This is the third chapter of the story, Assassin's Creed: Beginning of the Creed. Please let me know if there are any mistakes, so that I can fix them.
Chapter III-Creation of the Brotherhood Part I
The sun begins to shine, and it gets into my eyes because I am sleeping on the couch next to the window. I get up and sit with a horrible backache since I am not used to sleeping on the couch. I look through the window, and it is a beautiful day outside. I look around, and I see Niccolo sleeping on the floor, and by the looks of it, he isn't comfortable because of the limited amount of space in his house. I feel really grateful for having a friend like him because he doesn't even have enough money to sustain himself, but he still let me come to his house and let me eat and sleep. I try to forget about what had happened yesterday, but each time Caesar's face comes to my mind, my blood begins to boil. I clench my fists, and I really want to punch something. Then suddenly I hear a voice coming form next to me, and it almost made me jump.
"You're up early." Niccolo says getting up and stretching.
"Niccolo stop doing that." I say with frustration.
"Stop doing what?" he asks with confusion.
"That, speaking out of nowhere."
"Oh," he laughs, "I didn't mean to scare you, sorry."
"Anyways, today is a big day Daniele." Niccolo continues enthusiastically.
"What's so special about today?" I ask.
"What?" Niccolo says with a shock and replies, "It was your idea, and you forgot? Today is the day we recruit people for our plan to take out Caesar."
"Oh, that." I say desperately.
"What's wrong this time Daniele?"
"It's just that I don't know anyone that will like to join us. It will be really hard since we need people, training, weapons and much more." I reply.
I look outside the window, and I see kids playing around with a ball, and I waited for Niccolo's answer, but he didn't say anything. I look at him, and I see him looking at me and smiling.
"Why are you smiling Niccolo?" I ask getting slightly mad.
"You're worried about people and weapons? Really?" he asks laughing.
"Do you know anyone that will like to join us?" I ask with my hopes slightly rising.
"Indeed," he replies, "there is this kid, Habib, and he helps me around by carrying crates from the ships. He is about eighteen, and he is a gifted free runner, and he is very good with weapons. His dad is a blacksmith and knows hand-to-hand combat."
"Then we have to talk to them right away." I say getting up immediately from the couch and almost knocking down Niccolo.
"Daniele," he says laughing, "don't worry, they won't be going anywhere. Let's have breakfast first, and then we will head to the harbor."
While Niccolo begins preparing breakfast, I sit on the couch and begin thinking about my plan on assassinating Caesar. Part of me says that I shouldn't be doing this because I might hurt my friends, and other part of me says that I have to take my revenge on Caesar for what he has done to my family. I think about this kid, Habib, and his dad Niccolo just mentioned about.
If he can free run and good with weapons, I can assign him as our trainer, and his dad is a blacksmith and knows hand-to-hand combat, so he can supply us with weapons and armors we need and will be able to train us as well.
Niccolo passes me a bowl of soup with the piece of bread that was left over from the yesterday's dinner. I eat quickly and almost choked on the piece of bread.
"Slow down Daniele." Niccolo tells me after passing me a glass of water, and I take a quick sip of it.
"I really have to meet them." I tell Niccolo and ask, "Do you think we have to tell them what we are up to because they will find out sooner or later?"
"Yeah about that," Niccolo replies smiling, "they both hate Caesar, and it will be better if we tell them because I knew them for a long time, and they are very trustworthy people."
"Perfect."
We finish eating our breakfast and head down to the harbor. My mind was racing each time I get closer. Once we reached the harbor, Niccolo took two steps forward.
"Habib!" Niccolo calls out.
I look at the ship thinking that he might come running out from there, but instead, I suddenly hear a big thud behind me. I turn around in an instant, and I see a skinny, light brown skinned with long straight hair standing behind me with a smile.
"Niccolo!" Habib calls out happily with hands stretched out and walking to him. They both embrace each other firmly as if they didn't see each other for years. After they let go of each other, Niccolo introduces me to him.
"Habib, this is my friend, Danielle," he tells Habib, "and this is Habib," he tells me.
We both shake hands. He is a handsome kid, but he looks very familiar as if I have seen him somewhere before.
"Habib you know what happened to Daniele's family yesterday, you were there."
Then I suddenly remember him standing next to Niccolo when the incident happened.
"I am very sorry for your loss." Habib tells me and asks Niccolo, "Anyways, what can I do for you?"
"Yeah about that-," Niccolo says but I interrupt him.
"Habib your dad is a blacksmith and knows hand-to-hand combat right?" I ask quickly.
"Yeah, he is one of the best." He replies slightly bragging.
"Can you take us to him?" I ask.
"Sure," he replies but asks, "Why?"
"It's important, I have to speak with you and your dad."
We work till sunset, and I patiently work till we are done with everything. I see Habib carry a crate from the ship, and once he places it next to the other crates on the harbor, he doesn't uses the plank to go back in the ship, instead he climbs on top of a small building, and he jumps from building to building until he reaches the ship. After we are done carrying the last crates, I regroup with Niccolo and Habib, who are waiting for me next to the pile of crates.
"Let's get going," Habib says leading the way, and Niccolo and I follow him.
We walk through an ally with people who are selling things on the side, but there are hardly any people outside to buy anything from them. Then Habib stops walking, and we stand in front of a house that is much bigger than Niccolo's, and it looks really nice from the outside.
"This is my house," Habib says, and he goes in front of the door and knocks while Niccolo and I stand behind him. We wait for a minute outside, and suddenly the door slowly opens, and we see a man in his mid-forties with some white hair on the side peeping through the door. He looks at Habib and then us, and he opens the door fully showing him completely to us. He was standing on a cane, and he is well built and about few inches taller than Habib.
"Good evening," he says to Niccolo and me looking a bit tensed and asks, "Did my son run into trouble again?"
"No dad." Habib replies before I can answer and continues, "They are my friends."
Once when Habib says that we are his friends, his dad throws the cane he is standing on to his side and stretches his hand in a relief.
"I thought they were one of those Caesar's bastards," he tells Habib, and he looks at us and says, "Sorry about that boys, I had to be careful because if you were Caesar's men, and if they see me standing on my feet without the cane, they might draft me to the army to fight the war, so I have to pretend that I can't walk without it," and he continues, "Come in, come in, my wife just finished setting the dinner table, and trust me, she is the best cook in this town."
We enter the house, and it looks splendid inside, and I smell something good, and it made my stomach grumble. Hey what do you expect, I had been eating soup and bread since yesterday.
"Sit down, sit down, make yourselves at home." Habib's dad tells us.
Niccolo and I sit on the couch, and Habib sits on the chair next to his dad who sits on the couch across us.
"Dad." Habib calls and tells, "They have something important to discuss with us."
"Oh, really," Habib's dad says and asks, "first let's introduce each other, shall we?"
"My name is Daniele." I say quickly.
"Oh." he replies and continues, "It was your family that met their horrible fate yesterday, I am very sorry Daniele."
I look at the floor, and I try to not think what had happened yesterday.
"My name is Niccolo." Niccolo says after a while.
"Nice to meet you. My son talks a lot about you, and my name is Kadir." He tells.
We sit there for a while, and suddenly a woman who is in her mid thirties and very pretty comes out from a room, which is the kitchen, since she came out carrying a big bowl of soup and places it on the table.
"Dinner's ready," she tells us, and we get up and each take a seat. Niccolo and I sit in one side together, and Habib and his mom sits on the other side while Kadir sits at the head chair.
"Let's begin." Kadir says, and he passes us a plate to all of us, and he tells Niccolo and me, "You can help yourselves, if you need anything just tell me."
We begin eating, and I take double of everything because I am very hungry, and the food looks very good, and I am afraid that I won't be able to eat like this ever again because I stay with Niccolo, and all we eat is soup and bread. Everyone is eating, and we all are quiet for a while.
"So my son says that you both had something important to tell us." Kadir tells us.
"Yes, we do." I say and continue, "I am doing something important that will benefit us all, and I need you and your son's help for this."
Everyone stops eating, and they all look at me except for Niccolo.
"Can you explain us more what this "something important" you are taking about?" Kadir asks me.
I take a deep breath, and I begin by telling them that I want Caesar out for what he has done to my family, and we need people who will be loyal to me, and that we need someone who can train us how to free run and use weapons which will be Habib, and we also need someone who can make these weapons and also train us in hand-to-hand combat which will be Habib's dad, Kadir, and I also tell them that I am willing to pay them for their work. I also went into details that I am creating an underground base in Vatican City, and each time I tell them what I am up to, I see their faces, and I can see that Kadir and his wife look nervous, and Habib looks very excited. I also tell them that we need more people who specialize in certain jobs like tailor, organizer and so on. After I am done, I take a sip from my glass of water, and I wait for their response. Everyone is quiet, and I wait patiently for what they have to say.
"So you say that you want to be an assassin, and you want to assassinate Caesar and everyone who is working with him, and you need our help with this?" Kadir asks after a while.
"Yes." I reply sounding a bit nervous.
We sit there again without uttering a word, and I see Kadir looking at his food thinking. Then he raises his head and looks at me with a smile and says, "My son and I will be glad to help you to take out Caesar and his filth, and you don't have to pay us anything. Getting rid of Caesar is our payment." He tells me.
My heart almost gave away when I heard these words, and I almost began to tear but I tried not to.
"Thank you, this means a lot." I tell Kadir.
I look at Habib, and he is about to jump in joy, but hopefully he didn't, and I look at his mom, and she looks very nervous, but she is smiling, and I see Niccolo drinking his soup with a smile.