Author's Note: Sorry it took so long but keep in mind I have two stories going that I'm writing faithfully (not taking months long breaks like some of the author's I'm waiting for to update). Anyways, enjoy the chapter, hope you all like it.
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"Now, I'll ask you one more time…where are the other muffins?" Tabitha thundered grabbing the swinging spotlight and pointing it directly into John's eyes as she sat down at a table in the center or a dark room.
"I've tol' ya' Tabby, I ain't got 'em." John cried stretching his arms out over his head begging her to believe him.
"Then where are they?" Tabitha demanded bringing her face directly in front of his; their noses barely having any space between them.
"I DON'T KNOW! Why don't ya believe me?" John asked looking at her desperately.
"Okay John, I'll believe you…for now. But if I see one more muffin on my set you're outta here!" She screamed opening up the door that lead back to the studio sets and slammed it behind her.
"Oy, wat am I ta' do?" John mumbled to himself shaking his head. It had all seemed so wonderful when his poppy seed muffin showed up…but who had planted it there?
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"…This is no ordinary lamp! It once changed the course of a young man's life. A young man who, like this lamp, was much more then he seemed. Perhaps you'd like to hear the tale? It's begins on a dark night yo. Where a dark man waits, with a dark purpose." The last line Toad said with mystery as he tossed sand into the sky that would turn into stars.
"And…cut! Good job Toad. Wow never thought those words would come out of my mouth." Tabitha said as Bobby and Roberto cleared away Todd's stand. "Now let's move outdoors for the desert scene. Forge! I want the night filters placed over the cameras! Gray! Get ready to fly the scarab and Jubilee I want a golden trail following after it and all actors in this scene need to get into there places!" Tabitha shouted throwing the switch on her director's chair so that it wheeled itself outside to where it had been set up like a desert.
Artificial darkness fell over the calm and quiet desert. The only sign of life sat upon a dark black horse named Mystique with a shadow, shrouding the mysterious person in blackness with the outline of Magneto as a parrot resting on the man's shoulder.
Slowly a grungy dirty man waddled over to the lone horseman stopping just below him.
"You…are late." A pair of steel gray eyes glared down at the man.
"A thousand apologies, O patient one." Evan said giving a half bow and cringing all the way.
"You have it then?" The teenager asked wanting to confirm that Evan hadn't come empty handed.
"Oh yeah." Evan said shooting out a spike and catching it. "Had to slit a few throats to get it." He said with a smirk before Tabitha's growl off screen for butchering the script made it fade. Reaching into his sleeve, Evan pulled out half of a scarab medallion and held it out but retracted it quickly. "Ah ah ahh! The treasure?"
Magneto squawked as he flew past Evan's hand snatching the medallion away. "This is so beneath me." He whispered flying back to the teenager playing Jafar. He dropped the half scarab in the air and it was caught by Pietro. His fingers curled around the item and held it there. "Trust me my pungent friend, yeah right, you'll get what's coming to you." At that part Pietro had to lower his head to the camera wouldn't see him smirk.
"Squawk. What's coming to you." Magneto screeched glaring at Tabby with murder in his beady little eyes for giving him this role.
At that Pietro pulled out the second half and slowly brought them together with greed set in his face. As soon as they came together it became full of light and rushed out of Pietro's hands and sped down the dunes with a trail of gold dust, courtesy of Jubilee, trailing after it. "Quick follow after it!" He cried rearing back on his horse and then taking off after it with Evan close behind on his own horse. "I could so run faster then this." Pietro whispered under his breath before hearing a growl from Tabitha and he shut up.
They rode to where the scarab flew but abruptly stopped as Jean broke the scarab apart and threw the two pieces into a sand mound. With a great and mighty roar, a sand image of Sabertooth's head rose from the ground.
Pietro's eyes were wide with awe as he spoke. "At last! After all these years of searching, the Cave of Wonders!" He said his voice becoming more excited and giddy with each word.
"Awk! Cave of Wonders." Magneto repeated sarcastically and Tabitha made a fist off screen at him as a threat to suck it up.
"By Allah." Evan whispered.
"Now remember! Bring me the lamp! The rest of the treasure is yours but the lamp is mine!" Pietro ordered grabbing Evan by the front and shoving his out there in front of Sabertooth.
Evan slowly started toward the cave with a greedy smirk on his face. He stopped in front of Sabertooth's mouth which acted at the entrance.
"Awk! The lamp!" Magneto said with slightly more enthusiasm. Now that the two were along, Magneto turned to face Pietro. "Jeez where didja' dig this bozo up?" And in return Pietro put a finger to his lips to silence him.
"I'd give anything' ta' be able to do that." Logan smirked off stage.
"Shh badger! C'mon!" Tabitha shushed him before turned back to the set.
"Who disturbs my slumber?" Sabertooth asked irritated that someone dared to awaken him.
Evan turned his head back to look at Pietro who shooed him forward. "It--is I, Evan, a humble thief."
"Know this." Sabertooth began. "Only one may enter here. Whose worth lies far more within. A diamond in the rough."
Evan slowly placed a foot on Sabertooth's lip expecting the worst. Nothing happened. At that he fully stepped on the first tooth but as soon as he did Sabertooth growled. Frantic, Evan turned around to escaped but Sabertooth clammed his mouth down tightly. "Seek thee out, the diamond in the rough." And with that Sabertooth disappeared leaving two medallion halves in his wake.
Magneto, who was now on the ground and extremely ticked off, decided to get all his anger out in his next few lines. "I can't believe it! I just don't believe it! We are never gonnaget a hold of that lamp! Look at this. Look at this! I'm so ticked off I'm molting!" He shouted fly onto Pietro's shoulder.
"Patience da-Magneto, patience. Evan was clearly less then worthy." He said smirking.
"Whad' you say?" Evan yelled off screen before silence by Boom Boom's death glare.
"Oh there's a big surprise! That's an incred--I think I'm gonna have a heart-attack and die from that surprise! What're we gonna do! We got a big problem here! A big prob-!" And Pietro clamped Magneto's beak shut.
"Okay now I'd really give anything to be able to do that." Logan said an amused smirk on his face. "Uh huh." Every one else in the room echoed in zombie-like agreement.
"That was good Pietro but I think we need to do it over!" Tabitha shouted through her megaphone even though she wasn't even 20 feet away. "Take it from Magneto's line." She ordered.
Grumbling, Magneto repeated his lines. "Oh there's a surprise! That's an incred--I think I'm gonna have a heart-attack and die from that surprise! What're we gonna do! We got a big problem here! A big prob-!" And Pietro clammed down on Magneto's beak silencing him again.
"Not bad, but it still needs work. I'm just not believing it. Again this time from Magneto's last line!" Tabitha ordered a slow smirk forming over her face.
Growling and glaring Magneto repeated his line. "We got a big problem here! A big prob-!" And Pietro wrapped his fingers around Magneto's beak silencing him once again.
"Again! Do you want our viewers to think it's fake! Even the special effects are real!" Tabitha shouted trying to keep the crazed grin off her face. By now everyone else was slowly starting to snicker amongst themselves.
"We got a problem here! A big prob-!" Magneto was cut off by his son's hand.
"Again!" She ordered. And so it was repeated.
"Again! And again! And again!" Tabitha cried jumping up and down in her director's chair laughing mad with power and control.
"We got a problem here! A big…hey wait a minute! The camera isn't even on! You've made me repeat that stupid line five times without it even going! What are you trying to do to me! Make me explode in frustration! It's bad enough you had me repeat that idiotic line over and over again but you had my own son cut me off by clamping me mouth shut! What is the meaning off that!" Magneto exclaimed starting to molt all over again. By now the entire cast and crew were laughing hysterically at Magneto and the sight of Tabitha standing there wide eyed gaping at the fact that someone had dared question her orders, even if they were for her own amusement. Amara and Jubilee were using each other as support to keep themselves from falling over from laughing so hard which was an example of everyone else on the set.
"Father I think that--" Pietro cut himself off before telling his father what he realized was going on knowing that would only ensue chaos and mass power damage.
"What Pietro?" Magneto asked turning to face his son. "What is it that you think?" He asked eyes flaring as some of the light stands and cameras began to rise in the air.
"That we should get on with movie." He said quickly fear etched on his face.
"Fine." Magneto growled and the equipment fell back on the ground with a large thud and got back on Pietro's shoulder.
"Yes we do. Only one may enter. We must find this one, this…diamond in the rough."
"C-cut! Cut! All right save that footage and let's get ready for the market place scene." Tabitha said finding her voice. No one heard her though because of how loud the laughter was now that the filming had stopped.
"I said GET READY!" She screamed into the bullhorn causing everyone to jump to attention and scatter about in preparation.
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Author's note: There you go, hope it was worth the wait. I'm trying to add funny moments so please tell me what you think about the "funny" parts. Next chapter we'll see who plays Aladdin, Razoul, Abu, and Prince Achmed…maybe not sure yet ; ). R&R Thank you!