Title: Yuletide Night
Author: Smenzer
Rating: PG
Pairing: Ares/Gabrielle
Archive: Yes, please. Let me know if you take it, OK?
Teaser: Ares visits Gabrielle on Yuletide Night
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. They belong to Studios USA or
Whoever owns the Rights to Xena: Warrior Princess.
Twas the night before Yuletide, when all through Greece
Not a hydra was stirring, not even a nymph;
The gauntlets were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that the War God soon would be there
Gabrielle was nestled all snug in her bed
While visions of Ares danced through her head
And Joxer in his nightie and Xena in her cap
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap
From out on the lawn there arose such a clatter
Gabrielle sprung from her bed to see what was the matter
Away to the window she flew with a flash
Tore open the curtains and pushed up the sash
Selene on the breast of the new fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid day to objects below
When, what to her wondering eyes should appear
But a black chariot and eight tiny reindeer!
With an Olympian driver, so lively and quick
She knew it a moment it must be Ares!
More rapid than Pegasus his courses they came
And he lightninged and shouted and called them by name
Now DISCORD! Now DITE! Now HERA and STRIFE!
On APOLLO! On HADES! On ARTEMIS and ZEUS!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall
Now dash away dash away dash away all
As dry leaves before the wild huricane flies
When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky
So up to the farm house the courses they flew
With the chariot full of swords and Ares, too!
And then, in a moment, she heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof
As Gabrielle drew in her head and was turning around
Down THROUGH the roof Ares came with a crash!
He was dressed in black leather from his head to his foot
And his clothes were dusty with pieces of roof
A bundle of weapons he had flung on his back
And he looked like Autolycus opening his sack!
His eyes, how they simmered, his laugh, how scary!
His cheeks were hairy, his nose NOT like a cherry
His droll little mouth was puckered up to kiss
And the beard on his chin was as black as Tarturas
The handle of his sword he held tight in his hand
And he twirled it around his body like a wreath
He had a broad face and strong muscles
That flexed when he moved like a black panther
He was lean and muscular, a right Olympian God
And Grabrielle grinned in spite of herself
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Let her know she had nothing to dread
His spoke not a word but went straight to his work
And filled all the gauntlets, then turned with a jerk
After kissing Gabrielle right under her nose
He vanished with a blue flash!
He sprang to his chariot, to his team gave an order
And away they all flew like the magical phoenix
But she heard him exclain as he drove out of sight
Happy Yuletide to all and to all a good-night!
Author: Smenzer
Rating: PG
Pairing: Ares/Gabrielle
Archive: Yes, please. Let me know if you take it, OK?
Teaser: Ares visits Gabrielle on Yuletide Night
Disclaimer: The characters are not mine. They belong to Studios USA or
Whoever owns the Rights to Xena: Warrior Princess.
Twas the night before Yuletide, when all through Greece
Not a hydra was stirring, not even a nymph;
The gauntlets were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that the War God soon would be there
Gabrielle was nestled all snug in her bed
While visions of Ares danced through her head
And Joxer in his nightie and Xena in her cap
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap
From out on the lawn there arose such a clatter
Gabrielle sprung from her bed to see what was the matter
Away to the window she flew with a flash
Tore open the curtains and pushed up the sash
Selene on the breast of the new fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid day to objects below
When, what to her wondering eyes should appear
But a black chariot and eight tiny reindeer!
With an Olympian driver, so lively and quick
She knew it a moment it must be Ares!
More rapid than Pegasus his courses they came
And he lightninged and shouted and called them by name
Now DISCORD! Now DITE! Now HERA and STRIFE!
On APOLLO! On HADES! On ARTEMIS and ZEUS!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall
Now dash away dash away dash away all
As dry leaves before the wild huricane flies
When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky
So up to the farm house the courses they flew
With the chariot full of swords and Ares, too!
And then, in a moment, she heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof
As Gabrielle drew in her head and was turning around
Down THROUGH the roof Ares came with a crash!
He was dressed in black leather from his head to his foot
And his clothes were dusty with pieces of roof
A bundle of weapons he had flung on his back
And he looked like Autolycus opening his sack!
His eyes, how they simmered, his laugh, how scary!
His cheeks were hairy, his nose NOT like a cherry
His droll little mouth was puckered up to kiss
And the beard on his chin was as black as Tarturas
The handle of his sword he held tight in his hand
And he twirled it around his body like a wreath
He had a broad face and strong muscles
That flexed when he moved like a black panther
He was lean and muscular, a right Olympian God
And Grabrielle grinned in spite of herself
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Let her know she had nothing to dread
His spoke not a word but went straight to his work
And filled all the gauntlets, then turned with a jerk
After kissing Gabrielle right under her nose
He vanished with a blue flash!
He sprang to his chariot, to his team gave an order
And away they all flew like the magical phoenix
But she heard him exclain as he drove out of sight
Happy Yuletide to all and to all a good-night!