Chapter XXIV- Agrabah (Part 2)
Everyone was sitting on the protruding rocks that stuck out of the sands. They were explaining to Aladdin how the Carpet lead them to him.
"I see, thanks guys." He nodded.
"So what were you doing all the way out here?" Koga said, wiping the sand out of his hair with irritation.
"Treasure Hunting." Aladdin said proudly. "My last trip took me to the Cave of Wonders where I found a Magic Carpet." Said Carpet was waving at hearing it's name called. "And this..." He held up the lamp he used. "Apparently whoever holds the lamp can summon t-"
"ME!" Genie shouted popping up right next to Koga's ear. He shrieked and fell back into the sand. "Please Al, leave the intro's to your's truly." He turned to the others and snapped his fingers. The entire world went dark like someone turned off the sun.
"Whoa!" Sora said shocked.
"Wak! What happened" Donald squawked.
"What happened to the lights!" Goofy panicked.
Then a spotlight lit over Genie. He snapped his fingers and music started playing.
"Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves,
Scheherazade had a th-"
"Um, Genie? Can we have a less musical intro please?" Aladdin asked. A record scratch stopped the music and brought the light back.
Genie gave a dramatic groan. "Alright, let me summarize then." He puffed out his chest. "You're looking at the one and only GENIE OF THE LAAAAAAMMMMMP!" He said as fireworks exploded overhead showing his name. He patted himself on the back as he made his introductions.
"Wait, Genie? As in the wish granting kind?" Koga said excited.
"Correct-a-mundo my starry eyed kid! And don't mistake me for those pesky Djinns, they are the worst! So the rules are simple, you rub the lamp and you get three wishes. And x-nay for the wishing for more wishes! You only get three!" He explained multiplying into three of himself for a moment.
"So you can wish for anything?" Donald asked.
"Well my feathered friend there are a few limitations and things I'm not allowed to do." Genie said rubbing the back of his head. He pulled out a book that said 'How to Genie for dummies' and scrolled through the pages. "Lets see. How to wash your lamp, 20 ways to keep yourself entertained until the next master, disclaimers... Here we are, rules and limitations! Rule numero uno, I can't kill anyone."
He brought his hand up as the group were about to open their mouths. "And before you ask, those Heartless folks don't qualify as alive so if a certain bundle of them get dropped into a fiery volcano, no one's gonna complain. Now back to the rules." He said putting on a pair of spectacles that appeared out of nowhere. "I can't make anyone fall in love, many past masters cried over that. Can't bring people back from the dead, trust me it's not a pretty picture. Oh and you can't wish for Kingdom Hearts."
"Kingdom what?" Sora asked.
"Oh you don't know, it's the-" Genie's mouth zipped closed before another word came out. He unzipped it and looked through the book once again. "Oh sorry another rule says I can't spoil the plot of the fanfic."
"Hmm?"
"Uh, forget it!" Genie said waving his hands around. "Anyway, the one who has the lamp is Aladdin over here and he already used up his first wish!" He pulled out a microphone and put it to his face. "Now what is Wish Number Two?" He said as he handed the mic to Aladdin.
"Hmm... How about making me a prince."
"Alright now what a wish! Now I need to warn you there's a lot of gray area in that wish. You want me to make 'a' prince for you or..."
"No, make me into a prince!" Aladdin laughed. "But I'm gonna have to put that wish on hold until we get back to Agrabah."
"Why a prince anyway?" Koga asked. "You could be a king."
Aladdin face blushed red and he looked away shyly. Sora instantly recognized that face, living with a brother who makes that face often."Well you see. There's this girl in Agrabah... Jasmine. But she's a princess and I'm... Aw, she'll never fall for a guy like me."
"Oh right Jasmine!" Sora exclaimed. "She's in trouble Aladdin! Some guy named Jafar is after her!"
Aladdin jumped up with a face of urgency. "We gotta save her! C'mon Abu!" He put his companion on his shoulder and jumped on Carpet. "You guy's coming?"
"We sure are." Sora said. The other nodded.
"Then let's move!" They all hopped on the Carpet and it flew off, Genie flying happily behind.
"So what does Jafar want with Jasmine?"
"Ah, fresh air! The great outdoors!" Genie sighed content.
"You don't get out much huh?" Koga said with a smile.
"Come's with the job." He puffed up his chest making him look big. "Phenomenal cosmic power!" He then shrunk himself down. "Itty bitty living space." He sighed, for once losing the eccentric personality. "Three wishes and back to the lamp. I'm lucky to see the light of day every century or two."
"Gawsh, I can't imagine what that's like." Goofy said feeling bad for the Genie."
"Hey Genie, what if I use my third wish to wish you free?" Aladdin suggested.
Genie looked at his master with wide eyes and a huge smile. "You'd do that?"
"Wait, is that even possible?" Koga asked.
"It totally is but no master has ever considered that. You would really give up your last wish for me?"
"Genie after we save Jasmine, I promise to wish you free!"
"Well then what are we waiting for!" Genie pulled out a rope and tied it to the carpet with one end of it. "Hold on to your seats everyone cause we are outta here!" The other's cried out as they were zipped past the dunes at incredible speed.
Jasmine was running as fast as her feet can take her to get away from what was chasing her. She turned her head and saw them, the everyday pots of Agrabah had four spider like legs sticking out of it and scuttling towards her.
Pot Spider
She ran past an alley, knocking over a bunch of crates to block the way to her. She thought she was safe and took a gulp of fresh air. Only for her to be jumped by another pot Heartless but this one looked more like a scorpion than a spider.
Pot Scorpion
It tried to snap at her with its pincers but Jasmine reacted. She threw her hand out and a burst of pure light hit the dark creature destroying it. Jasmine nearly fell over and supported herself against the wall.
She doesn't know what this power of hers was. It only shown up when Jafar first tried to have the Heartless kill her, strangely after that they seemed more like they were trying to capture her instead. Also last time she nearly past out using it, thankfully Aladdin was around at the time. But not now.
"Ah, there you are princess." Jasmine looked up and saw herself surrounded by Bandits and Pot spiders. In the center was that treacherous snake Jafar.
"What do you want from me Jafar!" Jasmine shouted at him. "You already have Agrabah, what more do you want?"
"True, I do have what I dreamed of but why stop there. I have plans for you my dear princess now come along, I wouldn't want to harm that pretty face of yours." He sneered approaching her.
"Jafar, let Jasmine go!" He turned around at the voice and saw Aladdin and friends angrily looking at him. He smiled in amusement.
"Setting your sights a little high aren't you boy?"
"I said let her go!" Aladdin shouted pulling out a scimitar.
"Where did you get that?" Sora asked, not remembering him having one.
"Found it." He said simply.
Jafar sneered with arrogance. "Back to your hole street rat. I will not allow you to trouble the princess any longer." He put up a barrier between the group and Jasmine.
"Jasmine!" Aladdin cried.
"No!" She slammed her hands on the wall of the magic barrier. "I'm sorry Aladdin!"
Sora and Koga pulled out their Keyblades and glared at Jafar.
Aladdin slowly reached his hand behind him and rubbed the lamp. "Genie, help Jasmine. Please!" He whispered.
Genie then appeared right next to Jasmine and he flicked the barrier with his fingers, it shattered like glass. He then picked up Jasmine. "One wish left!" He announced. "You're making this really easy, you know."
Jafar grinned. "So sorry, boy. I'm afraid your second wish has been denied." Iago flew towards Jafar with the lamp. Aladdin looked behind him and realized the lamp was snatched from him.
The moment it ended up in Jafar's hands Genie froze and his gauntlets glowed. He looked at Aladdin with a sad expression. "I'm sorry Al." Before he vanished in a puff of smoke, Dropping Jasmine inside a Pot Spider.
"This isn't good!" Donald said.
"And now I wish you all farewell!" He said as he and the Pot Spider vanished in a puff of smoke.
"No, Jasmine!" Aladdin yelled slamming his fists into the ground in frustration. Abu patting his friend's shoulder comfortingly.
"Where'd all the Heartless go?" Goofy asked.
"They all left with Jafar." Koga guessed. "Which means he's no longer in the city." He turned to Aladdin. "Quick, do you know where you got the lamp?"
Aladdin rubbed his eyes. "The Cave of Wonders, why?"
"I think that's where Jafar is."
"How do you know?" Sora asked.
"I heard Genie mentioning he knows about the Keyhole and Jafar is searching for it. It has to be in that cave, I'm sure of it."
"Then let's move!" Aladdin said with renewed vigor. They all got on the Carpet and flew back into the desert.
They were flying for awhile when something bursted out of the ground and lunged at them. The Carpet flew around it and avoided it's slashes. A barrier encircled the entire area and Carpet almost crashed into it. It narrowly avoided it but in the process it spiraled out of control dropping everyone. They all quickly got themselves back up and faced their enemy. It was a giant six armed Heartless. It had the head of a cobra and held two crescent swords in it's hands.
Kurt Zisa
"Whoa, that's huge." Aladdin said. They all readied their weapons.
"I got this guys, fi-" He was cut off when he, Sora, and Donald groaned in pain. They felt the MP literally get sucked out of them and Kurt Zisa caught it in it's hands as two purple orbs.
"What's wrong?" Goofy asked.
"Our magic, it's gone!" Sora groaned.
"That Heartless is holding it!" Donald said.
"Well then we just gotta take it back." Sora said. "C'mon, we can take it!" He charged at the Heartless as it lunged at him with it's swords. He held one with his Keyblade while Goofy held the other with his shield. Aladdin slashed at one of the orbs with his scimitar and it broke it. The Mp inside was released and they felt some of their magic return.
The Heartless jumped away from them. Koga fired off his shots at it, only to be deflected by it spinning it's blades rapidly. It then jumped up and spun in midair before dive bombing them like it was a circular saw. Everyone jumped out of the way before it came back spinning vertically this time. Koga got hit but quickly used a potion.
"Take this!" Sora said as his Keyblade glowed yellow before he threw it at the other orb, smashing it. They felt all their magic return.
The Heartless them floated in the air and looked like it was in a meditating stance. A spherical barrier covered it.
"Let's break it out of it's shell!" Koga said. He fired at the barrier while Donald did a fire spell. It looked to be breaking the barrier. Kurt Zisa waved it's arms around and summoned a mini sandstorm blowing them back. It then summoned orbs of lightning to come out of the ground and strike them. It was focusing on the main group, not noticing Koga sneaking to the side.
"Give me strength!" Koga shouted summoning Simba. He charged up a Proud Roar and unleashed it on the enemy. The lion's powerful roar broke through the shield. It collapsed on the ground stunned. The group used this chance to get up close. Together they slashed, bashed, and struck the Heartless until it gave off a large hiss before vanishing upon defeat. They were all a panting mess.
"That was a tough one." Sora groaned.
"Looks like you were right Koga." Aladdin said. "Jafar must've put that there in case we go after him." Koga nodded. "We'll we don't have time to lose. Let's get to the Cave of Wonders!" Carpet came back and they all got back on it, heading back through the desert dunes.
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