Family, Friendship and Freedom
This story is a crossover, mainly set in Storybrooke, but will involve Wonderland characters, it is set after Season 4 Episode 3. It will also feature completely new characters and be about family, friendship and freedom. Emma/Baby Neal, Anna/Elsa and Will/Anastasia are examples of the relationships I hope to explore.
Chapter 1
A long time ago in the bright light of midday, when everything is at its busiest a lone woman wearing a hooded cloak walks out of a door and into a private, enclosed courtyard garden. She goes right up to the gate and takes a deep breath before opening it. After a few moments she is about to walk out when she hears a gentle chuffle sound right behind her and so, she turns around to see her pet tiger standing there.
"I have to go Rajah, I have to see what's out there" she says, bending down and stroking the side of her beloved pet's head.
"I have never been outside this palace in all my life, there's a hundred thousand things to see out there, new horizons and wonders unknown, I have to go"
At that point she stands back up and looks out over the town (which she can see at the bottom of the hill) before taking another deep breath and walking towards it, excited at seeing things she had never seen before.
Later that same day she was walking through the market, looking around her at all the new sights, smells and sounds. She revelled in her new environment, happy that she had finally plucked up the courage to leave the palace to see it. A few minutes later, there was a commotion, she turned around and saw a young man, running, being chased by bigger, surly looking men, so she backed away and let them run past her.
A little while later, deciding that she should get back to the palace before anyone notices that she has gone she decides to make her way back, turning into a street she walks into the man who was being chased, he looks cagey and is staring all around him.
"Oh, I'm sorry sir"
"It's fine"
"I know you, you were being chased earlier"
"You saw that huh"
"The whole market saw"
"Nice to meet you ma'am, I'm Aladdin"
"I'm, ... Yasmin"
"Is that really your name?" asks Aladdin.
"No"
"Wait, don't I know you"
"No, I don't think so, I'm not from around here"
"You are though, you're Princess Jasmine, aren't you?"
"Yes, but you cannot tell anyone I'm here"
"If I may be so bold, what are you doing out of the palace?"
"The walls of the palace have housed me all my life, I've never been outside them, I wanted to come and see the town, meet my people"
"And what do you think?"
"It's different than I imagined"
"That's because you're not seeing the way a townsperson would"
"Are you offering?"
"How about it?"
"I can't, not right now, I have to get back, but I'm free tomorrow"
"Okay, I'll meet you here tomorrow at 8"
"In the morning!" says a shocked Jasmine
"In the evening, you've seen Aggrabah by day, you have to see it by night"
"Okay"
The next day they meet up at the specified time and place and Aladdin leads her to his rooftop home when they can see the whole of Aggrabah, the only light coming from the setting sun.
"It's beautiful" she says.
"I suppose it is"
"You may not think it is Aladdin, but I do, it's a whole new world for me"
"Your highness"
"Yes"
"Would you like to come meet me again sometime"
"Yes, I would like that very much"
A few years later in present day Storybrooke it is the dead of night, no one is around and the whole town is quiet, then suddenly a vortex appears in midair and out comes the white rabbit, followed by a slightly older Jasmine and Aladdin.
"Well here we are, welcome to Storybrooke"
"Thank you rabbit"
"Which way do we have to go?" asks Aladdin.
"Go down that road, there's a place called Granny's where you can stay"
"Okay, and thank you for your help"
"You are welcome"
The rabbit then jumps back into the vortex it disappears.
"Come on, let us go to this Granny's, we can start the search tomorrow"
And so the two of them head off down the street.
End of Chapter