Chapter 1
As I walk up to my master I had my head down in disappointment. I just failed part of the contract that was given to me. Now I have to tell my master, knowing he will be very displeased with me. As I turn to left the left of hallway, I saw my master sitting. Working on planning my next contract. As he noticed me. I saw half of his face. The face of a nord as the rest of hidden from his hood by the shadows.
"Ah… my young assassin has return. What news do you have for me?"
I looked at him with my green eyes and then looked down.
"I see…." He said very displeased.
"Well…. You don't get your bonus, and will be punished. Meet me in the training room in five minutes"
He got up and walked away, as I headed my way into the room. The sanctuary I lived in was very big. The biggest out of all of the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary. The place where shadow scales were trained. Now long to be forgotten. Some still exists, but not many are around. For I am a shadow scale, now my master is displease of me.
As I open the large door and walked in slowly seeing my master. As I approached him and spoke.
"Y…you wanted to see me?"
He turned really fast and hit me in the face as I flew back a bit and landed on the floor and hissed a bit as I laid there getting up slowly. He kicked me in the stomach as the wind was now knocked out of me. As I now laid there gasping for air. He grabbed me by the throat and glared at me.
"Next time I this will be worst. You are a shadow scale, Sissthiath without me you be nothing. You wouldn't even know how to control your werecrocodile form without me."
He set me down as I coughed up a bit of blood wiping my mouth and walked up to him.
"You have a contract for me my master?"
He nodded and looked at me with his grey eyes.
"You must go Blackrose, there you find a argoinan. His name is Scar-tail you must lure him out of the somewhat destroyed down and lead him into the swamps. You must kill him while in your werecrocodile form. Make sure there is no body at all. Now go, and do not fail me again Sissthiath."
I bowed at my master and left putting my hood up leaving one of the hidden sanctuaries in Black Marsh. Hearing the loud and creepy noised that I was used to in the swamp lands.
As I make my way to Blackrose, traveling along the marsh lands seeing the swamp alive at night. The loud noises of the creatures that live here. As it gave me chill down my back, I went on. As I reached Blackrose my homeland. I didn't quiet all remember my childhood. Seeing the place now redone after the war that got into our land. I find my target outside Shadow's Inn. He stood there drinking some argoinain mead. I walk up to him as he turn and looks at me.
"What do you want kid! Do you not see I'm busy!?"
As I grinned to myself I said.
"Sir… please help me my mother and father's wagon broke and we need some help getting it fix. Can you please help me? We pay well." As I was laughing in the inside knowing how to trick dumb people into being human.
He looked at me and sighed.
"How much gold you pay?"
"We will pay 5,000 gold it's a bit out in the swamp but this is the closes town by us."
Knowing 5,000 gold would interest the lizard since times are hard in Black Marsh right now. I knew he wouldn't refuse.
"Let me get my tools a d we will get going." He went to his hut as I followed him. After a few minutes pass, I lead him out into the woods. As we went deeper and deeper.
"How much further kid? WE are about four miles away from Blackrose."
I turned around and smiled at him.
"The Night Mother is waiting for you Scar-Tail. Someone wants you gone and she is waiting"
"What…. What the hell are you?!"
"Oh… you'll know." I turn in to my werecroc form as my body shifts and stretches as my nose stretches and y tail grows. As I stand in my werecrocodile form. Now seeing him running as he tries to hide in a small lake I follow him. As I dive in the water seeing him, as he now notice me as I swam fast.
I open my jaws and snatch onto him as blooded filled the mucky water. As I dive him to hear him scream loud and went back down eating him alive.
After that the swamp got silent as walk up in my were form heading back to the sanctuary as my armor was all stretched and town. I enter my home turning back to normal. Walking around the huge sanctuary naked. I see my master on his thrown waiting for me. As I come up to him and bow.
"well my child, how did you do?"
"I did as you said. I took him to the swamp and I ate him."
"You did excellent my child, here is your cut of the deal. 500 gold, now go clean yourself up and go to the armory and get yourself new armor. Then come get your next contract.
As I gotten myself cleaned up and the blood of my black scales I headed to get me some new armor. I looked up on a hook to see a dagger. My father's dagger, as I knew I will get that dagger to show his son became one of the best assassins.
As I slipped on some new somewhat outdated armor. I headed back down the hallway putting my hood over my head. I came up to my master and bow down.
"What do you have for me to do next Master?"
"Your next contract is to poison an imperial named Clagiu Acicius. He is on his death bed waiting to get well. Someone wants him dead, and you must poison him. You must coat in with this dagger and kill him. It's a fast acting poison and will kill him with even a small cut. He is located by the boarder of Cyrodil and Black Marsh he is in Slight Moon Castle. Make sure only he is killed. You will be punished if you kill anyone else."
I nodded.
"I will go at once my Master."
"May Sithis guild you my child."
I ran off knowing it take me a day to get to that location. Hoping I impress my master more after my mess-up.
