SUMMARY: Aaahh! Real Monsters Inc. CrossOver. Ickis ends in a strange world where monsters live like humans. There is something crawling in the darkest corner of the closet, reaching for you, willing to steal you away…

DISCLAIMER: Why the Nickelodeon big guys decided to cancel Aaahh! Real Monsters (and Invader Zim) it's beyond my comprehension. If I had own the show it will still be on the air (and if I ever get rights over the TM, you can expect new episodes). Monsters Inc, not mine (and I'm not even sure if its Pixar or Disney property). Also, you are going to see an awesome writer's creation in this fic (Neil Gaiman); not mine either, so don't send the lawyers.

I am dedicating this fic to my brother, even if he is not going to read it, because he was the one that was watching Aaahh! Real Monsters in Netflix, thereby, it's his fault I got the necessity to rewatch Aaahh! Real Monsters in Netflix. I am Spanish speaker, so I'm asking you to forgive grammar an syntaxes mistakes and to correct me whenever you feel you should.

This chapter is extremely short; the sizes of following chapters may vary according to the requirements of said chapters.

FEARLESS

01. Why the Door Should Remain Locked.

The closet door opened slowly, its hinges screeching softly in the silence of the night. Little Alicia was hiding under her bed covers, trembling and shutting her eyes closed as hard as she could; she hold her breath, listening carefully to any sound coming from the creature in her closet…

"Hello, Little One…" said a soft voice.

"Uhm… Hi?" Alicia ventured a peek over her covers. There it was: a slim, tall figure crouching in her closet threshold, looking at her with black sparkling eyes…

"Would you like to come and play?" Asked the creature in the closet.

"Who are you?" Asked Alicia, dropping her covers down and watching her guest with interest.

"I am your Other Mother."

"Do I have another mother?"

"Of course, silly… We all have an Other Mother."

"Why do you live in my closet?"

"Because there is a beautiful place in here… Full of toys and candies and anything you could ever want… And you can do as you wish; I will not tell you to pick your toys, or to go to sleep, to wash your teeth and brush your hair, or to be nice when you don't want to be nice… You could do whatever you want to whenever you want to…"

"My mommy says that I can't talk to strangers…"

"But I am not a stranger, sweetie… I am your Other Mother… just like your regular mother, but better…"

Alicia looked at the Other Mother with uncertainty.

"Would you like it if we do this…? Come with me and play for awhile; we will come back as soon as you wish…"

Alicia bit her lip with hesitation.

"What if my mommy gets mad…?"

"She won't notice you are gone…"

And that was not the first promise the Other Mother broke that night, nor was it the last; neither from that night or from the many more that came after it…

The next morning, plenty of mothers opened their children's doors to find them missing… and as the days went by none of them were able to find them.