A/N: HAI EVERYONE! here I am again with another Invader Zim story. I picked it up from a prompt in Zim'sMostLoyalServant's Anti-Gaz idea pit a long time ago, like several months ago actually, but only just now regained inspiration to write it! along with Proper Care, I'll be working on this story and hopefully finish it this time. ;3 So enjoy!
The Sleepwalker
Chapter One: This Is New...
It was a Friday night in the city, the moon hanging over the various buildings. A certain purple-haired young girl was sound asleep in her room of killer stuffed animals that kept anyone away when ordered. Especially Dib. His obsessions with the paranormal irritated her, even with the brief "no paranormal" bout he had. It was all he talked about.
So, that day, she had snapped and beat him silly, told him she would rather him die. And here she was, sleeping peacefully.
But it was a night when the planets aligned, and not for Irken molting. It was a night when a meteor swooshed into view in the sky. Were her brother awake, and no doubt he was this late, he'd highly appreciate this.
Said meteor soon released a pink gas that swirled through the atmosphere and turned invisible, heading right for her room. It crowded around her, and she breathed it in unknowingly. And then as suddenly as it appeared, it left. Gaz woke up with a start, her usually squinted eyes wide open, revealing hazel. She looked around, squinting them again and resuming her neutral, cold expression.
"Dib, I swear if you've gotten into my room… especially after I punished you…" it was a threat she'd never follow through, since there wasn't a response. And she didn't see any scythe hair either.
What woke her up then?
This creeped her out a bit but she didn't let it show. Gaz climbed out of bed, and glanced at the time. Five in the morning, it glared back in red. She groaned, and figured she might as well eat a snack and then head back to bed.
The cruel girl opened her door, stepped out and closed it right behind her, silently. And then she walked to the stairs, just as silently, still squinting her eyes. Somehow, halfway to the fridge, she grew drowsy. Her eyes would have shown it, droopy and glazing over, but they were squinted and so no one would tell. Eventually, she fell asleep, but she still continued her mission, opening the fridge and grabbing a small snack, then closing it back.
She unwrapped it right there and started crunching on it, politely and neatly. Her brother soon rushed downstairs almost full tilt, a smile on his bruised face, with his equipment to the outside, when he saw her and stopped cold. For the first time, he was massively afraid of her, and he called her, bespectacled eyes wide, "G..Gaz?"
She blinked but no one would see, and turned her head to face him, still chewing. She wasn't doing anything except eating the bar of candy. Dib took that as a good sign. "I was.. um.. just gonna go outside and catch that meteor! I bet it's… full of.." he drifted off. She was still staring. It unnerved him.
And then she faced him fully and started walking toward him, her intentions unclear. He backed away, which caused her steps to falter, but she soon kept going. That was weird…
She stopped right beside him, and stared. And then she nodded, "It's okay, Dib. Do what you love." She briefly side-hugged him then, which he was enormously shocked about but he didn't dare push her away. "Sorry for wanting you dead and punishing you."
And then she.. smiled? Dib could only stare, in his pajamas. He felt like both he and she had lost their minds. But he liked this new Gaz. The boy soon smiled back, "T..thanks, Gaz.."
The purple-haired girl nodded again, and headed up the stairs and back to her room.
And that was a billion times weird… he remarked to himself. But he soon shrugged, ignoring the pain in his shoulder. "I appreciate it…"
He could only stand there for a moment, before he yelled out, hazel eyes even wider, "The meteor! I gotta catch it!" and rushed out the door. All the while, Gaz's smile had stayed, even while she was properly in bed.
A/N: Okay, sorry it's short.. I'm still testing the waters with Gaz. Hopefully the next ones will be longer? I dunno, but I'll have plenty of time to work on it now that it's summer vacation and I can keep up weekly, maybe. But yeah, I hope you enjoyed, and please review!
