Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After thinking quite a bit, and listening to last night's radio one more time, Isabel finally had an idea about what to do to annoy Umbridge for what she did to Johnny and Peter.

Smirking a lot, Isabel sat on her bed with her laptop and Photoshop up and running.

The door was open.

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[girlzippo]

Charlie had heard Isabel was back on the Radio, and came by to see how she was going. "You're back! Yay!"

[izzyalienqueen]

"Hi Charlie," Isabel smiled. "How are you?"

[girlzippo]

"I'm good! You missed the play, and the comedy festival. Did you at least have fun when you went home?" Charlie said, bouncing in and looking around for Annie.

[izzyalienqueen]

Annie was still sulking under the bed but she poked her head out at the sound of a new voice. "Home was home," she shrugged. "I took care of what I had to. And now I'm back."

[girlzippo]

"So you're staying now? Awesome." Charlie sat down on the carpet, tapping her fingers, hoping to lure Annie out of hiding. "The Temp Principal has gotten more psycho lately. She was threatening to do dorm room inspections last week. So far nothing, though."

[izzyalienqueen]

"For now, I'm staying. But I'm still looking for a way back." Annie came out. Charlie hadn't been involved in smushing her in the travel carrier. "I saw some of her handiwork today. She stuck Johnny's tongue to the roof of his mouth."

[girlzippo]

"She what?" Charlie left her fingers out to beckon to Annie. She turned an appalled look on Isabel. "God, and he was so sure she couldn't do anything to him. She just gets crazier and scarier.... Back where?" she asked, confused. "I thought your home was Roswell."

[izzyalienqueen]

"Roswell's where I came from when I came here," Isabel explained as Annie batted at Charlie's fingers. "But before that, before the crash, we were from a planet called Antar. My brothers and I? We were supposed to grow up here on earth, learn to use our powers and then go back and save Antar."

[girlzippo]

"From what?" Charlie asked, reaching over to pet Annie's head with her other hand. "Some kind of disaster?"

[izzyalienqueen]

"You could say that. My brother was king. He, we, were killed by Kivar. He disliked the changes my brother was making," she said quietly, unable to avoid a shudder remembering Kivar. "He's been ruling since. What he's done to the people, the planet, it's not good."

[girlzippo]

Charlie's eyes had gone wide, and she reached over to pick up Annie and cuddle her, needing the comfort. "So you being an alien princess... that comes with a war?" She was quiet a minute, then frowned. "But you can't get back to Antar yet?"

[izzyalienqueen]

"I've been back," Isabel said, trying to keep the story simple. "But there was weirdness and I wound up back here. I went back to Roswell to try and get back to my brothers. It didn't work."

[girlzippo]

"I'm sorry," Charlie said quietly, giving Isabel a sympathetic look. "Are you okay?"

[izzyalienqueen]

"I'm frustrated," she admitted, pushing back her hair. "They wouldn't let me come back. It's not safe. But they won't leave. I want to be with them."

[girlzippo]

I get that." Charlie put Annie down, and rested her chin on her hands. "I hope they come back soon. But I'm glad you're here, now."

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel had her doubts about whether they'd be back but that wasn't something she was going to dump on Charlie. "It's good to be back," she admitted. That might have had something to do with her visitor earlier.