Aria and Raksha stormed through the doors of their bed room, slamming the doors shut behind them. Raksha quickly rushed over to the the couch off to her right. Grabbing hold of the arm, she pulled the couch over to the doors. Raksha turned back to her little sister.
"Help me, sister! Quickly!" Raksha exclaimed to her.
Aria quickly rushed over too help her sister as they pushed it up against the doorway. The very moment the guards had caught up to them and began banging against the door. Mustering their greatest strength to force their way in. Though despite that, the couch continued to hold the door shut for the moments time. Though the two sister both knew it would not stay that way.
At least not for very long.
They needed to find a way out of here. And soon.
"What do we do now, Sister? We must escape from here."
Raksha turned back to her sister.
"Come!" Raksha said before rushing over to the other side of the room.
Coming up to a small pile of pillows, the princess quickly pushed them aside, revealing a small doorway.
"This way!" Raksha proclaimed.
"But what about Jasmine?" Aria asked, curiously.
The abrupt sound of Guards forcing open the door caught the attention of the two sisters. Looking back, they saw the couch was slowly budging with ever crash against the doorway by the Guardsmen. There was no way they would be able to wait for their sister. Nor would they be able to stay here much longer. They needed to leave. Now.
"We cannot wait for her! We to go!" Raksha proclaimed.
Aria gave one last look back toward the doorway. She was not willing to abandon her sister to the evil sorcerer. But knew there was no way she would be able to help her. Not now. They needed to find safety first before anything.
She came up to Raksha as the two escaped into the trap door and through the tunnel. Just as the Guards had busted through the doorway and stormed into their room. Only to find the princesses were gone.
Jasmine raced through the hallway of the palace with her sword in hand. Making her way to their bedroom. She hoped that her sisters had found a way to escape as well. Hopefully they remembered the secret doorway that mother had shown them long ago. A way to be able to escape the palace in case there was danger. Though this certainly appeared to be one of those times.
"Aria, Raksha, please be safe." She pleaded.
Jasmine suddenly paused as she heard voices from overhead. She paused for a moment, turning to the openings between the pillars which lead into the courtyard. She had hoped to escape with her sisters. But the Guards were searching for her all through the palace. She would never make it there in time. Looking out into the courtyard, there looked to be no guards.
Overhead, she saw the tall standing tree over the palace walls. She had climbed trees before as a child. She could easily escape the palace through there.
Climbing up over the railing, she then leaped down into courtyard and raced to the tree.
Jafar came out over the baloney overlooking the courtyards. It was there she saw the Princess, who had already reached the tree and began to climb. Much to his delight. He couldn't have planned this better himself. He gave a conniving chuckle.
"Run while you can, Princess. But you will only find the people of Agraba will do you no good" Jafar said to himself.
"Especially with what I am about to unveil upon you."
Jafar then raised his staff which glowed with dark magic.
Jasmine climbed up onto the wall from the branch of the tree. From there, she stared out over the lights that was the city of Agraba. In a moment, she would be over the wall and inside the city itself. As well as the crimes Jafar had committed against the royal family.
Jafar thrust his staff forward to the princess, casting his dark magic upon the unsuspecting princess.
Just as she was about to leap down the wall, Jasmine was then struck by the sorcerers dark magic. The Princess of Agraba was then sent tumbling down to the city below.
Jafar chuckled, convincingly, seeing that he had truck down the princess. From over the walls of the palace, he saw the bright red glow of his newly possessed magic.
"Such a shame. But no matter." Jafar proclaimed.
"Jasmine is not the only princess of Agraba. And If she will not rule by my side, then perhaps one of her sisters will.
It was right at that moment, two guards came out over the balcony.
"Your majesty, the Princesses have escaped!" The Guards proclaimed to him.
Jafar turned back to them.
"What?!" He exclaimed.
"Find them at once!"
"Yes, your Majesty!" The Guards proclaimed with a bow of their head.
As the Guards took their leave, Jafar then stood up. Collecting himself as he returned to a much formal manner. One he had display much in the many years serving under the Maharajah. Before walking back into the palace.
Jasmine laid motionless on the other side of the palace wall. A faint moan escaped her lips as her eyes slowly came open. Only to suddenly come awake with a gasp of realization. She then stood up, looking around to find that she was outside the palace. Now within the city itself.
"Wh... what happen?" Jasmine asked, herself, shaking her head.
Jasmine quickly stood up off the ground, looking back up the wall. Having remembered she had a sudden feeling of being struck from behind by something before blacking out. But regardless, it was not her concern at the moment. She had to warn the people of Agraba to the crimes of Jafar against the Maharajah.
The Princess raced ahead down the deserted street of Agraba, calling out to the people for help.
"Help! Someone help!" Jasmine called out to the people.
"Help... Someone! There is trouble at the Palace!"
The Princesses words had been heard by the people of Agraba. For from inside their homes, voices had come to be heard. In a moment, they would come running from their homes to the aid of their princess. Jasmine had indeed seem to have kept true to her word to Jafar.
But in her moment of triumph, the Princess would be silenced by the spell Jafar had cast upon her.
The Princess suddenly fell silenced. Her body began glowing bright red as the magic of Jafar's staff. Jasmine paused.
"What is...?"
Jasmine suddenly saw her body began changing before her eyes. A gasp of shock escaped from her lips, watching on in shock. Strange orange fur emerged from all over her tanned brown skin, covering her entire body. Lined with black stripes.
"What's happening to me?" Jasmine exclaimed.
She suddenly found herself forced upon her knees, placing her hands out in front of her. Her Legs changed shaped to match that of a tigers. Her blue top and pants fell of from her body over the ground beneath her. Glancing down, she saw her hand change into what looked to be the paws of the great beast of the jungle.
It was as the red glow had faded red away, the princess had come to look upon herself. Only to then gasp in shock upon seeing what she had become. Just as Jasmine had tried to keep her word to Jafar, the sorcerer himself had kept his word to her. No longer was she human. No longer was she the princess of Agraba.
But now, she was what all the people had feared the most.
A tiger.
Jasmine shook her head, trying to make sense of it all.
"No... no... this can't be happening..." She said, shaking her head.
"Who's out here?"
Jasmine gasped, turning to the house off to her left. It was there she saw a man emerge from the doorway with a fiery torch in hand. It was upon seeing Jasmine, the man paused in compete shock. Seeing not the beautiful princess that he had bid his love and loyalty to. But rather, the striped beast that roams the jungle outside the palace walls. Standing above what looked to be some torn blue clothing which resembled that of the princesses.
Jasmine turned back to the man.
"Please, good sir." Jasmine said.
But the man did not hear the princess's only heard and saw the tigress before her, roaring to her. The man gasped in shock before calling out to the others.
"Tiger! Tiger!" The man proclaimed.
Jasmine shook her head.
"No... stop! You don't understand!" Jasmine proclaimed to him.
But the Princesses please were of no use. The man still did not hear the please of his princess. He only heard the roars of the Tigress.
More of the people began to emerge from their homes at the calls of a tiger within the city. Many of wielding torches of their own. Jasmine turned forward toward the crowd. Jasmine tried desperately to call out to the crowd. Only for the crowd to saunter back, gasping in fear at the Tigress's roar. One of the men holding torches came up and waved it at Jasmine, who gasped, sauntering back from them.
"Back, Beast! Back!" The man demanded.
Jasmine was in awe at the words the Man proclaimed to her. Calling her a Beast. The very thing the people had called Sangha. The looks of fear and hatred in their eyes upon seeing But it was now her. Their beloved princess. The look of fear and hatred in their eyes, waving their torches at her. As well as any other pointing shape objects at her.
The very way they would react to a tiger.
It was clear to Jasmine now. She was no longer their princess. Not within they eyes of the subjects she had come to love. She was now a tiger. The tripped beast of the jungle of whom they all feared the most.
Sauntering back from the people, Jasmine then turned and scurried down the street. Though running on four legs had certainly proven go be a challenge for the princess. Struggling to keep her footing with now four legs, nearly loosing her footing at times. Though as she continued to run, the princess had gotten the hang of her new four legs.
After all, Jasmine had proven to be a fast learner in the past.
She glanced back at the people. Only to see that there were far behind her. Despite them still chasing after her. Though as she continued to run, she passed by some others who attempted to stop her. But Jasmine had proven too quick for them as she scurried to through the city.
It was not long before she had reached the gate to the city. Overhead, she could see the jungle itself. Her only way to escape the city. She had wanted to join with her sisters. But she knew that she couldn't find them. Not the way she was.
She ran out onto the bridge and attempted to cross over to the jungle. Only to then come to a sudden stop as she came faced with several guards, who held her at spear point. Jasmine slowly backed away. Only to hear the voices of the mob behind her, coming up from behind.
Jasmine gasped, finding herself now cornered to the very edge of the bridge. Glancing back, she saw the rushing stream that lied below. It looked deep enough to jump down and escape. Upon looking forward at the citizens of Agraba surrounding her from all around.
Jasmine sighed, closing her eyes. Seeing there was no other way.
"Raksha, Aria, please forgive me." she said.
With that, Jasmine then turned and jumped off the edge of the bridge. Plunging into the rushing stream below. The very currents carried her ahead down stream. Resurfacing with a loud gasp of air. Only to find that the river was too strong and carried her away from the city of Agraba.
