"Things weren't supposed to end up this way… I was jealous of her. Heck, I hated her, but I wouldn't kill her! I couldn't kill anyone! Please believe me!"

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Chapter One: Please Help!

"Niiiick…" Maya whined as she stretched out on the couch of the Wright & Co. Law Offices. "I'm so bored!"

" What exactly do you want me to do about it?" Phoenix said with disinterest. He turned the page of the file from his last case. He had read this over at least 6 times today, but there wasn't really much else to do.

"I know!" Maya said, sitting up suddenly. "We could stand on our heads and see who passes out first!"

"I'll pass…"

But Maya was already off the couch and beginning to stand on her head. Phoenix stared at Maya as she shakily kicked of the ground and tried to keep her feet in air.

"C'mon Nick!"

Phoenix sighed and got up from his desk. "This is ridiculous…"

Just as Phoenix managed to stand on his head next to Maya, the door to the office opened. A teenager with dirty blonde hair opened the door.

"Is this the Wright and Co…" The teen's voice trailed off as his blue eyes widened at the sight of the two standing on their heads. Quickly the teen stepped out of the doorway, and closed the door.

"H-Hey! Wait!" Phoenix fell over and stumbled to the door. "Come back!" He called back to the teen. "This is the Wright and Co. Law Offices."

The teen's eyebrows furrowed with confusion, but he walked back towards Phoenix. Phoenix now got a good look at him. He was tall and skinny. His hair was a mess and he looked tired, really tired.

" Are you Mr. Phoenix Wright? The defense attorney?" The boy asked politely.

"That's me." Phoenix nodded.

"I, no, my sister. She needs your help."

"Come inside." Phoenix ushered the boy into the office. "What happened to your sister?"

"She's going to be put on trial for murder!" The boy said hurriedly. "She would never commit murder! Sure she was at the scene of the crime covered in blood when the police got there, but she'd never do anything like that. A Mr. Miles Edgeworth is going to prosecuting her, and I heard you've beaten him, so I came down here."

"Woo-hoo!" Maya cried, pumping a fist into the air. " A case!"

"Wait lets meet her at the detention center before we take the case Maya. Let's go uh…"

"Colin. The name's Colin." The boy smiled widely.

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Detention Center

"Colin! Did you find him?" A teenage girl asked, pressing her hands against the glass barrier that separated her from her brother.

"Yeah, this Phoenix Wright. Mr. Wright this is my sister Tori."

Phoenix looked at the girl she had brown hair that was pulled messily into a ponytail. The hair that wasn't pulled back in her ponytail hung in front of her face. Her face was littered with freckles. She was much shorter than Colin.

" That's the Phoenix Wright that defeated Miles Edgeworth?" Tori said incredulously. "I was expecting someone a little more impressive. Are you sure he's telling the truth? These lawyer types can be very tricky."

"I'm unimpressive?!"

"This is the Phoenix Wright." Maya said as she smacked Phoenix on the back. "He may be boring, but he is a good lawyer sometimes."

"Sometimes?!" Phoenix said in disbelief.

"Well, I guess you'll just have to do…" Tori sighed. "Beggars can't be choosers after all…"

"Hey! You're the one that picked me!" Phoenix tried to keep his temper, but this girl was a handful.

"Calm down. I know you're excited to take my case, but I don't think going to jail is going to look good on my resume. Gotta get into those colleges ya know. I don't think it would look very good for the college to accept accused murderers. Do you think there is a school for murderers? Well, I don't mean that they accept murderers; maybe they teach 'em to be murderers. Wait, that doesn't make much sense. I found a quarter yesterday in a bathroom sink!" Tori looked up and smiled.

Phoenix just stared at her. What in the world was she talking about? How does someone talk about murderers and then about quarters in sinks? Why do all my clients have to be so weird?

"Uh… About the murder…" Phoenix hesitated. He hoped that maybe she'll stay on topic this time.

" I don't know anything about it." Tori said stubbornly.

"Tori, the police found you at the victim's apartment for goodness sake!" Colin groaned, "Don't be so annoying…"

"Prove it!" She said as she crossed her arms angrily. "I wanna see a piece of evidence proving I was there."

"Uh, can you please just tell me about the murder?" Phoenix asked.

"Nope." Tori turned around. "Not till I see proof."

"Looks like she's going to be difficult…" Maya whisper to Phoenix.

"No kidding…"

This is my real first stab at writing a Phoenix Wright, well any fanfiction really. I would really appreciate any advice on how to make this better, or to make to make my OCs more 3 dimensional. Oh and if anything Maya or Phoenix (since they're the only characters from the game to show) did that was blatantly out of character, let me know.