"Your all set! Good luck! Bring him back to us." I'm coming to help dad. Your little Char is coming to the rescue.

Zipping through time and space to a night ten years ago. Four adults were walking down the path a I could see. I knew two of them to be uncle Ferb and aunt Vanessa. I also saw my mother and a man holding her hand. Who I'm must guess was my father.

I'd never seen him before, maybe a picture mom held to herself in her bedroom. But I think I wasn't meant to see that either. He seemed strange to me, my father's head was a triangle. Not to be disrespectful.

I wondered what I should do to stop it. I could keep the rock from hitting him. Or maybe, I could, no. Something had to be done.

I don't want to be to late. I know! I set a sign or sort in front of the path. Like a detour sign, that way they wouldn't go there. It didn't have to be interesting. It had to work.

I placed it there quickly and dashed away. My family saw it and started another way. I still had to follow, making sure it went right. They followed a well lite path to their car and drove away.

I smiled inside, but on the outside I had to get back to the time machine. It was a mad dash back to the path. Down it running in the dark. Tripping I scrapped my leg on the sidewalk. I had to get up and keep running.

My breath softened when I got in and disappeared with. I made it, good thing to, I'm not sure what would've happened if that had gone wrong.

Charlotte stepped out with a nasty scrape on her. I didn't know what to tell my brother. My brother?

Ferb's smile was never brighter in a million years. He picked his niece up and danced her around the yard.

My wife stepped out and laughed,"Having fun? Oh, what a scrape, I'll get the kit." "You did it girl! You got him back.".

A flood of memories came to her, smiling she raised her hands and danced herself. Never in such time had this family turned around their misfortune. Never had they been so happy.

"Remember, he doesn't know, so you can never tell him. Not like I told you. Be careful who you tell, if you do say."

"OK, it get it. But why?" "Ya know I was going to say, he'll never believe it. But you know what happened with me." "Why is our family so cursed?"" I don't know how to answer that."

"I got the med kit!"" Thanks honey. I'll patch her up, can you go call Phineas, get him over here." "Alright, any reason why?" Ferb's head nodded a, no, and Vanessa walked inside.

Charlotte's face shined brighter as Ferb cleaned her up and put a bandage on her. She smiled as Ferb let her go back inside. "Hey Char!" Charlotte ran over to her father and hugged him. Showing him the bandage as he nodded. "How'd this happen?" "I was running down the side walk"

"Why?" He said this with less happiness. Charlotte hesitated but told him about the time machine and everything else. Phineas smiled, whispering something to Ferb who took a step back. "OK yes I knew about it. It was for the sake of time. But to be fair, you were very confusing."

"Alright, your off the hook. But why Char?"" If I was seen you would know. She also smart enough. " Phineas rolled his eyes at Ferb and sat up. "Fine, you want to stay here Char?" "Can I? I like the way uncle Ferb tells your adventure stories."

"Oh, is that what he talks about? Ya know he wasn't so wordy when we were kids, I was the one who did the talking. Well mostly, he usually had a line or two a day." I laughed my parents had fun summers, I only wish I could do that too.

to be continued...