Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series)
Maternal Instincts (1998)
Amy Morrison: Hope, Fayla
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Quotes
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Gabrielle : [Gabrielle purchases some goods from a seller in a shopping hut] Thanks...
[Gabrielle bumps into Hope who is holding a wooden lamb toy; Hope drops it and Gabrielle picks it up]
Gabrielle : Where did you get this?
Hope : I didn't steal it! It's mine. It's always been mine!
[pause]
Hope : The people who found me said so...
Gabrielle : [Gabrielle looks at her showing confusion] Found you?
Hope : They said it was in the basket with me. All's I remember is lots of water, me crying for my mom...
[pause]
Hope : But she never came.
Ephiny : [yelling from outside] Gabrielle?
[pause]
Ephiny : Gabrielle! Xena says to hurry; they're ready to go-
[Ephiny notices Gabrielle's distraught face; she looks over at Hope]
Ephiny : Is there something wrong?
Gabrielle : [to Ephiny] No. No, I'll be right there.
[Ephiny leaves the hut. Gabrielle, now realizing that the little girl she ran into is her daughter, Hope, talks to her]
Gabrielle : Look, um, there's something that I have to do, here. So, I want you to do a favor for me, okay? I want you to wait in my hut 'til I get back. And this way, I - I'll know you're safe...
Hope : [pretending to be distressed] Don't see why *you* care...
Gabrielle : You will!
[pause]
Gabrielle : Do you promise?
Hope : I promise.
Gabrielle : [Gabrielle is filled with emotion] Bye!
[she quickly leaves the hut]
Hope : Bye-bye...
[pause]
Hope : Mommy!
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Gabrielle : [Gabrielle barges into her hut. She's frantically looking for Hope, who's going by the name Fayla] FAYLA!
[Gabrielle looks around and throws her staff near her, covering her face with her hands; Fayla then enters the hut. Gabrielle grabs her]
Gabrielle : Where have you been? I have been looking all over for you! You said that you would wait here, remember?
Hope : [Hope starts to cry] I'm sorry, but she wouldn't let me! I tried to get away, but she-!
Gabrielle : [Gabrielle hugs her] Who? Who... Callisto?
Hope : [whispers] Yeah.
[pause]
Hope : I have this power... to move things. I don't know why. She says it's 'cause I'm... evil.
Gabrielle : That is a lie. You are not evil. Never believe that!
Hope : My mother thought so. She tried to drown me in a basket.
[pause]
Hope : She wanted me dead.
Gabrielle : She wasn't trying to drown you. She was trying to save your life...
Hope : YOU WEREN'T THERE! YOU DON'T KNOW!
Gabrielle : [starts to sob] I do!
[pause]
Gabrielle : The basket is all there was. I - I had to put you in it or I had to watch you be killed. Now, I had no choice, I LOVED you!
Hope : [smiles] You... you loved me?
Gabrielle : I - I prayed that the Gods would protect you, and they did. They brought you home.
Hope : [they hug] We have to go! I'm sorry, Mommy, it was me; I helped Callisto get out. And now she's coming for the kids. We have to go! Come on, hurry!
[Hope starts to leave, but Gabrielle grabs her arm]
Gabrielle : No. Wait, wait. Xena has to know this.
Hope : No, Xena hates me!
Gabrielle : She doesn't hate you. She just doesn't understand. Now, she will see what I've known all along, that you can fight your dark side, just like her!
Hope : But I'm scared! If Callisto finds out I told, she'll kill me, SHE WILL!
Gabrielle : She will not find out!
[pause]
Gabrielle : I will take you to the safest place there is until we can go. Okay?
Hope : [smiles] The safest place? You promise?
Gabrielle : I cross my heart. Don't be afraid okay? Now, come with me. Let's go.
[Gabrielle leads Hope out of her hut]
