Chapter 1: the return
The morning was quiet as Flare woke up and washed his face. after he finished up, he went and made himself some breakfast. He put on his blazer and tie in such a rush, he almost forgot his equestrian attorney's badge! He rushed back inside, put it on, and galloped down to the courthouse.
On his way, he saw a shop that was having a sale, but something caught his eye. They reduced the price of something that had caught his eye, a mirror for his bathroom. He told the shop to reserve it for him as that mirror had a nice charm to it according to Flare.
He arrived at the courthouse with little time to spare. As he went inside, he remembered the last time he was here. It wasn't the prettiest thing to remember at this time but that's all he could remember while being here.
"I still can't believe that pony still did that. Its just not right" Flare thought to himself.
He headed down to the defendant lobby and met up with his client. A scared and shaking pony looked like who could use some comfort. He sat beside the pony and put a hoof over his shoulder.
"You don't need to worry about a thing today. I promise you that i will get you out of this" Flare assured him. Those words made his client cheer up a bit but not much. He was still shaking. He told his client to wait while he galloped off to a shop to purchase something. A small bag of sweets. He returned and gave them to his client who seemed happier now that he had something to take his mind off of the trial.
"That did the trick" Flare thought to himself "now let's do this."
The court was silent. It was so quiet as Flare took his position on the defense's side of the court.
“It’s so quiet, why?” Flare asked himself but the time for thinking was over as the prosecution took his position as well.
"It sure has been a while Flare" the prosecutor said with a smile.
"eeyup. It sure has and to be honest, its weird being stood here after such a long time" Flare replied. The Judge soon took his seat and picked up his gavel
“Court is now in session, are both sides ready?” the judge asked.
"Yeah. Lets do this!" Flare shouted.
"I am also ready!" The prosecutor shouted.
It was an assault case so it was nothing new to Flare, but getting back into the swing of things was harder than normal. It took his brain a while to adjust itself back to normal but as time went on, it got easier and harder because not only did the prosecution have more evidence than usual, the witnesses were harder to cross-examine than usual.
“maybe i’m just out of practice” Flare thought to himself
“after all, I haven't been in here for months ever since the accident”. He shook the thoughts from his head and continued on.
“OBJECTION!” Flare shouted, “that testimony clearly contradicts this evidence.” The judge looked confused
“erm… how so?” the judge asked.
“Oops!. Erm... oops sorry my mistake! I'll try again later” Flare said with an embarrassed smile. 10 minutes of "Hold its!" and "Take thats!" went by and Flare tried again, this time with more confidence,
“OBJECTION! You seem to be mistaken witness, as the time you stated is wrong compared to the doctors report” Flare held it up and tapped it a few times with his hoof. The witness looked scared and worried as Flare explained
“either our witness is mistaken, or” Flare grinned and confidently pointed at the witness
“or we have a criminal stood on that platform over there!” he shouted.
“Any proof to back up your claims?” The prosecution sniggered.
“Why yes indeed i do” Flare retorted. "TAKE THAT!" Flare shouted as he held up 2 items: a plank of wood and a sheet of hoof prints.
“These prints match up with with the prints found on the wooden plank, therefore we can accuse this witness” Flare shouted. The witness was shaking and was starting to pull off an evil and maniac sort of grin, but then exploded out with
"FINE! I DID IT! ME!! IT WAS ME!!" the witness shouted as he toppled over in a state of shock and worry while still grinning.
” I have heard enough” the judge said “ BAILIFF! Arrest the witness". The witness was escorted away and the judge continued, "i find the defendant: NOT GUILTY!"
As Flare walked out of the court,he thought about the trial but the thoughts were shaken from his head as he felt a tap on his shoulder. It was his client, who was sweaty and was shaking a bit,
“thank you sir” he said in a shaky tone. Flare heard that tone and handed him something.
“A small thing to remember me by” he explained as he handed him a 'Flare and co law offices' card. The pony looked happy as Flare signed it and trotted off.
“Phew!” Flare said to himself as he relaxed on the sofa in his office. Suddenly a knock was heard on the door. It was his friend Felix Floetry the fox. They sat down and Flare made some tea as Felix told him of his adventures
“the party was amazing” Felix laughed ,as Flare brought over the tea, “it was a shame you missed it” he said.
“Yup” Flare seethed. “But the next one i will make” he assured him. The laughed and joked about and after a few hours Felix left, but there was yet another knock at the door. “Who could that be?” Flare wondered.
He wandered over to the door and to his surprise it was his friend Big Reel
“Hey Reel, what's up?” Flare asked.
“Its Wolfhead, he is being accused of a crime!” he cried.
“What!?” Flare shouted he stood up, threw his blazer back on, and followed Reel out of the room.