The Warrior Princess was her name Redemption was her claim to fame She started on the road alone Determined to reform...atone She met a girl along the way A bard she said who would convey The story of the mighty deeds that Xena did to fill her needs At first the Princess didn't want A sidekick who would share her jaunt But with a fierce determination The bard stuck fast to Xena's frustration Through great adventures they together Roamed the country Through all weather And somehow along the way They grew closer day by day The Bard learned how to weild a stick And jump and punch and flip and kick The Warrior learned to have compassion that care and love should have no ration And so their fame grew through the land And people sought their helping hands And all was well until one day When evil came and made its play One fateful day in a strange land Their lives were changed by firey hand And never would it be the same once they were touched by that cold flame It began with tender heart The Bard's attempt to help in part A cause she felt was right and just And thus into evil was thrust Her pureness and goodness were sought By a wicked god who thought That by using her to bear his child He'd rule the world none by his side Thus began the time of hell which marred the soul named Gabrielle A child was born of good and evil destined to cause the world upheaval The Warrior Princess told her friend That her daughter's life must end But Gabrielle could not complete the heartbreaking deed turning instead to deceit She felt her child could learn to cope set her adrift and named her Hope Having faith she would be guided to someone where loving care would be provided When asked by Xena what befell the evil girl said, Gabrielle "I killed her. She will cause no harm." And thus a lie dispelled alarm But once deceit is firmly planted Lives become both strained and slanted And so a rift though yet unseen took firm root right in between two hearts which had once been serene And so distrust was born that day Suspicion growing along the way But still their travels shared one path unaware of forthcoming wrath One day a long neglected boy became once more his mother's joy Xena's guilt finally set free was short lived not meant to be For not within the Warrior's scope Was that the Bard had found her Hope This child of evil though deprived of mother's love had still survived And hating what her birth had wrought revenge against Xena she sought She took the life of Xena's son And when the Bard saw what she'd done With heavy heart she promised fun Went to the woods and falsely smiled then poisoned Hope her own lost child But Xena's heart had become hard and she could not forgive her Bard There at their children's funeral pyre she called her friend deceitful lier And as the flames began to die so did their friendship They said good-bye On a cold and snowy mount Screams of grief were lost in count There the evil God Of War saw his great chance to make a score Using all his godly charms he convinced Xena to take up arms He told her that to satisfy her right to justice the Bard must die And in her agony and grief she agreed twas her belief She came down from the mountain top and rode with a vengence no human could stop On into the Amazon village she came to claim the Bard her heart aflame While in the meantime Gab suffered too devastated by what she'd had to do And in atonement she chose to endure an Amazon ritual to make her pure Twas there she was when Xena arrived who tied her up for a murderous ride Across the miles her friends poor body was dragged along torn up and bloody Till finally at the top of a cliff Xena held her high so straight and stiff Then hurled her down toward the waters below But was toppled herself by her might throw Down into the waters the two submerged Life forces ebbing as the waves converged Until a hand reached into the sea and pulled Xena out with maniacal glee Plucking the Warrior from the murky abyss she revived her with a life giving kiss Now further down the mystical stream another hand helped Gab to this land of dream Joxer the Jester had been chosen to guide Gabrielle to her destiny awaiting inside Meantime the sprite Holyph (for thats who she be) had spun a great wheel in which Xena could see that the one who was guilty of casting this spell was none other than her own Gabrielle And through the wheel's portal Xena stepped to meet fate there, Ares the War God would officiate While Gabrielle's village rallied 'round their lost Bard and encouraged her to fight back, though its hard The conflict ensued as passion escalated Xena plunged her sword to finally claim her fate But as realization brought her to her senses Remorse and despair overrode her pretenses And as she denied that she meant life to end she gazed into the face of her former close friend Through Illusia they travelled reliving their past Events blending together manifesting quite fast Until the last room where both bound to their torments They sang of reuniting in a heart tugging performance Released from their bonds through a curtain of rain they saw Xena's Solan calling from a new plane Gabrielle forged through But Xena could not For her hands burned from deceit she had wrought You see she also carried a deeply buried lie Twas she who did willfully cause Ming Tien to die But Gab was forgiving and slowly reached through and helped Xena across to begin life anew Upon a warm beach they laughed once more together again to face what was in store Ahh but nothing's forever and while they celebrated an unholy union was being created You see, goddess Callisto had found a great pod which contained Hope's essence although twas quite odd With revenge upon Xena foremost in her mind Callisto knew Hope had her own axe to grind And when Hope emerged from her gooey rebirth her appearance was that of the only one on earth who could be convinced to love her again the one she could use to initate her reign For a mother's love is complete and forever and Hope knew she could use Gab with Xena as a lever Even more was against our daring duo Ares was Angry that he'd lost Xena you know He went to the Fates who there decreed that if Xena killed Hope she'd die for her deed But when Xena confronted Gabrielle's evil spawn intending to kill her deadly chakram drawn The Bard jumped between them and the force of her hit sent both Hope and Gabrielle into a firey pit Xena's helpless frustration Callisto's shocked laughter Xena's sword plunged in deep sending Calli to the hereafter Warrior peered over edge Nothing more in sight Gabrielle and Hope gone into the firey light To Be Continued....
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