A jealous Aphrodite (Alexandra Tydings) casts a hex on Gabrielle's (Renee O'Connor) scroll, which causes everything she writes to come true.
``The Queen of Cons'' (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) convinces Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) to base a play on her adventures with Xena (Lucy Lawless), so she can run off with the production's investment money.
Hercules' mentor Ceridian is about to die. The centaur's last wish is for Zeus' son to stop his protégé Cassius from starting a war against humans.