Prologue:
Years Ago

"Genie, oh genie. Come out, come out, wherever you are!" The small woman clapped her hands in glee and then stomped her foot when no answer came. "Get out here now, genie!"

"I have a name, you know."

The sound came from behind, causing the woman to spin around and look up. Sitting on a stack of barrels was a pixie like young woman, swinging her legs as if she hadn't a care in the word.

"Your name matters not."

"So it would seem." The genie replied. "And have you decided on your third wish?"

"Yes, I have!" The woman, so proud of herself puffed out her chest with misplaced self-worth. "I want to travel someplace new and exotic."

The genie nodded. "You must wish it first."

"I wish," she began, her voice loud and booming, "for you to take both of us somewhere exotic and new!"

With a little puff of air and a lot of buzzing, the woman disappeared from sight and the genie prepared herself for an uncomfortable journey into the unknown...