Previously on 'Of Sheriffs and Sisters':

"Well I missed something." The figure muttered. Looking more closely at the girl, a smile appeared. "Lisbeth of Locksley. Strange to find you here."

Lizzy smiled at the mention of the nickname only one person every called her bye. Smiling widely, she flung out her arms and hugged the figure tightly.

"Marian, how good to see you." She said, still clinging to the older woman while they both laughed.

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Robin smiled at the display in front of him. Those two always got along…made life impossible for me, he thought.

"Now, Lisbeth," Marian said as she let go of her friend. "What on earth are you doing here? Last we heard, you were at school." Lizzy looked away at Marian's question and sighed.

"I haven't been at school for almost three years." She admitted quietly, still not looking at anyone. Robin stared at her, confused at why she hadn't been at school like everyone had said.

"But that's why you were sent away." Will finally said. He still remembered the day that the young Lady of Locksley had left them for her schooling in France.

Lizzy looked up at Will and nodded. "At first it was the reason. But at this school I learned more than just how to be a lady and sewing. My guess is, my uncle, whom I lived with during that time, felt that I needed to learn to fight and defend myself in order to defend our home country." She finished with a look at Robin, who suddenly understood.

"You escaped from the black knights? You're the one they were holding captive?" He questioned. At Lizzy's nod, he continued. "Why?" A shrug was the only answer he received. He looked at Much and Marian, who both shrugged and looked back at the young girl they had once known. "There is something you're not telling me." Robin said after a moment.

Lizzy looked at her brother and decided she had no choice but to tell him everything. She sighed and sat on a small chair before facing the entire group. "Uncle Peter worked for King Richard. He was some kind of messenger that was to be used to send and retrieve message from different camps in the Holy Land. Mum and Dad sent me to him because he was closest to the charm school or whatever it was. Instead of sending me where Mum and Dad wanted me to go, he sent to a private academy for people of war. I learned how to use a bow, a sword, anything to fight with. When I was almost sixteen, he and I packed everything we needed and made our way to the holy Land," she paused to let robin understand what she and their uncle had gone there for. "He began to leave me in whatever camp was near and did his duties as a messenger. If the camp I was in fell under attack or was forced to fight, I was told to disguise myself as a boy and fight alongside the men. About a year ago, Uncle was killed in a raid during one of his jobs. I was sent to King Richard and he persuaded me to take over Uncle's duties under the pretence that I was a boy. I accepted. It was the only thing I could do and I knew that if I helped, perhaps the war would end sooner. Of course, I didn't exactly count on the black knights getting involved." She finished and looked around at the shocked faces of the gang.

"So, you fought in the Holy Land?" Much asked stupidly. Robin and Lizzy both sent glares his way.

"Is that not the story I just finished telling, Much? I swear you have not changed. Still don't know how to listen." Lizzy scolded him. Much rolled his eyes and moved over to the kitchen area to begin dinner.

"So, you haven't been schooling for ten years. You didn't learn how to sew and cook like a lady should?" Robin asked through clenched teeth. He didn't notice the glares Djaq and Marian sent him about his comment on what a 'lady' should do.

"No. But of course I never really wanted to be a lady. I always wanted to fight for something better for our people." Lizzy argued, standing to get her point across.

"Now you listen here, young lady. I will not stand for-"Robin began.

"Enough!" Marian cut in. "I will not listen to you two bicker. Djaq and I will take Lizzy to the river to get cleaned up while you boys stay here and make some dinner." She nodded at Djaq who began to prepare some clothes for Lizzy and the soap she had made. Marian turned to Robin. "You will go calm down. I don't care where. Stay here and do it or go for a walk, but don't come near the river while we are there." She finished and grabbed Lizzy's arm and the bundle Djaq handed her and the three of them set off for the river.

"Bloody woman." Robin muttered. Allan looked at him accusingly.

"Not important to let us know you had a sister?" He asked his leader. Robin shot him a look before he began to pace.

"I didn't want Gisbourne to find out about her. Excuse me for trying to protect what little family I have left." He defended, throwing his hands in the air in defeat. Allan scoffed.

"And who was going to tell him? One of us?" He said accusingly. How dare Robin think we would do that!

"Hands raised those who've betrayed the gang." Much called from his spot at the stove. Will smacked him upside the head while Allan glared at him.

"Why don't you shut up? Bloody idiot." Allan suggested menacingly.

"Why don't you just…jigger off!" Much countered. The two were so caught up in insulting each other they didn't notice John, Will and Robin watching them with amused smirks on their faces.

"You know, that's the second time you told me to 'jigger off' and I still don't know what the ruddy hell it means." Allan said, rolling his eye skyward with an annoyed sigh. Much turned towards him, wooden spoon in hand.

"It doesn't matter what it means just do it." He said. He then turned back to the stove and began to stir the stew. Allan threw up his hands and went to grab his sword.

"I'll be back." He muttered as he walked out of the camp. John, Robin and Will shared looks before going about their work.

"So what does it mean Much?" Robin asked playfully. Much banged his spoon on the table and huffed.

"Not you too master!" He whined while the other three laughed wholeheartedly at his expense.

Author's Note: Another chapter complete! Yay! Ok, it wasn't really hard to write Much and Allan's argument because I just used a lot of inspiration from season two. It took me a long time to write what happened to Lizzy because I wasn't sure how it would turn out. I know I'm definitely going to keep up with the messenger thing and that's why the Sheriff and sir Guy are going to want to find her so desperately. Now to my amazing reviewers:

Conundrum18--To answer your question, it does take place after season 2, so I guess you could say it's my version of season 3. I hope you continue to like it with all the crazy stuff that will happen. Keep up the great reviews. They are much appreciated!

X-uRbAn PiXiE-X--It's okay, you've reviewed and that's all that matters. It is my season 3. I agree with you completely. I didn't how they killed off two really awesome characters. Especially Marian because now that's problems for Robin that will just drive him into like a depression or something like it at least. Writing the brother/sister relationship is so much fun because I have an older brother and a lot of it comes from what we do to put each other in our places but how protective we can be. I get a lot of Robin's mannerisms not only from the show and how Jonas Armstrong betrays him, but also from the things my brother has done in certain situations. Thanks for the great review and keep them coming. Loves.

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