DISCLAIMER AND AUTHOR'S NOTE: The characters of Xena, Gabrielle and Callisto are not mine, they belong to other people, namely MCA/Universal and Renaissance Pictures, and so does all other Xena related stuff. They are being rudely and obnoxiously used without permission for entertainment purposes (he, he - cheers from the crowd). I hope none of the law guys will bother to do something, ah, unpleasant. No copyright infringement was intended in the writing of this fiction. All other characters that appear belong to me. This story cannot be sold or used for profit in any way. Copies may be made for private use only and must include this copyright notice and disclaimer. Anyway, if this kind of stuff is illegal in your gods forsaken place, if you're under 18 or if you find the notion of two women making love offensive, then get the Tartarus outta here, scram, beat it, shoosh,... and don't come back until that changes! For those of you who are still reading, the story contains some sex between two women, hm, three actually, but you already know that, don't you? (cheers from the crowd) Anyway, I hope you enjoy it! Oh, yes, I almost forgot, this is a sort of a sequel to Throw of the Dice by Pink Rabbit Productions from Pink Rabbit Subtext Zone. Read it, it's great! And here's what PB has to say about The Power of Love: This story is a sequel to Throw of the Dice by Pink Rabbit Productions and is being posted with our permission, however Pink Rabbit Productions had nothing to do with the writing of this story and does not share this vision of a story we consider finished already. We do, however, feel that all visions should be shared with any interested readers, so we hope you enjoy this story, but know that for us, Throw of the Dice ended with Callisto questioning her own madness.

The Power of Love
By Kristjan Brezovnik

It was already mid morning, but Xena and Gabrielle still lay in each other's arms, exhausted after a long night of passionate love-making.

Finally Xena woke up and shuddered when the sweet memories of the past night flooded her mind. She smiled and squeezed herself even closer to her lover. The bard felt the movement and woke up.

"I'm sorry," Xena said.

Gabrielle moaned as she recalled the joys of the previous night.

"I can still feel every touch and every kiss," she said dreamily.

Xena gently brushed away Gabrielle's hair and kissed her neck. Gabrielle moaned from pleasure. Xena caressed her and kissed her on the mouth. Gabrielle loved the feeling and kissed back. The two lovers shared a long passionate kiss, cuddling even closer to each other.

"I love you," Xena said when they broke the kiss.

"I love you too, Xena," Gabrielle said and caressed her lover's hair, glittering from sweat.

"Come, let's go wash ourselves."

"I don't want to," Gabrielle protested.

"Me neither, but we have to," Xena said, smiling.

Gabrielle sighed and let Xena help her up. They both stretched themselves and went to the pond. Gabrielle jumped in, immediately followed by Xena. When Xena resurfaced Gabrielle was nowhere to be seen. She looked around, worried. Suddenly she felt something brush her thighs. She looked down and saw hands sliding up her belly, followed by a beautiful head with wet strawberry blond hair. The hands quickly seized the breasts while the head continued higher up and its lips claimed Xena's. Xena quickly put her arms around the smaller woman's body and felt legs being wrapped around her waist.

They shared a long wild kiss and Xena finally lost her footing and they both sank with a big splash. They both resurfaced, laughing.

"Don't ever scare me like that," Xena said and hit the water, sending ripples of water into Gabrielle's face.

"Hey!" Gabrielle protested and sent twice as much water back.

The two lovers laughed and then Gabrielle stepped closer to Xena.

"Tonight, we're staying in an inn, those stones were really annoying, not to mention disturbing. Every time you pushed, I hit my head on some rock."

Xena brushed her fingers over her lover's lips. Gabrielle opened her mouth and gently bit them.

"I know what you mean."

"Okay," Gabrielle said and shuddered, "let's get washed, I'm freezing."

After the breakfast, they resumed their travel. The road, which was almost non-existent, led through the forest and Xena had to lead Argo. Gabrielle was just graphically describing to Xena what she would do to her when they go to bed when Xena suddenly stopped, alert.

"What is it?" Gabrielle asked and looked around, clutching her staff tighter.

Xena strained her senses, knowing that danger was near. She was just slowly reaching for her sword when an ear piercing battle cry reached her ears. She turned and was terrified when she saw Callisto pressing a dagger to Gabrielle's throat.

"Hello, Xena, missed me?" Callisto asked innocently, blinking her eyelids sweetly.

"Let her go, Callisto."

Callisto cocked her head.

"Hm, it looks to me that you can't demand anything right now."

Xena took a deep breath.

"Please, Callisto, let her go. This is between you and me." She paused. "I'll do anything you say."

"No, Xena!" Gabrielle objected, scared and worried for her lover. "Please, Xena. If she kills me now, we will be together in the Elysian Fields. Don't let her take that away."

"Gabrielle, I..."

"I love you too, Xena. Please," Gabrielle urged her.

While Xena and Gabrielle talked, the scent of Gabrielle's hair brought back the sweet memories of another life. Callisto closed her eyes and took a deep breath, inhaling the scent. She wanted to hurt Xena, but she just couldn't bring herself to hurt Gabrielle. The brief experience of a life that might have been hers now fought the insanity of her real life. The gods may have taken away the sanity again, but not her love for Gabrielle. She felt strong emotions flow through her mind and she buried her face into Gabrielle's hair. No, she couldn't hurt Gabrielle, not ever again.

Suddenly she heard Xena move and she opened her eyes. Xena froze in mid step. Callisto observed her for a few moments. Then she took a few tresses of Gabrielle's hair and enjoyed the soft touch for a moment before cutting them off.

"Thank you," she whispered and let Gabrielle go.

Gabrielle made a few quick steps before turning, confused. She didn't have time to think because Xena quickly embraced her from behind.

"Are you okay?" she asked, never letting Callisto out of sight.

Gabrielle nodded and touched her hair where Callisto cut it off.

"She thanked me," Gabrielle said, confused.

Xena was surprised. She broke the embrace and stepped around Gabrielle.

"Thanked?"

"Yes."

"For what?"

"I don't know."

Xena caressed Gabrielle.

"Come, let's move on," she said softly.

Gabrielle nodded and followed her friend.

When Callisto left the two lovers, a tear came into her eye. Her first instinct told her to dry it, but she decided against it. She felt so different now, she was sane again because her love for Gabrielle from another life chased away the insanity from this one. Life was suddenly much more bearable and enjoyable and so many new options suddenly became available. Hot tears of happiness cascaded down her soft cheeks and she let them. She was glad she could cry again.

She envied Xena for having Gabrielle and she wondered if she would ever find someone she could share her life with, someone who would love her in spite of her past, someone she would spend her afterlife with. She stopped for a moment, confused. All she wanted her whole life was to be with her mama and now she wanted to spend the afterlife with someone else? Maybe she could spend it with both! She resumed walking. She would definitely change her lifestyle, just like Xena did. Suddenly she realized just how deep the bond between Xena and Gabrielle was. Without the bard Xena would have a much more difficult time staying good. She sighed. She looked at the tresses of Gabrielle's hair and inhaled their scent. Then she put them under the leather, right on her heart. Time to...

"Hello, Callisto," she suddenly heard Ares interrupt her thoughts.

She turned to face him.

"Go away, Ares, you lost. I'm sane again and you made it possible."

Ares shook his head, grinning.

"You look so pathetic, just like Xena."

"I don't care what you think, Ares, I no longer want to hurt Xena, I've changed."

"Changed?" Ares said, disgusted. "We'll see, Callisto, we'll see."

When Ares disappeared, Callisto stared at the empty spot for a few moments. She didn't want to die, not now when she hadn't yet made amends for what she had done when she was insane. She sighed. For a moment she considered asking for a protection of a god, but she decided against it. No god could be trusted. She resumed walking.

"Oh, Callisto," Gabrielle moaned when she woke up the next morning and felt caresses.

"Ah?" came from behind.

Gabrielle turned.

"Xena?" she asked, surprised. "What..." Suddenly she remembered. "I'm sorry," she said ashamed and turned away.

Xena put her hand on the smaller woman's shoulder.

"Gabrielle, are you all right?"

Gabrielle nodded, confused by the fact that she thought that it was Callisto. But still, the memories were so real, so... invigorating.

Xena kissed her on the neck, but Gabrielle shook.

"What is it?" Xena asked.

"I don't know," Gabrielle said. "I had a dream that I was making love to Callisto."

"You did."

"No, not like that. I know that she made love to me in your body and you made love to me in hers, but in my dream she was making love to me in her body and I... liked it. It was so real, like it really happened." Gabrielle sighed and got up. "I need to remember more."

"It was only a dream."

Gabrielle shook her head, uncertainly.

"I don't know."

Over the next couple of days Gabrielle avoided Xena and tried to remember more. It hurt Xena every time she heard Gabrielle moan Callisto's name and it hurt Gabrielle too when she saw that Xena was hurt. She wanted to forget the dreams, but she couldn't.

They were walking down the road when finally the last piece of puzzle found its place. Gabrielle stopped.

"I remember," she said.

Xena stopped and looked at her lover. She wanted to know, but she didn't want to pressure Gabrielle. Gabrielle looked at the older woman.

"It really happened. Sort of," she started. Xena rose her eyebrow. "There was a bet between Ares and Athena and the stake was Callisto's sanity. Athena won and then we were in another reality. You were dead there, Callisto killed you when she was a girl. She was a hero and we were," she paused, not wanting to hurt Xena, "lovers," she said silently and looked down. "But Hades let you come back. All you had to do was kill Callisto." She paused. "I had never seen you before in that reality, but somehow I knew what you looked like, I felt the bond." She paused again. "And then Ares came and said I had to choose between the two of you. I couldn't do it because I loved you both. Then Callisto decided for me. She started to act like she was insane and she told me she had killed Perdicus and she wanted to kill you." She paused again, tears running down her cheeks. "I chose you."

Xena quietly hugged her friend and caressed her hair. Now that Gabrielle had told her the whole story, memories started to come back. She remembered the look in Callisto's eyes when she played the mad woman. It wasn't insanity, it was sadness mixed with love. She jerked when she realized that she had seen that look again a couple of days ago when they met Callisto. Maybe Callisto...

"Maybe Callisto also remembers," Gabrielle interrupted her thoughts.

Xena sighed.

"I think she does." Gabrielle was surprised. "I remember now," Xena continued, "I came back and I wanted to kill her." She paused. "She really did love you in that reality and you loved her." She sighed. "I think she still loves you."

"What do you mean?" Gabrielle asked, surprised.

"I saw the look in her eyes, it was the same as when she acted insane. It was full of sadness and love. She loves you and she doesn't want to hurt you. That's why she let you go."

Gabrielle turned away, torn between two loves. Xena understood her pain.

"Will you go after her?"

Gabrielle turned around, surprised.

"I love you, Xena, and I don't want to lose you:" She paused. "But somehow I also love Callisto."

Xena caressed her, faking a smile.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"I don't want to lose neither of you. Our love transcended the boundaries of reality and so does Callisto's. She remembers what we had and she's giving it up so you and I could be together."

"I know."

"Please, come with me."

"I will," Xena said, barely controlling her voice.

Gabrielle felt the distress in Xena's voice and she hugged her.

"I love you," she whispered.

Xena hugged her back. She was afraid that she was losing Gabrielle and the thought sent shivers down her spine. Gabrielle felt that and broke the hug.

"I will never leave you, Xena, no matter what, but I want Callisto to be happy."

"I understand."

"No," Gabrielle said and took Xena's hand, "I mean it, I will never leave you. Never."

Xena stared into her lover's eyes and knew that she meant it. She smiled and gently squeezed Gabrielle's hand.

"Thank you."

Gabrielle smiled and hugged Xena.

"Okay, let's move on."

Nothing more had happened that day, but the night was exhausting because they had to make up for the past couple of days.

"Morning," Gabrielle whispered when she opened her eyes in the morning and saw Xena watch her lovingly.

"Morning," Xena said, smiling, and caressed the smaller woman. "Slept well?"

"Mhm. This was much better than on the rocks."

"You bet."

"We should to this much more often. Much more often."

"Absolutely," Xena agreed and kissed Gabrielle. "In fact, why don't we..."

Noises from the outside interrupted Xena and she got up and went to the window.

"What is it?" Gabrielle asked.

"Callisto is fighting some soldiers."

Gabrielle quickly got up and ran to the window.

"We gotta help her," Gabrielle said, worried, and started to dress.

Xena observed her for a couple of moments and then also started to dress. Gabrielle was done before Xena and she immediately ran out.

"Gabrielle!" Xena called after her and started to dress faster.

When Gabrielle got outside, Callisto was nowhere to be seen.

"What happened?" she asked the woman closest to her.

"Callisto just helped us get rid of the local bandits," the woman said, still surprised.

"Which way did she go?"

"That way."

"Did she have a horse?"

"Yes."

Gabrielle ran inside and paid for the room. She was about to go upstairs when Xena came down.

"What's the hurry?"

"Callisto already left. I'm gonna get our stuff. The room's already paid for."

Xena saw concern in her lover's eyes and it made her feel uneasy and jealous. She sighed as Gabrielle hurried past her and went out.

She bought some supplies and when she got to Argo, she noticed that the mare was already prepared for the travel. Gabrielle was waiting impatiently by her side.

"Where were you?"

"I got us some supplies."

"Xena, how can you..."

"Gabrielle!" Xena interrupted her. "I know you're worried about Callisto, but we need to have supplies. We'll probably catch up with her today or maybe tomorrow." She paused and gave Gabrielle a naughty look. "We may have to skip some of the, ah, more pleasant things in life." Gabrielle blinked her eyes with disbelief. "She'll be fine, Gabrielle," Xena assured her friend. "She managed to take care of herself so far and there's no reason why she couldn't in the future. We'll find her. I promise."

Gabrielle observed Xena quietly for a few moments and saw that she meant what she said.

"Thank you." She paused. "Ah, Xena?"

"Yes?"

"I don't want you to feel jealous. I can't help it if my feelings for Callisto equal those I have for you. You're the love of my life here, but in that reality it was Callisto and it was no different from what we have. It's a good thing we all remember it. I love her and I love you too." She paused. "I don't want to lose you."

Xena stared at her lover and finally smiled.

"You won't," she said softly and caressed the smaller woman. "Come, let's go find Callisto."

Xena mounted her horse and helped Gabrielle up.

They rode most of the day and only stopped once for a quick lunch. Finally it started to get dark and Xena decided it was time to make a camp. Gabrielle didn't like the idea, but her body was all too eager to have some rest and her mind knew that Xena was right.

When they reached the place which Xena thought would be the most suitable, they noticed that it was already taken. They dismounted and carefully approached. They quickly noticed that it was only one person and it didn't take them long to recognize her.

"Callisto," Gabrielle said, excited.

Callisto heard someone call her name and she looked. It was Gabrielle and Xena, the first and the last person she wanted to see. She was surprised by the fact that she didn't feel the urge to kill Xena anymore. She watched them as they approached her. Her heart told her to stay, but her mind told her to go. She just couldn't decide, but eventually it didn't matter because Xena and Gabrielle were almost there. She looked away.

"Hello, Callisto," Gabrielle said. "Can we camp with you?"

Callisto looked up, nodded and looked away again.

Gabrielle sat near Callisto and Xena unsaddled Argo. Gabrielle wanted to ask Callisto so many questions, but she was afraid and Callisto did her best to ignore her.

Xena finally sat down beside her lover. She watched her for a while and finally took her hand a squeezed it gently. Gabrielle looked at her and she nodded. Gabrielle took a deep breath and turned to Callisto.

"Callisto," she started, but Callisto ignored her. "Do you remember the other reality?"

Callisto turned, surprised.

"You... You remember?"

Gabrielle nodded.

"Yes." She paused, but Callisto didn't say anything. "I remember our love."

Callisto was astonished and she quickly turned away to hide the tears in her eyes. Gabrielle put her hand on Callisto's shoulder. Callisto turned.

"I love you, Callisto."

Callisto stared at her, astonished. Finally, she looked at Xena, but Xena's face was emotionless. She looked back at Gabrielle.

"I... I..."

She wanted to say so much, but something stopped her. Finally, Gabrielle slowly moved her head closer and gently kissed her on the lips. Callisto was surprised and she wanted to pull away at first, but her heart was stronger and she finally kissed back, slowly probing at first and finally passionately, just like she remembered.

"I love you," she whispered and hugged Gabrielle.

Xena's first thought was to protect Gabrielle, but she quickly realized that she had nothing to fear.

When they broke the kiss, they looked at Xena. Xena looked them both in the eyes and saw their desire. She didn't want Gabrielle to make love to Callisto, but she knew that sooner or later she would. She gulped.

"You don't have to ask my permission," she said.

Desire was replaced by gratitude for a few moments and Xena smiled briefly. Gabrielle and Callisto then turned to one another and kissed. Xena expected Callisto to take the lead and was surprised when Gabrielle gently pushed Callisto down and lay on her. She was a bit jealous and uncomfortable at first, but she soon began to enjoy the sight.

Gabrielle was glad that she wasn't afraid of Callisto anymore, because Callisto was a gorgeous woman and she wanted to feel her body, smell her sweet scent and taste her fluids. She slowly unclasped the leather and pulled it off even more slowly, covering the silky skin of the blond warrior with a shower of soft, wet kisses.

When the leather was off, Gabrielle grasped Callisto's nipples between her fingers and rubbed them. Callisto moaned with pleasure and arched her back. Gabrielle then cupped the blond warrior's breasts, gently massaging them, and started to kiss her neck. She felt the breasts harden and she gently trailed her fingers in circles from around the breasts to the nipples, kissing her way down to the two hills to be conquered. When she reached the nipples, she gently kissed them both and then took each between her teeth and nibbled them. When she felt that the nipples were hard enough, she sucked on them.

Her hand slowly slipped down to the source of the heat which Gabrielle felt on her belly, gently caressing the soft skin. She caressed the inside of Callisto's thighs for a while before she cupped the heat source and massaged it through the undies. Callisto moaned from pleasure. Gabrielle finally took as much of Callisto's breasts into her mouth as she could and sucked them and licked them with her tongue.

Her hand finally pushed the undies aside and cupped Callisto's sex. Callisto gasped. Gabrielle ran her fingers up and down the soft slit which by now was drowned in elixir compared to which ambrosia was just some bad soup. Finally, Gabrielle slipped a finger inside and wiggled with it. Callisto groaned and spread her legs.

Gabrielle then lifted herself higher and shared a hot kiss with Callisto. The she started kissing and licking her way southward. Lips were followed by chin and chin by neck. Gabrielle could feel the thunderous pulsation of the neck blood vessels as she licked her way down toward the valley between the two conquered hills of pleasure. She continued to build the wet road of kisses across Callisto's belly. She briefly stopped at the belly-button and immediately after she was stopped by leather.

She pulled her finger out of Callisto and Callisto protested. Gabrielle grinned and started to remove the leather. She pulled it off together with Callisto's undies.

Callisto grabbed her breasts and massaged them. She slipped one hand down to the heat hole to quench her need, but Gabrielle resolutely removed it. Callisto continued to massage her own breasts and watched Gabrielle drink in the smell of her undies which were soaking wet.

When Gabrielle put the undies away, she removed Callisto's boots. Then she lifted her legs and started to lick her way from left ankle to the top of the left thigh and then from right ankle to the right thigh. Callisto desperately shivered as she expected to feel Gabrielle's tongue on the soft mound between her legs.

Gabrielle spread Callisto's legs and started to lick the buttocks and the anus.

"Gabrielle!" Callisto protested.

"Patience, Callisto," Gabrielle said and started to lick closer and closer to the center of pleasure.

By now Xena's leather was barely hanging on. She felt awkward at first, but she soon found watching Gabrielle and Callisto very stimulating. She loosened her leather and massaged her breasts. It didn't take long before she felt the throbbing between her legs. She slowly, shyly slid her hand down. Her undies were already wet with her fluids and she moved them aside and caressed her mound, finally slipping a finger inside. She shuddered from pleasure and slowly spread her legs wider.

When Gabrielle reached the source of the river of delicious fluid, she first ran her tongue up and down the wet slit and then around it. Then she kissed the mound, a pair of hot lips touching an even hotter pair of lips. She spread them with her fingers and dipped her tongue as deep as she could, pressing her mouth hard against Callisto's pussy. Callisto screamed from pleasure.

Gabrielle added a finger to her tongue and Callisto started quivering and gasping for air. Gabrielle added another finger and another and she finally had to stop licking so she could add the last two. She pushed in and out, deeper and deeper until her whole hand was immersed way over the wrist. She then licked Callisto's thighs, using her other hand to stimulate Callisto's anus.

She gathered saliva in her mouth and when she figured she had enough, she slowly let it drip onto the anus. She used her fingers to spread the saliva all over the anus. Finally, she drove a finger inside the anus and Callisto squealed. Both holes filled, Gabrielle concentrated on the swollen clit and gently licked it. She intentionally held back and teased Callisto.

Callisto was red in the face, eagerly awaiting the eruption of the volcano of love.

"Please, Gabrielle," she begged.

Gabrielle teased her for a few more moments before fulfilling her wish. She pulled her fingers out of Callisto's holes and buried her mouth deep into the juicy fountain. Strong tremors pervaded Callisto's body as she climaxed moments later. Gabrielle drank her juices and licked her pussy until Callisto couldn't move anymore from ecstasy. Then she lifted herself and kissed Callisto, who could barely respond, still being in the Elysian Fields.

Gabrielle observed the beautiful face of her lover which was full of bliss. Suddenly she heard moans and she turned her head. What she saw was Xena masturbating and it immediately increased the temperature between her legs.

Callisto finally opened her eyes. She saw that Gabrielle was looking at something, so she also looked. She felt weird watching Xena rub her clit, but she also found it very erotic. She lifted her head.

"Why don't we give her another show?" she whispered into Gabrielle's ear.

Gabrielle grinned.

"Yes, let's. I believe it's your turn to lick."

Callisto grinned. She rolled Gabrielle onto her back and straddled her. They shared a long, powerful kiss before Callisto started to kiss her way downward. While she was licking and kissing Gabrielle's neck, she pulled some strings and exposed Gabrielle's breasts. She trailed her tongue to the passage between the two small towers and then licked a few eitghs around them.

Finally, she reached the tops. The two nipples were already swollen and she gently licked them a couple of times before cupping each breast with her mouth as if she was going to eat them.

Gabrielle moaned from pleasure as Callisto continued the pilgrimage. When she reached the bard's skirt, Callisto lifted herself so that the bard could pull her legs from under her. She then held the legs high and together and forced two fingers between the thighs. She rubbed the clit through the undies for a few moments and then pulled the undies up to the knees. Gabrielle, who was massaging her breasts, then grasped her legs and held them high as Callisto licked the pussy. Callisto inserted a finger into the fountain of youth and then licked it. She then inserted it again and added another.

Xena was now very hot. She had long ago taken off her leather and the undies had soon followed. As she watched Callisto lick Gabrielle's anus and push fingers up her slit she decided to join them. She took off her boots and crawled to Gabrielle, fully naked.

Gabrielle was surprised as a pair of lips covered hers. She opened her eyes and was surprised to see Xena. Surprise, however, very quickly gave way to desire and they kissed.

As Xena proceeded to the bard's beautiful breasts, Callisto untied Gabrielle's skirt and pulled it off together with the undies. She then took off the boots and licked her way down the slit between Gabrielle's legs. When she reached her destination, she spread Gabrielle's legs and unceremoniously begun to eat her pussy. Gabrielle moaned at the sudden increase of stimulation between her legs and started to breathe faster.

Xena decided she needed some extra stimulation herself and she leaned over Gabrielle and let her lick her breasts. Gabrielle was more than delighted to taste the salts of Xena's skin. While Gabrielle was giving her breasts all the attention she could muster, Xena slowly rubbed her clit. She didn't want to climax with her fingers, oh, no, she had something else in mind.

When she decided that her nipples and the rest of her breasts have had enough attention from the bard, she squatted over the bard's head and offered her something much more delicious. Gabrielle was thrilled at the present and she immediately began eating it. Xena moaned and massaged her breasts as Gabrielle ate her. She panted and watched Callisto eat Gabrielle.

Finally, she decided she wanted to taste Gabrielle's juices. She sat on Gabrielle's head, giving her a better access to her mound, and leaned toward Gabrielle's center of pleasure. She gently trailed her fingers over the thighs and waited for Callisto to move aside. Callisto obliged and Xena buried her face into the source of love juices. Callisto, however, didn't want to be left out and she inserted three fingers into Gabrielle's pussy. Gabrielle groaned and arched her back.

Callisto lifted Gabrielle's buttocks and joined Xena. The two warriors jointly licked the bard's pussy until Xena felt she was close to her climax. She stopped licking in expectation. Callisto also stopped licking, but not pushing her fingers, and she watched Xena's beautiful face. Suddenly she kissed her. Xena was surprised, but she quickly responded. When Xena climaxed, they broke the kiss and Callisto buried her head between Gabrielle's legs again.

Xena rolled beside her friend and gently caressed her belly and watched Callisto lick her. It didn't take long before Gabrielle climaxed. Xena watched the blissful face and caressed it, smiling.

Callisto pulled herself up and gently kissed Gabrielle before rolling off of her. The two warriors lay on either side of the bard, their heads supported by their hands, and watched her. Finally, Gabrielle opened her eyes.

"I love you, Gabrielle," the two warriors said in unison and looked at each other, surprised.

Gabrielle smiled.

"I love you too," she said. "Both of you."

She turned and kissed Xena and then Callisto. Xena moved closer to the bard's back and Callisto to her front. The Amazon Queen lay happily sandwiched between the Warrior Princess and the Warrior Queen.

In the morning, Xena was the first to wake up. She was surprised for a moment when she saw Callisto, but then she remembered the past night and she smiled. She supported her head with her hand and observed the two sleeping lovers. She was surprised that she wasn't jealous anymore. She gently caressed Gabrielle and then looked at Callisto. She was so beautiful. She didn't feel the same for her as she did for Gabrielle, but now that she had changed, she liked her. She caressed her and Callisto woke up. Xena quickly retreated her hand. Callisto stared at Xena for a few moments and then smiled. Xena smiled back.

Callisto then looked at Gabrielle and caressed her. Gabrielle moaned and stirred in sleep. The two warriors moved their bodies closer to Gabrielle's to keep her warm.

Gabrielle finally woke up and she felt so cozy. She slowly opened her eyes and her gaze met Callisto's. She smiled and Callisto smiled back. Then she felt that someone was lying behind her and she turned. Her smile became even larger when she saw Xena.

"Morning," she said.

"Morning," Xena said and caressed her.

"You know, next time we need to take time and lie on something soft because my body hurts like Tartarus."

"I'm sure we will."

Gabrielle turned to Callisto and caressed her.

"Thank you," Callisto said.

"For what?"

"For loving me. Your love gave me back my sanity."

"You remember the other reality?"

"Yes." Gabrielle smiled. "How did you remember?" Callisto asked her.

"After we met last time, I started having dreams. It took me a couple of days before I completely remembered. Xena then also remembered."

"I see."

"Do you want to travel with us?"

Callisto hesitated and looked at Xena. Xena nodded.

"Okay."

"Great!" Gabrielle said and hugged the blond woman.

"How about we get ourselves washed up?" Xena asked.

"Good idea," Gabrielle agreed, "though I like the smell of your bodies."

"So do I, but I'm hungry. We didn't eat anything yesterday except ourselves, remember?"

"Oh, yes. Well, it was much better than any dinner."

Xena and Callisto laughed.

"Unfortunately, my stomach does not agree with you," Xena said.

Gabrielle nodded.

"I know what you mean. Let's get up then."

The three women got up and went to the pond, naked, the two warriors flanking the bard and holding her hands.

The End