I'm sorry about the wait, I had to do a one shot that involved Katie and Erick. The one shot is done though and so is this chapter. It went through a lot of revisions so I think this one is going to be good.

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(Erick's POV)

Caeca and I were standing around waiting for the rest of the gang to finish up with their dreams, all the while, we were just waiting in an awkward silence. I was looking at the clouds lost in thought while Kie was pacing around.

"You know." Kie started. "I can't figure out why you don't want to see your greatest desire."

"I rather not have a dream about my mom only to be reminded that she's dead." I said as I continued watching the clouds.

Kie let out a sigh. "That excuse would have worked on anyone other than me."

"And what makes you say that?" I asked as I shifted my eyes to look at him.

"Because I don't know many orphans that wouldn't want to at least see their mothers There is something else that you are afraid of seeing that's stopping you." Kie responded.

I closed my eyes and sighed. "I know, what I meant was, what makes you think that you are the only person who knows me well enough to know that?"

He face palmed. "That's not the point. Why don't you want to see what you want more than anything? What is it that you are afraid of seeing?"

I remained silent.

"Does this have something to do with what happened with … her?" He asked.

I sighed. "Kinda." I said weakly.

"Look." Kie began. "I know about what happened … and I'm sorry it happened."

"Don't apologize, it wasn't your fault." I responded.

(Phineas's POV)

I was grown up and standing in an office along with Ferb discussing ideas to make the world a better place. We had just finished and I was packing up the blueprints and was ready to head home. "Oh don't forget to say hello to your kids for me okay Phin?" Ferb asked. I didn't know what he was talking about but I figured that it was part of the dream so I nodded.

I walked down the stairs and over to my car. I was surprised that it was a hover car and that when I got in it, it had an autopilot. I set it to home and sat back and watched it fly. While I was riding I looked out and saw people enjoying the ideas that Ferb and I had created. While I was riding I received a call on my cell. I taped my phone and it answered it. "Hey Phin, what's up?" I heard Erick ask.

"Not much, just going home with the autopilot looking at all the stuff that Ferb and I designed." I responded.

"Well you two are the greatest inventors in the world, not to mention that you two have made so many people happy that you are loved all over the world."

"Please stop, you're embarrassing me." My car pulled up to my house. "Okay, I'll call you later, I just got home so-"

"You want to spend more time with your family, I know how much you love them."

I looked at my phone for a moment then smiled. "Yeah, so I'll see you-"

"Oh, before I forget, I was hoping that I could bring both my kids into 'bring your child to work day' tomorrow seeing as my wife is going to be busy."

"Well that's fine by me but just call and tell Ferb so he can keep track of them, we don't want to lose any now do we?"

"Alright then, I'll let you get to your family. See you later." And with that, he hung up.

I got out of the car and started walking over to my house. As I got up to the door I pulled out the my keys and tried putting one into the keyhole and turned it. There was a click and the door opened. I walked inside and looked around. It looked almost like the house I live in but there were some differences. "I'm home." I said as I got inside. Almost instantly I saw two kids run up to me, one boy and one girl.

"Hi daddy!" They both said simultaneously.

I smiled, knelt down and opened my arms so that I could hug them but they didn't come into my arms. They just stood still.

"Are you two okay?" I asked.

They both frowned. "Where's mommy?" The boy asked.

"Wha?" I responded.

"Why isn't mommy here?" The girl asked.

"I don't know-"

"You don't want us?" The boy asked.

"I don't understand-"

"Mommy's not here … she never was." The girl said before the two of them started to fade.

"Wo wo wo, what's going on?" I asked. It was at this point that I noticed my daughter looked a lot like Isabella only with red curly hair and my son looked like me only with Isabella's hair. "Isabella …"

"Mommy." They both said simultaneously before disappearing.

I sat there in shock. "What just happened?" I asked to no one in particular. But before I could get an answer things started to shift and change. Before long I found myself as a teenager in the halls of Danville highschool.

"What now?" I asked as I walked down the hall.

As I walked I saw faceless people here and there but nonetheless, everyone turned to say 'hi' to me.

"Looks like there must have been a slight glitch, I hope it didn't affect anyone else." I said as I reached what I thought was my locker.

I opened it and looked inside. As I grabbed my books and closed my locker I noticed Isabella was standing next to me. "Oh, hi Isabella." I said.

"You ready yet? You promised to walk me home." She said as she placed her hands on her hips.

I was surprised for a moment then remembered that I was dreaming. "Sure, I just needed to get some of my books."

"Whatever Phin." She said as she wrapped one of her arms around mine. I felt the same strange feeling go through me as before only this time it was more intense.

As we started walking we ran into this guy that I couldn't really make out. "Hey Izzy." The guy said. "What are you doing with this punk?"

Isabella quickly let go of me and walked over the guy. "Sorry about that, I don't know what came over me." She said as she warped her arms around his neck. "Let's go ditch this guy." She pulled him closer and then they kissed.

I suddenly got cold and started moving back. "But … but … but … Izzy."

"Hey." The guy said as he walked towards me. "No one can call her Izzy but me!"

I looked at Isabella and she turned away. "Don't call me Izzy ever again Phineas."

I felt the strange cold feeling start to overtake me. "But … but … but … I was the first person to call you Izzy."

"Don't bother Phineas. As a matter of fact, why don't you just get lost." She hissed.

I turned around and started running and things started changing again. Before long I found myself in the school gym only there were decorations everywhere, there was music playing, and the lights were dimmed. "Must be a dance." I said to no one in particular. As I walked, I saw Isabella in the most beautiful red dress I have ever seen. It looked kinda like the pink one I saw her in a few nights ago only this one had this … something about it.

I tried to speak but I couldn't make a complete sentence. "Izzy … but … that dress … what? … how? … you … and …"

She laughed slightly and then smiled. "Glad you like it Phin."

"Really?" I said joyfully.

"Yeah, of course. You are my best friend right?" She said as she closed her eyes and smiled.

I smiled widely before Isabella looked to the side and walked away. I turned my head to look at her and followed. "Hey Izzy, what's up?"

She quickly turned back to me. "It's him." She said before turning again and walking away.

I followed but then I saw the boy that I have been seeing. No, not again.

"So." She began. "I was wondering … well."

I felt scared. Not again, this can't happen again. I griped my head and begged for things to change.

"Would you like to dance?" Isabella asked.

The boy smirked then looked away. "I would never dance with someone as boring and ugly as you." The boy said.

Isabella looked crushed as her eyes started to tear up. "But, but, but … please?"

He laughed. "I really, really don't like you girl, so why don't you get lost?"

Isabella dropped to her knees. "No … no … this … this can't be happening."

The boy laughed and walked away. I watched on in horror as she fell to the ground and huddled herself into the fetal position. "Why is this happening?" Isabella asked.

I walked over and placed a hand on Isabella's shoulder. "Hey Izzy … are you going to be alright?" I quickly regretted asking it seeing as she started to cry more.

"No Phin, I'm not going to be alright. The boy I love more than anything in the world hates me." She said through her tears.

I felt horrible and somewhat responsible. I wanted Isabella to not be with the boy she's in love with and now … she's completely miserable.

She slowly got to her feet and looked me in the eye. "At least I still have my best friend right?" She said.

I nodded and she gave me a feeble smile. I've got to get out of this dream. I thought. I shut my eyes tight and tried to open them as best I could. Before long I found myself awake laying one of the beds that we had set up for the experiment. I took a quick look around to see that no one else had woken up yet. Well that's good. I thought to myself.

I was about to get up but I heard someone talking. "So what do you know about the whole crush thing happening with the fireside girls and all?" I heard someone ask. It took me a moment to realize that it was Kie talking to Erick.

"I could ask you why you want to know but I'm assuming that it has something to do with Katie." Erick responded. "You think that you were the one she was talking about?"

Kie laughed. "No, no, no, she didn't even know me that well until a few days ago, there's no way she has a crush on me."

"That could have always just been careful planing to throw people off the sent of who it really is." Erick said.

I silently turned over and opened my eyes slightly so I could see what was happening while still looking like I was asleep. Normally I wouldn't eavesdrop on something like this but I needed to get my mind off of my dream.

Kie sighed and shook his head. "I was thinking more along the lines of … she was talking about you maybe."

Erick turned away from Kie and looked at the sky. "No, she knows a lot of orphans, not to mention I really don't have many redeeming qualities." He turned back to look at Kie. "You know you do fit the description of the guy she has a crush on."

"It would make more sense that she was talking about you. You have been a friend of hers for a long time and you're one of her really close friends."

"I don't think so." Erick said as he shook his head.

Kie sighed and shook his head. "Does your denial have something to do with the girl that sat in seat three?"

"This has nothing to do with her. And I'm not in denial." Erick responded as he folded his arms.

"You know she felt the same way about you." Kie said as he placed a hand on Erick's shoulder.

Erick pushed Kie's hand off his shoulder. "So what? That's in the past and I don't love her anymore."

"And now you love Katie." Kie finished.

Erick turned around and leered at Kie. "What does it matter? Even on the off-chance I do love her she has a crush on someone else."

"And you're on that list of possible boys she has a crush on you know."

"So are you." Erick retorted.

"I'm curious, were you more closed off when your old love tried to jump off Sunset Bridge?"

Erick clenched his fists and took hold of Kie's neck. I quickly turned over and pretended to wake up. As I looked I saw a glimpse of Erick letting go of Kie. "What did I miss?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing much." Kie said in a cheerful tone. I let out a mental sigh knowing that Kie was obviously lying.

"So did you have a nice dream?" Erick asked.

I froze then continued staring off into space. "Yo Phineas?" Erick repeated.

I looked over to him. "Oh … I … I just have a lot on my mind." I said as I sat down.

Erick and Kie looked at me suspiciously. "Are you feeling alright Phineas?" Kie asked.

I looked over to him then back at my feet. "Yeah … I'm alright." I said as I scratched my ear. As some time passed, everyone woke up and our project disappeared like it always does.

"That was simply amazing." Isabella said as we all walked inside.

"You can say that again." Baljeet added.

"To confusing for my tastes, not to mention that it's no fun when you're just showed your greatest desire." Buford said with a shrug.

"Well maybe next time Phineas and Ferb can build you a machine that gives you nightmares." Katie said as she smiled.

We all took a seat at the table and our mom brought pie into the room. "Who's in the mood for some apple pie?" She asked.

"ME!" Everyone said simultaneously.

She passed it around and then started walking into the other room. "I just need to call Candace and see what time she's getting home from Stacie's, I'll be in the other room if anyone needs me."

Everyone began eating their pie except me. I was just sitting there staring down at my feet wondering about what just happened less than an hour ago. Erick said that if I was having recurring nightmares then there could be problems … and seeing as I had a problem with the machine … I sighed. These nightmares aren't going to go away on their own.

Just then I felt a tap on my shoulder. As I turned to look I saw Isabella who looked sad about something. "Phineas, are you alright? You've barely touched your pie."

The feeling returned only this time it was so intense that I felt my hair start to stand up. "I … I … I." I said trying to form a coherent sentence. As I tried to get something to come out I began scratching my ear. "I'm just … not that hungry right now."

She gave me a concerned look then sighed. "Alright then. If you say so."

I breathed out a mental sigh of relief. Well it seems that every time I have one of these dreams the feeling get's stronger … I need to talk to someone about this before it's too late.

(Django's POV)

I was sitting in my room looking at a board that I pined the names of all the fireside girls who were mentioned in the recording. I also had a list of every possible boy that each could have a crush on pined near each.

"Okay now, I know that Gretchen has a crush on Ferb …" I took another look at the boys on Isabella's list. "And the evidence points to Isabella having a crush on Phineas." I looked at the description again. "How did I miss that for so long?" I asked as I moved Phineas's name and Ferb's name to a new section of known crushes.

I took another look at all the other girls and sighed. "The others aren't going to be as easy." I sat down on my bed and thought to myself for a moment. "I'm not going to get much more info on the crushes unless I get lucky … but they all have to have something in common … something I have to find." I took a look at my clock and rolled my eyes. "And I've wasted too much time on this for today. I have to get on with my homework and my latest work of art."

I pulled out my backpack and started on some math problems. This keeps happening. I thought to myself. I love helping solve mysteries like this and working on art projects but it's not like I can do both. I let out a sigh and continued on with my homework.

(Perry's POV)

I was sitting at my computer rubbing my eyes. Why is this so hard? I thought to myself. I've been running through all possible leads and all of them have lead to a dead end. Where is this person who developed the plant? Why does it seem like they no longer exist? I shook my head. No they have to be around somewhere. They can't just stop existing. I sighed. I need to get a good lead … and soon. I got up and began getting out of my lair. Before I could get to my tube, I heard a message come in on my communicator. As I opened it my eyes widened. It was from a very old contact of mine that I didn't even know was still around. I opened the message and read it. I can see that you are looking for an old friend of mine, if you are interested than meet me in a few months in the usual spot and I should have all the info you need to know about said person. I didn't know what to do, I didn't really have a few months to find this person but I was out of leads. I closed the message and walked into the tube. Look's like I will have to wait a while.

I let out a sigh and typed my response. I'll keep in touch.

In the event you're curious, I'm back at school which means that I will be at my computer slightly more than I would when I'm at home. This is not a guarantee that I will get chapters out faster but I will try as hard as I can.

R&R