The Assassin's Creed

I awoke to the pain of a pounding headache. I got up from the bed and looked around. Everything seemed unrealistic and realistic in a way as I looked around. Is this death? Am I dead yet? I thought as he got up from the bed I was settled in.

I got up on my legs and found it very hard to do so. My vision was a bit blurry but I hoped it would go away soon. I felt my legs and arms but they were very stiff. It was incredibly hard to walk for some reason.

I walked over to a window to see many horses with, wings? After examining them for a while I determined that these were ponies. Using one of my Assassin skills, Eagle Vision I was able to see the colors of hostiles and friendlies.

Hostiles were marked red and friendlies were marked blue. This was a gift from above as it seemed for nobody but Assassins had this gift. We also might be the only people, or in this case, ponies that are trained to use this gift.

Everybody... that doesn’t sound right for some reason, everypony, yeah that's sounds much better, here seemed friendly, they’re marked blue I thought.

I used my hands to steady myself not knowing that I did not have a hand anymore but yet was replaced by a hoof. I went down a staircase and by looking around I determined that I was in a cottage.

“Hello? Anypony there?” I asked to nopony in particular. I marched down the rest of the staircase to explore the cottage. After a while I went back up to the room I was in before. I looked at my hand by accident and realized that my hands were not actually hands but hooves. “Am I a pony?” I murmured to himself, unsure of what I was.

The door to the room I was in opened and I jumped back on my hind legs prepared for a fight. A pony came though the door and was startled by my sudden actions. She jumped back and quickly started apologizing.

"It's alright Miss, my name is Ray Longfellow." I said with a warm smile. "What is your name?"

"O-Oh my name? It's Lorani Stars." the mare said, blushing ferociously for some reason. She twirled her mane with her hoof.

"A pleasure to meet you, Lorani." I said. "If it's not too much of a problem, may I know where I am? I don't remember being here." I did remember dying as a human but I don't remember being transferred to another world.

"Sorry if this is something personal but could you, um, put your front hooves down on the ground? We ponies don't exactly walk on hind legs nor stand on hind legs." she  stated.

When I put my front hooves down and walked a bit with all legs on the ground, it became easier to walk. I felt more balanced now, at least more than I did before. I looked at my body and realized that I did not have clothes. My body was fully blue with red streaks at my legs. My ha- I mean mane, seemed to be bright orange like a sunset, with black dashes here and there.

"Do you have any clothes I could wear? I don't know if it's alright being like this. Where I come from, clothes are a requirement." I said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"It's perfectly fine to be like this, but I'm going to assume you are from Canterlot. You ponies sure do know how to dress, I'll find you some clothes." she said smirking, and walked out.

What is my purpose in this world? It's like some sort of safe haven for the afterlife. Wait... afterlife... maybe I am dead. This could possibly be the afterlife. Is this what it's like to be dead? Or do I just truly wish to be a pony? I highly doubt the latter.

"Hello again, Ray. I have several clothes for you, some are fancy, some aren't and one seems a bit in the middle." Lorani said to me, with a small smile.

I thanked her and she left to leave me to dress. I looked at the wide variety of clothes most of them were red with a white cross on it. Could it be a Templar outfit? Or could this just be a coincidence?

I looked into a mirror and examined my face. I had a nose like everypony else. My eyes were bright blue like when I was a human. Those are some big ears though...

After that I looked through the outfits but only ONE stood out to me. It was a light blue coat with a white 'X' in the middle and white streaks within the torso area. I took it and underneath it I felt something hard. I looked at the object and instantly recognized the hidden blade.

Was this outfit anything special? Is there any swords I could get in this world? I wonder...

I put on the outfit and put on the hidden blades. These fit quite nicely. By any chance though... is Lorani an Assassin or Templar? I don't know if I should ask or not.

Using my Eagle Vision, I scanned the area for any secret passages, there weren't any but I thought one looked like a secret passage when really it was a sword holder. Taking a look at all the swords I found a Sword of Altair for some reason. This sword always stood out to me for some reason I cannot explain. It was like my last piece of family I had left.

I said a loud 'thanks' and left the cottage into the bright light.