Time Travails: Redux
Disclaimer: I do not own Phineas & Ferb, they are the property of Walt Disney Television and Dan Povenmire and Jeff " Swampy" Marsh.
Before I begin this story, I'd like to include a quote from Dan Povenmire from the movie magazine for Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, regarding the "time-shift" episodes:
"And it's fun because we get to have Phineas & Ferb interacting with Doofenshmirtz, because we don't have the same rules as we do for "this" time and "this" place [where they live on the show]."
Keep that in mind if any of you decide to write stories in any of those time periods (and you will).
I wasn't really happy with certain parts of the original story, and, now that I've actually seen the various episodes of Phineas & Ferb this story is based on, I've been able to go back, change what I didn't like, and make things more accurate. The story is still the same, but certain jokes have been added, and there are some new ideas that I think work much better. I hope people will like this one as much as the previous one.
1542, Tri-Province Area, China:
"I wonder what they want us for?" Phineas said to his step-brother Ferb. Both kids had been summoned to the palace and the triangle-headed kid was unsure why.
"Maybe they want to thank us for saving China and locating Master Perry," he suggested, but Ferb just shrugged his shoulders in response.
Both boys eventually arrived in the middle of the palace. There, they saw Regent Monogram, co-ruler of the area, accompanied by his assistant, General Carl, & Princess Isabella. Phineas noticed the kimono-clad girl was smiling and seemed happier than usual.
"Ah boys, glad you could come," Monogram began "first off, I'd like to thank you for helping us capture Doofus Khan and ending his threat to the province."
"Happy to help sir," Phineas replied.
"And your idea to build a 'great wall' to keep out future intruders has also proven very effective as well."
"Thanks sir, although it's not quite finished yet," Phineas said "I'd say we'll have it done in maybe another 2 to 3 years, give or take. Hopefully it won't take much longer than that."
"Yes, yes," Regent Monogram replied "anyway, let me get to the real reason I called you here. As you may know, I'm getting on in years, and I won't be regent forever."
"Don't say that sir, you've got plenty of years left," Gen. Carl chimed in.
"Thanks for your optimism, Carl, but I know I won't be around forever, and if die, then Princess Isabella will have to rule alone, and she's not quite prepared for that," Regent Monogram continued "so, we've talked and have come up with an effective solution. As you may know Phineas, the princess is quite fond of you."
Phineas looked at Princess Isabella, who waved to him and blushed.
"I like her too sir."
"Good," Regent Monogram continued "because the princess has asked me to ask you to marry her."
"Aren't we a little young to be getting married?" Phineas asked.
"Yes, yes you are," Monogram explained "of course, I didn't mean right away; this is a sort of pre-engagement, you agreeing to marry her when you're both old enough. I don't need to tell you, but I will anyway, that if you marry the princess, you will become the new regent. I know Isabella will be happy, and I think you'd make a fine successor."
"Just think of it Phineas," Princess Isabella said, putting her arm around him "you'd be regent of the entire Tri-Province Area; with your brilliant mind and my compassionate rule combined, we could usher in a new era of greatness for China."
Phineas said nothing, but looked towards the princess, who gazed at him with excited eyes. He glanced towards Ferb, who blinked a few times, but otherwise said nothing. Then he looked towards Monogram & Carl, who had looks of anticipation of his answer.
"Would I still be able to build things with Ferb?" he asked.
"I don't see why not," Regent Monogram replied.
"In that case, sure, I guess that would be fun," Phineas said "I'll have to discuss it with my family first, but otherwise, I'd be happy to succeed you."
"Excellent," Regent Monogram said "Gen. Carl, make it official."
"Yes sir," Gen. Carl replied, pulling a scroll and quill pen from his armor. "Okay, let me just look this over. Alright, both of you sign here please," he said, handing the parchment to Phineas & Princess Isabella, both of whom signed it. "Now it just needs your signature sir," he added, before Regent Monogram signed it. "Okay, it's official, Phineas will marry Princess Isabella in a few years, pending approval from his parents, and become the new regent."
"Oh Phineas, I'm so happy!" Princess Isabella said, running forward and hugging him "you're going to make a great future husband and regent!"
"Thanks princess," Phineas replied.
"All right boys, thank you for coming and agreeing to this," Regent Monogram said "you've made the princess very happy, and me as well."
"Glad we could help sir," Phineas said, as he and Ferb headed out "bye, bye princess" Phineas called back, waving to Princess Isabella before they headed out.
"I feel good about my decision Ferb," Phineas said "you and I can still make stuff, and if I'm regent, think of all the good we could do for China. Plus the princess seemed happy, that's always a plus, I suppose."
Before Ferb could say anything, both boys reached the outside of the palace, where they were accosted by a familiar figure.
"What did the regent want with you two?" Candace asked "did he punish you for building that giant stone warrior? Or making that pile of rubble?"
"No, he offered me the chance to marry Princess Isabella and become the new regent, when I'm old enough, of course," Phineas replied.
"What? You make potentially dangerous stuff and you get to be regent, while I don't and I get nothing?" Candace replied, shocked "I can't believe this, life is so unfair! I mean, why does my little brother get to be regent and I…" suddenly, a thought struck her.
"Wait, so you're telling me you're going to marry the princess and become regent. As in, the big cheese, the main man, the supreme ruler of the whole place?"
"Well, technically, I'd be co-ruler with Princess Isabella," Phineas explained.
"Whatever," Candace replied "the point is, you'd be in charge; and when you are, I hope you won't forget your loving sister, who was always there for you and always supported you."
"I don't know about the support thing, but sure Candace, I'll make sure you're well taken care of," Phineas replied "and mom & dad too, of course."
"Yeah, yeah, right sure," Candace said, uninterested "ooh hoo, my luck has finally changed. Soon, I'll be living the good life!"
"Well, I need to talk it over with mom & dad first," Phineas told her "if they don't approve, then I can't go through with it."
"Mom and dad will totally be on board," Candace said "the future of their daughter… I mean, youngest son, depends on it."
A few miles away, meanwhile, a figure emerged from under the dirt.
"Ha ha, they thought they could keep the mighty Doofus Khan in prison," the evil barbarian leader said "luckily I managed to dig my way free with these chopsticks. And I know, most people would use a spoon, but, well you know, this is China, we don't have those. Now I'll rebuild my army and set forth my plans to conquer the Tri-Province Area! But first, I need a bath, my clothes smell like dirt," he added.
Many years earlier, the Tri-Kingdom Area:
In their backyard, the medieval versions of Phineas & Ferb were admiring their latest handiwork.
"It was lucky for us we found that blacksmith that was able to fix Excaliferb," Phineas said to his brother "now that the blade doesn't come off, this thing could be pretty useful."
"Phineas & Ferbalot!" their sister Candavere shouted as she came into the yard "you two better not be working on one of your crazy potions, because Jeremiad is coming over and I don't want you scaring him off!"
"Don't worry sis, we won't ruin your date," Phineas replied.
"You'd better not, or I'll tell mom!" Candavere replied, before heading back to the house.
A few moments later, a familiar figure flew over.
"Hey Phineas, what art thou doing?" Isabel the water sprite asked.
"Oh hey Isabel," Phineas greeted her "Ferbalot and I took the Excaliferb sword to the blacksmith's to get fixed. We figured we might need it in the future.
"Great, cause I'm looking forward to going on another quest with you, I mean, you know, if one happens to come up," the sprite girl replied.
"I'd rather stay here and work on some new inventions, but hey, maybe one will come up," Phineas told her.
"So listen, I heard you guys are really good at creating potions that can transform things," Isabel began.
"We're okay," Phineas replied.
"Well, do you by any chance have a potion that could, oh I don't know, make a water sprite like me human sized?"
"Probably," Phineas told her, before turning to his brother "how about it Ferbalot? Do we have anything like that?"
The green haired boy walked over to a collection of vials containing different potions. Looking over them, he picked out one of the stack and brought it over.
"This should work," Phineas said, "try it."
Phineas unscrewed the cork and Isabel took a few sips. Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and she stood there, now human girl sized.
"See, we did have one," Phineas told her "although I'm not really sure what you wanted to be bigger for."
"Well, here's the thing," the now girl-sized sprite began "I really enjoyed that last quest we went on together."
"I did too."
"And, well, I'm not really sure how to say this…" she continued, struggling on how to properly put what she planned to say.
"Phineas & Ferbalot."
All three turned and saw a beautiful young brown haired teen clad in a translucent dress standing nearby.
"The Lady of the Puddle," Phineas acknowledged her, "glad to see you again."
"Yes, it is, but if you don't mind, I was in the middle of something," Isabel chimed in.
"The evil wizard Malifishmertz has returned and he is plotting a scheme that could spell doom for all of us," the Lady of the Puddle said "you must stop him before it's too late."
"How do you know this?" Phineas asked her.
"I'm a mystic being, we know all kinds of stuff," she replied.
"Sounds good to me; Ferbalot, I know what we're gonna do today!" Phineas said excitedly, before moving his head back and forth "hey, where's Parable?"
Meanwhile, Parable the Dragonpus had reported to the tower housing his long-bearded superior, King Monopunzel
"Ah Sir P, glad you could make it," Monopunzel replied "we have reason to believe that Malifishmertz is planning another scheme to conquer the Tri-Kingdom Area. Find out what's he planning, and put a stop to it. And while you're out, get me something to trim my beard."
Sir P saluted his boss and headed off. A few moments later, Carl the redheaded Paladin, showed up.
"Sir, I finished documenting the events of the search for Excaliferb," he said "although I did take a few creative liberties with things I didn't actually witness."
"Excellent work Carl," Monopunzel replied "just think, in a thousand or so years, our descendants will read this account, and learn of the heroic action that took place that day."
"Or they might simply see it as a fantasy story," Carl noted.
"Yes, I suppose that's also a possibility," Monopunzel replied "now, I need you to check my beard for birds."
Malifishmertz evil tradesman association!
"I'm glad I settled on that name so my jingle isn't so long," the evil wizard Malifishmertz said from inside his castle "anyway, those fools may have foiled my plans with the meat minions, but I have a new plan that will guarantee my domination of the Tri-Kingdom Area!
But first, time to see what they're up to in my magic mirror," he added, gazing towards his mirror "hey, what happened to my magic mirror?"
"I took it out to be cleaned," came the voice of his Lawn Gnorm.
"Okay Lawn Gnorm, you need to inform me before you mess with my evil magical stuff," Malifishmertz replied "No matter, I'll just use my magic crystal ball; it doesn't get great reception and I have to pay extra gold if I go over my minutes, but it'll have to do."
The evil wizard looked through his crystal, and saw Phineas, Ferbalot, & Isabel heading through the woods.
"Once we pick up Bufavolous & Baljeetolas, we can get to work stopping Malifishmertz," he said.
"Look, Phineas, about that 'thing', I wanted to talk to you about earlier…" Isabel chimed in.
"Wait until we find the others, then you can tell me," Phineas told her.
I'd rather do it in private the water sprite thought.
"So, those adventurers think they can stop me, do they?" Malifishmertz asked "well, I'll take care of them when they arrive."
He pulled out a spellbook and flipped through the pages until he came upon one that was to his liking.
"Ahh here we go," he commented "hmm, it does mention that this is a pretty powerful and dangerous spell. Eh, but I'm an experienced wizard, and besides, what's the worst that could happen?"
1914, The Rusty Pickaxe, Panama
"Ah, nothing like sitting down to a nice ice cream sundae after a hard archaeological adventure," Ohio Flynn said "thanks to us, this ancient Mayan medallion will be put on display in museums all over the globe."
"Hello gents, the usual I take it?" Lawrence asked the hungry archaeologist brothers.
"Yes, thank you," Ohio replied "hey, I wonder where Isabella is? I was sure she was going to meet us."
"Oh yes, I was also given this letter addressed to you," Lawrence said, pulling out a letter and handing it to Ohio "some other summons to adventure, no doubt."
Ohio began to read "Dear my arch-enemies. By now, you've probably noticed your little friend Isabella isn't around. That's because she's currently a guest of mine; and by that, I mean I kidnapped her, she's not literally a guest; it's not like I invited her over or something, I mean, I don't even like her, she's so annoying, with her little girl voice and… sorry, I got off track there. Anyway, bring the Mayan medallion to the old temple downriver if you ever want to see her again. Sincerely, Doofenshmirtz."
"That no good fiend!" Ohio exclaimed "using Isabella to force us to hand over our hard earned treasures. Come on Rhode Island, rescuing our friend has top priority."
"Should I keep your sundaes warm for you?" Lawrence asked them, as they ran out "oh wait, what was I thinking? You can't keep ice cream warm."
Next time, Malifishmertz's spell causes a chain reaction that will allow all of these characters to meet.