Chapter 1
The morning sun rose high. The island country of Themyscira was right under the sun. The unitary sovereign city-state belonged to the Amazons, the women warrior tribes. It was a peaceful place where one could hunt, explore and relax. The Amazons were great warriors, skilled in infantry and cavalry.
This day, all of the Amazons were at the shore, standing below the hot sun. Queen Hippolyta was also there, with a umbrella over her head, as she wished to avoid tanning. They were awaiting a splendid arrival.
"Oh! Look" said one of the tribes.
And so did the others. They saw a ship coming towards their way. Laid with black, it contained on its front Diana, the princess of Themyscira and daughter of Queen Hippolyta. She waved her hand towards her people, and in return she saw a thousand hands waving back at her.
The Amazons were created by Zeus in order to protect mankind. Ares, who got jealous of humanity, had orchestrated its destruction. When the other gods had attempted to stop him, Ares had killed all except Zeus, who used the last of his power to wound Ares and force his retreat. Before dying, Zeus left the Amazons the island of Themyscira and a weapon, the 'Godkiller', to prepare them for Ares's return. However, that mission had been completed.
Coming on the ship was Diana Prince, who was born, raised and trained on the same island, five times greater than a warrior. Diana was trained by Queen Hippolyta's sister, General Antiope, more rigorously than a warrior. She was more focused on saving mankind than any other Amazonian, as she had rescued thousands of people during the World War I, along with US pilot Steve Trevor, who had died during the rescue.
However, after the war, Diana had settled in the urban life under the civilian identity Diana Prince, an antiquities dealer. She had been saving people in the metahuman identity Wonder Woman. She had become quite famous in her superhero form, all across the city. She had now come back to her island on a two-month holiday, to spend time with her people.
As Diana arrived, she threw a rope from the ship to one of the stands present there. She got down and ran to her mother, Hippolyta and hugged her tightly. Everyone greeted Diana well.
"You still didn't let go of this dress?" asked Hippolyta, looking at her Wonder Woman costume.
"Diana!" said her best friend, Orama, as she ran through the crowd and hugged her. "It's been so long"
Just as they made their move to go back to the castle, there was a strange sound coming from behind. Diana looked back, and down into the water. An abnormal noise was being heard. All of a sudden, a huge shark came out of the water. Everyone backed at once. Hippolyta guided them back.
"Everybody, please hide behind the rocks!" cried Diana.
The shark was in a very hungry mood. Diana observed it to wear the Atlantis symbol on his head, and understood that it was controlled by the Atlanteans. The shark gave a fierce roar and its sharp teeth were sparkling. The shark even threw itself on Diana's ship, breaking it eventually.
Diana and Orama ran towards the shark, attempting to attack it. The shark bent its head forwards to attack Diana, who dodged it and climbed on it. She ran and then caught hold of the Atlantis symbol on its head and tried to remove the band, in order to put it out of control by the Atlanteans. But she had received an electric shock from it.
Diana fell down from the shark. The animal tried to eat her, but she was in time saved by Orama. She placed Diana behind a rock, quite far from the shark. She began to attack the shark with her sword, but the shark pushed her with its fin, making her fall back. Orama began to climb on the its fin in order to get onto its head, but the shark rolled its fin, which made her sword to the ground, and Orama fell straight into the shark's mouth.
"No!" cried Diana, who had watched her best friend's death in front of her eyes.
She ran towards the shark, which moved its head towards Diana, who placed her sword in front of her, hence, stabbing it. The shark felt pain, and went back. Diana climbed on the shark's head and began destroying the Atlantis band on its forehead. She was successful and she began to stab the shark continuously, before getting down. She then placed her hands in front of her, which unleashed a beam of orange light, which directed the shark back to the water.
Diana returned back to her people, who were mourning. She, too, released tears from her eyes, in grief. Crying and mourning was the best form of justice that could be done to her. They did not have her body to arrange the burial. Everyone sat down and cried in the stage of losing a member of their species. Diana looked at the water, swearing revenge on the Atlantean Life.
The scene then cut to the marine life. The underwater city of Atlantis was just two miles away from Themyscira. Fishes, jellyfishes, octopuses were busy swimming in the waters. Starfishes and tortoises were on the ground, along with Cabomba and Anubias plants. Beside all this was the city of Atlantis.
People were moving all around the place, some with tridents. Mermaids and mermen were moving with fishes in their mouths. Some had special silver armours, who were slaves of their kings, moving all over the city ensuring non-violence and tranquillity. As the epicentre, stood the king's palace.
Guards were standing at the entrance, guarding the king. In came a man with blonde hair, tied in a ponytail in the back. He even carried a trident in his hand. He walked forward to the king's seat.
"Arthur, new cooks have arrived" he said.
It was King Orm who had just spoken. On the king's seat was his half-brother Arthur Curry, also known as the protector of the oceans, the Aquaman. Arthur was a half-breed, as his Atlantean mother Atlanna had married a human, Thomas Curry. Orm was the son born to the same mother when she married an Atlantean.
Arthur was born and raised in a lighthouse that his father owned. His mother had left him when he was young to ensure his safety. He had grown up, thinking that his mother had died. But, his venture across Atlantis made him discover that his mother was still alive.
The Atlanteans had always had a vendetta against the humans, who never cared about the marine life and just kept polluting the waters. A battle between Orm and Arthur would decide whether battle or union between the two worlds. Their mother had explained that the water and land were one world, which made the two brothers unite.
Now, that Arthur's father had died, he had given up life on land and began living in Atlantis, though he cared equally for both the worlds. He was the king and was accepted by everyone. Even Orm had no ego over him.
It was now time to arrange new cooks for the palace, for the older ones had left. Orm called them, as they entered into the king's chamber.
"What are your names?" asked Arthur.
"My lord, my name is Margo, and these are my assistants" he said, showing a four people standing behind him.
"What do you cook?" he asked.
"Everything and anything, sir. Both from water and land" said Margo.
"Fine, but less from water should be cooked. Understand?" he said.
"Sure, my lord" said Margo, and he was guided into the kitchens by Orm.
Then, Arthur's girlfriend, Mera arrived. Mera was the daughter of Nereus, the former king of Atlantis. She had silky red hair and had blue eyeballs.
"Arthur, how 'bout a jellyfish?" she asked.
Mera was the reason Arthur had managed to reconcile with Atlantis. She had guided him to get King Atlan's hidden trident, to come and fight with Orm, and get accepted by his people.
"We've just got new cooks. We have to wait for an hour or two, until they explore our kitchens" said Arthur, missing an opportunity to date her.
"Fine" she said, and left the chamber.
"Emergency!" shouted a voice from outside. The voice grew louder and louder, as a man approached the room.
"Emergency! King Orm is taken away by a strange thing!" he said.
Arthur immediately got up from his seat. He took his trident and ran out. He ran and ran until the castle outskirts and then splashed himself into the water. He began swimming, as his eyes adjusted to see in the dark, only to spot Orm, being taken away by a huge egg-shaped thing.
He swam faster and faster, getting nearer to his half-brother. He then took his trident and stabbed the thing. Arthur found that it was metal, and couldn't be easily damaged. He saw a knife symbol on the thing, and recognised it as the Godkiller sword of the Amazons.
He tried to free Orm from the thing.
"Arthur, save me!" cried Orm.
Arthur swam faster than the thing and blocked its way. The thing was going on forward. Arthur observed that it was being pulled by a thin sheet of rope. He tried to break the rope, but in turn received a slight electric shock. He continuously punched the thing. It began to get damaged.
Not so long, Arthur realised that they were reaching the horizon. They then came out of the water and then a knife came out of the thing' head and chopped Orm's head.
"No!" said Arthur, as he saw his brother's head floating on water.
He took his trident and stabbed the thing. Less damage was done to it. He took it underwater with him, and blinked his eyes, making them glow green. That was a communication signal for the marine life. All of a sudden, seven large piranhas arrived. Arthur signalled them to finish the thing. All the animals were so quick in finishing the thing.
Arthur went up and picked Orm's head in his hands. Far away, he could see the Themyscira island. He looked at it angrily, swearing revenge on the Amazons.
