Return to Sender

L.A.: Hello everyone! I am Lightsaura, L.A. for short, and welcome to my first Aladdin story! I've been wanting to write one for a long time especially since Carpet stories aren't around much and Carpet happens to be my favorite character. Anyway, in this chapter the bold is supposed to represent text. So, keep that in mind when you see Anna writing in slang. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Aladdin, Disney does. I only own my characters. I wished I owned Disney but alas that hasn't happened yet.

Rainy Days Suck.

Those were the only words running through Anna's head as she stared out at the barren wasteland of concrete that lay between her shelter and her car. She completely ignored the weather channel the night before and opted for a classic Disney cartoon instead. Foolishly, she had left her umbrella in her car. Her green eyes squinted as she let out a sigh. The rain was falling in sheets which meant she was definitely going to get soaked. Luckily, having brown hair, people are less likely to notice a wet head at first glance. That didn't mean that she was even more willing to go out.

She stamped her feet impatiently as she let out a moan. Glancing at her watch, she realized she only had five minutes before class started. Since it took ten minutes to get to class, she knew she was already late. This was bad because she had already been late twice that semester. A third time resulted in a drop in her grade.

"Freshmen required classes bite," She murmured. Sighing one last time, she bolted to her car.

She ended up being late. As usual, the professor gave her a disapproving look as she slipped into a desk in the back row. She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket as she pulled out her notebook. She quickly glanced up to see if the professor was looking before flipping open her phone and reading the text.

What happened to you?

She rolled her eyes at Lizzie's text. Her best friend and roommate Lizzie Hallows was a blond with hazel eyes whose head was more in her major than her social life. As best friends, they complemented each other. She made sure Anna stayed focus and she made sure Lizzie had a life.

Anna glared as she texted back:

Got caught in the rain. BTW Y didn't u wake me up?

A couple of seconds later, her phone vibrated.

You should learn to wake yourself up.

Anna had to resist a groan as she mentally slapped her head. Lizzie was always mature and practical and often condoned Anna's immaturity. Although Anna could understand Lizzie's desire for her to learn to be independent, mornings just never agreed with her.

With a sigh, she leaned back in her chair. This was going to be a long boring class.

It was still drizzling when class ended much to Anna's chagrin. Still without an umbrella, she sloshed towards the stores district in search of lunch. Lizzie had another class so Anna was alone on her quest. The little shopping district beside the college had been one of the qualities that made Anna choose to attend there. The prospect of having a variety of places to eat and shop made her believe that she would truly enjoy college.

As she glanced quickly around, she decided upon the college's coffee and sandwich shop. Engrossed in reaching her destination, she failed to notice a man wearing a trench coat walking in her direction.

With a thud, they ran into each other. The man muttered a brief apology before pushing past her. Glancing down at the ground, she noticed that the man had dropped a brown package. Picking it up, she quickly turned to call to the man but realized that he had disappeared.

"Weird," She murmured. The package was rather large and cumbersome. Scrawled in black ink on the front were the words: Azrath Mo zen.

She frowned. There was no address and no indication of the sender. With a shrug, she tucked the package under her arm and headed into the coffee shop.

It was late afternoon when Anna finally returned to her dorm. With a sigh, she threw the package on her bed and pressed the play button on the answering machine.

It was the usual messages. Her mother called asking her to call back. Lizzie called to say she would be late again. Some creepy guy was breathing heavily into the phone.

Anna jerked from her position on the floor and quickly replayed the message.

Somebody was definitely trying to scare her. Her blood didn't run cold though until she heard a whisper.

"I know you have it." The message ended.

Anna glanced at the package. What the heck had she gotten herself into?

"It's drugs," She said to herself, "That' got to be what's in there." With that mindset, imagine her surprise when the package jumped.

"Oh god," She shrieked as she backed away from it. Frantically glancing around, she grabbed a spatula that happened to be lying nearby and held it in front of her protectively. "It's got to be an exotic animal."

The package bounced a couple more times before stopping. Anna hesitantly crept closer to the package. The package ripped open, the force sending her flying into a nearby wall.

Her head rattled forcing her to take a moment to adjust to the spinning room. After a moment, her vision cleared. Her eyes widened at what she saw as her mouth nearly fell to the floor.

Well, how would you react if a magic carpet was floating in the middle of your apartment?

L.A.: Yeah, I know this chapter is short but don't worry, they'll be longer after this. Anyways, if you could take the time to review after reading this chapter I would greatly appreciate it! See you next chapter!