Ben led the way through the many rooms and trails of the Cave of Wonders as the others and I followed closely behind him. 

Jafar had to be hiding out in one of these rooms. These tunnels just don't go down for all eternity! 

After travelling down for what seemed to take a eternity, Mushu sprang a head, coming up at a large arch. He poked his head around it and his tail flinched. He zipped back around, shushing the rest of us as he motioned as to come forward. 

I looked back and glanced at the boys with confusion before I tip-toed my way over to Mushu, the boys following behind me. One by one, we each poked our heads around the side of the arch, scanning the room. 

The walls were dark blue with dark grey marble flooring. A giant metal chandelier hung from the ceiling, flames spewing over head. Jafar stood in the middle of the room, holding his staff with one hand, and Mickey's hat in the other. Iago perched himself on his masters shoulder, squawking loudly.

"What's he doing?" Sebastian whispered.

"... This must be the rendezvous point." My eyes widened with a gasp.

"Wait, to meet up with the Dark Anomalies leader?" Aladdin clarified.

"What?!" Ben yelped before Genie used his magic to zip his mouth shut. Literally, he zipped the boys lips and now his mouth his a white metal zipper. 

"But, I don't understand. If the Dark Anomalies can affect anything from anyway, why go through all the trouble to have Jafar deliver it to them?" I asked with confusion. 

"We haven't been able to pin-point the Anomalies origin yet. We have speculated that whoever or whatever is controlling them, probably can only summon the anomalies and choose what to affect, but can't keep them for themselves." Sebastian explained. 

"So in other words, from where their leader is, they can't actually get their hands on whatever they're affecting?" I replied. 

"Correct." The British boy nodded. 

The two of us heard muffled screaming as we looked over to see Ben, struggling to try and unzip his lips. 

Aladdin sighed, shaking his head. "Okay, you can let him go now Genie." 

"Alright, alright, just as long as he doesn't blow our cover." Genie muttered. With a wave of his hand, the zipper vanished, changing back into Ben's lips. 

The blonde covered his mouth with his hands before sighing with relief. He shot Genie a glare before looking back over at me, lowering the sound of his voice to a whisper. "Whoever their leader is must also realize the risk in affecting The Sorcerer hat. Since it's been affected, who knows what kind of power it has."

"Because... he... if it's a he... I'm calling their leader an it  for now. If it  left the hat out in the open, then the Disney villains would jump at the chance to try and get their hands on its corrupted power." I pondered. 

"But one questions still remains."Aladdin stated, squinting his eyes as he watched his arch enemy. "Why would the leader of the Dark Anomalies hire Jafar?" 

I looked around the room, turning my attention up to the chandelier when I froze with a gasp. Black smoke took form, pouring out from the flames. It sank its way down the walls of the room, forming a big black cloud, sparking some purple lightning. Then, two flashes of yellow light took form, creating big light eyes in the smoke. 

"You're late. What was the delay?" A voice boomed from the smoke. 

"Just a little Wizard brat nuisance. But I assure you, they have been taken care of." Jafar replied. 

"Do you have the package?" The smoke echoed. 

Jafar smiled as he handed the hat to Iago who took it on its beak. He flapped his wings as he flew up into the air, showing it to the yellow eyes of the black smoke. 

"You've done well, Jafar." The smoke complimented. "Give it to me."

"Ah, ah, ah...." Jafar began as Iago tossed the hat back to his master. "I will require my payment first. Then, and only then, will I give you your prize." 

The smoke growled under its breathe as the yellow eyes narrowed. "... Very well. Your payment... the revival of your powers." 

"Wait, what?" I raised a brow. "What does he mean by that?"

"When Jafar was sent to prison, like other villains containing special powers, they were extracted from him. When he escaped, the only source of power he could regain was the magic in his staff. So far that only allows him to levitate things, shot low level beams, and to teleport." Aladdin explained. 

"So if he gets his other magic back..." Ben slowly spoke, putting two and two together. 

"We could be in a serious pickle here." Genie commented. 

"Pickle, smickle, I say we take him down now!" Mushu whispered harshly.  

"Wait, let's not do anything we'll regr---"

Before I could say another word, Sebastian was raising to his feet as he began to move from his hiding place. "I'm with you on that one Mushu."

"Sebastian, wait!" I tried to stop him, but my hand just missed his wrist as he sprinted forward, Aladdin chasing after him. 

I noticed Jafar jump in his place as he turned around to see Sebastian and Aladdin running for him. Aladdin gained some speed, leaping past Sebastian as he sprang into the air to tackle Jafar, but the villain fired a magical blast from his staff, striking the hero in the chest as it sent him flying back, right into the wall. 

"Al!" Genie exclaimed as he zoomed over to him. 

"How did you find me?" He bellowed. 

Sebastian glanced back at Aladdin's poor state, and that seemed to make him even more tensed. I watched with amazement as he clutched his fists, and red sparks of light surrounded his hands. He jumped in the air, and with the wave of his hands, he materialized a metal chain with a spear like end. He gripped the chain with one hand, twirling the other end with the other before launching it at the villain. 

Wait... that must be his Attack Magic!

But Jafar saw it coming, raising his staff to block the blow as the speak tip and some of the chain wrapped itself around the staff. With a heave, Jafar pulled on it with all of his might, collapsing Sebastian to the ground. He moved in, ripping the chain off of his staff before raising it in the air to jab it right into his head. 

"Sebastian!" I called out. 

I hadn't even realized Ben left my side, because the next thing I knew, Ben, in a flash, was protected by a green force field. When Jafar lowered the end of the staff, the impact made the man fly back as the magic of the shield retaliated. 

With a gasp, I glanced over to see Ben in a stance just a few feet away, his hands glowing a bright green light. 

I guess not all green magic is bad then...

That must have been Defensive Magic!

"Disney Wizards? I thought you said you dealt with them?!" The voice barked with anger.

"But I did!" Jafar stated, looking back at the black smoke. He seemed... scared. Fearful. 

"You didn't!" The black smoke talked back with a boom. "The deal is off!"

Within moments, the yellow eyes vanished and smoke flew back up against the walls and evaporated from thin air. Jafar choked, his eyes widening at the sight of his employer leaving him. I spotted my chance, stepping out of hiding as I sprinted for the two boys. 

"Idiots!" Jafar screamed, bolting around as he fired another blast. 

I slipped on my feet, ducking to floor just as the blast flew right by my head. It struck the two boys, swooping them up into the air and right up against the wall as magical rings tied their bodies up, sticking them up high on the wall. 

"Hey!" I yelled. 

"Oh, great shot Jafar!---OUCH!" Iago screamed as Genie tried a magical blast from his finger, knocking the bird out of the air. 

I sprinted forward, grabbing the staff with both of my hands as the two of us fought over it. But he had a tighter grip, shoving me to the side as I tumbled back to the floor.  

"And then, there was one." He growled. 

"Don't worry Ava, Mushu is a coming!" The little red dragon exclaimed as he came charging forward. 

Jafar grumbled as he fired a blast, just missing Mushu by a hair as it struck Abu, turning him into one of those toy monkeys that plays the drums. 

"That was NOT cool!" Mushu crossed his arms. 

"Then if you don't want to end up like him, I suggest you back off." Jafar threatened.  

Mushu's pupils widened as he raised his claws in the air. "I surrender!"

Jafar scoffed at the dragon before looking back over at me with cold eyes. "Like I said; And then there was one. You just ruined my chances of regaining my almighty power!" He raised his staff in the air to smack me, but I back flipped out of the way of the hit. 

Once I regained my footing, I looked around the floor of the room to see Mickey's hat, glitching. I ran for it, but Jafar materialized some swords, jabbing them down around the hat. I just managed to stop, sliding down on my knees. I grunted, reach my hand out in between the swords to try and reach the hat, but Jafar plucked it from my reach with an evil cackle. 

I growled at him, glanced down at my feet before I pulled out one of the swords, pointing it at him. "Give it up Jafar! Without the Dark Anomalies power, you're nothing!" 

"... Really now?" He asked me, raising a brow. 

At first I was confused by his response, but then I noticed the hat in his hand. With a gasp, I watched him as he rose the hat up into the air, taking his other hat off and... place the sorcerer hat on his head!

"No!" I exclaimed. 

Jafar laughed menacingly at me, raising his hands in the air as purple lighting sparked from his palms. "The power of the sorcerer, and the Dark Anomalies, all in one!"  

Taking a couple steps back, dropping my sword in complete and utter shock, I watched as black smoke formed around the body of the Disney villain, rising him up into the air. The smoke morphed him, transforming him into a giant, purple genie with red glowing eyes. 

My eyes widened as he flexed his hand out, summoning a giant magical blast, heading straight for me. I bolted to the side, jumping to the floor as the blast just narrowly missed me. I took a quick moment to catch my breath before I turned around to see a crater in the floor, thin lines of smoke sizzling from the impact.

"Oh no..."

"Ah, ha, ha, ha! This is incredible!" He erupted. 

"Ava!" A voice called. I looked over to see Genie picking up Aladdin in his arms. "He's not waking up!"

"... Get him out of here!" I yelled. "It's too dangerous!" 

With a nod, he brought Aladdin out of the room, then came flying back in, coming to my side as Carpet and Mushu joined up along side him. 

Jafar looked down at us, not before laughing his head off. "Oh this is rich! You honestly think you can defeat me Chosen One? With these freaks helping you?!" 

"They're more capable to get the job done than you realize. Now let my friends go!" I pointed a finger at him. "You can't even use your power to get rid of the 'chosen one', now can you?"

"A problem which I will deal with, right now!" Jafar growled as he lowered his hand down towards me and the others. 

"Avalyn!" Ben cried out as Sebastian struggled to try and break free. 

Before I could react, Genie stepped in front of me, morphing his image and changing into a life like clone of myself. He flashed me a thumbs up before pointing over at Carpet. With a nod, I ran and hid behind the Carpet just as Jafar grabbed onto Genie and lifted him up to his face. 

"Mushu, with me!" I whispered, waving him over. 

Mushu scrambled over towards me as I lifted him up to my shoulder. Carpet flattened himself, allowing me to hop on as he took off into the air.

Jafar kept squeezing and squeezing the clone of me until it popped, revealing Genie smiling with a wide grin on his face. "Got'cha!"

"What?!" Jafar exclaimed. "How?!" 

Before he could process what was happening, Carpet zipped my him, riding me and Mushu up along his side. Then Mushu jumped down from the carpet, just landing on the tip of Jafar's nose. 

"I spy with my little eye... a big eye!" he exclaimed before poking Jafar in both eyes with his claws!

Jafar cried out in pain as Mushu jumped down, Genie catching him as Jafar released him, raising his hands up to his eyes. It was hard to get into position because Jafar kept moving his head around. But when he finally began to calm down, I saw my chance and took it. 

The whole thing seemed to play in slow motion for me. Just like the time back at the All Stars Resort swimming pool. I jumped off of Carpet head first, reaching my hands out as I jumped. I could hear the faint cries of Ben and Sebastian calling out to me.

I inched closer and closer to Jafar's head, and then... "Got'cha!" I snatched the hat in my hands, wrapping it around my arms as I did a front flip in mid air. 

"WHAT?!" Jafar screamed as Carpet circled around and caught me. "NO!" 

Jafar's magic began to disappear. Abu changed back from a toy to his normal self, and the magical chains that tied Sebastian and Ben to the upper wall vanished into thin air, making them free fall towards the floor. 

But at the same time, Jafar performed one final trick. He smashed his fists onto the floor, and it broke apart, some pieces rising up and others lowering themselves, as lava began to emerge. It was all like one big earthquake. 

Ben and Sebastian both landed on one big rock to the left of the room while Jafar shrank down to his normal size and collapsed to the back end of the room, and Genie and Mushu were caught in the middle. 

"Guys!" I called out to them. 

"It's okay!" Ben waved at me. He used his magic to form a green bubble around him and Sebastian, floating the two of them in the air. He then flexed his other arm out, forming another green bubble around Genie, Abu, and Mushu as sweat trickled down his forehead. "I got them! Let's get out of here!" 

"Right!" I waved back as Ben and the others began floating for the entrance. 

Just as Carpet began following behind, I looked back to see Jafar's  unconscious body, just sleeping there on one of the unstable rocks. It looked like it could cave in at any moment. I hesitated myself, wondering what I should do. After a moment, I scoffed under my breath, reaching my hand out as I tugged on Carpet. 

"Hey wait! Go back for a second!" 

"Are you nuts?!" Genie exclaimed. 

"I'll be quick! Carpet, come on!" I tugged. 

Surprisingly, Carpet complied, and turned right around as I instructed. He flew past the crumbling rocks, and zipped over the river of smoldering lava. I looked up and found Jafar's body, just dangling there. Carpet soared up and just as when the rock was about to come apart, we glided past him as I grabbed the man and pulled him onto the ride, just in the nick of time. 

"Phew..." I sighed with relief. 

Huh... Who knew I'd say that after rescuing a Disney Villain from death. 

Carpet regrouped with the others at the archway, landing on the ground as I tucked Mickey's hat under my arm and pulled Jafar off of the fabric with the other. When I was done, the others and I watched as the marble floor sank down into the lava, never to been seen again. 

The sound of coughing caught our attention as we turned around to see Jafar struggling to get back up. 

"You... You save me..." He spoke as he looked up at me. "...W-Why?"

"Yeah, why did you save him?" Mushu asked me. 

"If there's one thing I learned, it's that a little compassion can go a long way." I answered. 

"Comepassion? But why would we--"

"If we had left Jafar to die out there, then we would be no better than him or the other Disney villains." I added. 

That shut Mushu right up as Ben and Sebastian looked at me with surprised looks on their faces. But their expressions calmed as they smiled at me, nodding in agreement. 

"Besides," I continued, looking back over at Jafar. "Dying would have been the easy way out Jafar... You don't deserve it." 

*******

After a trip to the Disney Prison and the Hospital everything was back to normal. Jafar was locked up in prison again, but this time in a more secure cell, and Aladdin was going to be okay. When Jafar struck him with that blast, it knocked him unconscious, but the doctors reported that he wouldn't get a concussion. 

Finally, when all was said and done, we said our goodbyes to our Disney heroes as Ben, Sebastian, and I rendezvous with Mickey, backstage at Philharmagic. 

"One Sorcorer Hat sir, as ordered." I smiled, handing it to him. 

"Golly, gee! Thanks Avalyn!" he thanked. "Not only did you get my hat back, but I heard you also went toe-to-toe with Jafar." 

"Well," I blushed a little, rubbing my arm. "I didn't technically beat him. I just swiped the hat off him." 

"But you handle it great! You were awesome out there." Sebastian complimented, patting my on the back. 

"I guess they don't call you the Chosen One for nothing." Ben chuckled.

"One more thing everybody." Mickey waved, catching our attention. "Ava, when I got into contact with you in the cell, you mentioned the hat being affected by the Dark Anomalies." 

It was like I was splashed with a bucket of cold water and ice. He was right! Before it was glitching and stuff. But now? It seemed perfectly fine. 

"Unless..." I slowly spoke as I raised my hands, looking at them. 

With a gasp, Ben snapped his fingers. "Of course! Your healing magic must with cured the hat of its sickness!" 

"Do you think so Ben?" I asked him. 

"Healing magic can not only heal living beings, but it can also have an affect on ordinary objects that seem out of place." he explained. 

"So in our case, Mickey's hat." Sebastian clarified. 

"Exactly." Mickey nodded in agreement with a smile. "Well Avalyn, I think you're starting to get the basics of your magic." 

"Yeah..." I slowly smiled, placing my hands on my hips with confidence. "Yeah, I think you're right!"

"But that doesn't mean you can skip out on your training sessions. Which reminds me," Sebastian reminded with a grin. "Fairy Godmother said the sparring room at Cinderella's Castle is open for us later tonight." 

"Perfect!" Mickey exclaimed. "Avalyn, you've done a great job today. Spend the rest of the day off with your family." 

"We'll give you a call when it's time to head off to training." Ben said. 

"Sure!" I smiled at them, but then it lowered into a frown. "Wait, after the show is over, me, my grandpa, Poppy, and Ty are meeting up with the others at Epcot. How will we reach each other?" 

"Don't worry. Just leave that to us." Sebastian assured me. 

"Until then," Mickey began, pulling a portion of the big red curtain aside for me. "Sit back, and enjoy the show."