Chapter 3

The rain poured in the cold night and the dark streets of Nottingham seemed even darker then they could be. Along the streets walked two silhouettes one was taller then the other and the other one was hugging themselves to keep warm. Anyone could have suspected that these people were two ordinary travelers passing through however that was not true.

The two of them were wet and tired and as one of them spoke, she had a female voice and her voice stuttered in the cold night.

"S-Sophie, aren't you c-cold?"

"No, not really"

"But you're only wearing a t-shirt"

"Mari, I'm not cold ok?"

"You're just playing tough" the one named Mari said and shivered.

Not far away from these strangers was the Nightwatchman riding her usual night ride and providing food to the poor.

"Better hurry up" Marian muttered to herself "The cold is getting to me" suddenly she spotted two unusual figures walking along. Curiosity took the best of her and she decided to follow them.

They didn't seem to notice that they were being watched until the shorter one stopped and so did her companion.

"Mari? What is it?" the one with longer hair asked.

"There's somebody behind us" Mari spoke and turned around and her eyes landed on Marian that was hiding in the shadow even if she was on her hoarse she managed to hide pretty well.

"Come out" Mari demanded

Marian slowly rode out so they could see her.

Sophie's and Mari's eyes widened as they realized who they were standing 4 meters away from.

"Oh my god" was the first thing Sophie got out.

"The Nightwatchman I mean Marian boy are we glad to see you!" Mari exclaimed as Marian jumped down from the hoarse and walked up to them.

"You know who I am?"

"Well, yes but it's a long story which I will explain later" Mari continued "Listen we need your help"

"Why?"

"Well because we're not from around here and we need somewhere to stay..and..uhm.."

"We're from the future" Sophie finally announced Marian looked confused at them.

"What?"

"From the future 20th century to be more precise"

"You expect me to believe that?"

"We would appreciate it if you did" Mari said hopefully. There was a moment of silence where only the cold wind could be heard. Finally Marian said

"Well it looks to me, you're cold and have nowhere to stay and I can't just leave you here so we'll do this, you can stay at my house until we come up with a better idea and while you're staying you can explain all of it to me"

"That sounds great!" The two girls said at the same time.

Sherwood Forest, the next morning

Robin walked through the forest as usual enjoying another beautiful morning and of course he was checking for carriages traveling through the forest, as he saw none his mind traveled back to yesterday. And to the girl they had met and had tried to rob but she had run off so quickly, and what did she mean with my identity must remain a secret?. He kicked pile of leafs in frustration in an attempt to clear his mind but as he watched leafs blow away by the soft wind his mind seemed more full than ever.

"And on top of it everything seems to get more difficult" he muttered to himself.

He started going back to the camp, when he got there he found his fellow outlaws were still sound asleep. Djag curled tightly up to Will and John not far away from them and Much in his usual corner.

"No, no way" mumbled Sophie as she held up the dress Marian had picked up for her. The dress was dark green and its sleeves were long and ended in a gothic kind of way luckily the dress went over her knees so it wasn't short at least, but what did she know? She usually didn't wear dresses..at all.

"Don't worry Sophie it goes nice with your hair" Mari said while rolling in laughter on the bed.

"I will hit you" Sophie answered giving Mari a cold glare, Mari immediately shut up but was still giggling.

"Just put it on Sophie you could have something worse" Marian said kindly from the corner. Now that she had been informed with all the facts she slowly started to believe her new found friends and accepted them as sisters even though it was very hard to believe that the both of them had been sent back to protect Robin. She smiled slightly at the memory of him last time they had seen each other they had departed with a passionate kiss.

However, she was having a harder time seeing Robin more often because of Gisbourne snooping around like a dog, her eyes were directed at the sun outside and fields of grass and for a moment she was lost in her own world.

"Uhm, Marian we'll be right back" she could her Mari said. Marian mumbled an okay and the two girls hurried out to the backyard.

In the backyard, Sophie had an important matter to discuss.

"Mari you do realize that protecting Robin Hood means fighting and even killing"

"What? No way! We can't do that!"

"Why not?"

"First of all we don't know how to fight"

"We'll have Marian teach us"

"We don't know how to handle a bow and we never killed anyone in our entire life"

"So? We'll learn quickly it can't be that hard"

"It's against my morals!"

"What morals?"

"Hm..you're right I have none, but what about the speeches?"

"Speeches?"

"You know, the hero speeches we're going to give every time we save someone like Robin does"

Sophie looked clueless

"Sophie were you paying attention when I showed you the first episode?"

"Not really I was in the middle of Gone with the Wind"

"!"

"It's a good book"

"Remind me to burn that book when we get home"

"You wouldn't dare!"

"Either way we're not killing anyone unless it's necessary"

"Fine, then you won't burn my book when we get home"

"Deal" They both said at the same time and shook hands and headed back into the house and upstairs to Marian's room.

Not far away a man in black clothes was riding with an important matter to Knighton Hall. ( guess who!)

Chapter 4 is coming up!