Secrets of the Past

DDR

Xena sat at the edge of a lake. She had killed two rabbits and a doe. She'd been gone for nearly four hours, it was nearly evening and she knew that she'd have to be home soon to feed the baby. Xena had known that it would be hard to be a full time mother, but this was ridicules. It didn't matter though, she had got to keep her child, what more could she want? Well, that was an easy answer. She loved that little boy with all her heart, but she wanted her world back. To her this wasn't the real world, she wanted the crazy one with Gabrielle and Joxer back. Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad to tell Hercules and Gabrielle her secret. After all it was a fact and it would have come to light sooner or later. She should have told them sooner.

Xena bolted up, she heard footsteps against the earth. She turned around to see a very familiar face. There was a young woman with strawberry blonde hair and emerald green eyes. She was trying to climb a tree but her bag kept getting in the way. She stopped when she noticed the warrior. As the emerald and sapphire eyes met, Xena felt a calming peace engulf her.

Gabrielle smiled. "Hi. I'm Gabrielle. Would you mind holding this for a second?" she said holding out her bag.

Xena smiled "Sure." she said taking the bag. Gabrielle climbed up the tree. When she was pretty high up she looked around, then came back down.

"Thanks." she said grabbing her bag. "Who are you?"

Xena felt her heart sink. She'd forgotten that Gabrielle didn't know her.

"I'm Xena. What are you doing out here alone?"

Gabrielle sighed. "Well, I ran away from home so I wouldn't have to get married and now I'm just kind of wondering around, looking for some kind of adventure. Are you a warrior?"

"I use to be." Xena replied thinking about the last few weeks. Things were really different from the first time Xena had met the bard, now all she was, was Xena: Stay at Home Mom. Gabrielle might no longer be interested in staying around her.

"Really? What kind of warrior?"

Xena breathed through her teeth.

"Until recently, I was a warlord."

Gabrielle raised her eyebrows "and recently?"

How was Xena going to explain this?

"I started to fight against warlords, but now, I'm a new mom."

Xena wasn't sure how she had expected Gabrielle to react. But Gabrielle smiled

"You're a mom? Congratulations! I love kids!" Xena just smiled back. They were silent for a minute

"So how long have you been traveling?" Xena asked

"Since last night. I came from Potedia."

Something inside of Xena jumped. If Gabrielle left Potedia last night it was probably a good thing. Today Draco's men would have raided the village and there would be no one there to defend the town's girls. Hopefully, the town would cooperate and the girls would be returned safely.

"You know, why don't you come and stay with me tonight, it's getting late and it can get pretty cold out here at night."

Gabrielle smiled "Okay. Only if it's no trouble."

Xena shook her head. "It won't be."

DDR