22 Chapter 22: Troubled Diana

○●○●Diana's Perspective○●○●

Something odd has been happening around me for a while now. A few days ago Krius brought me back to Themyscara but then he disappeared.

I figured he went back to the mansion for whatever reason but he left his clone as a substitute. He didn't know that I could tell the difference between the real one and the clone.

The clone interacted with everyone normally, he trained with us and explored Themyscara as the real one would so no one would think that he was a clone.

My mother was acting a bit odd as well. When we first came back she seemed very angry and wanted to talk to Krius alone. As I was exiting the room, I noticed something strange. The way she was looking at Krius was really weird.

She didn't express it in her speech but it could be seen in her eyes. I thought it was just in my head and so I didn't think much of it.

But the next day I noticed something else. My mother Hippolyta was also missing and no one else noticed. Well, she wasn't exactly missing, she was there but it was the same situation as Krius. A clone was most likely.

I saw before that Krius's clones can change their appearance so that was most likely the case but why? Why would Krius pretend to be my mother? What happened to my real mother? I was getting worried thinking about such matters.

I didn't confront the clone because I knew that wouldn't be the right choice. I needed to wait for the real one to come back. I will have to confront him after making sure mother was alright.

●○●Back to Krius○●○

A few days later...

I enjoyed my time with Hippolyta to the fullest but she was getting more and more worried about Themyscara every day.

These past few days I also worked on making the barrier devices but so far I had only made one them. I made it in the shape of a special kind of ring. I will get Diana to test it out first.

"Are you prepared yet?"

It was Hippolyta. She was wearing the white cloth she wore when she first got here. She decided to leave all the other clothes I had gotten her here which was understandable. It would have been very strange for the Amazons if she showed up wearing those clothes. I'm definitely going to bring her here again though.

"Yeah, I'm prepared. Let's go." I grabbed Hippolyta by her waist and teleported to her room in Themyscara. It looked the same as it did when I came here the first time. The clones were also here.

I dispelled the clones to know of everything that had happened during the time I was gone but there was really nothing.

"I should be going to the throne room. What are you going to do?"

"I will test out my training devices to see if they work."

Hippolyta nodded and made her way to the throne room while I started looking for Diana. After looking around for a but I found her sparring with Aleka near the shore.

"Hi, Diana. Hello Aleka." I walked towards them to talk to them.

"Oh? Hey Krius. Did you have breakfast?" Aleka greeted me excitedly. My clone was living here so he was training here with her and Diana while I was gone. She thinks that I live on the island.

"Yes. I did. How about yo-" I was trying to reply to her gesture but my hand was suddenly grabbed by Diana mid-sentence and I was dragged away in a hurry.

She quickly brings me to her room and shuts the door behind her. Oh? This situation gives some reasonable vibes...

"What happened to my mother?!" Okay, guess not...Why is she yelling that out? Did she somehow notice that the Hippolyta here was a fake? How? The clone didn't even interact with her much.

"Why are you asking me that? How would I know?"

"Don't lie Krius. I know that she was one of your clones and the real you wasn't here for a while either. Now tell me, where's my real mother?"

I tried to play dumb but she really did notice. She looked very angry and anxious.

"I think you should check the throne room." I didn't wanna tease her so I thought it would've been better if she made sure herself.

"The throne room?" She questioned my words but didn't waste her breath and ran off to the throne room with all her speed.

Is it better to just tell her the truth? With Hippolyta's support, it may be easier for her. I teleport to the throne room just before Diana enters.