CHAPTER 4- So I know this chapter is a little shorter, but only because of how I wanted to end it.

DarkinUnderground: Ah, but keep in mind that Candace will most likely not remember anything of life.

Wii Guy: Ha, I never noticed that!

I don't own Phineas and Ferb or The Little Mermaid.

I do own my character Jordan, and one of my friends is drawing a picture of her, and she'll be posting it on DeviantArt soon enough. I'll let you know when she does.

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Phineas and Ferb exchanged looks with Isabella. "Honestly," Phineas said sheepishly, rubbing his neck, "we were hoping you could tell us."

GENERAL POV

Jordan sat quietly, engrossed in some interesting book that she had found about…well, it was a person named King Arthur. She didn't know who King Arthur was, or why he was king, but the story about his round table was neat enough.

And truth be told, Jordan was just as fascinated, if not more fascinated, with humans as her friend Ariel.

Speaking of…

Jordan frowned and sat back, laying the book down on her tail and staring out the window. Ariel was missing. Flounder wasn't sure if the young mermaid had just gone for a swim, or if she was actually missing, but the two had agreed to not tell anyone until it became apparent that the girl wasn't just out blowing off steam.

Right now, the fish was braving his fears and talking to Scuttle on the surface while Jordan waited for this girl to wake up.

Said girl suddenly groaned and tossed slightly. Jordan automatically dropped her book into her bag, knowing that if someone found it she'd be toast, and darted to her side.

"Miss?" she said softly, feeling weird calling somebody who seemed to be her age 'miss.'

The girl moaned and moved a hand to her forehead, shoving her eyes open and looking up at Jordan with dark blue eyes that pierced the mermaids lighter ones. "Who…who are you?"

Before Jordan could answer, the girl sat up slowly and looked down at herself, rubbing her eyes as if they hurt. "Wait. Actually….who am I?"

Jordan gasped quietly, sending bubbles streaming to the ceiling. "You…you don't remember who you are?" she asked softly, perching lightly on the edge of the girl's bed.

The red head shook her head slowly. "No…I just….where am I?"

Jordan paused. "You're in the city of Atlantica, and it's obvious now that you have a concussion. My friend Flounder found you outside the palace gates and helped bring you in. You're in our hospital."

The young mermaid shook her head. "So…who are you again?"

"My name's Jordan. And all we know about your name is that it starts with a 'C' and your middle name and last name go 'G' and then 'F.' Ringing any bells?"

The girl shook her head, wincing and rubbing the back of her head. Jordan flicked her tail and floated up, pushing the girl's soft hair aside and wincing when she saw the large scrape on her skin.

"One sec," she said. "I'll go get something to fix that up with," she promised, swimming out of the room.

Jordan swam quickly to the nurses' station, keeping an eye out for Marcia. They didn't normally have many people get sick, so the only time they had someone in the hospital was when there were broken bones or shark attacks.

Jordan shuddered at the thought and removed a few things from the shelves, including a special ointment made from octopus ink. She noted on a piece of paper that they were low on the ink ointment, and then grabbed a towel and swam back to the room.

She set the bottles and towel on the side of the bed, and then instructed the girl to lean forward.

Jordan gently parted the hair and frowned. She pushed the hair to the right, and then to the left, her eyes widening. "Wha- where is the cut?" she yelped in shock.

The girl looked up in confusion. "Huh?"

Jordan gestured helplessly to the mermaid's hair. "You had a huge cut on your head like five minutes ago! Now it's gone!"

The girl felt her head and frowned. "Huh. That's…that's weird. I…"

All of a sudden, the girl frowned and started coughing. "I…I don't…I can't…"

Jordan frowned in worry. "What's wrong?"

The red head kept coughing and looked up, grasping her throat. Her face was turning a disturbing shade of blue and Jordan realized, from all her years of reading forbidden human books that the girl was choking…or, based on the shade her lips were turning, drowning. But…?

"Air," the girl gasped. "I don't remember a lot, but I know I sure as hell need….air."

Jordan automatically gripped the girl's bicep and pulled her out of bed and straight through the window, hoping no one would see them.

She propelled the girl forcefully to the surface, and the second their heads broke free into the salty air, the young mermaid started coughing badly, leaning heavily on Jordan and sucking in huge mouthfuls of air.

As she started to calm down, Jordan led her over to a buoy that was placed out at a very far distance. She could just barely see the shore from here, making out the faint line of buildings.

Jordan sighed, and then turned to the girl, who was staring at the buoy in hard concentration. "Candace," she said firmly.

Jordan blinked. "Huh?"

The girl turned to her, her breathing returning to normal. "I think…I think that's my name," she said slowly.

Jordan raised an eyebrow. "Candace, huh? Nice. Tell me, Candace, why exactly do you need air?"

Candace frowned and leaned her body against the buoy, staring at it intently, tracing something carved into it. Jordan peered over and blinked in surprise when she realized that the word Candace was tracing was her own name.

"Why is your name on this buoy?" asked Jordan.

Candace shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe…maybe I've been here? I don't know. As for the air…it was just this feeling that I needed to breathe air. I don't know why, Jordan, I swear."

She looked at the mermaid pleadingly and Jordan sighed. "Ok, I believe you. But we can't tell anyone about this."

Candace nodded and stared out at the shore. "Didn't think we should."

Jordan hesitated a moment, and then drifted over to Candace quietly. "You ok? I mean, besides not knowing who you are."

Candace chewed on her lip for a moment before sighing. "There's just…something important nagging at the back of my mind," she murmured, glancing down at the necklace she held clasped in her fist. "And I can't….I can't remember, Jordan. I can't."

Jordan gave a sympathetic smile and rubbed Candace's shoulder. "Hey, we'll figure it out."

Candace's shoulders slumped. "I sure hope so."

Phineas watched Isabella and Ferb leave the bathroom. Isabella was running across the street to tell her mom that she was staying for lunch, and Ferb was running to their room to see if he could find his Log and laptop.

Lawrence was in the kitchen trying to get a hold of their mother.

Phineas sighed and looked over at Ariel. "So…" he said with a roll of his eyes. "How's life?"

Ariel gave him a weird look. "Considering I can't remember a thing? Not bad. Plus I'm stuck in a bath tub."

Phineas winced. "Yeah, sorry about that. There's nowhere else we can think to put you though."

Ariel sighed. "I don't know. I have this nagging feeling...anyway, it looks kind of...neat, you know, to be able to walk. Is it?"

Phineas looked surprised. "Well, I…I guess. But I can't really compare it, you know. Now our sister…"

He trailed off and Ariel looked at him curiously. "What about your sister?"

"Our sister is half mermaid," Phineas said, glancing down at the floor, "and if I'm honest…I was always kind of jealous."

Ariel's eyebrows shot up. "Huh? Half a mermaid?"

Phineas nodded. "Yeah. When she goes in the water, she turns into a mermaid. Out of water, she's human."

"And you're….jealous of this," Ariel said slowly.

Phineas smiled sheepishly. "Sounds stupid huh?"

"Not nearly as stupid as you would think," Ferb said softly as he walked in and plopped down next to his brother, offering a small smile. "I was always kind of jealous as well."

Phineas gave a thin smile. "Really? Wow. I thought I was the only one."

Ferb shook his head and opened his laptop, blinking as a video chat request filled his screen.

Phineas leaned over his brother's shoulder and grinned. "Nu-uh. Dipper and Mabel? Bro, accept!"

Ferb smiled. "We can ask them about the mermaids there."

Phineas nodded, and then glanced at Ariel with a frown.

"Wait…Ferb, what if Candace is where Ariel was, and she doesn't remember anything either?"

Ferb paled a little and winced. Phineas chewed on his lower lip for a moment. "Accept the request, Ferb. We need to talk to them."

Ferb nodded and pressed the "Chat" button.

A moment later, Dipper and Mabel's grinning faces filled the screen.

Yay! Dipper and Mabel!

And OMG, Phineas and Ferb were jealous of Candace? Crazy!

And hmmm…Candace still has that darned flower in her bloodstream…what role could it possibly play? *innocent batting of eyelashes*

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