Ah, sorry it took me so long to post this. More family issues...I hope you like this chapter!


"So Lois told you everything in a fit of anger?" Diana asked, leaning against an arm.

Clark nodded, unconsciously clenching his fists. He was still immensely angry over what had transpired between him and Lois. "I'm so, so sorry that I didn't do anything sooner, Di. I wish I'd known…"

"Well, you know now, and that's all that matters." She smiled brightly at him. "I'm glad you finally did, though. I was beginning to think that you'd never know what she said to me."

He frowned. "Di, why didn't you tell me?"

Her expression quickly matched his. "I didn't want to interfere into your relationship with her. You were obviously happy with your decision, and I didn't want to ruin it."

Despite his distraught over the matter, he couldn't help but admire all of the suffering Diana endured just for his happiness, though it made him feel guilty that he took this long to find out while she sank deeper and deeper…

"That may be, but you put yourself through so much just for me…If only I'd seen it sooner…"

"Clark, you had no idea that I was putting myself through this," Diana said. "You didn't know. I didn't want you to know."

He sighed, knowing that arguing with her would get them nowhere. The only person more stubborn than him was her. "Alright, alright." He stood up. "I'm going to go settle things between Lois and you. I'll be back as soon as I can."

Just as he started to walk away he felt Diana grab his arm and turned back to her. "Don't jeopardize your relationship with her, Clark. Try to work things out, see from her perspective. She may just be jealous of what I am, which is understandable. Just give her a chance."

Clark was shocked. He at least thought Diana would at least imply them being together, or something like that. He did not expect to hear her support their relationship which he now knew was only fueling her agony. "I'll try," he said. He then walked out of the room.


The first thing Clark noticed was that all of the lights were out in the house. That's odd, he thought. Lois should still be here. I doubt she went anywhere while I was out.

He entered the house, attempting to flick on the light. When it went up nothing happened. This only added to Clark's suspicion as he instead relied on his eyesight, glancing around. He was about to head to the kitchen when he heard a noise upstairs. That may be her. Still, gotta keep my guard up…

He went upstairs, going to the last room down the hall. The door was shut, and as he opened it a feeling of dread traveled down his spine. However, he spotted Lois sitting in a chair, her head lowered.

Instantly he felt regret. Was their fight so horrible that she had to seclude herself from the rest of the house into the farthest room? Slowly, Clark moved closer to her, placing a hand on her shoulder when close enough. "Lois? Are you alright?"

Lois nodded weakly, sniffling. Clark's heart sank. Maybe she was the one feeling regret about how she had treated Diana, not him. After all, what did he have to regret? He was defending his friend, abolishing his fiancé's lies about her. If anything, he should feel nothing but pride.

"Lois? Can you talk to me?"

Suddenly, a hand lashed out, whacking Clark across the chest. He flew into the wall, but the impact didn't hurt much—the shock that Lois, a human, was able to physically surprise him, a Kryptonian. Usually whenever that was attempted bones were broken, but he saw no type of damage in Lois' hand.

"You think you've won, didn't you?" Lois suddenly sneered, standing up. She had a dark look in her face, and her eyes glowed a strange gold color. "Well, let me tell you something, Superman. You haven't even begun to realize just how wrong you are."

The room unexpectedly glowed, as well as Lois. Her hair grew even longer and lightened in color until it was a light blonde. The casual outfit Lois was wearing transformed into a pure white dress. When it finally ended, a soft golden aura surrounded the body.

Clark couldn't believe his eyes. Standing before him was none other than, "Hera."

Hera smirked. "That's right, Superman. It's me, the Goddess of Love and Marriage. I've done everything in my power to make your friend, Diana, suffer in any way possible."

Despite knowing that the goddess was fully capable of magic and could harm him at any given moment, he felt himself growing angry. "Why? What did she ever do to you? She respects you!"

"Ah, but her mother never did. She courted herself to my husband, Zeus, and Diana became the result of their many nights of passion. Hippolyta had done a good job hiding this from me, saying that Diana was created from clay and granted life from the goddesses and Hermes, but I eventually found out, and Hippolyta paid the price for it."

"So why does Diana have to suffer for her mother's mistakes?"

Hera chuckled. "Because she's my husband's daughter. She's a demigoddess fully capable of controlling her father's powers to become even stronger than he is. There is a prophecy amongst the Greek gods, saying that one of us is going to be killed by a lesser child of Zeus. It was said that the child would be a female that was raised to be a warrior in every means necessary, and guess who is the only one that fulfills this part of the prophecy?"

Clark gasped. Diana was destined to kill a god, her deity? What was going on? "How can you be certain that it's her? How do you know that the child isn't born yet?"

"The prophecy says that the child is already born, Superman. There is only one warrior demigoddess born a bastard from my husband's affairs, and it all points to her. But, I don't want this to happen, which is why I intervened."

"So what does making her suffer have to do with making sure this doesn't become true?"

Hera smirked again. "You really are an idiot, aren't you? Diana fights for her friends and those innocent and dear to her. Her heart is in the right place, and so is her mind, but what if both became corrupted enough to make her change that? There is only so much tragedy and heartbreak a person can take, even if that person is a demigoddess. I've ironically turned her mother into what she thought she was, turned the Amazons into snakes, and so, so much more that you don't even know about. She's kept a cheerful façade to steer everyone away from noticing her troubles, and that includes putting up with you, Superman. As you know, she loves you to death, but your engagement to Lois Lane only plummeted her pain further."

Clark frowned. "What did you do to Lois, anyway?"

"Oh, she's still here. I possessed her body, and in fact I still am. To anyone else I appear as Lois, and to your eyes I currently appear as Hera. Not even Diana could pinpoint me."

Clark didn't like the sound of that. There had to be a reason why she'd only appear to him…

"Speaking of which, I'm going to use you to break Diana further, Superman. You're one of the few things that she is truly close to, the other being Donna and her friend Shayera."

"You're going to use me?"

Hera nodded. "So, just hold still for a moment…"

Clark tried to dart out of the room, but Hera sensed it and used her magical powers to pin him against the wall, rendering him immobile. As he stared at her in horror, she moved closer, closer, closer…


Clark couldn't move on his own. He couldn't speak on his own. The only thing he could do was watch on his own, and that was by far the most painful thing Hera had granted him. She had possessed his body as well and was now back in the Watchtower, leading him straight to Diana's room. The mere fact that Hera, a powerful magical goddess, was residing in him scared him to no end, but it scared him more what she had planned.

He stopped in front of Diana's door, shouting her name instead of knocking. He heard a gasp before the door suddenly opened, revealing a flustered Diana. "Kal! Is something wrong?" she asked, looking worried.

You're going to want to watch, Superman, Hera cackled.

Clark just stared menacingly at Diana, his eyes red. The look on Diana's face told him that it was starting to frighten her. "Kal?" she called weakly.

Before she could move, his hand crashed against her body, throwing her to the other side of the room. He stepped in and closed the door before melting the seal with his heat vision. He then turned back to Diana, who had her own hand against the side of her face. In her eyes he could see anger and confusion, but what lied underneath bothered him the most: pain.

She stood up, glaring at Clark. "What is your problem? Why did you just hit me?" she demanded.

"Because I'm tired of you," he said, or really what Hera made him say. He wanted to warn Diana by blinking, moving his fingers, anything, but all he could do was watch. Hera's sadistic laughter beside him didn't help, either.

"Tired of me? Just an hour ago you told me that you were trying to help me! What happened between you and Lois?"

"It's none of your business what happened between me and my fiancé." He saw her wince a little.

"Kal, what's going on? Why are you talking like this?"

Clark quickly blurred in front of her, grabbing her by the neck and hoisting her in the air. "Don't you get it? I don't like you. I don't want to be friends with you anymore."

He could practically see her heart breaking. "But…but why? What did I do wrong?"

"Everything! You're a menace to society, Diana. You are half Amazon, the most powerful human race in probably the entire universe, and half god. You have Zeus' blood running through you, and you have the potential to become even stronger than I am. If I were to become evil, only you would be able to stop me, but who's to say the same for you?"

"…Are you accusing me of changing sides? Kal, I am on the Justice League and nothing else! I will never change for the worse!"

He tightened his hold to the point that she was having difficulty breathing properly. "Did I ask you what you were? No, so shut up and listen to me. I know all about you now. You think you're high and mighty just because you're a demigoddess and have a powerful army tucked under your belt should you ever be retaliated against. You have a family, a god family, that will protect you to no end just because you're one of them now. So what does that make the rest of us? Are we now considered dirt because of your new status?"

Diana quickly shook her head. "No! You're my friend, Kal! I was never above you! I'm equal to you and the rest of the League!"

"No. Donna is, considering that she's the equivalent of my cousin, Kara. If anything happens to either of them they can be controlled, but you, Diana, can't be. You're on par with me in speed, strength, and even higher in wisdom and intelligence. Besides, you're still developing. Who knows what power you may possess tomorrow?"

"I can control it," Diana said. "I've controlled the others I've gotten so far. What's the difference for future ones?"

"You don't know what you may possess," Clark said. "Your father is the god of lightning and the sky. He can kill a person with a flick of his finger, and from what I've heard you almost destroyed one of your siblings in a battle when you willingly let your power limiters come off. If you were to hurt your own family by choice, who's to say you won't hurt anyone else?"

The look on Diana's face nearly killed Clark. "How dare you?! Am I only a savage beast to you? Do I look like an animal trying to burst out of her cage to turn against the people that had welcomed her in the first place?"

He felt Hera's magic continue to work on him, and unwillingly he said, "Yes, you are. In fact, that's not all you are."

Her blue eyes suddenly went dull with fear. "And just what else am I to you?"

He sneered at her as he moved closer to her face until they were only an inch apart. "…Nothing. You're absolutely nothing to me. You're a worthless, weak woman that should have been killed off with the rest of her people."

No! Diana, please don't believe it!

Any fight that was in Diana at that moment died, and she instantly went limp in his grip. "…Worthless?" she repeated weakly, gazing up at Clark. "I'm really worthless to you?"

"Yes, you are. In fact, I don't even need you here. You can go rot in whatever hell you believe in for all I care." He threw her to the ground. "See you around, bastard."

He walked out of the room. When he was down the hall he picked up the most saddest thing in the world: Diana's crying.

What have I done?


So, there you have it. It's actually Hera possessing Lois. In case anyone's wondering why, Hippolyta, Diana's mother, slept with Zeus, Hera's wife, and had his child. Hurt by her husband's infidelity, she turned Hippolyta into clay and the Amazons into snakes. This part is actually canon in the Wonder Woman comic.

And again, sorry for the long wait. My family is a mess. Because of it, my drive to write this literally died for a while, and I just got it back after rereading the reviews telling me how good I am at writing this and that they hoped to see a new update soon. Thanks, by the way.

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