(A/N): 3 words…THE FLU SUCKS!!!!! I know…no excuse for taking so long. But, here's the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it! Since I took so long, I'll try to get another one out tonight. Enjoy!

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It wasn't long after we crawled out of the tunnel that we were all walking through the desert. 'The Old Man' had acquired a horse for himself and shouted out directions as Aladdin, Lisa, and I lead the horse through the storm. A few times I heard Lisa mumbling next to me.

"I hate sand storms…..I despise sand storms…I ABHOR sand storms."

If I wasn't thinking the same thing, I would've laughed.

As we reached the place where the cave would appear, the storm died down.

'You gotta love the Disney universe.' I thought.

Jafar pulled out the pieces of the beetle, sent it flying off and it formed the cave. We all watched, amazed. I knew it would happen and I still thought it was freaking cool! As we approached the cave, I had to swallow my fear. I couldn't get the image of Gazeem being eaten alive by the living sand out of my mind.

Then, the Cave of Wonders spoke to us:

"Who dares disturb my slumber?"

"I-it is I, Aladdin."

"And I, Lisa."

"And I,…Sarah."

I had to force the words out of my mouth. The cave studied us with a critical eye.

"…Proceed. Touch NOTHING but the Lamp."

As it's mouth shot open, Jafar called out to us.

"Remember children, first fetch me the lamp, and then you shall have your reward."

We all glanced at each other, as if reassuring ourselves that we should go on. Aladdin gave a determined nod.

"Let's go, guys."

Abu started shivering and I instinctively took Lisa's hand. I felt her stiffen at the the physical contact. But she, being the fabulous woman she was, let me hold her hand.

We stepped into the Cave's mouth and started walking down the flight of stairs. At the end of the stairs there was an archway. It was only large enough for one of us to walk through at a time. Aladdin went in first.

"Would you look at that!"

He walked through, then went Lisa, then me.

"Holy shit!" Lisa exclaimed.

"Oh my God!" I said.

Okay, I knew that there was going to be wall to wall gold in that place. I'd seen the movie millions of times! But, as I've stated before, seeing it through a screen and seeing it for real is a BIG difference.

"Just a handful of this stuff would make us richer than the sultan!"

Just like that, Abu went charging out of Aladdin's vest and went to grab a big red jewel.

"Abu!" we all screamed.

Abu stopped in midair then slowly floated down. Aladdin got on his knees and got into Abu's face.

"Don't. Touch. ANYTHING. We gotta find that lamp."

I walked behind Abu and rubbed his head affectionately before taking my place at Aladdin's right. Lisa came to Aladdin's left and we walked on. I glanced over and made eye contact with Lisa. Her favorite part (and character) was coming up.

As we walked a little further, I heard a few strange sounds coming from behind. I stole a glance at Lisa and saw her eyes light up with excitement.

"Aladdin! Aladdin!" Abu called, coming up and pulling on Aladdin's pants.

"Abu, will ya knock it off?" Aladdin replied as we walked on.

Abu sulked but followed us anyways.

A few steps and a few more interesting sounds later, Abu knocked Aladdin to the ground.

"Abu, what are you--crazy?"

Lisa and I turned quickly and tried to look shocked as Carpet peaked his 'head' out from behind a pile of gold.

"A magic carpet!" Aladdin said, shocked.

"Woah…" I whispered amazed.

"Oh my God…that's freaking amazing!" Lisa exclaimed, thoroughly excited.

Aladdin started trying to coax him out.

"C'mon out. We're not gonna hurt you."

Carpet cautiously came out and picked up Abu's hat. Dusting it off, he flew over and tried to hand it to Abu. Abu freaked out and jumped onto Aladdin's shoulder. I rolled my eyes and Lisa looked at Abu like he was crazy.

"Abu! He's not gonna hurt you!"

"Yeah, take it easy, Abu. He's not gonna bite." Aladdin added.

Carpet tried again. This time, Abu took his hat back, than screeched angrily at Carpet. Carpet hung his head and started to walk away. I look scoldingly at Abu.

"That wasn't very nice, Abu."

Abu's shoulders drooped and he looked at me guiltily.

Lisa looked at Aladdin.

"Maybe he could help us…?"

Aladdin nodded and called out to him.

"Hey, wait a minute. Don't go. Maybe you can help us."

Carpet pointed to himself, then flew up excitedly and wrapped himself first around Aladdin, then around me, and lastly around Lisa. Lisa laughed out loud. She was really enjoying this.

"See, we're trying to find this lamp…"

Carpet thought for a moment, then motioned for us to follow him.

"I think he knows the way!" said Aladdin as we took off running.

As we ran, I heard Lisa say under her breath:

"No shit, Sherlock."

We ran for about five minutes before we came across another large archway. We walked through and saw the famous staircase, with an even more famous object at the top. As I gazed at where I knew the lamp was I had to bite my tongue before I let out a scream. Aladdin looked at Abu and told him sternly:

"Stay here."

He looked at us as if he were about to say the same thing. I beat him to the punch.

"Forget it."

"We're going with you." Lisa added.

Aladdin looked up to the sky as if asking 'why bother?' before motioning for us to follow.

We hopped across the stepping stone bridge, one after the other until we came to the wide stone before the stairs. Seeing them up close, the stairs were very narrow and very high. There was no way all three of us could get up there safely.

Aladdin shot us a 'told ya so' look.

"Shut up." said Lisa, shortly.

"Yeah, Aladdin. Just go up and get the lamp."

Aladdin sighed, but nodded and started up the stairs.

When he was out of ear shot, Lisa looked at me smugly.

"A little eager, are we?"

"Shut it, Lisa."

I could feel my face heating up.

"…You're blushing…"

"I said shut it."

Lisa just shook her head at me as I watched Aladdin climb the stairs.

Okay, so it was true. I WAS really eager to meet Genie. Lisa had figured out by now that I wasn't your typical Genie fan. My obsession was not just a fan-ship…it was closer to a crush. And she would never let me forget it.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Aladdin's voice.

"ABU! NO!"

I looked around quickly to see the huge red ruby in Abu's hands.

"Oh-" I started.

"SHIT!" Lisa finished.

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