Hey guys. So these next couple chapters will be kinda rough because I don't have a script. So I'm pretty much going from memory with this story. Hope you like it anyways!
Disclaimer: You know I, I know it, the world freaking knows it, I DON'T OWN ALADDIN AT ALL!
Chapter 11:
I sighed in content as I held on tight to Genie. We flew through the sky at impossible speeds and my stomach flip-flopped from the sensation. I didn't know where we were going, I just knew this was the start of our lives together.
I watched the world zoom by in nothing but blue and white streaks. If I looked down, I barely saw the green streaks that soon turned blue as we passed over the ocean.
"Where we going first?"I asked Genie.
He smiled gently down at me.
"It's a surprise, but I think you'll like it!"He answered cheerfully.
I smiled back and nodded before resting my head on his chest again. I had complete faith in him and knew he would take us somewhere special.
It was about another hour before we started slowing down. By this time, my eyes were half shut and I was barely here in this world. I woke up when Genie gently nudged me.
"Kendra, we're almost there."He said softly.
I groaned but opened my eyes.
"Does this place you're taking me too have somewhere to sleep?"I asked him tiredly.
He chuckled.
"Yeah, don't worry."
We started to descend as our targeted location came into view. I tried to keep my eyes open so I could see where we were. I nearly gasped when I saw. We were in... America.
Not my home of course. This was in the early times, with only small settlements here and there, but I recognized it nonetheless. I don't know how though, gut feeling I guess? We weren't going near any of the settlements though. He flew more towards the woodsy areas.
"Wow, how did you know I wanted to come here?"I asked in awe.
He shrugged.
"You talk in your sleep. At one point, you said something about coming to America. I wasn't sure where that was, so I decided to come to the place who didn't really have a name yet. Was I correct in coming here."He asked, worried.
Tears gathered in my eyes at how sweet he was.
"Yes, this is the place. I call this place America because its so new and I hope one day this can be a free place."I lied easily, though it hurt too.
That was thing I didn't like about this. I had to lie to him about who I really was. I mean, I think he'd think I was crazy if I told him I'm really from some different universe brought into one of my favorite movies, Aladdin.
Heck, it even sounds crazy to me and it's my life!
"I'm glad you like it! I thought we could camp here for a few days. You do like camping right?"He asked, once again sounding worried.
I giggled.
"For the record, yes I love camping. After all, I was a street rat. And also, I'm happy anywhere as long as you're with."I promised.
His worried expression melted back into a goofy smile that I had come to love.
"Great! Let's set up then!"He exclaimed.
He then snapped his fingers and a nice camping area appeared. A nice sized tent appeared, big enough for two, with an air mattress(didn't think they had those in these times, weird) and a comforter complete with two pillows. A bunch of tiki torches surrounded our site to keep away bugs. A small fire was in front of us and a picnic table filled with fresh food appeared near the fire. Genie held a lantern that I sat down on the table.
"Let's eat!"Genie cheered.
I giggled at his excitement as we walked over and sat on the benches at the table. I sat close to Genie as we joked around and ate our dinner. I felt content just staying here forever with him.
This would be a lot nicer if it wasn't for the nagging feeling in the back of my head, warning me to tell Genie about myself. But how could I? He might understand, but I knew he'd be heartbroken that I never told him the truth in the first place.
'He'll be even more upset if you wait to tell him until much later.'My conscious told me sternly.
'I can't tell him. What if he hates me because I lied?'I asked in my head.
'He won't hate you. Relationships are built on trust, and if you lie to him, he'll never forgive you.'
'What if it's already to late and if I tell him, he never forgives me. I can't lose him, not when I just got him.'
'How do you know unless you try?'
And with that, my conscious shut up and I nearly banged my head on the table in frustration. I stopped myself though, knowing Genie would question why I did so.
I didn't know what to do or who to trust. I wish my friend Kristy was here, she'd know what to do. I sighed and tried to stop thinking. I was here with Genie and I just needed to clear my head and enjoy my time with him.
(? POV)
Somewhere in Kendra's universe . . .
I hissed in frustration as I tried to open up this stupid plastic box to get my new Ipod out. One thing I hated about getting something new was trying to open the boxes. Why the hell do they make them so impossible to open.
I shook my head and stood up to go find some scissors. Maybe those could get the accursed thing to open!
I walked into the living room of my apartment. An apartment that me and my best friend were supposed to share before she went missing about two years ago. The police had finally given up on the search and the family was throwing a funeral in a few days.
One that I wasn't looking forward too, mind you. She was too young to die and it wasn't fair she'd been taken from me two years before we were supposed to graduate. My graduation had been about a month ago, but it just wasn't the same without her there.
My mom hadn't wanted me to get an apartment either, afraid with the lost of my best friend, I'd do something rash. I wasn't that stupid though. Sides, she would kill me up there if I ever killed myself. Hmm, imagine that, being killed in heaven. Probably doesn't work that way.
I shrugged as I finally pulled out my scissors from the drawer and cut open the package to finally free my Ipod.
"Yes!"I exclaimed as I ran back into my room and hooked it up to my laptop, ready to get music on the thing.
Once that was finished and the thing was charged up, I plugged the headphones in and grabbed my coat as I walked out the door. I was headed to the store for groceries and I liked walking everywhere. I could take my car, but I didn't want to waste gas.
The walk was only about twenty minutes though and my music helped it go by faster. I walked fast through the streets, keeping my head down because in this town, people think if you look at them, then you wanted to fight.
It was ridiculous of course, but I just went with it.
When I arrived at the store, I grabbed a cart and quickly gathered up what I needed. The store wasn't that busy, which was a good thing. I could get in and out quickly. I didn't need much anyway.
I checked out after I had everything. Most stores will let you take the cart home because everyone preferred to walk home. As long as you brought it back the next day, you'd be fine. If not, you were arrested.
I walked fast through the parking lot, ignoring the people out trying to sell us junk for more money than its worth. They shouted after me, begging me to come back and buy something from them. I rolled my eyes in annoyance.
An old, short man stepped in front of me, blocking my path.
"Please, Miss, just look at what I have to sale."He begged, voice croaking as he did.
The man looked to be Arabian. He had no hair and crooked teeth. His was wearing a dark cloak with his hood up.
I sighed as a surge of regret and sadness went through my body. This is why I tried to get through here as fast as possible. I always felt regret for these people.
So I sighed and just nodded.
"Alright, make it quick, I have frozens."I told him, sounding a little impatient.
The man nodded gratefully, before pulling out a bunch of different types of objects out, laying them in front of me. He pointed to each of them and told me about them. But the one that caught my attention the most was a small golden lamp, like the one from Aladdin.
A twinge of sadness struck me and I knew I had to get it. Kendra would jump at the chance to have anything Aladdin related, especially when it came to a Genie's lamp, since he was her favorite.
"How much would you like for that one?"I asked, nodding towards the lamp.
He hummed softly, before nodding.
"Thirty-five dollars."He said with finality.
I groaned inwardly at the price. Well, I guess I'm not getting that new purse I wanted.
"Fine, I'll take it."I told the man.
He grinned happily, showing off his crooked teeth, before handing me the lamp as I handed him the money.
"Careful, that lamp is magical and will give you your greatest hearts desires. Do not let it fall into the wrong hands."The man warned.
I refrained from rolling my eyes. Yeah, right, a magically lamp.
"OK. Uh, thanks. Have a nice day."I said as I turned around and continued on my way home.
When I got to my house, I quickly unloaded the cart. I sat the lamp on my side table for the moment, not wanting to mess with it.
Once everything was put away, I went to get a shower. The shower didn't take me too long. Mostly because I didn't have a lot of hot water so I made it fast. I changed into black sweats and a gray tank top with my house shoes.
Then I went to the living room and sat on the couch, taking the lamp into my hands and studying it. It looked like an ordinary lamp, faded gold and some scratches here or there. But it seemed to have this sense of power about it.
Is that weird?
Maybe I'm just going crazy. Sides, my friend always believed that magic was real. Maybe my minds playing tricks on me because of that.
I sighed that and rubbed the lamp feeling weird as I voiced my wish out loud.
"I wish I was with Kendra with her still alive."I said, though I knew Genies couldn't bring people back from the dead and their not real anyway.
Since that was my thought, you can imagine my surprise and terror when a purplish smoke came out of the spout of the lamp.
I screamed in terror and jumped off my couch, swiping at the smoke to try and get it away from me. That didn't work though and the smoke completely engulfed me. Then everything went dark as I fell unconscious.
(Kendra's POV)
I woke up the next morning feeling completely refreshed. I was wrapped up in Genies arms and I felt comfortable. I yawned and sat up, untangling myself from my boyfriend. He didn't wake up as I carefully stood up and left the tent. I really needed a place to go to the bathroom.
I walked through the woods, trying to find somewhere to go at. After I was done with my business, which I was used to doing it out in public because hello, I was a street rat, I made my way back.
Then I heard someone yelling.
"Help! Someone help! I'm lost!"They shouted, somewhere west from me.
I looked in that direction confused. Who would be out here in the middle of no where? Especially since most of the people around here don't know much about this land and are afraid to mess with the Indians and/or wild animals.
I shrugged and walked in the direction of the shouting. Whoever it was, they could be really hurt. I wanted to make sure they were okay.
"Hello, where are you!"I shouted back to them.
I heard someone running in my direction then. When they got to me, I almost fell over when I saw who it was.
"Kristy?"I asked
The girl(Kristy) looked back at me in surprise.
"Kendra?"She asked.
I nodded. We both stared at each other for a second before we ran and hugged tightly.
"I've missed you sooo much!"I told her.
"Me too, where the hell have you been!"She shouted as she pulled away.
"Here."I answered simply.
"Here, where is here?"
"We are currently in America, early America that is. We're in the universe of Aladdin."
She snorted and rolled her eyes.
"Really? Yeah right, where are we really?"
I raised at eyebrow at her.
"Follow me then."
We continued on the trek to my campsite.
"Genie, you here?"I shouted.
A second later a blue blur flew out of the tent and landed in front of me. Kristy jumped back in surprise.
"Hey Kendra! Where have you been, sweetheart?"Genie asked as he took me in his arms.
"Hey, sorry, had to go to the bathroom and I ran into an old friend."I said, nodding towards Kristy.
Genie turned and smiled at my friend.
"Well, hello there! How's it going?"He asked her.
Kristy looked between him and me in complete shock. Then she shook her head in disbelief before she fell to the ground unconscious. She fainted.
"Well, that went well."I joked.
"Was it something I did?"
I laughed.
"No, nothing you did. Kristy is just a little easy to surprise. And she definitely wasn't expecting a Genie."
"Why?"
"Because, she's not from here. And neither am I."I finally admitted.
(Hello my loyal readers. Well, I actually started this story a few days ago and finally finished it. A lot of it, I didn't expect myself doing. But hey, when those dang plot bunnies speak, what are you going to do? Oh well, til next time, my friends! And don't forget to R&R!)