Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Jewel of Agrabah
A/N: (Iago enters the writers studio and finds Dede42 in the corner with a sizable pile of empty chocolate mint ice cream cartons next to her, and she is eating from a carton that is halfway empty.)
Iago: You know you're gonna make yourself sick by doing that.
Dede42: So what? Apparently I can't please anyone, so I might as well eat myself to death.
Iago: (lands next to her) Now, now, how about you show me what you had intended for Jewel of Agrabah, and maybe I can help you fix things.
Dede42: I don't know.
Iago: Please?
Dede42: (rolls her eyes and sets aside the ice cream) Fine. (They go to her computer and she shows him the final two chapters.) There, happy now?
Iago: (reads the final two chapters) Seriously? No way! I don't think so! Wait a minute, you mean Ja-?
Dede42: (covers his beck with her hand) No spoilers, please.
Iago: (pushes her hand away) Sorry, but I think I know how we can fix this. Care to assist?
Dede42: Might as well since this day can't get any worst can it?
Iago: You're stressing about something aren't you.
Dede42: Rough day at work yesterday.
Iago: Thought so. (And they get to work.)
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER SEVEN: TRICKS AND VICTORY
"AAAAAHHHH!"
The Genie heard the screams of his friends and he was determined to keep them safe. Examining the brace, he transformed himself into a mouse, and the brace disappeared, along with his angel. Shifting to the form of a large bird, he shot out of the slide and he quickly rescued the ponies, the parrot, and the monkey.
"Whoa!" Iago exclaimed as the braces and the angels disappeared. "What did you do?"
"I'm changing the rules," the Genie answered, a smile etching itself across his face. "If Mirage thinks she's going to divide us and win, then that mean kitty has another thing coming. Ready to be tricky, Iago?"
"Tricky is good," Iago agreed, grinning. "Tricky I can do."
"Where are they?!"
Abis Mal was in the final chamber with Mirage, waiting for some sign that the group were falling into the traps, and he was getting very impatient. The chamber they were in contained a tall gold statue of a cat-like figure with the head of a lion and in her cupped hands was a large diamond with hues of blue. 'The Jewel of Agrabah is right there!' he thought, looking longingly up at the jewel. 'Just waiting to be snatched up!'
Mirage was pacing, wondering where the Genie and the others had gotten to since they should've been in different parts of the labyrinth by now, and yet there hadn't been any magical alerts from the locations. "Where are they? Where could they have gotten to?"
Just then, music began playing, and they both turned to see Iago dancing through the opening, playing a flute while Abu was tap dancing on top of a large present that was being pulled into the room on a cart, and pulling the cart was Dr. Whooves, Derpy, and Rarity.
"Come one, come all!" Iago called out, tossing the flute into the air, where it transformed into a baton. "Solve the riddle and win a prize!"
"What is this?" Mirage demanded. "This isn't the game you're suppose to be playing."
Iago ignored her and kept dancing as the cart reached the center of the room, and ponies unhooked themselves went Derpy flying to the top of the present and joined Abu in dancing on top.
"Come solve the riddle to win this amazing prize!" the parrot called out in a taunting manner. "Don't you want to see what's inside?"
Abis Mal eagerly pushed past the evil cat lady and ran up to the present. "I'll play! I'll play!"
"A born sucker this one," Iago whispered to the Time Lord and the grey unicorn, and they all stifled their laughter as the parrot turned to the eager pony. "Thank you, good sir," he said pleasantly and Rarity presented the pony with a paper that she was magically holding up for him to see. "Here is the riddle you must solve to win this amazing prize."
"Don't do this, you idiot!" Mirage protested.
Abis Mal ignored her and read the riddle aloud. "Why did Mickey Mouse become an astronaut?" He then paced, pondering the question, and he continued to ignore Mirage's demands that he stick with the plan until he finally faced her. "Please shut up and let me solve this riddle?" he pleaded, startling her. "Thank you."
Abis Mal returned his attention to the riddle, repeating it to himself until he came up with a possible answer. "Why did Mickey Mouse become an astronaut?" he repeated and grinned. "He wanted to visit Pluto!"
"And you are correct!" Iago announced, and while Derpy and Abu got off the present, Dr. Whooves escorted Abis Mal to the present. "Here's your prize."
Excited, Abis Mal climbed onto the cart and then onto the present itself. He gripped one of the ribbon ends with his teeth and pulled, undoing the ribbon and the present began unwrapping itself, revealing itself to be a red box with a turning handle on one end. Hopping down, Abis Mal wrapped his forelegs around the handle and began turning it, resulting in a silly song to start playing.
`"Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase!
Hakuna Matata, ain't no passing craze!
It means no worries, for the rest of your days
It's our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!
Hakuna! Matata!
Timon! And Pumbaa!
Hakuna! Matata!
It means no worries, for the rest of your days
It's our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!
Timon and Pumbaa!"`
The second that the song ended, the lid popped open and, laughing crazily, a Genie-in-the-Box popped out, scaring both Abis Mal and Mirage so badly, that they both jumped into the air and ended up landing in the hands of the statue, knocking the jewel to the ground.
Returning to his unicorn form, the Genie beamed as Iago snatched up the jewel in his claws, and brought it over to the group. "Game over! We win!" And then there was a brilliant flash of light, blinding them all.
When the light faded, Mirage found herself left alone in the hands of the statue and she screamed in frustration. "NNNNOOOO!"
When Abis Mal woke up, he found himself back in his quarters. 'Was that a dream or was it real?' he wondered and then shrugged. "Ah well, I've got things to do." And he went in search of Haroud Hazi Bin.
The group reappeared in the courtyard and they were seated around the game board with all the items intact. At first they weren't sure that the events in the labyrinth had actually happen until the Genie held up the jewel, and they knew that the adventure had really happen. The missing Jewel of Agrabah had been found!
"And I had always thought it was just a legend," said the Sultan, staring in amazement at the jewel before sending it off to have it polished by the royal jewelers. "Thank you all for finding this missing piece of history," he added to the grateful group. "Now, who's in the mood for lunch? I've been so busy, I hadn't had a chance to eat."
The others agreed, especially Derpy and Rarity, and they all joined the Sultan in having a wonderful lunch.
After saying goodbye to the Genie, Abu, and Iago, the three ponies returned to the TARDIS with both Rarity's purchases, and a number of gifts from the Sultan himself for their help in ridding the world of Mirage: Dr. Whooves had been given a collection of scrolls that covered the history of Agrabah, Derpy a recipe for cookies she was eager to try, and Rarity a bag filled with various kinds of jewels not found in Equestria.
"Well, that wasn't the kind of trip I had in mind," Rarity admitted when they returned to the Time Lord's home in Ponyville and found that only a few minutes had passed. "But it was interesting and I have more then enough silk to use for your dress, Derpy," she added, and the pegasus beamed with delight.
"You're quite welcome, Rarity," said Dr. Hooves. "However, I wish to request that you tell no pony of what has gone on here," he added.
The grey unicorn looked at him questioningly. "Why ever why not, darling?" she inquired.
"Rarity, with the exception of yourself, Derpy, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and a certain number of other ponies I've befriended over the years," Dr. Hooves explained, "know what I am, and I rather no other ponies find out since I have many enemies that might try to take advantage of that and use you against me."
Rarity was taken aback by this, but after their adventure in Agrabah, she could see that this pony did lead a dangerous life, and yet she could also see that he did care about the ponies of Ponyville by remaining here despite everything he's gone through throughout the centuries. "Of course," she agreed. "I will keep your secret, Doctor, and I will even do a Pinkie Promise." Which she did. "Now, if you both will excuse me, I have to get this back to my shop, and attend the talent show." And she left, taking her saddlebags full of stuff with her.
"Now that's over with," said Dr. Hooves, "you and I have a machine to check on." And he went back into the lab with Derpy, and his face fall when he saw that the machine was ruined. "Sweet Celestia what happen here?!"
Derpy could only shrug since the machine had been working perfectly when they'd left and they hadn't been gone very long either. "I don't know, and the paper is missing, too."
"This is very disturbing," Dr. Hooves muttered. "Some pony has been in my lab, and if that pony took the paper, then that means my machine picked up on something important that doesn't have to do with magic. Derpy, we have to repair my machine to find out who or what is doing all of this."
"Ok!"
In its' own time machine, the figure had seen everything on the view screen and turned to another pony in the console room: this was a unicorn with red skin, dark purple eyes, black hair and goatee, black lamp cutie mark, and wore a black headdress with a ruby in a gold curved band, and a red feather sticking out of the top. He had one foreleg wrapped around a gold staff that had a snakehead with two red rubies for eyes.
"Looks like both Abis Mal and Mirage failed."
Jafar snorted. "I didn't expect those two fools to be successful," he retorted. "But it was entertaining none of the less."
The figure smirked. "Yes, it was entertaining. Now, we best return to the others and prepare for the next phase of my plan."
"Of course."
A/N: Please read this as it is the final chapter! See you tomorrow! Later! (Dede42 smiles at the camera hopefully.) R&R everyone!