After finding some food and water, night had begun to fall. "Jasi, I'm sleepy.." Waqi mumbled, tugging on Jasil's hand. "Then, how about we camp outside of the city? I have a tent, but there is nowhere here that we can stay that's safe for the night." She suggested, pointing to the entrance to the city. "That's fine, I've always wanted to camp!" he exclaimed.
Jasil smiled, lifting the boy and carrying him, seeing that his feet were bare and scratched. "M-Miss I can walk just fine!" He exclaimed, embarrassed. "Just because you can walk, doesn't mean you have to. First priority tomorrow morning, getting you some shoes!" She pointed to his feet, which made him even more embarrassed.
"M-miss.. why do you care so much.." He pressed his face on her shoulder while she walked outside of the city. "What do you mean?" she glanced down at him. "I mean… Everyone in that crowd watched me, they spat at me and scorned me.. But you, you fed me. You.. set me free, even if you would get punished for it, no matter what, you were there.. Why?"
They stayed silent for a few moments, the sound of Jasil walking barefoot on the hard dirt was all that they could hear. She set Waqi down on the ground when they were just outside of the City. He stared at her, waiting for her reply as she knelt in front of him, grabbing his hands. "The answer is simple. Life is precious. You, are precious. Those people, they don't see that, and I do. I will do everything in my power to make them come to their senses, and I'll do everything in my power to keep you safe Waqi, I promise you."
She smiled, watching his face as he nodded along with her. "So don't worry about the little things, I'll take care of you." she rubbed his arms. "O-okay.." he nodded, rubbing his eyes. "Now, let's get this tent up before we cant see anything at all!" she smiled, reaching into her bag for the cloth, and pulling it out.
Waqi gasped, remembering the cloth. "Miss! That's the magic carpet, you can't use that… can you?" he questioned, pointing to it. Jasil smiled, then lifted the tent, setting it up as she spoke. "This is just a plain old cloth. If I put a spell on it, it'll fly, and if I don't, then it'll just be a normal old cloth!" she smiled, finishing the tent and lifting a side of it open. "After you!"
As the sun set, the two settled down inside the tent, and eventually, fell asleep. The moon rose and the Empire fell silent as the citizens all slept. Waqi blinked, opening his eyes slowly and groaning. "Man.. I forgot to pee.." he mumbled. He looked to Jasil, who was sleeping silently next to him, her arm draped over the side of his waist.
Waqi smiled silently, then slid out of her arm carefully. He exited the tent, and walked around far enough to not disturb Jasil's rest. After he relived himself, he looked to the moon. "It's so big tonight.." he mumbled. "You there, what do you think you're doing." Waqi snapped his head around as a fist came down upon his face, knocking him unconscious.
Jasil slowly opened her eyes, then closed them, rubbing her face slowly. "Good morning Wa-" she stopped mid-sentence, realizing she was alone in the tent. She blinked. "Waqi?" She spoke, crawling to the entrance of the tent and stepping outside. It was still night, and the moon had shifted lower. "Waqi! Where are you?" she yelled, looking around outside, he was nowhere to be found.
Still half-asleep, Jasil wandered around the outside of the Empire, frowning as she searched for Waqi. "I swear.. where did you go?" she spoke to herself. Maybe he didn't want to stay with me after all. She thought to herself, before brushing off the idea. "No, he made it very clear he wanted to leave this place with me eventually."
So what happened to him then..? She pondered the idea, continuing to look around, when she noticed a set of footprints on the ground, along with a damp spot. "This was recent.. maybe a few hours ago?" she spoke to herself, the footprints led towards the entrance to the Empire, and Jasil decided to follow them. First she packed her tent, and then set off towards the trail.
As soon as Jasil got into the Empire, she realized how stupid she was. Of course the trail would be gone now, how many freaking people walk down these streets? She scolded herself mentally as she continued forward. "Well, might as well look around a bit." she decided, starting to prowl the streets, looking down every corridor and every alleyway she could find.
As she was searching, she came across a rowdy tavern, she peered inside and saw people drinking, and laughing, having a good time, but no Waqi. She frowned, leaving the window and walking towards the door.
Wham
As she walked, the door swung open, and hit her dead in the face. "Wham?" a voice spoke as Jasil collapsed on the ground. "Oh my god you hit a girl!" Said another. Jasil covered her nose, then pulled her hand away, it was bleeding. "Geeze, Alibaba be more careful!" this voice was of a girl. Jasil looked up to find three people standing above her, looking down.
"Hey miss are you alright?" The blue haired one spoke, and as he did, Jasil froze. This is… She thought, completely stunned. The red haired girl reached down, holding her hand out. "Are you alright, you're bleeding, does it hurt?" It can't be… "Hey why isn't she talking?" the blonde one- Alibaba spoke.
"That's because you beat her up!" the blue haired boy teased. "I didn't beat her up!" Alibaba retorted. "Miss I'm so sorry, here let me buy you a drink or something!" he spoke frantically. "You..." Jasil spoke at last, making the three of them instantly quiet. "What is your name.." she pointed to the blue haired boy, who smiled, tilting his head questionably. "My name is Aladdin miss, what's yours?"