Robyn Hood

Chapter One: A Night of Robyn Hood

 know I suck at keeping track with stories but here it goes! I hope this gives you a good impression :3

Evelyn's POV

I gazed upon the kingdom that lay before my eyes. It was nearly eleven at night, but the lights were still on in the kingdom below. Especially the castle that seemed to be lit with thousands of candles outside. I was surprised at how there wasn't a fire yet. I leaned against one of the large branches of the tree I stood on, crossing my arms over my chest. I wonder what Jena and Dove were doing at that Masquerade Ball.

Ah yes, the Masquearde Ball. A place where rich girls unlike myself could dance the night away in beautiful woven gowns made of pure silk, and pretty delicate lace. Wearing masks to conceal your identity as you can waltz with a stranger. I thought it was odd, but that didn't stop me from wishing I could be there.

Although, being surrounded by so many snooty nobles was definitely not my kind of way of having fun.

I heard the slight rustle of leaves. I flinched. There was no cool breeze that could make such forceful noise. I immediately brought out my bow and loaded an arrow, scanning the darkness to find traces of a silhouette. I spotted an arm popping out from a bush. I narrowed my eyes and released an arrow, feeling relieved of hearing the hissing sound that it made.

"Ouch!" a familiar voice cried, and more rustling. I heard a thud on the ground. A head popped out of the bush, revealing a dark blue cloak trimmed in a silver pattern. The hood of the cloak fell down upon the shoulders of one of my best friends, Tori. Her long, wavy black hair stuck out from her cloak and she made a smirk. "What'd you think I was, a bandit?" she asked me, pulling out an arrow from her leather shoe.

I bit my lip. "Err, sorry Tori." I said as she threw the arrow back out at me and I caught it. I offered a hand to help her up the tree. "Is your foot okay?"

She made a small laugh. "You're lucky that my shoe's a little big for me." she pointed at the tip of her shoe that had a ripped hole and exposed her toes.

"I'm sorry. I'll make you a new pair." I apologized.

Tori shrugged indifferently. "Nah, it's okay. We could always just buy new ones." she made a smirk at her little joke and released a giggle.

I had to admit, I laughed too. Unfortunately, we could never buy things. We were as poor as dirt. The most we could buy was probably just some thread and needles to fix our clothes. The luxury things that we own we would only have if we stole them. Tori, Jena, Dove, and I would use the term buying without paying. It was good enough for us.

We don't steal selfishly on a daily basis. We usually steal when we desperately need it. Actually, I'd be lying. We do steal on a daily basis. But not for ourselves--it's pretty rare for us to steal for a selfish act. We steal and give to others who have even worse lives than we do, and others of course who are poor in general.

The people we steal from, and the town, don't know who the theft is. It's different every time, which is why they don't know. Sometimes I would steal, or Tori, or Dove, or Jena. That way our identity would be safer. Sometimes we all steal at the same time. Tori and I keep our identities hidden by wearing hooded cloaks. Jena and Dove wore them too, but they also wore black masks.

The people in our hometown call us "Robyn Hood" because they think that we're a reincarnation of the real Robyn Hood. They even think that we're all just one man who wears disguises every time--but it's actually the four of us.

"Where are Jena and Dove?" Tori asked me, as we both gazed at the kingdom again. I admired the castle once again. It sort of disgusted me how King Adrian, our selfish irresponsible ruler, could rule such a beautiful kingdom and our country, Iunctura. However, just because our kingdom and country was beautiful didn't mean they had beauty within. The people like the nobles and other high classes, they have ugly personalities. The lower classes are much more down to earth and more appreciative of life--and this is why we steal to give them what they need.