Rainbow Dash: Ace Attorney

by Muleicous

Episode Two: The Turnabout Genius

Rainbow Dash stood outside the steps of the courthouse, waiting for Cheerilee to show up. The message her boss left her said that they needed to meet at the courthouse at exactly 2:25, and it was already 2:40. Dash was getting worried, the chief was never this late before... But before Rainbow could pull her thoughts together, an ear drum shattering voice ripped through the air.
“DASH!” a pink pony with huge, cotton candy hair called out as she ran towards the pegasus.
“P...Pinkie?” Rainbow Dash replied, it wasn’t her first time meeting his boss’ sister, but it was the first time she had shown up alone. “Have you heard from the chief... I mean Cheerilee? She told me to meet her...”
“On the steps of the court house at exactly 2:25, right?” The pink earth pony bounced up and down, her purple and white medium robes flowing in the wind, “She called me up and told me that I should meet you here instead. The silly filly had to factor in some evidence or something for your next case. Anyway, she told me to make sure you went up to court room 0334 and watch the trial going on. Something about... A prosecuting genius pony or something. I don’t know, I was eating some cake at the time so I was really distracted... You like cake Dash? I love cake! Expecially chocolate cake, the kind with the little vanilla flowers on top, maybe even a little ice cream on the side...”
Dash had pretty much stopped listening to the hyperactive pony after that, she had grown used to Pinkie Pie’s ramblings after the last time they met... When she talked about her favorite type of cupcakes... For three hours! Dash just did what she always did with a chatty girl, just smiled and nodded. If she messed up Pinkie wouldn’t notice, she never noticed anything wrong. This was one of the reasons why Rainbow had found it so hard to believe that Pinkie and Cheerilee where related at all, considering how the chief picked up on ever little mistake made in the court room. Finally, after a few minutes of rambling about cake, Pinkie got hungry and said good bye to Dash. The cyan mare then turned toward the door and headed up to room 0334, hopping that the crazy pink pony hadn’t forced her to miss a minute of the case.

Rainbow Dash quietly snuck into the gallery, taking a seat next to a familiar face. “Hey... arn’t you The Rookie Killer? Flutterbye?”
“Fluttershy, Miss Dash.” the yellow pegasus said, her eyes hidden behind her thick glasses once more, “I would wish you would remember me, after all I’m a very good friend of your boss.”
“Really? Because the chief only mentioned you a few times after the case, and well... She said you where a bit strange.” Fluttershy reacted my placing a hoof on her forehead and sighing, then the two turned their attention to the court room.
“You’ve missed half the case Miss Dash, the judge just heard testimony from the defendant and the Ace Investigator assigned to the case.” Fluttershy pushed her glasses up with her hoof, “You should’ve seen it kid, that Prosecution Genius just tore right through the holes in Rich’s story...”
“Rich? You mean Filthy Rich, the supermarket chain owner?” Rainbow couldn’t believe her ears, the pony in the expensive suit that was always on TV saying ‘If it ain’t Rich, it ain’t worth a pinch.’ was involved in a murder investigation?! “What did her do?”
“Well,” the yellow pegasus went on, “it seems Mr. Rich had been stealing money from rival stores and sabotaging their inventory, with the help of corporate spies. Apparently, somepony found out and he killed them with a bag of whole wheat Smarty Puffs, then he tried to pin it on a cross eyed pegasus who had been dating the victim.”
“I’m guessing this genius guy caught Rich in that lie?” Dash said, rubbing her chin with her front hoof.
“Ooooh yeah,” Fluttershy nodded, “ not only that, but the prosecutor tore the whole case open when he put that detective pony on the stand. He’s sitting right there, the big guy with the green trench coat.”
Dash looked down at the prosecution desk and spotted a big red pony in a green coat. He wasn’t just big, he was huge! At least six inches taller then a normal colt. His blonde mane was a bit shaggy, and he looked like his cheek had been cut recently since he had a bandage on it, but mostly he was just really tall. “What’s his name?” Dash asked.
“Big Macintosh, Ace Investigator.” the yellow mare responded, “He’s a perfect match for his Attorney partner too. Mac looks a bit like the muscle of the pair compared to the prosecutor. Oh! There she is now, walking in from recess.” Fluttershy pointed to a purple pony in a red, velvety looking coat with ruffles on the sleeves. She was a unicorn with dark purple hair that had a pink streek through it, and Rainbow Dash knew exactly who she was.
“Twilight Sparkle...”

“I’m telling you Miss Smith!” a foal with blue rimmed glasses said, “Lyra stole my toy and broke it! I have proof...”
Granny Smith, or at least that’s what her students called her, shook her head as she looked at the Smarty Pant’s doll, which had a huge cut down its belly that was leaking stuffing. “Well... I guess we’ll just have to go to the principal. Lyra Heartstrings, come with me!”
“Miss Smith I didn’t do it!” Lyra protested, the filly held her desk for dear life, “Needle Knos is lying, he didn’t see that it was...”
“HEARTSTINGS!” Granny Smith yelled, “I am sick of you causing trouble, now if you don’t come with me I will give you detention.” Slowly, Lyra stood and walked over to her teacher, her head hung low until a pair of voices called out a single phrase.
“HOLD IT!” Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle yelled. Th three ponies stopped and turned to the unicorn and pegasus fillies.
“Miss Smith, Lyra’s telling the truth.” Rainbow said, “She was playing with us the whole time at recess.”
“It’s true!” Twilight added, “and I have proof that it wasn’t Knos’ Smarty Pants that Lyra had.”
“Hmmmm... I see...” Granny rubbed her chin and looked at the four little ponies, “If that’s true, I guess we could have a trial.”
“A...A trial?” Lyra said, her voice shaky. Twilight and rainbow, however, had huge, beaming smiles. Their parents where always talking about their days in court, how exciting it was, expecially Twilight’s defense lawyer father.

After a few minutes of setting up, the class room looked like a mock court room. Granny Smith acted as the judge, sitting at her desk, while Rainbow and Twilight began to question Needle Knos.
“Now, Needle,” Twilight started, “You say that you saw my client, Miss Heartstrings, with your Smarty Pants doll, right?”
“Yeah, I did.” Needle said, “She was tossing it around, and when I asked her to give it back she laughed at me. She said it wasn’t mine, but I know she’s lying! No one else has a Smarty Pants like mine.”
“Really?” Twilight sat down and reached into her saddle bag with her magic, “Can you tell us why?”

“Of course! My Smarty Pants has two green eyes, normal Smarty dolls have a red and blue eye.” Needle smiled victoriously.
“OBJECTION!” Rainbow called out, “Your honor, Twilight and I have proof that Knos’ Smarty Pants isn’t the only one with green eyes.” Twilight then pulled out a doll that was very similar to Needle’s doll, in fact there was no difference at all.
“B...but... My mommy sewed my Smarty’s eyes on!” Needle called as he looked deep into the green eyes of Twilight’s Smarty Pants doll.
“Mine did too Needle,” Twilight said as she put her doll on the table the two fillies where using for a defense desk, “but couldn’t my Smarty Pants have been the one you saw Lyra playing with?”
Needle nodded nervously, “Yeah, I guess so... But then who messed up my doll?”
This statement caused every foal and filly in the room to give Needle Knos the most exhausted look a group of school ponies could give. “Needle... You where spinning your saddle bag around in your moth while it was open.” Rainbow Dash stated matter-of-factly.
Needle blushed a deep red, “Oh... yeah... hehe...”
“Well then,” Granny Smith said, “In the matter of this cased, I’d say that the defendant is clearly... NOT GUILTY.”

“In the mater of this case,” Judgelestia said, “I find the defendant, Mr. Filthy Rich, GUILTY.”
The court room filled with cheers as Filthy Rich was taken away in hoof cuffs by Detective Big Macintosh, the shorter colt swearing revenge on Twilight and Mac for ruining his life. Rainbow couldn’t wait until they left the room, she flew up and landed right next to Twilight.
“Twi!” the cyan pegasus smiled wide as she looked at her friend, however, twilight didn’t return the smile.
“Rainbow Dash... What’re you doing here?” Twilight’s voice was cold, almost as if she had a deep seated hatred for her old friend.
“I... I was watching your case. Good job convicting that bag of...”
“Go away Dash, my mentor will be here any second and I don’t want to have to explain why I’m talking to a new defense attorney.” Twilight looked over at Big Macintosh returning from the court room lock up, “Especially a mediocre one like you.”
Rainbow’s mouth opened as her eyes teared up a bit, “Twilight... It’s me, your friend Rainbow Dash. Don’t you remember our first case? How we helped Lyra?”
The purple unicorn just ignored her old friend, turning to give the cyan pony the cold shoulder. Rainbow didn’t know what to say, so she just turned and followed a waiting Fluttershy out the doors of the court room.
“Are you ok Dash?” the yellow mare asked.
Dash turned to her new friend and smiled wide, holding back a river of tears as blue as she was. “O course I’m fine... I guess I’m just a little nervous about the day I have to go up against that chick. She... really is a genius...”

I had to miss the case today with that ‘Genius Prosecutor’, and of course Pinkie didn’t go up the the court room with Rainbow Dash like I asked her to. I’ve pretty much given up on asking my sister to do anything but hold evidence for me occasionally. From what Rainbow’s told me, Twilight Sparkle (the prosecutor) is excellent at her job. If my protigee where to try and face her in a case, I fear that the client may end up behind bars. Thankfully, as long as I’m around we wont have to worry about that. I’ve put a few important case papers in the statue of The Plotter that Dash’s friend Myra gave me, I’m not sure they’re safe... even in there. I’m afraid that another prosecutor, one that has less then good intentions, may find them...
I hear the door now, it’s probably Pinkie coming by to go out to dinner. I told her we would go to a nice restaurant with gourmet deserts.