Stargazing.
Author: Erika
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Pairing: None
Disc: The characters are property of DC comics and their associated companies. Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston.
Rating: PG

Summary: Dswynne put up a challenge/request on the Wonder Woman's message board. This is challenge number 5: A quiet moment with Diana, who is stargazing.

Beta-reader: Adrian

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In the past this used to be her most special time. To stand before the gods, worshiping them. It had been a daily ritual of hers, to gaze upon the night sky and offer worship to the Greek gods above. Even when she had joined the patriarch world, she would visit this quiet area behind Julia's house and spend her nights asking the gods for guidance.

She smiled briefly remembering those occasions when Vanessa would lecture her on the appropriateness of worshipping one's gods in the nude. She wrapped the cloak tighter around her shoulders, her uniform providing little protection against the cold night. Once, she had looked up at the stars in awe. But that was long ago. It sometimes seemed a lifetime had passed from that young woman who had stood here in awe of her new world to the woman she had now become.

As a child she had wanted to fly as high as she could and reach for the stars, hold them in her hands and in a way she had. How small one seemed when compared to the vastness of the universe. Did Earth shine as brightly to stargazers in other worlds? A part of her wondered if out there among the stars and planets there was another little girl trying to unravel the mysteries before her.

She let go of the cloak, letting it drop the ground and flew to the skies going as high as she could, staying there looking up at the stars and fighting the Earth's gravitational pull. Now and then, when things seemed bleak a part of her missed the innocence she once had. Over the years, as she fought and moved forward her message of peace and equality she found herself, at times, losing perspective and hope.

For how long would she have to compromise her beliefs? For how long would she have to fight? How much of herself would she lose in these battles? But all these doubts, fears, lay forgotten when she looked up to the stars above and thought, 'Everything is possible.'

"Diana." J'Onn called to her telepathically from his look out at the JLA watchtower on the moon.

"Yes." She answered back.

"Are you alright?" He asked her, concerned clearly noted in his voice.

"Just star gazing my friend," she reassured him.

"I see." Clearly he did not, but he was willing to let this go.

"J'Onn?" Diana asked a hint of mischief indicated in her thoughts.

"Yes?" J'Onn asked cautiously.

"Is it true, you asked Arthur about the strange mating habits of mammals?"

J'Onn broke off the connection between them and Diana found herself chuckling softly. In case her friend was still listening in, she send along a message. "Not everything is as it seems, and sometimes friends are just friends. Mind you, he is a great kisser ..."

She flew back to Julia's, humming softly feeling better than she had in a long time.

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