A Whole New World
Summary: A year into their marriage, Aladdin, and Jasmine have started their own family when Jafar escapes his imprisonment and separates them from each other and their child, erasing their memories. Now in a world of gun-slinging outlaws, corrupt officials, and government agents, can Aladdin and Jasmine reunite with each other and prove that their love is written and can not be changed? Crossover with Aladdin 2019 and Red Dead Redemption 2. Some elements inspired from Once Upon A Time.
Chapter 2: A Valentine, a Lamp, and a Friend Like Me
Author's Note: Wow...four favs, and follows? At least somebody is reading this. I'm shocked that it's done this well. Anyways, we did about a month time skip just to get the ball rolling on the main story of RDR2. Hope that's okay! Enjoy the chapter!
Location: Valentine, New Hanover, Time: May 10th, 1899, 11 AM
"Journal Entry..number forty, I guess? I've lost track. The man I met in Blackwater. Arthur Morgan. He's part of a outlaw gang called Van der Linde Gang. It's more of a family then a gang of outlaws. Arthur got me this journal to write. Dutch, their leader, took me and Abu in, and we were welcomed warmly. I've never been more fed and clothed in my entire life. But right now they're...I mean we're struggling. Dutch...I've come to think of him as a father figure now, he and another gang member named Micah Bell...Gods I hate that man. And I don't use that term lightly. He always has that feeling like something bad is gonna happen. They had plans for a robbery on a ferry that was coming into Blackwater. Something about bank money. Whatever it was, it went south. And it went south bad. We had to abandon camp in a hurry. I'm just thankful my face hasn't turned up on a wanted poster. At least...not yet..
We've been on the run for about five days now. Three we spent fleeing over the mountains to the west, and then doubling back from the north, trying to outrun the Pinkertons. In the chaos, Arthur lost his horse, Boadicea. Whether she's dead or alive, he doesn't know, but I think he thinks she's dead. We lost six members as well. Jenny, who I think Lenny, another member of our family liked, and Davey. They were both wounded during our escape. Jenny passed before we reached an abandoned mining town called Colter. Davey died soon after we arrived. Mac, Davey's brother, was also wounded and got left behind. Sean was left behind as well. No one knows if they made it out or not. John is lost somewhere up there in the mountains. Dutch had him out scouting, and when I left a day after we arrived he still hadn't returned. Micah was sent out scouting as well, but he came back. Was hoping he stayed lost. Dutch, Micah, and Arthur went out in the storm and found a group of O'Driscolls. They had killed a man named Jake Adler, and left his wife, Sadie, a widow. Sadie has been brought to Colter, and the women are taking care of her. I don't know how this is gonna affect her, but I hope she's gonna be okay.
As far as I know the gang is still holed up there. Dutch sent me down the mountain to head back into Blackwater as soon as there was a break in the storm since I wasn't spotted during the escape, and see if there's anything left at the old campsite. He told me not to make a run for the money though. He said we'll get it when the heat dies down."
Aladdin closed the journal as he sat up from his sugan, and stretched. He decided to camp at a place called Horseshoe Overlook. It was surrounded with trees, had great shade, and hardly anyone knew about it. He would have to tell Hosea about it
He turned to Abu.
"We better get going, Abu."
The horse groaned.
"Come on, Abu. Don't be like that."
Aladdin put out his campfire and packed everything up, placing it behind Abu's saddle.
"Alright. Let's go."
He gently tapped Abu with his spurs, leading him out of the overlook and into Valentine.
Meanwhile, in Valentine, Jasmine, and Daila were wandering the weekly Farmer's Market, looking at the food for sale. The two had managed to find a steady job working as cleaners for the hotel, and had bought a small cabin on the outskirts of town.
Norah gently giggled against her mother's chest in her sling as they shopped.
"What's so funny, Norah? You've been quite excited today."
As Jasmine reached for an apple, she felt a hand instead of a fruit. But as soon she touched the hand it quickly pulled away.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you wanted that apple."
She glanced up to see a dark-haired man with a slightly dark complexion, smiling nervously at her. He a bit of facial hair growing, and had took his hat off to talk to her.
"It's quite alright, Mr...?"
"Aladdin. It's just Aladdin."
Jasmine looked at him as a memory washed over her.
"So, how many names do you have, Prince Aladdin?"
Aladdin's voice brought her back as she felt herself falling, and a pair of arms grabbing her.
"Hey, hey. You okay?"
Jasmine swallowed, trying to catch her breath. Why did she become breathless so suddenly? She nodded.
"I'm...I'm fine. Thank you...for catching me...that is...That's never happened before."
"Maybe you should see a doctor."
Jasmine nodded.
"Maybe. I'm Jasmine."
Aladdin nodded.
"It's nice to meet you, Jasmine. And who's this little one?"
Jasmine gently propped up her daughter for Aladdin to see.
"Norah. It means..."
"Light...it means light."
"Didn't take you for a literary, Aladdin."
"I'm smarter then I look," he replied with a laugh. "How old is she?"
"About two months."
"And do you have a husband?"
"No. It's just me and Norah. And my best friend, and her newborn daughter."
Aladdin nodded.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be nosy."
"It's alright."
Aladdin smiled gently pushing a stray hair of Jasmine's to the side.
"Well, I'd...I'd best be going. I'm heading down into Blackwater."
"Blackwater? Soon after the massacre? The outlaws might still be there!"
"I'm just passing through. I can handle myself. I'll tell you what. Meet me in front of the hotel the day after tommrow at three in the afternoon. I'll come back without a scratch. I guarantee it."
Jasmine gasped in shock.
"You are unbelievable."
"Sometimes, you just have to take a risk," Aladdin said with a smile.
He took Jasmine's hand and gently kissed it before leaving the market, placing his hat back on his head, tipping it as he climbed onto Abu and rode out of town. As Jasmine watched him ride away, Daila snuck up behind her.
"So...who's the pretty boy?"
Jasmine jumped.
"Daila! He's...he's just someone I bumped into here by accident. He's no one."
"That's not what I saw," Dalia replied with a wink.
Jasmine groaned.
"You are incorrigible."
"I try my best. I've got everything I need. Are we ready to leave?"
Jasmine just nodded.
"Yes. Let's go."
Location: Outside of Blackwater, Great Plains, West Elizabeth, Time: May 11th, 1899, 3 PM
"Journal Entry Forty-one, I think I have my days counted right now. I made it to Blackwater last night. Pinkertons are on every corner and there are patrols everywhere. I couldn't make it anywhere near the old campsite. They're watching it like a hawk. I'm just glad I haven't been recognized. I've been stopped about four times total because everyone is on edge. Gonna stick around a little longer so my leaving the area isn't suspicious...I think I'll dip into Thieves Landing before doubling back."
Aladdin stopped writing, and saddled up Abu before heading across the Lower Montana River and into Thieves Landing. He hitched Abu up to a post before heading over to the Fence.
Aladdin gently coughed.
"Excuse me?"
The Fence glanced up.
"Aha! Welcome to my shop! Welcome to Thieves Landing. City of mystery, of enchantment, and the finest merchandise this side of the river Montana, on sale today, come on down! Heh, heh. Look at this! Yes! Combination hookah and coffee maker-also makes Julienne fries. Will not break.."
The Fence tapped it on the table, and it broke.
"Will not...it broke. Ooohhh! Look at this!"
He pulled out a small tan box.
"I have never seen one of these intact before. This is the famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Listen."
The Fence made a raspberry sound with his mouth.
"Ah, still good."
Aladdin sighed.
"No, thank you."
As he turned to walk away, the Fence called out.
"Wait, don't go! I can see that you're only interested in the exceptionally rare. I think then, you would be most rewarded to consider...this."
He pulled out a simple oil lamp.
"That's it? An oil lamp?"
"Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts. This is no ordinary lamp! It once changed the course of a young man's life. A young man who liked this lamp was more than what he seemed. A diamond in the rough."
Aladdin stared at the lamp and watched as it shimmered a blue color.
"What was that?"
Aladdin coughed.
"How much?"
"Oh...about three hundred dollars."
"Three hundred dollars?"
"Yeah. Want to buy?"
"No one would buy it for that much! You're insane if you think you can get that much out of a simple oil lamp."
"Oh, well. Somebody else will buy it. Good day now."
Aladdin turned away, but he felt...like he shouldn't leave the lamp behind. He went over to Abu.
"Okay, Abu. We're gonna do something a bit risky here. I need you to cause a scene."
The horse gave him a look.
"Just go crazy. Act like you've gone insane. But not too much, I don't want you getting shot."
Abu's eyes went wide with a shocked neigh.
"Abu, please?"
Abu huffed, and looked away. Suddenly he reared up, bucking and neighing wildly. Everyone started to swarm him while Aladdin slipped away and grabbed the lamp, slipping it into his satchel. He went back over to calm him down.
"Easy...easy, boy. I'm sorry about that guys. He's has some anxiety issues."
Aladdin climbed on and started to rein in Abu, turning him to leave when...
"The lamp! My lamp is gone!"
"Well...there goes my clean escape. Yah!"
He kicked Abu hard and the two ran.
"Stop that man!"
Bullets started flying through the air, and Aladdin pulled out his Cattleman revolver, loaned to him by Arthur and began firing back, aiming to disarm only.
As he rode past a farm, Aladdin led Abu into a canyon.
"This was a bad idea. We'll just get lost in this, Abu. We need to lose them somehow."
Abu suddenly stopped, throwing Aladdin from the saddle and onto the ground.
"Abu! Why did you do that?! We need to go!"
Abu just neighed at him.
"What?"
Abu gestured to the saddle bag and Aladdin grabbed it, bringing in front of Abu. Abu shoved his head into it and pulled out a stick of dynamite.
"Dynamite?! Where did you get that, Abu?! We've had this talk before! We don't use dynamite! I should be mad at you. I should be disciplining you for finding dynamite and putting it in the saddlebag, but right now, I'm just thankful we got it."
Aladdin grabbed a match, and lit it. He put the match to the fuse and threw the dynamite as far as he could.
"Run, Abu!"
The two started to run as the fuse began burning down. More bullets began to fly as the posse began to catch up with them. The fuse ran out just as Aladdin and Abu dived for cover. A loud explosion ripped through the canyon, blowing rock and dust everywhere. The canyon began to collapse. The posse fell back and rode away. Aladdin and Abu were trapped with no way out.
Then Aladdin spotted something.
"A cave! Abu, go, go!"
He ran towards the cave making sure Abu was right behind him. They both made it to the entrance just in time. A rock slide fell down behind them, sealing them inside.
"We're alive. I think."
Aladdin turned around to see the cave, and gasped.
"Whoa...it's..there's...treasure!"
All around them was rocks covered in gold, jewels, and shiny things.
"All of this would set the gang for life. I'll have to tell Dutch about this place."
A rustling caught Aladdin's attention. What appeared to be an alive rug was trying to free itself from a collapsed rock which had trapped it from moving. Aladdin went over to it.
"Whoa. Abu. This is a magic carpet. I used to read about these when I was a kid. These really do exist. Hello, carpet."
Aladdin held out his hand and the magic carpet shook his hand with one of it's tassels. Aladdin paused glancing at the rock.
"Let's see what we can do about your situation here."
Aladdin began to lift the rock as the carpet strained to free itself. With a snap, the carpet broke free flying around excitedly before wrapping itself around Aladdin, hugging him.
"Oh, hey! Don't mention it. Now, all we need's a way out. Hey, carpet, do you know a way out of here?"
The carpet gestured to his saddlebag and Aladdin opened it, pulling out the lamp.
"The lamp?"
The same blue shimmer that Aladdin saw back at the Fence washed over the lamp again.
"What is that?'
Aladdin blew gently on the lamp, blowing some dust off before rubbing it. The lamp shimmered brightly as blue smoke poured from it forming into a giant blue being with pointy ears. His voice shook the cave.
"Oh, great one who summons me. Terrible one who commands me. I stand by my oath. Loyalty to wishes three."
Aladdin couldn't form any words, gasping in shock. The blue giant gently coughed.
"I said... oh... great..."
The blue giant leaned over and pointed at Aladdin.
"Excuse me. Boy, where's your boss? Help me out here, where's your boss? If I was gonna talk to myself, I coulda just stayed in the lamp. Hello!"
"Um..."
"Use your big boy voice."
Aladdin finally managed to speak.
"I'm... talking... to a smoking blue giant?"
The blue giant scoffed, and shrunk in size.
"No! I am not a giant. I am a genie. There's a difference. Giants are not real. Where's your boss?"
"Um, my boss?"
"Look, kid, I've been doing this a long time, all right? There's always a guy, you know. He's cheated somebody or buried somebody or... I mean, you get my point. Where's that guy?"
Aladdin blinked before replying.
"I don't have one?"
Genie looked shocked.
"Really? So... it's just... you and me down here? And a horse. That's your personal business, but we gonna need to talk about that horse later. Such a pretty little horsey. So, you rubbed the lamp?"
"Uh-huh."
Genie floated away a little bit.
"O...kay. Hey, do you mind if I just stretch it out over here? Do you mind?"
Aladdin was confused.
"Uh, are you asking me?"
"You're my master," Genie replied, stretching his body out.
"I'm your master?"
"Downward dog!"
Aladdin shook his head.
"No, no, no. You look like you should be my master."
"Right, but that's not quite how it works, though."
"How long have you been trapped in here?"
"'Bout a thousand years," Genie replied.
"A thousand years?"
Genie changed his head to make it look like Aladdin's before changing it back.
"A thousand years? Kid, is it me, or does, like, everything surprise you? So, you really don't know who I am? Genie, wishes, lamp? None of that ringin' a bell?"
Aladdin shook his head.
"Wow. Well, th-th-that's a first," replied Genie with surprise.
He shot some magic at Abu, changing him from a horse into a monkey before a pair of cymbals appeared in his hands, a marching bass drum with bass mallets on a mechanical system appeared on his back before a kazoo was shoved into his mouth. Then just like clockwork he tapped the cymbals together like a wind-up toy.
Genie waved off Aladdin's shocked face.
"Oh, you don't need to worry about him, he's fine."
Abu started walking around, the drums playing in time with the cymbals as the Genie began clapping his hands before singing.
"Well, Ali Baba, he had them forty thieves Scheherezad-ie had a thousand tales. Well, master, you're in luck because up your sleeve You got a genie that never fails!"
Abu let off a blast of the kazoo as Genie stopped singing.
"Whoo! I'm the best. Yeah. Not enough, huh? I'm kidding. Watch this."
He shot another blast of magic at Abu, taking away the set-up and putting him on a drum set, and Abu started playing.
Here I go!
Unh, ooh, woo!
Back up! Uh-oh! Watch out! Unh!
You done wound me up!
Boutta show you what I'm workin' with, unh!
Well, Ali Baba, he had them forty thieves
Scheherazad-ie had a thousand tales
But, master, you're in luck because up your sleeves
You got a brand of magic never fails
You got some power in your corner now
Heavy ammunition in your camp
You got some punch, pizazz, yahoo, and how?
All you gotta do is rub that lamp
And then I'll say
"Mr. - Man, what's your name? Whatever -
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, I'll jot it down"
You ain't never had a friend like me
Life is your restaurant
And I'm your maitre d'
Come, whisper to me whatever it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me
We pride ourselves on service
You the boss, the king, the shah!
Say what you wish, it's yours! True dish
How about a little more baklava?
Have some of column A
Try all of column B
I'm in the mood to help you, dude
You ain't never had a friend like me
Oh! Unh!
It's the big part, watch out!
It's the big part, oh!
Can your friends do this?
Can your friends do that?
Can your friends pull this
Out their little hat?
Can your friends go
[*beatbox*]
I'm the genie of the lamp
I can sing, rap, dance, if you give me a chance, oh!
Don't sit there buggy-eyed
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a genie for your charge d'affaires
I got a powerful urge to help you out
So what's your wish? I really wanna know
You got a list that's three miles long, no doubt
Well, all you gotta do is rub like so
Mister...
Aladdin.
Yes!
One wish or two or three
Well, I'm on the job, you big nabob
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend, you ain't
Never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never (Never!)
Had a (Had a)
Friend (Friend)
Like (Like)
Me!
You ain't never had a friend like me!
Genie was giant once more, and leaning on his elbows with a smile.
"You can clap now. Puh-domp."
He dropped the mic as Carpet began clapping.
"No, no, no, no. Please, please, please, please. You can thank me outside. I-In the sun. When you wish us out."
Aladdin paused with a questioning look on his face.
"So, how does it work?"
Genie was shocked.
"You're... kidding, right? The whole song... was th-the instructions!"
With an explosion, Genie shrunk down to Aladdin's height and walked alongside him.
"Obviously you can't dance and listen at the same time. So here's the basics: Step one. Rub the lamp. Step two. Say what you want. Step three. There is no step three. See? It's that easy. You get three wishes. They must begin with rubbing the lamp and saying "I wish". Got it?"
"I think so," Aladdin replied.
Genie nodded and continued.
"A couple other rules. You can't wish for more wishes. Three is enough. Now, I can't make anybody love anybody. Or bring anybody back from the dead. Feel free to interrupt me anytime you don't understand. I'm kidding. Don't ever interrupt me, no matter what.
Now, I usually don't have to go through all this because by the time the guy gets to me, he pretty much knows what he wants and it generally has to do with..."
Genie grew big and started making it rain with cash, and flexing his muscles.
"Tons of money and power! Hahahahahhahaa!"
He shrunk back to Aladdin's size.
"Do me a favor, do not drink from that cup. I promise you, there's not enough money and power on earth for you to be satisfied. Good? So, what's your first wish?"
Aladdin nodded and walked around, thinking.
"Mm, well... I have to think about it. I mean, if there are only three. Why are there only three, anyway?"
Genie was flabbergasted.
"I don't know! Who cares?"
"You don't know," Aladdin stated with a questioning look. "I thought you were all-knowing?"
"That's 'cause you don't listen," Genie replied. "I never said I was all-knowing. I said I was all-powerful. The most powerful being in the universe."
He pulled out a chart showing who was on top. It was him, followed by President William McKinley, then Aladdin himself. Aladdin looked behind him when he heard some chittering. He glanced at Abu, who was still in his monkey form, gesturing for Aladdin to hand him the lamp.
"Look, whatever I don't know, I know I can learn it," Genie continued. "Outside in the sun. Why you playin' hard to wish? I know you can't tell, but I'm very pale. This is sky blue. My natural pigmentation is navy. Give us some sun!"
"Okay, Genie. I wish for you to get us out of this cave."
"Oh, yeah! He has made his first wish! Thank you for choosing carpets, horses and caravans. Please don't forget to tip your genie on the way out."
Genie swirled around Aladdin with blue magic trailing behind him.
"Hold yourself, kid!"
The two appeared outside of the cave, overlooking Pikes Basin.
"Whoo! Whoa. Man, look at this world. It's so... big. Inside the lamp, everything's like, brass! Brass! Brass! Brass! Like, ooh, is that some copper? Nope! Brass! Sorta the problem with the genie life. Phenomenal cosmic powers, but itty-bitty living space."
Aladdin held up the lamp.
"So, is this magic? Or are you magic?"
"Eh, kind of a package deal," Genie replied before snapping his fingers as the two were pulled back under some trees, and a open air tent formed above them.
Aladdin groaned with nausea.
"Can you warn me before you do that?"
"Oh, you'll get used to it. "
"Right."
Aladdin turned to Genie.
"So, do I have to make all my wishes here? I mean, if I take you back to Valentine, won't people...?"
"No, no, no, no, no. I can look totally normal."
Genie snapped his fingers, and turned into a fat man with blue skin a mustache, and a long beard. He wore extremely out-of-date clothing with a big hat.
Aladdin wasn't convinced.
"Right. Totally normal."
Genie waved his arms and changed again looking a little better, but...
"Still blue."
Genie shrugged and sat down, his skin changing to a more darker complexion. His hair stuck straight up off his head in a knot that ended just below the top of his shoulders.
"Do we need the top knot?" asked Aladdin.
"That's my little cherry on top," Genie replied.
Aladdin held up his hands in surrender.
"Okay, okay.."
Genie leaned back in his deck chair, forming some grapes with his magic, and grabbing one, eating it.
"So... What are you gonna wish?"
Aladdin shrugged.
"Oh, I-I haven't thought about that."
Genie nodded.
"Mm. You really are not that guy."
"Okay. So what would you wish for?"
Genie paused.
"No one's ever asked me that before. An easy one though."
He tapped on a pair of bracelets that signified he was a Genie.
"I wish to be free. To not have to say..."
Genie shrunk to a tiny size, and wore a waiter's outfit, jumping all over the tent.
"Can I help you? What would you like? Welcome to the lamp. May I take your order please?"
He returned to full size.
"Freedom. I wish to be... To be human."
Aladdin was confused.
"Why don't you just set yourself free?"
Genie laughed.
"Carpet! Did you hear what this boy said? Why don't I set myself free?"
Carpet seemed to laugh as Genie turned back to Aladdin.
"Only way a genie gets to be free is if the owner of the lamp uses one of his wishes to set him free. And the last time that happened was, like, the fourth of Never-ary."
Aladdin paused, nodding his head side-to-side.
"I'll do it. I've got three, right?"
"Actually, you have two left. You used one to get out of the cave, remember?"
Aladdin smirked.
"Did I? Or did you? I thought I had to be rubbing the lamp?"
Genie scoffed.
"Okay, little street boy. Let's rewind the tape."
Genie made a re-winding noise with his mouth. The world seemed to reverse as the two reappeared back in the cave. Genie watched as Aladdin handed off the lamp to Abu.
"Okay, Genie."
Genie was surprised.
"Oooh! The old monkey-with-the-lamp trick. Never seen that one before."
The two returned to the present. Genie had a knowing look on his face.
"I'm gonna keep my eye on you."
Aladdin smiled.
"At least now I can use my third wish to set you free."
"Here's the thing about wishes," Genie replied. "The more you have, the more you want."
Aladdin shook his head.
"That's not me."
Genie paused, deep in thought.
"Hmm. We'll see about that."
He looked at Abu.
"Oh, I forgot to change you back!"
He waved his hand and Abu changed back into his horse form. Aladdin glanced over at Genie's clothes.
"We're gonna have to get you a new wardrobe."
Genie looked shocked.
"What's wrong with this?"
"No offense, Genie...but it's way out-of-date. Like 3rd Century out-of-date. There's a tailor in Blackwater. Maybe we can get you something there."
Genie shrugged.
"Sure. Let's see what we can come up with."
Location: Tailor, Blackwater, Great Plains, West Elizabeth, Time: May 12th, 1899, 11 AM
Aladdin watched as Genie tried on multiple pairs of clothes with no success, but then...
"Perfect!" cried Genie.
Genie stepped out of the changing room, wearing a white button up shirt with a grayish-blue vest on top. He wore black pants with black boots, and a black frock coat with pinstripes on top of his vest. He also wore a black hat that was cocked to the side. (Think Wild Wild West!)
"Well...what do you think?"
Aladdin shrugged.
"Sure. It's better then some of the other outfits."
Genie payed for his clothes, taking his original ones with him. Aladdin turned to him.
"Alright. We need to leave for Valentine."
"Well, you never told me what was in Valentine," Genie replied.
Aladdin blushed. Genie smirked.
"Ah, I've seen that face before. Who's the girl?"
"It's not like that Genie. She's just a friend."
"Uh, huh. Sure..."
Aladdin rolled his eyes.
"Very funny."
"Well, I'm gonna take a nap," Genie replied. "See you when we get there, kid."
Genie turned into smoke and went back into the lamp. Aladdin just sighed, climbed onto Abu, and rode out of Blackwater, not noticing a man in black watching them.
And the Genie has arrived! I hope you enjoyed! See you next time!