Disclaimer
I dont own Invader Zim , they are Jhonnen Vasquez's creations alone .
There i said it .. so get lost , all you lawyers out there .......
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Author's notes

This took a long and well thought out time to write .. and i consider it one of my best works

..for now at least ...

Anyways , i know my spelling isn't accurate , among other things ....

I dont really need to hear it from immature people who feel its needed to point these out constantly .

You think YOU don't screw up sometimes ??

geez !

and , for a second word -- flames do hurt , and they are trash !
Im sure a lot of you other authors can agree with me in this too .

If you are the least bit considerate of other writer's dreams and aspirations , you wont flame us !


If you are'nt , well , then , i think you are better off , back in the menu --

later ,
MUCH !

- ZimLover_05
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THE RAIN GOES ON ....
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Chapter one : Shattered dreams

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My mother loved me .

She was the only one ever to love me truly .
She died when i was six years old .

I am Zimmus of Loxley , and i will never die .

I sleep on the wind , and fate falls out with each slow best of my heart .

Thats what my name means :
Zim the fate , Zim the magical , Lord Zim of the other world , Zim who must be feared .

But i was not always Zimmus of Loxley . When it killed my mother , i was only " little one " .

I saw her only once after she was dead .
...I will never forget that day .

While she yet lived , I saw her perhaps ten or twelve times that i can remeber .

My father was the Duke of Irk , and he was often absent , at war .

At first i thought he went out to fight a dragon .
Later i understood that he fought a king with an odd name , something about a penned dragon .

I did not understand or care about what the battle were about ;
it was the nature of noblemen , evidently , to fight one another ,
and my father was very much of a lord and warrior .

When he came home , the whole palace shouted praise and sprang up to make him feel welcome .

Ivy would restrain me with one hand and my sister , FoxFire , with the other , for we were nobles born ,
not common urchins to go capering under the feet of the lovely geldings .

We had to stand at the steps of the keep and watch with dignity , like mother , as father rode in at the gate ,
his head lifted so that his eyes gleamed like fire , the armor jangling and shining , the war-gelding cuveting under his spurs .

When he dismounted , he would look first to my mother , Raenaffel the Beautiful --
that was what folk called her , and they did not lie .

She was like moonlight on the sea , a goddess made of starlight and shadow .

She had the most lovely eyes -- yet they were always so sad when he came home ...

" Why must he fight ? "

This was often a question in her , her being a peaceling --
but she did love him , and forever would , it did not matter her race , or his .

Slowly , she put on an endearing smile and would desend to meet him , my father , and he would only look at her ,
he would not even glance at us , and the phoenix would burn in my heart even though all the servents would cheer crazilly .

He would toss the reins to a page boy and take mother's hand .

Hand-in-hand they would walk until , at last , they reached the curved doorway to home and went inside .

No one saw them for a bit after that .

The palace- folk would talk and joke . But Ivy never let FoxFire or i listen , to the joking ..
she would just sigh and say that " Its an adult thing , and you'll understand in due time . "


Oh , sister , how i wish that were true -- that i was an adult back then -- maybe this whole catastophe would not have happened --

...But my mother was dead , and then it was set in the hands of my eldest--
my brother BlackWing , and my Sister Ivy , to take care of us .


Nurse would take us back to the tower chamber , and we were cleansed for the day .

She would wash our antennas with brownberry pastes , and scrubbed until we turned a deep green with rawness .
We tugged on the cleanest Uniforms we cold find , even if they were borrowed or hand-me-downed ....

And then ,
then , finally , my father would send for us .


In his chamber among the dim lights and shadows , he sat at his Metal desk ,
his violet eyes glowing , peering down at us thorugh the darkness .

My sisters and i saluted and stood motionless before him , staring out in front of him to recive commands --
this was something i learned quickly and understood well .

Ivy always told me , that i if i wanted to leave this place one day , to be free from father , i would have to keep still .

And so , on bruised feet , on failing knees , i stood and took my way .

" So , he stood , his voice echoing in the cold chamber ,
My little FireBand , how has the training progressed ? "

"...You do know how the recoconned day grows near , do you ? "

Ivy was the first to speak .. though she wouldn't meet his eyes -- she loathed him that much .

" SIR ! the training goes weak ! SIR ! "

" At ease , Ivy . "

He narrowed his eyes , placing a finger beneath her jaw .

" And why , my delecate flower , is that ?.. " He hissed .

She bit her tounge , his very touch discusted her .

" The children should not be trained , my lord ,"

" They are too weak to take puishment -- "

WHACK !

Ivy's head jerked to the side .

When she turned back , i saw the blood flowing freely from her perfect lips --

She did not look up at him ,

She did not cry or wince even ,

She let her self bleed , and FoxFire and i could only bite down , and hope we weren't next .


" Dont question me , Wench , I know what im doing .. "


he turned , looking at my blood-friend so crudely .

" Foxfire ..."

She raised her hand to her brow .

" SIR ! YES! SIR ! "

" Narrow the youngers' rations -- all of you will be assigned for Phyiscal activity again tomarrow at dawn . "

He turned back to his desk .

" You are dismissed . "