A Prosecutor's Past

by Songbrony


Mia

"Well, nice to meet you Mia. How do you know Phoenix? Is he a friend?" Twilight asked.

"We were friends at one point. I was his mentor when he first started out as a lawyer. For an amateur, he was surprisingly good." she said.

"So he learned everything he did in court today from you?" Twilight asked.

"And more. He was a good friend, but certain events led to our time being cut short."

"Cut short? What happened?" Twilight asked, curiously.

"I was the victim in a murder. He was the defense attorney who defended my younger sister who the police thought was my killer. It turned out to be a blackmailing CEO of a company." Mia explained.

"Wait, so you died?" Twilight asked. "Then how are you standing here in front of me!?"

Mia chuckled. "Didn't Phoenix tell you about who I am?"

"I think he mentioned you once, but never went into detail..." Twilight admitted.

"Well I'm what we call a spirit medium. I can channel the spirit of someone who has died and they can speak through me. However, for some reason, your Princess cast a spell and summoned me. I don't quite understand how she did it, but she summoned my spirit to your world." Mia explained.

"But why didn't she tell me about that?" Twilight asked.

"I told her specifically to not tell anyone about me. I wasn't sure how your worlds magic would affect my own, so I figured the less who knew about my existence here, the better." Mia explained further.

"Oh, well I guess that makes sense. Considering what happened to me." Twilight said. She gasped. Oh, that's right! The Magatama! Maybe she knows something about that! "When Phoenix was here, he dropped an artifact. I picked it up using my magic and it's power was transferred to me." she said.

"What?" Mia asked, shocked. "What artifact?"

"He called it a Magatama. Any idea why it's power was transferred to me?" Twilight asked. She felt a weird sensation in the back of her head after asking that question.

"I...I'm not exactly certain what you mean." Mia said.

That sensation...I recognize that...that's the same feeling I felt when I asked Trixie about her hate for me. Only this isn't depressing or sad. It feels more...defensive. she thought. "Mia...I have a feeling you know more about it than you're letting on." she said.

A small grin appeared on Mia's face. "Really? If that's the case, prove it. Show me the evidence." she said.

Evidence... I don't really have any evidence other than what I can tell her. And how do I know she'll believe me... Twilight thought. "Um...well I don't really have any evidence. At least, not physical evidence. I only have what I can verbally tell you."

"That will suffice." she replied.

"Well...I know that it allows me to see when somepony is hiding deep secrets. Chains and locks have appeared and when presented with evidence they break." Twilight explained.

"Anything more?" she asked.

Twilight thought more about the Magatama. "Well, the locks are colored red...and sometimes black." she said.

Mia's smile disappeared when Twilight mentioned black locks. "How do you know that?"

"So you do know something about the Magatama!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Did you try to break the black locks?" Mia said with a sudden urgency.

"What? Uh, no, I actually didn't want to break them, unlike the others I saw. They were sad and depressing. Just seeing them was enough to make me emotional." she admitted.

"Good. Those are locks you don't want to break under any circumstances." Mia said sternly.

"Why?" Twilight asked.

"They can cause a lot of harm to the one they guard." she replied.

"What kind of harm? Like physical?"

"No. They can tear apart one's soul, their very being. They are deep and personal secrets that they will most likely take to their grave." Mia said.

"Oh...so I take it you've seen them broken before." Twilight said.

"Once. It wasn't pretty." she replied grimly.

"Let's change the subject. When I first picked up the Magatama, I had picked it up with levitation. It mixed with the Magatama's magic and allowed me to see the locks for a few days. But just now, I had a feeling that you were hiding something. Almost like how it felt when I saw the black locks, but without the depressing and sad nature of them." Twilight said. "Any idea how that's possible?"

Mia scrunched her eyes as she looked at Twilight. "I'm not sure what you mean when by a feeling. I haven't heard of anybody feeling it's power. It may have something to do with how it reacted to your worlds magic."

"Well, when I cast a spell, I do have to concentrate a little and get a small warming sensation around my horn. But I figured that's just from the energy that's used to cast the spell." Twilight said.

"It may have enhanced that and combined with it the Magatama's power." Mia said. "Be careful. I don't know anything about this world's magic so I can't help you with any problems you may encounter. If I remember correctly, when you cast a spell, it exhausts some of your energy. The Magatama may draw more energy than you can manage."

"Do you really think so?" Twilight asked, worried.

"I'm not sure. But I wouldn't worry about it. Try to keep it in check though. There may be a way for you to hold back it's power and only use it when you need to." Mia suggested.

"Okay. I'll try that."

"Good. Now, I'm afraid I'll have to go. The Princess was supposed to send me back a few days ago, but said that she thought you may want to meet me. It's required me to use my spirit channeling ability a little more than I'm used to on a continual basis." Mia said.

"Wait! Can you answer one more question for me?" Twilight asked.

"What is it?"

"Is there anyway for me to talk to Phoenix between worlds? I know it sounds crazy and that I probably shouldn't do that or I'll cause some rip in the space time continuum, but I just want to know, if there is a way for me to speak with him, if only for a few minutes every week, I would appreciate it." she said.

Mia smiled. "There is a way, but it's not a way that I know. It's the same spell your Princess used to call me here. Talk to her. Maybe she'll tell you how you can talk to him."

"Okay. Thank you." Twilight said as Mia faded away. She sighed. I was hoping for more answers, but I guess I got all I could get right now. I should probably go talk to the Princess about finding a way to talk to Phoenix. And now that I know that Trixie and Sonata were both at Celestia's Schoolf for Gifted Unicorns, I can ask her about it. she thought as she walked out of the throne room.

"Twilight." Princess Celestia said as she saw her pupil walk out. "I hope you found the information you needed."

"Well I did find out some more information on the Magatama, but nothing that helped much with Trixie's case." she admitted. "I may need to talk to Sonata again, Princess. If that's even possible now that she's being moved."

"Hmm...I may be able to help you there." Princess Celestia said. "I'll let the guards know that Sonata needs to stay at the detention center for another day."

"Can you really do that? I mean, her sentence has been carried out and her guilt has been determined."

The Princess chuckled. "I can ask for her to have an extra day so that way you can continue learning about friendship through her. It's not while the Council may have some authority in the legal process, as long as I don't plan on breaking her out, which I assure you I have no desire to do, I can prolong her transfer. I doubt that I'll be able to keep her back any longer after today though. So you must find out all you can while she is still here."

"I...I will , Princess. Thank you." Twilight said smiling. "Um, one more thing, Princess, before I go see Sonata."

"Yes?"

"When I was looking through the library for books about your School for Gifted Unicorns, I noticed that Trixie and Sonata were both a year below me. But I don't ever remember seeing them. I studied with a lot of ponies below me, but I don't remember either of them." Twilight explained.

"I don't know why you would. Sonata was very much like you in her days at the school. She didn't talk much to other ponies and stayed by herself in the back of rooms. She did well and was the runner up in her class." the Princess said.

"Who was the top of her class?" Twilight asked.

"Trixie. Even when she was very young, she showed great promise. I even considered her to be my student. However, she started looking into being an entertainer and putting on shows for others. Now, I didn't deny her the chance to be my student because of that. It was after she tried a few of her shows in the cafeteria. I attended both of the shows, and the first one went off without a hitch. But the second one..." she trailed off.

"Princess?"

She sighed. "The second one resulted in an injury. She was trying to do a teleportation spell to the back of the room. Well, while she was about to teleport, there was a crash in the kitchen from some pony dropping the trays. It distracted her and she ended up teleporting on top of the crowd and landing on a filly. She broke the child's left fore-leg and had to be taken to a hospital."

"I put a stop to her shows to avoid another injury like that happening. She donated a lot of her own money to the family to help pay for the medical bills, but despite her efforts, the family didn't forgive her for the accident and the child started bullying her and putting her down. She had most of the school calling her names and other unpleasant words."

"I tried to put a stop to it, but I had no authority on what they could do while at home. Towards the end of her first semester of her senior year, she was the top of her class, out shining every other pony at the school. She started boasting, bragging, and turning into the same bully that had been bullying her. That's when I pulled her chances from being my student."

"But that doesn't explain why she hates me so much." Twilight pointed out.

"Well it was at the start of her second semester when she was able to start learning and studying on the level that you were at. She saw you and what you accomplished with your magic, and she looked up to you. I saw the way she strived to be like you. When she learned that I had chosen you to be my student, she started resenting you, which made her strive to be more like you." the Princess explained.

"But why don't I remember seeing her?"

"Because while she was studying the same thing you were, she was in a different class. She saw you in the hallway and during talent shows and how well you were received by your peers for your feats of magic. It angered her that she would do the same thing but get rejected and ridiculed. So she signed up for the next talent show and competed against you." Princess Celestia explained.

"Along with Sonata?" Twilight asked.

"I'm sorry, Twilight, but I don't recall much of Sonata. She arrived late in the semester, and if she did participate in the talent show, it escapes my knowledge. But when I was judging with my fellow instructors, Trixie stood out amongst the others. Her magic was something I hadn't seen from anypony outside of you. It was impressive. There was another pony who tied with her, but I don't remember who they were." she said.

"I see... So she saw me and how I was being looked at by my fellow students and she was jealous." Twilight said. "But why take it out on my friends?"

"That's a question I don't know the answer to. I'm afraid I've told you all I know. Sonata may know more, but if you still can't find the answer to your question, you'll have to talk to Trixie herself." Princess Celestia said.

"I don't think she wants to talk to me. She still hates me." she said. "Oh! That's right! Princess, do you think you could use the same spell you used to call Mia here for Phoenix?"

"Why? Will it help with the situation with Trixie?"

"It might. It doesn't have to be now, but I think I know a pony who would appreciate it." Twilight said.

"..."

"Princess, please. I wouldn't ask you to do it if it weren't important." Twilight pleaded.

"Okay. When you need me to, I'll cast the spell. I'll only allow him a few minutes, however." she said.

"That's fine. That's all we'll need." Twilight said with a smile. "Thank you Princess."

"It's not a problem, Twilight." she replied smiling.

"I'm going to go talk to Sonata again. I think I'm starting to get a better understanding of what happened." Twilight said. The Princess led her out and said goodbye to her pupil.

I'm starting to put pieces together. Hopefully after talking with Sonata one more time with the new information I have I can find out the truth behind Trixie's resentment towards me.