“I’ve missed you too, and you’re
looking good,” she said then looked at the clothes Xena was
wearing, one of the dresses that had been made for her. “Nice
dress,” she said and Xena grinned as she looked down at it
then at her mother, “yea, well you know, I had to fit in some
how,” she said. “You’re not going to give your
brother a hug?” Lyceus asked and Xena grinned as she jumped
into his arms and he smiled as he held on tight to her and spun her
around and they both laughed. “Oh I’ve missed you so
much,” Xena said as she was placed on her feet and her hands
on his face. “I’ve missed you too big sister,” he
said then placed a kiss on her forehead.

 

 

Xena then hugged Toris, “have they been
taking good care of you?” He asked and Xena grinned,
“they’ve been taking great care of me,” Xena said
and Toris nodded. “You look nice,” he said and grinned
as she pushed him then lastly she hugged Corrinna and while all of
that was going on, Ulysses was hugging Cyrene and everyone else
came down to talk to them. “Everyone, you’ve already
met my parents,” Ulysses said then waved Camilla forward.
“This is my sister Camilla, Camilla this is Xena’s
mother Cyrene, her younger brother Lyceus, her older brother Toris
and a great friend of the family and local healer of Amphipolis,
Corrinna.”

 

 

Ulysses introduced them and they all nodded their
heads but Lyceus seemed to have a connection with Camilla and she
had that same connection. “It’s nice to meet
you,” she said and Lyceus smiled as she picked up her hand.
“It’s nice to meet you as well,” he said as he
placed a kiss on the back of her hand. Xena grinned to herself as
she placed her hand on Ulysses’ arm. “Why don’t
we go inside and we show you guys to your chambers and then we can
have a late lunch,” Xena said and they nodded. They headed
inside the palace and once they were inside they looked around in
amazement and Xena grinned as she looked at her mother.

 

 

“I know, I had the same reaction,” Xena
said. Julian, Marguerite and Camilla went on to the Dinning Hall
while Xena, Ulysses and Virgil showed Xena’s family where
they would be staying which was a couple of rooms down from
Xena’s and Ulysses’ quarters. Toris and Lyceus shared
rooms in a way, it was two separate rooms but they were only
separate by the double doors in the middle of the sitting chambers
that connected the two rooms. “Before we got older, this used
to be mine and Camilla’s room,” Ulysses said as he
showed them where everything was.