Love Potion # Xena (chapter 2)
The next day Ares set off to town to find someone who could help him in his quest to make Xena love him. Before he left the farm he told the girls that he was going into town to buy some more chickens. At first the girls didn't believe him because they knew he absolutely hated chasing around the chickens before dinner, but after he sort of convinced them he needed practice in the killing chickens dept. they did not put up a fight (he truly did need to work on his "chicken" skills). Plus, the girls wouldn't mind having the farmhouse to themselves all day long.
After spent half and hour trying to mount a horse he realized he needed to bring the wagon instead, because it had the cages for the chickens. Ares then got off the horse and climbed the wagon. " Oh crap….now I have to hook the horse up to the wagon!" This day was not turning out so good. Okay, an hour later Ares was truly ready to go. He waved goodbye to Horse and the two girls and he was off. "Took long enough, that's for damn sure." Ares whispered under his breath once he was on the dirt road.
Two hours later Ares arrived in town. Surprisingly he hadn't encounter any problems on the way to town; that is after he left the farmhouse. Ares left the wagon on the side of Main Street, and decided he would walk around until he found what he was looking for.
"Wait a minute..." Ares said to himself. " what am I looking for."
Ares stopped walking and looked around. There it was, the answer to his prayers: the town's potion shop. "Oh yes. Thank the gods." Ares yelled out, not noticing the fact that everyone on the street was now staring at the unusual man who talks to himself. Ares strolls up to the shop window and peers inside. The shopkeeper glares at him suspecting he is some sort of thief. Ares laughs to himself and walks inside the shop.
Shopkeeper- " How may I help you, sir?"
Ares-"I am looking for a potion to make someone fall in love with me."
Shopkeeper-"Okay everyone the shop is closing now, please come back tomorrow." The shopkeeper kicks everyone in the shop out except for Ares. He pulls Ares to the darkest corner of the shop. Opens a dusty cabinet and hands Ares a small bottle of red liquid.
Ares-"Why did you kick everyone out of the shop?"
Shopkeeper-"No one must know you bought this potion from this shop."
Ares-"Why not? I do not understand."
Shopkeeper-" This potion is illegal."
Ares- "WHY?"
Shopkeeper-"People would use it on police officers and teachers and others to get what they wanted. Many criminals escaped by slipping this in an officers drink and then manipulating the officer."
Ares-"So how do you know I wouldn't just do the same thing?"
Shopkeeper-"I sell things that are much more illegal then this."
Ares-"Oh.." Ares replies with a shocked expression on his face, "I see."
Shopkeeper-"If I sell this to you, you must keep it a secret from everyone."
Ares-"I promise I will."
Shopkeeper-"Okay, now this is how it works…" The shopkeeper begins to explain the potion and its powers to Ares. Once the shopkeeper was done explaining Ares paid the man and exited the Shop with the largest grin on his face.