Her Life or Mine

Phoenix heads to the Detention Center and works to free Iris from her sentence. But when he does, is it all happily ever after? Spoilers for T&T and Apollo Justice.

This story takes place after Trials and Tribulations, then jumps to Apollo Justice, and then jumps to after Apollo Justice.

NOTE: The dates are made up. Except for the 7 year time skip to Apollo Justice.

Chapter 1: Message
Date: May 4, 2005 Time: 2:25 p.m.
Location: Wright & Co. Law Offices

"NICK!" Maya shouted bursting into the office.
"What is it Maya?" I asked. "Something wrong?"
"YES NICK!" Maya kept yelling. "It's an EMERGENCY!"
I stood up quickly from my desk and looked at her.
"What's wrong Maya?" I asked a little more forcefully. "Someone's in trouble! A new client? Edgeworth finally got a woman? WHAT Maya!" I thought.

Maya started to pout.
"I'm hungry!" Maya exclaimed. "Let's go out for burgers!"
I face palmed.

My name is Phoenix Wright. I am a defense attorney. My mentor was Mia Fey, she taught me everything she knows about law, and about how you should believe in your clients no matter what. I won my first case with her help. But she was murdered shortly after, and I cleared the name of her little sister, Maya Fey, who is now my assistant. Mia and Maya Fey hail from Kurain village. Mia left the village to become a defense attorney. In her early years, she defended me when I was in college. I was being accused of murder, and she cleared my name. Her clearing my name increased my determination to become a Defense Attorney too.

As for Maya, she is the future Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique. Confused? I thought you'd be. The Kurain Channeling Technique is when one who has spiritual power to call back spirits of the dead for a limited time. It was a power that has saved my skin in some of my cases. Maya has channel Mia many times, and Mia helps me with her wisdom. Speaking of Maya…

She's also being very annoying today…

"Maya!" I said, annoyed. "That's no emergency! That's just your stomach complaining!"
"Every time my stomach complains IS an emergency Nick!" Maya complained. "Come on let's go!"
"Maya!" I replied. "I'm busy! I'm working on Iris's sentence! I'm trying to get the judge to be more lenient on her!"
"Awwww." Maya said. She hopped up on my desk. "Your wanna take her out for a date now don't ya!"
I blushed. "No Maya!" I quickly responded. "She's such a nice, innocent person! She doesn't deserve to be in jail!"

Suddenly, I hear running footsteps from outside the hall.
"Mystic Maya!" a little girl's voice called. "Your just gonna let Mr. Nick off like that? You better keep a close eye on him and Mystic Iris whenever he goes to the detention center!"
"Pearly!" Maya said. "We aren't—"
"Quit lying!" Pearl Fey yelled. "You and Mr. Nick deserve to be together!"
I sighed. "There's no convincing Pearls, I thought. "She always thinks me and Maya are going to marry each other or something…"

This little girl is Pearl Fey, Maya Fey's cousin. She also hails from Kurain Village. She holds a lot of talent and spiritual power for a 10 year old acolyte. Her mother…Well she wasn't the nicest of women. Her mother was Morgan Fey, the sister of Misty Fey, who was Mia and Maya's mother. Angry that the title of Master was "stolen" away from her, she tried to have Maya killed twice and put Pearl in her place. Those were two cases that I had to solve and clear Maya's name.

The last case I had, changed everything I thought I knew about old memories. Years ago, in Ivy University, I had a "girlfriend," named Dahlia Hawthrone. She was an amazing person, at least I thought so. She was beautiful, kind, caring, and understanding. We had a relationship for 6 months, and they felt like the best 6 months of my college life.

But at the end of that 6th month, everything changed.

FLASHBACK
Turnabout Memories

"Honestly, how can any women count on you for anything?" Dahlia Hawthorne said bitterly. "I even told you time and time again to keep your trap shut about me and that necklace."
"Wha-?" Phoenix stammered.
"You disgust me!" Dahlia said angrily.
"M-Ms. Hawthorne?" Judge stammered.

That was the first time I've seen Dahlia act like that. Bitter, angry, disgusted, annoyed, almost evil…That shocked me, because she was never this mean to me before…Then Mia forced Dahlia to admit her guilt…

"This cold medicine…" Mia started. "I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking some?" She ended with a smirk.

"…!" Dahlia looked exasperated.
"If I'm a filthy, stinking liar, then there's no need to worry." Mia said smugly.
"So come on! Show us! I dare you to take this cold medicine right now!" Mia said confidently.

"Grr…Nnngghh…Gah!" Dahlia exclaimed cornered. "MIA FEY! Mia Fey! Mia Fey!"

That's when I started to feel fear towards this girl…I was thinking "This can't be the same Dollie I dated!"

Then, years later, long after she was hung for murder, she turned up again in my last case, and everything exploded to the surface.

FLASHBACK
Bridge to the Turnabout

"You mean…" Dahlia started. "I was played for a fool? Impossible! Who could have given the little brat such a brilliant idea!

"Why me, of course…" a voice spoke next to me.
There stood Mia Fey, channeled by Pearls.

"Mia!" I said surprised. "That hair…It's Pearls isn't it?"
She nodded, smiling.

"Mia Fey!" Dahlia called angrily.
"Hello Dahlia…" Mia said. "It's been a long time…"

After she was excised from Maya, and I proved Godot to be the murderer, the real Iris Hawthorne, explained everything…

"Even now…" I started. "6 years later…She was planning to do it. She was planning to kill me. I can hardly believe it."
"It's not that surprising." Iris said. "You and my sister only met twice."
"Huh…?" I wondered. We only met twice!
"I hope one day you can forgive me…Feenie." Iris said blushing.
"…You mean…?" I asked.
"Yes," Iris replied. "I lied to you for six months."

She then told me everything, how she tried to get the necklace back from me by posing as her sister, and spending time with me. She then fell in love with me, and she never got the necklace back. Then Doug Swallow was killed by Dahlia…Which was when I was accused of murder. When I finally understood, I was relieved, in a way. The girl who I loved, and called her "Dollie," was really Iris. However, even though she wasn't the murderer, she had tampered with the crime scene, and this was a serious offense. So she would still have to serve time in jail.

At this point, I decided to do whatever I could to convince the judge to drop her sentence and set her free. Or at least reduce it.

I was brought back to reality with a slap on my face.
"OW!" I yelled. I looked to see that Pearl had slapped me.
"Mr. Nick!" she said angrily. "How dare you act that way towards your special someone!"
"Pearls…" I started, but she cut me off.
"Why haven't you gone on a date with her yet!" Pearl angrily stated. "Mystic Maya is waiting!"

"Pearly!" Maya called. "That's enough! I and Nick are just friends!"
Good grammar…Maya…I thought.

Suddenly, my cell phone rang.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey pal!" Detective Gumshoe's voice filled the speaker.
"Detective Gumshoe!" I said. "How are things?"
"Things are great pal!" Gumshoe replied. "And great job on the case!"
"Thanks Gumshoe!" I replied. "But, is that all you called me for?"
"I got a message from the judge to relay to you!" he responded.
"Message?" I asked. "Alright, what did he say?"
"He said that he wants to speak to you in his office!"

"His office?
"Yep! Lucky you! Not many people get to go into his office!"
Boy am I honored…I thought unhappily. "Alright Gumshoe, I'm on my way."
I hung up.
"What was that about Nick?" Maya asked.
"Gumshoe told me that the Judge wants to speak to me in his office." I replied.
"Ooooh!" Maya said excited. "His office! Can we come!"
I looked at Maya. If I said no, she'd probably follow me anyway…
"Sure." I said. "Let's go!"
"Yay!" Pearl exclaimed.
I'm just curious. What is so important that he requested to meet me in his office? Is it about Iris? Maybe, but I'll never know for sure till I get there…