StarSeal: Ooh… this is my first multiple-genre fic. I don't know very much about what I'm writing. I had a migraine so I was watching the Lion King, and I saw this picture on the net of Simba battling Heartless Shadows. Then I thought, what would it be like if the Shadows came to Zim? Then I realized that Kingdom Hearts is a Disney game, so I needed someone to bring the Heartless to Nickelodeon. I chose Danny Phantom, because he meddles in other world stuff. Besides, I'm sick of everyone blaming everything on Zim or Gir- they can't have a fault with EVERYTHING. So yeah, I know very little about anything not-Zim, since I don't have cable. I had to look up names even. So, if you want me to make anyone more in-character, just tell me. And I know, the Pride Lands were destroyed long ago, but you just gotta love that place. And hyenas. You gotta love hyenas. Oh, and I know it's hard, but try to picture everyone in Vasquez-style, because that's a flaw in most fanfics- style clashes. All the lions are big, white-eyed and silly, and the heartless are blank as malfunctioning SIRs, and stuff. M'yep. And just for heck, I'll add that there are Universes im this, they are channels. So, they wouldn't see stars going out until the Heartless found Nickelodeon's Universe.
Fire scorched the sky, casting odd shadows across the dusky pride lands. But these aren't the regal, Disney Pride Lands. These are the Pride Lands of… Jhonen Vasquez!
Sorry, just had to say that so you know there are no clashing styles here. Heh heh… yeah.
Anyway, in the near-dusk light, a great, tawny lion galloped through the grass. It was headed towards the roars that came from over the hills, in the shadow of the Rock. As it ran, it was suddenly knocked off course by a glossy black hyena. The hyena's chest blazed with a red, stitched-hearted symbol. The lion roared in anger and leaped upon the black hyena. He bit deep into its neck, and it vanished. Strange round things splashed from where it had been. The lion shook itself, disturbed, and continued towards the cries. It topped a hill and stared down.
His pride was surrounded by a mass of roiling black creatures. Some were hyenas like the one he'd defeated, some were circling black vultures. But most were strong, round-bodied black beasts. They all shared the same haunted, pale eyes. As the golden lionesses and black creatures met in a furious fray, the lion roared and bounded towards them. But a multitude of the round-bodied things rose up from the grass. They leaped upon him, nearly covering him. He slashed and bit, but every one he destroyed was replaced. They sky was darkening. Shadow after Shadow covered the African creatures, and suddenly there was nothing left but an echoing, desperate cry.
SIX EARTH MONTHS LATER…
Dib was, once again, star gazing. He had been star gazing a lot. Membrane's telescope was very enlightening.
"Gaz! Come see this!" he shouted suddenly. One star, bright and close to Earth, was blinking. As he watched, it faded and went out. He pulled off his headphones and jumped off the roof.
"Dad! A star just went out! It was a perfectly normal star, not a giant or anything, and it-"
"Now now, son, you know that stellar activity from beyond this galaxy is pointless to acknowledge."
"But- oh, never mind."
Zim stared angrily at the screen. "Computer! I've been ordering you for the last twenty minutes to analyze this substance! Why are you so mean to Zim?"
"Substance is ectoplasm!"
"LIES! No analyze it!"
"Um, Zim, seriously, it's ectoplasm and-" The house computer sparked suddenly and dimmed. Zim blinked.
"What now? You try my patience, house computer!"
"Viral substance detected."
"Viral? Oh, no! GIR!"
Gir was expelled through a portal in the wall. He slid sideways on his feet, screaming, and crashed into the wall besides Zim. He went red.
"yes, sir!"
"Well, Gir's not the virus, and that's always good… but then, what could be in my computer, eh? What's this?"
The screen had lit up with a greenish light and, suddenly, something was thrown out of it. Zim cried out in surprise as the thing collided with him, throwing him back. His spider-legs came out and he pushed away, jumping to his feet. A white jump-suited person was kneeling, panting on the floor.
"What's going on?" Zim demanded. "Who- what are you?"
The person looked up, startled, and suddenly a hoop of light engulfed him, and he was like a normal Earth kid. "Uh, I'm human," he said.
"Really? Me too." Zim smiled dumbly, placing a hand over his heart. "Eh, I mean, um… Who are you? What are you doing in my… normal earth house?"
The boy stood up. "I'm Danny. I have no idea why I'm here, but it must have something to do with those monsters-"
"Master! It's spooky!" Gir's comment split the conversation. The two spun around to stare at the screen. It was engulfed in shadowy black stuff and slowly opening.
"What's going on?" cried Zim. "What is that stuff?"
"It's the monsters!" Moaned Danny. "They were destroying my world when everything vanished!"
"And you brought it here? HERE? My base? Oh, you humans make me sick…" Zim cried out as a claws hand thrust up from the screen. "Gir! Let's go!" He grabbed Gir's blue shoulder and Gir rocketed up. They bounded out of the oven and stood gasping in the living room. To Zim's shock, Danny materialized up through the floor and stood on it.
Dib ran through the streets, carrying a lunchbox and a laser gun. He jumped over a fence and crouched in the bushes. There was Zim's house, across the street. It was time for super notes. He pulled his x-ray binoculars over his glasses and squinted. There was Zim, standing with his crazy robot dog in the living room, yelling. He certainly yelled a lot. Zim pulled off the glasses and looked around. There were a few neighbors standing out in their yards. He decided that if he could dodge through the gnome field and into the windows the robot dog always left unlocked, he could grab Zim and drag him into the middle of the street, where anyone could see him. Dib slipped the binoculars in his pocket and crept forward.
Standing at the opening in Zim's fence, Dib didn't think he'd been seen. The gnomes stood around, stupid as ever. Dib tensed, running over what he would do. He would sprint passed the gnomes, push open the window and tumble through, into Zim's house. He ran. Dib ran straight passed the gnomes before they could react, jumped up the window, thrust upwards, and hit his big head on the glass. It was locked. Fortunately, the glass was very worn out and shattered. Dib landed gracelessly in a pile of broken glass just inside the window. He jumped up and struggled to turn on his laser gun.
Zim spun around, clutching Gir to his chest like a shield. Dib realized that they weren't alone- there was someone floating behind Zim. Seeing Dib, the kid suddenly let his feet touch the ground.
"Zim! What's going on? Who's he? Is he another abductee? What have you been doing?"
"He is a normal human worm baby," snapped Zim. "And he's an intruder. Like you! Computer! Um… Gir! Capture the human!"
Gir jumped up, red-eyed. He looked to Dib, then to Danny, and back, and back, his eyes melted to blue, back and forth and back and… squee… Boom! Head explodey.
"Okay, let's just talk this out, okay?" Danny was a little weirded out by the strange world he was in.
"Eh, okay…" Zim looked like the possibility had never occurred to him. "Well, first of all, why are there two humans in my base, why is there a black puddle eating my house computer, and how does Gir grow his head back?"
"Um, I have no idea about the head thingy, and I don't know how I got here," Said Danny. "Hmm… all I remember is that there was a lot of evil activity in the Ghost Zone, and all these black and red ghosts were aparating. Then more and more black things came and… and I was in a computer for some reason."
"Wait," said Dib, frowning. "So your world was attacked by black monsters, right?"
"Yess…"
"Zim- didn't you just say there was a pool of black stuff in your labs?"
"Yes."
"But that must mean- you brought monsters into our world!"
"I didn't mean too! I didn't even remember coming into this world!"
"Master! The spooky things are here!" Gir stood staring at the kitchen, where a blackantenna was snaking up through the trashcan.
StarSeal: Okay, that's the opening. Dedicated to Lauren and Will, who sparked my interest in Kingdom Hearts, and to Zim999, who reminded me I'd said I'd write this... I wrote this months ago and completely forgot, but now I have it I like it so I'll try to make it good. I hope I use characters y'all like.
