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Sora pounded his head a bit, trying to process the revelation of the girl in front of him, much to Jasmine's curiosity. "You okay?"

"Er, yeah... but, uh, your father is the sultan?" Sora asked as he looked out the window and noticed the large palace. "Does that mean this large castle over there..."

Jasmine gave a nod. "Yes, that is the Royal Palace, where I live, and..." Jasmine looked down. "As you may have just now figured out, I'm the princess of this kingdom."

Sora paused as he cocked his head in confusion. "But why are you out here, and not in your palace, doing... royal duties?"

Jasmine scoffed a little as she crossed her arms, looking a little bitter. The boy with the key looked over towards the princess as he asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you didn't say anything wrong, it's just... I just get sick whenever I hear the words 'royal duties'. See, as the daughter of the sultan, I have to sit around, look pretty for the people, and learn how to run the country the way he does things. But, in order to properly inherit the throne, I have to marry a prince."

Sora looked a little surprised as he noted Jasmine's eyes lowering down. "And... you don't want that?"

Jasmine gave a sigh. "I love my father, very dearly, but to follow the law, I don't want to do that. I just want to be someone that I want to be, not trapped in a cage, but to be free..."

"Oh..." Sora paused as he sat down next to Jasmine. "Like, to explore other worlds beyond yours?"

"...something like that." Jasmine nodded.

"...is that why you ran away out of your palace, to escape?" Sora asked.

"Yes... I mean, no, no!" Jasmine gasped, her eyes lighting up as if she just remembered something. "Something terrible happened at the palace. You see, my father got usurped by Jafar, who's now running the city."

"Jafar?" Sora asked in confusion.

Jasmine looked over in surprise. "You haven't heard of him? He's my father's royal vizier... or rather, he WAS the royal vizier, because after that bout of tyranny, I'm pretty sure my father will NEVER allow him back at the palace anytime soon."

The spiky haired boy paused as he looked over towards Jasmine. "Maybe you better explain..."

Jasmine gave a sigh. "Well... it's like this..."

"It all began three days ago. My pet tiger Rajah had just chased away another suitor, my father was giving me the usual speech about how the law is the law and that I should be a princess, and I just felt more trapped than before..."

Inside a royal palace, a smiling Jasmine was watching some doves she just released fly away as she gave a smile, wishing she could be just as free as those birds recently were. She looked over to her pet tiger who looked curious as she patted it on the head.

"But when I was ready to head to my room, I heard a loud noise, like my father was being captured..."

Jasmine and Rajah were about to head inside the palace when they stopped, apparantly hearing something. Jasmine, looking concerned, ran inside, with Rajah following behind.

"When I got there, my fears had came true..."

Upon coming to the throne room, the girl immediately stopped in her tracks as she looked on in horror to see a familiar snake-like man holding a plump man in white royal clothing by what appeared to be magic that was coming out of his staff. Jasmine carefully hid behind the pillar in worry and anger as she watched the man, known as Jafar, giving a large speech to the sultan.

"Jafar had gained evil powers from somewhere and looked ready to throw my father away. I... I heard him say that he was planning on offing him. I would have came over and stopped him, but... then she came."

"She?"

Jasmine looked over to Rajah as she gave a nod, Rajah looking ready to pounce on that vizier. Just as Jasmine was about to come out and yell at Jafar to stop, or call for the guards, another portal opened up, causing Jasmine and Rajah to hide back. For out of the portal came a green skinned woman with a black and purple cloak, long black horns, and holding what appeared to be a staff. Jafar seemed to turn to the woman with glee as Maleficent came over and conversed with Jafar. Jasmine kept peering her ear and listening in.

"I heard Jafar calling her Maleficent. And it appears she and him were working together to get the throne away from my father. BUT, she was not interested in ruling alongside Jafar. I heard her asking for me, saying that she needed me as a... 'princess of heart' to open the final door, whatever that meant. And they also talked about a... a Keyhole."

Jasmine and Rajah looked at each other in worry as they looked concerned. After some conversing between the villains, Jafar gave a nod as he waved his hand and summoned the Heartless from thin air as he ordered them to search the grounds for Jasmine. Jasmine gasped as she looked towards Rajah, who had the same look. Rajah then gave a determined face as he seemed ready to charge straight at the Heartless. Jasmine shook her head in concern, but Rajah could only give Jasmine a concerned look that told her to trust him.

Then, with a brave face, she gave a nod to Rajah before rushing off, just as the tiger came rushing out, revealing itself, surprising Jafar and Maleficent as he tried to rip apart the Heartless with his bare teeth.

"I barely had time to escape, as I had to get on the little number you saw before you and rush out of the palace. I couldn't take them on alone. The guards were under seizure, my father is trapped somewhere in a dungeon, and I was all alone, out in the city. I tried to find help at the marketplace, but everywhere I went, those monsters came in and started attacking."

Back at the present, Sora looked over at Jasmine in concern as she put her hands around herself, tears coming down from her eyes. "I-I just wish that everything was okay. I wanted the freedom, but not like this!"

Sora paused as he touched his own heart. But he got the idea of what was going on. From what he heard about Maleficent from Leon and the others back in Traverse Town, she was one crafty girl... and the fact that she was trying to interfere in world's affairs... it just felt wrong. Sora paused as he felt compelled to at least tell her what was going on, world order be darned!

"Jasmine, it's okay, things are going to be okay now." Sora said as he put a hand on the girl's back, trying to comfort her as the girl looked over. "Listen, that Maleficent woman you just mentioned, I'm pretty sure you figured it out by now, but... she's from another world, and she's probably working with this Jafar person to help destroy this world too..."

"But why would she be after me?" Jasmine asked.

Sora sighed as he looked down. "I don't know that myself, but whatever she wants you for, it can't be good..."

Jasmine paused before turning to Sora with a smile. "I didn't think I would find any help, but... after what I saw you can do with that large... large weapon of yours, it can actually touch those black things... those... Heartless you mentioned earlier. Could you help me save my father from Jafar?"

Sora paused as he thought about his situation. On the one hand, he needed to find Donald and Goofy and reunite with them so they could find the Keyhole to this place. On the other hand, though, this poor girl was in danger and probably was already knee deep into what was going on. Plus, she might have had the only lead of where the Keyhole could possibly be...

With a smile, he turned to the girl with his hand extended and raised. "I'll help you out, princess."

Jasmine's eyes lit up in delight. "Oh thank you..." Jasmine paused as she realized the boy did not give her his name.

"Oh, my name is Sora!" Sora said with a goofy grin.

Jasmine gave a smile. "Oh... Sora... that's a nice name. I like it. The Great Sora of the Key." She laughed a little. "I like that."

The boy returned the smile as he looked over to Jasmine. "So, where do we start?"

"Well... I have to wait for a friend of mine to get back from her errands." Jasmine said.

"Your... friend?" Sora asked in curiosity.

Jasmine nodded. "She took me in the first day after saving me the first time. We both agreed to find help when I told her who I was and why I was out here. She really is quite resourceful, and she has magic by her side too. I just hope she'll be able to-"

"Jasmine, I'm back! Sorry I'm late." A voice said as somebody swung in from the window. "It's hard to run around these days when those black things keep popping out everywhere."

Sora blinked as he looked over at the girl that came in. She was about as young as Jasmine, a brown haired girl with blue eyes, wearing a ragged white shirt with patches on her sleeves, with a green vest, and puffy white pants with a purple sash attached. She seemed to be holding a few handfuls of fruit as she put them on a nearby table. It was at that moment the girl noted Sora standing next to Jasmine. "Oh. Hello there."

Jasmine gave a smile. "Sora, I like to meet Sadira. Sadira, this is the Great Sora of the Key. I think he may be the one to help overthrow the new sultan."

And that is the second chapter done! How did you guys like it? And yeah, I figured I may as well give the Aladdin TV series some love as well. After all, it was quite enjoyable, and a great Disney Afternoon show! So, if you're wondering what Sadira is doing here, and what her role is, you'll see soon enough. Next time, Donald and Goofy's misadventures in the desert! Anyway, if you guys have any suggestions for this story, go ahead and shoot out a PM (Private Message)! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!