By animeninjaNIPPON
Well, this is not only my first Zelda fic, but also my first technical crossover…well, there was Journey to America, but that was primarily SK… anyhoo, I don't own Invader Zim or Wind Waker, and I tried as hard as I could to make everyone IC, but I'm no Jhonen or Shigeru, so… sorry. And in case you're wondering, the title is a take-off on that of David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
The waves brushed softly against the peaceful-looking shores of Outset Island one dark-skied day. But life on Outset was far from serene. An old lady nearly died the following night due to the trauma of her granddaughter being kidnapped. Fortunately, her grandson had returned just in time to save her with a healing fairy in a bottle, but the worst was far from over. Now that little yellow-haired boy, known as Link, had to sail off again in search of his missing sister.
Before he could do that, though, he needed to retrieve Nayru's Pearl from behind Outset. He had already found the other two pearls that were crucial to his mission, and by the unwritten rule of adventure the last task was bound to be the hardest. Link stocked up on fairies – and the delicious Elixir Soup his grandma gave him – and started to board his talking boat, the King of Red Lions. Before he could get one foot over the side, there was a large explosion in the distance behind him. Naturally, he turned to look.
As the smoke cleared, four figures and a beat-up machine bearing a resemblance to a vacuum cleaner were revealed. The smallest was what appeared to be a green dog. Next to him was a green-skinned boy in a black wig and magenta tunic. Behind him was a black-haired boy in a trench coat, apparently chained to the vacuum-machine-thingy. Beside him stood a purple-haired girl playing a hand-held video game. The two boys glared at one another angrily before glancing up and around at their surroundings.
"What have you done now, Zim?" demanded the boy chained to the machine.
"This is YOUR fault, Dib-human!" the green boy shot back. "Your GIANT HEAD somehow interfered with the electromagnetic waves and caused us to TELEPORT – "
"You were trying to kill me!"
Link grew interested in this conversation and used his natural-born stealth to sneak up on the bizarre quartet and listen to their conversation for any sign of his sister. All he could make from it was something about a science fair project gone wrong, a few words about the green boy, "Zim," being an alien, and how "Dib-something-or-other" hadn't cooperated properly in the experiment. Nothing he could use on his mission… he got up and walked away.
"Hey YOU!"
Link froze.
"Stinkbeast in the green hat! ZIM is talking to YOU!"
Link slowly turned around to find Zim pointing a finger in his direction.
End of part one