Chapter one
"Selina what happened to my study?" Bruce was standing in the doorway to his study and looking over a mess of art supplies where his wife and daughter sat in the middle of it. Before Selina could answer Bruce's daughter Maria got up to give him a hug. Kneeling down Bruce picked up Maria and kissed the top of her head in greeting.
Bruce then walked across the room while holding Maria. He found an empty space next to Selina and sat down. Selina leaned over kissed Bruce on the cheek and then explained the mess that was once his study, "Mia has to do a project on her family's heritage and I'm helping her". Bruce smiled and started to look at the project they had been working on.
So far the project was a purple poster board with a few of Selina's family artifacts next to it. Bruce picked up what looked to be a photocopy of the communist manifesto and it seemed to be signed by Karl Marx. Bruce raised up the photocopy and gave an inquisitive look to Selina. Selina shrugged before replying, "It loosely translates to never let the communist dream die! From your comrade Karl Marx". Mia took the photocopy and asked, "Daddy what are you?"
Bruce adjusted Mia on his lap while answering her question, "I'm mostly English, French, with a little bit of Scottish thrown in for good measure". Bruce took off his tie clip then handed it to Mia, "see that, that clip was made by your great great grandmother as an engagement gift to your great great grandfather" Mia looked up at her father with a smile, "like when mommy gave you your earring", Bruce smiled at Selina as he tugged on the cuff earring Selina had given him as birthday present, "exactly".
Mia gave Bruce his tie clip back then got off his lap, "I'm going to get a snack", and walked off. Bruce gave a chuckle; he pulled Selina to his side, "so aside from the fact that your family were communist what other skeletons dose your family have". Selina gave a laugh and Bruce a playful shove, "you know all of my family secrets Bruce since you exposed most of them". Bruce remembered the days and nights he spent digging through to identify her birth father. Before they could talk further Mia walked back in eating an apple.
"Mommy what are you?" Selina gave Mia smile and tried to think of the multiple cultures that made up her heritage. "Well I'm Russian, Italian, Cuban, Japanese, and Cherokee", Mia's eyes widen at the number of cultures that her mother named. Mia took a hard look at her mother. Her mother wore a black tank top with ripped and patched jeans. Her hair was short and her bangs had purple tips. But Mia's favorite part favorite part of her mother's look was the tattoos she had. Selina's tattoos were Chinese characters on her side that translated to wisdom and willpower. She had a tattoo of a spear and an olive branch making an X on her ankle to represent her as a citizen of themyscria. But Selina's biggest tattoo was the one on her back. The tattoo was if two black wings that spanned the entirety of her back. The wings had a vine of thorns and roses entwined around them. It was a beautiful tattoo; that Mia secretly hoped to have one day.
Mia's observations were interrupted by her father, "pass your assignment sheet Mia let's see if I can help you". Mia happily passed her father the assignment sheet then mother, father and daughter continued to work on Mia's project for the rest of the day.