Assasins pony III

"Okay Connor, let's get to answering those questions.  First how many questions do you have, so we can get a sense of how long this will take.",  Twilight asked when every one was sitting down.

"Not many. Just two for now.  One major, one minor.  The minor being: what are those things on your ... er, flanks?", he said gesturing to the BUTTerflies on Fluttershy's flank.

"These"- Twilight pointed to her own butt mark (stars) "are our cutie marks.  they develop as we grow.  A cutie mark shows a mare's or stallion's special talent.  My special talent is magic."  She demonstrated by summoning a pie for Connor out of nowhere.  The pie was blue berry.

"Now for the major question.  *sigh* How... how did I even get here?" he poped the big question.

"Well, we should let Pinkie Pie explain.  Yes, I know this seems like a bad idea.", she said as she the look her friends gave her.  "Did you guys remember she was the only one to have seen what happened there?  Hmm did ya?", she asked before turning towards Pinkie Pie.  "We need you to be very serious.  You hear me Pinkie, be serious for Connors sake."

"I'll try to bee serious.", she sighed and the smile slid off her face.  "Okay, it all started this morning.

I was walking towards the park to play with gummy, when all of the sudden.  There was a flash of light bright as the sun Celestia rises.  It pulsed a few times.  It was about, uummm, six feet off the ground.  Something, that thing being you Connor, fell through this portal -thing -amajig.  You fell face first through.  You got knocked out.  I ran and got the girls, and well you know the rest.", her huge smile returning as soon as she finished explaining the situation.

"Sooo...In other words, you don't know.  Well... I guess it's Lyra's turn.", Connor said watching the mares reaction.  She listened to the story, but as soon as he said that her face visibly brightend

"Oh, well.  Where to start, where to start?  I know!! What do you use your hands for?", she asked staring at him intently.  Lyra was shivering with excitement.

"Pretty much everything."

"What...um what's the word...what's your gender?", the mare asked.

"Male"

"What do you eat?  You know like flowers, grass, bread the likes.", came the next question.  She was staring at him intently.  She was starting to shiver with excitement.

"Let's see... when out on missions it's generally bread and cheese.  My preferred food at most any other time being meat.", Connor answered.

His answer gained him an enraged stare from Fluttershy.  The others gasped (excluding Lyra).  Lyra simply nodded at the statement, nothing bt a flash of suprise only flashed briefly across his face.  "Connor, we don't eat meat here.  So if you want some meat you'll have to go beyond Ponyville into the Everfree Forest.

"Now for the next question.  You said 'when I'm out on missions'.  What missions were you talking about?", Lyra asked next.

"You mustn't tell others about this.  There are two different wars raging back home. One is rather recent, between two nations.  The United States and Great Britain called the Great Revolution.  America or the U.S. wants freedom from Great Britain.  Americas leader or general ,George Washington,sends me on missions to help them.

The other war is a secret war.  A war that has been raging for centuries between two... er, factions or groups.  My faction is or was the Brotherhood.  A single person or attacker from us is called an assassin.  All assassins are trained for several years before being sent into the world to hunt the others, but I'll get to that later.  A single assassin can effectively 'take out' at LEAST three Templar leaders.  That's all good and well, just one problem.  So far as I know me, and my mentor are all that's left or at least until we build up our numbers again.

"Now for the other faction.", Connor stopped and began taking deep breaths.  Connor started again after a long pause.  "The Knight's Templar.  We, that is the Assassins,  are not really sure why they want control.  They have more people but they are less trained.  The leaders are the ones that are really trained.

"The difference between assassins, generally speaking, they really only take people from families within the brotherhood.  Templar's seem willing to take anyone who want 'control'.", Connor finished explaining with a sigh of breath.  "Next question?"

"So your mother and father were assassins?", she asked.  Oh god that question.  Why that question.  Connor thought after she asked the question.

"My father-", He spat the word with enough venom in his voice he made everypony flinch.  "-was hard to explain so I'll save that until later.  My mother was not.  She was a Native American.  As was I for most all of my childhood.  Then the Templar's burned my village to the ground.  And m-my m-mother along w-with it.", he choked out the last part as a tear of anger and sadness rolled down his cheek.  Fluttershy tried to comfort him but he just shrugged off the hoof she put on his shoulder.

After a minute or so of silence he began talking again.  "My father, my father, my father.  He was an assassin for a time.  Then- I don't know why -he became a Templar.... I .... I had to kill him.", at his words there was a collective gasp from the ponies.  "I DIDN'T WANT TO KILL HIM!!!  I ... had ... to kill him.", he shouted.

Everypony remained silent.  That is until Applejack decided to break the silence.  "It must'a been hard for you.  Would you like to talk about it?", the mare asked gently as she could.

Connor shook his head "no", then that put the end to that.

"I think we we should all go home now and, well get some sleep", Rarity said looking outside at the sun.  At her words everyone realized just how long it had been.  Outside the sun was setting and the streets were almost empty.

"You got a place ta' sleep tonight sugarcube?", Applejack asked Connor " 'Cause if you don't you're welcome to sleep in our barn."

"I was just planning to sleep in a tree or something." he said, reluctant to put his trust in people- pony - he just met.

"We won't hurt you.  I know secret war and let me guess.  Trust issues?", Fluttershy asked Connor seeing his reluctance.

"Alright I guess I'll take the barn.", he chose to ignore the question.  She read me like a book.

"Well then follow me sugarcube", Applejack said.