Merry Christmas Eve! :D
I hope you've all had a great day today. :)
Tomorrow's chapter is going to be BIG. And I mean, pretty big. I can't wait to write it! :D
Have a really nice night, and I hope that you'll have a great Christmas tomorrow, too! :3

Oh, and on a random note, I watched the new Disney Pixar film 'Frozen' with my family today. It was pretty good, and Indina Menzel was great- as always. X3
On another random note, DUAL DESTINIES IS AWESOME AND I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT AND AHHHHHH :D :D :D
On one more note, about Dual Destinies, you know Athena's flashback when she's a little kid and all the blood and stuff?
Am I the only one who was pretty creeped out the first time I saw that? :c

Again, have a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day until I see you all in the next chapter. :)
I have to head off to Midnight Mass at my church now, so I'll see you guys tomorrow! :D

Phoenix Wright walked into his all-too-familiar office, stopping just as he came through the door and looking around with a smile on his face. It was actually not bland this month; Maya and Pearl had persuaded him to decorate the office in time for Christmas and, what do you know, it made Phoenix feel a little more cheerful as he began to work and try to get paperwork out of the way. He figured that it was probably the Christmas spirit the baubles and tinsel was expelling.

Suddenly, a light purple something bashed into him, wrapping its arms around him and giving him a hug.

"Nick! Nick! Nick! It's Christmas Eve!"

Phoenix looked down at the something that was hugging him to recognise it immediately to be Maya Fey, his assistant. Chuckling at Maya's excited attitude, Phoenix hugged her tightly back before letting go and sitting down on the office sofa.

"I know, I know. Wanna open a present early?"

Maya's eyes widened as she grinned widely. "You bet I do!"

"Go on, then."

Maya bounded over toward the Christmas tree and took out a present from Phoenix to her, immediately feeling it to guess what it was. It kind of felt like a big magazine, but Maya wasn't all that sure until she pulled back the wrapping paper and saw it in its full glory.

"Woah! It's…it's the Oh, Cult! 25th Anniversary Special Issue!" Maya gasped, flipping through the pages to catch a few hints of the juicy news on spirit mediums, cults and channelings everywhere. Turning back to Phoenix with her mouth still a small 'o' shape, Maya thought of something.

"Say, Nick, this issue is humongous! There's around about….let's see…130 pages in there, including the front and back covers and the two posters of Francis and Eli." Maya began, a slight blush coming to her cheeks as she mentioned the duo on the posters. Phoenix gave her a bemused look.

"Who?"

Maya blushed again. "Oh, Francis and Eli are only the best male spirit mediums around. They've done so many channelings and never failed once…it's remarkable how they do it, isn't it, Nick? When those two work together, no request is too hard for them."

Phoenix still looked confused. "Hey, I thought there was only female spirit mediums."

"You were wrong, Nick! What do you think happens if someone requested somebody to channel a man?" Maya replied, with a slight hint of annoyance in her voice.

"Weren't you the one who told me- and Miles can confirm this- that when the police wanted someone to channel Gregory Edgeworth, it was your mother, a female spirit medium, who did so?"

"Yes, Nick," Maya began, with an exasperated tone, "but my mum was the only spirit medium around at the time with that level of calibre. I mean, the police wouldn't go to someone with low experience for a case like that, would they? Of course, they could have used a male spirit medium instead, but there was none around at the time- and anyway, all it would have improved was the look of the spirit as it was channelled. "

Phoenix was shocked as to how much detail Maya had put in with her explanation. "Touché. Anyway, now I know who Miss Fey over here has a crush on…" Phoenix added on, smirking. Maya went beet red and stared at Phoenix.

"That's not true!"

Phoenix laughed loudly. "Yes, it is, Maya. You can't hide anything from me, you know- after all, I am Phoenix Wright."

Placing his hand inside his right pocket and fiddling with his faithful Magatama, Phoenix envisioned Psyche-Locks surrounding Maya- only a couple, perhaps- and him breaking them one by one to find her secret. Phoenix took his hand out of his pocket and smiled even more when he spotted Maya engrossed in the first few pages of the Oh, Cult! Magazine.

Suddenly, the office phone rang. Phoenix was about to rush over to get it when Maya jumped up with a quaint little laugh, dropping her present on the floor, and answered it, putting on a more serious tone of voice.

"You have reached the Wright and Co. Law Offices, and this is Maya Fey speaking."

A few moments passed before Maya beamed, her face the epitome of delight.

"Do you want me to pass you over to Nick? …Yeah, that'll be good! Have a great Christmas!"

Maya passed the phone over to a suspicious Phoenix, who immediately took the phone from her hand, not understanding the grin on her face.

"Phoenix Wright speaking."

"…Wri- uh, I mean Phoenix, it's me." the voice on the other end said, with a hint of awkwardness. Phoenix, when he realised who it was, immediately grinned widely and chuckled lightly.

"Oh, hey, Miles! Nice to hear from you for once. How are you?"

"I'm alright. You?"

At that moment, Pearl Fey entered the room and saw Maya's Oh, Cult! magazine. Before Pearl could react, Phoenix moved the phone out the way and told Pearl she could open one of her presents, Pearl bursting into delighted cheers and opening a small box with Maya chattering along next to her.

"I'm OK. Maya and Pearl have opened a present early, so they're occupied for the moment."

Miles laughed heartily. "That's good to hear. Anyway, um…this is a little hard to ask- because I'm not used to this kind of thing- but, uh, would you, Maya and Pearl like to have Christmas dinner with me, Franziska, Adrian and everyone else tomorrow?"

Phoenix grinned once more, and Miles swore he could almost feel it from his end of the phone.

"Of course I would, Miles! There's nothing else we'd rather do on Christmas than spend it with you and

everyone else. So," Phoenix added, adopting a more calmer tone, "what are the details?"

"Well, for a start, I know that we definitely have- hang on a second-" Miles added, and Phoenix could hear Miles having a brief conversation with some other people before he came back, "you, Maya, Pearl, Gumshoe, Franziska, Adrian, me (of course), Maggey, Larry, Mr. Grossberg, Lana, Ema, Kay-"

"Who?"

"Oh, Kay Faraday. She's my assistant, and she's also the second Great Thief Yatagarasu. She's quite feisty and very excitable. I think Maya and her would be good friends."

"Oh, OK. …Wait…what?"

Edgeworth sounded extremely confused. "Huh?"

"Let me get this straight. Miles Edgeworth, esteemed prosecutor who is specifically known for his intelligence, logical ability and grudge against criminals has an assistant who just so happens to be a famous thief?"

Miles paused for a moment before answering. "Yes…yes, that's right."

Unable to hold it in anymore, Phoenix burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter, almost keeling over.

"What is it, Phoenix? What do you find so hilarious about what I just said? I can't find anything- and that's saying something, because I'm Miles Edgeworth-"

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, you're so funny, Miles…"

"I wasn't intending to be, you know-"

"Pfft….hahahahahahahaha!"

Miles sighed. "Yes, anyhow, she's my assistant. Then we have Shi-Long Lang from Interpol-"

"Who's he?"

"I worked with him a couple of times. He's over here to handle some pretty serious Interpol business, and he's flying to Germany in a couple of days to do more Interpol work. After that, he's travelling to Cohdopia and then finally back to Zheng-Fa to visit home before returning here again. I managed to talk him into coming for dinner- because he has a grudge against all prosecutors and despises working with me- only because, after a mass of recent cases we've investigated and solved together, we've grown a little closer- in an entirely platonic way, of course."

Phoenix smirked. "The way you're going on about him suggests otherwise…hint hint, nudge, nudge…"

"Oh, shut up, Phoenix. After Lang, we only have Ron and Desiree DeLite left, and that's all the guests."

"So, then, there's….16 people coming?! How are you going to fit all those people into your- Ohhhh. I see…you have an absolute mansion back there, don't you?"

"It's not really a mansion, per se, but it's close to a small mansion in size."

"That's still a mansion. No matter the size, it's still a mansion. Don't hate on mansions!"

"I never did!"

"Yes, you did!"

"No, I didn't."

"Yes, you didn't! Wait…"

"Anyway," Miles went on, "it officially starts at 12:20 tomorrow, but getting there at 12 would be the best time to arrive as you can grab your seats early and also converse with all the other early guests."

"Nice idea! I'm looking forward to it."

Phoenix swore he heard a relieved sigh as Miles spoke. "That's pretty good. Anyway, have a nice Christmas Eve, and I'll see you then."

"Bye, Miles!"

"Bye, Phoenix."

As Miles hung up, Phoenix smiled warmly as he remembered his best friend and wondered just what Miles would be doing at the moment. His pleasurable reminiscence over, Phoenix went down and joined Maya and Pearl by the Christmas tree, laughing.