Out in the middle of a vast and dry desert, we see a cart with a massive sack on it. Riding on the sack was a woman wearing a cloak and the hood covering her face. On her way, she began to sing.
Woman: Oh, I come from a land of a faraway place,
Where the caravan llamas roam,
Where it's flat and immense
And the heat is intense
It's BARBARIC! …But hey, its home
When the winds from the east
And the sun's from the west
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down,
Stop on by,
Hop a carpet and fly
To another Parro Night!
As the cart moves over a hill, we see a large city with a majestic castle in its center. The woman continues singing.
Parro Nights,
Like Parro Days,
More often than not,
Are hotter than hot
In a lot of good ways!
The cart is pulled by horse into a vacant lot in the market place.
Parro Nights
'Neath Parro Moons
A goof off his guard
Could fall and fall hard
Out there in the dunes.
Finally, entered the lots center and passed out from dehydration. After the horse collapsed, the cart fell to pieces due to it being poorly built. The woman slid down the sack and faced the readers after revealing her to be Amnelis. "Ah, welcome my friends. Come closer, please come closer." Just then the reader got so close that Amnelis's face was crushed against the computer screen. "Okay, a little to close." The reader gave Amnelis some space. "That's good, welcome to Parro, the city of mystery,…" Amnelis struck a match to acquire a creepy look. "Enchantment,…" Amnelis held herself as if she and a guy loved each other.
Amnelis then pulled the rope holding the sack closed off and an entire stand entitled Amnelis Discount Store which was covered with random items. "And the finest prices on this side of the world, on sale today, come on down." Amnelis held up a strange looking device. "Behold the fancy Degoonga device. It makes coffee and fries. I guarantee it not to break." Amnelis tapped it on the stand only for the device to fall to pieces. "Oh, look. It broke. Oops."
She throws the device aside and pulled out a box. "Ah, now these things are really rare. This is the legendary Dead Man's Chest. Listen." Amnelis opened the box slightly and made a raspberry. "That means it's still good." The readers aren't interested in Amnelis's junk and decides to leave. Amnelis cuts off their exit. "Wait, please don't go. I can see that you are only interested in the really important stuff, like me. I think you'll be rewarded if you checked this." Amnelis pulled out a small brass oil lamp with an image of a leopard on the side. "Don't be fooled by its invaluable appearance, like many things it's not what is on outside, but what's on the inside." Amnelis took a peek inside the lamp.
The readers walk away, not interested, but she runs back in front of them, frantically. "This is no ordinary lamp!" she cries, and then calms down. "It once changed the life of a man, who was more than he appeared." Amnelis then whispered to the readers, "a diamond in the rough. Would you like to hear the story?" Amnelis takes some glitter and throws it up in the air, resembling the stars. "It starts off on a dark night, where a dark man waits, with a dark purpose…"
A man in a black cloak sat in the middle of the desert upon a horse. His cloak hid his identity, but we see a pair of purple eyes and pieces of long black hair. Standing on by his side was another man wearing a similar cloak. A horse rode up to them, and off stepped a man with wrinkles on his face with long wavy brown hair named Riya.
"You are late." said the dark man, annoyed.
"A thousand apologies, oh patient one." Riya said sarcastically.
"Do you have it?" asked the dark man.
"I had to bash a few skulls, but yes, I got it." Riya said, holding up one half of a stone talisman. The dark man was about to take the stone when RIya held it away. "Wait a minute. I want my treasure first." Riya held his hand out to receive his pay. Suddenly the other cloaked man took the stone from Riya, and handed it to his master.
"Be patient Riya. You'll get what's coming to you." The other cloaked man chuckled in delight. The dark man pulled out the second half of the talisman and put the two pieces together. The full talisman then glowed red and flew off further into the desert. "Quickly, follow the trail." yelled the dark man. The three fiends took off at high speeds to follow the talisman. "FASTER!" was what the dark man ordered.
Eventually the talisman approached a large dune. It broke in two once more, each piece encircling the dune before embedding themselves into the sand. The dune then rose with a surge of energy knocking the dark man, Raleigh, and Riya to the ground and took the form of a tiger's head.
"Finally, after many long years, The Cave of Wonders." exclaimed the dark man. The dark man then grabbed Riya by the collar. "Alright you oaf, listen to me. All the treasure is yours, except the lamp, that's MINE."
Riya rubbed his hands together greedily as he approached the cave. The cloaked man whispered to his master, "Where on Earth did you find this poor excuse of a human." The dark man shushed him. As soon as Riya was about to enter the cave came to life and blew him over
"Who dares disturb the slumber?" demanded the cave.
Riya gulped, "It is I, Riya, the humble thief."
"Know this," said the cave, "only one may enter, one whose worth lies far within, The Diamond in the Rough!"
Riya looked back at his master in concern. "What are you waiting for? Go on." demanded the dark man.
Riya looked nervous as he took one step into the cave. He waited, but nothing happened. Riya let out a sigh of relief, until the cave roared. Riya tried to make his way out, but the cave bit down and ate Riya.
"NOOO…" screamed the dark man as a blast of wind went by as the cave returned to his slumber.
"SEEK OUT THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!" were the last words that echoed from the cave before he returned to being a dune of sand.
"Well this is a fine predicament," said the cloaked man as he unearthed himself from a pile of sand. "We are NEVER getting that stupid lamp." He walked over and took the two halves of the talisman before handing it to his master.
The dark man's hood was down to show he had white skin and long, black hair. "Patience, Astrias, patience," he said, "Riya was less than worthy to enter the Cave of Wonders."
"Oh, what shock," said Astrias sarcastically before revealing himself as a man with short brown and blue eyes. "I'm so shocked, I could have a heart attack from being shocked. I could…" he said no more because the dark man covered his mouth.
"Yes, we do have a predicament. Only one may pass the Cave of Wonders. We must find this… Diamond in the Rough."