Chapter 1-First Discovery

Princess Diana of Themyscira was enjoying a day like any other on the island filled with warrior Amazons, but at the same time wondered what the future held for her, and if she would one day go to the outside world to end its suffering. Her Mother, Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons was against such a thing despite the blessings the Gods of Olympus had given the beautiful woman.

Having been made from clay, but crafted with all the love a Mother could give to their child, Diana grew to be a strong Amazon, and worked hard at everything she did. As she grew, Diana also had a desire to seek adventure, excitement, and all of which her Mother believed was unfitting of her only child.

'Mother does not understand the need I have to help the outside world. I wish she was blessed by the Gods, as I was upon my birth, and know what it is I feel,' thought Diana, as she looked up into the beautiful sky above, and let out a sigh since the last argument they had about this.

It had been three days ago, as Diana had flown into her Mother room, which she handled all the affairs of her own royal status when not before the Senate, and respectfully asked if she knew of the day would come where the Gods would once tell them that they may once again return to the outside world. Hippolyta however, was not fooled by Diana's seemingly respectful question, as she knew her daughter all too well in wishing to know for the desire to possibly set foot in Man's World, and see it for herself.

Hippolyta had told her daughter that no such event would happen any time soon, as the world was still too violent, and even if it did Diana would stay here at her station. The Queen had no desire to endanger her only child, as well as heir to the Amazon throne, and possibly lose Diana to the evils Man's World possessed.

Diana had argued that her gifts given to her by the Gods were possibly wasted here and it could be an insult to them if she didn't use them to help stop the violence of Man's World. The violence that the God of War Ares fed off of on a daily bases since man first used the materials around them as a weapon and would use to further strengthen himself with until he was strong enough to overthrow Zeus from the throne on Mount Olympus.

However, if there was one thing Hippolyta had over Diana besides the usual authoritative power of being the Queen of the Amazons, was the power of being a Mother, and used it to have Diana drop the subject like a broken sword from a training session with Phillipus.

Still, just because the matter was dropped didn't mean Diana would let it go, and wished to pursue the subject again at a later time when the opportunity presented itself.

"Princess! Princess! Come quick!" said a female voice of one of Diana's Amazon Sisters currently running to Diana's location.

"Mala? What is it?" said Diana, as she got off the boulder she was sitting on while near the cliff side of the island, and saw her fellow Amazon Sister running towards her.

"You won't believe what I saw Princess. Its simply unbelievable," said Mala, as she was now panting from having run all the way to Diana from her previous location nonstop, and had a look of wonder mixed with a bit of fright in her eyes.

Not surprising considering what Mala saw on the beach when she got there.

"What? What did you see?" said Diana, as she saw the look in Mala's eyes, and thought something had happened to one of her Sisters.

"I saw a man! A man is on our shores!" said Mala before she began to explain how she had been at one of the many beachhead areas of the island for a relaxing swim,. when the body that was definitely not female was found to have washed along that shoreline, and only recently within the last few hours at that.

'A man? Is that even possible? The magical barrier the Gods created was designed to keep men off our shores should they wish to wage war or enslave us again,' thought a concerned Diana, as she had heard the tale of what Hercules and his men did to her Mother, and fellow Amazon Sisters long ago before they broke free before leaving the outside world to live on Themyscira without their taint effecting them ever again.

Diana herself had never been exposed to such evil things that those men did since it was before her time, much less seeing a man at all with her eyes, and yet there were times when the Amazon Princess saw that far away look in her Mother's eyes. A look that told Diana that the Queen of the Amazons still remembered those dark times like they had just happened yesterday.

And now there was a man on the shore of their island paradise, possibly an agent of Ares, or the servant of another evil man seeking the treasures that Themyscira possessed after hearing about it in passing before getting obsessed with the mythical lore it held.

"Princess, what do we do? No man has ever been on our shores before despite the laws your Mother put in place should such a day ever happen," said Mala, as she saw Diana frown in thought, and knew this was a key moment for the Amazon Princess.

"Go inform my Mother of what you've learned and that I have gone to investigate your sighting myself," said Diana, as she took to the sky, and headed for the location Mala saw the man, and strangely felt a feeling inside of her that hoped Mala was indeed correct in seeing a man on their shores.

However, should this man intend to bring harm to Themyscira, and more importantly her Sisters…then by Hera Diana would do her sacred duty to send this man to Hades realm herself.

(Sometime Later)

The figure on the beach groaned in pain with its head half covered in sand while the other half was bleeding what little life was in him right out of his body. It hurt to breathe, it hurt to move, and it even hurt to see anything with any remote clarity that the brain just wouldn't allow the figures consciousness to stay awake in its current physical condition.

The situation that put the figure in this state was nearly lost to the mind with only flashes of a battle with a demonic like creature with bone like fissures coming out of its body fighting him. The creature kept hitting its foe over and over again with the body it was attacking giving as good as it got though it seemed the creature was more ruthless in its efforts though whether the figure had won was unknown from the lack of images needed to come to a conclusion on the matter.

So in an act of preservation, the brain began to shut down parts of the body that were not necessary to keep the person as a whole alive until possible treatment could be reached, and heal what was broken. The mind of this person didn't know if it crash landed on a spot of land that had the means to treat the physical injuries it had sustained a mere few hours ago, but it needed to try, and hope for the best.

Had the brain of this figure kept the conscious mind of this figure awake for a few more seconds, the eyes would have seen what could only be describes as an angel descending down from the skies.

(With Diana)

Diana saw the figure in the sands of the beachhead that Mala told her the man would be at and sure enough there he was on the beach on his stomach with his blood staining it from injuries she could yet see. Though his back, which was well muscled from what Diana could see, was also showing an overflowing amount of blood leaving wounds from there too, and it surprised her to see someone of such impressive physical appearance be injured in such a state.

'What could have put him in this state? If the back of his body is this badly damaged, I fear to even look at the front, and what injuries lie there,' thought Diana, as she didn't wish to move him just yet since this clearly required the healing arts of the Purple Ray, and the skills of the Amazon healers on the Healing Isle.

"Diana! Do not touch him!" said Hippolyta, as she came with her Royal Guard, among them was General Phillipus, who had helped train Diana since she was a little girl in the ways of combat, and saw the bleeding figure of the man Mala had reported seeing.

"Mother! Look, it is as Mala said. A man is on our very shores, but look at his condition! Surely he is no threat to us," said Diana, as she respectfully took a few steps back, and waited for her Mother to approach to inspect the man for herself.

And the Queen of the Amazons did indeed inspect what was before her in terms of an injured man, who now had surprised even Hippolyta herself, and almost felt some form of pity for the creature laying there bleeding before her eyes. It was clear the man had not the strength right now to move a single finger in either of his hands and only had enough right now to breathe with that possibly ending should blood enter his lungs to drown him in the crimson liquid.

"He very well may be harmless now my Princess, but if he is anything like all those evil men of the past, he could attack us after being healed, and our guard is down. It might be considered more merciful if we simply end his suffering now with just a quick thrust of a sword," said Phillipus, as she looked at her Queen for permission to perform the actual deed herself, and was ready to unsheathe her sword for when the order was given.

"And what if he's not? What if he is one of the few good men we have heard about over the years when spying on the Patriarch World to monitor their actions? Should we not at least try to find out?" said Diana, as she looked to her Mother to show mercy until they found out if the man was indeed evil, or one of the rare few that held goodness in their hearts like the Olympic Gods believed men had the potential to hold.

And it was quite the predicament Hippolyta found herself in, as her daughters words did hold some weight to it, and maybe more then the Queen would have liked. However, it was true that some men in the world had chosen to fight for good rather then be seduced by the evil of Ares, and stop those that were his unknowingly loyal servants. However, the memories of what Hercules had done to her, and the other Amazons of Themyscira still on occasion still haunted her. Though time healed wounds long past, the echoes of such memories still made the mental scars show in her eyes, and had done much in order to keep them from the eyes of her only daughter.

Now this man before them had shifted everything beyond the Queens control and it was only by just being here in this bloodied state.

"Diana's point hold validity, as this man could indeed be one of the good men the outside world has to offer, and yet he could also be one of the cruel servants that helps destroy it. That being said, he will be taken to the Healing Isle to have the most life threatening of his injuries healed by the Purple Ray, but to ensure that this is not a trick, he will be put under the watchful eye of Phillipus, and Diana herself since her abilities are beyond any of us," said Hippolyta, as she saw the shock upon the face of the Royal Guards, and of Diana herself at the declaration.

"Watch him? Mother I…?" said Diana, as she didn't know what she could even say to that, and saw the look in her Mother's eyes that told the Amazon Princess it was an order that could not be turned away.

"You asked that mercy be shown to this man and I am showing it now Diana. However, I cannot let this man stay on any part of Themyscira without some form of watchful eye on him, and will not let him roam around freely. Of all the Amazons on Themyscira, you are the most skilled warrior Diana, and there is no other warrior aside from Phillipus that I trust more to handle this mission to make sure this man doesn't do anything harmful to us should he recover from his injuries," said Hippolyta, as she saw her daughter bow her head in understanding, and knew Diana would do what was required of her station.

(Themyscira-Healing Isle-Sometime Later)

"A man? Here on the Healing Isle? Surely you cannot be serious?" said Epione, as she saw Diana bring in the man in question with disbelief on her face, and General Phillipus had a look similar to that of the Chief Healer of the Isle since both had a suffered at the hands of Hercules men when they came with "good intentions" that proved to be false.

"I know it sounds outrageous Epione, but the Queen herself made the decree to help him while under our guard, and to find out what he knows should he survive his injuries," said Phillipus, as she walked over to where Diana was, and saw what it was that was currently making the Amazon Princess look green in the face.

"By Hera!" said Epione, as she looked at what she along with the other healers would have to work with, and briefly wondered if he was beyond even her skills much less the Purple Rays.

"What could have done this to him? He looks like he was mauled by a group of demons from within the very depths Tartarus itself!" said Phillipus at the sight of just a few of the man's injuries, as she saw deep bruises, gashes longer then her fingers, the signs of ribs broken, and various other injuries she couldn't even begin to understand much less even comprehend the terms of their origin.

"I don't know. Mala found him on the shores not that long ago before she fetched me to investigate. Perhaps he will tell us using the Lasso of Truth when he is healed," said Diana, as she saw Phillipus nod in agreement, but Epione was not so sure upon her own examination of the man's body both the front, and the back that also need her medical skills from the looks of it.

"I need to get to work on him right away. For now, I need you two outside until I have finished, and let you know whether he'll survive the night," said Epione, as she needed the others to get the Purple Ray, and healing balms to properly heal the wounds in order to save this man's life.

Though if Epione was honest with herself, she would admit that a part of her wished that the man did not live past nightfall, and would perish at the hands of his injuries.

Only time would tell if that part of her would still exist after she was done trying to save him.

(A/N: Not a bad first chapter. I talked with JustBFree and he said I could get in on this challenge Mellie put down on the SMxWW fan site though mine will be different in how he got injured.)