Diana grabbed the books with a determined huff. There was no way she was making two trip down here just for the damn things, when she knew in reality she would probably use them all of twice in the year, both times before exams..

Even if they looked like they weighed enough to make a known weightlifter sweat.

Pulling them close to her body, keeping her arms straight so that the books had something to lean against if someone bumped into her, she started walking, mumbling broken Themascaryian curses under her breath.

So far her few days here hadn't been that bad. Her mother had contacted her sisters and they had gotten her accommodation right on campus, not five minutes away from nearly all of her lectures but far enough away that if she decided to skip she wouldn't be bothered by noisy students.

The house, a two story Victorian mansion, was shared between over thirty sisters which went to show how large the house was that they could all live in comfort there and nobody was getting on anybody else's nerves, unless you counted the hot water crisis ever morning which is why she always took her showers in the evening.

Her stay here had wrought with it two new friends, Big sisters as it was known in the house, and even in the little time she had known them she had been mistaken for one of the so called leaders, or sisters, which was an honour in its self considering nearly all first years were considered babies…working there way up the chain through the years.

Her mother was even more proud of the fact considering whom she was, saying it showed great promise for their future.

But At that moment Diana was no worried about her future, she was just enjoying the future, having fun, something she hadn't done in a long time, too busy with her various duties at home to even consider taking time for herself.

It was odd and yet strangely exhilarating she thought, to be away from home, away from the watchful eyes of everyone that knew her, and being able to do what she wanted without worrying who would report it back to her mother.

She might even be able to find a boyfriend, or maybe just a make out partner, because goodness knows she wasn't ready for any kind of commitment to any guy, not when she had that thing looming over her head for the foreseeable future. No, she decided then and there, she was just going to find a make out partner and then move on when she got bored, not realising how scheming and manipulative she sounded, so like the woman back at home whom she detested, having more guys each month then many woman had all year, all in the name of boredom.

Guys were useful for many things, but most of them she thought, she could do herself, thanks to all the self-sufficiency training her godfather had put her through.

Spinning around a first year obviously lost, she ducked and dodged people as she tried to exit the great halls that containted the accomadation offices, the examination halls and fees office along with the registration office, spotting people she knew were second years just standing there, not even bothering to help.

Sports People she thought were just plain ass….morons, her subconscious quickly answered, or at least she thought they were, each strongly built like weight lifters, with arms like tree trunks and strangely attractive aura's.

So caught up in her mutterings, she didn't notice when a guy came hurtling down te stairways, heading straight for the jocks, pushing her out of the way in his hurry to get to his target.

For Diana it was enough to push her over the edge, she had never been the most patient of people and for this ass to push her out of the way, as if she was nothing, looking back at her as she let out a yell of outrage as if to say it was her fault she fell, not even bothering to apologise or stop to help, it was enough.

In her fall the books had fallen out of her hands, and now her fevered rage filled mind saw the largest book, a heavy bound biology books over two thousand ages long, did her instincts take over. Grabbing the book, she quickly stood up and hurled it at his head, her aim true, hitting the target with a resounding thwack that echoed through the halls, hushing people in its wake as they slowly realised what had happened, and who to.

As he was still in motion to his destination when they book hit, he was pitched forward and landed on the ground awkwardly.

Grabbing her books now, Diana felt the rage slip away happily having found an outpost for it.

Walking past him where he lay surrounded by his kneeling friends, his eyes spinning in shock, blinking dazedly up at her from the ground, astonishment in his deep blue eyes, she smirked down at him, almost evilly, some thought, and spoke. "Next time you ape, watch were your going!" before walking slowly out of the hall, no one stopping her, her head held high as if she had did nothing wrong.

Some watched in amusement from the corners of the room having had a bird's eyes view of the event, smirking in delight.

Some had been waiting for him, Bruce Wayne to get his dues since they had arrived there, little over a year ago, others wondered at the woman, obviously a first year had gotten the courage to do something like this to someone obviously nearly twice her width and bulging with muscles.

Some just watched in amusement. It appeared their prayers had been answered, now all they needed was a little inside help for their plan to work, smirking as they made their way down the hall ways, past closed lecture halls, down to the very back and down two flights of stairs to meet their make out partner.

It wasn't okay yet for them to be seen out in the open yet, but soon, they thought, getting mental images of how it would work out, and finding that they would enjoy making stupid people see the error of their ways even more when there was someone in it for them.


Shay era covertly watched Diana, a newbie to the sorority- pie beta celtic, and smiled in amusement. The girl was just what they had been waiting for.

She had only been here a short time but even in that time everything in the house seemed more organised, and it appeared from the way people were giving her a wide berth on her way home, some weird stringy guy following her carrying what were obviously some of her books, that she had even earned herself a reputation in the three hours she had been gone to get her course material and book selection.

Shay-era didn't look up from her watchful stance by the window as another person entered her bedroom, already knowing it could only be one person.

"Do you think she's ready for the full deal?" her question was poised to the other person.

Dinah Lance, Shay-era sister, nodded silently then spoke realising her sister hadn't turned and so wouldn't have seen her affirmative nod. "Yeah, no doubt, she's what we need."

"You see it to?"

"Yeah, she's what we need to get things done around here, the societies and professors here wont know what hit them, she had the mind of a steel trap…" she paused to take her phone out of her pocket, which had started vibrating against her jeans pocket.

Hitting some buttons, she smirked as she read the message form one of the girls down in the office, snapping the phone closed as she finished reading it.

"Your not going to believe this, but guess whom the little princess is after nearly knocking out?" her tone implying Shay-era would never get it.

"John?" turning around to face Dinah as she had snapped the phone shut, wanting to see her sister's face for clues as to whom it was.

Dinah shook her head negatively, gesturing for Shay-era to have another go.

"Ollie?"

Again Dina shook her head. By this time Shay-era was growing incredulous, there was only one group in the college who could get such a reaction out of Dinah and so it had to be one of them but still… no she thought, it couldn't be denying the possibility and yet she had run through the best two possibilities already.

Startled amazingly green eyes flashed to Dinah's more then unusual blue ones, and Shay-era found her answer in them, suddenly shaking with laughter.

Laughing still as she managed to push words out past bitten lips to try and stop the laughter enough to speak "It appears the little princess can really pick them, going for the king of pigs like that. Wonder what G.I Jane and the Bimbette think of this?" referring to the other two members that made up their distinct little group in their sorority- pie beta justice.

Granted there was more in that sorority but still they just really detested those three and considering they were the big brothers, it was obvious whom they would deal with more then the others.

Which made things difficult considering they could barely say one civil word to each other.

Somehow thought, Shay-era thought turning her attention back to the still approaching Diana, she didn't think Diana knew what a big deal her little encounter was but she soon would if she knew the others, they would be planning retribution soon, as soon as they actually found out who she was thought then she would be in even more trouble.

Which meant Shay-era and Dinah had to make sure Diana was under their protection before the shit hit the preverbal fan.

Which meant two things, first they had to call all big sisters back for straight out initiation to sister hood, something only accomplished by a chosen few in the last few years, by royalty no less, who showed remarkable promise and who they hadn't wanted being taken from them by a more ambitious sorority. Once initiated to sister hood this was where you belonged.

And second getting her marked.

The second bit was a lot easier then the first and so when Diana finally arrived home, and introduced the guy to them, whose name turned out to be Wally west, made small talk with him and invited him back to a party the next night, did they finally manage to get rid of him and pull a confused and slightly apprehensive Diana down to the basement were they were already set up.

Pushing her into a chair, she tried not to notice the needle and various piercing equipment around the room some of which closely resembled torture devices she had seen in the museums in her homeland, and instead tried to focus on her friends who were talking and pacing catching only a bit of what Shay-era was saying "…. And so we have decided to make you an official big sister but with that comes a little pain-" she paused as if weighing the wording with great care. Obviously coming to some conclusion as she took of her top, and showed her back to Diana.

Diana looked at her friends back in confusion, she could see nothing wrong with it, there was no scars or anything like she feared, but there was a Celtic cross with a white daisy chained through it on her right side just below the curve of her hip.

Looking up she spotted Dinah had also taken of her top and had presented her back to Diana, she too had a Celtic cross on her in the exact same place but she had a yellow daffodil woven through it..

When shay-era noticed that Diana was now looking at Dinah, she pulled her t-shirt back on, turning to face the confused girl.

"The cross is a symbol of continuousness. That we will always be joined no matter what path we take. The flower is more difficult to explain." She paused, " I'll try and explain it the way my mother did to me. The flower represents the beauty of the world around you. When she was here, it was not in existence on the cross, the sisters here at the time consumed by the rage and anger towards the government who was sending away their boyfriends, brothers, fiancé's, and father's even to a war that wasn't theirs to fight in the first place.

My mother was one of the few at the time who believed that woman had the real power and that it was about time that they used it, so for her sisters she trained as a tattoo artist and started adding the flowers all different kinds to the crosses… to show that there was still beauty in the world no matter where you went, and that the cross would always be there to remind you of it. So the tradition has continued with each sister having a flower along the cross, each different, each having a special meaning to that one person. Each symbolising the fight for a better world for the future." Shay-era paused as if embarrassed; shrugging her shoulders as if to get rid of the heavy words that had just flowed from her mouth.

Diana listened to the words and found herself feeling suddenly teary, blinking them away, she smiled at Shay-era, "so now its my turn to get one?" she suddenly found her voice.

"Yeah, "Shay-era nodded. " But we need to know are you ready to get one, or do you even want one?"

Diana nodded to both questions and then asked something that had flown into her mind. "Could I get a white orchid with pink lines through it on mine?"

Shay-era nodded, knowing what it looked like already, having thought a while ago she might had wanted another tattoo, other then the cross and the wings she had on the back of her neck.

Diana flipped over, pulling up her shirt so that Shay-era would be free to work easier.

While shay-era got to work cleansing the area and drawing the design on it, Dinah grabbed a stool from nowhere and sat down beside Diana.

"If your don't mind me asking, why the orchid?"

Diana took her time answering, "Because it's a symbol of survival in my country. My great grandmother was captured and held prisoner while on relief work in central Asia. Eventually she got free and meet my great grandfather and he brought her to Themisyscara, but the one thing she could not do without as my grandmother told me was orchids. She said they were the only things that kept her going while she was imprisoned, something that gave her hope, that if something this beautiful could survive in such a war torn area, then so could she."

Diana laughed remembering the story of how her great grandmother had given permission to her grandfather to marry her grandmother.

Telling the story to Dinah, she didn't notice as Shay-era switched needles to start the coloured bits of the tattoo.

And so it was later as Shay-era pushed away from Diana's still talking body that Shay-era finally heard the story end of how Diana's grandmother and grandfather had meet and how Diana's great grandmother had agreed to let Diana's grandfather marry her grandmother.

"…. So my great Gran was like "so what are your intentions towards my daughter?" and granddad Cal answered straight back, with out even laughing, "First thing on the list is to impregnate her!" Gran was so happy with his honesty that she gave him her permission that second even though she had nearly caught them doing the naked two-step. They were married like two weeks after and nine months to the day my mother was born."

Diana and Dinah shared a hope filled sigh. I want a man like that they thought, simultaneously.

Shay-era clapper her hands together, bringing them back to the present. "All done," she said, taping a gauzy strip over the tattoo to allow it to heal.

Helping her off the chair, she strolled behind them turning off the lights as she went, listening with half an ear as Dinah filled Diana in on what would be happening later on that evening and then at the party the next night.

Closing the door with a small snap, Shay-era wondered when she was going to find a guy at all that was strong enough for her and had that one thing she so desperately wanted.

A piercing.

Suddenly the doorbell rang and since she was the closet to it, she went to answer, not really in the mood for a tele-marketer.

Opening the door with a snap of her wrist, she felt her jaw drop open so to speak.

There was a guy on the door but not just any guy, a really tall guy nearly seven foot if she was to guess, bulging with muscles. But it wasn't the muscles or the height that really made Shay-era want to cry to the heavens thank god! it was his mouth.

Because when he opened it to talk she could see a small metal ball on it, a piercing along with the one she vaguely noticed on the indentation on his chin, a labium piercing she thought wondrously.

This guy was made for her.

Suddenly she realised he was holding out his hand to her to shake and gripping it for dear life, she smiled up at him hoping she could get some clue as to what the hell he was just after saying.

"My name is Kallel Kent. I just moved in next door and decided to introduce my self to the neighbours."

He was obviously waiting for something, shay-era realised and then suddenly it clicked it was her name, she thought dopely.

"Shay-era Hol."

"Well it's very nice to meet you Shay-era." He turned to leave, and Shayera saw her chance to get to know the guy slip through her fingers.

"We're having a party tomorrow night, its just a kind of back to college start to the term thing, if you'd like to come." She cringed inwardly at how needy her voice came out sounding.

Kal smiled at her, just one little smile and she knew he would be there.

Closing the door, she leaned against it for a second and then horror stuck her.

What was she going to wear?


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