Assassin's Creed: Afterlife

"Let's begin, Rainbow Dash." Ezio said, whispering in a depressing manner.

"Okay then..." Rainbow Dash replied. "First, open your wings."

Ezio does Rainbow Dash's instruction, spreading his wings open from his torso.

"And then... flap!"

Ezio throws his wings down too suddenly and quickly, causing him to fly off the cloud with astonishing speed. The force of wind causes him to spin around in the air uncontrollably, getting dizzy as he glides aimlessly around the air.

"Move them up and down!" Rainbow Dash shouted, her mouth between her hooves.

Ezio tries to do so, but instead of the result of gaining control of his flight, he throws himself towards the hard ground. Air starts to push Ezio's face as he gains velocity, the fall resulting in a huge THUD. Rainbow Dash flies off the cloud, landing slowly on the ground next to her friend who now has his face mashed up againts the grassy ground, his head is cartoonishly smeared across it like pancake.

"Rrrggghhh..." Ezio groaned, lifting his twitching hoof up towards Rainbow Dash's laughing face.

"Come on! I know you can do better than that, tough guy." Rainbow Dash giggled.

Ezio pulls his face from the ground, sticking into it like a sunction cup, stretching like rubber. With a sound of a pop, Ezio frees his head, shaking it to fend off his dizzy state, his eyes rolling in a circular manner, much like in a derp-ish way.

"Fluttershy's door had caused me to bleed, but smashing my head againts the ground didn't even kill me?" Ezio asked.

"I've fallen from higher heights than that, trust me."

"Well then, Rainbow Dash. How can we start this... effectively?" Ezio asked.

A grey stallion wearing formal tuxedo, a monocole, and a top hat arrives at what seems to be a meeting place in a crowded area of Canterlot. He sits down on a chair in front of a round table with a fancy umbrella attached on the center. Sitting on the other end of the table is his boss, the mysterious hooded figure that had harassed Ezio twice in a row.

"So... Let's hear that plan..." The hooded mystery pony said.

"Let's see... We have predicted that Princess Luna will be standing on this exact location." The grey stallion places a map on the table, putting his hoof on a certain location.

"The town square?"

"Yes. Our assassin shall be on top of this building." The grey stallion said, moving his hoof across the map towards the drawing of the town hall. "This projectile launcher I've invented should be able to kill the Princess at a very long distance."

"Very good. Does that trouble maker know about this plan?" The hooded pony asked, glaring at the grey stallion.

"Wh-Who?" The grey stallion asked quickly, choking on his own saliva.

"Him."

"Oh!" The grey stallion raised his voice, realizing who his accomplice is referring to. "He killed... 20 of  my men... But, he doesn't know anything about the plan!"

"You better make sure he kills you if he ever finds out." The hooded pony suddenly leans forward and grabs the grey stallion by his collar, pulling him closer to his face for him to see his furious eyes underneath the hood. "Because if you survive your encounter with him... I'm gonna make you wish you never existed... Got that, Ronan?"

"Y-Yes, sir..."

"Good." The hooded pony pushes the poor tuxedo-clad grey stallion back on his chair, causing him to fall over, breaking the chair with a loud crunch. The passing by ponies stop upon witnessing the violent action.

The grey stallion stands up slowly, patting his tuxedo to clear off the dirt from his formal clothing. He nervously returns to the table and slowly reach his shivering hoof towards the map. As his hoof makes contact with the object, he trots away with it, holding onto his hat to prevent it from falling from his head.

"Remember... The father of understanding guides us..."

Hours have passed since Ezio began his training with Rainbow Dash. The sun is already set. Ezio finds himself covered in sweat and doing push-ups with his wings while wearing a workout headband and hoofbands. His wings are wobbling softly from fatigue, his sweats are falling off his face and down to the grassy ground.

"...50! ...51! ...52!" Rainbow Dash said, counting Ezio's push-ups while looking at a stopwatch. "Come on, Ezio! Fluttershy did more push-ups than you!"

"Urgh... I can't do everything, you know." Ezio said, barely lifting himself up from the ground. "Not with these... wings..."

"You've climbed up Applejack's barn, climbed up a tree, climbed up a building with bare hooves, and you can't even lift yourself?"

"I never had a pair of wings before, Rainbow Dash."

Losing his strength, Ezio couldn't handle it anymore. He falls flat on his chin on the ground with a small thud. His wings are cramped, it's very painful for Ezio to move them even an inch.

"I think a rest would be great for now..." Ezio said, wiping off his sweat. "I better check on Rarity and see if she's done with my equipment."

"Yeah, that's if you even know where she lives." Rainbow Dash said. "

"I don't."

"I could get there in 10 seconds flat! Keep up!"

"Yeah... But you see-"

Before Ezio could finish his sentence, Rainbow Dash disappears in a loud bright boom in a shining light of rainbows.

"Damn..."

Later at the boutique, Rainbow Dash lands softly in front of the building's door. She knocks on the door to call Rarity's attention. Normally, Rarity would answer anypony knocking on her door quickly, but this time, the door didn't even move and stayed shut. Rainbow Dash hears a nervous panicking voice mumbling something inside as well as sounds of objects being moved and scattered.

"Rarity? Are you okay in there?" Rainbow Dash shouted, pressing her head againts the door.

"No... No! This can't be happening!" Rarity shouted from behind the door.

Rainbow Dash hears loud panting behind her, she turns her head to find an exhausted Ezio who just ran after her. Ezio gets the headband off his sweaty head, tossing it aside as if it were just trash as he approaches the door. Hearing the same loud noise inside, Ezio looks at Rainbow Dash, who simply shrugs.  Anxious, Ezio begins knocking on the door loudly, yanking on the door handle in an attempt to bust the locks.

"Rarity! Is everything okay?!" Ezio asked.

Ezio hears the loud cries of sadness and panic instead of response from Rarity's elegant lady voice. By his heroic instinct, Ezio destroys the door's lock with a simple jab of his strong hooves. The door slowly creak open to reveal the messy scenery of Rarity's boutique with the white unicorn herself on the center, her eyes filled with tears that stream down her cheek like waterfall.

"Rarity! Has someone broken in here?!" Ezio asked.

"No! Much worse!" Rarity cried.

"What?! Did they take your sister?!"

"No! M-My dress for Nightmare Night is... is... RUINED!" Rarity slams her head on the floor layered by a puddle of tears.

"...That's it?" Ezio said, putting his hoof on his face. "What about my Hidden Blade?"

"Th-The what...?" Rarity responded, sniffing.

"The thing you created by using the codex... Also, my outfit."

"Oh! Right!" Rarity said, springing back to life with cheerfulness as she trots to her desk.

Rarity pulls out a fancy shiny metal bracer with the flag of Equestria carved on the forearm. Ezio is astonished that such a mare was able to re-create the Assassin's most treasured item with little help and materials. Using her magic, Rarity hovers the bracers over to Ezio, slipping it right into his left hoof carefully. The newly created Hidden Blade resembles Ezio's previous one from his time in Rome.

"Gracie... This is incredible." Ezio smirked.

"Whoa..." Rainbow Dash is amazed as well. "What does it do?! Can it shoot powerful laser beams?!"

Ezio couldn't wait to see how sharp the weapon is, so he activates his new Hidden Blade. A compartment extends from the bracer's wrist. The compartment is not a blade at all as it sprays liquid directly into Ezio's huge pony eyes.

"My eyes!" Ezio screamed, feeling the painful burning sensation in his eyes as he stumbles backwards in pain.

Rainbow Dash laughs at Ezio's suffering.

"Oh! You must be careful with the perfume, darling!" Rarity said.

"P-Perfume?!" Ezio asked, scratching his bloodshot eyes.

"Yes! You need to smell good, dear. You smell like you haven't taken a bath for centuries!" Rarity explained.

"Yes... Quite literally..." Ezio grunted. "Well then... What shall we do now?"

"I hear Princess Luna will be at the town square. Perhaps you would like to meet her?" Rarity suggested.

"Fine... But, do you mind if I return these...?"