A/N: OK, so I won't deny that I'm SUPER excited! 78 views in 4 days? Woot! Super! And it's really awesome that ppl from all over are reading this: US, UK (you guys read my "Avengers" story a lot too; which thx for that!), and now I've got Belgium on this (hi!) and Canada cool; as well as the Aussies…hey there! You guys are also great readers of my other fic-thx for that too! Anyways THX for reading! And plz, leave a review! So far the feedback I've gotten is good; THX for that!—but I would appreciate more input on what you think! Anyways, onward!

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Aladdin & the Heirs of Magic: Ch. 3- Sorcerers & Planets

Aladdin's eyes narrowed as Mozenrath floated down till he hovered a few inches over the lapping water, right where it frothed the shore with bubbling foam. The wizard spared a glance at the spot where he had sent Saleen through a tar-like portal to the Black Sand's Otherworld.

"Effort not included," Mozenrath snarked, tossing Aladdin and Genie a patronizing smirk, "…though style is."

Xerxes sniggered, meandering around his master till deciding to rest on his shoulder. Mozenrath petted his head.

"Why did you save us, Mozenrath?"

The wizard lifted his gaze from Xerxes, eyeing the Aladdin disdainfully. "Well, if you really want to know…" he snapped his gloved fingers and instantly, Jasmine and the others fell from a swirl of inky smoke, landing in the copper sand around Al and Genie.

"Jasmine!" Aladdin gasped, helping her up. Abu saw Mozenrath and with a squeal, leapt to Al's shoulder. Iago though, with a shriek of terror, swan-dived behind Genie.

"Now that you're all here," Mozenrath began, sounding like a Professor lecturing his class, "we can set a few things straight."

"Like what?" Jasmine asked, suddenly feeling raw without her whip or knives.

"Well," the wizard returned his tone laced with trademark cheerfulness, "mainly, that you both nearly missed your own wedding tomorrow-"

Al and Jasmine paled; but of course, how would Mozenrath not find out?

"-and, even though we weren't invited to the wedding…Xerxes and I thought we'd show there are no hard feelings by giving you an extravagant present."

"Oh, boy," Iago muttered, feeling his stomach plummet, "here we go."

"But, you all decide to be thoroughly inconsiderate yet again by running off to be destroyed by some pathetic elemental instead." Mozenrath tutted them. "After all of our hard work besides; so ungrateful, aren't they Xerxes?"

"Ungrateful," Xerxes mock chided.

"Now, I'm going to send you back to Agrabah, where you're going to stay in one piece and rest up for tomorrow. It'll be a busy day!.…As well as your last."

And before anyone could react, they were engulfed in black-sapphire smoke and the sound of Mozenrath's maniacal laughter before they were yanked off their feet and teleported back to Agrabah.

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Saleen got to her feet groaning and grunting as the hideous black tar-sand stuck to her all over!

"Disgusting," she pouted, trying to pull it off her lavish clothes. But, pale lavender among the black hills of goo caught her eye. "Armond!" she squealed gleefully.

Eventually, she reached him and scooped him from the goo. "Oh, my poor widdle Armony," she cooed in baby-voice, nuzzling him with her cheek. "It'll be ok. I'll make it all better."

Calling on her elemental power—which she giggled naughtily at realizing it still worked in this…other realm—she was able after a couple tries to restore her octopus to his natural form. She embraced him—which he happily returned.

"Oh, my big, strong Armond," she promised him, "we're going to find that wizard…and teach him to fear what's in the sea."

Armond nodded in eager agreement.

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Jasmine looked around her in amazement. "Aladdin, we're at the docks."

"And look!" Genie added, pointing excitedly, "The boat's here too!"

He instantly poofed into a full mariachi band, playing exuberant music…including a pair of flamenco dancers in the traditional dresses with the ruffled bottoms; twirling and clicking pairs of castanets—and all with genie's face, the women included.

Aladdin and Jasmine took in the ship, and then exchanged worried looks.

"Let's get everyone to the palace," the princess tensely suggested, "we can sort all of this out later."

Aladdin nodded; he was happy and relieved they had made it back with all of the guests…but the fact that Mozenrath had rescued them hung over him like a dark thunderhead.

And the fact that Iago had said nothing since their return didn't help his unease.

They all made for the docks.

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"Well," Genie began, poofing into a blue-genie version of Einstein, and conjuring a massive tome to hover in front of him, "we don't have many variables to go on, but if the Wiz-kid were to be up to something big, he'd need biiiiiiiiiiiggg something's to make it happen."

They all sat in Aladdin's room; Al and Jaz side by side on an azure lounger, Iago beside the princess eyeing a fruit bowl nearby, Abu sitting in Al's lap. Rajah, Jasmine's very loyal tiger, was even curled up (as much as the massive cat could be) around Jaz's little feet.

"How big are we talking about, Genie?" Jasmine asked.

"Well, Jaz," Genie paged through the huge book fast enough to make the pages blur, "my guess would be…planets."

"Planets?"

"Yep," Genie replied, "for one thing-," he poofed into a solar system, "planets are big!"

Al and company were audience to a full genie solar system: the sun, and every planet in perfect order and colored and proportioned fairly close to scale—each complete with Genie's face- all twirled around a grinning genie sun who added: "planets, when aligning in certain ways, just so, can do a lot to amplify a magician's power."

A/N: I know I'm cutting it off at a weird place, but it's 3:10am and I'm pooped! Anyways, plz enjoy and I'll try to update again soon. PLZ leave your thoughts! I wanna hear your input. Thx for reading; and have a great weekend! BTW, I saw I'm at 90+ readers already! That's awesome! And apparently, I've got readers now from Finland, Sweden and Italy! Hey; thanks for coming EU, glad you could be part of this 'party'! Till next time.