((I own none of these original Disney characters from the three movies or Saturday morning cartoon series of Aladdin. There will be no crossovers, but this will be a musical story. And some lyrics will be changed to fit the story and I will only be doing a my favorite episodes from the series and some things will stay the same others will change. Also a few headcanons will be thrown in as well as known scrapped Disney ideas for the series. I hope you enjoy this retelling ^^))

This story has been told before. A few times actually, it's quite an arabian tale. An arabian night if you will. But this has a reverse twist. Lets see how it goes shall we?

"Oh, I come from a land, from a faraway place. Where the caravan camels roam." A small male merchant sings as he makes his way through then desart as the sun starts to set. "Where it's flat and immense. And the heat is intense. It's barbaric, but hey, it's home." He rides a camel as he starts to approach a city. "When the wind's from the east and the sun's from the west. And the sand in the glass is right." Sunset becomes night as he rides through the city. "Come on down stop on by. Hop a carpet and fly. To another Arabian night. Arabian nights, like Arabian days." He passses street preformers and other mertchants. "More often than not. Are hotter than hot. In a lot of good ways." He walks into a free space as he song slowly comes to an end. "Arabian nights, 'neath Arabian moons. A fool off his guard. Could fall and fall hard. Out there on the dunes." He slides off his tired camel.

He turns to the audience, wearing blue with a red belt, white turban, short sized height. A small beard with a slight curl, a big nose and one gold earing. "Ah! Salaam and good evening to you worthy friend. Please, please, come closer" He motions his hand for something to come closer then it hits his face with a glass bonk being heard. "Too close, a little too close." He pushes it away "There." He moves back in front of his camel and waves his arms outward. "Welcome to Agrabah. City of mystery" He pulls out a match and uses it to light some of his face. "Of enchantment" The merchant brings his camels face close to his. "And the finest merchandise this side of the river Jordan, on sale today, come on down!" He says quickly as he sets up his merchant stand. "Heh, heh. Look at this! Yes! Combination hookah and coffee maker-also makes Julienne fries." The merchant says as he pulls out an odd looking device. "Will not break" He taps it on table. "Will not-" It fell apart. "-it broke."

"Ooohhh! Look at this!" He pulls out Tupperware. "I have never seen one of these intact before. This is the famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Listen." The merchant pries it open and makes raspberry sound. "Ah, still good. Wait, don't go! I can see that you're only interested in the exceptionally rare." He gives a sly smile. "I think then, you would be most rewarded to consider...this."

Merchant pulls the magic lamp out from his sleeve. "Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts." He says as he lifts the lid off the lamp and peeks inside. "This is no ordinary lamp! It once changed the course of a young women's life. A young women who liked this lamp was more than what she seemed. A diamond in the rough. Perhaps you would like to hear the tale?" The merchant pours shiny sand from the lamp into his hand. "It begins on a dark night" He throws sand into the sky, where it forms a starry nightscape. "Where a dark woman waits, with a dark purpose."

A dark yet elegant lady sits on top a horse as she waits as a small male thief rides up on his horse then jumps off and looks up at her "You...are late." "A thousand apologies, O patient one." He says with some snark. "You have it, then?" "I had to slit a few throats to get it." He pulls out half of the medallion. The woman reaches out for it, but the thief yanks it back. "Ah, ah, ahhh! The treasure!" A red parrot on her shoulder squawks as he flies by and grabs the medallion. "Ouch!" Shouts the thief. "Trust me, my pungent friend. You'll get what's coming to you." "What's coming to you! Awk!" Her bird adds on.

She pulls out the second half of the medallion. He connects them, and the insect medallion begins to glow. Finally, it flies out of her hand, scaring the horses, and is off towards the dunes. "Quickly, follow the trail!" The lady shouts.

All ride off, following the glowing speck of light, until it reaches a large dune. It separates into two and the halves plunge into the dune. All that remains are two glowing points of light on the dune. But then the dune begins to rise up, transforming into a giant lion's head, with the glowing points serving as the eyes.

The lady looks in amazement. "At last, after all my years of searching, the cave of wonders!" "Awk! Cave of wonders!" "By Allah!" The thief says softly. "Now, remember! Bring me the lamp. The rest of the treasure is yours, but the lamp is mine!" She says picking him then pushes him in the direction of the cave. He starts to approach the lion's mouth, which forms the entrance to the cave. He chuckles as he goes.

"Awk, the lamp! Awk, the lamp!" The bird squawks then now that the parrot and the lady are alone, the bird opens up in normal english. "Jeez, where'd ya dig this bozo up?" She puts her finger to her lips and shushes him. The thief reaches the cave, but is blown away by the roar of the cave's speaking.

"Who disturbs my slumber?" It bellows out. The thief flinches then kneels and bows to the cave. "It is I, Gazeem, a humble thief." "Know this. Only one may enter here. One whose worth lies far within. A diamond in the rough."

He turns to her with a questioning look. She rolls her eyes. "What are you waiting for? Go on!" She waves him to go forward. He hesitates, then moves one foot inside the cave. With great apprehension, he plants his foot down.

Nothing happens.

Relieved, he begins his trek again. Then another roar comes. He turns back, but the lion's mouth slams shut and the dune collapses back to normal. All that are left are the lady, the parrot, and the two separated halves of the medallion. She yells "Nooooooo!"

"Seek thee out, the diamond in the rough." The cave not deformed repeats in small echo til it fades.

The bird unburied himself from the sand, coughing as he does so. "I can't believe it. I just don't believe it. We're never gonna get a hold of that stupid lamp! Just forget it. Look at this. Look at this. I'm so ticked off that I'm molting!" He rants and flies up to her shoulder.

"Patience, Iago. Patience. Gazeem was obviously less than worthy." She interrupts him. Iago then says with extreme sarcasm. "Oh, there's a big surprise. That's an incred-I think I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise! What're we gonna do? We got a big problem here,a big prob-" She pinches his beak shut. "Yes, we do. Only one may enter. I must find this one, this...diamond in the rough."