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"Talking" – Characters are talking

'Thinking'- Characters thoughts

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Chapter 4

"Good Night Zara."

"Yeah you better rest up, we have to get up early to set up for the bazaar."

"Good Night," Zara said as she laid down on the mat that had been provided to her, The thoughts of what had happened over the past forty-eight hours swirled in her head.

Two nights had passed since the University student had joined the caravan of merchants that had found her wandering the desert. In the time since she had been picked up by the merchants, the girl had learned some new things by testing herself and her abilities.

Zara had made use of her new ability, mainly her gained super strength and speed to the amazement of the merchants who were impressed by their guest. It had allowed her to do her part as she helped carry out chores and work in exchange for food and transportation.

"Are you a Fanalis?" One of the men asked.

"Don't be silly, she lacks the red hair," another of the merchants said with a laugh.

Her new friends Sahsa and Leila had helped the lost girl recover from her time wondering the desert by helping to heal her sunburns and even providing her with clothing more suitable to the hot, arid landscape.

To the surprise of everyone in the caravan, Zara had made a full recovery by the morning after only a few hours after they picked her up with no signs of dehydration or burns from the desert sun.

"I guess that salve you put on my skin was really effective," she played off, though couldn't help wondering if it had to do with the changes to her state of being, that had become more and more noticeable since her arrival.

The two young women had even provided the lost girl with some of their clothing that was more suited to the arid and hot environment. Zara had kept her silver bracelets on finding them to be useful while storing the rest of her wonder woman costumes in a knapsack that her friends had provided her.

"Sorry we didn't have much that would fit you," Sasha apologized.

"Don't worry about it, I'm just thankful for how nice you all have been," Zara told the other girl accepting clothes. "I'm actually surprised you even managed to find shoes that fit."

"I'll be keeping an eye on you," Leila warned. "It's a bit weird how you suddenly appear in the desert…"

"Don't mind Leila," Sahsa told her. "We found her in need of help alone in the desert like you."

"I'm trying to get home." Zara explained.

"Where do you come from?" Leila asked placing a map in front of their newest friend.

Zara looked at the map that was placed in front of her. Nothing on the map looked familiar as the shape of the land masses only barely resemble those that she had seen all her life.

"It's a place so far away, it's not even on this map. I'm only here because of magic."

The two ladies gave questioning looks not thinking it possible to come from such a place. "Maybe you should look for a magician to get you home."

"You mean there are others people who can use magic?" Zara asked.

"Yes, there are some that live in big cities and villages if you know where to find them. There's even a country of magicians," one of the merchants who had been listening to their conversation informed them.

Now that a couple nights had passed Zara tossed and turned on her mat as she tried to get her thoughts in order as she kept thinking of everything that was making her miss her home.

Zara knew it was childish to make such complaints but she missed her bed, her pillows, her iPod and cell phone, but most of all she missed her friends and family.

It had hit her that she had been gone. She couldn't help but wonder if everyone she knew was worried about her. She wondered what had happened to her friend Kat, had she been able to find her help, had she told her parents or anyone at all.

As a couple of tears threatened to come out of her eyes Zara knew one thing was for sure, as much as she had a crush on Professor Hugo she would be giving him a piece of her mind once she got back to the University.

++++++ A New Reality ++++++

The small caravan reached the busy Oasis City of Utahn. The trading hub was busy as ever in the morning with merchants were busy selling their wares to citizens and travelers alike.

"That should be the last of it," Zara announced as she placed a large crate of fruit behind the merchant's stall at the market.

Zara couldn't help but look on in admiration at the two young women and how well they managed their business.

"You with the Kebab, how about you get that taste out of your mouth? Do you want a drink, Mister? You can make Alcohol from this!" Leila shouted to the various people who approached the stall.

All of the crates and boxes that Zara had moved from the carts contained various fruits. Many of the fruits Zara was familiar with as they were available at most of the supermarkets she went too. But a few of their edibles items she had never heard of or even seen before.

Zara couldn't help but miss having the convenience of going to the supermarket and getting a snack or soda at a moment's notice. Now she wondered how long it would be before she returned to the modern conveniences she had grown with.

"We're definitely gonna sell all of this!" Leila declared.

"Zara can you bring us more watermelons," Sahsa asked the taller girl.

"Sure thing boss lady," Zara answered the young woman as she headed back to the storage area.

Upon moving the curtains that kept the sun from the fruit, Zara stopped short as she saw something moving around. Adjusting to the darker area she stopped when she saw the thing was making scary noises as it ripped into one of the watermelons.

"Sahsa! Leila!" she called out as she backed away from the thing, "You might want to see this..."

The two merchants left their post to see what Zara had discovered. Inside the storage area a small boy was hungrily eating a watermelon as the skin of several watermelons were scattered around him.

"Kyahhh!" screamed Sahsa at the scary sight of the hungry boy.

"Wh-Who the hell are you?!" Leila asked as took out a knife and pointed it at the small thief.

Zara made sure to stand by in case she had to step in, although the thief was small she didn't know how he would react to their interruption.

"Hey, I'm Aladdin. I'm a traveler," he introduced himself as he took a break from eating to introduce himself.

"Right and I'm Jasmine," Zara inadvertently blurted out sarcastically.

"Nice to meet you Jasmine," Aladdin said. "Have you tired this sweet red fruit?" he asked as held up a half-eaten piece of watermelon.

Before Zara could correct the boy regarding her name, Leila yelled at Aladdin. "You little thief! You're eating our precious merchandise!"

"…Precious? Then I've done something inexcusable…W-What should I do…" he asked feeling bad that he had eaten the fruit without permission.

Waved over by Leila, Zara joined in a small huddle with the two other girls. "What do you think we should do with him?"

"He doesn't look malicious, I suppose we could work something out," Sahsa said adding her two-cents.

Thinking it over Leila had an idea. Breaking up the huddle, she turned to Aladdin, "Listen here you! You'll work without pay for three days!"

++++++ A New Reality ++++++

Now that that Aladdin would be working for the next few days with the group of merchants everyone introduced themselves to the young boy.

"Wait Miss, didn't you say you're name was Jasmine?" Aladdin asked when Zara told him her real name.

"I was just kidding, though you wouldn't know that…" she said awkwardly.

It wasn't the first time in the past couple of days that one of her pop culture references hadn't gone over well, instead earning her odd looks.

Sahsa offered a smile to Aladdin and Zara, "Do not worry Aladdin you will get used to Zara's manner of speaking quickly."

"Yeah, yeah they'll be plenty of time for pleasantries later. We need to move merchandize to the bazaar on the other side of the town," Leila said trying to keep everyone on task. "Everyone needs to help by grabbing a sack."

Zara grabbed three large bags of melons as if it had been nothing. 'Too bad I couldn't do this months ago, it would have made moving into the dorms much easier,' she mused.

"Wow Miss, you're really strong," Aladdin commented as he lifted a small bag of apricots and offered her a big smile.

The group had been moving their merchandise to the stall.

"Wow there are so many things for Sale…" Aladdin said in Awe. Zara couldn't help but smile as she had had the same thoughts just a few hours earlier.

"That's because of the Bazaar. Caravans like ours travel to cities and Bazaars form around them," Leila explained.

"That sounds like fun," Aladdin commented.

"It's not all fun, there are many thieves in the desert who steal the merchandise from passing caravans," Sahsa warned. "They then sell that merchandise on the black market."

Zara had been lucky to not run into bands of thieves. In her weakened state she wasn't sure how she would have fared.

"I don't trust you kid, Don't try anything weird to Sahsa." Leila warned.

"Sorry about that, apparently there is a thief who pretends to be dying in order to sneak into caravans. Leila worries about the caravan so don't think badly of her," Sahsa said in defense of her friend.

"Don't take it too hard Aladdin, Leila said the same stuff to me my first day," Zara assured the young boy with a slight nudge.

"Wow Lady, you have a scary face but you care about your friends," he said in admiration after hearing the way the other girls spoke about Leila.

"Aladdin what were you doing in the desert?" Zara asked making small talk.

"I'm looking for treasure with my friend!" He answered excitedly. "Especially musical instruments and oil lamps."

" Why?"

"My friend is looking for something."

"You're friend wouldn't happen to be an evil vizier with a talking Parrot?"' Zara asked only half-serious.

With a shake no, he told her, "I just want to make my friend happy. If he's happy I'm happy."

"I'll introduce him," he offered as he pulled out a golden flute. "This is Ugo!"

Everyone stared as they weren't sure whether the boy was naïve or crazy.

"It's just a flute…"

Demonstrating his friend, Aladdin played a note on the instrument. Giant blue arms appeared from the flute. Only to quickly disappear just as quickly.

"Sorry, he's a little shy, especially around women…" Aladdin explained to the group of merchants who jaws had dropped in shock as to what they had just witnessed.

'Blue limbs? Could that have been…Impossible…' Zara had thought as she stepped back careful not to drop the fruit she carried. 'Well his name is Aladdin, it's not that big a leap that he might have a blue genie.'

++++++ A New Reality ++++++

Zara had been so tired that as soon as she lay down on her mat she fell asleep. Her slumber was quickly interrupted.

"What are you doing!" Leila shouted.

Zara turned over to see what the commotion was.

"She was warm so I ended up sleeping next to her."

"You call that sleeping, I had to tear you off of her!" Leila got to her spot. "You come sleep next to me."

"I'll pass," Aladdin said rejecting her.

"Never touch Sahsa again! She's my best friend. She saved me when I was dying in the desert. She was so kind to me And she's the first person I've been able to call my friend. That's why I want to protect Sasha and the caravan."

"That was so beautiful," Zara couldn't help but comment, letting them know that she had been listening to their talk. "Don't you think so Sahsa?"

"You are so kind Leila," she said getting up as well, much to Leila's embarrassment.

The next morning everyone had prepped the carts to move on to the next trading spot.

"What are they doing?" Aladdin asked Zara while playing with the camels as she got some breakfast.

It had been her turn to help with the morning meal. Having been woken up before the sun was anywhere near rising, Zara had been peeling vegetables and standing over a hot fire. Zara couldn't help but miss the convenience of a microwave and electric stove

"They're decided what route to take next," she said as she sat down next to him.

"Are you going with them?"

Zara paused, " I guess it depends where the caravan is heading."

"Leila knows the routes well and is always guiding us," Sahsa said to the two.

The three were interrupted by a loud "No!"

Everyone turned to see Leila who had been approached by two sketch looking men. "who are those dirty guys?" Aladdin asked.

"It looks like they know Leila," Zara answered.

"She's a thief!" One of the men announced. Everyone was quiet at first but the look on the young woman's face confirmed the truth of the statement. "She was part of our band of thieves."

"No… I used to do bad things, but I changed. I decided to live without telling lies…" she said in her defense.

"Leila, we can't trust anything you say," said Sasha's father and leader of the caravan as he pulled his daughter close to him. "Never come near us again."

The old man signaled for everyone else to begin heading out.

"Zara are you coming with us or not?" he asked. Zara stood quietly for moment. As much as she felt bad for Leila, she knew that she couldn't stay behind. "Yes…" She grabbed her bag and waved goodbye to Aladdin as the boy stayed behind and gave Leila a pitying look.

++++++ A New Reality ++++++

"You're worried about her, aren't you?" Zara asked Sasha, who still held the same disappointed look on her face as when they left.

"Do you really think she was going to betray us?" she asked the tall girl.

"She seemed to actually care about you and everyone in the caravan if her speech the other night was any indication." Zara answered. "But you've known her longer than I have."

"We should go back!" Sasha declared. "I'm going to tell fath-"

Before they knew it the cart came to a sudden halt. "What's going on?"

"Everyone out! Now!" A gruff voice shouted.

The caravan had been surrounded by a band of thieves, all brandishing weapons. Zara and Sahsa got out to find everyone huddled together.

"Sahsa quickly here," her father called taking his daughter to shield her.

"Kill them and take everything!" The leader of the thieves ordered.

Zara wasn't sure what came over her as she balled her hand into a fist and threw a punch at the nearest man sending him flying into another thief who was about to slice of one of the caravan members' face.

Another bandit had seen what Zara had done and came at her with a flying kick. With her heightened reflexes she caught his foot and used him to knock down two more bandits. The leader seeing his men being taken down by a woman came up with a different strategy.

"Not so fast girl!" he shouted as Zara was about to throw another hit causing her clothes to get a tear from a knife. "Stop what you're doing or the brat gets it," he threatened having grabbed Sahsa from her father.

"That's more like it, try anything and I'll slice her throat," he said holding a knife to Sahsa's neck.

"Wait!" A voice shouted causing the bandits' leader to turn around. "I won't let you hurt Leila's precious friend!"

The bandit let go of Sahsa at the odd sight before him.

On the Horizon Aladdin was quickly approaching on what could only be described as a giant, muscular, blue body. At first Zara couldn't believe her eyes, how was such a tiny head on a large body. Upon a closer look it became apparent that in reality the body was coming from the flute around the boy's neck and Aladdin and Leila were being carried on its back.

Many of the bandits stopped attacking from the sight.

"It's a Djinn!" The bandit leader declared. "Quick we should capture it."

'Djinn is another name for genies, guess I wasn't that far off…'Zara thought wondering if this was some sort of bizarre version of the Aladdin tale.

All the bandits left the caravan alone and went to fight the giant Djinn and Aladdin. Zara couldn't help but watch in awe at the fight.

Just as quickly the fight was halted as the giant blue body turned red from shyness. "No Lady! Don't touch Ugo!" Aladdin shouted as it seemed that Leila was near the blue giant. "Ugo faints if a girl touches him."

The giant disappeared into a puff of smoke. "Ha! Now you'll all die!" The head thief shouted as he had his men load their crossbows. "Fire!"

Aladdin tried to play the metal flute once more to call out the Djinn. The arrows were heading straight for the boy as Leila cried out "Aladdin look out!"

When it looked like Aladdin would become a pin cushion, the arrows were deflected in rapid succession. "What…Miss?"

"Hurry up and call your friend Al." Zara taking a page from one of the world's most famous heroes had ran and jumped in front of the boy using her bracelets to deflect the piercing weapons.

Aladdin not needing to be told twice, blew the musical instrument and threw it in the air. "Miss you might want to step back," He warned.

Looking up everyone couldn't help but stare wide-eyed as the gigantic blue torso came hurling to the ground, body slamming all the thieves.

'I can't believe this is my new reality…' Zara thought exasperated over the events of the previous few minutes.

++++++ A New Reality ++++++

"Thank you for everything."

After recovering from the incident with the band of thieves the group reached a trading outpost. Along the way, Zara had found that when she looked at the blue-haired boy more and more of the bright winged things seems to surround him.

'Should I take it as a sign?' she questioned.

"I think if I go with Aladdin I might be able to find a way home," Zara announced to her new friends.

"Really Miss? You want to go with me?" Aladdin asked surprised at his new companion.

Talking with Aladdin, Zara had been disappointed to learn the Ugo wasn't a genie that granted wishes. But perhaps she could find another djinn or at least someone who practiced magic. Aladdin had said he was on the search for other metal items, perhaps is she searched she would find a djinn to grant her wish as insurance for not finding a magician.

Zara went to work on getting them a ride to the nearest city. Assisted by members of the caravan she found them a ride for cheap.

"Excuse me," Zara approached a blond teenager. "I'm looking for the driver, We'd like to book passage on this cart"

"Alibaba at your service."

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