In this chapter, Earth is going to receive a visitor from outer space. Spooky. No worries though. She's not planning to conquer the Earth or anything like that. This isn't like those sci-fi moves you've probably seen in theaters.
Unfortunately, there are aliens that want to kidnap her so that they can get some dough. She's kind of well-off.
Chapter 2: Visitor From Space
Now that she had a job, it looked like Stella's financial problems were over. It was a relief really. Every now and then she needed a new broom or her wand in case one of them broke.
Still, she was a bit surprised that there was an entire organization dedicated to fighting against the paranormal. Were there really that many threats to Earth?
Now that she thought of it, the headmaster tried to keep their school from being discovered. It seemed that people were frightened of witches and would burn them at the stake if they got caught. She wasn't exactly looking forward to being barbecue.
Well, at least the Center were keeping the world safe. If they didn't keep the world safe, who would? Some comic book superhero? Those were just fantasies.
It had been a few days ever since she volunteered to work at the Center. She wondered who the next target was going to be.
Would it be a ghost? Or would it be something else?
For now, she decided to relax at home.
She petted Midnight, who had climbed up in her lap. He would appreciate it.
"Purr..." said the cat.
Suddenly, a raven flew in her room.
"Eh?" inquired Stella.
It was carrying a letter.
She decided to open it to see what was inside.
Apparently, it was time to report to the Center again.
She wondered what mission she was going to do this time.
She stepped through the portal and ended up at the Center.
Albert was there waiting for her.
"Since you're a new agent, we're going to need a strand of your DNA." said Albert.
Albert plucked some hair from Stella's head.
"Ow!" exclaimed Stella.
Albert then put it in a scanner.
"Scan Complete. Welcome to the Center, Stella Suspense." stated the computer.
"Now you won't have to worry about our security systems going off." said Albert.
"That's a relief." noted Stella. She wasn't looking forward to taking a laser to the face.
"Now, place your hand on the scanner." ordered the boy.
Stella nodded and did just that.
"Scanning, Stella Suspense. Clear!" exclaimed the computer.
Billy approached them on his hovercraft.
"Hey there! Would you like some soda?" inquired Billy.
"No thanks." answered Albert.
"Sure." nodded Stella.
Stella picked up her soda and started drinking it.
"That's some good soda." remarked Stella.
Stella and Albert entered MOM's office.
Currently, she was reading through some lab notes.
"Greetings. We've received a report of an UFO sighting. It crash landed into the Nevada Desert. You're in charge of investigation." stated MOM.
Suddenly, Stella spilled soda on MOM's lab notes.
MOM groaned.
"Whoops!" exclaimed Stella.
"Your mission is to check to see if there were any survivors. As you may be aware of, aliens are required to register with the Center if they wish to stay on Earth. We don't want people to panic and think that they're being invaded from outer space." said the leader of the Center.
"What if they're here to invade Earth? You just said that people would get worried about a space invasion if they saw aliens..." answered Albert. Were they right to be worried?
"If they're here to invade Earth, they'll be going straight to our prison. Either way, you need to bring the alien here to the Center." stated MOM.
"I always wondered what the inside of a spaceship was like..." questioned Stella.
Another portal appeared.
Sylvia joined them as well.
"I'll scan the spaceship for signs of life..." stated Sylvia.
"I'm so excited about finally getting to meet an alien!" exclaimed the witch.
"You already met an alien. Remember Billy?" inquired Albert.
"Oh, right...still, I wonder if there are any other aliens besides him. I was starting to think that outer space was dead space..." noted Stella.
"It's not. Trust me." answered MOM.
The three of them stepped outside to where the spaceship was. It looked rather messed up.
Sylvia scanned the spaceship for signs of life.
According to her, there was only one alien in there...and she was unconscious.
For some strange reason, she happened to resemble a human being.
"She looks like a human? That's odd. You think that it's some sort of disguise?" asked Stella. Perhaps she didn't want to be discovered.
Sylvia shook her head. It didn't seem like she was wearing a disguise of any kind.
"That's peculiar." remarked Albert. What planet was this alien from anyway? Before he joined the Center he thought there were less than a dozen planets throughout the galaxy. Now it seemed like there were dozens of them.
They decided to look inside the spaceship to investigate.
Eventually, they found the alien, who was unconscious on the floor. As Sylvia said, she did look like a human. However, there was a number of subtle differences.
For starters, though she appeared to be a teenage girl, she seemed about a head taller than an average human being. Her fingernails were also a light blue, and her tongue happened to be green. Also, she had blue hair, which was long and wavy. She was dressed in a spacesuit. According to Sylvia, she also had a higher heart beat than a human and her body temperature was slightly higher.
"Should we wake her up?" asked Sylvia. She would like to ask their alien friend a few questions. What exactly was her spaceship doing in the desert anyway?
"I don't think we need to." answered Albert.
At that very moment, the alien woke up.
"Ugh...my head..." said the alien, rubbing her forehead. Unfortunately for her, Earth had a much stronger gravitational pull than her home planet. She had learned that the hard way.
Well, at least she could still move despite the increased galaxy. Perhaps her race was strong like that.
Suddenly, she noticed them.
"Wha-who are you?" asked the visitor from outer space.
"We're from the Center. Since you're not from Earth you need to register there." said Albert.
"Wouldn't want people to think that you and your alien friends were going to abduct their cattle...I want milk!" exclaimed Stella.
"The Center? I've heard of them before...they protect the galaxy from all kinds of threats..." noted the alien. If it weren't for them, her planet probably would have been blown up a long time ago.
"Yes. Your name is?" inquired Sylvia.
The alien told them her name, but it was difficult for them to understand. It didn't even have vowels Her name was Sdnwpqtgls.
"So...what planet are you from?" questioned Albert.
"I'm from Mars." answered the alien.
"I can't prounce your name at all..." stated Stella.
"We'll just call you Eris, OK?" inquired the scientist.
"If you insist." nodded Eris. It seems that Earthlings could not understand the names of her people. Still, she actually liked that nickname so she decided that she would simply go along with it.
Albert opened a portal.
"You're giving me a place to hide? Thank goodness..." said the alien.
"Why do you need a place to hide?" questioned Sylvia.
"I have...people that are looking for me." answered Eris.
"Wait, are you an alien fugitive?" inquired Stella. Had Eris been a naughty girl? If so, she hoped that there were a pair of handcuffs nearby.
"No no. They want to...ransom me. My father happens to be one of the richest aliens in the galaxy...no doubt some aliens would like to have access to his wallet..." stated the alien girl.
"That doesn't sound good..." nodded Albert. Perhaps it would be best if they stepped through the portal. Nobody could find them at the Center, right?
Together, the four of them stepped through the portal.
Billy was waiting for them.
"Hey there! Did you find the alien?" asked Billy.
Eris gasped in surprise.
"Huh? What's the matter?" questioned Albert.
"It's Ganthar! I thought he was just a myth!" exclaimed the female alien.
"Ganthar?" inquired Stella. Sounded like some space tyrant or something.
"How did she see through my disguise?" inquired Billy.
"I thought this was Billy..." questioned Sylvia.
"I...used to be a different person." answered the alien.
"Don't loot my planet! Please! I'll do anything!" exclaimed Eris.
"I won't! I don't do that stuff anymore! It's a thing in the past!" shouted Billy.
Eris sighed in relief. It looked like her planet was safe from being invaded. Now that she thought of it, why would a planet looter go after a planet if it was already barren to begin with?
"Billy used to be a planet looter? Well, I suppose the galaxy is full of treasures..." noted Stella.
"My conscience caught up to me..." answered Billy. No longer would he be that scary alien that haunted the nightmares of intergalactic children everywhere.
"Well, as long as you're not looting planets anymore..." stated Albert.
"Nope! I'm not pillaging a planet ever again!" exclaimed the green alien, shaking his head.
"Thank goodness...you're basically the Boogieman of the galaxy..." stated Eris.
"We caught the Boogieman a long time ago! Want to go see him?" inquired Billy.
"No, thanks." answered the female alien.
The five of them headed to MOM's office.
Currently, she was investigating a crop circle in Wisconsin on her computer.
"Hi there, MOM! We brought you the alien like you requested!" exclaimed Stella.
"But for some strange reason, she doesn't look like one...she looks more like a human. She claims that she's from Mars." stated Albert.
"I'm not too surprised. Earth and Mars are very similar planets." said MOM.
"Are you really from Mars then?" inquired Sylvia.
Eris nodded. She was surprised how similar Earthlings were to Martians as well. They seemed to be a smaller race than hers though.
"Based on what I've learned about them...Martians live underground in order to avoid its numerous dust storms." explained MOM.
Eris nodded again. Seeing the sky was an entirely new experience for her.
"I guess that's why the rovers we sent never found them..." answered Albert.
"Wait, if you're from Mars, why did you decide to leave?" inquired Stella.
"Well, I happen to be a princess amongst my people...because of that, I've been targeted for abduction." said Eris.
"What? That's terrible!" exclaimed Billy.
"I know...you'd be surprised what you can obtain if you kidnap a princess...because of that, my parents decided to send me to the closest planet in the solar system so that nobody could ever find me..." said Eris.
"Sounds like a plan." nodded Sylvia.
"That reminds me...not long after you arrived at Nevada, we received another report of an alien sighting at a farm in Wisconsin." stated MOM.
"Darn it! I think they're onto me!" exclaimed Eris.
"If that's the case, we're going to need someone to keep an eye on you. Preferably, one of our field agents. Fortunately, I happen to know just the person." answered MOM.
"Is she going to be wearing a body suit like me?" inquired Billy.
"No, those are expensive, and our our organization runs on a budget. Besides, I don't think that she'll need one. In case you haven't noticed, her race greatly resembles humans. She probably doesn't need to wear that astronaut suit anymore though." stated MOM.
Eris nodded and decided to take off her spacesuit.
As it turned out, she was wearing a dress that resembled the galaxy.
"Won't people notice the blue hair and the green tongue though?" asked Eris.
"You should be fine, just don't draw too much attention to yourself." answered MOM.
Eris nodded her head.
A portal appeared leading to Torrington Academy.
The female alien shrugged and went through it.
"As for you three, you'll be investigating the spaceship that landed in Wisconsin, much like you did with Eris's spaceship earlier. We suspect that these are the kidnappers that she mentioned so approach the spaceship with caution." warned MOM.
The three of them nodded.
Another portal appeared. This time they were headed towards Wisconsin.
Apparently, the spaceship was located at a farm.
The three of them stepped in.
Meanwhile...
At the farm at Wisconsin, three aliens stepped out of the spaceship. The spaceship was fairly large and was black with green stripes.
One of them was short and had red skin and pointy ears. His name was Bantito. Though he was an alien, his face resembled that of a human's. He had small horns on his head as well. Basically he looked like an evil version of Billy. He was dressed in a small suit of body armor.
The second alien went by the name of Mugga. He was rather bulky. He had blue skin and resembled a lizard somewhat. He also had big, muscular arms which had warts on them. Like Bantito he was wearing a suit of body armor His name was Mugga and he was wearing brown pants.
The third one resembled a lady but had gray skin and white hair. She was wearing a purple dress. Her name was Snatcha. She was rather tall and thin. She carried a laser pistol.
"Alright, boys. If we manage to pull this off we'll be some of the richest aliens in the galaxy. I'm sure you're looking forward to the cash we can get off this little alien princess." said Snatcha.
Mugga and Bantito nodded. Cash signs appeared in their eyes. Why they transformed into cash registers for that brief moment they did not know.
"Just remember. We need to operate quietly, so don't draw too much attention to ourselves. If the Center finds out we're here on Earth for a kidnapping operation they're going to lock us up...and I don't think we're going to be earning a lot of valuables in prison." reminded the leader of the trio.
Bandito and Mugga.
Suddenly, Mugga noticed something.
"What that over there?" inquired Mugga.
"Moo!" exclaimed a nearby cow.
"Me wonder what happen if me tip it over." questioned the blue-skinned alien.
He tipped it over to do just that.
"Mooo!" exclaimed the cow, who collapsed on the ground.
"That fun! Me do it again!" shouted Mugga.
Mugga went to tip over another cow.
"Hahahahahaha!" laughed the alien.
Bantito approached him.
"Didn't Snatcha tell you specifically not to draw attention to us?" inquired Bantito.
Sure enough, a farmer was approaching them.
"Dang nabbit! Don't tell me the aliens are abducting my cattle again!" exclaimed the farmer. Unfortunately, when he tried to report them to the police, they thought he was crazy.
Oh wait. They were just cowtipping. The farmer sighed in relief.
Even so, he found this to be annoying.
"Hey! You extraterrestials! Quit tipping over my cows!" exclaimed the farmer.
"Now look what you've done!" shouted Bantito.
The two of them ran back to Snatcha's spaceship.
"Any sign of the princess?" inquired Snatcha.
"No, but we found one of those humans!" exclaimed Bantito.
"Go back to the stars where you came from!" shouted the farmer.
Snatcha sighed. It looked like Wisconsin was a no go.
They were going to have to search elsewhere for the princess.
But where exactly on the planet could she be?
They were going to have to think of a plan.
Together, the trio left on their spaceship.
Fleeing the planet was a smart move...but she couldn't hide from them forever.
Well, it looks like I'll be splitting this in at least two parts this time. Here's hoping you're looking forward to the second part. Can you guess who Eris was sent to?