Author's Note: Hello my dearies! This chapter features something new: a real story by somebody else! (gasp) Thank you to Stinkfly3 (and Myron Greenleaf) for allowing me to feature their story, The Story Beyond the Portal, in this story. It will span over quite a few chapters. x]

This chapter features an OC, Elodie Hayes. (Remember her?) She's not canon so don't fret if you don't remember her.

All right - so cheer our main characters on as they go to school! The Phineas and Ferb crew are all in sixth grade, while Candace is in tenth. (Ginger, Milly, and Holly are all in seventh.) This is an obscenely long chapter. :D

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Phineas woke up and glanced over the clock, which read 5:59. He chuckled and turned off the alarm. "You'll have to wake up earlier to catch Phineas and Ferb!" Ferb was already sitting up in his bed, a bit sleepy-eyed. The two both got up and began to get ready for school.

They walked into breakfast, where Linda had prepared vegetarian sausages, eggs, and oatmeal with blueberries. "You know us so well," Phineas said, who was quickly preferring vegetarian sausages to real ones, though he still preferred real bacon. He sat down and Ferb followed. They ate their breakfast fairly slowly, since school didn't start until 7 and was within walking distance. They were finishing the last of their orange juice when Candace walked in, fully groomed in her brand-new black turtleneck, jeans, and careful hairstyle.

"Good morning, Candace!" Phineas greeted. For once, Candace didn't seem to be on her usual busting rampage, but then again she never was when school rolled around. She seemed to think that teachers actually kept their inventions under control, when the reality was that Candace just went to a different school.

"Mornin', Phineas," Candace said, humming to herself. "Jeremy and Stacy are coming over today to walk me~" She sounded very happy as she got some sausages, oatmeal, and coffee (unbeknownst to Candace, decaf, courtesy of Linda not wanting her high-strung daughter to have caffeine).

"That's lovely, dear," Linda said, drinking her own caffeinated cup of coffee. "Dress warmly. I want you to put a sweater on, and your scarf, and your gloves, and -"

"MoOOOOom," Candace groaned. "I'm not five years old. I know how warmly I need to dress." Following this claim she took a rather large bite of sausage. Ferb reached for three more, still being silent.

"All right, boys, you both need to stop in today at the counselor's office to pick up your new schedules," Linda said. "Mrs Macintosh said it's pretty likely that she can give you all the same classes, but you still need to know where to go after class. Candace, it's the same routine as last year."

"Yeah, I know," Candace said, looking for the first time to be nervous. Last year she'd been in a math class that was different than Stacy's - Stacy having scored into AP Algebra, of all things - and she was completely lost without her best friend by her side. She wasn't keen on having a repeat of that hour-long torture each day.

"All right, well, sweeties, I love you!" Linda said. The clock now read 6:42, and it was time for everyone to leave. "Be warm, don't get in trouble, and eat all your lunch!" Candace rolled her eyes on the way out but Phineas and Ferb thanked her.

Phineas and Ferb walked to school and received their schedules. They'd been placed in almost exclusively AP classes, save for classes like gym and art, but luckily had the exact same schedule. Their homeroom was Mrs Hollingberry, an eccentric English teacher who liked to teach with the occasional song or whiteboard drawing.

"She's a bit wacky, isn't she?" a girl with brown hair and small moon earrings asked as she sat down next to Phineas. "But a good teacher. I knew a friend who could never spell secretary to save her life. I'll have to email her that one." Phineas nodded.

"I couldn't remember that one either. Oh, and hi, my name is Phineas and this is Ferb," he explained, gesturing to his brother. Ferb nodded slightly in recognition.

"Elodie Hayes. I'm new here, but I've got a friend - Isabella. She's over there." Elodie pointed over her shoulder toward Isabella, who was discussing something with Adyson and Gretchen.

"Oh, we know Isabella. She's our neighbor and one of our best friends," Phineas said. "It's nice to meet you. It's not so often we get new people here in Danville." Elodie smiled.

"I noticed. Everyone seems to know everybody here," she said. "I have to go to my next class. See you at lunch?" When Phineas nodded, she flashed him a grin and walked out of the classroom.

~later, at lunch~

"That was an interesting three classes," Phineas said. "I'm not sure I'm quite used to moving around so much yet, but I'm getting the hang of it." So far, Phineas could definitely teach his AP Algebra class, but he decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it gets harder.

Isabella nodded. "It definitely takes some getting used to." Isabella also found the classes pretty easy, though she had to admit taking 8th grade-level science might have been overkill. After all, she still had the Fireside Girls troop to work with.

"I liked most of the teachers," Elodie said. She was drinking something that smelled like pumpkin and spices. "Except for Mr Chea...he's not very good at explaining things." When Phineas and Isabella both looked confused, Baljeet stepped in.

"Physics class," he explained. "It is a ninth-grade level class, so I could have taken him last year, but I decided that chemistry suited me better academically at that juncture. Mr Chea does not focus on his subject well enough."

"Well, 'Jeet, you've probably already taught yourself the entire subject and written a couple of papers on it," Isabella said jokingly, even though it was most likely true. Phineas and Buford laughed as Baljeet grinned, a bit bashfully.

"So, anyway," Phineas said, "Ferb and I discovered a new website. It's called FanFiction." Isabella coughed and looked up.

"Oh? Is that so?" she said, a bit too nonchalantly. Phineas, as always, was oblivious, however.

"Yeah! It's a writing website that has a lot of stories. Ferb and I are going to write something there. It'll be great for our website hits."

"I know FanFiction," Elodie said. "I don't have an account yet, but I know a lot of fanfictions. The one I'm reading right now is really good, you should definitely read it. It's called The Story Beyond the Portal."

"That sounds interesting," Phineas said. "Is that one by Phinabella 4eva?"

"Nope," Elodie replied. "It's by Stinkfly3, but she wrote it with Myron Greenleaf. Here, let me write it down for you."

"I'll just give you my email," Phineas said. He tore a strip of paper out of his notebook, scribbled down his email, and handed it to Elodie. "Send me the link when you get home and we'll read it tonight!"

"All right," Elodie said. "Email you tonight then." She handed a baklava square to Isabella.

...

"Hey, where's Perry?" Linda wondered aloud. She was reading a sewing magazine; Vivian and Josephine were interested in starting up a duo at the Squat and Stitch, and she thought she might as well brush up on her skills.

Perry was in his bed in the kitchen far past the time he was supposed to report to Major Monogram. He'd spent the better part of yesterday eating delicious vanilla cupcakes and drinking tea. When he had finally gotten home, he was so sleepy that he could barely crawl into his bed. His dreams were content and happy, all about food and, oddly, Norm.

Finally, there was a knock on the door at 11:50 in the morning. Linda opened the door to see a green-clad Major Monogram.

"Why, hello...Officer," Linda said, sounding confused. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"Uhh...yes, Mrs Flynn-Fle...I mean, ma'am," Monogram said. "My name is Major Monogram, and I'm a part of an organization that screens for, er, diseases in aquatic mammals. There's been an outbreak in the Tri-State Area as of late and I am here to request that I may, uh, take your platypus for testing."

"I had no idea there was such an outbreak!" Linda said, sounding shocked. "That's terrible. Yes, you may take our little Perry." She called for Perry, who waddled in chattering, even when he saw Major Monogram at his front door. "Now, what disease is this again?"

"What? Oh, uh..." A bead of sweat ran down Major Monogram's brow. "Er, it's mucormycosis. Very serious. Thank you, ma'am!" Major Monogram took Perry into his hands and shut the door. He put the platypus down, and Perry immediately put on his hat and stood up.

"Agent P!" he hissed once they had gotten into the OWCA car. "You are very late! Only you can defeat Dr. D and we couldn't even reach you!"

Agent P quirked his eyebrow, waiting for whatever the situation was. "Oh. Yes, Doofenshmirtz. Uhh...he's up to no good! He hasn't done anything in the last 12 hours! Put a stop to it!"

Perry rolled his eyes.

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Out of sheer dumb luck, Candace had, in fact, been placed with Stacy in their Algebra class. But on the other hand, Stacy had flunked out of Geography and Candace had to take that class by herself. Candace shut her locker and sighed.

"Stacy, why can't we be in the same class like we always were?" she asked, tucking the miniature Ducky Momo toy behind her notebook where nobody could see him. "I don't see any reason for us not to be."

"I know," Stacy sighed. "But on the up side - Jeremy's in all your classes!" She grinned, and Candace seemed to perk up.

"Yeah, that's true! Thanks. You always know what to say to make me feel better, Stace!"

Stacy shrugged and said something along the lines of "no prob," but when Candace turned around to go to Biology, she gave a sad little smile.

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"All right, Ferb, we'll read it now," Phineas said, helping himself to another chocolate chip cookie. "Let's see...Stinkfly3...aha! The Story Beyond the Portal! What happened to the world counterparts after the movie? Alt. Ferb/Alt. Isabella," he read out loud. "Ferb? You and Isabella? This should be interesting." Ferb just motioned for him to read on.

The story began with somebody named Doofenshmirtz being arrested. Phineas noted a few errors with the story - for example, there was no such troop as the Firestorm girls, and what were Normbots, anyway?

Phineas continued to the second chapter, where they were helping Isabella pick out clothes. This Isabella had a bit of a different attitude, but Isabella could act like that sometimes.

"That's when she started seeing things that neither Phineas nor Ferb would agree to never ever show her. Black dresses, grey clothing. Basically, anything you would wear to a funeral or a prison. Can you imagine our Izzy wearing something like that?" Phineas asked Ferb, who shook his head. "But, you know, if she wants to that's all right."

"Ferb noticed what Isabella was holding. "Can I see the ribbon?" he asked. Isabella nodded and handed it over, not understanding what Ferb was trying to do. The 10-year-old boy spun her around and pulled her hair into a tight ponytail, using the ribbon to keep the ponytail in place. "Perfect," Ferb said with a smile. You sure are chatty in this story," Phineas commented. As usual, he was oblivious to any sort of flirting between anybody.

Phineas and Ferb only got a chance to finish that chapter before Lawrence decided they were all going to a movie. The two stepbrothers put on their warmest coats - it had already reached 25 degrees in the middle of November - and headed out.

~later that night~

Phineas was fast asleep in his S.S. Phineas bed, but Ferb had quietly turned the laptop on to read the third chapter.

Ferb gently put his pointer finger over Isabella's lips, shushing her. "Don't worry," he said. "You look beautiful."

Isabella shook her head no. "No, I'm not," she quietly responded. "I-I can't go out in public looking like this..."

"And why not?" Ferb asked. He placed his right hand on her left cheek. "This is the real you. Smart, courageous... Who wouldn't want to see you like that?"

Perry walked into the room and settled under Ferb's arm. Ferb began to stroke his back with his left hand while he used his right to scroll down the page.

"The feeling is mutual," Ferb replied. Then before Isabella could say another word, he leaned in and kissed her right on the lips. Isabella was shocked, but couldn't stop herself from kissing back.

Ferb closed the laptop; it was already one in the morning, and high time to go to bed. But before he turned off the lamp next to his bed, you could see a small smile on his face.

Ending Note: Okay! Was THAT long enough? XD It's over 2,300 words :O It was a lot of fun though. :) Again, the fanfic featured is The Story Behind the Portal. It's a Phineas/Vanessa story and Ferb/Isabella (Alternate Dimension). It has 38 chapters so it'll be featuring in a lot of chapters!

Anybody else who wants their story featured, just message me!