Artemis

The strange, hooded figure aimed her arrow. She released the string and the arrow whirred, hitting a doorway, the potatoes and bread on the shaft miraculously unharmed. She repeated the process, watching the villagers run outside to grab the food. When a meal was hanging from every dwelling, she began walking towards the main path into the forest. But two metal- clad guards came running.

"Hood!" one shouted to his companion. "Outside of Clun!"

They ran, and just as the figure was reaching the forest, gave chase. She ran faster, but after sprinting half a mile, carrying a bow, with a score of guards on her tail, she was exhausted. She climbed up the nearest tree, the murky brown and olive hues of her clothing camouflaging with the branches.

The guards stopped in confusion. They huddled fearfully towards the center of the clearing as arrows rained down, trapping them.

"Leave now." Came a clear, confident voice, low enough to be mistaken for a male. "And tell the Sheriff that Robin Hood thanks him for the tax money."

The guards did not need to be told twice. They ran off, leaving an empty clearing. The 15 year old scampered down the tree. She looked behind her before darting the rest of the way to the camp, the tag round her neck bouncing all the way.

She walked into her home, walking to her space and taking off her cape. Curly brown hair tumbled down to her shoulders as she pulled off her headscarf. She took off her leather jacket, revealing a white, short-sleeved tunic with a green corset. The wide legs of her brown pants swished as she moved.

"Where were you?" Asked her "uncles" Allan and Will at the same time.

"Obviously out." Replied "aunt" Djaq, the Master of the Obvious.

The young woman opened her mouth to respond but was cut off as her father, Robin, walked in shouting.