Cherry on the Island of Lost Dreams

chapter 5

Eventually, they came for a landing and Cherry's bubble popped as she landed, but she landed on her feet and looked relieved that she didn't get hurt for once. They soon saw that this volcano was unlike any other volcano, it was like a secret base.

"Whoa." Patch said.

"Gee... Get a load of this place..." Cherry commented.

"I wonder where Atticus is?" Phineas said as they explored.

Patch began to sniff around for Atticus just to make sure.

"Probably doing something crazy..." Cherry replied before rubbing her head. "Ooh... Got this weird feeling in my brain."

"Is that normal?" Isabella asked.

"I'm not sure..." Cherry replied. "I just feel like my dream magic's reacting differently though... It's a little hard to describe..."

"Hey, guys." Atticus smiled as he soon came out.

"Did you find anything?" Patch asked.

"I met this eccentric man," Atticus replied. "It's incredible down here. This isn't a regular volcano."

"You don't say!" Cherry retorted sarcastically.

"Can we meet him?" Isabella asked.

"Sir, could you come on out? My friends are here now." Atticus called.

Eventually, out came a man who appeared to be a scientist.

"Guys, this is Dr. Romero." Atticus introduced.

"Hello, sir." Phineas greeted.

"And you all are?" Dr. Romero asked.

"Tired and hungry!" Juni replied.

"Well, nice to meet ya, 'Tired and Hungry'." Dr. Romero smirked slightly.

"Is this island a model?" Cherry asked ,about to step on the smaller island.

"Careful with that!" Dr. Romero told her, taking her hands. "Don't ruin it..."

"S-Sorry..." Cherry replied as she looked up at him.

Dr. Romero soon looked at her for a few moments and Cherry looked back, having a strange feeling again in her brain, but she wasn't sure how or why.

"Sir?" Ferb asked.

Before anything else was said, they soon heard squealing.

"Quickly, we must get somewhere safe!" Dr. Romero told them all before running off to lead the way.

"Um, alright." Atticus said.

Dr. Romero soon ran off and the others followed after him.

"So, sir, what exactly do you do?" Phineas asked.

"I'm a genetic specialist," Dr. Romero informed. "I needed a controlled environment for my experiments."

"Your experiments?" Isabella asked out of confusion.

"Would those be the creatures we've been hearing?" Phineas replied.

"My experiments... Run amuck..." Dr. Romero informed.

"How did it happen? " Cherry asked.

They soon saw the creatures which were unlike anything they had ever seen before; they appeared to be hybrids of other animals, such as a pig with wings or a cat with a fish head and a horse with a fly's head.

Cherry held her head suddenly. "I had a dream like this once..." she then muttered.

"Are you alright, Cherry?" Patch asked.