Chapter 16
Agrabah
everything seemed fine in Agrabah, as we walk into the peddlers shop, the walls were made of solid gold and there were piles of gold everywhere. We hear running behind us and turn around to see Aladdin, Abu and Iago right behind us.
"Sora! Don't let him get away!" Aladdin yelled as Sora quickly turns around and charges at the peddler but he trips and falls on his face. As I help Sora up we look over to see the peddler disappeared.
"What's going on?" I asked,
"I can't believe it... That stupid peddler let Jafar out of the lamp!" Aladdin explained.
"Jafar!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy say, I was shocked as well.
"Yeah, I saw the whole thing happen." Iago said,
"And the peddler knows where he is?" I ask,
"I believe he has Jafar's lamp." Aladdin said,
"That would explain all this gold." Donald said, I look over at Sora... Something was wrong.
"Iago, do you have any idea where Jafar might be?" Goofy asked,
"Well... Jafar used to plot his old schemes in the ancient ruins." Iago said,
"Then... that's a good... place to start," Sora said out of breath, he begins to head out,
"Sora!" I yell stopping him in his tracks, I storm over to him and press my forehead against his.
"Uh, Sara? What are you doing?" Goofy asked.
"You have a fever." I said as I make Sora sit down.
"I'm fine..." He said, he looked dizzy and his face was pale... he was far from fine.
"Aladdin, can we take Sora to the palace and put him in Jasmine's care while we go after Jafar?" I quickly ask. The only thing I wanted to do now was stay with Sora and take care of him, but with Jafar on the loose... we need to place him in someone else's care.
"Yeah," Aladdin agreed,
"Guy's, I'm perfectly fine..." Sora said trying to stand up but collapses, Aladdin was barely able to catch him.
"Yeah, sure you are." I said, Aladdin summons carpet and we take Sora over to the palace entrance. Jasmine runs up to us.
"What happened?" She asked looking at Sora.
"He's running a fever," I explained. I look over at Sora who had fallen asleep, "Can you take care of him until we take care of Jafar?" I ask,
"Of course," She said, Jasmine calls over some guards who carry Sora off into the palace, "Please be careful." She said,
"We will," I said looking over at Iago, "Can you take us to the ruins?" I ask,
"Y... yeah," He said hesitantly. We fallow Iago outside of the city walls and face the east, a huge sandstorm was ravaging in the distance.
"What a disaster! We're just gonna hafta turn back." Iago said,
"There's gotta be another way..." Aladdin said
"besides, we can't give up! Sora's counting on us." I said as Donald and Goofy nod in agreement. Sora is always the one to save the day... Now it's my turn.
"Aw, c'mon, kid that's an easy one!" We hear Genie's voice echoing around us, "Al, ol' buddy, ol' pal!" He said flying up to Aladdin, "This is what having a genie for a best friend is all about! I mean how can you leave me on the sidelines at a time like this! Live large! Wow em', Al. Give 'em the old razzmatazz! What do you say, kid?"
"Hey, Genie!" I said,
"Sora!..." He pauses and looks at me, "Wait, your Sara... but where's Sora?" he asked,
"He's sitting this one out." I said,
"Alright! Wanna see a little something I call Sandstorm Sweep?" Genie asked,
"Uh- huh!" The three of us say.
"Take it away Genie." Aladdin said, Genie looks over at the sandstorm ready to put on a big show but stops and frowns.
"You know? one lousy sandstorm is just too easy." Genie points at the sandstorm and it disappears, we all look in aw, we turn around to thank him but he was already gone, "How about giving me a challenge next time, eh Al?" Genie's voice echoed, we head to the ruins,
When we arrive, we're stopped by a steep cliff.
"Now what do we do?" Aladdin said, Carpet fly's over us.
"Nice timing Carpet!" I said, we all climb on carpet and begin to fly around with Iago in the lead. We come to a strange tower but we're stopped by what looks like a transparent person, we quickly defeat it and head inside the building. We stop in a large room ready to fight.
"The game's up Jafar!" I yelled, even though I have no idea what Jafar looks like... We look around but no one is here but us.
"You sure this was it?" Aladdin asked Iago as we all turned to look at him,
"Iago?" Donald said, Iago fly's away from us and lands on a nearby ledge, he lowers his head.
"Ya gotta understand. It wasn't my idea!" Iago pleaded, "It was Jafar. He made me bring you here. You don't know him like I do! He can be very convincing!... He said if I didn't cooperate, he was gonna-" Aladdin interrupts him.
"Where is he?" He demanded,
"C'mon Al, you've gotta forgive me." Iago pleaded,
"Where's Jafar!" Aladdin yelled ignoring him.
"Well... um, let's see... right about now, he's probably attacking the palace." Iago said, "I had no choice! His eyes, they got all creepy and weird!" Iago said,
"Whatever!" I said, I couldn't believe he would betray us like this, "Iago, you're supposed to be our friend. But you've been playing both sides, just to make sure you save yourself."
"I knew you were still a bad guy!" Donald said
"I'm sorry!" Iago said as he accidently knocks over a vase and it breaks. The entire room starts shaking,
"What's going on?" I said
"It's another trap!" Goofy said, Carpet fly's up to us.
"Let's go!" Aladdin said as we all climb onto Carpet and fly all the way back to Agrabah. We climb off Carpet and it falls to the ground.
"Get some rest, Carpet. You earned it." Aladdin said,
"C'mon, let's get Jafar!" Iago said as Aladdin and I look at him confused.
"And who asked you?" I said
"Let's head to the palace, Hurry!" Aladdin said, we run over to the Palace gates to see a tall man talking to Jasmine, who was chained to a wall,
"Right about now... your precious Aladdin is whispering your name, with his last breath!" The man said as Jasmine smiles at the sight of us, the man turns around shocked to see us there, we get ready to fight.
"What was that you were saying, Jafar?" Aladdin said, well, looks like I know what he looks like now. I look over to the side to see Sora unconscious leaning against the wall. Jafar looks at me then looks over at Sora confused.
"It can't be!" He said, "There are two of you?" He said
"You better believe it! The name's Sara, I'm Sora's twin sister and you're going to give me my brother back!" I said, Iago fly's beside me, Jafar turns his gaze towards him.
"You dare defy me! You useless bird!" Jafar said pointing his staff at Iago and it started glowing, we brace ourselves for impact but Jafar quickly points the staff at Aladdin as a lazar shoots out of the staff.
"Al!" Iago yells as he gets in the way of the attack and falls to the ground.
"Iago!" Goofy yells.
"You'll all be joining him... very soon!" Jafar said as he transforms into a giant red genie.
"Donald! Goofy! Aladdin!" I yelled, "Get everyone out of here!" I said as Aladdin helps Jasmine escape as Goofy grabs Sora and Donald grabs Iago. I look up to see a building being thrown at me. I try to run out of the way only to be picked up by Carpet before it crushes me. "C'mon Carpet! Let's show him what we can do!" I said as we fly up and begin attacking him.
"What chance does a little girl have of defeating an all powerful genie alone?" he said as he takes a swing at us only for us to dodge.
"A lot more than you defeating me!" I said taking another whack at him. Jafar swings his arm and grasps me in his hand... I couldn't move!
"What was that you were saying?" He said he tightened his grip, it was becoming hard to breath. The sharp pain returned in my chest... This time I plan on using it, I concentrate on forming the darkness around my body and slowly begin to pry his hand open, "What?" He said as I slip through his fingers and Carpet catches me.
"It's over Jafar!" I said pulling all the darkness into the palm of my hand shooting it through Jafar's chest,
"No... How can I be defeated again, by a pack of filthy street rats?" He said beginning to disappear. As Carpet and I begin to fly away from him I turn my head and look at him,
"Don't mess with street rats!" I said as Jafar explodes, I fly down to Aladdin and the others to see Sora was now awake.
"Sara!" Sora yelled as I jump off of Carpet and hug him.
"Are you ok?"I asked placing my palm on his forehead, he no longer had a fever and the color from his face returned.
"Yeah," Sora said with a smile as Genie appears.
"You went mano a mano with Jafar and you didn't invite me, Al?" He said,
"Sorry Genie, things happened kinds fast. And besides, Sara was the one who took him on." Aladdin said,
"And I had some new moves to show off, too..." Genie sulked,
"But Genie, we still need your help!" Donald said,
"Who's gonna fix Agrabah?" Sora asked, I didn't notice until now that Jafar totaled the city.
"Oh yeah!" Genie cheered, "One super- duper spruced- up Agrabah comin' right up! you won't even recognize the place when I'm through with it!"
"Just like it was, please." Aladdin said
"Really? Same old same old?" Genie asked as we all nod to him.
"Alright," Genie said as he waves his hands and Agrabah is as good as new, "Et viola! Next time let me put in a few swimming pools, Kay?" Genie said as he left. Aladdin lets out a sigh of relief.
"I guess Agrabah's alright now." Sora said
"Yeah! Thanks guy's." Aladdin said,
"And thanks for taking care of Sora." I said to Jasmine,
"It's the least I could do." She said,
"Hey, you behave yourself, got it?" Sora said to Iago.
"I most definitely got it! No more looking' out for number one, I'm reformed! I wana be a good friend, like Genie but I can't do anything to help you. What kind of friend is that?" Iago said.
"Oh-no, It's not like that, Iago. Friends don't have to do stuff. As long as you have fun hanging out together, that's all that matters." Sora said.
"So... what do you guys do for fun?" Aladdin asked,
"We do this!" Donald said as him and Goofy make funny faces,
"Uh... that's not quite what I meant." Aladdin said
"Well anyway..." Sora said,
"Sara, can I talk to you for a moment?" Jasmine asked,
"Um... sure." I said as we walk away from the rest of the group. we stop next some stairs where the others can't see us.
"How long has that been going on?" She asked,
"What?" I asked confused, she places her hand on my chest and it begins to burn. I quickly back away trying to catch my breath.
"How long has the Darkness been causing you pain?" Jasmine asked, she saw right through me. I shouldn't underestimate the power of a princess of heart.
"Since I began my journey," I said, no keeping it from her now, "Do you know why this is happening?" I asked her, she shook her head,
"Sorry, the only advice I can give you is stay as far away from Darkness as you possibly can, for some reason it seems the Darkness is attracted to you." Jasmine said
"I'll keep that in mind." I said, Jasmine had a point, if I stayed away from darkness the pain might go away. We walk back over to the others.
"Well, you've done it again, Sora." Aladdin said, "Don't forget about us, Okay?"
"I won't." Sora said with a smile.
"And Sora... about that friend of yours, the one you're looking for..." Aladdin said as Sora lowers his head, he was thinking about Riku, "You'll find him. Trust me." We all say our good-bye's and head out.
"So where are we going?" I asked as Sora takes the wheel
"Hey, were getting a signal to head back to Hallow Bastion." Donald said, I was a little hesitant to go back there, things didn't go so well last time. And there's a chance Father is still there. But as long as I stay with Sora, I'll be just fine.