Part 2 – The Truth.
The adults went silent, looking uncomfortable as the children stared at them in confusion.
"Well?" Freya shouted, "Are you going to tell us the truth or not?"
"Freya, darling…" Marian walked forwards, putting out her arms.
"You're my mother, why did you send me here?" Freya screamed at her.
"We had to, we couldn't keep a baby in the forest, let alone two and…"
"So Dan really is my brother?" Freya asked hopefully.
They shook their heads, "Dan is our child." Will answered quietly gesturing to him and Djaq.
"Wow." Dan's eyes were shinning with excitement and sadness, "But why di you tell us?"
"We were going to, but we thought if you were younger and knew they were you're parents you may have wanted to go and stay with them, the forest is no place for a child," Mark explained.
"That wasn't your decision!" Dan shouted, "We're still children now, but we're old enough to make our own decisions, you weren't going to tell us though, were you?"
"I was just about to say we should tell you," Robin said quietly, "We're sorry, but you can probably come and stay with us in a year's time."
"No Robin, it's not safe." Djaq interrupted.
"But you're not coming along when we break into the castle or do anything dangerous, no-one must know you're our children else they would hurt you to get at us." Robin explained his rules.
"So we're gonna be stuck at camp the whole time?" Freya stuck out her bottom lip, ready to sulk.
"No, you can come on our rounds to the villages, but no sneaking off on your own," Robin told them firmly.
"I don't know why your telling them this now, they'll have forgotten it all by next year," Mary gave a nervous laugh.
"Can't we go with them now?" Dan asked, "Please."
The two children stared at the adults longingly, begging with their eyes.
"Fine you can go," Mary agreed, sniffing "But you'll have to come back an visit."
And with that the children packed and said their goodbyes, to excited to think about how dangerous life as an outlaw would be.