A Blessing

"Mommy! Mommy!" echoed through the home of Aladdin and Mulan. They both were sleeping peacefully until the yelling reach their room. "Someone's up." Mulan moaned. Aladdin laughed a little. "She's calling you." he said. Mulan covered her head with her pillow and groaned. "You be the mom!" she laughed under her pillow. "It's too early for me!" Aladdin took his pillow and whacked on her covered head. This caused her to throw her pillow at him. Barely hitting him, but getting their daughter in the door way. She started to giggle a little. Both Aladdin and Mulan heard and turned to her. Mulan took notice of the pillow in front of her 9-year old daughter. She knew she hit her. "Oh Amber, did I hit you?" she cried, crawling from her floor based bed to Amber. Mulan embraced her little girl and apologized. Amber didn't mind. In fact, she let go of her mom and grabbed the pillow and threw the pillow at her father, seeing at it was aiming for him anyways. It hit Aladdin square in the face. He playfully landed on his bed. Giving out a fake yell of defeat.

Amber-Ting ran to the bed and jumped on Aladdin and started tickling him. Mulan looked at the two playing with a smile. As much as she loved watching the two have fun, she needed to stop them for a brief moment. "Um, I have something to say." Amber and Aladdin stop for a second. Mulan looked around and called, "Cri-Kee, Genie, Mushu, Abu, I know you're there. Come on out." Cri-Kee hopped from under the night stand, Genie was disguised as a fly and returned to his normal buff blue form. "That obvious, huh?" he chuckled. "Man, you the reason we were caught!" came a really agitated voice from a support pillar in the room. Mushu had his snake like body wrapped around the pole. Angry screeches came from Abu, who was hiding in the lotus pot in the corner. "Wha'chu mean I was the most obvious?" Mushu responded angrily. "I can smell you a mile away!" "You were the most obvious, Mushu." Mulan moaned in irritation. Mushu put on an upset look on his face. "We're sorry, Mulan." Genie said. "You wanted to say something?"

Mulan put on a beaming face. "Oh yeah!" She turned her attention to Aladdin and Amber, who were lying in the bed. Mulan looked at Amber-Ting and asked, "Would you like a little brother?" Hearing this, Aladdin's heart started racing. He remembered what happened the last time Mulan expected a boy. It was Shang's son.

Before the child was born, Shang left Mulan out of not wanting the responsibility of raising a child. That was around the time Aladdin left Agrabah. He left because Jasmine said she was bored with him. He took his monkey friend, Abu, Genie's lamp, and his flying carpet and left. He found his way to China. Upon arrival, he saw Mulan lying in her family estate courtyard, covered in a cloak. His gut told him not to leave her there in the rain. So, he landed next to her, picked her up and took her to an abandoned shed on the out skirts of the village Mulan lived in.

Aladdin looked at Mulan's face, he saw sorrow, grief, and pain. He went to stroke her cheek, when he heard a firm masculine voice say, "Hey pretty boy, hands off." Aladdin jumped back and saw something crawl out of Mulan's cloak. It was Mushu. He had this look on his face that told Aladdin that he didn't like him. Aladdin just looked at him and said, "I'm normally use to bigger talking snakes." Mushu didn't like that. "I AM NOT A SNAKE!!! I'M A DRAGON!!!" he yelled. Aladdin had a confused look on his face. Mushu did not look like any dragon he saw. Only one way to figure this out. "Genie?" Aladdin called out. Blue smoke arisen from a satchel hanging from Aladdin's belt. The smoke formed a muscular, blue man with a curled black beard with short black tied back hair. He looked like he was coming from a bath. He was damp, had a scrub in one hand and a rubber duck in the other. "Why do you always call me when I'm in the bath, Al?" Genie asked. Aladdin looked up at him and said, "Check to see if that red guy there is a dragon. I have to check to see if that girl is okay."

Mushu overheard Genie and Aladdin's conversation. "Now wait a second!" Mushu started rebelling, but was interrupted when Genie started looking at him through a magnifying glass. Mushu was not amused being treated like a test subject. "Man, get that thing outta mah face." he said. Genie had his hand on his chin and started rubbing it. His thoughts were interrupted when Abu, Aladdin's pet monkey, started screeching. Both Mushu and Genie looked at him chasing a cricket. Mushu had a nervous look on his face. "Hey, stop chasin' mah lucky bug!" he yelled at Abu. Mushu slithered and grabbed the bug and flicked Abu in the nose.

Genie levitated towards Aladdin, who was kneeling next to Mulan. Genie whispered to him, "Believe it or not Al, that is a dragon. Kinda small for a-" He stopped when he noticed Mulan lying on the ground. Aladdin looked at Genie with a worried expression on his face. "Genie…" Al whispered. "She's pregnant." Genie saw that her stomach was swollen, giving proof that she was expecting. "Yeah, so just leave her alone!" Mushu yelled. "She doesn't need any more hecklin'! Her parent's cast her out after that rat Shang left her." Aladdin was shocked by the story. "Why did he leave her?" he asked. Mushu looked at him with suspicion. "What makes yah think I'll tell you?" Al just looked at Mulan with worry. But Genie didn't like Mushu's suspicion.

"Hey," Genie blurted, with an annoyed look on his face. "Al did what he did for this young lady so she wouldn't die. What did you do?" Mushu was about to say something, but he knew Genie was right. So sulked in defeat. "What's her name?" Mushu heard Aladdin ask him. Mushu thought for a moment, but was going to go ahead and tell him.

"Mulan" a new voice entered the room. It was Mulan herself. She was a wake. She slowly got up and looked at Aladdin. "Thank you," Mulan groaned. "What's your name?" Aladdin answered with his name. Mulan smiled and said, "You have a nice name, Aladdin." Al blushed and said, "So do you, Mulan." They both explained their predicaments. Mulan tried to run away after Shang, her former husband, told her he couldn't hold the responsibility of caring for a child. Aladdin felt awfully sorry for her. After Al told Mulan that his former wife, Jasmine, said out of the blue she was bored with him. Said that he was to weak for her. Mulan felt her heart drop after hearing that.

They all talk for an hour, but their quality time ended when Mulan grabbed her stomach and started crying. Aladdin ran to her side. "What is it?" Al asked with concern. "Is it the baby?" Mulan didn't know. She was only six months ready. The only thing the both of them could think of was to get her to a doctor. Aladdin carried Mulan bridal style on to Carpet and they took off. Aladdin used his body to shield Mulan from the rain. When they got to a doctor, Mulan had blood pouring between her legs. The doctor took a look at her for a half hour while Aladdin waited out side the room. When he was done, the doctor told Aladdin that Mulan had a c-section. The baby was dying in the womb. Even if they were an hour early, there was nothing they could do. Aladdin felt great pain for Mulan, he didn't even leave her the two days she was asleep.

When she woke up, Mulan rubbed her stomach and felt…flat. Her heart jumped, she looked and saw her stomach was flat. They removed her baby. She new it was stillborn. She started to cry. She then was startled by something lightly touching her cheek. It was Aladdin's hand. He stayed with her. "You're still here?" she asked. Aladdin knew what she meant. "I'm not going to abandon you. I swear." Mulan let more tears out, but they were a mix of sorrow and joy. She was still sad that she lost her baby, but was happy that her new friend cared enough for her to stay with her during her trauma. However, amongst these mixed emotions, Mulan felt something else. Aladdin felt it too. Something strong. They both felt it something similar before, but it wasn't even close to the feeling they have now.

After Mulan was finally up to travel, she asked if she could stay with Aladdin. He said yes. But Mushu still didn't trust Al at first. But, after a little talk with Genie about his past, Mushu felt a little more comfortable around him. Even Cri-Kee and Abu got along. They still lived in Mulan's village, but her parents didn't know. She sometimes tease Aladdin about comparing life in a Chinese village and in a palace. One day, the joke revealed something that will chance their lives forever.

"So," Mulan giggled. "are you sure you would rather live in an ordinary Chinese home than live in a big palace?" They were resting in their garden. Mulan sat in a rock, Aladdin laid in the grass. Mushu, Carpet, and Genie were playing poker. Of course, Carpet was winning. Genie brought back a memory from the past, "I can't believe it! I'm losing to a rug!" Abu was enjoying some fruit that Al and Mulan planted for him. And Cri-Kee was just relaxing. Aladdin was just think and comparing the two lives. He did miss living like a sultan and having servants at his feet. But then again living this way, he had Mulan. He couldn't deny it, he loves her. "I guess my life would be nothing without you." he thought…out loud.

Mulan's heart raced when she heard Aladdin's words. That was basically saying he loves her. And the truth is, she loves him too. He was there for her when she need support the most. And he was kind enough to let her live with him. And unconsciously, she was crawling to him. Mushu took notice. "Hey," he mumbled. "look at 'dat." he pointed at Mulan. Genie looked over and saw what was going on. He started to smile. "Let's not eavesdrop." he giggled.

Mulan leaned her face close to Aladdin's. His eye's were closed, but he was awake. She got closer, closer, close enough that they could feel each other breathing. Aladdin knew what was going on, knowing what Mulan was doing. He wanted this for a while. Then it happened: their lips touched. Right there, nothing else mattered to the two of them. It was only them and their love.

As the years went on, they had their first child. Mulan was scared that she was going to lose this one. Thankfully, they didn't. Aladdin suggested that they give their new born daughter a mixed name, a name that was both Chinese and Arabian. They named her Amber-Ting. Amber is Arabian for jewel, Ting is Chinese for graceful. But they call her Amber. So the moment Mulan said she was going to have a son triggered the memories of when Aladdin met his soul mate.

After Aladdin snapped out of it, he saw Amber and Mulan hugging. That must mean Amber loved the idea of having a brother. Mulan looked at Aladdin and asked, "Aladdin, what do you think? Aladdin smiled, crawled over to her and kissed her on the lips and said, "It's a blessing."