I don't own Professor Layton or any of the characters in the story apart from my OC 'Sapphire'. I don't own the games – Level 5 do.
As long as you're happy
After Claire, Hershel thought there would be no other person who would make as happy as she did. But Claire thought differently. She did not tell Hershel how she knew of such a person. But she did speak of her. Hershel denied it all. Claire was The One. He was sure of it. They may have only been 18, but they were married, happily. They attended University together and had a year old son, who they called Luke.
But Claire knew. One of the lecturers had just built a time machine. She was the first to journey into the future. And here, she found her own grave, dated the year 1999, the year after Luke was born. She was distraught. She would be leaving her beloved Hershel and Luke. She, at this time, thought she was his true love. But no. A second trip in the time machine showed a story of a little village called St. Mystere, where a young woman and Layton would meet. He was so happy. Happier than she'd ever seen him before. She was beautiful, intelligent, funny and witty, had a love of puzzles and was always polite. She was perfect. And he was happy once again. Most would be upset. But not Claire. Claire was happy that the man she loved would find love again and find happiness after she died. True, the fact that death was fast approaching was daunting. But that was the last thing on her mind.
She would leave enough money for Luke and Layton to start a life and she would avoid confrontation and argument.
The day soon came. Outside the classroom, a young girl tugged at her brother's shirt urging him not to go in, telling him it was going to go wrong. And Claire knew this must be the day. Little Luke was in the pram outside the classroom, with the young girl. And it did – it all went wrong. The girl sensed this and grabbed the baby from the pram to run a few metres before being hurtled out of the door of the building as the machine exploded. And the young girl was called Sapphire. She was 15. She was Layton's true love.