Okay, so this was supposed to only be posted once it was finnished but with the way the series is going (aka very badly) and the way that it's nearly ended I figured I would get on and post it before you all lose interest, unless you already have??????????

Please read and give me the feedback.

Also people, please don't get confused, this continues from episode 9 so all the people who COULD have died by the time you read this will not have, oh ignore me im rambling....

Chapter 1.

The young woman breathed in deeply, filling her lungs with the fresh forest air. She could smell the green all around her, the breeze of cool air that she had missed so much during her absence. The sounds of bird song drifted gently towards her and she smiled a contented smile, she hadn't been so happy in a long while. The journey home had been a hard one, that she couldn't deny. As she had stared from the side of the ship into the crashing waves she had thought of nothing more than her desperation to return home. To return to her hero, her love.

Over the long period of her recovery in the Holy Land, she had thought of nothing more than him. She had tried, straining her mind, to remember every single detail about him. His voice, his eyes, his hair, his smell. But nothing, nothing compared to the thought of being able to caress her love once more, to being able to lean into his chest and know that she was safe forever. Although she feigned memory loss to the exact details of her death towards her comrades, she remembered everything she had said to him, all the looks they had shared, all the words that had passed between them had never been forgotten, never could have been forgotten. No matter how hard she tried, if she had tried, she would never have been able to forget everything that had happened on her death bed. The words, the kiss, the looks, all had been engraved into her heart.

When she had been stabbed, she knew he would never have gotten over her. Their love had been too strong for that. So she had told him to. And she hoped, against hope that he had, for once, listen to her. She would never forgive herself if the poor of Nottingham died because of her.

She made her way down the dusty road, surrounded by the green covered trees she had longed for whilst being in the Holy Land. The slowly retreating sun bathed the glossy forest in golden light and she felt like her soul for soaring through the sky. The path she made was as familiar as if it was yesterday that she had walked these pathways, not months ago.

She could tell when she was nearing the camp, not only because she knew the way so very easily, but because of the warming sensation she was feeling some where near her stomach, the feeling that she was, finally, nearing the place where her heart was stored.

As she moved silently through the trees, she stopped as she saw the flickering firelight through the trees. A figure sat, staring into the firelight. It was him. Halting, she remained concealed in the trees, watching him. Just watching. Taking in every detail that she could.

As she watched another woman, unfamiliar to her eyes came forward. She had blonde, wavy hair that fell past her shoulders, and her eyes fixed immediately on his figure.

Seating herself next to him, she followed his gaze into the fire, but, sneaked occasional glances at him.

"You can say it you know." Her breath caught in her throat at the sound of his melodic voice.

"Say what?" The woman played innocent.

"Say what! Come on, you're dying to!" She snorted through the tears trailing endlessly down her cheeks at the sight of his playful smile.

"Fine, I told you so." The woman couldn't hold back her smugness any more.

He snorted and turned back to the flames, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"You finally saw what kind of woman she is." The woman smiled at him.

Robin looked up to face her. "Yes, and I saw what sort of woman you are, you're kind, and compassionate, and beautiful." Her breathing hitched again, but this time for the wrong reasons. That had been the last thing she had expected.

Then, he looked at the woman, and she immediately recognised the expression he wore. One he had once wore whilst looking at her.

Then they inclined their heads towards each other and she turned away, she couldn't watch it any more. She knew what was to come. She recognised the actions, actions that she herself had once mirrored exactly.

She started to stumble, blinded by the tears of agony that poured uncontrollably down her cheeks.

She finally reached a clearing, where she was, she did not know. Faltering towards a tree, she leaned against it, trying to gain the strength from it that she now lacked. It seemed an age since she had walked carefree and blissfully unaware down the forest paths.

What had happened?

"Why Robin?" Marian whispered brokenly. "Why?"

R+R PLEASE!!!!!! If not for me for Marian's memory!!!!! Please please please please please please please!

Thank you

luv u all!

Ray

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