(AN: Ladies and gentlemen, fan-fiction authors alike, chroniclers of the Tale of the Sword and Royal Historians of Oz alike, welcome to this very first crossover between Wicked and Soul Calibur. I have advertised this on practically every story of mine, you have waited many long months for any indication, and now here it is! Welcome, fellow Ozians, to the new stage of history!)
(Yes, Witch's Soul is finally here! [rejoice with me!]. There is a brief prologue, this chapter, which will get you up to speed on what is happening for those who have not read the other stories of the Ozian Adventures series [Another World through OA: The Land]. Please read them: they have moderate degrees of success, but I am indeed of suggestions for the continuation of the Ozian Adventures series after this story is done.)
(Okay, particulars that you need to know. Soul Calibur setting is in SCV [yeah, I'm trying something completely different from my usual SC fics], before the events of the story take place. Wicked setting is musical-verse: Fiyeraba is the canonical pairing [in this story, at least], but there are strong hints of Gelphie-friendship. Last but not least, I do not own either Wicked or Soul Calibur, or Lord of the Rings or any other licensed works that may be referenced in this story.)
(Now...enjoy!)
Glinda the Good
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it." - Gautama Buddha
In every age, there is good to challenge the evil, a light to shine out as a beacon of hope when all hope is lost and the darkness is closing in. Good is a maxim we ascribe to, we adhere to, we celebrate goodness. Though we cannot clearly define goodness, we can see it or the lack thereof in others.
But are people born good, or do they choose to be good?
In a world beyond the Moon and behind the Rain called Oz, there lived a girl named Galinda Upland. She lived most of her life in the mid-upper-class lifestyle of Gilikin, the northern country of Oz, where she was raised as the daughter of Larena G. Arduenna, a very wealthy and influential matriarch. From an early age she was given everything she wanted, and so grew into a mean-spirited, spoiled young woman.
Until she met another young woman with green skin. By the winds of fate, she was tied to her from the very start, in their days at university. Though both young women lived in hateful spite of each other, the green-skinned woman taught Galinda, by her passive example, how to feel remorse. In exchange, Galinda taught green-skinned Elphaba how to love.
By a bizarre and unexpected twister of fate, Galinda, now calling herself Glinda, found herself at the forefront of Ozian politics as spokeswoman, public figure and ambassador for goodness. Elphaba, however, was made into an enemy, hated for her green skin and her disloyalty towards the Great and Tyrannical Wizard of Oz. They lived out their lives in private remorse of each other, until their mutual love of a young prince tore them asunder as he chose Elphaba over Glinda. Out of spite, Glinda betrayed her friend, causing her sister to die and Oz clamoring for the death of the Wicked Witch of the West.
In the end, she died and Glinda died inside as well: she loved Elphaba as her dearest friend in all of Oz. But on a fateful night, but a few weeks after Elphaba's supposed death, Glinda received a daring invitation into another world, where she discovered Elphaba and the prince, alive and well. Over the next year, she followed Elphaba and Prince Fiyero through the worlds they traveled, until they both were far and away, lost from Oz.
The hands of fate struck again, and the living Elphaba was struck down with a terrible disease of the mind, courtesy of the trickster god of the North. In the dead of the night, Elphaba vanished, leaving behind her husband Fiyero and their infant child. Glinda spent her days wracked with sorrow, until she received a vision. Now, with determination in her heart, she sets out alone on a new quest to save her friend before all is lost.
(AN: The quote at the beginning is something from Sophitia: A Tale of Love, but it's just for the first chapter: won't be too habitual.)
(We'll see much more story in the next chapter, so don't worry. And don't feel shy or hesitant: write the reviews, ask the questions, suggest the suggestions! Your input fuels the story!)