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Phineas and Ferb were lost on what to do now. Their other selves would not be able to get them back home, not at this point. They could try one of their other friends, but Phineas was fairly certain they would end up with the same result. Everything was too different in this world for them to know what to do. "I'm really at a loss, Ferb." Phineas commented, scratching his head. He hadn't slept well last night, having nightmares plague his dreams. It wasn't too unusual for him to have a nightmare every now and then, but it made him tired when he got up afterwords.
"Did you see it?" A/D Phineas asked, knowing what had happened last night. The nightmares were a constant here, occurring every night for every child. No one could escape that fate, not in this world. Good dreams were a thing of the past, a distant memory that faded with every passing day. Now, fear was their constant companion and A/D Phineas knew exactly why. He wanted to know if this other version of him had figured it out, if he had seen the black sand that traveled throughout this world at night.
"See what?" Phineas asked, confused. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary here, outside of the fact that his other self was terrified of everything. He thought that he would always be a bit adventurous in any world, but Phineas had accepted that things were different here.
"The sand. The nightmare sand." A/D Phineas said, shaking slightly. Phineas frowned, thinking back to his nightmare last night. Was something here causing it? "It happens every night, to every child in Danville. I don't know if it spreads farther than that, but I know that it brings fear to everyone here. We can't fight back, Phineas, not against someone so powerful." A/D Phineas was saying, shaking and holding his legs tightly to his chest.
"Well, Ferb, do you think we should stay and help?" Phineas asked, glancing towards his brother. It would take much longer to get home, but these kids seemed to need some help.
Ferb blinked, knowing that helping would be nice but it wasn't an option right now. "You do realize that the boogieman isn't real, right?" Ferb commented, realizing who they were talking about. Phineas realized the same thing, now that his brother mentioned it. He sighed, knowing that he had to get home and that Ferb was right.
"Yeah, I guess so." Phineas commented, about to add more when a kid came out of no where, literally flying inside the house.
"Whoa, that looks like fun! How are you doing that?" Phineas asked, looking for some kind of jet pack or ant-gravity machine. It looked like someone here knew how to make the most of their time, even if it wasn't his other self.
The boy with brown hair laughed, waving down at the boys. "Jack Frost!" He cheered, laughing as he landed on the ground. Both Phineas, Ferb, A/D Phineas, and A/D Ferb stared at him, thinking the kid was crazy. Jack Frost wasn't any more real than the boogieman. Even A/D Phineas, who knew that Pitch was real, understood that some things were nothing more than children's stories. Before they could express their doubt, snow began to fall in the middle of the room, something that made all of them gasp. "Jack, you said you wouldn't do that anymore!" The boy seemed to complain, talking to the space next to him.
As the boys stared at the snow, slowly they all began to believe. If this kid was wrong, how else would it be snowing? A magical being was the only answer either versions of Phineas and Ferb could come up with, allowing them to finally see the white-haired winter spirit standing in the living room. "Well, they clearly need to see something to get them to believe. You look insane to them, talking to thin air!" Jack was saying, responding to Jamie's comment. The kid laughed, seeming to be having fun for the first time in a while. It made Jack happy to see that he could make someone happy, especially in a place like this where fear ruled.
"Wow, I guess you are real. I'm sorry for what I said before. I'm Phineas and this is my brother Ferb." Phineas said, before realizing that they technically weren't the Phineas and Ferb from this world.
"Yeah, I know. I fell through that portal with you guys." Jack told them shrugging and tapping the wall with his staff. Frost spread from where it landed, creeping over the walls and entertaining the winter spirit slightly as he spoke. Conversations could be so boring, he wanted to go outside and start a snowball fight.
"Wait, you're from our dimension? Does that mean that Jack Frost doesn't exist in this one?" Phineas asked, confused. Jack shook his head, remembering the boy from earlier.
"No, Jack's here too. I met him already when I came over. Let's just say that you should be glad you're talking to me and not him." Jack said, knowing that if this world's Jack was around, Pitch wouldn't be too far behind.
"Wait, you aren't a good guy in this world?" Jamie asked, feeling upset. He thought that both Jack's would be almost identical, but maybe he was wrong.
Jack Frost sighed, glancing over at the kid. "He's with Pitch." Jack said, one statement that explained everything. Jamie's eyes widened, backing up a little bit from the winter spirit here.
"No…please tell me you're not with him too! You can't be…" he was saying, feeling fear rise once more. Jack saw it too and rushed over to help the kid.
"Hey, Jamie, calm down. It's going to be alright, you don't have to be afraid. We're….going to have some fun instead!" Jack suggested, feeling like those words were somehow familiar to him. He had said them before, but he couldn't quite recall when. Jaime shook his head, not agreeing with the winter spirit. He needed to know if this Jack was working with Pitch too. "I'm not working with that guy, Jamie, I would never do something like that." Jack promised, holding the kid's shoulders and looking Jamie in the eyes.
Slowly, Jamie nodded and gave Jack a small smile. "Yeah, you're right. Sorry, I kinda overreacted, didn't I?" he asked, shaking his head. Jack grinned at the boy, patting his head and standing up in front of the others. "Um, you wouldn't happen to have a way to get back, would you?" Phineas asked, interrupting the two strangers. He had to get home and this wasn't helping at all.
"Get back? You just want to go home, after seeing all of this?" Jack asked, unable to believe what he was hearing. A/D Phineas understood wanting to leave, but Jack could not understand how anyone could abandon a world like this that needed their help. "Well, people will be worried about us. We have a sister and a family that wants to see us home safe, not out here battling in a fight that isn't even ours." Phineas argued, not wanting to be stopped by the winter spirit.
"Well, go home if you want to, but I'm staying here. I am not going to let Pitch take over any world, not while I'm around." Jack told them, trying to think of a new plan. It still could work, he just needed to find other kids to believe. He came to these children because they were the only ones he had seen so far, outside of Jamie.
"Who is this Pitch you keep mentioning anyway?" Phineas asked, glancing towards the boy. He looked serious, as if he was prepared to fight at this very second. This Pitch must have been a seriously bad guy if he was this determined to stop him.
"He's the one we were trying to tell you about. Along with the never-ending winter here, Pitch brings too much fear for anyone to want to fight back." A/D Phineas explained. Jack was stopped, however, thinking about his comment about winter.
"Wait, winter is never-ending here? That is so awesome! Endless snowball fights, sled races…" Jack was saying trailing off as he saw the looks on the boys' faces. While the Phineas and Ferb from his world looked like they agreed, this other versions of them looked terrified of the very thought of having fun. "Come on, I'll show you guys how to have some real fun." Jack told them with a grin, grabbing their arms and pulling them outside.
"Wait, what about the norm-bots?" A/D Phineas asked, getting a shrug from both Ferbs and a worried glance from Phineas. Jack didn't seem to care, laughing as they were dragged out into the yard.
"Hey, where's Perry? Don't tell me he- never mind." Phineas was saying, noticing that their pet was missing yet again. Some things would never change, it seemed, even if they knew the truth. Perry was off to fight back against Doofenshmirtz and he had left without telling the boys once more. Jack was not going to let the boys worry right now, though. Grinning, he formed a snowball in his hand and threw it at one of the Ferbs in the yard, laughing as it hit the kid's chest. Ferb retaliated silently, making his own snowball and trying to hit the winter spirit.
"I've been playing this game for hundreds of years! Do you really think you can hit me?" Jack asked, flying away to dodge the throw. Phineas was the next one to join in, wanting to help his brother hit the magical being. Seeing that they were outside already, A/D Phineas and A/D Ferb decided to join in the fun as well, deciding that their other selves would be easier targets. Jamie laughed as they began the snowball fight, before joining in as well. "Free for all!" Jack yelled out, grinning and making snowballs on the ground for everyone as he flew nimbly between them. More snow was thrown at the winter spirit, but just like before he dodged with ease.
"Gotta try harder than that!" Jack yelled, picking up one of the snowballs and hitting Phineas with it. The first one to land a hit on Jack was Jamie, who used the attacks of the others as a distraction. "Nice one kid! Try and dodge this!" Jack yelled, grinning and throwing snow back at his first believer. Jamie laughed as it hit him, knowing that it was pointless to try. Jack was having so much fun and because of that, so were they. Jamie couldn't remember the last time he had a snowball fight and this just reminded him of how much fun they could be.
The snowballs stopped flying when one flew outside of the yard, hitting something in the street. They all turned and saw what it was, getting nervous as they saw the norm-bot approaching their house. "It's the norm-bot! Everyone get inside." A/D Phineas yelled, but Jack wasn't backing down so easily. A little robot like this was nothing compared to Pitch and his nightmares. He stood on his staff, with a snowball in his hand ready to be thrown. All of them waited to see what would happen, knowing that they had been caught and it was too late to hide. Jack was their only hope now, the only hope of getting out of this safely.
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