Losing Reality:
What happens when everything turns upside down?
What happens when you are part of the largest war in history?
What happens whn...cartoons come to life?
"I told you, I'm not going crazy!"
"Who said anything about going?"
When abilities are granted...
"Your DNA starts to shift in times of need."
"Oh that's not disturbing at all."
Heroes will unite...
"Earth needs all the help it can get! It also doesn't mean that all characters are bad. Right,...Dib."
But
We're
Not
Alone
"Once these pitiful humans learn what they're up against, everything will already be destroyed."
"I like destroying!"
Join the journey of a lifetime...
About ordinary kids losing their grip on reality...
And a decaying spacial rift...
All
Hope
Is
Lost
Because it's in the hands of ten teenagers!
"Okay, one last time...just because my friends are crazy, that doesn't mean I am."
"Well thanks for the support!"
Prepare
For
All
Out
WAR
Because when we're losing reality...
...which side will you be on?
*This fanfic is based on the people that wrote it, however, names and locations have been changed for privacy reasons. In this, I am Madison.
-TEAR-
-Invader Zim- 10:40 am - Thurs. Oct. 7, 2010
"Dad, do I really have to be doing this?"
"Yes. Now hand me that wrench!"
Dib grumbled. "Hmph. Here." he handed over a wrench.
"By the way, what ARE you making?" he stared at the huge machine.
"An atom ripper." Prof. Membrane turned to his son and clenched his fists, "This is for science! Real science!"
"Yeah, but why am I the test subject?"
Prof. Membrane pondered. "Mm-all right." he bent down and removed several tubes from Dib.
"But then again, I DID have an alternate universe inside my head. I doubt this could be much worse."
"You brought that on yourself, son." Prof. Membrane went back to preparing the machine.
"Yeah but Zim-"
"Nonsense! Time for the truth!" he slammed on a red button.
The lab suddenly became engulfed in a white light. It flooded Dib and his dad as they were drowned into nothingness.
-Earth: School- -Madison- 10:45 am
I was balancing a pencil on my nose during math class.
"So that's why theatre was so wrong in so many ways." Emma finished.
"Uh-huh." I replied, almost losing balance.
Taking the pencil off my nose, I gazed past Emma and out the windows. I always did that. But, like always, nothing happened. Did I really expect something to happen? The tiniest flash came from the clouds, but left as fast as it came.
"Lightning?"
"Huh?" Emma asked.
"Oh….. nothing."
-Earth: North Elyia - -Rachael- 8:37 pm
"Mmm, I love the smell of fall. It's so pretty outside." I said quietly to myself as I walked home from Madison's house.
Suddenly, a bright flash of light engulfs the sky. A fierce quake knocks me to the ground.
"A shooting star?" I questioned. I picked myself up and walked inside my house.
-Earth: Downtown- -Ashley & Emma- 8:37 pm
Emma and I were talking. She was at my house for a sleepover.
"So yeah, that's why I never watch HGTV."
"You weirdo." I remarked. Then we started to play Uno when we saw a flash. Emma and I looked up. We both went over to the window and didn't see anything. I shrugged and we went back to my bed.
We suddenly stopped. There were two necklaces on the bed. I looked at her.
"Did you put those there, Emma?" I asked.
"No. Did you?"
"No… lets put them on."
"Only you Ashley would put on weird necklaces."
We both put them on.
I double over in pain. It felt like my organs were being ripped out. The pain started to subside. I opened my eyes and gasped. There were words in my eyes, just like a robot. I stand up and look at myself in the mirror. I WAS a robot, no, I mean SIR unit. Looking back at Emma, I saw that she was Irken. She had big blue eyes and Irken clothes on.
"E-Emma, you're Irken." I pointed at her awkwardly.
"And you're a SIR unit."
"Do you know what this means?….. Our dreams have come true!"
"Yeah?"
"Girls…. are you okay in there?" my mom knocked at the door. We froze. If my mom found out, she would freak. That wouldn't be good.
"Yeah, we were just getting ready for bed." we said in unison.
I looked at the necklace around my neck. It had a button on it. I pressed it. Human skin came over me. I looked at myself in the mirror again, this time however, I looked like my normal self. Emma pressed the button on her necklace. She too looked like her normal self.
"This is so cool." I grinned.
"Yeah it is!"
Then, deciding that this was enough weirdness for one night, we went to bed.
-Earth: Downtown- -Sloan- 8:37 pm
I was on my way home in my mom's van when I saw a sudden flash of lightning burst in the sky. I looked out the window in amazement. A bright smile slowly crept its way onto my face at the fact of a coming storm.
-Earth: Troyton - -Carly- 8:37 pm
I was at home playing my Spectrobes game, even though it was a school night. I suddenly got bored of it, so I set the game down and turned on TV to watch cartoons. All of a sudden, there was this huge flash behind me. I thought it was lightning but there were no clouds in the night sky.
"That was really weird." I said to myself After I said that, I got a major headache. I clenched my head. It felt like my whole body was disintegrating. It felt almost like….. there was an unbalance in the universe.
And then I felt fine.
-Earth: School- -Errol & Drew- 8:37 pm
I was standing on the school roof with my friend Drew. I was swinging away with my *cough* awesome bokken skills, but Drew's lame jokes kept annoying me.
"Hey Errol, did you know that Fred from Scooby-Doo is Jack the Ripper?"
"Did you know that Scrappy-Doo is Scooby-Doo and Marmaduke's love child?"
Suddenly, a flash light up the whole sky.
Drew narrowed his eyes. "What the f-"
-Earth: West Elyia- -Lily- 8:37 pm
My eyes were glued to the computer screen as I read the final update of "House Calls". The screen suddenly went dark as a giant flash of light came from behind me. I turned around. Nope, nothing. I turned my attention back to the computer screen, which was still dark. "N-no."
I started shaking the monitor violently. "No! Come on! Must…. finish….. reading!" The screen returned to normal. "Yes!"
-Earth: A park by the highway- 8:37 pm
"Ahhh!" Dib was thrust onto the ground. He stood up and started to rub his head. "Owwww. I hit my head."
Then he opened his eyes.
He stumbled back and almost fell. "W-where am I?" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
Dib fell to his knees, shuddering and wide eyed. "Where am I?" he looked around in a panic, "A new d-dimension?"
He clenched his fists and shook his head.
"No. No. No, no, NO!"
Dib stood up, turning away darkly. "It's almost night… I…. should find somewhere to hide…." his voice trailed off as his glare rested upon downtown. Dib nodded to himself. He began to trudge painfully downhill towards the light up city…
Dib was in the heart of downtown by now. His eyesight failing, his body bruised and weak, and he felt a cold coming on. He paused at the corner near Oak and 16th. A sudden torrent made it worse, the rain blinding his view.
He placed his arm over his eyes. "I…. can't… last…like…. this… much… longer. Gotta… find….. somewhere to…. stay." Dib started to collapse, but he held himself up. He walked to a nearby abandoned parking lot, searching for a hiding spot. He walked under an arch and past a gate, ending up in front of another gate, this one leading into a garden of sorts.
Dib jiggled the lock. (It's locked… ) he looked around once again, and walked past a flagpole. Dib looked down at the garden from the platform.
(I should be able to jump over… )he thought. Dib held a firm grip and lunged himself over, landing on the plants below. He flinched. (Over there… ) he thought, (it looks safe enough). He crawled over the small garden wall and continued over to the end of it, slightly protected from the rain by a huge tree. Dib averted his gaze down, the rain soaking every inch of him. He slid down the side of the wall and wrapped his arms around his legs as he cried himself to sleep.
-Earth: Madison's House- -Madison- 7:00 am - Fri. Oct. 8, 2010
"Bye mom! Love!" my sister and I waved as we got into the car.
Julie, Morgan's mom, turned to us. "Sorry for picking you guys up early, Morgan has to finish a test."
"No, no, it's fine, that storm last night gave me the energy to wake up this morning. I like storms." I said cheerfully, well, as cheerfully as I could at 7: 00 am. Emma, my little sister, just grunted.
We were on the road now, time to open my binder and write about my Invader Zim fanfic!
We pulled up to the school.
"Madison, are you coming with us?" Morgan pointed to the first floor entrance.
I yawned, "I think I'm gong to head to the garden." I already started to walk to the stairs that lead the sidewalk to the parking lot. "I haven't been there since the end of 8th grade year."
"I'm coming with you sissy!"
I stomped my feet and groaned. "Nooooo! Go, shoo, hang out with your friends or something." I dashed up the stairs before she could say anything.
"I'm telling mom!" she yelled back.
I wound up gasping for breath by the flag pole. I went straight to the gate opening.
"Awww, I keep forgetting that its always locked-" after enough shaking, it opened smoothly.
"…Well that was a little, uh, creepy." I said to myself as I carefully walked down to the garden. When I got to the center of the lawn, I took a deep breath.
"Ahh, the crisp smell of fall-wait, why did I come down here again?-" I slapped my forehead. "Ugg. Yep, I never think these things through, do I? I won't even be able to sit down because the wall is wet. Naaaaaaaa I don't care." I shrugged. I went to sit down on the garden wall, but a sharp black point on the other side of the wall caught my eye.
"W- who is it?" I stuttered as I walked around the corner of the wall.
I gasped.
"DIB!"
He slowly raised his head and opened his eyes. "Huh?" he gasped, "Wait! Who are you!" he yelled.
I took a step back, "No, this can't be right! You aren't real!"
Dib narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean 'I'm not real'?"
I pointed at him with a shaking hand. "You're from the cartoon Invader Zim-"
"Wait, now do you know Zim? I demand answers!"
"This is crazy!" my eyes widened "There's gotta be a hidden camera somewhere! You can't fool me!" I started to run as fast as I could away from him.
I felt a soft tug at my sleeve. I whipped my head around and saw Dib holding my sleeve.
"Please….. Help me."
My heart started to race even more.
"This isn't a joke, is it?"
I sat down on one of the two benches in the garden, Dib sat on the other. I looked him over. He was drenched, shivering, and dirty, but looks exactly like he does in the show, he was in practical 2-D format!
"H-how did you get here!" I choked out.
He held his head. "I…. I don't know. My dad was testing an atom ripper… thingy, he built, and I ended up here through some light thing."
"I…. uh…. I don't know how to respond to that-"
"HEY FREAK! STOP TALKING TO YOURSELF!" a random person yelled from the parking lot.
I turned back to Dib. "So nobody can see you?"
He shrugged, "Or hear me for that matter."
My eyes twitched. "Of….. cuffen…. course they can't." Then it hit me. "Shoot! School's about to start!"
"School?"
"Duh. I'm a freshman."
"Mind if I come with?"
-Earth: Central High School- -Rachael- 7:30 am
"Bye dad." I waved and then entered Central. (Why does he have to take me to school so early?) I groaned. After I put my books in my locker, a man with pointy hair approaches me.
"Young lady, can you see me?"
"Yeah…you look familiar though… why do you ask?"
"Details don't matter! Quick, come with me!" he grabbed my arm.
"What is your name?"
"I'm Rachael."
"My name is Professor Membrane."
(Professor Membrane? Like from…) Just then, a large speaker wobbles down towards him. (OH CRAP!) A green aura surrounds my hands and the speaker. I move it away from us.
"Even better! You have psychic abilities! You can help repair the atom ripper! Tell me, Rachael, are you aware of the multiple distortions in the 2nd and 3rd dimensions? Or why you can see me?" he talks in a booming voice.
"Uh… what?"
We run outside onto the front lawn.
"Amazing! Look at all of these strange creatures!" he exclaimed.
"Pokemon!" I screamed.
A pokeball rolls to my feet. I catch a glimpse of something white. It appears to be smirking. I toss the ball a great distance.
"Did I catch it?" I search for it. After finding it, I toss the ball again
Out comes an Absol.
"YESSS! I'll call you Boomer." I was thrilled.
((I like that name.))
"Huh? You say something Membrane?"
"No." he replied.
I look down at Boomer.
((Yeah. That was me.))
"Follow me! We need to go to my lab and repair the atom ripper. The fate of our worlds depend on it!" he said in a proud voice.
We approach two large holes in the ground. Boomer blocks us from entering. He is adamant and stands firm. He growls deeply.
"Let me through!"
((NO! This place is seismically unstable!))
"Why can't Professor Membrane hear you?"
((I don't know. Maybe you're just weird like that.))
I shrug my shoulders.
"WOAH! A TREMOR!" I screamed. The ground started shaking powerfully. Membrane gets knocked into a hole. I grab onto Boomer.
((Hang on tight!)) he screams.
We plummet down the other hole.
-Earth: School- -Carly- 8:00 am
I get to school early (we sometimes get to school at 8:10), and I walk up to the gate. I always look at the garden. As I look, I see a figure, a familiar one. I looked closer…what the? Is that? No. I must be hallucinating, I usually do, so I ran in the school pretending I didn't see anything. I swear I saw Dib.
I go to Miss White's class. We are writing in our journals when it happens again, I get a massive headache.
I ask to go to the nurse. I looked so bad, Miss White let me go without a pass.
I got to the nurse.
"Whoa!" Mrs. Zurcher said.
"I know, I look awful."
"Here, sit down, here's a mint."
"….." my headache was gone.
"I feel better now, can I go back?"
"Sure."
-Earth: School- -Madison- 8:05 am
I was getting my binder and textbook from my locker. Emma was staring at me weirdly and then broke out laughing. She walked over to me.
"Hey Madison! Guess what! I'm going insane!" I raised my eyebrow, "I could have sworn that Dib, yes Dib, from Invader ZIM, standing next to you!" she laughed even harder.
Lily suddenly ran up to me.
"Madison! Madison! You may never guess what, but… I'm going insane!" she started laughing alongside Emma.
"What the cuff?" I looked down at Dib. He was trying to contain his laughter.
"No way! You're going insane too, Lily! Tell me, why are you going insane?" Emma kept laughing like a maniac.
Lily laughed even more, "Okay, okay. I see cartoon characters EVERYWHERE I go!" she pointed to Dib. "See!"
"So can I! Hahahahaha!"
I shut my locker and walked down the hall along with Dib. "Welcome to Reiner High, Dib." I grinned, "On the plus side, I'm not the only one who can see you."
He looked at me. "Or maybe your friends really are going insane."
"Uh…going?" I chuckled at the look on his face after I said that. "No, I'm kidding, we always say that about each other, it's kinda like an inside joke
We walked into my deserted classroom.
"So…what class is this?" Dib started walking around nonchalantly.
"World History."
He stopped. "About earlier….when you said I'm from a cartoon….."
I ignored him.
"Hey Dib."
"Yeah."
"Does everything feel….off to you?"
He sat on the floor next to my desk. "Let's see, I'm stuck in another dimension with nobody I know and possibly no way home." he said sarcastically.
I glanced at him nervously. "…Y-yeah."
*Hope you enjoyed Part I of Chapter 1: TEAR
**To clear some of this up, my friends wrote their own parts, so it's in their 1st person view. In Part I, including the "Madison" parts, I wrote the Invader ZIM POV along with the Dib POV.