Chapter 6
Courtship
"Goodness, what a live tiger!" He exclaimed Rose and stared wide-eyed at the huge, perhaps dvěstěkilové striped animal from which at the time made the hearth rug.
Somehow even if it was completely stupid, she knew that felines were very affectionate and mostly everything smaller than they were themselves, considered tasty food.
Rose took the precautionary steps backwards, but Jasmine animal threw her arms around his neck and the furry ball even began to purr like a cat opelichaný!
"But do not worry, the Raja is very nice and sweet, but not too much opportunity to see new people in addition to the guards, me and dad. It's so lonely wretch like me. I got it to their fifth birthday, he's my only friend. "
Rose swallowed, but still had respect.
Yeah, I put out my hand and I'll have toes. Good kitty ...
To her surprise tiger with big head under the princess touch sprawled on his back and literally he demanded scratching his stomach.
Incredibly.
"That's your pet? I had a little squirrel but with this it can not compare, "she said dryly blonde staring at what was in front of it just happened.
"What's the squirrel?" He asked Jasmine and her fingers through Raj's hair, the sun shone beautifully like velvet.
"Eh, furry mouse who climbs trees," trying to approach it.
"This is outrageous, we've got a rat, well ... I never saw them, but I've heard talk about guards. In prison there are apparently a lot. "
Rose wanted to say something, because she knew this from personal experience, but did not want the princess too alarmed.
"Here, let's pat Raja, not hurt you. I promise you, Rose. "
Girl goose bumps and cautiously approached slowly, cautiously, step by step, and finally bent over with a prayer on their lips.
Tiger her with his yellow eyes looked curiously, then licked her hand! Blonde relieved that it does not become a tasty snack.
Later, almost the entire afternoon spent with the princess outside in the garden on cushions in the gazebo eclipsed ornamental shrubs and trees.
Rose She recounted how her country in the future, and Jasmine was not enough goggle. Most of them interested in her mobile phone, since there is used birds of prey urgently after a quick post.
Both of them gave sweet fruits and nuts from the tray, the slave brought them and laid on the ground beside them.
Raja was lounging around and eyeing any intruder with his tygříma eyes. Eventually, however, he crawled somewhere other entertainment and Jasmine's absence at the moment disconcerted concentration, since both soon heard strange splashing water.
Quickly at the sound issued a princess began to shout: "Raja, let the fish in the pond, you know that you can not eat!"
Rose laughed frankly, how the tiger did not get wet coat and shoved his big paw in the water, as if she despised, but the desire for bright gold fish scales was greater than the trauma of water.
Slowly and Rose gave the nut after nut from hand where you dropped a bit.
But in between all that she heard another familiar voice distant.
"Like to jump you," she called to let her Jasmine and Raja at the lake.
He rose slowly crept up the garden opposite the entrance, which lined both sides of the rectangular pools with crystal clear water. That would be nothing strange, but the fact that there will Yago sit on two thin branches submerged in shallow water and will speak at the Flamingo, certainly did not expect.
Quietly hid in the bushes and then crept closer for parrot back until she heard: "Oh sooo do not do stupid hand you have a different color, but I do not mind, I'm not so picky, nor the size does not matter."
Flamingo just stared blankly ahead, while above him Yago enthused. "In addition, the pink goes to the eyes," he winked at him. Yago courtship were really funny, although his efforts duly appreciated, even her he was perhaps even regret, unfortunately, her innate maliciousness made her laugh. "What about tonight, huh? You and I, I'll get those good currants, you will taste are sweet, like you ... "
"Oh, I can not refuse," said a voice behind him when he got scared and wooden sticks he slid open sideways. Flamingos at the newcomers turned and fled.
"What? You? "Croaked uncomfortably ara.
"Yeah, I do," Rose grinned and waited until he figures out what's been witnessed. If under the feathers could blush, it would be this very moment. "And anyway, I did not know you were such a lover. Why do not you find a female of his species? "He prodded the conspiratorially winked at him.
Yago out of his feet wooden sticks and jumped on a marble ledge that held the water in an elongated pool.
"And you have some you see? Throughout Agrabah's just me, "I came from a large dose of frustration and loneliness.
"So why are you doing here eyes on the flamingos? Hmm, quite groundless compensation, "she shook her head and had to be controlled to sneer begun more.
"If you tell anyone, I'll make life hell! I'll leave you to skin! "Snarled and paced back and forth, as if imitating Jafar negotiations.
This Rose of suggested great idea!
"I will not tell anyone one condition," she said, waiting if caught in its trap.
Ara flashed her grudging look, even to him something like blackmail like that, especially from someone you do not know at all.
"What?" He cocked his head, as if to stretch.
"Now take me to Jafar, I need to talk to him, or rather he with me."
"Why should he be talking just to you?" He tried to cant the intention that would have made it were something we could exploit it to your advantage.
"I do not know, maybe you try to replace," did not kidding, she shrugged and turned away offended Yago beak.
"That way I'll trust my genius does not replace, I am loyal, reliable, and can fly, you can tell it samééé about yourself?"
Rose was seriously entertained, needle Jafar's parrot was like waving a lion in front of face fresh rump.
He threw a few nuts into his mouth until he Aro's not to attract attention.
"That's peanuts?"
"Yes and what?"
"I'll take you to him when you give it to me," his dark intelligent eyes did not move from her open palms.
"Hmm, well, something for something. Anyway I've overeating, "playfully waved her hand and sat on the ledge and held out his hand colored parrot.
Yago let prompting twice.
He ran along the ledge to her like hungry chickens, which sees an earthworm. "Tasty, is not it?" She smiled, when there began to smack loudly. Rose shocked clucked her tongue on the floor.
"It's like you gave something to eat."
Ara straightened his back and spat. "Yago, eat nuts, you're fat. Yago, today no raisins, you do not deserve anything. Yago, almonds are větššším amount of poisonous phe! "Skillfully imitated the voice of Jafar and it already Rose smiled from ear to ear.
For once, it seemed to her that little sympathetic villain, which could be the beginning of a fragile friendship. Or not. The parrot then happily devoured one after the other peanut and Rose watched him do it and she loved his richly colored plumage, which now darkened garden dyed purplish.
When Yago dozobal last nut, he was relaxed and happier. "If you do not mind, I'd like you neřřříkala Jafar, that you gave me," he said. He seemed suddenly quite forgotten her prodding and how disrespectful he had touched his pride.
"Sure, it's our secret," Rose said with a smile and never occurred to her that it was from Yago even a cunning plan. Jafar was an unreliable source of treats and have two independent, highly unreliable source of treats Yago sounded much better than having to settle for just one.
"What was that really your name?" Said Yago.
"Rose."
"Pleased to meet you, Rose. I Yago. The pink really suits you! "
Blonde again amused laugh.
"So at first you were on the flamingos and now back to people?"
Yago wanted to avoid further embarrassment and especially did not want to reveal that Rose still sees mostly just another unreliable source of treats, and in fact her fears feel more personal.
He'd rather just flapped his wings.
"Come, I'll take you to Jafar. At this hour will be in my office, "he said, and Rose followed him.
Rose POV
Ara rattling stretched with thick beaded. Rose passed dutifully behind him and found herself in a well-equipped office. Once he stuck his nose inside, smelled the pungent smell Arab spices which have been mixed with many, many others.
She noted that one entire wall covered wooden shelves with glass jars, tea leaves and who knows what else, and her surprised look finally settled on vizier in black, sitting round a stool in front of her and glared her a little frightening sight.
At the moment there was uncomfortable silence that only magnified the intoxicating scent of exotic herbs around, which seemed to her along with a look vizier, wielding a golden stick with a snake head, robbed the will and ability to fight.
"And what about greet the powerful vizier?" Suggested Yago, who was on the scent unlike Rose wont.
Rose hesitated to say. Hello? Hardly. Hello? It had sounded strange in this context. Chow? That's not at all. Say something ... "Hello," he finally.
"Welcome," he said the vizier pretended amiably stood up, leaned on his cane and came to her so close that undermined her personal space. She was quite sure that the bastard's doing it on purpose. "So how do you decide? Will you accept my generous proposal? "
"I'll do what you want, then when I get back home," said Rose clearly to emphasize what she wants. In this he was determined to fortunately.
"Well," said Jafar, and even though he tried not to show it, Rose noticed that suddenly loosened. "They are the following: The spell, which would you return to your world, I need some magical object. It looks like a tarot card. "And here it is! Rose nervous. What if it's the card from his coat? Jafar she can not see it and continued undisturbed in a rehearsed speech, accompanied by exaggerated gestures. "But unfortunately, it is hidden deep in magical cave, which let everyone inside. However, I believe that will let you come and bring me a card. Then I'll be able to come back, exactly as you wish. "
Rose thought, although it distracting unusual smell the strong spices. It was not perhaps some kind of drug? Rose could not otherwise explain why from the moment they came here, they feel so strange.
"And what's in it for you?" She asked suspiciously.
"Will I like the card," he said slyly vizier. "In your world would be worthless, but here is the source of powerful and beneficial magic, exactly what I need." That made sense. Still, Rose felt the tone of his voice that tells only half the truth. His every word was like a sucker with sharp spines, which was not advisable to irritate. "We go tomorrow morning, as soon as the sun comes up," he added Jafar.
"Well," said Rose, anything else is not questioned, and briskly left the intoxicating spice-soaked room.
Yago POV
Jafar Yago remained in office yet as silent observer until the girl left.
"Really it can get the card back, Jafar?" He asked ara with undisguised curiosity.
"Maybe yes, maybe not, does it matter? Each card has its own power, and the more of them are together, the greater is their power. So yes, it's possible, "said the Vizier thoughtfully considering, because he had no intention of going anywhere back and recall the magic. I so it was rather a miracle that he managed something so unthinkable could also end up far worse.
Time arch could easily curl in different directions and bring him a demon from hell, if such a thing existed, but Arab mythology was full všeliakých beings that I believed it.
But he still had the eyes of the girl's well-toned body in the tight dress, which so provocatively stood out her full breasts.
The thought that it will be tomorrow throughout the morning, shook, but no resistance.
"The cards, cards, cards. Not so little obsession of yours? "Croaked ara scandalized." He's looking for two years and so far I have not seen one, it's a waste of time! "
"Yago Patience, patience ..."
"Of course, while we are chasing something that may not even exist, the princess married and we have a new sultan aborted and you're so utterly useless. You know that she does not really like, how do you think it will take a long time to convince her husband to get us fired? "
It was the parrot gets cheeky, but he was right. Jasmine's birthday approached unstoppable pace, still half a year and will have to get married, and then will be on the new governor, whom he chooses for his mentor, which could be rather annoying problem.
Jafar glared at her parrot glare. "I did not deprive all other mentors just to me all slip away, I will not allow it! Remember it!"
Jafar's voice boomed whole working until the bottle within two meters trembled.
"How does such a card look like?" Lamented parrot and slowly doťapkal the ground to smaller stool, which pops up and followed his master to burn incense, as if the heady scent around was still low.
"It's about six inches high, gold-framed rostliným motive, according to the book would have to be name in a foreign language," he quoted the head of the vizier.
Jafar then proceeded to one of the many shelves hiding in a transparent glass cans different ingredients, whether it was the herbal ingredients, or the animal.
The room was a bit dark because some ingredients strictly not allowed to come to light, because there burned a lamp with orange glass supplying around honey tinge.
"And how ever raises?"
"Good question, Yago, rather ask how to embody the spirit of cards you force back to his sanctuary," said the wizard and reached forward. One of the many glasses of a few millimeters and made up to then was perfectly happy.
"How do I know? I do not sit in the evenings and loading them something they do not understand. "
Jafar back to his henchman sneered.
"Do you miss perseverance, if you learned to read properly, you would have been more useful to me."
"When do not you learn to fly, learn to read," said Ara.
Vizier grunted, but fortunately it did not understand.
"Invoke the spirit of the card is easy, but if you want to return, you need to know the magic formula," Jafar snapped his fingers and the book on the table itself opened a website is rolled onto a hilarious picture of one of those cards, under which was written a few words in Arabic script . "Read it."
Yago leaned over to look successful and studied painting, then grudgingly squinted at the jagged font and cursed.
"Sesame list ... Cards, boy, little, go away ... it's awful scrawl! Who wrote it! "
Jafar sighed over the inability of your pet.
"Spirit sesame, return to the form that they rightfully belong," he quoted.
Then the vizier turned and stared without expression while to his desk, where a small bowl of books next to Yago was enjoying on something indeterminate shape. Apparently he liked it.
Jafar let him eat a few bites before stoically calmly said: "Crushing worms, good, right?"
Yago stopped in mid-mouthful and began to sputter and plyval remnants from the window behind his desk.
One of the infrequent Jafar jokes.
"I could not tell ME UNTIL !? Safra, yuck! I'm full of it up! "
"He, my friend," he said almost honey, "but then you would not learn of it, they eat someone that is not yours, it is indecent."
Jafar sat calmly behind his desk and did not pay attention to the parrot.
The whole point was that the Vizier used to have this dish good cashews and Yago he is devoured every once went to get the ingredients. Today was no exception, except the container filled with crushed profanity to his aru properly chastened.
Golden staff he laid side by side, instead of a bad conscience cleaned up the book and pulled out a drawer beneath the old tattered map that unfolded on the table at both ends of laid stone statues of elephants as paperweights necessary to nesroloval paper.
Finger then drove exactly to the place called in the middle of Agrabah.
And muttered from his fingertips to map soaked in some kind of purple energy.
The entire paper suddenly darkened and showed the brand caves northeast of the city, but a moment later was elsewhere, and then turn elsewhere. Jafar's magic did not work as expected.
Tomorrow will have to use the scarab, way way wrong.
"Your manners are bad, Jafar," complained Yago, "for tomorrow you're not going anywhere, I will definitely bad night ..." beak opened, his tongue and rolled his eyes.
"It's after you, nobody wants Yago, you'll be tasked to guard the sultan," said the vizier and map back sruloval and put on the table.
"Yeah, I do not be at all, mainly patrolling fat man, it fits the parrot," with those words flew out of the window into the darkness.
Done!
Another piece of the puzzle or a new animal on the scene.
Raja still have their role will be, do not worry. And as for the Yaga, almost felt sorry for him. The city is one of a kind, and yet his superior intelligence allows him to understand the different feelings, such as loneliness.
Rose finds the friend or just an ally? We'll see.
On speculation it is still too early, but now it is a sort of alliance, as Rose Jafar from this moment begins secretly cooperate.
The poor girl's not gonna be easy, as you are sure in the next chapter, where we will have a little trip to a mysterious cave and its treasures.