Part 9
It was a few minutes later when things started to get wild. Pain rushed through me and thunder rumbled in the sky. I could hear lightning strike, wind blowing, and thunder crashing. Everything was so terrifying. I was praying that this child would be good, not evil, that everything was going to work out.
Dawn, Gabriel, and Ivy were scared of the storm, and while Xena was helping me through my labor, she was saying soothing words to them to make them calm down and go to sleep.
"Xena!" I cried. "It hurts so bad! Don't let me die!" The pain was coursing through my body a hundred times more painful than when I gave birth to Dawn.
"Have faith, Gabrielle!" Xena said to me again. "Push!" I pushed so hard, so fast. I thought that the pain was going to overpower me. I thought the pain would never go away. I hurt so bad inside and outside. "I can see the head!" I continued to push and push, and finally, I heard the soft cries of a newborn infant as Xena lifted it into the world.
"A girl, Gabrielle. You have a daughter." she said gently. I cried as I saw this remarkable beauty in my arms. She had hardly any hair, but the hair she did have was blonde. She had green eyes, and her features were just like Dawn's when she was born. The only difference was the blonde hair.
"Xena, she's pure goodness. Look at her, Xena. She's beautiful. She's not a monster." I said as I held my baby in my arms. She didn't cry for long. She cooed for a few moments and fell right to sleep in my arms. Xena handed me another blanket for the child and I wrapped her up. I cradled the baby girl close to my chest.
Sunlight began to shine through the dark clouds outside. The storm was over and everything was beautiful again. I looked at Xena who wasn't looking at me or at my new daughter. She was sewing me up. When she finished, she went over and sat in the other hay pile with the children.
"Xena?" I asked.
"Are you okay?" she asked me quickly.
"I'm fine." I said with a smile. "She's not evil. You don't have to be afraid."
"How do you know she's not evil, Gabrielle?" Xena asked.
"Xena, I'm her mother. A mother knows these kinds of things. You should know that." Gabrielle declared.
"Yeah." Xena said. I knew she didn't trust the baby. But, I though, how could someone not trust an innocent, beautiful baby?
It was a few minutes later when things started to get wild. Pain rushed through me and thunder rumbled in the sky. I could hear lightning strike, wind blowing, and thunder crashing. Everything was so terrifying. I was praying that this child would be good, not evil, that everything was going to work out.
Dawn, Gabriel, and Ivy were scared of the storm, and while Xena was helping me through my labor, she was saying soothing words to them to make them calm down and go to sleep.
"Xena!" I cried. "It hurts so bad! Don't let me die!" The pain was coursing through my body a hundred times more painful than when I gave birth to Dawn.
"Have faith, Gabrielle!" Xena said to me again. "Push!" I pushed so hard, so fast. I thought that the pain was going to overpower me. I thought the pain would never go away. I hurt so bad inside and outside. "I can see the head!" I continued to push and push, and finally, I heard the soft cries of a newborn infant as Xena lifted it into the world.
"A girl, Gabrielle. You have a daughter." she said gently. I cried as I saw this remarkable beauty in my arms. She had hardly any hair, but the hair she did have was blonde. She had green eyes, and her features were just like Dawn's when she was born. The only difference was the blonde hair.
"Xena, she's pure goodness. Look at her, Xena. She's beautiful. She's not a monster." I said as I held my baby in my arms. She didn't cry for long. She cooed for a few moments and fell right to sleep in my arms. Xena handed me another blanket for the child and I wrapped her up. I cradled the baby girl close to my chest.
Sunlight began to shine through the dark clouds outside. The storm was over and everything was beautiful again. I looked at Xena who wasn't looking at me or at my new daughter. She was sewing me up. When she finished, she went over and sat in the other hay pile with the children.
"Xena?" I asked.
"Are you okay?" she asked me quickly.
"I'm fine." I said with a smile. "She's not evil. You don't have to be afraid."
"How do you know she's not evil, Gabrielle?" Xena asked.
"Xena, I'm her mother. A mother knows these kinds of things. You should know that." Gabrielle declared.
"Yeah." Xena said. I knew she didn't trust the baby. But, I though, how could someone not trust an innocent, beautiful baby?