Fragments of Time ( A Disney Twisted Wonderland x OC story) Book I

Ariab Nariya Pt 3

Part 3: Own the Night
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"So you said this market is equally, if not more, crowded than the last one." Malleus looked over to Jamil as they continued to walk and observe the area.

"That's correct. Besides food and drinks, the booths here also sell clothes and utensils." Jamil explained. "It's also important to our country."

"So, any important names for this market we should be aware of?" Trey asks.

"Zahab is it's name, and it translates to 'gold'. From what I hear, you can only buy things here with gold and nothing else. Every stall here sells items worth gold."

"And it's all so photogenic!" Cater cooed.

"Just make sure you've secured your valuables." Jamil firmly reminds. "There's thieves likely to walk around here and steal from the other customers." Charlie made sure to conceal her necklace from plain sight and tucked the pendant under the dress. But she knew that if ANYONE were to steal from her, they'd have made the biggest mistake when stealing from a fifth degree black belt.

"It's all crowded over there. What's going on?" Cater looks over a crowd of heads further up to see what was going on.

"I see you've noticed the street performers." Jamil acknowledged.

"Juggling, Pantomime, even a musician troupe...they all look great." Trey nods.

"Whoa! The monkey's on a unicycle while juggling!" Grim gasped as Cater took a video of it.

"Hey, Charlie! I need you to- huh?!" Grim looked around wildly. "Wh-Where'd my minion go?!"

The girl, however, mezmerized by the street music, drew near the troupe of musicians and soon, began to dance in their corner. They acknowledged her with small glances, but once they saw what she was doing, they smiled and began to play their music faster. Her arabic dancing was mixed with her own modern flair as the music played on, and soon she began to gather a crowd of onlookers who cheered as she danced for their delight. A few other young women, no doubt from the music troupe, joined in with her, their own blue gowns making her garnet, black and gold dress pop out from the rest. The twirls, dips and spins she pulled off made her skirts fly like a colorful pinwheel. As the music picked up to an even faster pace, Charlie freestyled her dancing, gaining several cheers and roars from the crowd. The ruckus drew in the group who smiled upon seeing her dancing.

"You're awesome! Go, Charlie!!" Kalim cheers. As the music hit the last notes, Charlie struck a pose, the dancers around her keeling low and the crowds went wild. Whistling and screams echoed through the crowd as small coins of gold were thrown. The musicians rose and bowed with the dancers as they began to thank the crowd for their donations and gathered the gold in hand. However, most of the girls, rather impressed by Charlie's dancing, gave her their collection of coins. The pile grew so much one girl gave her a cloth pouch to hold them all. Charlie kept spewing thanks as each person gave her a few coins or even a handful, especially the musicians, even if she clearly said the musicians have earnt it more than she did. She managed to escape the crowd once most of the gold coins were collected. Zipping the pouch up, she carefuly clutched the bag in her hands as Kalim hugged her from behind.