Rated E for everyone!

Okay, so basically I'm going to completely copy Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol except Edgeworth-ize it. XD Thanks to the Franziska in GK thread for the idea.

*ahem*
Chapter One
"Gumshoe, did you obtain the result of that fingerprint test for me?"
Edgeworth watched as the man before him's giant chest heaved up and down in a heavy sigh. "Um...sorry, pal. It, it's just been so busy. My little niece wanted a stuffed dog for Christmas, and when I saw a perfectly good one under some trash in the dumpster, free, I couldn't resist. But I ended up falling in, and--"
"You mean to inform me you neglected to obtain it?"
"LIke I said, sorry pal."
Edgeworth felt his face grow red with anger. In the calmest voice possible, he replied, "Well, I have witnesses to prepare. You'll simply have to drive to the lab tomorrow. Not to mention, your pay has been cut in half."
Gumshoe looked up in confusion. "But, tomorrow's Christmas Day!"
"Is it?"
"Yeah, it is!"
"Oh. Well, thank you for reminding me, I suppose."
Silence.
"Do I still have to drive to the lab tomorrow?"
"Of course! Why wouldn't you?"
"It's Christmas!"
"Justice never takes a holiday."
"I-I was supposed to drive down to eat dinner with my sister and her family tomorrow."
"You should have thought of that before you decided to go digging in the dumpster instead of working."
Gumshoe gave another large sigh, thinking of the giant Christmas turkey he was going to miss. "Yes, sir."
"Very good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must retire for the day. Make sure to--"
"Edgeworth! Gumshoe!"
The booming voice came from behind, and Edgeworth swung his head around to see a jolly man in a bright blue suit making large strides toward him, a child in strange clothing following behind him.
"Hey, pal!" Gumshoe called back.
"Wright, what are you doing here?"
"Hey there, Mr. Detective Dick! Hi Mr. Ed-ji-worth!" Pearl called out.
"Pearly!" Gumshoe replied.
"I came to invite you to our Christmas party tomorrow. Everyone's going to be there," Wright said.
Pearl thrust an envelope as high up as she could in Edgeworth's direction. Supremely annoyed, he looked to Wright and informed him that he was much too busy for such frivolous activities.
"It's Christmas, Edgeworth," Phoenix stammered.
"I'm sorry, I simply cannot attend. Now good day." He made an attempt to get past Pearl, but she stopped him.
"What about you, Mr. Detective Dick? Can you come?"
"I'd love to, Pearl--"
Edgeworth shot Gumshoe a look.
"--but...I can't. There are test results I need to get."
Phoenix looked at Edgeworth with disapproval. "You're making him work, aren't you?"
"He's still getting paid."
There was silence, until finally Wright looked down to disappointed child next to him. "Let's go, Pearls. Maybe Larry can come." Pearl nodded and they made their way out the door.
Edgeworth took a breath. "As I said, I must retire. Make sure you prepare your testimony for court tomorrow, too. I expect to hear it the twenty sixth." And with that, he left.

More to come! :-DD

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Interesting, I fits Edgeworth perfectly, by the way who will be the ghosts? I can imagine that will warn him about the ghosts. Will they be the victims of the cases?

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Good start.
Maaaan Edgeworth is being so mean to everyone and at Christmas!
Look forward to next chapter.

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Thank you! Manfred is going to be the very first ghost, with Franziska being the ghost of Christmas past, Phoenix being Christmas present, and Mia being Christmas yet to come. :-D

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I love Jerkworth. He is always my favorite incarnation of Edgeworth. I can't wait to see more.

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Aww.. you stole my idea... just with Edgey instead of Kudo...

But nice anyway.

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Hehe. Me too. ^_^ Because he's much more fun to torture. XD

Yay, I'll be eagerly awaiting more!!

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Looking forward to reading more.

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Lol I totally did this last year. ( i need to finish it this year...)

But interesting take doing it in the present.

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Haha, this is totally in character!


Can't wait for more!