CAST OF CHARACTERS

BRENDA

SUSAN

TABITHA

SAMANTHAA

MEADOW

APPEARANCES BY

ARES

ACT: 1 SCENE: 1

THIS IS ABOUT ONE TYPICAL TEENAGE GIRL WHO KNOWS THAT THE GODS WERE PETTY AND CRUEL AND SHE REALLY DOESN'T APPROVE OF IT SHE'S JUST THANKFUL THAT HERCULES IS AROUND TO CHALLENGE THEIR POWER. SHE ISN'T STUPID SHE KNOWS WHAT GOES ON AROUND, WITHIN, BENEATH, AND ABOVE HER. TAKE ARES AND XENA FOR EXAMPLE, IT JUST KILLS HER HOW HE IS A HOPLESS ROMANTIC WHEN IT COMES TO HER, AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORLD HE'S RUTHLESS, CRUEL, VILE, AND EVIL. SHE WAS SITTING WITH HER FRIENDS ON THE RIVERBANK.

Susan: I would like to meet Aphrodite.

Brenda: Well I would like to meet Athena.

TABITHA: Artemis.

Samantha: Hades. Who would you like to meet Meadow?

Meadow: None of them.

Brenda: Why not?

Meadow: Don't worry about it. Well I better get back we're expecting company for dinner.

Brenda: Who's coming over?

Meadow: I don't know. Mom never told me.

TABITHA: Catch ya later.

SO MEADOW HEADED OFF FOR HOME TO GET THINGS SET UP FOR THEIR COMPANY.

Alice: Where have you been? Hercules, IOLAUS and Jason will be here soon.

Meadow: Tell me again how do you meet them?

Alice: I meet them at the academy, when we were just teenagers. They were the only friends I really had. I didn't trust them at first, until they proved to me that they can be trusted.

Meadow: You never told me that part. Please tell me about it.

Alice: ARES had it in for Hercules pretty bad So he used me as bait cause we were friends.

Meadow: When was the last time you saw them?

Alice: I was 8 months pregnant with you.

Meadow: Now they come to see you. Why?

Alice: That's funny I don't know. All I got was this letter from Jason saying that they will be out this way.

Meadow: How sweet.

Alice: (looks out the window)They're here, they're here. Hurry then wash up.

Hercules: You know that she has a daughter now, so we have to watch what we say.

IOLAUS: We can't even joke about what ARES has done?

Jason: She probably hasn't told her daughter about it and it might upset the poor child.

IOLAUS: Dinner won't be the same without it.

Hercules: It won't be the same anyway, now that she has a daughter.

Jason: Yeah,(joking)Alice will be to busy chasing after the little rugrat, or mind your manners we have company.

Hercules: Or something like this; don't reach across the table, or I thought I told you to wash up.

IOLAUS: Now do as you're told.

Hercules: I have told my children that several times.

Meadow: I'll get it mom.

Alice: Alright dear.

Hercules: Are you Alice's daughter?

Meadow: Yes I am, My name is Meadow.

Alice: Herc, IOLAUS, Jason, please come in. I see you have met Meadow.

Jason: I'm Jason, King of Corinth.

IOLAUS: I'm IOLAUS.

Meadow: Hello, please have a seat. Would you like some coffee or something?

Hercules: Water will be fine.

Jason&IOLAUS: Water is fine.

Meadow: Here you are.

AllThree: Thank you.

Alice: Why don't you check on dinner?

Meadow: Yes ma'am.

Hercules: You have a beautiful daughter, the name Meadow fits.

Alice: Thanks. She's a good girl.

Jason: I can tell, very good manners.

IOLAUS: Here we were thinking that she was like, 10 11 years old.

Alice: Dear no, she's 16.

Jason: Does she attend school?

Alice: She goes to the academy and she has remarkable skills. They say she's rather intelligent.

IOLAUS: How does the others take to her?

Alice: Very well. She's one of the most popular girls, and she has some good friends.

Hercules: That's great.

IOLAUS:(joking)Are we still in control?

Jason: IOLAUS.

Alice: It's alright, she knows.

SO THEY TALKED ABOUT GOOD OLD TIMES AND HAD A WONDERFUL DINNER.

IOLAUS: Where's desert.

Alice: Haven't changed a bit have you?

IOLAUS: I don't know, have I?

Meadow: From what mother tells me, you haven't.

IOLAUS: You talk about me?

Alice: I talk about all of you.

Meadow: She did say that you were always the clown.

IOLAUS: Was I a clown?

Alice: You were always making people laugh.

Meadow: You know what she said about you?

Jason: Who me?

Meadow: Yeah you. She said that, you were always chasing after the girls.

Jason: I was not.

Hercules: Yes you were.

Meadow: And you, Hercules, she said that the girls were always chasing after you.

FINALLY THEY WERE FINISHED EATING DINNER AND THEY ALL WENT FOR A WALK ALONG THE RIVERBANK.

Hercules: I would like to meet your friends Meadow.

Meadow: (To her mother) Is it alright?

Alice: Sure it is dear.

Meadow: Thank you so much.

SO SHE WENT TO FIND HER FRIENDS.

Meadow: Hey guys what's up?

Girls: Hey Meadow.

TABITHA: I thought that you were having company over for dinner?

Meadow: We did, that's why I'm here. The company wants to meet you.

Brenda: Really?

Meadow: But you can't broadcast it.

Susan: Why?

Meadow: Well because...it's Hercules, Jason, and IOLAUS.

Samantha: You mean as in The King of Corinth?

Susan: And The Hercules, the one and only Hercules?

Meadow: Yeah. Whatever you do, do not say, "You're Hercules?" and don't bow down to Jason. They don't like that.

Brenda: But Jason is a king we have to.

Meadow: Just don't do it.

Girls: Alright.

Meadow: Come on they're waiting for us.

SO MEADOW AND HER FRIENDS ARRIVED AT THE RIVERBANK.

Meadow: These are my friends; Brenda, Susan, TABITHA, and Samantha. This is Hercules, IOLAUS, and Jason.

Girls: It's nice to meet you.

SO THEY ALL SAT BY THE RIVERBANK AND TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. FINALLY IT WAS TIME FOR BED.

Hercules: That was a lovely dinner.

Jason: I second the motion.

IOLAUS: I third the motion.

Jason: Goodnight.

IOLAUS: Night.

Alice: Are you going to bed honey?

Meadow: I'm gonna stay up awhile.

Alice: How about you Hercules?

Alice: Alright then. You will be sleeping over there.

Hercules: Thank you.

MEADOW IS SITTING ON THE PORCH WRITING IN HER DIARY, AFTER THAT SHE LOOKED AT THE MOON AND THE STARS. HERCULES CAME OVER TO HER.

Hercules: May I sit down?

Meadow: Sure go ahead.

Hercules: My wife used to keep a diary.

Meadow: Deianeira?

Hercules: Yeah, she kept a diary on how the children were growing, while I was off trying to save the world. I wish that I could have spent more time with my family.

Meadow: You miss them don't you?

Hercules: Yeah I do.

Meadow: Maybe this will help. Look at the stars. My father has always told me, that our loved ones are up there, watching over us.

Hercules: I take it he didn't think the gods would.

Meadow: He never did put faith into them and I don't either. Whenever I'm sad I look up at the stars, and think to myself my father is watching over me now, it brings me comfort and peace of mind.

Hercules: Would you say that Deianeira and the children are up there?

Meadow: Yeah. I know that they are proud of you.

Hercules: Thanks Meadow.

Meadow: Don't mention it. Look a shooting star, why don't you make a wish.

Hercules: I already have.

Meadow: Do you think the moon and the stars will shine as bright in the future?

Hercules: Don't know, maybe.

Meadow: I hope so. So our children's, children can see how beautiful they are.

Hercules: Let's hope so. Well it's pretty late you better get to bed.

Meadow: I know. Remember all our loved ones are up there. (Kisses him on the cheek) Goodnight.

Hercules:(looks up once more)I love you Deianeira.

SO HE WENT TO BED.

ACT:1 SCENE:2

A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WAS TIME FOR HERCULES, IOLAUS, AND JASON TO HEAD BACK OUT AND THEY ALL SAID THEIR GOODBYES.

Alice: You are always welcome here.

Hercules: I know. Meadow, don't forget to look up when you need a friend.

Meadow: I won't, don't forget to do it yourself.

Jason: Well it's been fun. Why don't you come to Corinth sometime?

Alice: We will someday. Bye IOLAUS.

IOLAUS: Bye.(to Meadow)If you were only a bit older.

Meadow: Be careful and come back soon.

WITH THAT THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY.

Alice: You told him about the stars?

Meadow: Yeah. We had a long talk that first night.

Alice: He really misses them doesn't he?

Meadow: Yeah, he misses them a lot.

Alice: We better get inside, it looks as if it's going to rain.

Meadow: I know. Were you scared when ARES had you?

Alice: Yes. Why do you ask?

Meadow: Just wondering is all.

THE NEXT DAY MEADOW AND HER FRIENDS WERE SITTING BY THE RIVER AND SUSAN SAID.

Susan: I heard that XENA is riding through today.

Meadow: What for?

Susan: She's looking for Gabrielle.

Meadow: I bet I know who has her.

TABITHA: Who?

Meadow: That good for nothin' low down God Of War.

Samantha: What makes you think that?

Meadow: Because...he has it bad for her. He has also taken my mother awhile back.

Susan: I have heard about it, he used her as bait for Hercules.

Meadow: I believe he had other plans for her.

Brenda: What do you mean?

Meadow: Yes, ARES has taken her. But like I said, there was something more.

TABITHA: I bet your mom was scared?

Meadow: She was.

Samantha: Has he tried it again?

Meadow: Not that I know of.

XENA:(to the girls)Have any of you seen my friend Gabrielle?

TABITHA: No we haven't XENA.

XENA:(to Meadow)You blondie.

Meadow: My name is Meadow.

XENA: Meadow, do you know where I can get some feed for my horse?

Meadow: Yeah, Alice's Feed and Seed.

XENA: Take me there.

Meadow: Yeah sure.

SO MEADOW TOOK XENA TO HER MOTHER'S FEED AND SEED STORE. AS THEY WALKED XENA SAID.

XENA: You look like a good kid, and the type who knows what goes on around her. Have you seen my friend?

Meadow: I'm sorry I haven't.

XENA: How about an idea, any idea to where she might be?

Meadow: Do you really want the opinion of a teenage girl?

XENA: Yeah.

Meadow: ARES has it bad for you, I would say he does.

XENA: I wouldn't be surprised.

Meadow: We're here. (Inside) Mother, oh mother?

Alice: I thought that you were with your friends?

Meadow: I was, she needs feed for her horse.

Alice: Well then come on in. What type of diet is your horse on?

XENA: Nothing in particular.

Alice: I have some fine soy feed.

XENA: That's fine. Have you seen a girl about the same height as your daughter, but with short blonde hair?

Alice: I'm sorry I haven't.

XENA: Where's the nearest stable?

Alice: Just across the way. Why don't you take her over there?

Meadow: Sure thing.

XENA: Thanks.

Meadow:(to the stableboy)Hey how's it goin' John?

John:(stableboy) Meadow, it's goin'. What can I do for ya?

Meadow: This is XENA, she needs a place to keep her horse.

John: So you're the notorious XENA Warrior Princess? It would be a great honor to look after your horse.

XENA: Just be good to her.

John: I will.

XENA: Argo, her name is Argo.

John: Hi there Argo, you are a beauty.

Meadow: She is, here's her feed.

SO JOHN AND MEADOW TOOK CARE OF ARGO. MEADOW BRUSHED HER, WHILE JOHN FED HER. MEADOW INDEED THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS A VERY PRETTY HORSE. CUT TO XENA IN FRONT OF ARES' TEMPLE.

XENA: ARES, I've come for Gabrielle.

ARES: She's fine, fisty but fine.

XENA: What do you want with her anyway?

ARES: You know what I want.

XENA: I told you before, I'll never rejoin you.

ARES: Maybe this will change your mind.(she seen her hanging over a fire pit)Your loyalty for her life.

XENA: You wouldn't dare?

ARES: Wouldn't I?

XENA: I'm taking Gabrielle whether you like it or not.

ARES: Suit yourself.

ARES DREW HIS SWORD AS XENA DID HERS, THEY BEGAN TO FIGHT FOR THE LIFE OF GABRIELLE.

ARES: You loved me once.

XENA: I was a fool to love you.

ARES: That really hurt XENA.

XENA: Maybe I should do it more often.

ARES: I just want you back where you belong.

XENA: I don't belong with or to you.

ARES: I gave you everything.

XENA: The only thing you gave me was a bad reputation.

SO FINALLY THE FIGHT WAS OVER AND ARES SET GABRIELLE FREE. SHE AND GABRIELLE LEFT THE TEMPLE AND HEADED BACK TO THE VILLAGE.

Gabrielle: He's got it bad for you.

XENA: Yeah I know.

Gabrielle: Did you really love him?

XENA: At one time.

Gabrielle: How'd you meet him?

XENA: It's a long story, I tell you another time.

Gabrielle: That's fine.

XENA:(at the stable)She didn't give you any problems did she?

Meadow: No, she was terrific.

XENA: Where's your friend?

Meadow: He had to go in and eat.

XENA: Gabrielle, this is Meadow.

Meadow: Hello. Are you alright?

Gabrielle: Yeah I'm fine.(to XENA)How did you find me?

XENA: An opinion of a teenager. Thanks kid.

Meadow: No big deal.

Gabrielle: Thank you for helping XENA.

XENA: We better be off. See ya around kid.

ACT:1 SCENE:3

A YEAR LATER MEADOW'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY, WORD GOT TO HERCULES, IOLAUS, JASON, XENA, AND GABRIELLE. SO THEY ALL WENT BACK TO THE VILLAGE, TO GIVE HER COMFORT AND SYMPATHY. DURING THE DAY SHE WORKED ON HER SWORDSMANSHIP AND THEN FOCUSED ON THE STARS AT NIGHT, JUST TO KEEP HER MIND OFF OF THINGS. XENA AND GABRIELLE HAS ARRIVED FIRST.

XENA: Hey are you alright?

Meadow: XENA, Gabrielle?

Gabrielle: We heard about your mother. Are you alright?

Meadow: No, but I will be.

Gabrielle: I know this is hard for you, she was all the family you had left.

It'll be alright.

Meadow: Yeah I know.

Hercules: XENA, Gabrielle.(to Meadow) Hey keep your head up, she would want that.

Jason: She's probably on her way to the Elysian Fields.

Meadow: The Elysian Fields?(she points up to the stars) No she's up there.

IOLAUS:(whispers)She doesn't care that much for the gods Jason.

Jason: She needs you here, to take care of the farm and to mind the store.

XENA: That's right, she needs you more than ever now.

Gabrielle: Listen to her Meadow. In this state of mind, the gods can easily take advantage of you. Your mother wouldn't want that to happen.

Meadow: I know. Why now? I'm only 17, I can't take on that kind of responsibilty.

IOLAUS: You have to. You can't take care of things in this state. You have a lot to do and your mother would want you to do the best you can.

Hercules: We're your friends, and we want to help. Remember that night we talked about your father the stars, Deianeira the children? Remember what you told me? They're up there looking down on us, watching over us?

Meadow: I remember.

Hercules: They are proud of me. Your father and your mother are proud of you.

Jason: I know it's painful, but you'll be fine. She has raised you well.

Meadow: You really think so?

Jason: I know so.

XENA: She has done a very good job.

Hercules: You are exactly like your mother. You're strongwilled, intelligent and spirited.

Meadow: Am I?

Jason: Of course you are. She wouldn't have it any other way. XENA is right. She needs you more than ever now.

Meadow: You're right, she does need me.

Gabrielle: That's the Meadow I've come to know. XENA told me you where the one who suspected ARES. That took a lot of courage.

Meadow: It did, didn't it?

Gabrielle: Yes it did.

Meadow: Thanks.

XENA: How about this one? When those bandits attempted to rob the store, and your mother tried to stop them and has been seriously wounded? Then you chased them off with a bag of feed?

Meadow: Yeah I remember that. It was a couple weeks ago.

Hercules: You did what?

XENA: She chased them off with a bag of feed.

Meadow: That was pretty funny. Thanks, I feel a lot better.

XENA: Now that you're feeling better, let's brush up on your swordsmanship.

Meadow: Sure why not.

XENA:(to Hercules)Care to join us?

Hercules: Sure.

Jason: The rest of us will clean the house and start dinner.

SO HERCULES AND XENA HELPED MEADOW BRUSH UP ON HER SWORDSMANSHIP.

ACT:2 SCENE:1

A MONTH LATER VIOLENCE BEGAN TO GROW, THE GODS BECAME RUTHLESS AND MERCILESS. MEADOW WASN'T STUPID, SHE KNEW IT WAS THE GODS. CUT TO ARES.

ARES: I see Meadow doesn't have any faith.(to his warriors)Destroy the village and bring her to me.

Warrior: What of the people?

ARES: Kill them all. I want Meadow alive and well.

Warrior: Yes My Lord.(to the others)ARES wants us to destroy the village and it's people, except the one called Meadow, he wants her alive.

HIS WARRIORS WENT TO THE VILLAGE TO CARRY OUT HIS ORDERS, WHICH THEY DID. THEY HAPPENED TO COME UPON MEADOW'S FRIENDS. ARES APPEARS BEFORE THEM.

ARES: No. They are Meadow's friends, I have other plans for them.

SO HE DISAPPEARED TAKING MEADOW'S FRIENDS WITH HIM.

Meadow:(hidding in the store)I should have known. I have got to find Hercules and XENA.

SO SHE RAN AS FAST AS SHE COULD IN SEARCH OF THE TWO. LUCKY FOR HER SHE WASN'T SEEN. FINALLY SHE CAME ACROSS IOLAUS.

Meadow: IOLAUS, IOLAUS.

IOLAUS: Meadow what's wrong?

Meadow: That low down good for nothing, son of a bitch has my friends and he's destroying my village!

IOLAUS: Calm down, please...calm down. Who has your friends?

Meadow: ARES!

IOLAUS: Hercules, hey Herc!

Hercules: You scared away our lunch.(seen how upset she was)What the....Meadow, are you alright?

IOLAUS: ARES has her friends and his warriors are destroying the village.

Hercules: Let's go.

SO THEY ARRIVED AT THE VILLAGE. THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN DESTROYED AND ITS PEOPLE WITH IT.

Meadow: (in tears) Why does he have to be so cruel and so vile?

Hercules: That's just the way he is. There's nothing we can do about it.

IOLAUS: What would ARES want with your friends?

Meadow: I don't know. They are of no use to him?

Hercules: He'll think of something. We better go then. I want you to go with Jason to Corinth; you'll be safe there.

Meadow: I'm coming with you.

Hercules: He is not exactly easy to deal with, hard telling what he might do.

Meadow: These are my friends we're talking about here, I want to help.

Hercules: Alright. Stay out of trouble, and away from him. My guess is that he has plans for you.

Meadow: I will.

Hercules: Come on, but be careful.

SO HERCULES, IOLAUS, JASON AND MEADOW WENT TO THE TEMPLE.

Hercules: You will wait out here.

Meadow: I know.

SO HERCULES, IOLAUS AND JASON WENT INSIDE TO CONFRONT ARES.

Hercules: ARES show yourself.

ARES: You have interrupted an intimate moment.

Hercules: Let them go, you have no use for them.

ARES: Technically; I do.

Meadow:(enters the temple)For your personal satisfaction.

Hercules: I told you to wait outside.

Meadow: Those are my friends, and I want'em back.

ARES: Is that anger I hear in your voice?

Meadow: You know what your problem is? You're pissed off at XENA, because she won't join your precious band of warriors.

ARES: What would you know. You don't know a damn thing.

Meadow: I do know that You and the other Gods, are Ruthless, Cruel, Petty, Merciless, Vile and did I mention jealous. All you can do is fuck up our lives! You also think; "Hey, what the hell, I'm a God I can do whatever I want," or "Whose life can I fuck up today?"

ARES: You better hold your tongue.

Meadow: What are you gonna do, fuckin' kill me?

ARES: (took it as a challenge)If that's what it takes. You win I let them go, I win you belong to me.

Meadow: Give me your sword IOLAUS.

Hercules: He'll kill you.

ARES: You better listen to him.

Meadow: Give me your sword.

IOLAUS: Are you sure?

Meadow: Give me the goddamn sword!

ARES: Insignificant bitch.

Meadow: You mother fuckin', goddamn son of a bitch!

WORD GOT TO XENA ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON SHE ARRIVED AT THE TEMPLE AND WENT INSIDE. THERE WAS HERCULES, IOLAUS, JASON, MEADOW AND ARES.

XENA: Leave her alone ARES.

Hercules: It's between them now.

WE SEE MEADOW AND ARES FIGHTING ONE ANOTHER.

ARES: You want to kill me, don't you Meadow?

Meadow: That would be nice.

ARES: If you kill me the blood of the people will be on your hands.

Meadow: You're bluffing.

ARES: Am I?

Meadow: Yeah.

ARES: I don't think so.

SO THEY CONTINUED ON. ARES KNEW HE WAS BEAT, FOR THE TIME BEING ANYWAY.

ARES: I'll get you for this Meadow, I'll get you for this.

Meadow: We'll see, we'll see. My friends let them go.

ARES: Very well, if you can find them.

Meadow: You fuckin' bastard! We have to find my friends.

IOLAUS: We'll find them don't worry.

XENA: You're on his list now, so watch your back.

SO THEY FIANALLY FOUND MEADOW'S FRIENDS.

ACT:2 SCENE:2

THROUGH THE YEARS ARES HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GAIN MEADOW'S ALLIANCE, BUT HE HAS FAILED MISERABLY. HE TOLD HIS WARRIORS TO GO BACK TO THE VILLAGE AND CAPTURE ONE OF HER FRIENDS. SO THEY DID AND RETURNED SUCCESSFULLY WITH BRENDA.

Warrior: My Lord ARES.

ARES: Which do you have?

Warrior: We have Brenda My Lord.

ARES: My little playmate.

Brenda: What's the big deal anyway? What is it you want from her?

ARES: Her alliance.

Brenda: You'll never get it.

ARES: Don't be so sure.

Brenda: I know Meadow, she won't do it.

ARES: She doesn't have a choice in the matter.

Brenda: She won't, and I bet my life on it.

ARES: Do you really mean that?

Brenda: I do.

ARES: That's to bad.

THAT NIGHT ARES CAME TO MEADOW.

Meadow:(heard something)Who's there? Hercules, XENA?

ARES:(appears)Not even close.

Meadow: What do you want now?

ARES: See for yourself.

Meadow:(shows her Brenda)Oh my god Brenda.

ARES: Your choice.

WITH THAT HE DISAPPEARS.

Meadow:(to herself)Why doesn't he just leave me alone?

THE NEXT DAY, SHE DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO. SHE GRABBED HER SWORD AND WENT AFTER BRENDA. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ARES WAS WAITING FOR HER.

ARES: Find her if you can.

Meadow: I'll find her, and when I get her away from here,(tip of blade to his throat)I'll come for you.

SHE WENT IN AFTER BRENDA AND ARES THREW EVERYTHING AT HER. FINALLY AFTER A WEEK OR TWO IN THE LABYRINTH, SHE FOUND BRENDA CHAINED TO THE WALL AND STRIPPED OF HER CLOTHING.

Brenda: I'm so scared Meadow, please get me out of here.

Meadow: When you wake up in the morning, you'll realize that it was all a bad dream.

ARES: I'm impressed.

Meadow: I'm sure.

ARES: It isn't over yet.

THEY STARTED TO FIGHT AND ARES PUTS A SIX INCH GASH ACROSS HER CHEST BARELY MISSING HER HEART. HE IS REALLY PISSING HER OFF AND HE KNEW IT, THAT WAS HIS INTENTIONS ANYWAY.

ARES: Your anger pleases me.

Meadow: It's your fault. You have taken advantage of my mother, then you take advantage of my friends.

ARES: That's right, your mother was my own personal whore.

Meadow: I realize that now. There is no doubt in my mind that you are my father. Was it worth?

ARES: Oh yeah, it was quite pleasurable. How'd you figure it out?

Meadow: I maybe blonde, but I ain't that blonde.

ACT:2 SCENE:3

A MONTH AFTER THAT CONFRONTATION. WE SEE MEADOW AND HER FRIENDS DOWN BY THE RIVER, IT'S THEIR FAVORITE SPOT CAN'T YOU TELL. THAT EVENING MEADOW INVITED HER FRIENDS TO DINNER.

Meadow: Hey guys, how about dinner at my house?

TABITHA: That would be great.

Brenda: I second the motion.

Susan: I third that.

Samantha: Fourth.

Meadow: Great, 6:00 then.

TABITHA: Ever wonder what the future might be like?

Brenda: I hope it ain't nothing like this.

Samantha: I know how we could find out.

Susan: How?

Samantha: That old woman on the other side of town, the one who lives next to Your Feed and Seed Store.

Meadow: Are you crazy? She's a witch.

Samantha: She's just an old Gypsy. What harm can she do?

Meadow: Cast a spell on us.

Samantha: Oh please.

TABITHA: Why don't we go and find out.

Meadow: I guess we could.

Brenda: Well what are we waiting for.

SO THEY WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN TO VISIT THE OLD GYPSY. WHEN THEY GOT THERE, TO THEIR SURPRISE SHE KNEW.

Gypsy: Come in my dears. So you want to know what the future holds?

Samantha: Yes that's right.

Gypsy: How far into the future would you like to go?

Brenda: The year 1985.

Gypsy: That is far off.

Brenda: I know, but the year itself sounds cool.

Gypsy: In the year 1985 there are places called malls, things called telephones, computers. Places of what they call education. There are several levels of this education.

Brenda: They are what.

Gypsy: Something they call headstart, Kindergarten, Elementary, Junior High, Senior High, these are called schools. They also have places called Colleges.

Brenda: Wow. How long does it take to complete all these levels?

Gypsy: Your entire life starting from 3 years of age.

Brenda: You have got to kidding my entire life? What about fun, being a person?

Gypsy:(to TABITHA) What would you like to see?

TABITHA: What kind of boys are there in 1989?

Gypsy: All types, they only want sex from every girl they see. They are several colors as well.

TABITHA: Several different colors?

Gypsy: White, Black, and Brown, living togehter as one.

TABITHA: Wow that's amazing.

Meadow: How about the year 1999-2000?

Gypsy: Not very good I see. I see a lot of violence and prejudice.

Meadow: That is awful. People live in that year?

Gypsy: Yes.

ACT: 3 SCENE: 1

ANOTHER YEAR HAS PASSED ALL WAS PEACEFUL ONCE MORE. THEN HIS WARRIORS CAME AGAIN.

Susan: What's going on here?

TABITHA: I don't know.

Brenda: (Scared.) It's him.

Samantha: Him who?

Brenda: That man, the one who took me.

TABITHA: Do what?

Brenda: He's evil.

Samantha: Who is he.

Meadow: ARES.

Samantha: ARES?

Brenda: He's gonna kill us.

Meadow: He wants only one person.

Brenda: Let's find this person and give them to him.

Meadow: He wants me.

Brenda: We can't give you up like that.

Meadow: Maybe you won't have to.

TABITHA: What does he want with you?

Meadow: My alliance.

Samantha: What for?

Meadow: He must know something I don't.

XENA: What's going on here?

Brenda: It's ARES.

IOLAUS: Figured as much.

XENA: He's after Meadow again.

Hercules: He isn't going to get her.

IOLAUS: Why her? I thought it was you?

XENA: He's wants someone to teach.

IOLAUS: The younger, the better.

XENA: He doesn't need to control her life.

WE SEE HERCULES, IOLAUS AND XENA FIGHTING HIS WARRIORS AND MEADOW COULDN'T STAND AROUND AND WATCH, SHE HAD TO HELP. DURING THE BATTLE MEADOW CAME CLOSE TO KILLING ONE OF THE WARRIORS.

Hercules: No Meadow! That's what ARES wants!

SHE DECIDED NOT KILL THAT WARRIOR, FINALLY IT WAS OVER AND THEY RETREATED.

ARES: Let me guess, she scared you away.

Warrior: She had help My Lord.

ARES: Figured as much.

Warrior: We will not fail next time.

ARES: There won't be a next time.

Warrior: What shall we do?

ARES: We destroy her precious little village.

Warrior: Forgive me...why is she so important?

ARES: She's my daughter.

ACT:3 SCENE:2

A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE VILLAGE WAS DESTROYED...AGAIN...

Meadow:((((((FATHER))))))

ARES: Ready to come home?

Meadow: If I do, will you leave my village in peace?

ARES: I will.

Meadow: Then I will go with you.

SHE WENT HOME TO BE WITH HER FATHER AND HE WAS GOOD TO HIS WORD. THE VILLAGE WAS PEACEFUL ONCE MORE.

THE END

Written by Jennifer J. Laws