This story will contain the following: two women as life partners and mothers, spankings to minor children, and anyone else whom the author deems needs it.

The rights of Xena, Gabrielle, Cyrene, Argo, etc. belong to REN pics and whomever else makes a profit from using them. I own nothing.

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"Come on, Gabrielle, is this really necessary?" Xena shifted in the corner of their bedroom while her wife watched from the bed.

"It is as long as our five year old curses like a merchant marine in over five different languages." Gabrielle responded calmly. "I think a time out before the rest of your punishment is more than appropriate."

"It's not like I haven't talked to her about not using those words," Xena tried.

"Oh, I'm aware of that, Xena," Gabrielle responded. "Now, no more talking, you are in a time out, warrior." The blonde grinned as her wife leaned her head against the wall and groaned.

"Oh for the gods' sake!" I turned tail and ran out of the hut as fast as I could. Finally stopping to catch my breath on Yaya's front porch I ran my hands over my face and sank into the bench.

Why couldn't my mothers have sex like every other couple? At night, in the dark, when their children were asleep! No, I had to have mothers that not only participated in the act whenever they could but looked as if they had been the models for parts of the Kamasutra.

Trying to forget what I'd seen when I'd gone into their room to grab a book I'd forgotten, I collapsed into Yaya's arms when she finally joined me. "Sam?"

"Yeah?"

"What's wrong?"

"My mothers are going to have me in therapy until I'm a hundred."

"Therapy?"

I looked into eyes so similar to mine and sighed. "It's not important, let's just say I know more about my parent's personal life than I should."

Pushing me back Yaya shook her head. "Again, Samina? Don't you ever knock on their door?"

"They weren't supposed to be home!" I protested standing up and pacing. "I didn't even know the position they were in was possible!"

"Sam?"

Shaking my head, I grabbed my grandmother's hand and led her into her hut. Sitting down in a worn chair I finally answered as she sat across from me. "Let's just say I've seen tamer wall art at some of Auntie's temples."

Raising an eyebrow, Yaya looked at me and shook her head. "Oh, my little one, next time, do yourself a favor and just knock."

I groaned and nodded, "Next time, I'll have a bell around my neck so they can hear me coming."

The knock at the door startled me and I groaned as my mother's entered. "Xena, Gabrielle," Yaya greeted with a smirk before turning back to me. "See, Sam that was a knock."

"Very funny, Yaya."

"Time to come home, Samina," Mom spoke quietly. "Your mother and I would like to talk with you."

"About what?"

"What you saw."

I looked at Mama and shook my head. "No thanks. I mean, not that you aren't limber and all, but I do not need to discuss what I saw. You're married, I get it. Next time, I'll knock. No, better yet, next time I'll make so much noise you'll hear me before I even walk into the hut. Oh, and I'll be sure to read only in my room or the living area. I will never make the mistake of leaving anything in your room again…." I knew I was rambling but couldn't help myself.

Sighing, Mama moved towards me and grabbed my elbow helping me to my feet, "Let's go, little one," she began to steer me towards the door as Yaya chuckled.

"Girls," Yaya caused us all to look at her. "You know, there are such things as locks."

Mom and Mama had the good sense to blush before muttering their goodbyes and tugging me towards home and another awkward sex talk while Yaya's chuckling echoed in our ears.

Sitting at the kitchen table I spoke before either of my mothers could, "Look, Aphrodite is my goddess mother, if I have any questions, I know where to go."

Mom grinned and shook her head, "We'd like you to come to us if you have questions, Sammy."

"Why in the name of all that is holy would I want to do that?" I asked. "I need mind bleach as it is, or better yet, give me a quill so I can poke my eyes out…"

"Sam," Mama's voice was teasing and I shrugged.

"Tell me, when you were in India, did you maybe pose for a book?" I asked.

My mothers blushed and I groaned. "Great, just great…" I trailed off. "Seriously, I promise to knock or something. Now, can I go?"

Mama and Mom shook their heads. "Okay, Sam, we won't make you talk about what you walked in on today," Mama began.

"But we're serious about you coming to us with questions," Mom finished.

I nodded and began to stand up before Mama stopped me again. "Actually, little one, we have something else to discuss with you."

"What?"

"I'm pregnant," Mama announced suddenly as Mom put her face in her hands and groaned.

"Seriously, Xena, you tell her like that?"

"Well, how else would have me tell her, Gabrielle? Through song?"

I raised my eyebrow. "Song? That could be fun. Could we have another battle of the bands?"

I squirmed suddenly under the double glare I was receiving. "Okay, never mind, sheesh. Not like I need to see either of my moms in a go-go outfit anyway."

I stood and moved to sit on Mama's lap, "I'm going to enjoy this until you no longer have a lap," I teased before kissing her on the cheek. "Congrats, Mama, Mom. Any idea who blessed you this time?"

My parents shook their heads and I placed my head on Mama's shoulder, "Well, I'm sure we'll find out when this little sister is born. I wonder how Eve and the twins will take to the news?"

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"Are you kidding me?" A serious of curses left my little sister's mouth and I cringed for her bottom. "Don't we have enough kids in this family?"

"Apparently not," I quipped as Eve stood on her chair and glared at my mothers.

"Eve, sit down and stop swearing," Mom admonished.

Sighing heavily, Eve finally sat down and picked her fork back up. "I can't believe I'm getting another sister. I just got used to Emily and Zoe." Placing a bite of meat in her mouth Eve chewed thoughtfully before speaking again.

"I guess it's okay, but I'm not sharing my room." Taking another bite of her dinner she looked around the table and then back to my moms. "So how did you get a baby in your tummy anyway, Mama?"

Snorting I almost choked on my drink as Mama and Mom looked at each other. "Well, Eve, it's like this…"Mom began.

Eve was still looking at our parents in disbelief, "So you're telling me that one of the gods just put a baby in your tummy?"

Mama and Mom nodded. "That is so weird."

"Weird?" I asked.

Eve looked at me and nodded, "Yeah, Addy's brother told us you had to have a boy and a girl to make a baby and if the daddy was a centaur the girl had to be in really good shape."

This time it was Mom who almost choked on her dinner. "When did you talk to Xenon about this?" she asked.

"Oh, we weren't," Eve shrugged. "We just heard him talking with some friends when we went with Aunt Ephiny to visit. They were smiling at some of the guards that went with us."

"In really good shape?" I choked.

Eve nodded and I looked at my moms once more, "More about the angle than the shape you're in," Mama said almost to herself.

"Mama!"

"What?"

"The angle?" I croaked.

"What's an angle?" Eve asked. "What do you mean, Mama?"

"Yeah, Mama, what do you mean?" Mom asked.

"Um, well," Mama stuttered for a minute before looking at Eve and smirking. "How about we go see if Yaya has any of those cookies left?"

Sliding from her seat Eve was at the door, her staff in hand before Mama even stood. "Come on, Mama. Let's go. I am so happy the twins are spending dinner with Helen and Cora, more cookies for me!" Eve announced as she ran from the hut with Mama hot on her tail.

"Angle?" I croaked again before burying my face in my hands and groaning. "Therapy until I'm a hundred-and twenty." I said quietly as Mom merely stared at the now empty seats of her middle daughter and wife.

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A week had passed since Mama had told us of her pregnancy and during tonight's Solstice festivities she and Mom would be telling the rest of the tribe. I knew that there would be added joy to an already joyful celebration and though a part of me loved it, a part of me wasn't ready to once more be the center of attention.

As the oldest daughter of the queen and heir to the throne I had been given more responsibilities by the council with mom's approval. In addition to my junior staff warrior class, I was now an official assistant in Eve's kindergarten class as they began to learn basic writing and reading skills. The regular teacher taught in Greek and I was in charge of the English lessons.

The worst of the responsibilities though was the fact that I was now made to attend the monthly council meetings if Mom deemed it necessary. I knew that after I turned sixteen I would have to do this all the time but I didn't want to rush into these meetings for anything. I was too much like my warrior parent to really want to sit that long and listen to the bickering that tended to happen. I also knew that as a youngster, even though I was the princess, meant that I really had no say at the meetings other than voicing my opinions if allowed.

I was also given more lessons from Kassandra on Amazon history and she had introduced me to Elorah. Elorah ran the library and was an expert on Amazon law. Mom had instructed me to look through the Amazon law library and research a topic each month and give her a detailed report on the law, whether I thought it was still a valid law, or if I felt it needed to be changed. I was to persuade her using my words for my feelings on the subject. Elorah had been very helpful with this task and I was almost finished with my first essay for Mom.

I had just rolled up my parchment and was putting it into its case when Rory came into the hut without knocking. "Whatever you're doing, put it away. We need to go."

Putting the now full parchment case on the shelf near the window I looked at Rory as I leaned against the wall. "Oh, and where are we going?"

"To bag a wild boar with Zivah and Daria."

"Excuse me?" I made as if I was cleaning out my ears. "I could have sworn you just said we were going to hunt a wild boar."

Rory grinned. "We are," she showed me her bow and shrugged. "Some of the older girls saw the tracks and told the older hunters about it when they came back from their tree walking practice."

"And Daria was one of the girls," it wasn't a question and I quickly scrawled my mothers a note being sure to leave it on the table. "Okay, I just told the parents I was out with you guys and we'd be back before dinner. Let's go."

Grabbing my bow and quiver I settled them on my body before running to my room quickly. Grabbing my chakram, I placed it on my hip. I still wore leggings and had Talia make sure there was a way to fasten the weapon in the same manner Mama had it fastened to her leathers and leggings.

"Your chakram? Don't you remember the last time you tried to use that?" Rory asked as we finally left the hut.

"Yep, but there are no cars here to kill," I quipped as we quickly made our way into the surrounding woods in order to meet Zivah and Daria.

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"This way," I was leading our small group of underage hunters towards the wild boar with confidence though the voice in the back of my head telling me this was just plain stupid wasn't completely quiet.

"Damn, Sam, how the hell did you see the tracks?" Daria asked kneeling next to me. "There's nothing here."

I sighed and shoved her slightly before pointing to the indentations in the fallen tree branches. "See how the branch is broken? That means it's been stepped on by an animal. The way it's broken tells me what type of animal. The ground is too hard to really get good tracks right now, but we're close," I stopped for a moment as the wind changed.

Closing my eyes I listened carefully and smiled. "The boar is a few meters ahead of us. Form a circle and we'll get him in the middle. Get your bows ready."

Nodding silently they all did what I said and we went our separate ways. Coming upon the animal I gave the signal and we all fired at the same time. In hindsight that was one of the stupidest things I've ever done.

Only one arrow hit the animal, and it only grazed him. The graze made the boar mad, very mad and I saw too late that Rory was in his path. Nobody was moving and I didn't think as my hand went to my chakram and let it fly. The animal stopped and I caught my weapon before running towards it. My friends finally seemed to gather their wits and joined me at the boar.

"We did it," Daria grinned.

"Sam did it," Rory amended. "Thanks for saving my ass, cousin."

"Anytime," I grinned. "Now, who's up for breaking this animal down?" I asked producing my cutting knives.

The boar was huge and it took us a rather large time to get him broken down. We took the tusks from his head and then buried it before packing up the meat. Our packs loaded we slowly made our way back into the village. Heading to the kitchens we entered rather loudly only stopping when Yaya turned to stare at us.

"Girls! What have you done? You're a mess."

"We have some meat for you," Zivah answered. Putting our packs down, we pulled the animal from them and watched her face.

"What is this?" Yaya asked.

"Boar." Daria smiled proudly and wasn't prepared in the slightest when Yaya's wooden spoon began to make contact with her backside.

"Are the four of you crazy?" she demanded releasing Daria and grabbing Zivah. "You could have been killed," she admonished as Zivah was finally released only to be replaced by Rory.

"Boars have been known to harm even the most experienced hunters and you decide that it's a good idea to go and hunt one down alone!" Rory was now rubbing her bottom as I was trying to avoid Yaya's wooden spoon without any success.

"But we did it rather quickly and nobody got hurt," I protested as she finally let me go. My hands flew to my backside and began to rub it. She was still deadly with that spoon.

"How did you kill it?" she asked motioning the chuckling kitchen help to start going through what we had brought her.

"Um, well, you see, that's kind of a funny story," I began.

"Oh?" Crossing her arms and raising her eyebrow I looked down at her face and sighed.

"One of Daria's arrows hit him and made him a bit mad. I brought him down with my chakram before he could hurt Rory because he was charging directly towards her."

Yaya turned to one of her assistants and waved her spoon, "Go get Xena."

The girl turned and ran without a word as Yaya pointed her spoon at another girl, "You, go and get Shay. I'm going to need some more help with this monster."

"And you," she waved her spoon at us, "Find a seat and don't move until further notice."

Sighing we did as asked and thankfully didn't have to wait long for Mama to join us. "Mom, you wanted to see me?"

"Do you know what this is, Xena?" Yaya asked holding up the meat she and Shay were now expertly working on.

"Meat?"

"Do you know what type of meat?" Yaya pressed.

Mama shrugged and moved forward giving a sniff and then nodded, "Boar."

"And do you know how it got here?"

"I'm going to go out on a limb and say it didn't walk in on its own," Mama's grin fell as Yaya picked up her wooden spoon and popped her on the back of the thigh.

"Hey, what did I do?" Mama asked.

"You had that child," Yaya pointed at me. "And you've encouraged her way too much."

"Mom?" You could see the confusion on Mama's face and I was about to explain when Yaya beat me to it.

"Those four went out and hunted this animal. Sam had to bring it down with her chakram because all they did was succeed in ticking it off and it was charging at Rory."

Mama moved towards us slowly and motioned for us to stand up, "You brought this down?"

We nodded, "And you wore your chakram and used it?"

I nodded.

Mama didn't say anything but held out her hand. I sighed and handed her my chakram waiting for her pronouncement. "Girls, first let me say that I am glad none of you got hurt and managed to bring back this food for the village. However, this could have had a much different outcome. Not only did you go out hunting without an adult, you went after a very dangerous animal. Now, I want you to all go home and let your mothers know exactly what happened in the woods today. Including the chakram and the reason it was used."

"Aunt Xena," Rory whined. "Come on, Mom and Mama are going to kills us." She looked at her sister and Zivah nodded.

"I doubt that," Mama shook her head. "This is not open for debate, go on girls."

"Can't you just kill us and get it over with?" Daria asked and I heard Yaya hold in a chuckle.

Mama put her arm around Daria and shook her head, "Not this time, kiddo. This time, I'm letting your mom handle it. After all, I still need to deal with Sam."

"Damn," Daria muttered in English. "Way to bring down a hunting high, Xena."

"You'll live," Mama dropped her arm and gave Daria a swift swat to the bottom. "Get going, all three of you."

My friends groaned but filed out of the kitchen quietly. Mama looked down at me and I sighed. "Save the dramatics, Samina."

Turning Mama walked from the kitchen and I followed her without being told. I knew that look in her eyes and figured it would be better if I just went along with whatever she had planned rather than question it.

We walked until we reached the edge of the village. "Show me where you brought down the boar."

I nodded and we made our way to the kill sight easily. Stopping Mama turned to me again. "Walk me through what happened."

Beginning to talk about our hunt I watched Mama's body language as I spoke. She was trying very hard to remain calm and when I reached the part about the chakram I saw her visibly tense before relaxing her jaw muscles. "So you used the chakram without thinking because the boar was charging Rory?"

I nodded, "Yes, Mama."

"And why did you bring the chakram today?"

I shrugged, "Honestly, I don't know. It's just that I've gotten so much better with it and you do let me wear it sometimes."

"I allow you to wear it when I am going to be with you and we are practicing with it. I have told you numerous times that you are not allowed to wear it before you become a full warrior."

"I know."

"And yet you disobeyed me not only by wearing it, but by using it."

"But if I hadn't Rory could have been hurt," I protested.

Mama nodded, "She could have. However, if you hadn't come hunting without a seasoned warrior then perhaps it would have all been avoided and you wouldn't have needed the chakram."

I sighed. Why was it my Mama was always right in matters like this? It was infuriating to me and made me feel like that ten year old who had just come back in time. "Yeah, having us all fire our arrows at one was not one of my better ideas."

"No, it wasn't." Mama chuckled and put her arm around my shoulders. "I'm proud of you, little one."

My head shot up at the praise but there was confusion in my eyes. "You are?"

"I am," Mama moved to hold my chin so she was looking in my eyes. "You brought down a wild boar by yourselves and none of you were injured. That is an accomplishment. The way in which you did it is what I have issue with, Samina."

"Yeah, not one of my most stellar ideas." I admitted.

"Do you remember our discussion about the chakram in the barn?"

I nodded, "Yes, Mama."

"Well, it seems that we need to have a reminder to that conversation, little one."

"Do we have to?" I asked quietly hugging my warrior parent and placing my face in her neck.

"We do," Mama sighed and kissed the top of my head. "Come on, little one. I know of a cave not far from here. We'll take care of things there and then head home."

Sighing I nodded and brushed away the already falling tears. I hated disappointing my mother more than anything. Taking her hand I began to walk quietly next to her before stopping and looking over at my mother, "What is it with you and caves anyway?" I teased before she tugged my hand and pulled me towards her as we began to walk once more.

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RL keeps interfering but I will try and update sooner. I promise there is more of Sam and her family to come.