"All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Thomas Jefferson, In the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
The cave dwellings loomed over the group that sought to take refuge inside. It was cold, wet, and dark. The instruments they brought down with them from the surface; hummed with low auditability. The human known as Desmond Miles walked around impatiently.
"They should have been back by know, where are they?" asked Desmond in a furitated tone.
"They will be back soon just get back onto the animus." said Rebecca with a false reassuring voice. Desmond sighed and walced on over to the machine.
"Don't worry they will be fine." Desmond layed down on the animus and drifted off to sleep. Yet he could hear the voices of Rebecca and Shaun talking.
"Well pull him the bloody hell out if something's wrong."
"It's not that something's wrong Shaun, it's just not going to Connor, just, well some where else."
"Some where else; the world is ending, we don't have much time to be going some where else do we!"
"Just let it do it's own thing. I mean it cant hurt, so far its been turning up with information that's reliable for us to use."
"Okay... fine have it your way."
The animus quickly generated a complete unknown landscape to Desmond. He looked around and noticed that he was high above the ground. A quick realization hit him as he looked at his "ancestor's" body.
"Why the hell am I a horse?" The sound of a door being broke down snapped through the air.
"Stop right where you are at!" said another pony who wore golden armor. Desmond's ancestor looked back down at the ground below. With out a second thought his ancestor flung himself off the tower and into a bush of flowers below. The civilians backed away from the pony who just jumped off a high tower and survived. They all ran away in fright when the sound of marching came toward the assassin. They marched along and stopped directly in front of the lone assassin. The formation carried muskets, while on the each end carried long golden spears.
Desmond could tell that they were beginning to take aim, he seen it from Connor's memory and he knew it for a fact, even if it was horses. The ponies holstered the long rifle and aimed at the assassin. Desmond's ancestor sprinted behind a wooden cart. The ponies fired at the cart making huge holes and splinters fly in random direction. The assassin jumped over the cart and charged the reloading guards. The familiar sound of a hidden blade sliding out screamed for bloodshed. The blade slid into a guard's neck letting blood spill out onto the cobble stone streets. One by one each guard fell by the might of the assassin. A guard with a golden spear swung. The assassin dodged it with hardly any effort. Swinging again the guard still missed. The assassin rolled over the spear and shoved the hidden blade into the guard's chest. The guard looked down at the ground and fell dead on the street.
The assassin walked through the streets; blending with the crowd. The sound of trumpets blaring made every soul stop and look towards the sound.
"Here ye' here ye'. Princess Celestia has something to share with the public." The stallion stepped back a bit and let a regal snow white alicorn take the stage.
"My little ponies, I have to bear bad news to all. A murderer has killed some of Equestria's best. It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to these gentlecolts and hope they find peace. Now I urge you to notify the guards if you see this pony any where at all."
She held a large piece of paper showing a description with a picture of the pony drawn on it. The crowd gasped and a couple eyes looked at the assassin standing completely still.
"YOUR HIGHNESS HE IS RIGHT HERE!" The assassin grabbed the pony who blurted out with his hooves and knocked him out.
"Seize him!" The assassin ran through the crowd of ponies, all the while being chased by guards.
The assassin ran into a dead-end alleyway. He started to run back but was cut off by the guards.
"Stop right there!"
The alicorn pushed through the guards and stood her ground looking strait at the pony with a menacing glare. The assassin instinctively pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it at the ground. The white cloud filled the air making the ponies cough and wheeze. Quickly the assassin jumped at a wall and extended his hook blade and started the climb up the white marble house. Once on the golden roof top, the assassin ran from roof top to roof top. Once in the clear, the assassin bolted across the street and into a house window.
Inside hung from the ceiling was the assassin's symbol. The home was candle lit and the flames flickered on the white walls. The assassin took off his bracers and neatly placed them on a night stand. Next he un-hooked the bandolier which held his pistol and other equipment needed. hoof steps came from out the hallway and came into the room. the assassin turned and looked at a mare with a light blue coat and white mane and tail with a light blue streak running down the left side. Her velvet eye's met the bronze off his eye's.
"Azure (ash-ure) you've been out a while." she said rubbing herself against Azure's smoke white body.
"Yes that I have."
"Its been a little bit to long since you been with me." she said teasing him towards the bed she had just sat down on.
Azure took the rest of his black and silver robes off and folded them neatly and tucked them away. His wife kissed him along the neck and made it along to his face. He returned the gesture and kissed her sweet lip's.
Desmond woke up and breathed heavily as the machine hummed.
"Well that was certainly... interesting." Shaun said.
"Yeah tell me about it." Desmond said placing his hand on his forehead.
"We can go back in I mean if that's if you want to continue with Azure or Connor?" Rebecca asked.
"Lets see where this will take us."
"Well then that's splendid, but we must get back to Connor if we are to save the world from certain destruction." Shaun exclaimed.
"I think that he has a point Desmond you outta re-think that."
"My decision is final, we will have to see where this takes us." with that Shaun threw his hands up in the air and walked over to the glowing wall of energy.