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Chapter 3: Crush on a Troblin

Clutching the perfume bottle tightly, Vida marched with purpose through the mystical woods toward Rootcare. So focused on her mission of reaching Udonna and solving the perfume bottle mystery, Vida was caught completely off guard when a hairy and hideously smelling creature swung down from a tree in front of her. Vida shrieked, dropping the perfume bottle as she fell backwards.

"Must be my good looks," chuckled Phineas as Vida's over-the-top scream. "I seem to have that effect on women."

"Phineas, you scared me," said Vida to the troblin.

"Ops, I'm sorry," apologized Phineas sheepishly. "Here, let me help you up, m'lady."

Phineas yanked Vida up from the ground, again sending the pink ranger stumbling. For a little guy, Vida was often surprised how much strength he had. Yet Phineas also surprised Vida at that moment, when he grabbed her arm and started to place small kissed trailing up toward her elbow. Vida – half grimacing, yet half grinning too – politely pulled her arm away. It amused her that the troblin fancied himself a regular Don Juan despite his knotty beard and bad body odor.

"Phineas, have you seen Udonna?" asked Vida. "It's really important that I find her right away. I think Nick and Chip might be in trouble."

"Yup, I just saw the good witch," perked up Phineas. "She was just in the woods gathering up some morsels to make me mah favorite stew: moldy-mushroom and moss paddy."

Vida stifled a gag and mentally sent up a prayer of thanks that she would never have to live the life of a troblin. As a punk rock princess, Vida knew she may roll on the side of the more alternative scene, but Phineas's world for her was a little too extreme. For certain, Vida knew there was no magic powerful enough that make her want to moldy-mushroom and moss paddy stew.

"Can you take me to Udonna, Phineas?" asked Vida urgently.

"Ooohhh, what's this?" said Phineas, distracted as he noticed the perfume bottle on the ground.

Vida's eyes sprung upon as she mentally kicked herself for forgetting about the bottle on the ground. She dove forward to get to the perfume container before Phineas, but the troblin was too quick. Phineas had already grabbed the bottle and had started fiddling wih the puffy spray handle.

"Ohhh, cologne," continued Phineas gushing. "You try some on first so I can see if it is an aroma abominable enough for me."

"You don't understand," begged Vida as she tried to get the bottle back. "I think that perfume may be the reason behind why Nick and Chip have started acting so strange. No Phineas, please don't spray…"

But it was too late as Phineas let loose a large puff, sending the rosy mist floating toward the pink ranger. Despite her frantic efforts to swat away the cloud, hearts soon appeared in Vida's eyes as she gazed at the troblin. Phineas approached Vida close, wrinkling his nose back and forth as he attempted to smell the scent on her.

"Well, whatcha think?" he asked Vida. "Think it will drive the ladies wild?"

"The only thing that drives me wild is you, Phineas?" replied Vida dreamily.

"Hmmm," mused Phineas. "I think I am going am definitely going to have to wear this new perfume. Now I guess we should give it two shakes of a dragon's tail and speed away to find Udonna."

"But I just want you Phineas," responded Vida huskily as she lovingly fondled the troblin's beard.

"But I thought you said Nick and Chip were in trouble?" questioned Phineas.

"They're big boys," retorted Vida. "They can handle themselves. Besides now that I've found my soulmate too, I can understand why those two like being in love with Leelee."

"Lee who?" inquired Phineas confused.

"Never mind them, my love," oozed Vida. "Why don't you go make me some of that heavenly sounding moldy-mushroom and moss paddy stew you were talking about? Any favorite food of Phineas's is a devine dish to me!"

"Oh goody," said Phineas happily, eager to show off his culinary skills to anyone who would be daring enough to indulge him.

Vida skipped off after Phineas, completing forgetting about finding Udonna, the perfume bottle, or what Madison's reaction might be to the bizarrely-behaving Nick chasing after Leelee.