Phineas let out a low sigh. He was all alone right now. Just sitting under the usual tree with nobody…except Perry. Phineas, however, knew he couldn't rely on Perry's company for long; he was bound to disappear soon. Just when Phineas considered on asking Candace what to do that day, the gate opened and Isabella, Baljeet, Buford entered.

"Hey Phineas, what'cha doin'?" Isabella asked.
"Nothing right now…" Phineas said with a sigh and then asked "What do you guys normally do during summer?"

"I bully nerds." Buford said

"I get bullied by bullies…well, just Buford, really." Baljeet said.

"I hang out with you guys and sometimes collect patches." Isabella said.

"I spy on you with my satellite computer and wait for you guys to do something." Irving(who, as usual, appeared without anyone noticing) said.

"Is that really all you do?" Baljeet asked

"Well, he is a fanboy, they don't do much." Buford said.

"Sooo…what kind of patch do you need now, Isabella?" Phineas asked.

"Hmmm, I don't think I have my sand castle patch yet…" Isabella said

"Alright then! Fer-er-Isabella I know what we're going to do today!" Phineas said.

"Hey, where's Ferb?" Isabella asked.

"I think he said he was going to meet Vanessa today and ask her to the prom." Phineas said "But getting to the point, where's Perry?"

Perry was sidling along the house as a wall opened and he slid down a tube. As usual, Major Monogram was on the computer screen. "Hello, Agent P. Sorry for making you use the same entrance as you have before…it's just that we're running out of new ones and need some time to install them. Anyway I wasn't really following Doofenshmirtz lately; I've been busy doing other things. I'm sure, though, that Doofenshmirtz is up to something…he always is, so go and put a stop to it!" Perry couldn't help but scowl a little at this, last time he had met Doofenshmirtz he had gotten a rant on how he wasn't being evil that day. Nevertheless, Perry saluted Major Monogram and took off with his jetpack.

Meanwhile back at the Flynn-Fletcher household, Phineas and the others had changed into their swimsuits to go to the beach. They were now taking turns lathering themselves with sunscreen. As Phineas finished his front, he turned expectantly to his left to hand it to Ferb so he could do his back. Ferb, of course, wasn't there. "Hey, Isabella can you do me a favor?" Phineas asked.

"What is it, Phineas?" Isabella asked.

"Can you rub sun block on my back?"
"Oh! Um…sure…" Isabella said giggling a bit and going red. She put the sunscreen in her palms and began rubbing Phineas' back, growing redder every second.

"Thanks." Phineas said when she finished, he looked at her and saw how red her face was and added "I think you need to put some more on…you look sunburned already." And started smearing some sun block on her face, which, of course, only made her blush more.

"What are you guys doing?" Candace asked.

"We're going to build a humongous sand castle so Isabella can earn her sand castle patch." Phineas said.

"MOM!" Candace yelled.

"What is it, Candace?" Linda asked as she came over.

"Phineas and Fer—his friends are going to build a sand castle!" Candace said.

"I know…they asked me to drive them there." Linda said "By the way, where's Ferb?"

"He's at his date's house so he can ask her to the prom tomorrow." Phineas said.

"Strange…in my day you had to be in High School to attend a prom." Linda said. Candace felt a great urge to tell her that Phineas and Ferb had planned the whole thing, but caught herself, remembering that they had made it for her. "By the way, Phineas…are you taking anyone?" Linda asked with a smile.

"Well I haven't asked but I was thinking—"

"I haven't asked Jeremy yet!" Candace cried and ran as fast as she could to her room to get her cell phone.

"Make it quick, Candace! You're going to need to watch them while I go shopping." Linda said referring to Phineas and the others.

"You mean I have to baby-sit these kids?" Candace asked, sticking her head down the stairs.

"Yes…and anyway, they just got out of seventh grade; they're pretty mature and shouldn't be a hassle." Linda said. Candace glared at Phineas and the others who smiled innocently back at her.

"Mom, don't you think I have something better to do than watch my little brother and his friends all day?" Candace asked.

"Well…I would, but that seems to be what you do all day…and then you ask me to join you." Linda said. Candace sighed and headed upstairs to change into a swimsuit.

Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated

Ferb knocked on the door that said "Doofenshmirtz" on it and Vanessa opened it.

"Hey Ferb, sorry dad's making you go through all of this…"

"It's alright." Ferb said.

"Ahh…so you're this…Ferb." Doofenshmirtz said coming to the doorway. "Hmm you're a bit small…aren't a bit young to be dating my daughter?"

"Yes, yes I am." Ferb said.

"I see…well I guess it's better than you being too old. Now before I let you date Vanessa I need to test your character." Doofenshmirtz said.

"How will you be doing that?" Ferb asked.

"Ahh, yes, you will be helping me with my evil machines." Doofenshmirtz said and Vanessa groaned. Perry meanwhile had just snuck on the balcony and with a jolt of fear, hid out of sight. How was he supposed to fight Doofenshmirtz when Ferb was right there? Perry dialed his watch to get a hold of Monogram.

"Agent P, what seems to be the problem?" Monogram asked. Perry moved the watch so they could see Ferb.

"I see…so have your owner joined Doofenshmirtz?"

"Always the silent ones you gotta watch out for…" Carl said. Perry, however, shook his head. He knew Ferb wasn't evil.

"I see…well I don't see how you're going to fight Doofenshmirtz with him around…perhaps another agent can defeat Doofenshmirtz today?" Monogram said

"I don't think so, sir. All of our agents are busy…" Carl said.
"And I'm not going to ask Wanda to borrow one of hers…" Monogram said. "Hmmm, oh wait, I have an idea! Agent P, stand still!" Perry nodded and suddenly there was a flash. Perry examined himself; he didn't seem to be a platypus anymore.

"We've disguised you as a panda." Monogram said. Perry nodded and just noticed that Doofenshmirtz, Ferb, and Vanessa had taken the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated blimp. Perry pulled on his jetpack and flew after them.

Meanwhile, Linda had just arrived at the beach and all at once everyone ran outside, except for Candace who mumbled and groaned at having to watch over Phineas and his friends. "All right, I'll be back in one hour. Have fun kids!" Linda said and drove off. Candace sighed and set her towel and the sand and lay down to relax.

"All right guys; let's get started on this sand castle!" Phineas said "First we can order trucks of sand to—"

"Phineas." Isabella interrupted. Phineas was quiet for a moment and then laughed

"Oh! Heh-heh…we're at the beach…well…let's get to work then!" Phineas said. The others nodded and began gathering sand. "Hey, Candace, wanna help? I hear you won the sand castle contest last year!" Phineas said.

"Phineas, I'm not going to be a part of your childish games." Candace said and took out her phone, she needed to call Jeremy. Candace dialed his number and waited for a moment for him to pick up.

"Hello?"
"Hi, Jeremy!" Candace said.

"Oh, hey Candace!" Jeremy said "What's up?"

"Well…my brothers are hosting a summer prom and since we missed ours…I was wondering if you wanted to come with me." Candace said

"Sure, that sounds great!" Jeremy said.

"OK...bye Jeremy."

"Wait!"

"Hmm?"

"When is it?" Jeremy asked

"Oh it's going to be tomorrow at—hang on…PHINEAS! When's the prom going to start?" Candace yelled

"Tomorrow at 6:00 P.M." Phineas said.

"Tomorrow at 6:00 P.M." Candace repeated. That reminded Isabella that she needed to ask Phineas…perhaps now was a good time? Maybe if she asked him now, he would notice how cute she was in her swimsuit and say yes?

"Um, Phineas, I want to ask you something about the prom too." Isabella said.

"What is it?" Phineas asked.

"I was wondering if you would take—"

"HE SAID YES!" Candace cheered. Isabella scowled, she was beginning to get annoyed with these interruptions, and Jeremy was Candace's boyfriend. She should have known he would say yes!

Meanwhile, Ferb was busy with Doofenshmirtz. The blimp was currently floating over the ocean. "Alright…um…"

"Ferb" Ferb supplied

"Yes, Ferb, you shall now help me raise the tide and take over the entire TRI-STATE AREA!" Vanessa groaned again.

"Since you probably know nothing about mechanics—"

"Actually Ferb made a plane and flew around the world in…one day, I think." Vanessa said.

"Oh really? You did that all by yourself?" Heinz asked.

"Well, my brother helped out…" Ferb said

"Oh you have a brother too? Let me guess, he's the popular center of attention kind of guy, right?"

"Yes, that sounds right." Ferb said.

"But you're just as great as he is in what you do, yet nobody seems to notice you, huh?"

"Well…that is true, but it's not really Phin—"

"Ferb, you and I have a lot in common…." Doofenshmirtz said.

"Dad, his relationship with his brother is nothing like your—" Vanessa started but Doofenshmirtz interrupted.

"Quiet Vanessa, we have company…yes I think you will do well in the evil business, Ferb. Now my nemesis should be here any minute to thwart me. He's a mammal known as Per—" Doofenshmirtz suddenly got kicked in the stomach and said "Oh that must be him…Peter the Panda?" Perry was confused for a moment, before remembering he looked like a panda. "What are you doing here, Peter? You aren't my nemesis. Remember? My nemesis is Pe—" Perry kicked him again. He didn't want Ferb to hear the name Perry the Platypus here.

Back at the beach, Phineas and the others had just finished the sand castle. It was almost the size of a real castle. "Think this will be enough to get you the sand castle patch, Isabella?" Phineas asked.

"Actually…a normal sized one would be enough…" Isabella said.

"Oh…well this was more fun. Now what…?" Phineas asked.

"We could play in it." Baljeet suggested.

"Hmm, that's a good idea! We could pretend it's the medieval ages and I could be the knight." Phineas said.

"What about me?" Isabella asked.

"You can be the beautiful princess I eventually save." Phineas said

"Oh…OK…" Isabella said with a small giggle and headed inside the castle and up one of the towers.

"And Buford can be king!" Buford said, also heading inside the castle. Isabella didn't seem comfortable with that choice; did it mean she would marry Buford? The idea was disgusting, even in a game.

"Yeah, Buford can be the Black Knight who takes over as king…until I defeat him."

"You ain't defeating Buford, dinner bell." Buford said.

"We'll see…" Phineas said.

"And what shall I be?" Baljeet asked.

"Hmmm, you're smart, so you can be the wizard who guides me to Buford.

"He's right there…" Baljeet said pointing.

"I know, but I'm going to pretend I don't know! Then you can tell me and I will begin my quest."

"Do you know where Buford is?" Baljeet asked.

"The Black Knight?" Phineas asked.

"Yeeesss."
"Nope."

"Well he's right there." Baljeet said pointing at the castle.

"Oh there he is!" Phineas said, pretending to be surprised.

"What are you guys doing?" Candace asked heading over.

"We're playing medieval ages with our sand castle." Phineas said.

"Well I'm telling Mom!" Candace said

"She won't be here for an hour…" Phineas reminded her.

"Fine, then I'm telling Mom in one hour!" Candace said.

"Is there anything else the wizard does?" Baljeet asked.

"Yes, sometimes he helps the hero make weapons and leads him to a legendary sword or something."
"Make you weapons? Out of what? Sand?"
"That's brilliant, Baljeet!" Phineas said fetching wet sand in the beach and forming into weapons and armor.

Back in the Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated blimp, Heinz was still fighting Perry. "Urgh, really Peter the Panda, what are you doing here today?" Heinz asked as he dodged Perry's punches and kicks. "I'm trying to teach someone to be evil and you were so late, I forgot to bring my trap from home…and I didn't even get tell my back-story yet! Don't you want to know why I want to flood the Tri-state area? Really, you're nowhere near as good as nemesis as Pe—" Perry had tackled Doofenshmirtz. "Help you two!" Doofenshmirtz cried kicking two nearby lasers to Vanessa and Ferb.

Vanessa ignored her dad and went in the corner to read. Ferb shrugged and began firing at the disguised Perry. After all, it was only a robotic animal, wasn't it? Perry leapt off of Doofenshmirtz and began dodging the laser blasts. Ferb was much harder to fight than Heinz, he was a better shot and Perry didn't want to hurt him. Ferb got Perry once and he fell to the floor and slid to Doofenshmirtz who smiled. "Thanks, Ferb, I can take it from here." Doofenshmirtz said. Ferb nodded and set the laser down and walked over to Vanessa. The two watched her dad fight the weakened Platypus.

"He really is quite a funny man isn't he?" Ferb said, trying, for once, to make conversation with someone.

"What do you mean?" Vanessa asked.

"The way he pretends to be evil, a little immature perhaps, but funny, a bit like my dad." Ferb said.

"Ferb, he's not jo—err yes, he likes to play this joke all the time!" Vanessa said deciding to play along with this.

Back the beach, Phineas had just finished his sword and armor and was charging through the castle to fight Buford who had likewise made his own armor, but instead of a sand sword, he held a wooden club. "Draw, evil knight, I shalst save the princess from thee!" Phineas said.

"Dude, why are you talking like that?" Buford asked.

"Trying to set the mood for a medieval age." Phineas said.

"Oh…I don't know all those words so I guess I'll be mostly silent…" Buford said.

"EnGarde!" Phineas cried and attacked Buford with his sword. Buford casually destroyed his sword with his club. "Oh…well I guess it is just sand…um…" Phineas looked around and hastily picked up a stick to defend himself with. This wouldn't break as easily as the sword.

"So the wizard doesn't fight?" Baljeet asked.

"Nope, he might save me from a demon or dragon, but the knight is always the hero in the final battle."

"I see…"

Perry was just now gaining the upper hand and was just about to destroy the unnamed inator when Ferb stepped in front of it. "So what does this do?" Ferb asked.

"I told you, it's supposed to flood the Tri-state area! Press it and see!" Doofenshmirtz said. Ferb nodded and pushed a red button and stepped back in surprise as a beam hit the ocean and a wave formed. Perry quickly hit the machine out the window and leapt outside with it. "Wait, Peter the Panda, you forgot to push my self-destruct button on the blimp!" Doofenshmirtz said and rushed to the control panel. He then pushed a large yellow button with the worlds "Self-Destruct" on it. "There, now I pushed it! Curse you Peter the Panda!" Doofenshmirtz yelled as he leapt out of the blimp as well. Vanessa sighed and took Ferb's hand.

"C'mon let's go." Vanessa said. Ferb smiled a bit as she led him to the parachutes and helped him get his on. Together, the two of them jumped out of the blimp and opened the parachutes to land.

In the beach, Phineas and Buford were still fighting and Baljeet was growing impatient. "So I couldn't, perhaps, set him on fire? I can't weaken him? Anything?" Baljeet asked.

"Nope, your role is done in this adventure…in fact, seeing how I'm in the final battle, you should have died by now…" Phineas said.

"Urgh! This is so boring!" Baljeet cried.

"It's not much better up here…." Isabella said sighing. She loved the idea of Phineas being her knight in shining armor, but she was beginning to get bored of waiting for him to save her.

Finally, Phineas got a lucky swing at Buford and disarmed him. "Yes! I won!" Phineas cried. Buford scowled.

"Only cause Buford let you win, dinner bell!" Buford said.

"Yay! Now you can save me, we can get married, and we'll run away together!" Isabella said.

"What?" Phineas asked.

"You know…in the game!" Isabella said grinning sheepishly. Suddenly, Candace saw Linda's car parking in the beach driveway and she ran over.

"Mom, Mom, Mom!" Phineas and Fer—argh I need to stop saying that…well Phineas and his friends are building a gigantic sand castle and it's HUGE, you gotta come see!" Candace said tugging on her mothers arm.

"Alright, dear, I'll go see." Linda said following Candace.

"It's finally over…" Phineas said.

"No! It is not over!" Baljeet said.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Phineas asked.

"I mean you left me in the dust! I will now turn my anger into darkness and destroy you all! I am Baljeet, the Dark wizard!" Baljeet cried raising his arms above his head for dramatic effect. What he didn't know was that Doofenshmirtz's (or Ferb's) tidal wave was rising right behind.

"Woah! Nerdy really is magic!" Buford cried. The wave soon crashed down on them and the sand castle fell apart.

"Phineas, help me!" Isabella cried as the tower crumpled.

"Isabella!" Phineas gasped as water submerged the castle and then went back in the ocean. When the water cleared, the four of them were coughing and Isabella had ended up in Phineas' arms when he grabbed her.

"I thought you boys were building a sand castle." Linda said as she walked over.

"We did, and he played this medieval game where I had to fight Buford and Baljeet used his magic to drown the castle…how did you do that?" Phineas asked.

"I really don't know…if I did, I probably wouldn't be bullied." Baljeet said.

"Oh and I saved the princess." Phineas said gesturing to Isabella who was still in his arms.

"Aww, cute. Well it's time to go guys, c'mon." Linda said. Isabella got to her feet and said

"Thanks for saving me, Phineas."

"No problem." Phineas replied and then added "Oh there you are Ferb!...And Perry!" as the two swam out from the water to land, the water getting rid of Perry's electronic panda disguise.

This is what I meant by the plots connecting too much. Ferb actually interacts with Heinz Doofenshmirtz. In my defense, though, I think the rule of them never interacting only applies to Phineas, not Ferb. Ferb may have seen him in SBTY and I'm pretty sure he saw him in Vanessary Roughness.

Sorry if this chapter seems crude and rushed. It's just that I have my cousins party to go to, I need to take care of both of my sick little sisters, I need to help my mom with something tonight and I need to film and edit an entire video today.