Sorry for the late update guys :S totally lost my muse but anyways, here is the new chapter-some action starting yaya! Hope you enjoy xxx

"Auditore!" He shouted fearfully, "One more step and the girl dies!" I automatically stopped at this. I shifted my head enough to see who he had hold of only to temporally stop breathing. Francesco had hold of a girl, who was by now whimpering, by her hair and held a long, sharp dagger to her neck. I was helpless again.

44 hours earlier...

"Ahh!" I screamed as water was poured onto my body. My eyes shot open to see the most annoying face in the history of faces.

"Hi." He laughed, and fled to the safety of his room.

"Ezio!" I shouted after him as I climbed out of bed. I slipped some pumps on and ran across the stairway and around to the ladder that led to Ezio's room.

"Auditore! Get your ass down here now!" I half screamed (I was afraid of waking Maria) at him.

"Sorry, but there are 4 Auditore in this house!" That set me. I climbed up the ladder, nearly falling in the process, but made it to the top after what seemed like hours.

"Took your time." Ezio smirked as I tumbled up the ladder. I got up and walked over to him smiling- as if to say I had forgiven him- but what he expected was different to what I expected. I reached up to hug him and as he came closer, I snatched one arm back and used the other to slap his face, although his reaction wasn't expected.

"Ahh!" Not expecting the slap, Ezio stumbled back hugging his face. He turned around to the mirror to look into it, but wouldn't let me see, "Merda Victoria! You cut me! Ooohh no, Mario isn't going to like this at all. Bleeding as well." After that, I regretted what I had done and rushed over to him.

"Ezio, I'm so soo sorry!" I tried to get close but he pushed me away, "I didn't mean to do it- who am I kidding? You deserved it but-"

"Tori."

"I didn't mean it to be that bad-"

"Victoria."

"I'm sooo sorry!-"

"Victoria!"

"What?" realising he had come closer, I put my hand on his face- only to find it normal temperature and not bleeding.

"Bastardo! You tricked me!" He laughed as I fumed and took his arms away from his face.

"I was joking! Dios, you really need to learn how to know if something's real or not." He smirked as I moved slightly closer to him.

"Like... a punch?" I tried to make it sound as curious as possible.

"Yes, like a punch."

"So does this seem real enough to you?" I could see the confusion on his face and then protest on it after I punched him in the gut, "Serves you right."

I went back to my room and got ready to head to Florence. After an hour or so, I went down stairs and met up with Mario-Claudia or Maria weren't up.

"Good morning Victoria, how was your sleep?" He smiled at me as we walking into the kitchen.

"It could have been better, especially the waking up part." I smiled at the recent memory, that was going to keep me happy all day

"So I take Ezio done the water waking on you?" I nodded and he smirked.

"Ezio used to be a heavy sleeper- never getting up in time for something- so I came up with the idea of pouring water on him one morning. And I did. It was probably one of my favourite times with Ezio. I'm wondering- why are you smiling?" I looked deviously at him and started to relay the events of the morning to him.

"So in the end you slapped him and punched him?"

"Hhhmm," He put one arm around my shoulders.

"You are very intelligent." He laughed as Ezio came in, in a tiz.

"She told you huh?" We just stood there smiling at him- I was very proud of myself :D

"Great- for that you have 10 minutes to eat and get saddled up."

"But-" I started to protest, "It takes more than 10 minutes to just saddle up!"

"I know, that's why you have to extra fast today." He smirked as I started to sulk.

"But what about your horse?" I questioned him- if it was going to take me 10 minutes to saddle up the horse, it would take him the same amount.

"Already done." He carried on grinning at me as I went out through the back door, and slowly made myself down the twisting roads of the town into the stables where my horse was kept.

"Buongiono Zeus." I smiled at my black horse and threw him an apple, "Ezio said I have 10 minutes to get you saddled up, so could you please be good for me?" I remembered when I first got him. I was with Ezio when Federico – the stable master- came up to us saying a horse had wandered up to Monterigioni and that we had to do something about it. We walked over to where the horse was but the second we got near it, he ran away.

"Stupid horse." Ezio grumbled, "You take the left side of the gates and I will be here." He motioned to where I should stand and carefully tip-toed up to the jet black horse but the horse had seen him and ran away. That's where I came in. As he came closer, I reached out to grab him and he stopped, leaning over to me.

"Good boy, you like that don't you." I laughed as he nudged me as if to say yes. It was all going well until Ezio showed up. Zeus- I had called him due to his speed and strength- bucked nearly kicked Ezio in the process.

"Wait! Stay there Ezio, he doesn't like you!" Zeus stopped when Ezio shifted back a bit,

"How do you know?"

"I just do, now please move before he runs off again?" He stood there for a few seconds until a new look replaced his face-one that I didn't like.

"That's it, he's yours." He grinned and walked off.

"Ezio! What do you mean? What can I do with a horse like him? I can't even ride one!"

"Take him to Federico or something, and as for the 'I can't even ride one' I will teach you."

"Please be good? We are going for a long ride with Ezio today; all the way up to Firenze, how does that sound?" Zeus nayed in protest and I laughed.

"You know, he's not that bad-" he nayed again, "That bad..." I smiled as I put his coat and saddle on him. He must have known where we were going was going to help me because he was very calm and quiet- either that or it was because of the apple he was munching on. I had nearly finished, all I had left was his harness, but I couldn't reach. After about a minute of trying Ezio walked in- Zeus, surprisingly, stayed calm- and offered to help.

"Here," He reached his hand up, accidently touching mine. I blushed and looked down, and hearing Ezio chuckle I looked up to see him slightly red as well, "Just put that rope around that and then hook it on. It makes things easier." He smiled and walked over to his brown shire stead. He placed his bag on top and also placed what looked like a sword on there to. I didn't realise that I was staring at him until he said something:

"Like what you see?" He smirked as I quickly looked down.

"Shut up..." This ride was going to be a long one.

10:15am Florence...

When we finally reached Florence-after what seemed like years- I was happy I could actually walk, as for Ezio though... well let's say he couldn't.

"Oh, quit your whining!" I almost shouted at him after he groaned again.

"It's not my fault we were chased..." He grimaced as he started to walk. Inside I felt a tiny bit sorry for him- we had been chased by bandits, and Ezio had been protecting me-sending me in front. However, by doing that he was prone to getting hurt and one of the injuries he had was a blade in his leg.

"I still don't understand why they went after us.. There were other people to. And why on earth did they have a blade?" We reached some crates and sat down on them. I checked Ezio's leg- I hadn't covered it yet- and started to prod at it, making him wince.

"Would you stop that?" He tried to slap my hand away to no avail, and after a few minutes, he answered my questions.

"Bandits tend to look for people who are alone or in twos they also had a blade because they are bandits. They aren't the nicest of people." I finished wrapping his leg up and he placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Thanks." He smiled weakly and then started to get p pointing in a direction, " We go over there, a friend of mine lives nearby. He can help us." We got there in less than 5 minutes and before we could even knock a man opened the door.

"Ezio! Dio Mio! I thought I wouldn't see you again!" The two shared a bro hug and the man quickly let us in, "So what brings you to Firenze?"

"Well Leo, we had a recent discovery in Monterigionni," He motioned to me, "And she can't remember anything from her past, so we thought bringing her here could trigger some memories. Also I have some.. Unfinished business here." He eyed Leo as if to say 'don't say anything' and turned to me.

"Leonardo Da Vinci, Victoria. Victoria, Leonardo Da Vinci." He stepped back a minute and went to look at some books of interest.

"Nice to meet you Messer Da Vinci." I smiled and shook his hand as he looked at me curiously then smiled brightly,

"Nice to meet you too Madonna..." He trailed off- I forgot I never had a surname, luckily Ezio saved me.

"Auditore. Victoria Auditore." Leo started to smile again and shook my hand.

"Please call me Leonardo. Please take a seat. Ezio-" He turned, "Do you need me to look at.. Anything?" Ezio looked puzzled at first then realised something.

"Yes. I have this letter... it's from a... friend in Venice! For you." He handed the note to him and then walked to the door, " I need to go look at something, and is it alright if..."

"Of course she can." He smiled then walked out leaving me with Leo. I looked at the bookshelves. There were so many books-it must have taken him years to read these! After a sort of awkward silence I asked him about the books.

"So many books, it must have taken you a while to read them." I smiled when he looked up at me then to the books,

" Ahhh yes." He chuckled a tiny bit, "Quite a long time thinking about it. I'm sorry, you must want to do something. Feel free to move around and do you mind if you help me in a minute?"

"No problem at all." I smiled and moved around, it wasn't long until Leo asked me to help out.

"Do me a favour and fetch that book will you?" He pointed to a thick book on one of the shelves across the room. I went over and got it, when a question popped into my head.

"Leonardo," I looked at the book which had 'Secrets to Machines' engraved into the cover, "That note Ezio gave to you, it isn't a letter from Venice is it?" He looked at the page then back at me,

"No, but I cannot tell you what it is for Ezio would kill me." He said this with no emotion making me think Ezio would actually kill him. I nodded and walked back over to the small sofa and started to read a book I found. Perhaps this visit to Florence was going to be more eventful than I thought.

That night... Ezio's P.O.V...

I came in later than I expected. Leo was still up but Tori had gone up to the spare room.

"Did you tell her anything?" I asked, walking up to the desk.

"Nothing much."

"Much? I said tell her nothing-"

"She said it." I stopped at his words. She said it? Said what? Leo practically read my mind.

"She knew about the page Ezio, so I told her it is not a letter but I cannot tell her what it really is."

I nodded and went up the stairs to her room. It was unlocked so she was still awake and probably was wondering where I was. I opened it and walked in to see her sitting on the window ledge outside.

"You took your time." She didn't even look at me.

"Sorry, I was longer than planned." I came over and sat next to her. She looked worried but also confused.

"Whats wrong?" I knew what she was going to say.

"You lied to me. Why?" She turned her head slightly to face me.

"I..I had to. For your own safety."

"Care to tell me what from?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I can't."

"That's no answer."

"Look I can't tell you."

"Why not, because I'm not normal?" That caught me off guard.

"You are normal."

"Then tell me."

"I can't..."

"Why not?"

"Because I can't! Why don't you just listen?!" I got up and walked over to the door, "Just leave it Victoria.. It's none of your business." I left the room and leaned on the wall realising I had raised my voice quite a bit. She too curious for her own good. I went to the other room and sat on the bed. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

Originally, I was going to have a part 1 and part 2, but because of my lack of updating, I will give you a nice long chapter ummmmm, crepes :D sorry, I'm eating one now xxx

Tori's POV... Next day...

I didn't sleep easy last night. Fair enough, I might have over stepped the mark so I went to apologise to Ezio this morning, but he was gone. I ate breakfast with Leo and then went out for a short walk. I made sure I didn't go very far- I didn't know my way around Florence like Ezio did- so I just walked to the nearest market and had a look around. Ezio had given me some money before we left so I thought I would buy him something, as a sort of thank you and sorry present. I had noticed a chain around his neck but I had no idea what was on it. I had been looking around for a few hours by now- it wasn't a small market- so I started to turn back, quite gutted about not being able to find anything, but when I turned I noticed something glittering on the floor. I bent over to look at it when the crowd started pushing to somewhere, I grabbed the chain and couldn't help but move with the people. Eventually I sort of made out where we were. Ezio had called this place Bargello or Palazzo del Popolo-the prison. I managed to escape the crowd and took a closer look to what was going on- it looked like a fight. I couldn't see who it was or who was winning but one thing was that there where guards everywhere. They started to push me around, I tried to move but they wouldn't let me. After what seemed like hours I got away from the guards and started running to the direction I came. However, I was cut off and had to turn down an alleyway. Oh no.. There where guards down the street and they were looking at me.

"Ehi! You over there!" I started running and looked for a place to find but I couldn't find anywhere.

"Hey! Get back here!" After realising I wasn't going back they started to chase me.

Ezio's POV...

I was chasing Francesco when something caught my eye. No someone. I looked down to the street below me and saw something I never wanted to happen. There was Victoria running from guards, with arrows and blades.

"Victoria!" She didn't hear me, so I started to follow the group. I wasn't really worried until one of the guards started gaining on her, grabbing a knife from his side at the same time. I knew I had to help, so I jumped from roof to roof to get down. I activated my hidden blade and dived onto one of the guards, killing him instantly. The rest all stopped and turned- as did Tori. The last thing I saw before they advanced was Tori's shocked face- I inwardly groaned as I forgot that she didn't know about the assassins. The guards came two at a time, slashing and lunging at me with such force they couldn't aim right.

"Assassino! You will die!" One shouted causing the others to join in taunting me. During the fight, I never noticed someone sneak up on Tori and grab the frightened girl by her neck. Only once I finished with the guards did I see.

"Auditore!" He shouted fearfully, "One more step and the girl dies!" I automatically stopped at this. I shifted my head enough to see who he had hold of only to temporally stop breathing. Francesco had hold of Victoria, who was by now whimpering, by her hair and held a long, sharp dagger to her neck. I was helpless again.

"Francesco," I started, "The girl does not have to be harmed. Let her go and you are free." He shifted nervously- probably not believing what I was saying.

"Ahhh, so this girl means something to you huh? Well in that case, I will make sure she will have a nice slow and pain death. Brilliant plan don't you think?" He smiled evilly, making my insides turn in not only hatred but also fear.

"No. She is nothing to me. I don't even know who she is."

"So you won't mind if I kill her?" I hated the man. However, Francesco was so interested in me, he didn't noticed the shadow on top of the roof behind him.

"It's not right Francesco. She has nothing to do with this. Let. Her. Go."

"No." The man on the roof took this as his queue and quickly swiped out a small throwing knife and threw it with great aim and grace. The knife embedded itself into the templar's neck and he collapsed on the floor freeing Tori. La Volpe had done his work and darted off. I sprinted over to Victoria and held her sobbing frame in my arms. I held her tightly.

"Shhhhh Victoria, no one is going to hurt you." I whispered small comforts to her until she finally calmed down. I let go of her for a minute and went over to the dead templar. I rummaged through a small bag and grabbed a page I had been looking for then went back to Tori. She reached out for me as I walked back and I picked her up and carried her slowly back to Leo's. I entered through the window and placed the girl on her bed, however when I went to leave she cried out again.

"Please don't leave me.." She sobbed again, so I crept back and took off my robes only leaving my shirt and pants on, crawled into the bed with her and held her tightly to my chest. After minutes she was calm and asleep carefully clutching my body, not wanting to let go. I left her to do what she wanted as I slowly fell asleep. I had been helpless again, letting her out of my sight for a few hours was a bad thing so I made a promise to myself. Whenever she is with me, I will keep her safe and I will protect her with all my strength to the last day of my existence.

OH. MY. GOD! I finally finished it! Much longer than I thought it would be pretty happy with my work though, however it's up to you to decide if its good or not :P Sorry if the ending got sloppy, I was getting really into this chapter at the beginning then I found myself not concentrating properly :S Anywayssss, hope you enjoyed Please review and fav or follow :P Its what Ezio would want :P Byeeeeeeee! Xxxx