In her past life, Ann never liked being the new kid. It was something that happened pretty often thanks to her father moving whenever he needed inspiration for his photos. Since she lived with him during the school year, it was impossible for her to make friends or just adjust to the status quo. As such, she kind of felt bad for Zim as she watched him bumble through those first few days. It was a sort of silent agreement through out the entire class that there was something wrong with Zim, that he was not allowed to have a social life, and that everyone was more or less higher than him on the social food chain. Of course it may have had something to do with the popular crowd's immediate dislike of him, but Ann didn't want to jump to conclusions.

Picking at her, what she thought was beans, she watched the alien sit at a table all alone. "Third day here and no one wants to sit with him."

Selena didn't look up from the pudding cup she was busy stirring. "Are you surprised? I mean look at him, he basically defines what most people would avoid if they want some semblance of a social life." She licked her spoon before pointing it in Zim's general direction. "If you're so worried about him, you go sit with him."

"Heck no."

"Okay then."

Ann jumped when Dib slammed his tray down while Selena just raised an eyebrow. "You guys'll never guess what I've got!"

"A new heart?" Selena said. "I think you killed Ann's."

"No," He pulled a small box like item out of his pocket. The shiny metal glistened in the light, as if to brag about how clean and futuristic it looked compared to the metal tables and chairs they were sitting on. "this is a super scanner! I followed Zim home two days ago and now I can scan it to see what it's made of."

Ann poked the thing with a finger. "Isn't that illegal?"

"Not since he's an alien." He said with a wave of his hand. "So, do you wanna take it with me to his place?"

Ann stared at the tiny box. While it would be cool to see Zim's house first hand, she was also afraid about how lethal those gnome lasers were without the Nicktoon censorship in place. "Um, no thanks. I don't wanna be hauled into jail at twelve, it's not good for my health."

His face fell somewhat. "Oh, right...What about you, Sel?"

"..." Ann's eyes narrowed as she spied the younger girl. Her dark skin had the slightest bit of a rosy tint to it, a clear hint that she was considering it. "Well-"

"Of course you're not!" Ann said. "I'm not cooking."

The girl pouted, but did as her sister said. Ann almost gave a sigh of relief as Dib launched into a long rant of why they should believe him and all that jazz. She had to keep her sister on point, god forbid she was used as some kind of science experiment. What if Zim managed to figure out that she was reincarnated? That wasn't something that she wanted to think about. Shuddering she took a bite of her lunch, just for the stuff to start clawing at her throat and making her eyes water.

...

The next few days rolled away in a blur and before she knew it, Ann was walking with her mom down the road to the school. Selena was popping bright red candies into her mouth while her mom was looking over their progress reports. "When I was a kid Ms. Bitters was rumored to be the devil. Looking at the scores I don't think it was that per se..."

"I hate science class though!" Ann said. "All she talks about is how we're all doomed. How am I supposed to be excited about studying that?"

Selena held one of her candies to the light. "I'm not gonna lie, I just don't care about my grades."

Jane shook her head. "How are you going to go to a good college if you don't care about your grades? You don't want to be like me and rely on a two timing, ugly, stupid, and perverted man for your income and eventually take care of his bastard daughter do you?"

"No."

"No ma'am..."

Jane's eyes widened before she bent down and hugged Selena. "Oh, I'm so sorry Sel, putting all my irritation out on you. Just horrible!"

In the last few years, Jane basically had a general dislike towards all men. She wasn't as bad as a feminazi, but at times her outbursts became ridiculous. Ann had quickly learned to ignore them, but she was worried about Selena at times since she was the product of her father's cheating ways.

Selena pushed at her mom. "We're gonna be late mom, come on!"

"Alright, alright." She let her daughter go. "But I'm hugging you again when we get home."

"A chocolate tart with cherry sauce would taste better..."

"Don't push it, young lady."

Selena shrugged and crossed her arms as she continued walking. "Can't blame a girl for trying!"

...

When they got to the school the gym was already packed. Parents buzzed around teachers, and children happily spoke with each other, excited that they got to talk again before school the next day. Selena made a bee line to the snack table while Ann wandered over to Dib who was staring at the door. "You waiting on Zim?"

He nodded, not even sparing time to blink. "Yeah. There's no way that he can have a parent. I bet he was hatched in a nest like a bug...or something."

Ann snorted at the thought. He was most certainly hatched, but not as a bug, even if Zim really did look like an over sized insect. "I'm sure he has nice parents since they have to deal with a kid like Zim, his skin condition must get troublesome."

Dib turned to stare at the girl. "Really? I mean they've got to be green or-"

The door slammed open and in came Zim with his robotic parents. It was interesting to see them, they looked heavy and made with enough bolts to make a tank blush in shame. But the metal was nice and smooth, and the wheels didn't squeak when they moved so she supposed that was a good thing.

The alien looked around for a few seconds before marching up to Ms. Bitters, who was ranting to a few of the parents.

"Ehm! These are my parents, and I love them with all my heart."The mother robot leaned to the side, almost looking like a half attempted Matrix move, while the father robot sparked. "I must have punch now!"

Dib grabbed Ann with him to the snack table, Gaz walking behind the two in boredom. When they reached their destination she snatched herself out of Dib's grasp and went to her sister, who was munching on cookies. Ignoring the Membrane family Ann snatched a cookie out of Selena's hand. "Hey!"

"Don't eat those, I don't trust anyone's hygiene in this god forsaken place." She tossed the cookie to the floor and ground it in with the heel of her boot.

The younger girl huffed and leaned against the table, her gaze following Zim as he dismissed the professor in a distracted manner, before going back and popping Dib's juice, spilling the stuff all over his face. The younger girl snorted while Ann fished a tissue out of her pocket and handed it over. "You should realize that nearly everything's gonna bite you in the butt at some point."

"No kidding."

Ann opened her mouth to say something else, but stopped when Selena dragged her backwards, just in time to avoid Dad-bot from slamming into her. She watched in shock as the thing hit the wall with a loud boom and sparks shot out of him, the embers dying the minute they touched the nasty floor. Ann's just watched in confusion as the Mom bot began wildly poking a woman before taking Zim and dumping him into the punch bowl, some of the purple liquid getting all over her t-shit. Even more managed to splash all over her when Dib took an already filled cup of punch and spilled it all over Zim. "Hey, just him, not me!"

Zim made to yell at them, but stopped when loud booms shook the room as Dad-bot kept slamming into the wall. Small cracks were making there way up the walls and she wouldn't be surprised if a dent could be seen from the outside. He ran over to him and tried to soothe a suspicious teacher, just for more spark and electricity to go through the robot. Seconds later a loud pop sounded before a stringy arm sailed through the air and landed in front of the crowd.

"I-It's nothing to worry about! My Dad lost his arm in the-the war!" Zim said, scrambling for a decent excuse.

Selena snorted and leaned against her sister, shoulder shaking as she tried to keep in her laughter. Her eyes only narrowed when Dib joined in, also managing to lean against her and making her legs weak. She had to admit the sight was hilarious, but she was also worried about the state of the people around them. All were glaring down at her sister, who hadn't bothered to conceal her laughter, and a now sheepish Dib.

She rolled her eyes and pushed them both off as she went over to the robot and made a quick salute. "Thank you for your service, Sir."

The man stopped mourning over his arm for a moment before his attached arm saluted right back. "You're welcome pointless civilian! Stay out of trouble, respect the government, and ignore the spy equipment in your cereal!"

"R-right."

Zim pushed passed her, nearly knocking her down, and grabbed his robot before going to drag away the mom-bot, who was still mercilessly poking that poor woman from earlier. "Look, Mom, we really have to go, please now, please!"

Ann sighed in relief when the robot stopped and turned to look at her creator. "Almost, so close..."

"So these sprinkled ones tastes like dirt," Selena handed Dib a lemon glazed doughnut. "But these are better, they're the perfect mix of sweet and tart."

"You both are enjoying this, aren't you." Ann muttered, before the loud sound of metal grating against metal could be heard. "And they're dancing a jig now, right?"

"Look, everyone look!"

"Yup...They sure are."

Ann hissed and began massaging her temples, irritation clouding her mind and making it almost impossible to focus. It wasn't until a high pitched shriek echoed through the room that the booming finally stopped, before a low whirring sounded through the room and a loud crash as the robots exited the room...From the ceiling.

"Let me guess," Dib said from behind her. "nobody saw that."

"No Dib...No one saw a thing..."

...

Sitting in the living room Ann was busy tackling her homework. Across from her was her sister who was eating a doughnut while reading her literature book, and her mother was painting her nails."Huh, I never did see that green boy you were talking about earlier."

"He was around." Ann said, working out a fraction. "He left early with his parents."

"Oh. I was hoping to meet him, I've never seen a green boy before." She said. "It sounds rather exotic."

"Skin condition, Mom." Selena said.

Jane waved a hand, some of the paint splatting on the couch. "Still it's interesting. Now who wants to clean up the mess mommy made?"

Ann and Selena stared at each other for a few seconds before they wordlessly balled their hands into fists. They shook them three times before Selena's stayed in a ball and Ann's became a scissor shape. Ann smacked the floor as she got up, eyes narrowed as she glared at her smirking sister.

"I hate you."

"Love ya too, Sis!"

...

A/N: So this was a shorter chapter, but does anything else really need to be said? Once again thank you for all your over-whelming responses, it's truly amazing to me.

To nightmaster000. Yes to both questions.

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