Nicktoons & Disney Heroes UNITE!

by Dr.Dude

An evil Syndicate spanning four worlds has formed in order to work for the common goal of universal domination, and it is up to four heroes from those worlds to band together and stop them. However, a slight mistake has brought them to a new world entirely, and an even bigger adventure unfolds alongside their own as they join with a boy holding a key.

24. Third Wishes

Everyone in the Lamp Chamber was currently in a state of anticipation. The reason being it was that Jafar finally stood before the Keyhole. At long last he had found it, and soon all of Agrabah would belong to him. Not even the presence of that two-dimensional thing was going to spoil his mood. Not him, nor his nonsensical babbling.

"Nihoy minoy me! Nihoy minoy!"

…Though he had to admit, that gibberish was beginning to grate.

"Our time is close at hand, Iago." Jafar of course tried keeping his mind off of their flat guest and onto the positives. "With the princess in our clutches, the fabled genie in our grasp, and the Keyhole right before us, this world is all but mine to rule!"

"Yeah, yeah, that's great and all, but, uh…" Iago agreed, though he still felt hesitant about something. "How exactly is having this Keyhole out in the open going to keep you ruling Agrabah considering what the Heartless do with those things? And what does that fairy even want the princesses for? You'd think she would've explained it to us by now."

"She explained all that we needed to know." He told his talkative bird. "It's hardly a complicated process. But that in itself matters little. After all, we have everything we need in order to reach greater heights." Turning to Genie, the evil vizier continued, "Your reputed omnipotence proves itself true, Genie. Clearly, the conquest of the world is but mere child's play to one of your power. Why stop at just Agrabah? With but a single wish, the entire universe could fall under my rule!"

"Oh frabjous day. Callooh, callay." The blue genie was sarcastic as he continued sulking.

"Well, well, well, someone's ambition is showing."

At that, Jafar and Iago jumped with a start and turned to see none other than Maleficent standing before the Keyhole. Well, her and Professor Calamitous. Desiree, from her bound spot on the ground, ended up taking one look at the dark fairy, and somehow her entire being began to shiver. While she had heard what Cid said about this one, she personally felt it was all just overblown hearsay. However, seeing her for herself, to see those cold, yellow eyes and that beautiful and graceful malice that she exuded… the ghost genie actually felt frightened. Doubly so when she saw even her deranged Master shaking in his lines at the sight of her.

"O-Oh! Maleficent! You're here rather early!" Jafar quickly paid his due respects to her. Of course, he was slower to do so with their partner. "And… as are you, Calamitous."

Calamitous, the one who had spoken up earlier, said in response, "We are here simply to make sure things are going as planned. Now then, what was that about a, um… 'wish'?"

"Ah! Hardly anything serious, I assure you both." The sorcerer covered his tracks smoothly, as per his usual technique. "I was simply enthusiastic about everything coming to fruition. As things are now, it is only a matter of time before all of the known universe, and the next countless, is completely under our control."

"Hm…" The dark fairy eyed him before her gaze looked down towards the unconscious form of Princess Jasmine. "I suppose I cannot argue with results…"

"Arguably, you can," the scientist told her, derailing Jafar's attempt at smoothing things over, "seeing as Neutron and his friends have yet to be eliminated from the equation."

The vizier was trying hard to hide his disgruntled sneer. He was annoyed that the Pot Centipede failed to kill that insipid street rat and those meddling fools. How many times did he have to kill them? But there couldn't have been a way for them to have caught up. The Cave of Wonders had many traps and the Heartless were many. It would surely take them ages to even make it to the Keyhole.

"It is hardly my fault in this matter." Jafar justified himself. "Not only did you apparently saddle me with some misbegotten abomination without trusting me to handle things myself…"

"Bwah! Bwah!" the living drawing spoke up, deeply insulted.

Choosing to ignore that, the vizier continued."It is also the boy holding the key that is to blame."

"That boy again?" Maleficent asked, more stunned than shocked from the tone of her voice.

"He's more persistent than I expected." The vizier explained. Then he suggested, "Why not explain the situation to that boy Riku? Doing so may actually prove useful to our–"

Cutting himself off at the sounds of footsteps echoing in the room, Jafar felt his every fiber boil in barely restrained rage at who it had to be. The four villains, the parrot, and the two captives turned to the Lamp Chamber's entrance, and sure enough, the Warriors of Light, along with Razoul and his men, came down the stairs and right up onto the stone floor in the center of the room, ready for a fight. Desiree, in spite of everything that happened to her because of him until now, couldn't help but feel relieved to see Sora there. Muffled, she tried calling for him, but then Doodlebob noticed her struggling and then used his magic pencil to draw more chains to keep her from moving. The sight made Sora growl, and he was about to swear to Desiree he would get her free, but then he took notice of the dark fairy and the short elderly man staring upon him.

"Professor Calamitous!" Jimmy recognized his arch nemesis immediately. "I see you've made yourself comfortable working with the villains in this universe to further your evil schemes."

"Just as you decided to bring others under your banner against us, Neutron." Calamitous replied. "Unlike you, we're already farther along in the game than you could possibly imagine."

"If this has anything to do with your quote-unquote 'device', then we're going to make sure that fails much like all your schemes!" The boy genius told him.

"My, my, such a confident child." The sorceress standing beside the professor said. "Where does that bravado come from in someone so young?"

"Wait a second." Sora spoke up, looking towards the dark fairy. "Are you… Maleficent?"

Maleficent merely looked over the Keyblade bearer with a scoff, clearly unimpressed. However, upon Sora mentioning her name, suddenly a crack formed in the ceiling, causing some rubble to fall. Quickly, the Warriors of Light jumped back to avoid the debris. At the same time, Timmy felt Cosmo and Wanda shaking in his arms and on his back. The average boy blinked. Huh, so this was a whole 'Vicky' thing.

"And you must be Sora." Professor Calamitous looked at the spiky-haired islander as well. "Just here to prove yourself to be a nuisance just like Neutron. You're cut from the same cloth. But that matters little right now. We have other business to attend to." Then to Jafar and Doodlebob, he said, "You two, take care of these… ah… um… the word starts with an m…"

"Misfits?" Jafar guessed.

"Yes, misfits! Take care of these misfits!" The short elderly one confirmed. "We'll be awaiting results."

And with that, Professor Calamitous entered a green portal that appeared behind him while Maleficent disappeared into green and black flames. Jafar clicked his tongue, annoyed by the command. Honestly, who was that old fool to give him orders? He had all the power in the world! A genie at his command!

…Well, he still had these fools to attend to, "I thank you for your patience, boys." Jafar began, then scowled, "And I'll commend you on not attacking, although it'd have made my life easier to see you turn to ash at Maleficent's hands."

"Like we would go down that easily when we need some answers!" Danny declared.

"First, you'd have to stop dreaming about the impossible, child," the vizier replied smugly. "Then again, you truly are beyond your depth if you've seen Maleficent yet still think you have a chance." Just to taunt the heroes, he waved his scepter to make the captive princess levitate, "Not to mention what I have to ensure victory…"

"Jafar, let Jasmine go!" Aladdin demanded as his blood boiled at seeing the girl he loved be used like some item and shield.

"Release the princess at once, vile betrayer!" Razoul agreed, with Hakim and Fazal readying their swords with him. "Your execution shall be painless then and only then!"

"That's 'Sultan vile betrayer' to you, chumps!" Iago squawked at them.

"And not a chance." Jafar easily dismissed, looking to Jasmine's unconscious form before leaving her on the floor. "You see, she's a princess–"

"Yeah, no duh." Timmy deadpanned. "Tell us something we don't know."

"One of seven," the vizier continued, an annoyed inflection in his voice at being interrupted, "who somehow hold the key to opening the door."

"Open…" Goofy echoed in confusion.

"...the door?" Donald finished, also wondering what that meant.

"One of seven…?" Danny noted that part. "Wait, so then back in Wonderland, with Alice…!"

"Enough nonsense, you fools won't live to see what lies beyond it." Jafar held up the lamp and ordered the blue djinn. "Genie! My second wish. Crush them!"

At this, the whole party gasped, as did the guards. Yet none more so than Aladdin. He didn't want to fight his friend! With the way he continued sulking, Genie hardly wanted to either. Unfortunately…

"Genie, no!" Aladdin tried to implore him. "Don't listen to him!"

"Sorry, Al." Genie sadly replied, "The one with the lamp calls the shots. I don't have a choice."

"Wait, but that goes against one of your rules!" Spongebob recalled. "You can't kill anybody!"

"Loopholes, genius!" Iago cackled. "Bodily harm that makes you wish for death ain't the same as actual death, but it's second best as a solution for twerps like you!"

"Besides, I don't think it's necessarily Genie we have to worry about on that front, Spongebob…" Selphie couldn't help but notice Doodlebob grinning maliciously as he held up his magic pencil.

"Oh, right!" The fry cook recalled, then warning his friends, "Be careful, guys! The magic pencil doesn't just bring whatever you draw to life, it can also take anything out with its eraser!"

"You mean the doodle has some all-powerful pencil that can erase anything just as it can draw anything?" The average kid groaned. "Oh that's just overpowered!"

Jafar, all the while, held his staff forward as its eyes glowed before he cast a spell. Just then, the way leading to the Keyhole and the chamber from whence they came were both sealed off by invisible walls! The Warriors of Light then jumped out of the way just as a bolt of lightning suddenly struck from above from the air. They saw Genie reluctantly holding a finger up like a gun as he shot another bolt of lightning at them!

"I'm really sorry about this!" Genie apologized as he continued firing. "Hang in there, guys!"

"Come now, Genie!" Jafar laughed as he watched his enemies keep running around to avoid the bolts. "Surely you can aim better than that!"

"Jafar!" His gaze then turned to see that Razoul had somehow gotten close along with his men. "By decree of the Sultan, you are under arrest! And I will see you in chains for your treason!"

"Ah, Razoul. Useful while you lasted." The vizier smirked at this. "Now you want to act and think like a dumb animal? Fine! Here's your cage!"

Jafar then shot a beam towards the guards, hitting them and suddenly trapping them all in cages! But the spell didn't stop there. Razoul had been turned into a large bear, Fazal into a boar, and Hakim into a baboon. The bear-ified Razoul tried hard to break out of the cage, but it was no use.

"Hm, you still seem rather hairy." Jafar then cast another spell. "Let's shave you bald!"

And with that, all three animals suddenly had their fur shaved off, leaving them bare and trying to cover themselves in embarrassment. The sorcerer chuckled, feeling good about himself with his petty acts. But then he barely avoided getting hit with an ecto-blast from Danny, unknowingly dropping the Genie's lamp! He sneered, returning fire by sending a beam of lightning from his staff at the ghostly superhero!

As he flew about to dodge the attack, the ghost boy taunted, "Having trouble aiming, gramps?"

Jafar then smirked, getting an idea as he cast another spell, "Teenagers shouldn't ignore the weight on their shoulders!"

And just then, Danny suddenly found himself with chains wrapped around his arms and shoulders, with humongous weights bringing him back down to the floor. He grunted, at first feeling only a little inconvenienced. So he tried getting himself out of those binds by going intangible. However, he was shocked to find that those binds still weren't leaving his body! Jafar's magic must have been ignoring his ghost powers!

However, this also left Jafar open to Aladdin reaching him and trying to swing his scimitar against his staff. In their struggle, the peasant boy told his friends, "Get the lamp!"

"Right!" Tarzan already was on the move, his eyes set on the fallen lamp.

Noticing the jungle man was making for the lamp, Jafar realized what the street rat's aim was. So he then forcefully pushed him away and sent another spell Tarzan's way!

"Nice try, ape man!" He called as the spell hit the ground, "But your chance just gave you the slip!"

Just then, the sand turned into pristine glass, and its utterly smooth surface ended up causing the son of man to trip on his own feet before sliding along on his back, kicking the lamp away. But then Jafar was taken off guard when Aladdin tackled him to the floor, the two struggling with each other. Seeing a chance, Abu quickly ran to the lamp to grab it for his friend. However, Jafar managed to push Aladdin off of himself and grabbed his staff.

"Don't toy with me!" Jafar shot another spell at the monkey, turning him into a wind-up cymbal-playing monkey toy.

"Abu!" Aladdin exclaimed at this.

Carpet too had tried to reclaim the lamp, but the moment it got the handle, the vizier unleashed another spell, reducing it to nothing but a pile of thread, string, and leftover tassels, punning and laughing, "Things are unraveling fast now, boys! Get the point?"

Aladdin moved in to try and get the lamp, but of course a bunch of swords dropped in and blocked his path, leaving Jafar to fly over, another bit of magic that he had in his command, and take the lamp back in hand, cackling.

"Geez, and I thought my puns were bad." the spectral superhero remarked, blinking at this even as he struggled against the weights. "Hope the others are having better luck than we are at the moment."

On the other end of the fight, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Selphie, Jimmy, Timmy and Spongebob were going up against Doodlebob in a bid to rescue Desiree. Unsurprisingly, despite these odds, Doodlebob made use of his magic pencil to draw up more Doodle Dudes to act as summoned minions to impede them. A whole bunch of Doodle Troopers in abundance. Fortunately, they went down easily after Sora cast Water to melt them all down.

Of course, Doodlebob was not happy seeing his own creations doused so easily.

"Bwah dabba ala nappa dala!" The drawing spoke some enraged gibberish before using his magic pencil to draw up something new.

Something big!

"Careful guys!" Jimmy warned as Doodlebob kept drawing. "Whatever Doodlebob is creating, it's going to no doubt take more than a single blast of water to take it down!"

"Wonderful! As if a hostage-Genie and an evil wizard were our only problems." Timmy snarked.

Doodlebob soon finished drawing his large creation. Practically twice their size and as large as Genie, it looked like a giant robot in concept. It was composed of rectangular scribbles in a variety of sizes, with a color scheme consisting of different shades of cyan for the main body and brown for the shoulder pads. Its arms were thin with brown pipes and three-pronged claws that were also cyan. It seemed to lack a lower body, just seeming to protrude from the ground.

The evil doodle then began swinging his arm about with the ring, giving another unintelligible order towards the chained up Desiree, "Mya! Nihoy minoy me!"

Desiree tried protesting, but of course she was still gagged and unable to disobey. Her hands glowed and reached towards her rescuers. Just then, the group suddenly felt like they were running low on energy! Lost in their confusion, they barely saw the Doodlebot rearing one massive arm up before swinging down to crush them! They at least managed to dodge out of the way before they could be squashed flat.

"Something's wrong…" Selphie breathed. "I feel like I just spent a few rounds against Riku…"

"Doodlebob musta made a wish to power us down…" Goofy still had enough energy within him to hold up his shield defensively.

"Oh that's just cheating…!" The average kid groaned.

"Don't worry, Desiree!" Yet despite all that, Sora was not planning on giving up. "We'll save you!"

"Before you get on that, best be wary of that 'Doodled' creature before you!" that accented voice in his head warned him. "It looks about as strong as it looks, and with that doodle apparently hindering your strength, it's bound to cause more pain than normal. However, the bigger they are, the harder they fall! Especially with that size! Go for the head, lad!"

With that in mind, Sora managed to react in time to avoid the Doodled's arm making a grabbing motion towards him. Recalling the fight against the Bound Biker, he began running up the arm before making it to the head. He then started hitting at it with combos from the Ecto-Exterminator straight to its face, and sure enough the creature was stunned enough to fall to the ground. This gave his friends the opportunity to strike more at the Doodled, with some parts of its body actually breaking apart. Sora also made sure to do more damage with a cast of Water, though the monster got right back up and raging the moment the spell hit.

"Brilliant display of wit, lad!" the accented voice declared. "That should give its noggin a good washing up or two!"

Of course, the robotic drawing wasn't idle, and it reacted to the heavy damage by slamming its arm onto the ground to create a shockwave, forcing the group to jump and avoid the impact. Sora tried jumping again to hit at the head, but then he was intercepted by Doodlebob deflecting the Keyblade with his magic pencil! He barely avoided a thrust of that pencil's sharp end before retaliating, getting into a bonafide show of swordplay with the evil doodle wielding the drawing utensil like a sword. The islander gritted his teeth as his eyes focused on the ring on Doodlebob's arm. He made to grab it, only to nearly get shoved back with a push from the pencil.

"BWAH!" the doodle sponge turned the eraser end towards Sora to try and rub him out… quite literally!

Sora immediately held up the Keyblade to block it, and the eraser hit it. Doodlebob immediately began rubbing, smirking as he began to erase it completely… or he thought he was. Instead, he gave a confused 'bah' as he saw that the key not only wasn't being erased, but appeared to be emanating some light that only glowed brighter the more he tried to erase it. And just then, the light burst out, forcing Doodlebob onto his two-dimensional backside while also stunning the Doodled. Sora was stunned by this while Spongebob watched with an ecstatic smile.

"That's it!" He exclaimed. "Sora! The magic pencil can't erase your Keyblade! It's magic too! You got the best odds at thwarting Doodlebob!"

"Add that to the number of questions this universe keeps raising…" Jimmy muttered. Then out loud, he called, "Sora, as Spongebob said, you can handle Doodlebob! We'll take care of this thing as we know its weaknesses and can exploit them!"

"Got it!" The Keybearer understood and jumped after the doodle.

"I'll help you, Sora!" Spongebob went after him.

"We'll be following you soon!" Donald called after him, casting a Water spell onto the stunned sketch mecha. "Just be careful!"

During that battle, Aladdin's encounter with Jafar, even with Tarzan going to aid him, was not going that well. After reclaiming the lamp, the evil sorcerer went back to the air and used his staff to call down lightning to try and strike down both men. Fortunately the pair were quick on their feet and could avoid the lightning and getting electrocuted. However, they had to deal with one threat more bothersome than lightning…

Jafar's puns.

"What's the matter, street rats?" The vizier taunted. "Afraid of a little shock?"

Danny just blinked again and snarked, "You just have a million of those puns ready, don't you?"

Even Iago agreed, "Don't tempt him to use them, kiddo!"

His quip didn't go unheard, and Jafar turned towards the shackled ghost boy, musing, "Oh, you're still here, aren't you? Well, at least you'll make for a good stationary target. Genie! The ghost brat is there, ripe for the picking!"

With that, Genie appeared right before Danny with an apologetic frown on his face. He covered his eyes and reared back a fist.

"Sorry Danny!" He apologized.

Ok, so, unable to phase through the weights, can hardly move with the weights holding him down…

"Yeah, this is gonna hurt." Danny closed his eyes, bracing himself.

And sure enough, Danny felt himself punched back, falling onto his back when he made an impact with one of the platforms in the chamber. He felt sore, but thankfully Genie's unwillingness to truly hurt his friends at least made it so the blow didn't hurt much. However, he also felt his shoulders feel lighter. Sure enough, the punch had also knocked the weights off of his body! Hoorah for small graces!

"Ok, time to get some payback on a twisted vizier!" The ghost boy flew back into the fray, starting to fire ghost rays at the villain.

Witnessing this, Jafar gasped before quickly casting a spell to turn into a purple ball of light, swiftly maneuvering around the beams and then shooting past the teenager. Once he reformed himself, he then cast another spell, summoning (of all things) brown pots with bird wings and talons to fly right at the spectral superhero. With his ghost powers back and being properly active, Danny turned himself intangible so the plots flew right through him before using his strength to break them apart. He went back to shooting ghost rays at the sorcerer, but then the vizier quickly sealed himself in a rainbow-colored bubble which shockingly blocked his ghost rays. The boy resisted the urge to groan since Vlad had used this particular tactic before.

"Looks like you've been taking notes from Plasmius." Danny remarked on the barrier. "...But seriously? You had it colored like a rainbow?"

"Right, this coming from the boy in black and white." Jafar rolled his eyes.

"Says the guy in black and red!" Was the retort.

"Oh, what's the matter?" The vizier smirked, flying over towards Danny as his staff's eyes began to burn with flames. "Getting a little heated?"

Seeing Jafar go towards him quickly, the ghost boy quickly flew out of the vizier's swipe. He went in with a kick only for the sorcerer to quickly block it before swinging the staff again, actually hitting the spectral superhero this time. Danny growled, feeling the fire singe at his arms before letting out another ghost ray, forcing Jafar back but unharmed thanks to the barrier. Dusting off the smoke from his arms, Danny mentally cursed the fire of this world having a more potent effect on ghosts. Either way, he went back on the attack, managing to kick Jafar in the stomach and knocking the lamp away once again.

Tarzan and Aladdin noticed this and rushed towards the lamp, but unfortunately for them, yet again the reluctant Genie blocked there, covering his eyes as he reared his arm for a swing.

"Quick, quick, get out of the way!" He warned before throwing the punch.

Thankfully, the pair avoided the blow and kept running towards that lamp. Tarzan ran as fast as he could across the sand to leap towards it. However, Iago quickly flew in and grabbed the lamp within his talons, his mocking laughter like squawks.

"Too slow, monkey boy!" He taunted. "Hah hah hah– woah!"

Doing a what could be considered midair leap, the parrot barely avoided getting hit by a slash from Aladdin's scimitar. This of course did not go unnoticed. Danny, seeing the parrot had the lamp, immediately flew in to catch the bird. However, he found himself dodging more beams from Jafar's staff as he flew in pursuit to intercept him. Fortunately the ghost boy was able to avoid those spells with ease even as he kept flying after the bird, reaching out towards the lamp…!

"Getting colder!" Once more, a patented Jafar pun cut off any chance of success.

With that, Danny found himself having to fly out of the path of giant ice boulders hurtling about in a tornado of frost that surrounded the chamber! This unfortunately threw him off and the vizier got ahead of him, cackling as he once more reclaimed the lamp. Clearly, Jafar was a very persistent foe. He was not going to let the lamp go without more tricks up his sleeve.

Jimmy, Timmy, Donald, Goofy, and Selphie were still busy dealing with the giant Doodled, trying their best to also avoid the elemental hazards being brought about by Jafar's magic. It was fortunate for them that this foe, despite being larger and intimidating, was not too difficult a foe. It mainly relied on causing shockwaves when trying to slam its arms into the ground to crush them. They just had to get up onto its head and jump on it so it would be stunned. Easy, right? Sora made it look like such.

…Easier said than done.

"How did Sora even manage to knock it down?" Timmy had to ask as they dodged another crushing arm. "Was he in a circus or what?"

"Just focus on climbing up the arm once it finishes attacking!" Jimmy told him and the others. "Doodlebob may have made us weaker, but the strategy has not changed!"

Finally, one of its arms actually got stuck in the sand, getting caught in the frost tornado that Jafar had summoned. Being careful to avoid getting caught themselves, they managed to get up onto the Doodled's head and all jumped on it at the same time, knocking it down and stunning it. This gave them the opportunity they needed to strike at it with their weapons and skills, with Donald making good use of Water to really do some damage. However, while they did manage to knock off more pieces and it was really starting to show it was falling apart, the Doodled still managed to get back up and practically roar before going back on the offensive!

"This is taking way too long!" Selphie told her friends as they dodged more shockwaves. "At this rate, we'll be too tired to move!"

"There has to be something more we can do!" Jimmy concentrated. "C'mon! Think, think, think!"

Water was indeed its weakness; this was proven with the Keyblade's unique elemental functions and Donald's own peculiar abilities. The method they've been using was to wait for the Doodled to strike down at them before they can make use of its arms to get onto the head and then hit it to stun the monster. However, they had precious little time before it would recover and attack more fiercely. Them having their strength sapped exacerbated the issue. But, with the way its arms got stuck in that ice tornado…

Ice… water…

"Brain blast!" Jimmy exclaimed. Turning to the knight-captain, he asked, "Goofy, how versatile would you say you are with your shield?"

"Well, I can say I do good spinnin' with it. Why'd ya ask?" Goofy asked back.

"See if you can try using it as a sled!" The boy genius explained his plan. "Once on there, grab Donald and have him move with you and circle the monster!"

"Wak?" Donald went upon being mentioned with this idea.

"Then shoot water as a constant stream like a sprinkler!" Jimmy continued. "The resulting downpour of H2O should be more than it will be able to withstand and will dissolve to nothing soon after!"

"Hey, good idea!" The knight-captain liked it, but then he thought, "Wait, but uh, how do we avoid gettin' smashed in the meantime?"

"We'll have it strike at the ice tornado currently going around us." Jimmy explained. "Getting its arms stuck, combined with the water from Donald's staff, should keep its arms frozen in the meantime!"

"I hope this works!" Selphie reminded them. "It's going for us again!"

And indeed, the Doodled brought its arms down to try and crush them. Goofy thankfully used his shield to deflect the blow, momentarily shaking him up before the knight-captain recovered and began running. He then brought the shield to the ground and hopped onto it before grabbing Donald and bringing him along. They began steering the shield around the large hand drawn monster with the mallard casting Water at it. Jimmy, Timmy, and Selphie made sure to distract the fiend by pelting it with stars, wind, and whip strikes. The distraction worked, and the Doodled tried crushing them flat, only to get its arms again encased in ice.

The ice, combined with Donald's casting of Water beginning to cover it from top to bottom, had the surprising effect of having it being completely covered in ice. With it unable to move or break itself out, it could not escape having its head being knocked off by one of the ice tornado's solid ice boulders, which led to the rest of its body cracking apart too. With that, the doodled monster ended up crumbling to pieces before melting into the sand.

"Alright! That's one down…" Timmy cheered.

"And two to go!" Wanda finished.

"Wait, two?" Cosmo asked. "Doesn't Genie count as three?"

"Cosmo, Genie's clearly doing this against his will." His wife reminded him.

"Yeah, but it still counts, doesn't it?" Her husband didn't get it. "And for that matter, wouldn't the parrot count as four?"

All the while, Sora and Spongebob were valiantly fighting against the fry cook's doppelganger. The magic pencil was surprisingly quite durable against Sora's Keyblade, with Doodlebob using it as a sword. The sea sponge helped alleviate Sora's struggle with his use of kah-rah-tay, forcing his doddle doppelganger to go on the defensive. This irritated Doodlebob, so in turn he decided to draw a weapon of his own besides the magic pencil! Soon enough, in his other hand was a doodle version of the Keyblade!

Deflecting the doodle's swipe with its new weapon, Sora told Spongebob, "We have to get that pencil away from him! He can just draw whatever he wants with it!"

"Oh don't I know it!" The fry cook was far too aware. "But we're not letting him win this easily!"

Then the sponge yelped as he barely avoided the business end of an eraser. Either way, he retaliated with a chop while Sora continued swinging the Ecto-Exterminator at the doodle. While the living drawing could put up a decent fight and hold his two enemies at bay, it was clear Doodlebob was not quite an expert at dual-wielding. Something that the Keyblade bearer took to his advantage as he kept on the attack. A good 1-2-3 combo and the evil doodle was knocked back, dropping the doodle Keyblade into the sand but barely managing to keep his grip on the magic pencil.

"Alright, doodle!" Sora told the hand-drawn copy of his yellow friend. "Give back Desiree's ring!"

"Bee ha bala hala ba ba!" Doodlebob retorted.

"...I'm sorry, what was that?" The gibberish of course didn't go through.

"Bee ha, bala hala ba ba." The doodle spoke slowly, eyelids lowered halfway at the boy. Then it just let out more angered gibberish before drawing up a new weapon for himself: a crudely drawn sword.

"Oh, right." Sora quickly defended himself from the sword slash. "Magic pencil."

"Gotcha!"

And with that exclamation, Spongebob grabbed the magic pencil and tried pulling it out of Doodlebob's grasp. However, Doodlebob proved stronger than he thought and struggled right back to keep the magic pencil in his grip. Sora saw a chance to get Desiree's ring back and went in to try and take it while the hand-drawn monstrosity was distracted. However, at that moment, the magic pencil ended up breaking in half, and the resulting stumble ended up sending the ring flying off of the doodle's fingers and into the sand, hidden from sight. The Keybearer groaned at this while the fry cook aimed his half of the pencil towards his copy.

"Well Doodle," he declared, "once again we're at a draw."

Grinning evilly, the doodle opened its mouth and it suddenly began spinning like a sharpener! Doodlebob put the broken half of the pencil first into his own maw and then pulled out the half, looking like a full pencil once more!

"Ah, right, you could do that." Spongebob recalled. "But I learned from last time, Doodlebob!"

The sea sponge used his half of the magic pencil to start drawing something into existence. A fire hydrant along with a waterhose. Taking the handle on the hose, he shot a blast of water in the doppelganger's direction! The doodle gave a shout before rolling out of the way of the water before just barely jumping over another blast of water coming from Sora's Keyblade! He backed up towards the wall as both the islander and the fry cook drew near.

He noticed the lack of a ring on his fingers and could tell he was not going to get out of this easily with another wish, so he knew he had to do something to avoid being washed out. What could he do? Then inspiration struck! Doodlebob kicked the sand at the pair, forcing them to try and get sand out of their eyes while he got the time to draw something new with his magic pencil. Drawing up a door, Doodlebob opened it and then ran inside before closing it behind him! Sora tried running after Doodlebob through the door, but when he opened it, there was nothing but the wall of the lamp chamber before him!

"Aw no, he got away!" Sora cursed. "Where'd he even go? How did he–?"

"Many are the mysteries behind the magic pencil." Spongebob told his friend as he held up the broken pencil in his hands. "Its powers are not meant for mere mortal hands."

"Well, at least Doodlebob is taken care of for now." Gadget was satisfied with that. "Now we have to get back to helping our friends take down Jafar!"

"But what about Desiree's ring?" The Keybearer looked around. "We can't just leave it lying around here!"

"We'll find it when we're not busy fighting, Sora." The gummi mechanic assured him. "First things first!"

All the while, Danny was still trying to aid Aladdin and Tarzan in fighting against Jafar. The barrier was preventing most of his ghost abilities from doing any damage, not to mention he kept himself out of reach from Aladdin's strikes and continued messing with Tarzan's footing to keep him from moving as he wanted. Genie was still unwilling to fight them and 'trying' to hit them with overly telegraphed arm swipes. At one point, the sorcerer even summoned a duplicate of his staff and sent it to the ground, creating lightning bolts for them to jump over when it made impact. To that end, Jafar couldn't help but cackle at their apparently futile efforts.

"Look at you," Jafar taunted, "running about like rats desperate to persevere against their predators, barely able to keep up with me. And I'm just getting warmed up!"

With that, he breathed fire, encircling the three in flames. As he cackled, smoke escaped from his maw. However, that cackling ended up getting cut off when some of the flames were getting blown away while more were doused out with water. Danny, Aladdin, and Tarzan were relieved to see everyone else having finished their battles and regrouping with them. The vizier, on the other hand, growled in irritation. That abomination and its creations couldn't even handle these infidels? Did Calamitous truly think such an incapable thing would be of any use?

Jafar barely noticed his eye color blinking to yellow for a second along with the red sparks emanating from his body as his annoyance grew.

"Sorry to rain on your parade, Jaffacake!" Spongebob told the villain. "But you have no one else helping you now at this point!"

"Afraid to fight us all on your own, you cowardly snake?" Aladdin was still more angry with the old man.

Unfortunately for everyone, that gave the sorcerer an idea… even ignoring the most egregious mispronunciation of his name thus far.

"A snake, am I?" Jafar asked, lowering himself to the ground and floating towards them. "Perhaps you'd like to see how sssssnake-like I can be!"

Along with the hissing, Jafar began to shapeshift before their eyes! His teeth had become sharpened fangs and a serpentine forked tongue escaped his maw as he began to tower over them. Very soon the group found themselves looking up towards a very large cobra! The cobra was mainly black, with the hood having a crimson underside with a red dot on each side. He had a tan underbelly and he had red stripes running down his back to his unseen tail-tip. The cobra also has menacing red eyes. He gave another hiss just as the rest of his coils started to form around the room and them.

"Just had to mention the whole snake thing, didn't you?" Timmy snarked towards the thief.

"Teeth!"

A warning shout from Goofy had them all duck out of the way when Jafar tried to bite at them with his fangs. However, he slithered in pursuit, continuing to try and sink his teeth into their flesh. While rolling out of the way, Sora still looked around in the sand for any sign of Desiree's ring. Just then, he caught something gleaming out the corner of his eye. He looked towards a pile of sand dissipating downward, and there it was! The islander grinned and ran towards the ring to try and take it.

"Sora, look out!" Selphie called out towards him, forcing him to stop and see Jafar trying to bite at him!

"Woah!" Fortunately, he backed away before the snake could chew him up.

Still, now he was nowhere close to that ring once again. The giant snake then went to try and tackle the boy, but then Aladdin jumped in and swung his scimitar at the snake, actually leaving a cut across the cobra's muzzle and making Jafar shout in pain.

"Rickem, rockem, rackem, rake–" Genie had apparently split into four and was dressed like a blonde school cheerleader with the uniforms being labeled with purple 'A's as they held purple pom-poms, "-stick that sword into that snake!"

"You ssstay out of thisss!" Jafar hissed at the blue djinn.

Immediately the four Genies merged back into one while he and Desiree, who was still unfortunately bound up, could only wave tiny black pennant flags with a capital 'J' on them.

"Jafar, Jafar, he's our man, if he can't do it…" Genie sounded bored, but then he shouted with bloodshot eyes, "GREAT!"

The sorcerer-turned-cobra focused back on the fight at hand and tried a new approach. The snake spat out fire from his maw, forcing the Warriors of Light to avoid getting burned to a crisp. However, that was not all. He also began spitting out black eggs with red spots at them and when they cracked, Heartless came out of them! Mainly the likes of Bandits and Fat Bandits to further give our heroes trouble.

It was then that Jafar could feel something was off. It was good that he had such power at his command, and utilizing the darkness was proving to his advantage. Yet somehow, it felt like there was just so much at the moment. Almost darker than he could truly see. Like any more, and the Heartless would surely see him as food…

No! No, he was just annoyed by these nuisances lasting longer than they should be. Once they were gone and the Keyhole was secured, he would not have to worry about anything and all of Agrabah would be his forevermore!

"Ack!" Of course, he had to keep focused, being reminded of such after getting hit by a flung star.

"Yep, the weak spot's definitely the face!" The average kid no one understood confirmed. "Now how about we wail on it instead of just waiting for him to attack?"

"Insssolent child!" And of course, the snake went in to swallow him whole.

Timmy thankfully ran away, leaving the snake to again bite at nothing. This gave the others a chance to attack the head, with Danny landing ecto-powered punches and Spongebob even laying out a few chops. However, to the ghost boy's shock, his powers shockingly weren't doing that much against the large cobra! Jafar snickered at this before letting his tail actually whip the ghost away. As for Spongebob's attacks, well…

"Um… guys?" The fry cook said as Jafar's attention turned towards him. "I'm not sure his head is really that much of a weak spot."

And with that, the tail whipped Spongebob away too, having him hit the wall with a smack before sliding down it and looking flat on one of the platforms. He of course popped right back up with his eyes spinning and shook himself out of a daze. Since his eyes were still spinning, he just readjusted them back to normal with his hands. He then turned his attention to the long coils encircling the chamber as they all led towards the head of the snake still spitting fire upon his friends. This looked familiar.

"Well… if the method keeps offering itself!" Spongebob shrugged before hopping onto the coils and began running along the length.

The Bandits and Fat Bandits continued being a thorn in the Warriors of Light's sides as they attacked while they kept avoiding Jafar's bites and flames. The Bandits' sword swings and throws made dodging difficult, but thanks to the long ranged attacks from Timmy's Star Flinger, Selphie's Morning Star, and Tarzan's spear, the Bandits were easily done away with. The Fat Bandits, all the while, were still dealt with through use of magic and elements rather than frontal assaults. That was done thanks to Donald and Sora using magic while Jimmy made good use of his Tornado Blaster. Goofy was mainly on defense with his shield.

Iago, still flying around to avoid the large scuffle, noticed the sea sponge running on his master's back and tried to get Jafar's attention.

"Ja–" He then barely dodged a ghost ray from Danny. "Gah!"

"Don't think we forgot about you, seed-breath!" The ghost boy fired another one for good measure, making the bird squawk in panic.

"Hey, watch the tail feathers!" Iago complained as he kept flying away from him.

The fry cook continued running along the coils before eventually making it towards what he assumed was the neck. He stretched his arms out to grab onto the hood and launched himself up to the cobra's head. Trying to keep himself steady, Spongebob racked his plan to think of a way to distract Jafar from hurting his friends. Snakes had no eyelids so he couldn't blind him. But then he remembered! He still had half of the magic pencil!

The sea sponge took out the drawing instrument and then stabbed the sharp end right into Jafar's hide! The giant cobra shouted in pain from the stab before trying to shake him off. With the sorcerer distracted, our heroes began laying out more of their attacks upon his head. But in the middle of a combo, Sora saw something gleam in the sand. There it was: Desiree's ring!

"Gotcha this time!" The Keybearer exclaimed, running towards it.

His hand was reaching out to grab it, when…

"Enough!"

Jafar's voice echoed in the chamber, and suddenly the Warriors of Light found themselves paralyzed, unable to move as red sparks flickered on their beings. Soon after, the whole party found themselves wrapped up in the vizier's coils, including Spongebob being shaken off the cobra's head and Danny after falling from the air to the ground. Once more, Sora was unable to get the ring. By the time the paralysis wore off, they were unable to free themselves as they were stuck in the snake's vice grip.

Jafar cackled as he towered over them all.

"You little FOOLSSS!" He hissed as he narrowed his eyes at them. "You thought you could defeat the most powerful being in all of Agrabah!?"

"Squeeze 'em, Jafar." Iago told his master, eagerly anticipating the coming carnage. "Squeeze 'em like a– awk!"

And then Desiree's tail managed to whip him from behind, the bound ghost genie rolling her eyes.

"It was amusssing, how you managed to get thisss far. You'd even defy that inane 'world order' jussst to ssstand against usss!" The cobra's face sneered at them, his coils tightening and depriving them of air. "But it'sss all for naught. Without your toysss, without your magic, without your powersss, without the Keyblade, without the geniesss, you're all NOTHING."

"The genie…" Aladdin looked towards his blue friend who could only shrug, unable to do anything to help. Then a realization had hit him. "The genie!" With a smirk, he hid his revelation before calling out his foe, "The genie has more power than you'll ever have!"

"What?!" Not just Jafar, but even his friends exclaimed at that.

"Yeah! Not just him, but Desiree too!" Aladdin continued, nevertheless. "They could take your power away if given the chance!"

"Al?" Genie, desperately hoping he could be anywhere else at the moment, asked with a nervous smile. "What are you doing? Why are you bringing us into this?"

Timmy looked between Aladdin and Genie, just as confused as everyone else by what the thief was doing. But then he recalled something and a smirk turned up on his lips as well.

"Hey yeah," the buck-toothed child added, "and for all that power you got, that's not much compared to that Maleficent lady, is it? You probably weren't even a real sorcerer before she turned up with the Heartless!"

Jimmy Neutron, starting to see what was going on in spite of his misgivings of 'magic', chimed in, "You more than likely spent your time trying to get the genie in the first place so you could even get this kind of power, and when that didn't pan out, you had to get help from the more powerful associate. Even now, the Syndicate, much less Maleficent, doesn't see you as an equal! Why else would they send someone like Doodlebob to help you?"

"Face it, Jafar!" Aladdin smirked at him. "Compared to all of them, you're just second best!"

At first, Jafar was insulted by such insinuations. But then, when he considered their words, his eyes widened. He couldn't deny the reality of it. Despite being in the know of other worlds, even amidst peers looking to conquer the universe, Maleficent hardly considered him her equal. She considered someone like Calamitous as her peer! And that old fool could barely manage to complete a single sentence without needing help with words! Not to mention he could feel the darkness trying to eat away at his mortal being, even now. If he left that alone, he would be…

"You're right! Their power doesss exceed my own." The vizier had realized before a smirk appeared on his scaly face. "But not for long…"

Genie, as Jafar began circling him and Desiree, of course tried to dissuade his evil master of any such thoughts, saying, "Those boys're just crazy. They're a little punch drunk. One too many hits with a snake."

"Ssslave!" The giant cobra cut him off, uninterested in his jokes. "I make my final wish! I want you to make me AN ALL-POWERFUL GENIE!"

Genie could not help but wince. The thought of someone like Jafar, a genie? Oh, he knew full well what a disaster that would be. From the look of Desiree's wide eyes, so did she. But what could he do?

Sighing, he reluctantly replied, "All right. Your wish is my command." Then to Aladdin, Timmy, and Jimmy, he muttered, "Way to go, guys."

He then averted his eyes as he shakily pointed his finger to the snake and then gave a zap with one of his trademark magic bolts. Just then, Jafar began to glow with a sparkling gold aura as he convulsed. The entire chamber itself began to shake as the floor beneath him started giving way before breaking apart. Then the cobra's body began to dissipate into smoke before descending deeper into the gaping hole that the floor of the chamber once was, thankfully letting the Warriors of Light safely onto the platform before the Keyhole. They all stared down at the level below: an enormous room of large platforms and stone pillars, surrounded by lava being poured down by holes in the walls.

"Well, that certainly screams where the final boss area is." Danny snarked. "On a side note, what the heck were you guys thinking!? Jimmy, you're supposed to be the boy genius here!"

"Yeah, what's the big idea?!" Donald joined in. "Now Jafar's probably more powerful than before!"

"Trust us! We know what we're doing." Jimmy assured them both. "C'mon, let's go after him!"

Goddard, coming to his creator's aid, flew in and let Jimmy hold him by one of the legs before descending into the depths below. Timmy, with Cosmo and Wanda poofing back into their fairy forms, followed suit with their help. Spongebob, still confused, only shrugged before jumping in after. Danny just shook his head and helped lift Tarzan before flying down as well. Aladdin stuck behind a bit, hurrying over to Jasmine to make sure she was okay. Thankfully, she was still just unconscious and remained unharmed, much to his immense relief.

"I promise, I'll come back for you, Jasmine." Aladdin told her. "Just hang on a bit longer…"

After that promise, the street rat jumped after as well. That just left Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Selphie. Donald and Goofy were about to jump in, but then Selphie noticed Sora heading in a different direction.

"Uh, Sora?" Selphie asked. "Aren't you gonna jump in with the others?"

"In a minute." Sora grasped for something in the sand. "Just taking care of one last thing…"

All the while, down in the depths, most of the Warriors of Light were on the platforms, ready for a fight. However, they didn't see any sign of Jafar anywhere. Still, they kept on their toes, sweat practically pouring down their bodies. Even more so since it was incredibly hot in that room.

"Hah… Hah…" Spongebob could practically feel himself losing his hydration. "Jimmy… I think I might need some more of that moisture spray again…"

"We might need to restock on that and water soon after we're done here…" the boy genius noted as he sprayed Spongebob once more. "Now keep your eyes open. It should be here somewhere…"

"It?" Tarzan asked. "What Jimmy mean 'it'?"

"You'll know it when you see it." Jimmy told the jungle man. "Now, that said, where's Jafar…?"

"Yeeeeeessssss… Yeeeeeeesssss…!" A deep, ominous voice echoed through the room, forcing them all to have their weapons at the ready. "The power…" the voice laughed. "The absolute POWER!"

As if on cue, emerging from a tower of lava, a giant of a fiend appeared! There was no denying that it was a genie. However, he had blood-red skin, a muscular physique, black claws on his five-finger hands, a gold piercing on his right ear, both ears were pointed, black hair in a topknot, and completely yellow eyes. The only article of clothing appeared to be a red-violet sash around the waist, leading down to a smoky red tail as expected of a djinn. However, the goatee on his face showed off just who this genie was.

"Okay, time for the difficulty spike, then," a nervous Timmy declared.

"The universe is mine to command!" Jafar bellowed as he already started showing off his reality warping powers by manipulating space and playing with the cosmos. "All of reality– MINE TO CONTROL!"

"Someone's on a power trip." Danny of course couldn't help but snark.

That probably was a mistake, seeing as that comment got the evil genie's attention, "Ah, that's right. Before I do anything elaborate, there's still the matter of a little house-cleaning." He chuckled. "It is time I rid myself of you meddling street rats once and for all!"

His eyes then glowed and a beam of lightning shot from them, forcing our heroes to run and avoid them. But to their dismay, it turned out Jafar could direct those beams and have them in pursuit! And if that wasn't enough, they found that the platforms they were running around on could also move at will, nearly tripping them up a couple times and getting them dangerously close to falling into the lava below. To retaliate, Danny fired some ghost rays at the genie. However, they only bounced off the devilish djinn's pecs, making him laugh.

"It's no use relying on your powers now, ghost boy." Jafar told him. "I am completely invincible! There is nothing that you can do to defeat me!"

With that, his hands began emitting flames before he shot blasts of fire at Danny. The ghost boy yelped at that before flying around to avoid getting burned. Especially since those flames apparently exploded when they made impact with the floor. Either way, this made it clear this was not going to be an easy battle, if it was even possible to win at all. What could they do to get the upper hand on a genie?

"Hah… Hah…" a familiar squawk reached their ears. "Water… Water… Is it hot in here or is it just me?"

The Warriors of Light looked up, and sure enough, flying overhead was Iago. In his talons, there was a very familiar-looking lamp, but colored black. It was then Tarzan, Spongebob, and Danny realized just what Aladdin, Timmy, and Jimmy were onto before. Jafar was a genie now. And with every genie, there was a lamp. And with every lamp…

"The lamp!" Aladdin pointed out towards Iago. "Get Jafar's lamp!"

"Right!" The others agreed.

From there, it became a chase to grab the bird and get the lamp. However, easier said than done since despite how tired Iago looked, he had enough strength to keep the lamp mostly out of their reach. One would think Danny would have better luck, but unfortunately Jafar's fire attacks kept him at a distance. The evil genie was also clever enough to keep the spectral superhero's path of flight limited by putting up invisible walls and making walls magically appear to block ghost rays. Even worse when he had those walls flying to crush them!

The sight of all the small, insignificant and mortal foes beneath him running about to avoid being overwhelmed by his cosmic strength made Jafar laugh.

"I really should thank you fools." He mused. "If you hadn't reminded me of how much power the genies possessed, I would never have found the perfect wish to resolve all my problems at once! No longer will I need to worry about the Heartless consuming me. No longer will I be seen as second rate compared to the likes of Maleficent or even that doddering old Calamitous. And now, no longer will I have to worry about your meddling in our– no, MY affairs."

"Good, I hit my pun and monologue quota for a lifetime with you alone," Danny did not want to give the villain any satisfaction.

Reaching into the lava, the evil genie grunted as he hoisted a giant boulder of magma over his head. The size of which was more than able to crush all of them at once!

"This is so long!" He was ready to throw. "VANISH, MAGGOTS!"

POW!

Right before he could toss the fiery boulder, Jafar was punched right in the face by a giant green fist! Taken by surprise, he ended up dropping the magma ball atop his head, shouting as it broke apart on his skull. Floating back, he growled as he turned towards the one who dared to actually strike at him. To his shock, there was Desiree, free from her bonds and now looking as large as him and with a nasty glare on her face rivalling his own. On her shoulders stood none other than the King's fools, the Keyblade-bearing brat and one of his insignificant friends. Upon the boy's finger was the ring that the hand-drawn abomination took.

"Forget about us, Jafar?" Sora taunted him.

"You!"

Before Jafar could retaliate, he was hit again by another large green fist, being knocked into the wall and making the room shake with rubble falling from the ceiling. A laugh escaped Desiree's mouth as she smirked widely.

"It may not be that caricature," she mused, "but this is still plenty satisfying!"

Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Selphie then managed to jump onto the platforms a-okay, with the Keybearer turning back to the ghost genie and telling her, "We'll help out our friends over here. As for you, Desiree…" he then held up his ring to her with a smirk, "I wish for you to beat on Jafar as hard as you can!"

Then he winced as he felt some of his energy leave him. However, Desiree was hardly bothered by it, feeling her strength rise with pink ghost energy.

"Your wish is my pleasure!" She gladly replied before sending a beam of pink ghost energy at the red djinn.

Jafar grunted as he held his arms up to block the beam, incensed at the fact that he was actually feeling some pain from an inferior genie. Then he clapped his hands together to push the beam back and return fire with a red beam of his own, forcing her into a beam struggle. He may have been taken off his guard, but he was not planning on letting this insult go lying down when he had all the power in the universe! Especially not from some two-bit imitation genie of the ring! Once he took care of her, those fools will rue the day they dared to stand against him!

Those were his thoughts, anyhow. As for Desiree, she clicked her tongue as she kept her beam going. Of all things to happen in her afterlife, outside of being wished into being the personal genie of some boy from another world, fighting a genie from yet another world was not one of them. However, for all she had known of this vizier, she wholeheartedly despised him almost as much as she hated that meddling ghost boy! At the very least, she would be grateful to Sora for allowing her the chance to get some catharsis.

"Zaba-caba-dabra!" Jafar then chanted.

From the corner of Desiree's eye, she noticed Jafar's magic manifesting in the walls before bricks began flying in her direction. Immediately, she turned intangible to have them phase through her body, but this left her unfocused and his beam began to overpower hers. She retaliated by having her ghostly tail form into a lasso and swing towards his genie tail. Managing to grab him, she pulled the former sorcerer down, managing to hit him in the face with her beam and splashing him into the lava before flying fast, pulling him along. This in turn caused lava to splash upward and fall towards the platforms, which led to the Warriors of Light trying to find cover to avoid the lava splashdown.

Iago, still flying while holding the black lamp, barely avoided the lava as well, squawking, "Hey! Watch the lava, toots!"

"Gotcha!"

Unable to react, Iago found himself grabbed and gave another squawk, trying to alert Jafar. However, the red djinn was busy getting angry with this meddling false genie. He would not be made a fool of so easily!

"Enough!" He got his head out of the lava and his eyes sparked.

At that declaration, Desiree let out a gasp as suddenly her body froze. She was unable to move, finding herself bound by red sparks. Then she grunted as she felt her body get slammed to the wall, finding she was unable to even turn herself intangible. Even worse, Jafar sneered as he pinned her to the wall, making sure she could not escape. She would have struggled, but it was clear that despite her power boost, she could not break free of his magic.

"That's enough of your futile resistance, slave of the ring." The red djinn talked down to her. "Be grateful that I have more irritating fools to deal with than a mouse like you."

"You dare lay a hand upon me!?" She would have struggled, but the magic kept her bound. "No man may lay a hand on me unless I wish it!"

"Then I shall take pride in being the exception." His grip on her tightened, making her grit her teeth. Then his face looked contemplative. "Although, you do possess beauty on par with Princess Jasmine. I would be a fool to deny that. Perhaps once I have ascertained Maleficent's use for her, I shall rule the universe with both the princess and you as part of my… attendants. Better than facing total oblivion, wouldn't you agree?"

"Not so fast, Jafar!" Then the voice of that street rat reached his ears. "Aren't you forgetting something?!"

"Huh?" Jafar turned towards the platforms to see Aladdin and Sora standing together confidently with the others standing behind them.

Iago was on the floor, dazed. "Anyone pick the number of that camel-pulled wagon?"

"You wanted to be a genie?" Aladdin mockingly asked, a smirk rising on his lips. "You got it!"

Desiree smirked as she took in Jafar's expression of shock once he saw those golden shackles appear on his wrists, enough for the paralysis to fade from her being and let her fly away.

"WHAT!?" Jafar exclaimed.

Holding the black lamp, the peasant boy continued, "And everything that goes with it!"

"Okay, Jafar!" Sora held it up with him. "Back to your lamp!"

"NO!" Jafar suddenly felt himself being pulled towards the lamp with a force he could not fight against, "NOOOO!"

Iago, regaining his senses, could see immediately what was happening and made to fly away and escape, squawking, "I'm gettin' out of here!"

Jimmy and the others could see the pressure beginning to mount on Sora and Aladdin and so they joined in to help.

"Phenomenal cosmic powers…" The boy genius began as the wind grew fiercer.

Iago ended up barely being grabbed by Jafar as he was pulled down further.

"Come on, YOU'RE the genie!" The parrot was unable to escape his master's grasp as he was being sucked in. "I don't want, I don't–!"

And then, with a simple pop, it was over. Both Jafar and Iago were trapped inside the lamp.

"Itty bitty living space." Timmy finished with a satisfied smirk.

"Ah, guys," Genie then poofed in, happily ruffling Aladdin's hair, "you little geniuses, you!"

"Nice work keeping Jafar on the ropes, Desiree!" Sora told the female genie. "We couldn't have done it without you!"

Desiree felt that familiar bit of warmth when she heard her unintended master tell her such a thing. She wanted to reply with another sarcastic comment about him basically having to rescue her in the first place, but at the same time she could not. He DID rescue her, after all. That was more than anyone had done for her in all her lifetime and her afterlife. She decided to just give him a smile in return.

Like the relief of victory yet far unlike it, Sora felt a new wave of energy flow from within himself. Somehow colder, yet somehow hotter than he had before. He held out the Ecto-Exterminator, gazing upon it. Did he get some new magic, or did his own magic somehow get stronger? All the while, Jimmy noticed something fluttering down from above. A lone piece of paper.

Curious, the boy genius managed to get the paper and hold it to his gaze, scrutinizing what was written. "Hey Jimmy, whatcha got there?" Spongebob asked, curious. "It's not one of Doodlebob's sketches, is it?"

"No, but, hm… Let's see…" The hero of Retroville stroked his chin. Then he read out loud, "'Much of my life has been dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. That knowledge has guarded this world well. Not a soul doubts that. I am blessed with people's smiles and respect. But though I am called a sage, there are things I do not understand. I believe darkness sleeps in every heart, no matter how pure. Given the chance, the smallest drop can spread and swallow the heart. I have witnessed it many times. Darkness… Darkness of the heart. How is it born? How does it come to affect us so? As ruler of this world, I must find the answers. I must find them before the world is lost to those taken by the darkness.'"

"Whoever wrote this sure loves the word darkness," Timmy snarked.

Jimmy pondered on it further, muttering, "Darkness… study… keeping the world safe…" then he came to an answer. "Eureka! This is no average paper. This is one of Ansem's reports that was apparently lost!"

"So they really were scattered to different worlds!" Gadget said. "But if Jafar apparently had this, then that would mean…"

"No doubt the others in the Syndicate would probably have these reports too, thanks to Maleficent." Danny crossed his arms. "As if we didn't have enough problems in our daily lives, our villains now have access to studies on the Heartless."

Cosmo and Wanda shivered as a crack formed in the platforms. Before they could further discuss their new findings, they heard the sounds of a familiar screech and looked up. There was Abu atop of Carpet, both restored to normal as the monkey happily waved towards Aladdin. And if they were restored to normal, then no doubt that meant everything Jafar cast had to be undone as well, meaning…

"Guys, whatever's going on, let's talk about it later." Aladdin got onto Carpet with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. "We gotta go check on Jasmine."

"Right, and have that Keyhole taken care of, too." Jimmy got onto Goddard as Genie and Desiree picked up the others. "Let's finish this up, guys."

However, moments earlier, when Carpet and Abu went down to reach their friends, Jasmine, having woken up, was looking down nervously, hoping Aladdin would be okay. Razoul, Fazal, and Hakim, also restored and free from their cages, went over to their princess's side, making sure she was alright. Seeing she was, they still had the matter of figuring out how to get back the way they came while keeping the princess safe from harm. Fazal and Hakim were busy on that front while Razoul stood by Jasmine's side.

"Fear not, Princess Jasmine." The captain of the guard assured her. "They've no doubt defeated the evil sorcerer by now. Once they return, we'll get you back home to the palace, and then– ghk!"

Razoul suddenly stopped and fell down, unconscious, shocking the princess. Two more surprised grunts led to her seeing his men down as well. She then heard steps coming up towards her, almost from all around her. She looked around, and then, she was shocked when she found a stranger appear right behind her.

A stranger with silver hair.

She wanted to call for help, but then, all she saw was darkness.

The next moment, Carpet and the genies made it back up to the Lamp Chamber and set our heroes down near the Keyhole.

"Alright, now let's lock this Keyhole and–" Spongebob was ready to go, but then he noticed something off, "Uh… guys? What happened here?"

Much to their shock, the sight that awaited them was nothing like they expected. The guards were unconscious, and Jasmine was missing. Aladdin immediately got worried. What happened? Where did she go?

"Jasmine?" Aladdin began calling out her name as he looked around. "Jasmine!"

"Where'd the princess go?" Selphie asked.

Tarzan sniffed the ground, trying to figure out Jasmine's scent. He could definitely smell what most definitely some form of 'per-foom' as he recalled Jane having mentioned one time before. However, there was another scent that gave him pause. Something dark.

"Jasmine not here. Jasmine… taken." He said.

"Where? By who?" the street rat asked in desperation.

"Not sure…" Tarzan sadly shook his head.

He had a feeling, but he could not confirm it. All he knew was that he smelled it before.

"Sora! The Keyhole!" Goofy got the Keybearer's attention.

Indeed, in spite of their current problem of a missing princess, the Keyhole began to glow and glitter. Sora knew what he had to do. Raising the Ecto-Exterminator, he pointed it at the Keyhole, and once more stars began to gather at the tip before a beam of light shone through and shot towards the hole. With the Keyhole shining brighter, it appeared to be gathering glittering sands before a brighter light shone forth. And then came the telltale sound of a lock closing.

With the Keyhole sealed, golden sand began to rise up and fill the keyhole-shaped indentation before completely enveloping it. The sand then glowed brightly, shining with such brilliance before the light faded, and it was like the sand was never there. The Keyhole too was gone. With that, Agrabah was saved from the grasp of the Heartless and free from the Syndicate's influence. All was… well, not exactly well, but at least the biggest problem was solved.

Only for a new problem to pop up as the entire chamber began to shake!

"Wak! What's going on?!" Donald wobbled about from the shaking.

"It's the Cave of Wonders!" Jimmy looked around, seeing rubble begin to fall from the ceiling. "Sealing the Keyhole must have had some effect on it!"

"Woah!" Goofy quickly shielded his head and Jiminy from falling rubble with his shield. "We'd better get out of here!"

"But we only got Carpet and Aladdin's only got one wish left for Genie!" Selphie reminded them. "What are we gonna do?"

"I got this!" Sora knew exactly what to do. Holding up his ring hand, he said to Desiree, "Desiree! I wish we were all back in Agrabah, safe and sound!"

Though he winced at feeling his magic being used, Desiree held up her hands and responded as she made green smoke form all around them, "As you wish, so it shall be!"

"Jasmiiiiine!" Aladdin called out one last time.

And thus, with everyone enveloped in Desiree's magic, they all thankfully escaped the crumbling Cave of Wonders, victorious over Jafar and having saved the world… but having failed at rescuing Jasmine.

Back in Agrabah, the morning after, they would find themselves in the Sultan's royal palace. There, they had to bring the weight of the unfortunate news to the kind-hearted ruler, and indeed he was saddened by the absence of his only daughter. However, he did not blame them, for he knew they did their best and still had defeated the vile betrayer Jafar. At least in that case, his land was safe. Though, speaking of Jafar…

"Get your beak out of my face!" Aladdin still held Jafar's lamp, lightly smirking as everyone was amused by the former vizier's predicament and listening to him argue with his parrot.

"Oh shut up, you moron!" Iago argued back in there.

"Don't tell ME to shut up!"

Genie lightly cleared his throat, gently taking the lamp from his favorite master, "Allow me."

Going over to the balcony and sporting a baseball cap, he grew in size and began swinging the lamp, ready to throw it, "Ten thousand years in the Cave of Wonders ought to chill them out!"

But instead of just throwing it, he quickly held it in one palm and just flicked it with one finger, sending it flying out from Agrabah and into the desert. The arguing faded into the distance before eventually the lamp would make impact somewhere far in the sands, unlikely to be found for a very long time. At least, they hoped not. Now, with Jafar taken care of, there was still the matter of what to do next. With everyone heading to the balcony as well, Aladdin looked towards the Warriors of Light.

"So, Jasmine's no longer in Agrabah." He said to them, "Guys, let's go find her."

"You sure you want to come along, Aladdin?" Sora was more than happy to have him join them, but he still felt, due to Donald's own reservations, he should ask anyhow. "I mean, we're going on a pretty long adventure as is and we're going to fight people probably stronger and smarter than even Jafar. Not to mention we have no idea where Jasmine might have been taken to…"

"Well, not yet, at any rate," Jimmy corrected, "but I do have some suspicions."

"Of course I do!" The peasant boy confirmed. "Jasmine means everything to me! There's no way I'm going to give up on her– not when she's probably still in danger!"

"Well there's a go-getter attitude if there was one." Danny smiled. "Plus, he was a big help while we've been here, so I have no issues with him coming along. How about you guys?"

"No complaints here!" Spongebob smiled as well. "We could always use more friends on our quest."

"Plus seeing as Jafar was working with the Syndicate in the first place," Timmy recalled, "he kinda has a bigger stake in this too."

"Then I shall mark that up as a majority vote then." Jimmy nodded.

"Hey, we still haven't said anything about that!" Donald pointed out.

"But Donald," Goofy said to the royal mage, "we were gonna vote yes anyway."

"Yeah, it was kind of obvious we'd all vote for it." Selphie agreed.

Tarzan nodded with an agreeing grunt.

"Alright, alright, I get it." the court wizard sighed. "He'd probably be able to help us in situations beyond Agrabah too while we help him find Jasmine."

Just then, a voice cleared her throat, getting their attention. Floating near Genie was, of course, Desiree.

"Since it's apparently escaping your minds," the ghost genie spoke to them, "you do realize that you literally have a pair of capable wish-granters in your presence?"

"Yeah, Al!" Genie of course popped up next to his friend. "No problem! You still got one wish left. Look, just say the word. Ask me to find Jasmine for you."

"Well, technically, he never actually–"

Aladdin, surprised by this offer, asked, again cutting off Desiree and annoying the ghost genie, "But Genie, what about your freedom?"

Shrugging, though admittedly trying to hide his own sadness about it, told him, "Hey, it's only an eternity of servitude. This is love you're striving for." Then he made a lovely portrait of Jasmine appear in his hands and added, "Al, you're not gonna find another girl like her in a million years. Believe me, I know. I've looked."

Desiree, at any other point, no doubt would have had a snarky comment ready for that. But the way Genie said that, how earnest he was… she could not find it in her unbeating heart to do so. She too couldn't help but remember when she thought she had someone like that in her life. How she never had found anyone like that since. No matter how much she had tried after passing on…

As for Aladdin, he had given it a bit of thought. At first, when he went to get that lamp, he wanted to raise himself up so he could be on equal footing with Princess Jasmine and be legally able to be with her. However, with all that had happened, he had long forgotten about being a prince. What was status compared to being with the person he loved? What good was pretending to be something he wasn't when her safety meant that much more to him? What kind of person could he be if he just thought of what he wanted rather than what was right?

With that, he made his decision.

"Genie," Aladdin held the gold lamp in his hands, "I wish for your freedom."

"One returned princess coming right up. I–" Genie readied himself to grant the wish, but then he stopped, wondering if he misheard. "What?"

"Genie…" Aladdin held up the lamp. "You're free!"

Then the lamp began to glow as blue smoke flew from the hole, starting to spin around Genie's tail. Everyone watched in awe as sparks and sparkles began to fly and a pink tornado formed fast around the djinn's lower half. He could feel himself stretching out, glowing a blue aura, until at last, with a resounding boom, the magic flew from Genie's being, his tail becoming a pair of legs with brown shoes that curled up at the toes, much like others in Agrabah. After that, his golden shackles glowed before unlocking from his wrists and dissipating into sparkles. The lamp's glow in turn flickered before fading away, right before falling to the floor with a clutter. Nothing more than a normal lamp now, no longer a prison.

Genie hesitated for a moment, but then he picked up the lamp, looking upon it with an expression of disbelief.

He chuckled, still unsure of what just happened, "I'm free. I'm free." Then he put the lamp back in Aladdin's hands, telling him, "Quick, quick, wish for something outrageous. Say 'I want the Nile.' Wish for the Nile. Try that!"

"Uh…" Aladdin didn't know where his friend was going with this, but, "I wish for the Nile?"

"NO WAY!" Genie shouted, right before laughing hysterically. Then he began bouncing all around the balcony and the others like an overexcited pinball. "Oh does that feel good! I'm free! I'm free at last!" He gladly shook the hands (and tassels) of Abu and Carpet before swinging Desiree around by her arms. He then got out a suitcase and started packing up everything he could think of in it, "I'm hittin' the road. I'm off to see the world. I'm–"

But then he realized something, and so he looked back to Aladdin with sad shock on his face.

"Al…" He said. "I'm so thankful for this, but… what about Princess Jasmine?"

"If there's one thing I learned from all this, it's that if I used your help to win Jasmine, I'd be no better than Jafar." Aladdin explained. "I want her to see the real me. Not some fake prince. Besides, a deal's a deal, Genie. Now you can go anywhere you want. You're your own master." Running a hand through his hair, he smiled sadly, telling him, "I'm… I'm gonna miss you. Maybe, once we get Jasmine back and you're finished seeing the world, you can tell us all about what you've seen and where you've gone. I know I'll probably have some tales to tell too."

Genie was so touched. Aladdin, in spite of having the power to just wish for his princess back and getting everything he could ever have wanted, kept his promise to use his final wish to set him free. Something he had never thought would happen in all his millennia of servitude. It honestly meant more to him than he was sure Aladdin or anyone could ever know. And now, the two of them were going their separate ways to see far off places…

"...Al," Genie floated down so he stood before his former master, "no matter what anybody says…" He then took him into a hug, some tears trailing down his face, "you'll always be a prince to me."

"That's right."

Everyone turned as the Sultan finally spoke up, walking up to them with a firm look in his eyes.

"Sire, uh, your-" Aladdin was too surprised to know if he should bow or not, but he was cut off.

"You've certainly proven your worth as far as I'm concerned," the portly man declared with a bright smile. "It's that law that's the problem."

"Your highness, what are you saying?" Razoul was confused by his ruler's words.

"Yeah, what law are we talking about here?" Selphie asked.

"This law dictates that Princess Jasmine has to be married to a prince by her next birthday." Fazal explained.

"Trouble was, every prince that came, the princess rejected." Hakim added.

"Guess that would explain the thing about this Achmed guy getting his pants ripped." Spongebob figured.

"Well, I believe that now, that law needs to change." Agrabah's monarch decided. "From this day forth, the princess shall marry whomever she deems worthy."

This certainly surprised the royal guard and the peasant boy.

"B-B-But your highness!" The guard captain tried to go against it. "This boy's a thief and a wanted criminal! He–"

"Is one of those who helped save our land from Jafar. You know that well, Razoul." The Sultan reminded him firmly. Then to Aladdin, he gently said, "All I ask in return is that you bring my daughter home safe and sound. Can you do that, my boy?"

"I promise I will, your majesty." Aladdin nodded his head, assuring him.

Sora smiled, glad that things were somewhat working out for Aladdin, even if they still had to look for Jasmine on top of Kairi and Alice. Speaking of looking for girls, he couldn't help but notice something. Where did Desiree go in the middle of all this?

Desiree, as it turned out, had floated over into the palace throne room, unsure of many things. She had seen what she had thought was impossible. A man had actually thought of making a wish that wasn't for personal gain or greed, nor a useless wish for temporary utility. No… he actually wished for that goof of a djinn to be free from his servitude. Right when the possibility of getting his love interest was in his hands!

For all her afterlife, she had seen the selfishness of man and mankind. People only wishing for wealth, satisfaction– nothing beyond their own personal interests. That Aladdin literally could have had what he wanted, like all the rest, been like all the others who wished for things from her, and yet…

"...Of course, that genie would be the lucky one in this case." She muttered. She certainly wasn't envious. Not at all. "Why wouldn't it? This universe of course favors the 'good'. Me? I'm stuck with a young man with a hero complex having made me his slave by accident! …A young man who went to great lengths to rescue me from being bound worse than I had ever been, sure, but…"

"Desiree…"

Finally, that voice she had been hearing since she got here was being clear. Desiree looked around and called out, "Alright, that is enough! Who goes there and addresses me? Reveal yourself!"

Floating before the throne, indeed someone appeared before her. To her surprise, it was a ghost, much like her, but that was hardly the most shocking thing about it. She recognized this specter. A round man with green skin, wearing a large silver headpiece atop his head, adorned with a green jewel and blue feather, a black shirt with white buttons, a three-wrapped silver hash around his waist, a light blue vest and trousers, and silver curled-toe shoes. On his face was a long black mustache with the ends curling into spirals. He looked upon her with a sad smile on his face.

"Desiree… it has been far too long." He said to her, almost fondly.

"You…" Her eyes were wide with recognition. "Sultan… Appa'tot…?"

Nodding, he confirmed, "Yes, it is I, dearest Desiree… For countless years, I was lost, unable to find you, but now at last we're together again…"

Desiree, still in disbelief, could not help but ask, "How… How are you even here…?"

"I have been searching for so long, Desiree…" Appa'tot's ghost told her. "So many years, I have been searching the spirit world for any sign of you. But there was nothing. Nowhere in the Ghost Zone. Not even here in this land resembling our home. It wasn't until I spent so long searching here that I found myself lost, unable to go back. I was so close to losing myself entirely until I felt your presence."

Getting over her initial shock, the genie ghost's expression turned icy as she narrowed her eyes at her former liege.

"Oh, how heartwarming." She replied sarcastically. "Where was this concern when you allowed your wife to banish me in the first place?"

Looking downtrodden over that accusation, he replied, "It was never my choice for that, Desiree. I just–"

"What? Let your queen kick out a member of your own personally chosen harem just because she was jealous?" Desiree remarked. "It was certainly a choice to do nothing to show your authority as sovereign ruler."

At this, the former sultan winced, unable to come up with a proper argument for that.

Still, he pleaded his case, telling her, "There truly was nothing I could do, dearest. I–"

"You don't get to call me dearest! Not after letting her have her way!" The ghost genie called him out. "Not after throwing me to the side like trash! Not after breaking your promises and my heart!"

"But Desiree–" he tried to plead more, but she was having none of it.

"You made your choice long ago, 'wise sultan'." She was curt, turning her back to him and crossing her arms. "Now leave me be. I never want to see your face, much less hear your voice again."

The ghost of Appa'tot did not speak, looking distraught over the harsh rejection. He wanted to reply, but with a sigh, he could see that she was not in the mood to listen. His pleas were going to fall on deaf ears. For now, he was sure of at least.

"...Perhaps I approached too soon." He figured. "I'll give you some time before we meet again. I truly am sorry, dearest Desiree."

And with that, Appa'tot's specter disappeared, leaving the ghost genie alone. She scoffed. He would come back again? Of all the asinine assumptions… what made him think she would be happier to see him again after this? After everything?

…After all, it was all because of him and his harpy of a wife that led to this. To think she used to think the world of such a man. To think she used to believe he would be as good as his word. To think she once actually…

…Desiree sighed to herself. Truly, the feelings of a naive harem girl were foolish.

"Desiree?"

And there was the voice of her Master, genuine concern in his tone as he approached her. No doubt he didn't see her 'reunion' with her former sultan. Better that way. Her drama no doubt wouldn't interest someone like him. Still, she did appreciate the attempt to be concerned for her.

"What is it, Master?" She answered before he could say more. "Need another wish granted? Seeing as I'm the only available being that's close to being a genie, no doubt you want to wish for the princess back in that peasant's place?"

"About that." He spoke before she could get on his case about it. "Listen, Desiree, after all that Doodlebob did to you, I've honestly been thinking about this whole thing."

"Have you now?" She raised a brow.

"Yeah." He nodded. "And with everything Aladdin had said earlier, I think he's right. If I just wished for everything I wanted without regard for how it would affect anyone else, then I wouldn't be better than Jafar or Doodlebob. And you, for all you helped out even without needing to be asked… you don't deserve to be treated like a slave."

"Well if that's all you have to–" She was ready to disparage the whole 'not wishing for the easy thing' idea, but then she cut herself when the last part registered in her ears. "Wait, what did you just say?"

"You don't deserve to be a slave." The Keybearer repeated himself. "This whole accident back in Amity Park, not to mention being stuck granting everybody's wishes as a ghost. Probably even whatever happened that got you stuck as a genie in the first place. You don't actually deserve any of this. That's what I think, anyway. Can't really say the same for Danny's take on this, but this isn't about him right now."

Ignoring the way the rodent in his hair rolled her eyes, Desiree could only blink as she took in her Master's words. There was no sense of manipulation behind them. He legitimately meant everything he was saying. She shouldn't be surprised; the boy practically wore his heart on his sleeve. She did not know what to say.

"So, after seeing what Aladdin did for Genie, I think I know what I should have done a while ago." Sora raised his ring-hand, making Desiree's eyes widened. "Desiree, I wish you were completely free. No ring binding you. No pull to grant every wish you hear. Free in the truest sense of the word."

And just like that, Desiree felt her arms becoming lighter. She saw the cuffs on her arms and wrists begin to glow along with the bracelets before they shone so bright, they ended up dissipating into sparkles. In fact, her ghostly tail had split into two full legs, feet bare and green as she wore blue Arabian trousers. She then saw the faint outline of the golden chain binding her to the ring on Sora's finger began to shatter into nothingness, eventually culminating in the ring itself becoming dust in the wind.

The ghost genie hadn't felt so… light in centuries. For once, she did not feel the need to find people whose selfish wishes she'd grant to turn against them. She gazed upon her arms and hands, wondering to herself if there had to be some sort of catch. She had been around for so long knowing that everything in her life and after had a catch. But, looking up at her master… at Sora's face, it was clear he had done what she had thought no one would ever do for her in all her years…

"You're free now, Desiree. You don't have to grant any wishes again. You're your own master now, just like Genie." He told her. Scratching his cheek, he added, "Look, I know that we kinda got off the wrong foot back then, and also dealt with some issues in regards to this whole thing up until now, and again I'm sorry for putting you in that situation to start with. But all the same, as we went along, you really helped out even though you didn't have to. Even when I didn't wish for you to help. So I just want to say thanks for at least being with us for this long. I'm really glad to have met you, Desiree."

He gave her happiness and gratitude. More than anyone else had ever done for her.

She distractedly placed a hand over her chest. Did her heart just skip a beat? It shouldn't have been beating at all, and yet…

"Anyway, I'm sure if we talk to Jimmy, we can see about sending you back home as soon as we can." Sora assured her, not noticing her situation. "Danny will probably not be happy about it, but at least he'll probably be more annoyed with me than with you, so you don't have to worry about him getting on your case for the most part and– woah!"

Sora got cut off the moment Desiree pulled him into a deep embrace. The boy couldn't help but blush as his face was treated to something many men would only wish they could partake in. Gadget of course didn't approve, but Desiree did not care about that. She held him tightly, unable to hold back her happiness, tears streaming down her face. The warmth deep in her chest.

"Thank you…" she sniffed, one hand running through his hair. "Thank you so much…"

Sora, even in this awkward position, barely managed to bring a hand around her back and gently patted it, happy that she was happy even if he felt it was just him fixing a mistake he made.

Gadget cleared her throat and told the boy, "Excuse me, Sora, but we better get back to the others and the Gummi Ship. They can't leave without us, after all."

"Oh, right!" Sora recalled, trying to get out of the embrace. "Jimmy's probably making some adjustments for Aladdin too. We should go help."

"As you wish, so it shall be."

Before Sora could register what Desiree just said, suddenly the three were enveloped in green smoke. When the smoke cleared, suddenly they were all back in the Gummi Ship's cockpit; them, their (well, Sora's) friends, and Aladdin with Abu on his shoulder. The peasant boy and the monkey were amazed by what they were looking at. Such unfamiliar technology, not to mention being able to see all of space and even Agrabah below them. It was all stunning.

"Wow…" Aladdin breathed as he stared at it all. "So this is what home looks like from way up here…"

"Yeah, this universe definitely has an interesting way of showing what worlds look like." Timmy told him. "You should've seen the ones we've seen before coming here!"

"Honestly, if things turn out to get more complicated, he just might." Wanda told her godchild.

"Still, to think that this is how our world looks from the outside…" the thief mused as he looked towards his simian friend. "Man, Genie's definitely going to flip when we tell him about it."

"No need for that, Al! It sure is a small world after all, huh?"

"Sure is, Genie." He automatically replied. Then he blinked and quickly turned around. "Genie?"

Surprising everyone, the big blue djinn was already there with them, as if he never left at all. The only difference was that, along with his overpacked suitcase just floating in the air with magic sparkles, he was clad in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals while also carrying a bag with golf clubs and wearing a hat that looked very similar to Goofy on his head.

"Hey, Genie!" Spongebob was happy to see him, but also confused. "Wait, what are you doing here? Weren't you going to go see the world?"

"Yeah, we saw you even fly up to the sky and everything!" Selphie concurred.

"Well, I was about to, but then I thought of something." The fun-loving Genie admitted. "You guys going off to find the princess while I'm off just enjoying myself? What kind of friend is that? Of course, I'm done taking orders, but a favor, now that's entirely different. I guess I can give that a try. So I figured, why stop to see the world when I can see the universe and help out?" He then brought an arm around his favorite street rat and added, "After all, we're pals, right, Al?"

Touched, Aladdin could only say, "Genie…"

"Just leave it to me!" The big blue lug assured him with a wink. "We'll find her lickety-split!"

Remembering something else, he looked over towards Sora and said, "Oh, Sora, as thanks for your help, too, I wanna give you something. One second, what would be a good phrase… Oh, here we go! Yapple Dapple!"

And with that, Genie gave a snap of his fingers, letting his familiar magic fly towards the islander. The Ecto-Exterminator appeared in his hands and the magic hit it, making the Keyblade glow and change shape. Once it was done, the key appeared in a new, stronger form. It had a simple, wooden handle with a yellow pommel. The guard was predominantly gold, though its base was sky blue. The base of the blade too was sky blue, but the rest of the blade was gold, with a point emerging near the base. The teeth were a bronze color, and they arced downward from the tip of the blade in the shape of a stylized number 3. The keychain was made of several metallic blue links, ending with a miniature version of Genie's own lamp.

"I call this one Three Wishes!" Genie told him. "On the nose, I know, but it'll be hard for bad guys to deflect. Might even have a bit more magic than the others too."

"Wow!" Sora remarked, amazed. "Thanks, Genie!"

"Hey, anything for a friend like you." He replied. "Now, how about we get on our way? Fair Princess Jasmine awaits a daring rescue in another castle!"

"And we still have other worlds to save from the Syndicate." Jimmy marched over towards the steering wheel and began setting their course. "Everyone, get in your seats and buckle up. Next world's a bit of a distance away."

And so, their mission in Agrabah had finally come to an end. Jafar was beaten, the world was safe from the Heartless, the Syndicate lost another potential foothold, the Warriors of Light had obtained new allies… Jasmine was still missing, but they were working on it. Either way, their journey was still far from over. Just what was this 'door' that Jafar had mentioned, and who were these 'seven princesses' needed to open it? Did other villains possess the rest of Ansem's report? They were bound to find more questions before they could start finding answers for all of them. But together, they would brave each whole new world in order to do it.

"...So are we not going to talk about how Aladdin only made one wish the entire time?" Desiree asked.

"What?" Everyone else looked at her, confused.

"Aladdin only made one wish, and that was to free Genie." She explained. "The prior two times, he never actually made wishes, never using the words 'I wish'. Just pleas for help. So technically, his first and only wish was to set Genie free. The other times, Genie just did those on his own. I tried pointing this out, but I kept getting cut off!"

Genie opened his mouth to explain… but then his jaw comically dropped to the floor as he realized she was actually correct, "Well," he suddenly turned into a sheep, "I feel sheepish."

"Really? 'Cause I feel fishy!" Cosmo said in his goldfish form.

"Actually, no," Wanda started, then groaned. "Remember Norm, Timmy?"

"Don't remind me, but yeah…" the bucktoothed boy began, and then slapped his face. "Right, it's the intention of the wish and how a genie takes it."

"Norm being…" Donald began.

"Genie who loved abusing his power, sealed for everyone's own good, had to hire a lawyer to deal with him," Timmy summed up, leaving everyone to scratch their heads. "Long story short, he could abuse anything to make it count like a wish."

Wanda nodded, "For example, if Aladdin was drowning and summoned Genie to save him but couldn't talk, Genie could've done what Norm does and take any sign of him, even a single nod, like a wish. The magic that binds genies forces them to grant wishes from the heart."

"Like how Doodlebob was spouting gibberish but it still counted like a wish?" Sora asked, and both Genie and Desiree gasped as they looked at each other.

"Only that Norm loved to turn those wishes against anyone he disliked, mostly me," Timmy said.

"Huh…" the two wish-granters blinked in unison as they turned to the heroes, followed by a pair of synchronized grunts. "Loopholes, of course."

"Do you mean that, since I truly wanted what I asked of Genie…" Aladdin was connecting the dots. "Then again, I was counting them as wishes for a reason…"

"Sorry, sport," Wanda told Aladdin, but the street rat smiled.

"I'm glad I still managed to save one friend, and now I get to help you guys save the others," the thief told them with a grin.

"This is going to be a long trip with how much saving we'll need to do." Danny deadpanned, rubbing his head from the headache of just trying to make sense of the way wishes worked.

No one said it would be a boring adventure, at least.

—-

The Lord of the Underworld sighed, having seen this coming from a mile away.

"That smarmy vizier could've had 'em," He remarked, eying their latest recruit, "if someone had stuck around to give him a hand."

Riku rolled his eyes at this, rebutting, "Hey, I did my part. I brought the princess, didn't I? I don't need a lecture on doing something I wasn't asked to do."

He slightly looked back to see Jasmine's unconscious form being brought along towards that grand hall he remembered Maleficent mentioning before. For what, he did not know, but in all honesty, he couldn't care less. He did what he was asked so they had to make good on their promise. That was all.

"Jafar was beyond help," Maleficent stated, her back turned towards them, "consumed by his own hatred and ambition. One should beware of letting it burn too fiercely."

A clearly pointed statement, and Hades knew it perfectly well.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Of course the god got defensive. "Lighten up. I'm as cool as they come, okay? Still in the game here. Just saying, he was useful while he lasted."

Turning to Riku, Hades of course changed the subject, telling him, "By the way, kid, have we got something special for you."

Riku grunted, raising a brow towards the dark fairy.

"We had a deal, yes?" She reminded him. "You help us, and we grant you your wish…"

Just then, a mystical image once again appeared on the table before them. It showed the image of a young girl laying on her back, deep asleep. She had auburn hair, blue eyes, a pale complexion, and a necklace with a silver bead. She wore a white top with a black one underneath (the black one showed at her collarbone and at the hem) which slightly exposed her navel, purple biker shorts underneath a purple skirt with a blue belt, and white slip-on shoes with purple caps. She also featured a black choker, a yellow wristband as well as a purple armband on her left arm and a pair of bracelets on her right arm. She was definitely pretty for a 14-year old. However, that was not something Riku concerned himself with.

"Kairi!" Riku exclaimed in shock and concern. At last, he had found her! But what was wrong with her? What happened?

"Go to her." Maleficent told him. "Your vessel is waiting."

Riku heard footsteps coming in from the chapel's entrance. As if on cue, a thin man with long black hair, a large hooked nose, a thin black handlebar mustache that angled upward sharply, and a large chin walked in. He was clean-shaven, wearing a frilly white cravat underneath a red coat with gold lining and red cuffs. Each of these cuffs sported two gold cufflinks. Beneath his coat was a pink turtleneck with white frills in each sleeve. He also wore an orange sash over his right shoulder that held his sword scabbard at his left hip. He wore rose pants and white knee-high socks, as well as black shoes with a pink circle decorating each one. The tongues of his shoes were enormous, reaching halfway up his shins. He wore a large crimson hat with a huge lavender feather stuck in it. He carried a rapier with a gold hilt and guard as a weapon. But most striking about him was the hook on his left-hand, made of silver.

"Just remember, this is no pleasure cruise." the pirate told him, flicking his mustache. "It won't be a pleasant voyage."

Still, the islander didn't care about that. He was just happy to know that Kairi was alright. At least in a manner of speaking. Still, this seemed rather convenient for him. Maybe a bit too convenient.

Eying Maleficent with suspicion, he asked, "Why are you doing all this for me? What's the catch?"

"Catch?" The Mistress of All Evil turned towards him, echoing his words with rehearsed concern. "What's the catch?" Approaching him and sounding almost motherly, she told him, "Silly boy. You're like a son to me. I only want you to be happy."

To emphasize this, she reached out to gently caress his cheek with her hand. However, Riku could clearly tell the manipulation on her part. Her eyes said it all. She knew nothing about love or being a parent, much less cared about it. He pushed her hand away and stepped back from her with a glare.

"I seriously doubt that." He replied.

Quite easily, Maleficent did away with the act, hardly offended by his abrasiveness, "Believe what you wish." She told him. "But lest we forget, I kept my end of the bargain."

"Yeah." Riku turned around and began walking away. "Because I did first."

With that, Riku went off, following the hook-handed pirate out into a dark portal. Hades, seeing no reason to stick around, simply vanished in a puff of smoke, no doubt going to focus on his own plans. The dark fairy simply clicked her tongue. The impertinence of youth. Fortunately for her, a green portal appearing nearby signified she had someone more interesting to talk to.

"Ah, Calamitous." Maleficent eyed the short man walking up to her. "I trust you have more promising news after the disappointment of Jafar's failure?"

"That I do, my fair lady." Calamitous chuckled. "Plankton has already started supplying Ursula with better means of manipulating her cauldron while Plasmius has Fright Knight aiding Oogie Boogie as a bodyguard. In the meantime, we are still well underway siphoning energy from our worlds to power our device. Once it is complete, I assure you that our universes will be within our grasp in due… uh… er… it starts with a 't'."

"Time?"

"Yes, in due time!" He finished thanks to her assistance. "Now, that being said, it appears a couple of our shared compatriots are missing. You wouldn't have perchance heard from the Coachman since that debacle at Amity Park, have you?"

The witch put her hand to her chin, pondering on that. The Coachman, one of her lesser seen recruits. An enigma in of itself. Willing to aid her for a price, like a glorified mercenary, but hardly that descriptive when it came to his methods. Still, he had confidence in those methods, as if he had gotten away with them before.

It was almost worthy of respect.

Almost.

"Come to think of it," she recalled, "he has mentioned something about 'recovering a lost asset'. Something about a… puppet."

When she said that last word, an idea immediately came to her mind with a sinister chuckle. Perhaps there was yet a way to get Riku fully on their cause…

—-

Hoof. This chapter took MONTHS to do. Sorry about the wait, folks. Real life and video games basically grabbed a hold of me on top of writer's block slowing down the massive fight scenes, not to mention rehearsing for a performance of The Little Mermaid, ironically enough. Still at last, the moment is here: The Agrabah Arc is finally over! Next up, we finally cover a bit of a shorter arc and things start getting a bit more personal for Sora. However, that might also be a while since this chapter being finished means I now focus on another one-shot and the next chapter of Defier of Destiny that everyone has no doubt been waiting for!

…And I haven't even gotten a draft of that starting chapter done yet. Hopefully it won't be that hard seeing as it's the introduction of a new arc as well. Anyhow, see you all next world. It'll be a whale of a time!

No, I will not apologize for the pun. Thanks again to Akito the Boxer for beta-reading this chapter for me.