Hi everyone. This is my first story here, so yeah. A few notes before we begin:
This is an Invader Zim/ Hunger Games crossover, and it takes place about 30 years after Peeta and Katniss won their first games.
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim, nor did I write the Hunger Games. Jhonen Vasquez owns Invader Zim, and Suzanne Collins is the author of The Hunger Games.
So yeah, enjoy!
(Heather's POV)
I am awaken by the song of the early morning birds. A sign for me to get up. I quickly wash up by fresh, warm water that my mother just brought in.
"Good morning, Heather." My mother says happily, with a smile on her face.
"Morning mom." I say back, my voice a bit low as I clean my face.
"I hope you don't mind, but could you buy some bread today? We're running low on it. Apparently, I won't be able to go and pick it up today, because I have an extra shift at the hospital. Thanks. I better get going." She left me some money, and quickly got her supplies and headed out the door.
"Oh! And tell your friend Dib I said hi!" She yelled before leaving. Dib was my best friend. Although, he always talks about paranormal stuff, like Bigfoot, ghosts, aliens, and stuff like that. I don't believe him though. No one does. In fact, every time he talks about it at school, they all groan in distress, and laugh at him. I may get tired of him talking about it, but he's still my friend.
"Ok mom!" I yell back. Once I'm sure she out of the house, I get my clothes on, and carefully take out my weapons: my bow and arrow. I keep them hidden in my closet secured making sure no one sees them. We have very strict rules in District 12. This includes no hunting and/or poaching. And if we break the rule, we're in serious trouble with heavy consequences. During the days we don't have school, I tell my mom that I work at the seamstress workshop for a few hours, but really, I just hang out with Dib hunting in the woods beyond District 12. However, Dib doesn't hunt; he just uses his paranormal investigation gear and plays around with it, and telling me how one day he'll be "famous" for exposing them. I just roll my eyes and giggle at him for making such a silly comment.
Finally I brush my black hair and let it fall to my sides. I take a look in the mirror to make sure I look presentable. I have dark brown eyes, brown skin, and a black and brown suit, and along with black boots to help camouflage while I'm out in the woods. My hair is naturally black, and long. Seeing that I look well, I grab the money mother gave to me, and head out to the market.
I hide my bow and arrows in my suit so no one will see that I'm going to hunt. Although it's quite uncomfortable walking around like this, it's better than getting caught. Unless I can find another place to hide my weapons somewhere safe, I'm stuck like this.
When I reach the marketplace, I go to a shop where an old lady is selling groceries like bread, vegetables, fruit, and more.
"Hello Heather." The old lady said to me. "Hi Margaret. I'll just take a small loaf of bread." She nods and hands me it, and I give her my money. She waves and I wave back as I make my way to the woods.
Once I make my way to the outskirts of district 12, I notice the electric fence. If the electric fence is active, and you try to go over it while it's on, you're fried. So I test it to make sure it's not active. I take a very small part of the bread I bought, and throw it at the fence. It doesn't sizzle. Good. I carefully cross under a small gap where people go under it. Once I'm through, I run toward the woods. Dib should be here by now. Once I'm far enough in the woods, I take out my bow and arrows from my suit and prepare to shoot. I spot a rabbit, fat and plump, and lift my bow and arrow. Next I aim, and let my arrow go, however it doesn't hit the rabbit causing it just enough time to flee.
"Hey Heather! You won't believe what I just discovered!" Dib blurted out.
"Damn it, Dib!" I yell furiously "You made me miss my shot!"
"Gee… sorry. But guess what! You won't believe this!" Dib started taking out his paranormal investigation stuff. Oh boy, not this again. I think to myself just as I find another animal and aim again. Luckily, I don't miss. I run over to pick up the small rabbit that was hit by my bow.
"You WON'T believe this! It's aliens!" Dib started babbling. "Yeah Dib, you're right, I don't believe it. And calm down. Do you want someone finding out about us out here, or worse, the Capitol's hovercraft coming to take us?" Dib nodded no. "Good. Help me build a fire."
Once we started a nice, warm, fire, I take out my bread and take off a small portion and hand half of it to Dib. "Thanks." He muttered. "So what's this you want to tell me?" I ask Dib. "Ok, so when I was using my radio, I heard that aliens are coming to Earth! Can you believe that?" I roll my eyes, and take the last bite of my bread. "Dib shut up and eat your portion of the bread. I didn't pay good money for that bread for nothing." I said a bit aggravated at him. "Sorry." He replied. "But, Dib, how can you think of stuff that isn't real at a time like this! I mean, the reaping's in about 2 months, and all you can think about is aliens!" Sure, Dib may be my friend, but that doesn't exclude him from being weird. "So? It's only in 2 months, and we'll rarely get picked, Heather. So stop worrying."
We spent the rest of our time just chatting about daily life and stuff. When dusk was starting to hit, I grabbed my bow and arrow and started to pack up.
"I better get home Dib. See you tomorrow at skool." I waved goodbye, while he started to put out the fire.
"Bye." Dib said and stomped his foot on the ashes and headed down the hill.
I was almost near district 12's fence when I heard whirring in the air… no, it couldn't be… could it possibly be the Capitol's hovercraft? Could they have possibly spotted me hunting? I start to pick up my pace, now jogging, hoping to escape. Surprisingly, the sound gets dimmer, landing near where I am. That's weird… why would it land? Usually, it would just use one of its mechanical claws to capture the illegal hunters. However, I'm curious, and what to investigate, because so far this is freaking me out.
I near where the hovercraft lands. Oh, and it's not the Capitol's hovercraft. It's a purple-like spaceship, and a green skinned alien comes out of it with crimson eyes, and following it is a little grey robot with cyan eyes, shoulders, and stomach. I couldn't believe it. Dib was… right!
"Quickly, Gir! What did you observe?" The green skinned alien yelled at the little robot. So the robot's name is Gir? Interesting…
"I saw a squirrel!" Gir yelled happily. I could tell that the alien was getting really annoyed at him.
"Quiet Gir! Do you want to wake up the whole planet?" The alien asked.
"I do!" The alien just looked at him with an even more annoyed face. "Come on! Now we'll make our disguises." Immediately, the spaceship turned over and turned into some device.
"Today, we become the enemies." The alien said.
Whatever was happening, this definitely wasn't part of the Capitol, and I know that for sure. I realized it was getting darker by the minute, and if I wanted to reach the fence before the electricity came on, I better hurry. Also, this was freaking me out.
I start to step back, accidently step on a twig, and trip backwards. I gasp loudly to the sudden shock of falling. And I regret doing that.
"What was that!" The alien yelled. I quickly get up, and start to run as fast as I can. The alien starts to run after me. I zigzag through the trees so that way it'll be hard to catch me. I'm a pretty fast runner, but I don't let my hopes up. The fence is straight ahead. I quickly reach out for a small crumb of the bread, and threw it at the fence. Luckily, I came early enough, because it didn't sizzle. I look back behind me to see no one. However I waste no time trying to find where he went. I go under the gap in the fence and run home.
Once I'm inside, I slam the door shut, and take my bow and arrows, and hide them in my closet. I take off my clothes, and put on my pajamas and place the bread on the table just as my father comes in.
"Hello Heather. I see you brought some bread." My father says. I smile at him and say "Yes. Would you like some?" He nods, and I give him a piece. Was the seamstress workshop busy today?" I nod. "How was the mine?" I ask him. "Very busy and dirty." He says with a smile. I take another third of the leftover bread for mom. Good timing, too, because mom just came in.
"Hello sweetie. Thank you so much for the bread." She kisses me. "You welcome." I say. "I'm going to bed." I say finally. "This early?" Mom asked shocked. Usually, I would stay up later, but I just need to rest after what happened today. "Yes mom, I'm sure." I take a small portion of the bread, and take it in my room.
As I finish my bread, and climb into bed, a question strikes me. "Who the hell was that?"