disclaimer - seriously, do I gotta say it ? :P
Iroh walked towards Katara's bedroom with a tray in his hands. On the tray was a teapot and two cups. He hoped to have tea with the young princess for he hadn't seen her since their argument two days ago. Holding the tray against his hip, the Fire Lord raised a hand to knock on the door when he heard a sniffle. He listened closely and heard Katara crying softly. He opened the bedroom door and peeked inside. Katara sat on her bed with tears running down her face, next to Sokka and Toph. Sokka had his arm around Katara in a comforting hug.
"Katara?"
The Water Tribe siblings looked up at Iroh as he entered the room. He placed the tray on a nearby table and walked over to the bed.
"What's wrong?" he asked Katara gently.
Katara took a deep breath. "Ozai...has...done something... terrible." She did her best to say this sentence without breaking down. Sokka hugged her tightly.
"There, there, Katara, we'll set it right." Iroh said consolingly, he knelt down on the floor so his and Katara's eyes were level with each other. "Now, tell me everything."
Zuko's vision blurred as he woke up. Slowly his vison came to focus and saw Momo's face close to his. He found himself laying on something soft and fuzzy and realized that he was laid on the bison's tail. The tail rose up slowly to help Zuko to his feet. He winced in pain when he felt the burn on his face.
"Oh, my head." He groaned. He looked up at the entrance which was sealed in. "We're trapped." He realized. Anger filled him and he raised a fiery fist at the entrance.
"Those two faced sons-of-wolfjackals!" he shouted angrily. He firebended at the ceiling repeatedly even though he knew that it wouldn't do anything to help him out. He leaned against the bison and sat down with his arms crossed over legs.
"Whoever they were," he muttered, "They're long gone with that lamp."
Momo suddenly dove into the bison's saddle. Zuko leaned his head back and closed his eyes. He knew it was hopeless to think of a way out. They were trapped forever. He felt something land on his legs.
Thinking it was Momo, the firebender said, "Not now, Momo."
He heard chatter above him and opened his eyes and saw from his point of view an upside-down Momo looking down at him from the bison's saddle.
"Wait if you're up there," muttered Zuko, "Then what-" He looked down and saw the lamp sitting in his lap. A smile creeped on his face and he got onto his feet.
"Why, you hairy little thief!" he said to Momo who purred and jumped down to Zuko's shoulder. He picked up the lamp and examined it again.
"Looks like such a beat-up, worthless piece of junk." He commented. "Hey, I think there's something written here, but it's hard to make out." He began rubbing the lamp. Suddenly smoke came out of the hole of the lamp which began to shake and glow. Zuko held onto the lamp tightly, and the smoke coming out of it formed into a shape of a person shorter than him.
"Aaaaaahhh...CHOOO!" The shape sneezed and the smoke was blasted away.
With the smoke gone, Zuko got a good look at the shape; standing before him was a bald headed boy who looked to be about twelve with arrows on his head and hands and wearing yellow and orange clothes. The kid sniffed and rubbed his nose.
"One thousand years in a dusty lamp will make ya sneeze like crazy!" comment the boy with a big goofy smile on his face. He started feeling another sneeze coming on. "Hang on a second!" He sneezed again and zoomed off the ground and into the air. Zuko watched the shape with amazement as it flew high into the air and slowly and safely land on the ground.
"Does it feel good to be outta there!" said the kid. "Nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen." He looked down at Zuko on the cave floor. "Hi, where ya..." His smile fell and a grossed out look on his face formed when he noticed the burn on Zuko's face. "Whoa! Let me help you with that!" The boy snapped his fingers and a bandage appeared on Zuko's face. "Sorry I can't do more, I never learned using magic or waterbending for healing, just for fighting and granting wishes. Let me help you with that, though." He snapped his fingers again and Zuko's hair on the burnt half on his face grew back to the length it was before. Zuko ran his fingers through the newly grown hair feeling very confused as to what was going on.
"You just sneezed… and flew ten feet in the air." He said incredulously to the boy.
The kid's goofy smile reappeared as he looked up at the ceiling of the cave. "Really? It felt higher than that. Now, back to what I was saying," The boy earthbended a microphone out of the ground and stuck the mic in Zuko's face. "Where are you from? What's your name?"
Zuko stammered, "Uh, Z-Zuko."
"Zuko!" The boy said the firebender's name as if he just discovered something major. "Hello, Zuko. Nice to have you here. Can we call you 'Zu?' Or maybe just 'Ko?'"
The firebender rubbed his head. "I must have hit my head harder than I thought."
The boy didn't pay attention to what the older boy said for he had just noticed the bison. "Hey, Appa!" The boy held out his arms towards the bison as if to hug it. "Haven't seen you in forever! Come here boy!"
Appa ran over and landed his front paws on the boy causing him to fall backwards. Appa licked the kid and held onto him with his paws. The kid laughed. "Ha ha ha ha. I missed ya too, buddy!"
"This is your bison?" asked a surprised Zuko.
"Yup." The kid got to his feet, placed his knuckles together in front of his chest and bended a gust of air around his body, drying his clothes. The gust of air knocked Zuko off his feet and he fell on the ground. The gust of air knocked Zuko off his feet and he fell on the ground. "Oops, sorry." The kid stomped on the ground and the earth underneath Zuko pushed him into a standing position. He zoomed to Zuko's side and propped an elbow against the firebender's shoulder. "Alright, so what'll it be master Zuko?"
"Wait a minute! Did you just call me... master?"
The kid slapped a diploma in Zuko's hand and a mortarboard on his head.
"That's right! He can be taught!" he shouted. "What would you wish of me,"
He created an air scooter and zoomed around Zuko, Momo, and Appa, making the former slightly dizzy.
"The ever impressive,"
The airball dissipated and he landed softly on the ground. He earthbended a wall around himself.
"The long contained,"
The earth cage sank back into the ground. He pulled out a dummy that looks like him from nowhere and used it.
"Often imitated,"
He tossed the dummy aside. He stomped on the ground again and half a dozen earth statues of the kid popped out of the ground.
"But never duplicated-"
The statues sank back into the ground like the earth cage and the kid amplified his voice.
"AVATAR AANG! GENIE! OF! THE LAMP!"
The kid bowed to the group and raised his hands to an imaginary audience.
"Yes, thank you! Good to be back!"
"Whoa!" Zuko brought his hands up to stop Aang from speaking any more. "Wish fulfillment?"
"Three wishes to be exact." Aang held up three fingers. "Oh and no wishing for more wishes. And no substitutions, exchanges or refunds."
"Now I know I'm dreaming." Zuko muttered to himself. So many unbelievable things happened to him today it was hard for him to actually believe it was real.
"Master, I don't think you quite realize what you've got here!" He earthbended a chair for Zuko and pushed him into it. "So why don't you just ruminate, whilst I illuminate the possibilities."
Well, Lord Sozin had that fiery comet
King Bumi had a thousand tests
Zuko jumped to his feet when found himself surrounded by dozens of Dai Li agents. He stood in his fighting stance, ready for the attack when Aang popped up behind him from out of nowhere.
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves
You got a brand of magic never fails!
Aang jumped in front of Zuko and used airbending to blow the guards away.
You got some power in your corner now
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
Aang pulled out some pellet and threw them on the ground. They all exploded.
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
See all you gotta do is rub that lamp
Aang suddenly appeared inside the lamp and grabbed Zuko's hand and rubbed the lamp with it.
And I'll say
He made a grand entrance that was better than his first one.
Mister Zuko sir
What will your pleasure be?
He earthbended a table and chairs for Zuko and Momo and created menus. He spoke in a snooty French voice and wrote down things on a note pad, like a waiter.
Let me take your order, jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me
He elbowed Zuko's shoulder.
Ho ho ho!
He placed a plate with a rounded cover onto the table in front of Zuko and opened it.
Life is your restaurant
And I'm your maitre' d!
His head appeared in the food, much to the shock of Zuko and Momo. The table and chairs disappeared and Aang, returned to normal, stood next to Zuko, with his ear cupped as if to listen to Zuko.
C'mon whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me.
He earthbended a new chair and pushed Zuko into it. He explodes into four duplicate Aangs that give Zuko a shave, haircut and manicure.
Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service
The three duplicates disappeared and Zuko found himself still in his chair and being fanned by Momo and Appa who held the fan in his mouth.
You're the boss, the king, the Fire Lord!
Say what you wish, it's yours! True dish
How about a little more Baklava?
Aang appeared and covers the three in food. Zuko found himself rising up on a column of food with a giant A on top.
Try some of column 'A'
Zuko jumped to another column with a B on top.
Try all of column 'B'
He fell off but was caught by a red cushion produced by Aang.
I'm in the mood to help you dude
You ain't never had a friend like me
Aang did a little dance in a spotlight when two giant hands appeared. They hummed a few bars of the song to him.
Oh my!
They hummed again and Aang shook his hands.
No no!
He did a dance with two giant hands, then did a scat and the hands surrounded Aang and squished him into nothing but smoke. A second later he appeared at Zuko's side again.
Can your friends do this?
He created an air scooter and circled Zuko like he did before and making Zuko dizzy like before.
Can your friends do that?
Aang pulled off his head, duplicated it, then juggled them. He tossed them to Zuko, who struggled with them and dropped them.
"Guess you can't!" Aang laughed, earning an annoyed from Zuko.
Can your friends pull this out their little hat
He put his head back on and proceeded to try and pull himself out of a hat at his base. He spiraled around and around until he turned into a white rabbit. The rabbit transformed into a red dragon.
Can your friends go poof!
The dragon breathed fire, which turned into three beautiful girls, who danced around Zuko. He noticed that one of them had blue eyes like the princess he longed to be with.
Well looky here
Can your friends go Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make the sucker disappear?
The dancing girls disappeared one by one, much to the relief of Zuko for he started losing himself in one of the girl's blue eyes.
So don't you sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed
Aang imitated what he was calling Zuko.
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers
He created a diving board and hopped off it while on his knees, his hands were in a praying position, his head was held high, and his eyes were closed like he was praying.
You got me bona fide, certified
Aang then turned into a certificate. Zuko grabbed the end of it and it rolled him up.
You got a genie for a charg? d'affairs!
I got a powerful urge to help you out
Aang helped Zuko out of the roll and cupped his hand around his ear again.
So what you wish I really want to know
You got a list that's three miles long, no doubt
Aang pulled out a long list from Zuko's ear and used it to rub himself like he was drying off after a shower.
So all you gotta do is rub like so, and oh!
Mister Zuko, sir, have a wish or two or three
The girls reappeared. The blue eyed one tried to kiss him but he turned away from her only to run into Aang.
I'm on the job, you big nabob
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
He zapped four dancing bison into existence.
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
To the other direction, he zapped in four dancing ostritch horses.
You ain't never...had a... friend... like...me!
He zapped more dancing animals and dancing girls and men in the cave. He did a dance as he finishes singing. Momo ate some fruit from a bowl that Aang zapped up while Zuko was thrown into the air and caught by the flying bison.
You ain't never had a friend like me!
Aang wrapped everything up in a cyclone and zapped it away until they were all back in the cave. He propped his elbow against Zuko again.
"So what'll it be, master?" asked Aang as if nothing happened.
Zuko still couldn't believe it. "You're gonna grant me any three wishes I want?" he asked disbelievingly.
"Actualy, there are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos." said Aang. He still wore the goofy smile.
"Such as?"
Aang held up his index finger.
"Rule number one: I can't kill anybody. More of a won't than can't to be honest. I believe all life is sacred so don't ask."
He brought up his second finger.
"Rule two: I can't make anyone fall in love with anyone else."
He brought up the third finger.
"Rule three: I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture," He suddenly grabbed Zuko by the arms and shook him. "I don't like doing it!"
He immediately calmed down.
"Other than that, you got it!"
He sat down on Appa's tail and leaned back. He pulled out a marble and used airbending to swirl them around while he waited for Zuko's answer. The firebender brought a hand to his chin while he thought about what he wanted to wish for until he got an idea. A sly grin formed on his face.
"Provisos? You mean limitations? On wishes?" He scoffed. "What happened to being an all powerful genie?"
Aang stopped what he was doing as he heard this.
"Can't even bring people back from the dead." Zuko continued. "I don't know, Momo, he probably can't even get us out of this cave. Looks like we're going to have to find a way out of here-"
Zuko barely took two steps when a wooden staff blocked Zuko's path.
"Excuse me?" There was no smile on Aang's face, no air of laughter, just anger and annoyance which was exactly what Zuko was going for. He took some threatening steps toward Zuko, forcing the firebender to step back. He continued stepping forward as he yelled.
"Are you kidding me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up, did you bring me here? I did this whole dang musical number for you and all of a sudden, you're walking out on me? I don't think so, not right now. You're getting your wishes, so SIDDOWN!" Zuko found himself standing in Appa's saddle, having walked backwards up the bison's tail without realizing it. Zuko sat down in the saddle and Aang jumped over him and landed on Appa's head, taking the reins. He was back to his goofy self again. "In case of emergency, the exits are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, anywhere!" he pointed all around them as he spoke. "Keep your hands and arms inside the saddle. We...are...outta here! Yip yip!" He added, snapping the reins and Appa took off towards the ceiling. As soon as the bison reached the ceiling of the cave, Aang earthbended and exit through the ceiling and they flew out of the cave and off into the distance.
I'd like to give credit to tanikara_kowitsuji and their version of ATLA's version of Aladdin for the first two lines of the song :) thanks for giving me permission tanikara_kowitsuji!
I'd like to add that every review I got concerning me making the sequels have all been yes. Now I have another question for you guys about the sequels. I want to skip the second Aladdin sequel and just go to the third one. Is that cool with you guys or do you want me to make the second one? I honestly don't mind :)