Hey guys, I am so excited for this story! It's a medieval-swarkles-saga, I know it sounds weird, but bear with me. Reviews are so important, because this story is so different than the normal B/R fanfic! You are also welcome to PM me if you get confused. Love to all the followers!


He had been waiting for his friends for sometime when they finally showed up, and believe him, the pub wasn't a great place to be sitting alone for a long time. Sure he was a regular here, but -

"Barnabas! There you are! Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" Chimed out Lily. He stood up to greet her.

"Me? I've been waiting here for you!"

"I was here when you came, I was just hiding," she said defensively. "They were back again." Just before he was about to ask who, he remembered. Lily and her husband, Marshall were in a sort of hiding. They'd been hidden ever since they eloped about a a year ago, and Lily's mom was pissed. She was so pissed that she sent men to find her daughter and drag her back home to marry the man they had arranged for her.

"Barney!" said Lily interrupting his thoughts yet again, " Stop being rude and say hi to my new friend, Robin." He stood up awkwardly and inspected her. Her body was all smooth lines and gentle curves. She was unusually tall for a women, not only that she was also unusually thin. It was clear to him that she wasn't from this village, maybe somewhere north. Far north.

"Hi, I'm Barnabas, but call me Barney." He said smoothly.

"Robin." She smiled. "Actually, I think we've met. You hit on me remember?"

"Oh, yeah! You were totally in to me." He smirked. Lily sat back, amazed, that Barney and Robin were actually totally clicking. They had such a natural chemistry that, until now, she thought only she and Marshall could had.

"Was not! If anyone, you were the one who was totally digging the show." She did a little turn jokingly and they both laughed. Lily coughed to get their attention and gestured for them to sit at the booth. Barney noticed that Ted and Marshall had arrived while they were taking. He slid in next to Theodore and pulled a chair up for Robin, who blushed at the gesture.

"Have I told you about the new maiden I'm dating? She has a thing for lute players." Ted sounded. The whole gang rolled their eyes, including Lily's new friend, Robin. Ted was always going on about his lute playing, and it was a well-known stereotype that lute players are hopeless romantics.

While Ted was going on about this girl, Barney leaned over and whispered to Robin. "This may be hard to listen to sober, you wanna head over to the bar and order our drinks?"

"Yes please," she whispered back. They headed over to the slick marble bar and both called out "Scotch, neat."

Barney looked her up and down approvingly. "My kinda girl."

The barkeep handed both of them their scotches in a fresh crystal glass. Barney slid some coins on the counter and called out "Thank you Wendy the wench!"

"Barney, I told you; it's just Wendy!" the waitress groaned. He winked in reply.

As they were walking back to their friends Barney casually tugged on the ribbon of Robin's corset. She smacked his hand away and shook her head.

"Yeah," said Barney nodding and pulling Robin close to his side, "We're gonna be good friends."