Well, this was the big surprise I announced during the latest update of Connections! I have a fanfiction planned for after I finish the Fletcher-Moon Trilogy; which, admittedly, won't be for a while, and it currently has the working title of "Scatter". It involves time-travel, and we meet (my versions of) the children of Phineas and Isabella, and Ferb and Emily. I wasn't quite sure how to introduce them, and I so wanted to...I've been posting pictures of them on dA for a while now. So I figured; what better way to give an overview of the characters than a 26 Times chapter for each of them? Nathan (Nat) and Caitlin (Kit) Flynn are Phin and Izzy's children, while James and Hayley Fletcher are Ferb and Emily's. Also, if anyone has any more requests for characters I didn't get around to doing during the original run, I'd be glad to take them now ^_^. But anyway, be prepared for the first of what I am entitling "26 Times: The Lost Chapters" (OMG cliché).
Lost Chapters, Chapter One: Caitlin Flynn
1. Devotion
To use the old cliché, she was like a caramel chew; hard on the outside, soft on the inside. However, most people never saw the inside, apart from her family and friends.
The people who she trusted enough to show her true self to could always depend on her.
2. Defence
If there was one person that she would always leap to defend, it was her little brother. Nathan didn't always know, but she would always to her best to keep him out of trouble.
After all, isn't that what siblings do?
3. Present
On the Christmas of the year she turned 8, she and her brother received the strangest gift of anything before. As her father called them into the lounge room, they caught sight of an animal carrier, and could just barely see a long snout, poking curiously at the netting.
"Your mother decided to finally let you get a pet, and she picked this little one up from her work." Phineas explained. Kit knew that her mother worked at the local zoo, meeting with all kinds of strange animals. "She was rejected by her litter for being smaller and timid – and she, Ferb and I have been training her for the last few weeks – it didn't take much, admittedly. She's quite docile."
"What is it, dad?" Kit asked, looking curiously into the carrier.
"You'll see in a second." He said, unlocking the cage door. The animal wandered out on four stout legs, wide, curious eyes scanning every inch of the room. "Also, her name is Ceci."
"Ceci the crocodile." Kit breathed.
4. Temperament
Everyone she knew told her that she was temperamental; she could fling from one mood to another in the blink of an eye. But when she was angry, she tried her best not to take it out on anyone, and when sad, she only sought support from people who she knew could take a burden.
Because it's better to find help than suffer in silence.
5. Daybreak
She used to wake up early just to see the sun rise over the hills, casting bright shadows over everything it touched. It had quickly become a habit. When she had grown older, she had mostly stopped.
Except for the one time, once in a blue moon, when she would watch the day break once again.
6. Cousins
She spent a lot of time with James and Hayley; despite Hayley having inherited her father's silent habits, they got on quite well. And despite James occasionally making Kit want to throttle him, he knew when to drop the facade.
So they were solid friends. And that's the way they planned to keep it.
7. Thoughtless
Sometimes she would say things she didn't really mean, and hurt people accidentally. She always tried to apologise, but it wasn't always accepted.
As she grew older, she became better at controlling it, and now it only happens rarely.
8. Fighter
She always stood up for her own opinion, whether or not others agreed. This trait would sometimes get her into trouble, but it made other people see her as a girl with strong morals.
But there were those times when nobody agreed, and she would do all she could to find out why.
9. Resemblance
She and her brother looked almost nothing alike; the person she shared most resemblance with was probably her father. Though her hair colour was slightly different, she still had the spiky, unpredictable hair, blue eyes, a pointed nose (though her head shape wasn't quite as...distinctive as his) and a kind heart.
Genetics can be an unpredictable thing.
10. Haunted
She would sometimes have nightmares about horrible things happening to her or her family; so far, there was only one person other than her who knew.
Isabella had kept the secret well, and provided the support for Kit to seek when she needed it.
11. Distance
She didn't always get on with people; sometimes she preferred to keep herself distant, purely to prevent her being the centre of attention.
But sometimes there was no stopping it, and she would have put herself in the spotlight, in front of people who liked or hated her.
12. Storm
As the winds rushed through the streets, shifting grass, fanning leaves, rippling water, they broke around a single figure, standing in her yard, letting the wind catch her hair and bring it flowing around her face.
When the rain started, she didn't stop.
13. Crash
There would be some days where she would pick up more than she could handle, and drive herself into the ground because of it. Her family knew they couldn't stop her, because she refused to listen when they tried to tell her about it.
But sometimes, when she ended up wiped, it would be her last thought before falling asleep that maybe, just maybe, she should think before overloading herself.
14. Scar
At the base of her back, she had a long scar, souvenir of trying to crawl through a gap in a wire fence at the age of 13. Whenever anyone asked about it, she would deflect the question.
She'd always seen it as the stupidest thing she'd ever done, and the lesson left its mark.
15. Audacity
She wasn't usually one to back down; she tried to be independent of anyone else's opinions, and keep her own side, have her own plans.
But sometimes, she would see the flaws in her own ideas, and see the logic in another's plan, and she would step down and accept another option.
16. Agility
Years of gymnastics practice had given her incredible ability to jump and climb, as well as managing sometimes dangerous manoeuvres. It had always been her specialty.
However, this didn't stop her making mistakes and breaking bones every once in a while.
17. Curiosity
She was interested in a broad scope of things, and made sure to learn a little about each, simply so that she could speak with a little authority on the subject.
She was always open to learning new things, whether from personal experience or the experiences of another.
18. Habits
They no longer took part every day, but every so often, in the summer holidays, she, Nat, James and Hayley would get together and build something, for old times' sake.
Their parents had done it, they did it, and they planned to pass it on to the next generation.
19. Prodigy
Because of the skills of their extended family, it came as no surprise that all of the children held prodigious intelligence or design skills.
Caitlin was one for strategy; she could plan around any occurrence, and it had come in useful an unbelievable amount of times.
20. Chord
As well as intelligence, musical skills went far back through the family trees of all their parents. Kit had inherited the singing skills of her mother and father, and wasn't half bad with a piano.
When the whole extended family came together for an occasion, it was guaranteed there would be at least one song.
21. Periwinkle
Blue and purple had always been her favourite colours, in practically any shade. Because purple suited her better, that was generally what she wore, while blue was saved for special occasions.
But her love of blue had always meant that her eyes were her favourite of her features.
22. Silence
The morning she had woken up to a silent city, she had known something was wrong. Even before she went outside, and saw no cars on the road, no people in the streets.
Something had happened, and she and her family, past and present, were going to get to the bottom of it.
23. Marine
She enjoyed swimming – not that she was particularly good at it. Sometimes she just liked to duck her head under the water and listen to the muted sounds swirling all around her.
Other days, she would watch the sky from under her moving blanket, for only a minute before her body forced her to break the surface for a breath.
24. Quill
One of the skills she kept mostly to herself was her writing talents. She wasn't stellar, just good enough to get what she was feeling down on paper without making it blindingly obvious. She only did it every so often, but when her mother found out, he asked her if she could write some lyrics for her part-time band, the Setting Sparks.
And so, every so often, Kit would simply twist something she was thinking into written format, knowing that it most likely wouldn't be wasted.
25. Frost
She preferred winter to summer; it was so much easier to stay comfortable. Nights allowed her to curl under her blankets, a pet favourite position of hers.
But what she liked most of all was the white, icy blanket she would wake up to every few mornings.
26. Viewpoint
She didn't see herself as overly important; she was just as willing to listen to the needs of others. In the grand scheme of things, she was just another person, living out their life their own way. But she was happy being like that; really, who wants the pressure that comes with reputation?
At the end of the day, what she really wanted was a way to be herself, and be successful, without the crushing pressure of social status creating who she was.
Wow, I forgot how long these things take to write. But anyway, 22 is based on something that happens in the story, and 3 came from the idea I had for the current generation of the Flynns and the Fletchers to have crazy insane pets, so Nat and Kit have Ceci the Crocodile. I still don't know what James and Hayley's pet is going to be, though. And I also figured that though Isabella has a job, she could also have a little part-time band, maybe with a few of the old Fireside Girls (hence the name "Setting Sparks"). So yeah. And I may have accidentally used some words from previous chapters, sorry about that. Also, don't expect consistent updating; I still have Connections to deal with as well. Anyway, as we fall back to old habits, I end this chapter with a familiar phrase. Mirror-chan is out, peace!
