Here's the epilogue!
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Epilogue
It's been two weeks since Apollo and Trucy's return, and the arrest of Sabrina Reece.
"I can't wait for the fireworks tonight!"
"I sure can," Apollo said, his voice not nearly as enthusiastic as his little sister's, almost as if he was dreading the fireworks.
Trucy pouted. "Apollo! What is wrong with you?! How can you not be excited about the fireworks?!"
Well, it isn't like you have a mini-fireworks display at almost every one of your magic shows.
"You know the fireworks at my shows are different! They aren't nearly as good as the ones we're about to witness tonight!"
"Yeah, Apollo! Stop being such a sore spectator!" Athena added.
He just rolled his eyes, when he felt someone place a hand over his own. "Apollo." He glanced up to see Juniper smiling at him. "Try to enjoy yourself, hm?"
He huffed. "Fine. I'll try."
Athena grinned. "Nice work, Junie. Now I know what his weakness is."
"Seriously? I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now."
"Apollo. You didn't…" Athena groaned.
"Hey! It's a true statement though!" I really do feel attacked right now!
"Hmph." Simon didn't seem to understand the significance of the statement, and Athena picked up on his confusion.
"Simon. It's a meme."
"A…meme?"
"You…don't know what a meme is?!"
Her incredulous tone annoyed him. "What's the big deal with it anyway? It's probably something stupid!"
"A meme is a phrase or expression or concept that spreads throughout the media, from one person to another person."
"Just as I said. It's something stupid, and of course it was Justice-dono who brought up such an idiotic thing."
"Hey!" You guys really are attacking me! Please stop!
"Now, now guys. We did come out here to have a good time, didn't we?" They all turned to Phoenix, who was sitting on the picnic table. "Let's not get carried away with ourselves, unless we want something like the food fight to occur again."
The six people sitting on the red and white checkered picnic blanket on the grass didn't say another word. Satisfied, Phoenix turned back to talk to Edgeworth, who sitting across from him. The prosecutor, after a lot of persuasion from Trucy, Kay and Athena, agreed to join the group on the afternoon outing.
"Guten tag, everyone!" A euro-rock accented person said from above their heads. He ruffled Apollo and Trucy's hair. "How are my nichte and neffe?"
I still can't believe that Prosecutor Gavin is actually related to us! Apollo fixed his hair.
Edgeworth had informed Klavier of the information he learned from his older brother, and it shocked the prosecutor, but he wasn't too fazed by it. Edgeworth let Klavier and Phoenix explain the situation to Trucy and Apollo. While Trucy embraced the fact immediately, Apollo took some time to come to terms with it.
"Pretty good, Uncle Gavin!" Trucy replied, a teasing smile on her face.
Apollo smirked when he saw Klavier frown. "Please, Fraulein. Don't call me Uncle. It makes me feel…old. Just Prosecutor Gavin or Mr. Gavin will do."
"Heh. You talk as if you aren't old," a new voice added.
"Ah, I see Fraulein Detective has decided to make an appearance. I suppose we should be expecting a whole bunch of random scientific facts about fireworks, hm?"
"Gr…" Ema had her bag of snackoos at the ready, and her hand was already gripping one.
Klavier held his hands up defensively. "Just a joke, Fraulein. Just a joke. I think you need to loosen up."
"You know what I think? I think you're asking for some snackoos in your face!" She began pelting them at him.
"Nein!"
Simon, Apollo snickered as they watched Ema chase down and attack Klavier with snackoos.
"Girls…" Kay began, motioning for Trucy and Athena to come closer to her. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Athena could hear what she was thinking. "If you're thinking we should get Klavier and Ema to actually get together and stop dancing around their feelings for each other, then yes, we are thinking what you're thinking. Aren't we Trucy?"
"We sure are! As Mr. Gavin's niece, it's my duty to make sure he and Ema end up as a couple!"
"It's settled then! We'll get to work as soon as possible!" Kay declared.
"What are you guys talking about?" Juniper questioned.
"Junie. We're going to get Mr. Gavin and Ema to go out!"
"Oh…that will be difficult though, right? I mean, look at them." They all took a moment to see that the once running individuals were now sitting a good distance away from each other. "Are you sure they like each other?"
"Hm…you do have a point there," Athena conceded.
"Doesn't matter! If they don't like each other now, we'll…we'll…we'll make them like each other! That shouldn't be too hard, right?"
"I sure hope not, Trucy. Although I bet it won't be as difficult as getting Mr. Edgeworth to go on his blind dates was," Kay pointed out.
"Only time will tell," Athena ended the conversation, before the girls began talking about other subjects."
"I can't believe half the summer is already over." Iris sighed wistfully as she looked up at the sky from her seat at the small table.
"You're right, Iris. And just think, in a month and a half, you'll finally be going to Ivy University and start working on your degree!"
"Yeah. I'm really looking forward to that."
"I'm sure you are. Well, I should get going."
Iris saw the woman sitting with her stand up and stretch before picking up a pink tote bag. "Oh, you're going so soon, Serena? It feels like you just got here."
"Yeah, I know. I have to go now if I want catch the bus to get to work." She approached the picnic bench with Iris beside her. "Hey Mr. Wright. Thank you so much for inviting me today. It was nice to get outside."
"Leaving so soon?" He asked, as Iris went to go sit next to him.
"I'm afraid so. The ER is going to get slammed tonight with the fireworks. I can't afford to not be there and help out. I do hope you guys enjoy yourselves though!" Waving at the group, she walked off.
That night…
"Guys! It's going to start any minute now!" Trucy urged everyone to stand up. And so they began. Huge bursts of multi-colored lights filled the starry night sky, provoking ooohs and aaahs from the crowd in People Park, including the little group of eleven people.
After the fireworks were up, the crowds of people began to disperse and leave. "That…was…AMAZING!" Trucy exclaimed excitedly. "Didn't you guys think that was wonderful?! I loved all of the different shapes and pictures!"
Kay, Athena, Juniper and Iris joined Trucy and gushed about the display. Even Ema was impressed by the display and admitted it to them. The guys just stood aside awkwardly.
"Not a bad display, I have to say." Apollo was the first one to speak.
"You don't praise it enough, Herr Forehead. It was like a Gavinners performance!"
"…Meaning?"
"Meaning it was truly spectacular, Herr Forehead."
"Hmph. I would think that your little rock band's acts aren't anywhere near the quality that this fireworks display is at," Simon inputted, causing Klavier to mope silent.
Edgeworth could sense an argument brewing, so he stepped away from them.
"Hey Edgeworth. What did you think of it?"
"The fireworks? Hmph. I can't say I really care for it; however, it would be ignorant of me to say they weren't a tasteful sight for the eyes."
…You could've just said you liked it. No need to be so wordy about it. "I liked it a lot."
"What do you mean the Mickey Mouse shape was lame, Simon?! It was the cutest thing, and the best shape in the whole show!" Athena yelled.
"Hmph. Cykes-dono. That little mouse didn't stand a chance against that magnificent bird."
"I have to agree with Prosecutor Blackquill there, Athena."
"Kay! How could you stick on his side?!"
"Sorry! I have a bias towards birds, particular ravens! And that was the best raven I ever saw."
Simon was smirking when Kay spoke against Athena, but he frowned when she said 'raven.' "Prosecutor Faraday. That was obviously a hawk, not a raven."
"No, no. It was a raven. It looked just like the Yatagarasu!" She punched the air with her fist.
"The three-legged bird? Hmph. Hardly."
"Well, Juniper and I think you're all wrong. I think we can all agree that the rocket-shaped one was the best!"
"Now, now, Herr Forehead. That electric guitar really lit up the sky and was the highlight of the show."
"Of course you'd like that, you glimmerous fop."
"What did you like, Ema?" Trucy asked curiously.
"The one with the spirals!" She replied enthusiastically before sighing happily. "It looked just like a strand of DNA, the perfect double helix."
Everyone stopped to stare at her before returning to the argument.
Phoenix, Iris and Edgeworth just stood by the side, away from the verbal brawl, Edgeworth shaking his head and Phoenix chuckling with Iris, his arm around her shoulders.
"Gotta love this, don't you?" He asked her.
She giggled. "Yeah, I do. Although I hope they stop soon."
They focused back on the group, not knowing just how far their quarrel had progressed.
"My horns are the spikiest, and no one can tell me otherwise!" Apollo yelled nearly at the top of his lungs. After a few replies, he declared: "There is nothing spikier than them!" He crossed his arms, feeling triumphant.
Hey! My hair is the spikiest, much spikier than Apollo's too!
Edgeworth heard Phoenix's outraged gasp. "Are you going to just stand there, Wright?"
Phoenix turned to his friend. "What do you mean?"
"What he means, Feenie, is that aren't you forgetting to do something?" Iris hinted, tapping her index finger on her chin.
"It's something I have to admit you do best, Wright."
Now what could that be? ...
"Oh! I got it!" Clearing his throat, and taking in a deep breath, Phoenix shouted.
"OBJECTION!"
It's over. Done. Finally. I got it done. Thanks for reading and reviewing! I appreciate it! If I could have just a little more of your valuable time, please do read the following author's note:
I will honestly say that I think this story started out well, but kind of spiraled towards…not being well. I just think my writing sort of deteriorated, and I honestly feel really bad about it. That being said, I am actually going to write another story, but a fair warning to all: it's not really going to be a mystery (there'll be a mystery aspect to it, yes, but it is not primarily a mystery. And almost definitely NO trials. I have come to accept the fact that I write egregious trials that could get me a whipping from Franziska (heh, heh…) The title will reveal what genre it will be; for the record, I think it's one I can do better with than mystery).
I really, really, really want to improve on my writing, which is a reason why I do fanfictions.
For this next story, I'm going to try to do a little more research and planning, rather than write chapters on a whim, so I probably will be taking more time with it, especially with character portrayals and overall just writing better. I've posted a little sneak peek of what I have planned for the first part of the first chapter of the next story. I sincerely hope you guys will continue to follow me and read it! And even if you don't, that's fine. I want to thank you again from the bottom of my heart for reading this story and reviewing or PMing me!