Hello there peoples!
I'm Aleirbag Eiram, the person with lots of brain damage and imagination! My mission is to fill the heads of young people with such useless information, that they will explode.
GIR: I like exploding...
Me: BE QUIET!
ANYWAY, this is my first Invader Zim story ( and Fanfic story), so please review and give me good feedback because if you don't, I'll send Annora to DESTROY you.
Annora: No I won't.
Me: BE QUIET!
Enjoy the story, and feel free to critique me for any confusing language or scenes, because I wrote this entire story on my sketch-pad first and believe me, it's reeeeeeally frustrating to write down your story from scratch on a piece of paper when there is an AMAZING thing called a computer right in front of you but you're not allowed to use it. WELCOME TO AMERICA KIDS!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Invader Zim characters. Annora, Breeze, River and Dr. Levi belong to me!
River: I don't belong to anyon-
Me: BE QUIET!
( Annora P.O.V )
My Uncle's mansion seemed especially dark tonight. The shadows on the walls grew long and menacing. I sat in the living-room, my knees curled up to my chin. Tears drizzled down my cheeks as I remembered. Tonight was the anniversary of her death, the death of my friend.
" Freya..." I whimpered. " I feel so alone without you..."
I was, in fact, alone. My rich uncle, the owner of the largest five-star restaurant in the U.S.A, was gone on a business trip to New Zealand. Not that I cared. We weren't very fond of each other. In fact, I wouldn't have even wanted to be around him if I wasn't forced to after my parent's death.
There was, of course, the unfortunate dilemma of family separation. My two sisters, River and Breeze, had been sent away to live with my middle-class aunt in Virginia. They weren't fond of my aunt either. She wasn't fond of them. My uncle wasn't fond of all three and they weren't fond of my uncle. I wasn't fond of my aunt and she hated me. She looked like a miniature hippopotamus with a gland problem. My uncle looked like an elderly walrus with a constant dribble. The only family members left that I was fond of were my two sisters. And of course Freya, my parent's friend and mine as well.
But she was dead. She died this night, years ago.
No use lamenting over it. She was gone.
So was my uncle. And my aunt was visiting family in California. She didn't want to bring the " two little savages" with her.
So that meant only one thing could happen...
My two sisters were coming to visit.
Normally, I would feel an uncanny surge of happiness that would send me dancing the cha-cha to the other room. However, tonight of all nights, I promised myself that I wouldn't smile.
It was the least I could do for Freya. She had been my mother's closest friend.
And now she was gone.
A crack of lightning struck a tree outside the window. The wet limbs of the tree caught fire for half a second, but it was enough to stir a memory hidden deep inside my mind. A memory of fire and screams.
I found that I was also screaming at the moment. I took the liberty to shut myself up and slap myself across the face for good measure.
" Ouuuuuuuch..." I moaned to myself. Sometimes, I was literally my own worst enemy.
After I made sure that my face wasn't permanently marked, I began to idly play with the jewels hanging around my neck. The gems had been given to me by Freya a long time ago. There were nine stones on the necklace, the largest being a fat purple gem in the center. With a sigh, I stared down at the jewellery. As I watched, a small ooze of red liquid slowly seeped out of the largest gem, spilling onto my fingers. The liquid was hot to the touch. I knew what it was.
Blood.
With a scream, I jumped out of my chair and tore the necklace off of my neck. I glanced down at it and saw that the blood was gone. It had just been my imagination.
" Oh..." I moaned softly. I needed to calm down. My sisters would be here soon but until then, I needed to calm down. Slowly, I sat back down on the couch and picked up a book sitting on the coffee table in front of me. It said : ' 197 Complex Languages' on the cover. Learning foreign languages calmed me down whenever I felt distressed. So far, I'd learned more languages then I could count. That just showed how distressed I usually was.
I read for hours. I didn't glance out from my book until I heard the doorbell ring. Slowly, I placed down the book and walked to the door. I opened it.
My two sisters stood on the doorstep. River had light yellow hair with blue eyes. Breeze was an albino. She had white hair with silvery eyes. She got made fun of a lot, but I always thought that she looked beautiful and noble. As for me, I looked like a normal kid on first glance: light umber hair, pale skin, a usually troubled expression. On closer inspection, someone would see my violet eyes. I didn't know why I had violet eyes. My mother didn't have them. Neither did my father. I guess that I was some sort of freak. Even so, I liked my eyes. They made me different.
" Hey Annora!" River said. She flashed me a weak grin. Breeze glanced at the floor. All of us knew what day it was.
My aunt waddled up to the door.
" Behave yourselves!" she snapped. " I want to have a place on your uncle's will, so don't goof up my chances!"
I couldn't help but cover my mouth and hope that laughter wouldn't seep through.
With a final glare in my direction, my aunt waddled back to her car, opened the door and drove off. Once she was out of sight, River sighed.
" I really don't like her."
" Neither do I." I said. I blinked.
" I missed you guys."
Breeze gave me a hug.
" We missed you too."
" Come in." I said, glancing at the storm-torn sky. " I don't want to get hit by lightning."
" You're always worrying..." River complained, placing her over-night bag by the door. " I don't get it."
" Maybe you'll understand when you're older." I said bluntly as I walked to the couch and sat down. Breeze sat down next to me.
" We're all the same age, Annora..." she sighed. I raised my eyebrows.
" I meant older mentally."
" Hey!" River squealed. Breeze laughed. Against my vow, I had to smile.
" So, how's school been?" I asked. Breeze groaned.
" Horrid. I'm top of the class, but no one takes me seriously because I'm a stupid albino..."
" Hey, don't criticize yourself" I snapped. " You're wonderful the way you are."
Breeze flashed me a smile. River, a complete chocolaholic, helped herself to some truffles in the fridge.
" 'M 'scool 'sn't 'un 'ithr'..." she said through a mouthful of chocolate.
" Chew your food." Breeze snapped. River swallowed her truffles with a gag.
" My school isn't fun either." she said, rubbing her neck painfully. " Even the teachers call me crazy."
" How about you Annora?" Breeze asked. I winced as I remembered a mob of people trowing rocks at me and calling me: 'Freak.'
" I don't want to talk about it."
" Oooooookay..." River said. " Since we're here, how 'bout some good ol' family bonding time?"
Breeze and I both shuddered. River's idea of ' Family Bonding' was playing 'Extreme Makeover.' Once, she accidentally used glow-in-the-dark Halloween face paint instead of 'Blush.' Beats me how she could have mixed those two up. My face glowed for weeks.
" Er, how 'bout we just watch a quick show or something?" I said. " It is pretty late..."
" Oh..." River's face fell.
" We'll do something fun tomorrow." Breeze promised. " Maybe the zoo?"
" Oh!" River's eyes lit up.
" Alright, let's get some snacks." I said. Breeze gave me a weird look.
" Why snacks?"
" Hon..." I said. " It ain't a movie-going experience without snacks."
" Oh."
" I'll get them!" River squealed, obviously anxious to be helpful. She rushed off to the kitchen. I turned to Breeze.
" I hope you're in the mood for chocolate."
Five minutes later, the three of us were decked out with trays of chocolate. River was already stuffing the sweets into her mouth. Breeze looked like she was going to be sick.
" Are there no gummi-bears?" she asked. I shook my head.
" Our Uncle eats sweets by the bucketload. Gummy's are the first to go."
" Oh. Never mind then."
" I want to watch Star Wars!" River said. I flipped through the channels.
" Not on."
" Adventure Time?"
I flipped through the channels some more. There was no Adventure Time.
" Hannah Montana?"
I started to flip through the channels before I realized what River had said.
" What?!" I said. " That show was canceled a loooong time ago!"
" Why would you even watch that?" Breeze asked. River looked at her shoes.
I sighed.
" There's nothing good on tonight..." I moaned. A bolt of lightning struck outside the window. The power flickered off for a second.
" Oh!" River cried, grabbed my arm. Just as soon as it had turned off, the powered returned.
" Oh, that was scary..." I breathed. Breeze glanced at the T.V.
" Oh! Oh Annora look!" she said excitedly. " Look what's on!"
" What?" I asked.
" Invader Zim!"
" No way! That show was canceled, just like-"
" Hannah Montana?" River said bitterly. I met her glare and decided to quickly turn away.
" This is great!" I said, turning up the volume. " I don't think I've ever seen this episode."
" I've never seen the show..." River said in wonderment. I stared at her.
" You've never seen Invader Zim?!" I asked in disbelief. River looked away. Breeze just shrugged.
" I only know about it because my teacher showed it to the class." she said. " He's a big fan. We don't get to watch T.V at...home..."
Breeze said the word 'home' as if it were a horrid taste in her mouth. I rolled my eyes.
" It isn't your home. This isn't my home. Our home is gone."
" Alright, our...sleeping-quarters..."
Breeze made a face.
" That doesn't sound right either..."
" Shh!" River hushed. " I'm trying to watch a T.V show!"
" Fine, fine!"
" Who's the green guy?"
" That's Zim. He's an Irken."
" A what?"
" An Alien. He wants to take over earth."
" He has black hair..."
" That's not what he really looks like. It's just a disguise..."
" What about the guy with the huge head?"
" His head isn't that big. And he's name is Dib. He's a wannabe paranormal investigator."
" Like Freya? She was a Paranoid whatsit..."
" ... Yeah, like that..."
" And who's that little green dog thing?"
" That's Gir. He's Zim's robot minion. He's actually a blue-and-white- robot."
River squealed as Gir exploded out of his dog suit and latched onto Dib's face.
" OH HE'S SO CUTEEEEEEEE!"
I made a face.
" Maybe. I'd hate to be Dib though."
On the T.V screen, Dib was desperately trying to pry the smallish robot off his face. Zim just stood on the sidelines laughing his head off.
" I LUV YOU MARY!" Gir screamed. " I LUUUUUUUUUUUV YOU!"
" Get off!" Dib whined. He yanked Gir off of his hair. Zim was still laughing.
" Here!" Dib spat. " You can have him!"
Zim's smug expression changed to one of horror as Dib chucked Gir straight at him.
" NOOOOOOOO! GIR! GET OFF OF MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
" I LUV YOU TOO MASTA!"
River was laughing hard. Breeze cocked her head to one side.
" I've never seen this episode."
" Neither have I." I said. " What's it called?"
" It didn't say..."
" Why does it matter?" River grinned. " Ouch, poor Zim!"
" He deserved it." Breeze groaned. She rubbed her eyes and then glanced at her watch.
" Wow, it's late." she said. " We should get to bed."
" No!" River whined. " I want to watch the end! Pleeeeeeeeeeease?"
" Just a little longer." I said with a yawn. Outside the window, raindrops battered against the house.
" Wow..." Breeze said. It's really rough out there.."
" Yeah." I said. " I'd hate to be caught out in this weather-"
Suddenly, an enormous bolt of lightning struck the house. We were bathed in a white light. River squealed in fear.
" Annora!" Breeze shrieked. I reached over and grabbed her hand.
The entire power grid shut down. The entire house was plunged into darkness.
" Annora?" River whimpered.
" Right here..." I said in a reassuring tone. " It's okay, the power just went out, that's all-"
" Annora, the T.V's still playing..."
" But-" I glanced at the T.V. The Invader Zim show was still on. Gir was still latched onto Zim's face.
" Annora?" Breeze asked. " Do you feel that?"
" What?"
" That...sucking feeling..."
I began to feel something as well. It was as if my essence was being drawn towards something. It was almost as if it were the T.V...
" Annora..." River whispered. " It's weird..."
" It's nothing..." I said. " We're just scared."
The feeling was getting stronger. I blinked a few times to clear my head. That's when I heard Breeze scream.
" My hands!" she shrieked. " Look at my hands!"
With a gasp, I realized that Breeze's fingers were growing longer and thiner, reaching over to the T.V and sinking through the screen. Her entire body was beginning to do the same.
" BREEZE!" I screamed. I tried to grab her, but she disappeared through the T.V before I could even move. I heard River scream.
" Annora!" she shrieked. " YOUR HANDS! YOUR HANDS!"
My fingers were growing longer. With horror, I watched my torso shift towards the T.V.
" Annora!"
I sank through the screen and was enveloped in a world of black.
YAY! I'm done with the first chapter! It's a bit odd, but you know... It's going to take some time to finish this story, because I don't have my own computer, I can only sneak on the two existing computers for a small amount of time, and I'm the slowest typer in the history of the United States.
Annora: Yeesh! Give yourself some sort of compliment!
Me: Okay! I can eat pie faster then anyone in my grade!
Annora: …
Me: …
So anyway, keep an eye out for these stories. This part is the worst because I had not warmed up yet, but it gets better as it goes. There might be long gaps between publishes, but I'm planning to do at least 40- something chapters. Scary right? Yeah...
See you guys next chapter!