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Holidays, definitely your favorite station of the year, no school, no homework, not stressing teachers, no annoying classmates, staying up until your eyes hurt and waking up until your body was near to pass out from resting too much and of course lots of hours to play you favorite game, Assassin’s creed Brotherhood without your parents asking you first about your homework or about your day at school, just hour after hour of being in front of the TV walking around the city of Rome as your favorite assassin Ezio Auditore Da Firenze.

-Requiscat in pace. –You said at the same time as the assassin. –Oh my god Ezio why are you so pretty even when you kill people? –You yelled in excitement while shaking the controller around, aka fangirling over him. –ok let’s see what do I have to do next. –You said as your thumb pushed the lever of the controller guiding the avatar through the streets until reach the exclamation symbol.

-(Y/N)! –Your mother busted into your room, you jumped from the presence and had to pause the game. –Have you seen what time is it young lady?-She scolded you; she had that murderous expression that every now and then made you think about her being a templar.

-Emm… nop… -You answered with a puppy face hoping that she would spare your soul and leave in peace.

-Well it’s 2 in the bloody morning and you are yelling at the top of your lungs! I want that console off right now! –She shouted and waited for you to do as you were told.

-Mom I’m on vacation! And I can’t do that I haven’t reach a checkpoint yet to save the game! –you were ready to make a tantrum if it was necessary to make her let you play a little longer.

-I don’t care this is my house and these are my rules when you have your own house you can play until you cry blood but for now turn it off! –She turned furiously and was closing the door but stopped and looked at you with threatening eyes. –And if I see the lights on I will throw that Satan’s machine right throw your window understood? –She hissed very seriously making you nod in fear, the only thought of your beautiful ps3 being splattered all over the floor made you feel goose bumps, she slammed the door and let you frozen for brief seconds, you walked stealthy to your door and put one ear against it, you waited until hear your parents’ bedroom close to ran back down to your couch.

-Mothers… oh but just in case… -You ran to the switch to turn off the lights and then threw yourself back to the couch. –But she is right… -You yawned and rubbed lazily your eyelids. –I should sleep, just one more sequence and that’s it. –You removed and made yourself comfortable before un-pausing the game, you just rescued Caterina Sforza from the Castel Sant’Angelo, if it wasn’t important you would have let her die in there but due that it’s a part of the game you had to save her, now you were meeting with Maquiavelli in the assassins headquarters. –Fight with the two citizens of Rome against the oppression of the Borgia and recruit them for the assassin guild, oh yes finally the brotherhood!! –You had to cover your mouth to stop yourself from screaming. –I wish I could be in the game I’m sure I would be the best assassin ever it would be so cool to fight beside Ezio… ugh Why is he a fictional character? God why? Satan if you are hearing me I would sell my soul for living in that game. –You lamented yourself, sometimes you were sure you exaggerated about it but compared to Ezio’s life yours was just as interesting as a white wall, seriously, it was kind of depressing not having any adventure or something interesting that happened to you at least.

–Anyway… let’s get this done and then to sleep. –You looked at your bed and then back at the monitor, your eyelids started to feel really heavy all of a sudden and a sensation of dizziness stroked you –Shit… maybe I should leave it here. –You tried to put one of your hands on your head but felt how now it wasn’t answering, your body started to get languid and languid. –Satan I was kidding I like having my soul, I don’t want to end like Sam Winchester thanks. –You mumbled quickly but not even with that the numbness stopped, you blinked a few times and saw the TV completely white, there was no Ezio and not even the Animus menu it was just blank.

–Well… shit… -You yawned for the last time and then everything went blank, it stayed like that way for a few more seconds until you felt yourself hitting something hard, you opened your eyes and saw that you weren’t in your room anymore. –What? –You were still a little sleepy to understand what was happening. –Oh my god what? –you jumped up from the “floor” and now you were standing on it.–The fuck did… is the motherfucking animus? –You looked around and saw shining lines drawing in the air and a strange spectrum coming out from your “body” realizing that you were naked –What the fucking shit but I was… - You tried to cover yourself desperately and then it hit you, you were in your room playing and now you were in the animus or at least it looked like. –Oh my god… -Your mouth was hanging open, you couldn’t see your face but it sure was one of complete shock. –Holy shit I’m inside the game! Oh my god I’m inside the fucking game! –You yelled as hard as you could and started to jump around and just like you did whenever you were waiting for the scenery to load, you ran, you ran and ran until you felt the “ground” being moved from your feet making you fell. –fuck! –You whimpered after your body hit the ground and felt everything moving abruptly. –So this is how it feels being in here! –You tried to control the sudden movements of your body but it was impossible, there was nothing to grab either so you waited until everything erased into a pure white, even you.

The whiteness left you blind for a moment but in seconds you could see all Rome being materialized in front of you, the buildings, the houses, the now reformed establishments, the people and finally you, but thank god not naked, you were wearing the common clothing of a citizen.

-Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! –You couldn’t stop swearing as you examined your “new” clothes but then something cold and sharp materialized in one of your sides you looked at it and smiled wide. –a sword! This is awesome! I always wanted one! –Your joy was so much that you tried to lift it but you could barely sheathed it and it was even harder to swing it around, many of the citizens started to shout at you with the normal NPC dialogues you have heard on the game before and seriously you could not care less right now but everything went down when you hit a guard that was passing next to you by accident.

-I’m so sorry sir! –You exclaimed and let the sword fell leaving your hands free to lift them in surrender.

-You tried to attack a guard of the city and you know how people are punished for that? –You shook your head innocently. –They are punished with death. –You froze; you didn’t think it before but what would happen if you died in the game? Would you start again or would you simply disappear as any other NPC? You didn’t now and certainly you didn’t want to find out, at least not yet.

-No sir, please forgive me! Please! –You begged for your now virtual life but it didn’t work, there were already other 4 guards surrounding you with their swords unsheathed and ready to attack.

-Kill the peasant woman! –The guard you “attacked” shouted, you looked at him done, did he just called you peasant? Well it didn’t matter because one of the guards was coming to get you, he motioned his sword directly to your neck but you kneeled and grabbed yours from the stone floor, it was hard but you lifted it.

-Ok bastards come on then! –You screamed very excited, you were about to fight with Borgia guards! You couldn’t say they were real of course but it was a start.

You stood there with your sword pointing at them, you didn’t really knew exactly what to do, it wasn’t like Ezio that you just pressed some buttons and you kicked asses all over the place, now you were on your own, no tutorials, no controllers no nothing.

One of them shouted before running towards you, that helped you to receive him with your sword but his strength was too much that it made you go back letting for him clear coast to go straight for one of your arms.

-Ah! Fuck! –You screamed, well one doubt less, the pain in here is as real as in the real world, you had to let your sword go so you could press on the now bleeding wound and slowly kneel down, all the guards started to laugh uncontrollably making you feel ashamed.

-You aren’t so brave now are you? Well why don’t you salute the other peasants for me? –you stared at him from below as he slowly lifted his sword, well it was your end, you lowered your face and shut hard your eyelids waiting for the cold metal to slash your neck but it never came, you opened your eyes and found him convulsing in front of you falling afterwards and letting to the sight a man behind him, a man in white robes that you knew very well from tip to toe.

-Ezio! –You screamed with joy gaining a curious gaze from the man before he went to take care from the other guards, you stood up and got away a little from the fight, your arm was still bleeding but when you quit your hand it was almost healed. –Thank you logic of videogames! –You scoffed and saw him slash the last throat. He then went back to you, you have seen in him in fan arts and in the game but face to face he was completely different, he was taller and his robes were much more stunning, not even the best HD could capture the details you were seeing now, and not only talking about the robes of course.

-The liberation of Roma has begun. If you choose to flee, do so now, but if you choose to fight stand with me against the Borgia. –He said this while patting your shoulder; you were so lost looking at every detail of your perfect man that the words he said weren’t processed by your brain. –Bella? –He repeated, you screamed internally, his Italian was beautiful and he said the thing you have always read in fan fiction.

-Eh? Ah yes, yes it would be an honor to fight beside you, yes I want to join you. –You muttered so fast leaving him perplexed at first but then a wide smile crossed his face.

-That’s the spirit, now then seek Niccoló Maquiavelli on Isola Tiberina (Tiber Island) and we will make you one of us. –You nodded eagerly and saw him run and then climb a roof, you stayed there for a while shocked, you just met Ezio Auditore and now your dream of being an assassin was going to become “real” or at least possible, you were really excited, you looked at your arm again and the wound was completely cured, but now you had to find Isola Toberina, and due that you didn’t have the mini-map at the corner of the screen you would have to use all your knowledge on the city to find it.

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It took you many hours and many unexpected runaways from guards to finally find it, you were exhausted and in a very bad mood after all the chasing, not even in school you made that much of exercise, also you exploited the time to practice a little of robbing and why not even buying some magical medicine in case you fell from a house and broke your leg.

-Ok let’s do this. –You encouraged yourself and knocked on the door of the place, you waited for a few seconds and then Maquiavelli Himself opened the door for you.

-Please come inside. –He said to you in a kind voice and then stepped aside to clear your way, the place was just so overwhelming to you, you wanted to scream and run all around but that would look just too odd to them and right it was better not to raise suspicion. –I assume you are here to take the training; well there is no other reason why you would be in here. –Maquiavelli laughed thinly, he was always so calm and it helped Ezio a lot in the past game that you felt like you were almost family.

-Yes, I suppose you are right. –You replied smiling as he lead the way, you couldn’t see any other novice around so probably you were one of the firsts ones he was recruiting.

-First things first, we will need to get you new clothes. –Your eyes glowed in anticipation. –Here use this and go to the tailor that is nearby, in there tell them that Niccoló sends you and they will know what to do. –He handed you a small bag filled with florins, and then pointed at the door. –Come back when you are finished. - You nodded and walked to the entrance but before crossing the door you stopped and turned.

-Should I buy some gear and weapons too? –you could hear the man laughing.

-One step at a time novice, now go and outfit yourself. –He motioned a hand in your direction as a signal of demission, well it was worth the try, you smiled and closed the door of the place heading now to your new destination. A few hours ago you were in home playing this game, but now you were part of the game itself, or at least it seemed to, how was this possible? How your mind was magically transported to this fictional world? You didn’t know and certainly right now you didn’t want to question it, right now the only thing you wanted to do was enjoy the ride and pray for not being desynchronized in your first mission.