Disclaimer: I own NONE of the characters of Ace attorney, Professor Layton or Phoenix Wright vs Professor Layton. The rights to them all belong to both Capcom and Level 5 games and NOT ME!

Return to Labyrinthia

"Thank you! Thank you all so much for everything!"

"Espella, you take care now!"

"You too, Mr. Cantabella, bye!"

"Be sure to visit us again!"

"You can bet on it!"

"I wish all of you the very best!"

The collectedly faint calls of farewell carried across the gentle breeze of morning, like a ship sailing on to the sea and, even though those words were exclaimed what had felt like hours ago, they were as fresh as though they were spoken seconds ago.

They were words that stuck in the minds of every single citizen that had inhabited Labyrinthia.

Those words were stuck in the minds of Espella Cantabella, her father the Storyteller (AKA Arthur Cantabella), and Eve Belduke.

Phoenix Wright, Professor Layton, Luke Triton and Maya Fey had did it —they solved the mysteries of Labyrinthia and unravelled the lot of them, nobody could have been more happier that they had rescued the town from destruction caused by huge misunderstandings and for doing the wrong things for the right reasons.

It filled all involved with a massive sense of euphoria.

They were happy to make a start on rebuilding their lives for the better.

No hypnosis, no lies.

The sun was started to rise in the horizon and clouds were starting to appear, the ocean waves were rolling about as calmly as could be. The sunrise had never looked so spectacular as daybreak hit like a hard smack to the face and the gentle warmth of the rays of sunlight touched all of the town of Labyrinthia, as far as they were concerned it was the most beautiful sunrise they had ever seen collectively.

A magical scene indeed.

Not even young Espella could take her eyes off of the amazing view for quite some time.

When the group of four on Barnham's newly-acquired motorboat were finally out of sight, Espella turned to her father with a curious look in her eyes.

"Daddy? Are things around here going to change?"

The old man nodded his head, a kind-hearted smile crossing his face as he glanced down at his teenaged daughter.

"Yes. Things are most definitely going to change around here."

Everyone looked at the Storyteller (or, rather, "former" Storyteller) with slight apprehension when those words reached their ears.

They couldn't help but wonder what sort of changes will be made, what will change? Will this place evolve just like the rest of the world? They had to assume so, so this town could stop being a lie and secret to the world, yet they still didn't feel too comfortable with the idea, especially as the townspeople of Labyrinthia had only just started to regain their memories of what they used to be before becoming essentially lab rats in this town.

Yes, they were slightly resistant to trying new things but they also knew that if they wished to get used to their new way of life then there needed to be changes.

Arthur Cantabella looked smilingly at his citizens as he announced with a warm and friendly undertone in his voice, making him interact with his townspeople more then he ever had during his time as the man whom allegedly made all his written work become a reality.

"And I shall need your assistance to do so. Will you all be so kind as to lend a helping hand to restore our town and make it a town worth remembering?"

He looked over the citizens who had been through years of hypnosis, whose lives he had changed forevermore, and he couldn't help but feel a twinge of pride resonate deep within his heart. Each and everyone of them looked back at him with this smile that filled his heart with glee to have worked with each and every single one of them.

Within seconds of the former Storyteller asking that question of his citizens, they all unanimously replied with great enthusiasm:

"YES!"

Arthur felt great joy in being associated with all these great people and he even felt a tear well up in his left eye as he sniffled. He didn't even realise it was there until he felt a small hand raise itself up to brush that tear away when it started to cascade down his cheek and he couldn't help but glance over at the person who owned said hand.

It was Espella.

She smiled supportively at her father.

He smiled lovingly back at her.

Then he looked back at the village folk of Labyrinthia and raised his voice in annunciation.

"You have my thanks! NOW, LET US BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR LABYRINTHIA!"

His exclamation was met with a choir of cheers and clamours.

What nobody knew was that there was a hidden character concealing himself in the shadows nearby.

The mysterious figure peeled away from of the pitch black hood of the hooded cloak he wore, making himself visible temporarily, to conceal his face as well as his identity and one could easily have guessed that he was one of the Shades that used to work under Eve Belduke, or did until mere hours ago. The only difference that set this person apart from any of the others was the white mask he wore to cover his face even more.

The mysterious figure was tall and slender and he concealed his face in the shadows of daybreak.

He was not a new face in Labyrinthia but he wasn't anyone whom anybody would recognise either.

The disguised man looked on, peering around a corner of a building near the docks where everyone stood, and watched the scene unfold in front of him. He heard everything and an unseen devilish smirk crossed upon his lips as he nodded his head in agreement to the Storyteller's words, a perfect plan shaping in his mind.

"Oh, this town is about to change alright...into my personal toy box."

He put his cloak back on himself once again, rendering himself totally invisible once more, and then slipped into the darkness of the shadows whilst a sinister chuckle slipped from his throat as he vanished from sight.

He was to work behind the scenes until the time was right, to put his plans into action.

A/N: Hey, everyone.

I had decided to make a reboot of my original sequel idea because, quite honestly, I do believe that I could make some improvements to it so thats what I had decided to do.

This prologue takes place after the game.

The rest of this story takes place after AA Dual destinies — before AA SOJ for Ace attorney and some time that takes place in the Katrielle Layton anime known as "Layton mystery tanteisha katri no nazotoki file" (watch episode 20 to understand).

I have the story mapped out so I will have the second chapter out soon.

I hope you enjoy it!

-Chloemcg