Sorry for super long wait! I think this was the hardest one to write! Why? I don't really know, it just was. But here it is! A little shorter than most of my chaps, but that couldn't be helped.

Sneeze the Day part 1

"Seriously Amin, you're going to try and out run me?" I stated as I followed the tall, thin, uncoordinated thief across a roof. He stuck his tongue out at me in response and turned back around in time to step in a pot. I laughed as he fell on his back and ran up behind him.

"Ha!" I snatched the diamond that flew up from his grip and continued to run with it, trying to gain a good distance from him. He was quickly back upon his feet and chasing me to the edge of the building.

"Give it back!" He shouted behind me and I leapt over to the next close rooftop. I landed easily and turned to smirk at him when I saw that he was already airborne. I yelped and tried to get out of his way, but he managed to knock me to the ground and I gave him a shove, but he didn't budge.

"Hurry up, Fazal, before Butterfingers knocks me off the roof with his clumsiness!" I shouted and earned both a hiss from Amin and a growl from the guard. Why in the world was Fazal even attempting this expedition? Rasoul and the Sultan were away at the moment, so the fat guard was in charge. It's horrid.

"Don't let him get away!" Al called and I glared at him from under a still stunned Amin.

"Well then help-Hey!" Amin took the diamond back from me and sprinted towards the ledge. "Stop, thief!" Fazal shouted.

"All this for a gigantic diamond?" The thief questioned and I frowned. Where had I heard something like that before? I didn't have to time to think on it though because Amin was jumping off the edge of the building. I knew from where we were that he'd have to catch clotheslines to get down and watched him grab hold of one. Al came up beside me as well as a heavy breathing Fazal and I turned to my brother.

"You guys can cut him off if you get back down. I'm going to trail him." I told him and didn't wait to see if he was going or not as I jumped off the building after Amin.

"Alaric!" I heard Al shout and I exhaled loudly as I latched onto the wire. No, he apparently wasn't moving. I looked up at him, dangling from the clothesline and frowned.

"I'm okay, Al! So go cut him off!" Al rolled his eyes at me and disappeared from view. I glanced down to see the thief shrieking from rope burn and let go of the wire. He, tangled in all sorts of clothes, went smashing to the ground. I snickered and took my time getting down. Using someone's head scarf, I slid down the wire and hopped off safely to the ground. Amin stood up, still covered in clothing like some sort of ghost.

"Show off." Amin's muffled comment came at me from underneath the clothes and I rolled my eyes.

"Nope, just coordinated." I beamed at him and he turned and fled, tossing clothes at me. "Well, here we go again." I chased after the uncoordinated thief, keeping my distance in case Amin got away from Al who was supposed to be up ahead. From where I was, I could see Amin and if I needed too I could see if he tried to disappear or not.

"You won't get away that easy!" Al said confidently and I waited to see what Amin would do.

"You think that was easy?" He questioned distractedly before trying to run. I grinned as I spotted Genie, blocking his path.

"Getting into trouble a little early today aren't we, Amin?" He teased and I frowned. Why did that sound so familiar? I shook my head and focused on the horse drawn cart coming down the street. I had a hunch that Amin planned on hijacking it when it passed between him and Genie and I ran up the next alley, hoping to catch him when the cart passed that way. I stopped as I saw that the cart was headed for one of the low hanging bridges that connected some of the buildings together. Smirking, I ran to catch up to the cart, knowing full well what was about to happen.

Amin was boasting as I came to a stop to watch the scene unfold. "Trouble? Ha, you're only in trouble if you get caught!"

Just as I thought, Amin slammed headfirst into the bricks behind him, knocking him off the cart.

"Doh!" Amin cursed and rubbed his aching head. I caught the diamond that flew out of his hand and shook my head at him.

"Well, I'd say you were caught." I smirked and then jumped back in shock when Genie ran by in a football player's uniform, tackling the thief into a nearby guava fruit stand. I burst into laughter as fruit spattered everywhere, soaking everyone within the vicinity.

"My fruit!" The merchant wailed and I looked at Al.

"Check his pockets. I guarantee that he's got enough to cover it." Amin stuck his tongue out at me.

"One of these days, you're going to get it kid!"

"Whatever you say, Butterfingers." I mocked and his face reddened in anger.

"Don't call me that!"

"That was one for the highlight reel eh, guys?" Genie asked and I gave him a thumbs up.

"Good job, Genie, you made a touchdown." I laughed and he smiled brightly. Al snickered at us and dug through the thief's pocket taking out a sack of gold. "Told you." Al ruffled my hair and then made a face as fruit juice got on his hand. I rolled my eyes.

"This should cover the damage." Al told the merchant whose eyes lit up happily at the prospect of getting the gold as Al tossed him the sack.

"We'll take him from here, boy." Fazal sneered at me and snatched the diamond out of my hands.

"Hey!"

"No need to thank us or anything." Al grumbled and I frowned at Fazal's back.

"I'll be glad when Rasoul gets back!" I shouted and then blinked. "Uh…did I say that out loud?" Al laughed. "Don't tell Rasoul I said that."

"Your secret's safe with me." Al tried to hide his grin and I rolled my eyes.

"Ah well."Genie sighed. "All's well that ends well. Come here, shorty." He stated suddenly and before I knew what was going on I was enveloped in a large fluffy white towel. He started humming and I fought my way out from under the towel. He refused to stop fluffing me in the towel until I was all clean of the sticky fruit.

"Genie!"

"You were a sticky mess." He clicked his tongue at me and then winked. "What have you been doing?"

"You did it!" I laughed and pretended to look offended.

"Who me?" He asked and suddenly he sneezed. I was about to say something, when his face took on a panicked look. He gasped and whipped around to stare at the smashed fruit. "What kinds of fruit are these?"

"Guavas." I said slowly, wondering what had Genie getting worked up about. The merchant nodded.

"The purest in Agrabah." He praised and I wasn't about to tell him that his fruit was pure no longer. It was squished.

"That's what I thought." Genie groaned before grabbing his head. "This is bad!"

"So you're a little sticky." Al smirked and I got an idea. "What, would it kill you to take a shower?" I grabbed some of the smashed fruit and came towards my brother.

"Here, Al." I said rubbed a handful of the guava into his chest. "Now you can take one too."

"Alaric!" Al shouted and wiped the fruit off slinging it on Abu who chattered angrily at us both. "Cut it out!"

I grinned at them and then looked at Genie. "What's so bad about the fruit, Genie?"

"Kiddo, its guava juice!" Genie stated and then he sneezed. A little black kitten appeared and I smiled as it purred on Genie's shoulder. "See? It's starting already!"

"Aww, he's cute." Al murmured and lifted the kitten off Genie's shoulders to stroke it. "What's starting?"

"Oh, guava juice is the only thing that can give a jinni a cold. And when jinnis get colds-" Genie sneezed as if on cue and a balloon appeared on his wrist, tugging him skyward. "-We can't control our magic."

"Everybody gets colds, Genie." Al stated, but Genie was shaking his head. I refrained from mentioning that I had never been sick before. I knew that my body hadn't been healthy back when we were living on the streets, but it had been apparently lucky enough to spare me the chills and fevers that had plagued my brother from time to time.

"But, my magic!" Genie protested and untied himself from the balloon landing back down beside me. He looked afraid and very worried. I placed a hand on his arm and he only grew more worried.

"I don't think kittens and balloons are anything to worry about." Al reassured him and let the kitten jump out of his arms. "Come on. Let's get you some nice hot tea." Al put an arm around his shoulders and turned him towards the palace.

"Well, okay." Genie relented unsurely, letting Al led him away. "But it might get worse." He warned and casted a worried glanced at me. Genie sneezed again and I looked around.

"I didn't see anything magical this time." I said with slight hopefulness and Genie smiled grimly down at me.

"Just because you didn't see it, shorty doesn't mean that it didn't happen elsewhere." He said quietly and I frowned.


We told Jasmine of the situation and she had immediately sprung into action to take care of him. Genie was now comfortable sitting outside in a comfy lawn chair with a blanket around his shoulders, a thermometer in his mouth, and an ice pack on his head. He looked utterly miserable and worst of all was that his skin was now a sickly green color. There was a pile of random objects in the middle of the courtyard, courtesy of Genie and his sneezes.

"Gotcha!" I looked over my shoulder and saw Al splash Jasmine with water and she giggled. I shook my head and turned back to see Iago and Abu tossing marbles. They had been at this game for a while now and I couldn't understand what was so great about thunking marbles.

"Achooo!" Genie sneezed and I grabbed the red bouncy ball as it bounced our way and messed up the marble circle. Iago looked peeved, but I merely waved the ball at him and he rolled his eyes. Abu held his hands out to catch the ball and I tossed it to him. "Achoo!" This time a remote controlled car zoomed by and almost flattened Iago and Abu and I laughed. Again Genie sneezed and an odd looking creature appeared.

"What's that?" I questioned and Iago looked over.

"An armadillo."

"It looks weird."

"Watch this." Iago took the ball from me and chunked it at the armadillo. It got spooked and rolled into a tight ball.

"It's a ball!" I laughed and Abu snickered.

"Achoo!" I looked over at Genie and saw that he was now wearing a sombrero and had a trumpet in his mouth.

"I can't take it anymore!" He suddenly exclaimed, leaping out of this chair. He threw the sombrero and trumpet aside and walked over to Al and Jaz.

"Sorry, Genie, I thought the sun would do you some good." Al said and Genie looked at him.

"Do me some good!? Al, I'm dangerous!" He cried and then sneezed. His teeth popped out of his mouth, landing near Abu and chased him like a windup toy. Iago quickly flew away from the scene so not to get bit by Genie's teeth and Genie took hold of his dentures, putting them back in and saving the poor monkey. "This is the small stuff, Al. It's bound to get worse. Much worse."

"Oh, poor Genie. Will you get over it, wont you?" Jasmine asked worriedly and Genie.

"Oh, sure, jinni colds don't last long. A century or two tops. If we're lucky, it's one of those 24-year bugs."

"What!?" Al, Jaz, and I said in shock and Genie nodded.

"Wait, is a hundred years a long time for you guys or not? Oh, I keep forgetting." A hundred years?

"Eh, he's just fishing for sympathy." Iago remarked from above. "Oh, poor Genie!" He mocked using Jasmine's voice and then he rolled his eyes. "Please, cry me a river." He toned and I shook my head

"Cut it out, Iago." I told him. Right on cue, Genie sneezed. His face almost like a mask came up and then smacked back again with the snap of a rubber band.

"Ow…." Genie moaned before giving Iago a glare. "You're suggesting I enjoy this?"

"I'm sorry you don't feel well Genie." Jasmine said sweetly.

"It won't, uh, kill you, will it?" Al asked nervously and my eyes widened. Before Genie could speak he sneezed and Al was sent flying back into a stone column, now pinned to it by swords. Jasmine gasped and I glanced at Genie who nervously rubbed the back of his neck.

"No, but your health might take a turn for the worse. Uh oh!" He looked like he was going to sneeze again and I ducked behind Jasmine, leaving Abu to cower alone. Genie sneezed and suddenly the ground under Abu opened up and he fell into the blinking lights that came from around it. A rocket slid up from the hole in the ground with Abu wrapped around the top of it.

"Abu, get off that!" I warned, but the little monkey was too frightened to let go.

"Uh, whoops…" Genie murmured as the rocket launched. Luckily, Carpet flew up and saved the chattering, screaming Abu and brought him back down to safety.

"I'm starting to see your point. We have to find a cure."

"I don't know if there is one."

"Somebody must know to cure you."

"Cure him? Forget it. You'd need the Orb of Machana to do that."

"That what?" I asked and Iago shifted.

"The Orb of…nothing! I didn't say a thing!" The parrot backtracked and I knew that was just avoiding having to go to some monster infested cave. "I was-I was singing to myself! Orb of Machana, quick on the draw-Ahh!" Al snatched him and held him from leaving.

"You know the cure, don't you?" He asked slyly and Iago shook his head.

"No, no, no, don't make me tell! It's dangerous! I'm allegic to danger, I break out in DEAD!"

"Come on, Iago. It'll help Genie!" As soon as I said his name, Genie sneezed causing a safe to drop on him. He came out looking dizzy and sicklier than before. I suddenly got an idea. I whispered to Abu and then went over to Al.

Genie looked ready to sneeze again, but Abu stopped him and I took Iago from Al's hands.

"Start talking, Iago." I warned in a sing song voice. "Or you'll be something to sneeze at."

"No way! I'm a parrot, not a stool pigeon!" Genie couldn't stop himself from preparing to sneeze this time and Iago panicked. "Okay, I'm a stool pigeon, I'm a stool pigeon!" He shrieked and I let him go. He flew up into the safety of a small tree and glowered at me. "You are the meanest kid I know, you know that?"

"Iago, you know I wouldn't have let him sneeze on you." I said making my puppy dog look. He rolled his eyes and relented.

"Fine, now stop looking at me like that." I grinned and he snorted. "Wacky kid." Genie sneezed and I had to jump onto the tree to avoid getting knocked down by a bowling ball. The ball hit the tree and Iago and I both shrieked from the way it shook precariously.

"You need to lose some weight, you're weighin' down the tree!" Iago teased and I pulled back a baby branch and let it smack him.

"All right, Iago, spill." I said when the parrot got done spitting out leaves. He sent me a deathly look and settled into his story telling mode.

"Okay, you know how Jafar was always dragging me around, looking for some magic thing or other?" I nodded at him. Iago had told me all about his past just as I had told him all about mine. "Well, one time we were in this quaint little seaside village. Ah, best darn clam chowder, I ever had. And such charming people…. There was this one red-haired girl…"

"Iago, get to the point!" Al demanded and the parrot rolled his eyes.

"Uh, anyway, that's where I heard about the Orb of Machana. It's the cure for all jinnis."

"How do we get it?" I asked.

"Well, that's where the danger part comes in. You've gotta go into the Cave of Machana and pass these three insidious obstacles. Of course, not one's ever done it."

"You mean no one has yet." Al stated, getting that adventurous look in his eyes.

"Hello!" Iago said loudly. "Wake up and smell the calamity! The Cave of Machana is a safety no-no."

"Look at Genie." I begged the parrot and he glanced over at Genie. "He needs our help." Genie sneezed and a glove appeared slapping his face before waving and flying away. "See?"

"Stop right there!" Iago pointed at Al. "You've got that "let's put the bird in jeopardy" look in your eye, mister. And you," He pointed at me. "I know what you're thinkin' and there's no way I'm going. No way."

"Iago," Al began slyly. "You know I'd never ask you to do anything dangerous."

"Really?" Iago and I questioned at the same time and Al rolled his eyes before picking Iago up by the tail feathers.

"That's why I'm not asking."

"I knew there was a catch." He grumbled. Al looked at me as he got onto Carpet with Iago.

"You and Jaz stay here and keep an eye on Genie, okay?"

"We will." Jasmine promised and I waved at them. As much as I wanted to go with Al and Iago, I knew that Genie needed someone to take care of him.

"I'll be back as soon as I can, pal. Hang in there."

"Thanks, Al." Genie said sincerely, before getting that look on his face. "I-I-I-Achoo!" he sneezed and a pair of scissors appeared, snipping off the ponytail on top of his head. "I appreciate it." He finished and Al smiled.

"Okay, Carpet, let's go!" They took off and I waved at them.

"Bye, Al! Bye, Iago!"

"You owe me one, kid!" Iago called back and I laughed. I turned back to Genie who was sniffing and Jasmine hugged him.

"Is there anything I can get you?"

Genie heaved a sigh. "Some of my Mom's chicken soup?"