Hecate's lair

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*The scene cuts to black and we zoom into two familiar blue eyes that open*

Diana wakes up in an unknown place. She rubs her body to get rid of metal shards and rubs her back to inspect the sword wound which has fully healed. She sits up and she is in a dark place, with black wooden forestry and purple dots of light floating around

Diana "Where in Gaia's name am I?"

Diana begins to walk around and inspects the area. There are tall wooden stumps with the same black and purple design, a river which is also black and purple. A scatter of footsteps run past which spooks Diana. The footsteps run in multiple directions but Diana cannot see who it is. She gets out her Lasso and closes her eyes, she listens to the footsteps and throws her Lasso to the left. She caught something in the black & purple bush and it begins to cry. Diana is confused and runs over to see a small child crying 

Diana "Oh darling I am sorry"

Diana unwraps the child and a girl with purple hair, Diana is taken aback

Girl "I just wanted to have fun here? Playing with mother gets boring after a while"

Diana "Mother...Circe? Circe is your mother?"

The girl shakes her head "My mother is not Circe. My mother is mother"

Diana "But what is her name?"

Girl "Mother. That is the only name she told me to call her"

Diana "Ok sweetheart, describe your mother. How does she look like, does she live here?

Girl "She is very tall, has long black hair, wears an orange crown and this is her home"

Diana "Hecate..."

Girl "Do you want to meet my mother? She usually comes to collect me by now. After my education I am allowed to play here. How did you come here?"

Diana "I was sent here by an enemy. Look, I can get you back home. To your real home with your real mother. You are being deceived down here. The Hecate is not your mother but I know who is. How do I leave this place?"

Girl "You cannot. Mother says no one can leave as soon as they enter. She told me many people have found her home, and no one left. But after I came down, we had no visitors till you appeared. Did mother send you to play with me? She is not our enemy new friend"

Diana "Listen to me, we need to find your mother. I can get you out of here. She has imprisoned you here, training you to do her bidding. You do not deserve to be cursed by her nor wield a power that destroys you"

A voice "NOT SO FAST!"

Diana turns round and Hecate presents herself, exactly as the girl described her

Diana "Hecate!"

Hecate "If it isn't Diana herself, the daughter of the Amazons. The slayer of the God of War!"

Diana "I did not kill Ares and you know that!"

Hecate "Ahaha it seems the Amazons are indeed passionate about their ideals. I was curious as to why the God of War came to me with his wife to finish your race, then I understood the power he was dealing with. The power that now flows in you"

Diana "What have you done with this child? Where is Circe? Let me out of here!"

Hecate "Oh you naive one. Let me explain everything. The child you see before you is indeed real, Ares did not lie to Circe. Well, not knowingly. You see, Ares tried to deceive Circe into thinking she had a child in order to keep her as an ally and spouse. But he thought the child was fake when he created her using his magic and mine. What he did not know is he created a child. His daughter and Circe's. His cunningness was rather unnecessary yet did the job he intended. But unbeknownst to him, his actual daughter was very real. Due to the absence of his love and his treachery, she was returned to me here and I raised her as my own. For these centuries, I impeded her ageing, just like a god or an Amazon. Unfortunately I could not keep her a baby for eternity but she has slowly aged over time, allowing me to be a mother and having the privilege mortals cannot grasp. Once she grows up, she will be the new harbinger of magic onto the world"

Diana "This is not motherhood! You're keeping a child under your imprisonment and using her!"

Hecate "YOU DARE LECTURE ME! I HAVE SHOWERED HER WITH LOVE, GAVE HER A SAFE HAVEN! AND NOW CIRCE HAS SENT YOU HERE, TO TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME? IF YOU TRULY WANTED MY DAUGHTER TO GROW UP WITH IDEALS, BLAME YOUR MOTHER! THAT WOMAN BUILT HER POWER ON TREACHERY AND HER SPAWN HAS COME TO UPHOLD HER BACKWARDS IDEOLOGY!"

Diana "There is no point in lying to the Truthqueen herself! Circe tried to kill me by returning me to the clay world but instead sent me here unintentionally. A mother's instinct perhaps, to save her daughter. And I intend to follow with my ideals. So I will say this once! You allow me and the child to leave. You remove the curse from Circe's body and you leave the surface world alone!"

Hecate "You have a lot of nerve to speak to a goddess like that?"

Diana then picks up the girl "If you truly were a mother, you would have named her!"

Hecate then growls but then smirks 

Diana "Does something amuse you?"

Hecate "I am smiling at the fact that no matter how much you boast, you can never escape. You are in my home and I am the door"

Diana "Well I guess I have to fight my way out of here!"

Hecate gives an insulting laugh but then looks up. Diana does too and see live footage of the surface world. It is Circe in the surface world 

Diana "That is Circe, she is near Mount Olympus? Hecate look! She approaches the mountain's peak in order to challenge the goddesses! You know what this means!"

Hecate "You really think Circe is gonna betray me?"

Diana "She is a witch who intends to free herself from your curse. You are most likely her first target. If she comes down here and sees her daughter, she will not have mercy! You need to let us go now, allow me to prevent the balance from being broken. Save the heavens and the world!"

Hecate shakes her head "You cannot trick me Diana!"

Diana "This is not a trick!"

Hecate "You have said enough, you have breathed for too long in this world and now insult me and my daughter. There is no saving you now, not even the Prayer of Olympus will free you from your inevitable death!'

Diana "The Prayer of Olympus... that's it!"

Hecate "You really think that is going to work. I underestimated your stupidity!"

Diana "The two women I love the most are still up there. They are smart, brave and resilient. There is nothing they cannot accomplish. Once they arrive on the mountain, and they will, you are about to witness a prayer so hard it shatters your evil world, whilst I and the girl are free from your clutches. Truth will prevail evil"

Hecate "Well I guess I will have to kill you before then!"

Hecate then charges at Diana who runs away and jumps. She hides the girl behind a tree "Stay here" Diana is grabbed by a wooden rope and pulled to battle, she fights back and the two engage in fierce combat, wounding and hurting each other. The fight continues but Diana is getting beaten badly




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