AN: I know that not everyone liked this idea, but I already had the entire chapter planned out. Even if you don't like the backstory idea, there is an important part at the end, so... yeah. Plus, I'm doing whatever I can so I don't have to re-read the Diver's Ed book. *Clings to fic* Save me, please.


Friendship. That's always how I've described Robin. He's one of my best friends, afterall.

When I found him, it was as if I was apart of his gang, even if I refused to trust him and he refused to allow such an untrained woman into his group.

In all reality, he's not merely a friend. He's my older brother, my teacher, my protector.

Now it is my turn. I will protect him this time.

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"I've meant to ask, how do you know Mary Margaret?"

Robin looked over at Regina, then back at the night sky. They were on duty to make sure that Neal or Hook didn't fall asleep while getting back to Storybrooke. Apparently since the Jolly Roger was the fastest ship in the world, they could get back in just a day. The two could stay awake that long, it wasn't a big deal.

"Frosty? I taught her everything she knows about fighting and surviving." Robin smirked at the memory of their first meeting, "She's like my little sister."

"Well she's my stepdaughter, so never say that again," Regina joked, looking over at him. He nodded solemnly, as if his life depended on never saying that again. He really didn't want to think about how Regina helped raise Frosty since she was a kid. That was just weird, especially since she wasn't much older than Frosty. "How about you tell me a story, one of your own."

"Alright then. Do you want to know the story of how I met my friend Frosty?" Robin inquired, seeming to just know that Regina was practically dying from not knowing about he and Snow's relationship. When she nodded, he got comfortable, "Once upon a tim-" Regina hit him, trying not to crack a grin, "Aright, alright."

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Robin Hood didn't like hearing a woman scream, especially when it had deep levels of terror and fear rooted into it. He ran into the jungle, ignoring his gang's warning cries like usual. He strung an arrow as he ran and then stopped when he saw a woman shaking near a squirrel. He held back laughter and asked the girl, "Did it spook you? Catch you off guard?" She shrieked in surprise, which was better than the scream honestly. "I'm not going to hurt you, calm yourself!"

Snow stepped back, not trusting him. She was being hunted by her own stepmother, who says a random stranger wouldn't turn her in? "I'm fine. It just... I thought it was something else." She answered, trying not to let him see her face completely. Snow didn't know if the wanted posters had gotten this far yet.

"You're running from someone," Robin observed, knowing that face. He had seen it on his men's faces countless times before. "What's your name?"

"Snow W-" Snow quickly cut herself off. This whole being an outlaw thing was very difficult. She wasn't used to lying to people, especially about her own name.

"Snow?" Robin asked, intrigued. He knew of a princess named Snow White, but he had never seen her. He hoped that his men hadn't done an impromptu larceny from the rich. This girl was too innocent to do such a thing to. She wasn't like Prince John or the Sheriff.

"No." Snow insisted quickly, not wanting to have Regina find her just because she had given some man her real name. She was so stupid sometimes. She knew that she needed to get better at being a wanted woman.

"Snow... Nah, I would rather call you Frosty. Your new name is Frosty." Robin decided with a smirk, signaling her to follow him into the forest. Snow stared after him, wondering what he was doing. "Come along, Frosty!" Robin called over his shoulder, "You don't want to be eaten by a squirrel, do you?"

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"You saw a random woman in the forest, afraid of a squirrel, and you just renamed her?" Regina interrupted, trying not to laugh at the nickname that Robin obviously loved. She wondered if Snow had ever went by that name after leaving Robin.

"She didn't want to be called Snow, so I figured something else out. She might have hated it, but too bad for her because I loved it. It only helped me when she tried to change her name again, but I wouldn't budge. Her name is Frosty." Robin stated, then go back into the story.

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Maid Marian glared at Robin Hood as he climbed into her room, that was until he pulled a young woman up with him. "Who is your new friend, Robin Hood?"

"Maid Marian, meet Frosty. Frosty, meet Maid Marian." Robin Hood introduced with a sly grin. "Maid Marian takes people in-"

"I don't want to stay here." Frosty exclaimed, "I'm going to be on the run for a distant future, I can't keep depending on people and their kindness. I must learn how to survive." She knew what she was getting into, but she didn't know how to be an outlaw.

"Robin Hood can teach you quite well, I assure you. He's an expert on running from the law," Maid Marian wasn't looking at Frosty when she said this, too busy smirking slyly at Robin Hood while he was grimacing. "What's with that face, Robin Hood? You don't want to teach her?"

"No! Please teach me!" Frosty begged, rushing to Robin Hood's side, grabbing his arm and tugging slightly. "I just need to know how to protect myself. The woman who is after me? She killed my father. She sent a Huntsman after me to rip my heart out and bring it back to her!"

Robin Hood stared at Frosty in disbelief, "You really do need to learn how to fight. Honestly, I don't know of anyone who needs it more," He looked at Maid Marian pointedly during this, because he knew why she was pressuring him to teach Frosty.

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"You knew all along how I knew Snow, didn't you?"

"Of course not. There would be absolutely no reason for me to be curious on why Frosty was traveling with a woman who was set on destroying her happiness, which you must tell me what for after I'm done with my history lesson." Robin was obliviously sarcastic, and just went back to telling the tale without actually answering her very reasonable question.

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"Frosty, meet Much and Little John and Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale and Jack. Guys, meet Frosty." Robin Hood yelled as he came up to camp, literally dragging Snow with him. She looked shocked as she saw the five men surrounding the campfire, this not what she was expecting at all.

Much looked up at this 'Frosty' character, "It's a woman." He commented, eyes wide in surprise. The only woman Robin ever brought to camp was Marian, and even that was amazingly rare. What was different about this woman?

"Bloody hell, mate. You've been in the woods too long." Will laughed at his friend before waving hello at Snow. Much glared at him for his teasing, but Will either ignored him or didn't care. Actually, it was probably a little of both.

"Pleased to meet you, princess," Alan-a-Dale added in his own comment with a cheeky grin. Beautiful girls were definitely this man's biggest weakness.

Snow stepped away from Alan, "What are you talking about? I'm no princess." She quickly yelled at him, glaring. She couldn't be found out like this, especially not by this man. Even if Robin knew who she was, Snow didn't know that.

"Don't mind him. Alan calls all the pretty girls a princess," Little John explained to the young woman when he saw that she looked somewhat frightened.

Robin cleared his throat, as if that would clear all the growing awkwardness away, "We're going to train her, mates." He watched his men's reactions. Alan and Will grinned, Much looked intrigued and Little John looked as if the news didn't effect him in the least.

"She's joining the gang?" Much inquired as he stood up from the campfire to get a better look at the new girl. This was truly a shock to him.

"No. I can't let any weak links in. She has to earn her spot, just like all of us did." Robin explained to his men but then quickly added, "We'll teach her, right?"

"Of course we will." Little John answered with a polite smile at Snow, knowing that Robin had a very good reason to be doing this. The man wouldn't even let Marian join his ranks, so this must just be a passing phase for him.

Snow's smile could not be any brighter, "Thank you all, thank you so much." Frosty could not be more grateful for their kindness.

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Regina cut in yet again, she had to know who this woman was to him, "Maid Marian... She's your love, right? Roland's mother?" Her eyes dulled slightly.

"Yes, she is Roland's mother." Robin answered, "I did love her but I lost her. She's dead now." Regina buried the relief that shoned through.

"I'm sorry, I know how that feels like." Regina put a hand on his shoulder, momentarily flashing back to Daniel. Robin's eyes shot towards her own, his expression clearly shocked. She cleared her throat, "Back to the story."

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It took months.

Frosty might have been a quick learner, but there was a lot to learn. Much taught her how to start fires and which berries weren't deadly, but mostly taught her the ins and outs of living in a forest. Little John taught her how to fight with a walking stick, which lead to Alan teaching her how to fight with a sword. Friar Tuck taught her many cooking lessons. Will and Robin taught her how to steal but only to steal from the rich so she could help the poor. Frosty didn't need much training in archery, she was a natural at that. Robin gave her tips here and there, but she had so much love for the weapon that it was hardly needed.

"Will told me that you have a magic bow." Frosty said as she walked up on Will one day after training. She usually always left to find a tree to sleep in because she refused to stay in the camp like a normal person, so this was actually pretty rare for her.

Robin grimaced slightly, "You don't get to see it. Ever. Magic always comes with a price." He didn't want her involving herself with magic after the tales he had heard about her step mother. The woman seemed positively mad to be truthful. She was going to kill Frosty because the girl was prettier than she? Loony.

Snow eventually let her curiosity for Robin's magical bow dissipate, but then turned her attention onto getting Robin Hood and Maid Marian together at last.

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"You can skip over this part. It's obvious that you two get together in the end, or else Roland wouldn't be here." Regina cut in sharply, seeming disturbed.

Robin nodded, actually grateful. He didn't want to talk to Regina about Marian. He would end up admitted that he wed Marian to save her from having to be with Sir Guy of Gisborne and not for love. He did love her, yes, but not like one should love his wife. "Right... Well then..."

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Frosty and Marian were very close after Frosty had gotten Marian to fall in love with Robin Hood. In fact, it is with Marian who she spent her last moments in Sherwood with. "Mary," Marian knew how much the woman hated the Merry Men's nickname for her, "I have wonderful news!"

"What is it, Marian?" Snow asked, picking up the bow that Robin had given her as a gift for mastering archery.

"I'm pregnant!" Marian exclaimed as she gently placing a loving hand on her growing stomach, "And I've already decided the names! Roland if it's a boy, Margaret if it's a girl! What do you think?"

Snow's jaw dropped. "Marian, that's wonderful! I'm so happy for you! Those are beautiful names, and I just know that he or she will be the most beautiful baby."

"Thank you, Mary," Marian replied with a bright smile, "I wanted you to be the first to know! Well, besides Robin of course. I had to beg him to let me tell you."

"I have news as well," Snow replied, slinging the bow around her shoulder. She looked down at her feet, "I'm leaving, Marian. You can't tell Robin until I'm gone. Please, I beg of you. I love it here, but I cannot stay in Sherwood Forest forever. She will come looking here and I refuse to allow anyone here be hurt you or anyone else. Tell everyone how sorry I am, how much I will miss them and that I love them." With one look at a squirrel up in a tree, Snow was gone.

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"Well that was... Interesting." It was the only thing that Regina could think of to say. She mentally beat herself for it. I'm so stupid, She thought.

"Is that land?" Robin asked, standing up, moving closer to the side of the boat, and squinting slightly. "Yes, I do believe that it is land."

"Welcome to Storybrooke, Robin Hood." Regina remarked with a smile.


AN: Kinda-Cliffy right there. Wow. I think that's the first one of the story. Interesting. Oh well.~

I promise you that the next chapter will have lots more Outlaw Queen.