It had been ten days and ten nights since the battle with the dark god had occurred and each of those that had participated in the battle was currently busy trying to help the people of Magnostadt in any way that they could while Koen, Alibaba, Morg, Sinbad and the rest of the royals were all back at camp trying to patiently wait for Aladdin to return from where Yunan had taken him after he had syphoned the power from the dark god enough to weaken it to the point where it could be destroyed.
But the cost of it's destruction may have come at a terrible price.
Aladdin...
The precious little magi that had endeared himself to each of them and become their greatest friend and ally- had had to be mortally wounded by what Yunan had called the holy spear of the heavens. A weapon of a god.
The spear had been used to pierce Aladdin's heart, allowing the young magi's little remaining light to be magnified to the point where it had consumed the dark gods stolen power and redistributed it across the world. Not long after the light began to die out, Yunan had run over to Aladdin and grabbed the young magi and completely vanished.
Though they had managed to locate the two magi- Aladdin's state was unknown to them and Yunan refused to speak of the boy's condition or even let them close to him to assess his state for themselves. Instead whenever they tried, Yunan used a bit of his power to throw them back away from where he had placed Aladdin.
One thing that they did know for certain was that Aladdin was in a great deal of agony. The never ending screams that escaped the boy's throat was a testament to this. And it was creating havoc among the groups awaiting Aladdin's return.
Everyone was becoming increasingly concerned for the boy.
So much so that Alibaba had already collapsed and even though his friend Morgiana was caring for him at the moment- he had yet to bother eating or drinking much less sleeping for the past few days.
Even the king of Sindria was becoming distraught. Which isn't exactly anything new, Sinbad was very fond of Aladdin and had made an unspoken claim on the child as one of his household.
Something that Aladdin should have rebuffed him for, however the boy had simply either ignored Sinbad's unspoken claim on his person as a member of his household. Or perhaps he simply hadn't been aware of or known what Sinbad had done?
Either way, Yunan knew that Sinbad would likely cause problems for Aladdin once the changes in his new body were complete. It had been silent now for several hours, signifying the ending phase of the changes in the young Magi king's new body.
Feeling a few pulses of Aladdin's magoi brush up against him before petering out, Yunan slowly opened his eyes as he pushed himself up from his seat upon the rock that he had been sitting on for the past ten days and nights, and began to slowly move toward the new form of his new king. Completely ignoring the blood and gore that had come with the changes.
After all, Aladdin was the human embodiment of a phoenix.
He would perish and rise again from his own remains.
Approaching with caution because he knew that Aladdin would likely be very distressed as well as incredibly confused by what had happened, and not recall that he had perished and been reborn again- Yunan peeked around the corner of the stone formation where he had placed Aladdin so that he could change his form in peace, he first noted that the small child that had once been Aladdin was nothing but a smoldering, bloody and deformed empty shell lying on the ground.
And sitting in the middle of what had once been his own torso before it had been ripped in half... Was a small slender form of a silvery blond haired child with electric turquoise eyes.
Hn, Yunan thought as he silently pulled a long red and white fur lined cloak from one of the satchels that he carried on his person at all times, and then quietly approached the little one. The child's eyes watched him warily as he moved in on him/her. Those eyes never once blinked, but then again- that was sort of expected.
Slowly dropping to one knee in front of Aladdin, Yunan wrapped his new king in the cloak as he carefully looked the little one over.
This time Aladdin hadn't been born an eight year old. Apparently his former self had found his more child-like form vexing in some way. His new form looked to be between eleven to thirteen years of age. The features of the magi king's newest form was more feminine- delicate in face and in build. Not that he hadn't been before, but this time he was even more so.
The silvery blond hair surrounding the child's face, hung almost down to the child's waist and below that- Yunan blushed upon finding that his newest version of his king hadn't been born a male but a female instead.
"Sinbad and the others will have a field day with this." He muttered to himself and then sighed as he carefully bundled the child in the cloak and then picked her up since she likely wouldn't be in full control of all of her facilities for the next few days. Because much like her ability to speak and understand others- her memory wasn't totally intact at the moment.
She would need to be watched carefully by her appointed guardians if she was to stay in good health.
Looking down at the girl in his arms, he noted that she had tilted her head back and was looking around, trying to take in everything of the world around her.
He had been present for the death and rebirth of his king at least a hundred times and the child's reaction to the world was always the same. His king was always so very curious upon being reborn.
That would have to be taken care of as well to keep her out of trouble since she was practically defenseless as she currently was. It would take anywhere between a few days, to a few weeks or more for her to totally regain her power so that she could defend herself if need be.
Whispering the same spell for teleportation that he had used before, he placed a hand over her eyes to keep her from becoming dizzy or- worst case scenario- sick to the point where she threw up on someone as they vanished form the small island twenty miles away from where they had originally been and reappeared in the middle of the camp that everyone had set up on the outskirts of Magnostadt, startling several of Reims fanalis.
"Yunan! You're back!" Muu all but shouted, catching the attention of Ren Kouen, his siblings that happened to be present, Ja-far and Sinbad as well as a few others allowing everyone to quickly converge on the magi while the child rested in his arms.
"Yunan. How is Aladdin? Why is he not here?" Sinbad finally broke through the small crowd and managed to ask him. His voice drowning out the happy cries and shouts among the encampment as everyone suddenly started looking around as if expecting Aladdin to simply pop up or simply drop out of the sky or something.
Yunan hesitated for a moment, during which time the child was able to throw the part of the cloak covering her head and face off and looked around at everyone for a moment before someone asked, "Who is that?" causing Yunan to laugh almost nervously before he slowly replied loud enough for everyone to hear.
"The Aladdin that you all know is dead," The looks of pain and horror on everyone's faces was devastating to see. Looking down at the girl, he gave her a small smile before walking forward until he was standing right in front of Sinbad before going on to say, "The Aladdin that you know is gone. This child...was born from his power and his body. In many ways including essence- this is Aladdin. Simply in another form. He's been returned to his truest and most purest state of being in this form."
"I won't bother to lie and tell you that this child will be exactly the same as him, but the things that came to matter to each of you about him- those things still exist. Her memory isn't totally intact right now, and neither are all of her facilities. A little help from Pheonix and Ja-far might help her along. But everything else will return to normal again in time. Until then, she needs a guardian. And as the one who carries out her will, I am appointing Sinbad, the king of Sindria as her adoptive father." And with that, Yunan carefully handed the girl over to Sinbad who took her in his arms and looked down at her with wide amber eyes as the girl reached up with one small hand and ran her fingertips along the curve of one of his cheeks curiously.
"I- Yunan- I can't- Is this wise?" Sinbad seemed to stumble over his own words for several moments in growing alarm when Yunan chuckled and then asked,
"Would you rather I give her to Ren Kouen to be her adopted father? Despite your differences and dislike of him- he is currently the only other person that I feel Aladdin as she is now can trust to take care of and protect her until she is more like herself."
Sinbad opened and then closed his mouth for a moment or so before quickly realizing that he was backed into a corner here and then snapping his mouth shut. Yunan grinned slightly and began to reach for the girl as if to take her from him and watched in satisfaction as the man shot him a dark look over the top of the girl's silver blond head and quickly tightened his arms around her to the point where the child squeaked as if to tell the man that he was sort of hurting her. Causing him to slowly loosen his hold on her a tad bit as he snarled at Yunan.
Declaring before all in the camp that no one would be taking Aladdin from him and live.