A/N: And we back!
Phoenix looked up from his laptop, taking a moment to look outside the plane window. Still, they were over the sea. He sighed, Trucy awake right next to him. He breathed a deep sigh, realizing they weren't even halfway there. He looked back to his computer, the screen showing a blank document, still. Phoenix looked oddly at the computer. I thought I wrote things on this document. Suddenly, there was a commotion from the front of the plane.
Before Phoenix could stand to see what was happening, he heard it.
He felt the wind as it blew by next to him.
He felt a warmth splatter onto his coat.
He could feel how red it was.
Slowly, he turned his head
not wanting to see what happened.
There she was, bent over.
Then only thing supporting her
was the seatbelt strapped around her waist...
Trucy was...
Phoenix woke up with a startle. He felt the sweat on his forehead. His heart heart was beating so fast, he thought it would burst at any moment. He looked at his lap, and there Trucy slept peacefully. Phoenix looked up, forcing air out of his mouth. He then looked at his laptop, where the horror movie was rolling it's credits. Phoenix shook his head, wondering how Trucy convinced him to watch these movies with her. He took his headphone out of his ear, and slowly took the other one out of Trucy's. Phoenix looked out of the plane, and saw that they were soon approaching their destination.
That's right; they were going to Vale. Phoenix was asked to help with the finalization of the Belladonna trial from last year. Phoenix chuckled silently, as a lot of things happened.
One, and the most obvious, all the controversy and debate surrounding Beacon right now. After the Creatures of Grimm attacked, Beacon had to give in to their councils demands, and let General Ironwood be head of security for the up-coming Vital Festival. Or, thats how the rumor goes, at least.
Two, and whats only reached a select few ears, Mr. Schnee, the very same Phoenix help put behind bars, was able to convince the courts to give him a 2ns chance, at the price of $500,000. Of course, when asked their opinion on this, Phoenix and Prosecutor Torchwick said no. But, they ignored him, and took Mr. Schnee up on the offer.
"Hello, this is your captain speaking. We will shortly arrive in Vale, so I must ask you to please fasten you seatbelt, and lift up your folding tables. Thank you." Phoenix gave a quick sigh, as he took the laptop off of the table, and folded it up against the seat in front of him. Phoenix reached for his carry on, and put his laptop in it.
Lastly, he nudged Trucy. At first, she only stirred a little bit. Finally Phoenix nudged a bit harder, and saw her eye lids move, and her eyes come to life again. "We're about to land." Phoenix informed her. Trucy nodded, as she sat up, stretching her arms out while doing so. She then took her seatbelt, and waited patiently for the plane to land.
The next hour saw Phoenix and Trucy getting off the plane, collecting their bags, and catching a taxi to get to their hotel. When all the traveling was done and over with, it turned out to be about 6:30. Now was the question of dinner. Phoenix grabbed the usual brochure that was in the hotel rooms, and looked at the restaurant attractions, and saw that a new one was recently made, and decided to go there for dinner. Phoenix asked Trucy if she wanted to go, and she gladly went with him.
The rest of the night was quite for the 2 Vale visitors. Outside of the restaurant, Vale was quite tonight. Well, Phoenix thought to himself as he walked down the silent street, going back to the hotel, I can't really blame them; that attack must've really rocked the citizens... Phoenix could only imagine how they were feeling that day. But, he was much more curious how Ozpin felt like. Sure, they won the battle, and got a major criminal in jail, but at what cost? What cost for injuries to the citizens? Phoenix could only imagine what type of hell Ozpin went through that day.
As the sun rose over Vale the next day, so did Phoenix. It was only about 6:30, and Trucy was still very much asleep. Phoenix got dressed in his usual suit, and left a note for Trucy, telling her she can go to Beacon whenever she wants, as long as she stays there.
Phoenix went out, knowing where to go without a map. Wow... For only being here one time, I already know where almost everything is... Phoenix walked in silence for about 5 minutes as he went to the detention center, where him and prosecutor Torchwick was going to meet. On the way, he took a quick trip down memory lane, as he passed the cafe he went to the first tome her was here, and saw those weirdly dressed girls.
Phoenix was mentally chuckling as he walked into the detention center. He walked passed the guard, showing his attorney's badge to get past him. He walked towards one of the offices that was there, and opened the door. There sat Prosecutor Torchwick, but, this time, instead of a suit, he wore his casual clothing: Just a tee shirt and shorts. "Well, aren't we comfortable?" Phoenix commented, a grin on his face.
"It's my day off. Might as well make it as comfortable as possible." Prosecutor Torchwick responded, a tone of displeasure in his voice.
"Wow... that sucks." Phoenix responded, "Well, let's try to do this as quick as possible."
"Agreed." Torchwick responded. The next 2 hours saw the 2 attorneys going through the entire case, all the evidence presented, all the dialogue said, all the objections raised, everything. Phoenix remembered everything he was feeling: from feelings of excitement, happiness, and exuberant joy, to the negative: Fear, Sorrow, and despair. Sure, it was only one trial, but this one had an effect on him.
"Well... that's a way to start a day off." Phoenix sat back, mentally exhausted.
"You're telling me..." Torchwick responded, leaning back in his chair, his head back. They both took a deep sigh of relief, knowing that the worst part of their day was probably behind them now. "So, what are your plans now?" asked Torchwick, as they both got up.
"Well, I'm sure Trucy has already left to see her friends once again, so I'll probably be headed over there."
"Okay... okay..." Torchwick nodded, but then his face turned more serious, "do you think Ozpin could get fired?" Phoenix raised his eyebrows a little, thinking of the possibility of it.
"I mean, I haven't thought about it yet, but... now that I think about it... If he or his school messes up again... we might see the Ozpin era end." Phoenix commented on the matter.
"I agree; you have heard the rumors of the General taking over for security?"
"Yeah... is it true?"
"Yeah, it's true... I'm in the inside loop on the situation, but I didn't have a vote on the matter."
"What would you have voted?" Asked a curious Phoenix.
"Well... I would have trusted Ozpin with the security. I mean, for the council to make a decision like this..."
"What do you mean?"
"General Ironwood has a history of 'over-doing' it. He puts way to many forces where they don't need to be. But... he believes in force of brains. He doesn't like to wait to see if he needs to use force. Of course, he needed to when the Grimm attacked. But..."
"I agree; I also find it strange that they would trust one ma's army over some of the best fighters in this world."
"Exactly; I'm meeting him tomorrow to start planning the defenses for the tournament."
"I mean, it shouldn't be that hard..." Phoenix thought aloud.
"How so?" Torchwick questioned.
"I mean... it's not like theres going to be a guy with pink hair that eats and blows out fire at will..." Phoenix scratched the back of his head.
"Where did you even get that idea...?" Torchwick dared to ask.
"It's... uh... once of Trucy's favorite shows..." Phoenix laughed a bit.
"And you watch it...?" Torchwick responded, a slight grin on his face.
"Not voluntarily..." Phoenix started to blush more.
"Is that so? Well, I hope you have fun watching that 'forcefully'." Torchwick patted Phoenix on his shoulder as he walked out.
"Heh heh you... too..." A defeated Phoenix responded, waving to the prosecutor. How do I keep embarrassing myself like this...?
Phoenix walked out of the detention center shortly after that. He walked to a transportation station and started his travel to Beacon.
To be continued... (even thought that wasn't a cliff hanger...)
A/N: Sorry for a very very very lackluster opening chapter. It will get better, I promise.
This would have been better and longer... but I wanted to get this out first, so, yeah.
Fun fact: I actually started writing the story ahead of time, but I decided to scrap it, as I felt like it didn't have any ground behind it. I may release them at the end, as an alternate universe type thing, but I don't know yet...
On a totally un-related note... I have been watching a lot more anime. Specifically, Fairytail. I hope you other Fairytail watchers spotted the reference. If you don't watch it, try it out. It's really good.
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