Kingdom Hearts: The Legendary 8th Princess of Heart

Chapter 17: Entering the Cave of Wonders

Harmony's POV:

Since some of the areas have been barricaded, we have to use different routes to move around through the city. But thanks to Aladdin knowing all the shortcuts in Agrabah, it doesn't take long to find Jafar, who has Jasmine trapped in front of the palace gates. We jump down from one of the buildings, catching Jafar's attention.

"Setting your sights a little high, aren't you, boy?" Jafar asks. "Back to your hole, street rat. I will not allow you to trouble the princess any more."

"Jasmine!" Aladdin exclaims with worry.

"I'm so sorry, Aladdin," Jasmine says, looking sad with heartbreak.

Aladdin makes sure to keep the lamp hidden as he rubs it to summon Genie. "Genie, help Jasmine. Please!" Aladdin exclaims in a hush whisper.

In a flash, Genie appears, and picks up Jasmine. "One wish left! You're making this really easy, you know," says Genie.

"So sorry, boy. I'm afraid your second wish has been denied," Jafar says, an evil smirk on his face.

The moment he says that, we notice a parrot, who is holding the lamp, flying towards Jafar.

"I'm sorry, Al," Genie apologizes, then disappears.

In the process of returning to his lamp, Genie accidentally drops Jasmine into a huge pot. The pot Jasmine fell in then comes to life by growing legs.

"And now, I bid you all farewell. Attack!" Jafar exclaims.

Jafar disappears with the lamp, and then more pots grow legs, forming into a centipede-like Heartless.

"Great! Jasmine is in one of those pots, and we don't even know which one it is!" Madison exclaims.

"We'll just have to smash them to see which one she's in, while also being careful to not hurt her," I say, bringing out my Keyblade.

We smash through the pots, keeping an eye out for Jasmine, while also chasing that centipede Heartless through the city. But when the Heartless' antennas shoots out electricity, we make sure to back up to a safe distance, so that we don't get hurt. Thanks to Mieu, however, he uses his fire breath against the Heartless, making at least a little easier for us. By the time we defeat the centipede Heartless, we look around to find out that Jasmine is nowhere to be found.

"Jasmine!" Aladdin exclaims with worry. When we hear an evil laugh coming from who-knows-where, it doesn't take us long to figure out that Jafar has her. "To the desert! Come on, let's move!"

"What makes you think that she'll be there?" Mieu asks.

"Because Jafar told me himself about the Cave of Wonders. He even tricked me, saying that if I helped him get the lamp, he'd help me impress Jasmine," Aladdin explains. "And since Jafar now has the lamp, he'll definitely use one of his wishes to find the Keyhole."

"He's got a point," Asch says.

"Then we'd better hurry and save Jasmine!" Sora exclaims.

"And Genie, too," Donald points out.

Aladdin doesn't waste any time on calling Carpet to give us a ride to the desert. When we get there, however, something bursts from the ground, revealing a giant tiger's head with glowing purple eyes. From the looks of it, its almost like it's possessed by the Heartless.

"That's the entrance to the Cave of Wonders! But something's not right!" Aladdin exclaims.

"The Heartless must be controlling it somehow," Luke says.