And we come to the end of Act 1 in this chapter, which means this will be very long… XD

*actually typing the chapter* WTF? It's longer than I thought it would be! Dx

Note: There is another appearance from a past fan fiction of a media character, so basically the disclaimer returns. WE DO NOT OWN! Also, he will have a permanent presence in this fiction. This was all Michy's idea.

Chapter 4
Deep Road
Shocks & Home Front Troubles

Three Days Later…

Ezio was just getting dressed for his meeting with Hawke about the missing Templars when he stepped into the foyer. There, he saw that Lucan was just pulling away from a hug by Lisa. He watched the two exchange words before he released her and left through the door. He then saw Lisa turn to look at him with teary eyes. "Stai bene, tesoro?" The girl simply nodded her head as she wiped the tears. She then said, "I'm okay, Ezio. You should probably get to work soon. I doubt whoever is helping Keran's sister will be waiting for long." She quickly went up the stairs as he waited for Erick to join him. He didn't have to wait long as he saw the hooded man walking down the stairs and towards him. "You ready to go?" he asked, but didn't wait for an answer as they headed towards the basement and threw the secret passage way that lead into their headquarters in Lowtown.

They stepped out into the empty streets of the lower class area, seeing that everyone was either drinking at the Hanged Man or sleeping for tomorrow. They began their trek towards where Hawke had promised to meet them, which was at the mage's clinic. As they continued to walk, silence had befallen on them and it was awkward. Erick could feel a tension in the man's walk, but he was too afraid to comment. It was obvious that part of the anger rising in Ezio was due to the fact that he and Cynthia had flaked out on the one mission they had gone without his guidance. He was just ready to ask when he felt an existence of something behind him. He didn't turn around fast enough or warn Ezio before everything turned black.

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"What's taking them so bloody long?" Carver nearly shouted as he sat on one of the empty cots. All the patients were now at home which was good since they did promise that Dusk requested that they meet where they don't have any outsiders to eavesdrop. Garrett just shook his head at his brother's impatience, but it was nearly passed the time where they were supposed to meet. "I mean, she did say that the guy was coming here to meet us, so where is he?"

At that moment, the doors to the clinic opened, letting in a nearly bleeding out Dusk as he fell to the floor. Everyone quickly rushed as Anders quickly summoned a healing spell. Thankfully, the wound didn't cut into any major organs as Garrett helped the man up. "You okay?" the mage asked as he tried to look at the man's face, but was pushed rather rudely away as Dusk groaned out, "I'm fine. Just… looks like you're gonna having to rescue just one more."

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"No! No! No es asi! Soy demasiado joven para morir asi!" shouted the Agent of Dusk fearfully as the Shades were dragging him towards to some odd looking cocoon. Near it was another person curled up in the cocoon, making his fate even more. "Yovoyaalimentar auna arañade mierda,¿no?¿Quédemonioshiceparamerecer esto?"

From afar, Hawke, Carver, Anders, and Fenris watched as they saw them put the man under and saw him become encased in a magical casing of thread. Dusk was following closely but knew that if there was a battle to be had, he couldn't even though he was healed. Besides, he had really wanted to at least see how well these people would even work as a team. Ezio let out a small laugh when he saw that Hawke was trying to convince the obviously psychotic mages to come peacefully. He readied himself to stay out of range and view once he saw the mages taking their staffs off their backs as the woman shouted, "Kill them all, if you have to!"

He watched as Carver and Fenris ran forward, taking the offensive as they charged at the mages. The two behind the woman suddenly morphed into Abominations as they went to attack as well. The elf's suddenly began to slowly glow and became transparent as he charged through the morphed human and sliced the arm off. Carver quickly jumped from his running and brought down his sword, slicing right down the middle as the two went back to back. Hawke quickly concentrated before making their weapons be covered with frost. Anders was concentrating before he then pulled his arms in, making some sort of rock armor from the debris in the area. He turned his attention to a few Shades that were floating towards him as he then made a wall of ice that jutted forward, cutting into them and killing them upon contact.

Hawke then had his mabari hound help Fenris and Carver as he turned his attention to what looked like a very beautiful, purple-skinned woman with horns. Ezio shook off the rising desire that threatened to ruin his stealth as he watches Hawke quickly stabs the woman with his staff. He made a small wince before seeing the floating woman slowly and seductively fall to the ground, making the Assassin roll his eyes at this slightly too dramatic death. The fight lasted for awhile before they took down the last demon, leaving only large pools of blood and four mage bodies on the floor. Sensing that nothing else was going to jump out, he ran from his hiding spot and jumped down before heading towards the cocoons. Thankfully, he didn't need to go figuring out how to release the two unconscious men as the threads disappeared and freed the captives. He helped steady Erick before heading towards the other, asking, "You alright?"

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Garrett stepped forward towards Dusk as he helped who was probably Keran stand. Looking at the other man, he recognized him from the first time he had first met Dusk. "You alright?" he asked before the man looked at him. His hood covered his eyes and his mask further concealed his identity as he replied, ".Graciaspor salvarmiculo." There was a long silence between them before he then turned to Dusk. The man just simply nodded towards Garrett as Dusk then stepped forward towards the mage. "Thank you for your assistance. It looks like we owe you once again," Dusk said.

As he watched his brother and Dusk converse about the fate of Keran, Carver saw the other hooded man looking around warily. "Hey," he called out to the man who jumped rather oddly in shock. Carver then continued, "You alright?" The hooded man nodded his head as he turned around a corner, as if searching for a way out. Garrett and Dusk seemed rather amused at this as Dusk was about to voice his full opinion when there was a loud girlish scream. Everyone turned to look at the corner as Dusk's man quickly ran out and started screaming, "Run! He'll kill ya!" They all turned at what was chasing him, seeing a rather cute Pomeranian dog with a boy as it was chasing after the hooded man. Dusk gave out a small sigh as he made a goodbye motion while adding, "Looks like that imbecillecazzomaledetto found Mr. Flopsy Fuzzy. If you'll excuse us…" With that, Dusk quickly went to pursue after the chase, leaving everyone in a rather short stupor.

Two Days Later…

Looking at the letter in her hand, Cynthia said, "So, Varric says that with even all the gold they have collected, they are still short by a lot."

"Man… that sucks for him," Michelle simply stated as she lounged casually on the cushioned bench. Merry and Erick were sitting together on a single chair while Lisa was looking through some papers on the table. Ezio was pacing in the large study room as he then asked, "So, he's asking us to assist the guy in trying to find some more jobs for him?"

"But there aren't any more jobs!" Erick stated rather pessimistically, getting angry glares from everyone excluding Merry. She patted his head as he down casted his face in shame. Shaking his head at this, Ezio then said, "Well, who do we know who has the gold to pay off the expenses for the mission?" He noticed Lisa eying at him as she said, "Well, you seem rather eager to assist this guy." The Italian just simply shrugged as he said, "Well, there's something about this guy that screams that we should help him." Lisa just shook her head as she soon lifted a paper. She gave out a defeated sigh as she said, "I found someone, but I don't think it's going to be a good idea." The Italian briskly walked towards the table and took the paper from her hands, rather in a hurry. As he read through the words, his face seem to visibly turn angry as Cynthia decided that it would be a good time to leave the room.

With no way to show his anger without hurting the people around him, he threw the paper down and shouted, 'No! I will not have them associate with such a man!"

"You will!" Lisa shouted. It didn't last long before the two began to argue over the person. Michelle picked up the paper and read that her friend was going to refer Hawke to Dougal, some dwarf who looked like he had some connections to the Carta or something. All in all, Michelle knew that her friend wouldn't have chosen this man unless there wasn't any other better option. That, and she was slightly getting annoyed that Ezio and Lisa were starting to have some sort of childish argument. Sighing and knew that they need to come a decision soon; she walked towards the conversing two.

Merry just watched while hugging Erick as Michelle pulled the two down into a huddle. They couldn't hear anything being heard as the trio quickly stood up straight. Ezio and Lisa both had dissatisfied looks, but they nodded their heads before the two stalked off their separate ways. Michelle had a large smile on her face that quickly went away once her eyes lay upon the cuddling duo. Her face suddenly contorted to what looked like the internet national sign of the disapproval face. The two just gave out a nervous laugh before she walked away, her happy mood suddenly gone.

Later that Night…

Watching the exchange between Hawke and Dougal, Ezio wasn't pleased to see that the man had agreed to take the dwarf's offer. As Dougal and his gang began to take their leave, Ezio glared after them as Hawke was now standing next to him. The Italian looked at him from the small peeking under his hood as Ezio stated, "Be watchful of that guy when you get back, Messere." He continued to walk, noticing that everyone was heading to their places for the night. However, he noticed that the dwarf merchant waited a bit. Ezio turned to him and said with a smirk, "What's up, Varric?"

He got his reply by getting a small paper handed to him by the dwarf. Looking confused, he took the paper and saw that it was some sort of documentation of the list of the people that Varric's brother was hiring for their expedition. Reading through it, he nearly dropped it in shock. Quickly grabbing it, he reread the lines over and over again as he then nearly shouted, "Is this the truth, Varric?" Seeing a simple nod, Ezio returned his eyes to the paper as they focused on the names on the paper. He then gave the dwarf a nod before heading back towards their base in Darktown. He couldn't go back to the mansion, not in his present state. Lying on the cot, he read over the paper so many times until fatigue took over him.

The Next Day…

"Are you sure you want to go through with this, Ezio?" he heard Naoe ask him for the umpteenth time. The Italian sighed as he turned to his walking companion. Thanks to some adjustments, Ezio Auditore was part of the list of people coming with Bartrand on the expedition. He was posing as someone who would be able to identify worthy artifacts that will be can be used for fortune or just trash. As they entered into the area of the Merchant's Guild, they saw that Bartrand was now recruiting the last of their protection detail. He easily recognized the mage when he turned to look at him. Turning to Naoe, he said, "Make sure that they keep practicing on free running. I'm sure Lisa and Michelle have been doing well, but I'm mostly worried about Cynthia. She seems to not know how to do things in incognito." The Japanese man just chuckled at this as he did a bow and said just as Hawke walked towards them, "今回の遠征には注意してください, エツィオさま。(1)" With that, he walked away, towards the direction of the Markets.

Turning to the mage, he heard Hawke ask, "I didn't know you were coming along on this expedition, Messere Auditore." Ezio just smiled as he replied, "I was requested since the previous archaeologist couldn't make it. Being the man's apprentice even though I'm just a banker, I was picked for the job."

"Why would a banker know anything about expeditions?" Fenris questioned, getting a small turn of heads from everyone. Anders just shook his head at this while Varric gave out a small chuckle. They were then called over to Bartrand as the man said, "We've chosen one of the hidden entrances. The Deep Roads there will be nice and virginal, ready for a good deflowering." Ezio gave a small smirk at this, knowing very well on how to deflower especially beautiful women. As the man continued his speech, he then took notice of someone who was standing a few persons on his right. The face was too similar, and he had to fight down the urge to run towards the man and hug him with tears.

Standing far off was a doppelganger of his brother and also one with the same name; it was Federico, the look alike of his late older brother. He looked a bit older and more mature, but he recognized that face anywhere.

However, all attention was then averted to an elderly woman as Bartrand blurted angrily, "Who invited the old woman?" The referred lady gave a sad expression as she said, "I'm sorry to interrupt, ser dwarf, but I need to speak with my children." Ezio turned to see Hawke and Carver walking towards the woman as they began to converse. From the tone, he could tell that the woman was against either both or one of them going. He felt a presence stand next to him and heard Federico's voice say, "I'm surprised my own mother isn't here to try and talk me out of this, but I guess my father was able to convince her that we need the money."

"What's your story?" Ezio asked curiously, although he already knew the whole story. This twenty-eight year old man is Federico Domenico, eldest son of the Domenico family. They were nobles in Antiva but moved to Kirkwall in order to avoid an assassination attempt. His parents were still alive and he has a younger brother and sister; the boy was named Petruccio and the girl Claudia. It was a near mirror image of his own family but minus the fact that he wasn't there. He felt a small pang of hurt by this, but ignored it as he heard Federico reply angrily, "My family have gotten into money trouble because of a close family friend had betrayed us, conned us of nearly all of our money." Turning to him, he looked confident as he said, "If this is what I think it is, I'm sure I can get back the fortune we lost and maybe more."

"What? Now you're just being daft. You need me down there!"

The two men turned to see Carver nearly ready to yell at his elder brother. It was quite obvious on what the outcome was after the woman had arrived.

(1) I will notify them that you are on the expedition, Master Ezio.

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He didn't want to. He had actually wanted to take Craver along, but after what his mother said about the Deep Roads and from what Anders had told him about the area, he felt inclined to be worried about his brother's safety. "We can't both go into the Deep Roads. It's too dangerous," he stated, but he knew those words wouldn't truly calm his younger brother. Carver then stated distastefully, "So I get left behind to mind the chickens? I see how it is."

"Carver, your brother's only doing what he thinks is best," their mother stated. That calmed Carver just a bit as he resigned, "I know. I guess I'll have to do the same." With that he stalked away as his mother nodded to him. Watching his brother and mother walking away, he felt that he just lost any trust with his brother. As Bartrand gave out a rally cry, he didn't feel that much eager to do anything as much as he did before. He felt a hand touch his shoulder, making him to see Anders giving him a small smile and said, "Don't worry. I'm sure your brother will calm down by the time we get back." Nodding his head at this reassurance, he then turned to see Bartrand leading everyone towards the outskirts of the city.

"Are you sure that it's a good thing to come along?" Ezio heard the mage ask. He then smiled as he patted the longsword tied to his side and replied, "Don't worry. I can take care of myself."

夕暮れ

Telling his mother that he needed some time alone, Carver entered into the Blooming Rose. There, he immediately recognized the elf woman who turned and gave him a playful smirk. Marianna then said, "Well, hello Carver. I'm surprised to see you here today. I thought you were going on that little trip to the Deep Roads." He ignored her as he then just said, "Can't I just get a girl right now? I need some stress relief." The lady elf just shook her head at this with a smile as she then looked through her books. She then said, "Well, the room upstairs on the left is open right now." Nodding, he quickly went into the room, seeing a person was already in the bed. It was obviously a female as he crawled on to the bed, slowly trailing his fingers on the curve of her waist. He was about to say some sort of flirt when he was suddenly elbowed in the face. The weight of another disappeared as he looked to see the familiar elven face of Sakura. She had a dagger ready with anger in her eyes, but that disappeared when she looked straight at his face.

Giving a small sigh of relief, she said, "By the Maker, I thought you were Jethann." She quickly went back on the bed to check his face, touching his cheek which made him wince. For a small elf, she sure packed a punch. Carver just smiled and said, "It's nothing, really. I just thought you were… well, you know." He didn't mean to offend, but it was obvious that the implying part of that sentence made the girl made. She pouted and said, "I'm like these people here. I still have my virtue, and I intend to keep it for only someone I truly like." He then smirked as he then stated, "That's a rather innocent view. You remind me of my twin sister."

"You had a twin who was a girl?" she spoke in great shock.

Nodding, he laid on the bed as he stared up at the ceiling. He then began to reminisce while saying, "Her name was Bethany, and she was a mage just like my older brother. I always messed with her, tying her hair to the bed post or just doing what little boys did to their sisters." He heard a small giggle from the elf as he heard her mutter something brothers and wrestling, but when he gave her a questioning look, she just urged him to continue. "She was always so innocent, being that she was sheltered more than Garrett. She would always be in the house, just watching all the other kids playing as she just stayed inside to do chores."

"Is she here in Kirkwall?" she asked. He felt a small pang as he remembered what happened when they were on the run from Lothering. He was too far away as he saw that ogre reaching down, grabbing his twin sister before slamming her into the ground and tossing her aside.

He was jolted from his walk down memory lane when he felt a gentle patting on his forehead. Looking to the girl, she had her eyes closed and was saying, "It's okay." She opened her eyes slightly as she then said, "It was no one's fault. It was just bad timing. Nothing could have stopped what was to come." For some reason, the gentle touch was slowly calming him as he felt his eyes closing. As an unknown drowsy feeling was putting him to sleep, he unconsciously noted what looked like a light, but it could have been the candle.

He then felt sleep take over him completely.

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She looked at the sleeping man as she continued to pat his forehead, using a small spell that she learned from Naoe. The blue light that surrounded her hand faded as she then stared at the sleeping man's face. Lisa was glad of this outcome, because she did not want to explain to Merry if the alternate event had occurred. She already knew the whole story of the events that happened, and she could only imagine the pain. Carver and Hawke were too similar to Ezio, having lost family to some form of injustice.

Hearing a knock, she looked up to see Michelle walking in as she was about to let in one of her girls. Once she saw her, she quickly stopped whoever it was and ushered them away before closing the door behind her. Walking to the bed, she gave an apologetic look and whispered, "Sorry! I forgot you got this room. We seriously need to get some signs that say 'occupied' or something when you are sleeping here." Rolling her eyes, she then gave a quiet goodbye before watching Michelle walk out of the room and closing it behind her. Lisa returned her attention to petting Carver's head, humming a small tune that she remembered from a cute anime she had seen back in her own world and time.

Outside, Michelle leaned her ear against the door as if waiting for something. However, she heard a clearing of a throat behind her as she saw Isabela standing behind her. Quickly standing up, she said, "Hello, Isabela. What can I do for you today?" The pirate girl just smiled and said, "Did I just see Carver go in there?" Michelle just smiled back and replied, "He's just getting some sleep. Did something happen today?"

"Try the whole bloody week," Isabela said as she told about them rescuing mages and dealing with a magical qunari. On top of that, the boy has been training hard for the past few days for some reason and has also been hanging around the Keep area on his spare time. Pondering on this, she then turned to see that Isabela had let herself enjoy one of the courtesans as she took an empty room. She shook her head as she headed down the steps, only stopping midway when she notice that someone was blocking her path. She was about to remark about this, but stopped when she saw familiar piercing silver eyes surrounded by pale skin and beneath silver blonde hair. The man smiled as he spoke, "I'm not surprised that you actually work here, Michelle, but to own it? Now that is one thing I only expected when you were a bit older."

"I thought you already left here, Lucan," she smiled as he gave the man a small hug. "What are you doing back here, anyways?"

His smile disappeared as he bluntly said, "I came to give a small order. Where is Merry's boyfriend? I need to speak with him about something, in private."

Two Days Later…
Deep Roads

"I told you I can take care of myself," Ezio cockily stated as he easily slit the throat on the last Darkspawn in the large room. He saw Hawke give him a small smile and a shake of a head. Varric shared the mage's amusement while Fenris just rolled his eyes as he sheathed his broadsword on to his back. Ezio then turned to look at the others that were with them, seeing Anders doing a quick healing spell on Fenris while Federico twirled the twin blades before sheathing them both on his sides. "You are quite skilled with a blade," Ezio commented to him.

"As are you," Federico replied before they continued to follow Hawke. Nearly five hours ago, they had left the camp in order to find an alternate route as the path that Bartrand had wished to take was unavailable. As they continued to trek forward, Ezio suddenly noticed an abnormality before quickly saying, "Hey, watch your step." Seeing the confusion, he took lead as he stepped to see a glint in midair. Taking a side step, he easily saw the very thin pointed blade that was mere inches away from piercing just between Hawke's eyes. Thankfully, it was made out of glass as Ezio easily broke it with the hilt of his dagger before opening the door. "See that? Totally saved your life right there, mio amico," he smirked out before walking through the doors.

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Hawke shook his head at the cockiness coming from the man as he went to continue leading. He saw Ezio turn to wait for them as he passed through the doors. No one was ready to even stop what happened as some large form pulled Ezio off his feet and out of his view. Quickly running into the room, he saw a Darkspawn Ogre had already thrown him into the opposite wall from where it once was, seeing a limp Ezio on the floor.

A flash of Bethany in the same position filled him with rage as he summoned a cold spell to freeze the ogre. It only made an ice form around the shoulders as it took its attention away from their fallen comrade, making it roar loudly and go after him. He saw Federico run past him and was able to avoid the monster's attention, heading to aid their comrade. Anders summoned a fireball and threw it at the ogre while Fenris slashed at the legs. Varric was able to support with Bianca as he aimed at the monster's forehead. Mustering nearly all the mana that was in his body and without taking too much that it would knock him out, he threw a large freeze spell as it engulfed the creature from the feet first. It took awhile as the ogre tried its best to walk it off and towards the mage who casted it. Fenris sliced at the frozen legs, making the creature fall. The tattooed elf jumped just before he was squashed by the heavy weight. Hawke then brought down the sword that was attached to his staff on the ogre's head, killing it in an instant as it lay on the ground with a gaping hole in the back of his head.

He turned to see that Federico was helping Ezio stand up, seeing the man shaking his head and cursing in his native language. He quickly asked Anders to heal him, which was unneeded as the blonde mage was already conjuring the familiar healing aura in his hands. However, Ezio waved him off as he coughed out, "I'm fine… ah…Merda ... la prossima,Hawke, siavràdavantiDio,chesta andandomaleper lasettimana." It was quite obvious that Hawke didn't understand a word the banker had said, so he simply asked the main question that was going through his mind.

Actually, Varric said it before he could, "How the hell are you still alive?"

The man gave out a small laugh before wincing a bit and simply said, "Well, I was able to block myself before Signore Orco ran into me. Though, that didn't really help since the guy still cracked one of my ribs…" He tried stand straight but stopped and went back into a hunching form with Federico as his pillar. "Or maybe two… not sure…" Garrett shook his head as Anders made a small chuckled and said, "Well, you're lucky to even survive a head on attack with such little armor." The light blue aura covered the man's torso as his breathing returned to normal, making slowly stand up but was slightly stiff. "I think I am just a bit useless to you for the moment," he sadly stated as he took a few steps to lie against the wall. Federico helped him sit on the ground as he said, "Are you still hurt, my friend?"

Garrett watched the man give him a small smile and said, "Nonti preoccupare,fratello.Starò bene." The lead mage then suggested, "Maybe we should rest here for the night. We have been walking through this tunnel for who knows how long." Everyone agreed in their own way as Fenris took first watch. There was no real need to make a campfire as the room was already well lit, but there was still a problem with warmth. Thankfully, there were some wooden planks that were still around even in the ruins that would be useful enough to get a fire going.

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Ezio sighed in relief as the lie that he had practiced had worked. He knew he should have been way worse when that thing hit him at the speed of a wild horse, making him stare at his bare chest underneath his armor. There were no real marks or bruises that showed any indication of the impact and the small pain from earlier had already disappeared before Anders had fully healed him.

"So this is what one of the perks for becoming a Darkyn," he mentally chimed to himself. He reminisced back to when Lucan had explained why he was brought back to life in their world, showing proof the Templars had nearly successfully killed off the Assassins. Laying his head back on the stone wall, he then saw Federico joining him after placing the last of the wooden planks in a pile. They watched as Hawke conjured a fire on to the wood, making the room just a bit warmer. Ezio then noted the presence of everyone as he sadly stated, "I wish you had brought a woman along, Hawke. At least I wouldn't feel so awkward sitting in a room with other men, especially ones who are hard to have a conversation with."

He saw Varric about to open his mouth, making him quickly add, "And no, I'm not having you tell us a tale. I don't need to hear the beginning of another grand tale about some hero. I'm not in the mood." It was actually his own fault for making himself so angry, making him realize that there wasn't a female companion to at least woo just a bit. Hearing a chuckle beside him, he turned to Federico as the man said, "Well, just be happy that you didn't just die right now." Ezio let out a small chuckle, faking small wince as he said, "True, my friend, absolutely true."

Next Day

They continued their trek through the ruins, taking down a few more darkspawn and such on the way before they soon reached a long corridor leading to a large room. Letting out a long whistle, Ezio heard the sound he made echo through the corridor as they continued walking down it. As they got close to the end of the corridor, they felt tremors on the floor, as if something big was walking on the ground on which they stood. Readying their weapons, they quickly charged into the large space to see a rather peculiar sight.

A man, dressed like a pirate minus the hat, was running from a rather large dragon that was trying to obviously eat him. He was screaming rather loudly and manly, his voice sounding slightly gargled.

Their presence didn't go unnoticed as the pirate turned to look at them, showing his facial features of the standard pirate only a bit handsome looking. He then turned his running towards him as he pushed past them and said, "She's all yours, mate." The words didn't really register that quickly until the loud roar turned their focus on the dragon who was now aiming to eat them. "Maledetto pirata!" Ezio shouted as he took out his daggers. He wasn't sure if Hawke understood him as the man agreed before everyone went to fight against the dragon.

Michelle and Lisa: …sigh.

Cynthia: That damn pirate…

As they fought the dragon, they soon realized that it seemed to be a rather bad idea to have stayed and fight instead of running with the man. This train of thought only occurred because the dragon called out to its children, bringing a horde of them to attack them. As what felt like the thirtieth dragonling he killed, he turned to see Fenris get knocked by by the tail of the dragon and into him. The two slid down the corridor from which they came as the elf cursed in Tevinter. "Venhides…"

"What you said," Ezio agreed, knowing that it was some curse word. The two stood up and were ready to charge when they saw another person flying towards them. It took just the second before he landed on them that it was Federico as the three fell into a dog pile, Fenris being at the bottom. "I suggest you all get off of me before I run you all through." As the two humans got off the male, Federico suddenly said with a shocked face, "Wait, if we are here… who's protecting the mages and Mr. Tethras?" Ezio wasn't sure how he was going to react to this news nor did he get the chance to when a blur past by them. The Italian was able to recognize it as the pirate from earlier as he charged ahead.

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Garrett jumped back far enough to avoid getting slashed apart by the dragon's claws, but it still was able to cut on his smuggler armor that he had received for working with Athenril. The dragon roared at him as it seemed to inhale some air, obviously reading to breathe out a fire attack. He prepared for the inevitable, but noticed that the large creature had stopped its attack and was averting its attention to behind him. Turning, he saw the man from earlier, showing a rather snarky smirk and said, "Hello, beastie."

The man then pulled out a cutlass as he twirled it a bit before saying, "I believe you have something of mine." He nearly couldn't believe what happened next.

The man easily jumped on to the dragon's head when it tried to snap at him, holding on to the scales of the skull. As the dragon tried its best to shake off the pirate, he held on tightly as he then stabbed downward with his cutlass in the eye. The dragon roared in pain as the pirate shouted to Garrett, "If you would be so kind as to throw something in the mouth!" Garrett quickly shook off the stupor as he shouted to Anders, seeing the blonde mage's eyes become engulfed in glowing white. Flames began to form around his hands before throwing it with his staff as the leverage for aiming. The pirate jumped off in time, flailing his arms before landing on the ground on his torso. The fireball then hit the inside of the eye, making the dragon shout in pain before falling to the floor dead.

"Well then, I thank you for your assistance," the pirate said, making Garrett just glare at him.

"Assistance?" he heard Ezio shout as the three who were thrown back were now with them. "You were the one who pulled us into this mess. Who are you anyways?"

The man was about to answer before tapping his bandana. He then went over to the deceased dragon, cautiously sticking his arm into the open jaw. He made a gagging face before he soon pulled out what looked like a pirate hat. Shaking off the slime and saliva, he then put it on and made a bow, "The name is Jack, Captain Jack Sparrow." Everyone just looked at him weird as he then said, "None of you know me? Well of course… I guess I'm in yet another place no thanks to yet another whirlpool. Oh, how I want to shoot something."

Garrett could tell that Ezio was ready to snap at the man again, so he took lead in the conversation and asked, "What are you doing down here?" Jack Sparrow opened his mouth to answer, but quickly shut it by covering it with his right forefinger and thumb. He then reached into the pockets of his clothes before pulling out what looked like some sort of card. They heard the man mumble before he then crumpled it and stuffed it inside the dragon's eye. He finally answered, "I had been brought at just a mere assistance to the one called Auditore."

"Me?" Ezio said with great shock.

"Yes, you see," Jack began to say. "The one who acquired my services who has done so before has asked me to assist you with assisting this man, though you look like you don't need any assisting." The mage turned to look at the banker who just shrugged, equaling confused by this. Garrett just inwardly sighed and said, "Well, at least we have another hand in finding a way into the main thaig of this area."

"You mean a really large city with many stone buildings that are ready to fall apart by just a simple push?" Jack stated. When he nodded, he then said, "That corridor up there will lead you to such a place. I was just down there."

"How did you even get down here?" Varric then asked. The pirate thought through that as he then answered, "A whirlpool spit me out just at this spot."

This caused nearly everyone to look around, seeing that there wasn't even a water source in the area. Garrett then finally asked after hearing the man speak so much, "Are you drunk?" Jack gave another thoughtful look before asking, "Do you have any rum on you?"

夕暮れ

Stepping out of the Docks and into the streets leading to Lowtown, Carver soon found himself in the markets of Hightown. It was bustling still since the Bone Pits were actually paying out on finding more useful things for people to buy. He then recognized someone in the market as he shouted out, "Sakura!" The elf girl turned to look at him, seeing a smile grow on her face. Walking towards him as he jogged half the way, she greeted, "Carver, I'm surprised to see you here. I thought you would be still sulking up in the Blooming Rose." Feeling a small pang of hurt on that comment, he just shrugged and replied, "Well, I decided that if my family won't let me do what I want, I'll just have to take initiative."

"I hope you aren't planning on running away from home," she said with worry.

He thought about saying something about that, but noticed the large bag in her arms. It was nearly engulfing her as it just went from her knees to just below her chin. "Um… do you need any assistance?" he asked. The girl soon realized her situation as she gave out a small laugh and replied, "If you would be so kind, then yes." Taking the bag from her, he saw that inside were items made for much of the foreign foods that were here along with others. From the smell of it too, there seemed to be also top of the line fish inside. "Seems like you will be eating something big tonight," he spoke, sounding a bit angered by this. He didn't have time to apologize for his tone as the girl said, "I was planning to make more snacks for when your brother and the others come back. Ezio had gone with them and I wanted to at least make a welcome home gift for them."

He smiled at this as they started to walk towards the direction she was leading and said, "Well, I guess I would be glad to know that I would feel welcomed by someone if I had gone on the expedition." He then saw the girl stop and slowly turn to him, making him question the sad look on her face. She then said, "I'm… glad you didn't go, Carver." When her eyes looked at him directly, he suddenly felt a sense of dread overcome him as she said, "I feared… if you had gone, then you may have never come back." He raised an eyebrow and was about to question this eerie statement when a shout called out the girl's name. The two turned to see a tall silver blonde haired man walking towards, obviously a noble due to his clothes. He saw the girl's face bring on a smile as she shouted happily, "Lucan!"

Carver watched as the man went to her and hugged her, lifting her in a small spin before placing her back on the ground. The young Hawke also noticed that the butler of hers was nearby, staring at him with a piercing gaze. He then walked to him to take the sack from her and bowed to him, saying, "Please tread carefully in the next few days, young Hawke." The boy looked extremely confused. Here he was just to have a small conversation and all this ended with him getting two cryptic messages. Then again, he should have expected much from people who could be and possible the same as his brother.

Note: If you are going to ask, Jack appears in this world after the events of the third movie.

Next Day
Primeval Ruins

"Quite intriguing how you always fall into these kinds of messes, Jack, eh?"

"Not my fault. Those few times were always in some form of mutiny or another."

"Maybe we should have stayed behind instead of accepting that man's offer."

"However, there is this little kink of being stuck in the underground…"

"Go away! I have no sympathy for any of you feculent maggots and no more patience to pretend otherwise."

Everyone watched as Jack continued to shout at mid air, making them question their new companion's sanity. Varric tried his best to calm Fenris from slashing the man down while Anders just shook his head at this stupidity. Garrett finally broke all distractions by clearing his throat and said, "If we can go back to the task at hand, we still need to find a way out of here." Federico stepped forward and stated, "We might as well take the only other way out and hopefully it will lead to another route to the surface." Thankfully, all it took to really snap Jack out of his craze was the smell of alcohol as he began chugging the glass bottle while they trekked through the ruins of the thaig.

However, it turned to be a really bad idea to let him lead as he took a turn to the left and opened the only door in the corridor. There, a large golem with a squad of shades waited for them. Just before they attacked, Ezio shouted, "Bloody pirate!"

Four Hours and Several Monsters Later…

"They will not assault you further, not without my permission," said the stone creature with a fire skeleton. Before the creature was just a barely-standing Garrett Hawke and Jack Sparrow. Everyone else was ready to collapse on the floor as Ezio blurted out tiredly, "Wobbly-legged… rum-stank… pirate…" With that, he fell to the floor and muttered out that he was alright. The mage then turned to see Varric stumbling to his side and asked, "What are these things? They seem like rock wraiths, but…"

"They hunger...The profane have lingered in this place for ages beyond memory, feeding on the magic stones until the need is all they know."

"The lyrium?" Garrett questioned. "That's what sustains them?"

"I am not as they are. I am… a visitor."

"I bet by 'visitor' he means he is a demon," he heard Ezio say, making him turn to see that the banker was standing with him, along with Federico. He noted that Anders and Fenris were on his back, though Fenris seemed more on edge just because of that little statement Ezio had just said.

"I would not see my feast end," said the stone beast, swaying a bit as if it was ready to defend itself if need be. "I sense your desire. You seek to leave this place, but you will need my aid to do so." Garrett heard Fenris scoff at this while Ezio voiced out, "Like we can even trust this thing. It might just stab us in the back once we are doing 'helping' it."

"What are our options, Hawke?" Varric said, leaving it to him to choose once again. Garrett knew not trust a demon, especially one possessing a stone monster, but they were already tired from all the fighting from the locked room to now. All thanks to their new companion, the pirate. Sighing, he then said dreadfully, "We don't have much choice." If the creature had flesh on the skull that it possessed, he would have seen the smirk that went with the satisfied speech it gave.

Apparently, the group had to slay some sort of creature guarding a crypt. In the crypt will be where the key is that will lead them to the outside. They all agreed to just walk the rest of the way before entering into a hallway, stopping for a rest. Garrett then noticed that Federico seemed to be favoring his lower right side, asking "Are you injured?" The man shook his head before wincing, "Okay, I might be just a bit. I think it was from that ambush from before we got shut in here."

"And you've been walking on it since?" Ezio nearly shouted in a scolding tone. Federico gave a care-free smile, making Garrett see a sudden resemblance between the two. If it wasn't for the different family backgrounds, the mage would have sworn that these two could be blood brothers. He then thought back to his own brother; remember seeing the great disappointment in his face. Thinking back to that day when they left Kirkwall, he didn't notice that he had fallen asleep until he was shaken awake by Varric.

"Hawke, you alright?"

Nodding his head, he stood up while using his staff as leverage. He felt suddenly rejuvenated, looking to the source as Anders was healing everyone. He saw everyone's faces filled with new vigor as he then said, "Let's get this over with so we can get out of here." He then led everyone down the path until they reached a large cavern held up by four pillars. Just like everywhere they have been in this thaig, there was the red lyrium stone all across the walls like it was the blood that kept something alive. As he was taking in the small scenery, Garrett asked, "What is this place?" Varric was also looking around as he explained, "This is the vault. The dwarves would have brought their…"

His little explanation was brought to a halt as they all heard crumbling of rocks behind him, and not the kind that falls to the ground. They all turned to see boulders forming together to make a larger form of the profane creature. It glow red as it stared down at all of them with its cracked skull, giving a sign of the upcoming clash. The first to voice out was Jack as he muttered, "Oh bugger…"

"That can't be good," Varric added before they all separated before its rock spike arm fell on them. Everything unsheathed their weapons as Garrett shouted, "Here we go again!" Fenris and Ezio charged in, attacking its front, while Federico and Jack attacked the back. Anders readied to heal anyone that truly needed while getting his fire spells ready. Garrett soon noticed something in Jack's hand as the pirate shouted, "Oi! Get out of the way if you don't want to be all over the walls!" He threw a circular object that had a string lit before embedding itself perfectly in the monster's chest.

It was a grenade.

Note: Before anyone says it, yes there are grenades in Dragon Age. Just putting that out since I had a huge argument with my cousin over this and got twenty bucks when I showed my Origins character throwing said grenade into battle.

The two front attackers quickly jumped away before they were hit with the blast, causing the creature to fall into the ground. There was no celebration as it returned to float in the middle of the room, bringing itself together as it surrounded a red orb of light. He saw Fenris ready to charge but heard Ezio shout, "Get out of the light!" He didn't have time to argue as he then took the elf by his belt and threw him into Hawke, causing the two to fall behind the pillar where Anders was already standing. Federico, Jack, and Varric were at another one nearby as they all saw a strong light emit from the now-called Rock Wraith. Garrett heard a sickening sound of pain as he looked up, seeing Ezio being pushed back by the light and into a stone slab. He called out the banker's name as the light disappeared, letting the man fall to the ground while holding his chest.

Anders quickly went to the man, forcing him to drink a poultice potion while Fenris and Federico took on the offensive as the Rock Wraith was just now a skeleton floating in the air. The mage took the same form of attack as well as he felt something sparking inside him. Raising his staff, a sudden wind formed around him before shooting his arm out. A string of lightening flew out of his fingertips and towards the skeleton, barely missing the two attackers. What surprised the mage even more is that a large wind had emitted with the spell, causing all of the smaller rock creatures that were going to attack to fly into the wall behind them and crumble into pieces. This didn't have the same effect on the Rock Wraith as it just brought back its stone cover, standing on the ground as it then aimed straight for Hawke. He jumped out of the way before it could ram into him, rolling just by the pirate as Jack said, "Got anymore bright ideas, mate?"

Looking around, he then first remembered what triggered the attack as he said, "Just one." He quickly stood as he sheathed his staff on his back. Running from the group, he shouted to Jack, "Throw me a grenade, and one not lit please! Fenris, get everyone behind the pillars!" He summoned a fireball and threw it at the Rock Wraith, making its attention focused on him. He did a dodge roll to avoid what looked like a donkey kick done by the creature as he then made a small spark on the palm-sized bomb in his hand, lighting the fuse. He quickly threw it and thank the Maker for having as good aim and luck as the pirate. It had embedded just at the last row of the rib. It blew up, causing the rocks to disappear into the ground before flying back up. It then gathered together as before as he shouted, "Take cover!" He did so as well as he hid behind the far off pillar from the way they took. He saw his comrades do the same from where they were before quickly hiding back to avoid getting hit by the light. Once he knew that it was done, he then pulled out his staff and stalked toward the skeleton.

The creature's weaker form looked at him as Garrett then summoned the spell he had done before, but this time, he quickly grabbed on to the red spine. It burned his fingers just by touching it, but he ignored the pain as streaks of lightening along with gusts of wind formed around his hand. He then focused into the creature as the power of the spell imploded inside the creature, making the light disappear completely along with any enemy nearby. All that was left of the creature were the limp stones that served as its body and the cracked skull in his hand.

"Well, looky here," he heard Ezio's voice, making him relieved that the man was at least unhurt enough to speak. "Signore Hawke has tricks under those sleeves." The mage just smirked as he tossed the skull to Jack who stared it curiously before leading them towards to what the end of the cavern. He then heard Varric say something about the monster being some legend that shouldn't be real as he replied, "It looked pretty real to me." He was suddenly shoved forward by Jack as he said, "Never mind that. Look at what the bloody thing was guarding." They all looked forward to see the glimmer of gold, only it came from piles and piles that surrounded numerous chests.

"Whoa, Hawke," he heard Anders, obviously amazed by the amount of gold. "You can finally move out of Lowtown and back into your home."

"And probably some left over for such things," Fenris added, sounding quite bored. Of course the elf would have seen more than this back in Tevinter. A flash of light behind them soon reminded everyone of the previous agreement earlier as the demon-possessed profane appeared. "That is not yours," it said, standing in a fighting stance. "The key you require is in the chest. Leave all else for it is mine."

He then heard the pirate whisper behind him, "Think about it, mate. All that could be yours if you just fight just a little more, or be a bit of a righteous boy, ignore the deal, and be filthy rich."

The creature obviously heard him as he shouted, "You will not! It is mine, all of it! Take only the key, or I shall destroy you." Garrett never really cared for the deal he had made, and he regretted it from the moment he made it. However, feeling rather invigorated, he then turned to his obvious money-crazed companions and said, "Do you mind?" He saw the two exchange stares before nodding to each other. Varric then pulled out Bianca and shot an arrow at the skull, easily cracking it because of the close range before hearing Jack say while twirling the cutlass in his hand, "Take what ye can!" Ezio stood in front as more creatures joined in to fight for their fallen master. Everyone brought out their weapons once again as Ezio said, "Give nothing back." He saw the surprised look on the pirate's face as the man said, "A friend of mine told me to say that if anyone said what you said."

Garrett shook his head at this as he then said, "How about we deal with these people before we go making more ridiculous phrases?"

Kirkwall Docks

"Carver, please! Reconsider on what this could do to your family," he heard the girl plead once again. He was growing a bit tired by this as he watched the waters. Just across the way were the Gallows, home of the Templars and Mages. He waited for the ferry that will bring him there and see if they would accept them.

"Carver! What will your brother think when he comes back to see you have joined the Templars?" she shouted. Anger boiling, he turned to the elven noble and shouted, "Why should I even listen to you? You know nothing of having an older sibling nor lost one! You live in a family with an adoptive father."

He didn't quite expect the girl would slap him, but what really threw him off were the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. "How dare you say that to me!" she nearly shouted, her teeth clenched as she stepped close to have her face close to his own. "I have had brothers, three of them, and all were elder. I had twin brothers who betrayed each other in order to serve their own needs, condemning millions of others in the process." When she stepped forward, he only noticed that he was near falling down the steps that sunk into the waters, but he returned to the rants of anger from the woman.

"And I lost the three to a woman who had sought to think that the best thing for me was to have them killed, no murdered, in front of me!"

She took a few steps back as she lowered her face. The bangs of her hair covered her eyes, but they couldn't conceal the tears falling down her cheeks as she spoke darkly, "So don't speak to me of having no siblings or losing them. I have lost more than one should lose in a lifetime." Turning to leave, Carver then saw her stare at him with eyes filled with hidden malice as she added in an odd language he had never even heard of, "祈るあなたの家族に害に遭ったが、それはみんな家族のために行われているように私はインチされていること." With that, she walked away, leaving the man puzzled on what her last words to him were. He then heard the ferryman call out to everyone, shaking him from his stupor and returning to his resolve for being there.

He will not have some stranger tell him what he can or cannot do. This will be his first step in his life away from the shadow of his brother, his own life.

Five Days Later
Entrance of Primeval Ruins

"We're back where we started, and in only five days, Not bad, eh?" Varric spoke as he turned to Jack and said, "I can't believe that compass was an actual help. I tend to just go down a path and hope for the best." The pirate gave a smile, showing his few golden teeth with his pearly whites, as he said, "Well, mate, we're lucky that what I really was a way out of here."

"Think we could… take a break?" Federico asked, his voice showing obvious fatigue. "I feel wrong."

Garrett turned to the man and looked forward, saying, "We could take some rest, if any of you are tired." The dwarf gave out a small chuckle as he joked, "I'll wager it was those deep mushrooms we found." Ezio nodded at this as he gave a laugh, turning to look at the man. All joking was quickly placed aside as Federico fell to his knees as he tried to say out a sentence. "Fratello!" he shouted as he ran to the man's side. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the older's eyes were blotched out and the pupils were yellow. The surroundings of the eyes were similar to those of someone who lacked sleep and the skin was deadly pale.

"What… what's happening to me?" he asked, looking up at everyone. Ezio wondered this as well as he turned to look at Garrett or Varric for an answer. He got a reply from the mage as the words fell from his mouth, "It's the Blight." He had heard of the war that happened across the sea in Fereldan, everyone calling it the Blight. But how does this even connect to a war thousands of miles away? Anders then knelt on the other side of the sick man as he then saw the man was covering a wound. Lifting the armor and shirt, he noticed that it was cut through and the skin was slightly cut open and black surrounded the injury. "It's what Hawke says… I can sense it," said the mage. Garrett saw the anger in Ezio's eyes as he shouted, "Then why couldn't you sense it earlier, bastardo? We could have done something before it came this far!"

"There is no true cure for being infected with darkspawn blood, is there?" Federico asked. The former Grey Warden shook his head as Ezio looked to him. He cupped the man's had and placed their foreheads together, saying, "Per favore,Federico.Devirestarein vitaper la tuafamiglia.Non vogliotornarea casasenza." The older laughed a bit and spoke back to him, "Saràbene,fratello.Anche senoiveramentenonsonodisangue, sembrapiù che naturaleper voiachiamarmi così." Garrett wasn't the only one surprised as he heard Ezio question, "You knew what I was saying? This whole time? Perchénonme l'hai detto?"

"It doesn't matter now," Federico said as he coughed. "I'm not going to make it. Not to the surface, not anywhere. It's getting worse."

"There might be something we can do," they all heard Anders say. Seeing that he was now the center of the conversation, Anders then explained, "I stole the maps from a Warden that had come to Kirkwall. I wanted to know if he was looking for me. He wasn't. The maps were for planning their own expedition into the Deep Roads."

"Can we reach them in time?" Garrett asked, ignoring the fact that the guy stole something. The healer mage answered, "If the Wardens are here, I know where. We could bring Federico to them…"

"And what? Become a Grey Warden?" Federico spoke with great disbelief. Ezio looked at Anders and asked, "Is becoming a Grey Warden a cure?" He saw a hint of sadness in his eyes and the small white lie in his voice when he said, "Yes, I suppose it is, but it's not without a price… one not everyone is willing to pay."

"I don't see any better options," Garrett stated, seeing the slight shock in Ezio's eyes. However, the banker accepted it as he helped Federico to stand, acting as his pillar. Anders then took lead, and with Jack's help, they soon reached a large corridor. However, they didn't see Grey Wardens, but instead darkspawn. They began to fight them off the best as they could while protecting their near-fallen comrade. Cutting and shocking down every enemy, Garrett saw Anders take down the last of the creatures before seeing a warrior coming towards them along with two others.

"Anders," said the man, seeing a hint of glare in the eyes.

"Fancy meeting you here, Stroud," Anders tried to joke a bit.

"I could say the same," said Stroud as he folded his arms over his own chest. "I thought you were through fighting darkspawn."

Garrett then watched the exchange as Anders was able to convince Stroud to take Federico as a potential recruit. For some odd reason, he nearly saw himself in Ezio's position with Carver in Federico's. The conversation nearly mirrored each other as Ezio finally said, "If this is the only way you can live, then it has to be." They then saw the two others who were accompanying Stroud take the man from Ezio as Federico finally said, "Please, tell my family... and take care of them, fratello minore."

As they watched Stroud take the man, Garrett then noted that they would be returning to Kirkwall with the same amount they had when they first entered here, but only one would be different.

Two Days Later…
Hightown

Michelle waited outside of the noble house, dressed in her casual wear. She heard the deep sobs from the house and shouts from a younger female, demanding why Ezio didn't try harder. It was a few more minutes later before he left the house, stalking past her as she quickly followed. They soon reached the Chantry as Ezio suddenly punched the board, letting out deep breathes. "Ezio, calm down," she slowly said warily.

"How can I be calm!" he shouted, not caring that it was night and people were trying get some sleep. "The one chance that I can alter the fates that falls on my family, and I only make things worse." He then fell to the floor, staring up at the sky. Michelle stepped into his view, saying, "Ezio, it wasn't your fault. No one knew this would happen."

"What if she knew, but held it back just because it had to happen?" Ezio spoke with great anger, just spouting anything that will justify his point of view. However, this accusation towards one of her close friends angered her as she nearly shouted, "Don't you dare blame this on her! I've seen her when she looked through everything she knew, every possibility. There was no way she would have known about this person going there. We didn't even find out that you have gone until Lucan told us about Captain Jack."

"How can that man be a captain if he doesn't have a ship? At least Isabela doesn't call herself that," Ezio shouted back. He then felt a kick to his side as Michelle said, "Would you come of it? What has happened happened, okay? There is no point in looking back and wishing, we have to look forward." Letting out a tired sigh, she knelt down as she then placed an apologetic hand on his chest, "Just at least look on the bright side, Ezio."

"What bright side?" he hissed, not realizing that tears were falling from his eyes until he felt her hand brush the sides of them dry.

"You got to say good-bye to him this time," she stated. In truth, he never really did give a real goodbye to his brothers and father back in his previous life. Sure, he gave them a burning burial with the assistance of Cristina, but he didn't truly go to them when they were alive to say goodbye. He felt the girl pull his head to her lap and bent forward to hug him close. Whispering small words of comfort, he let his pride go for that short moment of time and clung to her, letting the tears finally fall.

夕暮れ

The sound of beer jugs clanging against each other whooping echoed through the doors of the Hanged Man. Everyone was celebrating the upcoming return of the Amell nobility family. Garrett and Isabella were at a nearby table, conversing with each other and Merrill and Jack. Aveline was being careful not to drink while Fenris was drinking a large bottle, both watching Varric tell everyone who was interested the story of what occurred in the Deep Roads as he exaggerated and left out a few parts.

Lisa stared at everyone, feeling a bit of a sense of nostalgia watching this merry-making happening. However, not all was cheerful as she could tell that the news of Carver joining the Templars didn't go well with the Hawke Family and with the arrival of Ezio and Michelle in their uniforms, the Domenico Family didn't take well to the news of their son. Ezio and Michelle took their seats around her as she said, "You think you'll be visiting that place again?" The Italian shrugged as he then waved for the bartender to send some drinks to him. Before they could discuss anymore, they saw Jack walking towards them and said, "Well, if it isn't my two favorite gals who come from… way other places."

She and Michelle just laughed at this, seeing that the pirate was oblivious informed that about their situation and to not blow their cover. But this didn't stop from Ezio to become curious and ask, "How do you two know this… man?"

"Do you want the long version or the short version?" Michelle asked him. Ezio then asked for the short one, knowing that Varric would probably wished to eavesdrop and learn about them more than what he already knows. Thankfully, he keeps quiet about that in exchange for exotic food and free information when he demands so which is rarely. The Italian then heard short tale of traveling to a futuristic world and such, leading to them meeting the great Captain Jack Sparrow.

"It sounds like he was quite useful at the time," Ezio stated bluntly. The girls giggled at this while Jack leaned back in his chair and said, "That's what you should know about me. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Where are you going to be staying at, Jack?" Michelle suddenly asked. That did rise that issue even higher, even though it never crossed his mind. The pirate showed a thoughtful look before saying, "Well, I cannot really stay out your mansion. Nice as it be, I had rather not have to be nagged by that butler of yours every time I go for my daily rum or when I bring bodi-lass over for the night. Besides, I need at least a home base now that my services have been bought by the great Hawke. Know of any good bordellos?"

Lisa and Michelle then smirked at each other while Ezio realized what they were thinking. "Oh no, I am not allowing it. As Maestro, I will not let him—"

夕暮れ

"Welcome to the Blooming Rose, Messere Sparrow," Michelle said as she bowed to the pirate. He walked into the main foyer, seeing many women eyeing him deliciously and a bar that had much variety. He smirked and said, "Oh, this is paradise."

Next Morning…

Heading into the Gallows was probably a bad idea, but she had to least made sure that he was doing fine in the position that Lucan had place him in. Merry couldn't believe that the man wouldn't ask him such a thing or the fact that Erick would even accept. Thankfully, he was only going to work there as a city guard instead of a full-time Templar, but Erick still had to uphold the duties of one. She easily caught glimpse of him talking with Carver, seeing that he was at least doing the other objective that he was given.

Sighing in small relief in seeing that he was at least well, Merry took this relief and headed back to Hightown. In about a week, they will be having new neighbors and she knew for sure that Naoe would want them to be ready just in case they get untimely visits during their training sessions. No one needed to know that they were Dusk anytime soon.

To Be Continued…

Name: Merry Sopha aka Wy Shyr
Age: 21
Class: Warrior (Two-handed Sword)
Information: Merry Sopha is a close friend of Michelle and Lisa, and also a mother figure to both of them. She is quite protective of the girls in the group she is in, especially when it comes to their virtue aka virginity. She was there in the beginning when they went on their first adventure to another, being pulled into it and stuck two years prior to their arrival. She has lost all her powers after being brought back to their own world after she was killed in Mar, but she still retains her memories of that time, making her more knowledgeable about Lisa's problematic family history.
The persona she takes over is a young human woman named Wy Shyr. Not much is known about her except that she had once come from a wealthy family until she ran away. She works as a Mercenary and occasionally joins the main party in order to practice her sword skills with a heavy weapon. Unlike the others, when she is an Agent of Dusk, she has no code name. She becomes a bodyguard of the Hawke home as return for the favors that he has done for Dusk. She also guards her friends when they go out on scouting missions for Hawke in order to grab information. She is mostly seen in the Marketplace in order to watch Marianna just in case she is made. She was brought into the Tremayne family when she got caught in a bar fight and later saved by Lucan. Raised in a family that took honor to the heart, she becomes indebted to the man and promises to protect his family against anything and everything.