Author's Note: After a horrid experience with writer's block, I have finished Chapter five!!!

Everyone: YAAAAAAAA Chapter five!!!!!

Thank you. Now, they have just finished their battle with Jafar and they go off to meet the sultan. Here is where the plot thickens. (Laughs maniacally and then breaks into a coughing fit) You can check out a picture of my first attempt at an acceptable pic of Erica and Brad at my website. They're appearances in the pics might change later on. None of the Disney characters are mine. Only Brad and Erica are mine and would like to have people to ask to use them if they want. =^-^=

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They walked down a narrow path that led up to a case of stone stairs, which from there, led up to a huge Arabian castle. The outside of the castle was surrounded by a beautiful garden full of exotic flowers. Goofy bent down to smell one of them but was greeted by a wasp's stinger on the tip of his nose. He yelped grasping his nose and stumbling back. The wasp buzzed angrily at Goofy and flew back into the red blossom. He sheepishly followed the others while clenching his long nose which had turned red and swollen.

Aladdin led the heroes past two guards who gave them suspicious looks. He opened the monstrous door and before them inside sat a chubby man with a white beard in his elephant shaped throne.

"Your Majesty, these are the heroes who are in search of the crystal." Aladdin announced.

The sultan's face lit up with excitement. "Ah, yes." He noticed their dirty clothes and minor scratches. "My, you all look dreadful. Especially, the dog and the duck over there."

"No, they always look that way." Erica smiled.

Donald tried to jump at her and fight back but Goofy grabbed him by the shirt and held him back.

"We had a little brawl with some thieves and Jafar." Brad said.

"Jafar? That traitor." The sultan said pounding his fist on the arm of the throne.

"You don't have to worry about him anymore, your Majesty." Aladdin pointed to Erica. "Erica had the courage to destroy him."

The sultan smiled at her. "Come closer, Ms. Erica."

She reluctantly walked up to the old man with her hands clasped behind her back and managed a sweet fake smile. She felt a bit embarrassed about being around royalty and looking the way she did. But, his smile made the situation a little easier.

"You are the young girl from the real world, am I right?"

"Yeah, uh…your honor."

He arched an eyebrow and then continued. "I have heard many things about you."

"All good I hope."

"Actually….no."

"Excuse me?"

"Some say that they have confidence in you, but most claim that you are not suited for this type of job."

"Hey, I didn't exactly raise my hand and volunteer for this. Brad made me come along."

The sultan slid off of his throne. "Well, I'm sure my daughter Jasmine would want to meet you four."

Erica noticed Brad's eye twitched and he was rubbing the back of his neck. "Uh…Don't you think that due to my past experience with Princess Jasmine...Uh…do you really think that she would want to see me?"

"I'm sure she'll forgive you. It's been two months since then."

"What did you do?" Erica asked raising her eyebrows. What terrible thing did Brad do? She never knew that he could do anything to offend anyone.

"Well…I was on one of my missions and had to stay over here. So, during the night, I got up to get a drink. I went back to my room and got into bed. But, I felt something, or actually someone next to me. I pulled back the covers and saw Princess Jasmine."

Erica laughed. "Well, I'm sure she understood that it was just a little mix up."

"Uh…no. See…I didn't know that she slept in the…nude and…"

"O.M.G. You…she was…and you…" Erica broke out into hysterical laughter and snorted once or twice between chuckles. Goofy and Donald joined in.

"I don't see what's so funny about that." Bradley said knitting his eyebrows together and crossing his arms.

"I don't either." Growled Aladdin sneering at Brad with such disgust that he was scared that Aladdin would kill him right then and there.

"It was an accident!"

"Yeah right."

Brad was about to speak up again but the sultan stepped in. "Let's just go see my daughter."

They all followed the short, old, chubby man to Jasmine's room. He knocked on her door. "Jasmine? I have some visitors out here that I think that you would like to meet."

No answer.

"Jasmine?"

Still no answer.

He slowly opened the door and revealed a huge elegant room. But, no princess. They heard some growling and turned to see Raja, Jasmine's pet tiger, tied up in a corner struggling to get free. They all gasped and Aladdin ran over to the feline and untied him. Raja ran straight to the balcony and looked over the edge as though he was looking for something.

"What is it, boy?" asked Aladdin.

Raja continued to look out over the balcony in alarm. Then, Aladdin realized what he was trying to tell them.

"She's been kidnapped?!"

Raja growled deeply without changing his gaze. Aladdin looked at the others with a panic stricken look. The sultan shared the same look.

"Who would take my daughter?" The sultan asked sorrowfully.

Brad rubbed his chin in thought. "I'll bet that the villains took her. But, why?"

"Ransom."

Everyone turned to Erica.

"Ransom?"

"Of course. I've watched all those old black and white cheesy cop shows when I was little. Macaroni must have sent those friends of hers to come kidnap Jasmine."

"Maca…? Don't you mean Maleficent?"

"That's what I said."

Brad sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Any hoo, I bet she won't return the princess unless we call off this little journey of ours."

"Garsh! We can't do that!" Goofy exclaimed. "We need that crystal!"

"But, what about my daughter?" The sultan asked

"And my girlfriend?" Aladdin added.

"Well, we can't stop looking. If we let them get to the crystal, then they'll use it to take over Kingdom Hearts." Donald said.

"Right. But, we can't let them keep Jasmine forever. Sultan, Aladdin, we'll have to keep looking for the crystal. But, as soon as we find it, we will go looking for her and bring her back here safely." Brad said.

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Dinner was quiet as everyone tried to formulate a plan of how they would go about getting Jasmine back. Or even how they were going to beat the bad guys to the crystal. After dinner they cleaned up and went to bed. Erica lain in her soft bed, which was a whole lot more comfortable than sleeping on the ground, but couldn't sleep. She kept going over the situation in her head. How many fifteen year old girls go on an adventure like this? She found it to be thrilling and frustrating at the same time. She just wanted to get home and see her parents again. But, the adventure was something that she had been thirsty for her entire life.

For some odd reason, her mind kept drifting back to Brad. She knew that Brad was in charge of this trip and this whole world was on his shoulders. He wasn't much older than her and yet he acted so mature and in charge. Like an adult. Maybe she could somehow let him prove that he still had that free-spirited teenager side to him. It was in there somewhere. Somewhere beneath all that messy hair. Finally, the sleepiness got the best of Erica and her eyes began closing and she slipped into a slumber and all thoughts about home, the princess, and Brad were forgotten.

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Back in the realm of the villains, Eago flew weakly over to Maleficent who looked outraged.

"Where's Jafar?" she asked.

"Ja…Jafar…Jafar destroyed. Pretty girl. Sword. Boom. Long story. Must rest." Eago collapsed to the ground panting. He had flown as quickly as he could for about eight hours after Jafar got his butt seriously kicked.

Maleficent sighed. "Even Jafar couldn't get rid of them. Perhaps I underestimated that girl. No matter. I'll remedy that."

"I have the prisoner." said one of the dark shadow creatures. He was pulling young princess Jasmine by her tied wrist as she struggled for him to let go.

"Let me go you…Oof!" The creature threw her to the ground at the feet of Maleficent. Jasmine looked up into the cold angry eyes of the sorceress.

"Princess Jasmine." She smirked.

She narrowed her eyes at her. "Maleficent."

"So nice of you to visit me. I hope that my minions didn't hurt you."

"Well, let's see; they broke into my room, kidnapped me, gagged me to brink of nearly choking me to death, tied my wrist so tight that blood couldn't get to them, stuffed me into a bag, and literally dragged me here which gave me a few scratches." She smirked back. "No, they didn't hurt me. Why are you holding me hostage anyways? Ransom no doubt."

"That's what our little heroes think. But, I have even bigger plans for you."

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Author's Note: What does Maleficent want with Jasmine? Well, I'm not telling. Mwa-ha-ha. You, the reader will have to keep checking back to find out. Pretty please with sugar on top R&R. And if I should change something then let me know. I don't like writing stories and people don't even enjoy them. So, once again, please R&R. =^-^=