By animeninjaNIPPON
"Let's see…they should be around here somewhere," Dib mused as he searched the island for the others. He paused briefly in contemplation, only to be closed in by a circle of unruly schoolboys.
"Hey you," snarled the leader, "why is your head so big?"
"My head is NOT big!" he said indignantly.
"That guy's got some nerve, talking back to Ivan," whispered a boy who looked slightly like a girl.
"So, 'ya looking for a fight?" Ivan raised his fists. "Huh? Huh?"
Fortunately for Dib, there was no time to respond. He jumped back against a closed door as Zim and Gir ran screaming past him, chased by the pigs. That put enough distance between Dib and Ivan's gang for the former to grasp the doorknob and fall indoors.
"Oh dear!" gasped a female voice. Dib looked up from the floor, and a large jovial woman in tacky jewelry appeared. "Are you a new student?"
"N-No ma'am," he replied, slowly rising to his feet. "I'm with Link. Do you know him?"
"Oh, Link!" She clapped her hands together in excitement. "Such a delightful child…"
"Yeah, I'm looking for him." He adjusted his glasses. "We had to stop here for a while, but now I can't find him."
"I saw him just a few minutes ago. He was in here, bringing me more joy pendants." She flaunted a necklace bearing the image of a butterfly.
"Where did he go after that?"
"I'm not sure."
"Well, it's been nice meeting you…" He glanced around anxiously. "…But I really gotta leave."
"Good luck!" she quipped.
In the meantime, Ivan and his gang waited impatiently outside, wondering, "Where did that big-headed kid go?" Not long after they decided to give up, Dib emerged from his temporary sanctuary and caught their attention all over again.
"So, you think you're so tough," Ivan sneered.
"C'mon, let's see what you're made of," egged on another boy.
All of a sudden Ivan went pale and his gang ran off screaming. Ivan backed away before breaking into a run, shrieking, "Not HER again!"
Dib turned around. Just as he suspected, it was Gaz.
"Let's go," she grumbled.
End of part seven