Super and Magical Moments - A T-Rexcellent Reviews Fanfiction One-Shot Series

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Chapter 1: To Here and Never Back Again

Walking away from the group of heroes, police officers and civilians after the battle was over, Kal stepped out onto the docks and looked out over the Metropolis City bay.

Out there, somewhere across the vast sea, lay the Island of Themyscira, the Land of the Amazons and the final Worshipful Domain of the Greek Gods, the place where mythical beasts roamed and monsters attacked, the place his tribe lived and defended, the place his mother ruled as queen, the place where he and his sister grew up together as prince and princess, the place where he had once been proud to be the Champion of.

What a beautiful dream it had all been… and what an even lovelier lie it had all turned out to be.

He pulled out his sword Eclipse, the dark twin to his sister's Twilight and when he stared at his own reflection in it, he saw the naïve pretend prince he used to be and grew both angry and sad at the same time.

"I can never go back to Themyscira." He finally told his own former reflection of himself before sheathing the sword back into its holster with a resigned sigh. "I'm sorry Diana."

"Kal-El?"

The unmistakeable voice of the Martian Manhunter broke Kal at out of his self-pitying and he turned around to see his friend Steve, the police officers Dan Turpin and Maggie Sawyer as well as the Jonathan Jones standing behind him, all looking at him with clear concern on their faces.

"You might not be able to go home" Jonathan said in a soft voice that was filled with echoes of the same pain his new protégé was feeling at the moment, but still othered hope of something new. "But that doesn't mean you can't make a new one here, with us."

Despite appreciating the sentiment, Kal said no word of thanks to his fellow alien, only continuing to stare at the group of people he had only known for a very short time and really hoping he could trust them and what they were saying to him.

Because he really wanted to, but still wasn't sure if he ever could again…

"Look Kal, buddy, I know it hurts, trust me, I really do." Steve said coming forward to put his arm around his friend's broad shoulders in a comforting manner, taking Kal's refusal to shake him off as a good sign that they were getting through to him. "But it's time to face the truth, your old life is gone Kal… and I'm sorry, but it's not coming back."

Looking up, Kal could feel the tears running down his face as he stared his Spartan friend whose gaze held no judgement for this sign of weakness in a fellow warrior, only understanding and sympathy for a friend's loss.

"This may not be the family you wanted, but it's the family you need right now, Kal." Maggie Sawyer said with a hard honesty that reminded him of his former mentor Phillippus but with a warm maternal smile that echoed his surrogate aunt Epione as well. "You have a good heart; it belongs here, where it can heal and grow stronger."

Kal stared at all these strangers who had quickly become the closet thing he had to family now and after wiping away the last of his tears on his sleeve, nodded in clear acceptance of their offer.

Jonathan smiled at this sign of progress for his pupil and turned around back towards the rest of his students and the crowd of civilians. "Then come along my young friend, your past is behind you, but your future lays ahead of you."

Kal as followed the group back towards the team of young heroes and the crowd of cheering civilians, Officer Turpin, or rather Dan as he had insisted Kal call him, pulled the younger man into a sudden hug that Kal was both surprised and immensely grateful for at that moment.

"Welcome home son." He said with an almost fatherly smile to the young man he had found passed out on the road and who in turn had found way into his guarded heart.

Kal smiled in return and the two shared another hug before breaking apart and walking back to join the others.

The hard truth was, things still weren't okay and they wouldn't be for a while, but they would be… in time…

Greetings to all my fellow fanfic readers and writers, I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter Super and Magical Moments Chapter One: To Here and Never Back Again.

Now, you're all probably wondering just what exactly this new fanfiction is, think of it as a series of experimental one-shots for the far future of my main story Superman, Son of Hippolyta, that take place after the War for Themyscira and Kal finding out the truth, also if that sentence makes zero sense to you, then that means you haven't read my main story yet and should go do that right away if you want to understand what exactly is going on here.

The reason for this series existence is to experiment with different ideas I've been toying with for a while, particularly the writing of a certain DC ship I don't see a lot of, Kal-El and Zatanna Zatara and other controversial concepts I've been considering for the future before incorporating them into my main story, so nothing here is cannon until I decide it is, guys, this just a fun experiment in my friendship and romance writing skills.

To clear any future confusion right away, the chapters of this series are done in a drabble and one-shot style, with events happening in and out of order and no real concurrent plot besides character and relationship development, as always, readers suggestions and ideas are welcome, but like I mentioned above, this series mainly focuses on themes of friendship between Kal and his fellow Superhuman friends and his potential cannon romance with a certain Sorceress, so do keep that in mind when writing reviews.