1 Chapter Two: I Meet Myself
Dib checked his backpack to make sure he had everything he needed for skool – and capturing Zim. It was cold that day and he had to be sure to bring gloves with him. After all, it got awful chilly during the wee hours of the morning. However, with all else taking higher priority, Dib plum forgot about the dew drops that formed on the undersides of the morning glories and the stretches of grass that lay unattended throughout the night. At a quickened pace, he rushed past each alleyway without paying so much as the slightest bit of notice to any of the usual scenery. That is, until he found the oddest person.
She seemed average, at first, before any careful examination. She was just strolling down the sidewalk getting to wherever it was she had to be. Dib, however, did not find her to be so ordinary. Something struck a familiar bell that reverberated through each passage of Dib's mind until at last it irked him far too much to help himself from doing the unthinkable.
"Er, excuse me miss!" Dib yelled as he deviated from his course with Gaz. She sighed, shook her head a bit in dissatisfaction; and then walked on to skool. She wanted nothing of whatever crazy plan he had concocted for today, though crazy plans weren't exactly the best description in Dib's mind. Aside from that, he was making and impulse reaction to a familiarity to someone he'd seen and satisfying his suspicions that said something was very, very unique about this person.
"Yes? Who might you be?"
"I'm Dib. Um, you've never seen me before, but –"
"Oh, I've seen you before. Believe me."
"Okay, so you have seen me before. You do look familiar."
"Ah, yes, the mirror. Let me explain."
"Explain what?"
"The deal with the mirror."
"Oh."
"Your sister went on ahead, didn't she?"
"Yeah – wait, how'd you know she's my sister?"
"When we're in the clear."
"In the clear? What are you –"
"Shh…Hello sir. Good day to you sir. Whew, that was close." The mysterious girl stated as she greeted a passerby. "I have some answers!" she gave a little shout as she deliberately pulled out a fragment of paper from her vest pocket. Her voice was so excited it could have passed off as a scientist whom had just discovered life on another planet.
"Dib, these are the results! The answers to age-old questions, mysteries of life that appeared unsolvable! This is the breakthrough of a century!"
"Well, if it's that important, tell me now!"
"Look, here, I've done all the mathematics, the calculating, the predicting – you're only job is to see if it's valid. Can this be used as a guideline? My future travels and the safety of my life may depend on it. Please be careful. Holding that paper you could be holding my life." Voice quavering, the girl handed the paper to Dib.
"I won't lose hold of it. I promise." The girl's face began to return to that of actual expression, then to a smile.
"Thanks. Thanks a lot. I'll come back. I'll see you later." She arose, as did Dib, and he turned his head to see if skool had started.
"I'd better get to skool, so…" Looking back, she wasn't there. The girl had vanished literally into thin air. Dib ran to the skool grounds and waited out the day for her return. Though normally he would be doubtful, something told him she would keep her promise and come back to retrieve the paper.
Dib checked his backpack to make sure he had everything he needed for skool – and capturing Zim. It was cold that day and he had to be sure to bring gloves with him. After all, it got awful chilly during the wee hours of the morning. However, with all else taking higher priority, Dib plum forgot about the dew drops that formed on the undersides of the morning glories and the stretches of grass that lay unattended throughout the night. At a quickened pace, he rushed past each alleyway without paying so much as the slightest bit of notice to any of the usual scenery. That is, until he found the oddest person.
She seemed average, at first, before any careful examination. She was just strolling down the sidewalk getting to wherever it was she had to be. Dib, however, did not find her to be so ordinary. Something struck a familiar bell that reverberated through each passage of Dib's mind until at last it irked him far too much to help himself from doing the unthinkable.
"Er, excuse me miss!" Dib yelled as he deviated from his course with Gaz. She sighed, shook her head a bit in dissatisfaction; and then walked on to skool. She wanted nothing of whatever crazy plan he had concocted for today, though crazy plans weren't exactly the best description in Dib's mind. Aside from that, he was making and impulse reaction to a familiarity to someone he'd seen and satisfying his suspicions that said something was very, very unique about this person.
"Yes? Who might you be?"
"I'm Dib. Um, you've never seen me before, but –"
"Oh, I've seen you before. Believe me."
"Okay, so you have seen me before. You do look familiar."
"Ah, yes, the mirror. Let me explain."
"Explain what?"
"The deal with the mirror."
"Oh."
"Your sister went on ahead, didn't she?"
"Yeah – wait, how'd you know she's my sister?"
"When we're in the clear."
"In the clear? What are you –"
"Shh…Hello sir. Good day to you sir. Whew, that was close." The mysterious girl stated as she greeted a passerby. "I have some answers!" she gave a little shout as she deliberately pulled out a fragment of paper from her vest pocket. Her voice was so excited it could have passed off as a scientist whom had just discovered life on another planet.
"Dib, these are the results! The answers to age-old questions, mysteries of life that appeared unsolvable! This is the breakthrough of a century!"
"Well, if it's that important, tell me now!"
"Look, here, I've done all the mathematics, the calculating, the predicting – you're only job is to see if it's valid. Can this be used as a guideline? My future travels and the safety of my life may depend on it. Please be careful. Holding that paper you could be holding my life." Voice quavering, the girl handed the paper to Dib.
"I won't lose hold of it. I promise." The girl's face began to return to that of actual expression, then to a smile.
"Thanks. Thanks a lot. I'll come back. I'll see you later." She arose, as did Dib, and he turned his head to see if skool had started.
"I'd better get to skool, so…" Looking back, she wasn't there. The girl had vanished literally into thin air. Dib ran to the skool grounds and waited out the day for her return. Though normally he would be doubtful, something told him she would keep her promise and come back to retrieve the paper.