I know this is a really really way overdue late update and I apologize for that.

And to all of you Gisbourne fans out there I am sorry if I seem a bit harsh on him maybe I will be nicer to him in later chapters but I have never really forgiven him for killing Marian in the second season so yeah so he will probably be evil mostly in this fanfic.

Anyway enjoy! :D

When Marian usually slept, her sleep was usually disturbed by nightmares or her room being too cold or her constant worrying of Robin.

This time however Marian was quite at peace she felt nothing.

The darkness surrounding her was quite comfortable yet she could not shake the feeling that something was wrong.

Was she really supposed to feel this numb?

Suddenly she felt something, in her side, something annoying something along the side of

"Mari, are you poking her?" that voice belonged to Sophie

"No, the stick in my hand is just repetitively touching her. What? Everyone knows it's the best way to wake someone up" Mari answered and continued to poke Marian in the stomach with the stick she had found earlier.

Sophie sighed and gave up on her friend that was obviously convinced that Marian would wake up from stick poking. Sophie turned around and found the rest of the gang huddled by the fire Much serving dinner, something that looked vaguely familiar to squirrels and….well Sophie did not exactly know what Much was cooking, ever since they had come back Marian had slipped into a state of unconsciousness and was not waking up even though Djaq had checked her injuries and had reassured everybody that she would be alright.

However no reassurance would've calmed Robin when he returned to the camp rushing to the bed Marian had been laid down on and not moving from her side since. The only way Mari was able to poke Marian was due to the fact that Robin had fallen asleep sitting on the ground next to the bed.

However were they going to survive? This Sophie pondered and was lost in deep thought until she heard a groan

"S-Stop it!." Marian groaned and reached out a hand that bitch slapped Mari quite hard and sent her tumbling to the ground, with a shriek witch startled everyone else and woke up Robin who saw James lying on the ground with a red mark on his cheek.

"James!" David exclaimed and helped the other boy up "I told you not to poke her!"

"Well she woke up didn't she?" holding one hand to his cheek and using the other to brush leaves off himself

Marian sat up at the same time Robin jumped to his feet, Robin looked at her and gave out a relieved sigh, and he went to help her stand and in doing so ended up with her body pressed up against his. Which resulted in his face flushing Robin thanked his lucky star that his hair and his beard hid at least half of the blush.

Of course the only reasons he held her was so she could keep her balance, he ignored the fluttering in his stomach when her arms went to encircle his neck and his arms automatically went to her waist and pulled her closer.

"I'm glad you're okay "he whispered to her as she rested her head against his chest

"Yea, we're glad your okay too Marian" Much said from the fire which caused the two of them to jump apart with blushing faces.

"Yea where's our hugs? "Allan added in jokingly which got him a glare from Robin and a laugh from the two younger boys.

"What happened to Gisbourne?" David suddenly asked

Marian turned to Robin with a frown "You didn't hurt him did you?"

Robin opened his mouth to answer probably to complain about her worry for his worst enemy.

"Are you kidding?"James spoke out loudly his voice a bit higher than usual "He-went running to the castle when he saw..me"

"Really doesn't sound like something Gisbourne would do" Will stated looking doubtful

" Ey! I can be quite frightening " James answered and straightened up which earned him a snort from Will "and…. well you know I gave him a good beating" James said cockily and flexed his arm muscles in front of David who touched them and muttered "tiny".

"Robin had to pull me off so I wouldn't you know kill him or anything" Mari lied and hoped it would be believable

"Nice work lad" Allan said and high fived the boy Mari smiled glad that they believed her.

"Nice work indeed" Much complimented and put his arm around the younger boys shoulder "thanks to you my master is safe and Marian as well." Much raised the cup of beverage he was holding

"To James!"

"To James" the gang echoed and raised their glasses and drank. Mari laughed at the gang's enthusiasm and looked at Robin and gave a small smile which he returned and mimed "thank you".

After the evening had come and it was dark Marian decided it was safe enough for her to return home without anybody noticing the Nightwatch man sneaking in. Robin insisted her accompany her which she of course refused which initiated them two quarreling about "safety measures" for both of them. The rest of the gang pretty much ignored them since they were used to it.

"I have to apologize to your cousin Marian so I might as well follow your home"

"She is asleep so I hardly doubt she will be available" this was the moments Sophie decided to jump in

"Marian why don't I and James escort you home, I dropped something in your yard earlier anyway so it's better that I go get it now" Sophie said sending Marian a knowing look.

"Yes of course that will be fine"

"What?" Robin asked incredulously

"Alright then let's go" Sophie said pushing Marian to the horses and pulled Mari up from the ground and dragged her along.

Robin just shook his head at the disappearing trio and headed back to the others.

Marian and the two girls snuck quietly into Knighton hall and made it up to Marian's room without waking Sir Edward.

"You are you are okay Marian?" Sophie asked when all the three of them were sitting on Marian's bed finally out of their disguises.

"I am, do not worry, like Djaq said it was not a serious injury" Marian looked at the two of them, Mari was being unusually quiet and staring off into space Sophie noticed this

"Mari, you okay?"

"Huh,? yeah I was just thinking.." Mari trailed off

"That's unusual" Sophie remarked

"Haha very funny" Mari said dryly and yawned " I'm beat I will go to bed"

"Yupp lets " Sophie said and stood up from Marians bed Mari following her to the door.

"Girls?" Marian said and the two of them turned around to look at their friend "Thank you" Marian said softly.

"Don't mention it" Sophie said with a smile

"Yeah, what kind of friends would we be if we didn't rescue you once in awhile?" Mari added and with a "goodnight" both of them left Marian's room to get some sleep in their own.

When Mari and Sophie were lying in their beds once again they could not help but wonder about their current situation.

"This is so weird" Sophie whispered into the darkness

"Yupp" Mari agreed and added "It's going to be a lot harder than I thought but at least now I know one thing"

"What is that?" Sophie asked curiously and peered at Mari; even though it was dark she could see Mari's face thanks to the moonlight shining through the window.

"Not only do we need to protect Robin Hood from the sheriff and Gisbourne. We have to protect Robin from himself"

Okay I am so sorry for the late update but school, life, writer's block etc etc came in the way again. Anyway hope you enjoyed I know there's not much happening in this chapter but there will definitely be some more action in the following ones.

If you have any ideas please suggest to me.

As always R&R

Thanks

Mari