An Orphan Worth Fighting For

Meeting new people

As Robin and the man with the black leather are having a heated argument I decide to sneak away. When I get far enough away from them where I know they can't see or hear me I run as fast as I can into a forest until I can't run anymore. Several minutes after I catch many breath I start walking deeper into the forest not looking back I start to become curious if Robin and that guy on the horse even noticed I left. But not curious enough to go back and check. Then again I've been known to sneak off with no one's knowledge of it until it's far too late. It's something that you pick up on if your an orphan struggling to stay alive in Nottingham whether you like it or not. After a while my feet start hurting and I find a near by log to sit for a while.

I don't know what's going to happen next, I just know that I need to find a place to stay. Just as I'm about to get up to walk, I see a woman walking toward me. Since curiosity has gotten the best of me I walk to her and we both stop right in front of each other.

"Who are you?" The only thing I can manage to even say since that's the only question on my mind.

"Well I might ask the same thing." That's not what I expected to hear.

"If I tell you my name will you tell me yours?"

"Yeah sure." The woman says as she crosses her arms.

"My name is Raelynn. Now what's your name?" I say a bit impatiently.

  "Marian. Nice to meet you Raelynn." Marian smiles at me. She seems like a nice enough of a woman. Just as I open my mouth to say nice to meet you too, Robin shows up running and very much out of breath.

"Took you long enough to realize I've been gone." I say flatly.

"Robin where have you been everyone has been worried about you." After moments of Robin panting he looks at me almost as if he were mad at me.

"You are a sneaky kid aren't you?"

"Well when you're in my shoes then you would understand why I'm so sneaky. Then again I'm known to sneak away without being noticed at all." I smile at Robin with satisfaction.

"Wait you know her?" Marian asks.

"How could he know me, he only met me earlier today." I say before Robin could answer.

"What she said. You Raelynn could have gotten killed out here on your own." Robin remarked.

"Yeah well I didn't I'm still alive. I may be young but I could survive." Yeah I can't even buy that myself.

"Robin we can't just let her be out here by herself."

"Are you saying I can stay with you?" Well this is going better than I thought.

"No." "Yes." Both Robin and Marian say at the same time.

"Robin she can't stay out here defenseless."

"Yeah and that is why we take her back right Locksley." Here we go another argument.

"Yeah and waste your time trying to find my family? Yeah brilliant idea Robin." I say a little annoyed

"So what makes you think she even has a home? She should stay with us."

  "Fine but if she causes too much trouble we're taking her to Locksley and finding a family that will take her." Robin said.

"Right cause the people of Locksley has enough money to support one more child." I say with a smile.

As we get to a hill we all stop and Robin sits down as if he were waiting for someone. For some time it was quiet and I was confused as to why we are here. I don't know what we are doing here. Before I could say anything five other people come around and someone goes and pulls what looked like a small lever and more than half the hill opens up.

"By the looks of your face you didn't see that coming." Robin smiles at me playfully as I'm looking at him with bug eyes and he walks in with everyone else. How did they have the time to do this? Slowly I walk into the camp and almost everyone looks at me.

  "Well this the most interesting thing I have ever seen. So Robin I'm guessing you already told them my name?"

  "It's possible." Robin said.

  "Why?"

  "Because I felt like it."

  "Why?"

  "Because I thought it'd be funny." Oh my god he's killing me.

  "Well looks like Robin found himself a small wife already." One of the guys said.

  "What's that supposed to mean? And who are you?" I asked.

  "Oh my name is Jon." Jon answered.

  "Well Jon, I don't know what makes you say that I'm-"

  "Because your just as sarcastic as he is." Jon interrupted.

  "Well that's something I would have liked to have figured out myself."

  "I forgot to add a side of sass." Jon has no idea how sassy I can be which is the great part.