"THE CHILD: She was born with the mark on her arm. The mark of one who would cause the downfall of Queen Bavmorda and end her evil reign. If she survived… THE PROPHECY: The legend told the Queen that a child would be born who would destroy her. That prophecy was the Queen's greatest fear and now it was about to come true, unless she could stop it… THE POWER OF MAGIC: Willow Ufgood had always wanted to be a magician, to be wise and respected in the community. His dreams were about to come true, but in ways he never could have imagined…" Author Wayland Drew - from the novel Willow
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Summary: This is a cross between the greatest movie and the greatest comic of all time. A story about an evil Queen who will rid the world of goodness and spread evil across the lands, unless the one being with the power to stop her can survive long enough to stop the evil Queen forever. But the child has just been born…can good still triumph over evil?
Disclaimer: Marvel owns X-Men, George Lucas owns Willow.
A/N: This story has been reedited from my original posting for more originality and a better mix of the two crossings.
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PROLOGUE
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In this world, there is no segregation of race and are no mutants. You are what you do and given titles based on your endeavors. Some are destined for certain titles while others take opportunities to obtain them.
Main titles:
Dweller – those that want to live in peace
Militia - those that fight for their beliefs, warriors of the realm
Sorcerer – those that have supernatural powers
Less common titles:
Seer – those with the power to foresee the future
Envoy - those that serve the Scarlett Witch throughout the lands as sprite like creatures
Reject – those that don't have a destined title but a small combination of many
Deserter – those that have deserted their title and roam the lands as drifters
Veteran – those that can no longer offer use of their title
The land of kroYweN:
The power of good and evil had raged on since the beginning. The land of the east is where this world began. Migration to the west was a natural progression. Centuries had past and kroYweN's lands began to divide into separate realms. Each realm allowed the potential of a King or Queen who is the absolute ruler of the realm, though not all realms see such an honor be fitted to any one person. To each realm a title dominated the land. Six realms were formed:
The realm of Westchester is where civilization began. As the battle between good and evil forged on, this land became the center for those of good, a land where leaders and Militia are trained and resided.
Plattsburgh is the realm where Sorcerers go to train in the art of sorcery. The magic of the lands forever persevered in this realm.
The realm of Syracuse is the central realm of kroYweN where all titles could live amongst each other, if they so choose.
In the realm of Albany is where the recent Rejects and Deserters take refuge that migrated from nearby realms. It is a realm for those less honorable.
The realm of Olean housed the Rejects. The people of this realm are known as survivors of hard times and hard lives, justifying why these people are Rejects. They are people of many abilities and any skills they can learn and adapt to.
Niagara became the realm of the Dwellers, peaceful communities of simple folk that want no part in any sort of war.
Amongst all of these realms, there was no realm that evil called their own. Good and evil resided together for centuries, but all of that would change.
The beginning of the end:
The first powerful Sorcerer was born a half a century ago, En Sabah Nur. When he came to power evil began its' near complete rule over the lands. During this time many powerful Sorcerer's and Militia's would try to defeat En Sabah Nur but failed. It would not be until the mighty Militia and King in Westchester, Erik Lehnsherr, and the great Sorcerer, Charles Xavier, teamed up, that the evil Sorcerer would be defeated. Erik and Charles had banished En Sabah Nur to the Adirondacks where he would lay dormant, for a time.
During that battle, which became known as the Battle of Apocalypse, Erik Lehnsherr was fatally wounded. His young children, Wanda and Pietro, would be raised by Charles until they discovered their titles. Eventually Wanda would mature towards Sorcery and Pietro would follow in his father's footsteps.
All was calm in the lands for near a decade, until Charles discovered a pair of soon to be Sorcerer's, Ororo Munroe and Raven Darkholme, to mentor. Charles had trained many Sorcerers' since the Battle of Apocalypse but knew there was something special about each of these Sorcerers. He took them up to the realm of Plattsburgh where the training of sorcery began.
Ororo and Raven had been friends since childhood. They grew up in the realm of Westchester and together discovered their titled destinies were the same. The pair had shared a lot in common; interests, crushes, knacks for trouble.
Ororo was always seen as the good one. She was the one who got the interests of the boys, who was not blamed for mischief. Raven was the bad one, though she was no different than Ororo but for some reason she was always treated like an outcast.
Five years had passed when Erik's daughter, Wanda, joined in the training. Pietro returned to Westchester and was preparing to become a Militia.
A year had gone by and while the young women were in the midst of their studies, Pietro came to visit his sister. Upon meeting him, Ororo and Raven were instantly attracted to him. The only thing was Pietro had taken an interest in Ororo, not Raven.
Enraged, Raven used her magic to enchant Pietro. Her spells would only last a month but during that time Raven became pregnant. When Pietro broke the enchantment he was furious. Unaware of Raven's pregnancy, he banished Raven from Plattsburgh and Westchester. Any Sorcerer known for misusing their powers would forever be shunned amongst those still honorable.
Raven was distraught by the decision and vowed to make everyone who had ever opposed her pay. She would become the most powerful Sorcerer in kroYweN and take over all of the realms. To do so, she needed to learn from the most powerful Sorcerer known to this world.
She had traveled to the Adirondacks in search of En Sabah Nur. There, Raven would train with him until she became all powerful. In the end, Raven would use her training and magic to absorb En Sabah Nur's power into her own. The first evil and powerful Sorcerer would finally be completely gone and Raven would truly be the most powerful Sorcerer in the lands.
During this time, Ororo had returned to Westchester a full-fledged Sorcerer. She sought out Pietro and they began a courtship. The couple was soon engaged but the marriage was put on hold until after Pietro assumed the role of King of Westchester.
Over a year had passed since Raven disappeared from the lands. She now returned to Westchester with an army. Her army was led by Nataniel Essex. A gifted Militia but who was also a sinister one. During battles he would torture prisoners. He had been caught dismembering a prisoner one day by his commander and was banished from Westchester. Since then he had roamed the lands recruiting those that would follow him and shared in his, methods. It wasn't long before his name was known across all of the realms and all of those that sought evil would come to join him.
The powerful army and Sorcerer slowly took control over the realm of Albany, than moved south. During this reign Raven created her own realm, Bayville. Bayville became the realm where Raven ruled as Queen and all those loyal to her resided.
Unknown to Raven's army and all those that fought for her, she had concealed a young infant, whom she had never given a proper name. It wasn't until the girl was three years old and was nicknamed Rogue amongst the Bayville castle that Raven had found a name that suited the girl.
As evil began to take control over the lands Ororo, now known as the true Sorcerer amongst all of the realms, and Pietro, King of Westchester, tried to defeat Raven and her army but were unable to overcome Raven's power.
The army of Westchester was hit with a crippling blow when Raven banished Ororo to the Bay of Alexandria. But before Raven did so, Ororo cast Raven out of Westchester. The spell would keep her and her army out of the realm but was nothing the lands most powerful Sorcerer, Raven, could not overcome, in time.
With Raven and her army temporarily banished they focused on building their army in numbers and strength. Raven took that time to spend with her daughter. Rogue was six years old when they discovered she was destined to be a Militia. Raven was not happy her daughter was following in her father's footsteps, but she was happy the girl was intelligent, strong and agile, important traits for a Militia.
A year later Raven sent Rogue to start training. Insistent that the girl would be a great Militia leader and would help her conquer the remaining realms eventually they would rule this world as a Sorcerer and Militia; mother and daughter.
In the years to come the Scarlet Witch challenged Raven to a battle but paid the ultimate price. Before the Scarlet Witch died she offered her essence to the realms. Her body was now long buried but her spirit would forever remain in the lands. The spirit offered a spell of protection over the remaining realms that had not yet been conquered by Bayville.
The spell could not protect a realm if they went to battle against Bayville, leaving the realm subject to Bayville's wrath. The Scarlet Witch would reside in this world until another being arose who was able to defeat Raven. Once that day came, the Scarlet Witch would finally be at peace.
In her wake a new title arose, the Envoys. Envoys were loyal informants to the Scarlet Witch and served as messengers and guides throughout the realms. When offering oneself to become an Envoy, the exchange would alter the person to a sprite like creature. Their human traits became somewhat altered resembling more animalistic features and they were shrunk to pixie like height of several inches so that they could move about the lands not easily detected. For traveling great distances the Envoys would use the animals or people of the land as vessels.
The Not too Distant Past:
Many years had passed and Westchester tried to recover from Bayville's initial attack but the army was devastated. It took a while but King Pietro slowly rebuilt his army and was close to being ready for a final stand against Bayville.
Raven and her army remained in control. Some had tried to defeat her or her army but they were sorely misguided. While Raven prepared for yet another spell to try and vanquish the Scarlet Witch and her spell of protection, Raven's Seer foretold of the Queen's demise. A child would be born, a child that would prevail over Raven and destroy Bayville.
In order for Raven to truly take control of this world, she would need to banish this being from this world forever. If that happened, evil would rule for all eternity.
The foretelling did not provide much detail of when or where the child would be born, just that it would be soon. Raven created a spell that allowed her troops to travel the lands in search of this child. And so her army was unleashed upon the lands.
The Scarlet Witch heard of the prophecy and sent her Envoys throughout the realms to inform those of this new hope and warn against what would soon be the final war for humanity.
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