Once Upon a Time: Ever After High (Book 3)

Ch.56 Stolen treasures

Still in the net, Sparrow decided to wait till his mother came back to free him. But just then he heard voices coming, he looked and saw a group of men coming towards them.

"Well what do we have here?" one of them chuckled "A lonely boy who somehow looks a lot like Robin."

"Eh wait a minute?" Little John said "It's Robin's boy Sparrow!"

"Hey..." Sparrow said awkwardly.

"Oh" the man said surprised "Well sorry about the trap, I'll get you down."

He then pulled out his sword and went to the rope that held the net.

"Wait can't you just-" Sparrow started to say, but the man had already cut the rope as Sparrow dropped to the ground with a thud "Lower me down" he winched in pain.

The men then helped him out of the net.

"It's good to see you again Sparrow" Little John patted his back.

"But what are you doing here?" Will asked.

"My mom made me come so I can help her with whatever problem is going on here" Sparrow said.

"Well where is she?" Friar Tuck asked.

"Coming here now."

The Merry Men turned and saw Marian coming towards them.

"Ah Marian" Little John went up to her with a smile "It's good to see you again."

"You too John" she smiled as they hugged.

"Is there anyone else with you?" Will asked.

"Well just my son's friends, but they're somewhere else. Now what's this problem you guys are having?"

"Oh right" Friar said "Well all of our treasure's been stolen!"

"Stolen?" she gasped.

"We had just came back from another robbery when we saw that all of our treasure was gone! Including Robin's wedding ring."

"Wow" Sparrow said amused "The robbers got robbed, how ironic."

"Do you know who stole it?" Marian asked them.

"We have a good feeling it's the Sheriff" Will said.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Well we found this in our camp" he held up the Sheriff's badge.

Marian gave a sigh "Well where's Robin?"

"Trying to find the treasure."

"Oh no" she groaned.

"What?"

"I have a bad feeling that the Sheriff took the treasure as bait to lure Robin and you guys to him so he could capture all of you."

"Oh..." they all said, realizing that she may be right.

"When did he leave?"

"Like 15 minutes ago" Friar said.

"Well we gotta get him before he gets captured, come on Sparrow."

Sparrow gave a groaned as he followed everyone to the Nottingham castle. There they all hid behind some crates as Marian peered over and saw the guards at the front.

"Okay" she whispered to everyone "I'm gonna get Robin, I'll give you a signal if I need help, and make sure Sparrow doesn't go off."

"Relax, I wont" Sparrow assured.

"Yeah you said that when we went to your grandmother's funeral, just stay out of trouble."

"Whatever" he rolled his eyes as Marian got up and grabbed a cone hat with a veil and put it on.

The veil hid her face as she made her way to the castle. Meanwhile, Robin was on the side of the castle peeking into a window where he saw the Sheriff talking to Prince John in a room. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but he did notice that the Sheriff was showing John Robin's wedding ring that he had stolen from the Merry Men's camp. But before Robin could go anywhere, he felt a hand on his shoulder which made him jump as he turned around, surprised to see that it was his wife.

"Marian?" he said surprised.

"Robin we need to go now" she warned in a whisper.

"Why I was about to get our treasure back, they have my wedding ring."

"But I have a bad feeling about this."

"Why?"

"Don't you think that they took your stuff to lure you here so they could capture you?"

"I had a feeling about that, but you know that I can always escape."

"Hey!" a guard yelled from behind them.

"Like now's the time to escape" Robin said as he grabbed Marian's hand and they ran with the guard after them.

Behind the crates, the Merry Men kept an eye out for Marian and Robin as Sparrow just gazed his eyes around at the sightings. He then gave a bored sigh, he would rather be rocking out with his friends then wait for his parents. But just then Robin and Marian made it behind the crates as they watched the guards stop in front of them, wondering where the two have gone.

"We've lost them Sheriff" a guard said to the Sheriff.

Hearing the word 'Sheriff' made Sparrow look over the crates to see his parent's enemy. His mother had told him that the Sheriff looked a bit frighting, and she was right. He looked tough with his dark beard, stern eyes, and a scar that ran across his face. And he did not look happy.

"Blast those two!" he growled "We'll look for them later, and this time, once I get my hands on Robin, it will be the end of him."

And with that he and the guards went away as everyone sighed in relief.

"You two okay?" Little John asked Robin and Marian.

"We're fine" Marian assured.

"Sparrow?" Robin said as he looked at his son "You're here too?"

"Hey...dad" Sparrow said awkwardly.

"I made him come" Marian told Robin "Plus his friends are here too but they're somewhere else right now."

"Um, that's good I guess" Robin said with a little shrug.

Sparrow gave a little sigh, knowing that his father didn't expect him to see his son here too.

"Well we should get back to camp before the guards find all of us" Little John suggested as they got up and left the town and to their secret camp hidden in Sherwood Forest.

Once there they met up with Sparrow's friends and set up a fire.

"Wow" Melody said as she and Duchess looked at Will "You have really nice hair."

"You are correct" Will smirked as he ran his fingers to his flowly hair.

Sparrow sat against a log and played with a stick as he took a small glance at his father who was talking to his group.

"You know you have to talk to him soon" Poppy said as she sat next to him.

"Oh boy" Sparrow sighed, wondering if he'll ever bond with his father.