Chapter 12: Humiliate the Girl

The next day, Aaliyah is pacing back and forth in the guest pavilion the Sultana gave her until her marriage to Jamal.

"Queen? They want me to be queen?"

Suddenly, Genie blew up from the lamp, confetti flying everywhere. "Huzzah! Hail the conquering heroine!" she said. She raised an eyebrow in confusion over Aaliyah's reaction, or lack of. Then she formed her hands in the shape of a TV. "Aaliyah, you've just won the heart of the prince. What are you going to do next?" Genie asked.

But Aaliyah didn't answer and her expression remains with a forlorn worried look. She then drops to her bed in deep sigh. Aba and Carpet are by the window, happy with Aaliyah for her impending wedding.

Genie pulls out a tablet that's on FanFiction Dot Net. "Psst. It says here that you're going to free me." she whispered to Aaliyah.

"Genie, I can't." Aaliyah sighed.

"Sure you can. Your vocal cords are functional-"

"I'm serious!" Aaliyah cried standing up, startling Genie. "Look, I'm sorry. I really am. But they want to make me queen. No! They want to make 'Princess Amira' queen. Without you, I'm just Aaliyah..."

"But you've won, Aly!" Genie said, trying to stay positive.

"Because of you! The only reason everyone thinks I'm worth anything is because of you!" She says, loud and angry. "What if they find out I'm not really a princess? Wha-what am I gonna do then?" She goes a bit quiet. "If Jamal finds out... I'd lose him." Aaliyah turns back to face her, feeling the guilt weighing her down by her next words. "Genie, I know I've made a promise to you, but... I can't keep this up on my own. So... I can't wish you free." she shook her head.

Genie was hurt by this. A tear comes out of her eye, but then she wipes it off and then frowns in bitterness. "Fine. I understand." She starts shrinking back down. "After all, you've lied to everyone else, and I was starting to feel left out. Now, if you'll excuse me, mistress." She said glaring at Aaliyah before disappearing into the lamp.

"Genie, I'm really am sorry." Aaliyah apologized, picking up the lamp.

Genie angrily threw out her left hand in front of Aaliyah's face and made a noise like Aaliyah had just gotten a question wrong on a game show. "Talk to the left hand, sister, cause you ain't right!" Then her hand flicked Aaliyah's nose and slipped back into the lamp.

"Fine, then!" Aaliyah cried, throwing the lamp down and slams a pillow on top of it angrily. "Just stay in there for all I care!" She pouts and crosses her arms. She then looks at Aba and Carpet who finds this awkward. "What are you two looking at?!" They look shocked and hurt by Aaliyah's outburst. She instantly regrets lashing out at them. "Look, I... I'm sorry. Aba, I'm sorry." She whimpers and walks off. "I didn't... Wait. Come on." Carpet then flies away.

Aaliyah was now on her own. She sighs as she runs her hands through her hair. "What am I doing?"

Aaliyah: Riff-raff, street rat
Would they think that
If they look much closer
Still I can't play a princess here
No, siree

She then got up and walked towards the window, overlooking the courtyard and Agrabah.

Gotta tell the truth
I can't pretend
Even if it means
This dream will end

Aaliyah begins to cry, as a single tear falls on her cheek.

Even if he walks away
From me...

She then wipes her tears and sighs. "Genie's right. I gotta tell Jamal the truth."

"Amira?" A voice that sounds like Jamal's called out. "Oh, Amira, will you come here?"

Aaliyah puts on her crown. "Well, here goes." She walks into the garden. "Jamal? Where are you?" She asked, looking around confused.

Unbeknown to her, Desdemona is wearing a flamingo beak and standing on stilts next to several flamingos in the pond outside of the pavilion. She is imitating Jamal's voice. "Ahem-In the menagerie, hurry."

"I'm coming!" Aaliyah hurries past, not noticing the birds.

Desdemona laughs, then turns back and looks into the face of a lovestruck female flamingo.

"Ya got a problem, pinky?!" She sweeps the bird's feet out from under it. "Bimbo." Desdemona runs into pavilion as she laughs, ditches the flamingo disguise and finds the lamp under the pillow. "Boy, Jasira's going to be happy to see you!" She stretches her face and body like Jasira's and imitates her. "'Excellent work, Desdemona!' Ah, go on. 'No, really, on a scale of 1 to 10, you are 11.' Ah, Jasira, you're too kind! I'm embarrassed, I'm blushing!" She flies away with the lamp.

Meanwhile, everyone in the city has gathered outside the palace gates as the Sultana spoke to them from a platform high above them.

"People of Agrabah, my son has finally chosen a bride!"

Behind the curtain, Jamal is peeking through the curtains. Aaliyah appears at the bottom of the stairs. "Jamal?"

He turns and smiles at her. "Amira, where have you been?" He then walked down the stairs.

"There's something I got to tell you." Aaliyah tries to say, but Jamal gave his arm to her and lead her up the stairs.

"The whole kingdom turned out for mother's speech!" Jamal said energetically.

"No, wait, Jamal! Please listen, you don't understand-"

"Good luck." Jamal said as he kissed Aaliyah's forehead.

Aaliyah finds herself standing in front of a huge crowd cheering for their soon-to-be new queen. "Oh boy!" she muttered through her teeth as she smiles awkwardly and gave a nervous finger wave.

Unbeknownst to Aaliyah, she's being watched by Jasira and Desdemona from the window of their secret room.

"Look at them, cheering for that little slattern!" Desdemona gripes.

"Let them cheer." Jasira rubs the lamp.

Genie comes out in a poof of smoke. "You know Aly, I'm getting reallyyyyy-!" She angrily turns and sees Jasira. "I think you're that boss. Tonight, the part of Aly will be played by a tall, dark and sinister older woman."

Irate about her age, Jasira grabs Genie by her ponytail and forces her to the ground. "I am your mistress now!" She puts her foot on Genie's face.

"I was afraid of that." Genie groaned.

"Genie, grant me my first wish. I wish to rule on high as queen!"

Outside the celebration was cut short when dark clouds suddenly circled above the city. Then the room of the platform Aaliyah, Jamal, and the Sultana were standing on blew off, causing the three of them to duck. "Bless my soul!" The Sultana exclaimed. "What is this? What's going on?"

Suddenly her crown got blown off of her head. "Oh, my goodness, what's happening?"

"Mother!" Jamal goes to his mother concerned.

They both looked and saw the crown floating around Jasira and her outfit changed into royalty.

"Jasira, you vile betrayer!" The Sultana glares at her.

"That's Queen Vile Betrayer to you!" Desdemona corrected, who's also wearing a miniature crown of her own.

"Oh yeah? Well we'll just see about that." Aaliyah puts her hand in her pocket, only to find nothing there. She realized she left it at the pavilion. "The lamp!"

Jasira laughs again. "Finders keepers, Ameera!"

They both looked up to see a gigantic Genie appeared and lifted the palace off the ground. "Carpet!" Aaliyah called and Carpet flies up to get her near Genie.

"Genie, no!" Aaliyah screamed.

Genie looked at Aaliyah sadly. "Sorry girl, I have a new mistress now." She places the palace on top of a near mountain.

"Jasira, I order you to stop!" The former Sultana commanded.

"Ah, but there's a new order now... My order! Finally, you will bow to me!"

Jamal stands in front his mother protectively and shouts, "We will never bow down to you!"

"Why am I not surprised?" Asked the parrot.

"If you will not power before a queen, then you will cower before a witch!" Jasira screams at them, then to Genie. "Genie, my second wish... I wish to become the most powerful witch in the world!"

Genie extends her finger and covers her eyes. "Genie, stop!" But Aaliyah was unable to as a bolt of magic strikes a cackling Jasira.

Desdemona flies in front of Jamal and his mother to announce, "Ladies and gentlemen, a warm Agrabah welcome for Witch Jasira!" Jasira's white royal outfit was changed back into her previous black outfit, only more obviously evil. "Now where were we?" Jasira looks at the two royals. "Ah yes, abject humiliation!" She zaps Jamal and his mother with her staff, forcing them to bow to her. The magic is red and glows around them, controlling them like puppets. Just then, Raya comes running towards her. "Down girl!" But she gets hit by a blast of Jasira's magic, turning her into a cub.

"Meow."

Jasira lifted Jamal's chin with her staff. "Oh, my dear prince, there's someone I'm dying to introduce you to."

Aaliyah flies in on Carpet. "Jasira! Get away from him!" she yelled.

Jasira: Princess Amira
Yes, it is she
But not as you know her!

Jasira shot magic at Aaliyah, knocking her off Carpet and immobilized her.

Read my lips
And come to grips
With the reality

Using her magic, Jasira brings the two lovers closer together in the air. Then she grabs Jamal's arm, freeing him from the spell.

Yes, meet a blast from your past,
Whose lies were too good to last!
Say hello to your precious Princess Amira!

Jasira zaps Aaliyah, changing her princess outfit back into her old street rat attire.

"Or should we say 'Aaliyah'?" Desdemona mocked.

Aaliyah looks up at Jamal in shame as he looked confused. "Amira?"

"Jamal..." Aaliyah steps forward and puts her hands on Jamal's arms.

"What?"

"I tried to tell you. I'm just..." Jasira steps between them and pushes them apart.

So Ami
Turns out to be
Merely Aaliyah!

Aba arrives and tries to charge at Jasira, only to be hit with a blast of the witch's magic, changing the elephant back into a monkey.

Just a con
Need I go on?
Take it from me

She then hits Aaliyah and Aba with a magic blast, picking them up in a small red vortex. Then floating them over to her. Aaliyah feels like it's strangling her. She then finds herself facing Jasira, who grabs at her face.

Her personality flaws,
Give me adequate cause,

She then slaps Aaliyah on the cheek.

To send her packing on a one-way trip
So her prospects take a terminal dip!

She sends Aaliyah and Aba into one of the towers. "Genie!" Aaliyah screams in a plea for help, but none came. Carpet get inside as well.

Her assets frozen!
The venue chosen!
It's the ends of the earth! Whoopee!

Jasira swings her staff like a golf club, and launches the tower like a rocket. She and her parrot wave together.

So long!

"Good bye, see ya!" Desdemona yelled.

Ex-Princess, Amira!

Genie looked away sadly as the tower disappeared from her sight.

Jasira's song ends with wicked laughter as she slowly approaches Jamal protecting his mother as they both fear for their lives.

Author's Notes:

The chapter title is a reference to the cut song "Humiliate the Boy".

I thought I'd make the moment more meta by having female Genie read ahead of my fanfic instead of reading a movie script.

I also thought I'd include the second reprise of "One Jump Ahead" from the live-action remake to make the moment more sadder for Aaliyah.