Chapter One: Hill Valley, 2025

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Every minute is a mile, dear
Check to check, year to year
My heart is neither there nor here
It's somewhere out on the open road
Hoping that it might find
One small break or a piece of time
You press pause, I'll press rewind
The past will find its way

            It was a gorgeous, sunny Tuesday morning in Danville, California – the town neighboring Hill Valley. The weather was perfect enough for one Hill Valley resident to skateboard in. Her name was Martha McFly, known mostly as "Marty" to her friends. This 17-year-old redhead was always spotted around town in her signature "Class-5" down vest, its reddish-orange color meshing with her long hair draped over, along with her denim jacket, skintight blue jeans, and faded white Nike shoes.

 This 17-year-old redhead was always spotted around town in her signature "Class-5" down vest, its reddish-orange color meshing with her long hair draped over, along with her denim jacket, skintight blue jeans, and faded white Nike shoes

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As soon as the sun goes down
Silence is the only sound
That echoes around the world

            Marty had her wireless earbuds in as she rode into the neighborhood that bordered Hill Valley and Danville. Some assumed she was deaf as she passed along the sidewalk and nearly bumped into them. The buds were well-hidden beneath her long fiery locks. All she could hear was the tune of Grand Am playing from her Spotify playlist.

All that I ever do is wait for love to come through
All that I ever do is wait for love to come through

            The specific house she headed for was the Flynn-Fletcher residence – the very home of her two best friends, Phineas and Ferb. Stepbrothers who came from a blended family, Phineas and Ferb were always up to some sort of wacky and creative invention they created in their backyard. Marty had known them ever since she babysat for them one night when their big sister (Phineas's biological sister), Candace, was unavailable.

I'm fanning the invisible fire
With the static of a telephone wire
A believer in a house of liars
Tell me everything I need to hear
The best years have yet to arrive
The bright lights won't pass me by
The worst things have a reason why
May I sleep easy

            It was crazy to think these were the same two boys that had somehow been hired as technical support for the Ghostbusters in New York. Candace claimed they invented some sort of transporter pod, but Marty never saw it...and neither had their mother, for that matter. But, unlike Linda, Marty had reason to believe they did invent such a thing.

As soon as the sun goes down
Silence is the only sound
That echoes inside my heart

All that I ever do is wait for love to come through
All that I ever do is wait for love to come through

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