A/N: Hello again!

This series sort of just popped into my head while I was thinking about this coming year's drama course, and about furthering characterization and knowing what a character's objectives are. I thought that it'd be interesting to take our favourite Ace Attorney characters and really look into some of the things that they want.

Regrets, fears, hopes, dreams, that kind of stuff; things that make some of the most outrageous characters in this series what we all are - human.

So, without further ado, onward with the series!

Apollo Justice

My wish? That's a good question.

Well, my childhood was never stationary, never stayed in one neighbourhood or with one foster family. If I was lucky, I'd get a couple of months with a bed I could crawl into and knowing I'd wake up to a hot meal in the morning. When I was unlucky, I'd be grateful that I'd be getting to sleep somewhere. A lot of the time, I'd have to share a bed with several other children which made it stuffy and packed under the sheets. And meals? Yeah, it was a joy sharing a plateful of food with two or three others. Pleasant, right?

I tried making friends with others, but I was always moving, so I never got the chance to maintain relationships. There were rarely any "I love you"s or anything of the sort.

It almost got me believing that those three words were worthless.

Lies, even.

Not even in university, where I'd worked my ass off just to get in. "Stay in school and work hard!" I was always told. I'd thought that people would appreciate intelligence and diligence, that maybe there would be people here I could talk about things that I shared in common with them.

And I was right, even for only a little bit.

There were a few who showed me some kind of companionship which I'd hardly experienced as a kid. Some kind of, I dunno, sense of belonging. I remember talking to them about trivial things – law, the weather... law.

Eh, it was short-lived, and I guess that's how I came to rely on myself and myself alone.

Sometimes I feel like that even now, when I've actually found people I'm related to. Don't get me wrong, I love Trucy and Thalassa – even Mr. Wright, if he counts – but there's something inside of me that nags at me, and none of them know.

What I'm trying to say is that when I needed a family, I didn't have one, and now that I have one, I don't feel like I need it.

It's those kinds of times where I wish I could go back in time.

So my wish?

I wish I could turn back the clock and stop Thalassa from abandoning me, so maybe I'd get to experience a childhood with a family. If that's too much to ask for, then maybe somebody, anybody even to just...

To be there when I come home and they ask, "How was your day, Apollo?" while giving me a welcome home hug. Or just to give me a kiss on the forehead and ruffle my hair, say "I'm proud of who you are Apollo, of what you've become," because I never knew what it felt like.

Yeah, it'd be nice to have someone like that.

Reviews would be appreciated!