Chapter 19: Student vs Master

(*FLASHBACK TO AGRABAH*)

Iago had spent a year practicing and focusing his powerful magic in the desert that surrounded Agrabah. The magic skull scepter that he stole from his father Hades helped him to do this. He used magic to help him survive. Today, he finally felt ready to go into the city again and overthrow Jafar. He'd had this plan ever since Jafar beat Iago in battle. Now Iago had the power and the training to do whatever he wanted, and he was still quite young compared to other powerful wizards who would spend much of their lives trying to get to his level of power. So, Iago used magic to transport himself into the center of the throne room. He was surprised to find that Jafar was not the one sitting on the throne. In fact there were two thrones occupied by Princess Jasmine and Prince Aladdin. Prince Eric and Ariel were standing next to them. There were four royal guards in the room, who instantly rushed at Iago. The demi-god simply waved his hand, causing the four guards to disappear in clouds of magic smoke. Aladdin got up from the throne and drew his sword. Eric did the same.

"Who are you?" Aladdin yelled.

"Who am I?" Iago asked. "Who are you? Where's Jafar?"

"Jafar left Agrabah some time ago." Aladdin said. "Now answer our question."

"My name is Iago." He said. "I was Jafar's apprentice. I came here to kill him, but it seems he's been gone from Agrabah for awhile now. Who are you?"

"I am Prince Aladdin. I'm ruling Agrabah with my wife Princess Jasmine, the rightful ruler and legal daughter of the former Sultane." Aladdin said.

"Who are they?" Iago asked.

"I'm Prince Eric." He said. "This is my wife Ariel. Aladdin and Jasmine asked us to give them advice on ruling and we've been staying here with them for a few weeks to help them."

"I came here to kill Jafar and take the throne of Agrabah." Iago said. "I'm still going to do one of those things today."

Then, Aladdin and Eric lunged forward at Iago. The evil sorcerer waved his arm, causing Aladdin and Eric to fly high in the air over Iago's head and land hard on the ground at the other end of the room. Then, Iago turned to them. The eyes on his skull staff started to glow bright red. Then, a red portal opened up on the ground. It resembled the White Rabbit's magic rabbit holes, but with a red coloring instead of blue. Aladdin and Eric saw the red vortex inside the hole and weren't sure what to do. However, they had no time to think. Iago used his magic to levitate Aladdin and Eric in the air and drag them over the hole. The last things they saw before Iago dropped them inside the portal that would take them to a new land were Ariel and Jasmine's frightened faces. Iago then let go of his magic grip, causing the two princes to fall into the portal and go off to a new land.

Storybrooke

Suddenly, a red portal opened up in the middle of Main Street outside Granny's. It resembled the White Rabbit's magic rabbit holes, but with a red coloring instead of blue. Then, two men erupted out of the portal and landed on the ground. The portal then closed behind them. Emma and David rushed to help them. David helped the first man to his feet. Regina and Mary Margaret both recognized this man. It was Prince Eric.

"Eric?" Mary Margaret asked.

"No." Eric said as he looked around. "We can't be here."

"Relax." Regina said. "You're in Storybrooke again. Where's your little fish friend?"

"Stranded." Eric said. "I need to get back to her right away."

"Hey." Emma said to the man she was helping up. This man had very tan skin and dark black hair. He was dressed in Arabian royal garments.

"Who are you?" The man asked her.

"I'm Emma." She replied.

"This is Storybrooke." Eric said to him.

"Why did he send us here?" The man asked Eric.

"I don't know." Eric said before turning to face Regina. "We need to get out of here. We need a portal to take us back to Agrabah."

"I have no way of opening a portal." Regina said. "We don't have any magic beans."

"Eric." Mary Margaret said. "Who's your friend?"

"My name is Aladdin." The man said. "I am the Prince of Agrabah."

"Tell us what happened." Hook said.

"No time." Aladdin said. "We have to get back to Agrabah before he destroys everything we love, including Ariel and Jasmine."

"Who's he?" David asked.

"The most powerful and evil wizard to ever come to Agrabah." Eric said.

"Do you mean Jafar?" Regina asked. "He's trapped in the Sorcerer's Hat and he's not getting out."

"Jafar is not the problem." Aladdin said. "It's his apprentice, Iago."

Agrabah

"Where did you send them!" Jasmine yelled.

"I don't know." Iago said. "It's random. You're sitting in my new throne."

"Get away from us." Ariel said.

Iago then used his magic to relocate both Ariel and Jasmine to the side of the room by one of the large windows. He then sat in the throne, knowing that he had finally conquered Agrabah.

"Bring them back!" Ariel yelled.

"I want to kill you." Iago said. "Though I think I should keep you as a reminder to the people of what I will do to them if they cross me."

Iago then waved his arm again. Jasmine and Ariel were then consumed by a gray smoke. When the smoke cleared, the two of them, the princess and the walking mermaid, had been turned to stone. Iago had made them into statues.

(*PRESENT DAY IN AGRABAH*)

Jafar and Ursula walked through the halls of the royal palace, killing all Iago's guards who tried to stand in their way. They were going towards the throne room to overthrow him. Jafar wanted his kingdom back and Ursula pledged to help Jafar after he helped her kill Poseidon. Jafar had warned Ursula that Iago was the son of a god and had extraordinary power. Ursula was the daughter of a god and the two of them had recently killed a full god, not a half god. She figured this would be easy. Jafar still warned her not to underestimate Iago. They used magic to bust open the doors to the throne room and kill the guards inside. They found Iago sitting on the royal throne. Over by one of the large windows were two states of Jasmine and Ariel. The rumors were true about what Iago had done to them. Iago stood up from his throne. He had not expected to see Jafar again. Ursula was surprised to see that Iago was so young.

"Where have you been?" Iago asked his former teacher. "I've been waiting a long time to see you again."

"I left Agrabah to find that last genie." Jafar said. "When I did, I became more powerful than you."

"But not anymore." Iago said. "If you were still more powerful than me, you wouldn't have brought a girl with you to try and bring me down. So what happened?"

"The power was taken away and I became trapped in the past. I had to work with an insufferable ice princess to get back to the future. Then I spent some time in the Sorcerer's Hat. Then, Ursula and I killed Poseidon. Now we're ready to kill you so I can get my kingdom back." Jafar said.

"Ursula?" Iago asked. "You two are the ones who killed Poseidon? Every God in the universe felt that he was gone. You're Poseidon's daughter, right?"

"Yes." Ursula said.

"I suppose that makes us cousins." Iago said.

"Who's your father?" Ursula asked.

"Hades." Iago said. "This skull scepter used to be his. Now it's mine and with it, I will defeat both of you. In the past, I wanted to kill you Jafar for how you humiliated me during our last battle. Now, I want to defeat you and keep you alive so that you'll know that you've lost everything to me."

Jafar and Ursula extended their hands towards Iago, Then, red beams of powerful magic energy shot out of Jafar and Ursula's hands and raced towards Iago. They hoped to kill him the same way they killed Poseidon. However, Iago wielded the scepter of the Underworld and all the power within it. The two eyes on the scepter started to glow and then red beams of powerful magic energy shot out of the eyes and raced to meet Jafar and Ursula's beams. Just as in the first fight between Jafar and Iago, the beams became locked. This time however, Iago's beams started to move closer towards Jafar. The power of the staff was too great for both Jafar and Ursula. The magic beams hit to two villains, causing them to fly out into the hallway and land hard on the floor. Iago then magically appeared in front of them.

"So what now?" Jafar asked.

"Now, you're my prisoners." Iago said.

Emma, Aladdin, and Eric had only been in the dungeons beneath the royal palace in Agrabah for about ten minutes. They tried to fight Iago, but he sent them there before anyone could attack. They weren't chained to the wall, but there was no door. They couldn't just walk out. The only window was high above them. Only Iago's magic could send people to this dungeon and they would stay there until they died. The trio started to think of a way out when suddenly, Jafar and Ursula appeared in magic smoke. They were surprised to see Emma, Aladdin, and Eric.

"Jafar!" Emma and Aladdin yelled at the same time.

"Relax." Jafar said. "I'm a prisoner just like you. You must have come here to try and overthrow Iago and save your wives."

"How did you know?" Emma asked.

"We were just in the throne room." Jafar said. "We saw what Iago did to them. This is Ursula, the Sea Witch. We tried to overthrow Iago too, but he beat us and sent us here."

Eric had a moment of disbelief. He couldn't believe he was standing next to the real Ursula. Emma, ignoring the fact that Ursula was real, decided to question Jafar.

"The last time I saw you, Jafar, you had just gotten out of the Sorcerer's Hat." Emma said. "How did you get here?"

"Ursula found me and we came here together." Jafar said. "We took a detour before coming to Agrabah, but that's besides the point. We need to think of a way out of here."

"I hate to say it." Emma said. "I really do hate to say it, but we're going to have to work together. We'll get out of here and then we'll have to combine our powers. That's how we take down Iago. He beat us individually, but united we may stand a chance."

"Deal." Jafar said. "Now first things first. How do we get out of here?"