The Assassin's Creed

Salt water. Why did it have to be salt water. I thought as I remembered jumping into the river and feeling immense pain in my shoulder and some pain in my torso. Two bullet wounds don't match with salt water. It does become hard to swim when in immense pain. My shoulder and torso still sting but at least I have some form of protection against infection.

"Great. How can I get back up?" I muttered to myself, looking up to find no stable rocks to climb back up. Fantastic. I had moved on for quite some time before I remembered I had rope darts. Amazing, walk about a mile just to find that I had a tool I could have used to get up. Perfect.

I aimed for a window in the building and shot my rope dart, the dart landing through the window and getting stuck. Perfect. Now the hard part, climbing. I grunted with effort as I climbed over the rocks and back into the building.

I'll bet that everypony thinks I'm gone. I thought as I jumped into the window of the building, crouching and sneaking through the building. One guard, perfect. Like an eagle and a mouse.

Quickly and quietly, I leaped, stabbing the poor guard into the throat, killing them almost instantly. Requiescat in Pace. Shaking my head, I dumped the body into the river I came out of.

Alright. Nice and smooth. Now time to get out of here. I turned to find a group of shocked guards looking at me and drawing their swords. I stood my ground and drew my sword which was once used by the Assassin Altair who was also my ancestor.

I yelled as I jumped towards one guard and kneed him in the jaw, using my sword to cut another guards' throat. I flipped over a guards' back and shot two hidden blades into a pair of guards who dropped their swords and fell to the ground.

Using my sword, I leaped over the guard I back-flipped on and plunged my sword into the guard who I kneed. While I was doing this, I used my my left hind leg and sweep kicked the now confused guard, making him fall face-first to the ground. I whipped around and plummeted my sword into their throat.

Doing a small maneuver with the sword, I sheathed my sword easily. I took off my hood and cracked my neck. It feels nice to not have the hood on. It's like I'm wearing this 24/7. I'll probably need to wash the outfit, it's stained with blood. This is not a pretty sight for me.

I took back the hidden blades that I shot and when I was reloading them into the hidden blade holders, I realized I was running low on gunpowder. Why is my inventory running out now of all times?

Making my way to the area I saw my friends last, which was jumping off at the same time I jumped off. I reached the balcony that they jumped off and it seems that they ended up in haystacks. Using my Eagle Vision, I was able to see that they were not present there anymore and I jumped.

As I fell, I slowly turned my body upside-down and I felt the wind through my mane as I finally landed into the haystack. I wasn't absent for so long that the footsteps would have disappeared yet. Using Eagle Vision again, I managed to find some fresh footprints. Bingo. Here we go.

I followed the footsteps until I reached a small shop in which when I went in a blade was brought to my throat. By instinct I leaped back and drew my sword, ready to fight.

"Whoa! Calm down Kyros, it's just me!" I said to Kyros after identifying him with Eagle Vision. The blade retracted back into his hidden blade holders as he stepped outside the shop.

"Sorry Ray, we're all a bit too cautious because of this traitor. His name is Leberecht Mane, he was a former Master Assassin before he became a Templar. He's a very good spy. He's probably the best of the best, he's so good that I'm not sure even if we all attacked him at once if we'd win. That will probably show you how good he is." Kyros said to me, his face filled with concern.

"But what's his motive? Did he get angry at the Creed? A bribe maybe?" I responded.

"Nopony knows what his motive was but, we really need to stop him. There isn't any other way. We have to bring him down once and for all. He's too much of a threat to this world." Xerxes said.

"Right. Well, I'm going to tend to my basic needs, starting with maybe laundry, my clothes look terrible." I said and it was true. I'll probably need to sew some parts of the outfit back together or get a new outfit.

"Oh! Ray hold on." Marnix said to me as I was leaving. "Here take this and put it in your ear." I put the device in my ear and waited. The device all of a sudden made my brain act strange. I tried pulling it out but it seemed to have absorbed into my head or something. How?

"It allows us all to communicate through channels of magic. You can communicate by concentrating and using thought to transmit into voice on our end."

I concentrated and thought to Marnix, Can you hear me? I got a reply that was Yes I can, see? It works. I was surprised, this wasn't something ponies used everyday.

"Alright, well, my outfit isn't going to wash itself." I said, walking out the door, my friends waving goodbye to me.