“Dylan said we’ll be there by mid
day,” Julian said as he sat down at the table and Ulysses
nodded as he sat there and thought how it would feel to have Xena
in his arms again or to smell her sweet scent. ‘Gods I
miss that woman’ he thought to himself then looked at
Virgil. “Let’s spar a little bit,” Ulysses said
as he stood and Virgil nodded as he stood as well and they headed
up deck. They moved off to the spot where there was a lot of room
and began sparring, their sparring was between medium and heavy
since Ulysses still had a few restrictions left from his wound.
They practiced for a good while, long enough to break quite a sweat
and when they were done they both headed below where they got
cleaned up and since it was chilly because they were approaching
winter, Ulysses put on his clothes that he would wear around the
palace they just weren’t as fancy.

 

 

Before they knew it mid day was upon them and they
were sailing up to the docks. When they had a spot for their ship,
Ulysses already had his bags in his hands and was ready to get off
of the ship and head straight to the Inn. When the plank was let
down so that they could walk off, Ulysses was the first down and
Virgil grinned as he followed his friend, Marguerite and Julian
followed behind them. ‘I’m back’ Ulysses
thought to himself as he grinned from ear to ear. “Come on
you guys, wait to you see the Inn, its one of the best I’ve
ever seen,” Ulysses said to his mother and father who grinned
at their son. “We’re coming Ulysses,” his mother
said and Ulysses nodded as he watched the guards come off of the
ship. Ulysses led the way to the Inn and as they passed by shops
and stands there were a few people who looked at them and there
were others who smiled and welcomed Ulysses back.

 

 

“The people seem friendly here,” Julian
said and Virgil grinned as he turned and looked at his king,
“they are,” he said and Julian nodded. When they
finally reached the Inn Ulysses let out a breath as he stood and
looked at it then walked inside followed by the others. Ulysses
looked around and didn’t see Xena but he grinned when he saw
Cyrene walk out of the kitchen, “hey there stranger,”
Ulysses said after he walked over to the bar. Cyrene turned and
looked at the person who was speaking to her and she grinned when
she saw it was Ulysses. “Ulysses,” Cyrene said as she
walked from behind the bar and he met her half way then hugged her.
Ulysses parents stood off to the side and watched the interaction.
“It’s good to see you,” Ulysses said when the hug
ended and Cyrene grinned at him, “it’s good to see you
as well, we have missed you around here.”