Here we go, chapter 2. Happy that people are actually reading this. It's just a fun little story that's easy to tell.


"Map?"

"Check."

"Commoner clothing?"

"Check."

"Caviar?"

"What?"

"Well, we might get hungry."

The princesses huddled desperately around a small table in the playroom; planning and packing supplies for what could be their first, and only, trip to the outside world.

Vanessa rolled her eyes. "Katie, we are not bringing caviar. The whole point of this is to be normal for once in our lives. Suzy, are we all set?"

"I think so." The young girl peeked her head out the door and looked both ways. "I don't see Norm anywhere."

Candace was nibbling on her nails and looking awfully nervous. "We're going to get busted, I'm telling you. Either we get in trouble, or WE LITERALLY BREAK OUR NECKS!" She screeched.

"Relax Candy, after we climb down from this tower, it's only a short walk to the village." Said Stacy.

"And the girls and I have been working really hard on rope climbing, right girls?" said Isabella.

"Right!" said Holly, Milly, Gretchen, Katie, Adyson, and Ginger together.

"Okay, so… did any of you happen to remember that I'm AFRAID OF HEIGHTS?" Candace cried.

"Candace, please? This might be our one and only chance to leave the castle." Isabella begged.

"Yeah, Candace, please, please?" All the girls pleaded together.

Candace winced. "O…K."

Suzy looked around. "The coast is clear. Now's as good a time as any to escape."

The girls tied a long rope around a very heavy bookcase they had in the room. Then, they let it down out the window. It was long enough that it touched the ground. The side of the castle that this particular room was on could barely be seen from the castle grounds. Vanessa locked the door from the inside so that nobody could come inside.

"Okay, girls. All we have to do is climb down. And remember that we need to be home before sunset." Vanessa said.

"Maybe I should just stay here. I could be your cover in case something goes wrong. Plus, I can't really climb too well…" Candace said.

"Candace, you're coming and that's that." Said Stacy.

Vanessa looked at all her sisters. They were all dressed like commoners, villagers, or servants. Hopefully, nobody would recognize them as nobility. After all, the public hadn't had many glimpses of the princesses.

"Suzy, start climbing." Vanessa said. All the girls slowly, one after another, started climbing down the rope. Vanessa looked over the empty room one more time and started climbing down. To freedom, she thought.


"Phineas! Ferb!" called Linda. "Now where could those boys have gotten off to?"

"I don't know, love, but when you find them, tell them I'm going to need them in the shop soon." Said Lawrence.

Linda and Lawrence were a happily married couple living in the village. They ran the largest and most successful cobbler shop in town. Even King Doofensmirtz occasionally bought shoes from their store. They had two sons, Phineas and Ferb.

"We're out back, Mom!" Phineas called from the backyard. He looked over what he was doing for a third time. "I dunno Ferb, I still think it needs more unicorn hair." Ferb silently nodded.

"Boys, what are you doing?" Their parents marched into the backyard.

"We're working on an invisibility cloak." Phineas said brightly.

"An invisibility cloak? What kind of nonsense is that? This time you'll definitely be accused of witchcraft. I swear, sometimes I wish your little 'projects' would just disappear before I had to see them." Linda moaned.

"But Mom," Phineas pleaded. "Think of what you could do with an invisibility cloak! Think of how much people would pay to vanish in plain sight!"

"All we want is for people to pay for our shoes, so you two, get in there and help your father." Linda exclaimed.

"But I thought we had plenty of money." Phineas said.

"I'm afraid not, Phineas." Lawrence said. "The king has raised the tax again."

"But, but…" Phineas stammered.

"Until you're as wealthy as a king, Phineas, no more of these silly projects." His parents went back into their cottage.

Phineas sighed. "I guess it's back to making shoes, Ferb. Making shoes for the rest of our lives. We're practically elves."

"No, if I was an elf, I'd be baking cookies in a tree." Ferb said.

Phineas half-smiled at his brother. "Good one, Ferb. But that's not enough to make me happy. If only we were rich."

Ferb sighed. He couldn't make a bag of money appear for his brother. "Maybe we can still find time to work on the cloak later." Ferb said.

"Yeah, I guess. Come on," Phineas sighed. "Let's go to the shop."


"Whoa." Said Vanessa.

"Wow!" exclaimed Ginger.

"This is amazing!" said Isabella.

Sights, smells, and sounds they had never experienced before in their lives surrounded the twelve girls. Bustling carts pulled by braying donkeys, which kicked up golden dust as they drove by. Shoppers bargaining for a huge variety of goods. The smells of fresh-baked bread and newly cut flowers blending with the smells of farm animals and sweat. Homes, stores, and busy, happy villagers surrounded the twelve girls.

"I can't believe how much we've been missing." Adyson exclaimed.

"Well, I think it's kind of… AAH!" Candace dodged a large fish that almost hit her in the face.

"Sorry, miss. I mean… misses." The fishmonger who had nearly beaned Candace gazed down the long line of girls.

Vanessa bit at her lip. "We have to split up. We're too conspicuous; twelve girls all together like this. Let's split into groups of two or three. I'll take Suzy." She said protectively, as she took the youngest girl's hand. "We can meet up here later. Before sunset."

Jenny grabbed Stacy's arm. "Come on, I want to go see some of those beautiful daisies. They would look perfect in my hair."

"Who cares? I want to meet some boys." Stacy complained as Jenny dragged her off.

Isabella turned to see Adyson, Ginger, and Gretchen scampering off in one direction together, and Milly, Katie, and Holly scampering off in the other one. Figures the girls would do this to her. They had all stuck her with Candace. Panicky, paranoid, spoil sport Candace.

Isabella sighed. "Okay, Candace, what should we do?"

"What should we do? What should we do? We should march our butts back up to the castle before Dad totally busts us." Candace said.

"Candace, we're already here. Would you just make the best of it?" Isabella asked.

Candace sighed. "Okay, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know. Maybe look inside these stores?" Isabella knew what she really wanted to do. She wanted to make some friends who weren't her sisters.

"Okay, what about this one?" Candace pointed to a nearby cobbler shop. "A girl can never have too many shoes."

They both walked into the store. "Hi, how can I help you?" A redheaded young man at the counter approached them.

'We're just… looking." Candace said nervously.

He nodded and returned to the counter. Isabella followed him. "Hello." She said shyly to him. She had never really spoken to a boy before. Not a real, not counting servants and family, one.

"Hi. I'm Phineas." He said brightly.

"I'm…" Isabella wasn't sure if she should use her real name. She glanced at Candace, who was glancing nervously around. "…Isabella."

"Hi, Isabella." Phineas said. "So, are you new around here?"

"New, yes. I don't really live here, but… I hope to be coming around quite often." She said.

"Neat. You should meet my brother, Ferb. He's in the back of the store. It's where we make the shoes. And we live near by. Ferb!" He called.

Isabella smiled. He sure was chatty.

"Who's that?" Phineas said, pointing at Candace.

"My sister." Isabella said.

Phineas smiled. "I always wanted a sister. But it's not like my parents could ever afford to have another child. Ferb!" He called again.

"I'm coming!" Isabella heard another voice call. A green-haired young man came into the room, juggling what looked like a lot of shoes and tools used to make them in his arms.

"Ferb, meet Isabella." Phineas said.

The boy looked up at her, and suddenly everything he had been holding crashed to the ground. Ferb even fell down with it all.

Phineas and Isabella rushed to help him. "Ferb, what just happened? You never drop stuff!" Phineas said.

"Are you alright?" Isabella crouched down to help him up. From the moment he had laid his eyes on her, he hadn't taken them off of her.

"I… umm… I…" Ferb stammered.

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

Ferb glared at him. He stuck out his hand towards Isabella, and noticed it was quivering.

"I'm Isabella." She said, shaking his hand.

"I'm Ferb." He said. The handshake finished, but Ferb still hadn't let go off her hand.

"Uh, Ferb?" Phineas said.

Ferb glanced down. Her hand was still grasping Isabella's. "Sorry." He said embarrassedly.

Isabella giggled. "It's fine."

Phineas glanced at his brother and his love struck gaze and started to back away, only to bump right into Candace. She almost screamed.

"Sorry." Phineas said.

"Sorry? Dumb little… what's your name?" She asked.

"I'm Phineas and that's Ferb." He said.

"Phineas and Ferb." She repeated. She could already tell that these two boys were only going to be a nuisance to her.

Meanwhile, Ferb was gazing at Isabella. "Did you come here for something?" He asked.

"No. But I like these shoes a lot." Isabella said.

"Really? Because I happen to make a good amount of these shoes." Ferb said, as he leaned on a shelf with some shoes on it. "His Royal Highness even orders OUR shoes for his daughters."

Isabella giggled into her hand. "You don't say?"

"Indeed." At that moment, the shelf broke. More shoes tumbled to the ground and Ferb almost did too.

Isabella giggled again. She wasn't positive, since she had very limited experience, but she was almost positive that this boy liked her. And she found it kind of cute.

"I… I'll clean all this up later." Ferb said.

"I like you, Ferb." Isabella said. "You, and your brother. I think we could be good friends."

He smiled very sweetly at her and nodded.

"Isabella!" Candace ran up to her. "We have to go!" She pointed to the window. Oh no. Sunset.

"Bye Ferb. I hope to see you again very soon." Isabella said, as Candace began pulling her out the door. He waved to her. "Bye Phineas." She called, as Candace dragged her by him.

"Bye!" Phineas called.

"I can't believe it's already sunset. Norm must have tried to check on us already!" Candace muttered to herself, as the two girls marched to the designated meeting spot.

"I like them." Isabella said out loud. "The boys."

"Well, I don't." Candace said. "Trust me, they have 'trouble' written all over their little faces."

The other girls were waiting for them. "Did you guys have fun?" Isabella asked. A million responses were shouted out.

"I got a daisy for my hair!" Jenny said.

"You should see their library!" Gretchen exclaimed.

"We had the most amazing desserts." Giggled Milly and Holly.

Vanessa was pacing around nervously. "Is everyone here? Roll call…"

"We don't have time!" said Candace. "Just count us."

Vanessa did a quick head count. "Ok, twelve, let's go!"

The girls rushed back home, taking the woodland path towards the castle. They saw the rope, and began climbing as fast as they could. Once all twelve girls were inside, all they wanted to do was relax. However, they had to change into their royal gowns again, as quickly as possible. Then, Vanessa unlocked the door. Only five minutes after she did that, Norm called the girls for dinner.

As the girls sat down to eat, Isabella approached her eldest sister. "Vanessa, are we ever going to go back to the village?" she whispered.

Vanessa wasn't sure. This had been an extreme risk. Yet, it had been worth it. Vanessa had finally gotten a taste of the outside world. And obviously her sisters had enjoyed it just as much, as she looked at their happy faces.

"Yes, yes we will." She said.


Well, the princesses got their taste of freedom. If you notice, I'm doing the couples a little differently this time: Isabella isn't in love with Phineas and Ferb IS in love with Isabella. What do you think will happen next? Please review!

-Silver