Robin wakes up one morning to find Marian gone and all that she left was a note, no goodbye or warning. Just a note.

To the song "Bang Bang" by Nancy Sinatra from "Kill Bill"

I've edited it slightly by instead of he its she.

Unfortunately I do not own Marian and Robin o any other character apart from Catelyn and Lara. But in a way they are all mine because I have given them personalities ect. Anyway, the plot is mine.

Don't forget to read the prologue after which is set just before Robin wakes.

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I was five and she was six

We rode on horses made of sticks.

I wore black and she wore white,

She would always win the fight.

I woke from a dream, I had been dreaming that I was a young boy again. And myself, Marian and the others where running around Sherwood in our young adventures.

I stretched my arm across to where Marian was sleeping, but she wasn't there. Sitting up, alert I looking around. She was no where to be seen.

Bang bang, she shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down.

She's probably outside I reasoned but still I stood up, something was wrong. Then I saw it, all her thing where gone.. Her spare cloak, her bow and arrow. Even her sword. She was gone. My heart wrenched looked around in alarm and fear, that was when something caught my eye. On the rough wooden I had made earlier that summer lay a piece of parchment. A note.

Slowly I picked it up and read it;

Dearest Robin,

I'm so sorry

That was when a solitary tear trickled down my cheek, I knew already what had happened. She had left me, my Marian whom I had loved all my life had gone.

Even when we where good friends, as children we where close but as we grew our feelings changed for each other. I knew I loved her.

Seasons came and changed the time
When I grew up, I called her mine
She would always laugh and say
"Remember when we used to play?

Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, you hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot you down"

I sat down on the bed we shared, my hand was shaking and my heart was twisting, screaming inside me "How could she have done that?"

Music played, and people sang
Just for us, the church bells rang.

We'd been together for years, I'd loved her all my life. We had married when we where nineteen surrounded by friends and the forest folk, John gave her away, Will was best man and Lara was the bridesmaid. Allan sang and Friar Tuck married us. It had been the happiest day of my life.

I have to go, I'm sorry but I love you, there's nothing I can do. Its for our own good, we couldn't be. I can't tell you what would happen if I stay but maybe its better this way.

Look after Catelyn for me. Tell her I love her.

Yours always,

Marian

I put the letter down next to me and let the tears flow free, my one true love had left me. She no longer loved me, maybe she never did.

Now she's gone, I don't know why
And till this day, sometimes I cry
She didn't even say goodbye
She didn't take the time to lie.

I wept alone in our little home, Catelyn turned in her crib but did not wake. I reached out for the letter one more time but instead I felt something cold and hard. I looked down and saw Marian's necklace with her mother's ring looped onto it. I took it into my hand, it was smooth from the years Marian had spent rubbing its sides in worry or frustration. A small sad smile touched my lips, maybe she still loved me, me and our child Catelyn. Maybe she left to protect us, Maybe...maybe not.

Bang bang, she shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down...