The Warrior and Willow

Chapter Twelve

A Sudden Switch

Xena and Willow walked back to the dying Morgar. Even his magic couldn't save him. He took a final breath, his body convulsed, then he was still.

"Xena! What happened to Morgar! Are you all right?" Gabrielle was staring in shock at his bloody body lying in the dirt.

"Me? I'm fine. Are YOU all right? I know this must be quite a shock."

"No, Xena, It's me, Gabrielle. I'm back! Did Alti kill Morgar? Is she dead?"

"Relax," Xena said as she embraced Gabrielle, who readily returned the hug. "There was no Alti. It was Morgar all along."

"It was Morgar? But...." Gabrielle was finding it hard to think of the appropriate question.

"He was angry because I killed so many of his 'wonderfully benevolent' gods in order to save Eve. And I guess he thought he needed more magic, Willow's magic, to kill me, to kill us. How did you get back here?"

"I'm not sure. I was talking to Tara and Buffy and Dawn in the kitchen when suddenly I was here." Gabrielle thought for a moment. "I know what must have happened. Tara, she's another witch, and Willow's lover, said that when a witch dies, her spell ends. That's what must have happened. When you killed Morgar, Willow and I were switched back."

"I didn't kill Morgar, she did." Xena pointed over at Yakutamor, still holding the bow and arrow, and surrounded by many of the Amazons.

Xena put her arm around Gabrielle again and pulled her close to her. "Willow was sweet, but it's good to have you back." And as Yakutamor was being admired and complimented on her bravery, Xena and Gabrielle quietly entered their hut and dropped the skin over the doorway for privacy.

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"I'm not sure if I have the all ingredients to do the spell," Tara explained. "I'll have to go through everything, and look through the spell books, and if we're lucky...."

"I'm the lucky one," Willow said, and put her arms around Tara, holding her tightly, as if she would never let her go.

"Gabrielle, we shouldn't...." Tara started to protest.

"It's me, Willow. I've come back to you."

"Willow?" Tara exclaimed happily. "It's really you? But how?"

"Morgar, the shaman, was killed trying to kill Xena. It never was that Alti they thought it was. He exchanged Gabrielle and me hoping to use the extra magic I had to kill her. But I didn't have any. I guess it stayed here with Gabrielle."

"It did," Tara confirmed. "But she was careful about it when we figured out what happened."

"How did you guys kill him?" Dawn asked.

"We didn't. It was the Amazon queen, Yakutamor. When Morgar was throwing his energy balls at us, well mostly at Xena, Yakutamor snuck around behind him and shot him with a bow and arrow, twice. And when he died his spell was broken, and here I am."

"Did you ever find out why he wanted to kill her?"

"Yes. Apparently, Xena had the power to kill gods. For some reason, some of them wanted her daughter dead, I never did find out why since the spell ended, but she said she killed Hades and Athena and Artemis and Hephaestus and a couple more. And I guess it's true since Morgar was so intent on killing HER."

"Quite an adventure," Tara commented. "Anything else happen?"

"Yeah, sure. But what about Gabrielle? What was she like?"

"Very sexual," Dawn said. "And loud."

Willow looked at Tara. "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Maybe we should go back upstairs," Tara answered. "Some things should be kept private."

As the two witches ascended the stairs, Willow noticed a slight soreness in her vagina. When she mentioned it, Tara said, "That's something else you'll probably want to know about."

THE END