I own Nothing but Anala, and the slight change in the plot line!
Quick recap: "Never fails. Get in the bath and there's a rub of the lamp. Hello." He turned in time to see the unconscious Aladdin, "Al? Al! Kid, snap out of it! You can't cheat on this one! I can't help you unless you make a wish. You have to say "Genie I want you to save my life." Got it? Okay. C'mon Aladdin! Anala will kill me if you die!" He grabbed Aladdin by the shoulders and shook him. Aladdin's head went up, then it fell down. " I'll take that as a yes." Genie turned his head into a siren. "Wooga! Wooga!" Then he turned into a submarine. "Upscope!" Once on the surface, a giant water spout emerged, and landed on top of the cliff. Aladdin then reawaked and coughed the water out of his lungs. "Don't you scare me like that!"
"Genie I…uh.. thanks Genie!" Al hugged him and Genie hugged back.
"Oh, Al. I'm gettin' kind of fond of you, kid. Not that I want to pick out curtains or anything. Now come on we've got to go get Anala."
They quickly flew off in the direction of the castle and I felt fade as my body woke up!
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As I slowly regained consciousness I could hear Jasmine humming 'A Whole New World'. I opened my eyes to realize I was bound at my hands and feet and a gag was tied around my mouth. I thrashed back and forth trying to loosen the bonds like I had seen on TV and, well I guess that's why I'd only seen it on TV, it didn't work. I signed in defeat and leaned against the wall behind me, I wasn't giving up, I'd be damned if I'd become a damsel in distress but, I needed a plan.
"Oh, father-I just had the most wonderful time. I'm so happy." My head jerked up as I heard Jasmine gush about her date with Al and I rolled my eyes. Sure I believed in love but this lovey-dovey mush was about to make me hurl.
"You should be, Jasmine. I have chosen a husband for you." I heard the Sultan's monotone voice I looked to my left where I noticed the sultan standing with his back to me, and just past him I could see Jasmine looking astonished at her father's words. Out of the princess's sight and behind the other closed door I saw Jafar smiling like the Cheshire cat! He met me eyes and smiled triumphantly and put a finger mockingly to his lips, as if I could make any noise, his eyes sparkling with dark delight. I glared at him and started fighting my bonds again, Jafar rolled his eyes and turned back to the hypnotized Sultan.
"You will wed Jafar." I gaged and scrunched my nose in disgust and sympathy for Jasmine. Jafar grandly opened to door he was hiding behind and stepped into the princess's view. Jafar walked up to her and grabbed her hand to pull her toward him.
"You're speechless, I see. A fine quality in a wife." Jasmine turned pleading eyes to her father as she forcibly pulled away from Jafar.
"I will never marry you. Father, I choose Prince Ali!"
Jafar waved a dismissive hand and said, "Prince Ali left!"
I felt the bonds around my wrists fall away, I used my newly freed hands to remove the gag, I turned and smiled, "About time Al" I whispered so only he could hear. He smiled down at me and turned to the room. I stood with him and crossed my arms shouting, "Better check you're crystal ball again Jafar!" I shouted at him.
He spun toward me and snarled at me and Al, and Iago sputtered, "How in the he-uh, awk!"
"Tell them the truth, Jafar! You tried to have me killed." Al yelled at him. Jafar rolled his eyes and strolled over to the sultan sticking his hypnotic snake stick in his face.
"Ridiculous nonsense, your highness. He is obviously lying."
"Obviously...lying." the Sultan robotically repeated. Jasmine desperately ran to her father and put her hands on his shoulders and gently shook him.
"Father what's wrong with you?"
I'd had enough of this and ran toward Jafar, jerked his staff out of his hands and smashed the snake head against the ground, shattering it. Jafar cried out in distress as his spell was broken. The Sultan instantly snapped out of it and looked around confused as I handed the staff to him.
"Your highness, Jafar's been controlling you with this!"
"What? Jafar? You, you traitor!"
Jafar was backing away from us as we advanced stuttering, "Your majesty, all of this can be explained."
"Guards! Guards!"
I laughed as I saw Iago start to panic, "Well, that's it-we're dead, forget about it. Just dig a grave for both of us. We're dead." Jafar shushed him and his eyes when to Al's turban, my eyes widened as I realized he saw Genie's lamp! I stepped in front of Al to shield the lamp from Jafar's sight eyes rose to meet mine and he when he smiled at me I knew, that he knew, who both Al and I were but I didn't move I met his glare and held my ground.
"Arrest Jafar at once." I heard the Sultan say, and Jafar moved toward me, I knew he was headed for Genie's lamp so I didn't move. The guards quickly grabbed Jafar and restrained him. But Jafar pulled out a red vile and met my eyes smiling wickedly.
"This is not done yet girl!" he shouted and through the vial down and red smoke enveloped the room. I looked frantically around trying to pinpoint his location. I heard footsteps behind me and spun around to see him towering over me. "I'll get you for this you little bitch! You and your friend Aladdin will pay for destroying my plans!" and with that he turned and disappeared into the smoke. Within seconds the red smoke cleared and Jafar and Iago were gone.
The Sultan shouted in outrage, "Find him, search everywhere!"
I looked over my shoulder to see Al comforting Jasmine and I rolled my eyes.
"Are you alright?" I heard Al ask concerned, and I had to stop from giggling. This was one of the sappiest love scenes in the whole movie.
"Yes," Jasmine simpered back and I crossed my arms and leaned against a wall. I was happy for them naturally but this was the most boring part of the whole movie, and it made me furious that Al still hadn't told Jasmine who he really was, I almost wish I had chased after Jafar to his lair to confront him but…well after that smoke encounter… I wasn't looking forward to seeing him later. I watched amused as the Sultan walked right in between the happy couple pacing back and forth it took him a few minutes to realize that Jasmine was in love!
"Jafar, my most trusted counselor, plotting against me all this time. Just horrible. How will I ever…" he stopped midsentence and saw Jasmine's expression. "Can it be true? My daughter has finally chosen a suitor?" Jasmine nodded vigorously and I rolled my eyes. "Ha ha! Praise Allah! You brilliant boy, I could kiss you! I won't-I'll leave that to my-. You two will be wed at once! Yes, yes. And you'll be happy and prosperous, and then my boy, you will be sultan!"
"Sultan?" Al asked ecstatically and smiled over at me. I glared back telling him without words how pissed off I still was at him for his false identity nonsense. He looked away slightly ashamed as the Sultan continued.
"Yes, a fine upstanding youth like yourself, a person of your unimpeachable moral character is exactly what this kingdom needs!" Al looked even guiltier at the praise and I looked away angrily that he still hadn't said anything. I looked back and pushed off the wall, "Well it looks like you and ALI have lots of planning to do so I'm gonna go back to our rooms and rest." I spun on my heal and stormed out the room, to my room and practically let myself fall onto the giant cushion. "Stupid Al and his stupid ego!" a few tears slipped from my eyes and I angrily whipped them away with the back of my hand and laid my head on my arms looking out the window into the garden. "Why are all men Jerks?!" I tried to hold back my angry tears but I couldn't I silently let them fall onto the cushion I felt something heavy rubbing my back and I looked up and out the window to Abu who was gently rubbing my back with his trunk. I smiled a little at him and rubbed his trunk gratefully. "Hehe thanks Abu, maybe all guys aren't jerks but Al is driving me nuts! He's just like Colton, only not as violent, Jasmine can never love him if she doesn't know the real him! I swear he is so arrogant sometimes he makes me want to sock some sense into his thick skull!" Abu chittered with laughter and I smiled. I laid my head back on my arms and quickly fell asleep, I'd need all the energy I could get in a few moments for screaming at Aladdin.
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I dreamed myself to Jafar's lair just after his disappearance, the room was dark and silent and I was creeped out, the guy seriously needed to liven up the room. The door flung open and Jafar and Iago zoomed in, Jafar slammed the door shut behind him and leaned against it panting. Iago flew directly up to his dresser and started piling stuff in a suitcase. I laughed at their frenzied movement and held my side. After the nonsense with Al I needed a good laugh.
"We gotta get outta here! We gotta get- I gotta start packing, your highness. Only essentials! Travel light! Bring the guns, the weapons, the knives…" he stopped talking long enough to pull out a picture of himself and Jafar. "And how about this picture? I don't know-I think I'm making a weird face in it." Jafar, who was apparently not listening to the frantic parrot squawking, started to laugh wildly. I cringed and backed up a pace before I remembered I wasn't actually right next to the freaky mad man. "Oh, boy-he's gone nuts. He's cracked." Iago flew down to Jafar and knocks on his head. "Jafar? Jafar? Get a grip, Jafar!" Viper quick Jafar's hand jerked out and grabbed him around the neck. "Good grip!" Iago choked out.
"Prince Ali is nothing more than that ragged urchin Aladdin. And his loud mouthed sister is his friend Anala, the little bitch who mouthed off to me in the dungeons, and to be completely honest I can't believe I didn't see that one sooner! Even dressed to kill like she was, she's still the same smart mouthed bitch! They have the lamp, Iago."
"Why those miserable.."
"But you are going to relieve them of it!"
Iago swallowed nervously, "ME?"
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I jerked out of my dream and looked up to see Al already walking into the room head slightly lowered. Genie zoomed out of the Lamp, "Huzzah! Hail the conquering hero!" He turned into a one-man band. He sees Al walk away with his head hung. He stops, scratches his head, comes up with an idea, then zooms over to Al. He holds up his hands like a director scoping a picture and says, "Aladdin, you've just won the heart of the princess. What are you gonna do next?" Aladdin looked at him, then walked away in sadness to the bed, where he fell on it and sighed. Genie again looked confused, then goes to him and pulls out a script labeled "Aladdin." And then proceeded to whisper, " Psst, your line is "I'm going to free the genie."…..Anytime."
"Genie…I…I can't" I gritted my teeth trying not to blow my top but Al's arrogance was making it really hard.
Genie, who I guess thought Al was just joking around tried to continue while using Al as a makeshift ventriloquist doll, "Sure you can. You just go "Genie, I wish you free."" Al pulled away angrily.
He turned back and started shouting at Genie, "I'm serious. Look, I'm sorry-I really am. But they want to make me sultan-no!, They want to make Prince Ali sultan. Without you, I'm just Aladdin."
"Al, you won!"
"Because of you! The only reason anyone thinks I'm anything is because of you. What if they find out I'm not really a prince? What if Jasmine finds out? I'll lose her. Genie, I can't keep this up on my own. I can't wish you free." I was shaking with rage at this point and my heart broke when I saw Genie's defeated face.
Which only lasted a few seconds before he turned furious and sarcastically said to Al, "Hey, I understand. After all, you've lied to everyone else. Hey, I was beginning to feel left out. Now, if you'll excuse me, master." He said the last word in disgust, then poofed back into the lamp.
Al went over the lamp and tried to reason with Genie, "Genie, I'm really sorry." Genie's tongue comes out of the spout and raspberries him, and if I wasn't so pissed off I would have laughed. "Well, fine." He slammed a pillow on top of the lamp. "Then just stay in there!" He looked at Abu and Carpet. "What are you guys looking at?" Abu and Carpet look away sadly and turn to walk away, "Look, I-I'm sorry. Wait, Abu- wait-I'm sorry, I didn't- wait, c'mon." He sighed. "What am I doing?" At that point I couldn't take it anymore, I lost it!
"What you're doing is BEING A COMPLET JACKASS!" I shouted and stalked over to him and grabbed the front of his costume. "Now you listen here and you listen good Mr. Prince! I've tolerated your ego, attitude, and 'I know what's best' attitude for far too long, but one thing I can't stand is a liar and oath breaker! I've dealt with jerks all my life but you take the cake! YOUR FRIEND IS A SLAVE AND PRISONER AND YOU PROMISED TO FREE HIM! And when he finally does his part of the deal for you to give him his freedom, YOU BALE AND SAY WELL I CAN'T IN CASE THE GIRL WHO DOESN'T EVEN LOVE THE REAL ME FINDS OUT!" I was far beyond reasoning at this point and I shook him hard. "I trusted you Al, I thought you were my friend, but I don't make friends with oath breakers!" I threw him to the side of the room and he collided with the wall and slide down rubbing the back of his head. I stormed over to the pillow and grabbed Genie's lamp and headed for the door.
"A…Anala wait." Al shouted after me I spun around and my fist connected with his cheek sending him stumbling back holding his right hand to his injured cheek! Still furious I spun around and I headed for the area of the garden underneath Jasmine's balcony and sat down with Genie's lamp in my lap. I looked down at the lamp cradled in my arms and I felt the tears fall onto the surface of it.
"I…I'm so…so sorry Genie." I could say anything to make the situation better so I hugged the lamp to my chest and I cried! I cried for Genie who was still stuck imprisoned, I cried for my family, who was probably worried sick about me, I just cried for the sake that I was furious. My shoulders shook as I sobbed and I felt hands take my shoulders and I turned furiously, expecting Aladdin. "Get away from me you lying no good…. Oh sorry Genie!" Genie, who had slipped out of his lamp without me knowing smiled and pulled me into a hug. I cried and said sorry, over and over again and he hugged me tighter.
He looked down at me and smiled sadly, "It's not your fault Anala, It's Al's." I nodded in agreement.
"I know but I should have knocked some sense into his thick head and made him see sense not run out hear balling on you." He smiled down at me and whipped a few stray tears from my cheek. He turned my face up toward him and smiled.
"Hey some guys don't know what to do in any situation. I'm pissed off at Al, but I'm not mad at you!" I hugged him tighter and he returned the gesture. When we finally pulled away he leaned toward me I knew he was gonna kiss me and pulled away. He drew back shocked and then looked away sadly. I put my hands on either side of his face and turned him towards me, making sure he was looking into my eyes before I spoke again.
"Genie…..I really really like you, but remember what I said about not falling in love with someone who doesn't tell the truth….well I haven't told you the whole truth." His eyes widened and he tried to pull away but I didn't let him, "Just listen, ok, that's all I ask, and if you don't want to be around me after that …well I guess I'll have to deal with that then but for now at least hear me out!" I begged him, and he looked nervous at first but he finally nodded.
"Alright I'll hear you out, but no promises afterword!" I nodded understandingly and let go of his face. I leaned back and watched the clouds roll past collecting my thoughts, I took a deep breath and started my tail. "ok so well this is kind of hard to believe but just hear me out….I'm from the year 2014 from a place called Vesper, Wisconsin, now I know that sounds crazy but just listen." I didn't look at his face because I was afraid of what I'd see there in his eyes, rejection, shock, the famous, 'this chick is mental' look I'm so use to, but I figured if I didn't see his reaction I could at least finish the story. "Where I'm from we have all kinds of technology, and these…uh moving stories, on TV's called movies. My favorite movies of all time are the 'Aladdin' movies. Where I'm from you are all fictional. I memorized the movie forwards, backwards, and three ways to Sunday. But one night I was watching to movies and a storm hit, I don't know how or why but I ended up here. At first it was a dream come true, but at the time I didn't realize the consequences." I could feel the tears filling my eyes but I pushed them back and cleared my throat before continuing. "I don't know how to get home to my family, who must be worried sick about me, and I've noticed I'm changing the way things are supposed to work around here. If I change it too much Jafar or one of the other villains might win. I miss home, my friends, my parents even my siblings. I don't know what to do and I knew if I told Al all of this when I first met him he'd think I was off my rocker! So I made up the caravan story and well you know the rest." I stayed silent for a few moments before turning to look at his reaction and he merely smiled kindly at me. I blinked in confusion, "You…you don't think I'm crazy"
He smiled jokingly down at me and put an arm around my shoulders, "Oh Anala I know you're crazy," I rolled my eyes and elbowed him in the ribs. He chuckled and rubbed where I'd hit him, "but I also know you wouldn't lie to me for your own gain. You're probable right Aladdin wouldn't have believed you. But I do, and I trust you, I also appreciate that you care about my opinion of you more that not telling me before I ….well you know." I giggled as he looked away embarrassed and I kissed his cheek.
"I'm glad you believe me, I don't know what I'd do if I lost your friendship Genie!" he held me close and we leaned against a tree watching the clouds pass. He looked down at me curiously, "what?" I asked.
He cocked his head at me, "I'm just curious what your world is like, your family, friends." I smiled at him and looked up at the horizon thinking how to describe my life. "Well let's see, I live in a country across the ocean call the United States of America, within the country are 50 states, I'm from the 30th state Wisconsin, like right in the middle of it is a small town called Vesper. Almost everyone who live there are farmers, or hobby farmers. We trade food; it's like a giant family. And everyone knows everyone else. My Mom, Jackie, is a High school teacher for children with disabilities, my friends say I look a lot like her so much that they often tease me and call me 'little Jackie'! My dad is a mill worker and his rules are strict but I know he is very compassionate."
Genie looked confused, "I thought you said everyone around Vesper were farmer?"
I laughed, "Ya we are, my family are hobby farmers, we raise a HUGE garden every summer and then we raise chickes for meat, and chickens for eggs. We have some neighbors who raise only crops, or cows, pigs, goats, donkeys, you name it someone near us raises it. Now where was I before your question?"
"You were telling me that your father was compassionate but tough."
"Oh right thanks Genie, so anyway I know he's compassionate especially sense when I was three I almost drowned in a neighbors pool, I was running around the deck and I tripped and fell in, and he saved me, and he's always there when I need advice or just to talk. I have a 21 year old, older brother who is studying to be a police officer, which is like a guard, he and I knock heads all the time. I never really got along with him, we were always fighting…..and I guess I even miss him. I also have a 16 year old younger sister, she wants to be a masseuse, and we talk about everything together, she's one of the closest people in my life. And you know about most of my friends, sense I told you about Nicolet, and I have a couple more close friends but not many my cousin McKenna and My best friend Kayla come to mind but not a lot of others. Our town was so small we had to go to another town for high school. I spent most of my time online, or studying….. or watching Aladdin….. your song was always my favorite."
Genie smiled at me and kissed my forehead. "Don't worry Anala, we'll find a way to get you home, I promise."
"I appreciate that Genie, I really do!"
We watched the sky for a little while longer, until Genie stretched and said, "I'd love to do this all day but I'm still ticked off at Al so I'd better go steam for a while so I don't blow his head off! I love you Anala!" he kissed me lightly on the lips and I smiled.
"I love you to Genie!" he disappeared into the lamp and I held it to my chest!
Suddenly out of nowhere I was grabbed from behind causing me to drop the lamp and I tried to cry out but they clamped a hand over my mouth. I thrashed and fought but it didn't make a difference, it was one of the guards again, although surprisingly not Razoul. From the shadows the loud mouthed parrot swooped down and grabbed Genie's lamp.
"Boy, Jafar's gonna be happy to see you! I can just hear him now, 'Good work, Iago!' Ah, go on. 'No, really-on a scale of one to ten, you are an eleven!'Ah, Jafar-you're too kind. I'm embarrassed, I'm blushing."
I looked at the guy who held me and bit his hand forcing him to take it away from my mouth long enough for me to say, "You're taking orders from an insane parrot who talks to himself? Wow your career is zooming!"
He snarled at put his arm across my throat so I couldn't bit him, and my air supply was low.
"Great" I croaked, "I…can see y.. you're a great conversationalist." He snarled again and I glared back over to Iago, who seemed to be contemplating what to do.
"Well we're gonna have to bring her, sense we don't want her to warn her little streetrat friend." He started to fly off with the lamp, and I started seeing black spots in areas of my vision, my arms were still locked to my sides as I was marched in the direction Iago flew off to and it wasn't long before I lost consciousness, this was not turning out to be a good day!