Only a Nightmare

Only a Nightmare was virtual representation of one of Aveline de Grandpré's genetic memories.

Description

Aveline accompanied her mother through the city, but after chasing a loose chicken she became lost and was not able to find her again, forcing Aveline to avoid guards that had mistaken her for a slave child.

Dialogue

Aveline began chasing after an escaped chicken.

• Aveline: Come back!

Aveline neared the chicken.

• Aveline: Come back!

As she reached it, a guard kicked it away from her.

• Aveline: Oh! Oh! Ah!
• Slave trader: ...perfect for plantation work, Monsieur. Look at this one. Hardworking, strong, healthy too.

He turns and threatens a slave next to him.

• Slave trader: I told you to keep your place, Kongo! As I was saying, Monsieur, this one is strong as an ox. It's in good health and whole not counting the missing toes.
• Aveline: Maman?

Aveline bypasses guards via a backyard, before seeing her mother walk past.

• Aveline: Maman!

She runs up to her mother and grabs her arm.

• Aveline: Maman!

The woman turns around, and is not Aveline's mother.

• Aveline: Pardon, Madame. (Excuse me, Ma'am)

A guard sees her and yells out.

• Guard: You there! Bantling! Pest! I'll have you arrested!

Aveline is shoved onto the ground by the guard. She awakens as a older woman dressed in slave attire, before climbing to her feet and facing multiple guards around her. She takes them out, but is then confronted by a man with a snake coming out of mouth. She is shocked, but then suddenly awakens, realizing it was a dream. She is comforted by her stepmother, Madeleine.

• Madeleine: Aveline, ma chérie (my dear), you were shouting again. Was it the nightmare?
• Aveline: Oui. (Yes) Only a dream. I'm sorry to have woken you.
• Madeleine: Shhh, ma chérie (my dear), shhh. Never apologize. A mother worries--even a stepmother.
• Aveline: Thank you, Madeleine.

Madeleine leaves, as Aveline takes out a locket, gazing into it.

• Aveline: Maman... do you worry too? Did you forget me? Or are you gone?

She climbs out of bed and looks out the window.

• Aveline: In any case, the night has better uses than sleep.

She opens a chest and takes out her Assassin robes, before dressing herself in the outfit.

Outcome

Aveline awoke from the nightmare and made her way out into the city.