Okay wow, hey guys! So I've been running low on inspiration as of late, but I got a review from Kiv the cat, and it fueled the fire for inspiration so much that, and I kid you not, I wrote this entire chapter in 2 and a half hours. My fingers are on fire, but it was SOO worth it :D

On a serious note though, I feel like this might've been too fast paced and it seemed like I was rushing into the plot, but i'm happy with how it turned out and like i've said before, It's changed quite a bit from what the original plot was. So it's very fast paced, but I like it. Please review and let me know of any spelling errors and/or if you feel like it's rushed... I honestly don't think I could rewrite this chapter differently, but I love constructive criticism. anyways, enjoy!

Dib turned to me, a confused expression on his face. I looked down to his hand on the handles of the double doors and tried my best not to let my nervousness show.

"What's wrong? you seem upset" he asked in thought, his eyes soft and caring. I let out a deep sigh and, ignoring his question, I pushed his hands aside and opened the door. A blast of warm air hit me in the face as I walked into the building, a concerned Dib following me. I went straight to class, ignoring his questions of concern as I sat at my desk. He followed my example and sat at his desk. We were the only two in class. I took out my sketch book and began drawing.

"Violet."

"Yeah?" I responded without thought.

"Seriously. Are you okay?" he asked. I sighed and set my pencil down.

"I'm worried that I'm going to get in trouble or that Clara or what ever her name is is going to attack me from now on… And that weird dream's been on my mind lately… I'm just a bit stressed." I said with irritation as I turned to look at Dib. He smiled softly and I felt a sudden guilt for being so aggressive so suddenly.

"Clare won't hurt you. I won't let her. And besides, that dream you had was only a dream. You shouldn't let it get to you" he said before turning away.

"I guess you're right… Are you okay? now you look sad" I said with a frown.

"I dunno… I feel like it's only a matter of time before you stop being my friend" he said sadly.

"Why would I stop being your friend?" I asked in confusion. Did he not like me? Was he some kind of adorable psychopath or something? wait- adorable? Do I like him? I felt my face contort with thought as I waited for his response.

"Everyone does…" his voice was weak. I looked to his face and felt my eyes widen. He was… crying?! Without thought I jumped out of my seat, ignoring the sharp tear sound I heard as I hugged Dib tightly. "I'll always be your friend. I don't care what anyone else says..." I said softly as I tightened my grip around his limp arms.

"Thanks…" He smiled and wiped his tears away. "Sorry, let myself go for a minute" he smiled weakly. "Didn't go too far" I smiled back as I let him go.

"Is it just me or is there a breeze in here?" I asked as I stood up and turned towards my desk.

"Uh… Violet?"

"Yeah Dib?"

"Y-you… you might wanna cover up your back side."

I frowned in confusion and let my hands slide to my back then pat around until I found "A rip?!" I gasped, clamping my hands over the long rip on the back of my pants.

I turned to Dib, my face a bright crimson as I backed away, eyes widened in terror. He blushed too and quickly slipped off his trench coat and held it out.

"Here, put this on." he commanded. I nodded and quickly slipped the coat on. My blush faded and I looked around in a panic to make sure no one else had seen. Sighing with relief I turned to my things. "I've gotta go home and change… how much longer till class starts?" I asked, gathering my belongings quickly. Dib looked up at the clock on the wall. "About… thirty minutes" he said before grabbing up his things.

"Just enough time." I said as I slung my violin case over my shoulder and began heading for the door. Dib followed, not saying a word. I didn't realize he was following me until I reached outside. Cold air hit my face and I smirked slightly at having Dib's warm trench coat to keep me toasty. I turned, looking back at the school only to jump slightly at seeing Dib beside me.

"Wha- you scared me…" I sighed. "What are you doing?" I asked, looking at his blue shirt. It had a neutral colored smiley face on it. He tilted his head as though it were obvious. "Thought I'd tag along. Got nothing better to do." I nodded. "Okay, I don't mind. I'll show you my house" I smiled before grabbing his hand and pulling him along.

We reached the house quickly by running. I pushed the unlocked door open and threw my things on the couch. "Feel free to look around while I'm upstairs. My dad's at the lab so it's just us here" I called before letting go of his hand and rushing up the set of stairs that led to my room. I threw my boots off and slipped the pants off before walking over to my closet. I flipped through the drawers built into the wall of the closet. "No pants? are you kidding me?"I hissed through gritted teeth. I whipped to my left and frowned at my clothes hamper; it was full of dirty pants. "Fine. Skirt it is." I said before pulling out a bright purple skirt and slipping it on.

I passed my my mirror and frowned, stopping to look. I looked at my thin frame and sighed. Was I pretty? I had an even skin tone, no freckles, no moles or even dark circles under my eyes. I had bright purple eyes and black long hair. I couldn't see any flaws but for some reason I felt nervous about my looks. I wasn't that short, and I wasn't fat. But I'd never had a boyfriend, and no one had ever hit on me… was it because I was constantly moving?

I grabbed a pair of black knee high socks and slipped them on then put my boots back on and rushed back downstairs, Dib's coat in hand. I frowned when I found him sitting politely on the couch. "I'm back" I said as I tossed his long coat on his head. He pulled the coat down and smiled. His smile faded and he frowned at me. "What's wrong?" I asked. "We're late…" He said quietly. I hissed through my teeth. "Well, should we go?" I asked as I jumped onto the sofa next to him. He gave me a confused look. "Of course, not like we can stay."

"Yeah we can. Who cares if we don't show up? I mean I'm just the new girl and you're… well you're you. I doubt anyone will even notice."

"And if we stayed? What would we do all day? my dad wouldn't notice… would your parents?" he asked.

"Well, we could play my xbox, I could play my violin for you, we could eat snacks, watch tv, Talk about the paranormal, ooh! I know! We could go to Zim's house and hang out with him! He's suspended and probably at home anyways" I grinned. "And I only live with my dad, my mom's long gone and I'm an only child so… I doubt he'd notice."

"Well all of that sounds great but I'm NOT going to zim's house. He'd probably shoot me with a laser gun or something if I tried to come over to hang out" he rolled his eyes.

"Not if I were there, he likes me… I think. And besides it'll be fun! you two probably got off on the wrong track, I bet if you both sat down and had a decent conversation you'd be friends in an hour" I grinned.

"No way! We're enemies. He's an alien trying to take over earth and I'm trying to protect it!" he pouted.

"Aww come on Dib, let's just infiltrate his base then. Just pretend I'm forcing you into it and once we're inside you can take notes on him… or something..."

"Maybe later… but for now do you think we could do something else?"

"Yeah sure. Whaddya wanna do?" I smiled. He frowned in thought. "I don't know."

"Eh… have you ever seen Doctor who?" I asked, my eyes lighting up slightly. Dib frowned. "No… what's that? A medical show?"

I gasped dramatically and stared at him in shock.

"How are you alive?" I asked dramatically.

"Well I eat, and sleep… and maintain a healthy diet…" he laughed. I frowned.

"We're watching it."

I hopped out of my seat and without waiting for his response, ran upstairs and grabbed my dvd set of the first five seasons of the new series. I grinned before running from the room, clutching the dvds protectively. I ran down the carpeted floor. My foot slipped. I gasped as I felt my weight shift and tumble forward. I let out a yelp as my body flew forward about half way down the stairs.

I closed my eyes, terrified. Warm arms wrapped around me and I held onto them as we fell. Dib landed on his back with a grunt and I landed on top of him. I opened my eyes slowly, unsure whether or not I'd actually slipped.

"You okay?" I heard Dib ask. "Y-yeah… lost my footing" I sighed before sitting up. Dib smiled up at me and I felt heat rush to my cheeks. I was on top of him… on top of a boy. Shit.

I jumped to my feet awkwardly and picked up the dvd set I'd let slip from my hands. "I-I'll put the disk in" I stuttered before awkwardly walking away. Dib nodded and sat up. How was he not fazed? I frowned and set the DVD case down.

"Ya know, on second thought… I think we should go visit Zim" I grinned. To be honest I just wanted someone else around, being alone with a boy never seemed my style. Even if they fought, at least I wouldn't be bored. Dib groaned in irritation.

"What? I thought you were going to show me the medical show…" He whined. "Okay first off, it's not a medical show It's a sci-fi show and there are aliens and the doctor, he's always trying to save earth and there are Daleks and Cybermen and Weeping Angels- Don't blink- and there are the pet potatoes and Amy and Rose and David tennant, he's the tenth doctor, there are twelve now I think, and the TARDIS, and bow ties and bananas, suspenders, sonic screwdrivers, the Master…. they're Timelords who travel in time and-" I gasped, panting for air as I watched a blank expression cross his face. "Slow down there… that sounds great, so let's just watch it instead of going to see Zim" he smiled. I straightened up. "Nope. Let's go." I said, fully recovered as I slipped on my jacket and scarf. Dib sighed. "Fine…. but you made me do it" he frowned. "Hey, you should be jumping at the opportunity to go investigate space boy's house- er uh base…" I smiled. "I guess…" he sighed as he slipped on his trench coat and followed me to the door. I opened the door and recoiled as a blast of cold mid-morning air greeted my face. It felt more like a slap than a greeting… I hissed slightly and made my way across the lawn.

We walked in silence until we reached Zim's street. "Hey Violet…?" Dib asked in concern. "Yeah?" I wondered why he sounded so worried. "You've led the way this whole time… how did you know where Zim lives?" he asked, his voice cold. I felt my blood run cold at the realization. Saying it was the dream wouldn't make sense. And I'd really gotten into that fight with Clare… "Maybe it wasn't a dream…" I murmured quietly. But he'd heard. "Did you go to Zim's house yesterday?" he asked. "I think so…"

"I don't think it was a dream… tell me what happened again." he grabbed my shoulders and stared directly into my eyes. I looked away awkwardly, staring at a green dog as it walked past us and towards Zim's house, a brown bag of groceries in it's stubby paws? yeah, paws. "Well, Zim brought me my things and we went to his house and then I heard his dog talk and I passed out- then I had another dream about a little girl… I think….- and when I woke up, I was in a test tube… and you were there fighting Zim… then you carried me outside and Zim hit you with a frying pan then he did the same to me" I said in thought as I watched the green dog enter the green house at the end of the cul-de-sac. Dib's jaw dropped. "I remember that…" he said with a gasp. "Zim…. he…. he said something about genetic mutation…" he said, a horrified expression woven into his features. My blood ran cold. Without another word, I left Dib behind completely, breaking into a full sprint in the direction of the alien's house. He followed and I pushed open the door. The dog sat on the couch, slurping on a suck monkey. "I'm guarding the house…" it said after a long pause. I ran past it on instinct and without thought pulled a lever that opened up a small elevator shaft, but the elevator itself was out of sight so I jumped. I could hear Dib's distant calls as I felt my back slide down the cold shaft. Several twists and turns later, that normally I would've found fun to slide down, and I landed harshly on top of what I assumed to be the elevator itself.

I pushed the two doors that led into the base open and let myself in only to pause in confusion at the sight before me. Zim and another alien with purple eyes stood in the lab, arguing- or rather screaming at eachother. "Zim" I hissed. He paused, along with his friend, and whipped his head in my direction. "Wha- HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?!" He yelled. I ignored his question and lunged at him, anger consuming any reason I once had. I grabbed onto his shirt and shook him aggressively. "What did you do to me?" I growled. His face fell into a blank stare. "How did you-"

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!" I yelled. The alien behind him smirked and made it's way to his side. "You've basically killed her… poor human" the alien spoke in a feminine, accented voice. She shook her head. "You truly are an idiot Zim… thinking that only changing that much wouldn't kill her…"

"Changing what? what is she talking about?" I hissed.

Zim growled at the female alien then roughly pushed me away. I let out a whimper and lunged again, this time weaker. I felt my head pounding and my stomach twisting in knots. "What… did you… do" I whimpered weakly before passing out.

"Violet! VIOLET!" I heard Dib's voice called. I opened my eyes to see him but they quickly shut again. I opened them seconds later only to find that I was in someone's arms. But who's? moments later I felt my back grow cold. Was I on a table? I let out a weak moan as the cold invaded my body.

"Hurry up! She's dying!" I heard Dib's voice call. Who was dying? Me? I felt a sharp pain rip through my abdomen. I cried out in pain as my back arched. "You're going to kill the human! move! I'll do it!" I heard the female call out. The pain intensified and I cried out louder. I couldn't move or open my eyes. I was too weak.

My head pounded and I opened my left eye for a split second only to have a droplet of my own blood spill into said eye.

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I opened my eyes and frowned. Someone was calling for help. I whipped up to my feet and looked around in a panic. On instinct I called out "Hello?"

Crying. A little girl was crying…. I looked around the white room, and spotted a door. I pushed the door open with ease and ran down the white hallway. The crying got louder.. "Hello?!" I called out again. The sobbing continued.

I reached the end of the hallway and spotted a door to my left that hung wide open.

Inside was a little girl- the one I knew…. she sobbed loudly on the ground as a tall man in a lab coat looked down at her.

"I- I didn't mean to daddy…. I didn't want to…. to kill her…. IT WASN'T ME! I didn't want mommy to die!" she sobbed.

The man scoffed. "Sure… Now you call her that… but all you did was torture her when she was alive… She's better off." he paused. "Akane," he bent down to her level. "Listen to me. This is VERY important" he said. The girl looked up and calmed herself.

"I've got connections… I'm going to make you disappear off their radars. Me and you, we're going to leave and have a nice home… We'll live there and you can go to school-" he choked out, tears welling in his eyes as he smiled. "We'll be like a normal family... " he looked up happily, as if he were picturing the scene in his head. He shook his head and looked at Akane sternly. "Here's what I need you to do for us to do that. Tonight, when they come in and give you your sleeping medicine," he was now in a whisper. "You need to kill the people when they come in" his voice was cold. "NO! Daddy! I don't want to!" she cried. "You have to… I know you can… Once you've done that, run down the corridor and towards your exercise room they used to let you play in… do you remember?" she nodded. "I'll be there waiting. You meet me there and we'll both leave, okay? promise me you'll do that." he said. she nodded with a weak smile. "I promise." He smiled at her words. "Good, that's my girl" he kissed her forehead gently before standing.

I watched the scene in awe. I felt as though I'd seen it a thousand times before…

"I've got to go now, I'll see you tonight" he smiled weakly before leaving. The moment the door had shut behind him, Akane began sobbing gently. I watched silently, I knew there was nothing I could say or do.. She looked up moments later. A look of horror crossed her face and she suddenly yelled out, "How can you say that?! they have lives!" I jumped slightly, shocked by her sudden outburst. Another moment of silence passed before her face contorted in thought. "I suppose you're right… if daddy wants it then I have to… we're going to have a house" she smiled happily at the thought. Was she…. talking to herself? I frowned as she casually laid on her side before passing out. "How can she sleep after that…?" I wondered.

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I shot up in a panic. My head ached in two particular spots and I reached up to touch the spots, only to gasp as my hands found their way to two small bumps that had developed. I looked around only to find I was in a small room of sorts. It looked extremely similar to my room except there was some bug like symbol on the walls and on the blankets that covered the bed I was in. I frowned and let my feet fall to the ground.

Moments after, the door slid open- that's new- and Zim walked in, no disguise evident on his alien head. "How are you feeling Violet?" he asked. "No Violet-human or just human?" I frowned. "Yeah… about that…" Dib intervened. He leaned against the door frame of the room. He had bags under his eyes. "About what?" I asked quietly.

Dib sent a glare in Zim's direction. Zim coughed awkwardly in response. "Well…. Zim, might've…" he paused. He had the look of a shamed puppy that just got caught chewing a shoe woven tightly into his green face. "Zim played around with your DNA after finding out you have a strange genetic code and he thought he could alter it without any consequences. But your DNA mutated beyond what he expected and you began to turn into a sort of… human/irken hybrid" the female alien explained as she entered the room.

"What's an irken?" I asked. "What Zim is" Dib said. "Oh… so you made me half alien?" I asked. I felt my stomach twist in knots as they all exchanged glances. "On a simpler level, yes." The female Irken said.

"Because of his idiocy, Zim ruined your life." she said sympathetically. "How'd he ruin my life? so my blood is different, no biggy right?" I said in an attempt to play off my irrational anger.

"Okay so here's the part these two aren't willing to tell you. You have to live with Zim now because of the changes. Your body could become unstable at any moment."

"LIVE WITH HIM?!" I gasped. The female sighed sympathetically.

"That, and…. Zim kinda faked your death…" Dib added. My jaw dropped.

"You're kidding… right?" I asked. I could feel my eyes watering under the sudden change.

"If only, I've been there," the girl said. "This imbecile ruined my life too" she pointed at Zim. He smiled nervously. I sighed.

"So you're saying, I can't go to school, I can't have a social life, I'll never see my dad again, everyone thinks I'm dead, and I have to live with an alien for the rest of my life?"

"Pretty much" Dib said casually. "AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT?! YOU'RE MY FRIEND DIB! I JUST GOT HERE LIKE YESTERDAY!" I hissed loudly.

"PLOT TWIST! It's been three months!" I glared at Dib for his failed attempt to be enthusiastic.

"Three months…" I sighed. "I don't understand why I have to live here and why my death was faked.. You could've just as easily let me 'live'."

"Well, there were a few physical changes" Zim said. "Is this ALL the life changing news you guys have for me?" I asked sarcastically.

"No…. there's more." Zim said carefully. I growled.

"GO AHEAD LAY IT ON ME! YOU'VE ALREADY MANAGED TO CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER!" I yelled.

"There's an alien armada on it's way here to overtake earth…" Zim said.

My heart dropped, my limbs grew numb and I felt my face pale.

"You've gotta be kidding me…."

Yeah another cliffhanger, I know I'm evil cx REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YA THINK PLEASE! THANKS! until next time, ~Violet.