I stopped at the end of Robin's letter, slightly annoyed at him. I was sitting at my vanity mirror as I was going to start getting ready for bed. I picked up my hairbrush and looked into the mirror.

When suddenly I could see the moment of grey clouds swirling around it and then I could see the De Noir dining room. I could hear Lovedays voice in my head as I watched but it was rather quite. I watched and listened to what Loveday was showing me. Loveday is showing me this somehow I know she is.

It was lunch time and me and Robin were sitting either side of Father. Robin's only 5 and I am worried now how my father will react to what I have to tell him.

"Father," I said "I must talk to you."

"What is it, Loveday?" Father asked, smiling at me. He loves me but that wont last for long with what I am about to tell him.

"Father, I am to marry Sir Benjamin in a few weeks and I wish you to be present,"

Father froze. I hadn't told him about my relationship with Benjamin. Benjamin's a Merryweather and father is going to be furious. I watched my fathers' face go from normal, to blue to purple before it slowly went back.

"What?" he snapped. "You are going to marry a thieving Merryweather."

"I love him, father, can you not be civil?"

"No, I bloody well can not be civil to a Merryweather," Fathers voice was getting louder. I could see Robin starting to cower. Usually when father gets angry he will hit Robin. "They –they –"

"Them? Us? Father, what difference between our two families do you see?" I asked, I hoped I could talk my father into this.

Robin walked round the table to stand behind me as Father stood up and I followed suit, pulling Robin behind me.

"You wish to marry this Merryweather?" Father snarled at me. I nodded. "Then leave and never come back."

"Father!" I exclaimed.

"I shall get a maid to pack your things," With that Father left. I followed him pulling Robin along with me.

"Father, please," I begged. "Don't do this." He ignored me. "Father!"

My eyes were staring to prickle with tears. I did love my father despite how cruel he could be and I liked my home but I loved Benjamin more and I knew if I had to choose it would be Benjamin I just did not want to.

Robin started to cry, he may be young but he understood.

"Shut up, boy!" father roared walking towards us. I pulled Robin behind me again.

"Please father," I begged again. Now realising what would happen if I wasn't here for Robin.

"No! Get out of my house you ungrateful little girl," and he slammed the door to his study leaving me and Robin standing there. The tears where starting to fall down my face.

"Loveday?" Robin asked.

I bent down so I was more or less the same height with my little brother. I pulled him close. "I'm sorry, Robin. I am so, so sorry. I love you, okay."

"I love you too," He understood that I would no longer be there that he would have to take care of himself for now on.

I saw a maid walking towards me, looking sympathetic. I never treated our servants like servants. I was kind to them, talked to them, like mother used to do. I was friends with quite a few of the maids. This particular one was my best friend.

"Come on, Miss," she said sadly. I hugged Robin tighter before letting go. "I will do my best to take care of him, miss,"

"But I promised mother, I promised her I would take care of him. That he would never be left. That I would raise him as I thought she would. She would not leave him. What about that doesn't father understand."

"I am sorry, miss," she said again.

I slowly stood up, and walked a few paces. Robin ran to me quickly and took my hand.

We followed the maid, who was called Elise, down to the carriage. There were quite a few of the staff there all looking sad, news must have travelled fast. The butler had already loaded my trunks onto the carriage. I bent down to Robin again.

"Okay, Robin," I said, new tears of leaving my little baby brother alone with my violent father falling down my face. "Just try and stay out of father's way. Do as he says, do not anger him. Elsie will take care of you. Just remember that I love you and do not listen to what father says about me when he thinks you will no longer remember the truth. Elsie will take care of you. I am so, so, so sorry, Robin."

I stood up, kissed his forehead and then walked towards the carriage. I felt someone watching else watching me from the castle and turned to see father looking out of his window. I could feel rather then see his glare.

I turned and stepped into the carriage not caring where it was going. As soon as I sat down the carriage moved and I felt more tears falling down my face.

The carriage soon stopped however. I got out and the diver took my stuff of the carriage. He then got in and left.

I was in the middle of the forest, in a place I had never been before although it shouldn't be hard to find Merryweather Manor, that was not were I wanted to go right now. I just wanted to find somewhere to lie down and cry.

I already missed my baby brother.

The reflection then changed to Robin, he was maybe ten or slightly younger.

"Father," Robin said, walking up to the man at the top of the table. The man looked up, it was Coeur De Noir.

"What do you want, boy?" he snapped.

"I – I know I have a sister," Robin said. "I wish to – to know more about h-her."

Coeur De Noir stood up and walked toward Robin. He hit him, not to hard but enough to make Robins bend over a little.

"Do not ask about that, traitor," Coeur De Noir snarled. "Her name was Loveday, she betrayed her family for a theiving Merryweather. If you have any pride, boy, any at at, you should want nothing to do with her."

"But Elsie –"Robin began.

"Elsie?" Coeur De Noir snarled. Robin nodded before getting his confidence back.

"She said that my sister was a very nice girl and that she never wanted to leave," Robin said and then so quietly that it was barely audible "Elsie said that Loveday took care of me and when you banished her Elsie promised her that she would take care of me. Elsie said Loveday loved me."

"Do you not know better than to listen to the maids," Coeur De Noir snapped. "Now get out of my sight boy."

Robin turned and ran out of the dining room and into the forest.

It changed again to Robin. He was around thirteen now, a few years younger than when I first meet him. I didn't see the conversation before the scene and that made it worse.

They were in the woods and Robin was on the ground, holding his side while Coeur De Noir stood over him. There was blood trickling down Robin's forehead and a gash on his cheek, his clothes soaked in blood, as well.

"What did I do to deserve such a prize dolt for a son," Coeur De Noir said, kicking Robin.

Robin rolled a bit further away, he tried to pick himself up but his arms shook and he fell to the floor. He tried again and again before collapsing and giving up.

"Get up boy!" his father roared.

Coeur de Noir walked closer to Robin.

Before I could see anymore the grey clouds covered the mirror before it went reflective again.

My breathing was heavy and now that I was paying attention to my body I realized I was crying. I had known that Coeur De Noir was cruel to Robin when he was young but I had no idea it was that bad. No wonder Robin was scared to get his father angry, if that was what happens.

I had thought Coeur De Noir was so gentle now I thought it was only at little change. But it was a big big change.

I jumped out of my seat and started to back away from the mirror towards the door, shaking my head. The door opened and I saw Loveday.

"Maria," she said happily, then she actually saw me. She took one look at me and rushed over. There was someone behind but right now I did not care. I focused on Lovedays concerned face.

"Maria, darling, what it wrong?" she whispered, hugging me.

"I – I – I had some visions, i think you'd call th-them, like what you showed me wh-when we first met " I said through my tears. "Three of them, th-they were all in the past."

"What did you see, Maria?" she asked leading me to the bed.

"The first one was the day you left the De Noir castle," I said. "The second one was when Robin was ten and your father hit him. I think the third one was when Robin was about thirteen and - and" I paused.

"You saw that day, didn't you?" a voice said from the doorway. It was a voice I would know anywhere, even in a state of shock. A voice I would do anything for.

I looked around to see my Robin leaning against my door looking worried. He was dressed in usual leather and feathers. Seeing him made my feel better, a lot better.

"What do you mean, 'that day'?" Loveday asked, glancing at him. She was still holding me and was wiping my tears away with her thumb.

Robin walked across the room and sat down at the vanity mirror, glaring at it as though it had done something terrible. I suppose in his view it had.

"I failed something Father asked me to do," Robin said, looking worried and uncomfortable. "He was angry, not usual back then. I didn't get far enough into the forest quick enough."

He stopped. Now Loveday looked worried, she knew what her father was like. She stopped trying to stop my tears and turned to look at him.

"What happened, Robin?" she said. "I know its bad, considering the state Maria's in. So just tell me" her voice took on a stern note at the end.

Robin took a deep breath but I suddenly stood up.

"I've watched this once," I said. "I do not need to listen to it," I practically ran from the room.

"Maria!" Loveday called after me but I was already shutting the door.

Loveday emerged a few minutes later looking a lot like I felt. Upset, worried, shocked and terribly tired. Robin followed behind her. As soon as she spotted me, she came straight over. She now knew what I had seen.

"I think we need to have a hot chocolate and comfort food," she said, smiling at me and taking my hands.

I knew she did not feel like smiling, but she was trying to keep up a strong front for me, I appreciated it greatly. If Loveday started to cry, I would break down and I really was not in the mood for a full on cry fest, especially not with my bridesmaids here.

Loveday let go of my hands and walked towards the stairs. Robin came up to me and wrapped an arm around my waist as we followed her.

"You okay, Maria?" he breathed in my ear, he sounded so serious. He really only said my name when he was.

"I have been better," I answered truthfully. He sighed.

"I never thought you would see that," he said I seemed more to himself, "and I was never planning on telling you."

"I do not blame you," I sighed. "I wish I had never seen it. And how could you expect me to see that, I do not even know what triggered it," he grip on my waist tightened and I lent my head against him.

"What were you doing before all the visions?" he asked again in my ear.

"I had just finished your letter."

I then finally realized he was here, I threw my arms around him. I nearly knocked him over before he wrapped his arms round me.

"Late reaction, huh, princess," he muttered. I hit him lightly in response.

"What are you doing here?" I said, pulling back.

"Well," he said, keeping his arms tightly around my waist. "I missed you."

I stood on my tiptoes and brushed by lips along his jaw before kissing him. He kissed me back pulling me even closer to him, my arms moved moved from his chest to his neck.

Someone coughed pointedly. We broke apart to see Uncle standing at the doors to the dining room. While we had been talking we had made it down to the entrance hall of Moonacre Manor. It was the man next to him that made me worry.

Robin groaned and muttered under his breath. "Dammit, Maria, he found me."

Couer De Noir was standing next to Uncle with his arms folded across his chest, smiling knowingly at us. I suddenly wondered how long they had been there. Uncle seemed to read my mind,

"We only just walked in, Maria," he said, he had the same expression his face. "I thought you had gone to bed."

"Bad dream," I lied smoothly. "I came down here to get some hot chocolate."

"You, boy," Coeur De Noir said addressing Robin, I flinched that was way to close to the vision, Robin tightened his hold on me. "You should also be in bed; we have a busy day tomorrow considering this wedding is overtaking so many days and then your never-ending honeymoon."

Robin rolled his eyes at me and muttered. "Crazy old man." I tried to stifle a laugh. Robin then addressed his father. "I'll be right out."

Coeur De Noir nodded and taking Robin's hint, left. Uncle went into the parlor. Robin turned to me.

"I'm sorry," he started but I interrupted him. "You seem to be saying that a lot."

He sighed. "I know I do. I will see you in four days, Maria. Three more days of work, sleep all Thursday ready for the 9th."

I smiled at the mention of our wedding; he kissed me before going to his father.