A/N: Alright! Finally! Here's the next chapter! And FINALLY the big reveal! Here we go! I'm not sure if I like this chapter or not, but hey, it's the second to last one.

Enjoy!

The Phantom Turnabout

Day 3 – Trial Pt 2

July 23rd, 1:28 PM

District Court

Courtroom 3

Phoenix Wright

I stood behind the defendant's bench, waiting for court to start again. Edgeworth had just returned a few minutes ago with the evidence I needed to accuse to real killer, and the person who had made an attempt on my life. Thankfully, the judge also took away all of the penalties against the defense once finding out Apollo had been overshadowed by a ghost.

"Mr. Wright, are you sure you are able to stand in court?" the judge asked, looking at me. I looked up at him with a determined nod. Now that I wasn't running around, my head was clear.

"Yes, your honor," I said. Maya, who stood next to me at the bench, subtly pushed a glass of water over to me, a reminder that I needed to drink a lot of it.

"Well… alright," the Judge said before clearing his throat.

"Court will now continue for the trial of Daniel Fenton. Is the prosecution ready?" he asked.

Edgeworth nodded. "Of course, your honor," he said.

"Is the defense ready?" he asked. I smiled with a nod.

"Yes, your honor," I said. The Judge nodded.

"Alright. Before the recess, the defense was in the middle of a cross-examination, if it could be called that, of Mr. Sean Itall. Would you like to continue that?" the judge asked.

"No, your honor. The defense was satisfied with Mr. Itall's story yesterday," I said. The Judge nodded.

"Okay. Mr. Edgeworth, call your next witness," he said.

"Excuse me, your honor?" I said before Edgeworth could say anything. Edgeworth frowned at me.

"Yes, Mr. Wright?"

"I'd actually like to call a witness," I said. The judge looked surprised, but turned to Edgeworth.

"Do you have any objections, Mr. Edgeworth?" he asked. Edgeworth studied me for a minute before shrugging.

"Why not? No, your honor, I have no objections," he said. I grinned, planting my hands on my hips.

"Alright. I call Miss. Ruby Fey to the stand," I said. Edgeworth recoiled slightly in surprise.

"The victim's sister?" he demanded.

"Nick, what are you doing?" Maya demanded. I looked at her.

"Please, Maya, just trust me," I said before turning to where Ruby had stepped up to the witness stand.

"Name and occupation, please," Edgeworth said. Ruby, however, frowned deeply at him.

"I see no reason that I was called as a witness. Like I told Mr. Wright, I left the dining room and went straight to my room," she said with a deep frown.

"Witness! Name and occupation!" Edgeworth repeated with a little more force. I hid my smile behind taking a sip of water.

(He always has issues getting the witness to state their name…)

Ruby pouted at him.

"You don't have to be so mean, Mr. Edgeworth," she said. Miles slammed his hand onto the bench in front of him.

"Name. Occupation. Now."

Ruby sighed. "Ruby Fey. I'm a Spirit Medium-in-training," she said. Miles nodded before looking at me.

"Alright, Wright, what do you want to ask her about?" he demanded.

"The night of the murder," I said, watching her. She frowned.

"That night, after dinner, I left the table and went to my room," she said.

"Hold it! What time was this?" I asked. She looked thoughtful.

"It was about seven-ten," she said.

"Did you see anything of anyone? Or hear something?" I asked.

"No. I went straight to my room," Ruby replied, seeming annoyed to repeat herself, again. I smiled though.

"That's odd. Unless you go outside, the only way from the Dining room to your room is through the Meditation Chamber. In that case, you should have seen Mr. Itall, who was watching what was happening in the Channeling Chamber. Not only that, but you should have heard the fighting in the chamber," I said. Ruby bit her lip at that.

"OBJECTION!" Edgeworth yelled. "Mr. Itall should have seen her in that case!"

"Unless, Edgeworth, he was so focused on the fight happening in the Channeling Chamber," I countered. Edgeworth frowned, and I knew he couldn't think of anything else to argue with that.

"So, Ruby, did you see Mr. Itall, hear the fighting, and kept going, knowing your sister was in there?" I asked. Ruby was sweating, and I knew I was on the right track.

"I didn't hear or see anything. Really," she said. I studied her for a minute. Despite being on the right track, I wasn't sure how to proceed here.

"Do you have any proof to prove otherwise, Mr. Wright?" Edgeworth asked, sounding bored. I frowned, thinking over everything in this case.

The bloody kimono…

"I don't have any proof that she saw Mr. Itall, and heard the fighting," I said.

"Then this line of questioning is a waste of time," Edgeworth said.

"HOWEVER," I said before the judge could let Ruby step down. "I DO have evidence that she was in the room with the victim and defendant."

"Oh? Let's see this evidence, then," Edgeworth said. I pulled the kimono out.

"Take that!"

"What is that?" the judge asked. I showed it to him.

"It is a kimono that Mr. Justice found yesterday. There are two types of blood on it; one belongs to the victim, Miss. Jade Fey, and the other belongs to the defendant, Mr. Fenton," I explained.

"Why didn't I see this!?" Edgeworth demanded. I smiled at him.

"I would have entered it into the evidence this morning if I was able, Mr. Edgeworth. And you know Mr. Justice wasn't in his right mind," I reminded him. Edgeworth frowned, but I turned back to Ruby.

"There's no proof that that belongs to me! I haven't gone near the laundry room in weeks," she snapped. I stopped for a minute before smirking.

"Your honor, I'd like to formally indict Miss. Ruby Fey of murdering Miss. Jade Fey, framing it on Mr. Fenton," I gave her a hard look, my smirk vanishing. "And making an attempt on my life."

The courtroom erupted into muttering at my announcement, but the judge was quickly able to get everything under control.

"Mr. Wright, where is your proof!? On all three of those things?" he demanded.

"I'll start with the kimono," I said, carefully pulling on a pair of gloves and pulling the kimono out. "This proves the first two charges. These blood splatters here," I motioned to the blood that splattered on the kimono. "Belongs to Jade Fey. According to the lab report Mr. Justice had gotten, these are consistent to blood splatter from the wearer stabbing someone once, then pulling the knife out." I shifted the garment so the stomach and chest area were clearer. "This large blood spot here belongs to Mr. Fenton."

"And how did that get there?" Mr. Edgeworth asked.

"Although there is no way to figure that out with a lab report, I'm sure a quick demonstration would do the trick," I said, taking a note out of Athena's book. I quickly turned to Maya and explained what I wanted her to do, before stepping around the bench. "I will take the place of Mr. Fenton, who at the time was bleeding from the back of his head. Miss. Maya Fey will take the place of Miss. Ruby Fey," I explained before laying on the ground, on my back. Maya crouch next to me, pushing her hands under my shoulders and hooking them under my armpits. She hauled me up, as though to move me, and my head rested against her stomach. There was a gasp from around the courtroom. I smiled up at Maya.

"Alright, let me down," I said. She lowered me so I could sit. I stood, and we both went back to behind the bench. Ruby was frowning deeply.

"Wow. And the attempt on your life, Mr. Wright?" the judge asked. I looked at Ruby.

"Yesterday, after the trial, you gave me instant coffee to help me with my late night. One that you made," I said.

"Yes, what about it?" she asked.

"This morning, I woke up in the hospital and was told there was poison found in my system. There was only one thing I could think of that the poison would have been in," I explained before pulling out the pouch of instant coffee.

"Take that! According to test results, obtained by Mr. Edgeworth, there was poison found in this blend!" I announced. Ruby flinched at that, and began to sweat more.

"But you still didn't prove that the kimono was mine!" she said, desperately grasping for straws.

"Miss. Fey, remember what you said when I first pulled out the kimono? How you said you haven't been near the laundry room in weeks?" I said.

"Yeah?" she said. I smirked.

"I never said where it was found."

There was a moment of silence before Edgeworth gasped, and Ruby recoiled at that piece of information. It took the judge a second longer before he gasped as well. Ruby went from looking nervous to looking angry.

"Fine. I did it," she snapped, clutching the witness stand in front of her. I had a horrible flash back to Dahlia. It's actually kind of scary how similar the two are, and how much they look alike.

"But… the knife!" The judge gasped, surprised.

"Are you stupid, old man? I took the knife! It was easy enough to wipe my fingerprints off and put Danny's back on it when I placed it in his hand," she said.

"No… not again…" Maya gasped softly from next to me. I resisted the urge to take her hand and comfort her. First things first.

"Why, Ruby? Why kill your own sister?" I asked.

"Because she always got everything she wanted. Everything! And she was just an annoying goody-two-shoes-know-it-all! I couldn't stand it anymore! Especially when Danny came into the picture. He would have been my ticket out of the village, but she just… UGH!" she ranted. Danny looked shocked at that.

"Um… I just thought of her as a friend…" he muttered. Ruby glared at him for a few minutes, anger building up in her, until she started slamming her fists into the witness stand, her neat bun quickly unraveling around her. The brown strands hung around her until finally, she stopped, panting.

"I hate Kurain! I just wanted to get out! I would never have had the power to channel! I would have always lived in Jade's shadow. And after seeing her channel again… I just…" she trailed off, staying silent for a moment, before looking up. "If I was to have any kind of life, she needed to die."

"Well, I can't promise the life you'll have now will be comfortable," Edgeworth said. I watched in silence as the judge had the bailiff handcuff Ruby and lead her out of the courtroom. He then had Danny step up to the witness stand.

"Well, this has been an… exciting trial," the judge said. I nodded.

"A little too exciting," I said with a weak smile. The judge chuckled at that.

"True. Well, now it's finally time to hand down my verdict. I find the defendant, Daniel Fenton, NOT GUILTY!"

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A/N: Here we are! Finally! I wonder how many of you finally remembered that girl from the second chapter who had been at the scene of the crime? How many of you were surprised?

One more chapter, just to wrap things up. And there WILL be a sequel to this! I have quite a few ideas for my sequel, but either way, it won't be written until my Winter break. This is my last year in college, after all, and I get REALLY busy when away at school.

Well, see you next time!