Xena and Gabrielle are in a forest nearby Thebes, while Xena is trying to

teach Gabrielle how to do a flip. "Okay, I got it...right foot first"

Gabrielle said eagerly to try to do a flip. "Be careful because you might

hurt your ankle again" Xena said trying to talk Gabrielle out of it. "Don't

worry, I got it" Gabrielle said. Gabrielle trying to do a sucessful flip,

runs toward a rock, jumps and does a flip, unfortunatly she didn't make it.

"Owww!" Gabrielle said in pain. "I told you that you shouldn't have tried

it. And at least this time you didn't break your ankle" Xena said trying to

comfort her. "Well maybe next time I will make it" Gabrielle assured Xena.

        Later that day....

        "Ahhhhhhh" a distant voice was screaming out."Gabrielle, did you hear

that?" Xena asked. "Yeah, I think it is coming this way" Gabrielle said,

pointing the way to Xena. Xena had seen the screaming voice came from a man

getting robed by a couple of theives. "Here take this bag of gold but

please spare me" the man pleaded. "Let the man go" Xena said. "Who will

make us?" the leader said. "Me!" Xena said. Then Xena flipped to the first

theif then knocked him out. Gabrielle, who was there the whole time, gave

Xena a hand by getting the theif closest to her. Xena gave out her battle

cry "ILILILILILI" then flipped onto the nearest tree then flipping again to

two other thieves. "You think you can beat us warrior woman?" one of the

theives snickered. "I guess so" Xena said with a half smile. "Yah!" Xena

said as she threw her chackrum at the two theives, missing them narrowly.

"Hah! You missed us warrior woman" the second one said. "Guess again" Xena

said as she saw the chackrum bounce off a tree and hit both theives. Xena

flipped up into the air, recovering her chackrum. The leader of the

theives, seeing that he was losing he threw a dagger at Xena. "Xena watch

out!" Gabrielle warned her. After Xena saw this, she caught the dagger and

threw it back at the theif, killing him. The rest of the men ran off

screaming.

        "Who are you, and why were those men chasing after you?" Xena asked the

man who was being robbed. "I am Llynan, the messenger and I don't know why

they were chasing after me" Llynan said immediatly. "Who are you looking

for?"

Gabrielle asked. "I am looking for a woman with the name of Gabrielle and

her friend Xena" Llynan said. "Well today is your lucky day because, I am

Gabrielle and this is my friend Xena" Gabrielle said. " Who sent you?" Xena

asked Llynan. "Ephiny, Queen of the Amazons" Llynan answered Xena. "Why did

Ephiny send for us?" Gabrielle asked Llynan. "She said that a bunch of

mauraders is going to maraude the Amazons" Llynan said."Oh no! Xena we must

hurry!" Gabrielle said. "Okay, Gabrielle but before that I think we should

camp out for the night then go because its getting late" Xena said.

"Great!" Gabrielle said. "We'll need to get some rest because we will get

up early" Xena said. "Okay" Gabrielle said. "Hey, Llynan do you want to

camp out with us for awile?" Gabrielle asked Llynan. "Sure" Llynan

answered.

        In the morning Xena, Gabrielle, and Llynan headed toward the Amazons.

"Llynan, where did you come from? I mean where is your home village?"

Gabrielle asked Llynan as they were walking to the Amazons. "I come from

Amphipolis, but when I was five my family moved to Athens" Llynan answered

Gabrielle. "Is that so? Xena came from Amphipolis" Gabrielle said. "Llynan,

do you know why they are asking for our help if there are just a couple of

mauraders?" Xena asked. "Queen Ephiny said that they had a special armor

that protects them from weapons because it is made from a very speacial

metal" Llynan answered. "How many are there?" Xena asked. " I do not know"

Llynan told Xena. "Xena! Look up ahead! There is the Amazons!" Gabrielle

told Xena. "Gabrielle, Xena, you have come" Ephiny said as she hugged them

both. "Yes, we are here, but why would a bunch of people want to maurade

this place?" Xena asked. "Because of this" Ephiny said as she signaled two

women to get a dusty chest. "What is in it?" Gabrielle asked Ephiny. "You

will see" Ephiny said as she started to open the chest. As Xena and

Gabrielle looked in, there was a shiny object. "I present to you the

pendent of faith" Ephiny said as she took out a beatiful pendent, made of

gold and it had shiny jewels in the middle of it. "Wow" Gabrielle said in

utter amazment, while Xena just stood there, speechless and just staring.

"Why would a bunch of people go through alot of trouble just to get a shiny

pendant?" Llynan asked as everybody almost forgot he was there. "Because

they are not just wanting the pendant they want Artemis's bow, too"

Ephiny said as she signaled another servent to fetch it. The woman

carried in a beatiful silk cloth, the most beatiful cloth that anyone has

ever seen. As Ephiny signaled a woman to open the cloth, inside the

cloth was a silver bow, with a silver thread, and beatiful silver arrows,

all as silver as the moonlight bouncing off of a clear lake on a clear

night. Xena, Gabrielle, and Llynan was all marvelled by these beatiful

objects. "Now I can see why they want to go to all this trouble to get

these objects, they are so beatiful" Gabrielle said. "Not only are they

beatiful beyond words, but the pendant can heal your wounds while you wear

it and Artemis's bow can hit any target you want, even if you are aiming at

the wrong direction" Ephiny said, "But I warn you, if you get hit while

your in the pendant you can get killed if you are too severly wounded and

you can still feel pain" Ephiny warned. "We will rest for today, but

tommorow I will send my best warriors with you and I will give you further

instructions tommorow" Ephiny said.

        The next morning Ephiny gathered her 6 greatest wariors. After she got her

wariors she sent out for Xena. Then Xena woke Gabrielle and told her that

they have to meet Ephiny later in the forest. Llynan, who was already awake

asked if he could come. At first Xena said "No" because she thought he

couldn't fight but Gabrielle convinced her that he should come along for

awile. Xena said "Okay, but just this once." Llynan just smiled at Xena and

said thank you. They all left after they got their equipment, Xena got her

armor, chackrum, sword, and whip, Gabrielle got her staff, and Argo, and

Llynan got two minature axes, the pendant and Artemis's bow.

        Xena, Gabrielle and Llynan went to the spot Ephiny told them to go to,

which was in the middle of a deep forest. "Hey, Ephiny, why did you choose

Llynan to be a messanger for you?" Gabrielle asked. "Because he is my

nephew, but he wasn't raised here, he was raised in Athens by my

sister. He just came here last week" Ephiny said. "Oh is that so?"

Gabrielle said.

"Shhhhhhhh, I hear something" Xena said. A couple of minutes later, some

men were walking in the forest, slashing at bushes and shrubs and they were

laughing for some reason. "Lets get 'em" one amazon warior said. "Wait a

minute, why don't we use Atemis's bow" Llynan suggested. "Good idea, but

who will use it?" another amazon warior asked.  "Why don't we let Xena do

the honors" Ephiny suggested. "I'll be glad too, but how do I use it?" Xena

asked. "All you have to do is think of your targets, then fire the arrows

from the bow" Ephiny instructed. Xena just shook her head then did what

Ephiny told her. Xena hit and killed all of the men exept for one, Xena was

surprised that the arrows went through the armor. Xena, then went to the

last man and cut his blood flow to his brain. "I cut off the blood

circulation to your brain.You have thirty seconds, to tell me who is in

charge of this sceme" Xena warned. "The man who is in charge

is......Beathar the warlord" the man said. "What direction are they going

to ambush the Amazons in?" Xena asked. "Towards the west, they are going to

attack from those mountains" the man said as he pointed to a very high

mountain. Xena then put him back to normal then knocked him out.

        After that incident, all of them returned back and made a plan to attack

in the morning. "So, are you going to introduce these wariors, because

before we had no time for introductions" Gabrielle asked. "All right, this

is my best javelin thrower, Sheena" Ephiny said as she pointed to a woman

who was very beatiful with fiery red hair, green eyes, and she had long

arms and legs. "And this is my best spear handler and twin to Sheena,

Geena" Ephiny continued as she pointed to a woman that looked exactly like

Sheena. "Here is my best sword handler, Sandrana" Ephiny said as she

pointed to a woman with smooth blonde hair and soft brown eyes. "Here is my

best dagger thrower, Palana" Ephiny continued as she pointed to a woman

with wavy brown hair, and blue eyes. "This is my best archer, Venala"

Ephiny said as she pointed to a woman with curly black hair and light green

eyes. "And last, this is my best warior over all, Andra, the magic user"

Ephiny said as she pointed to a tall woman with dark black hair, dark brown

eyes.

        "Andra..Andra..Andra" the name echoed in Xena mind. "Ha ha ha your it" a

little girl said as she tagged her sister. "Kill everyone that is in your

way including women AND children" Xena commanded. "YES! XENA" the whole

army said. "Now what do we got here?" a soldier of Xena army asked.

"Ahhhhhhhh" the girl screamed, while her sister stood there frozen with

fear. When the man raised his sword and thats when the girl's sister

started to speak. "Go, Andra before they kill you" Andra's sister said.

"No, Lysa go I'm going to stay" Andra said. "No, RUN!" Lysa said and as she

said that the man killed her and went after Andra. Andra screamed in pain

as an archer hit her in the shin with an arrow, but still Andra still

didn't give up. She ran and ran until she reached her village. When she

reached it she went back to her house. When she didn't see her mom or dad

at her house she searched the whole town. Until one day she heard that her

mother had passed away and her dad was killed in by a monster as he was

travelling. Andra cried and cried, and wanted revenge on Xena. Later she

was raised by a old woman in Athens.

                                                                                 

                                "XENA, I'M GOING TO GET YOU. YOU HEAR! I AM

GOING TO GET YOU!!" Andra said to Xena as she fled from her army. She knew

it was Xena's army because one of the men mentioned her. "Xena... Xena....

Xena...." Andra's voice said in

her mind. "Xena? Xena? XENA! Snap out of it" Gabrielle said, snapping Xena

out of her daydream. "Aren't you suppost to be planning the surprise attack

with the other wariors?" Gabrielle reminded Xena. "Yes, Gabrielle

but......I can't" Xena said. "But why?" Gabrielle asked.

"Because.....because...Andra, the magic user" Xena said. "What about her?"

Gabrielle asked. Right after Gabrielle said those words, Andra appeared.

"Come on Xena, aren't you supposed to be planning with us?" Andra said.

"Yes, tell them I am coming" Xena told Andra. Andra said "Okay, but hurry,

Ephiny is growing impatient" and after those words Andra dissapeared. Xena,

then pushed Gabrielle to a private spot where nobody could hear. When they

were alone Xena explained to Gabrielle what she was talking about while

ago. "Don't worry, Xena. I'm sure that she forgot about that incident

already" Gabrielle assured. "Okay, but I got a feeling...that she is still

looking for revenge" Xena said.

        The next day Xena, Gabrielle, Llynan, and the rest of the Amazon wariors

went to the mountains to do their surprise attack. Xena gave the pendant of

faith to Gabrielle, so she wouldn't be harmed. "Gabrielle, I want you to

wear this so you won't get killed" Xena said. "Okay, Xena. Oh no! Here

comes the army" Gabrielle said as she pointed to a small army heading up

the mountains. "Okay, Llynan after I get the army lured into the cave you

can seal them off" Xena said to Llynan. "Okay, I'm ready"  Llynan said.

"Now, Gabrielle you have to show Llynan were is the rocks he has to push"

Xena instructed. "Okay" Gabrielle said. Gabrielle, then showed Llynan were

to go. Xena lead the army into the cave as planned. Llynan started to push.

"Arrrgggggghhhhh" Llynan said as he pushed the rocks. "Here, let me help"

Gabriell said. "Thanks" Llynan said. Gabrielle and Llynan pushed and pushed

but the rocks didn't bulge. "Xena, its not working" Gabrielle said. "I have

an idea" Ephiny said. "What is it?" Geena asked. "We help Xena kick some

butt!" Ephiny said. "YEAH!" the small amazon force agreed. "I have an even

better idea, I can use my magic to trap the soldiers inside" Andra said.

"Good, planning. Okay Andra you may use your magic as soon as Xena gets

out" Ephiny said. Andra smiled evily, then suddenly the rocks that Llynan

and Gabrielle were pushing. Gabrielle was about to fall, but Llynan caught

her. "That was close, but we got to help Xena or she'll be trapped forever"

Gabrielle said. As soon as the rocks fell Gabrielle started to lose hope to

think Xena could get out alive. Then suddenly after the dust cleared, Xena

appeared. "XENA! You've made it!" Gabrielle said overjoyed. "Nice try

Andra, but you can't kill me that easily" Xena said almost ignoring

Gabrielle.

        Andra just stood there and smiled. Suddenly, Andra pointed her finger at

Ephiny and the amazon force, and then then a bright light flashed and they

were gone. "Xena, now I have you all alone" Andra said with a wicked smile.

"How did you plan this all yourself?" Xena asked calmly. "I didn't" Andra

said as she pointed to a large boulder. Then behind the boulder Callisto

amerged. "Xena, Xena, Xena, you thought you can get rid of me that easily?"

Callisto said with an evil laugh. "Well you can't, and by the gods I am

going to get rid of you once and for all!" Callisto said, laughing again.

"How did you get back to the mortal world?" Xena asked Callisto. "Well,

what do you think Xena? Hum, well just by a little magic" Callisto said.

"Yep, I cast a magical spell that will temporaroly let Callisto free, but

when we kill you the magic will stay permenantly" Andra said.

        Gabrielle and Llynan were just listening behind a rock, and everbody

forgot that they were there. "Pssst, Llynan, what are we going to do now?"

Gabrielle wispered. "Lets just wait" Llynan suggested. "YOU KILLED MY

SISTER, NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Andra screamed furously. Then Callisto

and her fired two lightning bolts at Xena, forming into one big lightning

bolt. "Ahhhhhhhh!" Xena screamed in pain. Andra just looked at Xena, while

Callisto smiled and thought how much pain Xena was in. "STOP IT!" Gabrielle

suddenly screamed. "Oh yes, I forgot the Amazon princess and her friend"

Andra said. "Don't lay a hand on her or Xena" Llynan said. "Oh don't worry

about Gabrielle I won't lay a hand on her, I'll leave that jobs to my

soldiers. For Xena, don't worry about her worry about your own life" Andra

said coldly. "Oh, this is going to be fun" Callisto said exitedly.

        Andra, then raised up her hand and said some words in a different language

then she said "Raise, my soldiers, RISE!." Then after those words, soldiers

jumped out from nowhere. "Oh yeah, Xena, the mauraders thing, that was

fake, I made it up" Andra said. Xena couldn't hold it any more so she

charged at Andra. Then Xena took out her sword then, BOOM! Xena was hurled

by something into a large tree. Xena groaned in pain and she realized it

was a work of magic.

        "Soldiers get the Amazon Princess and her friend" Callisto commanded the

skeloten soldiers. As soon as Llynan heard this, he hurled his two axes,

one at Callisto and one at a skeloten warior. The first axe was just

deflected back to him by Callisto and he just got it back. The other axe,

on the other hand hit the skeloten and shattered it into peices. Llynan,

then jumped down the hill he was on and recovered his axe from the bones of

the skeloten. Gabrielle rushed to his aid, fighting the other skelotens,

while Xena battles Callisto and Andra.

        Callisto then struct Xena to a blow to the head, Xena was then startled

but she recovered quickly. Andra quickly noticed that all her skeloten

wariors were defeated so she took her bow and aimed it for Llynan. "Llynan,

LOOK OUT!" Gabrielle screamed. Gabrielle quickly ran towards Llynan and

pushed him out of the arrow's way. The arrow was really fast and it went

right through Gabrielle's stomach. When Xena saw what happened, she ran

towards Gabrielle. "Gabrielle your hurt" Xena said in panic. "Don't worry I

have the pendant of faith, remember?" Gabrielle said, trying to calm Xena

down. "Do you mean this pendant?" Callisto asked. "What?" Xena said in

sheer panic. Then she looked at Gabrielle, she wasn't breathing and she

didn't have a pulse either. "Gabrielle? Gabrielle?" Xena wispered.

"NOOOOOoooooooooo!" Xena screamed. She tried to find Callisto and Andra but

they have dissapeared. "Xena they are gone, lets just get her back so she

can have a proper funeral" Llynan said comforting Xena alittle bit. "Okay,

lets go back" Xena said wiping her a tear running down her cheek.

        "Where am I?" Gabrielle thought out loud. "In a secret place that decides

your fate" a familier voice says. "Who are you?" Gabrielle asked. "Your one

and only love, Perdicas" Perdicas said. "Perdicas?" Gabrielle said in

shock. "You will decide your destiny here" Perdicas repeated. "What?"

Gabrielle said confused. "You'll see" Perdicas said warmly. After that

Gabrielle was transported to a beatiful feild. "Gabrielle, my love, will

you stay with me forever?" Perdicas asked

                                                           To be continued..........