After many merry adventures, Robin Hood and Marian retired happily to Sherwood forest in order to spend the rest of their lives in peace. The decision was made when Marian discovered she was soon to have a child, and soon after a beautiful boy was born. Times were good for all in Nottingham.<br/>One day, news of an attack on Sherwood Forest had spread, Robin Hood gathered his men and headed east to the forest to counter the attack. Marian remained behind; her son, Micah, was now six years old, hid himself within her skirt as she cradled her baby daughter. Anxious that her husband had not returned, Marian placed the swaddled baby into her son's arms and hugged them both tightly. "Be a good boy, look after your sister, I won't be long," she said, kissing the boy for the final time. Grabbing the nearest weapon, she rushed to Robin's side, who had been ambushed by the King's soldiers. King Richard's throne had been taken by a much more fearsome king, none other than the sheriff of Nottingham and his first order: kill Robin Hood.<br/>Hood and his men fought valiantly, however the numbers against them were too great. While fighting, they were unaware that some of the king's men ran deep into the forest with kindling and torches. It had been a dry summer that year, once the kindling had been lit, it was not long until the whole forest was engulfed by flames. Robin and Marian exchanged glances as the flames caught their eye, in sheer panic they fled from battle and ran into the flames of the forest. The fire had spread quickly, the forest became unfamiliar to them as they ran through the smoke and fallen trees, calling out for their children.<br/>Meanwhile, Micah cradled his sister, Haley, tighter in his small arms. The fire grew and spat, even the blanket which swaddled Haley caught aflame. Micah desperately tried to extinguish the fire, using his hand to smother it, both the baby and the toddler had burned slightly from it. It was then that the fairies of Sherwood had come to protect them. Micah and Haley were not alone, other children of the merry men had been left behind and huddled together in fear of the fire. Fortunately, the fairies had long ago enchanted the Major Oak of which the bandits slept beneath, it was the only tree that would not burn. The fairies lifted its roots, revealing a underground hiding place, quickly the children slid down into the hole to shelter themselves. Once in the hiding place, every child huddled together, most in tears, waiting for the fire to subside.<br/>Marian and Robin, and the remaining men became lost in the burning forest during their search and were finally taken by the flames.