Part 3
I awoke to see Xena sitting beside me, a cold cloth in her hand as she put it on my forehead. I saw the young girl sitting beside her, holding my daughter. Gabriel and Ivy were sleeping soundly, strapped onto Xena's back.
"What happened?" I asked. Xena looked worriedly at me.
"That fire, it rose up out of the pit and it pinned you to the altar. It surrounded you, Gabrielle." Xena declared.
"Why?" I asked. I looked at the young girl. "Do you know?" She shook her head.
"I have no idea." She declared.
That night, Xena and I were lying under the stars, staring up into the sky silently. Dawn had long been asleep, and Xena's twins were just falling asleep.
"What do you think happened today?" Xena asked me. I looked at her.
"I don't know." I said. "I don't understand what happened. I was so scared. I felt this huge wave of fear pass over me and I didn't know what to do. I just froze and felt myself fall as the fire gripped my ankles."
Xena looked at me sympathetically, and we both were silent the rest of the night. I looked up into the starry sky and fell asleep after Xena did. I felt tears roll out of my eyes as I fell asleep. I knew that something happened there that day. I just didn't know what.
I awoke to see Xena sitting beside me, a cold cloth in her hand as she put it on my forehead. I saw the young girl sitting beside her, holding my daughter. Gabriel and Ivy were sleeping soundly, strapped onto Xena's back.
"What happened?" I asked. Xena looked worriedly at me.
"That fire, it rose up out of the pit and it pinned you to the altar. It surrounded you, Gabrielle." Xena declared.
"Why?" I asked. I looked at the young girl. "Do you know?" She shook her head.
"I have no idea." She declared.
That night, Xena and I were lying under the stars, staring up into the sky silently. Dawn had long been asleep, and Xena's twins were just falling asleep.
"What do you think happened today?" Xena asked me. I looked at her.
"I don't know." I said. "I don't understand what happened. I was so scared. I felt this huge wave of fear pass over me and I didn't know what to do. I just froze and felt myself fall as the fire gripped my ankles."
Xena looked at me sympathetically, and we both were silent the rest of the night. I looked up into the starry sky and fell asleep after Xena did. I felt tears roll out of my eyes as I fell asleep. I knew that something happened there that day. I just didn't know what.