I'm writing an Invader Zim fanfic this time. And yes, it's kind of surprising that Invader Zim is a kid show, You'd be surprised how scary it can be. Although, to be fair, it is actually possible to root for the protagonist even though he's a planet-conquering alien. Maybe it's because all he wants is recognition from Red and Purple. I don't know.
I will make an OC since I figured it would be fun seeing the world of Invader Zim from a different character's eyes.
Chapter 1: A New Student
At Doomsville Elementary Skool, Ms. Bitters was introducing a new student to their school.
Dib wondered if it was another alien. However, there were no signs that it was an extraterrestrial. His alien radar had determined that she was not from outer space, though it was possible that it had a few glitches. He knew Gir had plenty of them.
Obviously, it went off whenever he scanned Zim. Every now and then he wanted to see if it was in working order.
"Greetings class. Today we have a new student. Her name is Faye. Why don't you make friends with her or something. I don't really care." said Ms. Bitters.
The new student in question was wearing a white dress and had blonde hair. She also had blue eyes.
"Hiiiii!" exclaimed Faye.
"Does anyone want to show her around? I'm not." stated the lady.
Dib decided to seize the opportunity to warn her about Zim.
"Psst, Faye! I need you to warn you about somebody!" exclaimed Dib.
"Who? Is it Ms. Bitters?" asked Faye. She had only been in the classroom for a few minutes and already she was starting to creep her out. Why exactly was she a teacher at the school anyway?
Dib pointed to Zim.
"Him? He looks pretty normal..." inquired Faye. Although, he seemed to have green skin...and didn't have any ears or a nose.
Still, he seemed more human than Ms. Bitters, so she wasn't going to judge him. Something told her that Ms. Bitter was secretly a demon.
Although...if Ms. Bitters was a demon, what was she doing outside of the underworld?
Maybe she was a vampire? Then again, she didn't seem to like the children in the classroom, so perhaps she had no interest in sucking their blood.
"Oh, he's no normal boy! He's actually a space alien!" exclaimed Dib.
"Really? If so we should welcome him to Earth." stated the girl.
"What? No! He's planning to conquer our planet!" shouted the boy. He wanted nothing more than to enslave mankind for his Irken overlords.
"Why would he want to do that?" asked Faye. Personally she thought Zim would be more interested in conquering Mars. It seemed popular amongst the extraterrestrial community.
"I don't know, but as long as he remains on this planet, no Earthling is safe!" exclaimed Dib.
"How do you know he's an alien?" inquired the girl. For all they knew maybe he just had some sort of skin condition.
"Allow me to demonstrate..." said the conspiracy theorist.
Dib pulled out a glass of water and splashed it on Zim.
His skin started to burn.
"Aaaaah!" exclaimed Zim, clutching his face where he had been scalded.
"See? He's an alien!" shouted Dib.
Faye slapped Dib in the face.
"Ow! What was that for?" asked Dib, who now had a slap mark on his left cheek.
"That's no way to treat an extraterrestrial guest!" bellowed Faye.
Dib sighed. It seemed that she didn't understand what Zim was trying to do. Was there a way to prove to Faye that Zim was evil?
Zim noted that perhaps not everyone on Earth was as xenophobic as Dib was. If so, he felt rather relieved. It was bad enough that one human had discovered his intentions, he didn't think that he could handle more, especially if the FBI caught word of his existence.
"I think maybe I should go visit him." stated the girl.
"What? No! He'll steal your kidneys!" exclaimed Dib. He remembered well the time that he stole organs from pretty much every kid at skool. Did he really need that many organs?
"And then he'll leave me in a bathtub full of ice?" asked Faye. A bubble bath sounded refreshing.
"If you value your life, don't!" shouted the paranoid boy.
Faye ignored him and went to visit Zim. Personally she thought that Dib was just a bully. He needed to stop mistreating people just because they were different from him.
As she approached the house, she noticed that for some strange the lawn gnomes seemed to be spying on her.
"Maybe they don't receive many visitors?" thought the girl.
Eventually, she reached the front entrance of her house, which for some strange reason was a door to a men's bathroom. She sure hoped that girls were welcome at the house.
"Hello?" asked Faye.
She knocked on the door.
Zim's robotic parents answered the door. As soon as they saw Faye, they both developed wide grins on their faces.
"Hello! It's so n-n-nice to have a g-g-uest!" exclaimed Zim's mother.
"Yes! It s-s-sure is, h-h-honey!" agreed Zim's father.
"Is Zim at home?" asked Faye.
"He s-s-sure is! Come ri-ri-right in!" shouted Zim's mother.
Faye noted that for some strange reason, Zim had been adopted by robots. Defective robots.
However, she would soon find that they weren't the only defective robots in the house.
She noticed Zim's "dog", Gir, who was licking his paw.
"I love licking myself!" exclaimed Gir.
"Isn't that a cute little doggy..." noted Faye.
Although, for some strange reason, he seemed capable of speech. Did aliens have talking dogs?
"Gee, all this licking is making me feel sweaty." stated the "dog".
Suddenly, Gir unzipped his disguise and revealed himself as the robot he really was. Apparently the thought never occurred to him of keeping a low profile while he was on Earth.
"Much better!" exclaimed Gir.
Faye raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, you're a robot? Does this mean we can't play fetch?" questioned the girl. She was starting to feel a bit disappointed.
"Play fetch? Don't mind if I do!" exclaimed Gir.
Gir began to pant like a dog and went on all fours.
Faye shrugged. Though Gir wasn't actually a dog, he certainly could act like one.
She tossed a frisbee and Gir fetched it.
"Good boy!" exclaimed Faye.
Gir smiled. Zim never seemed to play fetch with him. He always seemed to be busy coming up with a way to conquer Earth. He wished that he would take a break from that and hang out with him for a change.
Speaking of Zim, he entered the room and noticed that his robot hadn't taken off his disguise. He wasn't too happy with him.
"Darn it, Gir! You just blew your cover!" exclaimed Zim.
Did Gir WANT them to be discovered? He wasn't looking forward to being captured by the FBI and being dissected. They made Dib look like a saint. Although, his sister made him look like a saint already.
Speaking of Dib, he was at his house.
Nearby was his sister Gaz, who was busy munching on a pizza. It seemed like she only did three things: eat pizza, drink poop cola, and play on her Game Slave.
"So, how was your day? Did you try to prove to your fellow students that Zim was an alien that was plotting to enslave humanity?" asked Gaz.
"I actually got the new student to believe me, actually." answered Dib.
"You did? That's a new one." remarked the goth girl, munching on pizza. She was under the impression that he would never get anyone at his school to believe him.
"Yeah! But the thing is, she thinks that Zim is a peaceful alien! If he had the chance he would harvest your organs and replace them with vanilla pudding! He's a monster!" exclaimed the paranoid boy.
"So...you're going to try to prove to her that Zim is completely and utterly insane next?" asked Gaz.
"How'd you guess?" inquired Dib.
"You are so predictable." answered the goth girl. Why couldn't he be like Faye and simply leave Zim be? It's not like he'll ever succeed at taking over the world.
Gaz munched on a slice of pizza.
"When the aliens conquer the Earth, don't say I didn't warn you!" exclaimed Dib.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." answered Gaz.
Personally she thought the world would be more interesting if it WAS ruled by aliens. Personally she thought Earth was too boring for her tastes. Not even her brother was particularly entertaining.
The only things she really enjoyed on Earth were pizza, poop cola (which despite its name tasted surprisingly good), and her Game Slave.
Although, sometimes it was fun to listen to Dib trying to prove to the world that aliens existed. His theories were a hoot!
She decided to play on her Game Slave. Personally she liked video games involving extraterrestrials, unlike her brother.
Back at Zim's house, Faye was conversing with Zim.
"I'm sorry that Dib boy keeps bullying you..." said Faye.
"I'll be fine." answered Zim.
To be honest, he was tempted to give Gir to Faye. His singing was rather annoying. However, he felt like his life just wasn't complete without him. Perhaps trying to conquer the planet wouldn't be as fun without someone standing in his way as well.
"I'm going to make some pancakes!" exclaimed Gir.
Zim rolled his eyes. Gir should seriously read a cookbook. The last dish he had made had given him food poisoning. Something told him that today would be no different.
"I'm going to wrap them in aluminum foil for extra flavor as I put them in the microwave!" shouted the robot.
"What? No no no n-"
The microwave exploded.
Zim sighed. How did he know THAT was coming?
Faye noticed that Gir's head had been separated from his body.
"You alright? You seem to have misplaced your head..." said Faye.
"I'm doing fine!" exclaimed Gir, seemingly oblivious to his predicament.
Faye picked up Gir's head and reattached it to his body.
"Thank you so much!" shouted the robot. He was wondering where his body had gone.
Gir gave Faye a hug.
Zim sighed. Now he was going to have to get a new microwave. How many times was Gir going to break his precious belongings? He couldn't build machinery to conquer Earth if Gir kept destroying his technology.
On the lighter side of things, Faye had saved him the trouble of repairing Gir after that fiasco.
It seemed like she was good at repairing robots despite being unfamiliar with Irken technology.
Perhaps he should call her in case Gir ever needed repairs. It was a good thing he was so durable or he probably would have gone back to the trash can a long time ago.
"I'll be seeing you later. I hope Dib doesn't bully you." answered Faye. He didn't seem like a bad kid per se...but it seemed like he really didn't like aliens.
Personally she liked reading comic books about them.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure that he doesn't bully me again." stated Zim. Perhaps he should hold off on coming up with more plans to conquer Earth until he disposed of Dib. He had a tendency to thwart his schemes sometimes, though most of the time, he ended up thwarting his own schemes. It was embarrassing. Thank goodness Red and Purple weren't there to see it.
Faye left the house and noticed Dib walking down the sidewalk.
"There you are! Did Zim do anything to you!?" exclaimed Dib. He was worried that once Faye stepped foot into that house, she wouldn't come out.
Fortunately, it seemed that she did come out.
"No, he didn't. I'm fine." answered Faye.
"I'm telling you, he's evil!" warned the bespectacled boy.
"If he's so evil, why does he have a lovable talking robot?" inquired the girl.
"That's no lovable robot! He's assisting him in world domination!" exclaimed Dib.
"I don't know, he doesn't seem to be interested in conquering the world if you ask me...he seems to like the world the way it is." noted Faye. Personally she liked the way the world was just fine as well.
Dib facepalmed.
"I'll see you later." said Dib.
He had finally found someone that believed in aliens (other than his sister), and yet she believed that Zim was perfectly harmless.
Although, to be fair, he wasn't as threatening to Earth as he portrayed Zim as. Perhaps he was lucky that he got Zim as an alien invader instead of a more dangerous alien. He remembered how fellow Irken Tak had almost succeeded in conquering the Earth in less than a day, when Zim had spent months on Earth and hadn't gotten any closer to conquering the planet than he had before.
If he hadn't turned off Tak's magma pump when he did, the Irkens would all be gorging themselves on sweets and all of the humans would be without a home planet.
He decided to go back home and drink some Poop Cola.
"So, did you persuade Faye that Zim was evil?" asked Gaz. Something told her that she was asking a rhetorical question.
"I couldn't pull it off! Not only does she think Zim is harmless, she thinks that Gir is sweet and lovable!" exclaimed Dib. He was having a hard time understanding the new student at his skool.
"To be honest, I have to question whether he's ever had a malicious thought in his life." noted Gaz.
"I'm sure he's thinking about killing us as we speak!" remarked the boy.
As it turned out, Gir was thinking about Teletubbies.
"Yay! Teletubbies!" exclaimed Gir.
"Yeah...I'm sure he's thinking about vaporizing you with a laser cannon..." stated Gaz sarcastically.
Dib gulped.
"If you need me I'll be playing my Game Slave..." said the young girl.
Dib went to his room to plot his next course of action against Invader Zim.
What would work best against an alien invader like him?
Since Gir is sweet and lovable (at least from my perspective) I figured why not have someone become friends with him. Of course, who said that it had to be another robot? I also figured that since Zim Invader is kind of a dark side I'd add a light-hearted character to sweeten things up a bit. There's Gir, obviously, but he's still working with Zim so yeah...
Besides, if he weren't a defective SIR, he wouldn't be so sweet and lovable. Thank goodness Red and Purple made him out of scrap metal.
And yes, I didn't feel like copying a preexisiting character so I made them a foil to one of them instead. Can you guess which one?
Let me know if you want to feature any Invader Zim characters other than the main four. I think I'll include Tak and Mimi even if they only appeared in one episode. Maybe Dr. Membrane as well.