Chapter 1

The day that irrevocably changed Diana's life started out as any other. Diana sat by the lake doing laundry and thinking of her beloved mother who passed away three years ago to the day in a bandit attack. She had just finished magically drying the clothes when a scream pierced the serenity of the camp. She quickly ran to the center of the camp to see what was happening and was overwhelmed with the amount of red cloaks that had suddenly invaded her home. Camelot's knights were everywhere and Diana barely had time to process this before a sword was swinging toward her head and all she could do was stand and watch her death approach. Just before the sword reached her it stopped midair as a brilliant blue barrier got in it's way. That split second was all Diana needed to summon up a fireball and throw it at the knight who attacked her. As the knight fell, a young man with curly brown hair and hazel eyes that matched Diana's exactly appeared by her side.

"Apollo, glad to see you're at the top of your game." She said smiling at him.

"Lucky for you sister, that I actually know defensive spells and not just how to attack."

"Attacking has always served me fine before, and I know some defensive spells."

"Really? Like what?"

"Like- Duck!" He immediately followed his sister's command and just after the arrow whizzed past his head she took control of it and sent it back to the archer who shot it.

"Like that." She said with a smirk. "A good offense, is a good defense."

"Yeah. Whatever." He said rolling his eyes at his sister.

"We'll continue this conversation at a different time. For now I need to get my bow." Apollo nodded in agreement and the two jumped back into the fight. Diana got to her tent, dispatching two knights with magic on the way there and finally got her bow. She stepped out of the tent and tried to take aim at one of the knights, but as she looked around she realized that this was not a fight, it was a massacre. Already the majority of her clan lay dead or dying and even more knights were filling into the clearing. Her clan had a considerable amount of offensive magic users but they were barely making a dent. She looked around and to her horror, saw her father lying dead just outside his tent, an arrow sticking out of his neck.

"No!" She yelled and ran towards him. As she ran towards her father, her mind blocked out everything else happening around her and so she didn't see the knight running towards her until his sword cut across her stomach and she dropped to the forest floor, mere feet from her father's body.


Venus had been Diana's best friend since they were babies. They loved each other like sisters and made a vow after both their mothers died that they would always protect each other. So when their clan came under attack she immediately looked for her 'sister'. She realized very quickly that this was indeed going to be a massacre, their people were dropping too fast and she already saw the soldiers kill their beloved chief and Diana's father. She was growing desperate as the number of red cloaks quickly overwhelmed the green and brown ones when she suddenly heard a shout nearby. She turned towards the shout and finally saw Diana. Her breath caught at the look of complete horror and anguish on her face and she saw that she was staring at her father's body. She had never wished more to save her friend pain then in that moment, then she saw Diana run towards her father when she was suddenly cut down. She watched in anger as Diana fell to the ground clutching her stomach. She quickly summoned one of the trees to life and watched in satisfaction as it ripped the knight from the ground and threw him hard enough into another tree to break open his head. She let the tree keep attacking others while she rushed to Diana's side and swept her into her arms. She used a spell to make Diana lighter and once she was safely in her arms, Venus ran from the camp. As she ran she felt a sudden pain in her side but it barely registered in her desperation to get away. After running for awhile, she decided they were far enough away to be safe for a little bit. She set Diana down and lifted her tunic to see the damage of her wound. It was deep and she was honestly surprised that she was even still alive. For the first time she wished that she was a healer like Diana's brother rather than a fighter. Her healing spells were weak but she did the best she could and after two spells she fixed any internal damage there might have been so the only threat to Diana was bleeding out. Venus ripped a part of her tunic off and tightly wrapped it around her stomach then she finally looked at her own stomach. She pulled the arrow out of her side and quickly bound her own wound, she knew she didn't have much time left but she also knew she had to get Diana somewhere safe before she died. She'd be happy if only one of them survived. So she mustered up her strength and pulled her back into her arms and headed north again.

She didn't know how long she'd been walking when finally she saw what looked like a clearing in the distance. She picked up her speed and burst through the edge of the trees. Once in the clearing she saw a young man picking herbs. The man was dressed simply but radiated so much power that Venus immediately knew who he was. She knew she had minutes to live but she knew that if she could only get Diana to this man then at least she would live. So with great effort, she stumbled over to the man and gently laid Diana down. The startled man stood up and stared cautiously at Venus.

"She's all that's left of us. Protect her Emrys please!" She stared intently into Emrys' eyes and she knew that he would save her. So with one last kiss to Diana's forehead she left the clearing and curled up by a tree and took her last breath.


Merlin stared at the girl left at his feet. She had straight brown hair, fairly tan skin, and an oval face. He could feel the power from this girl and her friend, albeit hers was quickly dimming, so he knew they were druids. It would be undoubtedly dangerous for this girl in Camelot but he couldn't just leave her to die here, especially when her friend seemed to give her last breath just to protect her. So he gathered her into his arms, grateful for how little she weighed, and slowly made his way back to Camelot.


A/n For anyone who was wondering about the names, I really love Roman and Greek mythology so a lot of my names and some themes will reflect that. Please review, I wanna know what you guys think.

AndreKl - Thanks for the feedback. Don't worry about Morgana, I have always loved her passion and have never liked Kilgharrah. Diana will be a guide for Morgana and show her how to use her powers for good and protect her, but ultimately let her make her own choices. As for the lesbian part, there won't be much explicit stuff just some kissing and stuff like that, so I hope you'll do ok with that.