Chapter: 1
A ragged dressed thief has now just arrived to his destination to meet his associate in a dark of night in the middle of the Arabian desert. Throughout the few days and nights, he has been working himself off to retrieve one simple object so he can get his reward. And yet, he has to travel all the way out into the deserts of Agrabrah to meet him, and he is very late. As he rides atop to the dune, he gets off his horse and faces the mysterious dark man. "You...are late" said the dark man
"A thousand apologies, O patient one" said the thief.
"You have it, then?" asked the dark man.
"I had to slit a few throats, but I got it" said the thief and pulls out half of the medallion which is in the shape of a golden scarab. The dark man reaches out for it, but the thief yanks it back "Ah, ah, ahhh!" said the thief waving his little index finger. Then he held his hand out with a serious look and said "The treasure!". Then a parrot that is with the dark man squawks as it flies by and grabs the medallion. "Ouch!" cried out the thief as the medallion was snatched out of his hand. The parrot flies back to the dark man and drops the half medallion onto his open hand. "Trust me, my pungent friend. You'll get what's coming to you" said the dark man.
"What's coming to you! Awk!" squawked the parrot. Then the dark man pulls out what appears to be the second half of the golden scarab medallion. He connects them both together, and then the insect medallion begins to glow and became alive. Finally, it flies out of his hand, scaring the horses, and is off towards the dunes, leaving a golden sparkly trail behind it. "Quickly, follow the trail!" yelled the dark man and they quickly chased after it while riding on their horses. "Faster!" yelled the dark man as he chased after it. Then the golden scarab reaches a large dune and it separates into two and the halves plunge into the dune. All that remains are two glowing points of light on the dune. The others reaches the dune to see both halves disappear. Then suddenly, the ground begins to shake underneath their feet. Then the dune begins to rise up from the ground, transforming into a giant lion's head, with the glowing points serving as the eyes. "At last, after all my years of searching, the Cave of Wonders!" said the dark man.
"Awk! Cave of Wonders!" squawked the parrot.
"By Allah!" said the thief who was in awe at the sight of the place. Then the dark man yanked the thief by his ragged shirt and brought him close with a serious look. "Now, remember! Bring me the lamp. The rest of the treasure is yours, but the lamp is mine!" said the dark man and lets him go. The thief then starts to approach the lion's mouth, which forms the entrance to the cave. He chuckles as he goes. "Awk, the lamp! Awk, the lamp!" squawked the parrot. And now that the parrot and the dark man are alone, the parrot opens up in normal english. "Jeez, where'd ya dig this bozo up?" said the parrot. The man puts his finger to his lips and shushes him. The thief reaches the cave and looks into the mouth and sees a long staircase going deep into the cave's mouth. The thief starts to go in, but he was blown away by the roar of the cave's speaking. "Who disturbs my slumber?" asked the cave.
"It is I, Gazeem, a humble thief" said the thief and bowed to it.
"Know this. Only one may enter here. One whose worth lies far within. A diamond in the rough" said the cave. Gazeem then turns to the dark man with a questioning look. "What are you waiting for? Go on!" said the man. Then Gazeem approaches the entrance with caution and carefully moves inside. But he was terrified by what the cave said by ''those who are worthy may enter''. Then he hesitates and places his foot down on the first step and braces for something to happen. But...nothing did happen. Gazeem lets out a breath of relief and was about to proceed deeper until the cave roared and the ground shakes beneath him. Gazeem quickly turns around to leave, but the cave's mouth slams shut on him and the dune collapses back to normal. "Seek thee out, the diamond in the rough" said the cave before disappearing and all that is left is the dark man, his parrot, and the halves of the golden scarab. Then the parrot emerges himself from the sand, coughing as he does. "I can't believe it. I just don't believe it. We're never gonna get a hold of that stupid lamp! Just forget it. Look at this. Look at this. I'm so ticked off that I'm molting!" said the parrot as he shakes himself off, losing feathers as he does. Then he picks up the halves of the golden scarab and flies up to the man's shoulders. "Patience, Iago. Patience. Gazeem was obviously less than worthy" said the man.
"Oh, there's a big surprise. That's an incred-I think I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise!" said Iago with extreme sarcasm. The man only rolled his eyes to Iago's response. "What're we gonna do? We got a big problem here,a big prob-" said Iago when the man suddenly pinches his beak shut.
"Yes, we do. Only one may enter. I must find this one, this...diamond in the rough" said the man.
Up next, Pikachu and his friends make their first appearance in this story!