Oh no it's been so long since I updated this story. I'm so sorry! I got super busy and distracted, and then there's the quarantine, and then I got Animal Crossing: New Horizons and became addicted to that...
Sorry!
Also, I had some trouble with this chapter, because the way I left it off implied that I was going to show them all getting all this evidence against Jafar and stuff but I don't know about stuff like all that. My brain isn't good at concocting nefarious things. So I decided to take the easy way out, and gloss over all that stuff!
Hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
While Aladdin's injuries would normally have taken weeks or even months to heal, and even after he likely would have felt the aftereffects, with a Genie's magic and his own magical protector in Hamia, Aladdin is completely healed up in a week, with no chance of lingering problems. His injuries mean that he misses the arrival of his advisors, but he's there for Jafar's trial, and he takes great joy in watching the smugness and arrogance bleed out of the ex-Vizier's face as Jasmine lists all the evidence of his wrong-doings.
Aladdin's advisors unanimously agree that Jafar is to be brought back to Diaus Biaraa for imprisonment and eventual execution, but by that point in the trial Aladdin is so tired that all he really registers is Jafar's shouting.
Aladdin is back in Diaus Biaraa, Zafa and the others refusing to allow him to remain in Agrabah any longer, but he's been speaking to Jasmine daily due to a special mirror given to him by Genie.
Speaking of Genie - or rather, Aziz. The blue being, while deciding to remain blue when not in public, has decided that he likes having a name, instead of just being "Genie," and has asked everyone to call him Aziz. Aladdin is happy for his friend - a name is important, and finding your own can be life-changing.
Aladdin is back to his normal duties as soon-to-be Sultan of Diaus Biaraa, and with his approaching coronation comes an increase in the marriage proposals he gets. He half-heartedly hears everyone out, but anyone who knows him can see that he isn't interested in any of his potential wife-to-be's. His heart already belongs to Jasmine, after all.
Speaking of the princess, Aladdin knows she is experiencing something similar. Many princes from nearby kingdoms have asked for her hand in the hopes of becoming Sultan of Agrabah, and she has run off every one, both because they look down on her as a woman, and because they are not Aladdin. She's told him that she has managed to talk her father into crowning her as Sultana as soon as she turns 18.
It would be troubling to Aladdin, if it weren't for the fact that they already have a plan, one they have talked out extensively. She turns 18 soon, and Aladdin has his coronation planned for the day after her birth - the same day her coronation is planned. Coincidentally, they have both requested to have their coronation in a small but famous town on the border of their kingdoms - half of it is in Agrabah, and half of it is in Diaus Biaraa. If anyone were to question the odd choice for them to coronated at the same time, they would say it was a way of solidifying the alliance of their nations even further than ever before. And they wouldn't be lying.
What no one but their closest confidants know is that their coronation day will also be their wedding day.
It had been Jasmine's idea, of course. The only problem with their relationship would have been that they will both be the rulers of their kingdoms, and so very far apart. They would both need heirs, and they would both need to put the lives of their people and the wellbeing of their nations above the other. And they agree to it. They will have two children, one will be the heir of Diaus Biaraa, one will be the heir of Agrabah. It has been fact since day one of their relationship that they both hold infinite love for their kingdoms, so there is no way of either of them putting their spouse above the needs of their kingdom.
And with Aziz, Hamia, and the Magic Carpet (who, through some magic, managed to convey that they want to be called Ali, after Aladdin, and who apparently doesn't mind being a normal carpet some days), neither Jasmine nor Aladdin will have trouble visiting each other.
All in all, now that Aladdin is healed up, his life really is looking up.
Of course, he still has his usual duties, and stubborn nobles to trick, and a nation to look after, which no one would claim is easy. But despite all that, he can look at the future, and smile with genuine hope.
When he looks back at the boy he once was, immature and scarred by the darkness of the streets he grew up on, yet somehow still naive, he can only laugh. That boy had no idea what the world had in store for him.
Now, Aladdin is a man, still scarred, but no longer immature and naive. He is confident in his skin and able to stand tall with self-assurance.
And most importantly, he has people who care about him, and whom he cares about in turn.
Yes, life really is looking up.
Sorry for the short chapter and how rushed it probably seems.
Honestly, barring any possible epilogues if someone really wants one, this is probably going to be the last chapter. It's the end of what I have had planned, and honestly while I love this story, and I've enjoyed writing it, it's also not really my main priority anymore. I'm writing other things now. If you're interested in my other works, one is a Sanders Sides fanfiction (Sanders Sides is a web series on YouTube by Thomas Sanders and is honestly one of my favorite fandoms), and the other is an original work I'm slowly writing that I hope to one day publish. Make sure to check them out if you're interested! They're both on archive of our own, under KairiasYami2.
Thank you all for reading, commenting, and enjoying my story! I really appreciate it, and hope I made you guys happy with my story, even if only a little! :D
