My Little Creed: Assassination is Magic

CHAPTER 2: Death's Apprentice

Author's Note: Why is this so popular? I'm just like, what...I come home from school and I see like, 20 freaking messages! Thank you all so much!

The woman seemed to lock eyes with Ezio for a moment before looking down and start to break down crying. She curled up into herself and cried her eyes out. She seemed young...Was she lost in these woods?

Ezio's blades slid back into the mechanism and trotted over to the girl. “Are you alright madonna?” He looked at her from under his hood and she backed away from him, crying even harder now. “Why do you move away from me?”

“Because you're going to kill me!” Ezio stepped back at the outburst. “You're going to kill me and never let me see my Jace again!” She cried harder at the mention of this.. Jace...A lover perhaps? Why would he kill an innocent anyway? The first tenet of the creed is to stay your blade from the blood of an innocent.

“I would never hurt anybody madam! I-I don't even know where I am to be completely honest!” The woman looked up and stared at him for the longest time. She turned her head as she just kept looking at him with those piercing red eyes. Why are they so hypnotic?! Is she some kind of, god that has taken the form of this... Horse and come to me to guide Ezio?

“Then w-why do you wear that hood? If you're not here to harm me, it would be nice to actually see your face stranger...” She stood up and her body was caked with mud. The only way he could tell that she was originally white was because she had some showing on her face. The tears had washed away some mud on her face and it was showing her cheeks some now.

“I wear this hood because it is a tradition in the creed I am in.” She wide eyed and froze in place hearing 'creed.' “B-But I am not evil by any means madam! I am an assassin...But not for you. You are innocent in my eyes, until you have committed crimes against this world, I have no reason to go after you.” This seemed to calm her down a bit. “But, if you truly wish to see my face..” He took one hoof and pushed the hoof down, his black ponytail shining in the light. His hazel eyes dark and hard as he looked at the other horse thing. He had a serious expression on his face, showing that he meant business.

“Oh, my...Tell me...How did you come to get here stranger?” Ezio seemed taken aback, and his ears folded. How was he doing that anyway?! This is a new body and he can use his new appendages like he's been like this forever. Maybe it's instinct. Ezio looked around nervously and the woman sighed. “I thought so. Your silence tells me everything. Let me guess, it was either teleportation; or you made a deal with death with a second life.”

“Uhhh, how did you..”

“My husband is the apprentice of Death.”

Ezio's mouth dropped and he stared at the woman. “Tell me, what is his name? He told me to ask someone-”

“Pony..”

“What?”

“Somepony. We don't use 'body' in this world; it's 'pony.' Examples would be 'everypony' 'somepony' or 'anypony.'”

“Grazie madonna. He told me to ask anypony around the world about Craimer Xegen..” The woman merely chuckled at his comment.

“That's the name he goes by for doing his work. He's a DJ and his stage name is Craimer Xegen. Everypony knows who that is. We have been alive for over ten-thousand years.” She turned and looked behind her. “Name's Vinyl Scratch by the way..”

“Ezio, Ezio Auditore da Firenze.” She laughed at his name.

“That's the most interesting name by far that I've heard.”

“Well, I am from Italy on Earth. The language there is Italian, not English.” They started to talk next to each other as they walked. No sense in just standing around and being lost even longer.

“I see, explains why you kept calling me... Mado- what did you call me?”

“Madonna, means 'madam' in English.”

“Grazie?”

“Means, 'thank you.'”

“Ah, thank you for clearing that up.” She kept walking and looking down the entire time. Vinyl contemplated over things. What if Jace never finds her? What if this guy is lying to her and he isn't really what he says he is?!

“Something troubling you?” She snapped back into consciousness and looked at him with wide eyes, blinking a couple times.

“Yeah, I'm fine.. Just think....ing? Ezio, what are you doing?”

He had ran towards a dead tree and looked around it, tapping on it with his hoof. He got up on his hind legs and his blades came out, and he shoved one into the tree repeating for the other. “Wait here, I heard something and I'm going to check it out.” He climbed up the tree with his blades and got to the highest branch he could. He looked out and heard the same sound. “People!”

Ezio looked around the area and found a pile of leaves on top of a bush. “Ezio! Get down from there! You're going to hurt yourself!” Vinyl's voice reached him, but he didn't pay any mind. He threw up his hood and backed up on the branch, then ran towards the end, swan diving off the end. The shriek of Vinyl could be heard as he made his descent, but he landed safely in the leaves and bushes; unharmed.

“Dammit Ezio! What the hell were you thinking?! You could have been KILLED!!” Ezio laughed and pulled the leaves out of his hood.

“You would not believe the things I've jumped off of and landed in a small pile of hay.” He looked at her with a smile and started to walk me. “I heard people over this way, follow close.” He was so calm, how could he be this damn calm?! This guy is a serious badass! That was all Vinyl's mind could comprehend about Ezio.

The sounds of ponies grew louder as they trekked on, and started making out who the voices belonged to. “Wait, I think... Is that Jace?!” She ran off, but Ezio grabbed a hold of her tail his his mouth and stopped her.

“Whoa there madonna! You don't know that for sure!” She stopped and sighed.

“Look, being married to the same person for years on end, I think I would know how my own husband sounds.” She took her tail back and trotted off; leaving Ezio behind. He shook his head and followed close to her, wanting to know what this Jace looked like.

As Ezio turned the corner, the sound of crying could be heard. He stopped, and peeked around the corner, seeing Vinyl with... A human?! What kind of nonsense is this?!! Ezio's blades have already popped their sheathes and he was on his way towards the human; but soon found himself suspended in midair.

The human walked over and curiously studied him. “Ezio Auditore da Firenze...I was waiting for you. It's been about two weeks since we last met.” He smirked. “I am Jace, also known as Craimer Xegen..” Ezio stared in disbelief.

“But...You are a human! When I came to be in this world, I was this! How is this possible?!” Jace laughed at the assassin. “What in the cazzo is so funny?!”

“Oh, Ezio you have much to learn..”

“Learn?! All I know is that you've been alive for longer than you should be! What year is this anyway?!”

“The year is 2045. I have the power to go back and relive mine and Vinyl's moments together. I enjoyed the old days. Coming to this time, loving my wife, having fun with my friends. I had to give my friend up today. I forgot he had his funeral today.” Jace looked down and sighed. “I had to take his life... Again.”

“I'm sorry but, I couldn't relate to that.” Ezio sat there, taking in every word from this...Being. He wasn't human clearly. Possibly a lesser god if he is intertwined with Death himself. “But, I can relate to the fact of loosing a loved one. I'm sorry for your loss; requiescat i-”

“In pace...” He looked over at Ezio and smiled. “I speak Italian.” Ezio wasn't really surprised by this. If he was Death's apprentice; than of course he would have to know other languages.

“Well, we should be getting back to our home; it is getting late.” He walked off with Vinyl leaning on his leg. “I forgot this was the time you got lost in the woods.”

“Oh suuuurrrre, you just wanted to get the sex afterwords!”

“Damn! You know me to well.” The two laughed and Ezio just followed awkwardly. He didn't belong here. He belonged in a world where he could just sit and read a damn book! Not have to be in Death's home and have the constant worry of doing something wrong and being dead forever.

“Ezio, something troubling you?” Ezio looked up at Jace who wore a sympathetic look on his face.

“No, nothing at all.” He looked down and Jace just shrugged as they continued to walk.

After a while, they found themselves in the shadow of the lustrous mansion that Jace and Vinyl owned. “Well, welcome to your temporary home Ezio. Just until you can get yourself a job and get your own home. Your florence wont work here; you're going to have to use bits.” He pulled out a handful of gold and silver bits from his pocket and showed him the currency. “Gold is the most, silver the second most, copper being the least. One-hundred silver bits can be turned into one gold bit.” He put the money back in his pocket and looked at him. “You will have to get rid of your weapons and armor if you wish to relax. You may wear it when at home and may practice with weapons here; but only in emergencies can you use your blades and armor outside of the mansion.” Ezio nodded in agreement and walked to the entrance. “Your room if on the second floor, first door to your left. Get in and make yourself comfy.”

Ezio pushed the door open and gaped in awe at the amount of gold and shiny things in this home! What are those on the walls? Some, circular disk that is lamented in gold...Is it a dinner plate? Highly doubt it. It has a hole in the middle of it.

Ezio's curiosity led him upstairs and to his room, where he found a strange black box on a dresser and a comfortable looking bed. What is that black box though? It looks like...Plastic? With glass over it. What does it do? Ezio tapped a curious hoof on it and jumped back as sound came out and a picture started to move on the screen. The sound of laughter could be heard from behind him. Jace was standing with a smaller black box with buttons on it.

“Never seen a television before..” He walked over and turned it off with the box. “Sorry, forgot, Renaissance times. A television is a box that shows moving pictures. Entertainment in these times revolves around this. The ponies of Equestria developed these in 2030 when electricity was being more mass produced. They got more machines and technology from this and were able to make televisions. After a while, they were put on the market for customers.” Jace turned the television on again and saw as a pony got a pie to the face. Ezio let out a chuckle and looked back at the bed.

“I would like to... Be alone to inspect my new body. To see where....Heh, everything is now. I will take a rest as well, my journey here has taken a toll on my new body.” Jace nodded and walked out the door, tossing the box on the bed and closing the door behind him. Ezio looked at his hooves and bit off the gloves, slipped off his hidden blades, and tossed them on the bed. “Now, how to get these robes off.”

After some difficulty, he eventually got it off and was now staring at a naked him. It seemed that many of the inhabitants here did not wear any clothes. They also had strange markings on their butts, and it seemed Ezio's was the symbol of the creed. “Hmm, I wonder what that is..” He shrugged and walked to a door; opening it and inspecting the inside. What is that giant bowl thing? So many questions...Better sleep on it and just, wait it out till morning. First day, a pain in my ass.