A Daemon's Second Chance (Tales of Berseria x Kingdom Hearts)

Chapter 26: Fire, Ice and an Old Friend

They made their way back to Agrabah, and entered the peddler's shop. The peddler was nowhere to be seen in there.

"Hello?" Aladdin called out. No one responded.

"Did he leave us?" Laphicet asked.

"Well what am I gonna do with this?" Velvet asked, placing the golden trophy down.

Suddenly, they heard voices from outside the shop. Both of them were recognizable.

"Stop your whining and hand it over!" Pete's voice growled.

"Ohh no!" replied the peddler, "I'm trading it for treasure. This lamp is going to bring me riches!"

The group turned around and headed out again. They looked for where the voices came from.

"Oh, no you don't!" Pete shouted. The group turned and saw the peddler running for his life, holding onto the lamp as he was being chased by Pete, who was towering over him as he was being chased. They rushed through the streets and out of sight.

"They're heading for the palace!" Aladdin noticed.

"Then let's go after them." Sora declared, and the trio charged in pursuit of Pete and the peddler.

Meanwhile, Pete had just chased the peddler to the palace gates. He then got in close to grabbing the lamp.

"Thank you." he said, snatching it away from the peddler and rushing ahead. The peddler wasn't gonna let him have it that easily, and caught up with him, and leapt up to grab it.

"It's mine!" he cried, taking the lamp back from Pete before rushing off. Pete, surprised by the change of hands, took a charge at the peddler. The gang of heroes arrived at the palace to see the two still at it.

"Lamp hog!" shouted Pete.

"Go away!" the peddler replied.

Finally, Pete made a grab for the peddler's turban with one hand, and took the lamp away with the other and held it out of his reach.

"No fair!" the peddler sneered, trying to struggle free from Pete's grip.

"Heh heh, I win!" laughed Pete.

"Hey, Iago." Velvet whispered to the parrot next to her, "I know you're not a dog, but go fetch."

Iago responded by flying at the high-held lamp, and snatched it out of Pete's hands. Pete, realizing the touch of the lamp disappeared, looked up, saw the lamp was gone, then saw Iago flying away with the lamp in his beak.

"Nice one, Iago!" Sora called out.

"Way to go!" cheered Aladdin.

"You did it!" Laphicet shouted.

"Don't drop it!" warned Donald.

"Look! Behind you!" Goofy cried out. Iago turned to see both Pete and the peddler rushing to catch him, and started to zig-zag a bit, distracting them. Why? So he could move out of their way as they hit a wall. The peddler was knocked out, but Pete shook it off.

Iago saw how he dealt with them, and wasn't looking where he was going. He, too slammed into a wall, dropping the lamp.

"No!" Laphicet cried as the others gasped. Iago fell to the ground as the lamp bounced to Pete's feet. Pete reached down and picked up the lamp, chuckling.

"Nice try, bird brain." he said amusingly, "Just wait till Jafar's free! He's gonna make one beauty of a Heartless!"

Sora and the others were about to charge at Pete when the ground started to shake. Based on Pete's expression, he was just as surprised as the others. The gang looked all around, finding where the shaking was coming from. Finally, Velvet looked up into the sky, and saw a glint, followed by something blue flying wildly in the air. No, it was somebody, with a smoky tail instead of legs, and a red band around his waist. Velvet gasped. It was a genie. No, it was the Genie.