A whole new world

ONE JUMP AHEAD

Here we go!!!
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"Papa! Tell us a story!" A young girl with odd blonde and purple hair says to her papa.

In a land far away a sweet family of four people, two fathers, and two lovely children. They're sailing on the wide-open seas, traveling the world looking for adventure. But, like everything, there's more to them Than what meets the eye.

"Yeah!   A story! A story!!" The younger of the two cheers as their papas it's down on the crate across from them.

"What story?" The blonde man asks as the young boy crawls into his lap.

"The one about the genie, please~" the young girl's cheeky smile caused their second father to laugh as he cranked the wheel of their large sailboat, causing them to turn away from another traveling vessel.

"Alright," he laughs.

[PAPA]
Oh, imagine a land, it's a faraway place

The man waves his hand around as he sings, filling his children's heads with mysterious wonder.

Where the caravan camels roam
Where you wander among every culture and tongue
It's chaotic, but hey, it's home

Their father smiles softly at the sight of his husband's antics, then he joins in on the musical tune.

[FATHER]
When the wind's from the east
And the sun's from the west
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down, stop on by
Hop a carpet and fly
To another Arabian night

Our story changes to a vast desert, sand going on for miles until we reach the beautiful, but dangerous kingdom known as Agrabah.

[PAPA]
As you wind through the streets at the fabled bazaars
With the cardamom-cluttered stalls
You can smell every spice
While you haggle the price
Of the silks and the satin shawls

In the winding streets, you can see vendors, merchants. The whole city decked out in beautifully radiant colors and shapes.

Oh, the music that plays
As you move through a maze
In the haze of your pure delight
You are caught in a dance
You are lost in the trance
Of another Arabian night

As the citizens of this strange land go about their business they sing loudly, filling their hearts with the magic of song.

[ALL]
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
More often than not are hotter than hot
In a lot of good ways
Arabian nights
Like Arabian dreams
This mystical land of magic and sand
Is more than it seems

[PAPA]
There's a road that may lead you
To good or greed through
The power your wishing commands
Let the darkness unfold or find fortunes untold
Well, your destiny lies in your hands

Beyond the city, in the middle of the sandy desert, lays a stone statue of a cat, who calls out in a raspy voice.

AIZAWA
Only one may enter here
One whose worth lies far within
A diamond in the rough

[PAPA
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
They seem to excite, take off and take flight
To shock and amaze
Arabian nights
'Neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard Could fall and fall hard
Out there on the dunes

Our story begins with a blonde street rat, a green-haired prince who wants to search the world, and a magical lamp found only by the diamond in the rough.

"I catch you trying to steal from my shop again, you'll pay with your life!!" An angry street merchant says, pushing the young boy to the ground. The boy's friends rush over to help him up, spotting his predicament.

"If this is how you treat your customers, I'll take my business elsewhere!" The blonde says.

"Ha! You're nothing but a thieving, flea-bitten, street rat!" The merchant spits down at the blonde. Satisfied, the merchant leaves the blonde alone.