GO, CANDACE, GO!
Honk, Honk.
Candace and Stacy's heads peeked through the window and saw Linda's car momentarily approaching the garage. Their eyes widened and jaws dropped - she should never see that Remote-Controlled Automobile.
"Oh no, mom's home!" Candace hurriedly hid the hologram device under her pillow and looked at Stacy in panic, while the latter ran around the room in the same reaction.
"Candace," Stacy tried to calm down. "This is your moment. You choose between two things quick, and by quick, I mean 5 seconds. Are you gonna BUST the boys?"
Candace silenced. "Wait, there's nothing for me to choose for - "
"5 seconds is over! Candace, your mom's going to be in the backyard for half a minute!"
Candace's mind gets very confused, but after a half a minute, she finally made up her mind. "No, I can't bust my brothers. Not now."
Stacy rolled her eyes for wasting that much time, but she smiled and cheered over Candace as the latter hurriedly goes down the stairs and tries her best to hide the car from her mom.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" Candace caught the sight of Linda in the kitchen, arranging the groceries and stuff.
"Oh, hi Candace," Linda ignored Candace's attitude towards her and continued with her work. "Look, I did well in cooking class today. I brought some of my own-made butter crepe I learned..."
"Mom! Mom!" Candace also ignored her and grabbed her shoulders. "Don't you ever go to the backyard! Never, ever!"
"Excuse me?"
"Don't you ever go to the backyard, please?" Candace insists as she pulled the curtains on the glass-sliding door, covering the backyard from the house.
"You know, telling me not to go to the backyard somehow makes me want to go to the backyard. I wonder why's that." Linda remarked and crossed her arms, staring at the ever-smiling Candace. "Tell me, Candace. Do you happen to be hiding something from me? Where's Phineas and Ferb?"
"W-W-What? Me? Hiding? Phineas? Ferb?" Candace nervously stated, her legs shaking and her whole body shivering. "Oh, NOOO... I will never hide something from you. And Phineas and Ferb are... They're... They're at Isabella's! Yeah! You know... Hanging out and playing like little kids do... Heheh..."
Linda raised an eyebrow badly. "That's very suspicious. I hadn't received even a single call from you regarding the boys, so I got worried. And now you're hiding something from me in the backyard, and never even bothering to look at what Phineas and Ferb are doing right now. Are you sure you're Candace?"
Candace was now sweating heavily. "W-What are you talking about? Of course I'm Candace! It's just that... I have prepared a surprise for... Jeremy, yeah, and I don't want anyone to see it. So... I hope you please understand me, mom!"
Linda stared suspiciously at Candace moments later, and was finally convinced. "Okay then. I'll be making a snack, so you better get Phineas and Ferb from Isabella's."
"Yes, yes mom..." Candace sighed in relief, and saw Stacy watching from the stairs, giving a thumbs up. Candace gave one too, but this still hasn't ended.
Candace then pulled Stacy from the stairs to the backyard and gave a very serious-looking face.
"Stacy, please do me a favor. Stay here and guard the automobile as I go fetch my brothers from across the street. You should never let anyone see that... And by anyone, that includes MOM."
Stacy stared at her blankly, but however agreed. "O-kaay... Goodluck convincing your brothers!"
Stacy watches Candace cross the street and then made her own move by grabbing a huge cloth from nowhere and covers the automobile.
As Candace successfully crosses the street, she quickly knocks at the Garcia-Shapiro residence. Isabella's mom opened the door, and eagerly greets her.
"Oh, wow, Candace! It's been a while - you've grown so tall!"
"Uhh, Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro, it's just been... Oh yeah, it's been a while. But no, no..." Candace shook her head and went to the topic. "My brothers... Is Phineas and Ferb there?"
"Oh, they left fifteen minutes ago."
"What? Where?"
"Hmm..." Vivian thought for a while. "I heard them say something about a certain Fluffy Burger..."
"Fluffy Burger?" Candace widened her eyes, and finally realized. "Oh no, Jeremy!"
Candace then hurriedly left and ran throughout the street towards the Googolplex mall, leaving Vivian dumbstruck for a while.
. . .
"Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy..." Candace repeatedly uttered as she raced with herself throughout the whole mall, forgetting where the Slushy Burger stand was again. After moments of looking, she finally saw the handsome silhouette of a blond teenage boy handing burgers to customers.
"Jeremy!" Candace called out and hurriedly approached the counter. She ended panting heavily in front of him.
"Candace?" Jeremy's eyes widened and he snorted. "What are you doing here?"
"Sorry, sorry..." Candace continued panting. "H-Have you seen Phineas and Ferb?"
"Yeah, they just left."
"What?" Candace stomped her foot in anxiety, thinking that she'll look all over for them again and thinking what they possibly could've told Jeremy.
"Look, Candace..." Jeremy stated. "About what happened..."
Oh my gosh, Candace covered her mouth and ears, completely scared of what he'll say. What nonsense could her brothers ever told him? Will she still have at least a bit of dignity left? Will she be able to marry and have kids and live a happy life at all? Or worse... Is this the end of the world for her?
"Candace, Why did you ever do that? Didn't you ever think of my feelings? Why did you ruin the dress I gave you and the dress I crossed the mountains for? I thought you're a very kind and thoughtful girl, but you proved me wrong. I was wrong about you all the time... I-I'm tired of this. This is it, Candace. We're over. Goodbye FOREVER."
Nah, this is just her imagination. Of course this won't happen.
"Don't worry, Candace. It's completely all right; your brothers explained to me everything. An accident's an accident, you'll never know when it'll attack. And they were still kids so accidents are normal. My Suzy often commits those so I'm used to it."
Candace shook her head from that dreadful imagination of hers and was very glad of Jeremy's understanding. She couldn't believe Phineas and Ferb just talked to him about it and convinced him with it.
"Oh," Jeremy added, "But there's something unusual with your brothers. They're - I mean at least Phineas - like very sad of some sort... His all-smiles were completely gone and his cheerfulness wasn't ever present. I kinda felt they're complete strangers. Did something happen? Is it because of the incident?"
Candace's face turned blank in shock and realized that it's worse than she thought. She thought that the worst that could ever happen with her brothers was for them never to build things again, but she's wrong... The worst is for her brothers never to smile again.
"Y-Yeah, most likely..." Candace frowned. "Did they say where they're going?"
"Hmm... I think I heard Phineas say 'Let's go home.' "
Home? Candace didn't actually think that they'll already go back home that instant... Anyhow, she waved goodbye to Jeremy and rushed back to her house.
. . .
Doofenshmirtz and Perry are Fighting!
And yes, they still are. Perry attacked like this, and Dr. Doofenshmirtz defends like that, and vice versa. Well, it's all the usual manner.
Okay... So let's move on to the near-end of the fight. Perry upper-cuts Dr. Doofenshmirtz and sends him flying towards his huge Sewing Machine-inator, causing him to push a button and made it work.
When Dr. Doofenshmirtz came into his senses, he saw the machine shaking and working like mad. The scientist looked over the button he pushed and it's labeled 'Work and Work and Work until I Self-Destruct'.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz sighed. "Why did I ever design a button like that?"
Perry realized it at once and grabbed a grapnel from nowhere in him and shoots it towards his floating ship outside the building. He then grabbed Vanessa and the both of them swing through the ship, leaving the scientist working on the machine.
"W-Wait, where are you going, Perry the Platypus? Y-You can't leave me here!"
Dr. Doofenshmirtz sets himself for evacuating as well, but caught sight of his effortful dress for Vanessa and can't bother leaving it there. He did spend the whole night just for that.
. . .
Candace, in the meantime, finally arrived home and she saw Stacy in the backyard, ears on her cell phone.
"Stacy! Stacy! Are Phineas and Ferb here already?"
Stacy gets surprised a lot which caused her to turn off the phone, hanging up to whoever she's talking to.
"W-Wha?" Stacy stared at the panting Candace. "N-No, they haven't! At least, I think so..."
Candace grunted as she headed over the kitchen where she saw her mom almost finished making that snack.
Her mom realized Candace beside her, and that very moment, stated, "Candace, the boys called me earlier and they told me something about going to a school. As soon as they stop playing schooltime, tell them to go home; I'm going to be finished here anytime soon."
Oh no. So her brothers aren't here yet! But where could they be? What school?
Candace thought that they went back to Isabella's house again. But why would Phineas refer to it as 'home'? Candace just shook her head several times and ran back to Isabella's.
As soon as she arrived, she knocked like roaring thunder over Isabella's door, and like earlier, Vivian opened it.
"Why, Candace! You've grown so beautiful - "
"Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro! Is Phineas and Ferb back?"
Upon the question, she saw Isabella appear before them.
"Phineas and Ferb just left."
Candace's jaws dropped. Why can't she ever catch them?
"Listen, Candace," Isabella stated, as she signalled her mother inside. "Phineas and Ferb are definitely upset. Do you have any idea that they talked to Jeremy for you? Well, be thankful Jeremy's a nice guy, but still. They proclaimed that they'll never build anything anymore even if it means their lives. What they did today will be the last one... So I hope you're happy. You didn't even think of their feelings."
Candace's expression turned blank and completely dumbstruck. What have I done?
"No, no, no, Isabella... You're thinking it wrong!" Candace now awfully regrets what she did, and tries to convince Isabella with it. "Look, I really never meant to scold them, it's just... I really felt so bad when I saw the dress being ruined, so I can't hold myself but feel really furious... B-But, I never thought that they will really feel upset! I'm sorry... I promise I will make it up for them!"
Isabella raised her eyebrow. "Will you promise never to bust them again?"
Candace remained a little silent. She can't... Busting her brothers is already written on her destiny and that's what she's living for.
Isabella grunted when Candace remained very silent for a couple of minutes. Anyway, Isabella understood that silence and there's nothing for her to do with what Candace wanted to do, so fine.
"Go and follow them." Isabella then stated. "Phineas told me that he wanted to be alone... With Ferb. He can't stop himself from holding a wrench and from doing something, so he said something about 'heading to a Reformatory School' to finally get this over with."
Candace covered her mouth and gasped. So that's what her mom meant about them going to a school. Who knows that they really asked permission about that.
"Isabella," Candace grabbed Isabella's shoulders. "Do you know, by instance, what a reformatory school is?"
Isabella thought for a while and nodded. "I think it's regarding a school teaching little kids..." Then her eyes widened and gasped as well. "Not... To... Ever... Do anything..."
Isabella then grabbed Candace's shoulders as well and shook her. "We better get to that school, Candace! Who knows what could happen to them?"
Candace agreed and the both of them headed back to Candace's house. They saw Stacy again talking to the phone, but ignoring her, they removed the cloth covering the automobile and get inside of it.
"W-Wait, Candace," Stacy surprisingly stared at them. "What are you doing?"
"Thanks for guarding the car, Stacy, but we're off to an emergency." Candace remarked as she tried to learn how to control the remote. She then called out for her mom. "MOM! Phineas and Ferb and I are going to be a little late! We're... Having so much fun!"
That lame excuse somehow convinced Linda from the kitchen. "Okay then, be back at four!"
Candace then eventually activated the automobile and wore on their seatbelts, and headed over that reformatory school she thought she already knew of.
"I will never let the life that means so much to them stop just like that."
AUTHOR'S EVERLASTING NOTE:
OH MAN! What reviews! Haha. Okay, give me a minute to inhale... Exhale... Breathe...
Okay. I believe I've gotten 53% of mixed reviews in Rotten Tomatoes. XD
I've made the fourth chapter at MIDNIGHT, so I understand why it's not really good like the earlier chapters were. When I woke up the next day, I was surprised myself of what happened. You can say I've done the same thing to this chapter as well. I thought I'll finish it today, but I guess there's one more chapter to go.
What's more, there's NO PHINEAS AND FERB in this chapter... But mostly Candace's. I feel a bit bad... Did I happen to lessen Candace's over-exaggeration here? I did try my best, so I hope so... ALSO, Doof and Perry's section is A LIIITTLE BIT outta the chapter, please never mind. I really did pay less attention to that one... I apologize to Doof and Perry fans out there! :( And another one... I'm sorry about my idea of sending them to the Reformatory School! T.T
Query query query...
Well, not to be a stickler, but I did notice few mistakes, such as Isabella should have said 'no' instead of yes. Not to hate Candace, but sometimes she did seem a bit harsh.
Whew, first of all, thank you SO MUCH for detailing things out! And for the compliments... And criticism... Thank you!
Although I don't quite understand what mistake Isabella's line was. Could you point it out for me? Thank you! And yeah, I could understand your feelings about Candace. I do hope I happen to gradually lessen Candace's exagg here now. :)
The B-Plot with Doofenshmirtz and Perry is a good one. The way the characters are being portrayed in a way faithful to the show, with your own twist.
Thank you thank you! I promised myself that all my fanfics will remain faithful to all the shows they're based on... With yes, my own twists. I do hope I remained it at that. :)
The candace haters in the reviews bug me.
But anyway, i noticed that most of this is sorta stacy's fault...being a big stacy fanboy, this made me weep.
FIRST LINE: LOL. xD
SECOND LINE: Ohh... I'm sorry about that! Anyhow, I never thought you're a boy! Haha. Thanks for subscribing... But I do apologize about Stacy's intimate change of character. But yeah, you can say it is a little bit of Stacy's fault, but I'll point out that it is because of Stacy what this fic's ending is going to be about, and she's the way why the siblings will get together again. :)
But anyway glad you will lessen the exaggeration. And you're right about the busting. Would the cyotye stop trying to catch the road runner? No.
Yeah, you got that right! I do hope that I manage to lessen it with this chapter... T.T
Honestly, I felt that the last chapter is better than this one... well, just a bit. But still, I love when a fanfic writes about a character behaving in contrast of their normal behaviour. In this fanfic, it shows Phineas giving up and crying, CRYING! That's the first one in this whole series!
Thank you for saying your criticisms gently, I really appreciate it. :) Yeah, Phineas cries, but I kinda desperately tried hard not to show it. LOL. haha. I'm glad how you can point those out! :D
Although I'm not quite interested in the Doofenshmirtz plot in any P&F fanfic (I usually skipped that part if it's too long), but in this fanfic, my mind told me; "Just read this part, it's not that bad". And guess what? It is (written in italic) quite good. Especially the two Evil Jingles (or at least that's what the peoples in the Phineas and Ferb Wiki called it) that actually rhymes with the actual jingle. And, I can't imagine Vanessa wearing a girly dress! XD
Aww, really? Because of that review of yours, I kinda spent lesser attention to the Doof and Perry section a little bit. LOL. XD But it's all right, it'll end the next chapter already. And about the evil jingles (yeah, that's what they really call it) I spent so hard thinking of that! Haha. Nah, just kidding. And yeah, Vanessa shouldn't wear a girly dress at all. XD
But, I spotted a grammar mistake. The sentence "Perry, already a half an hour trapped, yawned" should have been "Perry, already half an hour trapped" (I'm sorry, but I'm too focused in the details). This is my version of the line: "Perry, already trapped for half an hour, yawned". Correct me if that's wrong... But, somehow the phrase that Phineas said at the end of the fanfic bugged me because my mind was set to think that he won't do anything, anymore.
Oh yeah, I spotted that too! I worked on it already and edited it and the last sentence. Don't worry, I still remained to the fact that they will never do anything, maybe until the end. But if my idea of them going to the Reformatory school is kinds getting a bit far, don't worry. I'm insane at that time as well. xD
Oh yeah, I like the "Phineas and Ferb - Summer Belongs to You!" reference.
Woah you noticed! Thanks! I just thought of making a little parody of it. :)
And to Mr./Ms. Anonymous Reviewer Amber...
I don't quite get what you reviewed... You pointed out the individual characteristics of the characters in what you said that's causing the series to get messed up, but I don't kinda think of how's that related to my story. But I love how you pointed those out! It gives me a fabulous idea for the next one! Thank you! :)
OH MY GOSH. Why do I feel like the "Author's Section" is longer than the actual story itself? O.o SO sorry about that! Just ignore this section! (yeah right. XD)