It's been several weeks now, maybe a month, after the incident with the Florpus Hole.

Everything was getting back to normal, with school still going on and whatnot.

Dib was seated at his desk, looking out the window in boredom.

Dib was wearing a blue T-shirt with a lighter blue ghost on it, black jeans, red boots, and his signature black trench coat. He had short black hair with a scythe shaped ahoge on the top of his head. He also wore a pair of glasses.

It was a sunny day outside.

"DIB!" Yelled Miss. Bitters, appearing in a flash of lighting beside his desk. The sunny day had turned into a dark, heavy rainstorm outside.

"WHAA-!?" screamed Dib, startled.

"I told you to PAY attention TEN TIMES ALREADY!" She hissed angrily.

"Sorry Miss. Bitters. It won't happen again" said Dib, looking down at his desk in fear, sweating nervously.

"You always say that, but you never do. You hear that children! No matter what, you will always break a promise you make, so don't even bother making one in the first place. No one cares about you anyway" she said, turning to the rest of the class and addressing them.

She slunk away and sat back down at her desk, hissing like a snake.

Dib looked outside and sigh.

He hadn't even brought an umbrella today because he didn't think there would suddenly be a heavy rainstorm today.

He decided to think of something else.

He turned and looked over at the other side of the room, glaring at the kid sitting at the desk closest to the door.

Zim.

Zim wasn't even a human at all!

He was an alien, an Irken Invader sent by his leaders to take over Earth for the Irken Empire. On his back, he had a metal PAK with three red spots on it. The PAK was his life force, his brain. It carried all of his memories and was also able to provide him with the nutrients he needed. If his PAK were to ever be separated from him, he would only have ten minutes to retrieve it before he died. He also had several tools and weapons stored in his pack, such as four spider-like mechanical legs, an organ harvester, scanner pads, handheld communicators, a memory cell, a charging cell, an atmospheric processor, high tech infrared/night vision binoculars, holographic transmitters, four rocket boosters, and a biochemical rebreather mask.

On a normal basis, he would be wearing a red and dark pink striped, long sleeve shirt and pair of black gloves. He would also be wearing a pair of black pants and a pair of black boots. He had two black antenna on his head, ruby red eyes, and his skin was green.

At the moment, Zim was in his human disguise.

Nothing really changed, except for the fact that he was wearing a pair of contact lenses, the retinas purple, and a black wig. The contacts to cover his ruby red eyes and the wig to cover his antennas.

Zim was trying to read the textbook Miss. Bitters had handed out.

Dib looked back down at his textbook, shaking his head.

Whatever.

He defeated Zim, and who knows what happened to his leaders. For all he knew, they were dead.

Maybe.

Hopefully they got sucked into that Florpus Hole and died a horrible death.

Over with Zim

As Zim tried to read the text, he couldn't help but worry about his ALL MIGHTY leaders.

THE TALLESTS!

He looked up and glanced around the room.

Everyone else looked to be having a hard time reading the textbook as well. Some were even dozing off, with maybe a small handful actually face-down on their desks, having actually fallen asleep.

The textbook was about failure and death and how life was a waste of time.

Zim glanced over at the other side of the room and narrowed his eyes to a hateful glare.

Dim Membrane.

His name was actually Dib, but Zim absolutely HATED the kid.

Zim silently growled when he remembered how ANNOYING and STUPID Dib was.

 He kept foiling his plans to take over Earth!

Because of Dib, he was failing his mission and letting down his almighty leaders.

Zim looked back down at the text.

He was getting a headache just trying to read and comprehend what it was saying.

"Uh....Miss. Bitters? What’s the point in reading this? Shouldn't we be reading something that will fill our pathetic human Earth brains with proper knowledge?" Asked Zim, raising his hand, waving it slightly to catch the teacher's attention.

Miss. Bitters snapped her neck up and growled, glaring into the Irken's soul.

Zim cringed and jumped in fright when she appeared in a flash of lightning beside his desk, hissing like a snake.

"Zim! What have I told you about disrupting the class?" Asked Miss. Bitters angrily.

Zim gulped, a little freaked out.

 "Not to do it?" He asked, sweating nervously.

"Yeesssssssssssssssss" She said, slowly sliding across the floor backwards to her desk.

"SO DON'T DO IT!!!" She screeched, slamming her hands down on her desk, startling the whole class awake.

Zim just cringed and turned his eyes back down at the text, trying to read it.

The bell rang, signaling that it was time for lunch.

Zim jumped over his desk and ran out of the room before anyone else could get up.

"ZIM!!!" Screamed Dib.

Dang it!

Dib was chasing him now. Maybe he shouldn't have dashed out of class like that. It did look kind of suspicious.

Zim thought quickly and turned into another hallway, swiftly slipping into the janitor's closet before the annoying human could turn the corner.

 He heard footsteps running by, assuming it was Dib.

He chuckled darkly, making sure not to be too loud.

He exited the small room and snickered, walking down the hallway, making his way to the cafeteria for lunch. He held his hands behind his back as he chuckled at how dumb Dib could be.

He may be the son of a famous scientist, but he's WAY too obsessed with Cryptids and the Paranormal.

He burst into the cafeteria dramatically, the doors slamming open.

This caused everyone to look up at him weirdly as he walked past, on his way to get some of that....disgusting....

....earth food they call nutritious.

With Dib

Dib huffed as he tried to catch his breath.

He lost Zim.

He wanted to keep searching for the Irken so he could stop whatever he was planning, but he shook his head.

"No! No....he's probably in the cafeteria already. May as well go eat lunch before class starts"said Dib, talking to himself out loud.

He made it to the cafeteria and walked in.

Looking around, he spotted Zim sitting alone at one of the tables, poking at whatever was being served for lunch. The Irken was cringing, poking at what looked like a pile of strange pink goop with his spoon.

Dib smirked as he walked over.

He knew there were some Earth foods that Irkens can't eat, or even touch for that matter, such as meat.

"Hey Zim! Too scared to eat lunch today?" Asked Dib, smirking evilly as he stopped and stood beside Zim.

Zim glared over at Dib, growling in anger.

"Of course not, you stinking HUMAN!" Declared Zim.

"Oh really? And why's that, HUH? Is it perhaps the fact that....YOU'RE AN ALIEN!?!?!?" Shouted Dib out loud.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and just stared at the big headed, crazy kid.

Dib ignored this and just glared at Zim.

 Zim scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Uh...no. I won't EAT this because I think it's actually alive" said Zim, narrowing his eyes and glaring down at the pink pile of goop.

"OH REA-" started Dib, about to shout an accusation, but stopped and gasped when the pink goop moved, screeching and slithering off the tray and across the table.

Frightened, Zim screamed and jumped away from the table, grabbing hold of Dib and hugging him in fear of what the strange pink goop would do.

Dib didn't even bother pushing or struggling, trying to get Zim to let go of him. He was too focused on the pink goop monster that had been served as lunch.

The pink goop screeched and slithered across the floor, over to a different table.

The pink goop slithered up some random kid's leg, traveling up his body as he screamed. The pink goop them rested itself on the boy's head before sticking two, slithery tentacles into the kid's ears. The kid stopped screaming and appeared to go into a trance-like state, probably being brain controlled.

The kid then stood up and walked out of the cafeteria.

Nobody seemed to notice.

That, or they didn't care.

Dib and Zim sigh in relief, knowing that the strange goop monster was probably harmless and won't do much harm, except for living off of that kid's head.

They then realized that they were still clinging onto each other in fright.

Zim growled and pushed himself away from his mortal enemy.

"UNHAND ME YOU FOOL!" Yelled Zim angrily, glaring daggers at Dib.

Dib looked offended and confused.

 "ME!? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO LATCHED ONTO ME IN FEAR!" Yelled Dib back.

Dib and Zim both glared at each other, growling in anger.

"OH WOW!" said an annoying, screechy voice.

The two turned and saw a boy wearing a light blue T-shirt with a pair of dark green pants. He also had bright orange, curly hair.

Zim and Dib exchanged worried glances.

"Keef...." said Zim, trailing off.

"Hey there....buddy...." said Dib awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

"WOW! You two are SUCH good friends! Mind if I join too? We could ALL BE BEST FRIENDS!" Said Keef excitedly.

The two cringed when he called them friends.

"We're not-" started Dib, but Zim had silenced him by slapping his hand over Dib's mouth.

"We're friends! We're....THE BESTEST of FRIENDS!" Said Zim, sweating and laughing nervously.

Dib glared at the Irken as he pulled him aside.

"Zim-" started Dib, but Zim gave him a death glare so terrifying, he gulped and kept silent.

"Good. Now, let ME do the talking. DON'T say anything stupid, Stink-Brain" said Zim simply, glaring.

Dib nodded and followed the Irken back to where Keef was waiting.

 "HEY GUYS! Can we hang out later after school? We could all go to my house! We're such good friends, don't you think!?" Asked Keef happily.

Zim cleared his throat before speaking.

"Keef. You are NOT our friend and you never were" said Zim simply.

"Oh...WELL THAT'S OK! We'll become BEST FRIENDS soon enough! You are my bestest friend in the whole wide world Zim! I would do ANYTHING to make you happy!" Said Keef, oblivious to what Zim was trying to say.

"No, Keef. You're not my 'friend'. Dib is my 'best friend' now. Get it through your thick skull that I don't want to be your friend anymore. We NEVER were in the first place" said Zim, trying not to explode in anger.

Dib was about to cringe, but repressed the urge to do so and just smiled and nodded in agreement.

"I'm not your best friend anymore...?" Asked Keef, deflating sadly.

"No. You're not" said Zim coldly.

He then grabbed Dib's arm and pulled him away, dragging him out of the cafeteria as the bell rang.

Zim let go of Dib's arm and held his hands behind his back as he marched away from the human, on his way back to class.

Dib, confused, dashed after the Irken.

"Wait! Zim, why did you do that?" Asked Dib, walking alongside him.

Zim stopped walking and turned to Dib, who had also stopped walking.

"He was being annoying, and quite frankly Dib-stink, I was getting tired of playing along and pretending to be his friend. Consider this as a rare show of kindness from me. Besides, you're the only other human who I'm more likely to be friends with, considering everyone thinks we are anyway, so telling Keef that we're best friends would make him see that he's not my best friend anymore, and hopefully, will keep him away" said Zim.

He then turned back and continued down the hallway towards their class.

Dib just stood there for a couple of seconds before shaking his head and dashing down the hallway.

He didn't want to be late for class again.

With Keef

 Keef just stood there, staring in the direction where Zim and Dib had disappeared in.

He was normally very happy and hyperactive.

But now, he felt sad.

He felt like he wanted to cry.

Zim was his best friend, and he wanted to please the green skinned kid.

He would do anything for Zim. He loved him.

When he thought that Zim and Dib had become friends, he thought the three of them would be friends and get along.

But now....

 Zim wasn't his best friend anymore.

No.

Zim said that KEEF wasn't his best friend. Keef had been replaced by Dib.

Keef started feeling jealous of the Membrane boy.

He and Zim were supposed to be best friends forever.

Not Dib.

Oh no!

One of the side plots/conflicts has been revealed!