'But there must be a logical explanation!' exclaimed Professor Hershel Layton, stopping his car outside his house.
'I know Professor. Every puzzle has an answer after all!' replied the blue clad boy in the front passenger seat of the Professor's car.
This boy was Luke Triton, and he was nothing out of the ordinary. Well, excluding his extraordinary intelligence for an eleven year old boy. And all the recent strange happenings in the Layton household that seemed to be caused by Luke himself.
Most recently, Luke and Layton had gone in to town to do some shopping. Luke was telling Layton a puzzle he had thought up a few days ago, about a butcher and three dogs, when two burly teenage boys went past. 'Nerds!' the taller of the two boys shouted at Layton and Luke.
Luke swelled with anger. No one called The Amazing Professor Hershel Layton a nerd in front of HIM and got away with it!
Luke ran after the two boys. 'Hey! You two!' he yelled at them. They turned around and laughed. 'Oh, it's Shortstop Nerd! Ahahahaha! What do you want?' one of the two asked.
'Don't you dare call the Professor a NERD in front of ME!' Luke shouted at them.
'Oh yeah? What you gonna do about it?'
Luke struggled to think ofhis next move. Layton looked over his shoulder. 'Luke! Please come back!' he called. Luke ignored him. He balled up his fists and put them in front of his face. The two boys laughed until the tears ran down their faces. 'Stupid little nerd! Like you could fight us!' Layton gave up calling and went back for Luke. Luke was getting more and more frustrated at those horrible teenagers. His face was getting hot and he was sure he looked a fool. The boys kept laughing...when suddenly Luke let out a huge shout: 'STOP LAUGHING AT ME YOU IDIOTS!' The laughter was getting louder and louder until it morphed into deep cry for help. Luke looked up. The bullies were flailing their arms around and floating into the air.
'WUH-WHOA!' the boys cried. 'Let us down!' The two boys floated into a nearby tree just as Layton caught up with Luke. Both Layton and Luke's expressions were shocked. 'Professor, I-I didn't...I mean,' stammered Luke. Luke didn't believe it. What had happened? He didn't understand.
'My boy, it is quite alright. We must ask someone to help us get these two ungentlemanly buffoons down, though,' Layton replied, placing a comforting hand on Luke's shoulder.
'I'll go get help,' Luke murmured, running into the nearest shop.
When Luke had apologised, he and the Professor drove home, still confused about exactly what had happened.