After about thirty seconds the gem started to glow a yellow-ish colour. It was the right one. Jayde turned around, the strands of Mozenrath's and Darius's hair still in her stands. For a second, while she undid the knots, there was a flicker of black that streaked around Darius. Jayde dismissed it.
She tossed the Brue crystal into the air and caught it.
"Ok guys." She said. "We did it. We got the Brue crystal."
"Now what?" Asked Darius.
"Not sure." Mused Jayde. "I seem to have lost some driving urge inside of me as well. What do we do now?"
Mozenrath gave a snort of contempt. "Amateurs." he said. "We take the Brue crystal back to Galeb."
"Oh yeah..." Said Jayde. "My magic or yours?"
"I'll do the honours." Replied Darius, and he held up a hand, creating a lime green portal.
"But... you don't know where Agrabah is?" Said Jayde. "Do you?"
"Nope. What's an Agrabah?" Asked Darius.
"Let me get this straight...." Said Mozenrath. "You know about Princess Jasmine but you don't know where Agrabah is?"
"Ohhhh.... that Agrabah." Darius let out another bolt of green light to finalise the portal.
The trio walked through and found themselves outside the gates of Agrabah.
"Is this where I meet the legendary Princess?" Asked Darius. "Is it? Is it?"
"Yes, Darius." Said Mozenrath, bored. His boredom was not to last. The gates opened and as they entered Agrabah they noticed a change. The place was frozen. Not ice frozen, but time frozen.
"Ahh.... there you are." Said Galeb. "The Lord and Lady Mozenrath."
"Hello Galeb." Said Jayde, taking the dominant role instead of her husband again. "We have the crystal."
"And your payment..." Chuckled Galeb. "Ah yes... you payment."
Mozenrath and Jayde and Darius felt uneasy as Galeb continued to laugh.
"Yes, your payment.... Will have to be split between three people now, I wager?"
The three breathed a sigh of relief.
"What?" Asked Galeb. "Did you think I was going to kill you?"
Mozenrath was the first to react. "Yes...."
"Ah, don't be silly." Said Galeb, handing them a bag of gold. "Now, the crystal, if you please."
Jayde handed the crystal to Galeb, and he chuckled again before continuing.
"Yes, don't be silly. I'm not going to kill you." He said. "I'm going to steal your souls."
Galeb gripped the crystal and he transformed into someone Jayde recognised. She had known him from before she left, yes, and Jasmine's correspondance had given her quite an update on his exploits.
"But... but... you're dead." She stuttered. "They killed you."
"Hah! Killed me? The most powerful genie in the world? If you change the name Galeb around... what do you get?"
"Uh... Belag?" Said Darius.
"Oh, okay. So there's no signifigance in the name but hah! I lived! They freed me, and do you know what the best part is? Now I can get my revenge."
"You... you can't" Jayde said. "I won't let you."
"Oh, why not, little Princess? I taught you all you know. Now that I have the right body, untainted, I have my powers back... not the genie ones... but I have my intial sorceror powers..."
"Wait a second..." Said Mozenrath. "Just who are you?"
Jayde cast her eyes down, she was scared. "He's Jafar." Jafar seemed to radiate fear to everyone apart from Mozernath. He made them forget about their own powers.
"Huh? Never heard of him." Replied Mozenrath. "Is he strong?"
"Am I strong? Am I strong!" Jafar roared with laughter. "Boy, ther only one I ever feared was the greatest sorceror ever... Destane!"
"Oh... him?" Mozenrath acted nonchalant. "I turned him into a mamluk."
"What?" Jafar's eyes darted around him. Jayde suddenly felt a whole lot better, knowing that she had strong sorcerors on her side, no matter how much stronger she was than Jafar now.
"Heh... there's a new generation of sorcerors now, Jafar, old buddy." Said Jayde, her face lighting up. "And sorceress."
Mozenrath and Darius stepped forward, so that they were beside Jayde. All three held out their hands.
"Seeya later, alligator." Said Jayde as they blasted Jafar-Galeb into oblivion.
The Brue crystal seemed to float for a moment, before gravity remembered it's existance and it clattered to the ground, making a small crater in the dust. The city unfroze now, and noise could be heard all around them. Jayde hurriedly picked up the crystal before someone took it.
"Well that was alarming." She said. "Let's get to the palace?"
"Okay." Said Mozenrath. "Here Darius, you have the bag of gold."
Mozenrath handed the small sack to Darius.
"Awww... I wanted more of a reward than that." Whined Darius.
"Ah, shaddup." Said Jayde. You get more than I do. I didn't even get his power... 'n just because he classifies as a dead guy."
The three hurried off to the palace, still bickering.
Darius was eager to meet the famous Princess Jasmine, but she was nowhere to be found. The Sultan was sitting in his throne room as usual, attended by servants and listening to the people of Agrabah's pleas. He jumped up when he saw Mozenrath and Jayde.
"Oh oh oh, It's the newlyweds!" He cried. Most of the crowd could see this would be embarrasing, so they left quickly. Only a few servants were left, picking up the peeled grapes the Sultan had disturbed in his excitement. "How was your honeymoon?"
Jayde looked bewildered. "I wouldn't call it a honeymoon."
"Nonsense, you two didn't have a honeymoon after your wedding, this was your honeymoon."
"Oh... okay." Jayde was easily persuaded. "Our honeymoon was delightful, although there are some serious matters that need to be addressed later."
The Sultan's joviality immediately dissapeared. "Ah yes, the freezing thing. Yes, we already know what caused that."
Darius and Mozenrath were hanging back while Jayde held conference with her father, but, catching there words, Mozenrath couldn't resist asking. "How? You knew you were frozen?"
The Sulatan's eyes twinkled. "You can't freeze a Genie."
"A spy." Jayde said, but not as a question. "Papa, you didn't even take action?"
"I couldn't very well." Said the Sultan. "I was frozen. I only just recieved all the informantion."
"Well I think Jafar is taken care of now." Said Mozenerath. "And he was such a menace to your city, I am told?"
"Jafar wasn't the most powerful in the world..." Said Jayde. "Only in the kingdom."
"And you were away, thus leaving your city vulnerable."
"I didn't know that Jafar was going to be turning evil, now did I?" Argued Jayde.
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Queoted Mozenrath. "And he had it pretty absolute around here."
Jayde snorted. "Probably why you were so evil when before I met you, why didn't you come get him then."
"I had problems of my own." Said Mozenrath. "That and I hadn't heard of him."
"What problems?" Sneered Jayde. "Was it your little master slash enslaver, Desdane?"
"No more." Said Mozenrath. "Thankyou, Sultan. it is nice to see you safe."
Mozenrath bowed to the Sultan and strode out of the room, his cape billowing out behind him.
There was silence for a few seconds, before Jayde's yelling broke it. "See if I CARE!" She yelled down the corridor. "Because I don't!"
Darius was looking very nervous at this time. The poor mini-sorceror was sweating and looked quite pale, although there was obviously some genetic paleness around him all the time.
"Oh, um..." Jayde started. "Papa, this is... HIS brother. He was a great help to us on our... my journey, and I have gifted him the bounty of a meeting with my sister."
Darius attempted an awkward bow, since he was already making himself as small as possible. "If it please, your majesty, I should like to stay for a while at the palace as well.
"Well certainly." Said the Sultan, giving Darius a knowing look. "You want to meet Jasmine, do you? Well, she's away at the moment. We expect her back at any time though."
This information gave Jayde a start. "What? She's nicked off again?"
"Oh, no no no." Replied the Sultan. "Just having a little time off."
Jayde was both mentally and physically exhausted. "Papa, do you mind if I stay here for a while till I... we get things sorted out."
"A lovers tiff." Said the Sultan. "Why, certainly, your chambers are always open to you."
"Thankyou Papa."
"Although I don't know why you two still insist in staying in that stuffy old citadel when you're home. You could quite easily-"
The Sultan was cut off by Jayde. "Thankyou Papa, I will just show Darius to his rooms?"
"Yes dear, I'll notify the guards that we have a guest."
Jayde took Darius's arm and led him away.
Corridor after corridor, the palace was a large dwelling. Two sets of footsteps echoed, but barely made an impact. The immence size of the palace seemed to act as a silencer.
"I am sorry you had to see that." Said Jayde. "I don't know what's gotten into Mozenrath."
"Don't forget, he is my brother." Replied Darius. "He has a thing about bottling up emotions."
"I... I think I have some problems like that too."
"And he's stubborn."
"Yes."
"And annoying."
Tears welled in Jayde's eyes as they approached a new set of rooms.
"Here is your room." Said Jayde, opening a door. "If you need anything, live with it."
Jayde turned and ran down the corridor, taking turn after turn before entering her own overfurnished room. She flopped down on the bed and cried into the pillow.
She tossed the Brue crystal into the air and caught it.
"Ok guys." She said. "We did it. We got the Brue crystal."
"Now what?" Asked Darius.
"Not sure." Mused Jayde. "I seem to have lost some driving urge inside of me as well. What do we do now?"
Mozenrath gave a snort of contempt. "Amateurs." he said. "We take the Brue crystal back to Galeb."
"Oh yeah..." Said Jayde. "My magic or yours?"
"I'll do the honours." Replied Darius, and he held up a hand, creating a lime green portal.
"But... you don't know where Agrabah is?" Said Jayde. "Do you?"
"Nope. What's an Agrabah?" Asked Darius.
"Let me get this straight...." Said Mozenrath. "You know about Princess Jasmine but you don't know where Agrabah is?"
"Ohhhh.... that Agrabah." Darius let out another bolt of green light to finalise the portal.
The trio walked through and found themselves outside the gates of Agrabah.
"Is this where I meet the legendary Princess?" Asked Darius. "Is it? Is it?"
"Yes, Darius." Said Mozenrath, bored. His boredom was not to last. The gates opened and as they entered Agrabah they noticed a change. The place was frozen. Not ice frozen, but time frozen.
"Ahh.... there you are." Said Galeb. "The Lord and Lady Mozenrath."
"Hello Galeb." Said Jayde, taking the dominant role instead of her husband again. "We have the crystal."
"And your payment..." Chuckled Galeb. "Ah yes... you payment."
Mozenrath and Jayde and Darius felt uneasy as Galeb continued to laugh.
"Yes, your payment.... Will have to be split between three people now, I wager?"
The three breathed a sigh of relief.
"What?" Asked Galeb. "Did you think I was going to kill you?"
Mozenrath was the first to react. "Yes...."
"Ah, don't be silly." Said Galeb, handing them a bag of gold. "Now, the crystal, if you please."
Jayde handed the crystal to Galeb, and he chuckled again before continuing.
"Yes, don't be silly. I'm not going to kill you." He said. "I'm going to steal your souls."
Galeb gripped the crystal and he transformed into someone Jayde recognised. She had known him from before she left, yes, and Jasmine's correspondance had given her quite an update on his exploits.
"But... but... you're dead." She stuttered. "They killed you."
"Hah! Killed me? The most powerful genie in the world? If you change the name Galeb around... what do you get?"
"Uh... Belag?" Said Darius.
"Oh, okay. So there's no signifigance in the name but hah! I lived! They freed me, and do you know what the best part is? Now I can get my revenge."
"You... you can't" Jayde said. "I won't let you."
"Oh, why not, little Princess? I taught you all you know. Now that I have the right body, untainted, I have my powers back... not the genie ones... but I have my intial sorceror powers..."
"Wait a second..." Said Mozenrath. "Just who are you?"
Jayde cast her eyes down, she was scared. "He's Jafar." Jafar seemed to radiate fear to everyone apart from Mozernath. He made them forget about their own powers.
"Huh? Never heard of him." Replied Mozenrath. "Is he strong?"
"Am I strong? Am I strong!" Jafar roared with laughter. "Boy, ther only one I ever feared was the greatest sorceror ever... Destane!"
"Oh... him?" Mozenrath acted nonchalant. "I turned him into a mamluk."
"What?" Jafar's eyes darted around him. Jayde suddenly felt a whole lot better, knowing that she had strong sorcerors on her side, no matter how much stronger she was than Jafar now.
"Heh... there's a new generation of sorcerors now, Jafar, old buddy." Said Jayde, her face lighting up. "And sorceress."
Mozenrath and Darius stepped forward, so that they were beside Jayde. All three held out their hands.
"Seeya later, alligator." Said Jayde as they blasted Jafar-Galeb into oblivion.
The Brue crystal seemed to float for a moment, before gravity remembered it's existance and it clattered to the ground, making a small crater in the dust. The city unfroze now, and noise could be heard all around them. Jayde hurriedly picked up the crystal before someone took it.
"Well that was alarming." She said. "Let's get to the palace?"
"Okay." Said Mozenrath. "Here Darius, you have the bag of gold."
Mozenrath handed the small sack to Darius.
"Awww... I wanted more of a reward than that." Whined Darius.
"Ah, shaddup." Said Jayde. You get more than I do. I didn't even get his power... 'n just because he classifies as a dead guy."
The three hurried off to the palace, still bickering.
Darius was eager to meet the famous Princess Jasmine, but she was nowhere to be found. The Sultan was sitting in his throne room as usual, attended by servants and listening to the people of Agrabah's pleas. He jumped up when he saw Mozenrath and Jayde.
"Oh oh oh, It's the newlyweds!" He cried. Most of the crowd could see this would be embarrasing, so they left quickly. Only a few servants were left, picking up the peeled grapes the Sultan had disturbed in his excitement. "How was your honeymoon?"
Jayde looked bewildered. "I wouldn't call it a honeymoon."
"Nonsense, you two didn't have a honeymoon after your wedding, this was your honeymoon."
"Oh... okay." Jayde was easily persuaded. "Our honeymoon was delightful, although there are some serious matters that need to be addressed later."
The Sultan's joviality immediately dissapeared. "Ah yes, the freezing thing. Yes, we already know what caused that."
Darius and Mozenrath were hanging back while Jayde held conference with her father, but, catching there words, Mozenrath couldn't resist asking. "How? You knew you were frozen?"
The Sulatan's eyes twinkled. "You can't freeze a Genie."
"A spy." Jayde said, but not as a question. "Papa, you didn't even take action?"
"I couldn't very well." Said the Sultan. "I was frozen. I only just recieved all the informantion."
"Well I think Jafar is taken care of now." Said Mozenerath. "And he was such a menace to your city, I am told?"
"Jafar wasn't the most powerful in the world..." Said Jayde. "Only in the kingdom."
"And you were away, thus leaving your city vulnerable."
"I didn't know that Jafar was going to be turning evil, now did I?" Argued Jayde.
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Queoted Mozenrath. "And he had it pretty absolute around here."
Jayde snorted. "Probably why you were so evil when before I met you, why didn't you come get him then."
"I had problems of my own." Said Mozenrath. "That and I hadn't heard of him."
"What problems?" Sneered Jayde. "Was it your little master slash enslaver, Desdane?"
"No more." Said Mozenrath. "Thankyou, Sultan. it is nice to see you safe."
Mozenrath bowed to the Sultan and strode out of the room, his cape billowing out behind him.
There was silence for a few seconds, before Jayde's yelling broke it. "See if I CARE!" She yelled down the corridor. "Because I don't!"
Darius was looking very nervous at this time. The poor mini-sorceror was sweating and looked quite pale, although there was obviously some genetic paleness around him all the time.
"Oh, um..." Jayde started. "Papa, this is... HIS brother. He was a great help to us on our... my journey, and I have gifted him the bounty of a meeting with my sister."
Darius attempted an awkward bow, since he was already making himself as small as possible. "If it please, your majesty, I should like to stay for a while at the palace as well.
"Well certainly." Said the Sultan, giving Darius a knowing look. "You want to meet Jasmine, do you? Well, she's away at the moment. We expect her back at any time though."
This information gave Jayde a start. "What? She's nicked off again?"
"Oh, no no no." Replied the Sultan. "Just having a little time off."
Jayde was both mentally and physically exhausted. "Papa, do you mind if I stay here for a while till I... we get things sorted out."
"A lovers tiff." Said the Sultan. "Why, certainly, your chambers are always open to you."
"Thankyou Papa."
"Although I don't know why you two still insist in staying in that stuffy old citadel when you're home. You could quite easily-"
The Sultan was cut off by Jayde. "Thankyou Papa, I will just show Darius to his rooms?"
"Yes dear, I'll notify the guards that we have a guest."
Jayde took Darius's arm and led him away.
Corridor after corridor, the palace was a large dwelling. Two sets of footsteps echoed, but barely made an impact. The immence size of the palace seemed to act as a silencer.
"I am sorry you had to see that." Said Jayde. "I don't know what's gotten into Mozenrath."
"Don't forget, he is my brother." Replied Darius. "He has a thing about bottling up emotions."
"I... I think I have some problems like that too."
"And he's stubborn."
"Yes."
"And annoying."
Tears welled in Jayde's eyes as they approached a new set of rooms.
"Here is your room." Said Jayde, opening a door. "If you need anything, live with it."
Jayde turned and ran down the corridor, taking turn after turn before entering her own overfurnished room. She flopped down on the bed and cried into the pillow.
