Iago and the Tale of Aladdin
Chapter 1: The Beginning
NOTE: I'm sorry about these short chapters, They really can't have a ton in them.
Well! If you're reading this, you must have come across this old book in the Agrabah royal library. I have NO clue how you could have gotten in, but who cares? This is the best story you'll EVER hear, and NO, it's not Aladdin, this story isn't about him, it's about ME!
Yes, I, the lovely, handsome, and charming parrot Iago. And don't let anybody tell you different! I apparently have a BAD reputation for hanging out with that shady character Jafar! But now I have some time to explain all of what happened, being stuck in this dusty old lamp with Jafar until some idiot comes and digs us up. I can't believe that JERK pulled me in! And I had NOTHIN' to do with this! Well anyway, I should start at the beginning. NO, not Aladdin's beginning, MY beginning!
It all started as a parakeet. I was a lovely one, I was. My family treated me like royalty, well, almost royalty. I actually was picked on my peers. But if you tell anybody, I got someone to kick you in the tail feathers! I wasn't treated well by my family, or peers, actually. I think I might skip this part and get right to Aladdin's beginning!
The way some other guy pictured Aladdin was not right! Where's MY side of this story? Well, I'VE decided to make up for those losers and write my OWN side of the story! And it WON'T be shabby either!
Aladdin was a mere street rat, and could barely get enough food for himself and his monkey Abu. Well, he and I have a bit in common. While Aladdin was jumping ahead of the bread line, I was scraping for food as much as him! And BELIEVE me; NOBODY gives sympathy to a parrot, no matter how handsome! But then a man, Jafar, found me on the street. I knew I could talk a little bit, but he taught me a lot of English. And he and I found the greatest treasure, The Cave of Wonders.
We knew we could get our hands on something valuable, and found out about the lamp. This was no common household lamp; it was a MAGIC lamp, with unknown treasures inside.
We knew we could get a bargain, so we set out with a goon of ours. Well, it took him two seconds to get killed, and then the cave said something strange. The only one who could enter, was the "diamond in the rough". That confused us a bit, like what the heck does THAT mean?
But then Jafar came up with a plan. While the Sultan was ranting and raving about his daughter, Princess Jasmine, was refusing to get married, he used his magic snake-staff thingy to swipe the Sultan's wedding diamond. What a bozo!
Well anyhow, when we got back to our secret lair, Jafar put the diamond in his special machine, and made ME run on this AGONIZING treadmill to make a storm! And finally, it showed us the diamond in the rough, and you wouldn't believe who it was, Aladdin! And he was with the princess...
