"Hey, Buford, whatcha doin?", Phineas asked as the boys were shown into the living room by Mrs. Stomm. "You were supposed to come over and help me and Ferb-"
"Ah-da dah! Not now, Dinnerbell.", Buford groaned as he leaned back onto the couch. "I'm having a hard time with this game... It's making Buford's brain work..."
"A game that is making YOUR brain WORK?", Baljeet asked in surprised. "What game is that?"
Phineas, Ferb, Baljeet, and Isabella sat down on the couch as they looked over at the screen while Buford described what he was playing.
"It's a really cool game! Kinda old, but it's a hand-me-down.", Buford shrugged. "It's called The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Yeah Baljeet, it's a fantasy genre."
"And it is making your brain work...because you can't memorize all the special spells?", Baljeet shrugged, unimpressed.
"Nah. Doesn't have that. It's about this kid named Link that's doing...something. I dunno. I'm still on the first dungeon. Here, I'll back it up for ya."
He resat the game and started a new file. From what was shown, it slightly caught Baljeet's attention though he remained more composed than he actually felt. Isabella found the little fairies and some of the characters to be quite cute, while Phineas and Ferb were both enthralled while they watched, giving advice once in a while as well as the rest of the gang, trying to figure it out. While it was possible for the group to have built contraption after contraption on a daily basis, it was easily stated before that they WERE just kids. And the levels in this game really were a challenge to all of them. And the story continued to evolve once they were past the large Deku Tree, catching more and more of their enthusiasm. Before anyone had noticed, the day had been spent and they weren't even CLOSE to finishing the game! Everyone said their good-byes and headed off to have their dinners.
"Oh, there you are Perry.", Phineas smiled as the boys walked into the house. "Anyway, like I was saying Ferb. It would be kinda cool to go on an adventure like Link. Fight with swords. Face off bad guys and help out princesses. Maybe we can use the time-machine or make some sorta device that could put us into that kinda world!"
Ferb simply shrugged with a slight smile and they were caught in their normal family routine. Once settled down into bed, Phineas snuggled up closer to his pet platypus, and soon fell fast asleep with the game still whirling around in his mind.
Then things got dark. And stormy. There was a loud clanking sound as a drawbridge was lowered. The sound of horse hooves beated in his mind as Phineas stepped back only to find a small girl being whisked away. While he watched after the fast white horse, he heard another set of hooves and turned around to see a large black one standing tall as well as the rider. With a twisted scowl and long, shaggy brown hair. He turned to the boy and within a moment, the dream became pure black.