Chapter: The Beginnings.
Free running across the roofs, the rain started to drop onto my hood, time slowed down as I was reaching my targets, Templars. Not just any old Templars, the Grandmasters themselves. Activating my Eagle Vision, I saw my golden opportunity, blinding, in front of me across the courtyard. “The Grandmaster’s thinking of ways to get rid of us Assassins, please,” I thought. “Hey Silver!” I looked up to see the love of my life land right next to me hugging me, my Eagle Vision fizzled out from the physical contact.

“SSSSSSSSHHH, you’re going to blow our cover!” I said, she giggled at me when I said that.

“I already scouted the place for guards and your brothers are here by the way and took most of them out,” she said.

“Why are my brothers here? I’m pretty sure that I only told you that we were assassinating the Grandmasters to prove our worth,” I said

“Well I guess they overheard our conversation,” Ash replied and shrugged “At least they are here to help with taking out the Grandmasters, it won’t be easy”

“We’re assassins, we can take on anyone if we do it from the shadows,” I said with enthusiasm.
I saw my 2 brothers shoot their rope launcher towards us from the east and west of us, and traveling towards us. My older brother landed next to me with a stern face and started swearing under his breath.

“Idiot, facing the Grandmasters by yourself with your lover over there, you were going to get yourself killed if it wasn’t for me and Sash taking out most of the guards already” He angrily said.

“Well thank you for that, you didn’t really have to, I love a challenge!” I said as I blew a raspberry at him.

“You’re not taking this seriously you’re going to get yourself killed and I don’t want to see my bro die,” Reign said and then looked at Sash who was silent with his thoughts. “Isn’t that right Sash?”

“Huh, oh yeah…we don’t want to see you die, you are so young,” Sash said.

“Yeah, yeah alright I will consider things more carefully next time, sheesh you’re so uptight these days no wonder Clare broke up with you,” I said without thinking.

Reign punched me in the jaw hard, jumped off the ledge and yelled: “Come on Sash were leaving!”. Ash did not look happy when I got back up.
“You didn’t have to say that, I know you think you’re the best there is, but the only reason they would come is to look after you,” Ash said, “Look, I didn’t have a brother or even a proper family to look after me just don’t mess up your chances with them.”

I sighed, I hated when she was right. “Ok, I’ll go apologise when we finish the job first,” I said, and I pulled my hood up, ready to tear the Grandmasters’ faces into oblivion. I took out my new toy from my father. A sleek wooden barrel, polished metal gears, and the curvative stock of the rifle. It was a similar version to the legendary Rogue Assassin Shay; the air rifle was modified to shoot bullets as well as darts and grenades if needed.

“What are you doing?” Ash asked as I took aim.

“Let’s just say I’m giving them a welcoming gift!” I said and fired the sleep grenade at the window. CRASH. I then shot the rope launcher towards the window and ziplined across to find that the room had only one Grandmaster sleeping. The room was actually quite small with a bookshelf and a round table with a thin layer of dust covering it. Ash ziplined in and rolled right next to me as I looked at the sleeping man, I brought out the hidden blade and stabbed his throat.

Ash then whispered “Where are the rest of the Grandmasters? I feel like this is a trap Silver!”

The bookshelf then suddenly swung open to reveal a dark staircase, “Well obviously not a trap!” I said as I activated my eagle vision seeing more blinding yellow light but rather appearing a few levels down. “It will be alright, you got me anyway, we can do this, we have faced much worse than this,” I said happily.

Ash grabbed on to my arm so suddenly and asked, “You won’t leave me right?”

“Of course not, I will always be with you,” I said as I grabbed her close to me. The darkness was starting to get to me as I slowly walked down the stairs, the slight echo of my footsteps making my spine shiver with anticipation of what was to happen next. Ash was holding on to me very tight almost making me want to tell her to be calm, but I knew she needed comfort, she’d been all alone for the past 19 years of her life, until I found her taking a peasant’s money. From the first day I met her, she trusted nobody until I came along and I seriously would kill anyone if they touched her as she is my equal. But enough contemplating about myself, reactivating my eagle vision I saw a door at the end of the hallway glowing in a yellow blue with a tint of red. “There is a door,” I said as we neared it, “And I think everyone is behind those doors.”

“What do we do? We can’t just waltz right in and survive,” Ash asked.

“Well my plan sucks but I think our best chance is to just open the door and I’ll release a shrapnel grenade and be done with it,” I said.

“But there are civilians in there, I see blue silhouettes,” Ash said.
“That’s weird, all I see is a heavy yellow glow,” I said pondering about this.

“They’re looking away we can sneak in now and there are no guards which is weird,” Ash said.

“Ok let’s go,” I said as I opened the door. Inside was almost like the first room we went in but with an extension that we were in, and we quickly snuck behind a table and chair. We were in a sort of secret library with books on the side and tables in the middle but beyond it was the other room with a big round table and torches on either side of the wall.

The 9 Grandmasters were in deep conversation and arguing about something.

“We should use it to take the Assassins out and take over the creed,” one grandmaster said.

“No, we don’t know the capabilities, we could kill hundreds by accident,” another Grandmaster said.

“Why does it matter if we kill hundreds, we are looking for a new world order and don’t care if civilians die, we are here to control the world under our own eyes,” another Grandmaster said.

“Well what does it do? Do we know anything about this apple?” asked the first grandmaster.

“Apple…” I whispered.

“This is bad, this is very very bad, we shouldn’t be here, why did I agree to this, oh we are going to be killed because of you,” Ash said and shoved me. I landed on my butt and hit my head on the table making a squeaking noise. Then there was silence from the Templars.

“Come out now and put your hands in the air so we can see them,” the first Grandmaster said.

*Start Twist of Fate Here-Kari Sigurdsson*

“Stay Down” I whispered to Ash, her eyes widening with fear. I got up slowly but primed my gun for bullets and set it down next to Ash, “Ok you got me,” I said with my hands in the air preparing to take down the Templars. The majority of the Grandmasters I did not recognise, and I was trying to remember every detail about them in case I survive this ordeal. The first templar closest to me had brown hair and an old face full of scars with a templar eyepatch, he was wearing a Templar uniform with a cape with the Templar cross on the side and was pointing his revolver at me. The others were all similar except some had different hairstyles and had blonde, black or brown hair, facial features were all totally different, but only that one held a weapon out and my mind was racing on how to approach the situation.
But one thing caught my eye there was one person sitting his face covered by a mask, but he was holding the one thing that the Assassin’s feared. The Apple of Eden. He stood up and started walking towards me, his face mask stretched a bit, meaning that his face was scrunched up intrigued at me.

“Well, this a first,” he said, “How did you manage to find us,” but then he laughed hysterically, “I know how you came and maybe we should introduce them to you,” He clapped his hands and out came my brothers.

Sash and Reign walked towards the one with the apple, Sash looked very nervous, but Reign had the biggest grin on his face. I yelled, “How could you betray the creed?!”

“I betrayed it because of you!” Reign shouted and brought out his sword “I will prove to you I am the better brother.”

“Well this is interesting,” said the man with the mask and apple as he was sitting back in his chair. The one with the revolver lost interest and was about to put it away when Sash kicked the gun out of man’s hand and thrust forward his hand. The audible “SHINK” could be heard as the hidden blade pierced the adam’s apple and blood dripped. He then leaped into action as I faced my brother head on.

“We shouldn’t be fighting, I’m your brother, we fight for the greater good, for free will” I yelled as I thrust with my rapier. He parried with a flick of his sword and punched me in the face, I staggered.

He then thrust the sword towards me and said: “I don’t care about who I’m fighting for, I’m better than you and you know it. I have assassinated the impossible and me beating you...” I quickly sidestepped and kneed him. Bone crunched as his face scrunched up in agony.

“It's not my fault that I was picked to be the leader of the Creed,” I said and shoved him away to bring out my other sword to dual wield. I glanced at Sash who was fighting the majority of the Templar masters and had killed 4 out of the total 9 Grandmasters, the rest were trying to surround him, but he was fighting for the revolver with one of the grandmasters. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ash leaping to help Sash and kicked the one trying to hold Sash down, then Reign slammed into me with his shoulder and elbowed me in the face.

“I am stronger than you, faster than you and better than you,” Reign said.

I shook my head out of the daze and said, “But I’m smarter and braver…” Reign grabbed me and threw me to the ground. He leaped up into the air and brought down his spadroon. With both swords out of my hand, I kicked up into Reign’s chest where his ribs were broken. He grimaced in pain and fell back, while he was down, I grabbed both my swords and placed them back in place. “This is over I will not fight you anymore,” I said.
“It's over when I say it's over” Reign yelled and leaped up grabbing my throat and started to choke me. Bringing my leg across and underneath, I kicked him off and got on top of him, brought out my hidden blade.

“I will not hesitate, to put you down for good if I have to,” I said.

“You're too weak to,” Reign said coughing blood up.

I glanced to the side to see Sash and Ash had killed the rest of the Grandmasters except for the one with the apple in the chair watching everything. He then pushed the chair out of the way and pulled out his revolver “That’s quite enough” He said pointing it at me, “I am part of the Black Cross, and you will not ruin our new world,”

I got off Reign with my hands up and paced away from him. “Good, now finish him Reign” the black cross member said, he held up the apple of Eden and it glowed with power. Reign grimaced in pain and started getting back up, but then I glanced at Sash who snuck behind Black and leaped at the gun. They both struggled for the gun, Ash holding my rifle and trying to aim for Black Cross but struggling to. Reign stood up and barrelled towards me, but I had enough.

Blood already seeped into the carpet, but the black cross member held Sash around the neck with his arm. “Well then, what a misfortunate,” the he said *End Song*, “But you will now surrender so I can use you for blackmail against your father, but you on the other hand,” he aimed towards Ash and grinned under the mask “There is no use for you here” Black said and pulled the trigger. BANG!

“NO!” I yelled as I ran to Ash.

*Start The Times We Had-James Paget*

“Oh,” Ash said as she dropped to the floor, the gun dropped. I held her as she fell, everywhere around me a white void enveloped us. “You’re not dying,” I said drastically, tears falling down my face, “Stupid me, I shouldn’t have been here if it wasn’t me for being so arrogant you would still…”

“Ssh, don’t be sad, my time has come for me, either way, I would have died, it's up to the fates,” Ash said staring into my eyes.

“I will tear the fates and heavens,” I cried angrily.

“I know you will, you have been so kind to me Silver, for so long I was alone, afraid of what the world would be like to me when I first met you one year ago I was glad you found me. When you offered me a place to stay and food to eat instead of sending me to prison, I didn’t know how to say thank you, you were so kind to me. I knew I shouldn’t have blamed you for putting us in this mess,” Ash said her breathing slowing.

“I want you to promise me something,” Ash struggling to speak while coughing up blood.

“Anything,” I said pleadingly.

“I want you to live on, you can’t live in the past, it will hurt you even more than the pain you are in now,” Ash said raising her hands to touch my sorrow face, full of tears.

“No, I can’t do that” I cried.

“Yes, you can I believe in you, in my heart I know you will, there will be a time that you will meet someone else in your life, I want you to live on with that someone and forget the past” Ash said.

“I can’t forget you,” I said.

“Just promise me that please,” Ash said, her eyes pleading.

“Ok, I promise,” I said my tears rolling down my face trying to think of a plan to save her, but it was already too late, the white background happens when only an enemy or an ally dies, and I need information.

“Good, now hold on to me and don’t let go,” Ash said as she closed her eyes. Her breathing slowing down further.

I held her as the white void slowly dissipated, my eyes stung, red bloodshot eyes and within my arms a lifeless body, a body that had life 2 minutes ago. Her beautiful brown eyes were closed, her brown luscious hair drooped losing its colour, a sad smile on her, I felt dreadful. I laid her body and tucked her arms together and looked up to see Sash holding a fresh knife wound but a broken tortured body of the templar, still alive and breathing but an inch away from death. I looked into the eyes of the templar and said, “May your soul burn for the things that you have done.” Stabbing both his eyes I let him fall to the floor and picked up the rifle with the blood of Ash. Sash came towards me holding the Apple out to me.

“I’m sorry for your loss, I didn’t mean to betray you I feared Reign,” Sash said.

I sighed and grabbed the Apple from him. “What are you going to do with it?” Sash asked.

I replied, “Going to destroy this weapon once and for all and leave it in the past,” bringing out the hidden blade I held the apple in my other hand and thrust forward. A bright light burned my eyes and I fell unconscious.

Author's Note

Edited: No more Music Marks because of commenters