Everything we do is as choice:
"Marian, if you don't hurry soon, I'm leaving without you!" Saffiyah called from Marian's bedroom,
"I'm coming; I mean who even came up with the stupid idea fancy dress party?" Marian scoffed as she came out of the bathroom in a long medieval gown with a black headband, her jet black hair curled loosely and perfectly behind it, with her striking blue eyes beneath very little make-up.
"Let me guess…Maid Marian?" Saffiyah laughed, Marian was hooked on the legend of Robin Hood, for a twenty year old Marian was into a lot of old fashioned things, mainly Robin Hood time and Robin Hood himself,
"No, Maid sound too needy, I'm changing it to lady…Lady Marian," Marian smiled as she held her head high,
"You can bugger off if you think I'm being one of your servants," Saffiyah laughed getting up from her position dressed as a doctor, well in a very short medical dress, and stockings with heels but not too high,
"Well, this is a change, from the jean wearing, baggy top girl, I've come to love so much," Marian laughed looking Saffiyah up and down,
"I know, I thought I'd push the boat out, get smashed and make out with a random stranger, who I will never see again and spend my life alone," Saffiyah sighed as there was a knock on the door,
"That must be Mira and Diana, oh I mean Dean, why does she like being called Dean?" Marian wondered making her way to the door,
"Beats me," Saffiyah replied, reapplying her lip gloss,
"And what are you supposed to be?" Marian asked as she led Mira and Dean into the living room,
"I'm a female version of Robin Hood," Mira grinned as she motioned to the short green dress she had on, that was ripped in a sort of fashion at the bottom, with fishnet tights and boots up to her thighs,
"What is this, tarts and vicars?" Dean laughed as she looked from Saffiyah to Mira,
"Yea, I think it's only us that dressed up…decently," Marian smiled as she looked at Dean's gown,
"Yea, I'm from the time of Robin Hood," Dean laughed, "Three guesses who you are…Maid Marian,"
"Lady Marian actually, it sounds too needy," Saffiyah mimicked as she gave them all a grin.
"Oh right then…Milady, shall we get the show on the road?" Mira grinned as she pulled her coat round her tighter,
"Yea, come on then…hey Marian, did you get a cloak with your dress?" Dean asked, looking at Marian's dress, it was a shade of a weird blue with patterns on it, a long waistcoat if you must, with a darker blue thin dress made from thin material, with long clinging sleeves that came just to where her fingers begin from the hand, the blue outside layer of the dress, the long waistcoat was button up over the chest, the blue colored dress beneath that came in line with her collar bone, both reaching the floor. (It's the dress where she is standing with Much while Robin is congratulated by loads of peasants and the last shot of her is when she is smiling, if you remember that one)
"No, but I'm not going to bother with a cloak, it's probably going to be warm inside anyway," Marian shrugged.
"Oh well, mine did, so I'm going to put it to good use and wear it," Dean smiled as she lead everyone out of the door and into the waiting taxi.
"This is going to be so cool and Alex is going to be there," Mira grinned happily, Alex was the latest in a string of men for Mira,
"Mira, don't you think you should slow down on the men for a while?" Saffiyah sighed as Marian and Dean shook their heads, a smile on their faces as they knew what was coming,
"Men, were put on earth for a reason…that reason was to pleasure me," Mira smirked,
"Right ladies, we are here, that will be six pounds," the cab driver said as Marian handed him over a ten pound note,
"This party better not suck," Saffiyah whispered standing on the pavement,
"Yea, I hope so too," Marian agreed as a cloud rumble of thunder could be heard from a distance,
"I hate thunder, I hate rain and I hate lightening, I hope my hair stays straight," Mira grumbled as the others laughed at her,
"Your hair looks fine Mira, now can we please…" before Dean could finish, they felt the earth move from under their feet as what looked like a tornado, cam hurtling towards them,
"Run!" Marian shouted as they ran straight for the road in front of them, none of them could run very fast in the clothes and shoes that they were wearing,
"We're all gonna die!" Mira screamed as she felt herself being pulled in,
Then everything went black as the girls lost consciousness,
RHRHRHRHRHRH
Marian was the first to stir from unconsciousness, she looked around her to find that she was on her own,
"Djaq…Mira…Dean!" Marian shouted, panic taking control of her,
"Ouch, for god sake, Mother Mary of Jesus!" Mira cursed as she came tumbling out of a bush with twigs in her hair,
"Mira, where are the others?" Marian asked as Mira came walking over to her, still pulling stuff from her hair,
"I don't know, but I already hate where we are and if we don't go home soon, I will kill anyone in my way!" Mira ranted as Saffiyah and Dean came wondering over to them,
"I think you two should see this," Saffiyah said as she led Marian and Mira over to some bushes,
"What is it?" Mira mumbled as she and Marian looked through the clearing to see what looked like a camp, with a fire on the go, but no residents to feel the warmth,
"And who exactly are you?" a voice came from behind them, deeper than their own,
"Us…who the hell are you?" Mira demanded as she turned round, only to come face to face with an arrow,
"I will ask once more…who are you?" came the male voice, who coincidentally held the bow and arrow that was in Mira's face,
"Why should we tell you?" Mira asked holding her head up high, daring him to challenge her,
"Because you are in my forest and I demand you tell us," the man said as four more men came out with one woman,
"My name is Marian, this is Mira, Dean and Saffiyah," Marian broke in with a calm voice and she put her finger on the tip of the arrow and slowly pushed it towards the ground. "Now would you so kindly tell us yours?"
"My name is Robin Hood and this is my gang," Robin grinned at Marian,
"Robin Hood and your gang, Allan A Dale, Will Scarlett, Little John?" Marian asked with shock,
"Are we still at the fancy dress party?" Saffiyah asked confused,
"I think we are you know, and they just come dressed up as them," Dean replied, trying to make sense of it,
"What is this fancy dress party you speak of?" 'Robin Hood' asked as he looked at the four girls in confusment,
"It's where you dress up and dance and have a good time," Mira explained, "This is too weird…am I drunk?" Mira asked looking at Saffiyah,
"I hope so…I hope we're all drunk," Saffiyah mumbled,
"Ok, who paid you to do this?" Marian demanded to know, putting her hands on her hips,
"Paid us to do what?" one of the gang had asked this time, he was hot, but the girls couldn't help noticing that he wasn't as handsome, fit and hot as Robin,
"What year is this?" Saffiyah asked, looking at the man that had just spoke,
"This is the year of our lord, 1192," the man replied with a smirk,
"And who are you?" Mira asked,
"My name is Allan…Allan A Dale," the man said as he puffed out his chest proudly.
"No, you can't be…and it is not the year 1192 it is the year 2008!" Marian cried out frustrated,
"2008…what is this year you speak of?" came forward another one of the gang,
"It's the time we…you and us come from…can you stop pretending now?" Marian cried out again.
"Who are you…no…let me guess…Little John?" Mira asked, jumping up and down like it was some sort of game.
"No, that would be I," a giant as he stepped forward, a massive staff in his hands.
"This is too…Much," Dean sighed,
"Yes?" came the voice of a blonde man, with a beanie on,
"Yes what?" Dean asked,
"You called me, and I said yes…is that not how it goes where you are from?" Blondie asked,
"Yes, but I didn't say your name…I said Much," Dean said slowly, maybe they were in a foreign country, they were wasted and they decided to buy a plane ticket and flew out here…wherever here was,
"My name is Much," Much smiled, holding out his hand.
"Erm…ok then…Much," Dean said taking it with caution,
"So that leaves you…Will Scarlett," Marian said eyeing the axe he held in his hand.
"Seriously…Are you sure we're not totally wasted?" Saffiyah asked, as she took off her coat, "Man is it hot in here,"
As she took her coat of, the gang and Robin gasped in surprise,
"What on earth are you wearing?" Much asked, clearly shocked at the sight,
"It's called a costume," Saffiyah sighed, "Alright, seriously you can drop the pretenses now, we know this is a joke,"
"Why are you not, dressed as appropriately as these three young ladies," Robin said eyeing up Marian, Dean and Mira, who still had her coat on.
"Oh you haven't seen mine yet," Mira laughed as she too took her coat off, this time there was an even bigger gasp,
"Why can't all the ladies wear these kinds of clothing here," Allan sighed dreamily,
"You are not Robin Hood and you are not Allan A Dale…and you are not Will Scarlett and you are not Little John!" Marian shouted totally lost in frustration.
"Hey…what about me!" Much asked wounded as to being left out,
"And you are not…Much!" Marian added, breathing heavily,
"I'll have you know my lady, I am Robin Hood, former Earl of Huntingdon, Lord of Locksley," Robin said looking smug,
"Oh right, and I'm Lady Marian, and I reside on Knighton Hall, where Guy Of Gisbourne wishes to take me as his wife," Marian scoffed as Robin eyes flew wide open at the mention of Gisbourne,
"You are Gisbourne's love interest?" Robin questioned.
"No…it was sarcasm mate," Mira said rolling her eyes,
"Look, can you just point us in the direction of pub…you now where you buy beer…ale," Saffiyah asked,
"I ain't bein' funny…Pubs…they sound like inns, they are called inns," Allan said like he was explaining to a child,
"No they are called pubs," Mira argued back,
"Ok, then 'Robin Hood'," Marian rolled her eyes at his, "If we are really in 1192, then prove it to us," Marian smirked as she walked right in front of him,
"You wish to be proven of this…follow me then," Robin said as he abruptly turned on the spot and started towards the North road,
"So what brings you to our part of the woods?" Allan grinned at Mira, who pulled her coat back on,
"Drink mate…lots and lots of Drink," Mira said shaking her head,
"Sound like my kinda thing…" Allan smiled imagining the sweet ale,
"Yea, sure it does…I ain't bein' funny…but really who are you?" Mira asked all of a sudden,
"I ain't bein' funny, but that's my saying and I'm Allan A Dale, believe it if you want to or not," he stared,
"This is impossible, there are hundreds of people down there," Saffiyah whispered in astonishment,
"There used to be more people, no thanks to the Sherriff who thinks it is proper to hang people who stole nothing but a sack of flower," Will Scarlett spat in hatred for the man.
"The Sheriff…of Nottingham?" Marian raised her eyebrows,
"Yes, ever since poor Edward died, it has not been the same," Robin sighed as he looked at the guards, who were hitting a poor defenseless man,
"Oi…stop that, what the hell do you think you're doing!" Marian yelled running to the aid of the man,
"Milady, this man has be caught stealing from the Sheriff, he is to be put in the dungeons," the guard explained a little bow once he had finished,
'Milady…what the hell…fine if that's how they want to play it' Marian thought to herself as she puffed out her chest and flicked her hair,
"Please, I'm asking you, un hand this man and you will get a reward," Marian smiled as she laid a hand on the guards arm,
"Milady, I'm sorry I cannot, I am under strict instruction from the Sheriff,
"Oh, that would be a shame, especially since I'm lost and need help," Marian said turning round as she grinned at the girls, still hiding in the trees, and at Robin who was staring open mouthed at her,
Marian looked over her shoulder back at the guard, "No matter, I just hope…Robin Hood and his gang don't ambush me as I wonder through the forest on my own," Marian fake side as she began to walk to another clearing as to not get them in trouble, she made sure she swayed her hips in time to her steps,
Robin couldn't help but feel jealousy as the way Marian was touching the guard and flirting with him, he didn't understand it though, he didn't even know her and already he felt protective of her,
R&R please,
Tell me what you think…should I carry on? Or delete it??
Thanks,
Lauren xo
