Notes:
This is my first fanfiction EVER! Any comments and/or suggestions would be much appreciated :)
There is no particular reason why I added dates. I just thought it tied up the story nicely.
This is a VERY short chapter and I can assure you that other chapters are much longer. Call this an introduction of sorts.

Note: I do not own Invader Zim.

Chapter 1: No more Zim! Oh, wait…
Monday, January 16th 2023

Dib Membrane was 19 years old and about as excited as a kid at Christmas. It was his first day of university, studying the paranormal, and… NO MORE ZIM! For seven years Zim had been in every single class with him. But Dib hadn't seen Zim since high skool graduation. He had spied on Zim's House occasionally during vacation but never saw the alien leave it. Nothing was going on inside.

Maybe he's gone back to his planet!

Dib practically skipped downstairs. For once, life was good.

Gaz was in the kitchen shoveling cereal into her mouth and she didn't even look up as Dib entered the room. Dib was whistling merrily as he grabbed a hot slice of toast from the toaster, threw jam onto it and ate it in three gigantic bites. He walked up to Gaz and squeezed her.

"Good morning my scary little sister!"

"Dib, if you don't let go of me now I will chew off your fingers in your sleep." Gaz threatened him calmly.

Dib let go of her and smiled, "I love you too, sis!"

Before Gaz could react, Dib was out of the door and dashing towards his car.

-X-

Dib arrived at the new campus and looked around. He sighed happily and walked across the parking lot. His paradise didn't last long, though. The smile was instantly wiped off of his face when he saw a familiar green figure walking just in front of him.

No…

It was Zim. Zim had showed up at THIS college? Dib's shoulders slumped.

I'll never be rid of him.

Dib ran to catch up with the invader.

"What are YOU doing here?"

"Hello, Dib-squeak." Zim said flatly, looking ahead of him.

"I asked you a question, Zim."

"Doesn't every normal earth larva go to a tertiary institution?"

"You're not even human!"

Dib's good mood had been grinded to a screeching halt. There was no point in arguing with Zim. Zim was here and there was nothing Dib could do about it.

I guess there's a bright side. I could keep an eye on Zim on a daily basis.

What Dib wondered, though, was why hadn't he heard anything from Zim for so long.

-X-

The entire week went by without incident. No giant robots, no mutant rodents, no dookie in the meat supply, no laser guns or anything else of the sort. That didn't mean that Zim had stopped teasing Dib. The name-calling continued as usual but that was about all.

Strange behaviour for the alien but Dib definitely wasn't going to take the peace for granted. Unless Zim was planning something REALLY big.

Dib just had to be prepared for anything.