2-Shopkeep

Shopkeep

I cautiously followed Holora to the back of the store. We went to a storage room that had nothing but a broom and broken weapon parts here and there. "What's back here?"I asked

"Much..."He simply said. He pulled a lamp attached to the wall toward himself. I felt a slight shudder in the floorboards below me, and heard a loud creak of metal. Suddenly, a piece of the wall moved to the side, revealing a hidden part of the store. "Follow me."He said. Holora grabbed the lamp off of the wall, and carried it down with him. I followed.

"What's down here?"

"Patience. You will see when we get there."Holora responded. We walked down the stairs down to a basement like room. A wooden figure stood in the middle of the room. It held a piece of white clothing with a hood that would cover one's head. I walked over to it curiously. Slowly, I reached my hoof out to feel the thick woven fabric.

"Ah ah ah."I heard. My hoof retreated immediately. "Please...do not touch that piece of clothing."

"What is it?"I asked.

"It is a common apparel that an Assassin wears. The hood hides her face well, and the rest hides many other lethal objects."

"Was this one yours?"I looked at the clothing. It had a dark red stripe on each leg, as well as a stripe on the hood.

"Yes. That is why I kept it down here, safe from anyponys hooves. Before I retired, I had a vision that a lost Assassin would cross my path, and I would train them. Apparently, the vision wasn't entirely true."

"What do you mean?"I asked.

"Your father was an Assassin...therefor you are part of the brotherhood already. You were born into the brotherhood. The reason why my vision was slightly wrong, is because I visioned an Assassin who had little experience. Not none at all."

"I'm...an Assassin?"I was confused, yet it all sounded too familiar.

"Yes, and no. Like I said, you were born into the brotherhood, but you don't have any experience or knowledge about our ways, and what we stand for..."

"So..."

"So I will teach you..."Wait, what! "I will teach you everything that I know. You are what I have been waiting for Scootaloo...your entire family were born into the brotherhood. Your father was trained, and his father was trained, and so on...now I think it's time for the new generation to begin."

This was all happening way too fast. One second, I'm adoring all the interesting weapons and blades, the next, I'm being offered to wield, and learn how to use one.

"Scootaloo Jade..."He said. I looked up at him. "Will you allow me to take you into my own hooves as your mentor?"
I took a moment to think about the question. Yes or No...

"Yes."I responded.

"Then you promise to keep the order a secret between ourselves, and other Assassin's around you?"

"I do."I asked myself why he mentioned he was an Assassin in the first place if he's supposed to keep it a secret.

"Do you swear to remain loyal to the Assassins, the needy, and the innocent?"

"I do."

"Then we shall begin your training as soon as possible...Scootaloo Jade, you will continue your family's Assassin heritage, and you will become a symbol of piece, and justice."He said. "Finally, you must swear to the oath of the brotherhood...Nothing is true...everything is permitted."

"Nothing is true...everything is permitted."I repeated. I looked up at Holora, and back up at the hood and clothing. I could only think of what lies ahead.

He said a few more things, and let me go. I returned outside, where I looked upon the world with excitement. Soon, I would be the protecter of my friends, and peers.

"There you are!"I heard the familiar voice of my fellow crusader, Applebloom. "We were wondering when you were gonna come 'outta there. You missed Pinkie do another one of her sing alongs!"

"Heh. Yeah sorry I took so long...you won't believe what happened, I'm gonna be a..."I paused, and remembered what I had said.

"A what Scoots?"Sweetie asked.

"A...uh...A sizzling hot chicken egg if I don't get out of this heat."I wiped the sweat off my forehead.

"Yeah no kiddin', it must be like, a hundred degrees out here or somethin'."Applebloom exaggerated.

"So what did you guys do while I was gone?"I asked.

"Not much. We had some cupcakes, got some ice cold soda pop, and watched Pinkie do her thing."Applebloom responded.

"You should've been there."Sweetie said.

"Well we still have the rest of the day, let's go."I said. We laughed, and made our way around Ponyville.