Hey everyone, your author charizard30 here and welcome to my first fanfic of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney! So, I've played the first game of the franchise about two years ago and I've become a fan of the series. I didn't even know until a few weeks ago that it was a whole series, how ignorant of me! Anyways, I've always liked the series for the twists of the cases, investigations, trials and how the characters are written are truly unique. But in this story I will put some new characters and a plot that I hope to be the likes of you. As most fans are used to, there are about 4 cases in each game, 5 at max. I'm going to follow that way and will write about 4 cases for this first story, 5 if I feel like it. So, please don't be harsh in the comments and send me a PM if you think I could do anything better. Enjoy it now my folks!

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Shadow of Conflict

Episode 1: Prelude to the Turnabout: Opening

Time: ?

Location: ?

Two men are meeting each other in a dark and damp place, apparently it's nightime already. The place is so dark, even a forest at night would seem a well lit place.

Both men have their faces turned to one another, and both are in the process of a transaction.

"We shouldn't be in here, not at this particular place. What if we get caught?", one of the two men was extremely worried and in a state of panic.

"We will not get caught... Unless you follow my instructions, I will trigger the alarm at once! Understood?"

"Alright, alright! Let's just finish this trade quickly. Here's what you asked for, just take care of it."

After the man finished speaking, he grabbed a light and thin object and made it slide under an obstacle with an obstacle with a bottom opening big enough to let the object pass. Already finished, the man who received the object wanted to say a few more words "You have my sincere gratitude. You've been a great friend to me, as well as a useful tool." This last part of the sentence was spoken in an ominous tone.

"Come again?! Explain yourself, and tell me why am I a tool... *gasp* Wait... you're not the one who I was expecting! Show yourself and reveal your identity or..."

The second man couldn't finish the sentence, for he was interrupted by a loud noise.

CRASH! Followed by another loud noise: SLASH! SLASH!

Afterwards, another loud buzzing noise was activated. One of the men got surprised by it and realized the alarm had been actioned "Blast! Why was I so stupid? I completely forgot this place had an alarm that's sensitive to noise. I better get out of here and get rid of him!"

The scene switched from the interior of the building to the outer part of it, a sort of a garden clouded by the foggy weather in the midst of the night. A body was seen to be dumped from the highest floors of the buildings, it ended up inside a pickup truck. Which was scheduled to leave soon.

20 minutes later:

From the perspective looking into the garden, two men were seen walking towards the pickup truck having a conversation, more specifically guards: "Finally! Now that our shifts are over we can go home, and watch the Steel Samurai marathon!"

"Shh! I don't want want you to shout it outloud! I'm embarrassed about the fact that we are big fans of the Steel Samurai franchise! Let's just enter the truck and I'll drive you to your house. Then I'll drive to my house, where I'll be left in the silence of my house and..."

Suddenly the second man had been interrupted, this time by a car engine starting to work, the engine belonged to the pickup truck outside the garden. The truck slowly drove away from the building, and in the next moment steers at full speed down the road. The two guards became alarmed by this even, one of them became so worked up he had to exclaim "NOOO! Our truck has been stolen! Pick up a notepad and register his licence number, and call the police!" This order was meant to his companion who obeyed without questioning him.

The event shifts now towards the car chase, which is hot and heavy. There are around 5 police cars chasing the vehicle down the streets, moving at full speed and still not able to reach the pick up truck. Everything was going well for the driver, as he cockly smiled behind his own shadow that was covering his face. Until... he stomped on the brake pedal and turned right at a crossing. It was supposed to work, resulting in the loss of the police chase, however the driver doesn't show enough skills to finish correctly the maneuver.

The driver made the pick up truck turn around, wrecking it in the process and as a consequence crashing into a wall of a skyscraper. All of the people around that area turned their attention to the car crash accident. The driver left his seat quietly, revealing a man with black hair but balding. Despite showing signs, by his face, that prove he's still at a young age. He used glasses as well, so fogged up they covered his eyes. As for his clothing he wore a multi pocketed white trenchcoat and a black tie following with casual brown jeans. At first he only cleans his jeans by dusting all the dirt from them, but when the police arrived he began sweating bullets.

All of the five previous police cars stand now in front of him, with the policemen pointing guns at him without hesitating. The leader of the group held a megaphone on his hand and shouting " Alright, the show is over, you darn speedster! Put your hands up in the air!" The driver wanted an explanation for why all policemen were pointing guns at him "Wait! Why am I being threatened by guns? I only broke the law by stealing this pick up truck and driving over the speed limit!"

The leader rolled his eyes and revealed the real reason to him "Oh really!? That dead body over there tells me otherwise! Didn't you notice it?" The leader pointed out at a body on the floor, whose presence forced all the public to scream and for the driver to raise his hands and become even more nervous "P-P-Please! You don't understand the situation! I-I-I'VE FAILED MYSELF! I DIDN'T KILL HIM!"