Not much this go-round. More violent though. Hence the chapters name.

As Serpent left the five to go to their houses he began walking towards a much more open area. Once there he stopped, speaking to the ones tailing him. "Announce yourselves, Assassins. I do not wish to draw my blade against my brothers." he said, loading his crossbow from their presence seeming malicious. "We would, but we are not your brothers. A Templar never becomes one of you." they said in unison. Serpent looked up, knowing a fight was to ensue. "Then I am sorry to kill you." he said. The two obviously had training. He decided to stay put, waiting for their strike. Serpent twisted, kicking a bolt out of the air. He the focused. "There you are." he said, rearing up and firing his own crossbow, taking out the archer. He saw the two coming from his sides. He waited until they were close enough then jumped, their heads clashing, leaving them on the ground. When he landed he put all his weight on his hind legs, crushing their skulls. "Now where are you..." he asked aloud as a bullet hit him in the chest, it stunned him but he was thankful the armour was next to bulletproof. "Right here." said a voice that was all to familiar. "You were a good Assassin, Skulltaker. Why did you change?" Serpent asked, facing a childhood friend and an Assassin who left the Brotherhood. "Wasn't enough killing for my standards, Serpent. As a Templar I can kill so much more, you know." the teenage dragon named Skulltaker was holding a rifle, aimed at Serpent. Serpent reared again, aiming his pistol at the dragon. "Then it comes down to who can fire first." he said as two shots rang out. Serpent's armour deflected the bullet but Skulltaker wasn't as lucky, the bullet having gone through one of his lungs. Serpent approached him. "Tell me, why did you become this?"he asked the dying dragon. Skulltaker responded by spitting blood in Serpent's face "I was bored, brother. I can die with no regret knowing it is you who finishes me off. But-" he coughs up blood "please do it soon.. I want to at least have you finish me with your blade." he said, blood leaking from his mouth and chest. "Fortasse non redimet in vita frater." he plunged one of his hidden blades through the dragons heart then wiped his blood away. "Requiescant in pace." said Serpent as he turned and left, headed towards Twilight's library. He kept his hood up, his face bloodied. He hoped nopony looked at his blood-coated greaves as he made his way to the library. When he arrived he noticed a note in the door, held by an arrow. "I have Twilight Sparkle, Assassin. Don't worry, I am sure that the nice torturer in the dungeon isn't damaging her too badly. Although I find it interesting that an Assassin thinks he can beat us alone. Meet me and my subordinate at the Canterlot Garden if you wish for Twilight to live. Bring none but yourself, understood? If so, be here quickly. Weapons are fine, after all a Templar who can't defeat a lone Assassin should find a different job." Serpent read, anger creeping into his mind. He then stops himself, pausing. "If Twilight was kidnapped then why is her house not destroyed.." he said, opening the door. "Spike, if you are in here write a letter and send it to Canna.". "Ok, what is it?" Spike said, walking out from the upstairs room. "Ok write this: Canna, the Templar want me to believe that Twilight was kidnapped. I need you to prepare scouts and get them to go to Canterlot. If the Templar Grandmaster is there, tell them to kill him. He went against us and wants a war, we'll give him a war. I will come to the Den and await the news. If he runs I know where he is going. The place where Templar are the most powerful ones there. Saddle Arabia. We will go there if he runs. A war will no doubt be in his favor but the Assassins have been going at this for as long as the Templar have been wanting world domination. Now send it Spike, I will be on my way there." And when he says the final word he leaves, heading for the rock. When he gets there he opens the tunnel and goes in, only to be greeted by Canna. "Slash, he was there. But he ran, you said he would go Saddle Arabia. We need to get Assassins together. I already got a boat for us so we need only to get prepared. The blacksmith has armour for the journey." she said. Serpent nodded. "Ok. But when we get on the sea chances for survival drop." he said, looking her in the eyes. He then walked past her, the two going to the point that the ponies gather. They proceeded to say to the crowd "We have to go to Saddle Arabia. Anyone that wishes to come with us, step up. We are taking war directly to the Templar, so those who are not confident in their abilities need not apply." and they stood tall as dragons, griffins, and ponies of all kinds stepped up. "Everyone, go to the blacksmith. He has your armour ready." he said as he and Canna headed to the port. Serpent had to admit that having a docks in the den was handy. "Hey Slash?" she asked. "Yes Canna?" he said as they neared the docks. She stopped and looked up "If we survive this war promi-" she was interrupted by Slash kissing her forehead which made her train of thought broken. "Canna, we will survive. The Assassins always pull through." he said, keeping to the docks. Canna followed, blushing. The rest of the Assassins are now behind them. "We will be fine. Lets go Brothers and Sisters, Saddle Arabia and a war await." said Serpent, walking onto the boat.

Ok I had this chapter up to 3100 words, then my dumbass self hits random keys and deletes the entire thing. story abridged the way it went originally: Fight, return to twilights, takes note seriously, goes to canterlot, kills Grandmaster's assistant, takes Canna to the den, gets a new sword, dyes robes, goes to the doctor who was operating on her, carries her to her place, leaves to talk to the Assassins, tells them to get the stuff from the blacksmith, stays at Canna's, heads off to other country, chapter ends. I deleted most of that on accident. This is your end result. And the relation is brought about by Dai-Cat never letting up on turning me into a brony. IT IS FUCKING TORTURE. DAY IN AND DAY OUT. Well enjoy your end result for this chapter. Might fix it tomorrow during class. So guess what, C'YA. Gonna watch anime and play some Avabel now.