Inferno sees that her vest is empty and she growled under her breath for being so close to collecting treasure for herself.

"So what will it be, master?" Saphie asked.

"So, you are gonna grant any wishes I want right?" Sonic asked him.

"Ah, almost. There are a few provisos, a couple of quid pro quos." Saphie imitates William F. Buckley.

"Like?" Sonic asked.

"Rule number one, I can't kill anyone." Saphie slices off her own head, "So don't ask." She puts her head back in place, "Rule number 2. I can't make anyone fall in love with someone else. MWAH! You little punim, there!" Her head turns into lips and gave Sonic a smooch. She then lies down flat and turns into a zombie, imitating Peter Lorre, "Rule number 3! I can't bring people back from the dead. It's not a pretty picture and I don't like doing it!" She shouts and grabs Sonic. She then turns normal but gigantic, "Other than that, you got it!"

Sonic and Inferno was plotting something, "Hmm…." They gave each other a sly smirk.

"Ah, provisos? You mean limitations? On wishes? Some all powerful genie. can't even bring people back from the dead. I don't know, Snow. She probably can't even get us out of this cave. Looks like we got to have to find a way out of here." Sonic said and is about to leave with Inferno and Carpet when Saphie stomps in front of them with her shoe.

"Excuse me? Are you looking at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here? And all of a sudden walking out on me? I don't think so, not right now!" She talks like Robert de Niro.

"YOU'RE GETTING YOUR WISHES SO SIT DOWN!" Saphie yelled out.

Sonic and Inferno sat down on the carpet and Saphie joined them

"In case of emergency, the exits are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, anywhere! Keep your hands and arms inside the carpet. Weeee'rrrrrreee...outta here!" She makes several arms and then makes the carpet fly out of the cave.
----------------------------------------------
The next day at the Palace, Knuckles and Flame were having a talk with Mephiles.

"Mephiles, this is an outrage. If it weren't for all your years of loyal service. From now on, you are to discuss sentencing of prisoners with me before they are beheaded."

"I assure you your highness it won't happen again." Mephiles said and bows to Knuckles.

Flame didn't bother to look at them, she wasn't in a very good mood this morning.

"Flame, Mephiles now let's put this whole messy business behind us. Please?" Knuckles said as he gently grabbed Flame's hand and placed it on top of Mephiles'.

"My most abject and humblest apologies to you as well, princess." Mephiles said, about to kiss her hand but she yanks it away.

"At least some good will come of my being forced to marry. And when I am queen, I will have the power to get rid of you." Flame glared at Mephiles.

"That's nice. All settled, then. Now, Flame, getting back to this suitor business." Knuckles said but saw her walking away, "Flame? Flame!" He ran after her.

Mephiles' smile turns into an angry frown, "Grrr....If only I had gotten that lamp!" He growled.

"I will have the power to get rid of you!" Jet imitated Flame's voice. "To think--we gotta keep kissing up to that chump, and his chump daughter for the rest of our lives!"

"No, Jet. Only until she finds a chump husband." Mephiles said, going to the balcony, "Then she'll have us banished...or beheaded!" Mephiles said and held his throat.

"EWWWW!" both of them said in disgust.

Then Jet had an idea, "Oh! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Mephiles? What if you were the chump husband?"

"What?" Mephiles looks at him as if it was an insult.

"Okay, you marry the princess, all right? Then, uh, you become sultan!" Jet continued.

"Oh! Marry the shrew? I become sultan. The idea has merit!" Mephiles grinned. He sat at Knuckles' throne.

"Yes, merit! Yes! And then we drop papa-in-law and the little woman off a cliff! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! Kersplat!" Jet jumped down to the floor.

"Ahahahahaha! Jet, I love the way your foul little mind works." Mephiles cackled out loud.

They both laughed sinisterly in the throne room.
------------------------------------------------
At the desert near the palm trees and lake, the magic carpet was flying down to the location.

"Thank you for choosing Magic Carpet for all your travel needs. Don't stand until the rug has come to a complete stop." Saphie as a stewardess said. The carpet stops as they land and let Sonic and Inferno off.

"Thank you. Good bye, good bye. Well, now. How about that, Mr. doubting mustafa?" Saphie asked as she turns back to normal.

"Oh, you sure showed me. Now about my three wishes." Sonic said.

"Did mine ears deceive me? Three? You are down by ONE, boy!" Saphie held one finger up but Sonic pushes it away.

"No, I never really wished to get out of the cave. You did that on your own." Sonic chuckled.

Saphie's jaw drops and she turns into a sheep, "Well, don't I feel just sheepish? All right, you baaaaad boy, but no more freebies." she said sourly to Sonic.

"Fair deal." Sonic said and puts his finger on his chin to think, even the carpet did the same as him, "So three wishes. I want them to be good. What would you wish for?" he asked Saphie.

Saphie was surprised by that question, "Me? No one's ever asked me that before. Well, in my case, ah, forget it." she looks away.

"What? No, tell me." Sonic pleaded.

Saphie sighs in defeat, "Freedom."

"You're a prisoner?" Sonic asked, holding the lamp.

"It's all part-and-parcel, the whole genie gig. Phenomenal cosmic powers!" she grows gigantic and her voice echoes. She then shrinks down into the lamp.

"Itty bitty living space." her voice was high-pitched inside the lamp.

"Oh, Saph. That's terrible" Sonic said.

"But, oh….to be free. Not have to go "Poof! What do you need? Poof! What do you need? Poof! What do you need?" To be my own master, such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world! But what am I talking about, here? Let's get real here. Its not gonna happen. Genie, wake up and smell the hummus." Saphie tells him about many things being free and sat down.

"Why not?" Sonic asked.

"The only way I get outta this is if my master wishes me out. So you can guess how often that's happened" Saphie said.

"I'll do it. I'll set you free." Sonic said.

Saphie's head turns into Pinocchio's with a long nose, "Uh huh. Yeah right?" she asked.

Sonic pushes her nose in and Saphie's head turns normal, "No, really I promise. After I make my first two wishes, I'll use my third wish to set you free." Sonic said, holding out his hand as a deal to Saphie.

"Well, here's hopin'. Okay." Saphie shakes hands with Sonic, "Let's make some magic! So how about it? What do you want most?" She asked him.

"Well…. uh, there's this girl.." Sonic said, rubbing his arm.

"EHHHH! WRONG! I can't make anyone fall in love you know." Saphie shouted, her chest showing a heart with a cross.

"But Saphie. She's smart, and fun, and…." Sonic leaning on the palm tree with his shoulder.

"Pretty?" Saphie guessed.

"Beautiful!" Sonic corrected him, "She's got these blue eyes and this dark pink fur and quills. Wow, and her smile." he sighed dreamily about her.

"Ami. C'est l'amour" Saphie said, sitting in a Paris style cafe with Inferno and Carpet.

"But she's the princess. To even have a chance, I'd have to be a--hey, can you make me a prince?" Sonic got an idea, asking Saphie.

Saphie appeared with a 'Royal Recipes' book, "Let's see here. Uh, chicken a'la king? Nope. Alaskan king crab? Ow, I hate it when they do that. Caesar's salad? Et tu, Brute? Ah, to make a prince. Now is that is an official wish? Say the magic words!" She said to Sonic.

"Saphie, I wish you make me a prince!" Sonic said excited.

"Alright! Whooohoooo!" Saphie cheered wildly to grant Sonic's wish. She summons a changing closet room, "First, that fez and vest combo is much too third century. These patches….what are we trying to say….beggar? No! Let's work with me here." Saphie became a fashion-maker, snapping her fingers to make a prince outfit for Sonic. He was now wearing a white outfit with a cape with a blue underside, golden brims and a turban hat with a blue feather.

"Awesome! I like it! Muy macho!" Saphie said. Sonic checked himself in the mirror.

"Now, still needs something. What does it say to me? It says mode of transportation. Excuse me, lizard girl! Aqui, over here!" Saphie claps his hands to make the carpet take Inferno onboard.

"Here she comes! And what better way to make your grand entrance on the streets of Agrabah than riding your very own brand new camel! Watch out, it spits!" Saphie turns Inferno into a camel.

"Hmmm, not enough." she thinks for a second and turns her into a horse.

"*NEIGH*"

"Still not enough. Let's see. What do you need?" Saphie repeatedly turns Inferno into a duck, an ostrich, a turtle, and a '57 Cadillac, with license plate 'INFERNO 1' and back to normal.

"Yes! Esalalumbo, shimin dumbo! Whoa!" Saphie turns Inferno into an elephant. The carpet gets free from Inferno's new form.

"Talk about your trunk space, check this action out!" Saphie said. Inferno sees her reflection and trumpets in fear and climbs up a tree, only to bend it since she's big.

"Inferno, you look good." Sonic said and held up her trunk. But Inferno frowns.

"He's got the outfit, he's got the elephant, but we're not through yet. Hang on to your turban, kid! Because we're gonna make you a star!" Saphie grinned excitedly and uses some more magic.

(:D Saphira belongs to XxIsidarMithrimxX)