The Reaper Meets Royalty

"How many times am I going to end up in this place...?" I said while looking around the black abyss I was currently floating in "As many times as you let me out." A demonic voice replied "I didn't let you out!" I shouted back "You forced your way out!" "Nonsense, your anger allowed me a brief moment of freedom." He chuckled before slowly materializing in front of me "It would be alot easier if you just gave in to me." He said. "Why? So you can kill every last thing you see?"

"Why on earth would I do that? I'm the demon of a reaper, not a murderer. Everything will have its time." He mused "Back then, why did you try to take that one mares soul? "I thought she was dead." He responded before letting out a quiet chuckle.

"You know damn well she wasn't dead!" I screamed back as smile slowly spread across the demons face "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." He replied before floating closer to me "I want you out of my head..." I told my evil side before turning away from the wretched thing.

"Don't be that way Marcus, I am unable to leave." He said while placing a pale, bony hand upon my shoulder "I am a part of you. Its not like I entered your mind by force or anything. YOU made me Marcus. YOUR feelings of pain and hate created me. WE are the same." His whispers reaching my ear.

"We are not the same! You are nothing but pure evil!" His grip tightened upon my shoulder as he proceeded to slowly turned me around to face him "You think i'm evil do you, Marcus? Well think about it. You created me Marcus, so wouldn't that make you as evil as I?" He cooed. His smile grew even bigger while the words left his mouth.

I jerked my shoulder from his grip and threw a right hook with his head my main target. But it was no use as he caught my hand before it made contact. He then leaned forward, just a few inches from my own face. I threw another punch with my free hand but it too, was caught before it made contact. "Why must we fight?" He said while bringing his face even closer to mine. I leaned my head back and gave him a good headbutt, though the attack didn't even effect the demon. He just continued to stare at me for the longest moment before tilting his head back and letting out an insane cackle.

The laugh sent shivers down my spine and a tingling sensation were my heart was.Wait... a tingling sensation were my heart was? The demon had stopped laughing and let my arms go. We both peered down at our chest. In unison we both looked at each other in confusion before the tingling sensation turned in to a hard tug that caused us both to collapse and scream in pain. But as soon as we screamed, the pain stopped. "What did you do!?" I yelled at the demon while he climbed to his feet. "I did nothing! Why would I do something to hurt myself!?" I placed a hand over my chest and felt the familiar shape of a watch just beneath my skin.

The demon did the same. "Damn it!" He yelled "I didn't put it back deep enough! What I ask, when I took that ponies soul, I didn't put the watch deep enough?" I simply replied "You dont understand human." He growled "If that watch is ripped from us and is not returned, we will turn to ash and die!" I thought back to when the watch had fallen out of the reapers chest. No wonder he looked so weak. "And you already know what will happen if it is destroyed..." He growled.

"Wait!" I said while climbing to my feet "You took out the watch to take that one ponies soul?"

"Correct."

"Did you send it?"

"Send it where?"

"To heaven or hell!" I yelled back "I'm not even sure if this place has a heaven or hell." He said. "Send it NOW!" I growled. "And if i don't?" He replied.

"Ahhh!" I yelled as I charged and tackled the demon. We both fell, locked in each others grip. The tingling had returned to my chest causing me to look down at its source. The demon must have felt it since he too looked down and let out a low, demonic growl. As soon as the sound left his lips it stopped. He then began to chuckle "Whats so funny?" I asked. "Whoever keeps messing with the watch is afraid of me. Now, where were we?" He said before landing a punch to my right cheek.

...........................Twilight Sparkle........................

I rushed to the front door before swinging it open to see the two princesses of Equestria. princesses Celestia stood there, a tired look in her eyes. Her long flowing main that was usually well kept had a serious case of bed head. Her sister Luna stood not far behind. "Thanks for coming princess." I said while stepping out of the way so they could enter.

"Good evening twilight." Celestia said as she walked in, Luna following shortly after. she gave a nod of her head to twilight before walking in. Quickly, I closed the door before trotting over to stand in front of them. "So, why have you asked to see us so late?" Celestia asked in a sweet motherly voice.

"I have somepony I want you to meet." I said, my voice a little shaky. "But could you have not waited till morning to call on me?" Celestia asked. "No, this is kinda important." I answered in a nerves tone.

"Very well. Where is this pony?" Celestia said, her eyes scanning the room "He's in the basement." I replied "Very well, lead the way." Celestia said while stepping back for me to take lead. I sighed before trotting over to the basement door and walking down the stairs. I was soon joined by the two princesses. They froze when they saw the figure laying on the old couch. I looked from them to the sleeping form across the room.

Luna took a few steps toward him before stopping. "What is this creature sister?" Luna asked. "I'm not sure." Celestia replied before a few steps forward herself. They both turned to me, a curious look in there eyes. "My dear student, where ever did you find him?" Celestia asked.

"He arrived yesterday." I replied.

"Where from?" Luna asked. "He says he is from a different world." I replied. "Is it dangerous?" They both asked "Well, so far he hasn't shown any sign of danger."

"Why didn't you send me a letter when he first arrived?" Celestia asked. "Sorry princess. I haven't really had time."

"Its ok my student." Came her reply.

"It is kind of cute." Luna said walking over to stand beside the couch. "Sister!" Celestia gasped. "Can we speak with him?" Luna asked.

"Sure. Just let me try to wake him." I trotted over to the sleeping form "Marcus?" I said while giving him a little shake. He didn't move. I gave him another shake, though much harder this time. He didn't respond.

"Let me try." Luna said before leaning over him. She drew in a deep breath. "AWAKEN!!!" She yelled in her canterlot voice, causing the room to shake and dust to fall from the ceiling. I heard Spike fall from his bed up stairs. Marcus's eyes twitched before they slowly opened "Huzzah!" Luna cried.

...............................Marcus..........................

I was awoken from the darkness by a loud voice. Slowly, I opened my eyes to find a dark blue alicorn standing over me. I just stared up at the alicorn. I don't know why, but I felt really nervous. "This one is slightly attractive..." Wait, what the hell am I thinking?!

I quickly removed the thought from my head "Ummm... hello." I said. "Greetings." She replied.

While slowly raising up I found myself laying on a couch in a basement with three alicorns. There was the blue and attract..... damn it, I really have to stop thinking like this. Then there was a tall white one. Well, we were the same height. She looked to be about six foot five. I stood six foot seven so if any thing I was just a little taller. And then there was the small lavender pony standing over in the corner.

"So Twilight, how the hell did I get here and who are these two?" I said pointing to the pair of alicorns. Twilight hesitated before answering me. "Well, this mare dropped you off earlier. She found you unconscious in the park so she dragged you here." My mind flashed back to the black mare with a black and purple mane.

"And these two are the rulers of Equestria. This is princess Celestia. She raises the sun every morning." Twilight said while pointing a hoof at the white alicorn. "And this is princess Luna. She raises the moon every night." She said, pointing her hoof at the dark blue alicorn. Luna gave me a quick wink causing me to blush.

"And you are?" Celestia asked. Her voice was kind, gentle and motherly. After I had finally stopped blushing I looked up to face the princess "My name is Marcus Creed." i replied.

"And where are you from strange one?" She asked again "I'm from a place called Earth. I live in the city of Manhattan also known as New York. The princess gave me a confused look "I do not think I have ever heard of such a place." Celestia said.

"You wouldn't." I replied "As far as I can tell this is a whole other universe from mine."

"So, you say you come from a different universe?" Luna asked.

I gave a small nod. "What is it like?" Luna asked while flopping down on the couch beside me. Celestia gave her sister a disapproving look but Luna just ignored it. "I would like to hear about it too." Twilight chimed in while pulling a quill and parchment out of nowhere.

So I told them about humans and all the different religions we had. All that good stuff. I told them about our wars. They all gave me a scared look when I spoke about our warfare. I told Twilight about our books and culture. She made me promise to tell her some of our stories later. When I talked about our solar system they looked at me like they didn't believe me.

"What?" I asked. Twilight was the first to speak up "Your sun and moon raise themselves?" She asked, a shocked look on her face. "Yeah. Doesn't yours?" I asked.

"No." Celestia said "I use my magic to raise the sun while Luna uses hers to raise the moon." "Well thats not how things worked where i'm from." I replied "Our sun is so big that our planet is caught in its gravitational pull. So our plant orbits the sun while the moon, on the other hand, orbits us and the planet turning is what causes day or night."

Twilight just sat there writing away on her fifth sheet of parchment which was funny because each piece was filled front and back. The other two just stared at me in amazement. After a few minutes of awkward silence Luna was the first to speak "But how ever did you get here?" she asked "Well, its sort of a long story."

"Please, do tell." Luna said as she rested her head on the arm of the couch. "I really don't...."

"Please...!" Twilight begged while giving me puppy dog eyes. It was just to friggin adorable to resist. I sighed and slowly told my story. I saw Twilight grab another sheet of paper and start writing. When I began to talk I told them how I was walking home and saw a women getting mugged and about how I tried to stop it. They gasped in shock when I told them I had died but I just kept talking. When I brought up the reaper Twilight tensed up a bit but still continued to write. When I got to the part about the door Celestia said it must have been some sort of teleportaion that responded to my request.

"Thats what I thought too" I replied. I looked over to Luna who motioned for me to continue. I talked about how the reaper followed me here and how we defeated him. "We sensed a great power at that moment but when we went to investigate we found nothing but the remains of a pocket watch." Celestia said. After that Twilight stood up and walked over to me.

"And that brings me to the main reason I asked you to come here tonight princess." Twilight said before turning to me. "Marcus, would you please lift up your shirt?"

"why?"

"Please just do it." Twilight demanded.

"Ok, ok. No need to get your panties in a twist..." I said before lifting up my shirt. There was a moment of silence before I herd Luna speak up "What is that?" She said while poking my chest with her hoof and causing me to blush slightly. Then I realised what they were looking at. A big lump formed in my throat and it was suddenly hard to breath.

"It appears to be a watch." Celestia stated. A small tug on the watch and I felt my teeth grow sharp and let out a low, demonic growl. The tugging stopped instantly. I lowered my shirt and caught them all staring at me. "Please don't do that." I say before standing from the couch. "The other me dosen't take to kindly to that and nether do I."

"The other you?" Twilight said confused "I sort of have another personality you could say." I replied. "But trust me, you don't want to meet him." I felt my face suddenly heat up and my eyes began to sting as my teeth started to hurt again.

............Twilight.................

We all watched in horror as Marcus's face slowly changed. His eyes grew dark and were soon only black holes with a crimson glow in the center. His skin grew a paler black. "But I want to meet them." Marcus said, his voice dark and demonic. It was full of anger, hatred, and insanity.

"Ma...Mar.." I stammered "Wha..what happened to you?"

"Do not adress me with that name." He said while turning his head towards me. His eyes looked like they were staring in to my very essence. "I am hatred and pain." He said, his voice becoming more hostile "I am insanity and sorrow!" His hand slowly moved toward my face. I tried to back away but his eyes seemed to hold me in place. I saw a faint golden glow come from behind his back before a bright flash of light followed by a scream of pain filled the room. The spell had knocked him to the floor. The body twitched slightly before he sprang back up to his feet. He then turned around to face the two princesses. He froze when his eyes landed on Luna.

The insane look left his eyes and the dreadful smile left his face. His head cocked to the side causing several popping sounds to come from his neck. He continued to stare at the lunar princess. It looked like Luna wasn't ok with this. She just stared at the floor, not daring to meet his gaze. His hand slowly moved toward Luna. He didn't look like he planned to hurt her. He had a look of curiosity in his eyes. Celestia charged her horn for another spell. The evil Marcus noticed this and focused his sights on Celestia but he was to late. A powerful paralyzing spell hit him square in the chest.

He stiffened up before falling backwards. Celestia then threw magic bindings around his arms and legs before she lifted him into the air. After about a minute she lifted the paralyzing spell and dropped him to the floor. His left eye twitched a little before letting out an insanity filled laugh.

"Is that the best you can do?" He said "But make me sit still for a minute?"

"Who are you?" Celestia asked, her horn glowing with a golden light.

The demon just stared up at the sun goddess, a big grin spread across his face. "I am insanity ." He whispered.

"Leave this ones mind now!" Celestia shouted, her voice no longer held its motherly tone. It was cold as ice. It even made me back away a little but the creature didn't flinch. He just let out a short, insane laugh before bringing his attention back to Celestia.

"I cant." He replied.

"Leave him now!" Celesta ordered, her voice growing colder and her horn growing brighter. The power radiating from her was amazing but the reaper didn't seem too impressed. How could he stare down such a powerful being and show no fear? "Leave him or I shall force you out!" Celestia growled.

"Do you know how the mind works princess?" He said, the smile fading from his face into a low frown.

"What!?" She replied confused. The reaper just continued his speech.

"The mind is a fragile thing. If its put under too much stress the mind fragments. It breaks itself apart in order to protect itself." he said, his voice growing even darker and demonic. "However this comes with dire consequences. Usually it results in the unfortunate... hehe ...victims degradation into a state of psychosis. Why am I telling you this? Hehehe... Because fragmentation dosn't seem to make sense to you!" The reaper growled. The room grew darker and the reaper was putting off a power even stronger than Celestia. But this power didn't amaze me. It made me want to run. he continued with his speech.

"And getting rid of me would be like fragmenting his mind. That would drive even you insane." He spat at celestia "You can lock me away in his mind all you want but it wont last forever. His will is weakening and soon his life will be mine to control." His crimson eyes glowed brighter, his voice started to fill with power "I am his mind. Break me off if you dare but be warned, he will be damaged far more than I. So take your best shot, I dare you. Because the death of me is the death of him! Hahaha! Could you live with that, princess!? Tell me! Could you!?"He hissed "Could you sleep at night knowing that you killed an innocent being!?"

Celestia jerked her head away but her look of anger never left her face. The reaper just let out an insane cackle. The sound caused me and even Luna to flinch. "So go on Celestia, tear me from his mind! Drive him insane! Come on sun goddess, kill me! kill me! Kill Us!" The reaper screamed. Celestia just stared at the form laying on the floor, her horn grew really bright as she charged up her spell. The reaper just laughed at the scene before him.

"Sister stop!" Luna yelled, running to stand over the reaper. "Move Luna!" Celestia ordered.

"No!" She replied "Even though he contains this dark being he is still innocent."

"Do it!" he said. He was still laying under Luna and it seemed he got sight of something near her flank that caused a wide smile to spread across his face.

"He could be a great threat to Equestria." Celestia said. Her voice was stern and and cold "That still dosn't mean he will be!" Luna cried. I just sat in the corner and watched as the princesses argued. A sudden movement under Luna caught my eye. The demons body started twitching and jerking violently. His teeth flattened back out and his eyes slowly started to turn back to normal "Shut Up!" He yelled, but it wasn't the demons voice. It was Marcus's. Marcus was the one speaking now. The princesses both froze at the sound of his voice.

..................Marcus..................

The alicorns stopped talking after I shouted. "I have really got to learn how to control my darker side..." I shook my head trying to get the feeling of hate from my mind. I looked up and found myself staring up at the dark blue alicorns plot. My cheeks felt warm and I knew I was blushing. "Umm..." I said. Luna looked down and realized what I was looking at. She quickly jumped off of me, her cheeks were a bright red as were mine. I started to raise up but found myself to be bound by magic bindings. I looked at Celestia with pleading eyes "Could you please release me?" I asked in the saddest way possible. Her mood never changed. She just continued to stare down at me.

She looked like she was trying to intimidate me but i wasn't impressed. I just looked back, not blinking or showing any sign of fear. We stayed like this for about two minutes before I decided to break the silence "If you plan to scare me with that look of yours it wont work." I said. "I have stared down the god of death and defeated him. So I think I can handle a magical pony looking at me funny." This seemed to make her even more mad. Twilight let out a small gasp. Luna just let out a quiet giggle.

Celestia finally said something after that. "Guards!" She yelled. A few moments later four pegasus ponies walked in. Two wore golden armor with the symbol of the sun on the chest plate. The other two wore jet black armor with the symbol of the moon on there armor. They must be the princesses guards. Celestia turned to face the two in gold "Take him to the carriage. We are taking him back to the castle with us." She ordered. The golden armoured ponies walked toward me. They seemed hesitant to even look at me. Celestia picked me up in her magic and placed me on there backs.

I leaned closer to one of the guards ears "Be gentle." I whispered. He seemed to flinch away from my voice. I laughed at the ponies reaction. I felt there bodies tense up underneath me as I did so. "Is there anything you require your highness?" The dark armoured pegasus asked. "No." Luna replied. "Just help them get him to the carriage."

They nodded before turning to follow us. "Catch you later." I said as I passed Twilight who stood frozen in the corner. "Quiet!" The luner guard yelled. "Who the fuck shit in your cheerios?" I said. His bat like wings twitched before he spoke again "I said quiet!" He yelled.

"Yes, sir." I replied sarcastically. He snorted before continuing to follow the other guards. I was carried outside and placed on a golden chariot. Well, it was more like I was thrown on to it. "My head whacked the side of the chariot!" I yelled.

The guards just snickered at my words. I rose into a sitting position. My head hung low, my hat hiding my face. "So you think thats funny?" I asked. They just laughed even more. I felt hatred start to boil in my mind. A quiet laugh left my lips. The guards stopped laughing and looked at me funny. I just continued, my laugh slowly growing louder. Soon I was bursting with laughter. But it wasn't normal.

It was dark and full of insanity. One of the guards stepped closer and lifted a hoof up to my hat. He began to remove it but stopped when I shot my head up and looked at him. He jumped back, a look of terror and fear on his face. I turned and looked at my reflection on the side of the chariot. I stared at the shiny metal. My eyes were black as the deepest abyss with a crimson glow in the center.

"Damn it..." I said. I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself down. The feeling of insanity slowly left my mind. My eyes shifted back to normal as I turned back to the guards. They were all backing away slowly but stopped at the sound of Celestia clearing her throat. They quickly pulled themselves together and stood at attention. Celestia and Luna walked out of the library and climbed onto the chariot. Twilight stood in the door way with a worried look on her face. I lifted my bound hands and gave her a quick wave. She hesitated then smiled and waved back.

The guards walked in front of the chariot and slipped into the leather straps that pulled the chariot. There was a sudden jerk and the chariot launched into the air. I looked down at the library and saw Twilight slowly close the door. I turned back and looked at the front of the chariot, at the guards pulling it. A small chuckle left my lips.

"Whats so funny?" Luna asked looking down at my bound form. I looked up at the alicorn and chuckled again. "Ponies pulling ponies. I never thought I would see the day." I replied. A warm smile spread across Lunas face and she let out a soft laugh. I looked over at Celestia. She was just staring off into the distance deep in thought.

"My first day in this weird world and i've already been put under arrest." I thought to myself. We flew for a good fifteen minutes and no one spoke. We all sat there in silence. We were passing by the forest that I had landed by when I first got here.

It was about three in the morning and the night air was kind of chilly. Maybe because of how high up we were. We were flying over the area where I had fought the reaper when a sudden wave of dizzyness washed over me. The chariot made a sudden steep climb to avoid a cloud. The change in height caused me to slowly slide backwards toward the edge of the chariot. I knew I was going to fall but it was almost like I wanted to. My body slowly tumbled off the side and started to fall to the ground below. I felt the air blow through my hair as I fell. I wasn't scared or anything.

There was a loud 'Thud' as I hit the ground. The landing had knocked the air from my lungs leaving me winded. After I had managed to catch my breath I slowly rose up. There was loud popping sounds and a stabbing pain that ran up my spine. It had been broken but I could feel the bones snap back into place and heal.

I shook the pain from my head and began to look around at my surroundings. I was by an old tree with a rock sitting nearby. Wait, this place looks familiar. It then hit me. This was the exact place that I had killed the reaper. I was torn away from my thoughts when a low growl coming from the forest caught my attention. I turned and looked to the woods and saw two big, yellow eyes peering back at me. I tried to climb to my feet but then I remembered the magic bindings that were placed around my hands and feet.

"Damn it.." I said before looking back at the forest. There was a brief movement as the creature exited the woods. It was a big thing. It looked like a lion but it had wings and the tail of a scorpion. "Is that a manticore?" I thought as I looked at the beast. It slowly stalked toward me, its tail twitched a little causing a few drops of venom to drip from the stinger. The beast moved closer and closer to were I was sitting. Its tail shot forward and stabbed deep into my chest.

"Gahhh!" I cried as the pain shot through my body. The stinger pumped my body full of the venom. Blood and venom poured from the wound. The beast slowly lifted me off the ground. Its tail still stabbed deep within my chest. It brought me close to its face and did something I didn't expect. It opened Its mouth and black smoke erupted from its gaping maw.

"Give in to me reaper..." It spoke. Its voice raspy and dry.

"What!?" I asked. Blood poured from my mouth after the words left my lips. "You will NOT put me back in the watch..." It replied. I just looked at the beast confused.

"Dont you see it?" I heard voice say in my head. "See what?" I thought.

"The darkness that has possessed this beast." My inner demon replied. There was a sudden pain that shot through my eyes making me close them. When I opened them I no longer saw the manticore but instead a tall black cloud of smoke. I looked down and saw a skeletal hand jabbed into my chest. The bony hand was dripping with a green venom. I looked up and found myself staring into the eyes of a gruesome creature.

Its face had skin but it was torn and dripping with green liquid. It had one eye. The other socket was empty and oozed with the same liquid. I saw another hand reach for the left side of my chest. It plunged deep into my skin causing more screams of pain from my bloody lips. Then I felt it grab something.

"There it is!" The demon growled. He slowly started to pull the watch from my chest. I quickly grabbed the demons skeletal arm and gave it a hard twist. The thing screamed in pain and released the watch before pulling the broken arm from my chest.

"How dare you!" It screamed as the bone popped back into place. It raised its hand again, ready to make another grab for the watch when a blinding golden light hit the creatures side and flung it in to the nearby tree. Unfortunately its other hand was still in the center of my chest and I was dragged with him. When he hit the tree his hand came out of my chest. I looked over to my saviours and saw Celestia standing there, her sister Luna right beside her.

The four guards were currently charging straight toward the downed beast, each holding a sword in there mouth. They all four stabbed their blades deep into the beasts chest. There was a cry of agony from its maw and then silence. The guards retrieved their blades from the monsters gut. I looked over at it and saw the body of the manticore laying there. I looked at my reflection in the blade of one of the guards swords.

My eyes were back to normal. I could no longer see the demon that was there but I still felt his presence. "What is a monticore doing out of the Everfree?" One of the golden armoured pegasus said confused.

"I know!" The others replied "They never leave the Everfree..."

"Well it doesn't matter." One of the black armoured guards said. "We took it down and thats all that matters."

"But what about him?" The golden guards asked while pointing his hoof at me. "It looks like he has been pumped full of its venom."

"He will be dead in about ten minutes." The black armoured guard replied.

"Its not over..." I heard a voice say in my head. He is still here. There was a sudden movement then the tail of the manticore stabbed through the head of one of the guards. Blood splattered the faces of the others and bits of brain were stuck on the end of the scorpion-like tail. Then a huge paw swiped two more guards making large slashes across their backs. Blood poured from their wounds like a river. Its tail swung at the other guard knocking him in the direction of the two princesses. The beast slowly walked toward me, green blood and black smoke poured out of its chest wounds. It raised its tail high before trying to bring it down on me.

I quickly rolled to the side only dodging the attack by a few inches. But when I rolled I felt a weird shape under me. There was a burst of dark blue and golden light that smashed into the manticore. I looked over and saw Luna and Celestia running forward while charging another spell. I rolled over to inspect the item I was laying on and saw the long shape of a scythe.

Suddenly the loud sound of laughter filled my head. "Take the weapon!" My darker side ordered. "Cut your bindings and take arms!" He yelled. I brought my hands up to the blade and worked my hands back and forth. The magic bindings didn't cut but decayed after touching the blade for a few seconds.

I repeated the process with the bindings around my legs and stood up. I felt a sudden surge of power shoot through my body. A black mist slowly formed out of nowhere and I was engulfed in it. "What is this?" I asked myself.

"This is the true power of the reaper." My demon said. "The weapon has recognized you as its new master and is allowing you to use its great power."

"It... It feels good..." I whispered. My demon chuckled "We now possess the true power of death!" He screamed. When the fog cleared I saw the manticore had knocked Celestia unconscious and Luna stood there alone firing spell after spell. "Why wont you just die?" She screamed. The beast opened its mouth and a cloud of black smoke bellowed from within. I ran forward and jumped in front of the cloud and quickly raised my scythe. My body was acting on its own. Like something else was in control.

I opened my mouth and spoke three words "Che ko strax." suddenly a gray force field sprang up around us. "What did you do?" Luna asked surprised.

"I don't have a fucking clue..." I replied. The smoke rebounded off the shield and struck the manticore. It screamed in pain as its form began to change shape to once again reveal the tall smoke covered demon. It looked down at itself with a confused look before looking back up and charging straight at us.

"Dont mov..." I started to say to Luna but she had already jumped back and was charging her horn for another spell. As soon as she jumped back the gray force field fell, leaving us un-protected. "Damn it!" I said before the demon smashed in to me, knocking me to the ground. He then picked me up by the throat and started stabbing his hand into my body and tearing the flesh from my bone.

Luna just froze when she herd my screams of pain but she recovered quickly and fired a spell straight at the demon. A big ball of blue flames came flying towards us. The demon just swatted the spell away and it hit the ground about thirty feet away causing a big explosion. Luna collapsed to the ground. She had put all of her remaining magic into that spell. I turned my attention back to the monster who was currently trying to choke me to death. He raised his hand toward Luna and snake-like smoke slithered out toward her, its fangs dripping with deadly green venom.

I raised the scythe above my head and tried to bring it down on his arm but he caught it before it made contact. But when he moved his hand away from Luna the snake disappeared into thin air.

"Give up!" He said. His voice was like nails on a chalkboard. "You cant win reaper. Your not as strong as the other one!" His fingers dug into the flesh of my neck. As his grip tightened a big smile spread across my face. After the words left his lips he looked at me confused. "I am about to kill you reaper and you just smile?" His grip grew even tighter and causing more bones to break in my neck.

I opened my mouth and let out a loud laugh. I filled it with all of my pain and hatred. The demon flinched at the sound. I felt my eyes burn and sting, my teeth grow and sharpen. I felt power. So much power flowing through my veins. The demon just froze, too afraid to do anything but stand there. I quickly grabbed the hand that was holding my neck and broke it off. The demon screamed in pain as the bone snapped. I dropped to the ground and landed on my feet before charging the monster.

He brought up his other hand and threw a ball of green venom at my face. The venom burned away my skin. It was painful but it didn't stop me. I just kept running at the monster while he just kept throwing ball after ball of venom at me. It burned away alot of my skin and hurt so bad but i kept charging him. He threw one more blast of the venom. That was it, I couldn't take it anymore.

I dropped to the ground screaming as the venom burned the last bit of flesh from my face. "This is it, im going to die here..." I thought as the venom kept burning me. A tear slowly ran down my skinless cheek. "No!" I screamed. "I died once and im not doing it again!" I gripped the scythe tighter in my hands and felt a surge of energy run through me. Suddenly a pain shot through my body causing me to fall back to the ground. I looked at the scythe. The blade was glowing a crimson red color. I saw the skin on my hands melt away to bone "Gahhhhh!" I screamed in pain as the rest of my skin slowly melted away. Then my trench coat shifted, transforming into a long black cloak. My hat shifted into a dark hood that covered my face. I let out a ear piercing scream but it wasn't in pain. It was in anger. And it was full of hatred and death.

Author's Note

sorry if this chapter sucked i was in a hurry when i wrote it but i would like to thank Lead_colored_skies and Ajaxx for editing it for me and i also have a treat for you guys i had some pics of Marcus drawn up for me