On a whim, I've decided to publish two fanfiction drabbles that I wrote as part of a creative writing workshop. We're given a list of characters to choose from and only after we've chosen do we get a list of prompts to choose from. This is the first of those two. It makes absolutely no sense and is absolute crack but it brings me joy and I thought I'd share that joy with the world. Prompt: Phineas and Ferb and Thanos in charge of babysitting a puppy.
The puppy was small. Certainly smaller than the robot dog they made that one time. The man, on the other hand...the man was big. Huge, in fact. And purple. And angry for some reason. At least, he looked angry. Phineas hoped he wasn't angry at them.
The puppy yipped sharply and began jumping up to reach Ferb's hands. The giant purple man just watched. "Aren't you a little young to travel alone to an alien planet?" he asked, voice as deep as Phineas expected from a person of such size.
"Yes. Yes I am."
He nodded respectfully.
"Do you live on this planet?" Phineas asked.
"Yes."
"Is this your dog, then?" The puppy in question was now nuzzling intently at the man's left hand, which was encased in a gleaming gold glove full of colorful gems.
"No. I don't know where this creature came from." The man seemed entranced by the young pup, gazing at it with an expression that didn't quite fit on a face so large and menacing. It looked wrong in the same way Phineas looked wrong when he looked straight in the mirror.
"We should look after it in case its owners come back," Phineas suggested.
"Very well." His choice of words sounded reluctant, but his tone indicated he was quite pleased.
"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today! We're going to help-wait, what's your name?"
"Thanos."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Phineas, and this is my brother Ferb."
"You're from Earth?"
"We're from Danville. Are you from here?"
"No. My home planet was destroyed."
"That's too bad. Hey, if you take us there we might be able to fix it up."
Thanos made a fist with his gloved hand and the blue gem shone brighter. Instantly, he, Phineas, Ferb, and the puppy were transported to a hulking desolation of a planet. The puppy bounced around and started floating.
"Whoa, Ferb. It's just like the time we invented that anti-gravity rig."
"Actually, this planet has been catastrophically thrown off its axis and appears to also be missing a moon."
"We can fix that."
*Quirky Worky song plays*
After a quick montage, the planet was good as new, complete with a dog house for the puppy. Thanos looked around, face twisted in utter confusion.
"Hey, where's Perry?"
The puppy leapt up to lick Phineas on the cheek then trotted back to Thanos. He turned his attention back to the small animal and focused the gauntlet on it once again. The red gem glowed, and the dog's wagging tail transformed into a beaver's, his muzzle into a bill.
"Oh, there you are Perry!"
Phineas and Ferb could've defeated Thanos without any human sacrifice, and nobody could convince me otherwise.