"OI Princess!" Robin spotted the mane of flaming hair he would recognize anywhere. He hopped off the crumbling stone wall where he sat slightly above his friends. But unlike in the past, Maria didn't turn and return his greeting with her brilliant smile. She didn't turn at his voice or wait for him to join her. Instead her pace quicken toward the fortress. She must have not heard me he reassured himself. "Maria!" her called much louder this time several villager gave him dirty looks as they went about their days. But still she ignored him, he watched as she wiped something out of her eyes "tears?" he thought, he had to know what was wrong. He quickly wove his wave towards her, he was always much faster than her but then again he didn't have some convoluted dress weighing him down. He reached her in no time and popped up and startled her. He couldn't help but smirk as she jumped. He expected her to grin and make a pompous comment on his sneaky behavior but she just shoved past him. His Maria SHOVED him out if the way. Robin was rendered frozen with shock for a few seconds but he composed himself and went after her again. She hadn't gotten far when he appeared again this time taking hold of her arms, forcing her to stare at him. "Maria,.," he said cupping her face in his hands. "Tell me what's wrong Princess" Maria forced a laugh and placed her hands over his. "Robin…" she said staring in his eyes, "Stay the HELL away from me!" She tore his hands from her face and stalked off to the fortress. "Don't look back, don't look back." She thought to herself. She desperately wanted to escape into the woods find Wrolf and cry into his soft fur. She wanted to run home, but Robin knew the woods better than anyone and would catch her in a heartbeat. So she ran to the only person who could comfort her, Loveday. Oh how wrong she was.