There it is; the dagger. It just looks so harmless sitting there. No one would ever expect that this dagger could end the life of a god; supreme among supreme. Ever since the twilite began to be feared, the gods had locked up all the sources of destruction, hoping to at least live their lives with out the other worry of silly people and their ways of killing a god.

I stood before the dagger. It was a lot nicer then the other daggers that have the power to eliminate us. I thought, considering that I have seen my fare share of daggers during my life, Xena had too. She loved the common dagger; it wielded much power, with only the slightest flick of a wrist. It was without much doubt that she would constantly carry one about with her.

I reached out my hand, and pulled it off the pole that was holding it down onto the surface, so it wouldn't fall. A surge ran through my veins. This was the obvious feeling that Xena had had when she had the power to kill all of the gods. Why can't my mind stray from my Princess? I start to think. Gods I can't get her out of my head.

The dagger lay shaky in my hand as I raised it above my head, about to pierce my soul with the thing that will destroy me once and for all. Though I would give all this and more up to be with the woman that I have desired from the very first time I saw her, in battle or otherwise.

Something inside me stopped what was going to happen. I dropped the dagger, which crashed down on the floor and was totally obliterated into a million pieces. Xena wouldn't want me to sacrifice myself just to be with her, and I promised.

I start to remember that day that Xena died…

…" Ares, don't worry about me," Xena said in labored breaths, it was getting hard for her to breath, " Ares, listen to me," she took another big breath, " you have a lot of good to do, and I don't want you mourning me." I gave half smiled at her persistence, even though she was dying in my arms. A tear slid down my cheek as I caressed her smooth skin. It was the last time that I would be doing that. I waited for her to continue. " Promise?"

" I promise my darling." I said. She smiled that radiant smile, which she would only give to me.

" You have the greatest heart and with it the greatest power. You can make a world of difference, or a difference of world. Whichever one you decide to, I will be at your side, even in death. Thank you Ares, you are a part of my soul, and will be forever."

And with that my beautiful warrior, the one I truly loved with every inch of my being departed the world that I walk, into a life of everlasting happiness. But I remained being watched by all in the war. I couldn't contain myself; I burst into tears, knowing that there was nothing that I could have done to prevent this. I cried and cried, not even thinking that it showed me weak. My princess had died.

It pangs me even to remember it now, And I will never forget what she had told me, never.
TBC