Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I am so sorry. i had it ready to go yesterday, but the power went out everywhere. It was out for twelve hours and nobody can really go anywhere because the ice on the roads is so thick. Sorry.

Robin's POV

It started in my fingers, and worked its way up my neck, slowly spreading over my entire body. The tingling feeling was so painfully pleasant. I could feel again. I was slowly fighting back into the world. It was getting easier. Every second that I pushed, the unconsciousness started to give.

What had happened? I left London, than, nothing. But now, what I had been doing in London began to get fuzzier. The harder I pushed to being awake, the more became unclear. It was all the way back to the elevator by the time my eyes opened. As soon as my eyelids released their death grip on my eyes, I knew something was wrong. I was in the woods.

What happened to the hotel? (Just bear with the confusion. It will make sense if you stick with it.) What is going on?

As I looked around, I realized I was in the Moonacre forests. I felt like I had been drugged and hit over the head. Wasn't I supposed to be finding the Princess?

I sat up. A simple task in itself, but with the added factor of my head feeling like it was about to split in half, and the soreness in every possible place, it was probably the hardest thing I have ever done. Looking around, I instantly recognized it as the forest about a minute away from the castle. I got up, the pain still immobilizing parts of my body, and walked in the direction of home. I still had no clue what was going on.

Every logical part of me was screaming at me to run. I couldn't have just magically appeared here, but of course, my teenage, irresponsible, and obviously deaf part of my won. When I reached to edge of the woods, I saw the castle I know as home. The usually bustle was going on, so I walked on. Right through the gate. Nobody gave me a second glance, but I noticed my group of friend huddled around Rick. Rick is my best friend, we have known each other forever, blah blah blah. I walked up to them to see Rick with the worst black eye I have ever seen. To add to the work of art, also known as his face, was a horribly broken nose, and a bloody lip.

"What the heck happened here?" I asked.

They all looked at me, gave me a confused look for reasons unbeknownst to me, rolled their eyes, then looked at Rick and busted up laughing.

Maria's POV

Looking around, it was simple vile. There wasn't anything as far as I could see, except a brick wall. I stood glaring at it. Maybe, if I stared long enough, it would send me back to Aeryn. I heard snapping in my ears and looked up. Ms. Heliotrope was smiling sadly down at me.

"Ms. Heliotrope, I'm fine," I yelled frustrated. "I don't need your sympathy."

The hand that had rested on my shoulder snapped back to its owner. I turned in a full circle while that idiot fumbled with that gate and Ms. Heliotrope went back to the carriage. I set myself in a direction that would lead me to the woods, and started jogging. Maybe only a minute into my run and I couldn't see the road anymore. I sat down leaning on a tree. Looking around, it dawned on me, I was alone. The only accompaniment was the sweet sound of complete silence. I knelt down, and screamed. I screamed for my sister, my mother, and my father. I screamed for the grief that had be inflicted on my by a force undiscovered yet. I screamed because I knew I had just tipped over the edge. Bloody Murder. My ears were ringing by the time I was done. At then I just fell. Fell completely to the ground and curled in a ball. The sobs I had been holding in for years. I was done. I was done holding back. This is me. A vulnerable, weak, sad kid. It's a fact I had been hiding for years.

"Maria!" called Ms. Heliotrope to summon me back to the carriage. She must not of heard me. Or maybe this mayhem was all internal.

I Think I'm Crazy.

So, we're back in the carriage, bumping along, and me, wishing with every ounce of me to go back home. Maybe thirty minutes in the ride of Hell, we came to a slower pace. I looked out a saw a mansion the size of a castle from the fairy tales. Was this where I was to be living? The grounds were like you would dream about. It all gave me the shivers. Not the good kind. That idiot, who I supposed should be referred to as Digweed, got up off of his seat and opened our door. Stepping out, I felt like I had just stepped in to a mental hospital. There was a man watching from a large stairwell that must have led inside.

"Wow. Uh, Hi, uh, Dude, Sir, uh, Man. Are you my uncle?" Oh yes, are you the crazy man who doesn't believe in indoor plumbing. I can wait to meet you.

I received a curt nod in reply. Well look at that. He is falling all over himself trying to welcome me.

It took about a week for me to realize I was dead on when I said this was crazy town. Benny boy (my uncle) told me all about the curse I had conveniently forgotten so that I could hear even more crazy, and then went on about how I couldn't go in the forest. Who the heck does he think he is? I can go where ever the heck I want.

So, after a week of being herded back by the only sane creature on this estate, Wrolf, I finally escaped. I wasn't going to run away, I just wanted to see what was so special about the woods. The only good thing about this was Wrolf and Periwinkle. I already loved both of them, and in the mere days I have known him, Wrolf has already become expectant of table scraps.

So, here I am, once again, riding Periwinkle, and for the first time, successfully getting past the very efficient guard dog. Once I made it to the forest, I got off Periwinkle. Tying her reins to a tree, I walked into the forest. I was very confident with myself. I could do it. But my confidants was shattered when I heard a high pitched scream. It was far from human, but a scream all together. I crept over to the noise as quietly as possible, only to see some teenage boys poking at a rabbit with a sharpened stick. Every time it was stabbed at, it would let out a scream. The stick never punctured the skin, but it must have hurt.

Instantly, I started laughing. Not because I am some psycho who likes things in pain. No. Because these boys had no idea what was coming.

By this time I had made my way out into the clearing and they were staring at me. Yes, I am the girl, walking into a group of guys, whom are torturing a rabbit, laughing, even though they are armed… yeah… yeah, that's me.

"Well, I haven't seen you around. You must be a Merryweather." One of the boys said like it was the worst possible thing.

I smiled sweetly at him, secretly laughing in my head. "Who I am is of no importance. All I ask is that you hand over the rabbit before you regret it." Now, I was full blown smiling. These poor, poor, guys. I was feeling particularly angry. I get it. It is stupid for me to be so cocky, but there are only three possible outcomes. 1) They had over the Rabbit. 2)WE fight, I lose, so I or b. get held prisoner. 3)I win.

I see the guys pushing one forward. He must be some sort of leader. "You can have that there rabbit, if you can beat him in a no weapon fight."

"Deal." I say without any hesitation. I could physically see the boys tense up, obviously not expecting me to answer. Most likely counting on me running and them discussing this over dinner. Guess what. Wrong.

By this time, they started to notice my clothing, which I had flatly refused to change the style when I got here. Tank top, short shorts, and sneakers.

"Wait… who are you?" The leader guy says. "You're not from here, are you? Are you someone from Loveday's?"

I could feel my brows furrow with confusion before shaking my head, "Look, I don't know who this "Loveday" is but I can assure you, I have no idea who she is. I just want my rabbit and I want to go home. Simple."

I could see their attention snap back to the reason I was here in the first place.

Out of nowhere, the leader guy took a sloppy swing in my direction, something I easily dodged. After a few sloppy attacks on his part, it dawned on him I wasn't just some girl from crazy ville.

After I had left him with a horrendous black eye, a broken nose, and a terribly painful looking lip, I grabbed my rabbit. I could feel the eyes of the boys on me as I walked away quickly. I turned around to see to gaping holes in their faces.

"Shut 'em. You'll see me again. Don't worry." I thought for a second. "The show has just begun." With that I walked away. Leaving the idiots to ponder what had just happened. I left the beginning of my mark. That's what happened.

Thank you to anyone who reviewed. i am sorry if it was to confusing. Also i need suggestions for where to go with this. i had it all mapped out in my head, but my fingers went in a totally different direction.