Going in

Sadira stood in her underground home- it was old, and falling apart. She kicked the sand that covered the floor, and wandered over to her wooden desk, which was covered in scrolls. She looked at them half-heartedly.

"Oh, I have nothing to do!" She moaned, clenching her fists and looking at the ceiling in despair. Sighing, she took a step forward, and tripped over a jutting-up tile. She glared at it and stood up. Sadira looked down at her clothes, which were now covered in sand.

"Well, I have nothing better to do." She scooped up some sand and sprinkling it above her head. Instantly, she was dressed in her rose-pink princess's dress, complete with a pointed pink hat.

She had once used this outfit to try and make Aladdin like her by hypnotising him into thinking he was a knight named Dragon Slayer, and that she was a princess who needed rescuing from a dragon. Things had gone wrong when Jasmine and Genie intervened, and Genie tried to use his genie magic to stop Sadira's sand magic. As we

"Ugh..." She grumbled, sprinkling more sand on herself.

The top half of dress stayed the same, but the skirt transformed into a pair of pink harem trousers. Her hat had disappeared too. Sadira frowned. Another sprinkle of sand. The sleeves had vanished, and Sadira was left wearing a rose-pink strapless vest, with harem pants of the same colour. She let her stomach show, and left herself bare-footed. She laughed to herself.

"Oh, I should do this more often!" She raised her arm, and a mirror appeared. Sadira pirouetted in front of it,

She laughed again, and thought about how Jasmine always has some sort of jewellery on. With a wave of her hand, a gold band appeared on her left upper arm, and three golden bangles on her right wrist, and her left foot. A golden chain appeared on her neck, and a pink square-shaped jewel hung from it.

"Oh, maybe I should change. It would be so embarrassing if anyone ever saw me like this." Sadira laughed. The mirror melted into sand, and Sadira scooped up some sand, ready to change into a more suitable outfit.

Suddenly, Genie appeared behind her silently. He transformed into a slingshot with a poof. Sadira whirled around, but Genie was quicker. Sadira was suddenly on the slingshot, and Genie catapulted her away.

Back outside the Cave of Trials, Aladdin began pacing. "What if she doesn't wanna come?" Aladdin asked.

"It will make my job easier." Destane said. Aladdin spun round, and backed away from the green and black mist that had formed in the air behind him.

"No. No!" Aladdin turned and tried to run, but the mist surrounded him. "Not again!"

Mozenrath ran forward, and used his gauntlet's power and blasted at Destane's mist just as Aladdin yelled from inside. The mist quickly disappeared, and revealed Aladdin, on his knees with his hands on his head.

"Aladdin?" Mozenrath asked. Aladdin looked up at him sadly. Aladdin had now grown pointed ears that were poking out of his hair to go with the pointed teeth, reddish-brown cat eyes, black claws and leopard printed skin. Aladdin ran his hand over the ears.

"This street rat girl had better come." Mozenrath muttered. He paused. "How long-"

He was cut off by a scream, and Sadira came tumbling out of the sky. Mozenrath caught her in his arms, then stumbled backwards onto the ground. Sadira stood up quickly and took a couple of steps back from Mozenrath.

"I-I'm sorry, sir." Sadira said. "Are you all right?"

"I'll live." Mozenrath sighed, standing up. "Are you the Witch of the Sand?"

"Er... I'm not very good." Sadira said hastily. "Whatever it is you want me to do, I'll probably mess it up, trust me, you're better off doing it alone. You don't need my help."

"Confidence." Mozenrath turned to Aladdin. "Are you sure you got the right witch?"

"Aladdin?" Sadira asked, shocked. Aladdin stood up.

"Yes. Listen, I- we need your help." Aladdin said. Sadira turned to look at everyone.

"Hi guys." Sadira said, then whispered to Aladdin. "Who's these two guys and the desert unicorn?"

"Uh, that's Deja. That's Cassim. And that's Mozenrath." Aladdin pointed to each of them in turn.

"Mozenrath?" Sadira said fearfully.

"Sadira, I know we told you some pretty bad stuff about him, but its different now." Aladdin said, trying to calm her.

"Oh, what have you said about me now?" Mozenrath asked cheerfully.

"Only that your a kidnapper of both Aladdin and Genie more than once, a body snatcher, palace stealing, dark magic collecting creep!" Sadira spat.

"Whoa ho!" Mozenrath commented. "A very spirited witch." Sadira's eyes narrowed, and a wind swirled around her, lifting her hair up menacingly.

"Please don't start fighting." Aladdin asked. "Listen Sadira, Cassim is my father." Sadira turned to look at him and smiled.

"Oh Aladdin! This is him! He does look like you."

"Hello Sadira!" Cassim called, waving.

"Guess what? He's my father too." Mozenrath said, calmly.

"So, you're..." Sadira said, shocked. "Oh. I get it." Sadira turned to Aladdin. "So... I'm assuming you need my help because of... ahem." She indicated at Aladdin's transformation.

"Yes. You see, his old master, Destane, has begun to turn me into his familiar." Aladdin said, looking sad again as Sadira gasped loudly. "So we have to go into the Cave of Trials to get this 'Blade of Separation', which will stop it."

"Yes, of course!" Sadira said. "I've heard about this Cave." She looked at the Cave's entrances. "Is one of the entrances for me?"

"Yes, this one." Aladdin took her arm and pulled her over to her entrance.

"Okay," Deja nodded. "Before you go in, you must know, this is the Cave of Trials. You will each enter separately, and be faced by many hazards as you all try to meet up in the middle. Remember: if one of you fails, you all fail. Everyone's help will be needed at the end to retrieve the Blade of Separation."

Everyone swallowed nervously. "Now you may enter." Deja said, and everyone slid inside.