Hello everyone I'm back! Here is my first major adventure so enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, this is the work of fiction not fact and all the plot twists are my personal theories, I cannot prove them.
Chapter 1: A letter for Layton
It was a warm spring morning in London that day, nothing special. The Layton household was silent as it was most mornings, the chatter always began when Luke turned up, which he did most days now, it was understandable of course, he had said it himself that he wanted to spend as much time as possible with the professor and Flora before the move, and they also wanted to see him, but even so, the professor enjoyed these quiet moments in which he and Flora spent reading, however, her book choice for today had both interested and baffled him.
"Good morning, Flora." she awoke from her daydream with a start as if it was taking her a moment to separate reality and imagination.
"Oh, good morning professor!" she said with a smile, her apple shaped birth mark appearing. He smiled back, and then got straight to the point.
"Excuse my curiosity, but what is that you are reading?"
"Oh, this? Miss Green lent it to me," Flora replied, closing the book and handing it over. "It's about all sorts of machines and how they're made, it's quite interesting actually."
"Ah, Miss Green, your maths teacher if I'm not mistaken." He flipped through the book and passed it back to Flora. "She says you're quite the star at the subject."
"Well I, I wouldn't say that." said Flora, trying to stop herself from blushing but to no avail, the professor laughed.
"Ha ha, come now, there is nothing wrong with accepting praise." No sooner had he said it when the front door opened.
"Hello!" came the friendly and jolly voice that could belong to none other than Luke Triton.
That morning and afternoon went on like any other, when the letters were collected in Layton would tend to the important business while Luke and Flora solved any puzzles that had been sent, Luke sometimes wondered why people bothered sending them.
"How do they know we'll answer them?" he once asked. "Any other detective would say it was a waste of their time!"
"Luke, my boy, it is the duty of every gentleman to help those in need,"was the professors reply. "Besides, puzzles open and expand the mind, it will be good for you and Flora to try and solve as many as possible."
"If you say so, professor." was all Luke would say in return. On this particular day, Luke and Flora had come across one of the real stumpers, no matter what way they looked at it they could see no solution.
"I don't understand professor," Luke groaned in misery. "It's impossible!" The professor laughed.
"Luke, I'm sure I have told you before," he said as he opened his next letter. "No puzzle is without an ans-..." Luke and Flora turned to see what had caused the sudden pause in his sentence, what had moments ago been a friendly grin on the professor's face was now a solemn frown.
"W-what is it Professor?" asked Luke.
"What? Oh, it's nothing..." said the professor standing up and putting the letter in his coat pocket, then left the room. Luke and Flora gave each other a worried look, whatever it was, it was definitely not nothing.