You are a normal citizen of Balbadd. A little lot richer than most people, but not enough to call yourself and your family nobility.
Your mother is a magician, which is the only reason you're more fortunate than most people. She wasn't the most powerful, since of her already weak health, but she was wise. Rash, but wise. It's weird to say it, but you saw her that way. Wise because she'd always be the one to give advice to people, but rash because as soon as something happened to someone, she'd rush to help without thinking of what would happen to her. And that's why she died, actually.
A child was on the verge to die, and she used up all of her strength to save it.
That child was you.
Your mother died when you were born, and all your life you've been the cause of the death of a great, kind and wise magician to the common citizens around you.
Your family was shunned away to the slums, where you learned to work as a prostitute in brothels as soon as you could work, that being at the age of 10. Before that, it was your sister that took care of you. She worked in a brothel as well, and was the only reason you were never hungry. Not that you ate much in the first place anyway though. She served as your mother figure, her and another woman that worked with her. Whenever you came close to her, you'd feel a kind and warm vibe from her. You assumed that it was that kind of feeling mothers gave off, but then you soon noticed that that wasn't the case. Some mothers, or 'women with children' from the slums didn't give off a warm vibe like that prostitute that became you and your sister's workmate. You learned much about her, like how she had a son around your age, and how she used to work at the royal palace before ending up here. And that her name was Anise. Somehow, you felt as if you could come to this person about anything. Your sister felt that way too, and explained your family's story to her in exchange for meeting her son.
"You talk about him all the time, so I'd love to meet him!" your sister beamed, winking to you. "Maybe it would be a good opportunity for (Y/N) to get some friends too."
"Oh, that would be wonderful!" Anise smiled back brightly before turning to you. "Would you like to meet him? He's a very nice boy."
A little shy, but curious, you blushed and nod.
And that was how you first met Alibaba Saluja. You didn't know how to behave around children your age, so you just stood in a corner and occupied yourself while he played with other kids from the slums.
"(Y/N)!" he called out to you. "Come on, let's play together!"
"Yeah, it's no fun unless we all play together!" another boy said beside him. They seemed close, judging by the way the smilled at each other.
"Play?" you said, confused. "What's that?"
"You don't know what playing is?" Alibaba said, tilting his head in confusion. "It's like, when you fool around with friends and have fun!"
"You never played with anyone where you came from?" the other boy asked, you learned later that his name was Cassim.
"What's… 'Fun'?"
The two boys looked at each other, sharing an accomplice stare before turning to you and taking your hands.
"C'mon, we'll show you!"
Years later, your sister fell to an illness and withered away. Your friends weren't really your friends anymore, and everything started resembling to what it was like when you still lived in the commoner grounds of Balbadd. Everyone was shutting you out. No one talked to you. No one bothered to look your way.
No one needed you.
Alone, and lost, you started seeing the wrong people. You started raiding and stealing, sometimes killing, but only when you had to. But most of all, you served as a torturer for some shady people whom you've never even seen the face of. Not that they saw your either, but you weren't shaking clean hands left and right, you knew that.
You moved along with a carriage to another country, a remote city when you felt that your identity was on the verge of being discovered, and started anew. That's when you met him again.
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Unlike the others, I think that this backstory will be used for both the Alibaba and Aladdin chapters.
If that's not the case you'll see an introduction chapter for Aladdin.
Thanks for reading.
