I must have frozen were I was for quite some time because Robin just stared at me. A million thoughts ran through my head. Mother Nature can die? There is a tree of life? How much time do I have? If Mother Nature dies, do I die with her? I felt my mind giving away to the world of dizziness and sleep, and I started to fall over. Robin caught my shoulders and pulled me into an embrace. A laid in his arms, limp, for a long while after he caught me.

"Where do we find water that's from the deepest trench?" I asked softly. "Were is this tree of life?"

"Princess..." Robin's voice tickled my ear. "Worry about that later, we need to get you home and in bed"

I nodded my head slowly and allowed Robin to lift my body up off the ground. I was fine now, but the touch of his hand underneath my knees and behind my shoulders, felt in a certain way, good. He walked over to a door on the far side of the room and opened it. He stepped out into a small cave from which I remember from when I first met loveday. He closed the door behind him and made his way out of the cave and through the forest.

It took us a good hour before reached the Moonacre Manor. Robin nocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. Nothing. For a long few minutes, absolutely nothing. After what seemed like forever, Robin opened the door and let himself inside. He placed me on a nearby chair and told me he would be right back. I waited alone in the dark entrance way for a while before I heard footsteps again. I thought they were Robins, so I stood up my good foot and looked around the entrance way.

"Robin?" I said. No answer. "Robin this isn't funny."

There was a crashing noise from my far left. A figure started to run toward me. Without thinking I screamed and covered my face. Big, smooth hands grabbed my wrist and pulled me closer. Robin.

"Calm down princess…" I heard him laugh. "No need for you to remind me of my scary face"

"Oh, Robin. I thought you were someth…" my voice was cut off by a dreadful scream that filled my head.

I went to cover my ears and to look down. The scream was so loud. Robin looked at me, as though nothing was happening. I looked up over his shoulder, and saw a dark, misty, fog that seemed to hover for a second. Well, that second ended to soon, for the dark creature came hurtling toward my heart. And it went through it! The creature just passed through my heart. I suddenly went limp, and started to feel weak. I could hold myself upright, and started to fall over. Robin caught me in his arms and pulled me up into a way that he could carry me. Everything went black. No sound, no light, pierced the forever darkness that I thought I fell into.

I woke inside my room, on my bed. Robin was sitting in a chair and had his hat over his eyes, as though he was sleeping. I took a deep breath stood up. I looked down at my leg. Completely healed. Apparently Mother Nature wants me to succeed. I walked over to Robin and shook him awake. He starred at me for a minute. His eyes looked like he had been crying. He jumped up out of his seat and pulled me close to him in an embrace.

"Jeez Robin, I wasn't gone for that long!" I said.

"Three days is long enough" he said in return.

"Three days?"

"Yes. I have been stuck inside your room for three days" he said. "Princ- Maria, I am so sorry about what happened. I couldn't protect you. I am so sorry."

"Robin, it's not your fault. There was no way you could have-"I was cut off by his sudden movements.

Robin De Noir had put his hands on my cheeks, and had pulled me into a deep, and never ending kiss. I single tear drop ran down my cheek and onto Robin's hand. He must have felt it because he backed away. I stepped closer, this time leading him into the next kiss, which was deeper than the first.

He wrapped his hands around my waist and pulled me closer. I put my hands on his shoulder. It was beautiful. This was not out of fear of what was going on, this was not just because we could. We kissed each other in my room, on that night because we truly loved each other. Robin pulled away from our shared kiss, put did not let go of my waist.

I started walking backwards, toward the bed, motioning for him to follow. He did. He followed me the whole way there. He laid me down on the bed, and then he laid down on his back next to me. I turned my body so that half of my stomach was on his chest and the other half on the bed. I took my hand and put it to his strong cheek bone. And turned his face toward mine. He obeyed. I leaned in and kissed him, never removing my hand from its position. I fell asleep, there, in Robin De Noirs arms. He was now mine, and I was now his. If I was to ever leave his side again, it would be like leaving a part of me in whole. With all my heart, I loved this starry eyed bandit.

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