Chapter I - A Whole Other World.
Agent 47 got back to his shed after a contract. He lived on a farm in Germany, away from the cruel reality of the real world. He still worked for the agency as an assassin. It was the only thing the man was good at, he was made for killing people.
He liked living there. It was very peaceful, just like when he helped around the church of Father Vittorio years back.
The legendary assassin stepped into his shed and changed his clothes from his trademark black suit, into his more comfy casual clothing. A plain black t-shirt with blue jeans and black sneakers. One of the two sets of clothes he had. He did prefer his suit, but that needed to be washed now.
He walked out his shed and sat on the chair next to the door. It was a spring night, and he liked looking at the stars. A moment to keep his head of reality.
47 was a clone. Created to murder people in an underground lab in the large basement of a insane asylum in Romania.
He was the mix of the DNA of five major criminals, along with all his 'brothers' who then were all dead.
The man had a tattooed barcode on the back of his head. 640509-040147.
The numbers "64 - 05 - 09" being his date of birth, "04" marks the Series IV, "01" is for what class he is and "47" is the order he was cloned as well as the name he is called.
Merely coincidental to his name, he has a 47th chromosome that gives him above-average fitness and intelligence.
After sitting there on the chair, just looking at the stars for hours in the cool wind of the night he finally went to bed.
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After a short night of sleep the man woke up from his usual bad dream.
He noticed something strange, it felt like the sun was shining on him and the sounds of birds chirping were heard. Was he outside?
47 opened his eyes. He couldn't believe what he saw. The man lay under a bunch of apple trees and even weirder, they looked....animated.
His gaze went from above him to in front of him. He was on a farm, completely animated looking. He stood up quickly, this surely isn't his farm...
He looked around him. Everything he saw just looked like it was from a cartoon. With no time to question where he was, he drawed his silenced Silverballer from his chest holster and searched the farm for a clue.
He was still in his sleeping outfit, a white boxer and a plain black t-shirt, but he didn't care if anyone saw him in it.
He sneaked up to the big red barn first, his trusty Silverballer behind his back, just in case.
Just as the assassin was about to look through the window, around the corner of the door, he heard the front door opening.
47 took cover at the wall and carefully looked who was coming out.
A world of confusion washed over him. It wasn't a human....it looked like an animated...pony? It was about half his size, it had an orange coat with a light blonde mane and tail and had a cowboy hat on. There was also something noticeable on her flank. It looked like a mark of a bunch of apples.
With no time to question what was going on, he attempted to sneak up to the pony in order to get some answers. As he sneaked behind it, he unprofessionaly stepped on a twig as he looked at it in confusing, causing the pony to look in his direction.
"What in tarnation?!" It cried confused. It definitely looked and sounded female. Her eyes were green colored.
A talking animated pony.....Was he dreaming? It felt real...
47 pointed his gun to the pony, who just stood there. Probably didn't even know what it was.
"What are you? I've never seen anythin' like you before." The pony said, also confused by the situation.
"Who are you? And how did I get here?" 47 asked, while stepping forward slowly.
"Ah'm Applejack, I work and live here on the farm. And what are ya talking about? Don't ya know how you got here?" The pony asked, obivously not intimidated by the gun.
47 lowered his gun, this pony wasn't a threat. He was sure she even didn't know what the pistol was.
"Where are we?" He asked, ignoring Applejack's question.
"This is Sweet Apple Acres." Applejack simply answered. " Known fer it's delicious apples and apple treats. Wanna try some?"
"No, I mean what country is this? What city?" The man asked.
"You really don't know how ya got here huh?" This is Ponyville, a village in the land of Equestria. Do ya have anmesia or somethin'?"
"Ponyville?" He asked while he put away his gun in his chest holster. " Are there more talking ponies here?"
"Sure are partner! But, again, what are you?"
"Irrelevant. I need answers."
"Hmmm....." Applejack began, with her hoof on her chin. "Maybe mah friend Twilight Sparkle can help ya. Ah'll walk ya there."
"Fine. But I need some clothes."
"Ah don't think Ah have somethin' in yer size sugarcube. Maybe mah other friend Rarity can fix that. But, don't worry, most of us don't wear clothes normally anyway."
47 wanted to sigh, but didn't. "Fine. Let's go."
They began walking, but 47 didn't really trust Applejack yet.
"So what's your name?" Applejack asked the assassin while they walked. Him looking around, still in confusion.
"I am......Tobias Rieper." He retorted, using his old fake name.
"Nice to meet ya, Mr. Rieper." Applejack said, while she stopped and pointed her hoof in his direction for a hoofshake. Or...hand/hoof shake.
He stopped, but ignored her and continued walking.
"Oh well, that's okay." Applejack said and continued walking too.
They made their way into town. 47 saw more ponies, which all stared at him. They had never seen anything like him.
It all looked very peaceful, it was sort of like a medieval village, he liked that.
"Don't mind all the ponies that'll stare at ya. It'll go away sometime." Applejack explained.
As they continued through town with all the ponies staring at 47, the two came across a pink pony.
"Hi Pinkie P-" Applejack began, but was interrupted by the gasping of the other pony.
"Hi!" The pony cried enthusiastic, her gaze on the assassin. " Are you new here?! I've never seen you before! I'm Pinkie Pie!" Definitely female too.
47 just ignored her and exchanged gazes with Applejack, who then looked at Pinkie Pie.
"Yes, he is. This is Mr. Tobias Rieper."
"Nice to meet you Tobias, oh wait! Be right back!" Pinkie Pie yelled and suddenly disappeared.
47 just continued walking, he wasn't interested.
"Oh come on. Let her do her thing and then we'll go to Twilight."
47 stopped in his tracks and already saw the energetic pink pony return with a wagon. She stopped in front of him and gave the wagon a kick. Music followed.
"Welcome welcome welcome!
A fine welcome to you!
Welcome welcome welcome!"
She sang and did all sorts of things, she was too fast for the man to even see what see did.
"I say how do you do?!
Welcome welcome welcome !
I say hip hip hurray!
Welcome welcome welcome to Ponyville today!
Wait for it..."
Suddenly a bang was heard and confetti flew through the air. A oven also opened and showed a cake.
"Excuse me, I have something to attend to." 47 said to get rid of Pinkie Pie.
"Hey, what's that on the back of yer head?" Applejack asked, finally noticing the barcode on the back of the man's head. Pinkie also took a look.
"Is that were your people's cutie mark appear?" Pinkie curiously asked as 47 covered it with his hand and turned around.
"Cutie mark?"
"What are you actually?" Pinkie asked already.
".....I'm a human." He finally admitted.
"Human? Never heard of a species called human." Applejack noted.
"Now you do. Shall we move on?"
"Alright, see ya later Pinkie!"
"Bye!" Pinkie yelled as she went the other way, just leaving the wagon there. She probably hundreds of them.
"You haven't said where yer from yet." Applejack noted as they moved on.
"Not from here." He retorted. Not giving any more personal information to her. He didn't really trust her yet.
"Alright....Well, let me explain more about us pony folk. There are three races of ponies: Unicorns, which can do magic with their horn."
"Magic......"
"If ya don't believe me, then see what Twilight can do when we get there. Anyway....The second are Pegasi, ponies that can fly."
"Flying ponies...."
"Eeeyup, ya should see the flying of my friend Rainbow Dash, the best flyer in all of Equestria. And third we got Earth Ponies, like me. We don't have any fancy magic or wings, but we sure make good farmers. Oh and Ah forgot. We have Alicorns too, they have both wings and magic. Both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are Alicorns.'"
"....So what are those... cutie marks your friend spoke of?"
"When us ponies discover their special talent, a mark representing the talent will appear on both our flanks. Do you humans have that too? Is that on yer head the mark of yer special talent? What is it?"
"...Let's just move along in peace and quiet."
"If that's what ya want partner..."
And so they went to her friend Twilight Sparkle, the way there in peace and quiet, like 47 wanted.
Chapter II - Never Trust Anyone...?
After a short walk with lots of stares towards Mr. 47, they were at Twilight's library.
Applejack knocked on the door, which was opened a few seconds later by what looked like a little purple and green dragon to 47, it was about a third of his size. He began to question reality even more.
"Hi Spike." Applejack began " This is my friend Tobias, he wants to see Twilight."
Friend? 47 immediately remembered what Diana said years back when he needed her help.
"Friend? Have you gone soft, 47?"
"Umm...hi, come in." Spike said, obviously not sure what 47 actually is.
Make that a talking animated little dragon looking thing.
Now that he thought of Diana, he thought about his life in the real world. He still had a job. Could he disappear again? The agency probably won't like that....but he then reminded that if this is the way it has to be, that they can't do anything about it, can they? Still...he was worried about his farm, his animals and his things that nobody else must ever see. 47 still was a wanted criminal in the real world....but if he never got back, he wouldn't have to worry about that, would he? None of these animated ponies surely didn't know him and really the only thing that he missed was his suit.
"Twilight!" Spike yelled as they walked in. "You've got visitors!"
From the stairs came another pony. She had a light purple coat, dark purple eyes, dark blue-mane and tail on which there were also two stripes of dark purple and dark pink. She also had a horn on her forehead, was it really true?
She inspected the human for a few seconds and continued walking down the stairs.
"Heya partner, this is mah friend Tobias Rieper and he needs yer help." Applejack said enthustiaticly.
"Hello Applejack and hello mister Rieper" She greeted politely. " My name is Twilight Sparkle, welcome to the library."
Twilight stook out her hoof to 47 for a hoof/hand shake but was ignored, just like Applejack.
"What can I help you with?" Twilight asked as she awkwardly put her hoof back on the ground.
"Can we speak in private?" 47 questioned, causing the pony to look a bit confused at the assassin.
"Uhmm, yes. Could you two go outside for a bit?" She asked the other two.
And they did, leaving the assassin and the librarian alone there.
"So, what is it?" Twilight asked curiously, but still a bit confused.
"This might sound strange to you...pony, but I don't have a choice." 47 began. "This morning I woke up here in what your friend called Equestria and I have no idea how I got here. I am very certain that this is not even my world. So I need some answers."
He now admitted it from the first time, he immediately regretted giving away too much personal info, but he probably didn't have a choice.
"Hmm.....Not your world...I do must say that you really look different than any of us. May I ask to what species you belong to?"
"....Human
"I can't say I've ever heard of a species called 'human'. Maybe you really are from another world! Let me check if I have any books that could help."
She then dashed through the library, looking at the title of every single book in the bookcases and returned a few minutes later.
"I may have something." Twilight said as it did look like she was levitating the book with her horn, purple sparkles surrounding both things.
Was this really real life? 47 was amazed yet again. Magic.....he now actually wanted to see the flying ponies Applejack mentioned. But... maybe she could already bring him back? Did he want to leave? He wouldn't have to worry about people searching for him here.
"Hmm...let's see." Twilight said as she looked into the book, which was on a stand.
She spent minutes searching in the book, but without succes...causing her to look for another book, which also took minutes.
Twilight came back, nothing levitating in the air neither in her hoofs or mouth.
"I...don't have any on the subject...What were you actually doing before you got here?"
47 debated with himself whether or not he should tell her more personal information, he now remembered his own words from years back when he left the life of peace.
"Always knew I never belonged on this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget - those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.
I'll be carrying nothing from Gontranno - but this lesson: Never trust anyone and rely on your instincts. Forget the past. I'll never find peace here. So - I'll seek justice for myself, I'll choose the truth I like."
"...Nothing out of the ordinary." He simply answered after a while.
"Really strange...Well, sorry then. I don't think I can help you. I guess you will just have to live your life here. I would offer you to stay here, but I don't have any room. Maybe Applejack will, or one of my other friends."
Could he do that? Could he enter the life of peace yet again? He wasn't sure, but he did need a place to stay. But then, a thought came up in his mind.
"You ponies don't have electricity here, do you?" Maybe he could call Diana, even though that was absolutely forbidden on anything but his agency laptop. But could the legendary assassin really be traced in a completely different world?
"....Electricity...what?"
"I guess that's a no...nevermind, I'll ask your friend for some shelter." 47 said and then walked out the door.
He saw Spike and Applejack talking to each other next to the door, as soon as Spike saw him, the dragon thingy got back inside.
"So...did ya learn anythin'?" The pony asked curiously.
"No, I'll probably just have to live here."
"Well....Yer welcome to stay with mah family and me at Sweet Apple Acres. Oh wait! Ah haven't introduced y'all to them did Ah? We should go do that now then!"
"I'd prefer to go to the one you call 'Rarity' to get some clothes first."
"Oh, yeah, well let's go then, it's not far from here."
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Author's notes:
If you haven't played any Hitman game yet, then you really should if you like stealth games. Also...the overall story is darn brilliant, a bit hard to understand maybe, but you have the Hitman Wikia for that.
Also, the quote about never trusting anyone is from the ending of Hitman 2. The one about 47 having a friend is from the beginning of the same game. Just so you know.
