"I wish for Princess Jasmine to fall desperately in love with me."

Jasmine gasped at the request, as the Genie winced, "Umm Master, there are a few quid pro quos, a few provisos- "

"- Don't talk back to me you insignificant worm!" Jafar snarled angrily, "You will do what I order you to do!"

As Jafar ranted and raved at the poor genie, Jasmine caught movement out of the corner of her eye. Turning slightly in that direction, she sighed in relief.

Cassim, Aladdin and the flying carpet were sat up near the ceiling, signalling for Jasmine to remain quiet. It was then that she realised that they needed a distraction if they had any hope of getting the lamp.

"Oh Jafar…" she cooed as seductively as possible, slowly getting to her feet and placing the crown on her head, "… I've never realised how incredibly handsome you are."

As the Genie's jaw dropped open in shock, Jafar smirked, clearly happy with the turn-about in Jasmine's mood. "Hmmm, that's better." He gestured for Jasmine to come closer, "Now my blossom, tell me more about… myself."

"You're tall…"

Genie glanced at his hands in confusion… he was sure he didn't cast that spell.

"… Well-dressed…"

And then he spotted movement out of the corner of his eye, as Cassim, Aladdin and the Carper dropped down and hid in the shadows.

"Cassim! Kid!" He hissed, floating over to the corner as Jasmine continued to sing Jafar's praises, "Cassim, I'm sorry but I can't help you! I work for Senor Psychopath now! What are you going to do?"

"I'm the King of Thieves remember?" Cassim smirked, "I'll improvise. Aladdin… stay low remember?"

"Yes Daddy."

Cassim smiled warmly, moving to hide behind a large pile of gold as Jafar listened eagerly to Jasmine's praises.

"Go on…" Cassim heard the sorcerer hiss, leering at the prince.

"…. And your smile is so…" Jasmine wrapped his arms around Jafar's shoulder and silently gestured for Cassim to come closer, "… twisted."

Cassim could see the lamp… all he had to do was get a little bit closer.

"You've stolen my heart."

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the Carpet shoot forwards, wrapping around the parrot before he could squeal on them.

"And what about that street rat?" he heard Jafar mutter.

"What street rat?"

Just as Cassim as about to grab the lamp, Iago and the Carpet's struggling caused a fruit ball to fall off of the table, clattering against the ground. Just before Jafar could spin around and see Cassim and the others, Jasmine grabbed him by the collar and kissed him on the mouth, deepening it in an attempt to buy time.

"Ugh…" Cassim groaned, before reaching out for the lamp again just as the kiss ended.

"That was-" Jafar suddenly stopped, his eyes focused on the reflection in Jasmine's crown… where he could see Cassim reaching out for the lamp, prompting him to spin round in fury, "YOU!" He grabbed his staff and fired at Cassim, sending him flying backwards into a pile of gold. "How many times am I going to have to kill you?!"

Realising that the con was over, Jasmine dived forwards, grabbing the staff in an attempt to save Cassim from another blast. Jafar simply snarled, throwing the princess to the ground. Cassim raced forwards, trying to wrestle the staff out of Jafar's hands. "Get the lamp!" he ordered Jasmine, who scrambled across the floor, towards the throne, where Aladdin was also following the order.

"NO!" Jafar bellowed, kicking Cassim to the ground, before firing a blast at Jasmine and Aladdin before they could reach the lamp, "Ah, ah, ah princess! Your time is up!"

Suddenly, Jasmine and Aladdin found themselves trapped inside a giant hourglass, the sand already running down onto their heads.

"Aladdin! Jasmine!"

"Nice shot Ja- " The Carpet knocked Iago as, as Rajah, in all his kitten form, raced towards the lamp.

"Don't toy with me!" Jafar fired at it, turning poor Rajah into a soft toy, as Jasmine cried out for her pet.

When the Carpet managed to grab the lamp, Jafar fired another blast at it.

"Things are unravelling fast now!"

The Carpet fell to the ground as a ball of purple string with four tassels.

"Get the point!"

A circle of swords surrounded the lamp, preventing Cassim from reaching it, before Jafar lifted it up off the ground, smirking at Cassim's anger. As Cassim grabbed a sword, hoping it would make a difference, Jafar rolled his eyes.

"I'm just getting warmed up!"

With a blow of air, the swords transformed into a ring of fire.

"Why don't you fight me man to man, instead of hiding you cowardly snake!"

"A snake am I?" Jafar walked straight through the fire and smirked at Cassim, "Perhaps you'd like to see how snake-like I can be!"

Within seconds, Jafar transformed into a giant cobra, the rings of fire forming into its coils as he lunged at Cassim, sharp fangs just missing him by inches.

Tightening his grip on the sword, Cassim kept his eyes on the creature, before diving forwards and slashing at its throat, laughing as Jafar reared back with a cry of pain.

"Rick 'em, rack 'em, rock 'em, rake. Stick that sword into that snake!" The Genie cheered, pom-poms in his hands"

Jafar turned to him and hissed, "You ssstay out of thisssss!"

"…. Jafar, Jafar, he's our man. If he can't do it, GREAT!"

Taking advantage of Jafar's focus on the Genie, Cassim raced towards the hourglass, desperately hoping to smash the glass before the sand suffocated his son and Jasmine. However, before he reached it, Jafar lunged at him, missing but sending him flying to the ground, the sword skidding away.

"Cassim!" "Daddy!"

The sand was almost up to Jasmine's neck, as she tried to hold Aladdin up above it.

Scowling in determination, Cassim used a large ruby to skid across the ground and grabbed the sword, pushing himself to his feet and diving away just as Jafar lunged again, taking advantage and leaping on top of the snake, stabbing it in the side.

Jafar screamed in pain once again, twitching as the pain threatened to be too much.

Grabbing a piece of wood, that had been broken off during their fight, Cassim raced back towards the hourglass.

The sand was almost at Jasmine's mouth now, as Aladdin tried to shovel it away.

"Aladdin! Jasmine! Hang on!"

Unfortunately, before he could smash the glass, snake coils wrapped around him, pulling him back towards the main body.

"You little fool!" Jafar hissed, tightening his grasp on Cassim and forcing the breath from the thief's body, "You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth!"

To the side, Iago had woken up and was watching the scene in glee. "Squeeze him Jafar, squeeze him like a- UGH!"

Acting innocent, the Genie sauntered away.

"Without the genie, you're nothing!"

"The Genie…" Cassim had a wonderful, but dangerous idea, "… The Genie has more power than you'll ever have!"

"WHAT?!"

"He gave you your power! And he can take it away."

"Cassim!" The Genie hummed from the side-lines, "Cassim, what are you doing, why are you bringing me into this?!"

Cassim ignored him, "Face it Jafar! You're still just second best!"

This clearly struck a nerve with Jafar, who nodded slowly in agreement, "You're right. His power does exceed my own… but not for long."

As Jafar slithered over to the Genie, the genie tried to throw the attention off of him. "The man's crazy! A little punch drunk, one too many hits with the snake!"

"Ssssslave! I make my third wissssssh!" Jafar snarled at him, "I wissssh to be, an all-powerful genie!"

The sand had now covered Jasmine's mouth, but she continued to hold Aladdin up as high as she could.

"Alright, your wish is my command…." He sighed wearily, before sending a dirty glare in Cassim's direction, "… way to go Cassim."

Cassim simply watched, a sly smirk on his face.

As the bolt of magic struck Jafar in the chest, his snake form disappeared, and he slowly started to grow, back arching against the roof as his skin turned red and his eyes glowed yellow.

"Yes…" Jafar chuckled, "… the power!"

Free from the coils, of the snake, Cassim grabbed the piece of wood again and raced over to the hourglass, this time managing to smash the glass, enabling the sand to flow out and Jasmine and Aladdin to breathe once again.

"THE ABSOLUTE POWER!"

As Jafar crashed through the roof of the palace, Jasmine glanced at Cassim and shook her head in disbelief, as they both tried to shield Aladdin, "What have you done?!"

"Trust me!"

As soon as he said that, a black lamp appeared on the floor…. Not that Jafar noticed.

"THE UNIVERSE IS MINE TO COMMAND! TO CONTROL!"

"Not so fast Jafar!" Cassim yelled up to him as he headed over to the lamp, "Aren't you forgetting something?!"

Jafar paused in confusion.

"You wanted to be a genie, you got it…"

A manacle appeared on each of Jafar's wrists, causing him to snarl in confusion. "WHAT?!"

"…. And everything that goes with it!" Holding up the lamp, Cassim watched as Jafar was quickly sucked into it.

"NOOOOOO! NOOOOOO!"

"Phenomenal cosmic power…."

Iago tried to fly away, only for a hand to grab him by the tail, pulling him towards the lamp as well.

"Jafar! Jafar no!"

And then they were gone.

"… itty bitty living space."

The Genie was there in a second, grabbing Cassim and pulling him into a hug, "You genius! You genius!" he whooped.

With a bright flash of light, Rajah and the Carpet were back to normal. The ground shuddered, and outside, the palace reappeared on the ground.

"Get your foot out of my face!" they heard Jafar scream from inside the lap, clearly directed at his companion.

"Oh, shut up!"

"Don't tell me to shut up!"

The Genie smirked at the arguing, taking the lamp off of Cassim and heading to the balcony, "Allow me… ten thousand years in the Cave of Wonders should cool them down." Taking a running start, The Genie flung the lamp into the distance, sending it flying over the city until it was just a tiny black dot on the horizon.

With that issue out of the way, Cassim took a deep breath and turned to Jasmine, who was giving him a concerned look. "Jasmine… I'm sorry I lied to you about being a prince."

"I…. I understand why you did."

"… so, we have to say goodbye now?" Aladdin whispered, a pout on his face.

"That stupid law…" Jasmine scowled, "… this isn't fair. I… I love you."

The Genie who had been watching the scene in curiosity, stepped forwards and placed a hand on Cassim's shoulder, "Cassim…. You know you've still got one wish left. All it'll take is a click of my fingers."

"But Genie… what about your freedom?"

"Meh, it's only an eternity of servitude…. What you guys have is love, actual true love." The Genie gave him a reassuring smile, "Cassim…. You won't find another girl like her, believe me, I know. I've tried!"

Cassim was silent for a few seconds, before turning to Jasmine and taking the Princess's hand, "Jasmine, I do love you… but I've got to stop pretending to be something I'm not."

"… I understand."

Cassim then turned to The Genie, "Genie… I wish for your freedom."

"One Prince coming right- pardon?"

As the Genie stared at Cassim in shock, Cassim held up the genie's lamp and smirked at him. "Genie, you're free!"

A blue cloud of smoke started to swirl all around the Genie, lifting him up into the air. There was a loud BANG and his wrist manacles disappeared, with the blue smoke fading away as the lamp clattered to the ground harmlessly.

The Genie stood there in stunned silence for a few moments, before he bent down and picked the lamp up off the ground, "I'm free…" he whispered in shock, "… I'm free." He then shoved the lamp back into Cassim's hands, "Quick! Wish for something outrageous! Ask for the Nile! Wish for the Nile, try that!"

"…. I wish for the Nile?"

"Forget it!" The Genie cackled in glee, summoning a suitcase out of nothing, "I'm free! Free at last! I'm hitting the road! Off to see the world! I'm- "

He stopped, catching sight of the look on Cassim's face as the thief smiled at him, "I'm gonna miss you Genie."

"Awww…." The Genie actually looked a little bit touched, "… you too Cassim. No matter what anyone says, you're a prince to me."

"That's right!"

They all turned to the Sultan, who stormed into the area, "As far as I'm concerned, you've more than proven your worth to me Cassim… it's that law, that's the problem here."

"Father?" Jasmine didn't dare let herself hope.

"Well, am I the Sultan, or aren't I?" The man chuckled, "From this day forth, I do decree that the Princess is free to marry whoever she so chooses."

"Him!" Jasmine ran into Cassim's arms, "I choose you Cassim."

The pair stared lovingly into each other eyes, only for the silence to be broken by a little voice.

"Does this mean that I'm a prince now?"

"Yes, my boy." Cassim lifted Aladdin into his arms, "I do believe you are."

As Jasmine and Cassim leaned in to try and kiss again, the Genie suddenly appeared between them, pulling them into big hug, "Group hug!" he laughed, kissing Aladdin on the forehead, before darting away.

"Well, I can't do anymore damage around this popsicle stand!" he exclaimed, "I'm outta here! See you around you crazy lovebirds! I'm history! No, I'm mythology! Oh, I don't care what I am, I'm FREE!"

And with that, the Genie was gone.

…

"I can't believe he got Aladdin a monkey." Cassim sighed on their wedding, watching as his son and his new friend raced around the hall.

"Would you have preferred a tiger?"

"…. Yes honestly."

Jasmine giggled, lightly slapping her new husband on the arm. "Abu is harmless… besides, he's keeping Aladdin busy. Think we can sneak away early."

"Princess, you read my mind."