I See Queen Mab Hath Been With You - Part 4

And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;

The pain was bearable, pain he was used to, but the heat...
Robin lay on his cot, the infection from his wound causing the flesh around it to swell up red and hot. And the heat was everywhere, his arms, his legs, burning into his brain.

"Please Master, you must drink this. It will help you."

Robin knew that voice, but couldn't put a name to it, Matthew? Mark? No, that wasn't right. Robin lifted his head and then there was something cool in his mouth, slipping down his throat and spilling over his lips. The taste was vile, but anything that took away the heat...

"That's it, Master. It's will take away the pain, help you sleep."

Much, that was the voice's name. Robin opened his mouth and croaked out, "Much." And then the blackness took over.

Robin woke up and reached over to pull Marian closer, but his arm fell on to the mattress, empty. Robin lifted his head and looked over to Marian's side of the bed to find no Marian, her pillow wasn't even rumpled. Robin got out of the bed and pulled on a pair of pants. He walked over to the door between his and Marian's room. Had Marian started her courses? Other then the time right after the each of the girls had been born, that was the only time they slept apart. Pushing open the door Robin found Maria's room empty. Where was she? Robin walked back into his room and grabbed a shirt. He pulled it on an he walked out into the landing that lead down to the main hall.

"Marian?" It was then that Robin was struck by the stillness. There were no servants in the hall, no sounds from any of the other rooms. Robin ran down the stairs and out the door into the courtyard, "Marian?" He called again, no one was there.

Robin looked into the stables to find no stable hands there, no animals either. Robin felt a chill take hold of his spine and he began to run, the hall was empty, the stables, the courtyard...

"Marian!"

Robin had reached the edge of Locksley village, there were no fires burning, no children chasing each other, no men working in the field. "Marian! Marian where are you!"

"Marian, Marian!" Sitting next to his masters cot, Much heard the mutterings and shook his head, "Lady look after him."

You can find the other parts here
Part 5 is here

I See Queen Mab Hath Been With You - Part 5

O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight,
O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees,

Robin sat on a low wall looking out at the sea. Much had gone to over see the transfer of their belongs to the ship heading for England. The fever had taken so much of his strength; it had also taken his dreams of Marian. But in the few weeks since Robin awoke from the fever to King Richard's command that he return home Robin had been forced to face the hard truth; he had left Marian behind and the life he had dreamed, the wedding, the nights in Marian's arms, the two sweet girls that had called him “Papa”, by now that would be some other man's life. The man that Marian would have found to take his place. He had no right to dream of her.

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It was wrong, all wrong. First the man in the forest, then coming into Locksley and the fear that everyone had, Dan Scarlett's hand, and the way Gisborn had treated everyone. Robin knew that there would have been changes while he was gone, but this... This was all wrong.

And now Edward, the man who had been with Robin the night his father died, was yelling that Robin was some trickster come to deceive him.

Then there was Marian.

Hundreds of images flickered through Robin's mind, the other life he had dreamed of, and he found himself saying, "Marian, it is me." in the same tone his dream self spoke with when coming to Marian's bed at night.

She answered something, but Robin had been over taken by the memory of his last dream, the one of an empty bed, an empty hall, an empty life."How are you?" He asked, "I thought of you."

This was his chance! He could set to making things right with this, with Marian.

"Leave!" That single word hit him like a slap in the face and his purpose for coming here returned to him.

"Sir Edward, if you do not remember me, remember your people! Remember Nottingham!" The door closed, taking Marian from his sight.

"Interesting." Much started to talk about something, but only one thought filled Robin's head. "She is still unmarried."

On to Part 6.

Post the One-Hundred and Twenty-Seventh - It's My Life

I told myself that I wouldn't post anything until I got out the next part of "Queen Mab". Well that's out so I can get on with the really, really, awesome, fun things.

Awesome Fun Thing #1
erinm_4600 made me the most awesome gift ever. A three disc fan mix inspired by my Guys Group stories!

Fun Thing #2
I went out and saw "Hay Fever" last night. The play its self was kind of, ah. But the actors where amazing
The play was written by Noel Coward and set in 1925's English country house of the Bliss's.
David Bliss - A writer who ignores almost everything but his writing.
Judith Bliss - A former famous actress, who is still performing.
Sorel and Simon - The spoiled children

The play focuses on a weekend when each of the family members invites someone to stay for the weekend.
David a young women who he wishes to... interview.
Judith a boxer who is a great admirer... of her work
Sorel a gentleman whom she has set as an ideal
and Simon a girl whom he is madly, madly in love with

The four guests arrive on Friday evening, by Saturday everyone has switched partners, and by Sunday morning the four guests band together to get out no matter what!

Now it sounds like an episode of "Jeeves and Wooster", but "J&W" is much funnier.
Rayna Schneider was wonderful as Judith, her pose and manner perfect for a diva who can't give up her art, Thom Capozzella was great as a stiff-upper lipped, keep everything smooth, English gentleman, and Tom Stockley was widely entertaining in his first turn on the Players stage.

Awesome Fun Thing #3
I've been watching "North & South" other the past few days and Richard Armatage with soooooo dreamy, even without his Guyliner.