Hello everyone Chocolate414 here. I've been reading so many stories from here that I finally decided to create my own. Now, just for fair warning I want you guys to know that I've always had it stuck in my head that Xena should've ended up with Callisto. She is after all my favorite character (second to Xena of course). This is the first chapter and I would love too hear what you guys think. If you think its a lost cause send me a message and I'll leave this story alone. But, I just want you all to know that I have some big plans for this story.

Again this is a Xena/Callisto fic. So for all of you who are Xena/Gabrielle fans... just give it a chance...

Chapter 1

Artemis, goddess of the hunt and patron goddess of the amazons stood in her realm on Mount Olympus. Her golden brown eyes were looking in a watery pool surveying her territory on greece. For months she'd been plagued with images of her amazons downfall. The fates had decreed it, seers had for told it, and this same watery pool that her father Zeus had given her, showed the gruesome event.

"The fall of the amazons will come from the hand of a child that you have forgotten." Clotho stated.

"And with the fall of the amazons, the centaurs will follow." Lachesis said.

"War shall plague the land for hundreds of years in greece and many will die before it is there time." Atropos followed.

"How can I stop this from happening? When can I expect for this to begin? Is there enough time?" Artemis was frantic, her amazons and the centaurs were at stake. She hoped that she could change the future in time. All she needed was a chance.

"There is a small window. If you can change the course of the future within this time. There may be hope. Lachesis said.

"Within a years time, your amazons will die." Clotho said.

"Please tell me how to stop this." Artemis wasn't used to begging but she was scared. The other Gods including herself could feel that something was coming. They felt it within them, in their hearts, their minds, and even in their spirits. Zeus was the first to ask the fates and they sent him directly to Artemis.

"Rage, anguish, fear, and hurt plague this persons heart. It may be to late. You must fill this persons heart with love and forgiveness or Greece will fall." Atropos answered.

"I don't know who this person is. How will I find them?"

"Look within yourself." All of the fates said this at once. They disappeared in shimmering light and Artemis returned to her own temple.

The fates words plagued the goddesses mind. With every passing day her heart grew with fear for the upcoming future.

"The fall of the amazons will come from the hand of a child that you have forgotten." Artemis repeated.

And then finally it dawned on her who it was. The one she left behind. Artemis focused on the pool in front of her. The scene changed to an area south of greece. One persons face encompassed the entire pool and the goddess felt tears brim to the surface. The fates were right. All she had to do was look within herself to find out who this person was.

Callisto stood in her tent going over various battle plans. Her recent destruction and pillage of various villages in southern greece soothed her. But only temporarily. She'd been brought back to life by Hera and after nearly killing Hercules, she was now immortal. She narrowly escaped being trapped within the golden apples' tomb and Hercules had been none the wiser.

"The big oaf believed that I was trapped." Callisto smiled menacingly as she thought of how she tricked Zeus' son.

"Callisto the men are ready and prepared to travel." Dante, Callisto's second in command declared.

"Good we'll be heading east to one more village before we begin my campaign to double my army's troops." Dante nodded.

"Which city will we be going to?" Callisto glared. "If you don't mind me asking?" Callisto took a step forward and looked in Dante's eyes. "Potaidea" She smiled at the surprised look on Dante's face.

"But why captain?" The sharp look that Callisto gave him almost made him stutter but Dante continued his questioning. He was first answered with a wild look, full of rage, anger, and insanity.

"Some old friends of mine are connected to that village. I owe a favor to one of them and I would just love to return it." Callisto stared at Dante for a moment before she dismissed him and went back to her battle plans. She would give her men a good night's rest and tomorrow she would head east.

"I hope you're ready for me warrior princess. I can't wait to begin our duel once again. Only this time you'll be the one dying."

Callisto's anger and rage began to bubble over once again. Immortality cleared her mind of most of its insanity but the rage, hate, and anger only grew. As soon as she left Hercules, she began building her new army. It was easy when soldiers found out that she was immortal. She was the closest god-like warlord to ever step foot on greece. Her name commanded more fear than it ever did before and for all intensive purposes she was becoming more well known than Xena herself.

Callisto had taken plenty of precautions. One of them, was attacking southern villages first. These villages were less guarded throughout greece and created safe havens for her men. With every attack she gained men from each one of those villages. It was quite simple really. She told the men if they didn't fight for her she would kill there families, if they did fight for her and they pledged there loyalties, then they would share her spoils and there villages would obtain the security they should have been granted by greece before. In less than six months she amassed more than four hundred men. Callisto gained control of southern greece by controlling these villages. She made sure that her name was never told to the other guarded areas of greece. Quietly gaining the forefront she needed to finally deliver a striking blow to Xena and her little pet. Callisto had grown and was now a smart tactician.

Callisto's senses had grown immensely with her immortality as well. She could feel another presence in the room with her. She'd felt it for the past few days and new she was being watched. She smirked, it could only be one person.

"Come on out Ares. I can feel your presence. Aren't you Gods supposed to be all powerful? Funny, you can't even hide from a little immortal like myself." She turned around and saw a flash of light, only to be caught off guard by a different God's voice.

"Oh come on now blondie. Don't look so suprised." Callisto stood face to face with the goddess of love. She was stunned but only let it show for a few seconds before she fixed her face and gave Aphrodite a menacing glare.

"Now what have I done to gain a visit from the goddess of love? I certainly haven't been looking for lovers as of lately. Me conquering greece and all." Callisto smirked at Aphrodite and started playing with one of her knives.

Aphrodite could feel the hate coming off of Callisto in waves. She'd never met anyone, mortal or immortal, who had this much hate within them. She was momentarily shocked with the enormity of it. Artemis told her the severity of the situation but she couldn't believe it was this bad. Aphrodite had the power to look within Callisto's heart and the pain she felt nearly broke her. She didn't understand how the woman before her was still standing, let alone making battle plans and playing with a knife.

"How may I help you Aphrodite?" Callisto was growing impatient. Even if the woman before her was a Goddess, no one kept her waiting.

"I don't appreciate my temple being used as a sleeping area for your men. The priestess' of my temple were barely alive when you left. You're men nearly killed them all." Callisto yawned at the goddess.

"And I care because? You should be grateful they left them alive." Callisto smiled evilly.

"You should care Callisto. You may be immortal but I am still a goddess and I can..."

"You can do what? Picture the goddess of love trying to hurt me. It's funny to even think about. What can you really do to me Aphrodite, keep me from love. I've done that all by myself." Callisto smiled like a maniac and Aphrodite felt her anger begin to bubble.

"One of your men raped one of my priestesses." Aphrodite saw a momentary change on Callisto's face. Her hatred seemed less palpable for only a second and a feeling of sadness took over the raging immortal. If for only a moment. "I know how you feel or once felt about rape, I thought that you would at least do something about that." Aphrodite felt Callisto's anger and hate come back in full force as she looked at the blonde goddess.

"Show me which one it was." The look Aphrodite saw in those eyes was something a murderer would be scared of. With her hand she blew a kiss to Callisto, sending sparkles to the blonde and they covered her face before they disappeared. An image came to Callisto's mind as she closed her eyes.

Black hair, green eyes, a long beard, and a scar across his left eye. Callisto knew exactly who it was.

"I'm guessing that I am the only one that will be able to see you?" Aphrodite nodded. "Good. Dante come in here NOW!" The second in command rushed in without a moments hesitation. "Bring in that new archer from the last village we plundered." With a nod Dante left with haste. Aphrodite watched a sick grin come across Callisto's face and new that the man that raped her priestess was going to be punished. She just didn't know if it was going to be a good thing or a bad thing.

"You know Aphrodite, when my village was burning to the ground, and all of my friends were dying in front of me I felt pain, sadness, hurt... everything that you can think of. I see you trying to look for goodness within me but there is none. I watched my sister get burned alive and my mother.." Aphrodite watched as Callisto's eyes went eerie. "I watched her get raped by one of Xena's men. I hid behind the window of my own home at eleven years old and watched as my mother was raped and then stabbed in the heart by Dagnon." Aphrodite looked in horror as Callisto's eyes went from dark brown to golden brown. This story wasn't what horrified her, but what she realized when she looked into Callisto's eyes. Those eyes which looked so familiar but belonged to someone else. Someone that she knew "I realized that day, that I didn't need love. I was fine without it." Aphrodite suddenly realized what the fates were telling her sister. By the Gods this had never happened before. She didn't even realize when Dante brought the rapist into Callisto's tent. She watched as Callisto's eyes took an even more golden brown God like quality as she took the man by the throat and and squeezed it until she broke his neck and killed him.

"Is that all Aphrodite? This man is a waste of space and I would love to have his corpse thrown out of my tent before it stinks it up." Aphrodite watched as Callisto's eyes went back to normal. Stunned by what she just discovered Aphrodite only nodded and waved at the man's body as it turned into thin air.

"We are done here." Callisto turned back around to look at her battle plans and Aphrodite returned to Mount Olympus. If her theory was right, then her sister had some explaining to do. And if the fates were telling the truth, that small window giving those amazons a chance for survival just got slimmer.

So what do you guys think? Again this is my first fiction in this section, so take it easy on me... Be sure to post some reviews...