Disclaimer: I don't own Robin Hood or other related characters. These characters belong to the BBC and Tiger Aspect companies and are their properties. I am getting nothing from this fanfic except a good story that I'm sharing with the world.
Author's notes:
Set: During the second series between episode three and episode four. Warning this will contain spoilers if you haven't seen the second series.
This is the sequel to my first story Achilles' Heel. It can be understood on its own but will make much more sense if you read the first story as many references will be made to characters and events in the previous story. I wanted to continue writing with this storyline as I have enjoyed it so much, also I wanted to do some writing for Djaq who wasn't in the first one.
WARNING: IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF READING MY FIRST STORY 'ACHILLES HEEL' READING THIS WILL SPOIL THE ENDING OF THAT STORY!
Achilles the Thief
Prologue
The morning sun glistened through the trees accompanied by a gentle wind that carried the smell of wet grass and fresh leaves. The first few rays of light reached a small slab of wood that was set into the forest floor.
Allan A Dale watched the sun reveal the forest around him and slab before him. He'd woken up in the small hours and had been unable to sleep again; so he'd come here to watch the sky instead. The stars had gone a long time ago so he was reading the slab again. There was a word carved onto it; just one:
FAITH
It was she who convinced Allan to start looking at the sky.
He thought about who he had become lately the things he had done and couldn't help but wonder how she would see him if she knew.
Faith had once said to Allan, 'I think you have the most common sense of all this lot.'
He had doubted her then and now he doubted her even less. There was no way out now. He was in for the long haul.