CHAPTER 1: New School, New Friends
I stopped, my hair flying behind me. I looked at my school and the sign that read, Skool. I sighed. "Weird."
I heard a voice behind me.
" HA! You're it in this tag game, Dib!"
I spun around. A green kid and a kid with black hair in a scythe position ran into me. I hit the sidewalk. I got up and looked at the sidewalk. Okay, good no blood. The black haired kid walked up to me.
"You guys okay?"
I realized what he meant by guys. The green kid was behind me.
"Yea."
They both stuck out their hands.
The green kid said, " I'm Zim. And you?" The other kid said, " I'm Dib. And you?"
I criss-crossed my arms, and shook both of their hands.
"May. Nice to meet you guys."
"So, May, what class are you in?" Dib asked me.
I got my paper out of my bag.
"Ms. Bitters." I looked up from my paper. " She sounds scary."
Zim shuddered. " Trust us she is."
I laughed. " I believe you. Someone with that name, definitely must be scary."
They laughed. The bell rang. I sighed and followed them into the class room. I heard her voice.
"Class, we have another doomed child added to our class. Her name is May."
I gulped and then waved to my class, shaking. She spoke again.
"Well, May, if you have anything to say, say it now! Because after this moment I don't want to her another sound from you!
The last part she said really fast. I didn't know if I wanted to speak but since I couldn't again, I thought I would.
"W-w-well I was born in," I stammered. "Alaska. Yes Alaska. I-it's very cold there! Yes."
The class stared at me. I went to sit in my seat. I covered my head with my arms. How come every time I'm new I'm scared of myself. Well at least I made two friends. I looked at my desk. There was a note on it. It read:
May,
Meet me and Zim after school.
Dib
I flipped it over, grabbed a pencil and wrote:
Dib,
Where do you want to meet?
May
I threw it to his desk. He caught it, wrote something, then threw it back.
May,
Lets meet on the playground. Tell Zim.
Dib
I nodded then wrote on a new piece of paper:
Zim,
Meet me and Dib on the playground after school.
May
I threw it on his desk. He scanned the paper and nodded to me and Dib. Is this a regular thing? Throw paper to desk to desk. Oh well at least the teacher doesn't mind. Speaking of the teacher where is she? I looked around the room. I heard a voice behind me.
"You poor doomed child."
I screamed. Everyone looked at me.
"Aha. Sorry."
I put my head on the desk. Next thing I knew Zim and Dib were shaking me. I fell of my chair.
"What are you guys doing?"
Zim shook his head.
"We were trying to wake you up the past fifteen minutes. Everyone has already gone home."
I was shocked.
"Wait... how long was I asleep?"
"Fifteen minutes."
"Oh."
Dib laughed. "Let's just go."
I nodded. "Okay."
We ran to the playground. I heard Zim and Dib gasp behind me. I looked up. I saw a huge kid wearing a shirt that said, Torque.
I gulped. "Uh h-hi. H-h-how are y-y-you today?"
He growled. I looked back. Zim and Dib were running away. They ended up on the top of the slide, thirty feet away from me. I looked back at the guy which I'm guessing is Torque. He picked me up by my shirt collar. I grabbed his wrists and struggled to pull them back from my shirt.
"Let me GO!"
He laughed. My eyes watered up. I closed my eyes and begged I wouldn't die. The tears fell down my face. He dropped me. I tried to run. He grabbed the back of my shirt, which choked me. He let go of my shirt. I gasped, wanting air. I tried to run again but the same thing happened. I heard someone yell Torque as soon as his fist was inches from my face. I hit the ground. I heard footsteps around me, and felt another punch but this time in my chest, but saw nothing but darkness swirl around me. All I saw was pitch black.
I woke up in a hospital bed. The first thing that I saw was Zim and Dib. Then I remembered that my parents were at work, and probably didn't know yet. My voice was hoarse.
"Zim? Dib?"
They looked up at me. They ran to the side of my bed, tears running down their faces. Dib spoke first.
"W-we thought you'd never wake up."
I gasped for air. "What...do...you...mean?" I said trying to get the words out.
When I did, darkness fell silently around me once more. I heard a faint cry of no. But that was it. I finally opened my eyes again. I saw them again. My voice was still hoarse.
"What am I doing here?" I asked, the words coming out slowly.
They walked up to my bed again. Tear were streaming down there face, dripping from there chins like a waterfall. Dib grabbed the bed to keep from falling.
"Actually, you were in a...a coma. For two weeks," He sniffed. "We've been here since then from dawn to dusk everyday." Zim nodded. Dib continued. "Then you went back yesterday. Amazingly, you woke up today."
I could feel tears falling down my face.
I gasped for air. "You guys have been awesome. Thank you."
Someone ran in the room. It was a nurse.
"Someone get her parents and tell them she's woken up!" She yelled through the door.
My parents ran into the room. They, too, were crying. Dad hugged me.
"Thank god! We thought you'd never make it."
I smiled. "I'm fine Dad," I coughed. "But thank you. All of you have been awesome."
The nurse busted back in. "May needs her rest. She'll see you tomorrow." She turned to me. "You may not feel it but you do need rest." I nodded. I finally fell asleep.