over as a woman ran into him.

"AH! Oh! Sorry!" Edgeworth watched as the woman got up and then seemed to notice something on the ground. After looking at it himself, Edgeworth realized it was his cell phone, which had apparently fallen out of his pocket when the woman ran into him. She picked it up and began to hand it to him, but her eyes suddenly went wide as she looked at it again. Edgeworth looked at his phone in the woman's hand, now noticing that the display had come on, showing the unlock screen with the date and time at the top. He wondered for a moment why she was surprised, until she spoke again.

"Um... Why is your phone's date set twenty-six years in the future...?" Edgeworth looked at the woman incredulously.

"What are you talking about? That's today's date," he replied, after glancing at the display again to confirm that it was, in fact, showing the correct date. December 28th, 2027.

"Well... It is the right day... just the wrong year," the woman said, sounding confused. "It's only 2001... But your phone says 2027."

"Wha... Is this supposed to be some sort of joke?" Edgeworth was starting to get annoyed. This is clearly some sort of prank... It's not like I just went back in time...

"It's not a joke. Look at this." The woman walked over to a newspaper stand, and Edgeworth followed, and he saw that the newspapers were in fact dated from 2001. He stared at it in disbelief as he realized that he had actually gone back in time. And to the day his father had been murdered.

"So... Are you a time traveler?" The woman's question interrupted Edgeworth's thoughts.

"I... Well, it seems that way... But I don't know how this happened..."

"So, accidental time travel? Hey, maybe the universe wanted you to come to this day for some reason," the woman said. "Do you know of anything that's supposed to happen today?"

Edgeworth hesitated for a moment before answering. "Today... was the day my father was killed..."

"So the universe has sent you on a time-traveling mission to save your father?" the woman asked. "That sounds awesome. Hey, mind if I help?"

Edgeworth just stared at her for a moment, wondering how she was so... unfazed by all of this.

"Oh, by the way," the woman spoke again. "My name's Ellie. "

Edgeworth finally regained his composure. "Well... Ellie... I suppose you could help me. Having an ally in all this would probably be a good idea."

"Alright!" Ellie grinned at him. "We'll need to come up with a plan for this. I'm guessing that we still have plenty of time, since the universe probably wouldn't dump you in this situation and not give you a few hours to prepare. Let's go to my apartment so we can talk about it in private. It's just a bit down the street from here," she said. She began walking in the direction of her apartment building, and Edgeworth followed.

A/N: So there's Chapter 1. This will probably only have two more chapters, plus an epilogue. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, and don't forget to review or favorite!