For all you Phinabella lovers out there. *Winks*

This one-shot is related to
"The Cute Trance" and occurs 20 minutes before it.

Ages: 14

A quiet monotone beep was what woke up Perry the Platypus on an early Saturday morning.

The noise emanated from the small wristwatch he wore at all times and it meant it was time to go to work.

With a small yawn, Perry shook his head and stood on all fours before turning off the beeping noise and jumping off Phineas' bed with a light thud.

He thought he heard a clatter of a small object falling on the floor behind him, but after a second of hesitation, he assumed it was nothing and was on his way out of the boys' bedroom to see which lair entrance he would be using today.

Usually he wouldn't be going into work so early in the morning, but Doofenshmirts was putting in over time at his place, so was Perry was too.

As soon as Perry was outside in the backyard, his little fedora came out and he was off to his lair through an entrance in the rain gutter.

A quiet monotone beep was what also woke the the Flynn-Fletcher boys the same Saturday morning.

After the first week of school, the boys were already ready for a day of inventing, and for their summer to come back as soon as possible to save them from the days of high school.

I feel it is important that I mention that it has been about eight years since the 2nd dimension incident, and the kids still remember none of it so that their beloved platypus could stay with them until the end of their days.

That's why the next part is such a big deal.

"Morning, Ferb!" Phineas exclaimed as he threw back his covers and swing his legs over the side of his bed.

"I know what we're gonna do-" He started as he began to stand up but was interrupted when he stepped on something.

"Ow." Phineas looked down at what he had stepped on and saw a small white toy-like camera on the floor that he had almost crushed under his foot.

Ferb sat up in his bed upon hearing his brother interrupt himself with an exclamation of pain instead of his usual daily catchphrase.

"Who's is this?" Phineas asked as he picked up the object. "Is it yours, Ferb?" He held the camera up for Ferb to see and his brother shook his head.

"Hmm, maybe it's Candace's." Phineas guessed.

He turned the camera over in his hands. "She probably left it here when she visited for thanksgiving. I wonder if there's any pictures of us." He wondered aloud as he turned on the device.

When the screen turned on, it was in camera mode, but Phineas quickly found how to get to the photos.

When he did, he was quite surprised to see, not only himself and Ferb, but also Perry and two other men he didn't recognize in a large room with control panels and machines.

It wasn't recent either. In fact, quite the opposite. The photo had been taken exactly 1,516 days ago, which was roughly over four years.

In the photo, Phineas was hugging Perry with Ferb standing a little off to the side and the two men in the background. But that wasn't the strangest part.

Perry was standing on his hind legs with a fedora set on top his head.

"Hey, Ferb," Phineas spoke with furrowed eyebrows. "do you remember this?" He asked as he showed his brother the photo.

Ferb got up from the edge of his bed and looked at the picture before shaking his head and standing next to his brother who was now looking through the rest of the pictures.

They all seemed to have been taken in a different town, or maybe even dimension.

They were all silly, and one even mocked some guy with an eye patch and a long, dark coat , except that first one of course.

"That's funny," Phineas said as he scrolled through the images. "I don't remember any of these...and when did Perry ever have a hat, or do anything more than make his little chatter sound and go off everyday?" Phineas asked, puzzled.

"Judging by the hat and the equipment in the background..." Ferb spoke when his brother stopped at the first picture again. "maybe he's a secret agent or something." He suggested.

Phineas was quiet for a second and studied the picture before tilting his head to the side and biting the inside of his cheek, like he was thinking hard about something.

Once more, he scrolled the the gallery until he stopped at the very last one that he had missed the first time.

"Holy," Ferb muttered under his breath in disbelief. He wasn't sure if this finding was good or not.

There, on the small screen, was a picture of ten year old Phineas and Isabella, kissing.

(A/N: I am aware that this picture is not actually on the camera, so chill.)

For Ferb, it wasn't a huge breakthrough and didn't help him remember that day anymore than he already did, which was not much, practically nothing, but for Phineas on the other hand most of it came rushing back.

The memories from that day flooded his mind like a tsunami and he almost felt overwhelmed. He couldn't keep up with the images flashing across his brain.

"...you know what this means, don't you?" Ferb asked the silent, wide-eyed Phineas.

Phineas squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head as he tried to clear the fog that had settled itself over his mind.

"She..." Phineas trailed off, opening his eyes. "liked me...back?" He asked hesitantly.

Phineas' brain was working over time.
Possibilities, solutions, and questions were being worked through his sharp imagination faster than a giant floating baby head on a roller coaster.

"Ferb!" He shouted suddenly, scaring his poor brother out of his wits.
"Remember that day in our log book that was completely empty?" He asked, turning to look at Ferb, who still looked a little tense, but nodded anyway.

"I remember it! All of it! That was the day we went to the second dimension and found Perry was a secret agent! And we saved Danville! And-and...and..." Phineas slowly trailed off as his brother's facial expression registered.

Ferb was standing by their bedroom door with his arms crossed and a very pointed look on his face.

"Oh...Isabella, right." Phineas laughed nervously.

"Here," he stuffed the camera into Ferb's hands. "I'll be back later!"

And with that, he rush out into the hall and down the stairs.

"Good morning, Phineas!" His mother greeted as he hopped of the bannister.
"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" She asked.

"Isabella's house." Phineas replied.
"I'll be back soon." He reassured.

Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher nodded her head and continued wiping down the kitchen counter and Phineas took that as the signal to carry on.

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~Joy

Edit: I got a couple reviews stating their opinions on my current content of this book and "requests" (if you can call them that. You know who you are.) for more Phin(a)bella, so I typed some up. I hope you realize that I don't appreciate and will not tolerate (most of the time) rudeness, threats, etc...in the review section. If I'm in a mood, I will respond and retaliate and someone will end up getting blocked. A reminder that I also do not write one-shots with/including: gay couples, lesbian couples, incest couples etc...so please do not request those. I would like to keep my stories and my account clean and polite, thank you!