"My lord," I woke up to Guy walking in our room, and I quickly sank even more under the covers.
"What Gisborne?" he asked, sitting up in bed.
"We received word from the mercenaries, they should be here in a week's time."
"Good, house them in Locksley, declare it a military town."
"Yes, my lord,"
"Gisborne," the sheriff looked at him, "Leave!"
Guy caught a glimpse of me curled up against Vaisey and left immediately.
"You didn't have a nightmare last night," I mentioned to him, sitting up, exposing the scars on my back to him. I felt his hands follow the scars.
"I don't have to do this any more, right?" he asked.
"No, I'm loyal to you and only you." I turned and kissed him.
"Good," he mumbled after the kiss. He stood up and got changed into his normal attire, as did I.
Time quickly passed and Midsummer Day was upon us. It was the day before and I was out riding, with a guard, which Vaisey ordered. I came upon a fight, and quickly realized that it was Robin and Vaisey.
"Stop it, both of you," I shouted, trying to get them away from each other. "Vaisey, Robin, cut it out!" I tried getting in the middle. I got pushed out of the way and decided to allow them to fight. I watched as they both attacked each other brutally. Then, finally, Robin knocked Vaisey out.
"Robin!" I ran to him and hugged him.
"And who is this?" a woman's voice asked from behind me.
"This, is my sister, Sable, Sable this is the queen mother," Robin introduced us.
"It's an honour to meet you," I said, bowing. "I suppose, I should get him back to the castle," My guard will soon find me, so you should be on your way. I gave Robin another hug and gave Will one too. "Will, I don't blame you at all, your still a brother to me," I whispered in his ear while we hugged.
"Lady Sable!" the guard shouted.
I turned back to face the gang, "Remember if you ever need me, you know where to find me."
"Yeah, in the sheriff's chamber," Much muttered loudly, causing all of us to laugh. I watched as they walked off, smiling.
"Lady Sable?" the guard shouted again.
"Here!" I yelled once they were out of sight, kneeling down by Vaisey. The guard quickly arrived and helped the sheriff onto his horse. By the time we arrived at the castle, Vaisey was fully awake.
"What, no treasure?" Guy asked as we entered the castle. I jumped off my horse and brought her to the stable, eagerly escaping Vaisey's anger.
A month had passed, and my birthday was coming up, as was Robin's. We were only a week apart, mine being a week after Robin's.
"Sable, pack a chest," It was Robin's birthday and it was odd that Vaisey was telling me to do such a thing.
"What for?"
"Just do it," I nodded, quickly emptying one of my chests then filling it with clothes and other necessities. I was brought to the carriage and it was rather cramped, embarrassingly, I had to spend the entire time of Vaisey's lap or be on the floor because Marian was forced to come along. We had finally arrived to Portsmouth and stopped at an inn.
"How many beds?" a man, presumably the owner came out to greet us.
"Three." the sheriff stated.
I felt bad when I was escorted to the room, leaving behind Marian who was forced to stay in the stable.
The next morning, Vaisey woke me up and gave me time to change before entering the carriage again. I noticed that Alan was gone and was able to sit next to Vaisey, across from Marian. We took a ship to the Holy Land from Portsmouth. I was surprised about how easily I got seasick.
We arrived quickly to the Holy Land and from there, however we were only on horseback. When we got settled, I found myself to be tied up, in the basement, along with Marian. We would try to listen in on conversations upstairs, however neither of us had much luck.
The next morning both Marian and I were grabbed. I was forced to sit in front on Vaisey, while Marian had her own horse but its reigns were held by a guard. We arrived at where Robin was, tied up, in the desert. The king's betrayer, James, got off his horse and grabbed Marian off of hers. The sheriff also got off and approached Robin.
"Here is your leper friend," the sheriff spoke to Robin, "Do you remember our little friend?" James held up his hand, showing off the black knights' ring. "Tie her up!"
I watched as Marian started yelling. I looked at my tied up hands. "Stop it, leave her alone!" I yelled at the sheriff. He faced me, and the next thing I knew I was on the ground.
"Get her up and on the horse!" he shouted at James who, after he had finished tying up Marian, he came at me and grabbed me. I kicked him once, it didn't do a thing, I kicked a second time and hit him somewhere where a man does not want to be kicked. He crunched over in pain. "Well, hurry up!" He tried grabbing me again and pulling me up from my back, but when he actually got me standing, I kicked behind me, hitting him right below the knee. "You either walk the entire way, or you can ride the horse, its up to you," the sheriff said, turning to me, grabbing my face.
"Go to hell!" I shouted at him, spitting in his face.
"Tie her up, and put a muzzle on her, we're going to go see her beloved king," James nodded, quickly following orders. I was tugged along, running to keep up with the horses until we reached the destination. I was untied and brought to the edge, overlooking the place where King Richard and Sal Ad din were meeting.
"Watch this be the death of your beloved king," the sheriff whispered, throwing me to the ground then, basically, laying on top of me to watch the events and keep me from running away.
"Where's Marian?" Guy asked the sheriff.
"Let's just say she's all tied up," the sheriff said, turning back to the action below, Guy stared at him a few more moments before also turning back to watch. We watched as Robin revealed himself and the imposter began to fight him. Just as he fell to the ground, his gang arrived on horses.
"Get up," I was grabbed by the sheriff and put on his horse, he quickly got on behind me as we rode off. We arrived at a town and the sheriff got off the horse, seeming to have forgotten about me. I pulled the cloth that was in my mouth away and carefully got off the horse, though unsuccessful and ended up falling onto the sand. From the ground, I watched the sheriff hit the king with an arrow.
"No!" I shouted, running for him. I knelt down by him, my wrists still tied together, looking at the man I was once betrothed to. "King Richard," I whispered to him, tears falling from my face.
Marian confronted Guy, "All this time I've been fighting for England, and do you think I would let you kill England?" she asked Guy. She was walking backward as Guy was pointing his sword at her. I watched as the mumbled, talking to each other, and suddenly Guy lashed out, stabbing Marian in the stomach.
"Marian!" Robin shouted, running our way.
"Gisborne, its not over Hood!" the sheriff shouted, running for his horse and getting on, Guy similarly getting on behind him. I watched as they both rode off. I helped the king stand as we watched as Robin and Marian get married, as she took her last breaths here on earth. She grabbed the sword and pulled it out of her, as they kissed, letting out a scream of pain as she did so.
Later that evening we held a funeral for Marian and for Carter, who both died for England.
"Sable," the king reached for my hand, after the funeral.
"Please leave me alone," I turned from him.
"What is it?" he asked me.
"You shouldn't be talking to me," I looked down but he brought my head up.
"Why not?" he asked, looking me in my eyes.
"I'm the wife of the man who tried killing you, and who will no doubt try to do so again." tears rolled down my face as I looked at the man I could have had, who I could have called mine.
"What, how?"
"I'm not even sure any more, I believed I was doing it for Robin, so he could be free," I told him.
"What now?"
"I return to England, not to him, but to Luke Scarlett, Will's younger brother, Dan Scarlett's son, the man who helped raise me while my brother was here, fighting in the war." I looked at him, "I'm done with the sheriff, done with him, I'm going to Scarborough, choose someone who is worthy of your love to rule the country, I am sorry, but I am not." I turned away and joined Robin.
"Is it true, you'll go live with Luke?" Will and Robin asked, as we left.
"Yes, I'm all that he has left, if you are staying here, and in a way he's all I have left, since I can't return to my husband, and my brother is busy fighting for the king."