“Everyone! Take your seats!” Miss Minnie said with a smile on her face.

All the children took their seats while talking happily. Pet looked around at the empty seats that she would probably be sitting at.

“Good morning class!” Miss Minnie said with a smile.

“Good morning Miss Minnie!” the class said together.

Pet blinked in surprise how everyone said it at the same time. “Brainwash,” Pet thought before giggling.

“Everyone, this is Pet! She’s our new student! Say hello to Pet everyone!” Miss Minnie said gesturing towards Pet.

“Hi Pet!” said the class.

Pet gave a shy smile and waved.

“Let’s all make her feel welcome!  Now Pet, you may take a seat right there,” she said pointing to a red table with an empty green seat.

Pet nodded and sat down in the seat.

“Now how about we start with the alphabet!” Miss Minnie said before writing an “A” on the board. “Who can tell me what word starts with A?” she asked.

Pet looked around to see no one raising their hands. Pet raised her hand to answer.

“Yes Pet?!” Miss Minnie asked happily.

“Alien?” Pet said questionably.

“That’s right Pet!” Miss Minnie said before writing a B on the board.

Pet looked around to see kids giving her strange looks. At that point she wished she had said something simple like “apple” or “airplane”. She squirmed in her chair and made herself smaller.

By the time lunch had come she on the edge of her seat she was so low. The bell rang and everyone took their lunches and walked to the lunch room. She followed everyone to the lunch room with her lunch bag in her hand. Once she got there she looked around for a table to sit at. She started to move when she rammed into someone and fell on her bottom.

“Ow!” Pet said rubbing her nose.

“Oops! Sorry about that!” said a boy’s voice.

Pet looked up to see a boy much older than her. His hair was very long and was sandy blond. His right eye was red while his left one was blue. In his hair he had a red ribbon to tie his hair back. He looked to be twice as old as her.

“You ok?” he asked holding a hand out for her to take.

Pet nodded, took his hand, and stood up.

“My name’s Chimley,” he said shaking her hand that she still had in his.

“P-Pet,” she stammered.

“Nice to meet ya!” he said with a big smile and letting go of her hand.

“N-nice to meet you too,” she said in a low voice.

“You need a place to sit?” he asked.

Pet nodded.

“Come over here!” he said turning and walking towards an empty table.

Pet followed Chimley to the empty table and looked at it questionably.

“Why it empty?” Pet asked.

“Not many people like to sit near me,” he said sitting down.

“Oh,” she said sitting across from him.

“I’ve never seen you here before. Are you new?” he asked.

Pet nodded as she took out a sandwich from the bag Gir had given her.

“Cool! Always fun to make new friends,” he said with another smile.

Pet smiled a little and nodded.

“How old are you?” he asked.

“S-six,” she said.

“I’m twelve,” he said with the smile still on his face.

“Cool,” Pet said with a small smile.

After they finished their lunches they walked out to the playground.

“Wanna play a game?” he asked with a warm smile.

“Uh…sure,” Pet said.

“How about hide and go seek?” he asked.

“Ok,” she said feeling better about talking to him.

Just then a couple of kids Chimley’s age came up to them.

“Hey Chimley! Who’s the shrimp?” a boy wearing a blue hat and a jersey that looked a bit big on him asked.

“This is Pet,” he said with a smile.

The kid that wore the jersey glared at her; making her feel like she should run so she didn’t get hurt.

“How old are ya kid?” the boy asked.

Pet looked at Chimley fearfully who gave a reassuring smile.

“S-six,” she stammered.

The kid laughed.

“YOU’RE A FREAKIN SHRIMP!” the kid laughed out as he pushed her, making her fall on her hands and face.

Chimley’s eyes grew with shock.

“HEY! YOU CAN’T DO THAT!” Chimley shouted.

“What are you gonna do about it freak?” the boy asked.

Chimley grew angry and pounced on the boy. Pet looked at her hands to see that they were bleeding. Pet got up and ran off, wishing that Zim could have just home schooled her instead. She ran to the swings and sat down on them. School so far wasn’t really going well.

A minute later Chimley walked up with concerned eyes.

“Are you ok?” he asked.

Pet looked at him and then at her hands that were wet, realizing that she had been crying for a little bit.

“Are you alright?” he asked again taking her hands and seeing that they were cut.

Pet shook her head.

“Let’s get you to a nurse,” he said.

“I no want to,” she said.

“But you’re hands are cut up. We need to get you to the nurse,” he said.

Pet sighed and wiped her eyes with her arm.

“Ok,” she said getting up off the swings.

Chimley smiled and led her to the nurse’s office.

“What happen to mean boy?” Pet asked as they walked down the halls.

“I gave him a taste of his own medicine. He won’t be hurting you anymore,” he said with a smile.

Pet gave a small smile back, not really feeling on pressing to what happened. Once they got to the nurse they sat down on the chairs provided and waited for the nurse.

“Why mean boy call you freak? You is not freaky,” Pet said with a sniff.

Chimley looked up at the ceiling like he was thinking about telling her something. Then he looked down at the floor.

“I don’t wanna talk about it,” he said sadly.

Just then the nurse came up to them.

“Let me see what’s wrong,” the nurse said in an uninterested tone.

Pet showed the nurse her hands. The nurse grunted and walked away. A few seconds later she came back with some bandages, cotton balls, and disinfectant. She cleaned Pet’s hands then put the bandages on. The whole time Pet’s hands stung, but she didn’t say anything. The nurse finished with the bandages and then stood up from her crouching position.

“All done,” the nurse said before walking away.

Pet looked at her bandaged up hands.

“You feeling any better?” Chimley asked.

Pet nodded and smiled at him. Just then the bell rang.

“I gotta get to class. I’ll see you after school. Ok?” Chimley said getting off his seat and giving her a smile.

Pet nodded and smiled back. Chimley walked off and waved as he did. After a little bit Pet got off her seat and walked to her class with a smile on her face.