A Modern Fairy Story.

It would work this time…well it was already working; it was just a matter of finishing the job. Her plan to dominate her part of the world, nurtured through so many incarnations was nearing completion. The last area of resistance, Albionia, was clearly crumbling. There were people in the streets marching, shouting, smashing and burning their own shops and houses, and battling with Authority. Her acolytes had done a magnificent job stirring up so much trouble. She smiled, it was all very satisfactory. It wouldn’t be long now and that troublesome island would be under her control just like all her neighbours. The thought of forcing Albionia’s Head of State, Queen Atlantica, to her will, filled her with excitement.
The struggle for supremacy between Kaotica, Queen of the East, and Atlantica, Queen of the West, had raged since the beginning of time. During previous incarnations Kaotica had almost defeated her rival, but on each occasion victory had somehow been snatched from her grasp. Atlantica was a formidable opponent, able to attract powerful forces to her when she needed them. In direct contrast to Kaotica, her powers seemed to increase with the passage of time. She also, unlike Kaotica, had the interests of her subjects as her motivation rather than simply a desire for ever more power.
Kaotica’s smile turned into a scowl, it was Atlantica who had divulged to her people the secret of transmitting thought and vision across vast distances. The knowledge had quickly spread throughout the world and a powerful tool had been lost to political magicians forever. Worse, it made her own magic seem insignificant and diminished her power to influence and control lesser minds, indeed she now could only rule if she was elected, whereas Atlantica had no such constraint. Kaotica would make her enemy pay dearly for that action in due course.
With each new incarnation Kaotica adopted a new persona, the one best suited to help her bewitch kings, queens and other leaders and make them do her bidding. With the power this gave her she had at various times sent vast armadas and huge armies against Atlantica’s island, but to her chagrin Albionia had resisted her attacks, remained independent and she had been forced to retreat and start again. This time she had convinced her neighbours to merge all their countries into one, eliminating the differences between them and amassing their wealth into a central stronghold that only she controlled. Then she re-named the enlarged community Munimania, with her as its Queen of course.
So, this time the end would be different, she was sure of it. How could Albionia survive, she would now commercially blockade the island and freeze all her assets. Without access to her vast overseas wealth even the apparently invincible Queen Atlantica couldn’t survive. Still, Atlantica had turned the tables before and emerged from the encounter stronger than ever. The very thought made Kayotica nervous.
A newsflash on her television caught her attention. “International Credit Agencies have downgraded the currency of Munimania as areas of the enlarged country suffer from a massive economic downturn and relations with Albionia worsen….” The voice went on to report that the riots in Albionia had ended; Atlantica’s government was in control again, the perpetrators of the riots facing justice. Kayotica’s confidence began to fade……..