Sam didn't want to open her eyes. She was afraid. She was afraid of what she would see. The hospital? Her bed in her own home?

She slowly opened her eyes. Agrabah! Sam let out a huge sigh of relief. No, Mozenrath hadn't won yet. Sam had vastly underestimated him. He had given her so much information, but there were still so many questions. Had he been watching her the entire time? He mentioned the underworld, so he was dead. He mentioned help, but whom? And now, she was stuck in her room, until she remembered the note that Genie had left her.

She took a deep breath. "Open Sesame." Just as Genie promised, her door opened, and she walked out. The door shut itself behind her.

The palace was creepy. It was dark. It didn't have its usual enchanted glow about it. What had Mozenrath done? Was she too late? Who was helping him? Her thoughts raced as she crept down the hallways. Where was everyone?

Sam was almost at the throne room. She heard voices. She decided not to go near the main entrance, so she went around and hid behind one of the pillars.

There were Mamluks everywhere. It was an obvious sign of Mozenrath. Once she had dodged all of them, she slowly stuck her head out form the pillar to see what was going on. It was not a pretty sight.

Mozenrath was standing in the middle of the room looking triumphant. He was out of breath. It looked like Aladdin had put up a fight, but he was now chained to a different pillar tan hers. Jasmine was chained to the pillar next to his. Iago had one next to Jasmine, and after that was Ali. The guards were all chained together and sitting on the opposite side of the room. Genie was stuck in a magic proof container, raised to the middle of the throne room. He was banging against the glass trying to crack it open, even though it was obvious that he couldn't.

"Mozenrath! I command you to leave my kingdom." Said Aladdin in his most royal voice.

"I'm afraid you are in no position to be making threats street rat.""After all these years, you're still going to call me that?"

"You might have changed your clothes Aladdin, but you are not fit to be Sultan."

Why was Mozenrath saying this? That wasn't a very Mozenrath-like thing to say. Something was off. Had the underworld changed him? Possibly making him more evil than he already was?

"Mozenrath let us go."

"Jasmine. My how you've aged." Jasmine gave him a sour look. "Well I guess are of little use to me now. I had no idea how much time had passed. Look you even have a son." Mozenrath walked closer to Ali. Sam wanted to kill him. "Look! He's just the spitting image on a young street rat."

Ali pulled on his chains but they wouldn't come loose. "What do you want?" he said menacingly.

"Why, to rule Agrabah of course. However, there seems to be a snag in the plan."

"Really? And what would that be?" Keep him talking Ali Sam thought to herself. Just keep him talking and get as much information as you can to form a plan.

"I just hate when teenage girls get in the way." He was obviously playing mind games with Ali.

"Sam? What have you done with her?"

"I didn't need to do anything. She left."

"She… she wouldn't leave.""You don't sound too sure." Genie had a shocked look on his face and had stopped trying to escape. Iago looked frightened. "I'm afraid there were some… complications in her time." Ali looked confused. "Oh. I see she didn't mention it? Well, she's been sick in her time you see. Going in and out of hospitals. Doctors telling her all sorts of things. Finally, some doctor told her that Agrabah was imaginary. Poor thing must have been so confused. Well, once she believed that you were longer real…"

"NO! She would never fall for that! She… I…"

"Yes she would have just stayed her time, but don't worry… she fought. She was screaming something about love. Do you be any chance know who she was speaking of?"

Ali stood there silent. Sam's heart was beating out of her chest at this point. She prayed that Ali wouldn't fall for this.

"Then again… she did mention something about a prince…"

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?!"

How could Sam get them out of this? She looked around frantically. There was no one to help her. She didn't know what to do.

"I'm afraid she just couldn't handle it."

"No. No! You're wrong! She's not dead!"

"You're right. She could have lived. If only one of those doctors had helped it along…"

"You despicable…""Now now. You have to learn who is boss." Mozenrath sent a surge of power thru Ali, making him scream in pain.

Something was still off. Mozenrath had said that he wouldn't kill her Did he really think she was dead? Where did he think she was? If she could only get Genie out of that… thing. She had to try. She did know magic after all. But it would be enough?

Sam concentrated only on setting Genie free. Only on that glass holding him. She stepped aside so Genie was in direct view. She took a deep breath, held up her hands, and power shot out of her.

She tried as hard as she could. She saw the glass move and Genie trying to help from the inside. But she also felt pain, and then something hit her.

"Well well well. Look what we have here. Another one trying to be a hero."

"Sam!" Ali screamed. Sam wasn't tied to a pillar like the rest of them. She was chained to the throne by her ankle. "Ali! I would never… I fought…"

"Leave her alone Mozenrath! She has nothing to do with this."

"Oh but she has so much to do with this. And… a new plan that involves her." Mozenrath said as he walked towards her and put his hand under her chin, forcing her to look up at him.

Sam knew something was wrong. Mozenrath was acting so… not Mozenrath.

"Mozenrath," she said. "Please. Kill me and leave everyone else."

"What a noble young thing!... No."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Me?"

"Yes." Sam had a plan. She had to find out what was so different about him. Genie was jumping up and down in his prison. He hadn't escaped. Mozenrath had caught her before she could free him. She looked down. She realized that carpet was under her! He wasn't moving. She bet that he was waiting/hiding.

"Kiss me."

Mozenrath turned around. Genie was trying to get her attention. He was doing all sorts of stuff with his hands. Ali noticed it too. He was trying to tell us something, but no one could hear him. "What?"

"Kiss me." He slowly walked toward her. He came less than an inch away from her face. She could Ali fighting with his chains again. Mozenrath kissed her. It was evil. It wasn't the Mozenrath that had kissed her so long ago. With her free leg she kicked him off of her.

"You're not Mozenrath." Sam screamed.

"And how could you possibly know that?"

"We… he… I know how he kisses. And that was certainly not it."

Ali stared at Sam shock. She could feel Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, and Iago's eyes all on her. She had never told them. There was no need to. "Ali… I'm sorry. It was before you were born. Your parents din't even know I has here yet…" Ali looked crushed.

"Did you have feelings for him?"

Before Sam could yell out no, she Mozenrath stood up, thoroughly enjoying this.

"Aren't you the smart one? Well, I guess we could tell you now…"

Genie had stopped. He had given up on telling them whatever he was trying to say.

Mozenrath took his gauntlet off and his arm was whole, no sign of his bones. His full head of hair started to disappear, and he grew a beard and about a foot or two in height. His skin became darker, his clothes changed color, and his cloak became longer till it almost touched the ground.

"Jafar." Jasmine was the first to utter. Sam had never seen Iago look so scared before.

"Yes Princess."

"I'm no longer Princess."

"Indeed. My most humble apologies." Jafar said with sarcasm . 'And now to reveal my help…"

Mozenrath stepped in from the main entrance to the throne room.

"Ah yes. My new partner. It's interesting who you meet in the underworld. It seems that the street rat has a knack for making enemies everywhere."

"After I was killed." Said the real Mozenrath as he looked at Sam. "I still wanted revenge. Then came Jafar. We came up with a plan. He would rule Agrabah, and I would get my life back to search for more power."

Sam stared in shock. Two wizards? And with Al tied up, how could this possibly end well?

"And you…" Jafar said pointing his snake staff at Iago "are going to go through some immense pain old friend."

For the first time in his life, Iago was speechless. He just hung there in fright.

"And I'm impressed that you can tell it's me by how I kiss," said Mozenrath leaning on Sam. Sam pushed him off.

"I'm not proud of it."

"Of course, getting you out of the picture wasn't going to be easy. And judging by old you were, we figured the street rat and princess were the same age too."

"But we soon realized," Jafar chimed in. "That you were going to be exceptionally hard to get rid of. Which is why Mozenrath here was able to keep an eye on you."

Sam looked over at Genie. He too was in shock. Sam had figured that form the note that he had left in her room, that he somehow knew that Jafar was break and tried to warn her.

"My doctor. The boy at the wedding… who else were you?"

"Oh just some people in the background. I realized that if Jafar killed all of you, He would spend the rest of his life fighting to keep what he stole."

"I was going to marry you Princess." Jafar said coming closer to her. Jasmine spit in his face. "But since you are obviously spoiled now, I'm going to have to find a different method to legally control Agrabah." He said as he turned to Sam.

"I'm not royal. Nice try though."

"Not yet." Said Mozenrath. "You said in the future you had to fight because you love him. Obviously you meant the prince here. So…"

"We kill the street rat and the princess, Sultana, " Jafar said again with sarcasm. "And Ali here becomes Sultan. We will let the people here get used to the idea. And of course he'll marry Samantha."

Sam asked hesitantly "Then what?"

"Well.. kill Ali of course. What will the mourning Sultana do? Marry me of course." Jafar said.

"I will never marry you."

"That's what you think." Said Mozenrath.

"And your going along with this Mozenrath? How could you…"

"You betrayed me! It's a good deal. Jafar gets Agrabah, Aladdin dies, and I continue in my quest for power."

Sam had to admit, it was a good plan. And if anyone could pull it off, these two could.

"And of course," Jafar added. "We will have to have children so my reign will live on."

Sam suddenly felt very exposed and felt like crying. She hadn't changed from her clothes at home, and was in jeans and a tank top.

"I will never have your children." Sam said crossing her arms. Jafar gave an evil laugh. Sam still had no plan, and when she looked over at Aladdin, it looked like he didn't have one either.

"I still don't understand something. How did you come back here to the living?" Sam said.

"My dear, were you not listening? We aren't the only ones who want revenge on Aladdin. All we had to do was ask the right person."

Suddenly a huge cloud seemed to appear in the middle of the throne room. It was swirling around, and wind was blowing in all directions. It was the strangest color of gray and purple.

Ayam Agoul stepped out. "Oh it's great to be back in the land of the living."

"He gave you life back? Of course…" said Sam. "That way you get revenge on Aladdin, and Jasmine…"

"Is mine for all eternity." It was now Jasmine's turn to look like she was going to be sick.

"Why did you pretend to be Mozenrath? What good did that do?"

"My dear, I have been beaten twice. If I were to just walk in here they would now how to fight me. But, if I came in as another enemy…"

"We would have thought about fighting differently." Aladdin finished.

"exactly."

Aladdin looked defeated. Sam hated that look. She could tell what he was thinking. That this was all his fault.

Carpet moved under Sam's feet letting her know that he was ready to move at any moment. She had to get out of the chain but how? Her magic was gone, and she didn't have a lock pick.

While Mozenrath and Jafar were talking, Sam sat down to think. She looked at her friends, and the love of her life. They all looked the same. No one would know that they were in trouble. Who would come to save them? How could they save themselves?

Sam looked at her chain. It was undone! How? It had been chained before. Who? Had Mozenrath… no. of course not. She decided not to question. She slowly and silently moved the chain off of her. She knew that she couldn't take these guys on by herself. She had to run, and trust that she could come up with a plan, and that her friend would still be alive when she returned. She waited….

"Carpet now!" Carpet sped off as fast as he could. There were blasts of magic everywhere, and Carpet managed to dodge them all. There were shouts of "Go Sam!". She heard Ali yell "Get out of here!". Jafar screaming "I need her alive!"

They made it out of the palace. Jafar's voice came booming out of no where. "You can run, but you can't hide forever. We'll be waiting for you're rescue attempt. You can't win this time."

Carpet sped past Jasmine's balcony, and Sam looked as hers was coming up.

"Carpet! Go to my room! Hurry! Open Sesame!" Sam jumped off and grabbed the oracle. It was the only thing that would now how to save them. She climbed back on Carpet, shut her room, and before she knew it, she was at an oasis in the middle of the desert.

"Carpet. Should I ask how to save them? What choice do I have? I'll lose my question." She grabbed the oracle. "How do I save Aladdin and the rest of the gang?"

The oracle, looking the same as nearly 20 years before, came out and said "You can save them, but not alone. Use your knowledge that was taught long ago. Only you can bring forces together."

"Forces? What forces? Can you give a straight answer for once?"

"I'm sorry. One question. One answer." She disappeared and Sam was left with just the staff.

"My knowledge that I learned…" Sam thought while Caret paced back and forth. "Mozenrath brought me here to destroy Aladdin, but because I knew so much about him. Knowledge… I know about Aladdin. But Mozenrath made a mistake! I know who Aladdin's friends are. I know who else he's saved in the past. They are all forces. I can beat them, but I need old friends help!! Carpet!!"

Carpet flew over to her and spun around her in agreement. "You agree?" Carpet 'nodded'. "The new have to get going. We're going to be doing a lot of flying. Odiferous, the rain forest, King Mahmood's kingdom, Getzistan, the shadow world, Eden, Fasir, the sprites, that village in the mountain, and lastly we'll come back here and get Sadira. Do you think you can do it?"

Carpet 'nodded' again. "Okay. Let's get going. This is going to be the biggest battle Agrabah has ever seen.