(A/N): WOW! Two updates, two days in a row! I'm on fire!...hehehe…Actually, my school had a snow day today and I had so much time on my hands I thought I'd make up for lost time and get another chapter out (this is why we shouldn't have high school…updates would come all lot faster if we didn't!). So, here's a treat for all who enjoy my story! I'm actually surprised at how popular it is. It really was just something that popped into my head…with a little inspiration from NightmareBeforeChristmasFreak's story '7 Arabian Nights'. I highly recommend it. Anyways, on with the answers to the reviews, disclaimer, and then…THE NEXT CHAPTER! YAY!!!
To MCI: Sorry my chapters are kinda short…see, I break up the chapters by scenes in the movie. But anyways, I'm glad you're looking forward to the series. My friend and editor, IrishBeerIsGood and I, actually had an afternoon the other day where we just sat around, watched all three Aladdin movies and talked about what was gonna happen in the series. We also talked about the one shots. Trust me; I'm just as excited about writing them as you are about reading them. And yeah, I love it when people reply to my reviews, so I thought I'd return the favor! Enjoy and keep reviewing!
To IrishBeerIsGood: Glad you like it! Can't wait to see your drawing! Happy snow day!
Disclaimer: I only own my characters and the plot.
We were dragged to the palace and down into the dungeons.
I winced as I saw the chains we would be put in. When you're watching it in the movie, it doesn't look so bad, but when you see it in real life…yeesh…
Each of our respective guards locked us in the device before dutifully walking out. Aladdin was on my left and Lisa was on my right, but she was standing since her manacles were higher up on the wall. Razoul was the last to leave, slamming the door behind him, but not before mocking us by yelling:
"Sweet dreams Street Rat and sluts!"
My mouth dropped open and I couldn't form words; I probably looked like a fish out of water. Lisa opened her mouth to shout out a smart-ass reply, but then closed it and shrugged.
"Been there, done that, burned the t-shirt."
Aladdin just looked at the floor and sighed pitifully. I looked at him in sympathy. Talk about a rough day.
We sat in silence before Aladdin started talking. Be it to himself or to us, I'll never know.
"She was the princess?.. I don't believe it…I must've sounded so stupid to her!"
Lisa looked on with annoyance laced with pity.
"Aladdin, don't throw yourself a pity party just yet, okay? You don't know what she was thinking. Women are the most unreadable creatures in the world. Trust me, I am one."
I couldn't pass up the opportunity!
"Somewhat."
She glared down at me and I shot a cheesy grin at her.
"But seriously Aladdin." I said, concentrating on my heart-broken brother. "Don't judge too quickly how she feels about you just because she's royalty. Love has nothing to do with where you're from or how much money you have. It has to do with a person and who they are.
"You just don't understand, Sarah." Aladdin sighed. "I've spent my entire life being treated like dirt just because I don't have money and live on the streets. Why should she be any different? She's a PRINCESS…you can't possibly know what it's like, so I don't expect you to understand how I feel right now."
Now…I was pissed.
"Excuse me? Isn't that kind of a double standard? You're complaining about people judging you because of where you're from and yet you're doing the same thing to Jasmine! You think that just because she's a princess, she's gonna have her nose so far up in the air that if it rained she would drown. Well the girl I met today is NOTHING like that. And how DARE you say I don't know what it feels like to be judged based on where you're from? I was treated like a liability to the world because MY FAMILY WAS MURDERD! That's why I was such a screw up; people wanted a screw up and I gave them what they wanted. So don't you EVER say that I don't understand unfair judgment Aladdin."
I think that was the first time Aladdin had ever seen me really pissed, because all the color drained from his face and his eyes got as big as golf balls.
After a few moments of me steaming and Aladdin looking down, ashamed, he finally broke the silence.
"…Sarah? I'm sorry…I had no right to say that to you. I'm just…so frustrated. And when I get frustrated, I talk without thinking. Anyways, I was stupid…forgive me?"
I stole a glance at him and saw his big brown eyes in a puppy pout. I also saw genuine regret on his face.
I heaved a sigh.
"Okay…I forgive you…I guess."
We smiled at each other and I heard Lisa make gagging noises.
"I think I may vomit."
Aladdin and I laughed lightly. It was then we heard a familiar, squeaky voice.
"Yoo-Hoo! Aladdin, Sarah, Lisa!"
We looked up and saw Abu at the window at the top of the dungeon.
"Hello!"
"Abu! Down here!"
As Abu scurried down to us, I heard Lisa growl.
"I am such an idiot!"
I looked at her strangely. What I saw next amazed me. She placed her feet on the wall behind her, used her manacled wrists to pull her body higher up the wall and pushed her legs forward off the wall. This momentum swung the lower half of her body up and put her feet even with her head. Quick as a flash, she opened her mouth and plucked a small lock pick out of a tiny slit in her left shoe with her teeth. She let her legs swing down as she turned to down look at me, triumph gleaming in her eyes. She took the pick out of her mouth and began picking the lock holding her right wrist captive.
My eye's widened.
"You forgot you had that pick in your SHOE?!?"
Her triumph changed to annoyance and she bit out angrily:
"Trying to concentrait here!"
I watched with interest as Lisa finished freeing herself and proceed to help me. All the running from the guards over the past year must have really helped get her in shape. She was like a Ninja Street Rat! When she had set me free, we looked over in time to see Abu jump from his place at Aladdin's lock and go:
"Ta da!"
Aladdin didn't even notice, still wrapped up in thoughts of Jasmine, as he mumbled:
"She deserves a prince."
Abu sulked at the lack of recognition.
I stood up next to Lisa and watched Aladdin sigh from his place on the floor.
"I'm a fool."
Suddenly, we heard a raspy, sinister voice.
"You're only a fool if you give up, boy."
I looked at the disguised Jafar with interest, but said nothing. I saw Lisa glance at me out of the corner of my eye and knew she was thinking the same thing as me.
'This is it.'
"Who are you?" Aladdin asked.
"A lowly prisoner like yourselves. But together, perhaps we can be more…"
Jafar made the money sign with his fingers and Aladdin glanced at us. I shrugged and Lisa nodded her head.
"We're listening."
"There is a cave, boy and girls. A Cave of Wonders!" He pulled out a handful of rubies. "Filled with treasure's beyond your wildest dreams."
We all stared at the jewels.
"Sparkly…" I heard Lisa mutter.
"Treasure enough for this boy here to impress his princess, I'd wager."
As he said this he hobbled away with his back to us. Aladdin looked to me and Lisa questioningly and I could see one blue tipped feather stick out from Jafar's 'hunch'.
Aladdin tried to interject.
"But the law says that-"
"You've heard of the 'golden rule', haven't you?" Jafar cut him off. "Whoever has the gold makes the rules!"
He let out a large grin that would make the Cheshire Cat jealous.
"So…why would you share all this wonderful treasure with us?"
"I need a young pair of legs and a strong back to go in after it." he said, patting Aladdin on the back.
"What about us?" Lisa asked, suspiciously.
I shot her a look that screamed: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?
She just glanced over at me calmly.
"I would hate to exclude you two young ladies from finding a treasure that could buy you both a better life…and maybe better clothes." Jafar said, as he glanced at our outfits.
I narrowed my eyes. I REALLY didn't like this guy.
Sensing that my bomb of anger was about to blow again, Aladdin jumped in.
"One problem…It's out there, we're in here."
"Mm-mm-hmm!" Jafar answered. He walked over to the wall and put the end of his cane against a stone. "Things are not always as they seem."
He put slight pressure on the stone and opened up secret passage way.
"So…do we have a deal?" he asked.
Aladdin looked from Abu, to me, to Lisa. Abu shrugged, I nodded eagerly, and Lisa gave her famous Look of Indifference.
Aladdin shook Jafar's hand and we started to crawl into the tunnel single file.
The whole time we were crawling, I was chanting in my mind.
"Gonna meet Genie! Gonna meet Genie! Gooooonnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaa meeeeeeet Geeeeennnnnieeeeee!"
(A/N): REEEEEEVVVVIEEW!
