"…It's normally done as a child to lessen the pain. Most of the brotherhood were born into the order. Few join when their older but even they are supposed to…"

"No, we wait to return to my time, we shall do it my people's way…I will not have that happen to Dezmond." Ezio replied.

"Er…" The two assassin's turned to stare at Desmond as he approached. "What's going on?"

"It is nothing, beloved." Altair replied. "Come Desmond, we must return to Masyaf."

"When will the time change again?" Desmond asked curiously.

"None can tell." Ezio answered. "We can only wait until it happens."

"What are you two planning?" Desmond asked suspiciously. The two men played an innocent air and ignored his question as they walked towards the horses. This time Altair helped Desmond climb onto his own horse before mounting his own steed. The two assassin's had realised that teaching Desmond to ride was important since both their times relied heavily on Equines. Desmond was slowly being taught… realisation came to him. He had finally learnt all they had to teach, they were discussing about him becoming an official assassin. In Altair's time they cut off the ring finger as a sign of 'marriage' to their order, in Ezio's time, they branded their ring finger.

Excitement flooded his veins. The two of them finally saw him as one of them, they finally saw him as an assassin. Now he just needed the ceremony to prove it…which they were planning! Desmond finally felt like one of them and it showed when they came across a three groups of guards blocking their path. Ezio took to the left, Desmond to the right and Altair straight on. Desmond easily fought the guards and killed them, it was rather easy now that he had been trained, the only regret was the fact these fools worked for the bad guys and had to be killed. The three of them remounted and carried on riding back to Masyaf.

The ride back went without a hitch and they were soon safely in Masyaf, greeted by Malek and their ancient brethren. They dismounted and walked back to the castle, Desmond was immediately sent away to 'practice his blade work' but before he left, he saw the men look at each other, scheming.

A few hours later Desmond was called to the courtyard where all the assassin's gathered. He somehow resisted the urge to blush and stepped up to his lovers. The two men smiled around a familiar fire. Inside was a poker and the realisation had his heart skip a beat. Altair stepped forward. "Today we welcome our future descendant into the brotherhood. I am told that in the future amputating a limb is looked down upon, so in case we our sent back to the other time I have permitted for this one time, to branding rather than amputation. Step forward Brother Desmond." Desmond stepped forward and held out his hand with the ring finger as told. Altair applied the brand and smiled proudly when Desmond did not even flinch. "Welcome to Masyaf, our new Brother Assassin, Desmond!" The Assassin's cheered and Altair embraced Desmond. "From my time in the future, I know the Templar's are many more than we first assumed! I know that we will need many brothers and allies to win. But with our new friends help, we shall succeed!" A great cheer went up and Altair smiled. "Go now, my brothers, rest for tomorrow we go out and bring an end to those Templars!" A great cheer went up and Altair turned to Desmond and smiled. "We will celebrate…privately, later, much later."

Ezio chuckled and led Desmond away. "Let's find you a new uniform." He whispered as he led Desmond into a closet, but their first thoughts had nothing to do with getting clothing…rather their first thoughts were removing articles of clothing… Altair would be angry that they started without him, but they'd make it up to him later.

Much later.

The End!

Yes... I have finally finished the story. I'm evil I know... but if I didn't finish now..I'd never have stopped. LOL I just love these three. Perhaps one day I will write a sequel or another story with these three. Until then enjoy! And I hope this was a good ending to a great story!

A/N:- I have finally decided to write a sequel! Keep an eye out for the up and coming story!