Chapter 1: Prologue

Reina's POV

So much has passed ever since I bought the lamp and carpet from the antique store. I would never have thought that the carpet was actually a magic carpet and that in the lamp, a genie resided inside waiting to be summoned.

It all happened when I was fifteen and a week old, when the lady from the store convinced me to buy them almost immediately after entering the store. She cryptically said to me that it would change my life.

And it did change my life.

Long story short, Genie told me that I was his mistress until I have said all my three wishes.

At the time, I was happy with my life. I had a loving family, good friends, and a promising future. I did not know what to wish for.

So I asked him what he would wish. He wished for his freedom. So we made a deal, after saying my two wishes, my third wish is for him to be a free genie. So we shook on it and to seal it, the pinky promise.

The carpet that I brought with the lamp, came to life at the same time Genie was presenting himself. Even though he doesn't talk, his actions speak volumes.

When I came home, I didn't tell this to my parents or anyone. I trust my family. But I don't want them to get hurt. If the bad kind of people find out about Genie and Carpet, they would be taken away from me and treated like some experiments. So I believe it was safer for them being ignorant of magic being real with me being the only one to know.

This is where the real tragedy of my life began. Apparently, a wizard named Jafar from the city of Agrabah traveled here to get the lamp that he had been searching for many years. He practiced black magic which allowed him to live as long a few centuries short of two thousand.

He found out that I hold the lamp and that I know of Genie.

After a series of events, there was a point where he held my family hostage. That was when I made my second wish. I wished that I was the most powerful sorceress in the universe.

I confronted the evil sorcerer and we had a battle of magic. In the end I won all because I destroyed the cobra staff, the thing that caused him to be immortal. He became dust before my eyes.

The cage that my family was trapped in disappeared but they had seen everything. So with my new found powers, I erased their memories of the whole event and put them to sleep. I teleported them to their beds and replaced their memories in which we were doing what we normally do.

Later at night, I told Carpet to take me away in a place where no one would see us. He flew towards an empty park. I rub the lamp and Genie appears but he was silent wondering what I was going to wish.

I kept my promise and wish for his freedom.

He was ecstatic. He was murmuring all the things he wanted to do, the places he wanted to visit but I stood silently watching him be happy.

But he stopped his ramblings and soon he stood before me and told me he was going to miss me. I told him I was going to miss him as well. After flying off, he promised that he will come back. And he did months later.

When he came back, I had greeted him with open arms which he return just as excited and told me of his travels.

Then I came up with an idea of making a traveling magic show where the money I collect from the audience will go to charity. Genie and Carpet were all for it. And with the new additions, Abu the monkey and Iago the parrot.

I had made myself a stage-name, Mysteria. I had also disguised myself to get into character, including wearing a simple black domino mask.

The first shows were in my city, but in different areas. Using my unlimited powers, I use them on stage for the act, and of course I also included Carpet, Abu, Iago and Genie. The older audience believing it was just an act while the kids truly believing that it was real.

After the first show becoming a success, many people from around the city and even nearby cities came over to watch.

We have become celebrities in the magic entertainment. I had put up a website about our act and the places I planned to go. There is even a place where I can allow people to rate and comment.

Those were the good things, but the bad thing was that nasty people were coming after me. Well, not me entirely, but the money that I have gathered. It was no secret that I only accepted cash and all that money that came by is stored by me, in the dressing room.

I was naïve to think that no one would bother me; no one will come after me. In the end they did, in the worse kind of way.

Robbers came into the dressing room, ransacked, and trashed the room, trying to find the money. I at least had the idea to use magic to hide it on a box that if I didn't say the 'magic' words the money would not appear.

When I entered, they held me at gunpoint threatening me to give them the money. I refused. In the end I had used my magic to capture them and sent them to the police.

Sure, I got the bad guys, but that caused my real trouble.

I never thought that they were others like Jafar. The bad guys that I captured practiced black magic. They let themselves be taken, so I wouldn't suspect they know magic.

After a few days, what I thought that was the last time I would have to confront them, everything changed.

They captured me when I finished a show one night by knocking me out with chloroform. They took me away to their hideout and I was terrified.

They tied me to some sort of altar and was in and out of consciousness. The next thing I know, Genie came and saved me.

The men threatened about how they had seen my mind. They knew about my family, they knew about my secret identity. They knew and that was dangerous.

Before Carpet left the hideout, I promised that I will have my revenge. But after saying that, they threatened that they will kill me in seven days.

In three days, I came up with a plan that will ensure that my family will no longer be endangered by me.

Those bastards, kept their threat. They used black magic on someone to ram their car once I am crossing the street. I died. Well, more like the clone I produced magically.

My real body was hidden from anyone and Genie. Abu, Iago and Carpet were watching over it, making sure that it was safe from outside harm.

I had performed a very complicated and powerful spell to create my clone. Basically, the clone was lifeless if it wasn't for me making my soul leave my body and the clone as it's host. It was the clone that was hit by the car. The impact was painful, I remember clearly. I remember how my soul was sucked away from my cloned body and traveled to my real one.

I could only imagine how devastated my family was when they found out of my 'death'. I had used a crystal ball to see how they were doing and what I saw broke my heart and my soul as well. Everyone was crying their hearts out. My younger sister and little brother were crying while hugging Mom, while Dad was shedding silent tears hugging them all, all the while shaking his shoulder, trying not to cry as hard. As I was seeing this, I also cried and I lost the image. I was bawling like a baby and that was how Genie and Carpet found me. They hugged me while I cried until I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I had two things in my mind, my family and revenge. So first, I prepared the spell that made those bastards wished they never crossed me or hurt my family ever again.

But the thing was in order to have revenge, I had to learn black magic. Genie asked me if this was a good idea, but I told them that I am not doing just for me, but for my family and to all the victims that those bastards manipulated, Genie was hesitant but understood my reasoning.

For days I spent every hour on studying the books and practiced. However, Genie, Abu, Iago and Carpet had to remind me that I had to eat and sleep in order to function, which I did after Genie threaten that he would magically put me to sleep and force feed me if he had to.

Almost a week of studying, I put my spell in action. I am not giving out details but just know that they now can't use magic of any type and in jail after confessing what they all have done making sure that they didn't reveal about magic.

I had some satisfaction when I saw that they were going to have at least forty years in prison, but that did not heal my broken heart.

I did not know what compelled me to do it, but I did do it. I attended my own funeral service and burial. I had become invisible in order not to cause suspicion. I will not lie that I cried. I will not lie that I wished I did not have to make the decision of faking my death. I will not lie that I am going to miss them because I won't be able to stay with them.

So as Shakespeare once said 'parting is such sweet sorrow'. In my conscious, I know I did the right thing. If evil people with bad intentions come after me by threatening my family, they will have no leverage if they think I have no one and if by some chance know of my family they can't use them to get information because I am 'dead', I do not exist.

Now, I am a magician to the public. I am Mysteria. No one knows how I look behind the mask. No one knows my real name. I am a mystery to the public. And I want it to keep it that way.

My charities are well known and many people know my name. I have been traveling now across the United States.

Now my next destination is Gotham City. Requested by the followers on Mysteria's web page.

AN: I'm just going to say this once. I do not own Young Justice, the DC Universe or the Aladdin characters mentioned. Just my OC Reina. The plot is also an original idea, it takes place a few months after season one. I haven't seen all of season two, but I don't think I will have references about that season.

So explanation... in this story Aladdin never found the lamp, so this is an AU of Aladdin, but I don't think I would consider it a x-over. Okay the prologue basically explains how she found the lamp and Carpet and how there was a Jafar but I added my little twist in it. Iago was with Jafar as in the movie, but of course he went later with Aladdin or in this case Reina. Abu was found later on.

I might write a prequel and it would be put under the Aladdin category and would explain more in detail what happened. But it would be extremely AU, just warning you all.

How I came up with this idea... I have no idea. I was listening to 'A Friend Like Me' and it just popped into my brain. My brain can be so weird at times.

And sorry to the readers that have read my previous stories (especially to those that read Shadow Ghost the Night Child, I really want to update, but writer's block for that story is hitting me hard). I did warn in my profile that if the temptation was too strong I would post a new story. But I will not abandon the story. That is for sure.

I have written many chapters for this story and will update at least once or twice a month.

Sorry for any confusion, spelling and/or grammar mistakes found in this chapter. It goes for the rest of the story.

Thanks for reading. :D