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"Megan. Megan, you need to wake up," I heard a voice say. I could not place who this voice was coming from. "Megan, please wake up."
I moaned and slowly opened my eyes. I saw Altair in front of me. "What is it?"
"Good, you are awake now. She is awake."
"Megan, are you alright?" Ezio asked as he took the place of Altair.
"Yes. I was just tried." I rubbed my eyes. "What time is it?"
"7 PM," I heard another say. It sounded like Azren. "The ceremony is starting soon. You should get ready."
"Yes." I began to stand when my knee gave out on my half way up. I fell into Ezio's strong arms.
"Are you okay, Bella?" He questioned with concerned.
"I'm fine. It's just my knee."
"Yeah," Azren put in. "It doesn't like it when you sleep like that, Megan."
"It will be fine. Just help me stand Ezio, please." He nodded and helped my stand. Once I had my balance I let go of his shoulders. He slowly let go of my waist. I stood up straight and began to walk towards my pile of weapons and my robe. I had to look my best for this. I began to put everything on. I could still feel pain in my knee, but I didn't say anything about it. I finished dressing and turned towards the three men. "Shall we?"
"Let's get this over with," Azren remarked. He walked out of the door with Altair following. Ezio stayed behind. There was concern in his eyes.
"I am fine, Ezio," I said with a smile. "Trust me."
"How can I trust you when you don't trust me?"
"Let's just go." I walked towards the door. I didn't hear Ezio's footsteps behind me. I looked back to see him just standing there. "I can't leave you in my room alone. Come on."
He looked up at me and smiled. He then walked my way and passed me. I closed the door behind me and went out to the training field where the ceremony was to take place. I walked up onto the platform and faced everyone. Everyone did a slight bow towards me. I looked to my left and saw three novices there. After tonight they would no longer me novices.
"Tonight is a special night," I announced. "These three novices to my left have proven their worth and dedication to the Brotherhood. I am glad to see them grow into true assassins. Step up young ones."
The three assassins walked up onto the platform with me. They all bowed towards me. I bowed my head in response. I turned towards the fire with the iron rod sticking out. I grabbed the rod and faced the three. I walked to the first one, Polieza; she is one of our strongest women. She removed the fingerless glove on her left hand and held her hand out towards me. I placed the red hot iron rod with our creed's symbol on it to her ring finger. I saw a little pain in her eyes but nothing more. Everyone winces a little at this part. I walked towards the second assassin. Magnus is one of the best at staying hidden and is amazing with a crossbow. He did the same as Polieza and presented his bare hand. I placed the rod on his ring finger as well. He flinched a bit more than Polieza. As I turned to the third novice he had already taken his glove off. Haze is quick minded, but slow with his body. It took him a bit longer than most to be here. I could sense his excitement and was happy for him. I placed the rod on his ring finger. He seemed as though it didn't hurt at all.
"Everyone," I spoke. "Welcome our new brothers." Everyone cheered for them. I placed the iron rod next to the fire pit and walked off the platform. Other assassins went up and embraced the three.
I walked off towards the kitchen to get my drink in placed of dinner. As I entered the kitchen I could see that no one was there but the cook. This is to be expected. I looked at the cook and saw him preparing my drink.
"How was the ceremony?" He asked as he handed me the glass.
"The usual," I replied. I sat down on one of the stools. I took a drink and sighed. "Is this all I'll ever know?"
"You know many things, but you refused to let yourself realize this."
"But will I live here, doing this all my life? Living life as an assassin."
"Who knows? But I will say this, you are stringer then you think you are. You can do whatever you like. I would like to advise something to you, Master."
"Then advise, my friend."
"Take a break from the Brotherhood. Take a little vacation. You have been working nonstop since the day you arrived here when you were eight years old. I think everyone would understand."
"Hmm, maybe I should. But the Brotherhood comes first and personal stuff comes second. I couldn't just leave, especially with our foreign brothers here. It would be inconsiderate of me."
"Then wait 'till after they leave. But you deserve to take a break from this life. You are not like the rest of us. Our minds are on nothing but the Creed, but you think of other things, Master. You and we are not the same."
"I supposed so." I drank the rest of my drink and sighed again. "Thank you for this. I need to think about this all." I placed the glass down on the counter and started to walk towards the door to leave. "Really, thank you."
"Anytime, Megan."
I smiled at him and walked out the door. I decided to go to the leap of faith area. It would be empty so I could be alone. I walked outside from the other door so no one would see me. I climbed to wall quickly and stepped onto one of the platforms.
'Okay, time to think. But what do I think about first. Taking a vacation, Ezio, or Azren. Well Azren can suck it. It was his fault in the first place so whatever. Taking a vacation sounds nice. But what would the Creed do with me gone? How would they get stuff done? Well I guess I could put some people in charge in my place. But I don't trust anyone enough to put them in charge while I am away. And what would I do? How do people act on vacations? What do they do? Where do they go? Into the city or into a different state? Or maybe out of the country? I have no idea what I would do. Now what about Ezio?'
"Oh God," I moaned to myself. "What the hell am I going to do? No one has ever acted that way towards me once the found out I'm an assassin. How could anyone be that way?" I looked up to the star filled sky. That is really all I could do.
"Are you alright?" I heard someone said behind me. I jumped so badly. I turned around to see a hoodless Altair.
"You scared the living shit out of me."
"I am sorry. I did not mean to scare you."