So guys I hope you're happy. This first chapter was supposed to be a one shot, but I got so many people putting it on their alert list, that the only thing that I could think was "FINE! I'll add another chapter!" I have no idea where this is going to go but for my sake I hope you like it. I didn't say all of this in the beginning so I have to say it now. Ahem- Robin Hood is owned by BBC and Tiger Aspect and I am not gaining anything from this fan fiction besides major amounts of writers block, headaches and/or paper cuts. Although I'm sure you guys can guess just what character I'd LOVE to own XD. Enjoy.
Robin walked towards the Outlaws Camp whistling. He had heard Guy and Marian talking before he showed up, and considered coming back later, but the temptation was too much to handle. Humiliating Guisborne always made him feel better.
"Master!" Robin looked up to see Much stumbling down the hill in front of him.
"Where have you been, you said you were going to visit Marian but that was entirely too long a trip!"
Much said once he came to a stop before Robin. It had been an hour since he last left the camp.
"Relax Much." Robin said patting his former manservant on the shoulder and walking up the hill. "I haven't gotten hurt before, what makes you think I will now?"
"I'm not worried about you getting hurt; I'm worried about you getting caught. Then I'll have to run to the castle to save you and Lord only knows that trouble you might have caused in your absence." Robin laughed, much to Muchs' chagrin, and they walked up the hill together.
"Robin!" When the pair entered the camp, Will who was usually quiet had jumped up to greet them.
"I finished it, the trap I mean." The young carpenter said. "Whenever someone on horseback comes down the North Road, they will hit a trigger wire, which will release the harness and lift them up into the air while sounding a gong for us to hear." He finished.
"Great Will!" Robin said, clapping him on the back. "Well done. I'm positive it will come in handy." Will beamed and went to sit next to Djaq who was admiring Will's latest invention from a distance.
Robin sat down in his bunk and emptied Marian's leather pouch into his hand. Everything in it still smelled of her perfume, and made him long to go back to the castle even if just for a moment.
Djaq seemed to notice Robin's preoccupation with the jewelry, and she walked over to join him.
"Where did you get that, Robin?" She asked, seating herself on the log closest to him.
"What? Oh," Robin fingered a necklace that had come with the money. "It's Marians, she had to give it to me to convince Guisborne I wasn't coming for a chat." He spoke without thinking and immediately realized his mistake.
"Guisborne?" Allan a Dale walked towards the two quickly. "You showed yourself to Guisborne? In the CASTLE without getting CAUGHT? Well done, mate." He shook his head in awe and sat on a branch next to Djaq.
"I don't think we should be congratulating him just yet," Will said as he and Much hurried over to them.
"Listen!" Much shushed the gang and after a second of silence, a gong ringing was quite prominent to their ears.
Little John seemed to have appeared out of nowhere as he addressed the lot.
"We go now."
"Immediately!" Much said as they ran from the camp, and towards the sound of a person struggling.
"ROBIN!" It surprised them all to see a familiar chestnut horse grazing on the grass around the trap, completely oblivious to the men surrounding it.
"ROBIN!" The gang looked up to see Lady Marian hanging from a tree by her wrists and waist. Robin grinned cheekily up at her and slowly made his way to the trap.
"Hello Marian! Nice of you to drop in!" Robin called up to her.
"Don't just stand there Robin, get me DOWN!" She yelled back at him.
"But why when we're having so much fun?" Marian cried out in frustration and wriggled around in the ropes binding her but it was no use; Will had made them almost unbreakable.
"Master…" Much said hesitantly. "Perhaps we should…" Robin glanced in Muchs' direction and grinned again.
"Robin, I swear if you don't get me down this instant-!" Her threat was cut off by Robin's laughter.
"Alright, I'm coming." Will and Much unhooked the ropes from around the tree and Robin caught Marian as she fell.
Jumping out of his arms immediately, she bashed him on the back of the head with her hand.
"What was that for?" Robin asked innocently.
"That was for leaving me in that tree for longer than necessary!" She hit him again, this time harder.
"THAT was for not listening to me!" Robin rubbed the back of his head and looked at his fiancé.
"Guisborne is coming to get my jewelry back." She said this time talking to the entire gang.
"This, I do not like." John grumbled, leaning on his staff.
"Well, what do we do?" Will asked Robin.
"I have a plan." Robin said shrugging. Everyone stared at him.
"Alright, half a plan." Marian rolled her eyes.
"If it involves me playing damsel-in-distress again, I refuse to do it." she said folding her arms across her chest.
"If everything works out the way I want it to—"
"And when have any of our plans actually worked?" Allan asked skeptically.
"Have all of you forgotten that he might not even find the camp? He might ride past it without a second glance." Djaq remarked. "What are the chances that he would see us?"
"Not much." Will said. "After all, we're completely secluded."
"But what if he does see us?" Much said, always the pragmatist. Robin ignored him and turned instead to Marian.
"Did he leave already?"
"No, he was waiting for The Sheriffs guards to come back so he could depart with the rest of them."
"Good." Robin smiled at the rest of them. "Marian, I need you to do me a favor."
