Iago's Story Chapter 2 " A Change in Heart & Mind"

As morning came, Iago awoke to his mother's voice "C'mon sweetie, it's a brand new day." When he opened his eyes, Scarlet was nowhere to be seen "Mommy?" Poor kid, he had forgotten what happened last week. Iago could tell that this wasn't gonna be a cheerful day. When he looked out the window across from his pillow, the sun wasn't even out, there was only dark, dreary rain clouds. But at least he could finally eat some real food instead of those disgusting peanut shells those crooks would feed him.

But as he made his way down to the breakfast table, there wasn't anyone sitting there, none except for that strange man, Jafar, who had rescued him last night. At first, he thought this funny looking dude was just gonna feed him scraps, but to his surprise, a big bowl of fruit was arranged for him. With much hapiness in his eyes, Iago dug into the ripe colored food, he ate apples, tore apart oranges, gobbled down clusters of grapes, and swallowed the bananas whole. "Are you quite finished?" Jafar asked. Iago answered with a contented cheep and lied down across the table with a full belly.

"Good, then that means I can help you with something else..." The tall, and bony man picked up the gorged bird and took him down to a secret lab of his. As he set Iago down on a stoned table, he explained why he rescued him and how he can repay the favor. "Alright little fellow, I know you can understand me, but I, on the other hand cannot understand you, therefore; I'm going to fix this problem right now." Jafar pulled out something Iago had never seen before, a golden staff, formed in the shape of a cobra. The little parrot slowly backed away as Jafar got closer "Hold still, this won't one bit." A sky colored beam shot from the snake's eyes and zapped the baby.

When the dust settled, he was so scared what did this insane lunatic do to him? He became so angry and frightened, that he couldn't hold it in any longer. "What was that for? If I leave this room and see something wrong with me-!" With shock, Iago covered his mouth. "So my spell worked, then? Well, I guess it's a good thing that we'll finally make some connection here." Jafar could now talk to this parrot as if it were a person! And surprisingly, this bird had a very powerful voice although he was just a baby.

"Now that we can understand eachother, you're going to be my sidekick in evil. One day, I will become sultan, and you shall be my right hand bird." Iago liked this idea, something inside him snapped and he was at Jafar's side from that day.

MANY YEARS LATER...
Iago was now a fully grown parrot who had finally learned how to fly. Nobody else in Agrabah knew of his ability to speak, except for, Jafar of course. But even though he grew up in a palace, there were still plenty of things that irritated him.

Rajah, the palace tiger, was always trying to eat him, the sultan shoved a cracker down his throat at every chance he got, and worst of all, the princess was constantly going on about how much she wanted out. But there was still something to keep his chin up about...a magic lamp. These two had been searching for it ever since the day Iago spoke for the first time.

But one afternoon, they had found the right person to retrieve it for them, a boy named, Aladdin. But to Iago's dissapointment, he had to run his heart out on a treadmill-like device that generated electricity to create an artificial cluster of grey clouds.

In between wheezing breaths, he begged for a chance to take a break. "With all due respect, your Rotteness, couldn't we just wait...for a real storm?" Jafar was in no mood to reason with him. "Save your breath, Iago! Now run faster!" he ordered after placing a diamond ring in the core of his machine. "Yes, O mighty Evil One!" Iago responded, he then started to run with all the breath left in his body.

As the lightning struck the blue diamond, the sand in an enormous hourglass began to form the one they needed. "Yes, yes! there he is, my diamond in the rough." Iago could see the sand projecting a boy, walking alongside a beautiful young lady. "That's him? that's the clown we've been waitin' for-" He couldn't finish his sentence, since he had accidently let go of the handle bars. The huge, electric wheel spun him around and around until it spit him out at the wall.

Of course, Jafar paid him no attention. "Let's have the guards extend him an invitation to the palace, shall we?" With as much pain he was in, the only thing Iago could sputter, was "Swell..." After that, he coughed and crashed to the floor. Sadly, after tricking the boy into coming with them, the Cave of Wonders had swallowed him shortly after he had entered...and so, the the kid was gone, and so was the lamp.