Part 8
When I woke up, I was lying in a pile of hay. I looked around and saw Argo and Midnight in stables, Xena sitting beside me, and my daughter, and Xena's twins playing in a nearby pile of hay.
"Xena?" I asked in a whisper. Xena looked at me with a look of concern.
"I'm going to die. Aren't I?" I asked.
"Have faith, Gabrielle. Have faith." Xena said. I looked at my stomach. It was larger. I looked as if I was about to give birth. It'd completely ruined my clothes, the seams were busted, and Xena was working on mending them. I was wearing nothing, but a brown blanket covered me.
"I wish that I knew what was going on. I wish that I knew everything." I said with tears in my eyes. "This has something to do with Dahak."
"Yes. It does." Xena said. I looked at her with wide eyes.
"What?" I asked. "You know something." Xena nodded.
"I went to the Fates. They told me that the child was the child of Dahak." Xena said. My eyes grew wider.
"It's evil." I said softly as I put my hands on my stomach.
"I don't know." Xena said. "The Fates wouldn't tell me that. They told me they'd answer one question for me. That was the one. They wouldn't answer my other question."
"So, this baby might not be evil?" I asked.
"Gabrielle, think about it. Why else would an evil being impregnate you? Huh? You think about that. There's no way that this child could be good." Xena declared. She looked deep into my eyes, and I saw her sadness. I knew that she was scared. I knew she was going to cry. I sat up and hugged her, and we cried together. "I'm sorry this happened to you, Gabrielle. I never wanted you to go through anything like this."
"I know. I know." I said as I continued to hug my friend. "Everything will be okay." All the while, in the back of my mind, I was thinking, 'Everything will be okay, I hope.'
When I woke up, I was lying in a pile of hay. I looked around and saw Argo and Midnight in stables, Xena sitting beside me, and my daughter, and Xena's twins playing in a nearby pile of hay.
"Xena?" I asked in a whisper. Xena looked at me with a look of concern.
"I'm going to die. Aren't I?" I asked.
"Have faith, Gabrielle. Have faith." Xena said. I looked at my stomach. It was larger. I looked as if I was about to give birth. It'd completely ruined my clothes, the seams were busted, and Xena was working on mending them. I was wearing nothing, but a brown blanket covered me.
"I wish that I knew what was going on. I wish that I knew everything." I said with tears in my eyes. "This has something to do with Dahak."
"Yes. It does." Xena said. I looked at her with wide eyes.
"What?" I asked. "You know something." Xena nodded.
"I went to the Fates. They told me that the child was the child of Dahak." Xena said. My eyes grew wider.
"It's evil." I said softly as I put my hands on my stomach.
"I don't know." Xena said. "The Fates wouldn't tell me that. They told me they'd answer one question for me. That was the one. They wouldn't answer my other question."
"So, this baby might not be evil?" I asked.
"Gabrielle, think about it. Why else would an evil being impregnate you? Huh? You think about that. There's no way that this child could be good." Xena declared. She looked deep into my eyes, and I saw her sadness. I knew that she was scared. I knew she was going to cry. I sat up and hugged her, and we cried together. "I'm sorry this happened to you, Gabrielle. I never wanted you to go through anything like this."
"I know. I know." I said as I continued to hug my friend. "Everything will be okay." All the while, in the back of my mind, I was thinking, 'Everything will be okay, I hope.'