A.N.: I am being serious, you will most likely not understand what's going on here unless you've read some of my fan fic:'' The adventures of Ashley Holystone'', which is randomized and based on the game Pirate101. But if you're here only because of the Assassin and Pirate concept, then be my guest. Hopefully you guys wont be too confused.

Chap. 1

Progress at last

'' Come on!'' a tall, blond swashbuckler, by the name of Antonio, urged. He was sitting on one of the cushions in the Witchdoctor Sanctum. It was slightly after dark, so the place was completely empty. Luckily Vadima, the teacher of witchcraft, was keen enough to allow the pirate students to have a meeting this night. Her best student and prodigy, a desert fox by the name of Setting Night, sharply snapped at Antonio.

'' It is too dangerous, we will do it the old way!''

One of the scarlet haired musketeer twins, specifically Mindy Taylor, threw her head back and sighed loud enough to get everyone's attention.

'' And by that you mean - go disassembling every Armada fortress till Kane fills his pants with oil,''

Her sister Lily added.'' Oh well. More fun for us!''

A young privateer, leaning against one of the stone columns was rubbing the spot between his emerald eyes. His white Stetson served as a mild pillow for his back.

'' Girls...please,'' Dino sighed.'' This is not about Ashley's future anymore, but her health,''

Ashley. Our main character, a 16 year-old swashbuckler. She wore her usual pink top, with the purple jacket over her shoulders. Black jeans were stuffed into leather shoes. Her leather hat with a purple plume barely held on to her tired head. Ashley was so annoyed by all of her friends, her head sinking deep into her gloved hand.

'' The last teleportations went perfectly as you might be aware of,'' Sen's snout wrinkled.'' I'm afraid if she keeps blacking out, she'll one day most likely die in a place further from us...further from Earth! Is that what you want, Alviar?!''

Antonio stared at the fox. Swallowing he replied in a hoarse voice.'' Sorry...I-I didn't...''

'' Guys,'' Ashley finally stood up, her belt gear jingling as she stretched.'' I'm Lucky Girl, remember?''

'' So you also want to try this out?! After Sly Cooper world?''

'' I'm pretty sure that's not what it was called, '' Dino objected.

'' I don't care. Ashley, it is too dangerous,'' Setting Night turned to leave, grabbing her staff. Going past the two swashbucklers, Ashley made a move, snatching by the shepherd's staff. Setting Night shot her eyes at the girl.

'' What if it was just a malfunction, Sen? What if I just wasn't used to all of it? It's just two worlds - Hyrule and that other Earth. We were close,''

'' No, we were not. It was simply the land under the Spiral, nowhere close to your home,'' she attempted to leave, but Ashley just held on to the staff.

'' My hunch tells me otherwise. And you know it's always right,'' Sen turned her black narrowed eyes to Ashley, her big ears were pressing against her head in anger.

'' Andrews?''

The privateer shrugged.'' Ashley, do you really want to do this? Again?''

'' Yeah,'' she answered.'' One more time. I don't know where I'll end up, but let's try,'' silence filled the Sanctum, until Setting Night let out a sigh.

'' Very well...'' she took out a piece of chalk to start drawing the teleportation circle.

Antonio stood up and approached Ashley once she was inside it. She had her smug face on.

'' Hey,'' he said.

'' Hey,'' Ashley tipped her hat, taking her eyes away from Sen, who was muttering enchantments.

'' Listen...'' he touched her hand and gripped it gently.'' Be careful, ok, Lucky Girl?''

Ashley let out a grin.'' Dude. I'm always careful,'' The circle beneath them started to glow, but they seemed to ignore it.

'' No,'' Antonio disagreed.'' You're not. You're always playing the daredevil,'' he stepped back and Ashley saw him smiling. It was a worried smile, but she just looked confident as ever. Even if there was a little whirlpool of worry in her chest too.

'' I'll make you guys a call once I get somewhere via the calling devise. And, Sen,'' she turned to the muttering fox.'' Try to make the landing a bit more...gentle, ok?'' and right after she said it, the smoke, erupting from the chalk writings, swallowed Ashley, leaving the remaining gang uncertainly exchanging looks.

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Ashley felt the wind brush through her face violently, messing up the long brown hair. She felt odd, but not like in her previous teleportations...why didn't she feel anything solid around her? She broke open one eye to take a gimps. Wait...are those clouds? But they looked a bit too close for the normal earthly level...

Still with a fuzzy mind, she turned around, only to get hit with the realization that she was a few feet in the air, dropping to some sort of town. Ashley's eyes widened in horror, all the fogginess was gone. She couldn't help it - the girl let out an ear-piercing scream. Acting fast, Ashley thrusted her hands at a horizontal flagpole, hanging from one of the buildings. She spun several times like a weighted rope, until she finally slows down enough to press her body tightly to the pole. Ashley panted like she just ran a marathon and shivered hard enough to make the silk flag wobble.

Her eyes caught the crowd of people below her, staring in awe. Ashley scanned their faces, feeling uncomfortable.

'' Um...hi?'' some old woman dropped her basket of products and yelled that even the whole street echoed:

'' Demone!*'' the people started to scatter, shouting the same word.

'' Oh you've gotta be kidding me,'' Ashley sighed and shouted back.'' What is this?! Japan?! Sheesh,'' of course this isn't Japan, she thought. But the way they reacted was like they've just seen a yokai. Ashley reached for her back pocket, pulling out her smartphone, dialling Gracie's calling devise number. Someone of the group had to have it this night. Soon as it picked up, Ashley shouted into it:

'' Sen, you almost fucking killed me!''

'' Ain't that ironic,'' She heard one of the twins say.

'' What happened?'' Dino asked.

'' I fell out of the damn sky!''

'' You...what?!''

'' Great going, Sen!'' both of the twins said in the background.

'' Silence,'' there was a crippling sound, meaning someone was picking up the device. It was Setting Night.'' Where are you?''

'' I don't know, gimme a second, this crowd is getting crazy,'' she said pushing herself up and balancing on the pole. The people below were getting ready to throw stuff at her.

'' Can't we talk this out?'' she had to lean sideways to dodge a tomato. '' Oookay, I'll take that as a no,'' Ashley turned on the tips of her shoes on the pole and ran up the wall, reaching out for the roof's edge. Swiftly flipping upwards, she quickly got her location. She ran by the rooftop, hoping not to slip. Reaching a building's end she jumped to the other, once even dodging an actual bullet rather than a ball of energy.

'' Ye missed!'' she shouted to the owner, and continued onward. She wanted to find a more shadowy or less crowded place to hid. This wasn't one of her best entrances...

'' Ashley!'' she pressed the phone to her ear, pausing for a second.

'' Yeah?! I'm kinda busy!''

'' What's going on?'' Dino asked nervously.

'' Oh nothing, just a mob on my tail. I think I lost...'' she heard someone shout on her right, seeing the citizens running down the streets and waving weapons at her. In front of them were a bunch of guards.'' Nope, scratch that. I'll call you guys back,''

'' What?! No, Ash...'' the girl ended the call. Stuffing her smartphone into the back pocket a bullet went over her head. Ashley exhaled and dashed forward towards a balcony. As if on purpose, a woman decided to come out and admire the view. She yelped when Ashley ended up on the stone railing and quick-walked her way to the end, throwing an apology before grabbing for another edge of a building.

The evening sun coloured her path orange, along with her face. Persistent bastards, she thought. She decided to change her route and grabbed for another flagpole. Jumping off it she slipped into a alley. It was hidden from the burning sun, with only few people who weren't aware of the commotion. She turned and came to a dead end with a sewer entrance. Too small for her unfortunately. Yet she decided to use this at her advantage: she quickly removed her bright purple jacket and turned it inside out, which hat a more darker theme and no gleaming flies across the arms. She folded in her jacket and sunk into the corner of the fountain, making sure her long hair isn't seen from the open angle.

Settling in like that, Ashley tensed her ears. The mob were about thirty feet away from her location...twenty...fifteen...and heard the guards questioning civilians she passed. Some were keen enough to let them know the direction she went, others...sounded like they were lying. Why would those particular few wanted to help her?

Or maybe Ashley was thinking too deep into this and that's the way they always talked. Possible smugglers perhaps?

At any rate, they passed by, not even taking a glimpse over the corner. Making sure they were way off, Ashley finally took a breather and collapsed to the stone ground.

'' Phew...'' she removed her purple plumed hat and set it on her knees. Ashley sat there, staring at the sky as it gained a few waves of purple in it. She then remembered her friends. She had to get up and figure out where the hell she is...

So, still with her jacket inside-out she left her little spot and turned for the streets. This place was so lively, it's been a while when she's been surrounded by so many people. The Spiral was at war after all, the few islands rarely inhabited a civilization of creatures nowadays. The only ones you could've met were guards, knights, military soldiers, etc.

Ashley went the opposite side she came, just to avoid people who might've seen her fall out of the sky. She had no idea where she's going, but she loved the view and feel of this town. Ashley frowned and turned her gaze away from the shops and hagglers. She decided to catch someone and ask some questions, otherwise she'll get into more trouble than she's already in.

Ashley caught up to a young woman with a child beside her. The woman's brown hair was tied into a bun, she wore a beautiful yellow dress with a blue top underneath the corset. The boy gripping her hand had a little leather hat covering his blond hair. He had a white vest over a white shirt, his brown pants tucked in black leather shoes. He looked to be around seven or eight years old, while his mother (considering how similar their face shape was) looked to be twenty-five.

'' Uh, excuse me,'' Ashley ran up to them, the woman turned to her, seeming a bit confused. Ashley begged that it wouldn't be another language she didn't know.

'' Sì? Posso aiutarla?**'' Ashley almost lost her voice. The woman spoke in Italian, there was no doubt. Come to think of it, the people she heard in the alley also talked this way, why didn't she notice the language change? Ashley swallowed and tried to compose a sentence:

'' Might seem a strange question, but where am I?***'' she was more into Spanish, not this...but she tried her best to get out the information.

'' Why, this is Roma!'' she replied. Roma? Roma...Rome! Ashley sustained her jaw so it wouldn't drop.

'' And...what year is this exactly?'' the woman gave her an odd look and Ashley got worried that she said something wrong. Yet, looking somewhat concerned, the woman answered her:

'' 1509, miss,'' the girl blinked, feeling something in her throat. She thanked the woman and she set off, with her boy still turning over his shoulder to look at the strange girl. Ashley stood there for a moment, rubbing her hand's fingers in thought. Her heart beating increased with every conclusion:

Rome. This was Rome, 1509...but that makes this date the Renaissance age.

'' God...'' Ashley whispered, an excited smile growing on her face.'' I'm in Renaissance Italy...''

The young swashbuckler tried hard not to burst out in the middle of the street. She just gripped her hand to contain her emotions, while going into a corner to make a report to Setting Night. To make her know how right the girl was.


* ''Demon!''

** ''Yes? May I help you?''

*** After this I decided to write other languages in leaning letters, because Google Translator isn't the thing I would trust with this vital language.