SuperCorp Chronicles

Chapter 31

"Who are they?" Lena asked as they watched the memory.

"Well the black haired guy is our father, Giovanni Zatara and the other guy's name is William Zard. He was like a younger brother to my dad and he was his protege." Zatanna said as they watched the two men hug.

"Your father taught him magic?" Kara asked and Zatanna nodded.

"Though not the same kind of magic that dad and I can use." Zatanna said.

"There are different kinds of magic?" Lena asked.

"Just like how there are different kinds of science. My father, Lena and I are all descendants of a subspecies of humans called the homo magi." Zatanna said.

"Wait, I've never heard of homo magi?" Lena asked.

"Homo magi are humans that possess the inherent ability to perform the mystic arts and they're commonly the most powerful kinds of mystics on Earth. My family is one of the last lines of pure homo magi, giving us access to greater magical powers than most mystics have. But Wizard, he draws his mystic power from more artificial means. Primarily his staff and his occult knowledge, but he still has some magic in him. My dad discovered him and thought that he could teach Zard to be a hero, to use his talents for good. They were closer than brothers." Zatanna said.

"So what happened?" Lena asked.

"A woman." Zatanna said sadly as the memory shifted to that of a woman who looked like an older Lena.

"Is that our mother?" Lena asked in shock at how much her birth mother looked like her.

"Yeah it is. Sindella. Like my dad, she was one of the last surviving homo magis and the way they met was when she saved his life after he'd been hurt by one of his enemies, since dad was already serving as a low level superhero, trying to protect the world from mystic threats, but anyways, after they met, they fell in love, but he wasn't the only one who fell for her. Zard fell for our mother too and that jealousy turned to bitterness and anger. He began trying to find ways to prove that he was better than dad and win Sindella over to him, which led to him going down the darker path. He began relying heavily on dark magic and turned on dad." Zatanna said as the memory shifted to a huge battle between Zatara and Ward while their mother watched, begging them to stop while holding a blanket wrapped bundle in her arms.

"Wow." Lena said as they watched the epic magic battle.

"See what mom's holding?" Zatanna asked.

"Is that me?" Lena asked in shock at seeing herself as an infant.

"Yeah. You'd already been born by this point and that seemed to be the final straw for Zard before he took up the name Wizard and declared all out war on dad." Zatanna said as the three of them watched the epic magical battle.

"Wow, this looks just as intense as any of my cousin's fights." Kara said and Zatanna nodded.

"And it emanated across the mystic planes." Zatanna said as they heard Zatara shout at Wizard to stop this and not to make him do something he'd regret, only to have Wizard tell him he only regretted not doing this sooner, but they watched as Zatara defeated the Wizard.

"You can't keep doing this forever Giovani." They heard the Wizard shout at him.

"You will never touch my family." Zatara said.

"Do you really believe that? Sindella will be mine and we will raise your daughter as if she was my own. After all, you can sense the raw mystic power in her. She will be a great asset to me." The Wizard said as Zatara looked furious.

"You will never touch either of them. I will stop you." Zatara said.

"How can you do that if you can't catch me?" The Wizard asked as with a flash of light, he was gone.