This is the first chapter of the story, Assassin's Creed: Beginning of the Creed. If there are any mistakes, please tell me so that I can fix them. Thank you.

Chapter I-Family

"Dad. Dad, wake up."

I open my eyes tiredly, and I see my son on top of my stomach.

"Dad get up. You promised me you would take me to school today."

Crap. "Why don't you ask your mom, I will take you tomorrow I promise." I pull the blanket over my head and try to sleep because my son is on top of me.

"Leonardo get off of your dad and get ready for school." Maria said with frustration while barging in the room.

"Oh come on! Dad promised!" Leonardo said wailing to Maria.

Shit.

"Don't worry, he will take you tomorrow. And sorry Leonardo, I guess you have to go to school by yourself today since I will have to have a talk with your dad."

Oh fuck. And I feel a slight coolness on my stomach after he got off of me.

Maria waited till Leonardo closes the door behind him, and then she sits at the edge of the bed. I take the blanket off of my head, and I see her looking at the floor anxiously. I get up slowly and sit next to her.

"What's wrong?" I tell her while I put my arm around her shoulders.

"It's just that…you're mostly working, and you barely have time to spend with your family. Especially with Leonardo; he needs his dad."

"Look at me, Maria," she turns her head slowly, but she is still looking down.

I put my two fingers under her chin and lift her head up slowly till she is looking right at my eyes.

"I know how you feel Maria, but I have to work hard to support my family. You known how much money Caesar is taking from the people of Rome and spending it on the Gallic War. I am doing this for you and Leonardo. You know how much I love you both."

Maria is beginning to tear. I slowly wipe the tear off her face with my index finger and gently give her a kiss on her lips. Her lips are smooth and have a sweet taste of cherry. I slowly back away, but she grabs the back of my head and kisses me hard on my lips. I began to slowly take off her blouse.

"I love you Maria." I tell her after she stops kissing me.

"I love you too. Promise me you will come back home early from work today."

"I promise."

I take off her skirt while she was slowly taking off my clothes. After a minute or two we are completely naked, and I take the blanket and cover us with it, and we continue to make love.

I slowly open my eyes and looked outside the window. I didn't move much because Maria's head is on my chest. It is 4 in the noon, and I have to get to work. I slowly get up from the bed, and I made sure I didn't wake her up. I wear my clothes quickly and head outside to the streets of Rome.

Shit. Shit. I am already late. I hope I will still have time to unload the crates from the ships, and I also need to be home early tonight.

I run quickly as possible, and luckily I see the crates are still being carried out from the ship. I quickly go and start doing work. I carry a crate, and it is pretty heavy. On top of the crate there is a symbol in red, and it looks like a cross.

"You're late Daniele."

I almost dropped the crate, but I tried not to. I turn around, and I see a young and well-built figure with long brown hair standing next to the pile of crates on the dock. It is my friend, Niccolo. I go to the pile of crates on the dock and put the crate I was carrying there.

"Sorry." I laugh with my hand on the back of my head.

"Its okay. You didn't miss much. I just had to carry all these crates by myself." He tells me sarcastically.

"I will make it up to you. My wife is cooking a big dinner tonight and you're invited."

"Sounds good Daniele." And we quickly finish unloading the rest of the crates from the ship.

"Do you know what are in these crates?" I ask Niccolo while wiping the sweat off my brow with the back of my hand.

"No idea, but these crates go directly to Julius Caesar."

"Then what are these symbols on the crates for?"

"I don't know, but there is a rumor spreading around town that Caesar is creating a new powerful army, and they are supposed to be immortal."

"Immortal?" I look at him, and I make sure he isn't playing a joke on me, but he looks serious.

"Indeed, when an amount of them gets killed in a battle or war, they can get replaced very quickly as if they never died."

I suddenly get a chill running down my spine once he said that.

"I guess we have to get going now. I think Maria is setting the dinner table." I tell Niccolo.

"Yeah you're right; I hope I didn't scare you there."

"No don't worry, I don't get scared easily, but what you said about the immortal is pretty hard to believe."

"I know. That is why it is still a rumor."

I hope it stays as one too.

As Niccolo and I are walking down the street to our house we hear distant cries and cheers. I also began to notice that the streets are deserted. Once we almost reach to my house, we see many people at my front gate cheering and applauding as if there is a big festa going on.

"What do you think is going on Daniele?" Niccolo asks.

"I don't know, but Maria didn't tell me she would invite this many guests for the dinner," I reply almost sounding nervous, "Wait here, I will get a closer look."

I blend in with the crowd, and I moved carefully making sure not to attract any attention. When I got closer enough to see my house, my heart almost gave away. I see my son lying face ward on the floor with a big cut on his back. He laid there motionless.

No… No, no, no. What the fuck happened here?

My head began to spin as if the world is going to crash down any minute. Next I see my wife on the floor with tattered clothes, and she is covered with bloodstains. She is looking at the floor as if, if she looks up, the guy next to Maria will hit her. Then I hear a guy in the crowd talking to a woman next to him in a way as if he likes what he is watching.

"This lady just got raped by Julius Caesar." The guy tells the woman next to him excitedly.

The woman gives him a nasty look.

"Shh…you shouldn't be talking that way," she tells him. "This is horrible. God please help these poor people."

My blood began to boil. I finally realize the man standing next to Maria with light white hair, old aged and with a pale and tired looking face is Julius Caesar, and he is standing with his guards who I have never seen before. They weren't the normal guards Caesar used to walk around with everyday. These new guards wear helmets that are in a cone shape on the top, and they wear armors that are dark gray in color. And on their chests they have symbols that I saw earlier today. They are the red crosses; the ones that are on the crates I unloaded from the ships. My heart skips a beat, and I remember the rumor Niccolo told me today.

Are these the…Immortals?

Caesar stands on the platform placed by one of the immortals, and he clears his throat for silence. In an instant everyone is quiet.

"Welcome people of Rome… People of Julius Caesar. It is an honor for me to stand here and speak to all of you today. I have new upgrades I like to mention to you all. Firstly I like to introduce you to these guards right here," he points at the group of guards standing next to him, who showed no emotions and movements, "they are my new guards and our new soldiers of Rome. They are the Templars."

Everyone begins to cheer and applaud. Caesar clears his throat, and everyone is quiet again.

"And I like to mention this," he points at Maria, who is still looking down at the floor, "is something what we don't need. This filth right there is a waste to our society."

My blood begins to boil, and I was about to jump in and run at Caesar, but luckily Niccolo grabbed my arm and stopped me from killing myself out there. Caesar continues to speak.

"People like them right there," he points at Maria again, "don't deserve to live and watch how Rome flourishes. People like them deserve to die. Templar...my sword."

A young and tall Templar bows his head to Caesar and gives him a long sword made out of golden handle.

No… No, no, no. Don't…please no.

Caesar gets down from the platform, and he walks beside Maria. I began to tear, but I didn't show it because people will get suspicious. I was completely hopeless, and I can't do anything to save her.

"People like you disgust me." Caesar says to Maria.

Caesar lifts his sword up, and Maria this time raises her head. I see her eyes looking right at mine. She knows that I was here watching it the whole time, and suddenly Caesar's sword fell right at Maria's neck. She fell on the floor face first and was motionless. Blood from Maria began to slowly trickle out. Everyone began to cheer and applaud.