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A/N :: This story took place sometimes after JL/JLU episode "The Once and Future Thing" with plot twisted. And English is not my first language, Sorry I butchered it. You'v been warned!
Chapter 1 - Of Family's matters.
Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.
-ERMA BOMBECK, Family: The Ties that Bind ... And Gag!
The breeze of Mediterranean coast always carried the rich scent of sea. Here in Crete always warm. People were nice and the street never too busy or too noisy. She loved being here and never regretted choosing to stay in this small Island instead of rule over Olympus with her children. Now many eons had passed, she traveled the world, of course. Visited other places and seeing what had changed throughout times but she always came back to Crete. She loved mingling with locales. Pretending to be one of them. To live and enjoy the short their lives before Death struck and the soul travel to be judge in The Underworld. She used to love faking her own deaths, but after thousands ways of them, she started to get bore. Though she never married to any mortals, no one couldn't blame her if they knew what her husband did with her children.
But all of these changed soon with the visit of her sister. Though she knew that this day would come and she had been prepare to face the past but memories of the violence were still fresh in her mind even after many eons. But she wouldn't show it to anyone, although as devastated as she was. She used to be the Queen of the Gods once. She covered her mouth with her hand in disbelieve as she watch the current event unfold in her mystical mirror.
Diana had learned the truth about her father…..
So did Hera.
She staggered back and slumped on to her bed. She knew this day would come. She was only hope that it would have be after Diana had bear her child. But as soon as she learned the truth, The queen of Olympian struck her down in that instance. If it wasn't because of her sister's intervene. The Princess of Amazon would have turn into dusk.
She knew fully well about her daughter's distaste in infidelity, She was best known for going after her husband's affairs(one side or not) and struck them or their offsprings down. Because they were forbid to attack each other directly. So she turned to the next best thing instead. Many demigods were cursed to tragic lives just because they were sire by the God of the sky. But that was years were passed. And the last time she released her wrath was after World War II. She almost glad that her daughter believed that Zeus finally came around and saw her as his one and only just like how she wanted it.
But with only few people knew the truth.
When Hippolypta, Queen of the Amazons prayed for a child as she sculpted the clay in the shape of a child. After many hours she laid down on the sand and fell asleep. Zeus who was watching the queen of Amazon who was a fierce warrior want the child of her own, enchanted with such determination. He was entrance by her. So he went around behind everyone's back and grant her that wish with himself. But after he knew what he did would have enrage his wife. He made the child who he sire sprang out of sleeping Hippolypta before she realized she was pregnant and place her on the shore next to her mother. Made the queen believe that the child was granted by the gods.
The Amazon queen herself was never knew until the great prophecy was re-told once again by the last Oracle of Delphi. She was devastated. Feared for her daughter's safety and felt betrayed by Zeus. She forbid the princess to leave the island and help the outside world. Because if she had learn her true powers it would meant the world would know her origin. And The queen of Olympus would as well know the truth. Thousand years passed and Hippolyta succeeded until when the princess left the island to save the world from the Invasion.
All Hades started to break loose from there. Diana wasn't supposed to fall in love with a mortal. She was an Amazon. A female warrior who was taught to hate men. But she did so anyway. Worse than that she laid with that mortal.
And that brought the subject to this present day. As she watched her own daughter struck down her grandchild with force. Diana would have turned to some livestock or worse, death. Hera's rage had blind her to see how much good deeds the princess had done over the years as one of the greatest heroes on earth.
But all of these events had been foretold repetely. Everything happened just like the Oracles and Leto had predicted eons ago. All of these were meant to happen all to serve a certain purpose…
"Mona! Mona, are you home?!"
The voice outside called out her recent 'mortal name' snapped her back to reality. She blinked several times and waved her hand dismissing the motions in her mirror to disperse. The reflection of a deep auburn hair with deep blue eyes in her thirties staring back at her.
That was Mona Fisher. Her recent mortal form. After many years of living above the humanity. She thought it would be fun to live as one. Or many. It helped her with her boredom as she stated before. And she was quite fond of Mona Fisher's life. She was an American woman who taught English at a middle school in Heraklion. She lived a simple single life. Enjoyed reading romance novels and eating Koukouvagia and Greek yogurt. She loved teaching kids. It reminded her of the children she had but never had the chance to raise them.
She composed herself and made sure she didn't look anything close to devastation state earlier, she poke her head out the window to see the source of familiar noise. A teenage boy with dark curly hair and tan skin was standing down on the street in front of her house. He was one of her students. next to him was a blond hair woman who dress in expensive designer clothes from head to toes with sunglass and Ivory Big brim hat…..She recognized the woman right away. She ran downstairs to the front door. As the door swung open the blond woman smiled beamingly at her.
"Sister! It's been a long time!" She beamed as she pulled the owner of the house in to a tight hug.
"Long time Indeed" She answered after been released from an embrace. She turned to the teenage boy who just stood there with his face flushed red. "Thank you, Pasha. Could you tell your mother I won't be over for dinner today?"
Pasha seemed to lost ability to speak as he still stared at the blond woman with dreamy eyes. That was natural, with the goddess of beauty in front of him. Not that he needed to know. So she coughed lightly made the boy snapped his attention back to her. "Huuhh? Oh ok, Mona"
He stammered and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, his face flushed redder. "I guess I will be going then! See you!"
Both of them watched the boy ran down the street with a little trip over he composed himself quickly before turned at the next street.
"A nice young man, he is. ….Surely he would be handsome in a few years" The blond woman stated as they enter the house. She took of her sunglass and looked around as the owner locked the door and started closing all the windows.
"Don't even think about it, Aphrodite" She warned. Knowing how her sister could sway around with handsome young mortals every now and then. After she made sure all the windows on the first floor was shut she led her sister upstairs and started the process once again. It didn't take long since her house was small. And after the waved of her hand the barrier was cast. They were finally alone in private space without anyone could hear their conversation, mortals or monsters, even the gods themselves could not dispel it unless it was done by her alone.
"Rhea, I take it as you know what just happened with our champion?" Aphrodite said as she sat down casually on the chair next to the bed. Her face scrunched up with from uncomfortable wooden surface but she didn't complain.
"Yes, sister. And Thank you for intervening, I know you would made an enemy out of Hera but that saved two lives" She said. Hearing her true name once again almost brought back many things in the past. "You had saved my granddaughter and her child"
"Please. Take it as a payback for her being the cause of my force marriage" She rolled her eyes. "But Diana would have to leave the man's world soon. My power wasn't able to destroy the curse. It would only serve as a proxy. Hera's wrath was quite disastrous, so did her fashion"
Many people would interpreted Aphrodite as a shallow and vain goddess who inflicted them with desire and lust even they don't want to be. Many gods had blamed her for their coupling with mortals(Especially Zeus) for she made them attracted to humans. And that what her powers were. She was powerful enough to influence even the gods themselves to feel love and desire, to break the vow of marriage for other lovers. She was one of the Titan just like she was. Though born youngest from all of them, She grew from cut off limps of Ouranos that was throw in the sea. As many Titans were locked in the pit of Tartarus or crused during the ancient war, Aphrodite hailed from the sea foams, grew as the embodiment of desire.
And with The magic griddle, a wedding gift from her husband. She could change her apparences, faces, hair colors, eye colors, body shapes. Many men would view her as their subject of desire. Made it hard to resist her advance. She never understood why Hephaestus would gave his wife such a thing to help her unfaithful affairs.
"Any words from Hades?" Asked Rhea.
"Nothing except the same old 'nothing I cannot handle'" Aphrodite examined her perfectly done nails before continue "One thing that I am worry, that is how this child would survive without her mother on the island full of women who hate men. If it turned out to be a son not daughter…."
"It would be a girl, Leto was never wrong. She was the source of Apollo's Prophecy" Ashe assured her sister. "I had spoken to Eileithyia*. She would help with the childbirth when the time comes. And I shall stay and made sure the child grow up as she should be without her mother…."
Aphrodite didn't change the worrying look on her beautiful face. Still looking at her nails she spoke again.
"Do you think it would be her then? Do you think she would be the child of the prophecy?"
"We had speculated last time that it would be Diana. But turned out that she wasn't….." She replied, seeing her sister's rosy lips drew a thin line. She knew that Zeus would also blame her for him lusting after The Amazon queen in the first place.
"But the prophecy said they would be Legacies of Zeus. One who will start the war and another who will end it…"
"Legacy it say. Doesn't mean it would have to be his children, sister. It might be his grandchildren or great-grandchildren…."
"I would hope it would be great-grandchildren…" Aphrodite said. Her perfect brows drew together.
"Prolonging is nothing but making the enemy stronger" Rhea replied in a calm voice.
"And even that enemy is your own Husband?"
"Indeed. I knew him well that is why I wanted to aid Diana's child to fulfill her destiny" She said but the look in the other goddess's eyes still shone with worries
"I would only hope it would not be Ares this time…." After a few moment of silence, Aphrodite finally said.
"It would be female legacies as the prophecy said"
"But what if the prophecy was wrong?..."
"Then we can only hope for the best that our chosen hero would do her best in this tiresome war"
"I hope you are right, sister…" Aphrodite looked defeated for a moment but revived back to herself within a short time. She sprang up from the chair and clapped her hands together. "Alright, Back to the matter at hand before we must depart for the council at Olympus… Do you still kept that thing?"
"Of course. I take it as you already spoke to Hephaestus about remaking then?" Rhea answered as she waved her hand once more, appeared the golden chest. With her touch the lock snapped opened. They both looked inside seeing the brilliantly bright sparkle from the curve of the sharp blade which sat inside.
"I must I have to say thank to this unpleasant thing for the birth of me" Aphrodite's tone was almost sarcastic. But Rhea only smiled.
"Ensure Hephaestus that he must reforge this in secret. Anyone could be the child of prophecy who bring upon the war" Rhea closed the chest.
"Well, That's that. Now time for you to crash the party!" Aphrodite beamed as she turned around and asked her sister "Can I ride with you on your Celestial Chariot? Since Ares had been punished for his wrong doing I haven't been able to…"
"Maybe you should asked your Husband to make one for you, sister"
The former queen of gods only smiled sweetly at the complaining sister, She looked back around her second floor which only a bedroom and bathroom. She would miss this small and simple house. Warm sea breeze and delicious Koukouvagia. Maybe she would teach the Amazon how to make it. And her students at the school in Heraklion. But the new role she would soon become, more than just a teacher, she would have to raise this child.
So, as much as she would miss being Mona Fisher. She was still happy to fulfill this role for this plan of the Fates. And soon she was going to plan her own death again, and maybe it might just be the last time.
It was blindly bright when she opened her eyes so she had to shut them back and started blinking a few time before opened them again. The plain celling looked familiar and the smell of sterile environment and simple patient gown she donned confirming that she was in Medical Bay at the Watchtower.
"Diana…" Familiar voice called her name as she started to sit up on the bed. But the pain was so great that made her winced. Then came the strong hands pushing her to lay back down. She turned to see handsome face of her best friend. His blue eyes shone with concern.
"…What…?..." She opened her mouth to speak but her throat burn as the word came out. Making her swallowed all the words back.
"You were hit by the impact of the lightning your bracelets discharged. You knocked out after that" Superman answered her as if he could read her mind. She blinked. Trying to make sense out of the situation.
It was an emergency in Gotham City. Usually Batman would have handle it without the league's help. But this time Royal Flush Gang and decided it would be fun to raid the Amusement park in broad daylight full of kids and parents. Even Batman didn't want them to interfere, Royal Flush Gang was one of rouge groups The Justice League is tracking down. Diana and Green Lantern were the first responders beside Batman who was already there. With Superman on the way.
Green Lantern almost successfully evacuated the civilians and the Royal flush Gang was defeated by Diana and Batman. So Batman sent her to help her to help crowds control with Green Lantern That was when Bane showed up and all hell broke loose. End up all the commotion Royal Flush Gang caused was diversion for Bane and this men to moved his new venom to the port. But since He's Bane. How wouldn't let his chance to break more of the Batman's bones slipped away. And as he put it, He was testing the new kind of Venom. Whatever it was, it turned Bane even stronger than before. Though Batman severed this venom tubes. Bane still managed to broke his arms and his left leg, cracked a few of his ribs. That when Diana rushed in time to take the blow intending to break his spine.
Devastated at the sight of Batman's broken body, laid face down on the ground. With Bane hovered over him, his fist raised, ready to finish the Batman. Fury rose inside her. She flew right in time to take the blow. But as his fist connect to her bracelets, The Lightning struck down from the cloudy sky of Gotham. The bolt hit her the metal of her bracelet as it stuck Bane's fist, frying him. But the impact was so great it also knocked her backward. Confusion rushed through her mind. It was impossible for her indestructible bracetlets could have discharge Lightning.
Lightning was the weapon of The God of Sky. Of Zeus. Alone….. unless….
Unless he wished for his children to be able to use it occasionally….
But she was no child of Zeus. She was made of clay. She was sculpted by her mother's hands and breathed life into her by her patron and patronesses. Though Hades made a remark suggesting that he helped her mother sculpting her. She never believed it. But how could she discharged the lighting? Maybe it was just a coincident.
So she tried again.
Trying to stand up from hard ground. She lifted both arms crossing in front of her face and concentrated. And as the two gauntlets connected to each other the lightning bolt crashed from the dark could and struck the ground in front of her.
Impossible….
There's no way….there was no way in Tartarus she was a child of Zeus….
But before she could anymore reasons to go on, The bright flash of light that wasn't lightning run across the from the sky. Her eyes widen as the light hit her so hard. Knocking her backward once again. Everything after came as a slow motion as her body flew back and about to hit the ground.
Superman, who was flying down from the dark sky was about to touch the ground. His hand extend as if trying to reach for her. The crowds that was nearest and witnessed everything screamed. And then Batman, who laid there in bruises and blood, reaching his arm for her. And the world seem to stop. She couldn't hear anything else except his voice.
"Diana!"
He called for her. And that was the last thing she remembered before everything went black.
She gasped and turned to Superman.
"Kal….Bruce…?" Her throat still burn but she must know. So she suppressed the sensation and spoke. The Kryptonian looked at her with comforting eyes.
"Broken bones here and there but he will live" He said then stopped and looked at her again. Her eyes met with his and they seemed to be searching inside of her. And he finally spoke again. "But…..there's one thing You need to know…Diana...Yo…."
But she didn't hear what he was about to say after that. A flash of light hitting her vision out of nowhere again. She shut her eyes instinctively. But when she opened them she was no longer in a patient cloth anymore. Instead in her Wonder Woman attire. She was no longer in the medical bay at the Justice League Watchtower Satellite. Her eyes widen at the place she stood.
She was in the middle of large hall. Surrounded by Twelve gigantic thrones with different designs to adorn their owners. All the eyes were fixed at her. Then she notice another figure next to her right, In her regal attire of Amazon royalty, it was her mother. Kneeling down on the ground head bowed down. Suddenly the voice called out.
"Welcome to Olympus. Diana of Themyscira. Daughter of Zeus"
* Eileithyia - Greek goddess of Childbirth.
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