Author's Note: Hey guys! Right now, you are reading a kind of revamped version of my first published fanfic on this site, which is also the first part of the Phineas and Ferb in Dimmsdale series I'm writing! Nothing much in content has changed, however, some chapters have been merged together to decrease the chapter amount to 20, so it fits in just a bit better with with the other two parts so far (this story was originally 25 chapters long). Also, a few references to my spinoff story Dakota and Cavendish in Dimmsdale have been added, for the sake of consistency. Also, Author's Notes have been added, altered or removed, and update notes are removed entirely.

That's about it, though. Enjoy this refurbished relic!

Ten o' clock. A van containing the Flynn-Fletcher family (and some friends of the kids) from Danville of the Tri-State Area have finally reached Dimmsdale, California, their destination for the week. There's bound to be some things happening in this town.

However, Candace (that's the orange-haired teenager with the long neck) isn't all too keen on this seven-day vacation. She complains to her mother:

"I can't believe we have to stay for a whole week in a boring town like this without my friends."

Her mother, Linda, responds: "Candace, I would've loved to invite some of your friends like I did with Phineas and Ferb's, but the Hiranos left to Canada yesterday, the Johnsons are going to Oregon today and the Browns will be leaving to Mexico tomorrow. And all of the families would've liked to spend their vacation with the whole family, so you understand..."

"No Stacy, Jeremy or Jenny", Candace finished Linda's sentence with disappointment. "I completely understand, Mom. But that's not going to make this vacation more fun".

"Well, at the very least, you can still contact them", Candace's stepfather, Lawrence said. "The house we rented has wi-fi, so that shouldn't be a big problem."

"Yeah, I guess so", Candace said to her dad. "I just think I kinda feel left out when Phineas and Ferb are still together with their friends."

She looks around and behind her. She is seated right between her two brothers: her biological brother, the red-haired Phineas, with a triangular head full of optimism and ideas, is seated left to her, while her stepbrother, the rather green-haired Ferb, with the long head, mismatched eye, large nose, and yet the deepest and most silent of the three, is seated right to her.

Her brothers are genius inventors that build fantastic things everyday to have some fun within the summer and attempt to conceive the best day ever. While she honestly loves them, this hobby of theirs drives her crazy. Especially when Mom never gets to see these devices let alone bust Phineas and Ferb for it. And Candace can guess this week will be no different.

Behind the three siblings are Phineas and Ferb's friends: Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, a raven-haired girl in a pink bow and dress, is seated behind Phineas. Baljeet Tjinder, an Indian boy with black curly hair and overalls, is seated behind Ferb, and Buford van Stomm, a brown-haired, burly guy with gray-ish skin and a bully on-clock, is seated behind Candace.

Irving Du Bois, a very looney fan of Phineas and Ferb that keeps track of the two brothers in every conceivable way, is also a friend invited over, but he's hitching a ride in the van's trunk, since there's not much more space. For some reason, he prefers it this way anyway. No idea why.

Finally, there's their pet platypus, a teal-colored fellow named Perry, currently clenched between Phineas's arms. He doesn't do much, but he's loved dearly by Phineas and Ferb. Candace... tolerates the platypus, but she does love Perry deep inside.

All of them are looking forward to this whole week. Candace is the only one that's a bit pessimistic.

After reaching the cottage the Flynn-Fletchers have rented, and everyone was done unpacking, Linda had an idea:

"Candace, there's a mall nearby. Why don't you and the boys go shopping there?"

"I've heard their assortment completely differs from ours in Danville", Phineas said. "I'd like to know what comics they have there."

"See, Phineas is already into the idea. Is there something you'd like to buy?"

"I guess I'd like to buy some more clothes, maybe a comic or two as well", Candace replied. "But what will you and Dad be doing in the meantime?"

"Lawrence and I will be searching for antique stores. It's gonna take a while, so we'll be meeting you at the mall at 5:30"

Candace looks at the clock. High noon.

"So we have more than five hours to spend there?", she asks her mother.

"Well... yeah", Linda answered. "Maybe you'll get to meet with some of the locals."

"Eh, fair enough", Candace decided. She grouped Phineas, Ferb and their friends together and said with a neutral face: "Come on guys, there's a mall nearby. Mom will be picking us up at five-thirty."

Everyone was excited.

"It's just a mall", Candace said. "Not much to be excited about."

"C'mon Candace, we can befriend with the locals!" Phineas responded. "And you know what I just said about the assortment..."

"Yeah, yeah, alright", Candace said.

The septet of non-adults, and their platypus, walked for a bit and arrived at Dimmsdale Mall. They went inside.

Candace began: "So yeah, I'll be buying some clothes, and I'll see what I'm doing next when I'm done. Don't do anything weird or I'll get you two busted, OK?"

And she went off to an escalator.

"C'mon guys, let's go buy a comic or two", Phineas said to their friends. The rest of the group went to the comic store inside the mall, although Irving disappeared already. Usually, it's Perry that does so, but the platypus is still with them.

Fifteen minutes later, and everyone seems to have a comic they preferred... except for Phineas. He was indecisive whether he should pick an issue of Crash Nebula, or an issue of Crimson Chin. Both appear to the last copy of each print. He was interested in both, but found it really hard to choose between one.

Isabella asked: "Why don't you just take both?"

Phineas replied: "But you guys all chose one issue. It just wouldn't be fair."

A full minute passes, and Buford had enough: "UURGH! Just lemme pick one for you, Dinner Bell!"

Buford grabbed the Crimson Chin issue... at the same time as a brown-haired boy in a pink shirt and a pink cap. He also had a buck tooth Buford really couldn't stand.

Buford didn't like it when this sort of thing happened, so he held the comic up in the air and shook it, hoping the boy was forced to let go. When he still held the Crimson Chin comic, Buford was about to just shove him away, but Phineas stopped him.

"Hey, wait wait!", he said. "No need to be so rough against that poor kid! I'll just take the Crash Nebula comic, he can have the other one."

Budord reluctantly let go (the pink-wearing boy fell on the ground because of that) and said to Phineas: "Can't decide until some kid snatches it first. Typical."

Phineas went to the brunet boy and apologizes: "Hey, I'm sorry that happened to you. I couldn't decide and Buford can be really rough sometimes."

"Uh, no worries", the boy said. "I had rougher anyway. For an average kid, that is"

"Oh that's great", Phineas said in a relieved manner. He stuck out his hand as he wanted to shake the boy's hand, and said: "Oh by the way, my name's Phineas. Phineas Flynn."

The other boy shook Phineas's hand and replied: "Mine's Timmy. Timmy Turner. Say, are you new here?"

"Oh we're just here for a week." Phineas said. "I should introduce you to my friends."

He began with Ferb: "This is my brother, Ferb."

"Pleased to meet you, Ferb", Timmy said to Ferb and they shook hands. Timmy was a bit surprised that Ferb didn't say anything back, and instead stared back with his stoic face.

"...He doesn't talk much", Phineas said.

"Ah."

Isabella introduced herself: "My name's Isabella", and continued with the other friends: "This one is Baljeet and, um, I guess you already met with Buford."

Buford scoffed towards Timmy.

"There's also our big sister, Candace, and another friend of ours, Irving, but they're not here at the moment", Phineas said. "Although, Irving might be spying on us right now"

Timmy was amazed that Phineas can say something weird like that in such a casual tone. He'd be creeped out if he knew someone was constantly spying on him.

"But I can introduce you to Perry", he continued. He grabbed his platypus and showed him to Timmy. "He's our pet platypus", he said.

"Well, that's a weird pet", Timmy said.

"Well, we love him anyway", Phineas said. "Say, do you have any pets?"

"Just three goldfish", Timmy replied. "I also used to have different pets, but they died each time I went to summer camp"

camp...camp...crackers...camp

"Well, I find it weird that it echoes every time I mention summer camp", Timmy said, "But I never experienced a broken third echo"

"I did", Buford said.

"Anyway, let's buy those comics", Timmy said, "And then I'll introduce you to my friends! They're waiting outside the store."

The group went to the checkout. Timmy told Phineas while paying: "Ya know, that scene we had earlier kinda reminds me of a different scene in this exact same store I experienced earlier. Except with two boys instead of two girls."

"Oh, did you befriend those two girls too?", Phineas asked.

"...I was actually counting myself in both examples", Timmy explained.

Phineas was a bit confused by that when he paid for his comic. Since when was Timmy a girl?

Eh, it didn't matter. When the rest of his gang paid for their comic, the six kids left the comic store.