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// Prologue 
// Story: Prince Ezio: The Changeling Assassin 
// by Outlaw the Changeling 
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     A female changeling was laying down on the cold, damp floor of the hive. She panted as sweat leaked down her face and was too tired to even think about attempting to walk. A small black ball rested in her hooves. She looks at it between pants and proceeds to smile. A closer look at the ball and it turns out it was a nymph in the fetal position, sucking on it's own hoof.
"Oh...F-finally. I can't believe it I- *pants* I did it." She said to herself. The newborn nymph turns it's head toward it's mother and opened it's eyes. The young nymph had heterochromia. It's left eye was red and his right eye was blue. Heterochromia was as rare amongst changelings as it was amongst pony's. It also had small scuffs of hair, resembling a mane. Being a changeling with a mane was more rare than the heterochromia, but the mother didn't care. She was gonna love her newborn nymph no matter how different it looked from the rest. 
"Now *pants* are you a *pants* boy or a *pants* girl?" She asked. She takes a closer look in between the nymph's hind legs to determine. It was a boy.
"A boy! *gasps and pants* A wonderful baby boy." The female Changeling exclaimed silently but proud. "Your father would have been so proud." 
The female changeling brought the nymph closer to her heart. The soft, calm heartbeat of the nymph's mother calmed him into a deep sleep, but then something went wrong. After 5 minutes, the nymph couldn't hear nor feel his mother's heartbeat. The lack of his moms heartbeat woke him up. The nymph then proceeds to cry. Every second the nymph cried it seemed, the louder his sobs could be heard, but noling was around to help.
.....Or so he thought. For 30 minutes he was crying until he finally felt the heartbeat of a female changeling. He calms down and coos himself to sleep. 
Queen Chrysalis held the nymph close to her heart, giving a warm smile as it falls asleep in her hooves. She nuzzles the nymph as it slept. She walks over to the female changeling, she uses her magic to hold the nymph as she checked his mom for a pulse. She didn't have one. She fell into cardiac arrest, and it was too late to help her. She then looks at the nymph as she disabled her magic and continued to hold him with her hoof.
"Do not worry young one. I'll take care of you." Queen Chrysalis said as she nuzzles the nymph again. 
One Year Later
"Here Ezio. Come to mommy." Queen Chrysalis said while sitting down. Ezio, a now one year old nymph wobble onto his hooves and started walking toward Chrysalis. Ezio grew a little over the one year. He was a little taller than the average height of a 1 year old Changeling nymph by a mere 4 inches. He walks to Queen Chrysalis, wobbling a little as he made his way there. The second he did he tripped and fell. Chrysalis moves her hoof in front of the path in which Ezio fell to keep him from hitting the ground.
"Look at you. Only a year old and walking like a professional." She said. She receives a few coos. Ezio still had the mane on his head and it was still growing in. The thing was, the mane wasn't like a pony's mane. It was webbed and grey like most changelings, but it wasn't just on his neck. It spread to the back of his head ending with two bang like hair fringes being split by his horn. Queen Chrysalis leans in and nuzzles the young nymph. Ezio nibbles Queen Chrysalis' muzzle. His teeth and fangs had already came in, and they were sharp, but still his baby teeth and weren't as sharp as an adult changeling, but they were close.
"Ah, no biting." Chrysalis said as she moved her muzzle away. She then picked up the young nymph with her hooves and nose rubs him. 
"Listen, I need to go for a little while, so you'll need to be here by yourself." Queen Chrysalis said as she put Ezio down as he cooed. 
"You think you can handle yourself for a few minutes?" Chrysalis asked. Ezio coos in response, with curiosity. 
"Don't worry, I'll come back. Just stay here okay." she said placing him down. She then walks out of the room of the cave. She then uses magic to place a wall of goo to keep him in. Ezio looks at the gooey wall and tilts his head.
"Ma-ma?" He called. Ezio began walking toward the gooey door. When he touched the goo his hoof bounced off. He starts chewing the goo, it didn't bulge. Ezio stops biting the goo and looks at the wall. He looks all over the wall and sees a few small opening, but none of them big enough for him to fit through. Except for one that was in at the near top of the goo barricade. Ezio then started flapping his insect-like wings. The wings were strong enough to get him off the ground, but they struggle is flapping them fast enough. Ezio only barely manages to flap his wings fast enough to get off the ground and flies through the hole, and the second he did he stopped and fell to the goo, bouncing off and face planting onto the ground. He gets up and brushes dust off of his muzzle. The red and blue eyed changeling's eyes widened with wonder. He never saw the outside of that specific room. To him the hive was gigantic, it could be the world in his eyes. The nymph wobbled and walked around the hive looking for Chrysalis. After 30 minutes of searching, Ezio bumps into a leg. A white leg to be more specific. That leg belonged a white alicorn. A very tall alicorn that was as tall as his mother. Her mane had different colors and was translucent, rippling and sparkling, so was her tail. The alicorn noticed something bumped into her hoof and looks down. Seeing the young nymph, she smiles.
"Hello little one." She introduces unknowing that Ezio couldn't speak yet. 
"Well aren't you the little explorer." Queen Chrysalis said walking up behind Ezio. Recognizing the voice Ezio turns around as Chrysalis picks him up.
"Ma-ma!" Ezio said. Queen Chrysalis' face lit up with joy, Although she knew that she wasn't his real mother, but since he saw her as his mother, she couldn't help but smile.
"Your first words!" She says with joy.
"I never knew you had a nymph Chrysalis." The white alicorn said.
"Had him last year. His name is Ezio." Chrysalis Introduced.
"Nice to meet you Prince Ezio. I'm Princess Celestia." The white alicorn introduced. 
"Prince?" Queen Chrysalis said quietly to herself. She had completely forgotten that if a queen has a son that they become a Prince. Prince Ezio did have a nice ring to it.
"Well, I think Prince Ezio would like it if we have that alliance, then he'd be able to feed off of more than just mommy's love." Queen Chrysalis said nuzzling the young nymph. Celestia smiles at Chrysalis' motherly nature.
"Than let us not waste another minute." Celestia said. 
Eight Years Later
Ezio was flying along his mother. Queen Chrysalis was taking him to a new school. Ezio wore a white book satchel and a red bandana. Chrysalis gave him that on his second birthday, she even went an  extra mile to stitch on a black lightning bolt on it. The school they were headed to was gonna be the school that he would be the first Changeling to attend since the alliance. The ponies had nothing against the changelings prior to the alliance. The were surprisingly welcoming of the Changelings. Although there was a good percentage of ponies who weren't so keen on changelings living with them, some even going so far as to refer to them as 'Bugs' or 'Buggers', but none of them had any teaching occupation. It was just, the changelings were fearful of sending there nymphs into a territory they were unfamiliar with. Chrysalis decided to have her son be the first nymph to attend a school full of ponies. Despite how much he didn't want to. They arrive to a school in Ponyville. Ponyville Elementary to be more specific. They landed in front of the entrance and entered the building. Ezio hid underneath Chrysalis as they two made their way to Ezio's class. Chrysalis had already made arrangements with the teacher of the school and they had Ezio enrolled. They made it to Ezio's classroom, and Ezio couldn't be anymore nervous. 
"M-Mom?" Ezio called.
"What is it sweetheart?" Chrysalis asked.
"Do I have to do this? I mean, do I really have to?" Ezio asked.
"I'm sorry but, the other changelings are too scared to come to school with ponies."
"But, why did I have to come?" 
" *Lowers self to Ezio's height* Because, If you attend a school full of ponies, then other Changelings won't be so afraid of having their nymphs attend schools like this." 
"But, what if they don't like me? What if they just bully me?" Ezio asked looking down with a few tears developing in his eyes.
"Now don't think like that. *Holds Ezio's chin up* I know this is pretty tough for you. And I know that it's pretty scary to be in a new school, but think about it like this. If you do this, you'll be seen as a hero." Chrysalis said. That made Ezio feel a bit more confident. 
"Okay." Ezio says softly. Queen Chrysalis smiles. 
"That's very brave of you Ezio." Chrysalis replies. Ezio hugs her foreleg. In response she wraps her other foreleg around him and hugs. They finish the embrace and Ezio nervously opens the door and walks into the classroom. He heard a few words come from the teachers mouth, who was a earth pony mare with a amber color coat, a pair of black rim glasses, a cutie mark of a rolled up piece of paper with a blue ribbon around it, and a light blue mane. The words that came out of her mouth were 'new student', which meant they were talking about him.
"Oh! Speaking of which, there he is right now." She said in a surprisingly sweet voice. Every pair of eyes focused on him, making him very uncomfortable.
"Don't be shy. Come over and introduce yourself." The teacher said. Ezio slowly made his way to the front of the class, making no eye contact with any of the ponies. When he made it to the front of the class, he shuffled his front hooves shyly.
"It's okay, take your time." The teacher said. Ezio flopped his ears as he looked back up at the class. He takes a deep breath and finally speaks.
"My name is Ezio." He says in a quiet yet able to hear voice. Some of the foals were about to say they couldn't hear, luckily the teacher saved him.
"Nice to meet you Ezio. I'm Amber Breeze, your new teacher, and welcome to Ponyville Elementary." She introduces. "Where are you from?" She asks.
"I'm *gulp* I'm from Hive n-number one. School unit tw-twenty-four." Ezio said. 
"That's very interesting. Thank you for introducing yourself, you can now go take a seat. There's an empty seat right over there." Ms. Breeze said pointing to the only empty seat in the class. The one in the back, next to a grey filly wearing a pink bow tie. He walks over to the chair and takes a sit. He began to unpack his satchel, when the filly next to him spoke.
"Hi, My name's Octavia." She introduced with a cute english accent. Ezio looks behind him and then points to himself.
"Yes you silly. Who else would I be talking to?" She said with laugh. Ezio looks away with flopped ears. Definitely from nervousness. The smile on the Octavia filly's face turned into a look of sympathy. After about two minutes Octavia placed a note on his desk. He opens it.
Your not that much of a talker are you? Ezio writes something on the back and passes it back. 
No, I didn't mean to be rude.
P.S: You're. Octavia gave a confused look. Ezio then gestures to the sentence she wrote, that's where she noticed her mistake. She blushes and passes him another note.
So, You're really a Changeling? Ezio wrote back Yes I am. He looks in at the class. All of there backs were facing him. He quickly changes into a red pegasus colt with a black mane and quickly changes back. Octavia passes another note. 
That is so cool! Ezio blushes at the comment. 
Ten minutes passed before another note was passed. This time, it was Ezio who passed the first note.
I like your bow tie. Octavia blushes and writes back.
Thank you, I like your kerchief. Ezio couldn't help but smile. He replies by writing back, thank you. Octavia then writes, Would you like to eat lunch with me?. Ezio's blush got even brighter. He looks at her and nods.
It was time for lunch and the foals headed outside. While all the other fillies and colts ran outside, Ezio slowly walked out, still very nervous. Once he was outside, Octavia, who was sitting on a bench, waved at him. Ezio walks over to her and sits next to her.
"Glad you can make it Ezio." Octavia said. Ezio just smiled in response. Octavia didn't notice that Ezio's eyes were two different colors, and how his mane was styled. His mane was still webbed and grey.
"Mind if I ask, why are your eyes two different colors?" She asks. Ezio's nervousness slowly began to decrease, as he was now more talkative.
"My mom told me I have something called, 'heterochromia'. It's a medical condition that makes one eye a different color than the other. I was born with it." Ezio explained. Octavia couldn't stopped looking at his mane. The fact that it was grey, webbed, and resembled that of a ponies fascinated her. 
"Is it okay if I... Can i touch your mane?" She asked. Ezio gave a confused look. "I'm sorry but, I've never felt a changeling's mane before." Ezio shrugged his shoulders and lowered his head. Octavia then began to stroke his mane. His mane was softer than that of a ponies. 
"Your mane is very soft." Octavia said.
"Thank you." Ezio said. The two share one last smile and went back to eating. 
School had ended. Ezio managed to make friends with two more fillies, a white unicorn named Vinyl, and a grey pegasus named Ditzy Doo, or Derpy, along with a pegasus colt named Thunderlane. As you make friends, you also make a few enemies. At one point in the hallway, Octavia was being bullied by some colts for being a 'blank flank' and for being and for being a 'Bug lover' whatever that meant (He didn't know). He stepped in and it didn't take long for it to escalate into a fight. Sure Ezio manage to win, but one of the colts sucker punched him, turning his blue eye black (right). Luckily, for this nine year old nymph, was being trained in Krav Maga since he was 6 years old, managing to maintain a green belt. Unluckily for Ezio, Ms. Breeze walked back into the classroom to see Ezio getting one of the colts into a hoofbar, so he had to stay behind in detention.
Chrysalis arrives at the school, and walks to the class. Ezio was sitting in one of the chairs with his ears flopped and looking down in sadness. She walks over to the teacher.
"I'm glad you could make it Queen Chrysalis." Ms. Breeze said. 
"Please just call me Chrysalis." Chrysalis insisted. She sits down in front of Ms. Breeze's desk. 
"Well, Ms. Chrysalis, I called you here because your son was caught fighting in the classroom when I walked in. He probably would've broken Midnight's hoof if I didn't step in." Ms Breeze said. 
"Believe me Ms. Breeze, Ezio knows better than to do something like that. Has he told his side of the story yet?" Chrysalis asked. 
"Yes, he said that Midnight was bullying one of his friends. When he stepped in he attacked him." Ms. Breeze explained.
"Okay, anything else I should know?" 
"Yea, when I had him and Midnight apologize, he refused to." Chrysalis nods in response.
"Alright, I'll be sure to have a talk with him. This won't happen again." Chrysalis said. She walks over to Ezio and gestures him to follow her. Ezio does so. They were sitting in front of the school. Ezio held an ice pack to his eye, while still keeping a sad look on his face. 
"So, your first day in a new school, and you already get into a fight." Chrysalis said. Ezio just lowered his head in shame and sadness. "And you did so protecting a friend. I'd be a liar if I didn't say I was proud of you for that." Ezio gave here a shocked look.
"You-you are?" Ezio asked. 
"Yes. You saw somepony messing with a friend of yours and you put a stop to it. That's the kind of Prince that should rule upon the Changelings, I'm so proud of you." Queen Chrysalis said pulling her confused son in for a hug followed by a kiss on the forehead. The baffled nymph hugs back. Although still confused, he was happy to hear that his mother was proud of him. He couldn't help but smile.
Ten Years Later
Ezio was asleep in his bed chambers, snoring like a chainsaw. Ezio was Nineteen years old and the Prince of the Changeling branch of the Imperial Alliance. Over the years, Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna have made allies with The Dragons and The Griffons. Together they managed to live together in a large area now known as the Imperial Empire. An area consisting of a large amount of buildings and houses so a good 87% of the population had a place to live. There were a far amount of schools, doctors, blacksmiths and etc. 
Ezio had grown up a large amount. Slightly bigger and More muscular than the average stallion or male Changeling. Even more muscle than most of the royal guards , which was saying a lot considering how weak changelings looked with the vast majority of holes in their hooves. His mane had grown in as well. It was no longer webbed, but was now a teal colored mane, largely due to the influence of Queen Chrysalis. It was styled in a way that looked half teenage like look, half military like style. He also had three claw mark scars going over his red eye (Left), two of which were long enough to be seen on his snout, the last one could be seen on his cheek, that he got from going one to one with a Manticore, who's head was on his wall. Luckily, the claws didn't take out his eye or shut his eye permanently, he still had sight from both eyes. Even though he could easily change his appearance to hide those scars, he had to think. Battle scars that don't look Bad ass? Said no creature ever.
Ezio continued to snore as he slumbered. That was until there was a knock on his door. He wakes up and drags himself out of the bed. He stretches his back and legs, popping them and cracking his neck before making his way to the door. He opens it. On the other side of the door was a white unicorn stallion. The unicorn had a mane with three different shades of blue, and was wearing purple armor.
"Prince Ezio, you're awake." The unicorn said.
"No I'm not, I'm sleepwalking." Ezio said. Ezio, like all changelings, spoke like he had two voices mixed together. (Search changeling voice in YouTube) The unicorn chuckles at his sarcasm. 
"You might wanna get dressed, meeting starts in ten minutes." The unicorn said.
"Thanks for the wake-me-up Shining Armor, I'll be ready in two minutes." Ezio said.
"Sure thing." Shining Armor said walking off. Ezio closes the door and within thirty seconds was in his red dress uniform with a light blue crisscross sash which held a shield in the middle of his chest that donned the changeling's trademark emblem. He was in the bathroom, looking at himself in the mirror, making sure his uniform was squared away. He took pride in his appearance after all. 
After a minute of adjusting his uniform, he walks out of his room, holding a book with his magic as he did. The castle he lived in was, like all castles, huge. He lived there with Queen Chrysalis, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Mi Amore  Cadenza, or Cadence, and her husband Prince Shining Armor. He made his way down the hallway as he did he looked around. Although he had been living there since the Dragons and Griffons became allies 3-5 years ago, this was all still new to him, but Changelings had always been quick to adapt to environments they're not used to. Ezio made his way to a double door, opens it and walks through. There was a large round table with eight chairs, two chairs placed together on four different sides. He goes and takes a seat closest to the window. Ezio had always been the type to always arrive early, even to events he doesn't wanna be apart of, such as these royal meetings. He puts his hind legs on the table and opened his book. The book was titled: Ignis Ascensionis, which was Latin for Ascension of Fire. The book was entirely in Latin, one of two languages (Besides English) that Ezio was fluent in. The other one being French. Ascension of Fire was a story about a war that broke out between two rival nations resulting in the death of an officer. The officers son named Cor Ignis, meaning Heart of Fire, decides to become an assassin to get revenge and help end the war. Ezio was on the seventh chapter,  Et flamma non ardebit duplum lucida. A chapter that translates to, A flame that burns twice as bright. He began reading. 
He was reading for about eight minutes, that's when he heard a door open. When he looked at the door he saw, his mother, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, a dark grey feathered griffon named King Darkcrest, his daughter, a white feathered griffon named Princess Softcrest, Dragon Lord or Princess Ember, a light blue dragon wearing golden, and male a white dragon with light blue scales wearing black armor. Ezio didn't really remember what his name was. Although he did remember it had the word 'Frost' or 'Ice' in it, as he was only of the only dragons to have ice breath rather than fire.
"Ah Prince Ezio, thou is here early." Luna said.
"As always." Ezio replied putting his book under his seat. "Mind if we begin this meeting? I've got some beauty sleep to plan to get back to." 
"Don't we all." Ember muttered under her breath. The others sat down and began talking. Ezio never listened to what they were talking about because it normally only involved talks about plantation issues, Economics, and other things Ezio never really cared for. Ezio was never one to be political, but he still listened, just in case they ask him a question involving the subject. As they spoke Ezio looked to his right, at a window. He watched the city, watching the citizens, greet, mingle, socialize and a mare running for her life...wait what?
Ezio's eye manage to catch a mare seemingly running for her life. To a pony it would've been hard to see from  the distance Ezio was from, but Ezio's eyesight was better than that of a pegasus, so for a brief second he managed to see a fearful expression on the mare's face, given the impression she was being chased. But by who? This was a largely populated area, so whoever was chasing her, the culprit was hiding in plain sight. 
"Um, my apologizes for interrupting, but may I be excused from this meeting?" Ezio asked which got the attention of everyone sitting at the table.
"Any reason why?" Chrysalis asked.
"Doctor Whooves put the finishing touches on my blade, and there will be a line if I'm not there to pick it up. And you know how much I hate to wait." Ezio said. Although that sounded like a lie, it wasn't. It was because of the Manticore that he fought was 3 months ago. The Manticore shattered one of his swords during the fight. Doctor Whooves said he'd repair it, and make it stronger, but it'll take some time. Chrysalis was convinced. She rolls her eyes and says go. Ezio smirks and leaves the room through the double doors and back to his room. He closes and locks the door behind him. He goes on the left side of his bed and pulls a clothing trunk out from under the bed. He opens it and takes out some red and black clothing. He goes into the bathroom and walks out wearing a black and red robe. Not the kind you wear around the house. The kind you wear outside, complete with a black cape on his left shoulder (Assassin's creed robes for those confused). He walks over to a window and opens it. He flips the hood on his head to conceal his identity. The hood had three holes. Two for his ears and one for his horn. He then climbs out the window and crawls up the wall of the castle. Changelings naturally had the ability to crawl on certain surfaces. He reaches the top and walks to the edge of the castle. He looked to the left and then to the right. That's where he saw the mare still running for her life. 
Who is chasing her? Ezio thought. He watched as she continued to run.
Best not to lose sight of her. He thought. He goes to the East side of the castle (he was on the West) and drops down grasping on to a ledge. He does so a second time, this time the ledge he grabbed onto had a window that showed the meeting. He dropped down instantly. Princess Ember's seat faced that window. Luckily, she was looking down at something so she didn't see him. Or so he thought. 
He finally makes it to the ground and made his way to the north of the castle, where the mare was running. He runs toward a wooden box, hops on top of it, jumps off of that and grabs onto a ledge of a balcony. He shimmies his way to the left and pulls himself up. Once he was on the balcony's edge, he jumps up grabbing the end of the roof and pulling himself up. Ezio was now on top of a roof. He made his way in the direction of where the mare was running. Jumping from building to building to get there. He was no stranger to free running, this was something he was used to. After two minutes, Ezio managed to find the mare. She was backed up against a wall in an alleyway. She was terrified. Something had definitely been chasing her, the question was what? 
As if his thoughts summoned his answer, a couple of stallions walked at the entry of the alley. There were five of them, all of them earth ponies. They approached her snickering. What their intentions were was unknown to him, but based on her reaction, it was nothing she liked.
The mare had her flank up against the wall, a terrified look on her face with tears in her eyes. A yellow stallion with a grey mane made his way to the mare. The mare, who was a white earth pony with a purple and green mane, began to sob as loudly as she could. That's when the yellow stallion pinned her against the wall, covering her mouth with his hoof. 
"Hush now little filly. Do not scream *Chuckles* you'll only make it more painful than it needs to be." He said. Ezio made his way to the edge of the rooftop he was on, that was the entry of the alley. The other four stallions stayed back a few feet. 
Perfect Ezio thought. He silently drops down behind one of the stallions, who was a dark blue stallion with an even darker blue mane. He taps his shoulder getting his attention. When he looked at Ezio, Ezio does the 'what's up' gesture with his head. The stallion does the same and turns back around. It took a few seconds for the stallion to realize that that, wasn't a friendly face. This time when  he turned around, he met a powerful hook to the temple that knocked him unconscious without a sound. Ezio moves to the next one, a white stallion with an orange mane. Ezio didn't waste anytime tapping his shoulder and just chops him in the back of his neck, knocking him out too. The next stallion had brown fur with a black mane. Ezio stands on his hind legs and grabs the stallion, wrapping his hooves around his mouth and neck. Forcing the stallion to his stand on his hind hooves. Ezio drags the struggling stallion back and out of sight. He then gets him in the rear neck choke. Didn't take long before he passed out. The last stallion, a dark green one with a blue mane, was pretty close to the yellow stallion so the odds of him taking him down without detection were fifty-fifty. 
Meh, good enough. Ezio thought. He moves in, grabbing the green stallion, pulling him back and hitting his head against the wall leaving a mark on both the wall, and on his face. Regardless, he was knocked out. The odds were in his favor, the yellow stallion still had his attention on the mare.
"This oughta teach you to stay IN YOUR PLACE YOU WHORE!" The stallion shouted revving back to punch the mare, only for something to grab it as it came back. He turns around to see the masked changeling. 
"Didn't your mother teach you it's rude to hit a mare?" Ezio asked. He then pulls the stallion off of the mare and pushes him back with enough force for him to send him on his flank. He stands back on all fours.
"Listen here buddy, this ain't none of your business." The stallion said.
"Isn't and yes it is. Now I'm going to give you a choice. Either you leave this mare alone, or you answer to me." Ezio said. The stallion just backs away, as if he went with the first option. He gets out of the alley, and Ezio turns to the terrified mare. She was very terrified, not only because of what he did to the stallions, but also because he couldn't see his face. Ezio's snout was the only thing on his face that she could see, the shade of his hood kept his eyes in the mist of a shadow, pretty much much making his eyes impossible to see from an outside perspective. 
"You alright?" Ezio asked. The mare nods. The mare was noticeably smaller than the an average sized mare, indicating she was probably around the ages of 15 or 16.
"He didn't hurt you did he?" Ezio asked. The young mare turns her head to the left, revealing a few bruises on her neck, indicating that she had been had been choked. Before Ezio can make a comment in that, he heard rapid hoofsteps getting louder. He knew that was the yellow stallion. When thugs have the opportunity to run, that never do. Ezio turns around to see the stallion wielding a knife in his right hoof. Ezio stands on his hind legs and activates his hidden blade (which was underneath his cape), and waited. When the stallion got close, he threw a hay maker punch with a the hoof that had the knife. Ezio moves forward, dodging underneath it. The next thing that was heard, was the sound of a blade piercing flesh. The stallion drops his knife with eyes wide as saucers. He looks at his abdomen to see it a blade in it. He grabs Ezio as he lowered him to the ground.
"Levabo mortem tuam, a peccatis tuis." Ezio says as the stallion finally reaches the       ground. Ezio takes the blade out of his abdomen and then stabs him in the temple, putting him out of his misery. "Requiesce in pace." Ezio said closing the stallion's eyes. He turns back to the mare.
"Go home." He said. Without thinking twice the mare bolts out of the alley. Ezio looks at his left hoof as he deactivates his hidden blade, sending it back into the sheath. He looked at his hoof, which become covered in blood from the stab. He manages to wipe the blood off his hoof. 
"HEY!" A commanding voice said. Ezio recognized the voice to be a royal guard. Ezio turns around to see four royal guards, all wielding spears in there hooves. Ezio didn't even need to think before throwing down a smoke pellet. When the smoke cleared, Ezio pretty much disappeared.   
"Where'd he go!?" One of the guards shouted. Ezio was on the rooftops, running as fast as he could. He stopped once he was a specific distance.
"That was a little too close." He says to himself. "I've gotta start being more careful. I don't want to know what my mother would do if she found out this is what I'm doing."
Ezio looks off to the west (as he faced the south) and thought about his sword.
"Now would be a good time as any to pick up my sword." Ezio said. He starts making his way to Doctor Whooves' lab.