Gabrielle: Warrior Princess
Chapter 6
It'd been a month now, since Gabrielle had seen Xena. She now knew it was time to start being the warrior princess. She mounted her horse after she'd packed up her belongings, and she headed out to help people in need.
The first ordeal she came to was a band of thugs robbing an old woman. Gabrielle sighed, thinking of all the evil, and how someone could treat an old, frail lady, like that. Gabrielle leaped off her horse and tackled one of the men, hitting him with a sai. She knocked him out cold, and drew the other sai, throwing them both, wiping out two men. She threw the chakram, getting rid of the other two.
"Bless you, child." The woman said. Gabrielle hurried to the woman.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yes. Please, accept this as a token of my gratitude." She said, holding out her purse with many dinars in it.
"I don't want your money." Gabrielle said.
"Well, what can I do for you?" she asked. Gabrielle smiled.
"Build a memorial to Xena the Warrior Princess." Gabrielle declared.
"Of course. Who are you?" the woman asked.
"I'm Gabrielle." She said, walking off, mounting her horse, and riding off silently.
Gabrielle felt dizzy. She'd just beaten up a group of thugs. The first time she'd done that without Xena close by. She sighed. She didn't feel well, and she wanted to throw up to feel better. She didn't know what to do.
"Whoa." Gabrielle said to Midnight. She dismounted, ran forward, fell on her knees and got sick.
Later that night, Gabrielle walked, holding her horse's reins and she saw him. It was Ares. She saw him, he looked like he'd been crying. She didn't know what to say to him, but she walked up to him.
"Ares?" she asked.
"Gabrielle." Ares said. He gave her this look that told her to go away, but she couldn't.
"You heard huh?" she asked. She felt stupid for asking that.
"Yeah." Ares said. "Of course I heard. I loved her. She was my life."
"I know how you feel." Gabrielle declared.
"You're taking her place?" Ares asked angrily. Gabrielle looked at Xena's sword and Xena's chakram, that she was now carrying.
"I'm not taking anyone's place. I'm honoring her memory." Gabrielle explained.
"You could've brought her back, Gabrielle." Ares said. "You could've. There's nothing left. Her son can't be a warrior, he's dead. Her daughter can't be a warrior, she's to goody-goody now, and on the path of peace. There will never be a son or a daughter to take her place of strength in battle. Not even you."
"I agree. I know I'll never be as good a warrior as Xena. But, I can try so I can live to tell my children and grandchildren about my best friend." Gabrielle defended.
"Children and grandchildren?" Ares asked. "Tell me this Gabrielle, when are you going to have time to have a family? You're going to walk in Xena's shadow the rest of your life? You couldn't handle motherhood and being a warrior. Only Xena could." He then disappeared, leaving Gabrielle to think about what the war god had just said.
Chapter 6
It'd been a month now, since Gabrielle had seen Xena. She now knew it was time to start being the warrior princess. She mounted her horse after she'd packed up her belongings, and she headed out to help people in need.
The first ordeal she came to was a band of thugs robbing an old woman. Gabrielle sighed, thinking of all the evil, and how someone could treat an old, frail lady, like that. Gabrielle leaped off her horse and tackled one of the men, hitting him with a sai. She knocked him out cold, and drew the other sai, throwing them both, wiping out two men. She threw the chakram, getting rid of the other two.
"Bless you, child." The woman said. Gabrielle hurried to the woman.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yes. Please, accept this as a token of my gratitude." She said, holding out her purse with many dinars in it.
"I don't want your money." Gabrielle said.
"Well, what can I do for you?" she asked. Gabrielle smiled.
"Build a memorial to Xena the Warrior Princess." Gabrielle declared.
"Of course. Who are you?" the woman asked.
"I'm Gabrielle." She said, walking off, mounting her horse, and riding off silently.
Gabrielle felt dizzy. She'd just beaten up a group of thugs. The first time she'd done that without Xena close by. She sighed. She didn't feel well, and she wanted to throw up to feel better. She didn't know what to do.
"Whoa." Gabrielle said to Midnight. She dismounted, ran forward, fell on her knees and got sick.
Later that night, Gabrielle walked, holding her horse's reins and she saw him. It was Ares. She saw him, he looked like he'd been crying. She didn't know what to say to him, but she walked up to him.
"Ares?" she asked.
"Gabrielle." Ares said. He gave her this look that told her to go away, but she couldn't.
"You heard huh?" she asked. She felt stupid for asking that.
"Yeah." Ares said. "Of course I heard. I loved her. She was my life."
"I know how you feel." Gabrielle declared.
"You're taking her place?" Ares asked angrily. Gabrielle looked at Xena's sword and Xena's chakram, that she was now carrying.
"I'm not taking anyone's place. I'm honoring her memory." Gabrielle explained.
"You could've brought her back, Gabrielle." Ares said. "You could've. There's nothing left. Her son can't be a warrior, he's dead. Her daughter can't be a warrior, she's to goody-goody now, and on the path of peace. There will never be a son or a daughter to take her place of strength in battle. Not even you."
"I agree. I know I'll never be as good a warrior as Xena. But, I can try so I can live to tell my children and grandchildren about my best friend." Gabrielle defended.
"Children and grandchildren?" Ares asked. "Tell me this Gabrielle, when are you going to have time to have a family? You're going to walk in Xena's shadow the rest of your life? You couldn't handle motherhood and being a warrior. Only Xena could." He then disappeared, leaving Gabrielle to think about what the war god had just said.