DISCLAIMER: I don't own Magi.
Alibaba balanced on a tree branch and watched the trash truck rumble out of the palace. Timing himself he jumped off the branch just in time and fell into the back of the truck. Surrounded by trash the guards didn't notice him at all.
When they were a little past the palace gates Alibaba climbed out of the mountains of trash and jumped out of the truck, landing heavily in some bushes.
Alibaba stood up, brushing leaves and flowers off himself and ran into the forest behind him.
Morgiana stopped at a stream and drank the cold water. She plucked berries off a nearby shrub. After checking and making sure that they weren't poisonous she popped them in her mouth. Morgiana smiled as the colorful berry juices flooded her mouth.
She collected more berries, ripping of a piece of cloth from the already ragged bottom of her dirty white dress, and wrapped the berries in them. Once she had a few small bagfuls of berries she took another long drink from the stream and headed out again.
There had to be a village close somewhere.
Alibaba sat down on a rock, the afternoon sun warming his back. He ripped a small chunk of bread and a small piece of cheese and ate. As he chewed slowly on the cheese-y bread he thought about where he would go.
There must be a village somewhere near.
Morgiana walked a few more hours and was about to take a rest when she heard a loud rustle behind her.
She drew her knife and leapt holding the dagger in front of her.
Alibaba's POV
I screamed – NOT like a girl – a knife was held at my throat. A pink haired girl, a fierce look in her eyes stared at me. "Whoa." I said, raising my hands slowly in a truce sign, but the girl jumped back and leapt in the air, jumping onto the tallest tree nearby.
"Who are you?" She yelled from the treetop. "Has master Bon sent you to get me?"
"Wha-? No! Whose master Bon?" She narrowed her eyes, but jumped down. When she landed the ground shook and her footprints got imprinted into the ground. "If he didn't send you who are you?"
"I'm Pri- Alibaba. I'm Alibaba." For some reason I looked down and my mouth dropped open. The flesh around her ankles was red and raw. I knew exactly what had happened. And why she was scared of this master Bon guy. She was a slave. Or had been at least.
She saw me looking and her face flushed. She tried pulling her short dress down but when that didn't work she ran. Quickly. Really quickly. "Hey, wait! I'm sorry!" I called after her, but she was gone.
Morgiana's POV
I ran. I couldn't risk anyone knowing I was a slave. But I knew that wasn't it. I was embarrassed. I had never been embarrassed. Something wet rolled down my cheek and my vision blurred. The next thing I knew I was flying through the air and slamming into a tree trunk.
I let the tears pour freely down my cheeks. Maybe out of embarrassment, maybe out of pain – slamming into a tree trunk when you run as fast as me is painful.
I don't know how long I sat there, but it had to be a long time, because the blonde boy had caught up with me. "Hey." He said. "I'm sorry if I made you sad. Let's try this again, OK?" He held out his hand. "Hi, I'm Alibaba. What's your name?"
Out of habit I pouted, my cheeks puffing out. Seeing this he laughed. I flushed again. I had never been embarrassed in my life. I was a Fanalis. I could do tons of things others couldn't. I never had a reason to be embarrassed.
"No! Please don't run away again." He grabbed my arm and I could feel my face burn. "You just look really cute like that." He stood up and brushed off his clothes, and then he offered me a hand. "I think you ran away. I won't take you back, so you don't have to be scared. I ran away too, if you wanna know the truth. Last night."
I sniffed and stood up, not taking his hand.