Originally Posted by
Doctor Bifrost
I thought this would be a perfect set-up for an origin for Donna Troy - at first, I thought that's what it was for. Here's my origin:
And infant 2-year-old girl, who we will call Donna, is lost at sea and brought to Themyscira.She is raised by the Amazons. Diana, at this point, is about 11, and has been the only child on the island. She dotes on Donna, her "little sister." Seeing this, Hippolyta - perhaps unwisely - allows the child to stay longer than usual.
When Donna is about 4, Diana takes her on on a walk through the woods - basically, they go on a picnic. (They've done this before.) At about this time, several prisoners escape from Doom's Doorway. While the Amazons deal with the others, one slips away: Usculesp, the Titan of Mirrors, who carries a mirrored shield and wields strange mirror-related magic. (An ancient, mythological version of Sam Scudder, let us say.)
Teenage Diana comes face-to-face with Usculesp. Donna is in danger (and throws rocks!). There is a battle. Usculesp tries to absorb Diana's powers into his mirror, but the attempt is disrupted (by Diana's prowess, by Donna's rocks) and a portion of them wind up being reflected into Donna. (I could detail the mystical aspects, but they're not terribly relevant here.) Diana defeats Usculesp, just as Hippolyta and the other Amazons - having defeated the other escapees - arrive.
Hippolyta realizes that they have unfairly and unsafely kept Donna for too long. And perhaps, in Usculesp's magical mirror (much like the Wicked Witch's crystal ball), Diana saw that Donna still had a parent, or other family, waiting desperately for her in Man's World. They arrange for Donna to be returned. She remembers little of Themyscira - it's like a dream, and no one believes a 4-year-old anyway. She is raised by her family.
Her powers remain mainly (but not entirely) dormant. Ten years later, she sees Wonder Woman on TV - and recognizes Diana, or at least feels a connection. This awakens her powers. She creates a costume like Wonder Woman's and becomes a teenage superhero, Wonder Girl.
After a few months, Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman meet. Diana realizes this is Donna, and they have a great reunion. With Donna's family's permission, she takes Donna back to Themysicra to see the Amazons who had loved her so much. After that, Donna spends her summer vacations with the Amazons, being trained in their ways.
And Usculesp can become a recurring villain for Donna Troy.
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