It was a dark day in Canterlot, their king had fallen very ill and is now on his death bed.
"Don't go." said the little blue filly. "I'm sorry Luna, but this can't be helped." the dying king said. A nurse then came into the room to get Luna.
"Come now princess, he needs to be in peace." She walks Luna out of the room while Luna was starting to cry. Moments after they left, a black ominous figure appeared from the shadows. The king turned his head to look at the pony hiding in the shadows. "Its time." The figure said. The king sighed, "Well of was a good life." "Was it?" asked the figure "Of course" said the king, "I got a wife, became king, and got 2 beautiful daughters." The king starts to recall all the great memories of his life. "It was a very good life." The king looks at the figure more. "You're death aren't you?" He asks "I am." said the figure. "May i see you? I've always wondered what you would look like." asked the king "Very well." The figure stepped out of the shadows. He looked like an alicorn but different in a few ways. His coat was pure black and as was his mane, his horn looked like any other horn, but his wings weren't like other pegasus or alicorn, instead of feathers it was leathery, like bat wings. His eyes were normal though, with a grey color to it and black pupils. His teeth were normal just sharper. "Peculiar." said the king. "You were expecting something else?" said Death "Not really, you just don't look like the average pony is all." "Fair enough. Well i've got a job to do so lets wrap this up." said death "Very well." said the king accepting his fate. Death's horn begins to glow a dark gray and then a scythe appeared and was floating in the air because if his magic. "A scythe?" said the king "What? Are you going to judge my scythe now too?" "No, i just didn't think the stereotype would be right." Death just squinted his eyes in annoyance, then he swung his scythe at him and took his soul. "Well that was boring." said death as he started to walk away and at that moment a blue filly ran into the room. "No" she said and ran over to the now dead king. Her eyes started to swell up with tears. "Oh great." Death thought "Now i have to listen to crying this whole time." The little filly was wailing at this point. "Buck this i'm gone." he thought but as he started to leave he heard a voice behind him say "Who are you?" Death stopped dead in his tracks (pun intended). He turned around to see the blue filly look at him. "Now i have two options here," death thought "Do i leave and avoid this situation or stay and explain who i am to this filly?" He thought long and not so hard until finally he thought "I pity da foal." "What's your name little one?" he asked "Luna" she said. "Luna my name is Acerbus." he said thinking that saying his real name might make this easier. "Who is this to you Luna?" he said pointing to the king. "He's my dad." she said "Your dad has now passed on. Do you know what that means?" he asked. She nodded. "Ok, Luna, its my job to make sure ponies pass on." he said "But why? Why can't you let them live?" she said with tears forming in her eyes again. Acerbus pondered the question not really knowing the answer. "I don't know" he said "I just know it has to be done." His ear started to twitch. Someone was coming. "Sorry little Luna but i must be leaving now." "Will i see you again?" She asked. Acerbus smiled. "I guarentee it." and with that he disappered leaving Luna with alot of questions.