This story was meant to be a "sequel" of sorts to The Romantic Turnabout; however, I've since abandoned this story. I know I should probably take this down from here, but I leave it here keeping in mind the time I used up for this as well as how excited and invested I was planning and writing this. Anyway, this story was to going to have our favorite Wright Anything Agency lawyers, and trials with a certain glimmerous fop, a prosecuting prodigy, and another fun and relatively new (but not really new) prosecutor! Established ships were Feenris, Magshoe, and Justicykes, although they weren't going to be the focus of this story. I'm hoping you guys like this first chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ace Attorney series characters!

Chapter 1

29 years. 29 long years it's been since that fateful day. Heh. Fateful day. Most people've forgotten it already, but I haven't. I never can, and I never will. They say those who don't learn their history are bound to repeat it. I'm not one of those. I know my history. I don't need to learn it.

I want to repeat it.

Slam! The sound of two fists hitting a desk echoed in the courtroom. "This was the item that Mr. Adam Neutron used to reel in the victim!" A loud, raspy voice declared.

"Er…Mr. Justice…I'm not sure what the meaning of this…evidence, is," stated a bearded man, his eyes wide at the sight of the evidence.

"Apollo! That's not what he used to lure the victim! Those are Trucy's magic panties!" An orange and red-haired attorney exclaimed.

"H-her…WHAT?!" Apollo Justice threw the magical prop, which a certain hawk had set his sights on.

"No! Apollo! Why would you do that?!" Athena Cykes pointed her finger in her objection pose. "Stop that bird!"

"Taka! Retreat!" Simon Blackquill called out from the other side of the courtroom, but it was too late. His pet bird had already bit into Trucy's beloved item and brought it to his owner.

"Simon. Please tell me that they aren't ripped," Athena pleaded.

Simon held the pink and blue prop with his fingers as far away from his being as possible. "I'm afraid they have been punctured slightly." He brought them closer and popped a finger through the hole in them. He glanced over at the defense's bench.

"Uh oh." Athena looked beside her, and soon the Judge joined.

What is this, 'let's all stare at Apollo and creep him out' day?! Shoulders slumping, Apollo asked, "Uh…why are all of you staring at me?"

"Hm…oh! I-I'm not sure why. I just saw everyone else was doing it and figured I'd join in," The judge admitted.

…At least he was honest.

"Apollo. Do you realize how much trouble you're in?! When Trucy finds out what happened to her magic panties…" His junior partner shuddered.

"B-b-but…it was that bird!" He pointed at Taka. "He's the one that made a hole in it!"

"Hmph. Justice-dono. Need I remind you that it is your defendant on trial here and not my bosom buzzard? Taka wouldn't have made a hole in them had you not flung them so. Besides…" Simon scratched Taka affectionately. "Trucy loves Taka, as he loves her. She will not place any blame on him."

"In other words, this is all my fault."

Athena nodded her head. "Yup!"

"…" Nobody loves me, not even my girlfriend.

"Can we please get back to the trial at hand and leave the discussion regarding Mr. Justice's dreary fate for later?"

"Hmph. Justice-dono. Perhaps you'd like to try again at presenting evidence?"

"Whoa! Are you actually being nice to me?" There has to be a catch to this.

"Hmph. It is only out of pity that after this trial, you will have to face the wrath of a grand magician." The prosecutor smirked, holding a hand to his chin and jerking his head to the side. "One can only hope you escape unscathed from the sword of her vengeance."

*Sigh* Well, at least I get a second chance to present evidence, kind of like getting a second chance in a video game. Apollo once more slammed his desk. "As I was saying before, Mr. Neutron knew that someone found out about his nighttime experimentations. He was so desperate to not let his illegal activities be known that he resorted to murder. So he stole the victim's favorite fabric, her baby blanket, and placed it strategically in the lab so that she would come back to get it."

This is it, Apollo. Don't mess this up. He took a brief second to pause. "This," he emphasized as he held a blue fabric containing a bunch of pink hearts on it. "Is the aforementioned fabric he used to lure the victim, Molly Cule, to the lab. The fabric was tested by the forensics officers, and they confirmed that his DNA was on it, along with the victim's. In other words…" Apollo pointed at the witness stand. "Mr. Neutron used this fabric to suffocate Ms. Cule to death!"

The defendant was standing at the witness stand, searching through a small, green, rectangular box. He started out calmly, moving a few things in the box as he had been doing throughout the trial; however, his search became more frantic, his body hunched over the box, and he could be seen breathing heavily. Finally, he shut the box and lifted it in his hand. "Mmm… Er…grrrrr….AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

Apollo yelped as he saw the box launched into the air, heading towards him. He ducked down under the defense bench. Once he heard the box hit the wall and fall to the ground, the attorney stood up, only to yell out when another item was coming towards him. He didn't have enough time to dodge it, so he merely shut his eyes and waited for the impact.

"Whoa, Apollo. Just how much hair gel did you put on your horns this morning?" Athena questioned as she stared at his head.

Hair gel? What is she…wait. Apollo hesitantly opened one of his eyes to see some black object hanging in front of him. What…oh. Oh! He lifted a hand up and pulled the black, stick-like object off of his horns. "What is this thing?"

"It's a model of some organic compound. From the looks of it, I would say it's some kind of an amine," piped a voice from the gallery. "It's from that modeling kit that was just thrown at you, which is used to create structures of molecules, particularly organic molecules."

"Thank you, Detective Skye. Mr. Neutron's reaction to the accusation seems to confirm that he is indeed the murderer in this case. Bailiff, please take him out of the courtroom," the Judge spoke. Once the man was escorted out of the room, the Judge shut his eyes. "Hm…I see there is no reason to continue this trial. This court finds the defendant, Mr. Silly Con…not guilty."

"That was a close one," Apollo sighed, wiping the remaining sweat off his brow. He and Athena were standing in the defendant's lobby, where their client had thanked them before leaving.

"That was quite the job you two did there," a familiar voice spoke from behind Apollo.

"Mr. Wright!" Apollo turned around to see his boss, who was dressed in his usual blue attorney's suit. His attorney's badge shined in the light of the hallway as he approached them, a small smile on his face.

"Thanks, Boss! It got a little rough in there, but we managed to get our act together and turn the case right around!" Athena grinned at their boss. "It was nice to get this one last case in before I head off to Europe."

Apollo nodded, looking away slightly so that no one would see his frown. Athena was planning to visit her relatives in Europe, mentioning how it had been nearly three years since she had last seen her family. He didn't say anything about her upcoming departure, knowing that her fine-tuned hearing would pick up on his mixed emotions.

"How about we all go out to celebrate your victory? Maybe a stop at Eldoon's Noodles?" Phoenix suggested.

"Sounds like a great idea, Mr. Wright! I can never get enough of Eldoon's Noodles!"

Apollo smiled, shrugging his shoulders. "I guess I wouldn't mind getting some of Eldoon's noodles too."

"Ah, ah, ah, Apollo. You don't get noodles."

"What? Why not?!"

He felt someone tap on his shoulder, and turning around, the red-clad attorney nearly jumped in the air. He tilted his head up to be eye-to-eye with Prosecutor Blackquill, who was glaring down at him. Did I do something to annoy him?!

A few more seconds of silence, and the prosecutor spoke. "I believe you will be wanting these," Simon stated, handing Apollo the magical prop.

Phoenix pointed to the infamous magic panties. "That's why, Apollo." The younger attorney stared at the prop in his hand as Phoenix continued. "Trucy probably already finished classes for the day, and I told her to meet up with us at Eldoon's."

"In other words, you won't be around long enough to even eat any noodles," Athena added, smiling all too gleefully.

Again…nobody loves me…wait! I have an idea!

Crossing his arms, Apollo smirked. "Actually, I know exactly what I can do to fix this issue. Iris is probably out of college already. I'm sure she'd be more than happy to fix up Trucy's magic panties, and she'll do such a good job, Trucy wouldn't even know what happened." He noticed how Phoenix and Athena were speechless. Ha. Take that!

"I wouldn't know what happened?"

"AH!"

"Hey Polly, Athena, Daddy." Trucy Wright was now with them in the lobby, donned in her Troupe Gramarye magician's costume, although for the young magician, the outfit was part of her everyday attire.

"Trucy. What are you doing here? I thought we were going to meet at Eldoon's noodles," Phoenix said.

"Yeah, but I got out of class a bit earlier than usual, so I thought I'd come here so that we could all walk together!" She smiled brightly. "What were you saying earlier, Polly?"

"Oh! I…uh…nothing!" Apollo forced a smile as he held his hands behind his back.

"Hey. What's that you've got behind your back?" She asked curiously, looking over his shoulder. After a few attempts by Apollo to block Trucy, she managed to grab a hold of the panties. "Oh! My magic panties! I was wondering where they were! Why were you hiding these from me?"

"Oh…no reason."

"You're lying. What's wrong? ...Oh. I know."

"You…do?" Apollo asked, starting to feel nervous; however, rather than glare at him, Trucy was smiling rather mischievously.

"Yes I do. You were too embarrassed to admit that you had my magic panties with you, weren't you?"

After a moment of gaping at her, the attorney chuckled weakly. "Y-yeah. It is pretty embarrassing, you know? Carrying around a pair of panties?"

"Magic panties, and yeah, it is. But it's okay. I mean, it's not like you accidentally presented it as evidence in court, right?"

Phoenix and Athena snorted behind him, making Apollo's cheeks turn a little red. "R-right. Of course." Clearing his throat, he decided it was time to leave. "Come on. Let's get going. Can't keep Mr. Eldoon waiting."

On their walk towards the noodle vendor's stand, the Wright Anything Agency members relayed to each other their respective days: Trucy talking about what happened at school, Phoenix briefly describing his day alone at the office, and Athena and Apollo going over what happened in the trial.

As the two attorneys wrapped up their explanation of what occurred, Trucy interrupted them. "Apollo? Why is there a hole in my magic panties?"

Apollo's eyes widened, and he turned to see Trucy nearly glaring at him, her eyes demanding an explanation for the damage she had found. Oh no…she found the hole in it. "Um...uh...you see…Last one to Eldoon's has to eat two bowls of noodles!" He cried out before he dashed away from the group.

Trucy was right behind in an instant, waving her panties in the air as she yelled, "You ruined my panties!"

"Those two...Acting just like the siblings that they are. Heh." Phoenix looked beside him, expecting to see Athena, only she wasn't there.

"Don't even think you're going to get to Eldoon's first before me, Apollo!"

The older defense attorney watched as his two fellow attorneys and daughter ran down the street. He shook his head, chuckling. Those kids... Whoa! I sound like an old man, thinking like that! Picking up the pace a little bit, Phoenix let his thoughts wander away from his age. With Athena leaving for Europe, Apollo and I will have to manage more cases, which is fine...if we ever get any cases. It's been slow these days. Who knows if the agency will get even one case before she comes back?

Little did Phoenix Wright know what the future had in store for the Wright Anything Agency lawyers.

Poor Apollo. It's only the first chapter, and I already started picking on him, and considering he's a main character…I should feel bad (but of course, that means I don't).

(And queue the long author's note!)

I'm a science nerd, hence why I used some science name puns in this chapter! I know it isn't all that interesting (although I do hope that beginning part piqued your interest), but it should get better. It was meant to be a fun introduction, since I don't think there will be as many fun moments to come in the future.

Again, I didn't delete this story because it was floating around and developing in my head for at least six months, if not two years really. I really wanted to do a good job writing it, with full investigations and trials, but sadly, that didn't happen. If you've made it this far, thank you so much for reading this, and if you do choose to continue reading, I appreciate your time so much!