The next morning, Brutus McGreedy rode out to town on his black stallion, a smirk stuck on his face.

"Tax time!" Harley shouted "Come now or pay the price!" he laughed at his little pun.

"That wasn't even funny!" Little John shouted "You have a dry sense of humor, Harley!"

McGreedy began to grin as the group of bandits stepped from the woods "Robin Hood! I've been expecting you." he chuckled "You're little secret had been exposed! Why don't you show everyone who you really are?"

The towns people began to mumble and whisper then stared up at the bandit.

Very slowly, Robin's hands raised to the hood of the cape and in one fluid motion, the hood flew back and mask fell away.

Everyone gasped "Lettie?" Several people mumbled.

Lettie smiled and pushed her ponytale over her shoulder "Are you happy, McGreedy?" she called.

"That's what I couldn't tell you!" The young girl from a few weeks ago said, tugging on her mom's hand "Robin Hood is a girl!"

"Yes!" McGreedy scoffed "A pathetic little girl!"

Lettie grinned as she removed the large cape that had once been used to conceal her identity.

She no longer wore her palace maid uniform. She was now in a mid-calf forest green skirt with a black long sleeved shirt and a vest with two inch sleeves that was the same color as her skirt. "Well I assumed, Sheriff," she chuckled "that you would have preferred that no one know you'd been getting beat by a girl."

The Merry men broke out into loud guffaws.

McGreedy's face turned a dark shade of red as his anger went out the roof "You will get what's coming to you, Robin Hood! I promise you!"

"Good." Lettie responded "Because I know what I'm after." she raised her bow, the arrow in place "Now go back to the palace and leave the people alone!"

"Bandits like you never last long!" McGreedy shouted.

"I'm not the thief, Brutus! You are!"

"I think I preferred when you didn't speak!"

"You made me." She pulled the arrow back a little more "Now leave. I would really hate to put a hole in that new suit!"

"You're too late!" McGreedy shouted "Everything will be completed in two days, Robin Hood! I will own this kingdom and you will be the first to be banished!"

Lettie's eyebrows furrowed "How are you going to own Nottingham? I thought John was the heir."

She saw a sinister glint come to his eyes.

"He is." The man sneered "And he does whatever I say." he turned his horse back towards the palace "Your days are numbered. I'd cherish them if I were you."

Lettie lowered her bow and arrow as the man rode away "What is he up to?" she wondered.

"Where's Lettie?" Bonnie asked from her perch on her bed.

John leaned against the door frame and sighed "Bonnie, Lettie is..." he shook his head. What was he supposed to tell her?

"It's hard to give information that you're unsure about." A voice said behind him.

John spun around and his eyes widened "Lettie? What are you doing here?"

Lettie let out a huff of air "It's not safe here. For Bonnie." she looked down at the floor "McGreedy might hurt her in one of his mad rages and I don't want to risk that."

John nodded slowly "I see. So she'd be safer with you than with Brutus."

She knew he was talking about the running and shooting that often happened "I know a family that will take care of her till things are over."

"Over?" One of John's eyebrows rose "What do you mean by 'over'?"

Lettie slowly looked up into his face "John, listen. I know you're furious at me, but if you don't believe anything I tell you, just believe this. Brutus McGreedy is up to something. And I think... he's going hurt you."

John stared at her for a long moment. There wasn't a stitch of dishonesty on her face. She honestly believe what she had just said. He just didn't know if he could.

After a moment she shook her head "I... don't want anything to happen to you if I can help it."

John turned, walked over to the bed and picked Bonnie up. Then he placed her in Lettie's arms "Just make sure she doesn't get hurt, okay?"

She nodded slowly "Any place is safer than here. Trust me."

Just then, McGreedy burst into the room from one of the side doors "Aha! I knew you'd come back for that rodent, Robin Hood!"

John's eyebrows raised. This was a side of the sheriff he had never seen before.

"Now, put the child down and put your hands in the air." McGreedy raised a bow with an arrow in place "Say goodbye while you're at it."

John groaned slightly then grabbed Lettie's wrist and pulled her out the door that was closest to them and took off running down the hall.

"What are you doing?" Lettie gasped as she regained her footing.

"If I knew I'd tell you." He answered "Why are you helping her escape?" his brain screamed "She's a thief! A criminal! So why are you helping her get away?"

Lettie stuck Bonnie in John's arms then spun around and grabbed an arrow that was flying straight towards them and not a second later shot it back.

The arrow flew straight into the air and slight through some ropes that was holding a large tapestry on the wall.

The large heave fabric fell to the ground, covering the sheriff and several men as it did.

Lettie chuckled "Ten points!"

John had no idea where she got her bow from, or how she knew the arrow was coming and he didn't stop to ask. He also couldn't help the slight smile that crossed his face.

A little bit later, they got to the end of the hall where a large staircase was. Coming up the staircase was soldiers. There were also several coming down the hall.

Lettie glanced over her shoulder then took Bonnie back from the Prince "Thanks for your help." She swung Bonnie around to her back and the child quickly wrapped her arms around Lettie's neck.

"What are you doing?" John asked as Lettie stepped up into a window that was nearby "We are three stories from the ground!"

"I know." she responded "But only three feet from a forty foot tree." without waiting another second, she jumped and landed safely on a large branch of the tree.

McGreedy skid to a stop and gripped the window frame "You get back here, Robin Hood!"

Lettie looked up at him and smiled, then with a mock salute, she descended from the tree and took off across the yard. Two minutes later, she was out of sight.

The sheriff spun around and grabbed John's shoulders "What are you doing!? Do you have any idea what you've done?!"

John stared at the sheriff mutely.

A second later, McGreedy released the Prince "I'm sorry, John. It's just... that girl wants to destroy you! The only thing she'd after is to remove you from the throne!"

John continued to stare at the man. Who was telling the truth? Lettie or McGreedy?

"Your Coronation is tomorrow morning." The Sheriff continued "After that, everything will be perfect." then in his brain he added "And you'll be out of my way."

"You did what!?" The Merry Men exclaimed in unison.

Lettie sat Bonnie on the ground and placed her hands on her hips "What is the problem?"

"Robin," Jack said "I think we all know that McGreedy wouldn't have dared to hurt the kid. It would have shown the Prince what he really is."

"You went back just to warn the Prince about his caretaker?" Little John added.

"What is up with you, Lettie?" Trusty asked "Prince is the enemy."

"No he's not!" Lettie shook her head defiantly "I don't know where he comes in to this or why. But he's not a part of whatever McGreedy's planning. He's just a tool!"

The four men looked at each other.

"You know, Rob." Little John said "I think you've got a thing for Prince Charming up there." not five seconds later, he had four arrows pinning him to the tree he was leaning against. One in each of his sleaves and pant legs "Hey! I was joking!" he cried "Let me go!"

Lettie lowered her bow "Get yourself down." then she shook her head and turned around.

"Allow me." Trusty said, his face full of mischief. He looked up at Little John's nearly seven foot height. With a grin, he jumped and pulled out the two arrows that were in Little John's sleeves.

"Hey!" Little John cried as he fell forward "You could have done the feet first!"

"Nope." Trusty laughed "You get to find a way back to your feet. That might be hard since you're on your stomach now."

Lettie was staring into the trees, ignoring the antics of the men behind her "If McGreedy's after Nottingham, why hasn't he killed John yet? Is it possible he's got a little bit of a heart?" she immediately shook off the thought "I don't understand how his plan will work..." just then, that paper that John had told her about, and she had seen, flashed through her mind:

"I, King John of Nottingham"

Lettie's eyes suddenly widened "John isn't king yet."

"Hey Robin!" Will called "Kovu's here. And he's got a piece of paper."

"Come here, Boy." Lettie called, turning back around.

The wolf trotted over to her and dropped the piece of paper at her feet.

"Thank you." she picked up the paper and looked at it "Oh no." she mumbled "The Coronation's tomorrow!" she looked up at the Merry Men "John cannot get crowned!"

"Why?" Jack asked "I thought he was a nice guy."

"As soon as John is crowned King, McGreedy's going to kill him." Lettie answered, then she sighed "And there's another reason. I think it's time I told you something... about me."

(Another Mystery! Yay! I hope you've been enjoying the story up to this point! Thanks for all the reviews, favs, and follows! Laterz!)