When Aladdin retrieves the lamp however Abu takes a gem in the cave, resulting in the cave of wonders closing itself. He gets to the entrance where Jafar is waiting, but instead of helping Aladdin outside he kicks him down into the collapsing cave, thinking he got the lamp, which Abu however stole back from the Vizir.
Once back inside the cave Aladin accidentally activates the lamp by rubbing it, releasing the Genie trapped inside. Aladdin manages to bait the Genie into bringing them out of the cave and then says his first of three wishes after promising to use the last wish to set the Genie free.
His first wish is to become a prince, hoping to be able to marry Jasmine that way, since the Vizir told him that the girl he met in the market wasn't the princess's handmaiden, but it was the princess herself.
So, with his first wish fulfilled Aladdin, or Ali, as his prince persona is called now enters Agrabah with a whole party of over a hundred men, which Genie magically summoned to play the thief's servants.
"It's a pleasure to welcome you to Agrabah. Prince Ali." The Sultan greets the apparent royalty waiting for him in the throne room.
"It's just as much a pleasure for me your highness, sir. You look very serene." Aladdin awkwardly says, bowing in respect.
"I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with Ababwe." The Vizir says, looking at Aladdin.
Aladdin and the Genie, who plays his servant try to come up with an explanation for the kingdoms location clumsily
"The world is changing quickly Jafar, it seems as if there is a new country every day." The Sultan says.
"Haha, well yes. You are very wise. Oh right, we have things. Gifts." Aladdin says, calling out the various items his servants carry in the room.
"And what do you hope to buy with these gifts?" Jasmine asks.
"You." Aladdin says.
"No. No, no, no, no a moment with you." Aladdin corrects himself after the incredulous stares of the palace's royalty and servants.
"Are you suggesting I'm for sale?" Jasmine asks.
"Of course." Aladdin says without thinking.
"Not. Of course not, no." Aladdin tries to add.
"Excuse me I need to find some… bread, for the jams." Jasmine tells him, leaving with her handmaiden.
"That's not… that's not what I meant." Aladdin tries to say.
"You did great." The handmaiden says awkwardly before following the princess.
"You will get the chance to speak again. We hope you will join us tonight when we celebrate our harvest." The Sultan tells him, before retreating himself.
|that night|
The party is already in motion when Sun Quan and his two followers arrive.
"I will go speak to the Sultan about our suggestion." Quan tells the two.
"But, I never said I'd be willing to marry her." Tai counters.
"Do you really think you'll find a better woman than her? Seriously?" Ci asks his fellow guard.
"No. But that is not what stands to argue here." Tai replies annoyedly.
"Just go with it and see what comes of it. Who knows, maybe you actually develop feelings for the princess during our stay?" Ci suggests.
"I… Fine." Tai agrees, after looking over to Jasmine, dressed in a lightblue dress with her belly exposed and a see-through veil falling down her shoulders.
"Hahaha." Ci laughs, until Tai elbows him in his side, grumbling "Shut up."
A fee minutes later Quan rejoins his comrades.
"The Sultan was not opposed to the idea of a marriage, however the decision will fall to the princess as it is. So it looks like you'll get your wish Tai. The only way you'll marry is if the two of you desire to do so on your own." Quan tells him.
"Alright." Tai says.
"Well, go on. Get to know her." Quan says expectantly.
"In this crowd?" Tai asks doubtfully.
"In this crowd." Quan repeats with a nod, while putting his arm around his closest friend and pulls him along while going over to the princess.
"Oh-hoh-ho. Princess Jasmonde." Prince Anders says, walking up to the princess from the opposite direction.
"You. You're still here." She says with a forced smile.
"Princess." Quan says, bowing to her with Tai when they arrive in front of her.
"Prince Quan, Tai. Good to see you again." She says, turning to the two.
"I'm sorry, I don't believe we have met yet. I'm Sun Quan of the Wu empire." Quan introduces himself to Prince Anders, leading him away by putting his arm around his shoulder, winking to the relieved princess.
"I'm sorry about Quan, his methods can be unusual." Tai apologizes to her.
"Oh, it's no bother. I'm rather glad to have Prince Anders off my back for a while." Jasmine replies.
"I see." Tai replies, before falling into silence.
"So, I saw Sun Quan talking to my father earlier. What could that have been about?" She asks slyly.
"You have a keen eye. And yes, it's probably as you're expecting he offered my hand in marriage, but do not worry, your father agreed to let the decision lie with you." Tai informs her.
"Good. Then we can talk openly, I'm relieved." She says.
"You are?" He asks surprised.
"Yes. See, there is another prince trying to get my hand in marriage but he's more interested in Baba than me." Jasmine says, looking over to Aladdin, who raises his cup towards the Sultan.
"I don't know. I think he's sweet." Dalia, the princess's handmaiden says.
"Why don't you marry him then?" Jasmine asks with a smirk.
"Oh can I?" She asks excitedly.
"If you can win him over, you have my blessing." Jasmine laughs at her friend's excited expression.
"Is it usual for there to be more than one suitor attending a party?" Tai asks the Princess intrigued.
"Sadly, yes." She says with a forced smile, but her tone says differently while Aladdin walks over.
"I'm sorry, for the Jams. And the jewels. And the buying you…" Aladdin tries to apologize to Jasmine, arriving amongst the group of three.
"Now, where are…" Tai mumbles to himself, looking for his two companions.
"If I'd like to dance? I'd love to." Jasmine quickly says, turning to Tai when the music in the background pauses.
"Dance?" Tai asks confused.
"Do me this favor?" She whispers with a pleading look, while leading him to a spot near the fountain in the middle of the courtyard.
"But I don't know your dances." Tai whispers back.
"Just try your best, copy the others." Jasmine says, nodding at some other men standing around the fountain.
"Ugh. Fine." Tai agrees, taking off his white cloak, which Ci quickly grabs.
"Now where were you 5 seconds ago?" Tai asks annoyedly, making the older warrior smile mischievously.
The dance starts with the women walking towards the fountain, stopping a foot away from it, with the men following, standing to their right, slightly behind them. Tai focuses on a man to his left, following his actions.
"See, not that hard." Jasmine whispers quietly while the two walk around each other.
"We'll see." Tai whispers back doubtfully, before bowing towards her, like the other men do.
The music speeds up and the princess then sways her hips a few times before striking a pose with her arms in another direction.
Tai watches this, before looking to the man he observed earlier and follows his actions somewhat, stepping from side to side but he doesn't fall in the same position the others do, he falls to one knee with the same hand's fist on the floor while his other hand rests on his propped up leg, just like he'd kneel to royalty.
Jasmine dances to his side and Tai follows the other men, raising the lowered hand parallel to her body, before standing up.
The next actions however are too fast for him to copy and while the princess sways with her arms before gliding one hand down in front of her face Tai is simply standing there observing, raising some laughs and protests from the small crowd watching the dance.
To his relief however, Aladdin pat him on his back, giving him a quick nod before taking his place in the dance.
When Tai walks over to his snickering companions, he simply glares at them, saying "You know this goes on your head right?" to Quan, who simply shrugs his shoulders.
"I'm fine with that. At least I know that you must hold some feelings for the princess, because she's the first woman to succeed in dragging your ass to the dancefloor." Quan chuckles.
"You know, one day an arrow will come flying at your heart and I'll just take a break from being your guard." Tai grumbles angrily.
"hahaha." Quan laughs.
"Hmm, your opposition seems to be a good dancer." Ci mentions, looking at Aladdin preforming various dance maneuvers.
"Seems to me like she doesn't care much for it though." Quan says, as they three watch Jasmine leave the party.
"You should to after her." Quan tells Tai.
"Not yet. Let's give her some time to breathe." Tai replies stoically.
"Let's go get something to eat." Ci says with a shrug and leads the group to the banquet alongside many of the guests.
After the three shared a quick meal Tai takes some of the food on a plate and leaves, heading to the princess's chambers before he remembers the various guards who're bound to send him away.
"Look's like I'm climbing again." Tai groans, stepping onto a balcony and jumps from there to the roof, setting down the plate on it before climbing ontop of it and jumps from roof to roof over to the princess's chamber like he did the other day.
"Can I come in?" Tai asks after landing on the balcony.
"Who? Ah, yes. You should really try the door one of these days." Jasmine tells him, turning to Tai surprised.
"Sorry, but I didn't feel like troubling the guards with my selfish request to apologize to you." Tai replies, stepping into the room, with Rajah circling around the warrior, rubbing its head against him.
"apologize?" She asks surprised.
"Yes. I'm sorry I couldn't follow along with the dance and Prince Ali took over for me." Tai apologizes.
"I should be apologizing to you for dragging you in with my selfish request." Jasmine tells him with a gentle smile.
"Since you're here, can you show me your travel route? I am very curious which path you took." Jasmine asks him.
"certainly." Tai agrees, setting down the food plate on a table while walking over to her, with Jasmine standing at another table, filled with maps and scrolls.
"You brought a snack?" Jasmine asks amused, noticing the plate for the first time.
"I thought you might be hungry, since you left before the banquet." Tai says, already transfixed by the maps.
"You really have very detailed maps, most maps I know aren't made with this much attention to detail." Tai says, running a finger over a landmark drawn on the map.
"Thank you. Maps are how I see the world." Jasmine tells him.
"Why?" Tai asks.
"What why?" Jasmine questions in reply.
"Why not go and visit these places?" Tai inquires, shooting her a curious look, while she takes a few grapes from the plate.
"Ever since my mother died, my father fears he'll lose me too. So I never get to leave the palace, that time you saw me on the market, that was my third time sneaking out." Jasmine tells him embarrassedly.
"That's sad. There is so much I'm sure you'd enjoy seeing. And you have a palace full of guards at your disposal to protect you." Tai tells her.
"Well, if your display the other day is anything to go by, they wouldn't be able to protect me very well." Jasmine says with a slight chuckle.
"Here. With these three maps I can show you which way we traveled." Tai says, putting three maps on top of the pile of others.
"Princess. I thought you might be hun… gry" Dalia says, walking into the room and sees Jasmine and Tai shoulder to shoulder, looking at a map.
"I'm sorry, I'll leave." Dalia says.
"No, stay. And thank you Dalia." Jasmine says.
"I'll be in the other room." Dalia excuses herself with a smirk, getting Jasmine to blush slightly.
The next couple of minutes Tai tells Jasmine about his travel route and what they experienced along the way, when someone knocks on the door.
"I'll get it." Dalia says, rushing to the door.
"Yes?" She asks, opening the door slightly.
"Uhm, I wondered if I could see the princess." Aladdin says, in his disguise as prince Ali.
"Oh, prince Ali, I'm sorry the princess isn't here right now. Why don't we go look for her. I insist in fact." Dalia says, winking at Jasmine before leaving the princess's chambers and slings her arm around one of Aladdins, chatting with him while they walk around the palace and get to know each other.
"Your handmaiden seems very… determined." Tai says amused.
"Yes, she is." Jasmine laughs, sitting back on a chair, her mood dropping visibly.
"What is it?" Tai asks, leaning against the wall opposite to her.
"I'm jealous. You went to all these places and have seen so much. And here I am, sitting in the palace claiming to be ready to rule, when it's obvious I don't know anything about the world. Jafar is right." Jasmine says.
"You know. If there is one thing I have learned from my countless battles, it's that knowing everything isn't nearly as important as knowing who to ask when you don't know something." Tai tells her.
"What do you mean?" She asks intrigued.
"Take this example, if you want to know how the people of your city are doing, who would you ask?" Tai asks her, looking over the city from her balcony.
"Baba." Jasmine answers after thinking for a bit.
"What? Am I wrong?" Jasmine questions when she sees Tai's look.
"Well, he's the Sultan. I doubt there is anyone who wants to report if people are suffering." Tai informs her.
"You're right. I don't think I've ever heard anyone but the Vizir criticize Baba. And Jafar is just tactless because he assumes he gets away with everything. What would you do then?" She asks.
"Go around town and ask a few people of every populance, myself or send someone who won't distort the truth." Tai answers thoughtfully.
"True, that's a good way to find out what is going on." Jasmine agrees.
"But that just shows. I'm not ready to rule." Jasmine then says, hugging her knees to her chest while Rajah nuzzles against her side.
"Princess." Tai says, before getting a sharp look.
"Right, Jasmine. No one is every ready to rule when they get passed the mantle. The first time I lead men into battle I lost a third of my men. And the next time I only lost a quarter. And so on. Ruling isn't a constant state. It's something where you have to be willing to learn and adapt." Tai tells her, putting his hand gently on her shoulder.
"Thank you." Jasmine says.
"Thank you for being honest with me and believing in me. Even though we barely know anything about each other." She says with a smile.
"I think I know enough about you to know you'll be a great ruler." Tai tells her.
"What about you? I still don't know much about you. I know that you're very honorable and put great value in the truth, but other than that you haven't told me anything." Jasmine asks the guard.
"I guess that's true. What would you like to know?" Tai asks, sitting down beside her.
"Why are you here as a guard, when you really are royalty?" She asks.
"I like being a guard. I'm good at it and it's the best service I can provide for my country right now." Tai answers.
"How many battles have you fought?" She asks, gently running a hand over a scar on his lower arm.
"Uhm, about 50." Tai replies.
"That's unbelievable. You're still so young." She says shocked.
"Well I lead in 20 battles and the 30 before that I was a normal soldier, for the most part." Tai informs her.
"Impressive." Jasmine says.
"What food do you like to eat?" She then asks.
"I guess rice. Though I rather enjoy bananas, now that I know of them." Tai chuckles.
"What…" Jasmine starts to ask, but Tai cuts her off, saying "Let me ask a question now."
"Do you want to see some more of the world?" Tai asks.
"Of course." Jasmine answers.
"Then, do you trust me?" He asks, getting up and offering her his hand.
"Yes. I do." She says with a smile, following him to the balcony.
"Come on. Let me help you up." Tai says, lying on her roof moments later, holding out a hand for her.
She grabs onto the offered hand and he lifts her up to the roof until she's sitting beside him.
"Here, give me your hand. I'll keep you safe. I promise." Tai says, offering her his hand again, which she gladly accepts while they are walking over the palace's roof, until they get to a remote balcony.
Tai jumps down, easily landing in a crouch before raising his hand up, waiting for the princess to slide into his reach.
She slides off the roof and Tai catches her before gently setting her down.
"Wait here a moment." He tells her and disappears into a corridor, reappearing moments later with two white cloaks.
"Better not let anyone recognize you princess." Tai says, helping her into the clothing, before slinging the other around himself.
Tai then proceeds to sneak them out of the palace and out of the city, stopping at a lone grass covered space with a small lake in it in which the moonlight reflects.
"It's beautiful." Jasmine says, looking around the scenery.
"I thought so too, which is why I wanted to show it to you." Tai agrees, sitting down at the edge of the lake.
"So, do you know how much longer you're going to stay in Agrabah?" Jasmine asks, joining him.
"No. But I hope it's going to be a while longer, this is a beautiful country. And I think I've found someone I could call a friend, right?" Tai asks, looking at Jasmine with hope.
"Yes." She says, grinning happily.
"Maybe even something more than that. If you were interested in staying here for good?" Jasmine adds shyly, leaning back to look at the stars.
"Don't move." Tai suddenly says.
"What?" She asks confused and abruptly sits up, causing a snake which slid up to them to jump at her, only for Jasmine to feel Tai's arm around her, blocking the attack.
Tai then grabs onto the snake with his other hand, rolling over the princess and throws the attacking animal into the distance.
"See, I'm not half bad as a guard, right?" Tai asks with a smirk.
"Were you bitten?" Jasmine asks, ignoring the remark and checks on his arm.
"It's fine." Tai says, showing her a snake bite.
"No it's not." Jasmine says worriedly and starts to suck on his wound, spitting out afterwards, repeating the process a few times.
"What was that about?" Tai asks.
"I was sucking out the venom." Jasmine says, looking him over for any signs of poisoning.
"That's why I said it's fine. The snake wasn't a venomous one." Tai says gently, putting his arm on her shoulder to calm her.
"Oh, now I feel stupid." She laughs embarrassedly.
"You shouldn't. You just showed me that you meant what you said just now." Tai says with a gentle smile.
"And you haven't answered yet." She says a light blush decorating her cheeks.
"I guess I'd be lying to myself if I were to say it's not something I have thought about." Tai confesses.
"So?" She asks.
"Yes, I'd be interested in staying in this country." Tai replies with a smirk, leaning closer to the princess, who mirrors his action until their lips meet in a sweet and innocent kiss.
"Uhm, we should probably head back. Dalia must be worried about me." Jasmine says, getting up with a smile on her face and heads back to her palace with Tai catching up to her after two steps.
The next morning Aladdin gets ambushed by the palace guards, who tie him up and bring him to a large tower overlooking the ocean.
"Gentlemen. I think there has been some sort of confusion. I don't think you know who I am." Aladdin says.
"Oh, no, no I know who you are. Aladdin." The Jafar says, stepping into the room.
"I don't know who that is. I'm prince Ali." Aladdin says.
"A prince, from a kingdom that doesn't exist. Who now possesses a magic carpet from the cave of wonders. Now where is the lamp?" Jafar asks.
"There has been some kind of misunderstanding. I'm prince Ali." Aladdin tells him.
"If I throw you off of that balcony and you are who you say you are, you'll die a watery death. If you survive, it can only be because of the lamp. Now for the last time, where is it?" Jafar asks, but is met with silence and throws the tied up Aladdin out of the window, where he sinks to the bottom with Jafar watching, until the disturbance in the water cleared up.
When he's lying on the ocean floor Aladdin manages to see a figure swim up to him before he passes out.
Tai was nearby when Aladdin falls out of the window and alerted by his screams he jumps into the water to safe him, swimming over to him and picks him up, swimming up until they reach the surface.
When he looks around for a place he can bring them back to shore A flying carpet suddenly appears before him with Aladdins monkey sitting on it.
Tai quickly throws, who he thinks is prince Ali onto the carpet, hanging onto the object himself while the carpet flies them back to Aladdins room, where Abu rubs the lamp against Aladdin's near death hand and the Genie appears, shocking Tai but he is ignored for the time being, while the genie, cheats the rules a bit and saves Aladdins life by using his second wish.
"*Cough* *Cough* Thanks Genie." Aladdin says after coughing out water.
"No problem. Uhm it actually cost you a wish." Genie informs him.
"Whatever it cost, you saved my life." Aladdin says thankful.
"That is true, though strictly speaking it was a team effort." Genie says, motioning over to the carpet, Abu and Tai, who looks at the flying blue Genie with wonder.
"Prince Tai?" Aladdin says shocked.
"Uhm, what is he? I never heard of such a being before." Tai asks intrigued.
"I'm a genie?." Genie answers cautiously.
"And you do what?" Tai asks.
"I fulfill my masters wishes." He replies.
"And Ali is your master?" Tai asks.
"Well, my real name is Aladdin. I suppose I owe you that much after you pulled me out of the water. But we have more important things to take care of. Jafar, we have to stop him." Aladdin says.
"That's not going to be easy. He has everybody fooled." Genie says.
"No. Not everybody." Tai chimes in.
"What are you talking about?" Aladdin asks.
"Jasmine, the princess. She doesn't trust him. In fact she kind of hates the guy." Tai informs him.
"How do you know that?" Aladdin asks surprised.
"Uhm, I got to know her a bit over the past few days." Tai says.
"So you and her are going to…? "Aladdin asks.
"Maybe. It's her decision still." Tai replies, shrugging his shoulders.
|About an hour later- throne room|
"Prince Ali intends to return with an army and has fled into the night." Jafar tells the Sultan, while they enter the room with Jasmine already waiting for them.
"You heard this and saw this with your own eyes and ears?" Jasmine asks.
"Yes, what is the problem now princess?" Jafar asks annoyed.
"This is. If what you're saying is true, then why is prince Ali still here?" Jasmine asks, while Aladdin, the disguised Genie, Dalia and the three wu warriors enter the throne room.
"Prince Ali. This is a surprise." Jafar says.
"Your highness, your Vizir isn't who he says he is." Aladdin says.
"I'm not who I say I am?" Jafar asks almost laughing at the claim.
"Baba, Jafar tried to kill prince Ali." Jasmine says.
"Jafar, is this true?" The Sultan asks shocked and Jafar uses his magic staff to influence the Sultan's mind.
"Prince Ali, Quan you welcomed yourselves into the city and we welcomed you but I believe your intentions to be deceitful." The Sultan says while his eyes shimmer reddish, same as the staff.
Tai steps towards the Vizir, ripping the staff from his grasp and throws it at Ci, saying "smash it."
The warrior then proceeds to break the staff in two over his knee, causing black and red smoke to swirl around the staffs remains.
"What happened?" The Sultan asks, coming to.
"He had you under his spell. He wants your throne." Aladdin explains.
"Jafar. You are my most trusted advisor. Hakim, put him in the dungeon!" The Sultan shouts and the guards proceed to bring Jafar to the dungeon, while Iago flies away unnoticed.
"Prince Ali, I must apologize." The Sultan says moments later, while he rests on a couch, with Jasmine sitting at his side, while Aladdin and the Genie stand in front of them, with the warriors of wu next to them.
"Your highness, there is something I have to explain too…" Aladdin says.
"Your honor and integrity will never be questioned here in Agrabah. Both of yours." The Sultan says, nodding to the other princes in the room.
"More nobles and sincere men have never graced this palace and I would be honored to call either of you my son, if that is something my daughter would want." The Sultan tells them, while Aladdin stammers, trying to come clean about his real identy, but gives up.
An hour later Aladdin is walking around in Agrabah, thinking about what he should do now, since Jasmine seems to be interested in Tai, not him and his mind wanders to Dalia and he thinks about how the two talked way into the night, completely forgetting about their task of finding the princess.
When Aladdin has made up his mind and is set on coming clean on who he is and wants to start an more honest life, hopefully with Dalia at his side he looks towards the Palace from his hideout and sees blue energy shining brightly from the throne room.
"Oh no." Aladdin says, checking his bag and sees the lamp missing, along with recognizing the man who bumped into him earlier as Jafar, who must have fled the dungeon.
Back in the Palace Jafar has just wished himself to be the Sultan and looks at the head guard.
"Hakim. You obey the Sultan, so you obey me now. You know the law." Jafar tells the guard.
"My Sultan!" Hakim bows to Jafar.
"Hakim, ready an army to invade Shirabad." Jafar orders.
"You cannot." Jasmine protests.
"I think we've heard enough from you, princess." Jafar says and orders the guards to take her away.
Two guards then lead Jasmine out of the throne room, with her following along quietly, before she gathers her courage and turns around, shouting "Hakim!"
"Take her away." Jafar orders and when the two guards attempt to grab her to lead her away they fly through the air, with Tai joining her side.
"Seems like I missed something." Tai says, while Ci and Quan also show up behind the two and Jasmine nods at Tai thankful before walking back to the throne room where she convinces Hakim to follow the true Sultan, someone who'd rule for his people and not for his own gain.
"I wish nothing but glory for Agrabah." Jafar says.
"No, you wish only glory for yourself. And you'd win it off the backs of my people." Jasmine says sharply.
"Hakim, these men, they will follow where you lead. But it's up to you, will you stand silent while Jafar destroys our kingdom or will you do what is right?" Jasmine asks him, with the warriors of Wu, guarding her back from the guards in the room.
"My princess. Forgive me, my Sultan." Hakim says, bowing to Jasmine and her father.
"Guards arrest the Vizir." Hakim orders.
"If you won't bow before a Sultan, you'll cower before a sorcerer." Jafar says and says his second wish, which is to become the most powerful sorcerer there is.
"Hakim, I had such big plans for you , but now you're no longer of any use of me. Perhaps you all will change your mind in the dungeon." Jafar says and sends everyone but Jasmine, her father and Dalia to the dungeon. He then stops Aladdin, who tried to steal the lamp, which was sitting on the throne while Jafar walked over to the former Sultan.
"If it isn't our prince Ali. Or should I say Aladdin?" Jafar says, teleporting the man and his monkey in front of himself, now dressed in his original clothes.
"Aladdin. The boy from the market." Jasmine says surprised.
"He's been pretending the entire time. An imposter, there is no prince Ali, there never was." Jafar informs them.
"I'm sorry. I tried to…" Aladdin says, looking at the stunned handmaiden.
"You're nothing but an irritation, whose agonizing death I will assure by banishing you to the ends of the earth." Jafar says, sending Aladdin into the middle of a snowstorm.
Genie sees the magic carpet wink at him and he sends the flying carpet to where Aladdin is.
"I could simply kill you all, but that wouldn't be enough entertainment after years of humiliation. No, I'll make you suffer as I have. The most suitable punishment will be making you watch me take what you love most and marry your daughter." Jafar says, while inflicting pain on the Sultan, before moving on to Jasmine's handmaid.
"She will never marry you." The Sultan groans out.
"I will do whatever you wish. Just make it stop." Jasmine says, kneeling at her fathers side.
Jafar then drops his spell on both the Sultan and the handmaid.
|Hours later|
"Will you take princess Jasmin…" The priest asks, standing in front of Jafar and Jasmine, while her handmaid stands to the side with her father kneeling on the floor, held down by two guards.
"Princess Jasmine, do you accept the Sultan to be your husband?" The priest asks.
"Come on woman." Jafar says when Jasmine pauses. Suddenly a loud crash is heard and half of a palace's tower collapses.
"What is this?" Jafar asks angrily, turning to the destruction along with everyone else and they see Tai running towards them, rushing over the roof.
"Damn insect." Jafar curses, stomping his staff on the floor and erects a sea of blades where Tai would land.
The warrior however throws his sword into the roof and hands on its hilt before pushing off from it and comes flying at the wedding ceremony.
"I do not!" Jasmine says, when Jafar is looking back at her, having assumed Tai died in the sea of blades. She janks the lamp from his belt and rushes to the railing, holding it over the edge.
"Silly girl." Jafar says, intending to use his staff to summon the lamp to him, but Tai kicks his staff out of his hand, before grabbing onto Jasmine and diving off the roof with the Sultan looking toward the edge fearfully, until Aladdin, Abu, Jasmine and Tai flying on the carpet enter his vision, as they fly away from the palace.
"Why are we fleeing? The battle is back there?" Tai asks, looking back towards the palace.
"Because we need to get Genie as far away as possible from him." Aladdin says.
"He's right." Jasmine agrees, holding onto the lamp, but loses it when Aladdin crashes against a vendor's cart.
"The lamp!" She shouts.
"Uhm, we have other problems. I'll get the lamp, you keep Jasmine safe!" Tai says, jumping off the carpet and kicks the gigantic parrot, now following them in its beak before he drops to the floor and fetches the lamp.
He then climbs a roof, looking for where the flying carpet is and runs alongside it, jumping towards it when the gigantic, controlled Iago is flying over him and grabs onto the lamp. Tai hangs on it for a while, but after a quick turn he gets flung off the parrot and flies past the carpet, whose edge he grabs.
"Tai, let me help you up." Jasmine says concerned.
"No. Focus on the lamp!" Tai tells her.
The Sultan in that moment runs into Jafar, making him drop his staff over the edge of the palace and tells him, "You're nothing without your staff!"
Jafar simply summons his staff back to his hand and summons a massive tornado, which sucks in Iago, the carpet and its four riders.
While getting sucked back to the palace carpet tried its best to hold on and is ripped in half.
When they come flying back to the palace Tai quickly grabs onto Jasmine and kicks himself off Aladdin, sending the thief to the floor earlier, along with his monkey while Tai slams into the palace walls, getting knocked out and bleeding from his head in the process, before falling to the ground, Jasmine still in his arms.
"Admirable I must say, too bad they won't want to form an alliance after everything that transpired." Jafar says, while Jasmine is kneeling over Tai's body with tear filled eyes, trying her best to wake him.
Jafar then lifts up everyone but Aladdin, Abu and the unconscious Tai, keeping them contained in the air.
"You can't find what you're looking for in that lamp Jafar. I tried and failed, and so will you." Aladdin tells the former Vizir.
"You think so? I am Sultan and the greatest sorcerer the world has ever seen!" Jafar boasts, summoning Aladdin over to him and forcing him to kneel.
"True, but who made you a Sultan? Who made you a sorcerer. There will always be one being more powerful than you. You might be his master now, but what if he gets another? He could wish for you to lose your power again. You will always be powerless before the Genie." Aladdin says.
"You said it yourself. Either you're the most powerful person in the room or you're nothing. And you'll always be second." Aladdin taunts him, while Genie catches on, on what Aladdin intends to do.
"Second?! Genie, for my last wish I wish to become the most powerful being in the Universe, more powerful than you!" Jafar says.
"A lot of grey area in that wish, but OK." Genie says, transforming Jafar into a Genie himself.
"Most powerful in the Universe, second to no one. I can feel the power and first I will lay waste to those fools in Shirabad!" Jafar says, summoning a ball on energy, before shackles wrap itself around his wrists, dispelling his energy and start to suck his towering red form into a black lamp while he grabs onto Iago.
When everyone floats to the ground, released of Jafar's spell Aladdin rushes to Dalia's side, catching her, before going over to Jasmine and the Sultan, who sits down on the edge of the fountain.
"Wait, how can I ever thank you?" The Sultan asks, when Aladdin is about to walk away after helping him to the seat.
"You don't need to thank me. But I hope you accept my apologies.
I'm sorry, I should've told you the truth from the beginning. You especially." Aladdin apologizes, turning to Dalia.
"Well, I wasn't honest about everything myself. Let's get to know each other, for real this time." Dalia says, offering her arm to Aladdin.
"In a moment." Aladdin says smiling at her and walks over to Genie.
"Tai!" Jasmine yells, looking back at the wounded warrior, now that her father is OK and kneels down next to the man.
"Oh, let me fix that." Genie says, fixing the ripped carpet and healing Tai's wound with a snap of his finger.
"What happened?" Tai asks groggily, moments later.
"Thank god!" Jasmine says, throwing her arms around his neck while he's sitting up.
"Did we win?" Tai asks, caressing the princess's face and wiping away the few tears running down her cheeks.
"Yes." She says with a bright smile, giving him a quick kiss, before she hears her father calling her over.
"Alright, last wish. What'll it be?" Genie asks excitedly.
"I think I know what I want." Aladdin says.
"Alright, let's get it." Genie says, rubbing his hands.
"I wish… to set you free." Aladdin says and Genie's shakles fall to the floor, disappearing in a shower of gold while he shrinks back down to human size, still blue and his blue swirl underneath his torso turns into normal legs.
"What? Wait, What? Quick, wish something." Genie says stunned.
"I want some jams?" Aladdin says.
"Get your own jams." Genie says laughing and throws his arms around the teen, hugging him gratefully.
"So, what will you do with your newfound freedom?" Aladdin asks.
"Well first of all." Genie says, fixing the destroyed tower of the palace.
"And I want to travel the world. I've been around for thousands of years, but I only saw very little, other than brass." Genie says.
"That's wonderful, maybe come visit once in a while?" Aladdin asks.
"I'll be back buddy." Genie says, giving Aladdin another hug, before flying away, while yelling happily.
"Looks like I'm all yours now, If you'll have me." Aladdin says, going over to Dalia, interlocking his arm with hers, before they walk over to the side, to give the Sultan and Princess at least some privacy.
"What is it Baba? You asked for me?" Jasmine says concerned.
"Sit with me my child." He says and Jasmine sits down in front of him.
"I'm sorry." He apologzies.
"Why are you.." Jasmine says, but he continues.
"Please, because of the fear of losing you, like I lost your mother. All I saw was my little girl, not the woman you've become. You have shown me courage and strength. More than I have nowadays, maybe ever. You are the future of Agrabah. You shall be the next Sultan." He says, giving her a green ring from his finger and kissing her hand.
"Thank you Baba." Jasmine says, moved to tears, just like her father.
"And as Sultan, you can choose when and whoever you wish to marry as you see fit." He tells her, holding her hand, while looking over to Tai, who's holding his head, sitting on some stairs on the far side of the courtyard.
"He is a good man." Her father says.
"I know." Jasmine says, giving her father a kiss on his head, before walking over to Tai.
"Pr… Jasmine, what did I miss? Where did Jafar go?" Tai asks.
"I'll tell you later. But first, as next Sultan I have to punish you for the destruction of the Palace and charge you with staying in this country, beside me… as my husband." Jasmine says with a smirk.
"That must be an expensive tower I destroyed." Tai remarks with a grin of his own.
"Do you accept the Sultan's decree?" She asks.
"But of course, my Sultan." Tai replies, accepting her hand while she helps him up, before kissing him passionately.
"Ohh." Dalia says, giving Jasmine a wink while going over to them, dragging Aladdin along behind her.
"You know, if Tai'll be staying her he could use a servant." Dalia suggests, shoving Aladdin forwards.
"If he wants to." Jasmine agrees, looking at Aladdin.
"Thank you, I will not disappoint you, and once again sorry for lying to you all." Aladdin apologizes.
"I think you've more than made up for that by getting rid of Jafar." Jasmine grins.
"What? He got rid of him? What weapon did you use?" Tai asks.
"His own greed." Aladdin replies honestly.
"Ah, I think I'll just let someone explain in detail once my head stops swirling.
"Oh, Tai, what did we miss?" Ci and Quan ask, arriving in the courtyard.
"Shut up and help the Sultan in. He still looks a bit weakened.
"Fine. But you know, next time you escape from a prison and cut down half a tower, don't make it land in front of our cells. Dumbass." Ci says, laughing.
Abu then jumps over to the group, while carrying Tai's sword, having retrieved it from the roof with carpet's help.
"Thank you." Tai says, accepting the weapon.
"Now what?" Aladdin asks.
"Now, you take me for another stroll and this time we'll tell the truth about our lives." Dalia tells him, dragging him along to the gardens.
"We should probably get Baba and you to a room, the both of you get the worst of Jafar's attack." Jasmine tells Tai.
"I think that's a good idea." He agrees, going over to the Sultan and replaces Ci, to help support the Sultan.
Once they brought the ruler to his chambers he asks for a minute alone with Jasmine.
"So daughter? What were you discussing with Tai?" He asks, lying down on his bed, while Jasmine sits at his bedside.
"I think you already know, Baba. But yes, I wish to marry him. I know it's quick, but I love him." She tells him.
"Good. Now, go take care of your fiancée. Your baba will be OK." The Sultan tells her with a small grin.
Jasmine joins the warriors of Wu, outside her father's room and they then head to her chambers.
"We will see each other tomorrow Ci, prince Quan." Jasmine tells two of the warriors, while taking Tai's hand and entering her room with him.
"So, what happened with Jafar?" Tai asks, once they are alone in her chambers.
"Not now. For now rest." She tells him decisively, pulling him over to the bed and making him lie down on it, before joining him, lying down next to him.
"Let's just hope Dalia won't come in here any moment." Jasmine chuckles, when suddenly the door opens.
The next thing the two people see is black and orange fur, when Rajah jumps onto the bed, lying down in between the two.
"You know, I don't think I've said this yet, but I love you Jasmine." Tai says, looking at her room's ceiling.
"I love you too." She says happily, before the room falls into silence.
"You know, I'd really like to kiss you now, but with a fivehundred pound tiger lying on my arm that's kind of hard. Tai says laughing.
Jasmine quickly slips out of her bed and walks around it, with an entrancing sway to her hips. She then steps onto the bed and leans over him, catching his lip in a passion filled kiss, during which he wraps his free arm around her waist, pulling her up against his side.
"Oh my." The two then hear Dalia says exstatically.
"Ohhh." The two lovers groan, having their fear realized.