A/n:One Black Balloon here! Ok, the first chapter was kind of like an intro, so this is gonna be the "official" first chapter. Oh, and I'm sorry, but Red won't be showing up until a little later.

Disclaimer Thingy: I do NOT own invader Zim or any of its characters, I do own Kalli though

Chapter 1

New Life

Kalli got off of the plane and went to the baggage claim to get her few belongings. In Sri Lanka, most people spoke English, and she used to have a penpal who wrote in English. She tried to remember her penpal's name. But all she could remember was that it was a boy, and his name started with a D. She smiled as she remembered his last letter, it was a rant about an alien in his skool or something like that.(A/n: Bet you can figure out who it is)

"So..." She thought out loud to herself, "I've got my life savings... Kinda ironic that I'm spending it on my "new" life..." She chuckled to herself. "Well, better find a place to stay..."

With that, she hailed a taxi and asked the driver where she could find an apartment. When the driver asked her what an apartment was, she made the conclusion that people here weren't all that smart. So she asked the taxi driver to take her to the nearest information building. He must've known what that was considering that he peeled out and started driving down the road at breakneck speed. While he was driving, she counted her money.

'Damn! I only have 25,348 rupees! It looked like a whole lot more back home..." Kalli thought to herself. 'I've gotta watch what I spend for a little while I guess...' she looked up at the driver to see that he wasn't really paying attention to his passenger. So when the cab finally stopped, Kalli sprinted out of the taxi with the driver yelling at her to pay him but by the time he got out of his taxi, she was in the building.

In the information building the line looked like the MVD. Kalli sighed and got in the seemingly endless line. As if the line wasn't enough, a creepy looking blonde girl stood in line behind her. Kalli glanced back and saw the exact opposite of herself. The girl was pale, and had bright blue eyes. Kalli is tan and has black hair and brown eyes. This strange chick also was dressed like a hooker, while Kalli was sporting a dark hoodie and baggy black pants.

"Hi!" The girl said to Kalli.

Kalli, realizing that the thing could talk simply gave a small smile in return to the girls peppy greeting.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Are you like a mute or something? I once knew a mute, her name was... hmmm, what was her name... Ah well, anyways, my name's Diana." She gave Kalli a big grin. Before Kalli could give a reply, the thing was off again. "You must be new around here, I used to be new. I also used to be afraid of water. Now, I'm afraid of big crowds and heights." she let out a high pitched giggle that made Kalli wince. "What are you afraid of?"

"Freaks like you and getting shot." Kalli replied, venom and sarcasm dripping from every word.

Then as if it was a writer's convenience, it was Kalli's turn to ask for information.

"Hi how may I help you?" The lady behind the counter asked.

"I'd like to know where I can find an apartment." Kalli said looking quickly back at the scary girl who was now torturing the poor, poor sap behind her.

"Well, we don't have any vacant apartments right now, but we do have many houses for rent." The lady said snapping Kalli out of her daze.

"I don't know if I can afford to rent a house." Kalli began to worry.

"Here's a packet with the house listings... NEXT!"

"But I do-" she was cut off by someone pushing her out of the way.

'This will definitely be interesting' she thought as she walked the downtown streets looking for a hotel.

A/n: Wow... this one was kinda long, well, I hope you like it, things will start to happen in the next chapter. Please review, it would make me happy. Also, if your name is Diana, I'm really sorry, I have nothing againgst Dianas, I just picked a name at random. Well, Ta-Ta for now.