Diana's POV

I stand on the beach looking out to the water just as the sun is rising. I don't know what to do. I know that neither Meg or myself belong here but I didn't know any way to get home either. I didn't even know how the heck we got here to begin with! What if we really are stuck here? What if there is no way back and no we are suppose to live our lives out in this time? Could we do that? All of this war and killing I didn't understand any of it. To take someones life to me was a horrible deed yet here we were with an army.

"Your up early? You know if he finds you missing he won't be happy." I hear Meg's voice behind me.

"What does it matter Meg? Who knows how long we have here. We could be gone at any time." I tell her without looking away from my view of the sunrise.

"Well sister I hate to break this to you but if we were going back don't you think it would have happened by now?" she asks me as she comes to my side.

"That's what scares me. What if we really are stuck here Meg? You remember history class don't you? Women are just property in this time." I tell her as I look over at her.

"Di, you are worrying way to much. Just calm down and take a breath would you? Have you even eaten anything yet?" Meg asks me as she puts her hand on my arm.

"No, I just. I came out here to watch the sunrise. I didn't even think to eat." I tell her as I look at her hand on me.

"Please sis. Stop worrying all that will do is make you sick. Now come on lets get some food." Meg says as she grabs my arm and gives me a push to start me walking to the food tent.

As usual the men are already inside. I don't know whatever happened between Meg and Patroclus but he seems to keep his distance from us. Oh no what did she say to him this time? Just as we sit down I notice our royal pain a bit too close to Patroclus for my or Meg's liking. Oh I see the game she is playing.

"You know Meg she is just doing that to get under your skin." I tell Meg as she looks at me.

"She can do what she wants as can Patroclus. After all we know what happens to both of them. Wouldn't want to get attached to someone you know isn't going to last." Meg says crudly as she takes a drink.

"Wow Meg that was a little dark. Just because we know something like that doesn't mean we can't change it." I tell her as she puts her drink down.

"Well you were the one who said not to change anything. If we can then we will then?" she asks me.

"Fine Meg you win. How are you going to explain knowing all of this now though?" I question her logic.

"I'm not going to explain anything. We can just call it a feeling." she says with a smile.

Then as we looks around the tent we see a very angry Achilles walk inside. Oh no I hope this has nothing to do with me leaving without telling him. We make eye contact and something inside me tells me to run for the hills and my body stands up obeying my head's orders and I head right for the door unknowing that Achilles is right behind me.

I stop just outside Achilles tent as he comes up and grabs me.

"Where in the world were you? I had men looking for you everywhere!" he tells me a bit too forcefully for my taste.

"I was with Meg at the beach watching the sunrise." I tell him knowing even if I tried to lie that he would find out.

"We are at war woman! You can't just go wherever you please." he tells me as he leads me inside the tent.

"You are at war! I have nothing to do with it! I have nothing to do with Troy or Greece! This is the most ridiculous war over a mere woman!" I yell back at him defending myself.

"You are here! You are in this as much as anyone else is!" he says grabbing my hand.

"You have no idea what is going to happen because of this! How many innoscent people are going to loose their lives because of some King's stupidity." I tell him just as I realize what I have said my hand goes to my mouth.

"Already many men have died." he says as his grip loosens on my hand.

Just as I am about to say something else the flap to his tent opens and there stands Patroclus.

"If the preistess has any other requests just tell her no and to grow up!" I yell at him as I then exit the tent.

I walk back to the food tent just as Meg exits and she looks at me with tears in her eyes.

"What happened?" I ask her.

"I wish I could just take that woman down. If you could even call her that. She made fun of us saying how we were uneducated and just common whores." Meg says as she wipes a tear from her eye.

Alright thats it! I don't care if I get punished or not. I go into the food tent and see the priestess talking with a group of other girls. The anger inside me is so strong that I go over to her and pull her away from the group of girls.

"Another whore who dares to touch me?" she says as she looks at me.

I gather all of my strength and decided to punch her in the face as hard as I can. Just as my hand makes very hard contact with her face she falls right to the ground then looks back at me with shock written all over her.

"Call me whore one more time and I swear I will take you out to the ocean and drown you!" I yell at her as Meg comes up to me and tries to hold me back.

"Di, just come on. She isn't worth it and you know it!" Meg tries to reason with me.

"No its because of women like her that men see our sex as weak!" I yell as I break free from her hold. "It's not our fault that you are too afraid to defend yourself you stupid weak stuck up ass!"

The priestess puts her hand right where I punched her as she slowly sits up now looking at me with fear.

"Apollo will have your head for harming one of his priestesses." she tells me in a low voice.

"How is that so when I do not believe in Apollo! I do not fear you nor him!" I yell at her as I look at Meg. "You ever hurt Meg's feelings either I will make sure that you no longer resemeble anyone of your royal family! Do you hear me?!"

Meg comes to my side and takes my arm. I have never let my anger get so out of control in my life. I have to admit though it did feel good to just lash out on someone. I know that is a bad thing but come on this woman had it coming for a long time!

"Only a fool would not fear the gods." she mummbles again.

"I only fear one god and trust me he is nothing like your multiple gods." I tell her as I turn and walk out of the tent with Meg right behind me.

"Wow, you know I remember you use to be the last person to be in a fight but you knocked her to the ground with one punch! I have to admit I liked it!" Meg says with a laugh as we see Patroclus and Achilles walking our way.

We stop in front of each other and make eye contact. I don't know if someone told them what happened already but at this point I really didn't care.

"Diana?" I hear Patroclus ask me.

"What?" I ask him snidely.

"You seem quite angry today." Patroclus tells me.

"Just wait till you go to the food tent." Meg says with a laugh.

"What happened?" Achilles asks us.

"Let's just say your precious royal will have one big black eye." Meg says with a smile.

"Meg you promised you wouldn't hurt her." Patroclus says as he takes Meg's hand in his.

"She didn't. I did." I tell him. "I do not regret it either. Perhaps now she will listen to someone who is in fact more educated then her. Meg and I both know more than she ever will."

Patroclus doesn't look convinced and neither does Achilles. Great now I feel like I have to prove myself.

"Fine you think that we are not as educated as her ask us something then." Meg says as she pulls her hand away from Patroclus.

"You believe that since she is royal she is smart that I can tell you is not true." I tell both of them. "Just as I know that Achilles and Patroclus both of you are close but Patroclus is more wreckless than is his older cousin."

"That is because you are younger and think you must prove yourself to your cousin and prove you are a warrior but all that will prove is that you can be killed faster than Achilles." Meg says as she walks beside me. "I bet if you attacked one of us we could take you."

I look over at Meg. Uh we know a little self defense but he is a trained warrior! What in the world is she thinking? Patroclus apparently wants to see this for himself. Patroclus takes Meg by her hand and starts to lead her away. Achilles and I follow them just to see what he is planning. We arrive at the beach as Meg pulls away from Patroclus.

"Just because I am a woman does not mean I can not fight you!" Meg yells at him.

Meg grabs Patroclus arms and twists it really hard and he cries out. Jees Meg I get what your trying to prove. Patroclus pulls his arm away from her as she motions for him to attack her. He of course goes after her and she drops to the ground and kicks his feet out from under him and he falls face first onto the ground as she quickly stands up then puts her foot on his back and grabs his already injured arm and pulls it back while putting preasure on his back with her foot.

"How will you get out of this?!" she yells down at him.

"Meg let him loose you might break his arm!" I call out to her.

"No he is a warrior then he should be able to take me easy!" she yells back at me.

Patroclus surprises her and grabs her ankle and pulls her forward making her release his arm and she falls backwards to the ground. He quickly goes to her and pins her arms down.

"Oh no she can still use her legs." I whisper.

"What now woman?!" he yells at her.

Meg moves herself around until she can wrap her legs around his mid section where she begins to squeeze as hard as she can. Patroclus look down at her legs surprised by her action. Good grief Meg this is embarassing. Just as Patroclus looks back at her Meg takes him by surprise and kisses him. His hold breaks and she kicks him off of her as she rolls away then stands up.

"Never forget anything can be used to an advantage." Meg tells him with a smile knowing she has proven him wrong.

I roll my eyes at her. Yes Meg knows how to fight but she really didn't need to do this. Patroclus slowly stands up. Meg doesn't even look at him and turns to start walking down the beach.

"Who is uneducated now warrior?!" she yells out with a laugh as she starts to walk away from him.

"Well. That proves we aren't as uneducated as you presumed." I tell Patroclus as I walk past him." Better hurry and attend to your favorite priestess. I wonder how she will feel after she knows you were beat by Meg?"

"Patroclus! Get up here now!" Achilles yells at him.

Patroclus nods and runs up to where Achilles is as I run to Meg and stop her.

"Oh that felt good to prove him wrong. Good thing mom and dad put me in those classes huh?" Meg says with a smile on her face.

"Meg you just beat him in front of his cousin who he tries to impress all of the time. You shouldn't have done it even though I know you had your reasons." I tell her as her smile fades.

"It just makes me so mad that he defended that royal ass and said we were uneducated. I guess I taught him a lesson." Meg says crossing her arms.

"Meg you feel bad I know you do. Now we have injured two people. Talk about re writting history." I tell her with a sigh.

"So what. Let's just get back to camp before something else happens." Meg says.

We walk back to the camp when I see Achilles taking the Priestess somewhere that I really don't care to know. Meg just looks through the crowd I already know who she is looking for but we don't see him anywhere. I follow Meg as we go to Patroclus tent. There he sits and he looks like he is sulking. Meg walks inside and I behind her as Patroclus looks at us surprised.

"You made your point. What have you come to gloat?" he asks us.

"No. I just wanted you to see we aren't as weak as you think we are. Plus I hated being compared to that priestess!" Meg says as she walks to him but he flinches.

"She isn't going to hurt you...again. Patroclus you need to understand even though we are not royal we are the same as any other woman. Meg just proved that in a more physical way." I tel him with a shrug.

"You thought the only way to correct me was to fight me?" Patroclus asks us.

"Well according to a study men are more visual and physical learners." Meg says with a shrug.

I just shake my head. Studies really Meg? Anything else you could say that says we are from the future?

"You could have spoken with me." he says.

"When? You were always with her." Meg says as she moves away from Patroclus.

"If you would have asked to speak with me I would have listened." he tells her as he moves a little closer to her.

I take the hint and decide to leave the tent. Just as I walk outside of Achilles tent I hear him and the priestess talking. My lungs decide to stop working just for a moment as my breath is caught. I jolt from my odd feeling and decide to walk past the tent but am caught by a hand that pulls me inside of it. I look to see that the hand is Achilles. Oh great now what? Isn't there enough drama going on right now?

"You see what you have done?" Achilles asks me pointing to the priestess.

I look at her and see a bruise starting to form on her face. A part of me really wants to laugh because she deserved it.

"So what? she has a shiner no big deal should go away in a weak or two." I tell him as I pull my hand away.

"You had no right to touch me." the priestess tells me.

"Really? You had no right to speak of me or my sister in the manner that you did. I would have thought you of all people would know their manners." I tells her as Achilles steps between us.

"Enough you two. Why did you hit her Diana?" Achilles asks me.

"No harm will come to my sister and that is what she did. So I brought harm to the priestess who caused my sister pain." I explain to him.

"Is that true? Did you harm her sister?" he asks her.

The priestess just smiles and I see it.

"Of course not. I simply told her that her station was that below a common whore." she tells him.

Oh that is it! I lunge at her just to be caught by Achilles. He holds me in his arms making sure he can keep me away from the priestess.

"You can not kill me you wench!" she yells out at me.

I try to break free of Achilles hold but he is too strong for me to. I try to calm down knowing he wont release me until I do so. Then I think of when Meg faught Patroclus at the beach. The one thing that caught him off guard was when Meg kissed him. Would that really work on Achilles though? I had no other ideas so I went for it. I turned to Achilles and firmly placed my lips against his. At first I felt his shock but then his arms wrapped around my body in a calmer way. Ok so even though I kissed him he still isn't going to let me go.

"I knew you were his whore." I hear the priestess say.

Apparently that angered Achilles this time as he breaks our kiss and glares at her.

"You will have one week then you will be sent to the King. Even I do not know what he will do with you." Achilles says as the Priestess turns on her heels and runs out of the tent.

"You can let me go now." I tell him as he looks back at me.

"I won't. You and your sister have caused much trouble today. I believe you owe me an explanation." he tells me still holding me close to his body.

"Bad day?" I tell him.

"Diana. You can't do whatever you wish. I keep you and your sister here to protect you and the next minute you are hitting a priestess and your sister fights my cousin." Achilles says shaking his head.

"The only reason Meg did that was to prove a point and I think she was jealous. The main reason I punched her was to defend Meg's honor." I tell him.

I watch as his expression softens and he smiles at me.

"I know that you would do anything for your sister. As I would for my cousin. Diana think before you act though." he tells me as he puts his hand on my cheek.

"Every action has an equal re action. I know I remember that now." I tell him as I roll my eyes.

Then I feel his lips on mine again as his other hand on my hip then goes to my back pulling me closer to him. I kiss him back not really thinking about it at first. My body and his body seem to really like each other. I can feel his hand on the small of my back and he pulls away and looks at me with a smile.

"You are mine. Do you understand that?" he asks me.

Uh ok I do understand what he means but what am I suppose to say.

"I understand." My mouth answers him as our lips meet again.

Achilles POV

I wake the next morning with her in my arms this time unlike the morning before. This woman and her sister have been causing nothing but trouble yet I can't help but want to be with her. It is as if I am drawn to her. The only reason she hit the priestess was to defend her sisters honor. Diana was very loyal to her family. Last night I told her she was mine and she did not deny me but agreed with me. Now as I hold her in my arms I shudder at the though of her being anywhere near another man. She was mine and mine alone.

I study every feature of her and that makes me remember when I first saw her in the water. The men called her a mermaid or siren. Though when I saw her I saw a confused and scared woman. I jumped into the water with no concern for myself but with her as my one goal. I had to get her and keep her safe. I remeber what she was wearing as well...as many of my men was also admiring it as well. She still wears that under her clothes for reasons I do not know. I remember that Patroclus also studied all of her features but was most interested in her red hair. It was rare to see someone with hair like hers.

I put my hand on her cheek as I lean in and kiss her again. I keep my eyes open to see hers flutter open. She looks surprised but in a good way. I pull away from her as she smiles at me. I can't help but stare at her eyes. If only I knew what spell she has me under.

After getting dressed we walk back into the food tent where Patroclus and Meg are sitting together once again. I was still angry with both of them for fighting but it seemed to help them work out their problems. Diana and I sit down with them at their table as Diana sees the priestess walk inside and I can see her whole body tense up. I put my hand on the small of her back catching her off guard and she looks at me.

"Leave her be Diana." I tell her as she nods her head.

"Di we have to help with the laundry again today." Meg tells her sister.

"I figured. I just hope a certain someone goes out a little too deep." Diana answers her.

"Patroclus go with them and the guards. I would hate to have another fight." I tell him as he turns to look at me.

"Alright cousin." he answers me.

Though Meg has proven she can fight there are no marks on Patroclus and that is a good thing. For if he had to explain he was defeated by a woman he would be made fun of more now than ever.

Diana's POV

Just as we were going to the ocean to do laundry for the I don't know how many times. I feel arms around me again and they pull me away from the group. I try to get out of the hold but the grip on becomes harder and stronger. Finally we stop and the person turns me around to reveal themselves as Hector. Oh great this guy again.

"Diana, have you any news on helping my cousin?" he asks me.

"No, I told you it would take time. Why have you returned?" I ask him as I look around making sure no one can see us.

"Paris, he was about to try and sneak in to retrieve her." he tells me.

"That would shock me. He doesn't seem like the brave type." I tell him with a scoff.

"My brother is-" Hector starts.

"Half the reason for this war and Helen is the other half. Prince Hector even if Helen was returned do you think it would stop this war? I do not think it would." I tell him in all honesty.

"What would stop it then?" he asks me.

"Nothing. This is a war over greed and power. Until one side is destroyed nothing will stop this chaos." I answer him not knowing how else to say it.

"You seem to know something you will not tell me." he says as he takes my hand.

Why is he being gentle with me now? I look up into his brown eyes and can see genuine concern in them. I don't want him to die either. I don't want anyone here to die.

"Take your family and leave here before they end you Prince." I tell him.

"The only family I have is my father, my brother and Helen. Where would we go? Our honor keeps us in Troy." he tells me as he walks a little closer to me.

"Then that will be where your grave is as well. Achilles is a skilled warrior he will not give up and neither will the King." I tell him as I watch him move closer to me.

The feeling I get from the Prince is different then the one I get from Achilles. The prince seems to be much more gentle then Achilles. While that is true Achilles is more claiming than Hector is. Even being here knowing I should not be I feel somewhat safe with Hector.

"You must be a mermaid for even in Troy you haunt me in my dreams." he tells me.

"DIANA!" I hear Meg call out for me.

"Go Prince. If they find you they will kill you and I do not want you to die." I tell him as I turn to run away.

"You wish me to be safe?" he asks me as he takes my hand.

"Please Prince Hector flee before something horrible happens. I will try to get your cousin out but don't come back." I tell him as I break free of his hold and run back to the ocean where Meg is looking for me.

"Where were you?" Meg asks me.

"I dropped a few things and had to go back. Sorry. Apparently I am good at getting lost." I tell Meg as I walk into the Ocean with her.

"Sure, like I am going to believe that." Meg tells me with an arched eye brow.