Episode 35

**Episode 35** of Forever After is the thirty-five episode in the series.

## Summary

Aladdin finds the lamp her Aunt told her about. However, trouble begins to brew between Lea and said Aunt at the entrance to the Cave of Wonders.

## Plot

Aladdin reaches the bottom of the rope ladder and nervously makes her way through the Cave of Wonders. She passes by the pools of melted gold and silver, enters the garden with trees that have large red jewels as their fruit, and soon spots the lamp on a nearby pedestal. Aladdin is fascinated by the details, estimates that it must be 100 years old, and asks what stories it could tell.

Back at the entrance, Lea impatiently waits with Aladdin's Aunt, who is shaking and sweating. Lea notices, and asks why she wants the lamp so bad. Aladdin's Aunt tells her to shut up even as she wonders what's taking so long. Aladdin takes the lamp, believing that her Aunt can tell her how old it is, and pours out the liquid inside before placing it in her pocket.

As Aladdin begins her journey back, she studies the red jewels on the trees, believing her mother would love to see them. She debates taking some with her, and decides that she could since her Aunt only warned her to not touch the pools of liquid metal. Aladdin plucks several jewels from the trees, believing them to be colored glass, and wonders how they mimic a jewel so convincingly.

Aladdin makes her way back to the ladder, and begins her climb back up. Aladdin's Aunt tells her to hurry, and Aladdin says that she is trying as the ladder rungs start to break. Lea reaches down, telling Aladdin to grab her hand, but before she can, Lea is blasted away from the entrance and injured by the magic of Aladdin's Aunt.

Aladdin nervously calls up for Lea or her Aunt, and her Aunt reaches to her, telling Aladdin to pass up the lamp, and then she'll be pulled up. Aladdin says she can't reach the lamp, but it is secure, and tells her Aunt to pull her up so she can give it to her. Aladdin's Aunt demands that Aladdin give her the lamp as Aladdin begins to lose her grip.

Lea charges at Aladdin's Aunt with her sword drawn, demanding that she let Aladdin up immediately. Lea is struck with more magic as Aladdin's Aunt demands the lamp, and Aladdin begs to be pulled up. Aladdin's Aunt starts to threaten Aladdin, but is tackled to the ground by Lea. However, the movement upsets several of the bowls of flame, and the entrance to the Cave of Wonders begins to close.

Aladdin's Aunt scrambles to pull Aladdin up, but the liquid that was in the lamp is on Aladdin's hands, and she loses her grip. As Aladdin falls, Lea jumps after her, and the Cave of Wonders seals itself closed.

At the bottom of the cavern, Aladdin believes that if she hadn't handled the lamp so much, her hands would not have been so slippery. Lea tells Aladdin that the lamp is magic, and Aladdin agrees that it is the most beautiful workmanship she had ever seen. Lea is once again confronted with how clueless Aladdin is, and bluntly tells her to rub the lamp.

Aladdin agrees that the lamp could use a good cleaning and rubs it. A Genie appears, proclaiming that she who holds the lamp is master to its power, and that while it is in Aladdin's possession, she can desire what she would, and the world would conform to her wants. Aladdin asks Lea what that means, and Lea explains that the genie will use magic to do anything she asks it to.

Aladdin immediately has the genie to deliver herself and Lea from the Cave of Wonders, and a swirl of magic later, Lea and Aladdin are back in the city, at her shop. The red jewels Aladdin plucked from the trees and the lamp are on the counter, and Lea has been healed of her injuries that Aladdin's Aunt had given her. Aladdin can hardly believe that they had been saved, and collapses into a chair, exhausted from the strange adventure.

Aladdin asks Lea if she thought her Aunt was still in the desert, and Lea explains that she thinks the woman isn't really Aladdin's Aunt. Aladdin says her mother will be so disappointed, believing that her daughter was too trusting, and Lea agrees that Aladdin should be more careful in the future.

Aladdin agrees and wishes to find a platter of food to eat. The magic of the genie then grants her desire with a platter of meat and a bowl of fruit. Aladdin and Lea dig in, agreeing that magic food is the best since it somehow tastes more real than other food.

A man stops at Aladdin shop, seeing the now empty gold plates that held the food, commenting that it's not like her usual wares and asks how much. Aladdin stumbles over a price, but Lea recovers the situation by saying it was solid gold and quite valuable. The man agrees and pays 10 dinars, much to Aladdin's shock.

After the man has left, Aladdin asks how many platters the genie has, and Lea says that it has an infinite amount, but Aladdin is thinking too small because the genie can do anything. Whatever that will make Aladdin happy, such as the happily-ever-after kind of happy, Aladdin can ask for it, and Lea would be able to finish the story. But Aladdin askes what in the world she could ever want.

## Important Events

* Aladdin finds the lamp
* Lea is attacked by Aladdin's Aunt
* Aladdin and Lea are trapped inside the Cave of Wonders
* Aladdin and Lea meet the Genie, who rescues them with it's magic

## Characters

Aladdin

Lea

Auntie

Genie

## Credits

*Written by Violet Matter*

*Storyboarding by Valery Yu*

*Art by Hannah Patten*

Backgrounds by Megan Roberts

*Lettering by Kylie Hunsinger*

*Copy editing by Kat Vendetti*

*Produced by Quinn Sosna-Spear and Wil Kennedy*

## Trivia

* As of January 6th, 2022, the Iraqi Dinar equates to 00.00685299 United States Dollars, not even the amount of a whole penny.