Author's Note: I don't own Tamora Pierce's delightful characters, I'm just borrowing them for a bit. The crossover elements are an homage to the most famous Bard for all time.
The story is set in an alternative universe where the Circle developed their magical abilities independent of their lives at Discipline; thus, the quartet doesn't share common magical talents. Additionally, the majority of the action takes place in the Namorn Empire. Some of the language is archaic, but I hope you don't mind.
"Fortune's Fool" by Ana-Misa
Prologue
Four powers of elemental magic,
In distant Namorn, where we lay our scene,
From ancient tradition to youthful mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fateful lives of these opposing forces
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows
Doth, with their lives, crush an Empress's will.
A/N: Don't worry, the rest of the story is mostly in prose. Chapter 1 coming soon.