"Hey... It's Agrabah..." Estelle said. "Oh, I love those stories."
"I mostly like the one where Father got to help out Aladdin and Jasmine before their wedding." Zofia smiled.
"Yeah, that was fun!" Akito added.
"Oh, and don't get me started on that time with Hercules." Estelle added.
Merlin soon popped out of a barrel.
"We got company." Creepie told the others.
"Avast there, young sorcerers!" Merlin cried out, poking his head out to them while dodging both dark magic and swords. "Hades's minions are closing in. I haven't much time!"
"Then let's make like Ducks and Rock!" LJ exclaimed.
"Genie will explain everything!" Merlin told them as he went to hide himself. "We're counting on you!"
"Genie!" Akito and Estelle beamed out of excitement.
"This guy!" LJ gushed.
"Sorcerers! Alright! Fasten your seat-belts and I'll bring you up to speed!" Genie smiled before shooting off like a rocket. He then appeared in his game show host suit. "Hades and gentlemen, welcome to the Underworld Players production of 'That Villain Jafar Has Returned and He's Really, Really Mad'."
"Not Jafar!" Akito and Estelle cried out.
Genie soon appeared on a puppet theater stage with a prop lamp and the treasure room of the Cave of Wonders as the background. "Oh look, a lamp!" he then said, pulling out a hand puppet of Hades before taking out a hand puppet of Genie Jafar, imitating the evil man. "'Hey, Jafar the Evil Genie here, to grant you three wishes. That's correct. You may want to start by wishing we never crossed paths," he then imitated Hades to let the kids know what was going on. "Hmm... No, I already got my wish list: 1. Take over this land, 2. Find the missing Crystal piece and 3. Capture Merlin. Oh, right. Introductions. Name's Prince Azure, but you can call me Master."
"Prince Azure... That sounds fishy to me." Creepie stated.
"Of course," LJ replied. "Hades must be using alter-egos related to his name and/or skin tone."
"That sounds pretty simple and dumb, but it's the best we got, I guess." Akito replied.
"And, curtain!" Genie called out.
The curtains then closed before they soon opened up to reveal a Genie Times newspaper with a picture of Jafar and a headline "Jafar Free Again!".
"Oh, this is bad news!" Genie panicked, showing a globe of the Earth along with the crystal. "That evil genie Jafar is free again and already controls this land and a piece of the Crystal."
"Oh, no." Estelle frowned.
"Then we gotsa get it back!" LJ replied.
"What about Merlin?" Creepie asked.
"Now I can't seem to reach Merlin, either," Genie said, showing the tied up wizard. "We need your help to stop Jafar! Ah, it just hit me who to talk to first to find Jafar. Locate this portal, then use your handy-dandy Sorcerer's Key to open it and I'll meet you there. Bye!" he then told them as he poofed himself away.
"Well...alrighty then!" Zofia remarked.
"So, where are we going?" Estelle asked.
"It looks like... Adventure Land..." Akito said before smiling. "I like where this is going already!"
"Okay then...let's move it!" LJ remarked as they headed off.
They soon dashed off straight for Adventure Land.
They soon came there and opened up the way over and soon passed by the desert, ending up near an iconic location.
"The Cave of Wonders..." Akito and Estelle whispered in unison.
"AMAZING!" LJ grinned.
"Uh-oh. Looks like Prince Azure and that snake Jafar are blocking the entrance to the Cave of Wonders!" Genie told them.
Hades held onto the magic lamp until Jafar came out from it.
"The wizard Merlin is...elusive...Master." Jafar informed before bowing to the Lord of the Underworld.
"So whaddo we do to stop them?" LJ asked.
"Hmm... Let me see..." Zofia said as she checked her cards to find something.
Jafar soon spotted them, turning back into his human form.
"Oh, no..." Zofia muttered.
"Oh, please. Not another feeble Sorcerer challenge," Jafar rolled his eyes as he held out his snake staff. "Well then. Why don't you amuse yourself... with this?!"
The snake staff soon turned into an Arbok which snarled and snapped at the others.
"Ah, hiss yourself, you misshapen excuse for a belt!" LJ snapped.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to finish off Merlin and watch your demise from a distance." Jafar smirked to them.
"I choose... Bell Spell!" Zofia soon summoned the card to rid them of the Arbok.
"Whoa! That's gonna leave a ringing in his ears!" LJ remarked.
A giant bell soon cast over the Arbok, ringing violently which annoyed the reptilian Pokemon.
"You may have beaten my serpent but it's all for naught," Jafar hissed as his image appeared. "The last defenses of this kingdom are about to fall!" he then concluded with an evil laugh.
"That's what you think, beard-brain!" LJ remarked.
"Good work charming that snake, sahib." Genie said.
"It was an Arbok, but thank you." Zofia replied.
"Unfortunately Jafar's captured Merlin," Genie then told them. "We're running out of time!"
"Then we have to act fast," LJ remarked. "Don't worry, we won't let Jafar win!"
They soon went to the next spot.
"Nice work with the Bell Spell." Creepie smiled.
"Thanks." Zofia smiled back.
"Okay, what's up now?" asked Akito.
"Merlin's locked up, but found a way to signal us," Genie told them as he took them to the wizard. "I'll open a little old portal at his location...Now! Okay while I deal with the guards, you make a jailbreak! Ready! Break!"
"Um...okay!" Estelle replied.
The portal opens to reveal Merlin in a cramped space.
"Merlin... Is that you?" Zofia asked.
"Genie's right. This lamp really is an itty-bitty living space." Merlin's voice replied, but they could only see his hand holding his wand as he was shoved inside of a magic lamp.
"Wow. He just...shoved him in there." LJ remarked.
Merlin soon used his magic, shrinking himself down and everyone soon came inside to take a look at him.
"Man, he's almost as small as a newborn larva." Creepie remarked.
"Thankfully, you heard my distress spell!" Merlin said in relief to all of them.
"Hard to ignore, despite you being so small." LJ replied.
"What happened to you?" Creepie asked the wizard.
"It's about all I could muster after my battle with Jafar," Merlin said as he straightened his hat. "The villain caught me off guard, I'm afraid, but, I did weaken him. Now, I need your help to break out of this miniature prison."
"Will do, buckaroo!" Zofia remarked.
They soon heard Genie fighting.
"Uh-oh, I don't like that." Akito glared slightly.
"Oh, dear! Sounds like Genie's in trouble out there," Merlin panicked. "Use the Sorcerer's Crest. It's the symbol on the back of your spell cards and release me from this prison. There's not a moment to lose!"
"SORCERERS CREST!" The group shouted, holding the cards up.
Merlin soon yelped and was able to shoot out of the lamp after the spell was cast.
"Oh! Nice work, Sorcerers!" Genie's voice told them. "Looks like we're out of the frying pan and into the fire!"
"Oh, no..." Creepie remarked.
"Genie, let's tell the lovely folks where they're going next: It's a new portal!" Genie soon announced like a game show host again. "That's right. You'll enjoy an easy stroll to this luxurious portal that will satisfy all your villain battling needs. And it's right here."
"Ooh!" LJ exclaimed.
They soon went to the next portal.
"So, what we're gonna do?" Akito asked, imitating a vulture.
"I don't know," Estelle replied in the same way. "Hey, now, don't start that again!"
"Huh?" LJ asked.
"Just trying to lighten the mood." Akito smiled sheepishly.
"Okay..." LJ shrugged.
"Listen up, soldiers!" Genie announced. "Get out there and if you play your cards right, we might just beat Jafar."
Jafar was soon shown in the Cave of Wonders' treasure room, levitating Merlin in the air to taunt him.
"Merlin!" The group cried out for the wizard.
"Let's mash that meanie genie!" LJ remarked.
"Looking for this Crystal shard, are we?" Jafar smirked to Merlin before making the crystal disappear. "Well, I'm afraid you're out of luck!"
"Ah, phooey!" LJ grumbled.
"My, aren't we persistent?" Jafar smirked as he soon threw Merlin into a chest and locked the box. "No matter. Once Iago steals my lamp back from that fool Prince Azure, he has, but to wish me free and then I answer to no one!"
"Iago? I thought he was good now!" Zofia glared.
"Must have zapped him with the staff...or made a clone." LJ suggested.
"Cast a spell!" Genie told the group.
"This should quiet you, Genie!" Jafar glared, zapping Genie with his snake staff.
"Genie!" Zofia cried out.
"Oh, no!" LJ and Estelle yelped.
"You again?!" Jafar glared before zapping them.
Some of the others yelled out as that hurt a bit.
"Now... Let's see..." Zofia said before looking at her cards.
LJ looked over. "Try the Dragon Cannon." he suggested.
Zofia looked to her brother and soon played that card to see what would happen. A large dragon-shaped rocket fired at Jafar and exploded. Jafar fell back a bit and his hat flew off. Zofia giggled as she found that funny.
"I swiped the lamp from that stupid Prince Azure," Iago told Jafar as he flew over. "Where do you-" he then noticed the man's bald head and freaked out. "Whoa, your head! Ugh, I'm blinded!"
"Cueball, corner pocket!" LJ remarked.
Jafar soon put his hat back on as Merlin came out of the chest and soon zapped Iago.
"Yowwwwch!" Iago yelped as he soon flew off from the pain.
"Take that, clone-brain!" LJ smirked.
Jafar zapped some magic at Merlin but Merlin dodges. Jafar laughs evilly. The two sorcerers continue to zap and dodge each others attacks.
"Guys, I think we need to get Jafar in the lamp!" Akito told the others, remembering the first two stories he had heard about Aladdin's adventures.
"Good idea," LJ replied. "So let's get to grabbin' it!"
"The lamp, Sorcerers!" Merlin cried out to the group. "Use one of your spell cards to hit it. Any one of them will do."
"Take THIS!" Zofia glared, using a spell which would summon the magic lamp.
Merlin soon caught the lamp as it fell in his hands and he rubbed it, turning Jafar back into his genie form and sucking him back into the lamp. "Whew! That was much too close!" The good wizard sighed in relief.
"We won!" Akito whooped.
"But not a Pokémon in sight." LJ remarked.
Akito and Estelle frowned in empathy for LJ. Genie bound and gagged to a chair soon hopped over to the others. The others soon helped out Genie from his trap.
"Oh. You did it!" Genie smiled before kissing all of them in thanks. "Oh, I'm tingly all over."
"Uh...thanks." LJ replied.
"No, thank you!" Genie smiled.
"Jafar?! Are you in there?" Hades called out as they soon poofed back to the palace. "Hello?"
"Nope!" LJ smirked.
"My friends, you saved the day, and now Jafar is in no position to give Hades that shard from the Crystal of the Magic Kingdom," Merlin told the group. "Hades is still recruiting other villains to his foul plan. We could still use some help."
"Ugh... What happened...?" Iago groaned as he seemed to have a small headache after Merlin zapped him.
"Guess he's back to his old self now." LJ replied.
"Iago, why were you with Jafar?" Zofia asked. "I thought you were good now."
"I... I don't know..." Iago replied. "One minute I was with Cassim, then suddenly... I was with Jafar again, and... It's all a blank from there to be honest."
"Must have zapped him with the staff." LJ suggested.
"Ooh... Man... Not again..." Iago groaned. "Well, I better get going. I have a date."
"Really?" Creepie blinked.
A female bird soon flew by and came up beside Iago with smile. She was a green rain bird with a golden hat with green hair at the top, a gold necklace, and a yellow tail that made a rainbow when she flew.
"Everyone, this is Thundra." Iago introduced.
Everyone waved at her.
"Come on, Thundra, let's go." Iago said.
"Let's," Thundra smiled as she looked to the others. "So nice to meet you all."
"Same!" Zofia agreed.
Thundra and Iago soon left, leaving them in a rainbow fade out before they soon ended up elsewhere.
"Whoa..." LJ blinked.
"Could've done without the rainbows..." Creepie muttered.
They soon ended up on Main Street where they then saw Merlin again.