Shahin tossed and turned on his matty old bed, clenching his eyes tightly and growling to himself. Wtf? Why can't I get to sleep?! It must be morning by now! Bright yellow eyes shot open promptly, frowning to himself, Shahin sat up in his bed and looked towards the window. Dawn is nearly breaking... He thought to himself. And I didn't even get a wink of sleep! God damn it all... Just perfect, now you're probably gonna be falling asleep in the middle of your mission. It's not MY fault, I'm just anxious, first mission! Man, I'm pumped! He thought excitedly.

Suddenly feeling wide awake, Shahin kicked his covers off himself with his feet and hopped out of bed. After stretching and cracking his back, Shahin noticed Fahim was still fast asleep. A sly grin crept it's way onto the tattooed assassin's face. Well, well, well...This certainly is a rare occasion. I'm actually up BEFORE Fahim. Nice! ... I should take advantage of this situation, heheh. Gah, must you always be so annoying? Just don't do anything perverted please. Shahin scoffed, Why don't you just ask me to stop breathing? Sigh, I'm just trying to save yourself from embarrassment... ...Nyeh.

Creeping along side Fahim's bed, Shahin inspected his prey. The older assassin's hair was all messy and Shahin was pretty sure that he was drooling on his pillow. Hah, probably thinkin' bout Bella-girl. Ugh, so immature... Tentatively, Shahin lifted up one of the corners to Fahim's blanket and peered under it. Finding nothing of interest besides Fahim himself, he let it drop from his grasp. Alright, let's see...how should I approach this? Shahin thought as he scratched his head. After a bit, a low gurgle came from his stomach. Meh, I'm hungry...Better get Fahim up, like, now. He thought, not wanting to wait for food.

Backing up a few steps from Fahim's bed, he cracked his knuckles. Then without warning he bolted towards the bed and leaped upon it.

"TIME FOR BREAKFAST!!!" Shahin yelled at the top of his lungs as he jumped up and down on Fahim's poor creaky bed. Several moans of protest came from the body still twisted within the blankets. Still jumping, Shahin quickly snatched the edge of the blanket and yanked it up away from Fahim and threw it on the ground. "COME ON!!! GETUPGETUPGETUPGETUUUUUUP!!" He yelled happily, flopping down on top of Fahim and shaking him.

"Shut the hell up!!" A random voice shouted from across the room.

"Yeah! God Damn!" Came another. Pissed off beyond belief, the other assassin's in Eagle's Feather started groaning in anger and cursed whoever was shouting and being insane at 4:30 in the morning.

Shahin laughed and stood back up on his two feet. They would be too tired and drowsy to remember who he was. Bouncing a few more times for good measure, he hopped gracefully off Fahim's bed.

He waved his arm excitedly as he practically skipped out of the room, shouting back to Fahim. "HEY! I'LL BE IN THE MESS HALL HAVING FOOD! MAYBE WE'LL MEET MR.PIRATE THERE!! COME DOWN AFTER YOUR DONE PRETTYING YOURSELF UP!!" He said, chuckling rather evilly as he left the room full of discontent assassins.

Ugh... Shahin will die... -Grunt-

Fahim pulled himself out of bed, or what was left of it, and quickly threw everything back together. He preceded to run down the hall after Shahin, careful to avoid the angry stares of others in Eagles Feather.

Once he made his way to the mess hall, he quietly walked behind Shahin and slapped the back of his head. "We should get 'Mr.Pirate' and leave soon. Its going to be a long next few days..." with that he shuffled over to where food was served, and tried to catch some sleep while standing in line. Mornings....
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After he had eaten, Fahim felt awake and ready for his trip. "So...where is Mr.Pirate?" Fahim asked, swallowing his last bit f food

Once Shahin was smacked rather sharply on the back of the head, he just laughed and roughed up his hair messily. "Nyeh, still sore I see." He said with a smirk. Fahim just ignored him and proceeded to get food. Shahin had already got his before, and just shrugged.

Once Fahim was done eating, Shahin replied to his question, "Well, Got everything packed, I'm pretty sure I woke up everyone in the entire monastery." Shahin poked his fork in a bored manner. "Mr. Pirate will be here soon." Shahin continued to play with his fork, thinking lightly of the adventure he and his fellow assassins were about to embark upon. "I hope we get to ride ponies! Dat'll be sweeet." He said leaning back.

Fahim merely raised an eyebrow. "Ponies...?"

The younger assassin coughed, "Well, ya know. Noble steeds and what not." Then he added, "Ponies can be big too. I can't even remember the last time I-" he paused, "ah, um. Never mind."

“Aghh you wanna go to sleep so you won’t lag but because of that you sleep in!” Hardly getting any sleep last night, Trav woke up feeling less awake then he normally did.

Jumping out of bed, he dashed across the room to gather the dagger and few throwing knives he planned to take along and headed straight for the door. Before shutting it, he glanced back into the room at his long sword, frowning slightly before finally closing it.
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My poor baby is going to be closed in there for who knows how long! And what if someone goes in there and touches her! I swear if I find a single finger print on her blade when I get back I’m gonna- oh hey they’re already here, alright!

Heading to the table the two assassin’s were at, Trav stopped, realizing how hungry he was, but not sure if they had spotted him, he quickly waved before turning away to get food.
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With plate in hand, Trav headed back to the table greeting the two with a “MOOORNING!” and quickly started eating.

Fahim stared at Trav,"Uh morning...?" He took a questioning glance at Shahin. "Um...well, I'm packed, my stuff is in my room. So I'm ready to leave as soon as we can, but first we may need to see Sire about our traveling arrangements." He looked at Shahin ponies...

"Anyway" He continued "It looks like the sun has been up for about a half hour, we should hurry."

"Ooh like the location of the horsey's? Sounds good!"

Finishing up what was left on his plate, Trav quickly got up ready to head to Sire's office. "Okay, ready when you two are!"

Shahin pretty much ignored both of the other assassins for the remainder of breakfast until he saw Mr. Pirate stand up from the bench. Rolling his shoulders smoothly, he pushed himself up from his own seat.

"Well, I'm about ready to go." He glanced at Fahim. "But we just need to get some of our weapons from the dorms real quick." He said coolly, striding past the taller assassin. "We will meet you out by the stables in, lets say, five minutes." And with that he swept away out of the dining hall. Feh, if Fahim thinks I'm going to go check in with that so called 'leader' of ours, he can forget it. He already gave us his approval to start the mission.

~Later at the stables~

Shahin and Fahim walked into the muggy barn, whining horses could be heard from all of the stalls that lined the sides. Shahin bounced on the balls of his feet as he looked around idly. "Sooo...Do we get to just take one?" He did a double take, "And where's Mr.Pirate?"

Fahim sighed Maybe if we had asked Sire... "Lets just grab two and get out of here. Trav will catch up" He turned and decided on a large gray male. "This one looks strong" Fahim smiled. " I want to leave soon... I need to leave Bella something, so she knows I'll be back." Fahim put his hand into his pack and brushed the scroll he meant to leave for her. He looked up to see Shahins next reaction, hoping his friend would be gentle.

"Heeeh..." A wide grin crept upon Shahin's face. "What is it? Ehh?" He asked, leaning his head to the side playfully. Fahim's face flushed.

Clicking his tongue, Shahin peeked into the nearest stall and saw a young black mare of average size. He decided she would be the one he would take. He slid the stall door open and guided the horse out with it's halter. Shahin couldn't help but tease his friend some more as he prepared a light travel saddle for the mare. Looking at the stall door he noted that the horse's name was Gaze.

"So what are you gonna do? Leave her a note saying, 'Oh, sorry, I'm not gonna be able to stalk you for the next few days. Hope you can manage!'" He said putting on a fake, overly cheery smile, and batting his eyelashes. He laughed as he tightened the bridle. "Oh no, wait! It's probably a letter describing how you're going to ravish her senseless once you return from your heroic journey!" He said, rolling his eyes.

After Gaze was all saddled up, Shahin grabbed her long mane and pulled himself rather clumsily onto the leather seat. Man, this horse is taller then I thought. No...that's not it. You're just a midget. Blowing some hair out of his eyes angrily he adjusted himself comfortably in the saddle. He patted her strong neck. "I'm gonna ride you looong and hard, Prepare yourself." He said lowly, then laughed immediately after at his own joke. Egh, now you're involving animals?!

Fahim stared at his friend...poor horse.

"Well actually I was going to leave her a scroll...something to tell her that I realize I should be seeing her, but I can't. I'm sure she will understand..." more like hope

"Lets just tell someone to tell Trav we went up ahead and we'll meet him in town." Fahim was getting anxious, and was worried there would not be enough time to leave the scroll

Shahin raised his eyebrows lazily. "Alright," He clicked his tongue and nudged his horse out of the barn and into the sunlight. He turned her around so he would face Fahim again. Just then, he saw a young boy scurry off to the side of the barn.

"Hey, stable boy!" He barked. The young boy stopped in his tracks and looked up at Shahin.

"Y-yes sir?" He asked timidly, lowering his head slightly.

"Tell the bandanna wearing assassin that we have already departed and will meet him at the city gate. If you fail my orders, there will be hell to pay. Understand boy!?" Shahin demanded, feeling more intimidating atop the noble mare. He nodded towards Fahim, "Let's go." Then he steered Gaze in the opposite direction and took off, a cloud of dust left at the horses hooves.

"Sorry" Fahim muttered to the stable boy "He gets like this" he said the last part mostly to himself. With a jolt he relized Shahin wasn't stopping. he quickly ran back inside threw his pack onto his gray horse, and climbed on. within a few moments he had the large male running t a nice pace, and quickly overcame Shahin.

"Aww I think you made a friend back there" Fahim smiled "I'm taking a detour to that hill. You wanna come? It's only a few minutes out of our way, and i think Trav can wait. He was late after all... Either that or you can go wait for him, and I'll catch up. That is assuming he leaves within the next 10 minutes..."

"You go to the hill, I think it would be best if I stay away," He said looking at the city buildings distractedly, "I will head to the city gates, and wait for our other brother." He cracked his neck and tried to get out the last of the morning kinks.

"Good luck, don't take too long." Bella-girl better not be there by the tree. I don't need Fahim getting all goo-goo eyed, and get caught up in some conversation with the broad. He thought as he lowered his eyes. "I shall wait." He kicked Gaze again and started cantering away when he suddenly stopped the horse in her tracks and turned in his saddle to give Fahim a last word of advise. "Remember! Just in case..." He said, pointing at the other mounted assassin, "No groping!" Laughing, he shook his head and started once again for the city gates.

Fahim thought of all the ways he would kill Shahin as he made his way to the hill. No one was in sight as he lay the scroll right where Bella had been sitting the night before. He sighed and stood up. He took one last look around before he jogged back to his horse, Rishan.

As he neared the gate he saw Shahin sitting, looking bored. I wonder where Trav is... he better get here soon.

He waved to Shahin and trotted over. "Hey" he said, trying to stay off the Bella-subject "Have you seen Trav yet?"

“Go horsey go!!”

After getting lost and having to ask a few assassins where the stables were, Trav finally found them along with the kid who told him about the assassins before. Panicking after hearing how long ago it was when the two assassin’s left, he quickly got on a white horse and dashed off to the city’s gate.

"Agh, I can't believe i'm actually late again! First earlier this morning and then now? What's next, I'll be late when we have to kill our target?"