AN- I want to thank Dj Frost who made a banner for my story that is so cute! If you go on to Photobucket and type rogueprincess89 and switch the search bar to Users you can find it. Since I can't send links there is also an easier way if you google "photo bucket rogueprincess89" you'll be able to find it.

It had been three days since Kahlan had spoken to Zed that night; she watched her husband convincing herself he was nothing more then a farmer. The more she watched him the more she didn't believe what Zed had said. He stood by and did nothing when a women was taken in for not having enough money to pay her taxes, while Will the wood smith had attempted to stop the guards. Robin simply turned his back and continued to do his work on the farm as if he couldn't hear the cries of the women. Now the wood smith was in jail, Kahlan knew he husband couldn't be Robin Hood by the simple fact Robin Hood would never let one of his men be put to death. She felt bad for Will's wife and two children, but she didn't know what she could do for them. Unlike the women she had once been she wouldn't put herself in harms way for them, she had a daughter to care about, a daughter that Zed showed far to much interest in and if Zed did that meant more would come for the girl. Kahlan was lost in thought as she served dinner to her husband and daughter and was only brought out of it by a knock at the door.

"I'll get it" Kahlan said quickly as she walked to the door, she only saw Djaq for a moment before the Saracen women walked strait into the house to where Robin sat.

"We need you now!" she said, "I can't get Will out, I can't and I need you and your plan. So what is it?"

"What is what?" Robin asked as he took a bite of his food.

"Your plan to free Will." Djaq said, "You may not be who you once were, but surly you can't let Will hang?" the women hoped that the Robin she knew wasn't so far gone he wouldn't even try and protect his old friend.

"He broke the law when he attacked the guards, he must pay for his crime." Robin told Djaq, "I'm sorry that will leave you without a husband and your two children without a father, but he should have thought of you all before he acted recklessly."

"Three" Djaq told him

"What?"

"Three, I found out only recently I haven't even told Will yet, we are soon to have three children." She looked strait at Robin's eyes hoping to reach a part of him he locked away. She hoped she could get him to be the hero he once was, at least just once, for a member of his gang, for Will one of the first Robin ever rescued.

"Djaq there is nothing I can do I can talk to the Sheriff I am on good terms with him maybe he will take me into account and spare him."

"If he is anything like our Sheriff he will not." Djaq said. Robin knew she spoke the truth; this sheriff was just like the Sheriff of Nottingham he wouldn't spare Will and sadly the man would die. Robin couldn't be who he once was; he made a new life he couldn't give up a safe life for his daughter in order to save one man, even if it was Will. He had given up everything to rescue Will and the others when he returned from the holy land and in return it brought nothing but a life of pain for him. He couldn't do that again; he couldn't risk Arianna's safety. A little voice in the back of his head did tell him that he owed Will, if it hadn't been for Will the woman that had taken the girl would be long gone by now with Arianna before Robin even knew where to look. But was Will really worth it?

"I don't see what my husband could do other then talk to the sheriff" Kahlan said, "He is just a farmer he can't do much else then farm." She hadn't meant to make it sound like her husband was useless, but she didn't want anymore talk of fighting or destiny or who people once were, she just wanted to escape all the words Zed had told her.

"He can do more then that." Djaq said, she looked at Robin, "I tell my children stories of the great Robin Hood, the man that fights for peace. The man with the heart of a hero, the man that protects the poor and fights all that is unjust."

"Papa." Arianna said, "Why won't you help him?" the little girl looked at her father, she knew he wasn't much of anything like her mother had said, but when he told her stories of Robin Hood it sounded like he believed it what the outlaw fought for, but here he was talking about letting a man hang because he tried to help an old lady who didn't have any money.

"Kahlan take Arianna upstairs." Robin told his wife, Kahlan nodded her head and took the little girl and led her upstairs. Once the little girl was in her room Kahlan listened from the top of the stairs to hear what her husband would say next.

"Djaq listen-"Robin started, but wasn't allowed to finish

"NO!" Djaq yelled as she took her hand knocking the dishes from the table "This isn't you, I need a hero, we all do I won't let you let Will die!"

"There is nothing you can do to make me help him Djaq." Robin told her "There is nothing I can do!"

"Pick up a bow, Pick it up and stop this injustice, you thought you could come here and escape everything, but it only took a few years for it to begin here, soon this place will be no better then Locksley!" she yelled at him "If you let Will die, know his blood will be on your hands!"

"There is nothing I can do!"

"You think Marian's death is on you, you think Allen's death as well, but they aren't those two knew what this path could bring there was nothing you could do!"

"Will knew what could happen when he charged in on ten guards with just one man!" Robin told her "He knew what could happen he couldn't honestly think he could take them on alone!"

"He didn't he hoped you would see him in trouble, see the woman in trouble and come to his aid, how many times as our gang taken on many men all at once? Remember when we escaped the barn on your birthday? How many men was that? When we fight together nothing is impossible, but divided we are nothing."

"Djaq I wouldn't have been any help to him"

"Robin when you pick up a sword or a bow you inspire hope." Djaq said softly, "Maybe not here where no one knows who you are, but back home people see you and they know they are safe." She said to him, "They know with you watching over them they can sleep again at night." She paused "If you had stepped up and helped Will I know he would have fought harder, and all because of one thing and one thing alone." She paused again as she met his eyes, "Because he wouldn't let anything happen to you."

"I inspire nothing." He told her, and to his surprise Djaq took her hand and slapped him.

"You are so lucky I didn't punch you." She told him "You are a fool Robin of Locksley if you believe that for even a second. I heard of your final battle, with your words you got the people's army to stand up again injustice with you, you got ordinary men to fight by your side. For you men will fight like lions even if they never have in their life."

"Djaq-"

"Don't" she told him "Don't say a word because you have no excuse, you will save my husband if not because of who you once were, but for all he has done for you." She turned to leave, but stopped to look back at him, "If he dies I will hold you personally responsible and you know you would as well. Knowing you could stop his death, but standing by and letting it happen I know you, you wouldn't be able to handle the guilt." Without letting Robin say another word or saying a word herself Djaq walked out hoping her words reached the hero she knew he still was.

Robin watched the door that Djaq walked out of he tried to act like she hadn't spoken the truth, but the words she spoke hit him hard as he remembered his father's words as well. He couldn't stand by and let Will die if he could do something about it could he?

Kahlan walked down the stairs and looked at Robin her heart raced, this woman really thought Robin could help her, at first Kahlan had just thought Djaq needed bail out money, but when she spoke of a sword and bow she felt her heart drop. Why did she think that Robin could do anything? Did that mean Zed had spoken the truth, was her husband more then what he seemed to be?

"Ow!" she head him exclaim as she broke from her thoughts to look at him.

"Are you alright?" she asked when she saw blood

"Yeah I tried to cut some food, but I cut myself with this knife." He glanced down at his hand and saw his blood, there wasn't many times since the finally battle he had actually seen his blood. He had seen his own blood many times in his life before then, and most times worse then he saw now. He said nothing as his wife wrapped the cut in cloth.

"Take off your shirt I will get you a new one." She told him when she took notice of the blood his accidently got on it. How could he be Robin Hood when he couldn't even simple cut himself some food? As he removed his shirt she couldn't help but look at him. In all the years they had been married she had never seen him without a shirt one. Whenever they were together in bed he stayed mostly clothed, and now for the first time she got a good look of her husband. Yet she didn't look at his muscles, instead she realized why perhaps he hardly ever took his shit off. Going up is left side was a huge scar that looked like it had once been a very serious wound. Her eyes moved slowly over the whole scar wondering just how a simple farmer could get it. The more she looked the more she could tell that it wasn't a simple farm accident that inflicted the scar, it came from a sword being drove into someone's side. She slowly walked over to him without saying a word, she took her hand and softly ran it over his scar, and he still said nothing. When she looked at his face she realized how close she had gotten to him. For a moment the two stood still just looking at each other before they kissed, neither was sure who initiated the kiss, but before they knew what was going on they were on the table, still clothed other then Robin having no shirt on kissing passionately, something they had never done before.

"Can I come down now?" A little voice said from on top of the stairs breaking the two out of the trance that they had seemed to fall under. They stood Robin turning from her and Kahlan fixing her hair,

"Yes baby, come eat your dinner." She pulled a chair out for the little girl, but her eyes were on Robin.

Robin pulled his shirt back over his head almost out of breath, while kissing Kahlan he had almost had no chance to even breath, never once had he ever felt like that for her or with her. It almost scared him; he didn't know what it meant or why he had done it. All he knew was he wanted his wife in more ways then he ever had before and he didn't know what to do about it. They had spent almost ten years never putting passion into their relationship if you would even call it that. Never once had he tried to understand her or talk to her nor did he take her opinion into consideration. He turned back to Kahlan not really sure what to do, it was strange looking at her and wanting to bring her strait upstairs while he was sober, usually he had a lot of ale in him so he could trick himself into thinking she was Marian.

"I" he stumbled on his words "I should." He paused not knowing what to say, for once Robin couldn't think of an excuse to leave the house, "Work, field, er the cow" he said not really knowing what his excuse was, but just saying words that could possibly sound like a good excuse. Without waiting for her reply he hurried out the door, hoping if he took long enough with the work outside she would have fallen asleep for the night before he got back in.

"I don't see why we have to do this." Much said to Kate as he drove their small wagon being pulled by the sorriest looking horse in all of Locksley.

"Because Much Kahlan gave me a good idea, I should travel to where the market is to sell my pots, instead of hoping to sell them to people that can't afford it at home." Kate told him as she watched as the trees past by, "And can't this horse go any faster?"

"No we are lucky its going at all" Much told her "I don't even know if it will make it to where we are going."

"Well we can't afford any of those fancy horses you had in the holy land." Kate snapped at him.

"I know I'm just saying we should have at least gotten a horse we knew could make it where ever we are going and back."

"Would you two stop arguing." Archer said from the back of the cart, "With my eye sight gone my ears have gotten better and therefore I've heard to much of this arguing you two have been at each others throats all day and all last night."

"Sorry." Much said as he continued to look forward, but instantly dropped any argument. He loved his wife, but she had an opinion on everything and she let everyone know when she wasn't happy, and when Kate was unhappy everyone was unhappy.

"Where are we going anyways?" Archer asked

"A place called Brasher" Kate told him, "That's where Kahlan lives and she said that it has a good market and for me to come anytime to sell the things I have, and that I could be a guest in her home."

"So why did you need us?" Archer asked

"Because unlike Kahlan I'm not going to leave my husband that long so that is why Much came along."

"Why me then?" Archer asked

"Because I don't feel comfortable leaving you alone, you always get into trouble especially when you know the Lord is around."

"I might as well claim what is mine." Archer said "If I can't be an outlaw like Robin wanted me to, perhaps if I took Locksley back due to my birthright then I could make a difference from there."

"Archer you have to learn your time of fighting the good fight is over." Kate told him and sighed "We all have to learn the fight is over we lost and we gave up, Robin must be looking down on us now disappointed."

"Maybe." Much said "But I think he would understand, after Marian died he gave up and at least we tried to continue on we just couldn't pull it off."

"He's probably to busy with that beautiful wife of his." Archer said "I never saw her so I'll have to take the word of everyone around, and everyone says his wife was beautiful beyond compare."

"She was alright." Kate mumbled she had never been a fan of Marian. She tried to pretend it was because Marian was a noble woman that lived an easy life and could careless about the people, but truth be told she didn't like Marian because she was everything that Kate was not.

"Alright?" Much laughed, "She was amazing no matter what she wore or what she did." He didn't notice Kate glaring at him, "I mean even if she wasn't beautiful all the years in the holy land and all the women he could have and Robin's mind was only on her, sure he had his fun with other women, but he had dreams of Marian, he couldn't wait to return home and begin a life with her."

"You know Much I'm blind and I can still tell Kate is glaring at you, you can just feel the daggers coming from her eyes directed strait at you." Archer said with a laugh

Kahlan took care of Ariana the rest of the night while Robin worked outside. She could tell that what ever happened between them at done something to Robin, it almost seemed like it scared him. But while she wanted him to come back and continue where they had left off after she got Ariana to bed the other half of her was happy he freaked out and left. For a moment she felt a spark she hadn't felt in a while. She didn't know if it was her powers or if it was a real attraction to Robin. She hoped that what Zed said wasn't true; she couldn't still be with him just because she was drawn to him being the Seeker. Yet as she looked out the window at her husband she began to see him in a different light, some how seeing that he had survived a bad wound that would inflict such a scar meant he had some kind of past. His dreams that would startle him awake also were proof. She just hoped perhaps he had seen combat and that everything Zed had told her wasn't the truth. Yet deep down she heard Zed's voice,

"When he was injured the king allowed him to go home."

Kahlan closed her eyes and prayed slightly that something bad wasn't coming, that Zed was simply crazy, she hoped that her daughter didn't have to be pushed into a life that would only end in pain.

"I'm going out." Robin said, Kahlan hadn't even noticed he come inside.

"Alright." She told him trying not to give him any real reaction. Perhaps she had been wrong, maybe he still was the pathetic drunk farmer she knew. Maybe he just got in the way of a solider in his home village, maybe his village had been attacked, just because he had a scar didn't mean he was a hero, it didn't mean he was Robin Hood and certainly didn't mean he would be named next Seeker.

Robin hadn't been to the pub in a long time, between Kahlan being gone and his new strange found attraction to her he had stayed away from here, but something about tonight made him want to drink. After seeing Marian in his dream and losing their daughter for a while he had found Kahlan to be a good companion, but tonight he almost found her as more then that. He didn't know why he felt the way he did, but he did know there was something more then just kissing on the table before dinner, that had been real passion he hadn't felt for a women in a long time.

It didn't take long for Robin to be drinking one cup after another losing track of the time. Women approached him, but he turned them away. He drank far more then he should of and kept drinking until it was time for the pub to close. He hardly even made it to the door on his own. Once again trying to drink away his problems back fired on him.

"If we had taken the path I told you to we would have ended up here hours ago and would have had a place to stay tonight." Kate grumbled as they pulled up to the tavern/pub.

"I'm sorry I didn't hear you and the path didn't seem right." Much told her

"Yes, but now what are we to do, its to late to get a room and to late to find Kahlan and stay with her." Kate grumbled.

"We can stay in the cart or just out of town in the woods, you can't honestly say the woods bother you." Archer said

"Arch-" Kate was about to yell at him when they heard someone knock into a bunch of metal rods making them smash to the ground.

"Shhh" the drunken man slurred at the polls on the ground

"Some men drink far to much, look at that pathetic one" she said pointing to the man talking to the rods on the ground.

"Yes Kate because I know where you are pointing." Archer told her

"Well you can hear all the noise he's making can't you?" Kate grumbled at him.

"Why do you have to fight with everyone?" Archer asked.

Much wasn't paying attention to his wife and friend argue, his eyes were on the drunk man not far in front of them stumbling about. It was strange the man was so much like Robin when Robin would drink that one to many drinks. The man stumbled closer, Much could tell where ever he was going he wasn't going to make it and just has he thought the man wasn't going to make it he watched him hit a wall and fall to the ground. Without thinking Much got up from the wagon and walked over to help the man. Something told him he had to help this man, this drunken idiot, something told him it was his job to look out for this idiot that didn't know his limit. A shadow was on the mans face as Much bent down,

"Friend to you need help?" he asked

"Shyeah…ffarm….shshsshouldn't drinks so manys." The man slurred from the floor not attempting to get up.

"Alright buddy, lets get you home." Much said as he helped pull the man to his feet. Once up the man put all his weight on Much who didn't mind, he had taken care of Robin so much in the past this man wasn't anything. They took a few steps into the light from the side of a building and what Much saw almost made him fall to the ground. The man leaning on him wasn't a man that got drunk like Robin, for the man on his shoulder looked just like Robin. Without thinking Much let go of Robin causing him to fall to the ground once more.

"Master?" he asked hardly being able to move.

"Mush" he said "Mulchs" Robin attempted to stand on his own as he also tried to focus his eyes on Much "No no no" he told him "You didn't see me, yoush dreaming." Robin attempted to leave but stumbled over again.

"Much where did you go to?" Kate asked "Oh ew why are we with the drunken idiot."

"He's not a drunken idiot." Much whispered "Well he is, but he isn't just any drunken idiot, he's our drunken idiot."

"We have a drunken idiot?" Kate asked, she had yet to look at the man that was now throwing up on the floor.

"Robin." Much whishpered

"As in our Lord? Robin Hood?" Kate said, "I think someone has been driving to long today."

"Look." He said pointing to Robin.

Kate slowly turned to look at the pathetic man on the floor as her eyes adjusted she realized her husband wasn't crazy. "Omg Robin!" she cried as she knelt down "What are you doing here?"

"Shhh your voice." Robin said "So many lound sounds"

"We need to get him home" Much said

"To Locksley, but we only just got here" Kate told him

"No I mean where ever he lives." Much looked at up to see one of the women who worked at the pub walking out, "Miss" he asked "Do you know where this man lives?"

"Yeah" The women told her, "He's the farm up the hill to the left, the only farm in that area."

"Thanks." Much said as he helped Robin into the cart

"How is he alive?" Archer asked "And why is he hear?"

"I don't know" Much said driving the cart forward, he still couldn't get his mind wrapped around the fact Robin had been live all this time and said nothing.

"Do you think he lives with anyone?" Kate asked

"We will find out." Much said as they pulled up to the farm. "Archer help me get him out and walk him to the front door with me."

AN- Ok a little shorter then usual but a lot happened here so I want to make sure I don't ramble, sorry if it isn't that great. I wanted to get his chapter out because I was kinda stuck on it and its one of those chapters I have to write to build up a later plot.