An Orphan Worth Fighting For

There's a new price

  I thought this was just a normal raid until one of the people in the carriage pushed me from the foot lift. A woman stepped out from the door and looked at me with a devious smile. After thirty seconds she picked me up with a surprising amount of strength. Before she could do anything I screamed and tried to wiggle out of her hold on me. John came over and takled the woman as she tried to get to me again with no luck whatsoever. Soon she became more tired before John did and finally gave up. When Djack came around and called for everyone else over.

  After Robin came around, the woman stood up but didn't do anything else. I kept a good distance away just in case she tried to do the same thing again.

  "Oh I see, you really have become part of Robin's merry little gang. See I thought that was just done rumor." said the woman flatly.

  "Seems that happens to be one of the most popular rumors. That and the fact that apparently I'm the first one to escape the dongeon." I remarked.

  "Which is why people like me are trying to find you, there's a price for your head that the sheriff of Nottingham has put."

  "Oh so your one of those people who are very heartless and only care about making yourself rich. So you think that because I'm here you think you can just grab me like it's nothing, take me to Nottingham and become rich while I'm willing to die for that." I say.

  Everyone except for the woman knew exactly what I was thinking. She looked at me confused and much to her surprise I ran. After several minutes I stopped and was trying to catch my breath. There was no one to be seen. As soon as my breathing slowed down, I heard a branch from a tree move. I looked around to see where the rustling was coming from. As I was looking, someone covers my mouth as I tried to struggles.

  "Shhh. Calm down, now that woman that tried to turn you in to the sheriff, she won't stop until she becomes weary. Robin knows that I'm with you so you don't need to worry about him or his group desperately trying to find you. The last place this woman expects to find you is York. So if you want to live and I know you do you need to come with me, now." I grabbed the person's hand and turned around.

  "And what makes you think I'm going to York Sarah? I know how to take care of myself." I say.

  "Yeah hence the reason why your hanging around Robin all the time clearly states you prefer to be pampered by a whole bunch of grown ups."

  "Are you saying that it's a crime to have people around to watch your back? Because that's what it sounds like to me," Sarah looked at me with slight shock. "I'm still not going to York. I don't care what you say, I don't care what Robin says, I really don't care what anyone says, I'm staying here in Sherwood. Its not you or anyone's place to tell me how I should take care of myself or how I can get myself out of trouble." I explain.

  She looked at me with great concern. She didn't seem to know what to say next. I know she was trying to help me, but she knows that I didn't ask for her help and that Robin didn't confront me about having someone else taking me somewhere else. How did Sarah know I was in trouble? Did she know that woman would be after me and told Robin to expect her to come around soon? I wasn't curious enough to even ask so I kept my mouth shut.

  "Natasha, I know this woman well enough to know that she will look as hard as she can until she can't look anymore. As trust me when I tell you she knows this forest well enough to find you within a couple of days. But she does not know about York so she won't even think to go there to search for you." Sarah carefully explained.

  I took a deep breath and looked down muttering something under my breath out of frustration.

  "Sarah-"

  "Natasha." she said almost in a nagging tone of voice.

  "Ok fine I'll go to York if it'll get you to shut up." I said finally giving in.

  She sighed with relief and we both started walking to York.