January 6, 12:13 P.M. District Court, Interrogation Room
Phoenix sat down and focused his attention. He was about to take on Morgan Fey's explanation for her behavior, which caused her to be declared in "contempt of court". Maya also sat down, but she was afraid.
Before the soundproof walls surrounding the glass were removed, she asked, "Nick, I'm afraid that she's gonna come out and kill me."
Phoenix issued, "Don't worry, Maya. There's a layer of 4 inch polycarbonate between us and her. Polycarbonate is used to make bulletproof glass. She can't hurt or kill us."
The walls retracted, and Morgan was sitting there with an angry face, almost seeming to inhale her tea instead of drink it to prevent the two from seeing her doing so.
She asked, "What do you want? Can't you two just MYOB?"
Maya exchanged, "What kind of acronym makes 'MYOB'?"
She screamed, "It stands for 'Mind Your Own Business'! But anyways, what does Mystic Maya have to to me, Phoenix Wrong?"
He struggled, "We are here to ask you a few questions. First of all, why were you so aggravated back in the courtroom? Why did you throw your tea at Maya and cuss her out?"
"Well, I was pretty steamed after you chewed me out, Mr. Wright. It is only natural for a someone to get angry after you are indicted in court."
Phoenix accepted the reason. Maya nodded, "We should get back to the courtroom!"
January 6, 12:43 P.M. District Court, Courtroom No. 1
The judge banged his gavel.
"Court will now reconvene for the trial of Ms. Pearl Fey," he said. "Mr. Payne, do you have any witnesses to call?"
The reply was, "The prosecution calls Hal Reed, The Magnesium Samurai, to the stand."
Maya stared at the actor as he got onto the stand.
He said,"My name is Hal Reed. I am the actor that plays the Magnesium Samurai."
The judge ordered, "Mr. Reed, I have a rather unusual request. You must testify about the orders you gave Maggey Byrde. I believe that you told her to remain quiet on some details of the case."
Hal shook, "Well, Your Honor, I am not exactly the one who told her that, but I will testify about my job."
The judge agreed, and his testimony started.
"I work for Global Studios, who produces the series. I play the main character, the Magnesium Samurai. There is also another person who I work with. She is my girlfriend, Ima."
The judge accepted the testimony. He said, "Mr. Wright, you may Cross-Examine the witness."
Maya gave him a look.
She said, "Nick! Only do what is necessary! Don't go too far!"
Hal repeated his testimony, and when he talked about Ima, Phoenix yelled, "Hold it!"
"Who is this 'Ima' that you speak of?"
He shyly repeated, "Ima is my girlfriend, didn't you hear? She plays the part of my assistant, the Molybdenum Princess."
Phoenix pressed, "I feel as if Ima might have a part in this. Your Honor, I request that Ima be called to testify!"
The jury roared, and the judge banged his gavel.
"Order! Mr. Wright, your suggestion had been sustained."
Hal got off the stand. Mr. Payne directed, "The prosecution calls 'Ima' to the stand."
She got up and moved her hair off of her black hair away from her eyes.
The prosecutor asked, "What is your last name, witness?"
She gave him a soft look straight in the eyes. "Mr. Prosecutor, my last name is 'Yef'."
The judge enforced, "Ms. Yef, could you please tell us a little more about yourself?"
She beamed her eyes at him. "Your Honor, this is my first time in court. I am rather... rather scared..."
A tear formed in her right eye.
The judge smirked, "I'll keep order in this court. If anyone gets too harsh on you, I'll smash them with this here gavel!"
Payne added, "And I'll convict them!"
Ms. Yef smiled, "Thank you, Your Honor."
Maya moaned to Phoenix, "Nick, this girl has quite the façade. She is definitely hiding something."
The judge continued, "Ms. Yef, can you testify about your boyfriend, Hal Reed?"
She said, "I... I'll try." The testimony started.
"I met Hal about two weeks ago. He happened to be in a library, and he stepped up to me. We exchanged words for a while, and he put his hand on my shoulder. He said that he liked me, and I told him that as well. We went out for dinner, and we had a great time! I would do anything to help him!"
The judge was contempt. "Oh. That makes sense."
Maya slipped Phoenix a piece of paper.
"Nick," she said, "If you flip the name 'Ima Yef', you get 'Ami Fey'."
Phoenix shuddered. He could tell that this girl was definitely lying.
"Well Nick, this is sort of like the mystery of Xin Eohp! An inverted name!"
The Cross-Examination started. Phoenix grunted as he scanned the testimony over.
"I met Hal about two weeks ago."
He yelled, "Hold it!"
"Exactly when did you meet him?"
She smiled, "It was December 23 when I met him. And where was I? As I was saying, he said that he liked me, and I told him that as well."
Phoenix yelled, "Hold it!"
"Isn't it odd to you that you would suddenly have feelings for a man who had approached you out of the blue?"
Ms. Yef giggled, "Well, he is quite a handsome man. I simply couldn't refuse! Later that night, we went out for dinner, and we had a great time!"
Phoenix yelled, "Hold it!"
"What do you mean by 'a great time'?"
Ms. Yef shook her head. "Mr. Wright, Hal was amazing! I felt as if time flew by!"
The judge ordered, "Ms. Yef, add information regarding that to your testimony!"
She later said, "And guess what! He allowed me to participate in The Magnesium Samurai! He even made me have my own series!"
Phoenix screamed, "Objection!"
"Ms. Yef, your story is as holey as swiss cheese! You said that you were allowed to participate in The Magnesium Samurai as The Molybdenum Princess, in addition to having your own series, but Hal testified that you were his assistant, and his assistant only!"
She jumped and sweated heavily.
The judge commented, "It seems so, Ms. Yef. Would you care to give another testimony?"
She beamed, "Yes, Your Honor."
She said, "I heard about the event on the news. I could see the cloud from my house! However, when I heard that a kid had done it, I was shocked!"
The judge nodded. "I see. I have no problems with the testimony. Mr. Wright, you may Cross-Examine the witness."
Phoenix noted, "Sure thing, Your Honor."
She braced herself on the stand and her earlier statements were recited.
"I heard about the event on the news. I could see the cloud from my house!"
Phoenix yelled, "Hold it!"
"Ms. Yef, are you sure about that statement? After all, Kurain Village is about 245 miles away."
She smiled, "Well, I was slightly exaggerating. Sorry 'bout that."
The judge groaned, "Ms. Yef, please refrain from blowing up the reality in court!"
"However, when I heard that a kid had done it, I was shocked!"
Phoenix repeated, "Hold it!"
The attorney questioned, "What did this girl look like?"
She laughed, "She was a little tyke, maybe 7 or 8, and had a rather interesting hairstyle. However, I had heard about her before."
The judge ordered, "Please add this to your testimony, witness!"
"She was Misty Fey, the Master of Kurain!"
Phoenix screamed, "Objection!"
He withdrew his finger from pointing.
"Ms. Yef, it appears that your testimony is, as it was a short time ago, quite holey."
She asked, "Is there something wrong, Mr. Defense Attorney?"
He slammed his hands on the table.
"Ms. Yef, Misty Fey is no longer Master of Kurain! In fact, Maya, her only living daughter, has taken her place! The girl that you saw was, in reality, the daughter of Morgan Fey, her older sister!" She screamed, "Noooooo!"
The jury roared and the judge banged his gavel. "Order! Order in the court!", he screamed.
"Witness! Please explain!"
Ms. Yef shyly murmured, "Your Honor, I..." she sniffed.
Mr. Payne interrupted, "Ob-jeck-shun!"
He continued, "Your Honor! It is not necessary for the witness to explain why she was confused!"
Phoenix returned, "Objection!"
"Mr. Payne, the witness is not who you think she is! Her real name is not Ima Yef at all! In fact, there is a piece of evidence in the court record that can prove my point!"
Maya gasped, "Nick! I hope this actually gets us somewhere!"
"Ima Yef's real name is..." he started.
"Take that!"
"Ms. Yef, I know your real name. It is you! We meet again, Dahlia Hawthorne!"
She snapped, "Watch it! How dare you accuse me like that! How exactly do you know this? After all, Dahlia Hawthorne is dead! She was executed!"
He snapped, "It seems that you can't tell skepticism from the facts, Dollie. Look in the mirror. That hair... it proves that you are her! Even though you are dead, you are being channeled by someone!"
The judge banged his gavel. He screamed, "Ms. Hawthorne! Explain yourself!"
She screamed, "Oh, I don't exactly need to, Your Honor.."
she smirked and gave Phoenix an evil look. "After all, as I said before, you can't punish a dead person for their crimes! That means I'm innocent! Right, Feenie?"
Phoenix cringed. To him, for someone besides Iris to refer to him as 'Feenie' was almost gut wrenching. He hated it when someone would taunt him like that. He took another gaze at his former college girlfriend, who was now deceased and talking him posthumously for the second time. She had a blue, fiery tinge surrounding her.
He yelled, "Wait a minute! Can you give us testimony?"
The looks he received were ferocious. The demoness gasped, "There is no need for me to testify! After all, aren't I just some spirit channeled from the depths of Hell?"
The judge screamed, "Ms. Hawthorne! You are not helping this court of law! Get out of her!"
Phoenix sweated, "Get out of her? He doesn't even know who 'her' is!"
Dahlia exclaimed, "Noooooooooooo! I'll get you someday, attorney boy!"
She grunted and left the body she was in, and began to rise above the witness stand where she was standing just seconds ago. There was a bright flash of light, and her spirit collapsed on itself to form a blue magatama, which was surrounded by a fiery, blue tinge, which was followed by another blast of light and an explosive noise.
Her spirit finally left the room, and the lights came back on. Phoenix looked towards the stand, and saw that Iris was standing there.
"Feenie...", she moaned, "help me... please!"
She then became unconscious, and lied there in the floor. The jury roared, and the judge banged his gavel three times.
"Order! Order in the court, I say!"
He asked, "Mr. Payne, do you still believe that the defendant is at fault?"
He struggled, "Of... of course, Your Honor!"
He looked towards the defense. "Mr. Wright, are you still convinced that Ms. Pearl Fey is innocent?"
He replied, "Yes, Your Honor."
The judge raised his gavel. "Court will be back in session at 6:00 P.M."
He banged the gavel against the desk. "And with that, court is adjourned!"
January 6, 2:00 P.M. Defendant Lobby No. 1
Maya carried Iris and laid her body down on the bench. After about 35 seconds, she awoke.
"Sister Iris!", Maya screamed, almost hysterical that she was not dead.
"Mystic Maya!", she returned, equally as happy.
Phoenix asked, "Iris, why did you channel Dahlia's spirit when it obviously shouldn't?"
"Well, Feenie... I wanted to get a boyfriend, since you like Mystic Maya... so I created a fake name for myself and told everybody that I was taking a week off, and they granted that, for there were no people training. And that's how I met Hal."
Phoenix screamed, "That still doesn't answer my question! Why did you channel her?"
"I was being blackmailed. I decided to protect myself my channeling Dahlia's spirit. After all, when I was 2 or so, she knocked me out with a punch to the face."
Maya's eyes opened. "B-Blackmailed? By who?"
She returned, "By an anonymous person. He never gave me his identity, but he demanded that if I didn't give him $100,000 by two weeks from now, then I would die!"
Maya gasped, "W-WHAAAAT?! Die?!"
Iris replied, "Yes. Die."
Phoenix groaned, "Looks like we'll need to investigate this, Maya."
She answered, "Yes. It is so."