One…Two….Three…Four Xenas!

"I'm getting my wings back," Cupid said happily as he flexed his almost fully grown wings.

"They look really strong, you should flap them often to give them more strength," Ares told him. Cupid nodded as he watched Xena measuring Aphrodite for a new dress.

"I don't understand, why you can't just snap your fingers and the dress will appear on me," Aphrodite said.

"It doesn't work that way here, I'm not a God or a witch. Our power is mostly for protection and travel. Don't get me wrong I can do some serious damage and if I concentrated enough perhaps if I snapped my fingers something may just magically happen, but it would not be the same trust me."

"So when do we get our powers?" Ares asked.

"When ever I show you how, but I don't know if I want to give you powers Ares, the last thing I need is you abusing them."

"Oh come on you've showed Hercules and Iolaus even your little look a likes and that idiot."

"Hey Joxer is not an Idiot," Xena and Gabrielle said at the same time. Everyone turned to look at Gabrielle.

"Whatever," Ares told them.

"Xena are you almost done?" Gabrielle asked. "Ephiny and the girls are ready."

"Yeah, just want to get her bust line and then deliver her measurements to mother." Xena took the last measurement and noticed that Artemis was sticking very close to Gabrielle. "Did my mother take Artemis's measurements?"

"No, you had better do it, you know she said she wanted everyone's measurements in today and we're on a strict diet."

"You have to keep the weight you have I actually have to lose ten pounds if I even want to fit into my dress. Drake thought I was still the same measurements as the first time." Gabrielle made a face and shook her head.

"Ouch, why not just let it out?" Gabrielle asked.

"Cause than he'll know I got fat plus have you seen the stitching on that dress. One stitch comes out and the dress will fall apart. And its actually really beautiful, I'd rather not ruin a one of a kind."

"Oh yeah, now I remember the stitching," Gabrielle said as Xena beckoned Artemis over.

"Maybe I can take a look at it, not many people know this, but I'm actually pretty good, Athena taught me," Artemis volunteered. Xena thought about.

"Not a bad idea and it would save me from the horrors of a diet."

"Oh my God, what have you become honestly Xena, you're actually worried about your weight, so you gain ten pounds in the last what, three years?"

"Just about." Ares put his head in his hands as he realized she saw nothing wrong with it.

"I think it's a lovely change in Xena, and I'm positive she's perfectly ruthless when she has to be," Hercules said walking over.

"Don't encourage her!" Ares exclaimed.

"Look so I was thinking maybe Iolaus and I could go back to Greece and help people."

"Big bro you should like totally stay here, there's nothing left in Greece."

"Honestly Herc, I'd love to send you back and help all those people, but that war can't be won or fault in Greece. Not with General Ving in the picture. To be honest if it weren't for him our army would have decided to go and annihilate Caesar immediately if it weren't for Ving. But we're still recovering from one harsh war."

"Mail!" An amazon yelled coming over.

"Um…my Queens," the Amazon said. "A letter from Lady Clara for you Queen Gabrielle, and for you my Queen a letter from Evzenek."

"Gabrielle, are you just going to leave the girl pining after you?" Xena asked as she opened her letter. It was as cold as ice.

"Honestly Xena, you shouldn't approve of this match between me and your lady in waiting."

"Oh, but I do, I love Clara to death, but she needs a girlfriend or if you're both lucky a wife." The Amazon who delivered the letter giggled.

"Don't you have work," Gabrielle told her.

"Yes, my Queen." She bowed and left quickly laughing still. "I don't even like her."

"You haven't given her a chance, you went on one date, when you first got here, I think now that you've been here for awhile you should go out on a date with her again."

"If you're hoping my attraction to you is less than it is now than it was then you're wrong." Xena sighed.

"Give her a chance, I think you'll love what you find." Gabrielle sighed. "Okay Cupid, Aphrodite one of you help her or try."

"Nope that's all real sorry darling," Aphrodite told her. Cupid nodded as well.

"Well Leah's still single."

"She's a Hestian Virgin." Xena shrugged.

"What's your point?" Ares, Xena, Aphrodite, Cupid, and Artemis asked. Even Hercules was looking at her with the same question in his eyes.

"What do you mean, what's my point, my point is she's a Hestian Virgin, she's very devout." They all laughed.

"You can make any sexually deprived person rethink their decision of abstinence my friend," Hercules told her. "Every woman has a limit."

"You just have to find it," Xena told her.

"So you have a limit too." Xena laughed a little along with everyone else.

"I'm incredibly stubborn and madly in love with someone else. Had you pursued at least sleeping with me before we came here I probably would have given in at some point, but not now."

"Damn it."

"Seriously if you won't take Clara at least take Leah, the poor girl."

"I don't want her," Leah said appearing.

"What even you don't want me?"

"Well I don't like other women, but I do however want you." Both Hercules and Ares looked at each other and around them since they were sitting next to each other.

"Me?" They asked. Leah nodded

"Damn Leah you're a bigger slut than I ever imagined you could be."

"Well its not like I just want to sleep with them, they have to both marry me of course, didn't you say that although its not common or done women can take more than one husband."

"In Sultry."

"Well it's going to happen in Arcadia too."

"Damn see this is a hard choice, I could have the woman that looks like the woman I love, but inevitably share her with my hated brother."

"Or live alone for the rest of your life because no one else will tolerate your annoying personality where you can't do anything that's not quote on quote manly." Ares laughed as Hercules frowned. "Oh don't you even start Mr. I'm a bad ass. I don't know any other woman who would want to put up with that especially when everyone knows you're sweeter than pie."

"He's sweeter than honey," Xena corrected. Leah nodded.

"I am not sweet, I am the big bad God of war."

"God of nothing is more like it," Hercules told him. "Face it here you're just like everybody else."

"Shut up."

"Whatever the point is I will tolerate you and you have until after Xena's wedding to decide if I am who you can love." They nodded.

"Look you guys now that you're healed we're going to be heading to Dragon City, who all is coming with?"

"Diana and Philemon are definitely coming, and Meg and Joxer as well," Gabrielle told them.

"Don't forget their son," Ares told her.

"I didn't its expected that he would come along, he can't stay here." Ares rolled his eyes and sent her an offending gesture. She promptly returned it and Xena rolled her eyes.

"I'm coming," Leah told her.

"Of course all the guys are coming," Ares told Xena.

"No shit Sherlock, I never would have guessed," Xena told Ares before slapping him upside the head. "Stop being a jackass."

"I'm coming, I can't part with Cupid," Aphrodite told Xena.

"You know I'm staying, I belong here among my Amazons."

"Amarice is also staying, Allissia has decided to come with you and as usual Sarah will be coming with you, she's attached herself to you. Naomi is going back and um…Flora we're going to make her an Amazon, but she plans on joining you in a little while."

"Tara becoming an Amazon?" Gabrielle nodded.

"She's coming with Flora though; we're waiting until the full moon." Xena nodded.

"All right, let's get these measurements to my mother and then go."

"Where are you two going?" Leah asked.

"I'm going to get my powers," Gabrielle said. They hurried off and soon Ephiny, Eponin, and Solari joined them.

"Seriously don't use your powers for the first couple of days, build up your energy and let your power's mature. Your initial energy is your greatest and will burn the fastest. You're stronger later if you wait now." All four them nodded.

"So do we take all the children through that ritual as well?" Gabrielle asked.

"Everyone who was not born here in this world need to go through it, but remember that some will take longer than others to even achieve what you did today. But you also have to know that there is always going to be someone normal even if they're born here." They nodded. Eve ran over to them followed by Melody who had taken her first steps in front of both her and Drake. They had been so happy and showered her with kisses.

"Hey honey ready to go see Daddy?" Eve nodded as did Melody. She picked them both up. "Good because we're leaving tomorrow." Like Xena they were dressed as Amazons.

"I can't believe Argo sprained her foot," Xena said sadly as they air lifted Argo by Dragon back to Dragon City for medical treatment.

"Tough luck," Ares said.

"Shut up Ares," Xena told him as the footman opened the door to the carridge where Leah, Diana, and Meg were sitting. Eve and Melody were in a carriage with her respective ladies in waiting. All the men and boys were riding horses. Sarah, Naomi, and Allissia were in a carriage with her ladies from Glacial ahead of them.

"Xena honestly why do you want to trick him?" Diana asked.

"Because it'll be funny and its part of our relationship to try and confuse and trick the other."

"I've been working on my impression of you. The sweet Xena that is," Meg said. "Luckily you're still nothing like Leah or Diana."

"Meg!" They both exclaimed. She grinned.

"Well at least we can stay in character."

"Its important that even your body language says you're me. Even if he kisses you, you have to remember to kiss like me, and we practiced on Ares and Hercules."

"And boy was that fun," Leah commented. They laughed.

"Its complicated, but if he even dares to ask if you're a virgin, just say yes."

"Why?" They asked. She explained and they nodded.

"That would rat us out quickly," Diana said referring to her and Meg.

"And all he'd have to do is ask me how, when you guys have Eve and Melody," Leah replied. Xena nodded.

"Exactly." Xena made sure none of them had anything different on their dress. It was made from the exact same cut and since they had gotten back to Arcadia the focus had been on making them all look exactly the same from muscle tone to her voice to the way she touched somebody. They had tested themselves out on Ares, Hercules, and Gabrielle. None of them knew the difference and still didn't know they had been tricked.

"Hey Eve, Melody," Drake greeted. He was only two months away from his wedding date and feeling much better. He kissed his daughters as they talked excitedly about what they did or at least Eve did and Melody was trying to vocalize more. "Okay why don't you tell Daddy all about it over lunch, but right now there's a surprise in the nursery for both of you." They took off as soon as he said surprise and the location of it. He chuckled. Lady Emily introduced him to Ares and everyone. Ares and Hercules in particular eyed him carefully.

"Okay," Drake said looking around for his wife. Xena and the girls had stopped to talk to a man that begged her to stop. "Where's Xena?"The carriages left and servants carried in bags.

"You know the Queen always stopping to help someone in need." Drake nodded.

"I'll just wait than." Lady Emily nodded and waited with him. The carriage arrived after they waited for ten minutes. Drake smiled and gallantly went to the door, he opened the door and bowed gracefully. "Milady."

"Milord," Xena said taking his offered hand as she rolled her eyes at him. Lady Emily giggled. She stepped down and before he could move his hand, Diana had taken it.

"Milord." Drake stared at her in shock not sure what was going on as Leah stepped out and finally Meg. He looked at all four of them and then looked into the carriage to be sure that there was no one else in the carriage. He looked to the steps and found all of her ladies in waiting, waiting patiently so it was none of them who could be disguised as the three extra copies of his wife.

"Is this some type of joke?" Drake asked. None of them said a word.

"My Queen please come, it's late and we must prepare you for dinner," Lady Emily said. They all went up the steps walking exactly the same with unmistakable grace.

"Fine play your game Xena, but sooner or later Eve is going to rat you out or Melody even."

"Highly unlikely," They said together. They all changed and when they entered the dining hall after the gasps had subsided they noticed Drake was grinning.

"What's so funny?" Leah asked.

"You or maybe even one of you three have to sit next to me. You're the Queen." Meg sat next to Drake and everyone else took a seat on the side. The girls took their dinner in private so they had no chance of revealing who was their mother. Meg interacted easily with the nobles as did the others. Xena had coached them to the point where they each effectively insulted Fiona. Drake wondered if the woman beside him was even his wife.

"I will figure it out," Drake told them. They laughed as they walked away. Xena had warned them that a look in the eyes could easily betray their joke. Drake knew the look of mischief in her eyes and it would not be the same in the others. It was the one thing they couldn't change for the time being.

"Well good night dears," Cyrene told them. She kissed them each good night and they all slept next to each other.

"All right gentleman, tell me who's your wife?" Drake asked Joxer and Philemon.

"Sorry Drake at this point we can't even tell our wives apart and we're being tested just as much as you are."

"However we can guarantee that my wife, Meg will fail first she's nothing like the others, who are more innocent in appearance as Queens or Hestian Virgins in Leah's case."

"Possibly Diana might break form after her, but who knows." Drake sighed, but nodded. They were outside in one of the training grounds. The girls had conveniently decided not to spar with anyone. Hercules and Ares however were scrowling at him.

"Sirs why do you scowl at me so, you're the friends of my wife and most welcome."

"That's just it she's your wife," Hercules told him.

"I hope you fail and she gets so mad she comes running to my arms."

"Ares," Hercules scolded. "For God's sake she'll come running to mine, everyone knows that."

"Don't get your hopes up, I will not fail," Drake told them, he had heard enough of Gabrielle's tales in Sultry to know how they felt about his soulmate.

"We will never give up hope not even on our deathbeds," Hercules told him.

"Yeah, that's right, we're men, warriors, and we're warriors who will die in battle."

"Yes, the ultimate battle, the battle for Xena's love."

"We hate to break it to you boys, but you've lost that battle, you just haven't died yet," Xena told them.

"Well I know the Xena look alike in blue isn't Xena, she wouldn't expose herself."

"Right," Xena told him. "Anyway we're going to the gardens to have tea and play croquet it was Leah's idea."

"And you're definitely not Leah," Drake concluded as well.

"No really I hadn't noticed I wasn't Leah, God to think I'm that empty in the head." She walked off followed by the others who scowled at him in Xena like fashion.

"You're an idiot," Ares told him. "If that wasn't Xena than I don't know who is."

"That was not her and there's no way to tell for sure which one of them is Xena until they screw up, so I am not an idiot, I know my own wife, she's just very good at keeping them from doing key things that would let me know they're not her or doing key things that let me know that she is my wife. None of them even look me in the eye."

"Ares is right you are an idiot."

"Why?" Drake asked.

"Because dumbass, all you have to do is kiss her, Xena would go further with you than anyone else and just to be sure, because maybe I'm wrong the others just might sleep with you just because your hot, I've seen it happen with twins to me of course, check for that cute mole on her inner thigh, you know the one that makes you just want to…" Hercules trailed off as all three men retreated into their minds of fantasies or past sexual escapades with Xena in Drake's case. Philemon and Joxer thought about their own wives remembering that Diana had a lovely heart shaped birth mark where Xena's mole was and Meg had a moon shaped scar where the birth mark was on Diana and the mole on Xena's thigh.

"Damn I wonder what's on Leah's thigh," Ares muttered. Hercules nodded his agreement.

"What?" Drake asked shaking his head. Everyone came back to reality.

"Shall we go for tea than, Sir?" Bosley asked. Drake nodded.

"Yes, sure why not." They all headed for the gardens and found that they had all changed dresses and now Drake was still confused about to call Xena out by color. She knew him all too well.

"Damn," Drake muttered before joining them.