Disclaimer: i do not own any of the character here as much as i wish i did ;) My OC, Matilda, is mine however. This is my first story so be prepared for mistakes. It's got short chapters to begin with but there will be longer ones once i've set the scene. Thanks, please R&R :)

The forest was silent. Not one snap of a twig, a rustle of a tree or the song of a bird could be heard. It was as if the forest was sleeping, undisturbed in this summer morning. A light gust of wind interrupted this, it rippled around the trees as they shock their branches as if they were stretching out after a long nights sleep.

*crunch*

*crunch*

*crunch*

The sleepy north road was awakened by the sound of a horse padding down the leafy track. On it, was a young woman with a long dark green cloak and hood covering her pale blue dress. She looked like a noble, yet by the way she covered herself and the tatty untidiness of the dress made it clear that even if she was a noble, she wasn't particularly wealthy at this point in time.
Suddenly, out of no-where a young man jumped out from a nearby tree onto the road.

"This my friend, is an ambush!" he said with a large grin on his face.
At the sudden appearance of the man the horse flew it's legs up into the air startled and kicked about.
"Woa, woa boy!" the girl panicked, struggling to keep her balance. Two more men appeared at the outlaws side, one skinnier lad and a very large man armed with a wooden staff.
"Woa, carefull, calm down boy!" The first outlaw said trying to control the horse as it kept lifting its legs up, rocking the young girl back violently on it's back. The other two men, who looked worried as the horse flew about tried to grab it's reigns and settle it but with one large kick the horse made the young woman tumble backwards from it. Head first, she crashed onto the hard ground, knocking her unconscious.