Disclaimer: I do not own BBC Robin Hood, just the original plot and character Daisy

AN: Aren't you lot lucky getting another chapter so quickly! The next should be out on Saturday depending on if I write it in time. The story is split up into three parts. There is 1 more chapter of the first part before the second starts but I'll posting all parts in this same story and not posting separate ones (does that make sense?) ~ Hannah

EDWARD

Edward was furious with himself for thinking he could invite such an insolent child into his home and mould her into the perfect daughter he so desired. He should have realised she had too much of her parents in her. His sister had been the bane in his life. She had always been a rebellious devil, never thinking of others and always getting into trouble. She cared little of the consequences of her actions or of the authority that stood before her. Edward had been relieved when she married, hoping married life would keep her grounded and more stabilised (personally Edward thought she needed to be controlled). Instead she'd met a man who was of equal mind and shared the same opinions and ideals as her. Moving away to Leister had been her saving grace, with her so far away it was almost impossible for them to be mistaken for relatives. However, this did not stop the reputation of his sister reaching his ears as her reputation far preceded her and unfortunately that reputation followed him around his entire adult life.

Marion, he'd long realised, was a lost caused and any plans he had for her were now stuck in the wastelands of nevermore. Despite the way his daughter had turned out and knowing how her life would probably turn out, he still cringed at the thought of her with Gisbourne. Despite his first reluctance to let Daisy leave the house, he had hoped she'd be the perfect distraction to get Gisbourne away from Marion. However it seemed that Daisy couldn't even do that right.

It was difficult to tell who hated Daisy more, the Sheriff or Gisbourne. Edward knew he shouldn't admit it but she was high on his hate list as well. After all he'd given her, care for her and taken her in in her time of need, this was how she repaid him; gallivanting around with Robin Hood and caring little for the hand that fed her. These were dark times and just like her Mother before her, she was dangling dangerously close to killing them all. He honestly couldn't believe her escapades of late, he had half a mind to bring them up as soon as she arrived home. From storming out on Gisbourne to being found wandering the woods alone to helping some poor vagabond in the streets of Nottingham, her disobedience knew no bounds.

Edward had definitely drawn the short straw in life, if it wasn't for the fact that continuing the family life was engraved into his brain, he wouldn't have even bothered with the marrying malarkey. Women were far too much hassle in his opinion.

Deep down he knew he wasn't being entirely fair, his niece was clearly hurting, he could hear her cries from upstairs and had done nothing to help her. In fact he had forbidden her from leaving her room in fear of her causing more trouble for them. Where he should have been anxious to help her out, he became paranoid with the possibility of suffering because of her foolish decision. Daisy had tried to tell her uncle what had happened but he had refused to listen. In his eyes she was already guilty, so why give her further chance to lie to his face when he could lock her up and listen no more.

Edward was, if nothing more, a fighter. He fought to survive against all costs. He was not a family man, or really a loving man. He projected an ideal he wished others to believe but that didn't mean that was his actual persona. If he was being honest with himself, then he didn't really want to put the effort in anyway. He'd often thought his biggest mistake was getting married. He'd married the fairest maiden in all the lands, her beauty called hundreds of suitors to knock at her door every day. Yet out of everyone she had chosen him but it wasn't until they married that he realised what trouble she could cause. He loved her yes, but he resented the fact that she had left him. He wasn't good with Marion, she was too much like her Mother but didn't have her Mother to guide her. He had done his best but his best just wasn't good enough, he had let down his only child but was just too blind to see it.

Edward knew in his heart that he'd been a fool, he should have never agreed to take in his niece. He should have just bitten the bullet and told her to look for kindness elsewhere. As he was blind to the faults of his daughter, he saw his problems as only starting once Daisy was within residence. He should have locked her in her room or put her to work as one of the servants as letting her out had been the real problem. At first he had hoped that she would woo the Sheriff or at least Gisbourne, a match between them would have been good and would have freed Marion from his clutches. Alas Daisy had been noticed but noticed for being caught in a trap laid for another.

By that point Edward could do little to save her. Whether she was innocent or guilty meant nothing to the people around her, she was caught where she shouldn't have been and the consequences had been damming. Edward didn't even want to think of the marks marring Daisy's back since the flogging she endured. He was thankful it had been a private flogging but knew that was so Robin Hood couldn't interfere and save her and for that he felt a shred of guilt for his niece.

The Sheriff and Gisbourne had been so adamant that Daisy had been in the wrong, that she had helped one of Robin Hood's men that Edward hadn't thought to help her. Robin Hood was a menace to everyone who wanted to live. Edward had once thought him to be a good man but not anymore. What man of noble birth hid out in a forest instead of doing his duty? Not a good one.

There was a small part of his brain that acknowledged that Daisy might die from her injuries. He hadn't let the servants heal her, he wanted her to suffer and let her pain be a reminder of what she had done. Perhaps he was wrong but it was too late to change his mind now. She was no longer crying, in fact all was silent.

Foolish girl, he should have pushed her out on the street, she wouldn't have harmed him or his reputation that way. Perhaps it was time to focus on Marion again, she could be saved. She had to be saved. He would marry her off whether she liked it or not. Maybe all was not lost with Gisbourne, maybe he could push those two together and life would be easier for him.

He just had to think of what to do with Daisy…