The man, a powerful pharaoh, awakens to find himself transformed into a cat. He believes his predicament is the result of a deal with a desert witch. Despite his initial outrage and grand declarations of his former might, he tries to rationalize the situation as temporary. However, his resolve shifts when he senses that a woman named Ella is crying and in danger. Realizing an ancient curse remains unbroken after millennia, he abandons his self-pity and commits to finding her immediately.