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The Solstice Tree's Light
"Gods, Xena!"
"What?!"
"No matter what I do, you just
don't get it!"
"Get what?!"
"I don't want
to visit my parents!"
"Gabrielle..."
"Xena,
don't you even
take that sweet tone with me..."
"They haven't seen you for
nearly a year, Gabrielle."
"So?"
"We're going."
"But
-"
"No. Buts."
"Fine."
Xena and Gabrielle had been traveling down a snow-covered road, which, much to Gabrielle's dismay, led straight to Potedaea. It was the middle of winter, and they had just come from visiting Cyrene, Xena's mother, in Amphipolis. Solstice was well on its way, and Xena had insisted to her lover that they should at least try to spent it with the Bard's family this year.
"Gabrielle, please don't be mad at me..."
Gabrielle, upon hearing that Xena was not going to change her mind about going to Potedaea, had walked up ahead of Xena with a determined look, and a defiant stride.
Gabrielle sighed quite audibly, and turned to face her soul mate.
"Xena, I'm not mad at you. I just... those people, they hate you. They have no idea that we are together. I don't want to go back there and have them tell me how wrong my choices were." She gave Xena a very soulful look. "And I don't want father to say how you are some 'bloodthirsty warlord'."
"Gabrielle..."
"No! I swear Xena, if he says anything like that, I'll beat him bloody." She hefted her staff to mark her point.
"So you'll go?" Xena asked, a hopeful look in her eyes, one brow arched.
"I'll go."
XXXXXX
The two made camp that night deep in the woods off of the road. Xena had caught a rabbit, and Gabrielle made stew. Now they were cuddled up together in their bedroll, looking up as the smoke from their campfire danced with the twinkling stars in the crisp winter night sky.
"It's a bear." Gabrielle stated gently after a long stretch of silence. Xena grinned and nudged her Bard.
"Nope Gabrielle, it's a water dipper. Trust my keen warrior vision, okay?"
"I'm telling you Xena, your 'keen warrior vision' is failing, because clearly it's a bear.
"What would you know? You tell the stories about what I see. And I see a water dipper."
"Ah,
I tell the stories about what you do,
dear warrior."
Oh,
you win this round, Bard.
Xena thought to herself. Well, now it was time to distract the bard
from her victory.
Laughing, she attacked her lover, and began a very vicious tickle-fight.