Will walked into the town. He headed in the direction of his aunts house. It had been such a long time since he had traveled this way. It had been five months ago when he had last seen his father and brother. He came upon his aunt's house and he saw his brother chopping wood outside. Luke looked up at the approaching traveler and took him a few moments to look past the hood and see that is was Will.

"Will!" He shouted as he swung the axe into the wood he was chopping and then ran towards his brother.

Will ran towards his brother and they embraced each other. They were close and each had missed his brother sorely.

"How have you been? We have heard of what you have been doing with Robin? Dad is so proud of you, but he worries about you. Why did you come?" Luke said.

"I came to see you," Will said laughing.

"Dad was hoping you would come soon. He had a message he wanted to send Robin. Now he can just tell you," Luke said.

Will looked around to make sure there was no one around.

"Dad can tell you more later. He is in the forest right now getting some wood for some chests he is making for the lord of the manor."

"So business has been good?" Will asked.

"Yeah, we are making ends meet and we have enough to eat. Sir Charles taxes heavily, but doesn't allow people to starve. So we live well. How about you? You look like you've been living off nuts, berries, and any thing you can hunt."

" I have," Will replied, but remembered the meal he had eaten yesterday, "What is Aunt Edna making for dinner?"

"Stew I think," Luke said.

Will saw his father coming down the road with some wood on his shoulders. He looked at his brother and they both ran down to greet the carpenter.

That evening after dinner Will and his father sat by the fire. Will watched his father carve out an axe handle.

"Luke mentioned that you had something to tell Robin," Will asked.

"I think that there is someone in need of Robin's protection," Dan Scarlett simple said in reply.

"Who is it?" Will asked.

"A man who also spent some time in the Holy land and returned displeases with what England has become," Dan said, "Come back in a fort night, he'll be ready he can come with you if Robin wants to see him."

"All right," Will said.