Hippolyta and her court stepped out when they heard the jet engines fly over the island, stepping over to the head of the rows of Amazon warriors saluting Diana’s return Hippolyta smiled when the under bed door. What came out did not look anything the Amazon Queen was prepared for. Instead of a red boot a splayed out taloned foot stepped onto the stonework and moved out of the jet, the creature forced to hunch down just to make it out of the doorway. Blinking in surprise the Queen and her advisors stepped back even when the Amazons raised their shields and weapons in alarm.

There stepping out was a creature that looked like some kind of massive wolf, its body was the shape of a woman sporting generous curves and firm muscles but was over 8 feet tall! Standing upright from its hind legs, but instead of paws it bore talons for hands and feet, the claws so sharp they clicked at the cobblestone it stepped over. Its tail was massive, like something one would find on a reptile yet it was covered in black fur like the rest of its body, tipped in a plume of fur that seemed almost like feathers. A mane of fur and feathers came down from its long arched neck, framing its face like an owl, where sharp blue lupine eyes looked down from a face that seemed a mix of a shark’s maw, a wolf’s muzzle and an eagle’s beak. When it stopped just a few meters from the Queen the Amazons halted the creature’s steps with raised spears. "HALT! MONSTER!"

With its arms raised the guards swore to themselves they saw the silvery glint of armbands matching their own just when it began to speak. "I am Diana, princess of the Amazons and daughter to Hippolyta, though my appearance has changed I am still the daughter you have sent to man’s world."

Taken back when she spoke Hippolyta blinked, looking more closely at the tall creature before her. "Daughter? What has happened to you?"

"MONSTER!" Sneering with her spear raised Artemis glared at Diana, her eyes snapping back to the ship where three others exited, one carrying pig under its arm when they came up behind Wonder Woman. "This creature is not our princess, and even if she were LOOK at her, truly man’s world has poisoned her in ways we could not imagine!"

"Mother, I have become a Sergal Goddess." Lowering herself to one knee Diana ignored the dozen or so spear tips aimed at her head. "Circe sought to claim an ancient idol that would have granted her great power. THAT power is now in me."

"OH? And where is the witch now? Or are you a pawn of Circe sent to attack us?"

"Artemis!" Looking back at the group of Sergals one handed the pig to Diana, raising it up to show to the Queen. "Poetic justice mother, the sea witch who had once turned Odysseus’s men to swine now stands a pig herself."

"Bah, Circe is a demi-goddess! Nothing short of Hera herself could reduce her to porcine." Briefly looking at the pig being held like a hamster in Diana’s talon Artemis’s attention went back to the others in front of her, the grip on her spear turning almost iron tight. "Zatanna, do your thing."

Stepping forward and eyeing the spears still aimed at her Zatanna waved her talons and muttered a spell, her voice carrying over with green fog billowing around her arms. "Ekam EcriC namuh niaga." With a puff of smoke the pig was replaced with Circe herself, landing on her feet and kissing the ground now that she wasn’t being held against her will. Prostrated and bowing Circe looked up to the Queen of the amazons and smiled sheepishly. "IT’S TRUE! ALL OF IT IS TRUE, DIANA TOOK THE IDOL I WAS GOING TO USE TO FINALLY DEFEAT HER, I SURRENDER!"

"LIES!!! THIS IS ALL CIRCE’S PLOT ALL ALONG! KILL THEM ALL!" Screaming out a battle cry Artemis lunged towards Diana, red with rage and spear in hand. All around her the Amazonian army did the same, the clank of metal ready to strike the Sergals they surrounded.