Lady without a name, lady of nowhere

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Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

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Gilan glanced back at the building behind him and looked around at the garden, thinking about her statement. “I’m tempted to agree, but I still find Sherwood to be safer,” he replied. “I’m alone, and people that pass by would least expect to find a living soul somewhere deep in the forest. But for someone like you, the abbey is definitley safer.” He chuckled.

He held her almost too tightly, just glad to be with his friend again. And glad to know that she was alright.

“I wish I was not such a helpless, weak girl… If I was not, I would have stayed in the woods” The life she had begun having with Gilan in the forest before he went missing was certainly much better than the one she had at abbey, but Emeline had no choice but to go back to those high walls that would keep her safe and sound once she was all alone.

Their embrace lasted a while, both clearly happy to find each other again and to know they were both unharmed and well. As they began to pull away, her arms slid from around his shoulders to lay on his chest for a moment. Then, the girl moved her hands away, taking a step back, leaving the appropriate distance between the young man and her. She folded her hands together in front of her, looking down for a moment as she felt the faint blush of her cheeks disappear before looking at him again.

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Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

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knight-of-sherwood:

“Well, that’s a wise choice you made,” Gilan agreed. “Surely no one will get you past that gate.” He chuckled and urged Angel to go back to where Ghost was. The hawk leaped off his arm and soared back. Just as she landed, Gilan was surprised to find Emeline hugging him, but a small smile appeared on his face and he wrapped his arms around her, too. “I miss you as well,” he said softly.

“An abbey is certainly safer than the forest” she agreed with a smile, looking at the big gate he’d tried to climb moments before. The whole abbey was made up of high walls so she was perfectly safe there. That and there was also the fact that scoundrels and thugs didn’t really pick abbeys as places to steal or attack people.

Emeline realized how inapropriate it must have been that she was so forward to embrace him so. She was about to let go off him and apologize when she felt his arms wrapping around her, so she didn’t move, but a small smile began to spread over her lips.

Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:01:38 -0500

knight-of-sherwood:

“Thank you,” Gilan said, hopping off the gate and waiting for Emeline to open it for him. As he stepped inside, he whistled at Angel’s direction and lifted his wrist as the hawk flew over to him. He smiled and started carressing her wings gently with his finger. “I’ve missed you too,” he said, then turned back to Emeline.

“Glad to know you’ve been doing good,” he said. “On my way here, I stopped by the huts and a lot of worst-case scenarios came to mind. I’m just glad to know you’re alright.” He gave her a small nod and glanced over at Angel. “Yes, apparently I got too cocky and careless the day the Sheriff finally got me. But as you can tell, the Sheriff is a cocky and arrogant one himself. I escaped, obviously.” He smirked and looked back over at her. “Of course you did. Sometimes I worry about myself too,” he added with a slight chuckle.

Emeline smiled as Angel flew to Gilan’s wrist. Even though she’d taken good care of her in his absence, it was clear she’d missed him. “Yes, the nuns have been most kind, as always” she said looking down for a moment with a bit of a forced smile that she hoped would come off as natural. The sisters were kind, yes, but there was no need to talk about the conflics they had with her because she didn’t want to take the next step from novice into a nun.

“I wish I could have stayed there, I really liked the huts. But you know a lonely girl is a very easy target for anyone so I was afraid. I cannot defend myself well and so I decided to return here, where these walls would keep me safe from danger”

A part of her still couldn’t believe he was actually there, returned from his misfortunes and his wild adventure. Emeline took a few steps towards him and simply embraced him. He was real. “I missed you…”

Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:36:36 -0500

knight-of-sherwood:

He gave her a little shrug, the sheepish grin still on his face. “So… I can’t hold on here forever,” he said with a chuckle, starting to slip. “And the people here did a pretty good job at setting up this gate.” He cocked his head over at the two hawks. “Glad to see that Angel’s still in great shape and the other one is growing up to be a healthy one.”

He grunted as he tried to push himself up to keep the top of the gate under his arms, supporting his weight. “How’ve you been?” he asked simply.

“Oh yes. Sorry. I will…. I will open it for you” Emeline snapped out her initial shock of seeing him there. It was so surreal to see Gilan there, in front of her, she couldn’t believe that after his disappearance he was back. The girl ran to the small greenhouse, which was pretty close from the gate. The sisters kept some keys hidden there and she rushed to get the ones from the gate so she could open it for Gilan.

As she came back with the keys she looked at him as she worked on opening the big gate “I have been well” was the only thing she could articulate. So many things had happened in the past few months and it would be too much to reply explaining him about all that. She hoped they would have time to talk now that he’d returned. “How have you been? I mean, I received your letter some time ago and learned that you had been captured… and then the storm at the ocean…. I was worried about you” she finished, lowering her voice a bit, but giving him a small smile.

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Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:17:52 -0500

knight-of-sherwood:

Gilan grunted as he fell to the ground from a failed attempt to climb up. “Probably to prevent bad people from sneaking in,” he muttered. “Well they’re doing good with it.” Looking back, he called his horse over and used the stirrup and the saddle to haul himself up. As he looked over, he just saw a glimpse of a girl with blonde hair, and a snow white hawk, along with Angel. He’d recognize her anywhere. And obviously the other two would be Emeline and Ghost.

As he quickly processed this through his mind, his horse moved away, causing him to lose balance and lunge forward, holding on with the gate under his arms to support him. He chuckled when he saw the hawks flutter from surprise and gave Emeline a sheepish grin when she looked over at his direction. “Er, hello,” he said.

The girl waited a moment, without making any noise so she could better hear if the sound from before was repeated. She got up slowly, dropping the seeds and corn to the floor. She walked in a slow pace, doing her best effort not to make a sound as she peeked to the part of the garden where the back gate was. She would take just a quick peek to see what was the source of the sounds she’d heard before. Perhaps it wasn’t the smartest thing to do, to head towards the sound in case the source of it was dangerous, but if it was she had to warn the sisters.

She looked around and then she froze. “Gilan…” the word escaped her lips at the sight of him. Emeline was definitely not expecting to find him there and he seemed a little bit changed. Of course he would look different, it had been about half a year since she last saw him. The girl remained speechless for a moment.

Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:55:00 -0500

knight-of-sherwood:

On his horse, Gilan continued to ride until he recognized the familiar environment of Sherwood Forest. He grinned to himself and wondered if he could find his old hut again. As the path got a little narrower, he dismounted his horse and continued by foot, his horse following closely behind.

As Gilan came up to his hut and Emeline’s almost-finished one, a sad smile appeared on his face. Emeline, he thought, and started wondering about her. How was she? Where is she? What happened to her? Taking a quick look inside both huts, he realized that she hasn’t been there in weeks, maybe a few months. The confused look on his face soon turned into a concerned one. Maybe the Sheriff and his men found her and put her in prison for being a friend of the son of Robin Hood? Or she got captured by bandits or highwaymen that happened to wander by?

And right when he was about to worry about the hawks, both Angel and Ghost, he heard a cry up in the sky, and he looked up, seeing a hawk flying by. He recognized the wings— that form— anywhere. “Angel!” he cried happily. He noticed the direction she was flying towards, and quickly mounted his horse, running after her from under.

Soon, they came across an abbey. Gilan raised an eyebrow as he noticed Angel slowly getting lower. What could she possibly be doing here? he wondered and thought back. Then he realized that Emeline used to live in an abbey. She’s probably here, he thought, urging his horse forward. Along with Angel and Ghost. He noted the spot where he assumed Angel landed. The garden.

As he approached close enough, he dismounted his horse and walked over to the gate, attempting to climb it to look over. He could’ve sworn Angel landed there.

Her hand was extendd forward, little pieces of corn and sees across her palm, so that Ghost could eat from there. “I know, I know… you want meat, you little scrouger” she couldn’t help but laugh a bit. Ghost was an adult hawk by now and his apetite had grown just as he had. Every now and then Emeline would make sure to bring some pieces of meat for both hawks so they could be well nouished, but that happened every now and then. Having them hidden from the nuns and having to sneak out to feed them, the most the girl could get for them were seeds and corn.

She looked up as she noticed Angel flying back to where she was sitting on the garden. “There you are” she smiled “Ghost and I were worried about you”. Emeline reached out to the small pouch she had with the food for the hawks and took a bunch of it to place her free hand in front of Angel.

The girl was sitting near the back gate of the abbey, the one that faced Sherwood forest, the one she used months ago to sneak out into the woods for her night walks and then to meet with Gilan. Both hawks were eating the food she’d brough them from her hands and she smiled. The only sound to be heard were the distant chants from the nuns somewhere inside the abbey and the little noises Ghos and Angel were making. That was why Emeline was startled when she heard a noise near the back gate, like the hooves of a horse galloping closer and then the sound stopped.

Like father like son

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Like father like son

Reunion | Gilan & Emeline

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:27:07 -0500

Life at the abbey had become quite monotone for Emeline. Everything seemed to have the same slow pace as usual. The girl was already so accustomed to everything and living each day just as the one before. It was sad to admit her life had turned out to be quite boring and not anything like she hoped it would be when she was a little girl imagined what her future would be like. This was most certainly not it but being an orphan with no name or fortune, Emeline couldn’t afford to complain about it because the nuns had been kind enough to take her in.

Newstead Abbey was the closest thing she had to a home, even though it didn’t feel like a home at all. The nuns gave her a roof over her head and food in exchange of her labors at the abbey, working like any other novice there did. The small moments of mild happiness in Emeline’s life were when she sneaked out to the gardens and spent her time with Angel and Ghost, who had grown so much in the past few months. He was no longer a baby hawk, he was almost as big as Angel by now. Emeline fed both birds in secret everyday and she enjoyed being with them. They reminded her of those days she had spent in Sherwood Forest in the company of Gilan. She missed him.

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It’s a quiet life, isn’t it?

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It’s a quiet life, isn’t it?

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