Hello readers this is my first attempt at a multi-chapter story so I really would appreciate reviews, questions and constructive criticism. I realize that this is a universe I have created in my head so sometimes I might not have properly explained, a certain type of alien or machine. Please let me know so I can fix that. Thanks for reading. I do not own OUAT.

Chapter 1

"Aye Brethren did you see how that cop slid on the floor?" Will Scarlett joked, "We could have gone and robbed that place two times with how long it took him to get up."

Robin smirked as he sped up the space ship to full boost "Would have been more than we needed."

"Who cares about what we need? It is all about the thrill brother everything else is irrelevant!" Will laughed into his words and the rest of the merry men laughed with him.

Robin laughed along but was secretly worried for his men. Robin was not like his men, he was originally from earth. His merry men were a diverse mix but for the most part they were what humans had formerly called aliens. Of course no one said aliens anymore for it was offensive to those like his fellow merry men. What right did humans have to designate their people as alien? As if species not from earth did not belong to this universe? No the right word for them was Brudos, intergalactic species who had decided to reveal themselves to humans. Nudos were the other aliens the ones who were enjoying their time away from humans and preferred not to reveal themselves.

For the most part, Robin felt quite close to his merry men but he could not fail to notice that while the Brudos were charitable souls, they were addicted to thrill seeking. Yes the Merry Men were happy to rob from the greedy fat cat colonial Martians to feed the needy but it was not simply from the goodness of their heart rather it was for the thrill they got from living on the edge of danger. Once upon a time Robin had been just like them but then he had met Marian and his priorities had forever changed.

Marian was cousin to fellow merry man Christopher. He had met her when they had made a visit to Christopher's home sector on Neptune. Neptunians were different in that no one truly knew what they looked like. They always appeared in each person's mind as the creature they are most comfortable seeing. When Robin had met Marian she had appeared as a beautiful Playboy centerfold he had had a teenage crush on. Well except for the fact that she was completely dressed. He had fallen for her immediately and begged her to return with him as his wife. Marian had been more than willing to leave Neptune. She knew little about marriage amongst humans but she did know she wanted to help the poor, have adventure and see the universe. She had returned to the Merry men's base unaware of all of the peculiarities of Human men and when she ended up pregnant six months later, it was a shock to her and all the merry men.

Neptunians, Plutonians and Martians were particular in that they could not reproduce. To replenish their population, Martians and Plutonians had taken to cloning their people. Neptunians were found to only be capable of getting pregnant with Uranian men, which was a hard sell considering Uranian men were the only ones who could actually see what Neptunians looked like and they found them repulsive. Over the past 200 years of human and alien existence, never had a human and a Neptunian had a child until Robin and Marian. The Merry men were rightfully afraid that if the scientific world found out about this phenomenon they would find themselves with a lot of public attention. This would make it impossible for them to continue their work with the poor. The Merry Men placed Marian in hiding and she was denied contact with the outside world until she gave birth. Once she gave birth to their son Roland, Robin's life had forever changed, he had thought he loved Marian like no other but once he held his son he knew there was no love greater than the one he had for his son.

Marian had been so glad after the long bout of being hidden to finally get out into the world. While she shared an affection for Roland she found loving him hard. He had come out completely human, there were no indicators he was Neptunian and she had no idea how to take care of a human baby. Robin had taken the reigns spending more time at home with the child as Marian went off to capture more resources for the poor people of Meta Sector Sherwood and beyond. She became more daring, more adventurous and one particularly dangerous mission got her captured by the Sherriff of Nottingham. Robin has sent the merry men to go release Marian led by her cousin Christopher, however upon their arrival, they faced a shocking scene. Marian had taken up residence in the Sherriff's bed and was now committed to capturing thieves like the merry men. She promised her cousin she would never steer the sheriff their way and would warn them of police coming their way but she would not return to Sherwood. She had left Neptune for adventure and the idea of staying home with a little baby did not suit her ways at all. The merry men returned to Sherwood knowing that this news might crush their leader. They also knew he might waste more of the merry men's time trying to reason with a Neptunian like Marian who was incapable of the kind of human love he needed. They decided to tell Robin Marian was dead. He might initially grieve for her but in the end it would serve the merry men's purpose to keep the group together. Robin had of course been crushed but afterwards had been more vigorous in his quest to serve the poor, particularly by robbing Meta sector Nottingham. The merry men had once again found their adventurous leader who they had always wanted.

That had been two years ago and things had changed. The adventurous light Robin had had was fading and the merry men were out of tricks to create that spark. So unbeknownst to him they started gauging who would be best to take over from Robin and right now it was all up in the air.

Robin landed the space ship carefully and ran to the dock to grasp his little boy from the Nanny. He was four now and more precocious than ever. He found it harder each time to leave knowing that he would miss precious moments with his little four year old boy.

"Thank you Amelia" Robin nodded to Roland's Plutonian nanny. She had been a godsend, she was a resident of Sherwood forest and took care of Roland, when Robin was on missions. She had lived on Earth teaching kids about Pluto and was very familiar with human babies.

"My pleasure" Amelia said in a low whispery voice "He started making things fly again, Robin. I think you should get him checked by the Diadem."

"Shush… Amelia, I have no wish to lose my son." Robin hushed. While most of the men were walking past the hub and would likely not hear Amelia, he still could not risk it. The Diadem was a league of scientists who tested intergalactic babies for years on end. During the testing parents were not allowed to interact with their children. Robin found it hard being away from his baby for a day much less a couple of years. Robin did not believe the merry men would make him give up his baby to the Diadem but one could never be sure.

Roland gave Robin his signature dimpled smile. He thought making things float was a game they played and part of the game was making sure to not float things in front of the merry men. When his father or nanny was around he could do it all the time.

Amelia huffed, "I understand you do not want to lose your son. I get it, but you are not able to handle what he is doing. Clearly this floating symptom is something that comes from his Neptunian side. You need to talk to the Diadem."

"I did talk to his uncle Christopher when these powers started two years ago. No Neptunian he knows has ever made an object float, that is not one of the characteristics of their people." Robin responded. "I figure it is a unique trait because he is part human and Neptunian and since he is unique the Diadem might keep him longer than other children."

Amelia relented, "I guess since he kind of understands to control it, so it is fine. However I do worry of what this secret could cost you if the merry men ever found out. They might see this as an affront, after all isn't honesty a pillar of your group?"

"Which is why I will keep him away from the merry men until he is old enough to control it. Let's stop talking about this. Don't you want your pay now? Come with me to the vault." Robin pushed forward the dock door and they walked into the Sherwood community.

As they walked out the hub Will Scarlett materialized out of the shadows of the ship and smiled menacingly to himself. He finally had what he had always wanted, a way to replace Robin Hood as leader of the merry men.