She went back to the marketplace, hoping to find the boy named Francisco again. However, the next day he wasn't there. She went back to the Palace a little upset. She thought of sending one of the guards to investigate where he was staying. Or what if he already left? She thought that was ridiculous, after all, she had seen him only yesterday, and he couldn't possibly have left so soon.

"No,"she said to herself. "What kind of fascination could the marketplace hold, anyway? It's only that, a simple marketplace. Or maybe I should send the guards to tell me where he's staying. That wouldn't be a bad idea. That way I would know for sure."she kept arguing back and forth with herself.

She heard a whistle, which probably meant that Abu, Iago, and Carpet were supposed to go back to work.

"Oh, Genie, give them a break, already."she said.

"No time, no time."said Genie.

"There's plenty of time, Genie, and besides, they already have servants doing most of the work."

"The sooner, the better."said Genie.

"You're overworking them."

"Oh, no, I'm just having them work to their full potential.

"Yes, Genie."said Cazeem as he walked in, and looked at the three. "Put more effort into it."he told Iago.

"Now I wish I'd stayed with Jafar. At least I wouldn't be doing this kind of dirty work."

"No chatting during work hours!"said Genie. "Hmm, perhaps Grandpa and Auntie should join, too."

"Jasmine wanted me to accompany her shopping for some things she wanted!"Aida said quickly, and ran out of Genie's sight, before he put her to work with the other three, or four, probably.

"Whew, that was close. And now I did have an errand to do. Not for Jasmine, though, no."

She went down to the dungeons, decided that she would have the guards investigate his whereabouts, and she would surprise them there. She found Razouk.

"Razouk."

"Princess."

Razouk was carrying a pitcher of water and a basin, emerging from one of the dungeons. Instead of his former uniform, he now wore an old shirt, and carried no sword.

"How may I be of service?"

"Well, I guess you could start by dressing differently. You are definitely not presentable."

"Oh, well, excuse me, Princess. Ever since Sultan Aladdin has descended me, I no wear my uniform. However, if you were to…"

"I don't care. I'm here, because apart from your other duties, you will be doing something for me."

"With pleasure, Princess."

"Good, I need you to go and investigate for me for me where I can find someone who goes by the name Francisco Andrade. He's a foreigner. I don't know if he has any family here, but anyway, I want you to tell me where I can find him."

"Why, certainly, Princess. I'll just have to find someone else to look after these prisoners for a while. You know the Sultan doesn't like them to be mistreated, though I don't see why. Those no-account…"

"I didn't say you were going to neglect your duties, Razouk. What you are going to do for me is apart, and no one must find out. Do you hear?"

"Apart…? But Princess, I certainly couldn't do both at once."

"You'll have to figure out a way to do both things at once, then. Because otherwise, you will regret it."

"Of course, my apologizes, Princess."

"Good."

Aida walked out of the dark, gloomy dungeons, leaving Razouk there.

"Oh, that stupid, street rat. If only…"Razouk began muttering to himself, as he took the pitcher and basin back to the stores, to wash and refill them.

Aida chuckled, remembering Razouk's expression. Serves him right, she thought. Yes, it does. She sat down on the fountain and watched Jasmine feed the little white birds in the cage.

"Where have you been?"Jasmine asked her.

"I was only having a little conversation with Genie earlier on."

"Hmmm, and what did you talk about."

"Nothing, I tried to convince him to give Iago, Abu, and Carpet a break, telling him we have plenty of servants to take care of that, but he just answered the sooner, the better."

"I wouldn't have thought Genie would take it so seriously. Then again, he is crazy about Aladdin."

"True. I wonder exactly how those two became such good friends. I mean, Genie probably had other masters before, didn't he?"

"I guess so, but Aladdin wished him free. That was the one thing that Genie wanted above all. To be free."

"Then no wonder, I guess."

"Yes. Right now, Father is getting the carpenter to make more little toys. At first, I thought they were more for him, but he said that they were for the baby."

"I've always thought they were so cute. Father has such a careful hand, all those towers he makes with them and all that. However, I'm starting to feel a little sorry for those poor, unfortunate souls Genie has working. Now, I'm not sure whether I'm right, or not, but now he has Cazeem working, too."

"Oh! How?"

"He said that Grandpa and Auntie should join, too, but I managed to get away just in time. I don't know if Cazeem could. Maybe if Aladdin talks to him, though I don't think he'll listen to reason."

"I don't know, Aladdin's pretty busy. He wants to help the poor in Agrabah, and right now, he's listening to the new Captain's report."

"Well, we'll just have to do it ourselves. And how are things going with that?"

"It seems to be going very well. And what have you been doing?"

"Nothing, really. Just here and there, you know."

The next morning, Aida went back to the dungeons, to find Razouk.

"Did you get what I asked for?"she said.

"I guess so, Princesss."answered Razouk. "You were looking for a Francisco Andrade?"

"Yes."

"You will find him in the best hotel in town. He is from the tropics, in Yucatan, Mexico. He arrived three days ago, and has not mentioned when he is leaving Agrabah. He usually spends most of his time, they say, away from the hotel, leaving around eight o'clock in the morning, and not returning until suppertime. Touring the city, they say."

"Aha."said Aida.

Razouk cleared his throat.

"I was thinking, Princess, since I did this favor for you, perhaps you could…"

"Ask the Sultan to give you your former post? Was that what you were going to ask me for? That is up to him, not me, and no, I will not say anything to him about you. I'm guessing something that would help would be your asking him and his father to forgive you. Well, I leave you."

She went out.

"I should have known he would've been in the best hotel. He did look like he had money. Now I just have to work out a good way to go there so he won't think I've been looking for him. I need a good excuse."

She thought to herself.

"By tomorrow, I should have thought up a good one, let's see. Maybe…I could, no, probably a bad idea. Say that I have a message for him? But then what would the message be? That I have a relative there? Aha, that I was looking for…for…for…a painting! Yes, and someone told me they knew someone who sold paintings close to the hotel, and I was looking for him. A stupid excuse, but, oh, well, let's just hope he doesn't see through it. The problem is I'll have to get there early. Hmm, I…just felt like an early breakfast, I guess."