Chapter Two: The Offer.

"And there Alia was. I thought for a moment that Diana finally was going to be humbled by her, but Diana managed to dig down deep and pretty much lift a mountain over her head and smash it down onto Alia," Donna said in an excited voice. She looked at both of her extremely bemused sisters. Both of them shook their heads, neither saying a word. The expressions on their faces said pretty much everything.

The three Amazon princesses sat outside late at night, underneath the stars. They were talking about the amazing battle that was between Alia and Diana. Alia showed the fruits of her labor, but Diana showed why she was the third best fighter on this island, obviously behind Hippolyta and Artemis.

Putting herself behind those two, she had no shame in that, for a variety of reasons. Donna was rattling this battle and obviously her perspective from the stands showed a completely different side to the battle. It was a side that Diana didn't remember.

Alia's lips curled into a smile. The fact Alia could barely keep a straight face amused Diana to no end, her poor sister was going to crack any second now.

"Donna, I'm not sure that's what….."

"But, Alia, Alia nearly ripped Diana's arm off, I thought she was intense, focused before, but that just goes to show you never knew a person until they're in the heat of battle," Donna said. Much to their dismay and amusement, Donna was rambling on about the battle. "Diana practically had one arm."

Diana shook her head. She didn't want to burst Donna's bubble and say that it was just simply a flesh wound. That was what it was, just merely a flesh wound. She could see Alia's face.

"This battle is going to get exaggerated more every time she talks about it, I hope you realize that," Diana said to Alia.

"I'm not exaggerating anything," Donna said. Both Diana and Alia looked towards her and corked their eyebrows. Donna's shoulders shrugged. "Okay, maybe just a little bit, but you can't blame me for that."

"No, I might have done the same thing if I was in your place," Alia said.

"Two years ago, you were in that same place," Diana reminded her.

Alia did recall that. She recalled the battle between Donna and Diana during that time.

"So, which one of us was better?" Donna asked.

Diana's eyebrows raised up and she gave one of those looks. Donna slapped her hands onto her hips and glared at Diana in an attempt to get her to say something. When that didn't work, Donna bit down on her lip and gave Diana the puppy dog eyes in response.

Much to her dismay, Diana's gaze kept extremely stony. Alia barely was able to hold in her laughter. Just barely, by the scarcest amounts, she was able to keep herself from breaking. It wasn't easy, far from it. She kept herself extremely calm. A breath was drawn in and a breath was out of her in a matter of seconds.

"You're both really good," Diana said.

Donna huffed angrily. "That was a cop out answer if there ever was one."

"I'm not kidding," Diana said. "Both of you have improved and I couldn't be more proud of either of you."

Alia wasn't going to deny this. Diana's praise of her had to make her smile.

"Just don't get a big head because of it," Diana said. She reminded one time how she took praise to heart too much. To make a long story short, her mother really knocked her out of it.

Alia nodded. "Don't worry, Diana. I'm sure that no matter what you do, you'll be able to take us both down to Earth. Even though I'm sure Donna is going to need it more."

"Ha, ha, very funny," Donna said dryly. She looked at Alia and glared at her. Alia's eyes shifted and she gave Donna a smile.

Diana was about ready to break this little interplay up between her sisters. The Amazon Princess paused and she closed her eyes. Something was happening behind her and she got up to her feet.

"Diana, what is it?" Alia asked.

"I don't know," Diana said. She put herself between her two sisters and whatever it was there. "Show yourself."

A slow and loud clapping echoed throughout Diana's ears. The Amazon Princess did not do the patient thing well, especially when her sisters were in danger. Her arms folded together and her lips twisted into a practical snarl.

"I SAID SHOW YOURSELF!"

"Temper, temper, Princess," a voice stated from the shadows. "I wonder what your mother would think of that."

Diana recognized that voice and she most certainly recognized the person that formed after it. Her purple hair shined eerily in the moonlight. Her purple eyes shimmered. She wore a green toga that filled up in all of the right places. She had a body that was built for equal parts of sin and deception. She waved her panted purple nails back and forth. Sandals covered a pair of elegant feet.

"Circe," Diana said.

The Goddess of Magic laughed. "Yes, Princess, I'm sure that the cognitive recognition skills in your mind are well working. That's always good to do."

"What are you doing here?" Diana demanded.

Circe tutted. "Not a courtesy hello. I know that your mother taught you better than that, Princess. But if you must know, I am here to congratulate the youngest princess on her triumphant performance today against you. A little bit closer, and she would have beaten you in battle. I wonder how that would have messed up the pecking order of things. But, I'm certain a perfectionist such as yourself would have been just able to pick up her training right where she left off."

"Yes, what is it you want?" Diana asked. Her eyes narrowed slightly when she looked at her adversary.

"I told you, I'm here to congratulate the youngest princess on her ascension," Circe said. "It must have been the culmination of hard work and determination."

"Thank you," Alia said.

"At least one of Hippolyta's daughters learned common courtesy," Circe said. Donna and Diana glared at Circe. "I hope that you don't lose that. Despite the misunderstanding between myself and Hippolyta, the offer to teach you is still on the table. Your magical abilities are strong, but they could be better."

"I think Alia is doing just fine," Diana said.

"Diana, I can handle this," Alia said. She practically side stepped her sister. "Circe, I appreciate the offer, I'm flattered….but I think that I'm doing find right there."

"Yes, if that's what you think, and not what others thing, than I can accept it," Circe said.

"Oh, this is just a chance to screw with Mother," Diana answered. She placed her hand firmly on Alia's shoulder. She almost expected Circe to try something.

"And it seems like someone is nursing a little grudge after what happened the last time we met each other," Circe said. The woman tutted, almost mockingly. "I would ask if your mother taught you how to forgive and forget, but I think that we all any better."

There was a long pause where Diana looked at Circe. The two of them were locked into a stare down with each other. Neither backed down from their stance, and Donna wondered what was going to happen next.

Diana was in one of her stubborn modes. "I'll pass on my regards to mother that you were here."

"And now the princess resorts to tattling, aren't we being childish?" Circe asked. "And I didn't break the edict, I haven't stepped a simple foot on the island."

Diana's eyes shifted over. Sure enough, Circe's form hovered over the ground. There wasn't one foot on the island.

Another revelation struck her. Circe wasn't present on the island. She faded out into the mist form.

"A message," Diana said.

"Yes, I think we figured that out with the sudden disappearing act," Donna said. She could turn to Alia who stepped forward and folded her arms. "Alia, is everything alright?"

"Fine, everything is just fine," Alia replied. She dug her heels onto the ground. Donna placed her hand on her shoulder. "And thanks for letting me have a voice out there, Diana, I really appreciate what you've done."

Diana realized what she did and why Alia was mad. She might be mad too considering the circumstances.

"I….didn't intend to make your decisions for you, Alia," Diana said. She reached towards her sister. "I just….Circe is a master of trickery and deception….she is just using you to get to Mother and get inside my head, and screw with me."

"Or maybe she sees some potential in me," Alia said.

There was a long, exceedingly awkward pause. Donna stepped between her two sisters. She didn't want to see this. Tonight had started so innocent, and she didn't want to have them have it out with each other.

"She might," Diana admitted. She caused Alia's eyes to narrow at her. She amended her statement after realizing how it could be taken. "And she does for good reason, but she is going to help you to harness that potential for all of the reasons."

Diana shook her head when she could see Alia. Her back was turned on her and she looked towards her quarters.

"I'm going to bed, good night, Donna," Alia said. She walked off.

This left Diana and Donna in a bit of a lurch with each other. Donna turned towards her sister. Diana sighed. "You're going to let me have it, aren't you, Donna?"

"Trust me, sis, nothing I'm going to say is going to beat what you're beating yourself up for, in your own head," Donna said. She smiled when she looked at Diana. "I seem to recall you having a similar argument with Mother over the same exact thing."

"Yes, I know," Diana said. She had the realization that she was turning into her mother. It was what every woman feared.

While turning into Hippolyta might not be the worst thing in the world, there were some less than desirable qualities that Diana wanted to avoid. She decided that it was time to take a walk.

"I trust that you'll get off to bed, without me escorting you there," Diana said. She looked at Donna. Donna gave her a shifty grin in response.

"Yes, Mother," Donna said. This statement was given quite cheekily.

Diana sighed. That statement, given in jest, was not one that really settled Diana's nerves all that much. Circe had that nature of getting underneath her skin, even when she wasn't trying to. Diana wished that she could convince herself that the goddess had benign reasons for offering training to Alia.

Kara Zor-El thought that she would get in some training. She really was eager to learn how to train. Perhaps she had been a bit inspired by Alia's performance yesterday. Actually, that was exactly what it was. Alia's performance motivated her to increase her abilities to a brand new height.

She found herself dressed in a tight white shirt and a pair of tight black shorts. She stretched out, extending her long shapely legs in response. Her hair was tied back so it wouldn't get in her face.

Kara stretched, her arms up into the air. That caused the already tight white material on the shirt to ride up, exposing more of her extremely toned midsection. The black shorts showed a little bit of her ass when she extended her legs forward.

She could see the door open. Kara stopped when she heard someone enter the room. The person stopped and spoke. "No, Kara, don't stop on my account."

Kara smiled and she could see Alia there.

"Some of the Earth clothes that I had on my ship still fit me….well they'll do good enough," Kara said.

"Oh, it's a good look for you," Alia said. She smiled. "If we ever leave the island and explore the mainland, we're going to have to get you some new clothes."

"Oh that means we're going to have to go shopping," Kara grumbled. "No offense, but I hate shopping."

"I hate shopping too, well I've never done shopping, but I'm pretty sure this is something that I hate," Alia said. "I make all of my clothes by hand."

"Oh, by hand?" Kara asked. She looked surprised.

Alia caught onto this fact and called her out on it. "Just why are you surprised that I make all my clothes by hand?"

"No, no real reason, it does make sense," Kara said. She looked at Alia, practically gushing when she stared at her. "And they do look beautiful. And you make them even look more beautiful."

Alia wasn't going to lie, that was the type of comment that just made her smile a tiny bit. She didn't say anything, but her eyes said a lot of things. She stretched out as calmly as could be, preparing herself with what was going to happen next.

"So, how are you on your stance?"

Kara thought that she hit a stumbling block. She stood on the ground and crunched her nose up. "I'm having a bit of trouble with that, actually. My technique is good, but my stance, Artemis said that it could use some work."

"Why don't you show me?" Alia asked her.

She watched when Kara got into position. It wasn't bad for someone who was just less than a year in training. The blonde seemed a bit awkward where she was standing. Alia realized what the problem was straight away.

"I think that I figured out the problem, if you'll just allow me to correct it," Alia said. She stepped behind her and placed her arms on Kara's waist. She pressed her breasts against Kara's back. "You need to shift your feet about half of an inch to the right, and stand up a bit straighter. You should tilted your head where you can get the fullest scope of all of your enemies attacks."

Kara felt Alia pressed against her. Her cheeks rose with the heat that was coming from them. One of the reasons why she wore the watch was because of an impromptu blast of heat vision that came from them.

"Just relax," Alia said to her. "Pretend I'm not here. Just make sure to copy this stance exactly as I directed."

Kara did what she directed. She stood in a stance that was pretty good. "So, how's that?"

"Pretty good, and you are in position to attack me," Alia said. Kara jumped up, but she lost herself and flipped over, landing on her face. It was a mark of their relationship that Alia didn't laugh. "Okay, that was…fine."

"No it wasn't," Kara argued. She took Alia's hand when she was lead up to her feet. "I really thought that I could do better than that."

"Well, you can, but there's always room for improvement," Alia admitted. She got to her feet. "Take the stance again, and try to attack me again. I'd prefer you didn't land on your face this time."

Kara looked not too amused. "Yeah, you and I both."

She tried to attack Alia. Alia allowed one of her punches to go through. Kara showed a bit of hesitation and she grabbed Kara by the arms and forced her down onto the ground. She was on top of Alia and she pushed her down onto the ground. Kara struggled in response when Alia had her forced down on the ground.

"One of the rules in battle that you shouldn't hesitate when you have the advantage against an enemy," Alia said.

Kara groaned when Alia stepped back and allowed her back to her feet. "Yes, noted. Are we going to go again?"

"Not today," Alia said. "I'm sure that you've had enough humiliation for one day."

Kara's eyes flashed forward with determination. She tried a kick towards Alia. Alia caught it. The two of them went into a brief sparring session with each other. Alia dodged some of her blows. Kara managed to avoid or block most of hers. A couple of glancing blows knocked the wind out of her.

"You really are too good," Kara said. She found Alia drive her down onto the mattress of the bed beside the training area.

"Yes, thank you," Alia said. "But, you can be better. You have potential and that spirited display proves it."

"Thank you," Kara said. She perfectly was aware that Alia straddled the top of her and she could pretty much do anything she wanted to her right now.

Her chest raised and lowered. Alia placed her hand on the side of Kara's face and slowly stroked her blonde hair. "Beautiful and strong, that's a good combination. You're all kinds of fun, Kara."

"Thanks," Kara said. She closed her eyes and mentally counted to ten. Her heart was racing.

A knock on the door caused Alia to let up on Kara a little bit. Kara didn't know whether to feel annoyed or relieved because of this sudden knock on the door. She was going for some combination of both of them.

The door opened up and Artemis stepped inside. "Princess Alia, your mother wishes to speak to you."

Alia looked a bit sour. Kara placed her hand on hers. She hoped that it really didn't have to do with Circe. She knew that Diana was going to tell her mother that Circe made her presence made on the island and she might have done so as well given the same situation.

"Yes, I'm going to be there right away," Alia said.

"Good luck," Kara said.

She leaned towards her and kissed her on the lips. This kiss lingered long last. Kara was surprised at her daring and even more surprised that Alia returned the kiss with an equal amount of flavor and flare.

Artemis acted like the two engaged in this passionate act was normal. Amazons had a far more liberated view of sexual relationships with females and their celebrations tended to get a little passionate at times.

"And, Queen Hippolyta wishes to speak to you as well, Kara."

Diana had curiously been summoned, along with Donna. The two oldest Amazon sisters got there first and waited for Kara and Alia to arrive. Diana had a shrewd idea what this was all about.

Donna's gaze met her sister's. Diana kept herself calm and collected, not backing down from the gaze Donna gave her. "So, what's the deal here?"

"We'll find out when it's time for us to know," Donna informed Donna. Donna folded her arms over her chest and gave Diana an extremely pointed gaze.

Donna hated when that answer was given. It never led to good things at all. It always led to things that were both equal parts upsetting and equal parts unsettling.

Artemis made her way in there. Alia followed her and Kara tagged behind her. The two of them walked with each other and they held hands. They were having a quiet conversation, and Diana could only imagine what they were talking about.

Alia gave both Diana and Donna polite smiles. "Diana, Donna."

Diana thought that Alia was being oddly, formally polite to her. Then again, Alia might not be the person who wanted to air her grievances in front of the Queen of the Amazons.

"Why did you want to see us, Mother?" Alia asked.

"Your ascension ceremony has opened up many doors for you, dear daughter," Hippolyta informed her. "And they are doors that have not been opened up for many Amazons due to your unique heritage."

"It's that time, isn't it," Alia said. She didn't seem too thrilled about having exposure to that particular corner of the world.

"Now is the perfect time, now more than ever," Hippolyta explained to her. Alia corked her eyebrow and was about to ask how that could be. Hippolyta was only too willing to tell her. "Albus Dumbledore has passed away."

"A shame, for them, then," Alia said. "He was the one that pretty much held their world together."

"Yes, he didn't delegate that much, most of them expected him to solve all of his problems," Hippolyta said. The man Dumbledore accomplished much in the past. He just made some questionable judgment calls that colored the last several years of his life. "The world assumes that you disappeared, seven years ago from their perspective."

"Seven years should be enough time for them to move on, shouldn't it?" Donna asked her mother.

"Some of them still rattled Dumbledore with howlers, it was a team effort that drove him to an extremely early grave," Hippolyta remarked. "And now they're stumbling. It doesn't help that a lot of their most powerful members mysterious suffered ailments that reduced them to be powerless or caused a premature demise."

It was an unspoken truth the Amazons knew what happened with that. It was a failsafe that Voldemort put in. It only affected his marked followers and their heirs. The hideous truth was that many innocent children died, but that was all on Riddle's head.

"Yes, but what does that have to do with me?" Alia asked.

"Yes, in a moment, Alia, be patient," Hippolyta said. Alia folded her arms. She respected her mother enough not to talk back to her, but if there was one thing that annoyed her, it was someone telling her to be patient. "There is a chance for you to claim your inheritance. The Potter gold and businesses pale in comparison to those that the Evans line has."

"The Evans line was an old family, in high class, part of an ancient society, yes, I know," Alia answered. Her mother informed her of this bloodline. "And Aunt Rose is managing the interests."

Rose did come to the island to visit Alia a few times. She couldn't stay for long because of the twins. Alia looked forward to officially meeting her twin cousins for the first time. They were also technically her twin sisters as well but magic was complicated like that.

"I knew I had to go back," Alia said.

"It's more than going back to that world, Alia," Hippolyta informed her. "You four have a chance to explore the wider world and see much of it."

"The four of us?" Donna asked. She couldn't help herself from speaking out of turn.

"Yes, the four of you," Hippolyta confirmed for her middle daughter. "I believe that this is an opportunity for us to test out the waters, to get a closer view of the landscape of the outside world. And I think that you wanted to visit the outside for some time, Diana?"

Diana's eyes turned towards her mother. She tried not to nod too eagerly at what her mother said. She resembled the cat that ate the canary when she spoke.

"I'll be willing to do everything possible to serve the nation of Themscrycira," Diana said. She cringed when she realized how hammy and over the top that it sounded. Alia and Donna rolling their eyes both at her proved that she wasn't the only one that thought that.

Hippolyta regarded her daughter with a smile. "All I wish is for your honest assessment of the world. While it's too soon to make direct contact, it might be the best idea to observe them in their natural environment. It will allow Alia to claim her inheritance, and it will also allow Kara to visit her cousin."

Kara knew that was inevitable. The goddesses gave her reassurance that her younger cousin was pretty much fine and found by a loving family. She grew up in a nice farmhouse with her mother. It allowed her mother to do her experiments in relative peace, without too many people interfering her business.

Her cousin would have a nice upbringing.

"So, I get to go with Alia, Diana, and Donna?" Kara asked.

"After the relationship that you've formed with Alia and my other two daughters, it would not be wise to keep you behind," Hippolyta said. She gave a brisk smile towards them. "This is not a decision to be made lightly, and I could not ask you to make your decision right yet."

Diana pretty much had her mind made up. This was an opportunity that an Amazon would have to win a tournament to have and that happened once every hundred years, if not even yet.

She could see that her sisters seemed more conflicted.

"Yes, I suppose we should think it over," Diana said. "Talk it over, discuss what's best. We need to talk anyway."

"Right, we need to talk," Alia responded. She kept her expression calm and her voice respectful. "Will that be what you'll need from us, Mother?"

"Yes," Hippolyta agreed. The four girls were about ready to leave, but Hippolyta stood to her full height. "Kara, I need to have a word with you. Could you please stay? It shall only be a few moments."

Kara stood up straight and nodded. Alia reached over, grabbed her hand, and squeezed it tightly. She leaned towards Kara and kissed her on the cheek.

"Good luck."

Kara thought that she was being thrown to the wolves. She stepped towards the Queen of the Amazons with a smile on her face.

"What are your intentions regarding my daughter?"

Kara craned her neck up. "My intentions are that I wish to pursue a relationship with your daughter."

Hippolyta looked pleased by Kara's bold honesty when she spoke. "Alia does think the world of you. And she has taken you underneath her wing since the moment that you arrived at this island."

"Yes, she has," Kara agreed with a smile on her face. She had some interesting dreams about the youngest Amazon princess and could feel something grow between her. "I figured that I might see where it goes."

"If the heart wants something, than you should go after it," Hippolyta told her. "One of the most damning questions ever known is what might have been."

"Yes, I know," Kara agreed. "So, do I have your blessing?"

"Not that it's needed, but yes you do," Hippolyta said.

"It might not be needed, but it's extremely appreciated," Kara answered in a really gracious tone of voice. She appreciated Hippolyta allowing her a chance to court Alia. Although she had a feeling sometimes Alia was courting her.

"My daughter might be a handful, and….someone of her heritage, she will have many mates," Hippolyta said.

"I know that, and I understand," Kara said. "I just hope that I can be her first."

"I would take the opportunity before it slips away, then," Hippolyta advised her. Lily approved of Kara and Hippolyta did as well, and the goddesses knew that the relationship between Kara and Alia was inevitable. She would be one of the Alphas in the pack that Alia was forming. "I know that you will take care of my daughter and won't hurt her."

"Yes, I'm certain that there will be a line forming if I do," Kara said.

"Yes, and I might not make it to the front of it, but I think there would be others who might make you wish that I have," Hippolyta informed her. "Go forth, and follow your heart and your dreams, to see where it might take you."

Kara nodded. She knew that she better take this opportunity, because Hippolyta had a point. There would be an entire line of females as far as the eye could see to get their chance with Alia. Kara wanted to be first in line if she could.

"The ascension of our youngest princess has caught a lot of attention," Hera informed the other goddesses.

"And the attention is not necessarily the good kind, is it?" Athena asked.

"Yes, Athena, it isn't," Aphrodite said. "We managed to put a stop on the Gods and directly intervening, so they got all broody. Given that Diana became of age, some of them are looking for the best opportunity to get into her panties and Donna and Alia aren't too far behind."

"Aren't we plotting to do the same?" Artemis asked.

"Not entirely what they're doing, but in essence, the truth, but the Amazons have always been an area of contention, as certain Gods who will not be named are upset that we put a potential stop on some of the women," Aphrodite explained.

Hera knew for a fact that Aphrodite eluded to her ex-husband.

"And what about your pet project regarding the youngest princess?" Hera asked.

"They're almost together, just one slight nudge," Aphrodite explained.

"And I'm pretty sure us meddling in this…and by us, I mean you, aren't going to go over too well," Athena replied.

"You can all see it written in the stars between Alia and Kara, it wasn't an accident that Kara practically crashed at her feet," Aphrodite said. "But, it's just the base of something great, and it's just beginning."

"It's a wonder that the two of them didn't get together a long time before this," Hera replied.

"Well, there are other forces that have prevented their joining," Aphrodite admitted. "The time is nearly right though and I'm sure when their hearts and souls align the strongest….."

"You do realize that sounds sappy, don't you?" Artemis asked.

Aphrodite waved her hand. "Goddess of Love, if I can't be sappy, then I'm surely not doing my job."

"Yes, and you do it better than anyone else," Hera said. She decided that she took some piece of information. "The rest of you can gossip about matters on Olympus, I've got some other things to do."

She had someone to visit, someone that she needed to remind not to stir up a lot of trouble. Hera wasn't ignorant about the fact she presented herself on the island earlier.

Hera showed up at a rather gaudy looking palace. It was decorated to the nines and it was a fancy palace, one fit for a goddess.

The door swung open and Hera entered inside.

"If I had known that you were coming, I would have tidied up the place a little bit."

Hera didn't really blink because of Circe's demeanor.

"I know that you showed up on the island, Circe," Hera said.

"The agreement was that I never would step one foot on the island, and I didn't step a single foot on that island," Circe said.

There was no wonder Circe was a lawyer in her mortal job. She was a master in finding loopholes in contracts.

"What are you up to?" Hera asked.

Circe looked extremely hurt. "Dear Hera, I don't know what me. As if little old me is up to something, I mean….I can't believe that you would assume such a thing about me."

"It's more than an assumption," Hera replied. Her arms folded delicately underneath her chest. "You have offered Alexandra an opportunity to learn magic."

"She seems like she has useful talents, something like that shouldn't be squandered," Circe said. "You don't think that I'm doing to his to screw with Hippolyta. Sure, I enjoy screwing with Hippolyta, but this isn't about her. Even if she thinks that it would like to be, because I think she obsesses about me even more than I obsess about her."

"Your honesty is surprising," Hera said, blinking suddenly.

Circe waved her hands. "Hey, just calling it how I see it. We do have some mutual tension with each other. Things were said, things were done."

"Yes, and people were turned into pigs," Hera reminded her.

"That was a long time ago, people need to learn to forgive and forget," Circe replied, shaking her head. "And I haven't done that in at least five hundred years. Well, maybe once, but the guy was asking for it. And you would have done the same thing, if you were in my position."

Hera looked deep into Circe's eyes and frowned.

"Bringing Alia to that island though and removing her from….that world," Circe said. It was obvious that she was referring to the wand wavers, who Circe personally decided was the short bus brigade of magical users. And she wasn't alone in that thought. "Second best decision that you've ever made, right next to dropping Big Z cold. That was a decision that was centuries overdue."

Hera frowned.

"So many questions and not enough answers," Circe replied. "That must be infuriating for you."

"You have no idea," Hera said.

"And you still haven't found a way to bring Lily Evans back and you don't know what charm she used that protected her daughter," Circe said. "And inadvertently wiped out a quarter of the idiot population as well, I should note, but that was Riddle who did that. Well Riddle isn't doing much, because he ceased to be. And once that world disappears, no one will even remember his name."

"What are you talking about?" Hera asked.

Circe smiled. "Nothing, Hera, just thinking out loud."

Hera's eyes narrowed. She had a sense that Circe knew more than she was letting on. "Just remember, we're watching you."

"I know, and I'm on my best behavior," Circe said. She looked the Queen of the Goddesses in the eyes and licked her lips with a sultry gaze in her eyes.

Hera left with her warning, that was all she can do. Technically, Circe didn't do anything wrong, so she couldn't punish her.

And she wouldn't get a straight answer, so it was time for Hera to leave.

To Be Continued.