Season 3 Episode 14 - Forgiven
When Gabrielle is sat I a pub a young girl named Tara starts to attack her, refusing to fight Tara keeps on at her and starts to really hurt her. Xena comes in and stops the fight but Gabrielle is already in a bit of a state. Tara asks to go with Xena and be her new sidekick and Xena just laughs at the proposal and leaves with Gabrielle. Tara keeps following and Xena agrees to take her because she can help with the current mission Xena and Gabrielle are on. They are trying to find the urn of Apollo, which is said to give every one a clean slate if a priests, blesses them with the water in it. Tara turns out to be a handful and keeps annoying Gabrielle in the end Gabrielle flips and starts to defend her self when Tara tries to hit her with a stick Gabrielle beats her up with her Amazon staff. After Tara has been taught a lesson Gabrielle and Tara get on a bit better and together all three retrieve the urn of Apollo and return it to the priest.