Well guys, here's the awaited story Sera Stops In. It takes place one year before Greatest Gift, Lasting Love, so Candace and Stacy are 18, Vanessa is 19, Phineas, Isabella, Baljeet, and Buford are all 13(Phineas just barely) and Ferb is 14, not yet 15. Seraphina, of course, is 18, as mentioned in the story.
Disclaimer: All in all, I don't own Phineas and Ferb or their friends or family, all copyright goes to Disney, Dan Povenmire, and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for that. I do, on the other hand, own both Seraphina(Sera) Awanata Greene( Agent S), and Laanrah(Laan) Felipe Greene, so if anyone decides to use them, please mention that they're owned by me. And of course, ENJOY!
Summary: Seraphina Greene here, live and in print! That's right, little background, little pizazz, and I accidentally find myself in the world of Phineas and Ferb! Two days of fun, Interviews with the gang, and an inside look at Perry the Platypus's day and a slice of the Doofenshmirtz-Perry the Platypus fighting action!
Pairings supported in story(be aware, I don't want any Phinabella sucks or Ferbnessa sucks junk on my reviews, people, that's not constructive!): Phineas and Isabella, Ferb and Vanessa, Candace and Jeremy.
Pairings implied: Candace and Jeremy, since they're currently together.
NOTE: There are several spoilers for many episodes thrown in here throughout, although there are none for Phineas and Ferb Across the Second Dimension In Fabulous 2D, I couldn't find a way to throw that in there.
Sera Stops In
Chapter 1: Poached Potato Chips and New-Found Friends
It was a calm, summer day in the middle of a suburban part of a town that appeared to be… well… in the middle of nowhere. How I got there, I didn't have a clue. I was too busy screaming at my little brother over the phone, craving the one food that would set me straight, even though I'd already had some earlier.
"Laanrah Felipe Greene, where did you hide my potato chips? You know I go all funky without them! I managed to grab a bag at the gas station, but you know full well gas station potato chips are nothing compared to the real thing!" I said, pulling up the strap on my over-sized tote-bag again. It was constantly slipping off my shoulder.
"How am I supposed to know, Sera? I didn't take them. Besides, I don't even LIKE potato chips!" my tedious annoying brother yelled through the phone at me, mocking my miserable attempt to find my coveted fried crisps of delectable deliciousness. "Why are you asking me now, anyway? We're not even in the same room. Where are you anyway?"
Good question, I thought. Where the fppht am I?
I stopped walking down the street I'd come across and read the sign. Maple Drive. There was something familiar about it, but I couldn't quite figure out what, mostly because I couldn't concentrate with the loud construction noises going on a few houses down. What's all that racket? My constantly curious brain questioned, so to the fence of the quaint little home I went.
When I saw them, my heart leapt in my chest and my brain went silent. I could hear La-an over the phone, questioning my sudden silence. "Se-ra? Se-ra? Hello? I know you're there, answer me!"
"Gotta go." I said quickly, ignoring him, and hung up.
Standing in the yard was a very large machine in the process of being built. Two teens were working on its construction. The red-haired one spoke quite frequently to his counterpart who had a strange shade of green to his hair, who seemed to not speak at all. It was instant recognition.
It was then that the shorter of the two looked up from his building and glanced my way.
"Oh, hey." He said smiling sweetly. "You must be looking for Candace. I'll go get her."
I shrugged my shoulders and laughed pathetically. "Actually, I don't know her." Not personally, anyway. I thought to myself. "I think I came across you guys by accident. I have no idea how I got here."
"Well, I'm—" He said, happily pointing to himself, but I couldn't help but interject.
"You're Phineas, and that's your step-brother Ferb."I said, pointing to each in turn, "I know who you guys are."
Phineas for once looked dumfounded and was completely silent. "Remember when you and Ferb built the tallest building in the world to create a tourist attraction for Danville?"
Phineas could only nod.
"Well, you could say that you didn't really have to do that, there already was one."
"The tallest building in the world standing in Danville?" Phineas replied, not really catching my drift.
"No, silly." I replied whole-heartedly, and leaned against the fence. "A tourist attraction in Danville. I know you guys only build stuff for fun, but where I come from, everyone's heard of you."
Ferb didn't seem to be surprised. He's lucky to live in the middle of nowhere. If he lived back home he'd be constantly swarmed by fangirls.
"Well, I guess you obviously know us," He said, blushing, and let me into their yard, obviously wondering how I knew about him, "but we don't know who you are. What's your name?"
"Seraphina Greene. But my friends just call me Sera."
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Sera. I guess you can help us build since you're here anyway." Phineas said hopefully.
"So Phineas, wha—" I started to say, then felt a rather sharp jab into my back.
I turned to see a rather adorable, rather strong, and rather irritated young woman about the same age as my other companions. Phineas was just about to speak, but closed his mouth when I spoke instead.
"Oh, hi Isabella. Don't you look cute today." I said happily. "What?" I continued when she refused to smile at me. "Oh you think—" I said, my finger darting back and forth between Phineas and me when I realized what she thought I was going to say. "No, I wasn't going to say 'wat'cha doin' or even 'wat'cha buildin'. I was going to say 'what are you building?' Contractions lately have been hurting my brain." Isabella smiled in response and was just about to ask how I knew her name when a few other companions showed up, one of them commenting on my remark.
"Well I for one can understand that," the dark skinned, black-haired, nerdy kid responded, for which he got a pounding from the larger one for.
"Ah, Baljeet, you should have seen that one coming." I pointed out obviously. "Although, I have to admit that was excellent form, Buford."
"How does she know all our names?" Buford asked, missing what the obvious answer would have been, had it been true.
Everyone looked at Phineas, who simply shrugged. "Don't look at me. I didn't tell her. I was going to introduce you all to her when you got here, when she suddenly spoke up, calling each of you by name. She even knew who Ferb and I were, without introduction."
Then, everyone turned to look at me and I sat down on the grass with a sigh, and my tote-bag fell with a thump down beside me. I had known this was going to have to come eventually. I just had hoped that it wasn't going to come as soon as this. I pulled the strap of my tote-bag off, let it lay next to me, and looked up at them, ready to speak.
Surprisingly to my luck, Phineas and Ferb's older sister had noticed that the construction noises had stopped from their backyard and came out to investigate, finally able to hear her own voice. "PHINEAS! FERB! When mom finds out what you are building you are so gonna be—" she stopped, noticing me.
"Busted, yeah, we know Candace. To quote Stacy, 'I am tired of taking a backseat to the totally unlikely chance that you'll bust your brothers. I want a best friend I can count on!'" I stated, making little air-quotes with my fingers at her.
Phineas turned to Ferb and commented, "Wow, that was word for word!" Remembering that day when they built the lemonade stand.
"Don't remind me, I totally regret that day." She mumbled with a huff. "What are you doing in my backyard, anyway? Aren't you a little old to be hanging out with Phineas and Ferb?"
"No, No I'm not. Aren't you a little old to care about busting your brothers?"
Candace only humphed and waited for my answer on her other question.
"I came here by accident. Phineas offered me a chance to help build, so I'm here to help. Which I don't know what that is, since I got interrupted." I said, glancing at Isabella, who smiled apologetically. I smiled politely in response and said, "Isabella, will you do the honors?"
"With pleasure!" She replied happily. "Phineas, wat'cha doin'?"
"Well, before we got distracted, we were building a machine to defy gravity."
"Didn't you guys already do that?" I pointed out.
"Yeah, but that was for fun just floating around. Now we're gonna have races!"
"Well, that sounds exciting. I'm in."
"Isabella, could you get the Fireside Girls to help?" Phineas asked hopefully.
"Absolutely!" Isabella replied happily, knowing that they were always ready to help her. She ran off to make some calls, and Candace ran back into the house to call Stacy, no doubt to complain about her brothers and me (well mostly her brothers) building something in her backyard.
Baljeet went to go check the plans for their machine with Phineas, and Buford went to gather supplies, leaving just me and Ferb in the yard.
"So, Ferb." I said casually. "Any reason you'd like to build something? To impress Vanessa, perhaps?" I winked knowingly.
Ferb blushed, to my surprise, and said, "Well, perhaps not this, but yes, I'd love to do something for her in the nature of your implications. It's just that Phineas is the dreamer. I'm 'a man of action' as he puts it. I can't come up with any ideas. What do you think?"
I waited a little longer, making sure he'd actually finished his thought.
"I often find inspiration in dreams, or right before I fall asleep or just after I wake up. It helps me think. Besides, you have plenty of time to think of something to do for her. We are, after all, only teens."
"I appreciate the help, Sera. And thank you for letting me say all that. I rarely get the chance to speak my mind anymore, so I usually just let Phineas do all the talking."
"Yeah, I noticed that. I think you just need someone to let you talk, let you get everything out."
"And that you have. So . . ." he asked me calmly and in a very Ferb-esque manner, "How do you know about us anyway?"
Having heard Ferb ask me, everyone else (including the Fireside Girls, who'd just showed up) came running to sit down beside me, ready to listen to my tale.
"Well . . ." I said, knowing that this had waited for too long as it was. "I guess I was about thirteen when I first heard about you guys . . ."
Author's Note: Yay, cliffhanger for those who love them and don't bother to continue on to next chapter, since story is complete, lol. And don't forget to review. I don't care if you do it chapter by chapter, only if you feel that it's necessary for a specific one to point out an error, or at the last chapter for an overall review, but click that button! :) thanks, and enjoy-SeraGreene12