A/N: I do not own any of the Disney Aladdin characters, but any other characters are mine, I also made up all the places and myth's in the story, except Agrabah of course.

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Recap:

Jasmine mounted Aamira, bareback and rode around softly, to calm herself and her horse down. She looked back up at the sky and the swirl of cloud had begun to spurt sharp winds. Aamira nickered loudly and reared. "Easy girl, it's nothing, it's ok" she said with nervousness creeping into her voice. The moon disappeared behind the clouds and the desert appeared dimmed. The sharp winds had begun to fell blade like and were shooting out in larger bursts. Jasmine saw the sands in the distance, begin to churn. They grew larger and larger, Jasmine now knew what was happening.

"SANDSTORM" she screamed.

Chapter 4:

Jasmine stared at the wind that was swirling only a few yards away. She froze, her mind completely emptied as she shook in fear. Aamira let out a shrill whinny. Jasmine stroked her absentmindedly and thought desperately of what to do. She suddenly remembered the others, and that they lay asleep in their tents. The storm wasbecoming larger each second, blurring the visibility around Jasmine. She spurred Aamira with her heel, and tried to figure out which direction she had come from. Cantering, almost blindly, was becoming very difficult since the storm had now risen and was quickly spreading across the entire desert.

Jasmine reined Aamira around in a tight circle and rode the opposite way to the storm, but the storm had already begun circling her. "Ok girl, lets find Aladdin," she said through gritted teeth. Aamira nickered in agreement, and charged through the forceful winds. Jasmine could no longer see through the storm and felt the immense pressure of the wind. She held on to Aamira's mane, but soon felt it wasn't enough, the strands of hair began slipping through her fingers and she could no longer keep her body upright. Aamira reared in fright and Jasmine's numb body flew off her back.

Back at the tents, Aladdin was stirring. He awoke and saw the sides of his tents flapping uncontrollably. He got up to secure the tent, but through the flapping side, he saw the sandstorm, building violently. Aladdin ran out of his tents, to wake Genie, whose lamp was in Iago and Abu's tent. "Genie!" He yelled over the sounds of the winds. Genie slithered out of the lamp. "Al, I'm trying to sle—" Aladdin grabbed genie and spun him around to see the raging storm. "Oh, great, I love desert breezes, but this has got to be a bit much!" Genie yelled half- jokingly. Aladdin stared at him in disbelief. "We still have a chance to get out," said Aladdin as he pulled the tent pegs out of the ground, "we just need to get carpet, the horses and the others and ride North before the storm hits us" he said with a look at the rapidly approaching storm. Everyone was ready to leave, that is, except Jasmine. "Genie, you and the others, take Carpet and fly north until you hit the Hayud Desert, Jasmine and I will be a bit behind you" yelled Aladdin, trying to be heard over the winds. Genie, Abu and Iago flew away on Carpet, leaving Aladdin to help himself and Jasmine. He ran to her tent, but when he arrived there, his heart began to beat fearfully in his chest. She wasn't there.

"Jasmine!" he yelled. He looked over to where Sadeek was tied, and noticed Aamira wasn't there either. Determined to find her, he mounted Sadeek, and rode him around, yelling for Jasmine, each time growing less and less hopeful when she didn't reply. Tears stung his cheeks, he struggled to fight his fears, but when it came to Jasmine, he knew he couldn't put it behind him. The winds had reached a monumental height and were towering down on Aladdin. Sadeek, bucked madly, and began to gallop in all directions, causing Aladdin to loose his strength and fall off, in the midst of the storm.

"Do you really think he'll be alright?" Iago asked Genie. "I don't know, but one thing I do know, is that Aladdin will find some way out of it for himself and Jasmine" the Genie replied as calmly as possible. Abu looked back at the storm, in hope that Aladdin and Jasmine would be alright. Iago and Abu sat next to each other, without complaints but both with worries for Aladdin and Jasmine. Iago, thought to himself, about the myth Genie had told, and the coincidental timing of a sandstorm, that very night.

The storm had raged all night. The spear like winds, that had pierced the air in fury that night, were finally calming from their violence. The sun had begun to rise over the desert, letting light beam across the sands. Aladdin's unconscious body lay motionless. Sadeek, stood nearby, as though he was guarding him. Aladdin's breathing became louder, in sign that he would soon wake up. Aladdin began to hear voices, he wasn't sure if he was imagining them. The sound was faint, but nonetheless, Aladdin, realised, he definitely wasn't imagining them. The voices began to drown out again and his mind wen t completely blank.

A few hours had passed, Aladdin had begun to regain consciousness. Slowly his eyes opened, his vision was momentarily blurred. He felt a sharp pain at the back of his head. He tried to get up but found his body wasn't willing and gave in to his weak state. He took a moment to realise, he now wasn't in the desert, but inside of something. He lay on several silk cushions, looking at the bright wall hangings, an array of colours woven into delicate patterns. Persian rugs adorned the floor and a vanity held several bottles of perfumed oils, there were also powders jars and jewellery that overflowed several trinket boxes. Where am I? He thought. I'm certainly not in the desert. Am I in Agrabah? Where is Jasmine? The others flew North after the storm…but where are the horses and Jasmine? A loud nicker interrupted his thoughts. He noticed a window above his head. Cautiously, he peered outside, he saw Sadeek tied to something. His head could no longer hold itself up and he allowed himself to fall straight back on to the comfort of the cushions. "Your awake I see," said a new voice. Aladdin looked up to find a girl his age standing before him.

"I thought you'd wake up sooner or later" said the unfamiliar female. Aladdin was too amazed by her to say anything. She was absoloutleystunning. Her long brown hair seemed to cascade in waves down her back. She wore a vivid purple belly dancer's top, with alarge glistening ruby in the centre of it, leaving her entire midriff bare. Her dark amethyst coloured gypsy pants billowed out from her curvaceous hips and were gathered at her ankles. A triangular piece of transparent purple material that covered her jaw, hung just below her nose, sitting over her lips adding a flair of mystery to her. Gold arm cuffs, bangles and earrings adorned her body and a tiny ruby on her belly button flickered when she moved.

Aladdin's jaw dropped. The girl smiled mysteriously. She placed a finger on his chin and closed his mouth. "Who are you?" Aladdin asked slowly. The girl's smile grew, "I'm Nadira, I'm a gypsy and a dancer," she said in reply "and who are you handsome?" Aladdin felt flushed partly because he was feeling hot and also because he was still in awe of her. "I'm Al-Al Aladdin," he stammered. Nadira laughed impishly.

"Well, Aladdin, my friends and I found you lying in the desert after the dreadful sandstorm, don't you check the star charts? Last night wasn't good to be in the Abia Desert…not for you anyway" she said oddly "Anyway, you were yelling some girl's name… Jasmine, I think it was" Aladdin sat up straight, despite the pain that jolted in his back "Did you find Jasmine too? Is she here? I've got to see her…" he said running out of breath. "Cool it sweetheart, I didn't find anyone but you and your horse…So, Jasmine, she's your…" she asked questioningly. Aladdin sighed as he looked out the window "She's my wife," he said feeling wave of sorrow wash over him. Nadira's smile disappeared. "So are we still in the Abia Desert?" he asked. Nadira shook her head. "We are in the town of Efram, I was travelling with my dancers last night coming from the Kabibe Pass when we saw you, and we couldn't just leave you there, so we brought you into our carriage." Aladdin sat for a moment taking in what she had just told him.

Suddenly outbursts of giggles could be heard from outside of Nadira's carriage. Aladdin looked out the window only to see several other similar horse-drawn carriages, perhaps smaller. Several teenage girls were wearing outfits similar to Nadira's and were standing around gossiping. Nadira noticed him looking at them "Those are my dancers, we travel everywhere to dance" she said, almost as if reading his mind. Some of the girls saw Aladdin and immediately, the shy giggling increased. "Girls!" yelled Nadira "Back to you carriages" she said strictly. "Your arrival has made some of the girls very umm…flirtatious," she closed the curtains to block the girl's sight "not that I blame them…" she said looking at him almost seductively. Aladdin gulped, and then focused on what was really his problem. "I have to find my wife, Jasmine!" he said determinedly. Nadira's expression disappeared and she looked thoughtful "Why does her name sound familiar, Aladdin and Jasmine…" she said.

"Jasmine is the Princess of Agrabah," he said. Nadira eyes grew large in wonderment "So you are that Aladdin and Jasmine!" she said shockingly. Aladdin nodded but couldn't stop feeling that it was his fault that Jasmine had disappeared. Nadira stared at him mischievously, but Aladdin didn't notice.

Night had fallen back in the Abia Desert, everything was completely tranquil, and it wasn't possible to tell that a sandstorm had occurred the previous night. A horse's whinny broke the silence. It was Aamira, Jasmine's horse. Jasmine lay, immobile, on a sand dune. Slowly her breaths became clear and she awoke. Her body ached but she fought it and stood up anyway.

Aamira saw her and cantered up to her. Jasmine was sighed in relief at the sight of her horse, she leant her aching side on Aamira and held her reinsas theywalked around slowly. As they walked Jasmine thought she could see the top of a tower in the distance. She squinted, maybe it's a mosque? Or it's just a mirage and I'm imagining it she thought. As she and Aamira walked over the dunes she began to see more of what she thought was a tower. Maybe I'm not in the desert anymore, maybe I'm in town! But, where is Aladdin or Genie? Or even Abu and Iago for that matter! She thought. She and Aamira continued to walk,as pain shot through her legs with every step.

Then Jasmine saw something, something she was sure wasn't a mirage. Her eyes were fixed on the dunes about a hundred yards away. What she saw a hundred yards away from her, didn't disappear when she squinted. She continued to stare in complete shock, at a small city, with a tall tower in the centre. A city that had not been there before, a city that had had been submerged under sand for many millenniums.

The city of the myth.