The Assassins' Ascent

Ezio heard the door slam from downstairs, "Make yourselves at home!" a small voice said. He quietly rushed back and forth, looking for a place to hide. The window!... It's too small, he wouldn't fit. He backed up, and was about to ram through the it, maybe he'll make it through? Nah, how about the closet? He turned his head towards the staircase, and heard hoove-steps coming up the stairs now, "I'm just going go get something." the female said. A yellow pegasus trotted into her room, but something felt wrong. She flipped the switch and the light turned on, nopony was here. But there was a somebody. She scanned the room once more, looking for anything suspicious. She giggled softly, "How can anypony be so rude to break into my house?" she thought. Under her little bed, Ezio was curled up in a ball, trying to be quiet and keep his breathing under control. "Fluttershy, is everything okay up there?" another feminine voice called out. "I'm fine!" the one called 'Fluttershy' replied. Ezio was so very confused, "Okay, talking ponies exist now..." he thought to himself. "What's this?" Fluttershy said, picking up a torn gray piece of cloth. She left the room and closed the light. "Twilight, what do you think this is?" Fluttershy asked. "Looks like... A piece of cloth." the one he presumed 'Twilight' replied. "I don't wear anything this dark." Fluttershy said. "Ugh, it smells gross!" an unknown said, "It smells like a stallion that didn't wash himself for a month!"

"Calm down, Rainbow," Twilight said, "I'm pretty sure this doesn't belong to a stallion."

"What are you, president of this fan-club?" the one called 'Rainbow' replied. Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Fluttershy, where did you find this?" Twilight asked. "Well- um, it was in my room." Fluttershy answered. Twilight nodded, "Can I do a quick search in your room?" she asked. "Well I guess so-." Twilight was already upstairs, looking for more evidence. Under the bed, Ezio started sweating. He heard someone sniffing the air. "Do you smell that?" Twilight asked while the others came in. "It smells weird, like moss stone!" a voice higher than the rest spoke.

"Ah agree with Pinkie Pie, it smells like the castle we were at during Nightmare Moon's return." an English accent Ezio never heard before spoke.

Rainbow started laughing, "Applejack, you actually remember the smell?"

"Well at least SOMEPONY here can remember somethin'!" Applejack replied.

"Is that an insult?!" Rainbow yelled.

"Maybe it is!" Applejack yelled back.

"Please stop fighting..." Fluttershy pleaded. They both exchanged death glares at each other. Rainbow snapped her attention to something coming from under the bed, "Hey what's that?" she asked. Ezio's eyes widened, he didn't realize one of his feet was sticking out of the bed. "Fligio di una cagna... (son of a bitch.)" "Huh?" Ezio said, his foot was surrounded by a dark purple aura, and he was pulled out. He hung upside down, facing away from the ponies. "Show yourselves!" he demanded. Ezio slowly turned, waiting to see these 'ponies'. They weren't all ponies, one was a lavender unicorn with a purple mane, and a pink stripe. Two ponies were a pink and orange, the orange one wore a stetson, and had a blonde mane, the pink pony had a dark pink mane. The other two were pegasi, a yellow one that had a light pink mane, and the cyan had a rainbow mane. He already guessed who's names belonged to who. Twilight stood there, mouth agape. Applejack was the same as Twilight. Fluttershy was hiding behind her mane, she looked like she was going to cry. Rainbow was just confused. Pinkie Pie stood in amazement, her eyes gleaming with delight, this scared Ezio a bit, he didn't know why. They all stared at him, in silence. A snow white unicorn with a violet mane trotted in, "Why didn't you all help me when-" she stopped at the sight of Ezio. They all stood in silence. "So..." Ezio started, "You're all ponies?" Nothing. The white unicorn screamed and threw a book at him, It flew past his head and ricochet off the wall, and hit him in the back of his head. The last thing he heard was the muffled yelling of Twilight.

"He's an evil creature! He's got evil features!," Pinkie broke into song, "When you look into his eyes, you're going to say jeepers!"

"Pinkie!" Twilight shouted. Pinkie Pie turned to see her, "Ye-es?" she responded.

"Not now."

"Okie-dokie-lokie!" Pinkie replied, she began humming and hopping around. Nopony knew if this creature was friendly or hostile. "So Applejack, what do you think of this thing?" Twilight asked her honest friend.

"Well, Twi, what ah think is that this here thing is fifty-fifty," she replied, "It didn't try to gobble us up at least..." Twilight nodded and turned to Rainbow Dash.

"How about you, Dash?" She asked. "Well, I think that we shouldn't trust this thing!" Rainbow replied, "We don't know how dangerous this thing can be! Also, I've NEVER seen this kind of thing before."

Twilight thought for a moment. "I've got it!" Twilight shouted in triumph, and trotted to her book, "Myths and Legends." She flipped through several pages until she saw one specific page, "Humans." The other five joined in, listening to her read. "Humans can be loving, happy creatures when in peace. However, if this peace is disrupted, all happiness will be gone, and the Human will become violent. Not all Humans are like this, some are very forgiving at times, others aren't. Their finger are complex tools, and are very helpful compared to hooves." It shows a Human hand to the left. "These hands makes it easier to climb, lift, grasp, etc." They turned their head to Ezio, who happened to be tied up and dangling upside down from the ceiling. "Do you think we should let him down?" Twilight asked. "Yeah that sounds good." Rainbow Dash answered. Twilight's horn glowed, so did the rope, and it untied magically. She gently put him down on Fluttershy's bed, he moved a bit and mumbled something about apples. Fluttershy trotted to Ezio, and inspected various parts of his body. "I think he's sick." Fluttershy said.

"What? How do you know that?" Rarity asked.

"Well, he looks like, um, been through a lot." Fluttershy replied.

"What can we do?" Twilight asked, "We know nothing about comforting humans!"

"Maybe we can make him a cake!" Pinkie Pie shouted. Ezio made a groan and everypony stood still, staring at the unconscious assassin. Twilight noticed a small journal, showing itself slightly from his pocket. Her horn glowed, and a purple aura surrounded Ezio's journal. She moved it slowly, and carefully, trying her best not to wake him up. The journal exited his pocket, Ezio moved at a lightning fast speed, and grabbed his journal. Twilight was about to scream, but held it in. She realized he was still asleep, "It's just a reflex." she said in relief. His hand slowly fell of the journal, and started snoring. Twilight opened to the first page and read it.

Claudia, my dearest sister,

I have arrived in a strange new land, I do not know if the people here are friendly, or hostile. I awoke in the sky, falling at great speeds, having no idea where I was. My first thought was, "Where am I?" as would anyone would think. I landed on a castle, it was beautiful, I must admit, but I am no architect. Everything here is more colorful, as if crime had never existed. I wish I knew how to send this to you, but all I can do is hope. I am currently walking to a nearby settlement called, "Ponyville" it is a odd name, I do not know who would name a town that. I will write more as I continue my journey.

Dal tuo caro fratello, (from your dear brother,) Ezio Auditore

Twilight finished reading, and Rainbow was playing with his sword. "Rainbow Dash! Put that down!" Twilight yelled quietly.

"Why? He's asleep, and I doubt he has a sense that tells him something's wrong." Dash said.

"I would listen to her Rainbow Dash." a voice said from behind. She turned around to see who it was. There he was, standing tall. She dropped the sword and rushed over to her friends. Ezio examined the ponies. "So," he said, "Who was the one that knocked me out?" All the ponies moved away from Rarity, "Now, dear," she said nervously, "No need to get hasty." He walked towards her, with no emotion. Rarity let out a small, "Eep." before shrinking into a small ball. Ezio stood in front of her, he stood still for a minute before letting out a small chuckle. He kneeled and patted her in the back, "Don't worry," he said, "I saw how scared you were, I would do the same, except for that scream." he let out a small chuckle and arose. "Wait," Twilight said, "You're not violent?"

"Only when I need to be." Ezio replied.

"Meaning?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Meaning I would hurt anyone if they decide to hurt me, or my friends." He said without expression. He remembered about the necklace he found at the castle, and pulled it out. "Does anyone know who this belongs to?" he asked while showing them that necklace.

"Where did you find that!?" Twilight asked.

"It appeared out of nowhere," Ezio answered, "The place I was staying, was at a
old castle, in the middle of the forest."

"THE EVERFREE FOREST!?" They all cried out, "Don't y'all know how dangerous that place is?" Applejack said.

"The monsters!" Pinkie cried out.

"The clouds move on their own!" Rainbow Dash shuddered.

"The animals take care of themselves..." Fluttershy said in a very low tone, hiding behind her mane.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Ezio asked.

"Isaidtheanimalstakecareofthemselves..." Fluttershy said, backing up a bit.

"I still do not hear you." Ezio said. Fluttershy let out a small, "Eep." before she completely hid in her mane. Ezio shot a confused look at Twilight, "She's just shy." Twilight said. "Ah." Ezio replied, "I won't be a bother now, so I'll just go." he walked towards the stairs.

"Wait!" Twilight called out, "Why don't you stay for tonight?"

Applejack moved closer and whispered, "Are ya crazy Twi?"

"Yeah!" Pinkie Pie said, "Are you loco in the cocoa?"

"Think of it girls," Twilight started, "This is the first human seen in centuries!"

"Is everything okay?" Ezio called out.

"Of course!" Twilight replied, "You can stay!" She shot death glares at everypony before Ezio entered the room.

"Where are you all sleeping?" Ezio asked.

"We have mattresses set up downstairs," Rarity said, "The ones I had to set up."

"Sadly we only have six bed in total." Twilight said.

"Too bad, so sad," Rainbow Dash said, "We don't have enough beds, guess you'll just have to-"

"Dash, why don't you just get a cloud and bring it here?" Twilight inteerupted.

"But-"

"Rainbow Dash, we have a guest." Twilight said while sneaking a death glare.

She sighed then said, "Fine." she flew out the window in a cyan streak, then came back with a cloud. "How did you..." Ezio said, not completing his sentence.

"A pegasus has the ability to manipulate weather," Twilight said, "I'll give you the full history lesson tomorrow, I'm beat." Fluttershy whispered in Pinkie Pie's ear. "Fluttershy said you can sleep in her bed!" Pinkie said.

"Thank you Fluttershy." Ezio replied. "I'm going to bed now, good night." He said while walking toward the bed. "Before you sleep," Twilight said, "What's your name?"

"Ezio," he said, "Ezio Auditore."

"This is tougher than I thought..." Discord said to himself.

"We shall never give in!" Luna's voice boomed through the entire cave. Discord chuckled than said, "If you won't transform, I'll just have to... Make you laugh forever!" He snapped his finger, and immediately regretted it. Luna laughed so hard, that it was in her very, VERY LOUD VOICE. Discord plugged his ears and closed his eyes tightly, the entire cave shook because of her. "My gosh, STOP LAUGHING!!" he snapped his finger again and Luna stopped. She was breathing heavily and sweating a bit. He yawned an said, "I need to think, I'll be back in an hour or so." He walked towards the exit, he stopped and said, "I have some serious chaos to bring!" then continued.