Chapter 1

The Target

### Cudgel's P.O.V

I was on the path of finding Andrew Kenway when I heard a crunch from above, looking up I saw a glimpse of my target. I climbed up the nearest tree and started running toward him. I was about to kick him off the tree when he grabbed my leg and threw me off. I fell onto my back knocking the air out of my lungs. Andrew landed right beside me in a crouch. Glaring at me and I glared back.

"Cudgel, your grandfather would be disappointed in you." Andrew said flatly.

I took out one of my throwing knives and slashed him across his cheek. "Don't ever talk about my grandfather, you savage." I growled.

Andrew activated his hidden blade and put it to my throat. "I should kill you now." he glared back, blood dripping down his cheek.

"Cudgel? Cudgel where are you?" I heard Sarah call, looking off into the distance.

"Another time then." Andrew said retracting his blade and running into the shadows of the trees. Then Sarah and Michael came into the clearing looking down at me.

"Your father is looking for you. He's been really worried." Sarah said with worry in her eye while Michael looked amused.

"You're in for it now, pipsqueak." Michael said earning a glare from Sarah as she helped me off the ground.

"Let's get back before he threatens to kill you." she said as we headed back towards New York.

### Third Person P.O.V

"I'M GOING TO KILL THAT BOY!" Aedan roared pacing the room.

"Calm down Aedan, he's just a boy, let him have his fun." Alexander said watching his best friend pace the room.

"If I remember correctly, you were the exact same way when you were his age." Abigail said

"Can you really blame me? You know what happens but we don't know when. I don't want anything to happen to them. Aren't you worried?" Aedan asked stopping his pacing to look at his friends.

"Well of course we're worried for them but we have confidence that they can take care of themselves. They aren't that young, and they were trained by the best." Susan said earning nods of agreement. Before anyone could continue there was a knock on the door which everyone turned as one.

"Enter." Aedan announced as the trio walked in. "Cudgel!" Aedan ran up to him and gave his son a bone crushing hug. "Don't ever run off like that again." he released him. "Where did you go?"

"I, uh, went after Andrew." Cudgel said flinching, knowing what was going to happen next.

"YOU WHAT?!" everyone yelled.

"Nothing happened, except he got a nice scar on his cheek." Cudgel said, his eyes clouding.

"Cudgel, are you okay?" his father asked, concern in his eyes.

"He talked about grandfather." Cudgel said and Aedan comforted his son, not knowing what else to do.

"Yeah, and he almost got himself killed, if we didn't show up when we did." Michael said earning a punch to the arm by Sarah.

"How many times do I have to tell you, don't engage the Assassins alone?" Aedan asked giving him a disappointed look.

"Sorry, Father." Cudgel said looking at the ground. "But I'm not 16 anymore, and I know how to fight and protect myself."

"Not from my perspective you weren't."

"Michael, stay out of it." Cudgel growled.

"You are forbidden to go out of the fortress without either one of us or a guard, that includes the two of you as well." Aedan said.

"You don't trust us?" Cudgel asked folding his arms.

"This is for your protection."

"Why? What are you so afraid of?" Cudgel yelled, making the rest of the room go quiet.

"Losing you too."

"So you don't trust us."

"No, I don't." Aedan yelled causing Cudgel to step back and ran out of the room, with his friends in tow. Once the door slammed Aedan let out a sigh. "Of course I do."

"Why did you lie to him?" Alexander asked.

"It wasn't all a lie, I only said I didn't because that would be the only way he would leave. Either way, if he hates me or not, he's safe and that's all I care about right now."

### Cudgel's P.O.V

As I was sitting on the ledge of the fortress roof I heard a couple sets of footsteps. Looking back I see my friends walking toward me. "What do you guys want?"

"We wanted to see if you were okay." Sarah said sitting down next to me.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said and she raised an eyebrow at me.

"No, you aren't. You're a horrible liar." Before either of us could continue. Michael came over with one of his evil smiles.

"I know how to cheer us all up, here put these on." he said throwing a bundle of cloth at me, which I caught easily. Looking down at it my eyes widened.

"Where did you get this?" I asked as he threw another one at Sarah.

"Found it." Michael said innocently.

"You 'found' my grandfather's old Assassin's robe?" I asked shaking my head in amazement.

"Okay, more like stole it from the Assassins, they really need to upgrade their security."

"What are we supposed to do with these?" Sarah asked.

"Put them on." Michael said rolling his eyes.

"For what?"I asked.

"So we could test the guards abilities to catch an intruder. They will recognize us on the spot and that would ruin the fun."

"No, no, no,no, NO! That's a stupid idea, what if our parents come out?" I asked shaking my head.

"The more the merrier! It can add to our training when they are putting all their effort on us rather than holding back." Michael said excitedly.

"Or, here's a crazy thought, they're fully trained Templar Knights, my father being the Grandmaster, THEY'LL KILL US! Especially if they know it's us in Assassin robes." I exclaimed.

"Come on, it'll be fun!" Michael said while I glared not moving, he rolled his eyes, "How about you Sarah?"

"It does sound kinda fun." she said and I shot around looking at her, eyebrows raised.

"You can't be serious?" I asked shocked.

"Come on Cudgel, it'll be fun, like the good old days, please?" she looked up at me with her pleading eyes that could have people kill for her.

"Fine." I grumbled. "Just this last time and I'm done!" I said standing up and walking away to get changed. As I walked back to my friends in my grandfather's outfit. I folded my arms. "I feel ridiculous. What would my grandfather say? What would he do? He would probably kill me, right after dather. I knew this is a bad idea. I change my mind." I said turning around.

"No. You already changed, don't waste the energy." Michael said turning me around again. Who was in Liam's Assassins robe and Sarah in Hope's.

"Why did you choose those robes?" I asked.

"Like I said before, it'll be fun!" Michael said as I looked at the fort below.

"I won't like this, not one bit." I said shaking my head.

"No, you won't, now let's go!" he said as he jumped off the roof.

I shook my head again, took a deep breath and jumped off, landing beside Michael.

"Make our way toward the gate so it doesn't look suspicious." he said and I nodded making my way toward the gates, when I reached them I look back to see Michael and Sarah still making their way over.

Once they reached the gate as well I laughed softly. "What took you so long?" I asked grinning.

"Not all of us were trained in sprinting across rooftops." Michael said glaring playfully and I shrug.

"So, what do we do now?" I asked slightly less nervous.

"We create some chaos, no killing though, don't want some Assassins attacking with low security." Michael said and I nodded. Noticing loose roof shingles, I had an idea, Michael noticing the same thing. "Do it." I could hear the smile in his voice. I drew the good and dashed off towards the roof. When I reached it, I made my way across but kicking the shingles as I went, landing to the ground below alerting the guards.

"Up there, an Assassin!" one guard yelled.

"Two!" another yelled.

"Three! Sound the alarms! We are under attack!" the Captain yelled.

"I knew this was a bad idea." I muttered a moment later the bells started ringing. "Cac!"

### Third Person P.O.V.

"Don't you think you were a little too harsh on the boy?" Alexander asked.

"Maybe I was a little harsh." Aedan grimaced. "I should go apologize to him." he started towards the doors when the alarm went off. Then one of the guards burst in breathless.

"Sir, there has been a spotting of three Assassins in the fort." he said and everybody rose at once.

"Where?" Aedan asked.

"They were spotted on the North, South and West walls." then the Templar Knights were off towards the doors.

"Watch the kids and don't let them leave this manor."

### Cudgel's P.O.V.

As I made my way around the village around the fort. I found Michael and Sarah struggling across the rooftops and ran to them. "Go by ground, I don't want you killed having a disadvantage on the rooftops." I said and they nodded jumping down. Then there was a slam of doors opening, looking over seeing the Knights enter the night. "Uh oh." I started running away from them, the further the better, especially my father.

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As they made their way outside Aedan looked to the rooftops where the two Assassins jumped off the rooftops and the third one stayed, looked at us and bolted away. He noticed one crucial thing about the one Assassin, the robes to be exact. It was his father's.

"That Assassin is mine, you can have the other two." Aedan growled climbing to the rooftop with ease and started the chase.

### Cudgel's P.O.V

As I jumped to another rooftop I looked back to see my father in hot pursuit. "If I make it out alive I'm going to kill Michael." I muttered as I jumped to another roof. The chase went on for another couple minutes until we reached the end of the village. I looked to my left and right, to the left was the cliffside and to the right was another roof but too far of a jump, only one my father and grandfather could make. Down below there were guards and behind me was my father, either way I go it's all death wishes.

"Cac! I really knew this was a bad idea!" I muttered coming to a sudden halt at the end of the roof.

"Nowhere to run, Assassin." my father said taking out his sword. "Where did you get those robes and why are you wearing them?" he growled turning me around and grabbing the collar. I didn't respond. "I asked you a question, boy, and I won't ask again." he narrowed his eyes.

"I-" I started before father removed the hood having a look of hatred to pure shock.

"Cudgel? Oh no, we will talk about this later and you better hope Sarah and Michael aren't killed." he said as he jumped off from the roof and searched for the others, calling off the guards. I sighed kicking at a loose shingle and walking back toward the manor.

### Cudgel's P.O.V

"What were you three thinking? Running around in Assassin robes just for the fun of it? You could've gotten yourselves killed!" Father roared glaring at us, but mostly at me. "You will not go unpunished from this. You're to go to your rooms for the rest of the night. Dismissed." I stood up starting to walk down the hallway with all the rooms when I was stopped by Michael.

"Are you really going to listen to him?" he asked.

"Of course I am, he's my father, let alone the Grandmaster, so I suggest listening to him as well." I replied moving around him, scowling when he blocked my path again.

"You're not a little kid anymore."

"That may be true, but he is still our superior whether you like it or not." I said pushing him out of my way and entering my room sitting on the bed.

### Third Person P.O.V

As Aedan walked up to the door he knocked softly and entering the room seeing his son throwing knives at his target board with his father's old Assassin robe neatly folded on a chair nearby.

"So how did you find it?" Aedan asked.

"I didn't, Michael did."

"Why did you do it?" Aedan asked and Cudgel shrugged. "It was stupid of you."

"I know." Cudgel said and Aedan sighed.

"You won't do this again, I could've killed you and your grandfather would never forgive me." Cudgel stopped throwing the knives to look up at his father.

"So what is my punishment?"

"No going out hunting for a month and nothing but training for the next two months. You should've been able to make that jump, even in my old age I could've made it." Aedan said smiling down at his son.

"You aren't that old." Cudgel said.

"You'd be surprised, I'm already getting gray hairs."

"Doesn't make you old." Cudgel said and his father looked out of the window.

"It's getting late, you should probably get some sleep." Aedan said and his son nodded putting his knives away. Aedan walked to the door and blew out the flame of the only light source, about to shut the door when his son called out.

"Is breá liom tú daidí."

"Is breá liom tú ró-mhac." Aedan said and shut the door.

### Cudgel's P.O.V

I woke up at the sound of the alarms. Jumping up I grab my sword and gun while I run out getting stopped by a guard.

"Oh no, you aren't going anywhere." the guard said.

"But we are getting attacked." I said sheathing my sword and holstering my pistol.

"Your father has forbidden you to leave, giving me specific orders. Now sir, with all due respect, please go back in your room." the guard said earning a glare.

I grumbled again but did as I was told. When the door shut he heard the faint click of the lock. I rolled my eyes at the overprotectiveness. 'I'm going to disobey my father a fourth time today, I'm so dead.' I walked over to my bookshelf and activated the hatch door and walked through. As I made my way out I ran toward the sound of metal on metal dashing and I saw my father fighting in the center I ran towards him and killing a couple of Assassins along the way.

"I thought I ordered you to stay inside? Do you ever listen anymore boy?" my father growled killing another Assassin.

"I couldn't let you have all the fun." I grinned killed an Assassin.

Then, when most of the Assassins were dead Andrew came around the corner, and I ran after him. "Andrew!" I growled.

"Cudgel, wait!" I heard my father call in the distance but I kept running after Andrew. Then suddenly Andrew turned around and was about to cut me but I blocked it with my sword.

"Your cheek scarred nicely, now you'll get all the girls, I'm kind of jealous." I mocked which he glared back.

"Then let me repay the debt." he said attacking again but blocked again and we danced around the surrounding town blocking out the surrounding fighting.

What seemed like hours passed and then Andrew knocked the sword out of my hand which went sliding a couple feet away and Andrew took advantage of the brief shock and knocked me off my feet. "I told you, I would kill you next time." Andrew growled raising his sword, I flinched for the pain that would surely follow. But only saw a bright light, my father calling my name then nothing.

'I'm sorry father, I failed.'

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A/N: That is Chapter 1 of my story. Hope you enjoyed. Chapter 2 will be up sometime today when I finish it.

Translate:

"Cac"- "shit"

"Is breá liom tú daidí."- I love you dad.

"Is breá liom tú ró-mhac"- I love you too son.