Diana did not understand, had she been like this before? She was just as confused as everybody else looking upon her at that moment, but for some reason – it felt natural to her, if anything at that very moment she felt more powerful than she ever had before.
"What is wrong with her" one of the elders murmured, a hushed tone as to not seem scared, "she must be very ill" explained another, "I reckon it must be her lack of devotion to the sun, it must have made all of the colour leave her eyes", "but then why would it leave the colour silver behind?" the elders continued to whisper among themselves for a few more minutes while leaving Diana feeling alienated from her society.
"Quite" shouted one of them at the top of his voice, instantly all was still, "Diana, what has happened to you?" asked high elder Drogo quizzically.
"I… I don't know" came the reply, more whispers broke out around the room until finally one spoke up and exclaimed "You have assaulted the sun's chosen one, you are guilty of not being faithful to the sun and have been found to look upon the moon instead so hereby we declare you guilty of the highest orders of our clan, have you anything to say in defence of this?".
"I just… don't think that the sun is the only power to be gained from the sky, surely other people must have this feeling too?" she questioned.
Gasps were heard from around the room and shouts of "heretic" bombarded Diana from all directions followed by shouts of "seize her" as guards poured out of nearby doors, rushing towards her.
It was too much, Diana couldn't bear it. Sorrow overcame her and coursed through her veins, this was soon replaced with anger at her people for rejecting her as she ran towards the doors trying to escape the situation, wishing it would all go away.
*Crack* and guards went flying in all directions, Diana's eyes had turned bright silver, in that moment orbs had materialised around her, glowing a bright white and rotating around her in a defensive manner, protecting her from the outside world, shielding her from any further rejection of her people. Ancient power had been unleashed in all of its fury, called upon by an emotion more powerful than any other – rejection, Diana kept running and had made it half way up the path to her home when she finally collapsed, all energy gone with only exhaustion filling its place.
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Waking up Diana found to her horror she had been placed in a sun room, this was a room where sunlight was concentrated onto one spot, Diana, above the ground there were mirrors in a wide circle that reflected all light towards the centre followed by the light being reflected downwards into the cell. It was blisteringly hot as Diana stayed still to try and conserve energy, unable to do anything about her current situation, however this gave her time to try and understand what had happened earlier that day.
She had been filled with anger and sorrow when the power had washed over her, blessing her with its magic, finally she knew where it was coming from, the power from staring at the moon when she was previously locked up, her silver eyes during stressful times, it all made sense, all she had to do know was learn how to control it, and with that she vowed to search until she had mastered that power and learnt about what was possible.
"How is the heat down there" came a familiar voice, taunting her, "nothing somebody more powerful than you couldn't withstand Leona" came Diana's reply, determined not to let Leona have the pleasure of seeing her back down, in truth though Diana knew she could not stand much more of this without fainting, "oh is that right" jousted Leona and suddenly light enveloped Diana.
Diana was forced to sit and absorb all of the rays as there was nothing she could do to prevent Leona from calling upon the sun to punish her more while the elders decided what to do about their heretic.
Eventually the sunlight began to give way to darkness and with that Leona left her, annoyed that she hadn't managed to provoke a response from Diana, but what Diana did not show on the outside, she more than felt on the inside, she felt like she had just been burnt to a crisp was exhausted beyond belief, and yet this sun room worked in two ways, it magnifies the light shining upon it and so Diana was thankful as moonlight shone its first few rays onto her.
Within minutes of being under the concentrated moonlight Diana felt rejuvenated as if she had been born anew to the moon, the door holding her in this room was made out of steel and Diana was determined to escape.
"Aaaarrgh" Diana shouted as she tried to call upon the strength of the moon, she could feel its power coursing through her veins, and yet she could not bring it fourth as she charged at the door determined to break it down, "Ow" she moaned as she slammed into the door to no avail, "please help me" she whispered with her head held high to the moon.
Once again she barged into the door with all of her force, apart from this time she did not falter in continuing to try, on her third attempt, with the power of the moon inside of her the door opened, for her to fall face first into the arms of the guards come to collect her.
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For the second time that week Diana was before the high elders, the difference being – this time she was not afraid of them and instead was determined to stand up for what she believed is right.
"Have you changed your mind about where the sun stands in our society yet?" questioned one of the elders. "Yes" Diana lied "I now see that the sun is the only power in the Solari and will never question that again, I am sorry for how I acted previously".
"What a sudden change of heart you have had, that sun room must have enlightened you, still, for good measure you will be under close inspection from the Solari and if you are found to be lying about what you have said, you shall be punished severely" explained the Elder.
"Thank you for offering me this chance to redeem myself" Diana stated, and with that she strutted out of the room, heading towards the library for she now knew, she was not of the Solari, she did not belong to the sun.
"Alexis" Diana called as she entered the library, the young girl came rushing out towards her, startled that she was here, "I expected you to be in prison right now, how did you escape?" she asked, "I will explain that later, for now I need you to find me books on the moon" she requested, "and be quick about it, I need to get started as fast as I can" she exclaimed.
"For I am a Lunari" she whispered under her breath
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