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So, this story may follow a few scenes from the manga, some parts may be cut out and some may be an addition or different. It will be like this until the group arrives in Sindria, or earlier. Then my plot bunny wouldn't have to jump an extra mile or so. Oh, and I'm sorry for disappearing for a week.
I think I'm overreacting to this….
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, maybe some OC's will appear, but the whole idea is mine.
Chapter 1
The night was cold and silent. The only sound was the chirping crickets and Alibaba's racing heart. She found herself sitting up on her bed, panting, and sweaty. Guiding her blanket to her forehead, she dried the sweat off and falls back down on her bed. Waking up from a nightmare isn't a preferable way to start off the day, especially 3 in the morning.
That memory has been haunting me for the last few days already. It doesn't help me at all. When is it going to stop? She shook her head softly at the thought.
For the rest of the night (err morning) she stayed awake, rethinking of her plan to get back to her home country. Dawn finally arrived, sunlight poured into the small window beside her bed. The soft rays adorned Alibaba's face, as if the sun came out just for her. She sighed and got up from her bed.
"Well, now's not the time to sulk around. Have to get to work anyways" she told herself.
She trudges across the hallway to her bathroom and abruptly stops in front of a mirror, staring at her reflection. Her hair is short enough to pass as a boy with the little cowlick on top, chest wrapped up in tight cloth-like bandages, covered by her soft blue shirt. Dark circles formed just below her eyes, but they were barely noticeable. She shrugged it off of her mind as she went over her morning routine: taking a morning shower, brushing her teeth, and getting dressed.
Once she is done, she walks toward the front door, paused, and looked back at her little house. The first room you would see is a not-too-small yet cozy living room. An arch doorway carved into the left wall, leading to the kitchen. On the right of the living room, there was a short hallway that leads to her room and the bathroom. She gives her house a last look before finally leaving for her job.
"Aren't you going to do something about this? Driver?" asked Budel. (A/N: Remember that fat guy in the beginning? Let's call him 'Pig'. How does that sound?)
"My deepest apologies, Pig-sama." Replies Alibaba.
Geez, why don't you do something about it since you're the one who complained. She scowled as she turned back to the reins.
"Hey take your dirty hands off of my apples!" Pig yelled at a blue haired boy.
"Oi, kid. Those apples are for boss only!" said Alibaba.
"Let me have one, please mister?" The kid begged with puppy eyes towards Alibaba.
"Do you have the money for them?"
"Nope", he said gleefully while putting up a smile like he's proud of it.
Then how is he going to pay for this ride?! She sweat dropped at his confession. She turned back to the camels, keeping watch of the road. Once she was bored, (it was only for a few minutes and now she's bored?!) she turned back to the cart to see what's happening now. Her jaw dropped at the scene she is now witnessing.
I must be imagining right? Please, lord, tell me that what I am seeing is just a hallucination. Her prayers weren't answered and felt dread washes over her. The blue haired kid was snuggling into Pig's "man boobs" and asked, "Mister, you're a guy but you have boobs! What's up with that?"
Pig was all red and steam rose from his ears, gritting his teeth all at the same time.
"How dare you, you damned brat!"
He was about to stomp on the boy, but Alibaba pushed him aside and took on the punishment for him.
"I'm very sorry, sir! He didn't mean any harm!" She quickly apologized and left with the kid on a "break". They were far enough so Pig couldn't hear their conversation. She pulled on the kid's shirt collar and shook him back and forth, feet dangling and waving above the ground.
"You stupid brat! Do you know who that is?! He's the famous and rich winemaker, Pig-sama."
She scolded him until Pig got tired of waiting and whined. (Come on, it's only been a few seconds and he gets tired that quickly?)
"Hey driver, how long is your break gonna go?!"
"Just a second, Pig-sama!" she replies.
They went back into the cart and started moving; catching up to the caravan they joined in the beginning of the trip. But what they don't know is that a small green worm popped up from the sand beside the cart. A desert hyacinth appeared only seconds after the worm, creating a wide crater around the caravan. The cart tipped over and one barrel of wine fell along with a little girl, about 4 years old. Both Alibaba and Pig stretches their hands out, trying to reach for the girl but failed nonetheless because Pig caught his wine first. (See, couldn't trust him a bit, even in my story) Alibaba stared in shock that she couldn't help her at all and let the girl fall into the mouth of the flower.
Somebody help, save her! She screams inside her mind, but her body froze with fear.
"Hey driver, I got my wine back." She didn't respond to him. "Hurry up! The flower got its prey and we don't have enough time left until it finishes." Alibaba still froze. "Tch. Hey woman," he went over to the girl's mother, "if you really want that child, then you could make more with me. Now hurry up and tell the driv-." He was knocked down from Alibaba, giving him a punch to the side of his head. He flew a couple meters or so and landed on his side with foam forming in his mouth.
Screw it! I'm not going to wait for someone anymore! She quickly grabs a barrel of wine and slips into the crater. This desert hyacinth can also get drunk too. While the wine goes through the system, the flower should return back to the sand. She raises the barrel to the top of her head and chucks it to the flower's mouth. The wines are now drooping, giving the signal that it's drunk. Alibaba slides down further into the crater, grabs the girl and climbs back up to hand her over to the mother. Alibaba was relieved but one of the vines moved slightly in the background.
"Alibaba, you're not out of the clear yet!"
But the warning was too late. One of the flower's vines shot up and grabs the nearest prey, Alibaba.
"Agh!" Another vine whipped the back of her head and she lost all strength to struggle.
That probably had natural sedatives on it. Wait why am I thinking that now?! (Probably because it says so in the script, which is made by the author) I can't die here yet. I still have yet to conquer a dungeon.
Back to the "audience", the blue haired kid quickly took out his turban and loaded with the rest of the wine. Some people watched and wondered if that kid needed to know that this is serious and they needed help, not goofing around with the turban.
"Fly, magic turban" he said softly for only the turban to here.
It rises up slowly and flies over the flower and Alibaba. The people were now taken back of their thoughts as they watched in astonishment. The kid smiles as he has the perfect plan to rescue Alibaba.
"Don't give up mister!" he shouted, gaining Alibaba's attention.
Her eyes widened at the scene played out for her. I don't believe this, a kid and a flying turban? It must be a mirage, but he's way too close to be one. She quickly threw her thoughts away as she saw the kid dropping down the wine. But before that, she heard a disgustingly familiar voice.
"Hey, what are you doing with my wine? Think about it, those wine cost more than 300 people and you would give it up for just a measly brat?!" Pig screamed his logic to the kid.
The kid raises his right hand up.
"Please, I beg you to stop! STOP IT!" begged Pig.
And waved his hand down to signal the turban to drop the wine. By now, Pig was back to where the spot Alibaba had hit him, since his plead failed to go through the kid's brain. Back to the flower, it was now lying lifeless on the pit of the crater; the vines dropped and released hold of Alibaba in midair. The kid swopped down and caught her safely. They flew back to the awaiting group and landed the turban. Aladdin wrapped back on his head and was about to ask for Alibaba's condition, but she talked first and left him no time to ask.
"Thanks for saving my life back there. Umm, I didn't catch your name though. What is it?"
"The name's Aladdin. And you're welcome. Are you alright, though?"
"Yep! And my name's Alibaba. Nice to meet you, Aladdin."
"Hm!"
Ok, that's all for today folks! Like I said, this story will go a bit similar to the manga but with twists in it. And please tell me if the pace is okay. I'm sorry for disappearing for a week but I warned you, I'm not a fast updater. Leave a review or comment and I'll see you next time. Adieu~
