The second sun was rising, and it looked like the trees were on fire. The sky was orange, and the dirt was red. The trees had silver leaves. Flutter wings buzzed in the air. There was a pond behind him, with an alien form of Koi fish called Kionaf, with green scales and glowing antenna. Ferb recognised this place. He was in the garden at his old summer home.

He was on Galifrey.

"Ferb!"

Ferb turned around and smiled. There was Vanessa, with her hair up in a traditional Gallifreyian style (like it would have been in AT2D), wearing a traditional robe of black, white, and red. She moved gracefully, her hair and gown swaying behind her. She walked towards him and softly, gracefully knelt beside him.

"So, Ferb… what are you doing in the garden?"

"Just meditating."

"Meditation, huh? You're just full of surprises, huh?"

"Yes. Yes I am."

Vanessa reached out her hand, which Ferb took without question. They sat there in companionable silence, staring at the beautiful second sunrise of Galifrey.

"Franklin! Where are you? It's time for tea."

Vanessa smiled and rolled her eyes. "And that would be your mom, come to ruin the moment."

"Don't talk about my mum like that, Vanessa."

Vanessa smirked. "Sure, whatever. I suppose she is kinda cool. Still, we better go tell her where we are before she overreacts and accidentally uses her sonic pin on us."

"Mummy wouldn't do that, Vanessa."

"You'd be surprised, she can be pretty overprotective when it comes to you and your dad. Not that I blame her." With that, she swiftly, gracefully stood, her gown and hair moving softly with the wind. "We're over here, Mrs. Fletcher!"

A woman with woods-y brown skin, shocking green eyes, and leafy forest green hair done up on a very messy bun, wearing a gown of white, blue, and green walked over to the pair in the garden, smiling at Vanessa.

"Oh, come now, Vanessa, I've told you time and time again to call me Felicity."

"Mum, do you think we could possibly have tea in the garden?"

"Why, but of coarse, Franklin! I'll tell your father to bring his tea set over here. Lawrence!"

Lawrence Fletcher, dressed in a tweed jacket and a brown bowler hat, suddenly popped out of the bushes and gave his wife a peck on the cheek. "Hello, love." Felicity laughed joyfully at her husband's antics.

Wait. What was…?

Ferb clutched his head, suffering from a small migraine. Vanessa laid a hand on Ferb's shoulder, and he looked up at her.

"Ferb? You okay?"

"M'fine. Just a small headache."

"Well, come on. You're dad's set up this crazy ancient tea machine in the gazebo."

"…okay, Vanessa."

Ferb took Vanessa's hand and let her pull him up. They walked, hand in hand, to the gazebo, which had a fantastic telescope that Ferb liked to look through for hours on end. The sky here was so much clearer than any light-polluted sky on Earth, thanks to the one-way mirror domes covering most of the planet's big cities. If only he could build a really, really BIG telescope on Earth, as big as the Roman Colosseum, with a huge glass lens that would allow all the children of Earth to see the beauty of the unfiltered sky… "…okay, Ferb, the first thing we need is a giant lens…. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Obseva-Ferb-atory!…"

"Franklin, sweetheart? I asked you a question…"

Ferb realised that everyone had been having a conversation, and that he had zoned out. He shook his head and looked sheepishly at his mother.

"Sorry, mum. What was it you wanted to ask me?"

"Are you sure you're well, sweetheart? I could go get you some celery… or the metamorphic symbiosis regulator?"

"Sorry, love, but that's for regeneration. Turbo Ferb here is only 1/16th of a time lord, remember?"

"Oh, but of coarse. Silly me."

1/16th time lord… "…sweetie, listen to me. I want you to take the TARDIS and bring your father to his parent's house in London. They might get me, but you're only 1/16th time lord, their scanners won't detect you…"

"So, Ferb, how did you and Vanessa meet?"

Ferb shook his head again and looked at Vanessa.

"Well, we were at Blueprint Heaven, and… it was… I was supposed to…"

He was supposed to pick up a blueprint for a giant ice cream machine… for… someone… "…Hey. How's it going?" " … Ferb, what happened? You're usually so focused…" I was weak. A boy… red… smiling… BROTHER…

America. There was a boy in America.

Phineas. His name was Phineas.

Phineas is my brother.

Why would I have a brother in America? And a sister… Candace… and a mother… who was different… red hair, pale skin, HUMAN… dad loved her… married her…

Walking down the asile in a tuxedo as a child, holding a pillow with a golden ring, beside Phineas, also with a ring, behind Candace, who was wearing a pink gown and a tiara, throwing flower petals like there's no tomorrow in a beautiful garden, in front of a nauseatingly pink tent…

But dad loved mum… he would never leave mum…

"…Felicity, are you mad? I'll never leave the woman I love!"

"But, Lawrence, you must. My grandfather's a Time Lord, and it shows, look, I have two hearts… but you, my dear, are HUMAN. You can escape the Daleks, you can escape this horrible, horrible war…"

"I'll protect you from them, then."

"Darling, you mustn't, there's no hope for me. Protect our son, please, I beg of you, just go!"

"A growing boy needs his mother!"

"Then find him a mother!"

"What? Never!"

"Darling, please, be reasonable. The Time lords are going to die in this war, and so are the Daleks. This planet will be gone. I need you and our son to be safe, and the only way for that to happen is if you're far, far away."

"But I could never leave you… and I could never love another woman…"

"Lawrence, I have lived for many years, and I have traveled to many places in both time and space, and I know for a fact that that is not true."

"But what will I do without you, love…?"

"Take this artifact. You have traveled with me, and have witnessed the history that nobody else remembers. You know things no other human knows. This artifact is as valuable as it is ancient, and you wear a number of similar things. There is an empty shop on the corner of Dartmouth and Queens street. I want you to buy it, and start an antiques shop."

"Antiques...?"

"The antiques business is much more exciting than it sounds, and it takes you many places you wouldn't even think of. Take it from a time traveler."

Felicity kneeled down and looked her young son in the eye. "Franklin, sweetie, listen to me. I want you to take the TARDIS and bring your father to his parent's house in London. They might get me, but you're only 1/16th Time Lord, their scanners won't detect you. You only have one heart … I suggest you use it well. Now, I want you to take good care of your father … make sure he finds happiness. You're young, so you might forget me… and I want you to know that that's okay. But you must never speak of the Time Lords. If you do, they will find you. When people ask where your mother is, I want you to tell them she died in a car crash. Is that understood?"

Ferb clutched the TARDIS key close to his single human heart and looked up at his mother with big, wet eyes. "Mummy… mummy, I'm scared…"

"Oh, sweetheart…" Felicity hugged her crying son tightly and closed her eyes.

"It's okay to be scared. Fear is what makes you brave, Franklin." She let go and looked her son dead in the eye. "I love you. Now, RUN!" She suddenly tossed Ferb to Lawrence, who caught him and, after a moment's hesitation, ran. Ferb looked over his father's shoulder, to see his mother, turning and walking into the fire of the second sunset.

"MUMMY!"

"FERB!"

Ferb slowly blinked his eyes open, to see his panicked brother looming over him, shaking him.

"…Phineas?…"

"Oh, thank GOD you're awake!" Phineas hugged his confused brother. Sensing his confusion, Phineas elaborated.

"You were having a nightmare. You were screaming and crying for mom. …oh. It wasn't mom. It was someone different, wasn't it? Your birth mother. Didn't she die in a car crash? That was what your dream was about, wasn't it? The day she died."

Ferb said nothing, and yet his brother understood. Phineas wordlessly pulled Ferb in for a hug, and they sat there, silent.

Mourning the loss of a mother in a war that killed many.

…

Yeah, I read a series of popular Phineas and Ferb head cannons, and one of them was that Ferb was 1/16th Time Lord - just human enough to survive the time war. Personally, I think that he has a bit of Sylvari in there, too, which would explain his plant-like leafy green hair. And yes, his real name is Franklin. Apparently,there was this scientist named Frank who had the nickname Ferb, which is where the inspiration for Ferb's name came from, but I see Ferb having a longer, more British name, so he's Franklin. Technically. He'll always be just plain Ferb to the fans, though - Ferb's his chosen name, only Felicity was allowed to call him Franklin. And, yes, in Ferb's dream, he's officially dating Vanessa. I was thinking about sticking Phineas in there, too, but Phineas represents his new life, moving forward past his mother's death. I like Felicity. It was a shame I had to kill her off, but she had a noble death, a memorable one. Just a break from the Meap plotline, and because I just got this great new book called "Whoology", which is basically the official encyclopedia of Doctor Who, made for the 50th anniversary thing. Anywho, till next time!