Phineas' Mother popped her head round the door into the house.

"Boys, I'm going to Vivian's house across the street to play bridge today. I've told Candace she's in charge, but don't let her bug you too much. Stay out of trouble," she called across the lawn.

"Ok, mom, bye," Phineas replied.

"Bye boys," she said and disappeared into the house.

"Ferb, have you got those blueprints drawn up for the real-life size snakes and ladders board?" Phineas inquired his brother. Ferb nodded and pointed to his top pocket.

"Great," Phineas said, rubbing his hands, "Now let's get started on the giant kerplunk."

Just that moment, a raven-haired girl of similar age to the boys walked in through the gate.

"Hey Phineas, Watcha' Doooing?" she asked incredibly cutely.

"Oh, hey Isabella. We're making giant versions of boardgames today," replied Phineas.

"Cool, is there anything the fireside girls and I can do to help?" she said sweetly.

"Well, at the moment we're just drawing up blueprints, so you could start putting up posters and handing out leaflets. Later, when we start building, we will need a lot of help, so could you assist us then?"

"Of course Phineas, anything for you," she replied dreamily.

"What was that?" he looked up.

"Oh, I said, er-, 'Ow a stone in my shoe!'" she ad-libbed, hoping he didn't notice, "I'll go and get the fireside girls together. See you Phineas. Oh, and you too Ferb."

Ferb nodded after her as she left the backyard.

A certain ginger teenager poked her head round the door at that moment.

"What are you guys doing?" Candace said, narrowing her eyes.

"Hi Candace. We're building giant boardgames," Phineas replied, poring over blueprints.

"Oh, you are so busted! Just wait 'til I tell mom! Hey wait!" she paused, hearing a crack, "What was that?"

"Probably a squirrel," Ferb suggested.

"Ok, where was I? Oh yeah, you guys are so busted! Busted, busted, busted! Busted, busted, busted!" she sang going into the house. "Hang on," she frowned, "didn't you already do that when you made giant Skiddley-Whiffers?"

"Yes, but this time we are making more boardgames, on a smaller scale," Phineas explained, "We're making:

Kerplunk

Snakes and Ladders

Scrabble

Monopoly

Clue

Risk

Battleships

Mastermind

Ludo

Operation"

"Wow," Candace replied, "That's a lot of boardgames."

Ferb nodded.

"Anyway, I'm still busting you!" she called going back into the house.

Phineas looked at Ferb and said, "Hey, where's-" A random dude ran on and passed Phineas a note, then ran off again. "It says: wait to say catchphrase, crack has to be explained," Phineas said reading it, "I wonder what that could mean?" Ferb just shrugged.

Unbeknownst to the siblings, the crack was not a squirrel. Early that morning, a new family had moved into the house next door to the Flynn-Fletcher's. A girl in that family had spent her entire morning standing on a wicker basket, watching the goings on in the next backyard. The crack was the basket finally giving up the fight and collapsing.

Now she had positioned herself more securely on a tree stump, and continued to watch the boys at work. Her sister, who was exactly double her age, came into the backyard and sighed.

"Juni…." She began.

"Wisty, I told you not to call me that anymore," the girl mumbled, looking at her feet. The older girl, rolled her eyes and sighed again, but she understood why her sister didn't want to hear that particular nickname.

"Come here," she said, opening her arms to the little girl, who gratefully was enveloped into a hug, "Juniper, you and me, we're survivors, we're tough. Together we can face anything. We've come here to start a new life. Now, the best way to do that is to make new friends. Why don't you go over there and make friends with those kids; they seem nice."

"By myself?" Juniper squeaked. Wisteria sighed again.

"Always remember this: bravery is not about not being afraid of anything, its about being afraid, but standing up to your fear. Now," she said kissing the 11 year-old on her forehead, "go and enjoy yourself. Laugh. Have fun. I'll see you later."

"If you're sure…." Juniper said worriedly.

"I've never been surer in my life," Wisteria smiled at her sister confidently.

"Ok, I'll go," Juniper smiled, for the first time in weeks. It was an unsure, unsteady smile, but a smile nonetheless.

"That's my girl, now go before you change your mind." Juniper scampered off and Wisteria waved behind her, before heading inside again.

"Ok, now can I say it?" Phineas inquired to some unknown source. He apparently got an affirmative answer, because the next second he said, "Hey where's Perry?"

A blue platypus walked into a shower cubicle and put on a brown fedora. The shower floor opened up and the platypus fell through into a high tech spy room. A screen showed the face of an elderly man with the letters 'MM' on his suit.

"Good Morning Agent P. Carl says Doofenschmirtz has bought up all the spray-cheese in the Tri-State Area. Go and see what he's doing and put a stop to it," the man said. Agent P. saluted and jumped into his hover car.

"Carl, you need to think of more creative entrances for Agent P. Today's, in the words of the youth, 'sucked'."