Regina watched as the green skinned woman stood watching the woman before her as if something had been thrown away and she was disgusted the trash wasn't taken out. Regina stepped back and could tell that even though magic was different here, she didn't need to make things worse for herself.
"Now, why should we be so rash?" Regina said, trying to talk her way out of the encounter she had not anticipated.
"Because it seemed you so rash to kill my sister." The green skinned witch replied, her fireball seemed to stay ignited and her eyes and body turned every inch that Regina seemed to turn.
"Well, that seems a little silly isn't it. Stooping to my level. It seemed that you didn't hear the offer I made to your friend—"
"Sister." The green witch said, her teeth grit tight, that the words coming out of it were almost hard to hear.
"I'm sorry, sister. Don't make the mistake she did. I just want the baboons and that is it." Regina replied, staring at the green witch.
"You will have to take them from me, they are now mine." The green witch added, and lifted her hand, which seemed as if she was about to call the other baboons to her, when the green witch froze in her place. Staring down, she looked to Regina's feet.
Regina, noticing the witch was staring at her feet, she had decided to do the same and looked down to see that she was not wearing the black boots that she had been wearing before. Instead, glistening red shoes were upon her feet.
"What the…" Regina replied, and watched as the green witch was angrier than ever.
"Give those to me." The green witch snarled.
Regina couldn't help but curl her lips with a smile. "No, not unless you give the army." She replied.
"You have no idea the power they possess, and they were my sister's. Give them to me and I shall allow you to live." The green witch replied with anger spread across her face.
"I refuse. You must do as I ask, and I will give you these slippers." Regina compromised, but she could see that she was getting nowhere with the green witch herself.
"So be it." The green witch added, and with the fireball in her hand, she sent it toward the Evil Queen, who just as the fire zoomed past her head, she looked up as she lay on the ground of the debris of the Yellow Brick Road.
Regina laid out her hand to produce her own fireball, but nothing had appeared. She glared to her hand, wondering why her magic was not working. Magic was still unpredictable in this realm it seemed. The green witch took notice to her inability to retaliate and conjured another ball in her hand, raising it above her head, ready to strike with a powerful blow, but the green witch was shot in the abdomen and sent across and hit the tree.
Regina was confounded, not sure to make of what had just happened. Looking back, she saw that another woman was appearing, her dress white and a crown above her head. She was floating in what looked like a giant bubble which illuminated by the refractions of light that came upon it. It seemed as if she would not have to worry long enough as the woman elegantly landed on the ground, her bubble popping in an instant.
"Do not fear, I am here to help you." The woman in white explained.
"And why would I need your help?"Regina snapped, taking the woman by surprise as she recoiled at this statement.
"Well, you are being attacked by Theodora." The woman in white replied, staring at the unconscious Theodora, "but we often call her the Wicked Witch of the West." The woman replied.
"I don't care what you call her. All I wanted was her army of monkeys and to return to my realm." Regina replied, standing up and brushing the dirt off of her dress.
"Well, the monkeys do not respond to those unless they are the lineage of Evanora and Theodora, and seeing as Theodora now inherited them, it seems that she is in control, and they won't take orders from anyone else until she is dead." The woman replied.
"Then, I guess I'll have to kill her." Regina snarled, and took a step toward the wicked witch.
"I believe that would be impossible." The woman replied.
"And why is that oh white one?" Regina said sarcastically.
"Because I have seen how you kill. You kill by taking out the hearts of others and crushing them. Theodora has no heart. Wickedness has destroyed her heart." The woman explained.
"Then how is it this one still had her heart intact?" Regina asked, pointing her hand to Evanora's corpse.
"Her heart was not withered. Wickedness works in different ways to some people. Evanora still held onto emotion, while Theodora has no emotion and fears nothing. Quite like how I sense in you. Your heart is missing." The woman in white added.
Regina felt a twinge of curiosity toward this woman, how did she know so much? Was she the ruler of this land? She wasn't quite sure, for all she knew was that a woman in white was someone close to who was indeed in charge of this land.
"Well, I don't want to be more of a bother, so I guess I will just try to find a way to seek the one who can give me what I want." Regina replied.
"I can give you want you desire Regina." The woman replied.
"How do you know my name?" Regina asked, her face contorted with confusion.
"I am Glinda the Witch of the North. Since the Time of Darkness, the great Wizard of Oz has given us witches dominion over the different directions of the kingdom. While unkind and exiled, the Wicked Witches of the East and West, Evanora and Theodora respectfully, have ruled their sides in peace. The South is indeed in need of a witch to guide it. You, can rule this kingdom. I know you will not be as cruel as you once were, for the Wizard will charge you. I offer you this Regina." Glinda explained, "especially since you hold the most powerful object in the kingdom, those ruby slippers." She explained.
Regina looked down upon her feet. She thought about the offer. If she was able to control this kingdom long enough, her battle to reclaim the Enchanted Forest would deem her the crown once again. Along with the fact that she held the most powerful object in Oz, she would do well. Looking to Glinda, she smiled and with a step forward she replied, "I'll do it."
