Hey, guys! I'm back! Not much to say, except I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB OR LIZZY (COMPLETELY OWN HER, ANYWAY). ANY OTHER CHARACTER THAT DOES NOT SEEM FAMILIAR IS PROBABLY MINE

When she woke up again, Lizzy looked around. It was morning, and Phineas, Ferb, and her mate were out of bed. Downstairs, probably, she thought.

Her thoughts were correct. Phineas and Ferb were sitting at the table eating cereal, and Perry was laying in front of his food bowl. Lizzy's stomach growled as she realized that she barely ate anything the day before.

Lizzy carefully padded down the stairs and up to her mate.

Hearing her, Perry turned around. "Hey."

Lizzy smiled and laid down next to her mate. Perry moved over and gently nudged the food bowl to his mate. Lizzy started eating almost immediately.

Perry watched her finish in a matter of minutes. "How much did you eat yesterday?" His voice had a touch of concern in it.

Lizzy glanced at her mate sheepishly. "I didn't have breakfast or lunch, and I barely had any dinner." She paused to get another bite. "I just wasn't feeling that hungry."

Perry sighed, and Phineas glanced at them, obviously overhearing their conversation. He turned to Linda, who was fixing her breakfast. "Oh, yeah! Mom, I just remembered. Do we have an extra food bowl? If not, then we need to buy one for Lizzy."

"I can buy one while I'm at the store today, honey."

"Thanks, Mom!" Phineas replied.

Lizzy shot him a grateful glance. At the same time, Candace walked down the stairs, a mixture of misery and exhaustion on her face. She mumbled a "Good morning," then grabbed a bowl and poured cereal in it. The 18 year old nearly dropped the bowl on the table and sat down, slowly eating her cereal.

Lizzy swiveled her gaze back to her mate. "She's not a morning person, is she?"

Perry shook his head. "Nope, nearly every morning's like this. Some days are better than others, though."

Linda turned to face the two platypi. "I wonder what you two are talking about," she said thoughtfully.

Perry and Lizzy went silent, and Linda shrugged. "Well, I guess we humans will never know."

Phineas, Ferb, and Candace exchanged a glance. "Alright, I'm going to the store. Candace, you're in charge."

Candace fist-bumped the air, all earlier exhaustion faded from her. "Yes!"

Once Linda had left, Perry sighed and shook his head. "You'd think that after two years, Candace would've stopped trying to bust her brothers."

Phineas spoke up again, causing Lizzy to jump. "Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!" He and Ferb raced to the backyard as Candace groaned and banged her head on the table.

Perry sat up normally and smirked at his mate, crossing his arms. "High strung much?"

Lizzy glared at him, then swatted him playfully. "Oh, shut up. I wasn't this high strung a week ago."

Candace stood up and yelled, "Phineas and Ferb!" She stormed into the backyard, where construction noise could be heard.

Perry, who had been watching, turned back to his mate. "Well, anyway, I've got some good news."

"What?" Lizzy asked, pushing the now empty bowl of food away.

"While you were sleeping, Major Monogram called. He said that Doof is still sick, so I have another day off."

Lizzy pulled her mate forward and kissed him. When they broke apart, she said, "That's great!"

The platypi heard footsteps on the stairs, and quickly went mindless. Lawrence Flynn-Fletcher walked down them and entered the kitchen. "Why, hello, Perry, Lizzy," he said, patting the latter's head.

Perry and Lizzy padded outside, Lizzy taking a little longer. "Hey, Perry!" Phineas waved from the top of a giant, mechanical panda bear.

"What on earth are you guys building a robot bear?" Lizzy called up to them.

"We're gonna ride it around the Tri-State Area!" Phineas yelled back.

Lizzy didn't notice Candace until she yelled, "You guys are so busted!" The teen was leaning on the side of the house, phone at the ready.

"Candace is heading to college in September. I hope that matures her a bit," Perry muttered to Lizzy.

Lizzy giggled, and a boy with orange hair, a blue shirt, and glasses leaned over the edge of the panda. He squealed, then disappeared.

Perry groaned. "Irving. He's probably one of Phineas and Ferb's biggest fans. That means he's a big fan of everyone in the family, including me, and now you."

Irving appeared again and climbed down the ladder, running up to the platypi. "He does know you're an agent, right?" Lizzy murmured.

Perry nodded, and Lizzy sighed with relief.

Irving finally reached them. "Phineas said you're the newest member of the Flynn-Fletcher family," he directed to Lizzy, grabbing her hand and shaking it vigorously.

Lizzy spotted the translator in his ear. "Perry said you're Irving," she said as Irving continued shaking. "I'm Lizzy."

Irving stopped and squealed, turning to Perry. "You mentioned me to your mate!"

Perry opened his mouth to reply, but Candace walked up to the three and spoke first. "So, Irving, any new scrapbooks of all my brothers' inventions?"

"Sorry, Candace, but no," came the somewhat sheepish reply. "I don't have enough pictures."

"Enough pictures? Irving, it's been two years since you made your last scrapbook!"

"My camera broke a few weeks after we found Crikey, and I didn't get it fixed until a couple weeks ago."

Candace sighed, and her head fell in disappointment. "Of course it did." She started storming off. "The universe hates me, it's the only explanation."

Irving turned back to the platypi, but he was interrupted by a female voice. "Irving, can you try to let us live our private lives and keep them private?"

Lizzy turned towards the voice and saw a barely familiar girl with long, tumbleweed colored, wavy hair; glasses over top of brown eyes; and a simple, casual shirt with a short skirt and leggings leaning up against the fence.

"Sorry, Lydia," apologized Irving. "I'm just a really big fan!"

"Yeah, I'd noticed," Lydia responded dryly. She walked up to Irving and placed her hands on his shoulders. Her tone softened as she added, "But no matter how famous we are to you, we still have our private lives that we don't want spilled to the whole world."

Irving sighed. "I guess you're right. Sorry."

"Hey, Irving! Are you still helping us?" Phineas called, leaning over the robot panda.

"Coming!" Irving yelled, running for the ladder.

"A giant. Robot. Panda," Lydia commented, turning to the platypi. "I don't suppose you know what that's about?"

"They're going to ride it over the Tri-State Area," Perry responded.

"I see. Definitely one of their tamer inventions." She then held up her hands against her cheeks and gasped. "Is it possible that Phineas and Ferb are going dry?" There was a moment of silence, then Lydia burst out laughing. "I'm just kidding."

"Are you really the same person I occasionally saw fighting Doofenshmirtz?" Lizzy asked cautiously.

"That depends. Are you the same platypus that Doof said he got for Vanessa?"

Lizzy nodded, and Lydia grinned. "Alright then, yep, it's me."

Lizzy searched for the right words. "You're so much more...upbeat than I assumed you were."

Lydia laughed, seemingly reading Lizzy's thoughts. "You were expecting someone a bit more serious?"

Lizzy nodded, feeling half sheepish and half guilty. Lydia waved her hand nonchalantly. "Eh, don't worry about it. I'm just sad I made the reputation of serious-and-completely-boring for myself." Her face fell in a mock frown to prove her point.

There was a beat of silence, and Lydia broke it. "So, how have things been in my favorite universe?" She paused for a split second, then added, "One of my favorites."

"Good," Perry replied.

Lydia grinned and clasped her hands together. "I heard you two became an item."

"Where did you hear that? Didn't you just arrive?" Lizzy asked, feeling curiosity wash over her.

"Yeah...I actually immediately noticed you two were together when I saw you both standing...in this backyard...when you are Vanessa Doofenshmirtz's pet. I also saw that you're pregnant." Lizzy glanced at Perry in awe. "Congratulations, by the way," Lydia added.

"How do you know that?" Lizzy asked.

"I see all," Lydia whispered, suddenly breaking out into another round of laughter. "Okay, not quite, but I can just tell when certain things are happening. It's best not to question it, I don't completely understand it myself."

"Alright," Lizzy replied, trying to accept her answer.

"Lydia!" Phineas yelled, nearly falling off the ladder as he climbed down. He pulled Lydia into a bear hug. "You're back!"

"Wow...I must be really loved in this family. I was gone for only a couple weeks, right?"

"Yeah, but the house seemed empty without you," Phineas replied, letting go of her.

"Sweet," Lydia commented. "So, what happened while I was gone? Other than the obvious." She waved a hand to Perry and Lizzy.

"Nothing, really," Phineas said.

"I'm sorry. I know that's not much fun for you."

Phineas shrugged. "New inventions each day, it's been routine for years. However, it would be nice to get something a little different."

Perry looked at Lydia. "You'd that that since we're friends our lives would be a bit more interesting."

Lydia sucked air in through her teeth. "I wish I could bring you guys along sometime, but I'm worried it's too dangerous."

"What kind of dangerous?" Lizzy asked, cocking her head.

"I mean, evil, all-forces-of-every-dark-twisted-place-you-can-think-of-released curses and hearts-pulled-out-of-chests-and-crushed-into-dust kind of dangerous."

"You visit there?" Lizzy asked, unable to believe it.

"I was born there, Lizzy. It's also really weird there."

"What kind of weird?" Phineas questioned.

Lydia glanced at him. "My sister-in-law nearly married one of the Wicked Witch's flying monkeys."

"Man, and I thought it was weird here," Buford said, walking in the backyard.

"It is, Buford, it is," Lydia sighed. "They're just two different kinds of weird."

"Is weird an insult or a compliment to you?" Baljeet asked, popping out from behind Buford.

"It depends, but this time it's a compliment."

"Okay, good."

"Is the bear almost done?" Lydia asked Phineas. "I wouldn't mind a ride on it."

"Oh, yeah!" Phineas replied. He ran back over to the mechanical panda.

I know, short chapter writers' block is beginning to settle in but this chapter definitely lets you see into Lydia's personality a bit more. At first she seems real calm and level-headed, but then you get to know her a bit more… underneath that tough and threatening exterior, she's basically just a girl, trying to get her childhood back. Oh, and, yeah, there was a Once Upon A Time reference in the chapter