Story idea:

A boy is bringing his girlfriend home after a date when he starts to feel uneasy and passes by her house without slowing down.

The girlfriend asks him, “what’s wrong?”

He replies, “Something doesn’t feel right.” He brings her back home and has her hide in his basement, covering the trapdoor with a rug. He doesn’t know what’s happening, but something doesn’t feel right. He just doesn’t know yet.

A new leader has been elected to rule over the land. In this land, aliens and normal people have lived together in harmony.

But this leader (who is normal) fears the aliens. They threaten his rise to power, and they could potentially stop him because they have an exponentially greater intelligence. Most of the aliens had also seen through his facade that the other beings had bought, and they had chosen to vote for the other candidate.

In secret, he has his soldiers raid their homes. Every alien is registered in a database along with their addresses. It doesn’t take long to round all of them up.

Except one—and this is one of the people he fears most—the former alien princess. A girl named _. She has been living a normal life in a very normal home along with her family. The alien royals are the people he fears the most for their intelligence—and their special power: their voices. Alien royalty can hypnotize with a special vocal frequency. All it takes is one royal to turn the entire population against him.

Not that that matters anymore. The aliens have all been taken captive and taken to a prison camp—one specially designed to hold these aliens. But now, to find the princess before she could cause any problems.

The princess just so happens to be the boy’s girlfriend, and his intuition—and the fact that he’s a norm—is what saved her from being taken.

He doesn’t know that she is alien royalty. The aliens are extremely human-like, the key difference being their high intellect. They found it easy to blend in with the earthlings when they came desiring peace. It has been almost 100 years since the aliens arrived, and they have intermarried and had children with norms. No one thinks anything of it—except for a small group of protestors that want the aliens to return to their home planet.

A soldier walks up to the boy’s house a couple days after the date and knocks on the door. Though being cooped up is never any fun, his girlfriend had agreed to trust her boyfriend’s intuition and remain hidden. She was in the basement, and he was preparing scrambled eggs when he heard the knock on the door.

He turns down the heat and removes the skillet from the stove before answering the door.

“Yes? Can I help you?”

“We’re looking for this person (shows a picture of girlfriend). She’s gone missing, and we fear she may have been kidnapped.”

“What does that have to do with me?”

“Well, her parents tell us that you’re her boyfriend and that you were the last one to see her.”

He doesn’t trust something about this soldier and replies, “I haven’t seen her since I brought her home on Thursday. We went on a date together.”

“Ah, I see. Then you won’t mind if I search your house, will you?”

Refusal will show his guilt. Without hesitation, he moves aside. “Please, come in. I have nothing to hide.”

“Your girlfriend is part of a dangerous group of people: the aliens.”

“What?”

“Yes. There have been rumors trickling of an alien revolt against our new leader, and now, one of them has gone missing.”

“How do you know how many aliens are out there?”

“That’s classified. But know that these aliens are wicked. They have no capacity to love, and they will betray the earthlings, especially those closest to them. If you have any idea where your girlfriend might be, please tell us. It will be of great importance to our investigation.”

“I’ve told you all I know.”

The soldier finishes his search. He didn’t bother to check under the rug, much to the boy’s relief. He doesn’t dare glance over at it. “I hope you find her.”

“Thank you.” Gives boy a card. “Here’s my number. Call this if you have any insight you might be able to give us.”

He nods as the man leaves. His heart begins to pound. What if he’s being watched? What if his house is bugged? The biggest thing he knows is that his girlfriend is no longer safe in his house. They have to leave and try to hide. He doesn’t dare say a word in case the man left bugged devices and throws the card in the trash. He finishes making breakfast in order to appear normal. Then he heads to the dining table with a plate of food.

How long will their freedom last?