Sorry, it's been a while since I updated, and it's another super-short chapter...
I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. ANY CHARACTER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE IS PROBABLY MINE.
Perry woke up hungry. He nudged his mother, who smiled and let Perry begin nursing.
After he finished, Rhina and Penda taught him more things about his new world. Suddenly, Rhina seemed to remember something. "I've got to go do something." She gestured to the tree that Perry had seen his father climb yesterday, and Penda nodded in understanding.
Rhina climbed up the tree, and Perry shot his father a confused look. "What's up there?"
"Stuff that's too dangerous for you right now," Penda replied. "You'll probably be able to go up there in a few years."
"Okay."
(...)
Penda explained a few more things to his son before Rhina came back.
She smiled. "Okay, let's work on how to get food. You're too young to do this yourself right now- and there's no point as long as I still have milk- but it's still good to be prepared and watch your father." Rhina turned to her mate. "Penda?"
Her mate nodded and walked to the lake, as Perry had learned it was called. Penda dove into the water and was under the surface for a few minutes. Perry waited anxiously for his father to come back.
When Penda did rise up again, he was carrying something in his paws. He set it on the ground, and Perry saw that it was a bunch of tiny black things. He leaped back with a start when one of them moved.
"These are different types of mollusks, sweetheart," Rhina said. "They're what you'll eat when you're a bit older."
Penda smirked and shook himself off, spraying droplets of water on Rhina and Perry. Rhina grinned and splashed a bit of water at her mate. Perry laughed, watching his parents have a water fight.
Perry padded over to the lake and placed his paw in the water for a few minutes, waiting for his mom to come a bit closer. When she did, Perry lifted his paw out and shook it, getting her wetter than she already was.
Rhina glanced back at Perry, who was trying hard not to laugh. "You're just a little mischief-maker, aren't you?"
Her son gave up trying to hold the laugh and ran off. Rhina chased after him, eventually catching up. When she did, she grabbed Perry and began tickling him. They played until a growl rang through the trees.
Perry immediately scrambled upright, his heart pounding. "What was that?"
Penda walked protectively closer to his mate and son. "We're about to find out."
A few seconds later, a big, brown, furry-looking thing burst through the trees, snarling. It had really black eyes, and it also looked like a girl- like Perry's mom, just meaner.
"That, Perry, is a bear," Rhina said quietly. "An adult, female, Grizzly bear." She growled back at the bear, stepping in front of her mate. "Leave my family alone."
Rhina and Penda glared at the bear, and Perry, after studying his parents' positions, copied them.
The bear hesitated and gave them one final glare before walking back through the trees. "And don't come back!" Penda shouted after her.
"Yeah, stay away!" Perry squeaked.
He and Penda turned back to Rhina, who look lost in thought. "What is it?" Penda asked.
"It shouldn't have been that easy to lose her," Rhina pondered.
"She must have decided we weren't worth it," Penda reasoned. He laid down next to his mate and nuzzled her. "She's gone, that's what matters."
"For now," Rhina responded quietly.
So, how many of you who already knew Perry's backstory nearly have a heart attack when you saw the name of this chapter? I:} I:} I:}
That family moment with the water was something really fun that I just came up with on the spur of the moment ;D ;D ;D