Hey there, here is my first Aladdin fic, still working on it so it may take a while to update. It's an Iago centered fic. Basically I was watching Aladdin the Tv series, which rules btw, anyway I noticed Iago gets blown up, trampled, run over, you know anything that would kill a normal parrot and I decided to come up with a reason why and this is how it came out, sorry if it sucks but I liked it. Please review, let me know what you think good or bad it would really help. Enjoy.
Summoned
"So er Al, I've been thinking after saving the riders of Ramone, I could use a break, you know get away from the palace and I know you've probably had enough hanging around with me, so you probably want a break and I..."
"Just spit it out Iago," Aladdin interrupted the bird's ramblings with a chuckle.
"I would like to go away.....By myself," Iago said hesitantly hoping that Aladdin wouldn't ask him where it was that he so desperately wanted to go.
"Sure Iago, me and Jasmine want to have a little alone time anyhow. When you leaving?"
"If it's alright with you, I gotta leave now," he replied cautiously.
"Heh since when do you listen to anything I say?" Aladdin asked playfully.
"Ouch kid that hurt," said Iago holding his wing over his heart.
"Sure I'll tell the guys you're leaving, have a good time," Aladdin replied with a laugh.
"Oh huh? Sure kid good time," said Iago before flying out of the nearest open window. Stopping in mid air he turned to look back at the palace, "This could probably be the last time I see this," he thought sadly before continuing on with his journey.
"Funny I never thought I'd get summoned by the others again," he thought out loud to himself.
Flash Back
Iago was sitting in the palace wallowing in luxury alone when suddenly the room went pitch black.
"No they found me," he whispered to himself, a bright light in the middle of the room caught his attention, it was a ghostly floating head. "Astroprojection," he thought.
"Iago!" a voice bellowed from the head, "You have messed with Fate in order to help those unworthy again! You know the punishment for your betrayal, return to us immediately! You have been summoned!"
End Flash Back
Iago continued flying as the sun began to set, all the while he was talking to himself, thinking about his past before he met Aladdin and the others.
"What could they possibly do that they haven't done before? I lived through it once I can survive it again, it's not like they can turn me into a parrot again, at worst they'll probably kick me around trying to cause as much pain as last time."
Flash Back
It was dark and cold in the cell, the sound of rats could be heard scurrying around. In the darkness a young boy who looked to be no more than ten sat chained to the wall, his short reddish hair was damp with sweat, the boy was covered in dried blood, cuts and grazes could be seen decorating his small body. Tears of frustration fell from his face.
The door opened signalling the return of his tormentor, a tall thin man, his hair was as black as his robes.
"Have you learned your lesson yet Greed?" he asked the boy. The boy didn't reply, he didn't even look up from his spot on the floor. The man glared at the boy before implanting his fist into the boys ribcage causing him to spit up blood.
"You are a demon boy, one of the seven deadly sins, do you have no pride for you demon heritage? Your actions are shameful to our race, we kill, we cause suffering but we don't save!!" he shouted at the child, his eyes turning as black as his hair in his rage, the boy looked up his yellow irises stared at the man before him in disgust.
"I may be a demon, but I am no monster, I refuse to be heartless like you and the others, so go ahead! Do what you want, call me a freak, there is nothing worse you can do then you have already done," he shouted his eyes narrowing at the other man as he laughed.
"I see you still don't like what we did to your human friend Andy," he smirked at the boys hate.
"Don't you dare speak his name, he was my friend and you murdered him, you are not worthy to shine his boots!"
The man glared before bending down to the boys height, his eyes bored into the boys own, the boy held his glare but cried out as the man scratched him across the face.
"You are Immortal Greed, I can't kill you, so he was the next best thing, we cannot have demons heroes running around undoing all of our hard work boy! I thank our stars that you are the only 'good hearted' demon," the man spat grinding his teeth together, "Your punishment is this, eternal youth. You shall never get older and you shall spend the rest of eternity as a feathered beast!" he said pointing at the boy who screamed in pain as his body constricted and shrank, as his bones twisted to form wings, his hair growing to form feathers, finally his face contorted as it created his beak.
The man stared down at the newly formed scarlet macaw whose wings were too small to be chained, the bird stood looking himself over, after all the years of being punished for his bleeding heart he never thought that he would be turned into a parrot, he tried to talk thankful that he still had the ability to, the voice that came out though was not his own, it sound strange and gravely to his ears, he stretched his wings and looked at his feathers before his gaze wondered back towards the man who had done this to him, he scowled and tried to call forth his powers now that the enchanted chains were no longer able to stop him, he froze it seems that he could no longer tap into his powers at will, his heart felt empty as a piece of his soul was ruthlessly ripped away from him.
End Flash Back
"Big deal, I got over that years ago, I had to when I met Jafar," Iago said to himself though his tone of voice sounded unsure, he carried on flying through the desert remembering how he came to end up with the sorcerer.
Flash Back
It had been several days since he had been turned into a parrot. He had been starved and locked in a bird cage that was too small for the poor thing, when suddenly he heard a commotion coming from above his dungeon. War cries were heard echoing around the temple. Using his senses which he thanked were still in tack he reasoned that there was a fight going on between the humans and demons. Explosions were racking the place, the building started to collapse around him. His cage was knocked to the floor and instantly covered by rubble and debris knocking the bird out cold.
When he came too Iago had a hard time trying to free himself from his prison. Digging himself out of the rubble was made more difficult by his wounds, he was already weak from hunger.
Once he had managed to free himself he legs collapsed beneath him, he began crawling around what was now left of the once great Demon Temple, his home......gone. Mustering up as much strength as he could Iago took off, flying in the direction of the closest town.
When he became drained of energy the bird fell from the sky landing in someone's camp.
"What in all of the seven desserts has brought this winged vermin into my camp?" he heard a voice ask before he felt a burning heat hit his back.
"A fire ball," he thought to himself, "And a weak one at that," he groaned in frustration, he should have been able to counter the attack but in his condition he couldn't and the problem was that due to his weakness the blast hurt a lot more than it should have. He looked up at his attacker, a tall man with a goatee garbed in red and wearing a big hat.
"How is it that you still live?" he asked surprised.
"You'd be surprised what you can live through," the bird replied further shocking the man.
"I had wonderd how I would come across my familiar," the man said to himself before he roughly grabbed the bird who was in no condition to resist, placing a magical collar on him as he performed the familiar ritual, the collar around the birds throat was a means of control, if the bird stepped out of line, then the collar would hand out a swift and painful punishment.
End Flash Back
Iago shook away the memories to find that he had arrived at his destination, the black temple. The last time he was here he was escaping the ruins of the place. He flew through the entrance, landing on the black marble dead centre in the room.
He was alone when suddenly the room became ice cold, he could see his breath. The light suddenly blacked out, torches lit but the flames came out blood red and suddenly Iago wasn't alone.