Brand New Reality

Phineas accidentally makes a wish that ends up coming true, changing everything he thought he knew. Scared and confused, he tries to go back to his old way of life. But how can he do that without Ferb?

Chapter One
"I really didn't think it would be that bouncy!" Phineas said, laying down on the giant trampoline his mom and dad had bought for them. He was exhausted from all the test jumps. Isabella collapsed next to him, panting.

"We must have been jumping for hours!" she gasped, rolling on her back. Ferb jumped down right next to them, sending all of them up a few feet in the air. When they landed, he gave them an apologetic look and sat down on the other side of Phineas.

"I think we got a bit carried away," Phineas said, not bothered at all. "We didn't even get to start on the obstacle course, we were so busy jumping on this. The day is already almost over."

"It was a fun day, nonetheless." Ferb added.

"You said it. Did you see all of Isabella's flips?"

"My legs are sore." Isabella moaned. She closed her eyes and curled up into a ball as if to sleep. She was forced to get up again when she heard her mother call out for her to come back home. She waved goodbye to them and ran across the street into her house.

"Guess we should go back inside." Phineas suggested. Ferb nodded, jumping down from the trampoline and landing on the ground just in time to catch Phineas who jumped down after him. They slid open the glass door and went inside. They headed toward the living room but Phineas stopped.

"It's just occurred to me that we haven't seen Candace today!" Phineas explained. "Let's go see what she's up to, we have nothing else to do, and besides, we never spend time with her!"

Ferb cocked an eyebrow at him.

"Yeah, her blatant intolerance for us might be the reason for that..." he mused. He then shrugged. "Come on, she hasn't seen us all day, and I don't think we've been annoying lately."

After a brief look around the house, they found her in the den, looking at a few photo albums and papers, then typing on the computer. The approached her while she was scanning a picture of them.

"Hey Candace, whatcha doin'?" Phineas asked.

She looked at the computer once, then at him. "I'm making a family tree, and it takes lots of concentration. It'd be nice if you two can leave me alone for a while." she looked at the time, then stared at them suspiciously. "Wait a minute, what have you guys been doing all day?"

"Mom and Dad got us a trampoline,we've been jumping all day on it." Phineas answered.

Ferb picked up the picture Candace had put in a pile. He stared at it for a few seconds, then handed it to Phineas. It was a picture of an ordinary looking man, except he was holding a guitar and his tongue was sticking out.

"Hey, he looks familiar." Phineas stated. Something in his mind clicked as he recognized him. "Oh! Isn't this our other old dad?"

Candace nodded. "How should I connect him to the tree? He was with mom...but they never got married, but he had us with her...What kind of line should I put?"

"How about a dotted or dashed one?" Phineas suggested. He put the picture back down on the pile. "You know, it's weird to think about what life would be like if something different happened. Like what if I wasn't born? Or what if he and mom got married? The possibilities."

"I researched him, he has a small band that's going on tour the day after tomorrow." Candace said, backing away from the computer to show them the monitor. "That explains why you and me have so much money in our accounts. Interesting, right?"

"Yeah." Phineas agreed absentmindedly. He was looking around. "Hey, where's Perry? He usually shows up around this time..."

"Good, go look for him. Oh yeah, Mom said she'll be coming home late, just fix yourselves some sandwiches for dinner and go to bed."

Phineas motioned for Ferb to follow him in his search for Perry.