Off in the frozen wasteland, the tower Naris had launched came crashing down into the snow. Istvan came crashing out of a window and landed in the snow. He looked up at the surrounding area trying to see if his friends were out there. "Suni!" Istvan called out.
"Here." Istvan heard from a small mound of snow. Istvan looked over at it and saw Suni's hand sticking out of it. He ran over to it and began to dig Suni out of the snow. When dug out, Istvan saw Suni was turning blue and icing over. To help her, Istvan put Suni into his warm body to heat her up.
"Oh, this is my fault. I should have freed Guin when I had the chance." Istvan said, scolding himself. "I've gotta set things right. We're getting out of here and stopping Naris."
He sat down. However, when he did so, he felt something move beneath him.
"Carpet!" Istvan said. Indeed, it was carpet that he had sat on. However, he was completely frozen from the cold and was trapped partially under the castle tower. "Start digging." Istvan said as he got down on his knees and began to dig away at the snow. Suni assisted him.
Gravity had other plans though. Istvan heard creaking and looked up to see the tower rolling down slightly thanks to the loss of snow. He began backing away. Ben stopped to see Suni still digging.
"Almost there. I'm almost-wah." Suni said as Istvan grabbed him and ran off as the tower came rolling down hill at the trio. Unfortunately, when they got a good distance away, they realized they were on a cliff.
"What do we do now?" Suni asked, clearly afraid of falling and being crushed.
Istvan looked up to see a glassless window on the tower. "Follow my lead." he said, running back at the tower. Suni gave no protest and followed him back up. After reaching a point, Istvan stopped to see if the window would roll on his spot. When he was as sure as possible, he turned, grabbed his pal, and crouched to the ground as the tower rolled over them.
As luck may have it, Istvan was right and the tower rolled of down the cliff side and out of sight. "We're alive!" Suni said happily. She suddenly fainted from the shock of almost getting crushed, much to Istvan's amusement.
Carpet erupted from the ground, having been freed when the ice incasing his body was crushed by the tower. He flew over happily to pick up Istvan Suni
Once firmly on his back, the group shot off at high speeds. Istvan yelled, "Okay carpet, back to Parro!"
…
Parro had been put into a state of turmoil since Naris had became king, and that was only a few hours ago. The skies had become a permanent storm of darkness, centering from the now mountain top castle.
Inside the castle was no better. Valerius and his men were all imprisoned in the dungeon as payback for their betrayal, the king, queen, and the twins had been dressed like a jester and had giant puppet strings tied to their limbs, Rajah was locked in a cage (still stuck a kitten), and Sayori had been dressed as a slave (not like a slave in colonial America, more like the slaves Jabba the Hutt has) and handcuffed to the staff.
Astrias was currently taking pleasure in torturing Sayori's family by force them to bow down to him like a king. "All of you bow before me!" Raleigh yelled, putting his feet on their backs.
Naris laughed sadistically as Sayori pleaded, "Naris, please make him stop." Naris finished his laugh before wiping away a tear of joy and holding his hand up to signify Astrias should cease torturing her family. Raleigh took one look at the former royal family before getting off of them.
"It pains me to see you reduced to this, Princess." Naris said. He pulled the staff closer to him to force Sayori's hands, holding an apple, closer to his face. Once there he bit into the apple, sending some juice into Sayori's face, which she wiped away. Naris used his magic to turn Sayori's chains into a tiara. "A beautiful maiden, such as yourself, should be in the arms of the most powerful man alive. What do you say?" Nsris asked.
His offer was not because he was attracted to Sayori. It was simply because he wanted a trophy wife and one last thing to rub in Istvan's face.
Sayori was smart enough to see this. And thanks to the loss of the chains she was free to retaliate. She picked up a wine glass that Naris had been drinking from and splashed him in the face with it. "Never!" Sayori responded.
Naris, in outrage, pushed Sayori to the ground and prepared to beat. All the while he said, "I'll teach you some respect!" As Sayori cowered at Naris, he began to think things over. He was powerful enough to get ahead in life, but if he looked good to the public, he would be able to rule them easier. The best way was for Sayori, the one woman everyone revered was his wife, willingly of course. If he couldn't get her by promises, he knew someone who could make her. "Oh Genie." Naris turned to face Guin, who had given up on correcting his name because he knew Naris would never use it, turned from his moping position to see what Naris wanted. "I've made my final wish. I wish for Princess Sayori to fall in an undying love for me." Sayori's eyes went wide in horror upon hearing this.
What they were all unaware of was of a certain group riding a carpet flying up to the castle.
"Uh, master." Guin said, imitating William F. Buckley just like when he met Ben, "there are a few provisos-"
"Don't talk back to me you leopard-faced simpleton!" Naris yelled into Guin's face. Sayori started to look around for an exit when she saw Istvan and his pals crawling in through a window. Istvan motioned for her to play along. She looked back at Naris and Guin, Naris still ranting. "I am your master and you will do as I say."
"Oh Naris." Both Naris and Guin turned to see Sayori getting up and putting on the tiara Naris created. "I couldn't help but notice how handsome you are."
Both Naris and Guin were starring in shock. Guin was so shocked, his jaw dropped straight to the floor. Naris quickly recovered, grabbed GUin's jaw, and yanked it, making it close like a window shade. "That's better. Now then, pussycat, tell me more about…myself." Naris said, his ego taking over.
"You're tall and thin…" Sayori said, buttering the creep up.
Guin looked at his finger in confusion. Did he somehow grant Naris's wish without trying? "Guin." Guin looked around in confusion. "Psst, Guin, over here." Guin turned around to see Istvan, Suni, and carpet hiding behind a massive pile of gold.
"Istvan. Istvan, little buddy, you're alive." Guin whispered happily. Istvan made a shush motion. Guin sheepishly zipped his mouth shut, literally. When he got over to the group, he tried to tell them the situation, but couldn't thanks to his zippered mouth. He unzipped it to relay his message. "Istvan, I'd like to help, but I can't. I'm slave to Señor Psychopath now." Guin said, empathizing his point by turning his head and hands into deranged versions of Naris's. "I'm useless. What are you gonna do?"
Istvan zipped Guin's mouth shut to keep him from blowing his cover. "Hey, I'm a street rat, remember? I'll improvise." Istvan turned and began to make his way over to Naris's throne, which had Guin's lamp sitting on it.
"Well, this is very pleasing. Go on." Naris said, unaware of Istvan's presence because he was too obsessed with Sayori's compliments.
"Your hair is so…smooth." Sayori said, trying to still keep Naris distracted, which was working well. To keep it up, she began to pet his head.
Astrias was currently munching on a bowl of fruits. Unfortunately, he could see Istvan getting to Guin's lamp. "HEY NAR-" Astrias yelled, but was cut off when Suni jumped him and covered his mouth.
"And what about the street rat?" Naris asked, still oblivious to the goings on around him.
"What about him." Sayori said, casting a side apologetic look towards Istvan.
Astrias and Suni continued their tussle. Astrias, in a last resort effort, kicked his fruit bowl to catch Naris's attention. Naris heard that and turned back to see what was happening, but, in desperation, Sayori forced Naris into kissing her.
Istvan stopped right next to the lamp and starred in horror at what he was looking at. Her family starred in disgust, the twins covered their mouth to prevent puking, and they resisted. Suni and even Astrias found this disturbing, the two stopped fighting simply to say "Yuck!" in unison. Guin fortunately was more interested in getting the zipper off his mouth.
When Sayori finished kissing Naris, Naris calmly looked at her, pleased with the turn of events. "That was…" Naris said, before he saw something, or rather someone, in Sayori's tiara. Istvan was there, crystal clear. "YOU!" Naris yelled, turning back to face Istvan. Naris lifted the staff to blast Istvan into the wall. "HOW MANY TIMES MUST I KILL ONE PERSON?"
Sayori grabbed the staff and began a tug of war, allowing Istvan to tackle Naris to the ground. "Get the lamp!" Istvan shouted.
Sayori looked over at Guin's lamp and made a run for it. Naris glared death at her; he couldn't allow his rule to end! Naris finally pushed Istvan off him and grabbed the staff. "YOUR TIME HAS RUN UP!" Naris shouted before shooting Sayori with his magic. The result was that Sayori was imprisoned inside a giant hourglass, which began to slowly bury her alive.
Too bad for Naris that his magic sent the lamp across the room. Suni took her chance and made a grab for the lamp. "DON'T TOY WITH ME!" Naris shouted before turning Suni into a stuffed animal.
"Suni, no." Istvan shouted in shock.
The lamp had been knocked into the air by the blast this time and carpet took his chance to grab it. "THINGS ARE UNRAVELING FAST!" Naris said before shooting carpet and turning him to string. Both the lamp and carpet fell to the ground.
Istvan had his opportunity, though, because he had a clean shot to the lamp. "I THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT!" A wall of swords crashed down between Istvan and the lamp. Naris gave a sick lamp as he grabbed the lamp and hid it somewhere in his cloak. Istvan removed one of the swords and charged at Naris. "I'M ONLY GETTING WARMED UP!" Naris exhaled and flames blasted from his mouth. The flames trapped Istvan within a ring of fire.
"Why not come and face me you cowardly snake!" Istvan shouted in outrage for everything Naris had done.
Marik walked through the flames, as if they weren't there. Ben's words gave him a vicious idea. "A SNAKE AM I? PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW SNAKELIKE I CAN BE!" With that Naris's body turned into pure fire and merged with the flames surrounding Istvan. Istvan's eyes, as well as Sayori's and her family's since they were still alive, went wide when they saw the flames rise and take form. The Flames transformed into the shape of a large snake like shape. The flames became pure black as creating a black and red snake with a redjewel in its forehead and pure red eyes. It was Naris in the form of a snake.
Istvan glared at Naris before Naris lunged at Istvan and biting his arm. Istvan winced in pain before stabbing Naris at his tail with his sword. Naris screamed in pain.
Guin, still watching, decided to celebrate by turning into a cheer squad the chanted, "Rick him, rack him, sick him, sack him. Stick that sword into that snake!"
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" Naris shouted.
Guin's response was reducing to one cheerleader with a small flag with an "N" printed on it. "Naris, Naris, he's our man, if he can't do it, GREAT!" Guin chanted, heavily hitting on the sarcasm.
Istvan, using Guin as a distraction, looked over to see Sayori was still being buried alive in sand. Istvan had to free her before she died, Naris could wait. Istvan made a charge towards the hourglass, grabbing a piece of wood to smash the glass with it like a club. Istvan jumped in the air and came down hard towards the hourglass…
…only to be grabbed by Naris, still as a snake, and thrown to the ground with great force. Naris wrapped his snake body around Istvan, squeezing the life and air out of him.
"MUHAHAHA! YOU LITTLE FOOL! YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD BEAT THE MOST POWERFUL BEING EARTH?" Naris said, squeezing him harder to crush Ben more painfully.
Astrias watched sadistically as he stomped his on foot down hard. "That's right Naris. Squeeze him, squeeze that boy like the insignificant insect he truly is to the world. Show no merc-Ack" Astrias said, until Guin "accidently" elbowed him to the ground.
"WITHOUT THE GENIE, YOU'RE NOTHING!" Naris taunted.
Istvan looked up with what he could muster for a glare. "His name…is Guin." Istvan said.
"SILENCE! IT IS OF NO IMPORTANCE I LEARN THE NAME OF MY SLAVE!" Naris shouted in irritation.
Istvan looked over at Guin for a moment, who gave a sad shrug to show he knew Naris was right. "Your slave? Guin the Genie…that's it!" Istvan said to himself. Now he knew how to beat Naris. Istvan looked back at Naris with a confident smile. "The Genie has more power than you'll ever have, Naris." Istvan said.
"WHAT?" Naris shouted in irritation. No one is more powerful than him.
"He gave you your powers. He can take them away." Istvan taunted.
"Istvan, what are you doing? Why are you bring me in to this?" Guin asked desperately. Taunting Guin with power wasn't a good idea in the slightest.
"Face it Naris, you're still only second best." Istvan said.
Naris took this all in for a moment before going wide eyed. "YOU'RE RIGHT! HIS POWERS OUTMATCH THAT OF MY OWN!" Naris thought things out, until he remembered he still has his last wish. "BUT NOT FOR LONG!"
Guin began to back away as Naris loomed over him. "Hey, Naris, don't listen to him. He's delusional from just one to many hits from Mr. Snake." Guin said, having his hand mimic a snake's head and punched himself a few times with it. It didn't work, sad to say, as Naris wrapped around Guin .
"SILENCE SLAVE! I'VE MADE MY THIRD WISH! I WISH TO BE AN ALL POWERFUL GENIE!" Naris screamed, which echoed for mile around.
Istvan looked at Guin hopefully. Guin meanwhile gave a sad smile. "Your wish is my command." Guin said. He then turned to himself and muttered, "Way to go Istvan."
Guin stuck out his finger and shot a beam of magic at Naris. The very heavens themselves quaked as his body became larger and more humanoid. It resembled Guin's true genie form, except it was dark blue in color and seemed to have abs. His eyes were pure red and his hair was tied back in a pony tail that ended in hair spikes like his sorcerer form. At his waist was a black belt which led to a tornado wisp.
"YES, THE POWER!" Naris said. He was uncaring that, because his legs became a wisp, Istvan was now free from his crushing. Istvan quickly ran over to the hourglass, which finally had buried Sayori completely, and smashed it to pieces. Sayori came pouring out, choking but alive. "THE ABSOLUTE POWER!" Naris finally forced the roof of the castle off and flew into the skies.
"What have you done?" Sayori asked in horror. Naris finally won 100%.
"Just trust me." Istvan said. It had to work. He looked over to see a small black oil lamp. 'Yes!' Istvan thought.
"THE UNIVERSE IS MINE TO COMMAND! TO CONTROL!" Naris shouted in triumph as he bent the universe to his command.
"Not so fast, Naris! Aren't you forgetting something?" Istvan shouted up to Naris from the end of his wisp. Naris looked down in annoyance. What does the inferior want now? "You wanted to be a genie, you got it." Istvan said.
At this moment, a pair of chainless, golden handcuffs appeared around Naris's wrists. "WHAT?" he shouted in outrage.
"And everything that goes with it." Istvan said, holding up the black lamp which was pulling in Naris's wisp.
"NO!" Naris shouted as he was pulled out of the sky. He had been tricked.
"Alright, I'm out of here." Astrias said. Without Naris, he had nothing. He wasn't going to stick around and get punished. As he ran off, though, Naris grabbed him in a last ditch effort to save himself. "Hey, I'm not the genie, let go."
"Phenomenal cosmic powers!" Istvan shouted as Naris and Astrias were pulled into Naris's lamp. With a quick "boink" the two were trapped. "Itty, bitty living space." Istvan said, echoing Guin's words from before.