And now, for the next chapter! We are just getting warmed up in here! Anyway, enjoy!
So there it was, outside the palace gates. Sora, Donald and Goofy had reunited together once again as Aladdin and Sadira were side by side, each of them in fighting poses as they held their respective weapons, Abu and Carpet standing back a bit as if not to disturb the fight in any possible way. And far from the other side, Jasmine was bound and gagged as she was trying her best to struggle out of the chains. And Jafar was standing on his side, eyeing the lamp Donald was holding in interest.
"Okay, Sora, fill us in. What's going on?" Donald asked as he turned his head to the Keyblade wielder.
"Tried to find you guys. Ended up saving this girl. Her name's Princess Jasmine. She's sweet, cute, funny..." Sora gave a lovesick smile, much to the exasperated Donald and smiling Goofy's notice.
"Sora! Focus!" Donald squawked in anger.
"Okay, okay. Stayed with her as a bodyguard in hopes to defeat Jafar, that guy right there, who knows about the Heartless and the Keyhole. Hoping to defeat Jafar, find the world's keyhole, and save the girl's royal family in the process. Did I leave anything out?" Sora asked.
"I think you covered nicely. It's nothing compared to the adventure we had with Aladdin, though." Goofy smiled as he pointed to the young boy. "This is Aladdin, by the way. Aladdin, this is Sora, the boy we told you we were trying to find."
"Nice to meet you." Aladdin grinned as he offered his hand to shake.
Sora returned the grin as he shook Aladdin's hand. "Likewise."
"SORA! HEARTLESS!" Donald squawked as he pointed to the Heartless nearby.
"Right!" Sora growled as he held his Keyblade, with everyone in fighting positions. "Okay, Jafar, we can make this simple. Anything you can throw at us, we'll be ready for it! If you don't want a beating, you let Jasmine and her family go, and you leave this world in peace!"
Jafar paused as he was thinking about it for a minute, before looking down towards Jasmine with a smirk. "I could do that... but I'd rather take the Princess of Heart AND the lamp in the duck's hands."
"The lamp?" Donald asked as he realized he was still holding the lamp out, before hiding it behind his back. "What lamp?"
Jafar narrowed his eyes. "Don't patronize me, or I'll be having duck for dinner!"
Donald nervously held out his hands to reveal he had nothing in them. "You must be imagining things."
Of course, Donald had his foot raised up as the lamp was on his foot. Sneakily, Aladdin took it from the duck as he hid it behind his back.
"Iago!" Jafar turned towards his parrot as the red bird flew up.
"I'm on it, Jafar!" Iago saluted before flying over towards Donald as Aladdin was rubbing the lamp from behind his back and whispering, "Genie, I wish for you to save the princess that's next to the evil vizier."
And then, as quick as a flash, Jasmine disappeared, much to Jafar and Sora's confusion as she reappeared next to Sora a minute later, now out of her bounds and leggings. Jasmine looked around in confusion. "Huh? What- how?"
"You can thank me, miss!" A mysterious voice said as the Genie appeared right next to the group. "And Al, I believe you have one wish left. Try not to use it too quickly, we need to use it to save myself, right?"
Aladdin grinned as he pulled out the lamp, much to Sadira's confusion. "Right."
"A magic lamp?" Sadira asked in surprise before frowning as she turned towards the boy. "And when were you going to tell me this, sweetheart?"
Aladdin yelped a bit as he tugged at his vest. "I'm sorry I couldn't tell you sooner, but the cave I went to required that I came alone."
"And who told you that?" Sadira frowned, raising an eyebrow.
"This old man in the cell I was in. Abu freed me, then this old man told me about some riches beyond our wildest dreams. He said he only wanted this lamp, but I don't know if I can even give it to him. I already promised the Genie that I'd use his last wish to free him." Aladdin explained as Jafar gave a smirk, waving his snake staff, as he transformed into a rickety old man in rags and a cane, much to the others's surprise.
Jafar then said in the old man voice, "And what did this old man look like?"
"He was old. Seemed to know his way around the dungeons of the palace pretty well." Aladdin said, turning to the old man, not recognizing him for a moment. But before Aladdin could say anything else, his eyes widened as he turned to see Jafar as the old man, standing there.
Jafar gave a laugh as he coughed a bit, imitating an old man's voice as he transformed back to normal. "Why, my dear boy, you seem to have done your job quite well..."
Soon, the vizier stood in triumph as he said, "You simple fool! Did you really think some old man would know this dungeon well? Why, without MY help, you wouldn't have been able to find where the Cave of Wonders was! And to think, I thought you were trustworthy."
Aladdin slowly came to the realization as he glared at the vizier. "YOU were the one who sent me to the Cave, didn't you? You never intended to give me any reward, did you?"
"Of course I was, my dear boy." Jafar gave a grin. "I would have granted you the gift of your demise as soon as you handed me the lamp."
The man couldn't help but growl at Jafar as he looked down. Jafar couldn't help but smile as he said, "Don't feel bad. If it makes you feel any better, the lamp was just a back-up plan JUST in case I couldn't find the Keyhole to destroy the world in Agrabah. But now that you brought the lamp to me, I have both that AND the princess!"
Jasmine glared at Jafar as she made her hands into a fist. "You seem to have forgotten something, Jafar! I'm rescued!"
"And I have the lamp!" Aladdin declared as he held up his hand in triumph... before pausing as he looked up to see his empty hand. "Wait, what?"
Jafar laughed a bit as Iago was flying back with the lamp in his claws before landing on the vizier's shoulders, the man grabbing the lamp.
"I'm sorry, what was that about you having the lamp?" Jafar asked as Genie's eyes shrank.
"Well... this could be a problem..." Genie grinned awkwardly as Jafar held the lamp close.
"Well, well, well, Genie, it seems that I am your master now!" Jafar laughed.
Genie yelped. "I was afraid of that."
Sora growled as he grabbed Jasmine and pulled her close. "You are not getting Jasmine! I won't let you!"
"Sora..." Jasmine blushed a bit as she realized the boy was holding her close. She couldn't help but blush, giving a small smile.
Jafar, on the other hand, gave a laugh. "Do you really think that I'm going to be threatened at all. Attack!"
All of a sudden, the pots that were stationary then started to sprout legs as Pot Spider Heartless appeared... followed by two ends of a Heartless that were stationary at the moment. This Heartless was known as a Pot Centipede.
"Genie, grant me my first wish. I wish that you would take me and the Princess of Heart in this area to the Keyhole!" Jafar grinned as he rubbed the lamp.
Genie sadly looked down as he said, "I'm sorry, everyone. The one with the lamp calls the shots, I don't have a choice!"
"I understand!" Aladdin said in worry as Genie snapped his fingers.
Sora grabbed Jasmine as he held her close, not wanting her to disappear as he watched Genie and Jafar disappear. But... much to his surprise, Jasmine was still here. Sora looked a little confused, as did Jasmine as the boy let her go.
"What-?" Sora was about to ask, but all further discussion was interrupted as Donald squawked out a warning. Sora looked over to Jasmine, who gave the boy a smile as she went into fighting position. Sora gave a nod as he went into Keyblade formation, giving a nod towards the girl as they started to run over to the Pot Spiders, making sure that none of them would attach themselves to the head and tail to form the Pot Centipede.
To say it was a massacre of Heartless was an understatement as Donald and Goofy used their abilities to knock down a few Pot Spiders, with Abu and Carpet collecting all the munny that had came out of the spider Heartless. Aladdin was using his scimitar to slash down any pot spiders that came close to form the head and body of the Pot Centipede, but unfortunately, some pots got lucky and formed the body as it started roaming around the city. Sora and Jasmine were working together like a team as Jasmine started doing a powerful jump on the pots, doing some kicking motions as Sora slashed at the pots with the Keyblade in hopes to separate the body. Sora looked over to Jasmine, very impressed with her fighting style as Jasmine smiled back towards Sora as the two joined hands and spun around, as if performing a new fighting move. It was a combination of a dance and slashing combination, hitting the head of the Pot Centipede as all the Pot Spiders in-between the head and tail were gone.
Eventually, Sora and Jasmine posed as if ready to unleash a powerful attack, and by using his Keyblade and Jasmine's strange power of wind, the two managed to eliminate the Pot Centipede as a large heart came out of the Heartless, as it disappeared.
Sora panted as he looked over to Jasmine. "We make a great team, Jasmine."
"Yeah... I suppose we do." Jasmine smiled as she approached Sora. "Sora... do you really mean what you said earlier, about how I'm pretty and independent and all that?"
"Of course." Sora smiled. "I know a lot of people see you as a princess, but that's not the Jasmine I see. The Jasmine I see has an independent streak, making sure her people is safe from harm, and knows exactly what everyone needs. I think you'd be a great ruler someday, Jasmine."
Jasmine smiled towards Sora... before giving the boy a kiss on the lips, surprising him. Sora then closed his eyes as he returned the kiss with equal passion. The two then separated as Aladdin, Donald and Goofy joined up, Donald holding his head in frustration.
"Gawrsh, bad time?" Goofy chuckled as Sora and Jasmine blushed.
"Sora..." Donald groaned as he held his head in annoyance.
Sora frowned as he approached Donald. "Look, I'm sorry, Donald, but what else can I do?" He shrugged as he gave a goofy grin.
The duck couldn't help but sigh as Aladdin looked around at the others.
"Well, I guess we got rid of the "Heartless" in this area..." Aladdin gave a chuckle.
Jasmine paused as she tapped her foot, looking confused. "There's just one thing I don't understand. Why didn't I disappear with Jafar and that Genie that rescued me?"
Sora paused as he scratched his head. "Yeah, I'm confused too. I heard him say that his first wish was to take him and the Princess of Heart to the Keyhole..."
"...wait." Aladdin paused as he did a quick head count... before his eyes widened. "WHERE'S SADIRA?!"
Everyone paused as they looked around, Sora looking worried. "Sadira?"
"SADIRA!" Aladdin called out in worry as he looked around.
Jasmine and Sora looked at each other, their eyes widening in shock as Jasmine said, "You don't think..."
"...that Jafar was right about a Princess of Heart in this world, just not who it was?" Sora asked. "Because that is EXACTLY what I'm thinking right now."
The others looked extremely worried as Goofy looked over to Aladdin. "Gawrsh, sorry about your girlfriend..."
Aladdin said nothing... but frowned in determination. "No. She's still out there, I can feel it."
"How can you tell?" Goofy cocked his head in confusion.
"Sadira and I... we have sort of a connection to each other... like in our hearts." Aladdin said. "So... Sadira may not be gone just yet... if I can follow my connection to her, we can still save her and rescue Genie!"
"And hopefully seal the Keyhole before Jafar uses it to destroy this world!" Sora nodded as he hung on to his Keyblade. "I better go with you, Aladdin. I'm the only person who knows how to seal the Keyhole."
Aladdin nodded as he looked towards the boy. "Well, I trust you, so no worries, there."
Jasmine paused as she seemed to be in thought. Sora noticed as he approached the princess. "Jasmine, do you want to come?"
"I want to... but I'm still worried about my father. He's still trapped, I can feel it." Jasmine clutched her heart nervously.
Sora looked around as he turned to Donald and Goofy, who shrugged as Aladdin was whistling for Abu and the Magic Carpet to come. Sora smiled as he approached Jasmine and put his arms around her. "Jasmine, you go to the palace and see if your father is in there. Since Jafar is far away from the palace, so are the Heartless he has. And me staying here will only cause the Heartless to come here. It's best if I get away from the city for a while."
"Will I see you?" Jasmine asked, looking up to Sora, her eyes glistening up.
Sora grinned as he walked over to Donald and Goofy. "Don't worry. I promise you, I'll return before you know, and we'll all be great again!"
"Well..." Jasmine paused... before giving a smile as she kissed Sora on the cheek. "You stay safe, okay?"
Sora blushed a bit, before giving a smile as he hopped on the carpet with Donald and Goofy. "We'll be back soon!"
Jasmine could only watch as the carpet took off with the heroes in hand as Jasmine gave a smile and a salute. She looked over and gave a confident grin as she started to storm into the palace, looking for her father.
Fortunately for her, she had found her father and Rajah trapped down in the dungeons as Jasmine was leading the man back up, the Sultan giving a small smile to his daughter.
"My daughter, you have no idea how happy I am to see you!" The Sultan grinned as Rajah purred in delight, following the two. Jasmine had just finished telling the story of what had recently happened as the Sultan seemed very interested. "So, this boy really helped you out during your attempts of hiding?"
Jasmine gave a smile. "He's very wonderful, father. I know he's not a prince, but he's technically out of this world, and he's sweet and charming." Jasmine sighed sadly. "I know you want me to marry a prince, but... it's like I told you before, I don't want to marry a prince, I want to marry..."
"...for love, so you told me." The Sultan paused as he looked at his daughter. "Did you say that boy you met was a... Keyblade Wielder?"
The princess paused as she looked over at the Sultan, looking curious. "Yes... why?"
The Sultan couldn't help but give a low-key chuckle. "Oh, Jasmine, you might like this..."
The Sultan leaned over and whispered to Jasmine as she raised her eyebrow in curiosity... before her face turned from confused, to shock, to even wearing a stupid grin on her face. "Father... this... changes... everything."
And with that, the eleventh chapter is done! How did you guys like it? And yeah, I did a switcheroo with Sadira being the Princess of Heart instead of Jasmine, because the suggestion that Cornholio4 gave to me had Jasmine saved from Jafar and not part of being captured... so I figured, "Hey, I have Sadira in the story, so... what's to say I can't use HER for the Princess of Heart role'? So, this switch happened, and... the rest clicked in! Anyway, next time, in the final chapter of the story, Sora meets up with Jasmine again to tell her his story and that he has to go and leave... and declaring his love for the girl. How will Jasmine respond? And what was that thing the Sultan told Jasmine about? You'll have to wait and see! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!