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To Audrey2013: The reason I had him seeing that few people is 1. Ferb knows how to delegate and 2. I wanted him to be able to spend a good amount of time with them without him being overworked.
This chapter is all about Candace! Enjoy!
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One morning, Empress Candace "Bust-a-lot" Flynn awoke to a nasty realization.
She had been a horrible empress over the last six months.
"Jeremy!" she called.
"Yes, honey? What do you want?" Jeremy, on the other hand, had been a great husband. He'd stood by her for the entire six months of Candace's administration. As a result, he was extremely unpopular, but he didn't care.
"I need to make a royal decree. I have to apologize."
"Sure thing, Candace." Jeremy called up the video camera that would broadcast Candace's image to every television in the world. If people lived in a time zone that was still asleep, it would save the message until they could watch it. Viewing, of course, would be mandatory.
"People of the world," she began. "This is a royal decree." She knew several people would groan when their televisions automatically turned on.
"I need to apologize to all of you. If I knew your names, I'd say them individually. But I don't, so I'm going to apologize to you all in general.
"I'm sorry I've been such a crappy ruler. I haven't respected any of you. I've ignored your needs in favor of my wants. That's the worst mistake any ruler could make.
"I'm not a teenager any more, but I've been acting like one. A spoiled, stupid, teenager. I needed to grow up before I came into office. Instead I grew down. I became immature and started treating life like an endless party.
"I've got an apology to make to a few specific people.
"First, my mom. Sorry, mom. I let my age-old urge to bust take over. First, I made you see what the boys were doing. I should have stopped there. But I didn't. I made you punish them. I forced them to do dangerous things so you would be mad at them. At first, I just wanted you to see what they've been doing since they were kids. But then I decided that I'd rather see them in trouble. I'm sorry for being such a terrible daughter."
"Second, my husband. I'm sorry, Jeremy. I've always loved you, but now I've made everyone hate you. You didn't have to be so loyal to me when I was being such a…" She struggled to find an appropriate word. "... moron.
"Finally, I think that the people who deserved my biggest apology are my brothers, Phineas and Ferb. They are not only the most brilliant inventors ever, they are the best brothers ever. They've been putting up with my crap for years, and especially so for the last few months. Even after all the stupid stuff I do to them, they still think I'm the best sister ever. They say my heart's in the right place. I don't know if that's true, but my head sure hasn't been. I hope that they continue to be great, and that they forgive me for all the things I've done to them."
The phone rang. Candace forgot she was on camera.
"Who could that be?" She glanced at the caller ID. Phineas.
"Answer call," she told her phone. Phineas' voice rang out of the speaker.
"Hi, Candace. Ferb and I just wanted to let you know that we do forgive you."
"We never found you at fault, really," piped up Ferb.
Candace felt like she was going to cry.
"Thanks, guys," she told the phone. The phone hung up.
"Well, folks, I promise I'm going to get my act together. I'm going to shape up. I'm going to be the leader this great planet deserves. So long." Candace saluted the camera, and the message was over.
The next morning, she kept true to her promises. And she never went back on them for the rest of her life.
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