Chapter 3: The Execution
Later that night, you wait in your room until everyone is fast asleep. You hear your sister snoring soundly in the bed right next to yours. You tell her she snores but she denies it.
You slowly get out of your bed and you were in a black dress so it would be harder for people to see you durning the darkness of night. You grab a black cloat and put the hood over your head. You slowly walk out of your bedroom without waking your sister. You climb down your balcony window and once you were close enough to the ground, you jump down from the wall that you were holding onto. As your feet hit the ground, you grunt from the impact.
You look up at the balcony window then you look away from it. You start walking away from your home. You wanted to look for Ezio, to make sure he was alright. To see if his family needed a place to stay. You knew your father would be more than happy to help them. Since your father worked with Giovanni Auditore, Ezio's father.
Your flat shoes click against the cobble stone streets. You feel a slight chill and you wrap yourself in your black cloat. You look up at the moon and stars. Oh how pretty they were. You smile and look back at the streets. In the distance, you notice someone walking in the streets. He looked quite frantic buy the looks of him. You then see his face a little better.
Ezio
Your immediately quickly walk up to him, "Ezio!" you call out to him in a whisper loud enough for him to hear. He turns around and his amber eyes widen when he sees you.
"(F/N), what are you doing out here?" he asks you. You look around and you see a guard that could be looking for him. You pull him into an alley way.
"I heared about what happened," you tell him. Ezio rolls his eyes slightly.
"All of Firenze knows," he points out. You frown and roll your eyes at him, "It is too dangerous for you to talk to me. You have to go," he tells you and you scoff.
"Well, since people have already seen me talking with you today, I think I am already in danger," you tell him, "The guards have already came to my home and started questining my family,"
"Which is why you should go," he says and starts to leave but you grab his arm to stop him.
"Guess what! That is not going to happen!" you tell him. He sighs and frowns ar you. You lift up your chin with pride to make a point.
"Fine!" he finally says and you smirk slightly, "My father told me that there was some documents in a chest that will prove his innocence," Ezio tells you. You nod your head and you follow Ezio to his family villa. Ezio opens the door to his home. He looks around abd hums, "Father said there was a door here..." you look around and raise an eyebrow.
"I don't see a door," you tell him. But then you look at a strange wall at the end of the his father's study. You foucus on it and suddenly your vision turns from normal to a dark blue color anf the wall turns white. You look at Ezio with confusion and by the looks of him he sees the same thing as you did.
He walks towards the wall and feels around it as you watchfrom behind him. Suddenly his hand presses on a hiddedn butten and the the wall slides down.
"Che diavolo? (What the hell?)," you whisper. Ezio then walks into the room and you follow him in, "A secret room,"
In the room there was a desk with a chair, two book shelves at both sides of the room, and a chest. Without any hesitation, Ezio walks towards the chest and opens it.
In the chest were white and red robes, a sword, what appears to be a broken bracer with a scroll inside, and a letter. Ezio picks up the robes and you sigh.
"Ezio! There is no time playing with your father's stuff! You just need the letter to prove his innocence," you tell him. He looks at you and sighs with an annoyed look on his face. You huff and roll your eyes.
"My father told me to take everything," Ezio tells you. You look at hin confused.
"Why?" you ask him. He shrugs his shoulders.
"If I only knew," he tells you and he proceeds to put on the robes that was adorned with a cape draped over his left shoulder. Ezio puts the hood over his head. He puts the sword in the sheath. He kneels down and picks up the broken bracer with the scroll and the letter. You had to admit, the new look suited him.
"We need to brings these to Messer Uberto," Ezio tells me. You nod your head and Ezio slightly smiles at you. You smile back at him and you both start to leave the villa. But you and Ezio were then stopped by Florentine Guards.
"Traditore! (Traitor!)" The guards shout at Ezio. You hold onto Ezio's arm but and he had you stand behind him.
"Hey! What's with the swords? Aren't you supposed to arrest me?" Ezio calmly asks. You look at him with worry and you hold onto him tighter.
"No," one of the guards simply tell him. Ezio looks at you and you look into his amber orbs, "Go back inside," he whispers to you. You shake your head and he puts his he cups your cheeks and pecks your lips. You felt sparks as his lips touch yours. But it ended quickly, "I will be fine, get back inside," you nod your head and walk back inside. Once you were back inside you smile widely and touch your lips. You look back outside.
"What do you want, then?" Ezio asks them.
"For you to die," the guards tell him. Ezio scoffs.
"Well, thats not going to happen," Ezio tells them with a smug look on his face, "So why don't we explore other options?" the guards smirk.
"There are no other options," one of them shouts at him. They both charge at Ezio and he pulls out his sword and deflects their swings. He eventually kills them both and you didn't seem to be phased by it. Ezio looks at you and motions for you to come back out. You quickly walk to him.
"Okay, we need to get to Messer Uberto's villa as quickly as possible," Ezio tells me. You nod and you follow him to the villa. Ezio frantically knocks on his door. After only a few seconds Messer Uberto didn't answer so Ezio knocks again. Messer Uberto then opens the door.
"Ezio Auditore? And (F/N) (L/N)? What are you both doing at this hour?" Messer Uberto asks you both.
"It...I don't..." Ezio tries to explain but couldn't. You rub his back to try and sooth him.
"Wait child. Take a breath. Collect your thoughts," Uberto tells him.
"My father and brothers have been imprisoned," Ezio tells him, "I was told yo give you this," Ezio pulls out the letter. Uberto takes it, opens it and reads it.
"Ahh, I see now," Uberto says and nods, "It's a misunderstanding Ezio," Uberto tells him, "I'll clear everything up," behind Uberto, you see someone in a black and red cloak walk passed Uberto. You shrug off the uneasy feeling you got from the mysterious man.
"How?" Ezio asks and he didn't seem to notice the man in black.
"The documents you've given contain evidence of a conspiracy: against your family and against the city," Uberto tells Ezio, "I'll present these papers at their hearing tomorrow and they'll be released," you let out a sigh of relief. Ezio looks at him gratefully.
"Thank you, Signore," Ezio says gratefully. Uberto nods.
"Of course, my child," Uberto says, "Do you need a place to stay?" Uberto asks while gesturing into his home, "You're more than welcome here," Ezio shakes his head.
"No grazie (No thank you)," Ezio tells him, "I'll meet you at the piazza,"
"Don't worry, Ezio," Uberto tells him, "Everything is going to be fine," Uberto then closes the door. Ezio breaths out a sigh of relief.
"Do you have a place to stay?" You ask him. He nods his head.
"Si," he tells you, "you should get back home...it is too dangerous for you to be around me any longer," you sigh and nod your head.
"Alright," you say. You kiss his cheek, "Just....be careful," you tell him.
"I will, don't worry about me," he tells you. You smile and walk off but not without blowing him a kiss.
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You and your family walk into the piazza and you see Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio stand on a platform with a noose around their necks. I looked at the scene with fear on my face.
Mother and father had sadness plastered on their faces. But Lucia didn't show any emotion. You turn your head and you look for Ezio but couldn't see him through the crowd. You see Uberto on the platform also.
"Giovanni Auditore, you and your competences stand accused of the crime of treason. Have you any evendence to counter this charge?" Uberto shouts. Giovanni looks at Uberto with annoyance.
"Yes, the documents that were delivered to you last night!" Giovanni yells at Uberto. You then finally see Ezio.
"I'm afraid I know nothing of these documents," Uberto lies. You look at Uberto with shock. He was lying!
"He's lying!" you hear Ezio shout through the crowd.
"In the absence of any compelling evidence of the contrary, I am bound to prouncd you guilty. You and your collaborators are here by sentanced to death!" Uberto announces. You see the fear in little Petruccio and he starts crying. You see Lucia's lips twitching to surpass a grin. You look at her with shock, she wanted this to happen!
"You are the traitor Uberto-and one of them- you may take our lives but we will....." Giovanni yells out but before the hangsmen pulls on the lever. Three die in an instant and you gasp. Tears threatened to come down your cheek. Your parents looked at the scene with horror.
"Father!" Ezio then runs through the crowd. Uberto sees Ezio.
"There! Grab the boy! He is one of them!" Uberto yells out to the guards
"I'll kill you for what you've done!" Ezio yells out to Uberto as he is held back by the guards.
"Guards arrest him!" Uberto shouts.
"No!" you yell out but my mother grabs me, "No! Let me go!" you yell out as I see Ezio running away from the guards. Your father and mother quickly pull you a way from the scene. As soon as you were home you cry on your father's chest.
Two days later, you hear that Uberto was killed by no other than Ezio. You also hear that Ezio and his mother and sister left Firenze. You never got to say goodbye to Ezio.
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