Ezio - Fate lies within

Chapter 6

Swept off your hooves

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Ezio ran silently along the rooftops. One bad step, he was sliding down towards the ground, and an imminent broken leg. Seriously, one more arrow, and his adventurer days were over. He hated arrows. And then it hit him. REALLY HARD.

A Pineapple soared through the air, and with perfect aim, and enough speed to break the neck of a full sized elephant, hit him square in the side of the face. Of all places.

Now it was Ezios turn to fly through the air, although far less gracefully. Somehow managing to twist himself in the air, he landed in a seemingly well placed cart full of hay. Thank god for the lazy people in rome. Now who the hell throws a pineapple?

Peeping his head slyly out of the hay, he saw another assassin rolling on a balcony laughing.

"Was that you Arin!?"

"Who else do you know with that good of aim?"

Ezio grinned and leapt out of the cart. Now he was going to have some REAL fun...

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Birds sung as sunlight streamed through the window panes. Clouds dotted the sky, floating lazily in their places.

And it burned. Flinching, Ezio shielded his eyes from the invading fiery light, trying not to be destroyed by the bane of deep sleeps. It was never this bright in Rome. Ever. And he would have at least had shutters on his windows! At least he was awake.  Crawling sluggishly out of his bed, he put his cloak on, this time deciding to leave his weapons on his side table. He doubted they would be necessary today, seeing as ponies were peaceful in this world. Maybe it was a late awakening, but he still felt as if he only slept 5 minutes.

Reaching the downstairs table, he yawned, almost rolling backwards onto his back. Barely catching himself, his eyes widened in surprise. Why was he so tired? This was not normal for him.

"RARITY!! I'M TALKING ABOUT RARITY!!"

"Who?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

Ezio sighed. His head hurt again.

He needed a shower.

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Rainbow Dash lay on a puff of cloud, thinking. Which was rare for her, considering she mostly rushed into things without thinking at all. Her thoughts drifted back and forth, until they came to rest on events earlier that week.

She though back to the pony she had flown into.

She hit that pony right in his side, launched him across the townsquare, and he was still ok....

The only pony who could have survived an impact like that, was AppleJack.

But this pony...

How....

She needed to investigate, and if anypony knew where that pony would be, it was Pinkie Pie. Jumping off her cloud, she made a dash for sugarcube corner, wondering whether or not this pony was still in town....

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Steam rose out the window, as Ezio stood in the shower. It felt so good to be clean, to have that feeling of the water flowing over him. His head felt much better as well, which was an added plus. He shut off the water, and stepped out of the shower. And then Twilight opened the door.

Ezio quickly grabbed a towel, and held it around himself.

Twilight looked at him. "Why are you holding a towel around yourself like that?"

"Because...well....isn't this what one does when one is seen naked?"

"I'm pretty sure that we are always naked. We ponies don't normally wear clothes."

Ezio blushed, and dropped the towel, completely embarrassed.

"AAAAAAAA!!!! PUT THE TOWEL BACK PUT IT BACK!!"

Twilight screamed, closed the door, and ran out. Strange. He had just heard her say that it was ok. He looked down. Oh. OH.

That was extremely embarrassing. He sheepishly put the towel back on, trying to ignore what had just happened.

What a lovely start to his day.

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Ezio pushed the Borgia Guard off his blade, turning to face Arin as the guard hit the ground.

"Now what?"

"To tell you the truth...I haven't the slightest idea," Arin rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "We could test out my new idea though!"

Ezio knew that look. Arin was like Davinci, always creating things. Except Arin didnt have the smarts to make things that worked, which usually ended up with Ezio having his body half in half out of some foreign object, while Arin laughed on a nearby rooftop.

"What is it this time Arin?"

"Oh cmon," Arin pleaded, puppy eyes forming on his face. "We can test this one over water!"

Well, at least water didn't involve smashing into things.

"Alright fine," Ezio stared Arin down. "But just this once..."

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Ezio pushed open the kitchen door, now wearing his cloak, the hood down.

"Uhhm," he twitched nervously. "Twilight?"

Twilight stuck her head out of her books in surprise, suddenly blushing deeply.

"Eheheheh, what can i do for ya?"

Ezio Gulped.

"Im just going for a walk."

"Oh yea sure, have fun!"

Ezio trotted out the door, still getting used to standing on all four limbs.

Twilight sat there, still staring at the doorway, staring at space, fantasizing abou- NO! NonononoNO NO! THIS WAS NOT WHAT SHE WANTED TO THINk OF RIGHT NOW!

Although it had been pretty larg-

NO!!!!!

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Ezio sat along side a small creek on the edge of a park just outside of ponyville, lazily watching fish swim past.

It was funny how Ezio had been captivated by Twilights explanation of rulership in this kingdom. No hardship, no oppressive rulership, no problems, save for the occassional baddie. But something troubled Ezio. Something seemed off about how he got here. His info had always been accurate, but nothing had ever happened to him, at least not anything that had resulted in his death.

He drew out the scene in the dirt, pondering it over in his mind.

"uhm, mind if i join you?"

With that one small inquisitive squeak, Ezio was in the water faster than the fish themselves. He turned to see who it was and saw fluttershy trying not to giggle on the bank of the creek.

"Oh goodness! *snicker* Are you alright?" She said, still giggling slightly.

Ezio managed to drag himself out, now soaked in water.

"Yes, quite alright," Ezio managed to stammer. "I didn't notice you approaching, and you startled me rather effectively."

Fluttershy blushed at the thought of managing to scare an assassin. But looking over him, she couldn't keep her mind from thinking about him, his muscles underneath that toned fur, how he was wet from the creek and how nice it would be to-

NOPE. Fluttershy shook her head, trying to remember that her Horny side was reserved for close friends. VERY, close friends.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to join you."

Ezio couldn't help but laugh.

"Of course you can join me! Its not your fault, I should have been more aware."

He felt red rush into his cheeks, and decided to stand up and wring the water out of his cloak. Everytime he saw Fluttershy, it was like something was switched on in his brain. His feelings were always under his control, so this was out of the normal for him.

Fluttershy sat down, and crossing her legs, couldn't keep her eyes of his body. She looked away again, trying not to think about him that way. She barely knew him, and already her mind was like that?

"Fluttershy? Are you alright?"

Fluttershy made a small "eep!" sound, and turned to look at him.....

And saw him lying there, stretched on his side, the sun shining on his wet mane, his gorgeous stallion curves glistening in the-Seriously, what in tartarus was going on? Fluttershy just couldn't keep her eyes off him! She couldn't help but blush again.

"Fluttershy?"

"Y-yes, sorry, my mind was...wandering. How are you?"

"Better," Ezio grinned. "If it hadn't been for your wonderful medical skills, I might have not been here to thank you in the nice setting."

Oh god he was complimenting her! How was she supposed to keep composed if her kept flattering her?

"keep it together," She thought steadily. "Don't give in."

"Well, my Father was a good doctor....he taught me everything i know."

"Well, i think you did a great job. Say, would you mind walking with me?"

"Oh no I wouldn't mind that at all!"

Well...maybe walking might keep her mind of his gloriously strong, smooth, hard as ro-NO NO NO!!!

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