1st person P.O.V.

I'm sitting on the fountain, with Rajah's head on my lap slowly petting him and staring at my reflection, I'm so frustrated. Every day it's been suitor after suitor seeking my hand, and my answer is always no. I'm going to marry for love, nothing else.

I hear footsteps, and I glance over to see a snooty looking prince with a curly moustache wearing a lot of pink kneel before me, I look back over at the fountain and say "can I help you?" "Sorry I could not meet you yesterday, I ran into a worthless street rat and I didn't want to take my anger out on a beautiful creature, like yourself." I roll my eyes and look at Rajah, we exchange glances before I say "a street rat?" "Yes" he says calmly."worthless, you say?" "Yes, just like the rest of them" "I see... Leave."

He looks at me in shock and says "what? You can't-" "Rajah" I say, at the mention of his name he pounces on princey boy, and in the next second he's running up the stairs back to the palace.

I feel Rajah bump my side and I look down to see him holding a piece of that jerks underwear in his mouth. I smile and say "good boy Rajah" and rub his head.

"Jewel! Jewel!" I look up and see father rushing towards me, "Jewel!" Before he can reach me Rajah gets in his face with the underwear, "ohh! Confound it Rajah!" He tries ripping the cloth from Rajah's mouth, but Rajah's stronger and yanks it back, causing the cloth to rip.

Father looks at the cloth and says "so, this is why prince Achmed stormed out!" "Oh father, Rajah was just playing with him" I grab the cloth and throw it to the side, "weren't you Rajah? You were just playing with that overdressed, self-absorbed Prince Achmed weren't you?" He lets out a tiger laugh and I hug his head. Then I look up only to be greeted by my father's stern face.

I clear my throat and look away, feeling uncomfortable suddenly. "Dearest! You've got to stop rejecting every suitor who comes to call, the law says you-" "must be married to a prince" I say with him as I walk over to the dove cage, "by your next birthday!"

I put my hands on the handles, "the law is wrong!" I open the cage, "you've only got three more days!" I get a dove out and it rests on my hand. "Father, I hate being forced into this... If I do marry, I want it to be for love" I nuzzle the bird on my cheek.

"Jewel, *sigh* it's not only this law... I-I'm not going to be around forever and well- I just want to make sure you're taken care of, provided for." He takes the dove out of my hand and puts it back in the cage "Please, try to understand, I've never done a thing on my own, I've never had any real friends" I sit back on the fountain and pet a fish that swirls around my finger. Rajah, who looked like he was asleep, shoots his head up and looks at me as if I've offended him. I laugh lightly and say "except you Rajah" he smiles in satisfaction and lays his head back down.

I look back at father and say "I've never even been outside the palace walls" I gesture to the wall closest to me. He walks over to me and says "but Jewel, you're a princess!" I sigh and say "then maybe I don't wanna be a princess anymore!" I splash my reflection in the water in frustration.

He gets mad and says "ohhh!!! Allah forbid you from having any daughters!" He says that to Rajah as he walks angrily back into the palace. Rajah just looks confused.

I look off to the side, not wanting to look at father right now. I look up at the bird cage, and quickly walk over there and throw the doors open, releasing the birds and watching them fly into the sky, they're free, I envy them a little.

I look down, time for me to be free too. I clench my fists and run to my room to get changed. When I get to my room, I look through my closet for the plainest outfit I can find. I get out a long brown dress and a light brown hood (?), change into them, and wait for nightfall.

Hours later...

I cautiously walk out of my room and into the courtyard. I'm constantly looking around making sure no one sees me. After a little bit of walking, I finally end up at the wall. I'm climbing up when I feel something tug on my dress. I gasp quietly and look back to see Rajah pulling on my dress. "Oh, I'm sorry Rajah. But I can't stay here and have my life lived for me" I sigh and hug his head, "oh, I'll miss you" I start to climb back up the tree and with Rajah's help, I'm over the wall. I look back down to a sad Rajah and say "goodbye..." And I slide down the wall and into the town.

Later...

When morning comes, I'm in the bazaar, people walking by me, I smile. No one knows who I am! I walk by some shops.

"Pretty lady, buy a pot. No finer pot in brass or silver!"

"Sugar dates! Sugar dates and figs! Sugar dates and Pistachios!"

"Would the lady like a necklace? A pretty necklace for a pretty lady"

"FRESH FISH!" A fish suddenly appears inches from my face causing me to jump back in surprise, "we catch 'em, you buy 'em!" I shake my head while backing up and saying politely "no, I don't think so"

I bump into someone behind me, I look behind me and see him swallow a lit match. "Oh, um, excuse me" he belches up fire making me jump back, my hood falls down. I make my way around him, "I'm really, very sorry" I turn my back and put my hood back on, and before I continue I glance around to make sure no one recognized me. Okay, I don't think anyone saw me...

I continue on until I see a little boy trying to reach for an apple. I walk over and say "oh, you must be hungry" he looks at me with pitiful eyes which makes my heart ache. I look over at the apples and grab one then hand it to the boy "there ya' go"

I'm walking away when I hear a scary voice say "you better be able to pay for that" I look back at the shopkeeper, "pay?" "No one steals from my cart!" He grabs my wrist. "I-I'm sorry sir, I don't have any money" "thief!" He swings me around to his cart. "Please, i-if you let me go to the palace I could get some money from the sultan" panic rises inside me.

"Do you know what the penalty for stealing is?!" He slams my wrist down on the cart, I gasp as he lifts his sword "no! No please!"

He's just bringing his sword down when a hand stops him. "Oh thank you kind sir, I'm so glad you found her"he takes the sword from the man while shaking his hand and gives it to me.

He turns to me and when he does I take time to take in his features. Dark hair and a pair of beautiful brown eyes. He has a fake angry expression on his face when he points his finger at me and says "I've been looking all over for you!"

He pushes me away from the man slightly, "what're you doing?" I whisper.

"Just play along" he replies.

"You, uh, know this girl?" questions the shopkeeper.,

"Sadly yes, she is my sister... She's a little crazy" he says circling a finger over his temple. I make an offended noise, he grabs the boy by his vest and says "she said she knew the sultan!"

"She thinks the monkey is the sultan..." says the boy while gesturing to the small monkey on the ground who was trying to pick pocket somebody. He tries looking innocent.

I throw my arms in the air and say "oh wise sultan!" I bow down on the ground, "how may I serve you?" The monkey chitters some stuff and pats my head.

The boy says "tragic, isn't it? But-" he throws an apple to the man, "no harm done" he walks over to me helps me up. "Now, come along sis. It's time to go see the doctor" I play along and when we walk past a camel I say "why hello doctor, how are you?"

"No, no, no, not that one!" He looks back at the monkey, "come on sultan" the monkey chitters again and bows only to reveal some apples and jewelry he was trying to steal. The boy grabs my hand and we start running, "come back here you thiefs!" calls the shopkeeper behind us.

When we think we're far enough away, we stop running and switch to walking. He says "ya know, you're not that bad of an actress"

"you're not so bad yourself" I look at the monkey on his shoulder, "and you were good too, sultan" he chitters bashfully and I giggle.

I look at the boy to see him staring at me, he clears his throat and looks away. Then he looks like he gets idea, he grabs my wrist and I ask "where're we going?"

"I wanna show you something" he leads me to an empty alley and climbs up a latter.

He gets up there first and holds his hand out to help me up. I take it and we end up on a roof. I trip and fall right into him. He catches me, when I stand up all the way we stare into each others eyes. But then we snap out of it, realizing what we were doing.

I feel a little bit of heat on my cheeks. "I want to thank you for stopping that man" I say.

"uh... Forget it" he says as he walks over to a pole and picks it up, he asks "so, uh, this is your first time in the market place huh?" He jumps to the other roof using the pole.

I put my hands on my hips and say "is it that obvious?"

"Well, you do kinda stand out" he looks at me with a face that reminds me of a little boy talking to his first crush. I blush again and put my hands in front of me,

He shakes his head, "I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous Agrabah can be" I pick up the pole and use it to jump over the gap, "I'm a fast learner" I throw the pole to the now shocked boy.

The monkey's mouth is gaping comically. The boy gets up and grabs my hand "come on, this way" he leads me to this torn up looking place. "W-watch your head there" I duck just as he says it. "Oh, be careful" I duck again.

"Is this where you live?" I ask as I look around.

"Yup, just me and Abu, come and go as we please" he shrugs his shoulders. Abu? Seems like that name would suit a monkey.

I say "that sounds fabulous" as he leads me to a hole in the wall. He says "well, it's not much" he pulls back a curtain to reveal a view of the town and the palace.

"But it's got a great view"

I smile at the view. He runs his hand through his hair, "wow, the palace looks pretty amazing huh?" My smile falls, "Oh, it's wonderful" I say with sarcasm, and take a seat on the ground, my back to the hole.

"I wonder what it'd be like to live there... Have servants and valets" he says as he looks to the sky.

"Oh sure, people would tell you where to go and how to dress" I say, lost in my own thoughts. He laughs lightly and says "it's better than here, always scraping for food and ducking the guards"

I shake my head, "you're not free to make your own choices" I say. "Sometimes you feel so-" he says. "you're just" I say.

"Trapped" we both say, we look at each other and smile. He grabs an apple from Abu and rolls it off his arm to me, "so, where ya' from?" I catch it and say "what does it matter? I ran away and I am not going back"

"really? How come?" He asks sitting next to me. I sigh, "my father's forcing me to get married"

"that's, that's awful... Abu!" I look beside me and see Abu chitter and angrily climb next to the boy. I say "what?" playing with the apple.

"Uh, Abu says uh... that's not fair" Abu makes a weird noise. I chuckle "Oh did he?"

He nods, "Yeah, of course"

"and does... Abu have anything else to say?" I ask while smirking.

"Well, uh, he wishes there was something he could do to help" he says while leaning in a little. I say while leaning in a little also, "hmm... Tell him that's very... Sweet"

We lean in a little more when, "here you are!" A gaurd yells at us, Razoul, "they're after me! They're after you?" We both say simultaneously.

Razoul slices away the beam with his sword. "Father must have sent them to-"

"do you trust me?" I look at the boy,

"what?"

"Do you trust me?" He asks again, holding out his hand. I take his hand and say "yes?"

"Then jump!" He yells as we jump out the hole and to the ground.

We land on some sand and start to run when the boy bumps into Razoul. He grabs the boy by the throat and holds him up to his face, "we just keep running into each other don't we, street rat?" Abu pulls Azouls' turban down over his face and the boy elbows Razoul in the stomach before he grabs my hand and says "run!" Before we see more guards at the exit.

"Go! Get outta here!" We wind up back inside with Razoul just as he throws Abu into a pot. Then he throws the boy to the other guards, "it's the dungeon for you, boy!"

"Hey, get off!" The boy says while thrashing around trying to break free. I've gotta help him. I run over to Razoul and beat on his arm, "let him go!"

Razoul looks down at me with a sneer, "Looky here men, a street mouse!" He says while throwing me into the sand.

I look at the boy, I've gotta do something! I stand up and say "unhand him!" I pull down my hood, "by order of the princess" Razoul bows and says "Princess Jewel" the other guards bow and make the boy bow as well. I hear him say "the princess?" I also hear Abu chatter something that sounds like, 'the princess?!'

I put my hands on my hips and glare and Razoul, he asks "what're you doing outside the palace and with this street rat?"

"That is none of your concern, do as I command, release him!" He suddenly acts humble when he says "well, oh, I would princess. Except my orders come from Jafar. You'll have to take it up with him"

I cross my arms "believe me, I will" I say while glaring as they take the boy away.

(A/N, oooo! Things just got real! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I promise to write the next one soon, who knows I might get started on it right after I publish this one. Well, until then... PEACE OUT MY FRIENDS!!!!)

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