Changing Tides

Disclaimer –

All characters belong to the BBC and those geniuses that write Robin Hood BBC. I simply use their creations for my amusement.

Chapter 1 –

Robin wandered lazily through Sherwood Forest, nothing had happened in days and it was only causing him to become restless and agitated.

The Sheriff was away visiting London, which only caused Robins mind to ponder, as to what he was actually doing. It did mean however, that there were no hair brained schemes to avoid, but also that there were rarely any travellers through the woods.

Guy of Gisbourne was enjoying lording it over the shire from Locksley Manor and didn't want to ruin his good fun by chasing after the dratted Robin Hood and his band of filthy outlaws.

That is how it had come to be that Robin had partially removed himself from his gang and taken to the woods in search of a little solitude.

Much and Allen had remained at the camp, whilst Djaq and Will had gone on a visit to Scarborough to see Will's little brother Luke.

Little John had taken off in search of new hideouts and ambush points, however hard Robin tried, he just could seem to get him to relax even for a moment.

Robin was glad though that his band of merry men actually had a chance to be merry men for once. It was as his mind drifted through both the good times and the bad, that he heard something a slight rustle of leaves. Cursing his lack of vigilance, Robin strained his senses to hear over the normal buzz of the forest.

There came that rustling again, not normal leaves passing amongst each other, more a heavy boot being dragged through the undergrowth, there it was a third time, a distinct rhythm of footfalls.

Robin continued to walk as though he had heard nothing, no point in giving away his only form of surprise. Luckily, he knew that soon the forest thinned significantly and that then, his follower would be identified.

As Robin rounded a big oak tree, he saw the light stream through the thin canopy above, as he turned about himself, pretending to marvel at the way in which the light danced and dappled on the forest floor, he caught a glimpse, a tiny speck of red had shot from once patch of ferns to another.

Whoever, this person was that tailed him, they were skilled. As Robin moved further into the clearing, he saw the person move again, this time slower as though to not draw attention to themselves. It hadn't worked though.

Robin pulled his bow from behind his back at bent low as he stuck four arrows in the ground, in front of him, and then slowly he brought the fifth to the bow and placed it carefully. All the while, he tried to remain casual and nonchalant about the situation, as though he simply made to practice his aim.

Unfortunately for Robin this person, turned out to be two people, and as Robin aimed and fired at one the other aimed and fired at him.

Robin had aimed at the upper shoulder of this man, intending to pin him to the tree behind by his shirt so that he could question him further, but as he went to loose his arrow, another one shot into his arm and disrupted his aim.

He heard a scream from behind a tree and muffled shouts from another person.

As he looked down he saw the dark arrow protruding from his left shoulder, buried in so deep it would take a considerable amount of time to remove. He needed to return to the camp soon, to prevent infection.

But first he needed to check the state of the person behind the ferns and discover the whereabouts of this other mysterious person.

Tbc…

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Anyways, what do you think?? Please review!! Got many places I want to go with this story but not sure if it any good.