Er...Robin Hood was awesome last night although Will was a little scary. Next week looks great but I have to endure school before then. Damn. Enjoy!

The crash of metal on metal was deafening as the outlaws parried and blocked all the sword thrusts thrown at them. They were easily outnumbered by the swarm of guards yet they were much more skilled with their personalised weapons and kept the advancing men at bay.

The Sheriff sat back in his chair watching the fight at first with eager eyes but then seeing, as usual, his guards being overpowered, he became quickly bored with the whole thing. Returning to picking up his scattered money off the floor and sipping at his wine.

Gisborne was busy fighting with Hood but was not succeeding in beating the rebel. Robin was just teasing and mocking him, leaping from side to side and laughing as he went. Their swords clanged loudly as Guy got angrier and angrier at the annoying outlaw. He vowed that he would find those bastard children of his and torture them until they were screaming for mercy. Gisborne would like to see Robin's face then.

Will was busy fighting two guards at once, his axes swishing this way and that too fast for the dumb soldiers to react and before long both were knocked out cold. Allan was smashing his sword hard against one guards helmet whilst hold another off with his dagger. Djaq was spinning and dancing between the guards with the help of Much and taking them out one by one. Little John was just thwacking a guard over the head thinking that he was really getting too old for this.

Finally when all the guards were down and it was just Robin toying with Gisborne all the outlaws stood, arms folded as they waited for their leader. He grinned cheekily at them.

"Will you just get it over with, Master," Much sighed.

"Ok," Robin nodded and ducked beneath Gisborne's swipes to punch him in the stomach completely winding him. The Man at Arms crumpled in a heap. "Let's go then, guys."

"About time," Allan rolled his eyes and the outlaws fled the castle in search of the missing children.

Once all the guards and Gisborne were on the floor the Sheriff stood. "Right, I want you all to fetch every single guard we have and send them into the villages and even Sherwood to find these children."

"Um…sir, I've already done that," Gisborne admitted, still clutching his stomach.

"Oh, so you did know about these children?" the Sheriff asked surprised, "And you didn't think to share with me? I'm wounded."

"Sorry, my Lord."

"Not really. I don't care just get out there and find those children before Hood's lot do. Just think how brilliant they will be for traps – the perfect bait for both Marian and Robin."

As the trio hurried further into the depths of Sherwood Forest it got darker and slightly more ominous.

"Ranulf?" Grace whispered, grabbing his arm.

"Yes?"

"Are you sure it's such a great idea coming in here? I mean there are a lot of unsavoury characters that could harm us in here – outlaws, convicts…" the young girl said quietly, desperate for them not to draw attention to themselves.

"Its better them than Gisborne and the Sheriff," Tristan piped up weakly from where he was leaning heavily on Ranulf's shoulder, "And besides, we may even find Robin and the others."

"What, Robin Hood? Our father?"

"Yes, Grace, our father," Tristan nodded.

"This is so weird. I am Robin Hood's daughter! He's like amazing!" Grace murmured to herself.

"Have you ever met him?"

"No, I've never even seen him," Grace announced, "I don't even know what my own father looks like."

"Yeah, well I've never met or seen Lady Marian. Have you? I've heard she's beautiful."

"Yes, I have met her, once and seen her a few times. She seemed very nice and she is very pretty. I cannot believe she is my mother!" Grace shook her head.

"Grace, shh, after complaining there may be outlaws out there you are being extremely loud," Ranulf hissed, "You don't want them to find us do you?"

"Or we could have already found you," a menacing voice sounded behind them but before any of them could move they'd each been knocked out.

Robin and the others galloped back to Knighton. "We need to retrace our steps and see what happened from the last time you saw them. See if there are any clues."

Upon arriving at Sally's house they were met by a distraught looking man whose face broke into one of relief as he caught sight of Sally. He ran towards her as she dismounted followed by two shy looking boys and a little girl.

"Sally! Where have you been? I was so worried. There was blood on the bed sheets and…"

"Oliver, it's alright. I'm here, I'm fine. It's Grace, she's in trouble."

"What kind of trouble?" the man asked, wary of the group of men sitting on horse back a few metres away.

"Well, the Sheriff and Gisborne. They know she is not our daughter and is Lady Marian's and Robin Hood's. They intend to kill her but we do not know where she is or her brother Tristan. They have disappeared."

"Oh, Sally," Oliver wrapped his arms around his wife comfortingly as she began to cry.

"Mama, George had found something," a small voice piped up, it was Harry, "Look." He led his mother into the hut and out of the back door to point at some obvious drag marks in the dirt that led into the forest.

"Robin! Come quickly!" Sally's eyes widened and she yelled for the outlaws.

"Robin? As in the Robin Hood?" Oliver looked astonished at his wife.

"Yes, Oliver, it is Robin and he wishes to find his children along with Lady Marian," Sally nodded at her bewildered husband just as the outlaws appeared.

"These are drag marks," Djaq immediately began following them into the forest but Will grabbed her arm.

"Careful, Djaq, we don't know who could've taken them. We have to be careful and alert. We move together."

"Yes," Djaq nodded in understanding as the outlaws began moving into the forest, quickly melting into the shadows.

Robin was the last to leave, Marian by his side.

"Sally, Oliver, you must stay here and stay safe. Look after your children. I'm afraid if we do find Grace and Tristan they will have to either come into Sherwood with us or move away. I'm not sure you will ever see Grace again," Robin said.

"I know. Look after her, Robin. Make sure she comes to no harm. She is still like a daughter to me if not by blood," Sally replied, sadly.

"We will, we promise," Marian joined, squeezing her former maid's hand, "Goodbye, Sally." And with that the couple vanished into the trees.

"It is a shame that things turned out the way they did. Robin and Marian would've been great parents to those children. A proper family to care for all the villages," Oliver stated quietly.

"But then we would never have had Grace," Sally whispered back.

Soo...what do you think? Review!