Genre: Romance, Action and Adventure.
Rated: R (gore and mature content)
Disclaimer: I do not Own AC.

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Chapter 1 – Dreams


Footsteps…

I quickly clamped my mouth with my hands as my mother told me so a few minutes ago, I had rather wished to stop myself from hearing over trying not to scream, the yelling and screams of the town made my head and body delirious, I felt like the whole room was moving, yet, also on fire.

Something flashed in front of me while I was hiding under my parents bed, a hand, and In that hand…blood was rolling down, like water drops falling on the floor.

‘momee’ I called out to my mother, I was certain that it was her hand, her tender hand…that now bloodied hand, more tears streamed down my checks, muffled cries could be heard, but what I had wished more that precise moment was not to be heard.

Too bad, I was wrong.

Rough hands grabbed me from my ankles’ and violently pulled me out from my hiding place, what I saw was red, a cross maybe, who knows, it was an instant before I felt the piercing pain from a knife in my arm and screams filled the room-

“AAAH!”

I snapped my eyes open, blinking rapidly in order to adjust my eyes to the dim light in the room; I tried to take hold of the sheets around me as hard as could, my breathing running faster, my throbbing headache, all for that damned dream.

“Ishtar? Are you alright?” I hear from the now half open door in my room, Kalila my childhood friend spoke.

I composed my face and looked at her “I am well Kali, it was just a dream” I said to her with that fake smile I had learn to do from years before, she looked concerned of course, who better to know my real self than Kalila, but nevertheless she nodded her head in affirmation, knowing that I wanted my privacy and closing the door softly, she left.

I could hear her footsteps entering the room besides mine, ‘well of course she heard me, she is right next to me’, I breathe heavily not wanting to go back to sleep, instead I stepped out of my bed and went the chest located near my window, I opened it and took out a pair of daggers and touched the guild’s design on them.

Master Al Mualim gave them to me when I turned 9, he said that they would bring me fortune and courage when that day arrived , I knew what day he meant, but one thing would I always ask myself, how would killing those who murdered my parents bring me fortune? , courage I knew I had, or did I? To look into the killer’s eyes and end his life? To tell the truth…I was not sure anymore. As my senses picked up movement outside, I quickly hugged with my back the wall and peered outside.

A dark figure was making its way towards the building, I narrowed my eyes at it, and he or she stopped. The clouds hiding tonight’s full moon spread, sparing the moon a few seconds to light the scene.

Him.

“Altair…” I breathe, as if he heard me, he looked up to my window and I quickly crouched down.

‘Stupid Ishtar, now he knows you were watching’ I scolded myself, I slowly started to stand, kneeling, I peered out once again, this time there was no sight of him, he had vanished.

I glared at the spot where he was standing seconds ago, we have been living in the same roof for fourteen years, and yet, I have only seen him five or six times.

Always with a hundred meters between us.

There was one time I got to see him up close, I think I was thirteen and he was just coming back from a mission, I was sitting in the entrance talking with Kalila, telling her about that new move Master Muhab had taught me that morning, Altair swiftly walked past us without a single word and entered the castle’s doors, because of the hood he always wears, I could only see his lips…oh but what amazing lips! Kalila had to pinch me in the arm because I was somehow caught up in a trance, mind you it was very embarrassing for me, but quite amusing for my female companion.

There was still a silent question always in my mind, how on earth could this unhealthy fascination for this Master Assassin begin in the first place?
“Hmph…must be the whole mysterious air around him” I thought out loud, I rolled my eyes at my ridiculous answer.

“I guess I’ll take a bath before the sunrise” with that I stood up from my spot and headed for the bathroom, not before tripping with my own foot and ending faced down with a ‘thud’ in the floor.

“Dammit!”





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