When breakfast was over, Xena helped with the
morning rush and Lyceus and Toris tended to the fields which was
mainly plowing and planting, since they were in the fall and
getting ready for the winter. Meanwhile on a ship at sea, Ulysses
couldn’t wait until they reached Amphipolis, although it
would take them a week with the wind they were getting. To help the
time pass by quicker, he and Virgil helped out around the ship
doing things and he was surprised when his father began to help as
well. “What? You think I never get my hands dirty?”
Julian asked his son and Ulysses grinned as he looked at his
father. “So you’re really excited about seeing this
woman again,” Julian stated and Ulysses grinned as he nodded.
“Yea, I miss her so much,” Ulysses said and Julian
nodded.

 

 

“Well your mother and I are quite anxious to
meet her ourselves,” Julian said and Ulysses looked at him.
“Why is that?” He asked and his father grinned at him,
“to see how you are around her. If you’re this happy
when you’re going to see her the gods only know how happy
you’ll be when you’re actually around her.”
Julian said to his son and Ulysses grinned at his father. The days
went by fast but not fast enough for Ulysses but when he learned
that they were a day away he was counting the hours by until they
would actually arrive. The days for Xena were passing by fast as
well and she felt her attitude being light and happy as if
something good were about to happen, she did notice at night when
she went to sleep that she could feel Ulysses’ presence in
the stone on her necklace getting stronger and stronger.

 

 

In fact she had a lot more energy that when she was
done helping her mother around the Inn, she often took Argo for a
run and when she let Argo rest she did some sword drills, sometimes
Athena would appear and practice with her. Days when Xena was
training with Athena she told Athena to go all out or when she was
training with the Elite Archers she went all out on them which
pushed them harder especially with Athena yelling at them. At night
she often took a shower then laid down on her bed thinking about
Ulysses and the wonderful times they had together and when she
would see him again, but little did she know she would be seeing
him sooner than she thought. “My lord, we’ll be in
Amphipolis by mid day,” the captain of Julian’s ship
said and Julian nodded his head then went below deck to the mess
area where Marguerite, Ulysses and Virgil were eating.