Echoes of the Battling Bard
A wannabe storyteller interested in Gabrielle and Xena meets someone who teaches him that the line dividing dream from reality can be as tough as it is thin.

Just Be Ready
Fills the gap in this ep between the time Xena is freed from the dungeon and when she says at the palace pool, “Don’t thank me, just be ready” for Gabrielle to have her vengeance. 
 

My Dance With The Devil: Reflections on Heart of Darkness
Captures that pivotal moment in HEART OF DARKNESS, when Xena sensuously entices Gabrielle and Lucifer to experience the sinful pleasures of hell.
 

Scrrritch Scratch
Imagines Xena and Gabrielle in their “golden years,”
wondering what might be missing or worth preserving in their lives.  Continues in “Everywhere, One and Eternal.”

So Far: Reflections on "Maternal Instincts"
The first of three episode-focused “Reflections” that imagine in-the-moment thoughts of Xena and Gabrielle during key stages of their relationship. 
 

So Close, So Far: Reflections on "Crusader"
second of three episode-focused “Reflections” that imagine in-the-moment thoughts of Xena and Gabrielle during key stages of their relationship.
 

So Close: Reflections on Ides of March
The last of three episode-focused “Reflections” that imagine in-the-moment thoughts of Xena and Gabrielle during key stages of their relationship. 
 

The Ghost Of A Smile
Begins shortly after the events portrayed in the series finale A FRIEND IN NEED and explores Gabrielle’s coming to terms with Xena’s promise never to leave her soulmate.  Continues in “A Fly in the Ointment” and “Suns of The Passed.”
 

Under Other Circumstances
Initially trying to relax and solve a mystery, our girls end up discovering more than they wanted to know about the meaning of justice, sacrifice and friendship.
 

Until We Meet Again
A brief encounter between two young people that may have helped shaped the destinies of a warrior and bard whose partnership changed the world. 
 

When Xena Was More Than Herself
Gabrielle encounters mixed results and a mysterious enemy when she seeks help from the Amazons in handling a Warrior Princess who seems to be living her past and future in unexpected ways
 

When Xena Was Not Quite Herself
Gabrielle’s wry “inside view” of what it was really like traveling with a pregnant Warrior Princess.
 

Will You Still Love Me Yesterday
Our girls confront a “what if” scenario spun between the end of WHEN FATES COLLIDE and the beginning of DEBT I.

Openings
Delves into the minds of a warrior and peasant girl who change the course of each other’s lives during the “teaser” for SINS OF THE PAST.

Trying Fun
Xena and Gabrielle must deal with "growing pains" that surface in their relationship after fighting the Horde and will later develop into the full-blown "rift" of season three.

Whittling
Xena experiences life without Gabrielle, who freezes during a melee and decides to return home in the first season episode THE PRODIGAL.
 

Suspicion
Some months after she begins traveling with Xena, Gabrielle meets a man from the warrior’s past who teaches the companions a lesson about keeping secrets from each other.

Everywhere, One and Eternal (Sequel to Scrrritch Scratch)
This sequel records from a variety of viewpoints the adventure a middle-aged Xena and Gabrielle prepared to embark on at the end of the story “Scrrritch Scratch.”

Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Cyrene has sensitive chats with Xena and Gabrielle near the end of SINS OF THE PAST, after she’s forgiven her warrior daughter and before Gabrielle appears unbidden at Xena’s camp
 

What She Sees
Ares keeps tabs on Xena after he nearly wins her back in TIES THAT BIND, puzzling over why she continues to resist him and hoping she’ll see the ridiculousness of her budding partnership with Gabrielle.

Greener Pastures: A Horse's Tale
Argo recalls meeting the intriguing warrior she carries into SINS OF THE PAST and her initial impressions of the puzzling smaller human who soon begins traveling with them
 

The Dark Bird
Shortly after they begin traveling together, Gabrielle's innocent questions force Xena to reexamine her nightmares as the dark side of her dreams.
 

The Ghosts Inside
In this story set between seasons 2&3, Gabrielle helps Xena and the Amazons reconcile horrific events revealed in season 4’s ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE.

When Xena Was Callisto
When the Warrior Princess remains trapped in the body of her worst nemesis, Gabrielle must prove to herself, angry villagers and Xena that the killer on trial is actually a different person.
 

It Could Be Worse
Xena and Gabrielle weather a few ripples in their new friendship immediately following their experiences in the second episode, "Chariots of War."

Transitions
Their more active years behind them, Xena and Gabrielle spend some quality time enjoying what they have and preparing for the future. 

Some Kind of Hero (Complete)
Prior to the episode that introduces her, Callisto puzzles over what to do about the warlord who "made" her and has suddenly switched to performing good deeds.  The story also makes particular reference to THE RECKONING, TIES THAT BIND and THE GREATER GOOD.

My Mother's Eyes (Complete)
Solan reflects on his lineage, beginning with ORPHAN OF WAR, through MATERNAL INSTINCTS and at the end of BITTER SUITE. 
 

Fifty Winters Ago
A middle-aged Xena and Gabrielle find themselves reprising roles from their past, after receiving a mysterious invitation from Cleades, the baby-to-man monarch of season four’s "Key To The Kingdom."

Two Thousand Winters Ahead (Complete)
A detour on the journey home from their 25th anniversary adventure in the previous "Fifty Winters Ago" offers Gabrielle and Xena an extraordinary chance to rediscover themselves.
 

Greener Pastures Two: A Horse's Tale End (Complete)
Argo reviews the highs and lows of her life with the humans she adopted in IseQween's "Greener Pastures: A Horse's Tale." There are references to several "XENA" episodes from seasons 1-5.

Show Me (Complete)
A young runaway bears witness to events that turn Xena toward becoming the Destroyer of Nations, as revealed in the episode DESTINY.

Mirror Mine (Complete)
One of Xena’s first fans reflects on the unwanted lesson she received about the benefits and perils of hero worship during the episode A DAY IN THE LIFE.

Proud Warrioress... Thos Legs! (Complete)
A master at merchandising frauds, Salmoneus discovers benefits of the real thing from his encounters with a warlord who isn’t quite the "knock-off" she seems. In addition to XENA episodes, the following draws on the HERCULES trilogy "Warrior Princess," "The Gauntlet" and "Unchained Heart."
 

Spoiled (Complete)
The spirit Tataka gets more than she bargained for when she takes possession of Gabrielle in the fourth season episode DEVI. Thanks to Mashy for her always helpful nitpicks.

Not Yet (Complete)
Still on their way home from the unscheduled 25^th anniversary trip they embarked on in the story "Fifty Winters Ago" and continued in "Two-Thousand Winters Ahead," Xena and Gabrielle get the most out of their maturity when they run into trouble that underestimates "The Grandma Brigade."

Snow and Tell (Complete)
Early in their relationship, concerned about how life at her side may change Gabrielle, Xena suggests a getaway that isn’t quite as relaxing as she’d hoped.

Payback (Complete)
A few months after Season 2’s THE QUEST, an injured Gabrielle brings out a surprisingly different Warrior Princess.

Something New, Something Old (Complete)
Shortly after events in the story "Not Yet," Gabrielle questions Xena’s perturbing response to perceptions the legendary duo are too dead or too old to aid a village in distress.

An Honorable Death (Complete)
A moment of faith before she perishes in RETURN OF CALLISTO ironically lets Xena's most notorious victim exact posthumous revenge. 

What Stories Are Forever
The following retrospective builds on my May 2002 "What Stories Are For" and imagines "classic" Xena & Gabrielle discovering themselves in all manner of scrolls long after their life-altering experiences in Japa. Inspired by and dedicated to XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS bards and such enduring fiction sites as the AUSXIP Bard’s Corner, Royal Academy of Bards, Tom’s Xena Page, and Athenaeum. -- IQ

Behind  Sight
Several years after settling down in the story “Enough,” Gabrielle decides revisiting her early journeys with Xena might provide more accurate directions for a new generation of heroes.   

The Best In Me
In the Season 3 Solstice story “Raindrops on Roses,” Gabrielle and Xena try to make the best of their near-death experiences in THE BITTER SUITE and ONE AGAINST AN ARMY. The following continuation explores different ways others take the heroic partners’ presumed demise as a gift. For Cousin Liz and Nancy G.

Credit Deux
Xena and Gabrielle work through some post-obsession issues following Aphrodite’s mischief in the third season episode FINS, FEMMES AND GEMS. I dedicate this fish … um … story to "Momma ROC." -- IQ

Still: My Will, My Way, My Warrior

Lao Ma reminisces about experiences that led her to rescue and seek partnership with the physically and emotionally crippled young female warlord portrayed in the episodes DEBT I and II, whom Caesar helped create in DESTINY. For Dany.

Soul Food
Xena cautiously accepts a traveling companion as she prepares to journey away from SINS OF THE PAST.

Shadow in the Sun
Shortly after Season One’s THE PATH NOT TAKEN, Xena becomes the topic of conversation in a tavern where she’s waiting for Gabrielle.

Takes Two To Know One
This story imagines what Xena and Gabrielle each might have been up to immediately after Xena's beating in THE GAUNTLET, before they meet in SINS OF THE PAST. Thanks to Xena's Little Bitch for her "Wish Come True" XWP fanfic, which planted the seed for mine

Family Make Up

Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow
Forced to adapt to the 21^st century-world Alti transported them to in SEND IN THE CLONES, Xena and Gabrielle experience new opportunities to explore life, their respective selves and each other.
 

Suns of the Passed
Gabrielle returns to Japa, where both she and Xena face uncertain consequences of the love and honor that melded their legendary partnership in defense of the greater good.  The third in a post-series arc, it follows “The Ghost of A Smile” and “A Fly in The Ointment.”

War's Surrender
Pits Ares against Aphrodite in a heated debate provoked by Xena's actions in A FRIEND IN NEED
 

What Stories Are For
Gabrielle reminisces about some key scenes we didn't see in the series finale.  The companion piece to "What Stories Are For Too," which is from Xena's perspective

What Stories Are For Too
Imagines Xena’s thoughts as she fights what may be her last battle, as portrayed in the series finale.  Companion piece to Gabrielle’s reflections of similar events in “What Stories Are For.” 
 

Love's Therapy (Complete)
Gabrielle and Xena seek Aphrodite's help with a "personal" problem shortly after events depicted in IseQween's post-finale story "Suns of the Passed."  It refers to several episodes, particularly PUNCH LINES, THE GOD YOU KNOW and YOU ARE THERE

1. Girl Talk
2. Seasons
3. Silver Lining
4. Perfect
5. Perfect II
6. Perfect III
7. Double Cross