Aladdin

From Part 4

“And what about the fornication of your own son, my dear Sultan?” asked Mephisto as he stepped from behind the accused.  “He’s been engaged in intercourse with that street rat, Aladdin.”

Ahmad turned to look at Aladdin with a look of fear on his face.

A murmur went through the crowd.

-1-

Aladdin leaned over to the genie.  “Take Mephisto’s powers away from him.”

“It is done,” said the genie.

Aladdin stood.  “May I speak, Great Sultan.”

“You should be arrested,” said a new voice as he stepped up to Mephisto.

“Ishmael,” said the Sultan, “You have not been called to speak, nor have you requested an audience.”

Ahmad spoke.  “This is Aladdin; he is accused with me by Mephisto.”

“You may speak, Aladdin,” announced the Sultan.

“Sultan, Mephisto is a liar.  He presented himself to my mother and me as my uncle, saying that he was my father’s brother.  This was not true.  He asked me to assist him retrieve valuable gems from a cave, yet there were no gems, and he locked me in the cave.  I would be dead if this man had not saved me.  He returned to the City and told my mother that he had no idea where I was.”

“I can attest that all these things are true,” said Ahmad.

“Put Mephisto into custody until I can sort this out,” announced the Sultan.

Mephisto began to struggle.  With his powers removed, he was able to be easily taken into custody.  “Help me, Ishmael.  Do something.”

“Are you in league with this man, Ishmael?” asked the Sultan.

“No, Father.  He has spoken with me, but I believe that he has spread lies about my family.”  Ishmael’s eyes burned into Ahmad.  “But I harbor no ill-will toward my brothers, and I realize I have nothing to add to these proceedings.”

‘Biding his time,’ thought Ahmad.

The Sultan stood.  “I will announce my decision for Kishore’s punishment tomorrow morning.  I will consider the standard sentence, and the plea made on his behalf by his nephew.”

Everyone stood and bowed heads.

The Sultan left and instructed Ahmad to follow him.  Aladdin and the genie went back to Aladdin’s chambers in silence.  Once there, Aladdin told the genie, “This is not going to end well for us, I am certain of it.”

“I am sorry, Aladdin, but I fear you are correct.  Life has been difficult for men who are born to love men and will continue to be.  I do not see the Sultan changing the law.  I can do for you what you asked me to do for the other men.”

“And then what do we do?”  Tears filled Aladdin’s eyes.  

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Ahmad stood before his father.  “The truth,” was all the Sultan said to him.

“The truth,” began Ahmad.  “Everything Aladdin said is true.  Mephisto is evil.  As for me, I am in love with Aladdin.”

“Son, you are to be the next Sultan.  This is not possible.”

“Father, it was not a choice.  Men who fall in love with men do not choose to do it any more than a man who falls in love with a woman.  Tell me father, why do men enjoy watching women who love women.  They watch them have sexual relations, yet the thought of a man with a man leads to shouts of death.”

The Sultan’s face went blank.  

“Two weeks ago, we were subjected to a harem of women half of whom were having sexual relations with each other.  You were among the men enjoying this.”

“That is different, my son.  Women are different; they need each other in ways that men do not.”

“Father…”

“You are free until morning, my son.  Then I will pronounce my sentence upon you as well as upon the two men who were caught by their uncle.  Their uncle will serve his entire ten years.  I cannot have anyone disobey the laws of the City.”

“You could change the laws.  Allow people to love the people that they love regardless of male or female.”

“Yes, I could,” said the Sultan.

“I ask you to consider it, Father.”

“I give you my word that I will consider it.”

-3-

Ahmed found Aladdin in the tower looking at the last rays of sun disappeared from the western sky.  A purplish-red glow in the west had him transfixed.  Ahmad put his hand around the man who had become the most important thing is his life.  With Ahmad’s chin on his shoulder, Aladdin snuggled into Ahmad.

“Things do not look good for us or for men like us, do they?”

“My father said he would consider changing the law, but even if he does, there will still be bigotry against us.”

Aladdin turned and kissed Ahmad.  “People don’t see us as human beings.  Will our spirits still love after they...?”

“Don’t think about such things, my love.  All is not lost.  I know my father will change the law; I feel it in my heart.”

In the last light of the evening, Aladdin kissed Ahmad on his lips, on his chin, and down his jawline to his ear.  His hands began to remove Ahmad’s clothing,  He kissed Ahmad’s shoulder, and he lay kisses on his collar bone.

“That tickles,” giggled Ahmad who put his hands over Aladdin’s ears and brought his head forward to kiss his lips.  He pushed his tongue into Aladdin’s mouth, and Aladdin pushed back with his.  The two men began to laugh as their tongues fought a battle of supremacy.

Aladdin pushed Ahmad backwards until he fell onto the blanket covered cushions.  He pulled Ahmad’s pants from him as Ahmad removed the clothing covering his upper body.  “I’m cold without my clothes, my sweet.”  

Aladdin chuckled.

“Come keep me warm.”

Aladdin tossed his clothes into a pile and snuggled up to Ahmad.  “Would that I could keep you warm like this for all eternity.  The flame of love that burns within me should be enough to keep out the chill.”

“You’re such a romantic, my Aladdin.  The flame of love will do nothing but blind us to the reality of our situation.  If we were naked upon the desert sand we would still freeze to death.  No push your body against mine.  Friction will warm us.  It’s simple science.”

“Your brains get me excited.”  Aladdin laughed.

Ahmad wrapped his fingers around his ball sack and pulled his testicles forward.  “These aren’t my brains, you know.”

Aladdin flipped around and licked Ahmad’s penis.  “This isn’t your brains either, but it excites me just the same.  As Aladdin moved his lips up and down Ahmad’s increasingly rigid shaft, Ahmad adjusted his position to begin sucking on Aladdin’s erection.  Ahmad began to use the excess saliva to wet his finger and lubricate Aladdin’s love hole.  The pleasure of the sensation made it difficult for Aladdin to concentrate, but he began to play with Ahmad’s hole as he moved his mouth on the hard penis.

Aladdin felt himself get close to expelling his seed.  He shoved two fingers into Ahmad as he pushed his penis deep into Ahmad’s mouth.  Aladdin pumped his ejaculate as he pushed his fingers into his lover as far as he could.

When Ahmad pulled his mouth free, Aladdin’s seed dripped from it.  Ahmad grabbed Aladdin and turned him around face down.  Ahmad had reached a sexual excitement level that he had never known, and he pushed himself down and into Aladdin.  He reached the hilt of his erection with one thrust in.  He began to pound into Aladdin.

The friction against Aladdin’s plum was almost more than Aladdin could tolerate.  The pleasure went off the scales.  Aladdin’s squeaky cries of ‘Yes’ encouraged Ahmed, and within a minute, he was filling Aladdin with his seed before collapsing down out of breath.

Aladdin moved out from under Ahmed and spooned him.  His still rigid erection pushed against Ahmed’s hole, and as Ahmed’s breathing returned to normal, Aladdin’s penis slowly penetrated him.

The two men rested there on the blankets.  Aladdin inside Ahmad and kissing his shoulder.  Life juice slowly dripped from Aladdin as the two of them drifted off to sleep.

-4-

The next morning, Aladdin returned to his chambers to bathe and change into his best clothing (provided by the genie).  He ate a few dates before going to see his mother with the genie.  He kissed her and told her that he expected his love for Ahmad to result in his execution.  His mother wept, and he tried to reassure her.  He gave her the genie’s lamp and told her that she was now the genie’s master.  He hugged the genie and thanked him for all he had done.

When Aladdin arrived in the presence of the Sultan, he bowed.  He saw that Ahmad was already there, as were the two men and their uncle.  He was instructed to sit on a bench closer to the Sultan.  Ahmad joined him there.

The Sultan began.  “For ages upon ages, there has been a distinction between the men and the women of our City.  For those men who chose multiple wives, those wives have been allowed to share physical love with one another.  I have been asked to allow men to do the same.  I have examined ancient texts, and while they do not speak out against men loving men, they are quite clear about sodomy between men.  I can find no reason to change this part of the law.  Thus, I am proclaiming that from today forward, it is not against our laws for a man to emotionally love another man.  However, anal sex will remain punishable by execution.

“Now, I am tasked with punishments of crimes that were committed prior to today’s edict.  Kishore, you will be imprisoned for ten years for entering without permission the home of your nephew.

“Zeeshan and Achmar, you have been accused of violating the law against male sodomy.  This law has been in place since the beginning.  You are found guilty of violating this law.”

Aladdin looked over at Ahmad.  He saw Ahmad’s eyes fill with tears.

“Aladdin and Ahmad, you have also been accused of violating this law.  You have also been found guilty.

“Please stand.”

The four men stood.  Aladdin wanted to throw his arms around Ahmad, but he remained stoic.

“My son, who is next in line to rule the City, is among those found guilty of this crime.  If there were a way, I would, with all my heart, change the punishment.  But that cannot be.  The law was broken.  The punishment is death and will be carried out this afternoon.”

The Sultan rapped his staff against the floor.  Thunder filled the room, and the walls shook.  Zeeshan, Achmar, Aladdin, and Ahmad faded into nothingness.

-5-

For the four men, as thunder filled the room, all the other people seemed to vanish.  Everything in the room seemed to be the same.

“I don’t understand,” said Zeeshan.  “What’s happening?”

The genie walked into the room with Aladdin’s mother.  “Aladdin’s mother asked me to save you.  I have created another palace far from the City.  Ahmad, you are the rightful Sultan of this palace.  There are no servants, no citizens, and no city.  We stand here hidden from view.

“Unfortunately, the world is not ready for people like you to live openly among the others; it will take hundreds upon hundreds of years for that to happen, and even then, it will be difficult.  

“I have been commanded to bring anyone here who has been condemned to death because of love.  I will help you build a city of Hope and Love; you need but command me.

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