Kingdom of Themyscira of Planet Gaia

Diana took a deep breath as she prepared herself. She stood in front of the metallic spaceship door. They finally arrived back in Themyscira in the Planet Gaia- the place she had grew up and lived in her whole life; the place she called "home". It had been a while since she had been back in her kingdom; and the feeling of excitement on her chest was about to burst unless she exited the ship and finally walked back on her well-missed land.

As soon as the door opened, Clark found himself at a trance at the sights that stood before him. A bright yellow sun shone down on them; and Clark was blinded by how bright it was. The white sandy beach that he stood upon was so soft that he wanted to take off his shoes and feel the softness of the sand with his own bare feet. Adding to that, the sound of waves and the gentle breeze on his skin was so refreshing; he smelt the salty but soft smell of the sea as he did. The colour of the sea reflected the white and light blue colour of the sky. To Clark, the place seemed like something out of a dream- a paradise.

His thoughts were interrupted when he felt a presence from behind them. He turned and saw that it was an Amazonian woman. She had a brown coloured hair and hazel coloured eyes; and she wore the formal Amazonian royal guard attire- a one piece suit with a metal skirt that were shaped like a bird's feather to cover from below her waist to the top of her knees; as well as a silver breast plate that flowed down to cover not only her breast but her abdomen as well. She wore a red cape above her suit; and she carried a tall spear with her. She had a serious expression on her face- one that Clark was accustomed to seeing from the Amazonians he had met so far.

The Amazonian bowed down her head and began, "Your highnesses; welcome back to Themyscira. I hoped your journey to here was well."

"Thank you Melia," Diana smiled to her, "it's nice to see you again."

For a moment, Clark saw Melia's expression changed into a smile; but she reverted back to the serious expression immediately after.

"We're sorry that you had to land on the seaside of Themyscira," Melia explained, "Queen Hyppolyta decided that you should enter through the town on horsebacks instead so you may explore the town before you arrive back at the palace."

"Don't be," Diana turned back to the sight of the seas, "this is a perfect sight to see after returning home."

"You must be Prince Kal-El of Krypton," Melia continued as she faced Clark, "it's finally nice to see you, your highness."

Clark gave a small bow, "It's nice to see you too."

Melia's expression didn't change as she looked up from her bow.

Just then, from behind Melia, the sound of hooves arrived. The sound came from the forest in front of them; and soon enough, five horses arrived. The horses were dressed up in their silver metal plates- it was clear that the horses were trained for battle as well. Two of the horses already had their own riders; two Amazonian women with the same attire as Melia did- more royal guards.

Melia extended her hand and pointed to the horses as she bowed, "We will travel by horsebacks past the town and onto the palace. These will be your horses; so if you would…"

Diana walked towards her designated horse and climbed up. As she seated at the back of the horse, she looked at Melia and told her, "Thank you again Melia."

Melia simply bowed down to her.

Clark was about to get on the horse as well when he felt the Kryptonian guards behind him walked with him. He turned around and told them, "It's okay if you stay here. I think it's safe to say that we'll be fine from here."

The Kryptonian guards didn't respond but instead, they bowed down to him.

Clark sighed, "I suppose you'll be staying here then?"

"Forgive us your highness but we were ordered by the Queen-"

"I know," Clark stopped them, "so I guess there's no use telling you that you can get back to Krypton…"

"…."

"Is it okay for them to stay here?" Clark asked Melia.

"Of course your highness." Melia replied.

"Thank you." Clark nodded.


Soon after, Clark got on his horse; and slowly, he followed his wife and her royal guards towards the forest.

The road down the forest was confusing but the lush green colours of the leaves in the forest made it worthwhile to Clark. The sunlight that peeked through the branches and leaves of the trees shone on them and helped them see their way. Besides the sounds of hooves from each horse, Clark listened to the soft sound of the rustling leaves as the wind passed by and especially, the gentle song of the birds on branches.

The place truly was a paradise; it was as if the whole place was left untouched and was taken great care of- a feature quite rare to see in some places in Earth; where trees have been constantly cut down again and again to make room for land.

Their journey across the forest was quiet and peaceful until Clark heard the noises of busy voices from afar. They were nearing the town…


As they exited the forest, Clark's mouth slightly opened when he saw the structure of the town. It was as if it was something out of a history book. The buildings were built from marble stones, where pillars that held them stood tall; some buildings were open- they did not have brick walls but only the white pillars that held them; while the rest were built upon brick walls and stone roofs. Most of the buildings were of the same design- Clark thought that those buildings must've been houses. The houses were all lined up from different places- they weren't in complete rows like the ones found in suburbs in Earth. But the one thing that had its own place was the tall open building in the middle of the town. It was another open building- only bigger- where inside, several tables were set up with fruits and meat and women passed through them with baskets in their hands. It was the marketplace, Clark thought.

Slowly, the horses began their walk again. They slowly passed through the women in the streets and as they did, each woman bowed down to them, especially to Diana. Diana bowed her head to them with a smile in return.

The women in the streets had different designs of clothing on their body but the one thing that were the same was that almost all of them wore garment of light linen. Most of them wore chitons but some clasps weren't only found on the shoulders, as they were originally designed, but in some other places of the body like the waist or the back.

Clark remembered these types of clothing during his history classes in high school- back when they were on the brief European history. He remembered that his professor once compared some of the ancient cities in Europe to that of Themyscira; due to the similarities they had in clothing and architectural taste.

As they continued their ride down the road towards the palace, which was at the other side of the kingdom, Clark noticed the staring eyes of most of the Amazonians. They looked at him with suspicion and doubt in their eyes as he rode past them. Clark didn't know how to respond so instead, whenever he walked past them and caught their eye, he would smile at them- as a way of greetings from him. Although, he felt even more nervous when he caught others that were whispering at each other while their eyes caught him.

Clark only gave out a small sigh as he continued on with his ride. Clark knew that it wasn't going to be easy meeting Diana's people because of the history he had heard about them. Despite that, he accepted it and became determined to make sure that he would gain their trust on him as their princess's' husband. But it seemed… it was going to be harder than he thought…


"Mother!" Diana ran across the room and sat beside her mother. She hugged her tightly and her mother did the same.

"Diana, my daughter," Queen Hyppolyta smiled, "it is so good to see you."

"How are you feeling?" Diana asked.

"Better," Queen Hyppolyta placed her hand on Diana's cheek, "I'm sorry for making you worry."

Diana sighed, "Well you can't stop me from worrying about you."

"I know."

"I've talked to Epione and she told me that you are better," Diana said, "but you shouldn't exert yourself anymore."

"I won't." Hyppolyta gave a small laugh.

Diana took her mother's hand and squeezed it, "I'm just glad you're okay now."

"I'm glad you're here," Hyppolyta smiled, "how was your trip?"

Diana nodded, "It was great." She turned around and said, "Kal-El came with me here."

Just then, Clark appeared from behind Diana. He bowed his head to the queen and said, "Greetings, Queen Hyppolyta; how are you doing?"

"Greetings to you too Prince Kal-El," Hyppolyta gave a small nod, "I'm doing well. And you? I imagine your trip with Diana was memorable?"

"It was." Clark smiled.

"And I will tell you all about it later." Diana smiled.


When they finally arrived in Diana's room- which was to be their room during their stay- Clark immediately looked around the room. He wanted to see evidence of what his wife was like before they met.

But Clark couldn't help but feel disappointed when he saw that her room were, even though it was very tidy, didn't have anything apart from its original furniture and design. The spacious room had white silk curtains that flew with grace as soon as they came in; her cream coloured bed lay at the very end of the room – immediately visible as soon as they came in- with bedside tables from both sides of the bed. There was a door to the bathroom near the room door; her two wardrobes were at the right of the door and a couch sat in the middle of the room in front of the bed.

Clark took in a deep breath as he entered the room; and as he did, he noticed Diana's sweet smell lingered around the room. He smiled at the thought that this was where Diana grew up from a small child to beautiful woman. He dropped their bags on the floor next to their bed as the thought lingered in his mind.

"What are you smiling about?" Diana asked, suspicious of her husband's sudden smile.

"Nothing." He kept his smile.

"I'm very doubtful about that." Diana furrowed her eyebrows.

"It's nothing," Clark gave off a small laugh, "it's just… this is the first time I've really been close to your culture… your home."

Diana finally smiled to him and said, "Well you'll have quite some time to understand me better."

Clark wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the head. Diana rested her head on his chest for a moment then released her from his arms as she said, "But right now, we have to prepare for dinner tonight. I will go take a bath."

Clark cleared his throat, "Do you need help with that?"

Diana gave Clark a peck on the cheek and told him, "I can handle myself ."

Clark grinned as he watched her took her clothes from her wardrobe. As he continued to watch her, a thought popped in his head…

"Your people… your fellow Amazonians…"

"What's wrong?" Diana asked.

"I get the feeling, they don't approve of me very much…" Clark said as he took off his robe.

Diana gave a small laugh as she took off her boots, "They're anxious; they must feel different of the fact that I married a man. It's been decades since they associated themselves with men."

"But the way they looked at me; it's as if I'm a threat to them." Clark explained.

Diana gave a small laugh as she tied her hair back, "Do you remember when we first met?"

"Of course." Clark nodded.

"I was very hesitant with you at first when I realized you were a man; I didn't want to trust you then."

"I did sense reluctance from your part when you spoke back then." Clark took off his boots.

"But my life was in your hands at the time," Diana raised her eyebrows, "literally."

Clark gave a smile as ruffled his hair so that it returned to its usual mess.

"And look at us now," Diana continued, "we're married."

He stood next to her and kissed her forehead and said, "Does that mean you're glad that you trusted me then?"

"I had to trust you at that moment; otherwise I would've fallen to my death. But yes, I'm very glad that I did."

Clark was about to give off a smug look when Diana placed her forefinger on his lips, "But again, you still have my sisters and mother to win over completely," Diana then grabbed both side of Clark's cheeks and pinched them; Clark slightly winced as she did, "so don't get ahead of yourself, Superboy."

When Diana let go of his cheeks, Clark gently rubbed them as he watched Diana head to the bathroom, "Then I'll just have to try my best. I mean, after all, I managed to win over their princess right?" Clark slightly teased her.

"As I said," Diana turned as she slowly took off her clothes and entered the bathroom, "don't get ahead of yourself yet… Superboy."

Clark smiled as his eyes followed his wife to the steaming bathroom.


Diana walked down her own palace's hallway as she headed towards her mother's room. She was followed by both Artemis and Mala; and as they walked down the hallway, she saw their Gods and Goddesses' marble statues that were lined along the hallways. It had been a while since she had seen them and it only made her feel nostalgic. She knew every statue in the house, their order and where each of them was placed; for those statues were the ones that looked over her as she grew while they themselves never changed.

Soon, she averted her notice towards the window. It was so bright and calm outside; and she wanted nothing more than to get out and feel the wind brush her cheeks, the feel of grass on her bare feet, and to climb the trees in the forest until she has reached the very top so that she may have the most amazing view of her kingdom.

Diana only imagined the thought until she reached her mother's room. The two Amazonians beside the door opened the door for Diana; and she entered.

Diana saw her mother sat on the chair on her balcony. She walked towards her and saw that her mother had a cup of tea on her hands as she stared out into the open air. She stood next to her mother.

"You called for me mother?" Diana began, "Is there something wrong?"

Queen Hyppolyta kept her stare on the view from her balcony.

"Look out there Diana," she began, "what do you see?"

Diana looked at the view from her mother's balcony and saw the lush green colour of the acres of forests; the light blue colour of the ocean; the white colour of the sand and the beautiful and peaceful town that their people had built for themselves for many years.

"Our kingdom." Diana answered.

"Exactly," Queen Hyppolyta nodded, "isn't she beautiful?"

"It is; it's our very own Paradise Island."

"The story of our people has been told again and again to you Diana," she began, "when our people was betrayed by Ares, hatred and vengeance grew in our hearts; we focussed those hatred and completed this world for our own and vowed to never associate ourselves with men, ever again."

"…."

"We trained ourselves to be stronger than men so that we are able to fight on our own, against enemies and… to avoid ourselves from getting hurt again."

"Mother…"

"But despite that," Hyppolyta stopped her daughter, "we are still living beings; life has been given to us; and with that, our hearts. Because of our hearts, the love and care we have for our own people, we managed to build such a beautiful place- a place we can safely call 'home'."

"And none of it could've happened without your guidance mother."

"Which is why I must pass it on to someone else."

Diana looked at her mother with nervousness in her expression as she asked, "What do you mean?"

"I have served as their queen for many… many decades,"Hyppolyta continued, "and it has been a privilege for me to be able to look after our people but… it is time for me to pass this privilege to someone else. Someone who shares the same ideals as I do but with a different and better perspective."

Hyppolyta looked up to her daughter as she continued, "And who better to pass it on than to my daughter?"

"But mother you're still strong." Diana argued, "You speak as if you'll soon be gone from us."

"I am still strong Diana," Hyppolyta gave a smile, "and I intend to live for many more years to watch over you. But I suddenly realized something…"

"…."

"When you decided to agree on the Goddesses' decisions alone, I saw the maturity grew in you. You were able to decide on your own while knowing of the consequences that the decision will bring on you. The only concern you had was not for yourself but for your sisters. And when you decided to follow your heart and married Kal-El, I was sure then of how much you grew."

Queen Hyppolyta stood up and placed her hand on her daughter's cheek as she continued, "You grew up into a queen without me even realizing. Years have gone with me not noticing that you were no longer a princess… but a capable queen."

Diana hugged her mother tightly and her mother did the same.

"Which is why," Queen Hyppolyta released each other from their embrace and looked at her daughter, "It is time for the the whole kingdom to prepare… for your coronation."


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