Ezio, after a few weeks of pondering over the meeting's, eventually forgot, and got on with his other tasks in Venice. In fact, he completely forgot about the meeting, and the whistle, which was now off the chain, and on his original necklace he always wore. It was light, and unnoticeable, and just like having an extra bead on the necklace. He never spared a single thought about the assassin's, until back from Venice…
He woke up with Caterina Sforza draped over him, like a silky Persian rug, and Ceaser Borgia lay attack on Monteriggioni, that he remembered the gift. He saw Mario being brought out, realising Mario was a hostage and would die, as well as Leonardo, just about as a Templar was about to stab his uncle.. he remembered the little silver whistle, that was given to him so long ago. The chances were no one would come in time, and Ceaser would win- but what had Cealia said? The sisterhood always keeps its promises…" No harm trying. He was desperate. 'When in dire need of help'- This certainly seemed dire. He drew the whistle to his lips, and blew it as loud as he could. A shrill eagle's cry sounded through out the land… then silence, like Ezio had expected. Ceasar laughed.
"what was that meant to do, little assassiano? Crying for-AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Half way through his sentence, Ceaser, was swept up, by what Ezio could only describe as a giant, pure white, dog. This wasn't a large, dog, as in large hunting dog, up to Ezios waist, this was large pure white dog, that was 3 meters high, and 7 meters long, armed with dagger like claws and teeth, that picked up Ceaser, and shook him around in its giant mouth. Then, to make it even more extreme, a giant eagle,(The same size, but slightly smaller)silver, in colour, swooped down and caught two Templars, and swooped off, dropping them from 400 meter heights. Its was the most scary, and beautiful thing Ezio, had ever seen.
"Sorry I'm late!" yelled Cealia, swooping down on her own giant eagle that she rode, then jumping down into the fray of running Templars, her own black eagle and grey dog joining the silver and white ones, clawing the enemy. Cealia decapitated every Templar around her, with astounding grace and skill. Ezio reached Mario, cut through his binds, and helped him up.
"Mamma mia Ezio! You'll have to explain this one to me afterwards! Giant eagles and dogs? What next? Nice Templars?" Mario yelled to Ezio over the fray. Ezio cracked a smile.
"I only have an inkling of an idea above yours, Uncle!" He yelled back. Slowly, the rest of the Templar army realised it was being gutted like a fish, and ran away, like the cowards they were. Not bad, Ezio thought, for a couple of giant dogs and eagles, and one assassin. Cealia, was cleaning her blade, now the fight was finished, on seeing Ezio wait for her, she sheathed her now clean, sword, and walked over to him, calling her eagle and dog, mimicking the eagles cry Ezio had made from the whistle, but only with her lips. They trotted/swooped over and waited for instructions from their master, who was content for now, to pat them both on the head.
"Go clean the battle field you two." And they both wandered off to the nearest dead Templar, and started, well, eating it… the eagle seemed to swallow them whole, having no chewing mechanism, occasionally coughing it up every now again, which wasn't so bad - there wasn't any blood, the wolf however.. was a little to graphic for Ezio's liking. Ezio winced as the dog ate another Templar, while Cealia looked at him, sympathetic.
"Sorry about that, I almost fainted when I saw it for the first time, but, its free meat, and they clean up the battle field quickly…" She trailed off. Ezio nodded.
"I can see their…efficient, it must take a lot of meat to feed them both." Ezio said.
"Yes, we have about a pack of 30 loyal wolves, and around the same number of eagles. We live up north, with no human habitation for hundreds of miles around, and lots of forest. The eagles eat only every few days, and do hunt animals, but they 'apparently' prefer Templars. The wolves, eat less, but eat every day. They too, prefer the Templars-why? I have no idea. Revenge? Who knows? These guy's, are slightly less clever than humans, but pretty intelligent. They can understand you, can follow commands, lead out attacks by themselves, hunt alone an bring back kills for you, and other stuff. We ride them, the eagles are quick, as are the +
wolf's, but use horses in more suburban areas, or when the time calls. We use the eagles for airel combat as well as leaps of faith-we can do leaps of faith onto eagles, and the wolf's and horses for ground combat." She stated. Ezio raised an eye brow.
"Sounds like a good thing to have." He stated " I am curious to know more about you." Cealia shook her head.
"One day, when you are finished, maybe. But we came to late, and the Borgia has got the apple. Get back the apple, free Rome once again of tyranny, and when you are finally done, and feel like it, then come and find us. You have much to do here as well, like getting that arm sorted. If you wish, I can stay here for a few days, and help you clean up, and aid you on your mission. Because, before you go to Rome, you need to rebuild here." She stated. Ezio nodded again.
"It would be good. Thank you." He stated. "If it weren't for you, I am sure my uncle would be dead, as well as the only village held completely by assassin's." Cealia laughed.
"Ceaser will be having nightmares about werewolf's for the next few weeks! He will be more than wary to attack now, as well, but when he does, he will attack with even more force than before, Ezio." Stated Cealia.
" I understand, presides, there will not be any giant dogs to aid me again." Cealia scowled.
"Wolves" she excensaited.
"And actually, these two weren't mean to come along." She pointed at the silver eagle and white wolf.
"In our creed, each wolf and eagle is attached to one person. These two, it seems, have decided they want you, instead. I am fine with this, you can keep them, and they will not go away anyway, for their loyalty for their master, usually overcomes obeying their masters instructions. Don't become reliant on them though! You'll have to name them. The eagles a boy, and the wolf's a girl. Don't worry!" Ezio looked at her in shock.
"I can keep them?"
"Sure you can!" Cealia laughed. "You better name them, so they know their names. Sometimes it's best to know their personality first."
Ezio nodded. "You have much to teach me over these next days."
And to be fair, Cealia did teach him, but never gave anything away from the group of assassin's she was in. Ezio helped start rebuilt the town, and learnt how to care for both his animals, and even learnt some new fighting skills- but still couldn't beat Cealia. She was fast, agile, with everlasting stamina, and always knew exactly when to strike.
"You should see our leader!" said C ealia once, during a fight. "I'm only as good as one of my sisters, but our leader, can take us all out in 5 minutes, and not lose any breath! She's amazingly good at fighting and could probably knock you out with one strike!"
After a week, Cealia had to go, as well as Ezio, who was going to Rome. They both busied around their animals, for Cealia, tying on supply's to her wolf, and a saddle to he eagle. For Ezio putting a saddle on his wolf, as well as a few saddle packs. Cealia, stopped and looked at Ezio.
" I'm to leave you one last gift." She said. Bringing the apple of Eden out of her bag.
"You said Ceaser had it!" stated Ezio, frowning.
"Oh, no, there's more than one apple, but the one Ceaser has you should worry about the most. The ones we have are safe and never used as an advantage. That's the one you need to worry about. After you get the apple back, if you go to find us afterwards, give the apple to us, if you want, and we'll keep it safe. Any way, I wanted to give you one last gift!" Suddenly a gold beam shot off the apple into Ezio's chest. He collapsed to the ground choking for a while, then stood up again slowly, testing out his limbs. The pain in his heart from the beam completely faded away.
"That," he coughed slightly "was a gift?" He asked looking at her as if she was insane.
"Yes!" She laughed. " I can't tell you what I did! You have to work it out on your own!" With that, she jumped on her eagle, gave a one-handed salute like before, and flew off, her wolf running in the shadow of her eagle. Ezio looked down at his chest. His clothes were fine, and he felt fine. The spot where the beam had shot him, was slightly hot, and glowed gold for a second, then covered his body, and disappeared completely. He, for some reason felt amazing -like he could run all the way to Rome instead of ride. Was that Cealias gift? An energy boost? Ezio shrugged. He would do what Cealia said, and find out later, while in Rome. He mounted his wolf, and rode off, thinking about what would meet him in There.