They had set out toward the last spot Pompey's army had been sighted the moment Gabrielle's portal arrived, but as always there was only so fast they could go on horseback, and stopping for food was an inevitability ( Read more... )

Gabrielle sat on her bed, sparing a fraction of attention for the droid baby in its basket beside her, but most of her focus was on the letter from Xena, and she didn't like it ( Read more... )

In general Gabrielle didn't assume trips home were going to be uninteresting. Getting out of her portal just in time to get a hug from Xena, the kind of clingy bearhug you never wanted to tell a Warrior Princess (out loud) that she was giving you, was a good hint that this trip wasn't going to be an exception to the rule ( Read more... )