A Whole New World
Again, only own Anisa! Her disguise is on DeviantArt!
Ch.4
I wake up the next day and stretch out my muscles. I slowly leave the house, unseen by the people passing by and walk around.
Man it's loud here. And I'm loving every minute of it! The Palace was always so quiet.
I smile at all the people walking around doing their own thing. Nobody is paying any mind to me, which is just the way I want it to be. As I walk around, I keep an eye out for Aladdin and Abu.
"Pretty lady, buy a pot. No finer pot in brass or silver" a shopkeeper says as I walk past.
"Sugar dates, sugar dates and figs! Sugar dates and pistachios!"
"Would the lady like a necklace? A pretty necklace for a pretty lady."
"Fresh fish!" one shopkeeper startles me. I hate fish. And snakes. I really hate snakes. "We catch 'em, you buy 'em."
"Oh no. I don't think so" I say as politely as I can, while trying to shy away from the fish. They're so...slimey.
I run into a guy, who accidentally swallows a lit match, while trying to get away from the fish stand. "Sorry!" Then he belches fire. Which startles me. How did I forget about this guy? "I'm really, really sorry."
I continue to walk, keeping an even closer eye out for Aladdin, considering that's the part he sees Jasmine.
I walk to the fruit stand and see a boy reaching for an apple. And this is the part where she gives him an apple.
"Aw, you poor thing" I pick the apple and give it to him, "Here ya go."
I start to walk, but a scary voice stops me.
"You'd better be able to pay for that" the shopkeeper growls. He always scared me. Even in the movie, and now that I'm here for real, I'M FREAKED OUT!'
"Uh, I'm sorry. I don't have any money" I stutter. Why didn't I bring money?! Oh yeah, because I'm an idiot!
"Theif!" He shouts.
"I'm sorry! If you'd just let me go to the palace, I could get some from, from the Sultan!" I say, terrified.
"Do you know the penalty for stealing?!" he growls, grabbing my hand and taking out a knife. And I finally realise, this is real, and I could seriously get my hand freaking chopped off! Oh my gosh! What if Aladdin doesn't help me?! AAAAHHHHH!
"No! No please!" I beg, as the sword drops down. Thankfully a hand grabs his and stops him.
"Oh, thank you kind sir" Aladdin intervenes. Cue fangirl scream. He takes the sword and hands it to me, shaking his hand, "I'm so glad you found her. I've been looking all over for you!"
"What?" I whisper.
"Play along" he whispers back. Oh, right. I was busy having an internal fangirl moment to remember what to do.
"You, know this girl?" the shopkeeper asks.
"Sadly, yes. She's my sister. She's a little crazy" he says, making a motion to gesture I'm insane.
I watch as the man grabs Aladdin by the vest and growls, "She said she knows the Sultan!"
Aladdin pushes the man's arms away and gestures to Abu, who pretends he wasn't just trying to pick-pocket someone, "She thinks the money is the Sultan."
I instantly gets on my knees and bow to Abu, "Oh wise Sultan! How may I serve you?"
Abu chitters and pats my head, pretending to be Daddy.
"Tragic, isn't it?" Aladdin asks, "Well, no harm done!" Aladdin helps me up, "Come along, sis. Time to see the doctor."
I play along, acting slow, and look at a camel we pass, "Why, hello doctor. How are you?"
"No, no, no. Not that one" Aladdin grins, "Come on Sultan."
Abu chitters and bows at the crowd. Then everything he stole falls out of his vest.
"Come back here, you little thieves!" the man yells as we run.
"That was fun! Well, you know, except for the whole chopping off hand part" I say, holding my wrist.
"Yeah. You're a pretty good actress" Aladdin says.
"Thanks. You're a good actor" I say, then I look at Abu and smirk, "You too, Sultan."
Abu chitters bashfully, and I say, "Where to now?"
"Well, you can come to our home, if you want" Aladdin suggests.
"Alright" I smile.
"Great. It's nearby actually" Aladdin says, pulling me to an alley between buildings. In the alley, is a ladder and we start to climb.
"Almost there" Aladdin helps me to the top, but, being the clutz I am (remember the mountain incident? You know, the reason I ended up here?), I trip and he catches me. We stare at each other before we realize what we're doing and let go of each other.
"Thank you. For stopping that man" I say.
"Forget it" Aladdin says, as Abu gives him a pole, and vaults over, "So, uh, this is your first time in the market place, huh?"
"Is it that obvious?" I ask, worried.
"Well, you do kinda stand out" he says, staring at me with a smile, picking up a plank. Dang it. And I thought my disguise was pretty good. Oh, wait… I smile as he snaps out of his trance, "I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous Agrabah is." He puts the plank between the buildings. But I pick up a pole and vault over his head. Imma freaking ninja!
"I'm a fast learner" I say, tossing the pole at the shocked Aladdin. He and Abu gape at me with bulging eyes. Then Aladdin grins at Abu and gives him the pole, coming over to me.
"Come on, this way" Aladdin says, pulling me inside, dodging beams and poles, "Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful."
"Is this where you live?" I ask, looking around. It looks...like crap. But it's not his fault, considering he's a poor orphan.
"Yep. Just me and Abu. Come and go as we please" Aladdin says, pulling me to a hole in the wall.
"Fabulous" I say. Though I'm talking about the coming and going. I'm not able to do that. Neither here or in California.
"Well, it's not much," He starts, as he pulls away the curtain covering the hole, "But it's got a great view. Wow. The Palace looks pretty amazing, huh?"
"Oh, it's wonderful" I say, unenthusiastically, plotting down on a step.
"I wonder what it would be like to live there. To have servants and valets" Aladdin ponders.
"Oh sure. People telling you what to do, and how to act" I say, annoyed.
"It's better than here. Always scraping for food and ducking guards" Aladdin says, but I ignore him.
"Not free to make your own choices" I growl out, "You're just-"
"Sometimes you feel so-" he says at the same time.
"Trapped" we both say, we look at each other and smile. Wow. I guess I have more in common with Jazzy and Al than I thought I did. I mean, I was literally trapped back in Cali.
Aladdin clears his throat, looking away from me. He takes an apple from Abu and rolls it to me on his arm. "So. Where're you from?"
"What does it matter? I ran away and I'm not going back" I say. Well, I already know I'm going back to the Palace, so I decided to talk about California.
"Really? How come?" Aladdin asks, sitting next to me.
"My dad kept me under house arrest because I wanted to go exploring, and now dear ol'e daddy is forcing me to get married" I say. See where the two names come in handy?
"That's-That's awful" Aladdin says, "Abu!"
I look behind me and see Abu skittering away from me, chittering angrily, probably cursing me.
"What?" I ask.
"Abu says that, uh, that's not fair" Aladdin says.
"Oh really?" I ask with a smirk.
"Yeah, of course" Aladdin says.
"And, does he have anything else to say?" I ask slyly. If I'm gonna be Jasmine, I'm gonna do this my way.
"Well, uh, he wishes there was something he could do to help" Aladdin says.
"Hmm. Well that's very sweet of you" I say to Aladdin with a smirk, and then I turn to Abu, "And you! No cursing! If you want the apple, then you ask." I toss him the apple, and he catches it with a surprised face.
"How'd you know he was cursing you?" Aladdin asks with a grin.
"Magic" I say mysteriously, with a smirk, wiggling my fingers. Aladdin chuckles.
"Oh yeah?" he asks, leaning towards me.
"Yep" I say, also leaning towards him. And right when I'm about to kiss my favorite animated guy, the guards burst in.
"Here you are!" one shouts. We shoot up to our feet.
"They're after me! They're after you?" We ask each other.
"Do you trust me?" Aladdin asks quickly, jumping on the ledge.
"What?" I ask.
"Do you trust me?" he asks again, holding out his hand.
"Yes…" I say slowly, taking his hand. I'm in for a ride…
"Then jump!" he shouts, and we both jump off the roof. We end up falling onto a pile of sand.
Me and Aladdin scramble to our feet and try to run, but we bump into Razoul. Literally. He grabs Aladdin and I back away.
"We just keep running into each other, don't we?" Razoul growls with a victorious smirk, as Aladdin tries to get out of his grip.
Abu pulls down his turban and Aladdin elbows Razoul, grabbing my hand. "Run!"
But more guards block the exit. One guard takes Abu and throws him in a vase. The other three grab Aladdin. "It's the dungeon for you boy!"
"Hey, get off of me!" Aladdin shouts, kicking.
"Let go of him!" I command, trying to pull the guards away.
Razoul grabs me and sneers, "Look what we have here, men. A street mouse." He pushes me to the ground and I glare at him. Isn't he about to get the shock of his life.
"I said release him!" I say, standing up with an imposing expression. I take off my wig and let my blond hair cascade down my back, "By order of the princess!"
The guards stop and quickly bow.
"Princess Anisa" Razoul says, "What are you doing out of the castle? And with this streetrat?"
"That is none of your concern. Now do as I command. Release him!" I order.
"Well, I would, Princess, except my orders come from Jafar. You'll have to take it up with him" Razoul says, bowing as they take Aladdin away.
I glower and growl lowly, "Believe me. I will."
End of Ch.4