My Little Layton: Puzzles are Magic

by sailor sunburst

Iris

“you’re the prince?!” said Luke “to think we almost trusted you!”
“no, I was telling the truth!” said rotten heart
“take rotten heart away from here.” Said chrysalis. “his job is done.”
“no!” said rotten heart as he was led away. He tried to fight them, but they kept getting him back. Rotten heart jumped over the guards, his wings spread wide. He ran towards the entrance to the surface
“after him!” said chrysalis. Changelings rushed after him, but rotten heart was able to evade them. He found flora leading the professor and shining armor out of the passageway
“flora!” he called
“rotten heart!” called flora
“it’s Luke and the others, they were ambushed at the entrance to the catacombs!”
“oh no!” said flora “quick, show me the way!” and flora raced after him
“flora, wait!” called the professor
“no time, professor!” flora called back. “go on! I’ll be okay! Just trust me!” when they arrived at the main entrance to the catacombs, the changelings had the group surrounded. Flora spread her wings and glided over the changelings “Luke!” she called
“flora?!” said Luke as flora landed by him. Flora faced chrysalis “get away from him, you witch!”
“how adorable! The little girl comes to the rescue!” laughed chrysalis
“I know what you had planned, and I’m not letting you hurt anyone!” said flora
“flora, just get out of here!” said Luke
“no way!” said flora
“your quite brave, little girl.” Said chrysalis “my changelings told me you were quite scared when they captured you.”
“I’m brave when I need to help my friends.” Said flora, but she looked around at the changelings surrounding them
“well, let’s see how brave you can be when it’s your friends whom your fighting.” Said chrysalis. Her horn glowed dark green and Luke gasped as his head suddenly felt ready to be torn apart. “Agh…” he muttered “what… what’s going on?!”
“no!” gasped flora “fight it, Luke!”
“I… c-cant…” muttered Luke. Chrysalis smiled evilly.
“Luke!” shouted the professor as he and shining armor rushed in
“professor, he’s being brainwashed!” said flora as twilight and cadence tried to help Luke.
“Luke! Can you hear me?” asked Layton as he turned to Luke
“p-professor, take flora and run!” muttered Luke
“no, we’re not leaving you!” said flora
“go!” said Luke. He let out a shout “just go!”
“but…” said flora quietly, crying
“I’m sorry flora, but I can’t… Agh… fight her off much longer…” said Luke “but I’ll always be your friend… right?”
“right…” replied flora, sniffing
“Friend…friend…” Professor Layton said, as he thought for a moment.
“Professor Layton! Now isn’t the time to think deeply!” Shining Armor said to Layton.
“I’ve got the answer!” Layton exclaimed. “It may just work…it just may.”
“What is it Professor, tell me!” Flora exclaimed.
“I remember…I put a gold chain shaped like a hat on Luke’s bear. If we can read what’s on it, it just might make Luke to his former self again.” Professor Layton explained.
“But Professor…where is his bear?” Flora asked worryingly.
“…In his bag.” Professor Layton said grimly. “And I’m not sure if we can get to it…”
Suddenly, Luke growled and his horn glowed
“perfect!” cheered chrysalis. Luke turned to the professor, a dark look in his eyes.
“Luke…?” he asked
“don’t waste your breath, professor. Your former apprentice is now all mine!” laughed chrysalis darkly as twilight and cadence panted, ready to faint
“cadence! Twili!” said shining armor
“we… we couldn’t do it…” panted cadence. Luke fired out a blast of magic at the professor, who quickly dodged it
“Luke, no!” cried flora “please, snap out of it!”
“Luke, please!” said the professor. Chrysalis watched on, smiling evilly “say goodnight, professor Layton. Your mystery solving days are over. Actually, your days in general are over!” she said, laughing. Luke walked towards the professor, who had been cornered by changelings
“Luke, stop! you’re the professor’s apprentice, remember?!” cried flora “you’re his apprentice number one!” Luke paused for a second, a memory flashing through his mind
“you better get used to it Luke, if you want to be the professors hehe second assistant!”
“I am NOT his second assistant! I am his apprentice, and I am his apprentice number 1!”
He’s stopped! Thought flora “please Luke, just try to remember!”
“remember… that’s it!” said twilight suddenly. She quickly whispered something in fluttershy's ear. She went over said quietly to him “umm… Luke… is it okay if I hold you down against your will for a second?” rainbow dash groaned and quickly flew over to Luke pinning him down changelings hissed and went to attack twilight and the others, but shining armor cast a small protection spell. Twilight went over to Luke, her horn glowing as she cast a memory spell. However, it didn’t seem to work on Luke completely.
“why didn’t it work?” asked twilight “it worked all the other times I did it, back when the girls were turned the opposite of their elements…”
chrysalis laughed “silly unicorn! My spell on the boy is too powerful to be broken by a mere memory spell!” her horn glowed again and shining armors barrier was broken “for the record, I could have done that at any time. I just wanted to see you fail.” She said
“no…” said flora as changelings surrounded them again. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked at Luke, remembering the last time they had spoken back in London
“I’m just so nervous…”
“it’ll be alright flora! No one can match your singing! You’ll sweep the competition!”
“thanks Luke!”
“say, I never actually heard the song you’re singing.”
“I thought I sang it for you already? Well, the professor won’t be back from teaching for a bit. I suppose we have a bit of time...”
“from the first time that I saw you, across the floor, your gold hair in the moonlight, as bright as the sun… you would tell me I’m special, and how my cheeks would glow! I felt just like a princess, that made you my prince…” she sang softly. Everyone turned to look at her, even Luke paused and looked
“you took my hand and I touched your cheek… your eyes, your smile… so sweet to me… I felt so warm, although it was cold… I just need your presence in my life…” flora continued to sing. Twilight and cadence looked at each other, and nodded. Cadence took a deep breath and her horn glowed it’s soft pink. Twilight’s horn glowed it’s standard purple, but suddenly her eyes glowed a soft red as she cast the memory spell again. Luke gasped and shook his head
“wha… what’s going on?” he asked.
“Luke, are you alright?” asked the professor
“yeah…” he said as he shakily got up. Twilight let out a pant as she finished the spell.
“take that!” she taunted to chrysalis “too powerful for a memory spell, huh?!”
chrysalis growled “get them!” she ordered. The changelings attacked
“are you sure your alright, Luke?” asked flora, going over
“I’m fine.” Said Luke. “but I want to show her what happens when you mess with my head and turn me against the professor and my friends!” he let out a magic blast and knocked back several changelings “and that’s just what I’m going to do!”
“We’ll help you Luke, we’ve had past problems with these guys before…” Twilight said.
“Yeah, BIG problems.” Shining Armor added on.
“Add one Professor, and Luke my boy, you’ve got a team.” Professor said with a smile. “Flora, stay back. I don’t want you to get tied into this.”
“Alright Professor…I understand.” Flora said to him.
“Alright, now that we have a proper team, LET’S CHARGE!” Shining Amor shouted. And so, the war had begun! Twilight and her friends worked together to destroy groups of Changelings, and Professor and Luke as well. But the main blow was from Shining Armor and Cadence, who took out half of the entire army. After 15 minutes and the dust settled, there were only a couple of Changelings left, who started to flee.
“You fools! Fleeing from the scene like that. Very well, if my Changelings can’t get you, then I will myself!” Chrysalis said to them.
“go ahead and try.” Said cadence, her horn glowing. Chrysalis’s horn glowed dark green as the two circled each other. Everyone there watched as the young alicorn faced the age-old changeling queen. They fought, dodging and firing blasts of magic. Suddenly there was a bright flash of light and Celestia and Luna appeared, flying down
“princess!” said twilight
“Celestia. Come to save the day, have you?” asked chrysalis, her wings buzzing
“in a manner of speaking.” Said Celestia “I discovered a couple of rather… interesting pieces of information.”
“like what?” asked chrysalis
“first, that changelings just don’t feed off emotions of love from someone they disguise themselves as. They feed off positive emotions from all around them. The disguise is just a formality.” Said Celestia “second, a missing piece of the prophecy was found.”
“a missing piece?” inquired Layton “how curious.”
“’but peace will only truly come when the two who lead seek to rectify their mistakes.’” Recited Celestia
“get to the point, Celestia!” said chrysalis
“I am willing to allow the changelings to leave these catacombs, and live their lives on the surface.” Said Celestia “I realized, with my sisters help, that it was unfair of me to allow discord a second chance, but to not offer a chance to your own people, chrysalis.”
“you truly mean this?” asked chrysalis as changelings slowly started to come out, interested.
“I do. So long as the changelings don’t cause trouble, they will be allowed on the surface in disguise. What do you think, chrysalis? Would you and your people like that?”
“yes…” said chrysalis, smiling slightly “yes, we would.”
Later, after everything had been arranged, Luke, flora, and the professor prepared to return home
“thou art always welcome in this land of Equestria, flora, Luke, and professor Layton.” Said Luna
“yeah! It was fun hanging out with you guys!” said pinkie pie
“you totally kicked those changelings’ butts, Luke!” said rainbow dash
“I’m just honored to have friends like you!” said rarity, smiling. her Persian cat, opal, jumped off rarity’s back and nuzzled Luke’s leg, purring
“meow! Meow!” went Luke. Opal meowed back. Fluttershy gasped happily
“you can talk to animals too?!” she said, flying over
“I can! Yourself?” said Luke happily
“of course! That’s how I got my cutie mark!” said Fluttershy, pointing to the mark on her flank that showed an image of 3 butterflies. Luke looked down at his own flank and gasped “professor, look!”
“well well, my boy!” said Layton happily
“oh, wow! It looks almost like the professors!” said flora
“well, I’m satisfied!” said Luke happily. Everyone laughed.
“before you go, a little parting gift.” Said Celestia. She handed flora, Luke, and the professor each a kind of necklace “these necklaces were based off of the elements of harmony. You see, their new physical forms are those of necklaces with designs that correspond to each of these girls marks. Luna and I decided that those 6 elements carried by twilight and her friends just didn’t completely show all that’s good. So, Luna and I made these. 3 new elements, and the three of you are their carriers. To you, professor Layton, the element of intelligence.” Said Celestia, handing the professor his element “to you, Luke the element of reliability.” She continued as Luke took his own element
“and me?” asked flora excitedly. Celestia smiled
“to you, flora Reinhold, I give the element of determination. It was your quick thinking in the mines and your determination and courage to help Luke that helped to save the day.” Said Celestia as flora took her own element
“shouldst thou ever wish to return to Equestria, simply make a wish on your elements to return, and thou will return here to where thou wish to go.” Said Luna
“wow! Thanks!” said Luke
“thank you for all your help. Remember, you’re always welcome here.” Said Celestia. She cast the spell that sent Luke, Layton, and flora home. They found themselves back in the professors flat
“oh, it feels so good to be a human again!” said Luke, stretching
“I must agree.” Said Layton. Flora quickly looked at the date and time
“oh, thank goodness! My contest isn’t until tomorrow!” she sighed with relief
“wait…” said the professor, looking at the date. He chuckled “it seems while we were gone, no time had passed.”
“what?!” asked Luke. He looked at the clock “wow! Your right! Celestia sent us back to when we supposedly left!” he rubbed his forehead “you know, I’m going to miss being able to do magic.”
“I liked being able to fly.” Said flora. She looked at herself wearing her element necklace “do you think this necklace goes with the dress I’m wearing to my contest tomorrow?” she asked
“I think it might.” Said Luke, straightening his cap. He sat down on the sofa “you know professor, this will be the one adventure we’ve had that I won’t be able to tell my parents about. If I sent them a letter about Equestria, they wouldn’t believe a word!” he said, laughing
“that’s true, my boy. I think for all our sakes, we should keep our latest investigation between the 3 of us.” Said the professor
“agreed.” Said Luke and flora
“now, how about I make us all some tea?” asked flora, smiling.
Uh oh! Thought Luke don’t let flora in the kitchen! “err.. flora, I think you should let me do it.” He said, getting up
“no, it’s ok.” Said flora “I can do it.”
“no, you just go make sure you have everything ready for tomorrow. I’ll make tea.” Said Luke
“alright then.” Said flora, going to her room. Luke sighed with relief “close one, eh professor?”
“handled like a true gentleman Luke.” Chuckled the professor. Luke went into the kitchen and started making tea. As it boiled, he went back into the living room. He traced a circle on the arm of the couch.
“something on your mine, Luke?” asked the professor as he selected a book from the shelf
“it’s just… back in the catacombs…” started Luke. He sighed “professor-“
“no need to apologize Luke.” Said the professor
“I almost killed you professor.” Said Luke
“it wasn’t your fault. You were under chrysalis’s control. You weren’t yourself.” Said the professor
“doesn’t make me feel any less bad about it…” said Luke.
“it wasn’t your fault Luke. Flora and I are just glad you’re yourself again.” Said the professor. Luke gave a small smile “alright, professor.” He said.
Later that night, Luke sat in his bed, writing in his journal. His pen moved across the page. When he finished, he yawned and placed his cap on his bedside table. He lay in his bed, looking out his window at the stars. He yawned again and reached for his teddy bear. As he hugged it close to his chest, he thought and so ends another investigation by professor Hershel Layton, and his apprentice number 1, Luke triton… he yawned again and closed his eyes, falling fast asleep.

Author's Note:

and so it ends! for the record, the song that flora sings is the ending theme to professor layton and the diabolical box: iris. big thanks to my super awesome layton obsessed uk friend, tasha rose, aka donniegirl12, for the lyrics! heres the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi7PN1PxhJ0

Comments

[theultimatebrony]

its over geez its just like ending an actual layton game. derpderpmoostache

[sailor sunburst]

2193755 hehe~ well, i'm glad you enjoyed it.

[Feurisson]

Hooray for another Prof. Layton crossover!
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