Chapter 1-The Fall of Paradise
Themyscira was an island shrouded in myth and legend-literally. Created by divine forces, it was home to a nation of powerful immortal female warriors known as the Amazons. Led by the beautiful Queen Hippolyta, the Amazons lived in relative peace on their island paradise, isolated and protected from the outside world by numerous layers of magical protection. Even if they were discovered, the Amazons were highly trained warriors with superhuman abilities. No man had been able to conquer the Amazons, even before they migrated to Themyscira, and no outsider has laid eyes on the island and lived to tell of its existence. Very few of the younger Amazons had really been in the outside world, and fewer had seen a man in person. Given the terrible history that the Amazons had with men, this was understandable.
Princess Diana, daughter of Hippolyta, was the first of a new generation of Amazons born from the many unions of men brought in from the outside world for reproductive purposes. She, along with her younger sisters, Donna and Cassie, were the signs of a new beginning of their people after they migrated to Themyscira and were cut off from the outside world.
Diana was an inhumanly beautiful woman, much like the rest of her Amazon sisters. She was a powerful woman who stood at 6’4, with a frame mixing musculature with voluptuous wonder, a truly dazzling combination of beauty and power that embodied every ideal of the Amazon way. She wore a thin toga-like dress that stopped mid-thigh, leaving her toned legs bare and sporting a deep v-cut that exposed a good amount of her ample cleavage. She was the epitome of feminine perfection, the result of years of training and divine blessings.
Unlike most of her generation, Diana was a curious girl. She liked to ask questions, like why the Amazons hated men and considered them to be savages (which she thought was unfair. Why blame an entire gender for the actions of just a few?). It caused no small amount of arguments between her and her mother, and even now she still stood firm in belief of innocent until proven guilty, not jaded by past interactions with male warriors from ancient times like her sisters. Diana knew she was often curious about things that were better left unsaid, mainly about the outside world, but she also liked to explore less traveled areas of the island that the Amazons avoided. That was when she made a discovery that would forever change the Amazons and the world forever.
Deep into the southern region of Themyscira, which was mostly unpopulated save for wild Griffons and the occasional centaur, there was a strange temple in the densest part of the forest. It was clearly old, as evident by the worn and partly eroded stones that made up the outer walls and structure itself. Despite this, it looked like it was taken care of periodically, given that any foliage that grew on the walls and temple were cut away or burnt. Inside the courtyard was a massive statue of, to Diana’s disbelief and surprise, a man. This was definitely a place the queen would not want her daughter fooling around in, which is why Diana couldn’t help but explore it anyway.
“This is the place I told you about, Donna. See?” Diana pointed at the statue in front. “There’s the statue of the man.”
“Diana, are you sure we should be doing this?” Donna, her little sister, asked nervously. “We really shouldn’t be in this place.”
“Donna, we are Amazons. There’s nothing on this island we aren’t trained to handle.” Diana said confidently, patting her sister on the back.
Donna was almost the spitting image of Diana, but she was shorter and her eyes were more ocean blue with hunts of sea green mixed in. On the cusp of adulthood, she was already deep into the throes of womanhood, her body strong and toned from years of combat training and just as beautiful and curvaceous as her sister’s. Her dress was black with silver stars along the length, with a low cut top that displayed her ample cleavage and a short combat skirt that stopped halfway down her thighs.
At Diana’s urging, Donna followed her sister to the south regions of the island where Diana made her shocking discovery a few days ago. Sneaking her sister away from the watchful eyes of her mother and aunt, Diana and Donna came to see what kind of secrets this place held, though Donna was of another mind.
“Diana, I’m all for exploring and stuff, but...something’s not right about this place. There’s some kind of power in the air. It has my hair on edge.” Donna said.
“All the more reason to see what it is.” Diana said, silently agreeing with her sister. There was something powerful hidden in this temple, possibly a secret weapon of sorts forgotten by the ancient Amazons of the old days. “You can stay here and wait for me until I get back. I won’t take too long if there’s nothing to see in there.”
Diana left her sister on the hill, sliding down the slope with her sword in hand. Landing on the ground, Diana ran over to the temple grounds, stepping into the courtyard. As soon as she stepped into the yard, she shivered as a feeling of...something wash over her. It was moderately warm on the island all year long, but the air inside the temple grounds felt dense and hot, like a jungle. Looking around, she saw that great care was taken in its construction. She hummed and walked over to the statue of the man and studied it.
‘Now why would an order of women who dislike men build a temple to a man?’ Diana wondered. The man depicted was handsome, with a muscular body that wasn’t too bulky or slender, with long hair and a well shaped face. She ran her hands down the statue’s chest, wondering what he looked like in life. Diana had never seen a man in person before but surely something must be special about her if they built this place in his honor.
Diana entered the main temple, and the aura she felt outside felt stronger in the domed interior of the building. The air was thick and heavy, and when Diana took a breath, her mind went into a slight haze after breathing in the air. She swallowed nervously and walked deeper into the chamber, gazing at the murals on the wall of a great warrior displaying his immense power. What was more intriguing about this was that she saw her mother and the other Amazons fighting alongside him or, strangely enough, bowing to him. Who was this man? Why had her mother never spoken about him?
Diana walked deeper into the chamber to get a closer look at the shrine holding a suit of armor and a broadsword laced with glittering jewels, but when her foot stepped on a stone, the floor shook a slid apart. Jumping back, Diana saw the stones in the floor slide to the side to reveal a spiral staircase that went downward into the ground.
“There is no way mother cannot know about this place.” Diana said to herself. Taking a deep breath, she walked down the stairs, hoping that her curiosity put her in hot water.
The descent down the stairs felt like it took an eternity. Whatever part of the temple this was, it was obviously meant to be hidden from potential intruders or robbers. Her heart was beating rapidly and it wasn’t just in anticipation. There was something in the air, she knew it for sure this time, and it made her feel...hot. The deeper she went, the more the heat grew, and her body began feeling the effects of what could only be an aphrodisiac. Her body started to sweat, her loins tingled, and her nipples hardened, all brought about by some unknown force deep below the earth. It was the same arousal she felt when she caught Artemis and Io copulating.
She reached the bottom of the stairs and came upon a door, which was made of gold, but dusty. She had to use her inhuman strength to push the heavy door open to gain entry and entered the small chamber, finding something she never expected to discover.
