Prologue-
This is set just before Robin woke. If you have hear the music; "The Grand Duel (Parte Prima) by Luis Bacalov featured in Kill Bill soundtrack 1 song 3 then imagine that music to this prologue.
Prologue-
Robin stirred and I froze, slowly and carefully I turned round. I sighed quietly with relief. He was still asleep, I made to turn back but I could not tear my eyes away from him. I gazed at the raven hair that covered his eyes slightly, the eyes underneath them would be as black as coal. The man I'd curl up to on cold winter nights, the very same man I was now leaving.
It hurt me more than anything, but if I did not go then they would fine him. They meaning the Sheriff, Guy Of Gisbourne and my own father. Robin could never know, he could never know how I'd betrayed him. How for months I'd been giving information to the enemies of the outlaws, to those that would kill them.
Even now I am ashamed of what I did, even if I did stop when I realized that the outlaws where not cut-throats and thieves and murderers. Well, not most of them anyway. And yet I still carried on, giving over secrets to them.
Until that night, that beautiful starry night when Robin had first kissed me. From that moment onwards I knew I was in love, it was no longer pretend, it was real. But because I stopped giving information the Sheriff and the others they came harder on the outlaws. Pushing them further and further into the forest. But still I stayed with Robin, and then our beautiful child was born; Catelyn. I was bound to Sherwood.
But then I heard that fateful news, I had gone to the Talking Goose Tavern to tell my brother why no one had heard from me in a year and that I would not carry on relaying secrets and information. As I turned to leave he had told me that they would find me, and whoever was with me would die.
I did not believe them but within a few days I was having terrible dreams, they where chasing me. First I thought nothing of them but then I had a dream of the village near us being attacked by the Sheriffs men and being burned. The next day we got the news, it was true. And then, finally I heard that the Guy of Gisbourne had taken in a witch. A witch who could find any person as long as she had someone of their blood to help. They had my family, my kin, my blood.
I knew I had to go, there and then. If I didn't everyone would die, included my dear Robin and my darling Catelyn.
At that moment Catelyn let out a small squeak and I rushed over to her, gently I picked her up in my arms and started to sing softly. When she was finally lulled into sleep I kissed her on the forehead and settled her back in to the crib.
"Goodbye my darling, remember me."
Then I put the note on the stool, blew Robin a kiss and left. He would never know, he would think I had left them and he would not follow. He would live.