Caesar's Freak Creature
Chapter 1
by Arculeneses
Disclaimer: Xena, Hercules,Gabrielle,Iolaus, and all other characters do not belong to me.
Violence: Hey, let's face it, with Xena around, violence is almost unavoidable.
This is my first fanfic, and it is reeeeeaaally long.
"So this man in the market said that this wax would protect scrolls from everything. As if I would fall for that! Well, I just tried to be polite and....." Gabrielle realized that she was falling behind of her companion, and ran to catch up.
"Xena, are you listening to me?" Gabrielle had catched up, and was now keeping a normal pace.
Xena glanced down from her seat on top of Argo, her war horse. The golden palimino snorted softly at the sudden motion. "Huh? Oh......yeah, I'm listening."
"Well, I can't wait until we get to the next village, I think I'm starting to get hungry." Xena chuckled
Xena and Gabrielle arrived at the inn shortly. Xena had let the stable boy take Argo, and they were finishing their food when a boy about 12 years of age ran up to them."Are you Xena?" The boy had brown hair, and hazel eyes.
"Only one I know," drawled Xena.
"I have a message for you. A man payed me to give this to you, and here it is." He threw a rolled up parchment on the table, and scurried away.
"Gee, he's really friendly," commented Gabrielle sarcastically.
Xena unrolled the parchment and started to read. "Gabrielle, I didn't figure you as the sarcastic type......." A look of surprise came over Xena's face as she read on.
"Well, am I going to have to guess, or are you going to tell me?" asked Gabrielle exasperatedly.
"Keep guessing." Xena answered quickly.
Gabrielle sighed and waited impatiently for Xena to explain.
"It looks like the king of Gaul has a mission for us."
Gabrielle took the scroll and read it to herself a few times before looking up. "It says that someone will be accompanying us on the journey..............."
Two men were coming down a grassy hill and talking. One man was tall, well-built, and had sandy brown hair that reached his shoulders. The other was shorter, had a sword at his hip, and had golden, curly hair.
"Hercules," the shorter man said, "How long would it take to reach Gaul from here?"
"Well, Iolaus, I'd say about.....six days probably."
Earlier, a boy with brown hair and hazel eyes had given them a message sending them on a mission from the king of Gaul. The boy had looked about 12 years of age.
"Hey, I wonder who will be accompanying us on the mission. The king coulda just told us."
Hercules just smiled, and walked on.
Continue on to Chapter 2
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