The chill desert breeze drifts through the night as the moon creeps across the dark sky, the gold color of the sand shifts to a darker shade and the noise of silents fills the air.
Even though all was quite in the kingdom of Cens, the inhabitants were wide awake. The queen quickly moves to the edge of her city with her wolve's head staff in hand. What was it that had the ruler up so late? The sudden howling of her massive wolves alerting her for her presents. Reaching her destination, she immediately discovers their distress. The pack of wolves turns their attention from a cave to their queen. Light from the inside of the cave illuminates on the stone, uneven walls.
She turns to her towering canines with a smirk on her face, knowing full well what's going on. "Finally! Those crystals are absorbing the world's magic. That glow tells me there's a lot of them in that cave that has been affected." She pets one of her henchmen's smooth gray fur. "They're ripe to be picked from those walls. But there's just the matter of how to do it." Her grip on her staff tightens. "Every enchanted crystal that's in possession of magic needs to be carefully removed." She turns her attention to the cave. "And to do that, we're going to need..." She pauses at the sheer disgust of species she has in mind. "human labor."
The wolves glance at each other in bewilderment. Usually, their mistress would use them for manual labor.
Sensing their confusion, the Queen rolls her eyes. "If we use you, there would be a high chance that the crystals will break. If they completely shatter, they will lose the magic. Then, what'll be the point?!"
One of the wolves turns their head to her and growls. Understanding, the queen looks to the snarling canine. "Indeed, Imps would be faster. However, with their greed makes them untrustworthy. It's easier to use humans. With a little pain and humiliations and they'll do whatever you want them to."
Content with her answer they drew their attention to her, waiting for her next order. She turns her head to the group straight on and gives her command. "Take your pack and head to the major cities of the desert." She then turns to return to her palace as she continues with the command. "I want at least one hundred humans here in front of the cave by morning." She points her staff to the wolves, starting their mission. "Now go and don't you dare fail me!" She watches as her wolves bows and runs off on all fours. Two wolves stayed behind to guard their queen.
Walking back to the palaces, the queen smirks and gives a small chuckle. "Soon enough, the Empire's plan will finally complete and" She slaps the top of her staff in her hand. "No one will be able to stop us!" She gives the two wolves a smirk as they howl in agreement.
The Queen tilts her head to the sky and her shout echoes throughout her city. "THE WORLD WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BOW TO THE EROAMOND EMPIRE!"
The wolves made haste to the major cities of the desert. Once there, they capture humans that look more than capable of mining. Agrabah is no exception as the canines crawl throughout the large city. Once they collect their selection prey, they rush off to the next target, leaving behind a loud howl, waking up a few unsuspecting people.
Hours later, the sun rose as it always did, waking up who had thought of nothing from last night. Those with no recognition of the event continue with their lives. Other people, however, remembers the strange howling and Princess Jasmine was one of those few.