1 Chapter 1 – The Mind of Wisdom
Callista was a girl in the fifth grade whose hair dangled around each side of her neck, deep in color. It was mostly black, with a bluish tint overlapping each strand. Her shirt was of the color light blue, horizontal stripes of black, three to be precise. She wore a blue denim shirt that went below her waist, black pants, and some boots. The first day of school was upon her, at a school known only as skool. She was assigned to Ms. Bitters' class, as she had just arrived from a town so far away, it was in another dimension. How she got there is to be revealed at a later time in the story.
"Class, there's a new and hopeless member to our class. Her name is Callista. Callista, take a seat next to the bigheaded kid," said Ms. Bitters.
"His head's not that big," Callista pointed out.
"Not that big! It's not big at all!" Dib said in response.
"Right, I'm sorry. It isn't big," she said sincerely.
"Ha ha, Callista has a 'crush' on Dib!" Zim said. On her way to her seat, Callista punched Zim in the face. Ms. Bitters didn't notice because she was too busy contemplating the DOOM of the universe.
"You needed that," Callista said, satisfied with what she had done.
"Wow. You hit Zim," Dib said, obviously surprised.
"Yeah. So," Callista said, not thinking of it as amazing as Dib saw it as.
"So, Zim's an alien!"
"You think I don't know that?"
"No one else seems to notice. As a matter of fact, they make fun of me."
"Just ignore their reactions. I have to deal with the same thing."
2 "Really?! Wow! You talk about your theories of aliens?!"
"No. But people can sense when I'm paranoid."
"Do you investigate paranormal activity?"
"Why not? It's been my life-long obsession."
"Me too! You like 'Mysterious Mysteries'?"
"Well, I only saw a couple episodes, because I just moved here from far away."
"Want to come to my house? We could look at my UFO 'zines. That is, if your parents allow you to."
"Well, you see, I really don't have any parents here."
"They died? How sad."
"No, they didn't die. I came here from another dimension."
"Really? How cool..."
"Don't get thinking that I have super-natural powers. I just used a dimensional portal through time and space. They're after me! They really are! THEY'RE AFTER ME!"
Everyone in the class just stared. "I'll tell you later..."
After skool.
"Dib, there's something I have to tell you." Callista said, urgently.
"I know there's something."
"That's what I mean! At random, I can read people's thoughts. People around me can tell if there's something bothering me, if I'm up to something, or things like that! I can also tap into people's dreams. When you get home, I'll see if I can pry open memories of your alien abduction."
"How did you know..."
"Believe me Dib, I know. Don't ever ask me."
At Dib's house.
"Okay, I think I'm ready. I sure hope you're the one who will help me on my journey. Don't even ask me what I mean."
"I won't..." Dib said, for deep down and inside, he knew what she meant. Suddenly, the scene changed to inside Callista's mind. She saw the memories of Dib, clear as water from a fresh-water stream. First, one of Dib being beaten up by a bully. Then, another of being taunted One of Gaz as a toddler – there. She saw what Dib had once witnessed as a baby. A ship out in the sky shone in a greenish luminosity. With a flash, there was the form of many prisms of light; her thoughts were taken to aboard the space ship. She saw the same aliens that were alleged in so many reports. Murmurs were heard from them:
"No, very intelligent for his kind, but not the one we're looking for. Let's search once more here, and then try the next dimension. Once we've found the one we're looking for, we'll land him or her back down, then the second time, we'll get The Mind Of Wisdom."
Callista awoke from her trance.
"What'd they say?!" Dib requested, for he'd seen the vision also, but hadn't understood the aliens. Callista stood silent.
"Well? I know you know."
"Dib, those were the same aliens that abducted me a few days ago!"
"Wow..."
"They said you are intelligent for you're kind, but not the one they're looking for."
"Aw, darn."
"Dib, that's a good thing for you! They want my mind!"
"Oh..."
"They call my mind 'The Mind of Wisdom'"
"So that's what you meant!"
"Of course. There are some aliens that are on my side, though, and they are defending me. They gave me the knowledge to construct a time/space machine that allowed me to come here. There is one other person who will be needed to help me save my brain. I should find him here as well."
"How do you know it's a he?"
"Trust me on this one, okay?"
"I will"
Callista was a girl in the fifth grade whose hair dangled around each side of her neck, deep in color. It was mostly black, with a bluish tint overlapping each strand. Her shirt was of the color light blue, horizontal stripes of black, three to be precise. She wore a blue denim shirt that went below her waist, black pants, and some boots. The first day of school was upon her, at a school known only as skool. She was assigned to Ms. Bitters' class, as she had just arrived from a town so far away, it was in another dimension. How she got there is to be revealed at a later time in the story.
"Class, there's a new and hopeless member to our class. Her name is Callista. Callista, take a seat next to the bigheaded kid," said Ms. Bitters.
"His head's not that big," Callista pointed out.
"Not that big! It's not big at all!" Dib said in response.
"Right, I'm sorry. It isn't big," she said sincerely.
"Ha ha, Callista has a 'crush' on Dib!" Zim said. On her way to her seat, Callista punched Zim in the face. Ms. Bitters didn't notice because she was too busy contemplating the DOOM of the universe.
"You needed that," Callista said, satisfied with what she had done.
"Wow. You hit Zim," Dib said, obviously surprised.
"Yeah. So," Callista said, not thinking of it as amazing as Dib saw it as.
"So, Zim's an alien!"
"You think I don't know that?"
"No one else seems to notice. As a matter of fact, they make fun of me."
"Just ignore their reactions. I have to deal with the same thing."
2 "Really?! Wow! You talk about your theories of aliens?!"
"No. But people can sense when I'm paranoid."
"Do you investigate paranormal activity?"
"Why not? It's been my life-long obsession."
"Me too! You like 'Mysterious Mysteries'?"
"Well, I only saw a couple episodes, because I just moved here from far away."
"Want to come to my house? We could look at my UFO 'zines. That is, if your parents allow you to."
"Well, you see, I really don't have any parents here."
"They died? How sad."
"No, they didn't die. I came here from another dimension."
"Really? How cool..."
"Don't get thinking that I have super-natural powers. I just used a dimensional portal through time and space. They're after me! They really are! THEY'RE AFTER ME!"
Everyone in the class just stared. "I'll tell you later..."
After skool.
"Dib, there's something I have to tell you." Callista said, urgently.
"I know there's something."
"That's what I mean! At random, I can read people's thoughts. People around me can tell if there's something bothering me, if I'm up to something, or things like that! I can also tap into people's dreams. When you get home, I'll see if I can pry open memories of your alien abduction."
"How did you know..."
"Believe me Dib, I know. Don't ever ask me."
At Dib's house.
"Okay, I think I'm ready. I sure hope you're the one who will help me on my journey. Don't even ask me what I mean."
"I won't..." Dib said, for deep down and inside, he knew what she meant. Suddenly, the scene changed to inside Callista's mind. She saw the memories of Dib, clear as water from a fresh-water stream. First, one of Dib being beaten up by a bully. Then, another of being taunted One of Gaz as a toddler – there. She saw what Dib had once witnessed as a baby. A ship out in the sky shone in a greenish luminosity. With a flash, there was the form of many prisms of light; her thoughts were taken to aboard the space ship. She saw the same aliens that were alleged in so many reports. Murmurs were heard from them:
"No, very intelligent for his kind, but not the one we're looking for. Let's search once more here, and then try the next dimension. Once we've found the one we're looking for, we'll land him or her back down, then the second time, we'll get The Mind Of Wisdom."
Callista awoke from her trance.
"What'd they say?!" Dib requested, for he'd seen the vision also, but hadn't understood the aliens. Callista stood silent.
"Well? I know you know."
"Dib, those were the same aliens that abducted me a few days ago!"
"Wow..."
"They said you are intelligent for you're kind, but not the one they're looking for."
"Aw, darn."
"Dib, that's a good thing for you! They want my mind!"
"Oh..."
"They call my mind 'The Mind of Wisdom'"
"So that's what you meant!"
"Of course. There are some aliens that are on my side, though, and they are defending me. They gave me the knowledge to construct a time/space machine that allowed me to come here. There is one other person who will be needed to help me save my brain. I should find him here as well."
"How do you know it's a he?"
"Trust me on this one, okay?"
"I will"