When Xena and Gabrielle help a group of amazons fleeing from slavers, they're invited to the women's village. Where they soon learn that their new friends live in a secluded, secret village that has been hidden from the outside world for centuries. But when the slavers later capture some of the women, Xena and Gabrielle soon learn the serious danger of what might happen if the wrong people in outside world were to ever learn the secrets that the hidden land holds. With fears over her safety, Gabrielle struggles to be seen as someone capable of not only taking care of herself but her people as well. It soon falls on Xena, Gabrielle and their allies to protect the village and it's occupants from a threat where the consequences of their failure could drastically change the balance of the whole world. THE FULL/ CORRECTED VERSION OF THIS STORY IS ON CHAPTER 18

After escaping from the slavers who've taken her and others from her village, Gabrielle finds her way to camp belonging to Xena, the dreaded Conqueror who's on a path to take over all of Greece. When Gabrielle is forcefully taken along with the Conqueror, a series of unexpected events will become the spark that will unknowingly completely change the course of both woman's lives.