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MISTRESS OF MAGIC | The Life and Times of the Sorceress Supreme

Summary:

In many universes, the Justice League is a symbol of hope and peace, with Earth's superheroes protecting humanity at all costs.
This elseworld is different.
This world is but a twisted reimagining of what could have been, and all their heroes are nothing but shallow fragmentations of who they should be, needing a school that specifically trains them on how to be "super."
Amongst these young adolescents, is the homo magi Zatanna Zatara, who desires nothing more than to be a hero and help people. Too bad with her dark past and tarnished reputation, the world has other plans for her...

Notes:

Based off of the book and musical "Wicked" although it's only inspired.
The comics I drew inspiration from for my interpretations of these characters are:
- Zatanna: Bring Down the House
- Wonder Woman: The True Amazon
- Historia
- The Brave and the Bold #4
- Kingdom Come
- Smallville (The TV Series)
Some other things I drew for inspiration were My Hero Academia, The Boys, and House of M.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Notes:

"No one mourns the wicked
Now at last, she's dead and gone
Now at last, there's joy throughout the land
And goodness knows
We know what goodness is
Goodness knows
The wicked die alone
Woe to those
Who spurn what goodnesses they are shown." - No One Mourns the Wicked | WICKED

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The entire world was in complete chaos and disarray, but that was to be expected when they had all just awoken from a trance. The majority of the world had forgotten about that other reality, and ignored that sense of emptiness that followed, but there was still a rare few whose hold onto that plane still lingered, and they were left in complete confusion. The Justice League could only help so many people, and even then they couldn’t do much to comfort everybody. The most they could do was a speech broadcast to the entire world, but even that would hardly do anything at all. Despite this, the ones who did remember that other reality, were in uproar, demanding vengeance against the witch who had done this to them. A horrible woman indeed, an enemy of the people she was. Unfortunately they were left unsatisfied, as Wonder Woman was the first to announce that Zatanna Zatara was already dead. Some were just glad she was gone and would cause trouble no longer, but an alarming majority still desired some sort of retribution, although there was none to give. Zatanna Zatara was already dead, having been defeated by the Supergirl of Metropolis, and the Last Czarnian, Lobo.

Wonder Woman was also the one to announce the sudden retirement of Lex Luthor, and the lucky hero who would be replacing him. It was none other than herself, and she seemed happy about this decision, although some keen eyed members of the crowd would notice the hero was teary-eyed, and her smile seemed forced. Although it was nothing for anybody to worry about, not when Wonder Woman had just announced the amazing news that the world was finally free of Zatanna Zatara, the Mistress of Magic, the Sorceress Supreme.

After her announcement, Wonder Woman seated herself in her invisible jet, and flew to her Themysciran Embassy. With a delicate spin that she had replicated many times before, Wonder Woman was no more and all that remained was Diana in her peplos. She sat down in her expensive chair facing the large window that overlooked Gateway City, where she looked and pondered. Her eyes could see Metropolis and Gotham from here, but even they could not spot Zatanna. With a quivering lip and a small shaky sigh, she lifted her silver-shackled hands to her face and wept. After only a few seconds, she felt the warm and firm hand of her Kryptonian friend, as he held her shoulder to comfort her. She didn’t look up to greet him, but even she could tell he was crying too...

 

MISTRESS OF MAGIC | Cover

Notes:

The cover art was done by Azoinab on Twitter <3