For some clarification, here's a quick synopsis on Altair currently.

Age: 11

Skills: Thievery, Fighting, Stealth, Assassination, Free running(parkour), Magic

Magic Types: Eagle Sense, Assassination, Re-Equip

Equipment: Sword of Altair, Syrian Sword, Short Blade, Assassin Hoodie

Likes: Unknown

Dislikes: Arrogance


Chapter 2, A New World, Altair's Explanation and The Tower of Heaven

When I was a young man,

I had liberty, but I did not see it...

I had time, but I did not know it...

and I had love, but I did not feel it. ~Ezio Auditore


After accepting his offer into Fairy Tail, Altair followed Makarov into the Guild's building

"I've been in this world for only a couple of hours, and I'm already enjoying my time, though... why am I here? More importantly, aren't I supposed to be dead?" He thought to himself.

As they entered, Makarov yelled: "This is the newest addition to our family, Altair!" Though there weren't many people, they all loudly screamed in happiness

"Now Altair, you must choose where you want your tattoo, it shows your devotion to the guild" Makarov said

Altair then pulled his sleeve up, turned his arm and chose his wrist.

"Over here" Altair quietly said.

The Fairy Tail tattoo was placed, it was white at first but soon it gained a black outline and the tail turned red. "That's never happened before" Makarov inquired "Oh well kid, don't sweat it."

A blue haired man went up to introduce himself "Hi, the name's Macao nice to meetcha'" Followed up by an orange haired man "I'm Gildarts" he said with a massive smile, he offered to shake hands and Altair did so, Gildarts attempted to squeeze the boy's hand but Altair didn't seem to feel any pain, "not even a flinch" he thought to himself. Altair could sense that the man was powerful, if not as powerful as Makarov himself. A brunette was sitting by the bar and turned her head around "My name is Cana." she said.

"Why do you have that hood on?" she asked

"No reason in particular." Altair responded

He took his hood off to reveal his face. He had dark brown, tired eyes and pitch black hair.

Makarov stared into his eyes again,"this boy looks as if he's been through hell and back... such wisdom and pain are rare for a boy his age. Makarov was able to deduce all that and more simply by looking at him.


Six months later...

Altair had become one of the family, and it'd been only six months but Altair was already an A-Class mage. He seemed to only grow more powerful for every mission he came back from.

Altair had walked into the guild hall after completing another mission and went to the bar

"Hiya Al." Cana greeted, Cana was a brunette eleven year old.

"Hello Cana." he responded; "So how was the mission?" she asked; "Too easy, as usual." he responded with a slightly depressed tone

"Altair can you come into my office?"

Altair nodded and went with Makarov.


"You must have a lot on your mind, boy".

"..."

"Altair you're not exactly from around here, are you?"

"Makarov... it's a long story" Altair said

"Then allow me to see for myself" Makarov countered

"How exactly?"

"Through a form of magic that allows me see the past of people."

Altair shrugged and said "Well... okay then... but you may find will be shocking."

Makarov put his hand on Altair's head and closed his eyes, about fifteen minutes later Makarov opened his eyes, small but noticeable tears started forming. "Altair, you know that killing is against the rules of Fairy Tail, right?"

Altair nodded "Makarov, I understand if you don't trust me or if you don't want me in this guild".

"No, boy the sad thing is that you never even got a choice, but I think...even you realized that". "In Fairy Tail, all we wish for is freedom and happiness among its members". "I especially, want you in this guild".

"My magic is based on my skills as an Assassin." Altair concluded

"Ah, yet you restrained yourself against those bandits did you not?"

Altair nodded and a slight smirk appeared on his face.

"We will be your family from now on, not the Assassins m'kay?"

Altair's smirk then turned into a smile and a tear fell from his eye

"Good, get some rest and tomorrow we will pick out a good job for you".

"Okay, old man" Altair said, as Makarov laughed "I wouldn't be talking if I were you."


That next morning...

Altair appeared in the guild hall, Makarov then guided him to the job wall.

"Altair, I wouldn't normally do this for most rookie mages, but with your skills I think you can handle S-Class missions without much trouble".

"What will you have me do then, master?"

Makarov then pointed at one of the jobs

We are requesting help to find children who have been kidnapped, find the kidnappers and bring them in. Location: Hargeon. Pay: 740,000 jewels. Difficulty: Hard, Sender: Raphael Adino

"I know you can put those special eyes of yours to work" Makarov said

"Kidnapping children, and for what cause?"Altair asked "Beats me... maybe slavery" Makarov suggested

"Slavery...?" Altair thought, "Maybe I should convince these supposed kidnappers to tell me what their motives are?"

"Now you're talkin'." Makarov said with a laugh

And with that Altair had set off on his journey.


Hargeon, 10:00 am

Altair had finally reached Hargeon after a relatively long train ride, "Too bad we never had this technology back in the holy lands." he thought.

He went into a market to buy some goods and found some throwing knives that were generally used for sport and special pouches. He bought them along with some food and medicine

He soon met Raphael, the person who had sent the job request

"Hello, I am here about that job" Altair said

"Aren't you a bit too young?" He inquired "I mean you can't be any older then twelve right?"

Altair sheepishly chuckled and said "Don't worry one bit, I can take down a few kidnappers and save those children without any problem whatsoever"

"Confident, huh?" Raphael sneered "I see you have a sword, let us see if can back those words up boy."

Raphael drew his sword and so did Altair

Altair placed himself in a defensive position, even though Raphael didn't attack "If you don't make a move, I will!"

CLANK!

Altair manged to block the attack and parried by delivering a kick to the stomach with almost enough force to shatter Raphael's ribs

"Jeez, this kid..." "I can see why they sent you... already your physical strength alone is brutal and you haven't even used any magic." Raphael sheathed his sword causing Altair to do the same.

"So it seems you have underestimated me." Altair calmly said

"So I have" Raphael muttered; The two then broke out into laughter and shook hands


"In order for me to find where these kidnappers are and where they are going to be, I must conduct an investigation" Altair said to himself

Altair looked to find the tallest structure, once he found it, he ran towards it

"The building is locked, young man." an elderly woman said; "Hmph, not to worry." Altair responded

He saw a climbable pattern on the surface and began scaling the building

A group of people noticed this spectacle and stared in both amazement and terror "Look at him go!" one person said, "He's going to hurt himself." another person added

Altair reach the top of the viewpoint and got a good look at the city, he saw a wheel barrel of hay, and Altair instinctively leaped off and landed in it and came out without a scratch on him.


Altair climbed on top of another building and used his eagle sense to scout out people in the area, he then found two shady looking characters by a bench. Altair headed to their location and sat in the bench next to two people and decided to listen in on their conversation; "Did you hear? We kidnapped another group of people, six adults and nine children." "So it's not just children." Altair thought; "Good anyways, do you have the keys to the uh, monolith?"

"That I do."; Altair saw one of the men give the other a shiny object and walked away. Soon enough the other man started leaving the area as well. Altair followed him and reached his hand out, slowly motioning it toward the man's pouch pulled it off, the pouch contained the keys as well a few 100 jewels, Altair smiled as he walked away and just then, the man motioned his hand to feel the pouch, but nothing was there.

"What th- where is it!?" the man shrieked, but Altair was long gone.


After a bit more free running, Altair heard a woman scream. He looked to see a mother and her daughter being surrounded by cloaked men. "Take me, but please leave my daughter alone!" She screamed. Altair quietly hopped down from one of the rafters, and sneaked up towards one of the men. Altair used his new hookblade technique to topple one of the men, Altair then stomped on the man's stomach, shattering his ribs. The other men attempted to gang up on Altair, who used his Re-Equip to summon his short blade and countered every attack the men threw at him. He knocked out several cloaked men, causing the last one standing to flee in fear.

The mother and daughter looked at their savior with tearful eyes, "T-thank you..." The daughter said

Altair nodded and went after the fleeing kidnapper.


After tracking the kidnapper's movements, Altair followed him into a corner.

"W-what the-." The kidnapper said as he noticed Altair right behind him, with a malevolent smirk.

"B-bring it kid." The kidnapper said as he threw a punch at Altair who dodged it easily.

Altair swept the man and jumped on him. Altair started jabbing his face, "Where are the Slaves?" He demanded

"Fuck-." The man tried to say before Altair placed his hidden blade toward his neck.

"Tell me..." Altair ordered

"Th- they're by Akane Beach, waiting to be shipped to the Tower of Heaven!" The kidnapper responded

"What is this Tower of Heaven?" Altair questioned

"W-we are a group of cultists who believe that by building the massive tower, we can revive the dark mage... Zeref. We need these slaves as well as a sacrifice to realize this dream."

"Thank you..." Altair said before tranquilizing him with his poison blade


Altair cut through the forest to see a group of children and adults in shackles being led by four cultists. Altair leaped from to branch, and pounced at two of the cultists. He landed on them and slammed their heads into the ground. The slaves stared at Altair in awe. The other two cultists charged at Altair with with weapons. Altair used his Re-Equip to summon his Syrian Sword.

"Wait a second, it's just a little boy!" One of the cultists said in relief

"Let's take him in!" The other cultist suggested

Altair dashed at the men with intense speed and struck one of them, knocking him out. The other cultist attempted to attack, but Altair knocked the spear out of his hands and slugged the cultist in the face. The cultist was unconscious. Altair took out the keys he stole and unshackled the slaves.

"Incredible, are you a mage?" One man asked

"That I am, just call me the Eagle." Altair responded

"Ah yes, I've read about you. You're part of Fairy Tail right?" An elder asked

Altair nodded, "Can I trust you to tie these men up and take them to a man named Raphael?" Altair asked

"Of course, but why?" The man replied

"I need to save those other slaves..." Altair said

"I see... then be careful." The elder said.


Altair made his way to Akane Beach and waited for the boat to arrive. Once it did, guards came pouring out, ready to take the new slaves in, but were surprised to see only a boy.

They all assumed an attacking stance, "Where the hell are our slaves?" One of the guards asked

"They're not here... I set them free... your terror ends here." Altair said as he threw a smoke bomb at the guards, creating a large cloud of black smoke. The guards were blinded and started coughing and wheezing. Altair activated his Eagle Sense and charged into the group, taking all of the guards out.

With that, Altair made his way to the ship and threatened the captain to take him to the Tower or else he'd die. Fearing for his life, the captain set sail for the Tower of Heaven.


As the ship arrived, Altair knocked out the captain and proceeded to sneak off the ship. Altair climbed onto one of the trees and scouted the area for guards and a possible entry way. He knew that he couldn't simply go through the front gate as there would probably be several guards. Altair looked for climbable paths upward and found one with the least guards. Altair used his Eagle Sense to figure out where the guards will be and when.


Altair dove into a passing by cart of leaves and waited for his chance to get to his point of entry. Altair sprung out of the cart and darted himself at the tower, and proceeded to climb it. He climbed up about three stories and saw a guard blocking his way into a window. Altair shimmied his way toward the guard and once under him, Altair dragged the guard and threw him out of the window. Altair entered and tried to go through a doorway but it was locked. "This could take a while." Altair whispered to himself.

Altair climbed out of another window and jumped on to a rafter. Altair free ran up it and leaped onto a lamp and swung himself around the tower. Approaching another rafter, Altair released the lamp and landed on it next to a barred window. He heard two guards talking. "You think you could escape!?" One of the guards said while the other laughed. Altair heard the screams of a girl and the cracks of a whip. Altair looked through the window and couldn't believe his eyes. Two guards were torturing a scarlet haired girl, his age and what Altair saw next was unbearable, even for him. They took a knife and cut out her eye, she screamed in one of the most bloodiest fashions Altair had ever heard. Even so, Altair had seen worse. In his past life, he sometimes studied the Templar torture methods. Those would range from bondage, to shoving sharp objects up their gluts, to tying weights onto their testicles, and even being burnt alive.

The guards left for a brief period of time and Altair saw a blue haired boy come to her rescue. Altair was trying to crack through the window with his hidden blade. The guards returned and struck the boy in the head, knocking him out. The guards then left with the boy whom was now shackled. One guard stayed behind to watch Erza. By that time, Altair managed to break the bars and smash through the window causing the girl and the guard to look at him with shock.

"Where the hell did you come from!?" The guard screamed, but Altair remained silent as he pounced at the guard and used his Poison blade to inject a neuron-toxin, paralyzing the guard.

The girl stared at Altair and didn't know what to think of him, was he friend or foe? Did he use magic? Why is he here?

"Sorry for the abrupt entrance." Altair said, with his serious look turning into a warm smile. "Are you okay...?" He asked

"..." The girl remained silent as she was in shock.

Altair sighed and took out a first aid kit from his bag. "Let me treat you... you're hurt." He continued

He started to wipe the blood off of her and took some gauze and alcohol to clean the cuts. "This will hurt for a moment, as all things do." Altair continued as he began placing the medicine on her. She winced but didn't seem to grunt or cry, which relieved Altair of his fear of hurting her.

She finally spoke up, "Are you a mage...?"

He smiled and answered "That I am... the Eagle of Fairy Tail." Erza stared at Altair's wrist and noticed the multi-colored tattoo.

She mustered a small smile and asked "Why are you here?"

"When I heard about this place and what went on here, I couldn't stand for it." Altair responded, "Anyways, do you have a name?"

"Erza... Erza Scarlet..." Erza said with a weak smile

"Her last name is the same color of her hair? Interesting... I can see that there is still some innocence in her eye... At the same time, I see a clarity... She's a potential mage." Altair thought to himself, "Erza, I'm going to have to stitch that eye of yours to prevent infection." He said in a gentle voice

Erza nodded, and Altair got to work. Once he finished, he placed a white eye patch on her.

"Erza, I have a plan to save the rest of the slaves... but I'll need your assistance." Altair told Erza

She nodded and listened.

"I'm gonna disguise myself as one of the guards, and you're going to lead me to the other slaves, pretend to act shocked, as there will be dozens of guards down there... from there I'll create a distraction and set your friends free."

"...Thank you..." Erza whispered, which made Altair's smile widen.


Erza lead Altair to the underground prison cells. As they arrived, Altair motioned for her to enter her cell which she did. One of the guards went up to Altair to ask questions.

Erza put on a facade of tears and shock.

"Erza what happened!?, Where's Jellal? One of the boys asked, "Are you okay?" Another boy asked; "What the hell do you think?" the other boy yelled

"Wahh! I wanna go home!" Another boy screamed

"What the hell is going on in here!?" An angry guard said as he walked toward the cell

"Sho please stop crying!" One of the boys pleaded

The guard got his spear ready. "Shit! I didn't think one of them would cry like that..." Altair thought

"Sho, don't cry gramps is here!" An elderly man said

"But Rob!?" Sho cried

"Damn it kid shut up, or I'll cut off your tongue!" The guard yelled

Sho started crying hard, causing Erza to clutch her ears and hyperventilate. "We have to fight..." Erza remembered what Jellal had said, the blue haired boy had fought to protect everyone and now it was her turn.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Erza cried as she ripped the spear from the guard and swung wildly at the guard, taking him out. This impressed Altair "She had some experiences with weapons before..."

"A revolt!" The guard near Altair yelled.

"We won't get freedom by obeying them or running away... WE HAVE TO FIGHT! STAND UP FOR FREEDOM!"

To prevent hell from breaking loose, Altair threw smoke bombs everywhere, pitch black smoke was everywhere causing everyone to start coughing except Altair. He activated his Eagle Sense and dashed through the guards. I mere seconds they were all dispatched.

The smoke cleared and revealed Altair, the slaves looked at him confusedly but were shocked when he yelled "Re-Equip!"

Altair was back in his white hoodie, however he had a massive bloody gash running across his lip. "Well Erza, I was hoping for a more subtle approach but I suppose this works too." He said as he drew his signature sword.

Everyone looked at the boy with shock, their savior wasn't any older than Erza or Jellal.

Rob then spoke up, "Who are you...?"

"The most interesting person you'll ever meet... Rob." Altair replied sarcastically

"You're a mage... aren't you?" Rob asked

"The Eagle of Fairy Tail..." Erza told Rob who looked at the boy with an unusual face "His eyes show much wisdom... and pain... but at the same time... something warm."

"Like Erza said, you're going to have to fight in order to gain your freedom..." Altair said

Everyone began arming themselves with weapons and tools. The guards began pouring into the room. "YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US!? YOU THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE!? KILL THEM ALL!"

The slaves and guards clashed in an epic war. Altair took out several guards with little trouble and used his most powerful spell, "ARROW STORM!" he yelled, as an eagle screech could be heard. Everyone looked at Altair as his hand glowed. Hundreds of arrows materialized and rained down on the guards, instantly ending the battle and leaving the slaves wide-eyed at his power.

"Looks like we won..." Altair said quietly

Erza snapped out of her trance and walked up to Altair. She looked at his injury and said "You're hurt..." and pointed at his lip.

Altair felt his lip with his index and middle finger and saw blood. "It's just a scratch." He said as he wiped his mouth with a rag.


That night, everyone seemed inspired to fight. The slaves were all in groups talking about their plans for when they get out and what they'll find. Erza and her friends looked around for Altair and found the hooded boy, sitting alone in corner. They approached Altair, and Erza smiled at him.

"Hi." she said as she sat next to him unaware that he was sleeping.

"Hm? Ah, Erza..." He yawned

"We wanted to thank you for saving us!" Sho said with glee

Altair nodded

"I never got your name." Erza said in a quiet voice

"Altair." He responded

"Altair... what an unusual name... well anyways I'm Simon!" A boy with a mullet said

"My name is Sho..." A smaller boy said

"Me? I'm Miriana" A cat-like girl said

"Wolly." A weird toned kid said

"So Altair... how'd you and Erza meet?" Simon asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice

"Altair smashed through a window on the 3rd story of the building and saved me from the guards." Erza said with admiration in her voice

"I wouldn't call it saved, more or less I was too late to stop them from torturing you." Altair said

"But you nursed me and patched my eye up, right?" Erza said optimistically

"I suppose so..." Altair responded

"Who taught you how to fight like that?" Wolly asked

"Long ago a group of people I once called family showed me how to survive..." Altair replied quietly as if it was something he didn't want to talk about

Everyone was silent

"Erza, who was that boy who came to save you before me?" Altair asked

"A close friend of ours... his name was Jellal Fernandez..." Simon said

"IS Jellal Fernandez..." Erza snapped

"It's all my fault..." Sho started crying


Sho began telling Altair about his failed escape plan, how Erza was taken in, and what Jellal did. Jellal's actions reminded Altair of himself when he was trying to rescue Adha, his first love.

"Sounds like he was brave (stupid but brave...)" Altair complemented which made Sho and Erza smile

"Another question I have is... what is the point of this tower?" Altair asked, in which Rob came over and responded

"The tower isn't just a structure... no... it's much more than that apparently..."

"A church of Zeref?" Altair asked

"Close, but no... this tower is also known as the R-System... these cultists believe that building it will allow them to revive the dead..." Rob sneered

"All of this to revive Zeref... as insane as it sounds... I could believe such is possible..." Altair concluded making everyone besides Rob look at him with disgust

Before Wolly attempted to scold him, Rob spoke up, "Why do you mask yourself...?"

"No true reason... it comforts me..." Altair responded as he then took down his hood. He revealed his tired eyes to Rob. Rob just stared into them, Altair's eyes were like a void, sucking Rob in. "Something isn't right about this child... his eyes show much wisdom, more than I can fathom... but at the same time, they show sadness and loss... more so than that of Erza or Jellal."

"Altair... might I see your memories...?" Rob asked, Altair sensed that the man meant well and nodded

Rob placed his hand on Altair's head and saw his memories. After a few minutes, Rob let go and was breathing heavily, sweating, and his body tensed up. "Erza, I need you and your friends to leave for a moment... I must speak to Altair, alone."

Erza left and her friends followed.

"Are these memories your own?" Rob asked

Altair nodded

"Do you regret it?" Rob asked

"When I was very young, I was foolish enough to believe that our Creed would bring an end to all these conflicts. If only I had possessed the humility to say to myself, I have seen enough for one life, I've done my part. Then again, there is no greater glory than fighting to find the truth." Altair replied, the same words he had said to Darim before Niccolo Polo had left Masyaf.

"You've gone through so much blood and death in your past life... yet you've only shed tears once." Rob added

"Few losses could ever compare to the death of my father... and even those, I could not bring myself to cry." Altair responded

"I see... how was it that you were able to live for so long? To live to the age of 92 is quite an accomplishment." Rob complemented

"Haha, that's a good statement, brother. But it has a simple answer. The Apple. When I was sick, all I had to do was ask. When I needed more time for accomplishing my purpose, all I had to do, was to ask. The Apple was an incredible piece of work, but in the wrong hands, it was a dangerous and self-living object. It needed to be hidden, out of man's reach." Altair responded with a grin

Rob smiled, he knew that Altair was trustworthy and so he requested this, "...I feel as if I can trust you Altair... Erza is a very precious person to me, if I were to die... I would like you to watch over her and take her to Fairy Tail in my absence... joining Fairy Tail is something she's always dreamed of and I could sense that she had the will to use magic."

Altair's eyes went wide at the request, he looked over to Erza, she seemed motherly in a way, always looking out for her friends and fighting to protect them... kind of like Maria.

Altair looked back to Rob and said, "I'll do it... for Erza."

Rob smiled and walked away, tired but happy.


Well you guys asked for another chapter, so here you go! This extra long chapter was originally going to be scrapped but I've decided to continue for the few of you who read this. I'll make another chapter, on one condition though. You have to read my other ACxFT fic and comment on it, and tell me whether or not I should continue that as well.

watch?v=aAhPaiajwDY is something you might want to watch in order to get an idea of Altair's free running skills

Altair's Theme will be "Access the Animus (Chase Sequence)" by Jesper Kyd

This is before the final battle in the Tower of Heaven, where Jellal's cataclysm will happen.

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