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// Mission (pt. 1) 
// Story: The Creed: Repairing Rome 
// by Woody Willows 
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          Rainbow-Dash was pacing nervously around the room, picking up speed every minute. "WHEN!?" She yelled.
"Um, Rainbow. I'm sure she's fine. Don't worry," Fluttershy said, trying to comfort her.
"But what if she's not? What if she missed a hay bale and broke a leg? What if she-"
"Rainbow!" Twilight-Sparkle said. "She will be fine. She's a tough cookie."
"Cookie? I want a cookie!" Pinkie-Pie shouted. "Can I have a cookie? Where's the cook-"
"Its just a figure of speech, Pinkie, there is no cookie," Twilight replied.
"Oh... OK!"
"Look, Rainbow, darling, she'll be fine! Don't get too worried. She will be fine," Rarity said.

The conversation was interrupted by the door to the room being creaked open. Apple-Jack stood in the door-way.
"See? There she is now," Rarity said. Rainbow rushed over and gave Apple-Jack a bear-hug. "You're alive!" She said. "I mean, of course you're alive..."
"Wait..," Twilight said, "are you bleeding? On the cheek?"
AJ felt her cheek, then moved her hand down and saw blood all over her hand. She said, "Oh. Ah guess there is. Ah didn't notice. Eh, Ah'll be fine. Don't y'all worry."
"Oh, not on my watch. Get over here, I've got my medical supplies."
"No, Twi. Really, I'm fine."
"Just get over here. I'm not going to just give up. I'm going to help you out."
"I'm really fine. Just leave it-"
"GET OVER HERE!"
"Ok, jeez." AJ went over to Twilight and sat on a stool next to her. Twilight moved AJ's hood down, got a damp rag, and wiped away the blood. She then got a little jar and opened it up. "This might sting... a lot..." Twilight applied some liquid over the cut.
"YOWZA! What on EARTH is is in that jar?!" AJ yelled.
"A bunch of natural healing aids, water, and... I do think that's it."
"Well, sheesh, that stuff stings worse than an angry yella'-jacket!"
"Well, it'll help your cheek heal faster."
"Well thanks, Twi."

A few seconds later, they heard a flapping noise outside the window. "I'll get it," Fluttershy said, and climbed up a ladder up to the window. She stepped out on the woodland saw a pigeon piercing on the bird-house. She brought down pulled the letter off of its back. She read this:

There is a mission that needs to be taken care of. There is a man in the city of Venice who needs to be assassinated. His name is Nicoclo Boccoccio. He is a very prestigious man very close to the governor. You need to take care of Niccolo before he takes care of the governor.
Good luck: Ezio Auditore.

"Master Auditore has a mission for us!" she said when she came back into the room.
"Let me see that!" AJ said as she took the note away and read it for herself. "Well Ah'll be darned! He really does have a mission fer us!"
"Well, don't keep us waiting, dear," Rarity said,"what'sthe mission?"
"It says we have ta go into the city of Venice and assassinate a man by the name of Niccolo Boccoccio who is plottin' ta kill the governor. Why, Ah say that we all git ready ta go as soon as possible."
"Well in that case, what are we waiting for," Rainbow said. "Let's get going!"

And so it was, the six assassins went on there way, riding horses, climbing buildings, and all that other stuff, they finally reached the Floating City of Venice. They started to walk around the city, taking in all of the sights as they went. They saw the beautiful rivers, gondolas, big buildings, and so many people walking the streets. It was surely a sight to behold for any tourist. But the six weren't here to be tourists. They had a mission - plain and simple. But, no one said they couldn't have a BIT of fun, right?
"Alright," Twilight  said. "I've been here a few times before. If I remember correctly, the governor's mansion is somewhere ... east of here, I believe. Shall we get going?"
And so the six assassins started to climb buildings. Then Rainbow was the first one to give such an obvious proposal. "Race you guys!"
"OK...ta where?" AJ asked with a small grin coming over her face.
"To that tower over there. First one to the top wins."
"Alright. Yer on! But, I have a bet for you..."
"Like..."
"Hmmm... how about... you... have to go into the middle of that the plaza and start... doin' the chicken dance... 'n front if all those people. Something silly... for a first bet. Because, Ah've a feeling in the pit of my stomach  that there are gonna be more bets to come...and they,ll just git  worse 'n worse."
"Oh, you're so on! And yeah, you're right. There will be more bets." Rainbow  then turned to the other four assassins and said, "I think you better sit this one out. AJ made it personal. Fluttershy, you say start."
"Oh...OK. 1...2...3... go."
No sooner had Fluttershy said start, AJ and Rainbow  were running towards the tower. They leapt from rooftop to rooftop sprinting along the roofs, their eyes fixed on the prize. AJ leapt from a roof, but lost her footing and fell into the street below. Rainbow laughed and continued to run until she reached the tower. She grabbed every place she could, climbing so fast it was if she was flying. Finally, she reached the top. She didn't notice an important detail as she yelled to the street below, "I win!"
"Uh, Ah'm right here, ya know." Rainbow looked up to see AJ sitting atop the roof. "But... how did you.. but you... how the..?" Rainbow  sputtered.
"Ah do think we had a bet?"
"Fine...FINE!" Rainbow leapt off of the roof into the cart of hay below. She grumpily stormed into the middle of the plaza and started to mimic the moves of a chicken. A few people just stared, a few even laughed. After about five minutes of this, Rainbow  started her way back up to the top of the tower. "I hope you're  happy now, AJ..."
"Oh, don't be a sourpuss. It's all in good fun."
"Let's  get moving..."

So the assassins went on their way to their destination. As they were walking, a man bumped into Rainbow-Dash and politely  said 'sorry and moved on. A second later, she realized the man had stolen her coin purse. "Hey! He stole my florins!" And with that, she was running after the man, leaving the other assassins to do nothing but TRY to follow Rainbow.

Rainbow was running on top if the roofs as the man was running away below on the streets, then he turned a corner, against his better judgement,  into a dead-end  allyway. As he turned the corner, Rainbow leapt off the side and landed on the man. "OK...f-fine. Take your money. Here, have mine as well! Just don't kill me..!"
"Oh," Rainbow replied,"lucky for you, I don't kill civilians. But, no one ever said I don't beat them up!" Rainbow picked up the man and slugged him in the face, making his nose bleed. She hit him again. She went to hit him, but he blocked and punched her. "No one ever said I don't defend myself." He went after her again, and again, landing a hit. After a few more punches were thrown,  Fluttershy came around the corner first. She stood between  Rainbow and the man, but just as Rainbow threw a punch. She hit Fluttershy, who practically came from nowhere. The hit knocked out Fluttershy's lights, and she slumped  to the ground. Rainbow stopped at that very second. The their took this time to run away.

Rainbow knelt down and examined Fluttershy to see if anything seriously bad happened to her. Then the other four came around the corner or jumped from the roof. They saw the scene and started asking 'what happened' and 'how is she.' Rainbow said 'stop' then proceeded to tell them what happened. 'I was heating that guy up who took my money, and suddenly, just as I was throwing a punch, Flutters came around the corner and stood between me and the their, and I accidentally socked Fluttershy in the head and knocked her out."
"Rainbow! Why you-no. We have more pressing matters as of now," Twilight said. Twilight sprinkled some water on Fluttershy's face and she woke up. "How are you feeling?"
"Huh?" Fluttershy replied.
"How are you feeling?"
"My ear is ringing. Sorry, I can't hear really well as of now. Other than that and a splitting headache,  I'm fine."
"Why ya done gone and made 'er near deaf in one ear!" Apple-Jack scolded Rainbow.
"Let's  not argue, AJ, we need to get to to governor's manor quickly. Come on," Twilight pressed.
"You could cut the tention right now with a knife..," Pinkie-pie said quietly.

Everyone slowly got up and started to walk away, everyone ticked-off  at Rainbow.  Except oddly, Fluttershy... In a short amount of time, they finally reached a house enclosed with tall stone walls. Undoubtedly the governor's house.
"We gotta find a way past the walls," Twilight said. "But how? They're  too smooth to climb. And too tall, by about one foot."
"I might have an idea!" Rarity said. "I travel all over Europe and I picked up something for an assassin, if I ever met one, in Rome. Then I became an assassin and kept it for myself. I was in Constantinople, not but two months ago, and found this at a market." She flashed  her hidden blade, showing an extra long blade with a hook at the end of it. "Maybe I could use this to get that extra length and hoist myself over the wall, then I'll  throw it over the wall, and someone else will use it to get over the wall, the they will throw it over and- well, you get the idea." 
"Rarity, you're  a genius!"

Rarity Rand and jumped up and if of the wall and used the hook-blade to get over the wall. She threw it over the wall and then Twilight came over the wall, and thus the cycle was repeated until everyone was over the wall. They walked about, trying to find any possible way to find Niccolo. There were many fields and much land to cover in order to fond Niccolo. Twilight had a plan that just might work. "OK, ladies, here's the plan. We split up I to groups of two and search the whole property. Take care to not be seen or noticed. AJ, you go with Rainbow. Pinkie, you go with Fluttershy, and Rarity, you go with me. Now, let's  split up and search every inch of this manor. Go."

And, without further word, the three groups split up and went on their own ways, but still in one unified attempt to find and kill Niccolo before he kills the governor..l