Hello people of this planet! And possibly people who are not of this planet. I dunno who all is reading this... Are you an alien? And I don't mean someone who is from a different country. If you are, I have just one thing to say to you . . . Why you reading my story? Hehe. Hope you enjoy girl, guys, and intergalactic species!
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Chapter Eight:
The night was grand and quiet as a young Sultan rode a horse towards a plant palace. The doors opened magically and lush curtains of greenery draw away. "Extraordinary!" The Young Sultan exclaimed to himself.
He walked through the palace cautiously as he admired the beauty all around. He spots a harp made of vines. Carefully he approached it and stroke this strings, laughing in delight at the beautiful sound it produced.
He turned around then and noticed a blooming pink flower sitting alone in the middle of the room, bathed in white light and a shimming waterfall splashing behind it.
"Lovely..."The young Sultan sighed as he reached and grasped the flower before yanking it out of its bed. A strange shrieking sound nearly made the Sultan drop the flower. The white light dims and the ground began to vibrate.
"Who trespasses in my garden?" A strange creature with the appearance of a man, but made of leaves and vines, asked as he motioned over his creations."My masterpiece?"
"I... I... I..." The young Sultan stammered fearfully as he drew his sword. However the sword was immediately whipped out of his grasp by a vine.
"You are a fool! Your sword may sever every limb, but my power will always bloom!" The creature exclaimed in anger as he picked up the young Sultan.
"I'm sorry! I just wanted to bring a flower to my new bride!" The young Sultan cried fearfully. However, the creature would have none of it.
"No one shall defile the art of Arbutus and live!" Arbutus yelled in anger and the young Sultan shrank back in fear.
"Release me and you shall be greatly rewarded!" He tried to bargain. He honestly feared for his life. This creature seemed to have no care for his life.
"Your reward means nothing to me." Arbutus snapped. His only love was his plants and nothing could make up for the young Sultan disrupting his beautiful creation.
"You have my word! My most precious treasure will be yours!" The young Sultan continued hoping the creature would believe him.
"Yes."Arbutus agreed as he began to stroke long beard. "Perhaps one day your kingdom could enhance mine... an addition to my garden's beauty." Arbutus decided as an idea came to mind. He released the young Sultan.
"Oh, indeed. Agrabah is rich with wonderful treasure." The young Sultan agreed whole heartedly, thankful that the tide was finally turning in his favor.
The vision began to darken and before it disappeared, Arbutus was heard shouting,"Hear me! In twenty summers I shall come for your most..."
"'Precious treasure', he said." The Sultan finished with a heavy heart. Jasmine, Aladdin and myself were surrounding the Sultan as he explained a nightmare he had had.
"Oh, Father! What a terrible nightmare!" Jasmine exclaimed in horror. I nodded in agreement, but somehow this reminded me of something. A familiarity.
"No, no, dearest. I'm afraid it's all too real. It was twenty years ago from this very day!" The Sultan explained and Jasmine exclaimed twenty years after him. "And now Arbutus is coming to collect!" The Sultan exclaimed fearfully.
"Don't worry, Sultan. I'll guard the royal treasury. Ha! That monster won't touch a gold flake of your treasure." Aladdin promised, but again something felt off. Like I was missing something.
"Aladdin, you've been working so hard. I'll guard the treasure." Iago offered slyly from my shoulder, but everyone gave him a doubting look.
"Sure, Iago... and I'll have a jackal guard the royal peacocks while I'm at it."Aladdin told him sarcastically. "Fine. I thought we had a solid trust bond forming here." Iago muttered
Aladdin ignored him as he pulled out Genie's lamp and rubbed it. "Genie, wake up." He said to the lamp.
Genie appeared in pajamas while brushing teeth. "I'm up." He promised my brother with a small smile. "Genie, we have a mission. We're going to protect the sultan's treasure." Aladdin explained to him carefully.
"I am proud to serve!" Genie exclaimed as he transformed into a guard, but holding a giant toothbrush instead of a sword. "Uh, first we'll conquer tooth decay then we'll brush out crime." Genie smiled sheepishly as I giggled.
"See, Father. Everything will be all right." Jasmine promised her father with a smile. The Sultan still looked hesitate but he nodded anyway. "I suppose so."
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Since Aladdin and Genie were both taking guard that night, Jasmine and I decided to have a small sleepover in her room.
Before Genie left for the night, I had him conjure up a bed for me to sleep on in Jasmine's room. It was fun, just the two of us. We never had much girl time any more cause we were always on some kind of crazy adventure.
"Hey Kendra?"Jasmine asked.
Currently I was brushing her hair. I remember when Kristy and I used to do this as kids. It was fun hanging out and talking with her. Just like it is wit Jasmine.
"Yeah?" I asked curiously. Her voice sounded serious, like she really had something important to say. She didn't get like this often.
"How do you know if your with child?" She asked, and I paused for a minute to think about it. Also, I was a little surprised by the question.
"Well, you'll feel sick and not quite like yourself. Hm, you'll be temperamental and your emotions are all wacky. You'd be hungry all the time, but food you usually love might make you nauseous. Basically, you're not yourself." I explained before giving her a suspicious look. "Why?"
She looked at her hands and I saw her cheeks turn pink. "I wasn't one hundred percent certain, but you just confirmed what I thought." She mumbled.
I looked at my sister-in-law with joy. "You're pregnant?" I squealed in excitement. She giggled and nodded. "Yes, I believe so."
I smiled a huge smile and hugged her. "That means were gonna be parents together! And we can drive our husbands crazy! How far along, do you think?"I asked curiously.
"Two months. Father always said mother didn't show any symptoms until she was two months, so that's why I believe I am." She explained with a small smile herself. I giggled again. This was so exciting.
"I'm three months, so we're only a month apart! I can't believe it! Wait until Aladdin and Genie finds out!" I exclaimed cheerfully.
Jasmine's face fell instantly. "What if Aladdin isn't ready for a baby?" Jasmine asked in a small, fearful voice.
I sobered up then and gave Jasmine a small smile. "I know Aladdin will be thrilled. He's ready to be a father, just like Genie. And he'll be ecstatic to know you're having his child." I assured her and she smiled gratefully.
"I hope so. I don't know what I'd do with out Aladdin. He's everything to me now."Jasmine admitted with a small blush.
I sighed. "I know what you mean. Genie is everything to me too. I couldn't live with out him and I'm glad to be having his child." I smiled in adoration.
Jasmine giggled. "At least you knew everything about him before you came here to us. I knew nothing about Aladdin when he came to the palace as Prince Ali."
"I didn't know everything about him. I just knew what Disney wanted me to know about him. That he was a funny, caring, crazy individual. I had a small crush on him in my world because of it. But when I came here and got to know him, well, he was so much more than the movies could ever show him as. I fell in love with him. Now, I couldn't imagine my life with out him. If I was ever transported back to my universe, well, I'd be crushed." I explained.
Jasmine sighed in adoration. "Ah, love. What would we do with out it?" She asked rhetorically with a grin. We both shared a knowing look before dissolving into giggles.
I reached out and hugged my sister to me. "We're both going to make great mothers and we're going to help one another to care for our babies." I promised her.
She hugged me back just as tightly. "I know we will." She pulled away. "Now, let's get some sleep. We need to let both of our Juniors get some sleep."She said and I nodded in agreement.
"Night Jas." I yawned as I crawled into bed and got comfortable. "Night Kendra."She said back before blowing out the window and the room became dark.
I fell asleep almost instantly. And then was awakened once more a few hours later by a bunch of vines wrapping around my legs, arms, and torso. Jasmine and I shrieked in surprise, causing vines to cover our mouths.
Pounding was suddenly heard from the door as I struggled to get free. The vines held tight though, no matter what I did. Jasmine shot me a fearful look which I returned. The familiarity of this all was as astonishing as it was terrifying.
"Jasmine! Arbutus has come for Jasmine!" The Sultan was heard from outside the door. They finally managed to get in.
"He won't get her!" Aladdin promised as he tore out his sword and started chopping at the vines. I continued to struggle in hope that I could get free, briefly wondering why he had me imprisoned too.
"Whoa!" Genie exclaimed as he pulled Sultan away. "Back up! You can't afford to get any shorter!" I would've laughed if I wasn't trapped.
"Father! Aladdin!"Jasmine managed to exclaimed at the same time I exclaimed. "Genie!"
My husband turned to where I was trapped and tried to fly over to me. But more vines were blocking the pathway.
"Get down! I'll cut you out!" I heard Aladdin shout out to Jasmine. Genie yelled out to me next, "Hang on, Kendra, I'll get you out of here."
"Ahh! Arbutus!"The Sultan shouted and I turned around to see a familiar creature standing on thousands of vines. I gasped in horror.
"I'm flattered. You remembered." Arbutus said with a smirk. The Sultan however shrank away and in fear as he admitted that the creature had haunted his dreams. "I strive to make an impression." He said nonchalantly.
"Take any treasure in the kingdom but leave my daughter and daughter-in-law be!" The Sultan exclaimed in anger. "Father, look out!"Jasmine cried as a vine snuck its way towards the Sultan.
"You made a promise! Live by your word or die by it!" Arbutus shouted, sounding just as angry as the Sultan.
Aladdin tried to cut him and Arbutus laughed at his failed attempt. "Simple boy. Were you not warned? Your blade may sever every limb, every branch, but my power will always bloom." Arbutus exclaimed as he trapped Aladdin with vines and roses began blooming from them. "What can I say? It's function, it's form... It's art."
Aladdin struggled to get free and yelled, "It's... thorns!" in anger and pain. I gasped, hoping he'd be alright. "We all must suffer for our art, young Aladdin."Arbutus said with a nod.
"Genie!" Jasmine exclaimed in fear. Genie, who was still trying to get me out when he heard Jasmine's cry. He straightened up and looked between myself and her, torn on which to save.
"Genie, go free her. I'll be fine." I told him softly. He looked uncertain, but he nodded and flew over to Jasmine shouting, "Let's say we bust ya outta here! Nothing can stop... Genie, the killer caterpillar!" He transformed into a caterpillar and began eating the vines holding Jasmine. "Uh, we're almost there. Jasmine?"
Arbutus, Jasmine and I were carried by the vines out of the window. The vines completely covered me up so I saw nothing, but I could hear everything.
"Let me go! No! Let go!"I could hear Jasmine shouting in fear. I struggled the vines, but they held me tight. Aladdin yelled out Jasmine's name.
"Nice try, Arbutus..!" Genie began but was silent before he could finish whatever it was he was saying.
Everything was quiet as we were whisked farther and farther away from the palace. The ride to wherever Arbutus was taking forever. Eventually though, we arrived at the garden.
"Let me.."Jasmine started as she fell, "go!" I nearly fell but managed to catch myself at the last second. I crossed my arms protectively over my stomach as I looked around the room.
"I was trying to be courteous." Arbutus stated as if he had not just taken us from our homes and our husbands.
"By stealing me and Kendra from our home in the middle of the night?" She asked incredulously. I nodded in agreement, not trusting myself to speak. My stomach was starting to churn.
"My methods may be coarse, but the results are stunning." Arbutus answered with a small smile. A throne made of plants grew out of the ground and vines sprouted out of it, pulling Jasmine and I towards it.
"What do you want?"Jasmine snapped furiously. "And why did you take me? I'm not the Sultan's daughter."I asked curiously. For some reason, I was no longer afraid.
"Living beauty, and you both are that. Especially since you both are with child."Arbutus grinned. "The beauty of life is as beautiful as my own creations and would fit perfectly."
"You're twisted!"Jasmine growled as I just looked at the man in shock. "How did you know we were pregnant?" I asked surprised.
"I'm an artist. You should both feel honored to be part of my masterpiece. To join only the most exquisite blossoms be they delicate, robust, or wild."Arbutus sighed and completely ignored me. I huffed in anger.
"What kind of artist has no heart?" Jasmine sneered, but Arbutus just laughed. "A brilliant one!" He grinned before looking over at the at throne."Hmm. It needs something. Lilacs! Yes!"
Jasmine managed to escape while he thought aloud and she ran. She stopped out of breath by a tree as Arbutus, as a tree said. "Look no further, Princess."She gasped and began running once more but vines sprouted out of the ground and caught her. She yelled at him to let her go while I hung there limply knowing there was no escape. "You're in my hothouse now, my flower. You won't get far." Arbutus sneered at her.
"We'll see about that!"Jasmine growled as she helped me out of my vine prison.
"Princess! Your impertinence outrages me, and yet... I feel... so... inspired!" He exclaimed as he caused a tree to grow out of the ground. "Hmm, my muse can be so irritable. We must work swiftly."
"Sorry. We have other plans!" Jasmine whispered to me as Arbutus continued to mumble to himself. I nodded and followed her as we tried to climb out of the garden. Vines captured us however and brought us back down ."No! Ahh!"
"How can you leave me? I'm not finished yet." Arbutus lectured, glaring down at us in anger and disappointment.
Arbutus made birds land in his new tree and made a path of flowers leading to it. "So, Jasmine, Kendra, care to critique my art now?" He asked.
Jasmine didn't look up as she angrily started to say, "I think it's..." She and I looked up at it and gasped. "it's beautiful." Jasmine said in awe and I nodded in agreement.
"So was my last work but you had to run away and ruin it! You were an integral part of my design, you know." Arbutus growled in anger.
"We're not one of your creations! We're not a... thing!" Jasmine exclaimed and I saw the anger and hurt on his face. Wait . . . hurt?
"A thing!? How typical!" Arbutus snarled as he looked away from the two of us in anger.
"Arbutus, We're not a flower you can keep in your garden! We need our family and friends." I spoke up softly, hoping he'd understand.
"Ah, yes, human needs. Like you need to hack down my gorgeous trees and chop them into lumber!" Arbutus growled as he turned away.
"It's not that simple!"Jasmine pleaded, but I was beginning to understand his point. Plants were everything to him and the reasons he hated humans so much was because we destroyed the only things he loved. "Indeed! You burn them for warmth creating smoke to block our life-giving sun!" Arbutus snapped.
"We don't do that on purpose!" Jasmine retorted exasperated. "Is it an accident when you rip and pluck my flowers, condemning them to a slow death in a vase!?" Arbutus snapped back in anger. Jasmine looked taken aback as she repeated the words slow death. I watched wide eyed and confused. "Your kind! You're all the same! You treat my beautiful, living creations as things! Why should I treat you any differently?"
"Arbutus, I... I think I understand." Jasmine spoke softly and I nodded and rubbed my stomach. "So do I." I said sadly.
"Do you truly understand me, Princesses? Or is this some human trick?" Arbutus asked hopefully.
"We humans appreciate your creations." I promised softly as I bent down and gently caressed a small flower on the ground.
"The beauty of a flower, the shade from a tree, the joy of planting a seed and watching it grow. We care." Jasmine finished for me with a small smile.
"If only I could believe you. Perhaps I can! After all... you do bear the name of a flower." Arbutus said thoughtfully and I was glad we were finally get through to him. Of course, that was all ruined by the yelling of my brother who appeared out of no where. "Jasmine! Kendra!" He exclaimed as he jumped into the room, sword in hand.
"Infidels! What an ingenious trap you two have set, Princesses!" Arbutus exclaimed in anger. Jasmine and I exchanged looks of horror. "No!" We exclaimed simultaneously.
"Don't worry, you two! I'm gonna destroy that monster if I have to do it leaf by leaf!" Aladdin growled in anger.
"You will try, my callow foe! You will try!" Arbutus snarled and the fight began. I gasped in horror as Jasmine exclaimed. "Aladdin! Arbutus! It doesn't have to be this way! No!"
Aladdin fell at one point during this fight but Carpet managed to catch him. Aladdin thanked him before the fight continued. I watched in horror as my brother fought a good man who didn't deserve this. My stupid hormones began to work up too cause tears came to my eyes,
"Don't worry, my dear. Aladdin and Genie shall vanquish that fiend." The Sultan said, mistaking my tears and Jasmine's pleas for fear.
"You don't understand! He doesn't understand."Jasmine sighed as she began to explain everything we had learned since we were brought her. I listened closely while still watching the fight.
"I never meant any harm! All I did was pick a flower!" The Sultan exclaimed sadly. He never realized he had hurt Arbutus and the small flower he had planned to give to his young bride.
"Yeah. I say this guy overreacted." Iago snorted. I hadn't noticed he had landed on my shoulder as I watched the fight.
"Father, that flower meant as much to Arbutus as I mean to you. This must stop!"Jasmine exclaimed as Genie fell by her. "Genie! You have to make Aladdin put down his sword!" She cried.
"Sure, and you'll wind up with husband on a stick!" Iago announced sarcastically and Abu looked at everyone disgusted.
"Arbutus won't hurt us if we don't hurt him! Genie, please!" I spoke up, tears welling up and falling from my eyes. "Giving up, boy!?" Arbutus shouted in anger.
"Never!" Aladdin growled as he brought out his sword. Genie yelled at him to stop and Aladdin turned to him in confusion. "Huh? Genie, what are you doing?"
"Al, Jasmine and Kendra says..." Genie started but he was cut off by Arbutus yelling, "Your sword may sever every limb, but my power will always bloom!"
"No it won't!"Aladdin snarled before he threw his sword.
The rose is on Arbutus's chest was cut off and I felt my stomach churn at the scream of pain he let out. Then, he wilted as if a plant that been in the sun too long before completely dieing. I gasped in horror and this time I began to sob. Stupid hormones.
"Yes!" Aladdin shouted in excitement as everything in the garden withered and died. I watched in horror. This was not what should have happened.
The Sultan picked up rose. "'My power will always bloom.' This was the heart of his power; this frail little flower." The Sultan explained quietly and sadly.
Someone tapped my shoulder and I turned to see Genie. He offered me his arms and I hugged him tight as I continued to cry. He held me tight and stroked my hair. "Jasmine, we did it! Jasmine? What?" Aladdin asked in confusion when no one joined in his excitement and then when he realized I was sobbing.
"Oh, Aladdin. I know you meant to do the right thing, but Arbutus was not a monster. He was just different." Jasmine explained sadly. "Yeah! He was a beast!" Iago finished.
"Iago! Jasmine, I don't understand." Aladdin asked in confusion. "He loved his garden the way you and Father love me." Jasmine explained.
Aladdin looked down sadly as we all mourned the death of a misunderstood man.
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The next morning, on a grassy hill, we all gathered together to plant the flower that had been the source of Arbutus's power.
"Sometimes we only see how people are different from us. But if you look hard enough, you can see how much we're all alike." Jasmine spoke as we all admired the beautiful flower.
Everyone left as the plant rose but I stayed. A small sigh was heard from the flower and it sounded exactly like Arbutus. I smiled at the little flower and bent down to caresses it. " We really do care Arbutus. Welcome back." I whispered before turning around to catch up with my family.
Jasmine was snuggled into Aladdin's arms and I snuggled into Genie's. That was when I got a wicked idea. "Hey, Jas? Have you told Aladdin what we discussed last night?" I asked with a sly grin.
She shot me an evil look while Aladdin just looked between the two of us in confusion. We all stopped and turned to face Jasmine expectantly. She sighed.
"I planned to tell you when we got home. But since some one ruining that for me-" She turned to face me with a glare. I smirked and buried my face into Genie's arm. " I guess I can tell you guys now." She decided.
I looked up again and smiled as Aladdin still looked down at his wife in confusion."Tell us about what, exactly?" He asked curiously.
She sighed once more before looking up to face Aladdin with a look of determination."Aladdin, I'm pregnant." She said calmly.
Aladdin, however, fell down in a dead faint. I couldn't help it, I began to laugh. "Oh my goodness, I knew he was going to do that!" I exclaimed. Jasmine looked down at Aladdin in concern. "Aladdin?" She asked fearfully.
"He's fine sis. He's always been a little afraid of being a father. Now that he is gonna be one, well, he's a little nervous and you did catch him by surprise. But I know he's gonna be happy." I promised her.
Genie and the Sultan, however, were grinning from ear to ear. "Woo hoo! I'm gonna be an uncle!" Genie exclaimed as he picked up Jasmine and twirled her in a circle. "Congrats Jasmine!" He laughed.
Jasmine giggled."Thank you Genie. You're gonna make a terrific uncle and father."She laughed happy.
"Oh, daughter, I'm a so happy for you! I always hoped I'd still be around to meet my grandchildren and now I know I will be." The Sultan laughed delightedly.
"Thank you, father. I am so glad you are happy for me. I can't wait for this baby to get here. I know he or she will be surrounded by loving people who will love and care for him or her." Jasmine smiled.
Aladdin groaned at that point and we all looked down at him. He was coming too. When his eye's fully opened he looked around confused at all the people watching him. "Hey, what's everyone staring at? What's going on?"Aladdin asked curiously.
"You fainted, dear brother." I laughed as I pat his hair. He looked at me strangely before turning to the others. They nodded their agreements.
Then all the memories from before he fainted returned to his mind and he turned to face Jasmine wide eyed. "Are you really having my child?" Aladdin asked in awe and excitement.
She giggled. "Yes Aladdin, I am. We're going to be parents." Jasmine answered and a huge grin light up Aladdin's face. He picked Jasmine up and spun her around in a circle. "We're gonna be parents!" He laughed and she joined in happily.
I smiled at the scene before turning and standing up to kiss Genie full on. He returned the kiss whole heartedly. When I pulled away, I sighed and leaned into Genie's embrace.
"Another perfect ending to another day here in Agrabah." I sighed happily. Genie nodded and hugged me close. "And plenty more to go through, my love, plenty more to go through.
Done! With this chapter at least. I still have a lot to go through. Like a lot. Do you know how many episodes there are? I'm not sure, too lazy to count how many there are.
Kendra- Yeah, she's always too lazy for that stuff.
Kendra! You're supposed to be protecting me, not insulting me. That's not very nice.
Taia- Yeah, Kendra, be nice. We all work too do. Especially since there is still a huge hole in the wall over there.
Hey! I fixed that hole. Stupid guys, they must have redone the stupid hole while I wasn't watching. Can you guys fix that.
Kendra- We're your body guards, not you're fixer people things stuff.
What?
Kendra- Never mind. Fine, we'll do it. I need to do something productive anyway. This child makes me more restless than tired.
Well, good luck with that.
Taia- Don't forget to A.R.F! You can be just like a puppy.
Lol, yeah. And in case you still don't know what that means or you're just joining- which would be weird because this is the eighth chapter- it means to Alert Review Favorite! How exciting!
Taia- Bye Everyone!
Kendra- See you guys next chapter. Love all you people.
