Err. I apologize once again… sorry. I didn't have enough time on the Internet to post any updates, but I'll continue to do so… only if you keep reading!
Disclaimer: I OWN ALTAIR! –Runs off with Altair- Oh no!! –Microsoft plucks Altair from my arms- NUUUUUU!! TT –Sobs- Why meeee?
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Ten minutes later, I was standing in front of a very old man; he looked to be very wise.
Altair and Malik stood behind me, bowing their heads in respect for their master, so I did the same.
"Alright, raise your head my child." The man spoke with a soft yet demanding voice. I raised my head, making eye contact with him.
My eyes widened as I realized that I was only staring into one normal eye, the other was a milky white.
The hair stood up on the back of my neck, sending shivers down my spine. Seeing me shiver, the man reassured me with a slight movement of his hand.
"It is alright my child, I will not hurt, nor kill you. What is it you wish to ask?" his voice soothed me to the core, I felt like I could trust him.
"I wish to ask a couple of things," I took a deep breath;
"I know that this is a brotherhood, but of what kind is it?" Al Mualim smiled pleasantly.
"This is a brotherhood of assassin's, I am the master of this brotherhood, known as the creed. I am Al Mualim."
Malik spoke up.
"Excuse me! Master! You are just going to trust her with all of our secrets! She could bring us into danger!" Malik somewhat whispered in a hurry, even though he knew that I could hear him.
Al Mualim glared at Malik,
"Hold your tongue! You will talk when you are being talked to, or when I allow it, child! This girl means no harm, I can tell by the look in her eyes! She is just anxious!" The master yelled, as Malik cowered somewhat.
"As I was saying, we are the creed of assassin's-"
'Wait! Assassins! Assassin's Kill people! What have I gotten myself into!'
"-We kill those who threaten the holy lands, we wish to bring peace among the people of our lands. But of course there are others who will go to any extent to stop us, or to stop the peace itself."
'Wait… Assassins… Vengeance, I will have vengeance. I can avenge my family this way; I will find them! I will tear them limb from limb, I must join them.'
"Master" I tested this on him, wanting to know if it was permitted. He nodded, acknowledging me, allowing me to speak.
"My family was killed last night, I promised them revenge, and I will have vengeance either way. Please, please allow me to join the creed!" I fell to my knees, eyes filling with tears as I begged.
I blinked, holding the tears back, setting a determined look upon my face.
I felt my arms shake as I waited for the answer. Al Mualim's brow knotted together, as he strained through his mind, deep in thought.
Nodding he gave me a look of sympathy,
"Yes, my child, I will allow you to have a chance to take your revenge upon those who murdered your family. So you can lay your mind at ease, you will begin the training tomorrow."
I stood up abruptly, making dust cloud around my feet.
"Thank you master! You will not regret recruiting me to the creed." I heard Altair and Malik whispering to each other, both were unsure of what to think.
"Altair." Altair's head snapped to the front, he stood straight, reassuring the master that he was listening.
"You will train her the basics, starting tomorrow, you are an instructor. Now go, you are all dismissed. Rest up my child, you will need the rest. But before you go, may I ask of your name dear child?"
Al Mualim still didn't know of my name, how rude of me!
"My name is Serenity, but… I was wondering if I could a kind of… assassin name." I half told, and asked at the same time.
"Yes my child, what is it?" I smiled.
"My real name will be Serenity, but no one out of the creed will know of it, for my name outside of the creed will be… Promise"
I thought on it for a second.
"Revenge. Promise Revenge," I added quickly.
"Ahh, yes, that will be perfect, now rest, Altair will show you around for a little tonight, but tomorrow is when everything begins. Dismissed."
I bowed my head to my newly found master, as I started after Altair.
"Wow, that's an interesting name that you want; outside of the creed anyways." Altair commented on my 'new' name.
"You can still call me Serenity though!" I reassured him, he seemed to like my name anyways.
He nodded, and sighed to himself.
Malik came charging up to Altair's side, and tackled him with a bone-crushing hug.
"Ah! Malik! Let go! I can't breathe!" Altair managed to choke out.
"You are an instructor! Can you believe it! And instructor Altair! INSTRUCTOR!" Malik hugged Altair even tighter so that his face went blue.
"I think you should let him go Malik." I told him in a casual voice.
He sighed and let go of Altair.
Altair took this chance to take a step away from Malik,
"Holy… Wow… Malik… I know that you're… excited but… I couldn't… just… holy." Altair said through gasps of air.
I smiled at their antics, they were strange friends, then again, I never did have any close friends.
I didn't know what it felt like to have someone other then my mom or dad, or little sisters wrap their arms around me.
I was willing to give it a try though.
'Maybe I'll steal a hug from Altair later.' I giggled to myself.
I felt a blush creep itself onto my pale cheeks as I thought of doing this.
I looked away, not wanting the boys to see that I was obviously thinking of something inappropriate.
The boys chatted on as they led me to my room.
We stopped in front of a door; it looked to be pretty sturdy.
"This will be your room" Altair explained. He handed me the key to the door, my face lit up in excitement as I unlocked it.
The door swung open to reveal a very size wise, and luxurious room to me.
There was a bed at the far sidewall; it had a deep red blanket covering it neatly. The pillows we black, and look very comfortable.
There were two windows; I would look through those later on when I was alone again.
Malik laughed,
"See you tomorrow Altair, Serenity. Have a good nights rest, you will need it!" He ran off down the hall, heading to his room.
"Down this hall you will find my room, and Malik's, we both have rooms beside each others. So you don't have to worry about not finding us. Further down the hallway is the room in which we eat in, apples and many assorted fruits, vegetable, and meats can be found there. I will show you around some more tomorrow, so I bid you goodnight."
Altair turned to leave, but I reached out for his hand, catching it.
Altair looked back at me, a questioning look in his deep brown eyes.
"What… does it feel like…?" I asked.
"What?" Altair turned to me.
I still held his hand in my own.
"What does it feel like? To be hugged by another, not from your family?" I asked again, my face becoming emotionless.
"W-well, I don't know exactly, but-" I cut him off by throwing my arms around him, pulling his body against mine.
He smelt of cinnamon.
"Wha-?" Altair stopped when he noticed that all I had ever wanted was a hug.
I buried my face into his chest, as a blush once again found its way onto my face.
Trying to cover my shame, I jumped, but soon calmed down when a pair of arms wrapped around me.
"Thank you…" I whispered into his chest,
"For everything." I let go of him, as did he, we both put some space between us.
Altair gave a sheepish smile, as he scratched the back of his head.
"It's… Okay. You're welcome." He gave off a small chuckle as he turned to leave.
"Goodnight Serenity." Once he turned the corner, I felt a pang in my chest. I noticed that I had been holding my breath the whole time; I let it slowly escape my lungs.
My heart had been racing, my mind hadn't been working straight, and my body had moved on its own.
I trudged into my room, shutting the door behind me, and fell face first onto my bed.
I smelt the sheets… they smelt of cinnamon, like him.
'Maybe this could have been Altair's old room?' I sighed, I needed to get him off of my mind; I had never felt this way before.
I sighed again as I rolled over onto my back, my mind racing as I stared at the ceiling.
The evening breeze drifted in through my window, soothing me, and easing the tension.
I rolled my head to the left, seeing a small mirror, and a dagger on top of the dresser that the said mirror was set upon.
My eyes wandered in interest; I rose from the bed, and moved closer to the mirror.
Peering into the mirror, I searched my eyes for any new emotion; but found nothing but hopelessness, and need. Searching my face, I found a few cuts and bruises over my pale skin, but nothing bad enough that it needed to be attended to.
My eyes peeked around the room, until I once again looked at myself in the mirror; there was something different about me.
I took a look closer, and realized that my long beautiful black hair had been singed quite a bit.
My eyes glanced down at the dagger, and then back to my hair.
I picked the blade up, it had a smooth shiny look to it, and it had not been stained with anything.
'Serenity… don't do this, this is stupid, you could get yourself hurt' I fought with myself inside of my mind.
I, in the end, decided to do what I had to do.
I raised the blade, concentrating on my hair, and cut a chunk off. The blade made a 'Shink' kind of noise as it sliced through the chunk of hair; I enjoyed every second of it.
I kept on cutting away at the singed parts of my hair.
By the time I was done, my hair had been cut very short.
I looked at myself approvingly in the mirror; I hadn't done such a bad job!
I had some bangs now, for I didn't have any before. My bangs had been cut short, but not too short; they were at least long enough to pass my nose. It covered my eyes in some way, but in some way it didn't, I liked it.
The sides were just a couple of centimeters past my chin and jaw line.
The back was cut completely short, to the point that I could run my hand up it, and it would spike up in such a way that it had looked like a fan.
I smiled, pleased with my work.
The breeze from the window ruffled my hair, making it look pretty. I turned towards the window, and sauntered over to it.
My head rotated from side to side, once again, drinking up the view. But this time, it had been the time of twilight, when the stars were at their brightest.
I gazed into the sky, observing the stars; my eyes slowly peered at the full moon.
'I wonder if Altair is looking at the stars and moon too?'
A couple of rooms, and a corner away, Altair also gazed at the stars longingly.
I sighed, and allowed myself to be dragged to bed by my tired legs. I fell back onto the bed, and slowly rolled the blankets up, and placed them over myself.
Tomorrow, I would begin my training; and tomorrow I would be able to spend more time with Altair.
'What am I thinking? I only just met him today… I should just consider not thinking about things too much anymore. Altair is my friend. And I would do anything to keep it that way.'
I sniffed the pillows, sighing in the process as the scent of cinnamon filled my nostrils.
I closed my eyes in content as the world slowly drifted away.
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