There have only been a few times in the show where Phineas and Ferb have gotten "busted", and their mother has reacted badly each time. However, something always happened so that they were never really busted. I decided to write this two chapter one-shot about what I think Linda's reaction should be. Hope you like it!

Today was going to be the day! She could just feel it!

To Candace Flynn, those few seconds while she waited for her mom to pull into the driveway were like an eternity. Every single day that summer she had tried, and failed, to bust her brothers. But somehow, almost every single one of their inventions had managed to disappear. The only ones that her mom had seen were little things that weren't really enough to get anyone in trouble for. Today, her brothers had built an obstacle course that used their anti-gravity fun launcher so that they could do the course in mid-air. Isabella, Baljeet, Buford, and Irving had come over to play on it as well. Candace had called her mom the moment she saw it, and now she heard her pulling into the driveway. The teenage girl sighed. Something was probably going to happen that made everything go back to normal before her mom saw it, but she still went out to drag her into the backyard.

"Mom, Phineas and Ferb built an anti-gravity obstacle course in the backyard!" Candace exclaimed. "You have to come bust them right now!"

"Alright Candace," sighed Linda, "there's no need to drag me. I don't want to ruin another pair of perfectly good shoes."

The gate door swung open, and Candace closed her eyes, waiting for her mother to shake her head and offer everyone snacks as usual. The one thing that Candace wasn't prepared for, however, was exactly what happened.

"Oh my gosh!" Linda exclaimed. "What is this?"

Candace's eyes snapped open. She actually stopped breathing for a moment at the sight before her.

Everything was still there. The kids were all floating in mid-air, doing flips and zooming through an obstacle course that was set up ten feet above their heads.

Phineas was just coming down to the ground, his fifteen or so minutes of anti-gravity being up. He waved to his mom and sister when he saw them.

"Hi mom! Hi Candace! Do you guys want to try?"

Linda was practically speechless, as was Candace, but the former managed to shake it off and speak.

"Phineas," she said very, very calmly, "would you please explain to me what this is?"

Phineas, completely oblivious as to what the real situation was, was happy to oblige.

"You see, we re-built our anti-gravity fun launcher that we made earlier this summer. Then we built this obstacle course so that we could combine both and make a course above ground! I mean, obstacle courses on the ground are fun, but in mid-air, they're about a hundred times better!"

Linda stared blankly at her son, and then turned to the course. It had hopes, ropes, trapezes, and swinging logs to avoid while you floated upside down through a ring of fire. The kids had all stopped doing the course to observe the situation unfolding in front of them. Linda squeezed her eyes closed, while Candace seemed to regain her ability to speak.

"WOOHOO! I did it! I finally busted Phineas and Ferb! I knew I could do it! You all thought I was crazy, but I did it!"

Linda put up a hand for her daughter to be quiet. She opened her eyes, and then pointed to the obstacle course.

"Alright, I need a moment to think," she said, directing her attention at Phineas. "Please tell your friends to go home, and then get your brother and the three of you can wait on the couch while I decide what to do here."

Linda then walked inside the house, leaving a very confused Phineas staring after her.

"I don't get it Candace, why is mom acting like that?"

Candace was still feeling dizzy from her sudden victory, but she managed to answer her younger brother calmly.

"Did it ever occur to you how dangerous this device is?"

Phineas shook his head, still very confused, but as he talked, he began realizing something that he never had before.

"Well, no, it's not dangerous actually. The fire isn't real, and the logs are actually made of the same material as a bounce house, and we're all wearing helmets that just look like our hair. They're more comfortable that way. And we didn't need building permits for this one, because it's small, but we always have the permits for anything that we do need them for. We quadruple check all of our safety precautions, and if there's ever even the slightest mistake, we, we start all over again. But, I mean, I guess it doesn't look like that to anyone else. I guess to mom, it could look, kind of dangerous. I mean..."

Phineas trailed off, his eyes cast down. It had taken him a while, but the young inventor finally came to the realization that some of the things they did would look a little questionable. Their mom didn't know everything that he just explained to his sister. Phineas sighed, and told his friends that it was time to go home. They all went without question, because they had all seen and heard what had just happened, and didn't want to make things worse. Phineas and Ferb both walked inside and sat down on the couch.

Candace, while still reeling from her victory, suddenly realized something as well. She really had no idea what was going to happen now. Did she really expect that there would just be a two week grounding, and then her family would be normal? If her mom reacted badly, her whole life could change. And so she walked inside and sat down next to her brothers, thinking hard. She had finally done it, so she should be happy. She should still be jumping up and down in joy, and everything should turn out great.

But for the first time in a long time, Candace Flynn took a reality check. Life wasn't that easy. Things were going to change now. She just had to hope that they would change for the better, for everyone.

The next, and last, chapter will be up tomorrow night at the latest. Thanks for reading, and let me know what you think!