They walked several more days. Finally, Mihrimah said, "This is it! We've found out destination!"

Aladdin and Jasmine looked around.

"There's nothing here."he said.

"Of course, there is. But only at night."

Neither of them knew what Mihrimah was talking about.

"And what about the others?"he asked.

"Oh, they should be getting here any time soon."

"I thought you said we'd go look for them first, before we came to whatever this place is."

"Well, I changed my mind."

"Then you should have let us know."snapped Jasmine, who still disliked Mihrimah.

She always took every oportunity to flirt with and try to impress Aladdin with her magic. Mihrimah looked at her star chart, and leafed through some of her astronomy books.

"Oh, no!"she exclaimed.

"What!"exclaimed Aladdin.

"Oh, nothing! Just that...you're absolutely right, we have got to go back and look for the others."she said. "They shouldn't be far, what are we waiting for?"

Mihrimah silently cursed herself, for not remembering the ingredients for her potion. If only she had read thorougly. Or the authors didn't know where to put what. Anyone who wished to stand under the stars for that specific purpose would have to drink the potion. Otherwise, she told herself, probably Muggles would also do the same thing. Not that any of them cared to go this deep into the desert.

"Do you think we can find them?"

"Why, of course."

Meanwhile, Iago seemed to be becoming resigned to the fact that Tulip was not going to remove the charm from him. Carpet seemed to the only one who sympathized with him, and tried to be kind. Iago just wanted his voice back, to give that stupid eunuch a piece of his mind. Hopefully they found the princess soon. She would certainly put things right, and give this eunuch a good beating, even.

"Oh, my, oh, my oh my oh my oh my oh my."said Mihrimah.

"Now what?"asked Jasmine. "Don't tell me we're lost."

"Of course not. I'm just not sure how long it will take."

A few days later, they caught up with them.

"Princess!"exclaimed Tulip.

Iago moved his beak wordlessly. Genie and eveyone went to hug Aladdin and Jasmine.

"Where did you go?"asked Genie. "We were looking for you, and then suddenly Aladdin and Jasmine disappeared also."

Tulip produced a large container of Mihrimah's favorite drink out of thin air.

"Mmm. Well, we had a few problems. But for now, see, I've found just where we need to go, but first, it would be a good idea if we went to the apothecary."

"Shopping?"

"Why is Iago so quiet?"asked Aladdin.

"Yeah, why is that?"asked Jasmine.

Iago rolled his eyes and pointed at Tulip.

"Please forgive me, Princess, but the bird was interfering with the search, and I had to silence him."

Interfering! Mouthed Iago.

"Oh, I see."

Mihrimah pointed her wand at Iago, and removed the charm.

"I can hear myself again!"

"And so can we all. He was doing so well. Changing for the better."Genie sighed, shaking his head.

"Well, now that things are back to normal, why don't we go to the marketplace, and from there to the apothecary, and then we'll be on our way."

Later, Aladdin asked Jasmine what was wrong.

"We're here. I thought you were upset that Mihrimah kept going off track, and getting lost all the time."he said.

"That girl!"she exclaimed.

"Well, she just made a few mistakes. That can happen to anyone."

Jasmine glared at him. Why were guys so stupid? Couldn't he see the stupid witch was trying to bewitch him with her magic powers? Or was he just pretending?

"You think I don't notice?"

"Notice what? Jasmine, I don't know what you're talking about."

She walked away, angrily.

"Oh, she's probably just a little nervous."said Mihrimah, when she saw Jasmine walking away. "I mean, it can't really be so easy to be lost for so much time, and then suddenly, just be found. You know, people react differently to different things."

"Hmm, maybe you're right."he said.