Disclaimer: I do not own ANY of the characters of Professor Layton, Ace Attorney or their special cross-over game. The rights to each franchise belongs to Capcom and Level 5 games. I'm also thinking of adding Phoenix Wright's ancestor; Ryuunosuke Naruhodou, into this story too.
Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney 2.
Date: 2027...
Place: Wright anything agency, los angeles California...
Time: 23:50 PM...
It was a sweet October night as the fallen leaves were carried off by the dreary breeze and had been scattered to a new location as if to make this night as enchanting as possible. Halloween had just come and gone so time had passed impossibly quickly for those working in the Wright anything agency. Night time had covered the skies in a dark blue hue as twinkling stars dotted the skyline to create the most endearing of scenes. It was almost as enchanting as those kinds of nights in the films since it would have been so incredibly easy to become lost in a trance upon gazing at those twinkling little dots hanging overhead and patterning it in such a neat array.
The evening was quiet and soft yet cars were busy driving passed the building where this all begins, a small apartment like estate which everyone tends to glance over as a normal little place where nothing really special happens but that was no further than the actual truth.
This place was actually the residence/office of the legendary Phoenix Wright, recently revived Attorney at law upon regaining the proud grasp of his attorney badge. He also worked with his team who he actually treated as his own family even though he wouldn't admit that to any other. He cared about his three underlings more than his own life and he would not hesitate to give up his badge again if it meant their safety.
The tall building was nestled safely between two alleyways so nothing incredibly special made it stick out much -something that really should be remedied- yet it was still home for a now older Phoenix Wright and his team of three: Apollo Justice, Athena Cykes and his adopted daughter Trucy.
Earlier that day, actually, Phoenix had announced that he was going on a business trip to meet a friend in London and to heighten his sense as a lawyer by going to the annual legal league of attorneys. He was invited each year and it was usually up to Trucy to clean stuff up and keep the office tidy.
Actually inside the building was where something both remarkable and inconceivable was going on...
The three employees were fast asleep in different spots in the building and were clearly sleeping the evening away. They would have gone home but they had become tired after having a party to celebrate having the office to themselves for awhile, thus making the decision really easy for them if they stayed the night.
Apollo Justice, another attorney at law, was wrapped within a sleeping bag that had been red in colouration and looked especially cozy and he kept on muttering some very strange stuff in his sleep through snorts and heavily inhaled snores even though he was twisting and turning feverishly and his brows were twitching against his contorted face of pain.
Athena Cykes (yet another attorney at law/psychiatrist) laid on top of the couch with a blanket draped over her as she laid sprawled out in the comfortable, squishy material. Drool trickled down her cheek as her mouth was wide open, exposing some very loud snores to vibrate against the room yet she too was fidgeting uncomfortably in her sleep, trembling like a leaf as she shook her head as she let out soft moans of objection.
Trucy Wright, Phoenix Wright's adopted daughter, was sleeping on the floor behind the sofa but she was snuggled within a snug sleeping bag that sort of resembled Apollo's yet she clutched on to her bright blue top hat tightly to her chest, ignoring the fact that it shown that her scalp was covered with soft locks of darker brown locks that had the same colour as dark coffee. Her soft brows were also scrunched over her tightly shut eyes and she whimpered in her slumber but she seemed a bit less bothered than her teammates were in their sleep. The young magician was actually the less skirmish out of her two friends.
Apollo was the one mostly suffering from this nightmare that was more than likely being shared by the three of them. He tossed once more, groaning and seething heavily, and clawed at the soft fabric of his sleeping bag subconsciously and he let out some very soft moans of objection as if this dream was really clawing at his brain.
He bit his lower lip to hide the strange absence of self-motion but all he could see within his mind was beyond anything he could ever hope for.
Apollo was in a dark world, looking around wearily as all his surroundings were pitch black but the problem was it didn't seem like it was too dark to see anything...it was more like that there was nothing but blackness encasing his view instead. He couldn't explain it but the young man with the brown spiky fringe could feel his breath hitch in his own throat and this prevented any words from coming out at that moment.
"...Where am I?" Apollo asked, an echo lingering longer than he'd like in this dark plain.
He couldn't make sense of this. Why was he having this really strange dream? He could sense another presence but he couldn't tell whose it was. He wasn't in the least familiar with it! All Apollo could do was wearily scan his surroundings as he felt his heart beat almost scarcely. He slowly turned on his feet to investigate his many surroundings but still found no sliver of life hiding in the shadows of his surroundings.
The young man swallowed hard when he realized that the presence he felt before is even stronger now. Was this a dream or a nightmare? He couldn't tell at all but he did stumble backwards a few feet, feeling very intimidated by his pitch black surroundings and that presence which scared him.
"Hello? Is anybody there?" Apollo called out aloud but he grew increasingly alarmed when he realized that he was now hearing soft, dainty footsteps in the distance. Someone was coming his way! He looked around for any weapons of self defense but quickly remembered that there was nothing in his sights. Big beads of sweat threatened to trickle down his head and the sweat in turn made his horns of hair wither like a dying flower. Why was this happening? He wanted to awake and get back to reality!
He once again swallowed hardly when he heard a very soft voice echo out a reply "You must be Apollo...am I not correct?"
"GAGGGGHHHH!" Apollo yelled and jump in surprise, his eyes quickly scanning this empty space for whoever owns the voice. He could tell that whoever the owner was that she was female, she also had a thick Irish accent that sounded somewhat comforting in a way. He couldn't see any signs of her but he knew that his mind wasn't playing tricks on him, this was a very accurate fact! Apollo was too paralyzed with fear to comprehend anything else.
Why was he feeling so uneasy with this woman? He never felt so scared by something like this before! All he could do was look around to try and find a glimpse of the owner of the Irish accent, a moment to try and allow this all to sink in...No such luck, sadly.
"Wh-Who are you?!" Apollo demanded yet his voice was quivering and his mouth was trembling as he tightened his fists as if he was ready to punch the living daylights out of anyone "Show yourself!"
His heart rate skyrocketed whence he had been blinded by a sudden flash of light. He couldn't see a thing! Apollo stumbled around a little bit while he shielded his eyes with his hands, his teeth gritting from the intense disorientation he was going through. He wavered on his feet as he tried to regain some momentum in his balance but this failed miserably when he couldn't stop himself from toppling over and landing on his backside. He blinked his eyes a few times to make some adjustments to his surroundings but was stunned to discover that the owner of that angelic voice had now made herself known to him.
Apollo's view on her was a little bit hazy but he could still faintly make her out, trying to look at her a bit more.
She had long dark blonde hair, and was of medium height. She was a little shorter than he was, actually! She wore a long dress that reaches near her feet, but there was a certain archaic style to those rich rags. She wore a precious crystal necklace-style pendant wrapped around her forehead. Her eyes are big and blue yet they were soft and almost pristine, like you would get a gleam after cleaning an oak table with some polish over and over again.
The young lady had a spiritual blue aura lighting her frame mystically as if to give her a spiritual, mystic vibe.
Apollo was utterly speechless. He could hardly believe it! Who was this strange girl who was haunting his dreams?
He tried to get his voice to work but it turned out that he gave slurred moans of disbelief whenever he tried. Apollo could not help but sense a great deal of importance to this woman for some reason! Why was she so calm and collected?
The dark blonde-haired woman approached Apollo curiously and offered her hand out to him, wanting to help the young man stand before telling him the big news. Apollo hesitated. Should he really trust her? She appeared to be kind enough so he took her hand and felt an ounce of gratitude whence he was back on his own two feet. He did gave her a look of confusion, following this.
"Apollo Justice, long have I awaited for you and your friends..." The woman smiled sweetly upon releasing Apollo's hand and allowing him to stand.
Apollo was beyond confused here. How did this girl know who he was? How did she know Athena and Trucy? What was she even waiting for so she would wait for approximately thousands of years or so?!
Apollo may not have been very familiar with the aspect of adventures but he did feel like that this was one of those films where he was the supposed 'Chosen one'.
"...Huh?" Justice arched his head to one side "What were you doing waiting for us?"
The woman looked down as her relief had melted away within one fell swoop and a somewhat ashamed facial expression replaced that one. However, some determination flashed in her pretty blue pools as she looked back at Apollo "...That isn't of any concern right now, I'm afraid..."
Apollo was now dumbfounded. How could this NOT concern him?! He had a right to know what exactly was going on! But...then again, he couldn't make her sad so he simply raised a brow at her with a stern look scrunching at his mouth and brows and he folded his arms expectantly across his chest "Okay..." He frowned even deeper "Who are you then?"
The young woman lowered her head and sighed. She clearly owed Apollo a little information at the very least and couldn't withhold it so this task could be carried out. She looked back up at Apollo and looked at him somewhat solemnly "...My name is Aurora, messenger of the azran."
Apollo knew he heard that name somewhere before but where...? He scratched his chin in deep thought. The Azran...The Azran...Hmmm...
It then hit him like a ton of bricks. Some research had been done when Phoenix Wright, his boss, had been particularly interested in some news paper that chronicled the news that one Professor Layton had uncovered the secrets of a lost civilization even though he hadn't enclosed a lot of his findings yet he sounded pretty legit about his work. It was an old news paper so clearly Phoenix had became acquainted with the guy this one time.
"Ah! I remember now!" He exclaimed in surprise, his "Chords of Steel" coming into full volume "This guy named Professor Layton had found a lost civilization or something years ago and kept some of those experiences closed to the public."
Aurora nodded "Yes, indeed. The Professor is involved..." Her expression actually became grim and she hung her head low "But that is also not really important right now as this involves you, ms. Cykes and ms. Wright most of all. You need to listen to me, Apollo, since this is for the sake of the very future of humanity."
If those last cryptic words didn't boggle his mind before then this had certainly done it. Why did this go from very strange to very disturbing within the batter of an eye!? Seriously, the world was going to end?! This was all too much to take in all at once! Apollo could even feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end when this realization finally sunk in. His jaw dropped and his eyes were as wide as dinner plates, his pupils shrunk into tiny dots of paralyzed fear.
She wasn't lying since his bracelet wasn't reacting, this he could be more than certain of, but what could he and the others do about it? Actually, it appeared that Aurora had read his mind like a book and replied "It is but a mere simple task of bringing you to the past, but you need to make sure that the Professor and Phoenix Wright meet if they are to help each other this time around."
"Wait, what do you mean?" Apollo asked, confused.
"You must set things in stone for those two fates to intertwine but you shall have assistance as at this very moment, Athena and Trucy too are having similar visions as we speak."
"So you mean to say that when I wake up, Trucy and Athena will know exactly what this is about?"
Aurora nodded with a small smile "Yes, they might have a better grasp on things here but I will tell you something for the future, or should I say past;"
She smiled a little wider "You'll know when the time is right when the clock points you in the right direction, don't forget to use that clock to send them where they shall meet again."
Apollo couldn't even begin to ask how this could all be happening. What did any of this have to do with him, Athena and Trucy!? Why was she being extremely mysterious and vague!? This would be so frustrating if she suddenly didn't back off and tell him in a small voice "It is my time to go..." He felt himself being sucked away like a vacuum afterwards. He needed more information! The young ace attorney at law tried his best to grab hold of something but once again he realized that there was nothing to hold on to.
"Wait Aurora! Where do we go from here?!" He tried to call out and ask but he was being sucked out of reality so that hardly made a difference but he even felt himself lose consciousnesses here too as he felt himself fade into a blinding white radiance of rays and other dotted colours.
She did, however, whisper something that somehow reached his ears as he slipped away "Just set things in stone when you see the witch floating overhead, you'll know what I mean for certain whenever you see it..."
Date: (the past) ?
Place: London
Time: 23:55 PM...
Apollo felt the cold bite down on his arms as he shivered, feeling the dry indoor moisture he felt before get all sucked out as it had been replaced by a soggy wetness of the outdoor wilderness. He chattered his teeth as he couldn't move, nor open his own two eyes. His strength had all been drained out of him, just like the warmth of the indoors he had missed all of a sudden. He could only think about how cold he was as he had been laid on something hard.
"Ugghhh..."
His hearing came to and he began to hear the sounds of screeching tires, droplets of rain and blaring of ambulances and police sirens. Apollo could barely comprehend this as his hazy mind began to take in all its surroundings, the smells, the sensations and everything else. He could also feel the coldness of the concrete he lain on seep in through the black material that covered only half of his red vest that he wore over his white long-sleeved shirt.
He hesitated but decided to open his eyes although there was many multicolours blotching his vision so he had different colours dancing in his vision as he saw two familiar girls looking down over him with concerned expressions on their faces.
Trucy gasped in relief as she noticed her friend begin to stir "Athena! Polly's waking up!"
Just as she announced that, Apollo noticed that both of his friends began to take form among the coloured dots partially blinding his vision and the young man blinked many times to get himself to adjust to his surroundings.
"Apollo, wakey wakey!" Athena sing-songed yet Apollo could see the concern on her lips as she stared down at him with frightened, big eyes.
Apollo reached a hand to the top of his head to rub at his aching head but found that his vision had already cleared up by now and he was able to see the faces of his two friends. Athena whom had knelt down by his right side, helped propped Apollo up into a sitting position and she used her own arms to assist him while Trucy done the same while she knelt down at his left side. The two girls were both careful about Apollo's position as they didn't want to hurt him as they too had found it hard after coming too from their equally strange dreams.
The young man with the double-spiked fringe propping up atop his head was overwhelmed as he looked at both Athena and Trucy "Wait a second..." his eyes widened immensely when he recalled what Aurora had told him "Did that 'Aurora girl' come and tell you what to do too?"
Trucy and Athena both seemed very surprised by hearing this question. It was as if neither of them knew that he had the same dream they had shared! Their pairs of eyes had grew into the size of dinner plates and their jaws went slack yet there was an air of disbelief.
"H-how did you know...?" Athena asked in disbelief, her little necklace-like technical partner; Widget, glowing an electric yellow with a surprised cartoon face that flashed in the clear nighttime darkness that had surrounded the trio as they were clearly no longer being protected by a roof over their heads. Apollo, however, didn't seem to care about the matters of how they were able to foresee the exact same dream as he jumped to his feet and looked ahead of them.
Trucy and Athena too jumped to their feet and stared out into the world unknown to them, eyes wider than ever as they gasped in shock and awe of the situation and the sight that beheld them.
The streets were already lit in a beautiful ember glow to light up the pitch black evening environment and the surroundings were all too familiar. They were clearly no longer in California, let alone America. The beautiful sights and the huge clock tower lighting up the horizon in further beauty was proof of this since they needed little clues to be told of the current whereabouts.
Finally, after a painstakingly long silence of letting this reality sink in, Apollo replied to Athena's previous query even though his voice was shaky from disbelief "...You can say that we all had the same dream and I'd be happy."
The trio didn't dare say another word following this as they gazed cautiously at their surroundings. Trucy, Athena nor Apollo knew how to react to this startling realization since it was too much to take in but Apollo squeezed his paling hands into tight fists as he took a few steps forward and looked at the two younger girls standing behind him with a determined glint in his deep brown eye, his brows scrunching over his eyes to further sharpen his determined glare.
Apollo knew that they were no longer in their timeline since London hadn't looked like this since the dark age of the law had been swept in and ruined everything. He could barely digest this himself since it made his head hurt from trying to make sense of it all! But he had to stay strong and calm if he were going to help Trucy and Athena make it through this thing!
However a frigid breeze in the air prompted Apollo to lift his view to the sky right by the London eye as something swooped through the air, something big and covered by a strange blue glow that helped make it strangely identifiable despite the rain that plummeted down from the heavens above. He gasped when he first saw it but quickly wringed at his pulled up sleeves and said to nobody in particular "Alrightie then...Here comes Justice!"
Without giving it a second thought, Apollo gave chase and Trucy and Athena went in hot pursuit of their friend. The three ran in the heavy rain but they had some sense in their objective and were not giving up so easily if it could secure the future. They all knew that they needed to track down that thing that was apparently a "witch" from what Aurora foretold.
What they didn't know was that this was just the beginning of their journey and of something much bigger...
Author's note: Sorry about the confusing first chapter. This is what happens, I think, the night Phoenix and Maya arrive in London and Espella meets Professor Layton and Luke, think of this as the behind the scenes of what else happens that night. Why have I included Aurora, messenger of the Azran, in this? There IS a reason for that I promise but it shall be explained in the next chapter.
I am proud of this first chapter but I am worried that it may sound a bit bad, idea wise. That is for you guys to decide, though, so please bear with me. The Labyrinthians should make an appearance too of course so don't worry!
Thanks and please review!
-Chloemcg