Playin' with Fire

(A.N. This is from almost a year ago that I found. I reworked it a little, and added to it, but I may rework it later. R&R, guys!)

My OC:

Name: Miranda Steele

Age: 14 years old

Race: Fox-Girl

Home Planet/Origins: Kredalia

It was midnight. I was in my full fox-form (More on that later). I was about to go in for the kill of a particularly fat vole for my midnight snack, when all of a sudden, a little fairy named Aurora, my servant and friend, flew next to me and whispered in my fuzzy black-tipped ear: "Hey! Princess Miranda! Your parents want to see you immediately. And no, they don't want to see you for sneaking out for a snack. This is something more serious." I sighed and changed into my fox-girl form in order to be able to speak English, and said, "Why? Is this about the Flour Incident? Because I'm innocent!" Aurora gave me a look that clearly said that I should just go and see what they wanted. "Oh, alright fine. I'll go." I huffed. And with that, I trotted off to the castle with Aurora flying by my side.

When we got there, I summoned my familiar, a panther named Shadow. She and I faced my parents, king and queen of the animal-people. My father, King Alexander, was a tiger-man. My mother, Queen Eleanor, a Cat-woman, and I, Princess Miranda, was a fox-girl. I had three forms, just like all of the others of our people: full-animal, animal-human, and full-human. I was in my strongest form, fox-girl. My parents were in their Animal-Human forms, too, and I always felt a surge of pride and awe for them.

It was my mother who spoke first. "Miranda, we know that you are aware of the fact that visiting our sister planet, Earth, is a rite of passage a girl goes through on her fourteenth birthday. However, we have a small mission for you. Now this is by no means a burden we are placing on you to trouble your mind during your time on Earth, but it would seem that the Irkens are violating our treaty. We need you to investigate." My bright emerald green eyes widened at the news. The Irkens and Kredalians were allies, what could they possibly be doing to anger my parents? I blew some of my wild, fiery red hair out of my face and scratched my fox ear with my black forepaw. "But, what could they possibly be doing on earth that would create a tiff between you and the Irken Tallest?" I asked, horror-stricken. "They have an invader on Earth, and that is in direct violation of our treaty." Said my mother. But didn't Jennifer tell me that their absolute worst excuse for a soldier is there? What's-his-name…Zim? I thought to myself. Still, it was worth checking out. I agreed, and my father warned me, "Be careful, Mir, Use your Elemental Magic only when you need to." I rolled my eyes, but while bowing so he couldn't see. "Yes, Daddy." I said. "C'mon, Shadow." I called, and we left.

Fast-Forward to Earth (I used a portal to get there)

I found the place where my parents stayed while they were on Earth, a cute, modest little house, and I noticed a funny little house across the street. It was small, green and had about four garden gnomes like soldiers long the walkway. Those, along with two puffer fish, a plastic flamingo, and a flag with 'I heart Earth' on it. "Umm, Shadow?" I called to her and she bounded up to me in her disguise of a little black cat. I noticed this, and transformed into my weakest form of full-human. "Yes, Mir?" She purred, using the nickname everyone called me by. "I don't want to sound weird or paranoid or anything, but that weird house… What do you make of it?" I asked her timidly. Shadow studied the house, and without a sound, looked at me and shrugged. I took one last suspicious look at the strange little house, and went in. In my house, I transformed from my fox-girl form to my full-human form. I pulled on some pyjamas and tucked Shaddy (That was my nickname for Shadow) into her bed. I also got into bed and pulled the sheets up to my chin, thinking about the next day –my first day at school.

I woke up at 7:00 am sharp, and got ready for school. I attempted to brush my wild, fiery hair, but gave up for fear of losing the brush. I put on a light off-white t-shirt that was easy to move in, and a short-ish black skirt made of a soft, flexible fabric. I wore these to make sure that

1. I made a good impression, and

2. I could move and transform easily if the need arose.

Shadow hid in my backpack, and I walked to the local public school.

When I got there, I noticed that the sign said 'skool' instead of 'school'. I puzzled at that for a bit, but shook it off. I got my schedule, and searched around for Miss Bitters' class. It only took about five minutes to find, as it was the first homeroom I came across. The teacher looked like some form of creepy snakelike shadow demon-thingy. When I came in, she hissed/growled, "Class, this is the new hopeless appendage to the student body that I insisted not be here. Her name is Miranda." I gave Miss Bitters a slightly insulted look, but when she turned to me, I just looked shy. "Miranda, if you have anything to say, say it now, because after this moment I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER SOUND OUT OF YOU!" I got out of my cowering stance, and looked at the class seriously. "Hello. As you know, my name is Miranda. Call me anything other than Miranda, and I'll assume it's a death wish. You don't bother me, and I won't bother you." I told them, my voice as steely as my glare. This wasn't my usual personality, but I was terrified, and shy. I then noticed someone I hadn't notice before. (I don't know how I could've missed him) He had black hair, large blueish-grey eyes, but on top of all that, his skin was green! I sensed he was different from the others in the room. Hmmm, better keep my eye on this one. I thought as he glared at me. I glared back with my best 'Don't mess with me' scowl. Still, he was pretty cute. : No! He's NOT cute!: Yes he is Shadow. (She could communicate with me telepathically) :Okay, fine. He's cute, but you can't be looking around for a boyfriend here! You have work to do!: Shut up, Shadow.

Miss Bitters gave me the seat next to the green-skinned cute guy, sending the person that was there to the underground classroom. I was surprised at that, but shook it off. I wrote a note saying "Hi! What's your name?" to the green kid, and folded it neatly. I made sure no one as watching and summoned a little gust of wind to blow the note over to the guy. He looked at the piece of paper and then at me and screamed "WHAT IS THIS? You DARE to do this to the almighty ZIM!" I jumped and in my startled state, my ears came out. In a panic, I smoothed them down immediately, but couldn't help the feeling that someone had seen them. I looked around, but no one was even paying attention. Miss Bitters merely said "Zim, sit down and be quiet!" Perhaps he has outbursts like this often. Wait –his name is Zim, and he's green! This must be the one I'm looking for! What do you think, Shadow? I sense something different about him. :Me too…: Shadow thought to me. :And I found out he lives in that weird little house, too! So discreetly walk behind him, try not to draw too much attention to yourself. And Mir?: She was using her 'Now you listen to me young lady' voice. Yes? :Try not to panic and transform in public. Someone could see you.: I sank into my chair a little; completely oblivious to the awful lesson Miss Bitters was giving about doom and stuff like that. Yes, Shadow. I'll be more careful. :Thank you, Miranda.:

A/N: So? Not horrible for a first chapter, eh? Oh, almost forgot. Shadow, would you do the honors?

Shadow: Certainly.

Stormy does not own Invader Zim; she only owns the OCs and the plot of this story. Invader Zim belongs to Jhonen Vasquez (Did I spell that right?)

Mir: Thanks, Shadow! R&R, people!