The waiting has been finished! I waited all year to write this story since 2017 and here it is now, Iago's Christmas Carol!
Cast
Iago as the Scrooge
Genie as the Ghost of Christmas Past
Aladdin as the Ghost of Christmas Present
Jasmine as the Ghost of Christmas Future
Abu as Tiny Tim
Sultan
Rajah
Carpet
Cassim, Aladdin's father
I chose not to add Jafar in this parody.
On Christmas Eve in Agrabah, Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Carpet, Sultan, Rajah, and Iago were decorating their Christmas tree. The last thing they needed was a star on top and Iago had an idea.
Abu was holding a star in his hand, staring at it in admiration. Iago, with a devious smile on his face snatched it from Abu and started to fly with a star in his talons.
"Hey! Give it back!" Abu scolded and he followed the bird from branch to branch.
"Careful, Abu!" Aladdin warned.
"Don't break the ornaments!" Jasmine added.
Abu obeyed.
"Come and get it, Monkey!" Iago taunted and switched sides with the star until finally, Abu grabbed onto it and fell.
Luckily, Carpet came to the little monkey's rescue.
"High-five!" Genie said to the magic carpet.
The carpet gave Genie a "it's a pleasure" salute.
"Abu, are you alright?" Aladdin asked as Abu slipped into his arms.
"Uh huh," Abu answered as he showed Aladdin and Jasmine the star.
The couple sighed in relief that the star wasn't broken.
"Did Iago trick you?" Aladdin inquired.
Abu nodded.
"We don't blame you," Jasmine said, then offered, "How about I help you put the star up?"
Abu smiled and Aladdin's face lit up. "Jasmine, that's a great idea!" Aladdin agreed.
Jasmine hoisted up the monkey in her arms and Abu put the star on the top of the tree.
"Aww! I wanted to do it!" Iago whined and folded his arms.
"How could you steal the star from Abu, Iago?!" Jasmine scolded.
"What? I was just having a little fun," Iago lied.
"Abu could've gotten hurt today because of your foolishness!" Sultan snapped.
"I just wanted gold!" Iago continued pouting.
"We thought those days were over!" Aladdin raged.
"But we thought wrong!" Jasmine agreed. "Abu needs the opportunity to put the star up."
"Iago, are you turning into a Scrooge?" Genie asked Iago accusingly.
The parrot just glared at the genie. "No."
Rajah growled in Iago's face, making Iago gasp.
Everyone stopped arguing when they heard a door knock. Aladdin went to open it and the person at the door was his father. "Dad," Aladdin said. He invited his father, Cassim over for Christmas.
"How's it going, son?" Cassim asked as he closed the door behind him. "I got your invitation."
"Things have been going great, but just one problem," Aladdin said and glared at Iago.
"I see," Cassim mused, "And what has Iago been up to this time?" Then, he gave Iago a suspicious look.
"Uh, I did nothing," Iago fibbed.
"Tell Cassim the truth, Iago!" Jasmine reprimanded.
"And we mean the truth," Sultan agreed, giving Iago a stern glance.
"Tell him the TRUTH!" Genie exclaimed.
"Okay! Okay!" Iago said, "I stole the star from him because I like gold. I was just jealous because Abu was getting all the attention and I wasn't."
"Very good," Sultan told him, seeing that the naughty bird was telling the truth.
"So, that's it?" Iago asked skeptically. After all, he'd gotten the truth off his chest, so what was he to do next?
"Yes," Aladdin replied. To his father, he whispered, "Can you take care of Iago tonight?"
"I sure can, Aladdin," Cassim whispered back.
Jasmine, although she was still upset with Iago for the incident, she went over to the parrot and said, "Goodnight and be good." She kissed him on the beak and she, Aladdin, Genie, Carpet, and the Sultan went to their rooms for the night.
…
That night, Iago dressed himself up as Santa Claus. How very odd of him to do, considering the fact that he wasn't in the Christmas spirit. "Looking sharp, Iago," he said to himself with a devious sneer as he licked his hand and rubbed it against his hair. With an evil chuckle, he put on the Santa hat.
…
Iago snuck out of his bedroom with a bag in hand and snatched the presents from under the tree along with gold ornaments and stuffed them into his bag.
Cassim, who was very responsible for Iago, came out of his room, watching him steal things. "Iago," he spoke.
Dumbfounded on being caught as if he stole a cookie from the cookie jar, Iago stopped his task. "Hmm…I wasn't stealing anything! I promise!" he lied.
But Cassim wasn't in the least moved by Iago's feigned innocence. "You don't fool me," he said, "In fact, you will be haunted by…"
"Jafar?" Iago asked bluntly, "No way! I've been haunted by him long enough."
"No, not him, this time," Cassim corrected, "You'll be visiting three spirits tonight: Past, Present, and Future. So be aware of them. If not, you'll lose all of your friends you are close to and this cannot be avoided. Go back to bed."
"Okay," Iago grumbled.
"Oh, and by the way," Cassim continued.
Iago stopped. "Yes, Cassim?"
"Return the presents and ornaments to their rightful places tomorrow morning," Cassim ordered.
"Alright." Iago resumed back to his room and tucked himself in.
"Spirits!" Iago scoffed dismissively, "You wish!" He finally went to sleep.
Author's notes: Not only is Iago like the Scrooge, he's also like the Grinch.