(Phineas' P.O.V)
It had been about an hour or two since Isabella and I saw Ferb and Lizzie leave. I was so glad he knew about her now so we could finally just be bro's again. I looked into Isabella's eyes and we started up a conversation.
"So, Phineas- you didn't actually think that Mishay was me? Did you?" Isabella asked, "Erm..." I felt a little awkward, no matter what I said things would end up bad- if I said yes then I would get killed because of the fact she won't think I can recognise her easily. And if I say no she'll ask why I kissed her. It was tough so I just said,
"Isabella, she had taken shape of your face- anything near as cute as your face would have put me in a trance." I said. I know- it was really corny. But if it's for Isabella I'd do it. Ferb is much cornier than I am though- so you haven't seen the worst yet. Isabella sighed, "It's just, you weren't really into her right?" Isabella asked again.
"Of course not. Iz, we've been best friends since, well- forever! Nothing could break our bond." I replied. Isabella flashed a smile of forgiveness and releif as I gave her a hug to seal the deal.
"So... does Ferb seem to, you know- like Lizzie by any chance?" Isabella asked trying to change the conversation.
"Well- I'm not supposed to tell if Ferb likes anyone, or if he doesn't. That would just give it away. Why? Did Ferb ask her out or something?" I replied, intrigued.
"Well... She hasn't told me anything about it yet and I don't want to break the promise, but... Lizzie likes Ferb. Promise not to tell okay, because Lizzie will kill me." Isabella pleaded. "Wow that's great! Because Ferb likes Lizzie too. He said it was because she knew how he felt. I honestly can't comprehend Ferb at times- but there's no denying I love him." I finished. "Don't tell Ferb I said that, it's not what people would call manly." Isabella nodded.
(Isabella's P.O.V)
After Phineas and I ended our conversation a flash of light beamed from deeper within the woods, so we decided to follow it. We found the source and saw Ferb and Lizzie standing side by side with scruffy hair and torn clothes.
"What happened to you two?" I heard my wonderful Phineas ask.
"Let's just say that the Bermuda triangle is full of surprises." Ferb said and Lizzie pulled out the navigator and handed it to Ferb. Lizzie began wandering towards me while she was dusting off her clothes.
"Do you have something to tell me about Ferb?" I asked impatiently.
"Oh yeah! Ferb asked me to meet him down at the waterfall to hang out with him tonight." I told her.
"Ferb likes you!" I blurted out,
"What?" Lizzie asked rhetorically.
"Oh my gosh, this is so romantic! Ferb asked you to the waterfall, tonight! I wonder which waterfall-" I started jumping up and down excitedly,
"What do you mean which waterfall?" Lizzie asked me.
"Didn't you know? There are like- a hundred different waterfalls in the forest alone." I informed Lizzie.
"I'll help you get ready, but first- you'll need to wash your hair." I finished. Lizzie agreed and waved goodbye before walking to her cabin.
(Lizzie's P.O.V)
I wandered off to my cabin and could feel myself shudder from the cold gust of wind. I thought about what Isabella said;
"Ferb likes you!" I recall the sound echoing over and over in my head. I don't know if she made it up or just mistook his body language signs when she was doing her 'prediction of love.' But Isabella would never lie. Would she? I mean, Ferb just asked for us to hang out right? Not like a date.
Wait a minute- what if he was asking me out? How do I dress? What do I do? I've only ever been out with one person before. And the way it ended was completely different from anyone else's date. I screamed inside my head, excited and frustrated about it. I'll just ask Isabella once I've finished my shower.
I tied up my wet hair and slipped into my normal clothes before I headed towards Isabella's cabin.
"Hey Isabella!" I greeted her as she smiled at me.
"Ferb told me he left a few clues for you to follow, you know- cause he and Phineas like to make things fun. He said start once the sun begins setting." Isabella told me.
"When's that?" I asked.
"One hour." She replied.
"So we had better get moving. Phineas told me you had some three dimensional object pencil you could use to make stuff. Could I borrow it? I know just what your outfit should look like." I nodded and handed her the pencil.
"Great." She replied and took it into her hands. Isabella began drawing a beautiful dress and waistcoat. With some flat black boots. It took about half an hour once the final details had been done.
"I didn't make them high- heels because I'm sure that Ferb will have you running around alot from those clues and it would be a shame to see the dress get so dirty." Isabella informed me.
"Cool! Thanks." I displayed my gratitude,
"Anything for love." Isabella replied.
"What? Izzy, I told you already- we are just hanging out. As friends." I said,
"Whatever you say future Mrs. Fletcher." She said,
"No offence to Ferb or anything but BLEH. I'm only fifteen." I said.
"That's why I said future. Duh." Isabella told me and let her tongue fall out of her mouth for the 'duh' part.
"Yeah, but I'm still not thinking about marriage for another six or seven years." I defended. Isabella sighed and held the dres in front of me.
"Go put it on." She said. I nodded and walked into a different room. When I came back Isabella said,
"Wow. You look beautiful."
"It's only because of the dress. You have real talent for designing." I complemented her. "Now just one thing." Isabella chained a silver locket and key necklace around my neck. "Oh my gosh! I thought I lost this on the way over." I said.
"I found it on Hunters' Corner when I went to tell Baljeet and Buford about the camp thing yesterday. It really suits you." She said,
"Thankyou." I replied.
"How long 'til sunset?" I asked.
"One minute. Here's the first clue. There's three of them." Isabella handed me the clue. I waved her goodbye and headed out the door. I unfolded the peice of paper and read the words.
"They say that in the forest, there lies a scary ghost. Through the water, you almost became it and I was scared the most." The words said. Through the water. Hmm... The waterfall! I retraced my steps from yesterday, and got lost along the way a bit again. But I ended up at the proper destination. I hope. I climbed the surface of rock which partly held the waterfall once again. When I reached the top I stayed away from the edge, aware of what happened last time. I found another piece of paper,
"I have asked for permission." It said at the top. I kept reading,
"In my step-brother's cabin, is a device for navigation, get it and press the button on the back to find the last destination." I thought breifly and headed back towards the campsite.
On my way, I found Phineas.
"Hey Phineas." I greeted him,
"Hey. Do you know where Isabella is? I've been looking for her for an hour." Phineas replied.
"Well, last time I recall, she was in her cabin." I said,
"Cool. Wait? Aren't you supposed to be on your date with Ferb?" He replied. I shot him a look which made him uncomfortable.
"I mean, aren't you supposed to be hanging out with Ferb right now?" He rephrased the question.
"Yeah but he has me doing a bit of a treasure hunt for him. I'm about to get the last clue. Say, can I just grab the GPS Navigator from your cabin? I kind of need it for the last clue." I said.
"Oh, sure. I actually have it now. I was looking for Isabella but she wouldn't show up on the scanner. I hope she's okay." He said and gave me the navigator.
"Thanks. I hope so too." I replied. Phineas walked to Isabellas cabin as I stood still, flipping the navigator around to find the button. After looking for the button the second time I found it, hidden under a panel right at the back. I pressed the button and flipped it over one more time to see the screen.
"Hello. Welcome to GPS Navigation. You have a destination chosen by Ferb Fletcher." The voice said. The screen zoomed in on a certain point in the map of Danville Forest. I walked over to my cabin, grabbed the rocket boots and slid the device into the pocket made specially for it. It instantly shot off, zooming around trees and so on. I saw a slight orange blur and noticed that the sunset was still existent. The rocket boots started slowing, and then just screeched to a halt. I pulled off the skates and took the GPS out.
"Ten metres south-e-e-e-e..." The GPS seemed to malfunction. Uh oh. Ten metres south e... east. Ten metres south east. The only problem was, I didn't know where east was. Hold on, it's sunset right? The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. I moved in the opposite direction of where the sun was setting. I walked about six or seven metres east and then to the right about six metres.
"Ferb?" I shouted, hoping I was going in the right direction.
I then heard the flowing of water. I listened and followed the sound. The noise became louder and louder until I met a huge dense bush, ferns and other plants that guarded a large stone. With the malfunctioning GPS which I had previously turned the noise off in one hand, I touched a small gap of stone which was not concealed by vines or plants. The stone instantly moved, but it moved slowly. The green vegetation broke away from the stone as it revealed a beautiful scene of nature. A waterfall was shimmering down, and you could see the sand and sea not so far away. The sun reflected beautifully against the sea's surface which laid beyond the shallow pond in front of me. I cautiously slid down the muddy bank onto a patch of stones which had scattered in the shallow water and had risen above the surface. Surprisingly, the sun was still up. Either the sunset was really long, or the time I endured was exagerrated in my thoughts. I splashed lightly through the puddle-like pond and called out again,
"Ferb?" No answer.
I hoped he was unharmed. But then I realised that silence was a usuall reply from Ferb. I noticed a different shade of green, one which was different from all the plants. And it was easily recognisable. I walked along the bank on the other side of this long pond and then stepped onto the grassy side and down onto the small shells which rustled beneath my feet. I sat down and faced Ferb. A silent conversation was present between the two of us. I looked into his eyes and then shaked myself out of it.
"So... You made all those clues to...?" I broke the silence.
"Well, I thought it would be fun." Ferb replied. I smiled and then began talking again, "Sorry, on the way here the GPS sort of malfunctioned." I said and showed Ferb the frozen screen.
"I'll fix it later." He said, pushing his hand gently on mine to lower it out of the subject. "What do you want to do now?" I asked him, completely blank in thoughts.
"I was hoping you would like to tell me why you're here." Ferb said,
"Well, umm... yesterday, I was asked to go on a mission by my master. He said that there was trouble in the 2nd dimension. It's the first time I've actually been to another dimension other than my own."
I replied. I looked at Ferb who was paying full attention and then went on,
"So I travelled here and I met you at Hunter's Corner. Afterwards I found out Mishay was following me, or was already here. She's a devil. An opposition to the Lord. Satin's apprentice actually. She's ranked very highly by him, our absoloute arch nemesis." I stated.
"Mishay? This wouldn't happen to be Mishay Curse by any chance?" Ferb asked me,
"Spot on." I replied.
"Why?" I asked. Ferb brought his hand up to the side of his head and pretended to turn an invisible dial. I understood after a puzzled expression molded on my face. I turned on the thought receiver manually, as to show Ferb when to start.
"Mishay once tried to kill my brother." Ferb's voice echoed through my head. My eyes widened as he continued,
"She attempted to persuade him several times to become in love with her when she knew Isabella wasn't around. At one time Isabella caught her and gave her an earful. I couldn't bear the horrible words that came out of Isabella's mouth. I mean, I knew she was a straight A student and all but- I never knew she could have such a colourful vocabulary. I never knew anyone could have such a colourful vocabulary- except from Buford. When I walked inside I found Mishay. Confused at how she travelled from one place to another so quickly, I just stood, thinking about it." The voice came again.
At times I could sense his emotions, from the beginning it was an emotion of anger, then it was pain and afterwards switched to a slight sense of wonder. It remained that way until I heard his voice inside my head again. "I threw her a disguisted look and tried to pass by her, but she stood to the side and blocked my path. This went on for approximately five minutes until I was fed up with the childish game. I used my force to push past her and she fell over. I turned around to help her up, realising what I had done from my determination but she just hissed at me. I stayed with my hand out, waiting for her to accept for a while until she finally grabbed it. But to my surprise she tried to pull me closer and said,
'I love you Ferb.'
By now I was completely creeped out and I dropped her. Hearing nothing but a bang behind me and not bothering to look behind. I know what you're thinking- it was mean. I know. But she had already tried to persuade my brother. Even if I did like her, I'm not anybody's second choice. As Tina Turner says: What's love but a second hand emotion? Well for me this was a third hand emotion. And I wasn't having any of that." The voice in my head stopped.
Ferb looked at me and I could feel his emotions again. Without a single thought or voice I could tell what he was feeling. He was cautious and worried. He was hoping. For what? I do not know. But it was definitely clear how he felt. The voice started again,
"I noticed Phineas as I walked to our room. He was sitting on his bed. Thinking. I asked him if he was okay and he replied with a simple, 'yeah.' But I could tell he was unhappy. He told me he was wondering what happens after life, and all these types of questions. Then he moved on to self derogatory comments such as, 'I'm a waste of space' and 'What would happen if I died?' I told him that he was not a waste of space, rather an advantage and that I would be forever lonely if he did die. I noticed he had some kind of capsules on his bedside table. As he picked them up I could smell cyanide, I thought they had banned it long ago. I leapt into the air and pushed them out of his hands before he dropped them into his mouth. I asked him why he had cyanide and he just replied, 'Mishay said that if I was feeling down, just take them and I could go to a better place.' I tightened the cyanide capsules in my hand and they almost burst. I stormed downstairs after zapping the capsules into another dimension and punched Mishay straight in the nose. Since then, I have never regretted it."
"Wow." I said aloud.
"At least you're aware of what she's capable of." Ferb nodded.
I turned off the thought receptors. It was twilight. My vision was a shade of blue and the sun had just dissappeared below the horizon. I suddenly felt very sleepy, you know- angel traits and all. I yawned and leaned towards Ferb.
"Sorry." I said,
"I usually get a little sleepy during twilight. But I'll be at my strongest towards midnight." Ferb nodded and put his arm around my shoulder in a friendly way.
(Ferb's P.O.V)
Lizzie was beginning to close her eyes as she fell asleep. I was surprised at the fact that she knew Mishay, but someone that evil must be a devil. An hour passed and I began to feel a drop of water seep through my shirt. I looked down and saw that a tear had been drawn from Lizzie's eyes and was rolling down her left cheek.
"Are you okay?" I asked,
"It's just... I'm going to miss you." Lizzie replied meekly.
"But I'm not going anywhere." I stated,
"But I am." Lizzie told me.
"What? Why?" I asked, sitting up. It was pitch black by now and the moon was high in the sky, shining it's light down on us in a ray of blue and silver mist.
"I have to go home, eventually." Lizzie said, gazing directly into my eyes.
"Can't I come with you then?" I wondered without thinking about my family or friends. "The people around you need you Ferb. Imagine how sad Phineas would be if you left." Lizzie had a point,
"Besides, I only know one way to travel through other dimensions and only magical creaturescan do it. If I try to transport you, your soul will be pulled out of your body and... well I can't bear to think of what the Cheshire spirits would do to you." Lizzie told me. I sighed.
"This is so much like Romeo and Juliet except the laws of physics are keeping us apart." I said. Lizzie looked at me with a stunned expression. I guess I shouldn't have let that slip. "As friends. You know because- ugh. I give up." That's right. I let her know. She was leaving anyway, what better time to tell her than before that? I expected her to scream, but she didn't. She just studied my expression smiling.
"You have the most odd way of expression," She told me. I looked down with pity in my stomach,
"that I like." Lizzie finished and laid her arms tightly around me.
I felt a teardrop on my shoulder,
"Lizzie?" I said, getting her attention,
"Yes Ferb?" She replied,
"You know I'll always like you." I stated.
"I'll always like you too." Lizzie answered. That was probably the most heart warmingly corny thing I have ever said to anyone- that I can recall at the moment. She pulled away from me.
"But ferb, we can't continue like this." She told me. I shot her a questioning look.
"You know, in this...thing. In the end Romeo and Juliet died. I don't want that to happen. For the meantime, let's just stay friends." She said.
Yes, I was dissapointed. At that point I just kissed her. Our lips met and I savoured what was the first and probably the last kiss I'll ever give her. Next thing I knew Lizzie broke away and fell to the ground, without conciousness.
(Phineas's P.O.V)
"Okay bro. Just calm down. Now tell me, what happened?" I asked. Ferb was clenching his hair and walking around in circles. "I kissed her and she just fell out of my arms and onto the ground. I tried to wake her up but it was no use." He said. He stopped in his tracks and let out a sigh. "Isabella and Gretchen are trying to wake her up with some smelling salts right now." I told him, looking up at the dark blue sky. The white stars were sprinkled in the air and the moon radiated a beautiful glowing light which shone through the open clearing, leaving behind an odd misty shadow. "I don't think this was blamed because of physical reasons, it was mental or some enchantment. I don't know." Ferb said and sat down next to me. His face fell into his hands as he moaned. I didn't like seeing Ferb like this, it was heartbreaking- he was usually more withstandfull, if that is a word. Isabella walked out of the cabin and sighed, which was not a good sign. "Lizzie isn't good. She won't stop screaming. It's actually kind of scary. I mean she's still unconsious but it's as if she's being tortured." I noticed ferb glanced towards Isabella with a worried and wide-eyed expression.
(Lizzie's P.O.V)
Where am I? Where did Ferb go? Is he okay? These are questions that sped through my thoughts as I pulled myself up from the floor. I stared around me to find a black empty area. It wasn't flat, it wasn't rounded, it was just there. I didn't know what I was standing on, or lying on within the previous moment. I seemed to just hover in the air. I heard a loud scream from elsewhere, not visualizing the source and not wanting to. "Well, if it isn't the vulnerable angel. Lizzie? How come we haven't had time to chat?" A voice spoke, it echoed through the air-like substance which filled the area. "Mishay! Where are my friends? Why am I here? You better not have sent them to your evil little home dimension." I warned her, puffing out my chest and standing my ground. "Matters not to which life they have taken- rather than the chance of their soul's existence." She said. A screaming sound peirced my ears with a loud shreik. "I don't have time for your silly riddles Mishay. And stop with your victory screech." I stated. The voice was behind me now, "Oh but it's not me who is screeching Beth." The scream was heard again, "Rose." I whispered. "And don't call me Beth!" I shouted.
My best friend was being tortured. How could Mishay do this? Anger filled my mind as I yelled, "You monster!" "Do shut up, won't you? After all, you don't want to ruin your own mind with ear-peircing sounds. Now do you?" She asked, putting her voice in a heavy fake british accent. "You sound almost as stupid as you are." I defended. But I knew very well how cunning she was. Wait a minute? My own mind? No. She can't have. She couldn't. No magical being can completely intrude someone's mind if they fight against it. Or can they? No. Especially not devils. She's trying to trick me. That's it! I'm not going to stand for this. I heard the scream again. I followed the sound to find an angel. Her knees pressed against her chest and she was whimpering. Her long brown hair hid her face as I automatically identified her as Rose. I approached her and put my hand on her shoulder, "Rose, it's me. Lizzie. Your best friend." Her head turned around to face me. Her irises were red. "You're not Rose!" I shouted as the girl let a grin appear on her face. I backed away, afraid. She duplicated into more than twenty of herself. They completely surrounded me and I fell through the ground. I was just falling, falling, falling, falling...
Okay, when Phineas was talking about being corny, I must admit- I was thinking about the Land of Angry Corn People. Yep. That image is still burned into my head. Please, do not comment harshly. Constructive criticisms would help, but if it's not really going to change anything- then don't say it. If you like it, let me know. It'll make me write more frequently and I'll update it more. If you say you hate it then I will kill you because you didn't listen when I said if it's not really going to change anything- then don't say it. It's right up there. I can see it. So don't tell me it's not there just because you scrolled the page to cut it off. It's still there. And it's not going. Not even if you smash your computer. It'll still be there, stained on the internet forever. Even if you go on your friend's computer. It'll still be there. It might dissappear if you punch yourself in the head. Why don't you try it?
Didn't work? No. Of course it didn't. Because it's still there. If you try to cover it with duct tape, it's not going to work because, 1) It'll still be underneath the duct tape and 2) You can scroll and it will appear in a different place, seemingly slipping under the duct tape. It will never go. Not even if you wash your screen. In Sulphuric acid. Don't ask me how I know what that is, because you may not live to speak of my reply. So if you want to live and you hate this story- then I suggest you grow a beard. It'll be better disguise if you're a female. Unless you're a goat. If you have a beard, then get a ten foot long moustache. Got both those things? Well then get a pineapple and put it on your head. Already got that too? No problem. Change your name to Mr. Squishy Banana. Even if you are a woman, still do it. If you have done all those things, then my friend, I really must say, you above all, above the geniuses and the idiots, the fat dudes and the thin ones, the crazy and the hairy, you -
have issues.
Happy reading beard-wearing, ten foot long moustache-holding, pineapple hat Mr. Squishy Banana lady. Or man. Or boy. Or goat. Depends. Maybe a Manboygoat. Manboygoat spelt backwards is taogyobnam. Hee hee.