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What is a goddess to do when an earth girl, that your image's power set free, diligently seeks to commune with you? When Joan is heard observing Exxorean piety, should the narrow minded girl have called the Teen Trouble Alert queue?

The Wonder Twins in

Episode 7 ~ Exxor Emissary

By Sasha Nexus

This fan fiction piece is based on the original works, “All New Super Friends Hour"; by Hannah Barbera, copyright 1977 and Extreme Justice #9 by DC Comics, Copyright 1995 All original characters and plot lines are the property of the owners, and any resemblance to individuals either living or dead is coincidental. This piece is for entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a copyright infringement.

Joan set her alarm to go off an hour earlier when she had been up at 3 AM tending to the Teen Trouble Alert and it was going off now. Joan rose cheerfully humming a sweet tune from Exxor that she had discovered that had a connection to the goddess. She bathed herself and dressed herself then went to the kitchen and fixed a small breakfast for her. She wanted the extra time in the morning so she could meditate on the things of Exxor. She was thrilled to have actually talked with the Goddess yesterday. The rest she had received after placing herself at the disposal of the Goddess was sweet and peaceful. She didn't even remember turning back to human form and teleporting to her bed here at Mother's home but she had managed it some how was clear.

Her soul burst into song as she meditated on the passage. She had never remembered anything else that she had immersed herself as much as she was doing with all thing Exxor these days. She turned back towards the empty chair that her mother most often sat in to find the Goddess sitting in regal splendor sitting with her. She made reverence to the Goddess in the Exxorean manner and The Goddess smiled at her and told her, "Rise, Child!"

Joan returned to her seat and smiled, "I feel so unworthy to be in your presence'

She took my hand and looked into my eyes, " I have sanctified you by seeking to commune with you. What I have cleansed , no one in the universe should call unclean. I made you sweetie and I don't make trash!'

"Thank you, Maam", Joan cried tears of joy as she smiled," I will remember that!"

"Little one, I wanted to make sure you realized the seriousness of what you did last night. That act of reverence that you performed remarkably is also a request that you enter into the service of the Goddess. It is done as a life long commitment."

"Goddess, I did not know it with my mind or else I would have told Jayna but I have felt it in my heart. I owe you my existence, Goddess, and you have blessed me with many gifts. I have never felt happier since I have come to embrace your meditations and teachings and the culture of your people. I gladly submit myself as your handmaid for what ever task you might require of me."

"I know that you have taken an oath to serve the Super Friends as well and this is pleasing in my sight. The service I require of you is not exclusive however if for a time I need you in that manner, The Super Friends will allow you time off to practice your religion and that will be sufficient"

"That is encouraging to hear, My Lady. All that I pledged to do last night I stand ready to honor my commitment"

"Rise before me Child and receive my judgment." Joan rose before the Goddess standing before her.

"Little One, In as much as you have shown your devotion to me and bid me let you enter into my service, I commission you my Emissary to the people of planet Earth. You may be seated child." She took her seat and Joan took hers again too.

"I must be honest and let you know that since time is non linear with me, I am still in the moment for the judgment of Theodore. I gave you to be Joan out of compassion for your life challenge and I gave you help to be the best Joan that you could be. Yet I had taken no action concerning your irreverence to my image. The greater action should be taken concerning the person who tempted you to act in that manner."

"I recognize I was irreverent, Goddess your judgments are true."

"In your ceremonial duties as Emissary, You will be in Exxorean form. The gift that I will be giving you is that both your human and Exxorean form will be base forms and not a transform of the other. You will have a special way to switch between these two forms that will not tap into your resources as a Sorceress."

"My child the blessing I have for you is the judgment I have for others. The Wonder Twins actually were triplets originally. The third fraternal teen sister, Vylylia, was my priestess. Once she had died, there was no way found to restore her to life. As an Exxorean, you will be the image and possess the abilities of Vylylia. Should you choose to do so, wearing Vylylia's form will allow you to participate as a Wonder Triplet. Everything about you will be exactly as they remembered their sister. Take care of their pain and wear her image well so that her life is remembered and glorified. "

"It will be done to be even as you have said, Goddess your judgments are true.."

"Little One, your friend will see the error of her way and know that this comes from me instead of you. Weeping may endure for the night but Joy comes in the Morning. You will have access to her memory as well, so you may enquire the things I have not yet revealed. To become Exxorean touch your palms together and say Vylylia and to become human touch your palms together and say either Sorceress or Joan Waterman and it shall happen. I now take my leave of you, Be well, Child!" And the Goddess vanished.

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Joan was wondering what kind of excuse , she was going to have to arrange to stay out of school to see about this. I guess there was the straight forward, Religious observance only it didn't sound prudent to explain about the Exxorean goddess. Fortunately she went straight to the answer woman herself, Joan's momma. When she knocked on the door of momma's room to try to get her to help. Momma told her to "Come on in and get under the covers." Joan did as she was instructed gladly. It was a special treat to be in Momma's room. "Did you see?" Momma asked her. "See what Momma?" "Did you check your panties?" Joan had not checked her panties but she hopped out of bed to go to the restroom. When she pulled down her panties she found they were spotted but not so bad yet so she put in a panty liner and came back to bed. "Momma, they are spotted, am I about to get my period?" "Yes Sweetheart. Welcome to womanhood!" "Momma, Do I have to go to school today?" "Girl should not have to go to school on her first period. You can stay out if you promise me that you won't spend all your time playing hooky at the Hall of Justice. OK Sweetie?" "Sure Momma I will come back for some momma daughter time. I want to pamper you too since you are in the same boat. It's funny all the things that I missed before that was right in front of me." "That's OK sweetie. Past is past but I'm glad you are my daughter now." "I'll try to be back soon... I got some super friends business dropped in my lap this morning. There sooner I pass it on to those in charge is the sooner I get to pretend that it doesn't exist since others will handle it."

"Bye Sweetie" and Joan disappeared with a "So Mote It be!"

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Sorceress, who had materialized into her sleeping quarters at the Hall of Justice, had a shower and took care of today's essentials including a tampon and a pad and got dressed. She tapped first on her Super Friends communicator earring.

"Sorceress to Wonder Woman Urgent news Can we meet?"

"Wonder Woman Here. Meet you in the cafeteria in 5. Ok sweetie?

"Wonderful. See you there! Sorceress Out"

"Wonder Woman Out"

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Sorceress and Wonder Woman got their breakfast and found a table to sit together. Sorceress explained what had happened with her meeting with the Exxorean Goddess and explained the perception by the Goddess that using the image in the manner that Jayna had was displeasing to her and kissing the image unbidden by the actual goddess was disrespectful from Theodore and Zan. The goddess had not touched on the later use of the goddess image to exile Evil Dick but that had involved both Jayna and Zayna.

"Wonder Woman, Goddess knows I have made more than my share of mistakes when it comes to exploring the parameters of my power. You know about the disaster I had with Mindy last night and the situation I placed Robin."

"I understand your concerns and you do not speak for retribution but enlightenment, Go ahead Sorceress"

"Jayna erred both strategically and morally when she took on the form of the goddess without seeking permission to do so. The act of animating the Goddess's form without her permission was disrespectful and using that animation to entice others to be disrespectful was also disrespectful."

"I take it that the goddess has elected now to invoke judgment for the disrespect involved in your transformation."

"It is perplexing that it comes after the goddess and I have communed but perhaps that mitigated my judgment. I seem not to have the worst part. The Wonder Twins at one time were the Wonder Triplets. Zan and Jayna had a sister their age who was a priestess of the goddess whose image Jayna assumed. She, Vylylia, was serving in the temple which was one of the first targets wiped out in the barrage against Exxor that made everyone refugees. The Goddess would have liked to have saved her but she could not preserve anything but her image because even she can not restore some one from death. The Goddess has asked me to be her emissary to earth. My blessing and sorrow is that in giving me the gift of invoking Exxorean form independent of my power is that the image I become is Vylylia. Even though I will have her memories the sentience inhabiting her form is mine and not hers. I fear that state is to be an allegory to both Jayna and her sister to have their sister back yet it only be an image. I have yet to reveal this to Jayna and Zayna and I hoped you could be present to help in the aftermath." She looked up to Diana and smiled hopefully "Mom, I need you! Badly!"

"Sure, Sweetie, I'll help. Hopefully once the shock and lessons are dealt with then you all will enjoy the gift that the Goddess has given you of being actual sisters and not just creations of shape shifting."

So Wonder Woman and Sorceress located the Wonder Twins and arranged to meet with them in the Simulation Room.

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"Wonder Woman's presence had so uplifted Sorceress that she was very upbeat instead of ominous as she had been first telling the story . "Greetings Jayna, Greetings Zayna. Guess What! I'm having my first period today! Momma let me play hooky on condition that I don't spend all my time at the Hall of Justice today. When I come back she's gonna play hooky from work and have some Momma daughter time. Our periods are the same so that's why she guessed that I was getting mine today."

Jayna and Zayna gave Joan a hug and told her, "Welcome to womanhood!"

Joan began, "Thanks, girls. I have some more news that isn't so wonderful but it concerns you two so I need to tell you." She gave each of their hands a squeeze and looked with compassion in her eyes which indicated everything would be all right. "I don't think its any secret that I have been trying to find out more about the Exxorean Goddess whose image was worn by Jayna when I was given my new life. I wanted to express my thanks to her and her power and judgment for giving me my new life. I succeeded in that I was visited in realistic dreams where she and I talked. And then last night when we were powered up with Triplet power She actually spoke to me. She selected me for a task and she wished me to be able to knowingly and willingly accept it."

Jayna realized, "You are taking a different tact on learning about the Goddess. I have been trying to learn more about her image so that I could fully use her inherent power. You have been trying to know the Goddess herself. I thought that she was a myth and her image and powers the creation of myth. I have been very disrespectful and full of pride in my accomplishment for yielding so vast a power even though I was clueless on how to really control it."

"What's done is done now, Jayna. All we can do is accept the judgment that all three of us have earned for our conduct. As part of the task I have been given, I have been given the power to change into the image of an Exxorean priestess, independent from my own shape shifting power. The task that I have been given by the Goddess is Exxor Emissary to Earth and the priestess whose image I take on is Vylylia your dead sister."

Zayna was brave so she asked, "Can we see her, now? Even though it will be you instead of her... well I never got to tell her goodbye."

"Sure, Zayna, I can do that and I want to be respectful of your sister's memory. If I do something unthinkingly that is out of character correct me and I will do my best to learn to bring honor to her memory."

"I want to see her too, Joan. Thank you for helping us. We'll find a way to get thru things the way they are now ."

Joan looked to Diana and she gave her assent with a nod. Joan pressed her palms together and said softly, "Vylylia" and in her place was a shorter and slightly more Elvin featured teen girl who was unmistakably Jayna and Zayna's sister. She was wearing her priestess gowns and looked very much like the girls remembered her."

"Hi Glivney! Hi Tomu! It's me!"

"Joan? You have Vylylia's memories too?"

"It's Joan in here too. A bit too much for now? Try again later?"

The Wonder Twins agreed, "Too much for right now but looking forward to doing it again soon."

Vylylia pressed her palms together and said "Sorceress" And she returned to her human form.

Jayna told her, "It's been too long since I was called Glivney, seems right somehow. After the shock has worn off then maybe we can finally work thru our grief. We didn't get a chance to say goodbye or to bury her body. We'll find a way to cope with the situation after that and perhaps even thrive. Go ahead and spend that mother daughter day you have waited so long for because Zayna and I will be fine." Diana nodded her assent as well so Sorceress said. "So mote it be !"

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Joan found herself in her bed at home and was about to go off when she received the alert bleep of the Teen Trouble Alert going off.

"Sorceress your assistance is required by teen Gladys Cravats at coordinates 85.48.1.7.255. 'There is a boy pretending to be a girl at my school who is allowed to mix with us normal people just because she was seen with Superman, once who is freaking me out with her cult meditations instead of using the King James Bible. Please send help!'" {Message 19283746}

Joan smiled and thought she finally had a slam dunk cause that is the way she was told to handle it. First she patched into the Trouble Alert Computer "Accept Voiceprint Sorceress!" "Voice print accepted , Limited Command Functions Available" "Transfer Teen Trouble Alert message 19283746 to Trouble Alert Queue " "Input Reason" " Secret Identity Protection" "Message Transfer completed" "End Command Function Session " "Sorceress Logged out of Limited Command Function" "Sorceress Out" She felt quite pleased at herself. She reasoned that she had made yet another error for enjoying her music so much that she was a bit louder than was needed. She'd rearrange her schedule so she could do Exxorean things when she was wearing Exxorean form. She was glad that she had protection from the bigots and that on the whole her time at school was pleasant.

With everything taken care of, she called her mother on her mother's phone so that she could have the Mother /Daughter time. Not everything was solved and not all the problems were her doing, but she had faith in the Goddess that all would come out in the end. What felt even more special is that she felt so mothered, from the Goddess, from Diana, and from Momma. A girl really needs all the mothering she can get.

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This story is dedicated to the memory of my friend, Joan.