The Pain Of Death

by DerpyHooves320

Rating: mature
Tags: Anthro, Dark, Sad, Tragedy, Slice of Life
Length: 3322

Death, something none of us want, that all of us avoid. But what happens when Death visits you? Messes with you? Shows you what you don't want to see? You wouldn't like it, and neither would the ponies, that Death has targetted.

Pain brings Death, and Death brings Pain.

Death has been bored for years, sitting there, waiting for the ponies to die. But, unfortunately for Death, the ponies have a very long life span. Bored with just collecting human souls, he decides to have fun, and bring Pain to the ponies. Everyone, including the ponies, know that with Pain, there is Death.

Just like how Fire, can save lives, but take them just as easily. How Water brings life, but can drown it out. How the Ground gives, but takes in return. How the Air keeps everything going, but can be easily stopped.

He will Play, and They will Pray, for the Mercy, that will Never be Paid.

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Also, I want to say this real quick. Grim Dark, is something that no one really reads! Read some stories that are rated like that every now and then, they are really good! Unless your sqeemish… (Grim Dark is like Cupcakes, Rainbow Factory, or this fic!)

WARNING: VERY GORY, VERY EVIL, AND JUST PLAIN OUT FUCKED UP! SO SQEEMISH PEOPLE BEWARE!

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-03-11 01:10:01 UTC

The Death Realm

Death stood there, staring into the fate globe, viewing the failure of his pawn, Tirek. "These damned ponies have to die at some point!" He said in his deep, low, demonic voice. He looked at the yellow one, pulling up his gaze orb, he tapped into her mind. He saw what she saw through it, seeing that she and her friends were losing their 'friendship' power after it had been used, a giant castle of crystals appeared.

"Mine looks better" he said, waving his hand, making the orbs follow him out of his basement. He resurfaced bellow a doorway, closing the trap door before leaving, he admired his castle's interior. Shelves made of charred bones held spirit jars, and in this small room alone, there were 5084 souls trapped here. He pulled his scythe from his demonic power bag, which held everything death would need. Waving his scythe at his feet, he teleported to the front gates. He looked at the wall, at the top, the tortured spirits stood guard, making sure the heavenly forces don't strike again.

He watched the gate close, signifying that an angelic warrior was inside. He put a fist in front of his face, opening it, the ground shook, making the angelic angel fall from the barrel he was hiding in. The warrior had a look of panic on his face, as he watched Death approach him. He put on a hardened stare, as he reached for his sword. "I will slay you foul demon! Just like how we have slain Lucifer!" He yelled, getting up. He charged at Death, but he just put and arm out, making the sword fly away, and the warriors head to shrink a little from the dark forces.

"His name, is Lord Satan, and he was 10 times weaker then me" Death said, raising his scythe, making the warrior panic. "You may send him a message from me, saying that his dinner has arrived" he said, the scythe glowing an eerie red, it slashed down, decapitating the warrior. He waved his hand up, bringing the head of the fallen angel to him, as it grasped for air. "Tell him that his son, Death, says 'feast' as well" he said, lighting his hand on fire, melting the head slowly.

Dropping the puddle of brain and flesh, he looked at his castle of charred corpses again. "This last body shall finish my torture chamber" he said, lighting the body on fire, charring it. He picked it up in a magic hold, having it float behind him while he used his scythe as a walking stick. He walked through the castles front door, revealing his throne room. His throne was that of skulls, heads, bones, and organs. He walked to the throne, swinging his scythe. The throne split, making the top float up, and the bottom sink down, revealing a secret passage behind it.

He walked through, making the throne reattach itself, back to it's original state of condition. He walked on, looking back at the two orbs, he saw the ponies celebrating, and they were all still alive. "That sickens me" he said, turning his attention to the tunnel he was in. After 10 minutes of walking, he stepped into an unfinished room. He levitated the body in front of him, the put his hand into a fist at lightning speed, making the body crush up into 2 big blocks of charred corpse.

Levitating them into place, a bunch of torture devices started appearing. He turned around, seeing the orb again, revealing to much happiness, he grew angry. "If they won't die by themselves, then I'll hurry them along!" He yelled in an angry demonic voice, making the castle shake. He swung his scythe around, cutting the fate orb in half, creating a portal. "Prepare thine selves, little ponies" he said, walking through.

Old bones to Dust, and Strong be Gone

Death's list showed him his next targets, which were Granny Smith and Big Macintosh. "This should be easy" he said, walking out of Fluttershy's house, leaving the two deceased pegasi to rot. He spread his wings out, then took off, flying towards the farm they were at. He looked back at the house, seeing the purple one walking down the trail towards the house, he chuckled darkly. "Oh how much pain she will be in when she sees her friends, torn to pieces" he said, then looked back to the farm in the distance.

He landed behind the barn, and looking inside it, he saw Big Mac working. Granny Smith walked into the barn, lemonade on a mini table in front of her walker. "Here ya go Mac, this should cool ya down some" she said, then Big Mac grabbed a glass, silently thanking her with a grunt, he started drinking it. Death looked above them, seeing a plow suspended by ropes, and idea for their demise formed.

"Perfect" he said silently, then made himself invisible to the living eye. He walked into the barn, stopping behind Mac. He raised his scythe up, he brought it down on the first rope, making the plow fall a bit, hitting Granny Smith in the head.

"Granny!" Mac yelled, then got down on his knees to help her. Death grinned to himself, then cut another rope, making it come down a little more. Mac looked up, seeing that the plow was going to fall down and smash him and Granny, he stood up, and put his hands against it. Death made himself visible, then poked Mac's back, making him spin his head a little to see Death himself.

"I will see you in hell" he said, then cut the last two ropes, making the plow fall completely. Mac pushed it more, keeping it off of his torso, but crushing Granny and his legs. He screamed in pain, as he felt his legs get crushed, as he heard the cracking of his Granny's skull. "Oh my, how bad it would be if it had just rolled onto you" Death said, laughing as Mac noticed that the plow was halfway on it's side, and was in danger of it rolling on him.

"Hey Mac, did you get the lemonade me and Granny made?" Applebloom asked as she walked around the corner of the door, but stopped in her tracks when she saw the blood leaking out from under the plow. She looked to her left, where Death was now standing, and she screamed while falling backwards in surprise.

"Oh little one, the pain you must be feeling is strong" he said, then they both looked over at Big Mac, as his right arm gave way, letting the plow crush him, as he yelled in pain. With a satisfying crunch, Death walked over to the plow, and laughed as he pulled his scythe out.

"W-who are you? Why did you let Big Mac die! Wheres Granny?!" She asked, looking around. Death brought his hand over the plow, then did the same that he did to his first victims, and pulled the souls out. Applebloom looked at her brothers soul, as he stood by Granny's as well. Mac's soul was that of pain and regret, and Granny Smith's was that of acceptance.

"I am your worst nightmare" Death said, pulling the jar out, where Applebloom could see Fluttershy and Rainbow's souls, aimlessly wander around in there. "Now, sleep!" He commanded, doing and air punch in her direction, making her head smash into the barn door, knocking her out cold.

He finished collecting the souls, then hid in the darkness to rest, for his powers were exhausted for the day.

~~~~~MEANWHILE~~~~~

Twilight was at her friends house, crying as she saw her friends, torn and deceased. She just stood there, the pain she was feeling was strong, for she would never be able to speak to her flying friends, ever again. "Why?" She asked herself, walking into the house, she saw snake scales on the floor nearby, as well as claw marks on the floor next to Rainbow's pile of flesh. "This.....this wasn't natural" she said, picking up a scale, she felt extremely dark magic touch her soul. "No, it can't be!" She exclaimed, then ran back outside, and kept going towards Ponyville.

Once she was there, she ran straight to Mayor Mare's house, and went straight in. "Mayor Mare! We have a big problem!" She yelled out loud, then she heard something fall upstairs, then rushed up to see her on the ground.

"You scared me Twilight" she said, then got up and removed the sock she had slipped on. "Now what is it?" She asked, then Twilight extended her arm, showing her the scale she had found. She reached out and touched it, feeling the same magic Twilight felt, she brought it back quickly. "This is bad" she said, then looked back at Twilight.

"What should we do?" She asked, thinking about her friends, and how they were probably terrified before dying.

"Gather the town, we shall have a town meeting to warn every pony about the demon" she said, looking out the window, she thought about where it was hiding at. "It will most likely be picking us off at the outer edges of town, so go get Applejack and Fluttershy first" she said, looking at Twilight, she saw the pain in her.

"Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are already dead" she said, making Mayor Mare lower her head a little, knowing that some of her ponies lives had been claimed already.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but we don't have time to mourn, we need to warn the rest of the town!" She exclaimed, running to the door, looking back to see that Twilight was following her. She ran through the town, racing towards the town hall while Twilight went towards Sweet Apple Acres. On her way, she attracted the attention of many other ponies, so they followed her to her destination.

She got up on the stage like thing, looking down, she saw that half of Ponyville was already there. "Gather every pony! This is extremely important, and it's a race against Death!" She quickly called out, some of them separated from the crowd, heading out to grab any pony they saw. "I will be damned if I don't warn all of them in time" she said, looking at Sweet Apple Acres in the distance, seeing the lavender blob closing in on it, she knew that Twilight would be able to inform them in time.

Death to kindness, Death to trust

Death emerged from the portal, landing him at the edge of a forest. He pulled out another orb from his bag, and with a wave of his hand, it started forming a map. "Who shall I strike first?" He said, then pulled another orb out, a list appearing on it. At the top of the list, was Fluttershy. "Hmm, the kind one shall do nicely, maybe even a 'friend' for my wreck of a steed" he said, making the orb shrink a little, having it float into the shadows of his cloak.

He looked back at the map, seeing that the shy ones house wasn't far, making him grin. He took his scythe, aligning the blade with his back, he quickly cut at his back, revealing two wings that were hidden below his cloak. He stretched his wings, feeling all the assorted bones pop into place, he took off. It had been a few centuries since had flown, but it didn't make him happy, just make him feel faster towards his goal.

He looked down, seeing the place she was currently at, he descended. He landed by a window, catching her attention, but when she looked, she saw nothing. She shrugged it off as nothing, then went back to helping Mr. Badger. Death came back from the side of the window, where she failed to look. He looked around in the tiny house, thinking of a way to kill her whilst remaining unknown to them.

"Her kindness will be her fall" he said, then he took a long piece of his cloak, them cut it off. The cloak turned into an obsidian black snake, which was already trying to bite him. "Oh little thing, you are my pet, so why would you hurt your master?" He asked it, then it stopped, locking eyes with Fluttershy, who was now staring at Death with a look of pure terror. "Feast little one" he said, letting the snake drop to the ground.

The snake slithered towards the house, smashing straight through the window, it was inside with her. She ran into the kitchen, the snake right at her heels, she slammed the door shut. She grabbed a knife from her table, holding it in her hand, she kept thinking about what was happening. "Can I really kill it?" She asked herself, of course, she didn't want to kill it, and even if she did, did she have the strength to live after she does?

Death laughed to himself, then with a wave of his hand, he put her worries to rest. The snake grew bigger, until it was the size of a cow, then it smashed through the door. Fluttershy screamed in terror, loud enough for Rainbow Dash to hear it from a nearby cloud. Rainbow heard her friend scream, she launched herself from the napping cloud, then zoomed straight to Fluttershy's house.

She grabbed the door, swinging it open, she saw the snake in the kitchen. "Hey!" She yelled, catching the attention of Death, and the snake. He looked at his list, seeing that she was second on the list, he decided to go for two in one go.

"Kill her as well" he told the snake, and the snake started forming an idea of it's own. It charged at Rainbow, surprising her with it's speed. It whipped it's tail in front of itself, catching her, just before she could take flight. With the snake's tail wrapped around her leg, she was grounded.

Fluttershy peeked around the door frame, and she saw the snake lift her friend, right above it's mouth. "RAINBOW!" She yelled, the snake glanced over to her slightly, and Rainbow was looking at her with a look of terror. The snake lowered her, taking a huge bite of her leg, it dropped her. A loud snap was heard when she hit the ground, and her wing was bent a way it was never meant to bend.

"Fuck!" Rainbow yelled, as she writhed on the ground in pain. The snake made a grin at Fluttershy, then slithered out of the house. Fluttershy quickly ran over to Rainbow, trying to get a good look at the wound.

"It's OK Rainbow, I'll go grab some stuff to help!" She said, quickly dashing over to her stairs. She looked back at the window Death was at, and what she saw made her pale. Death was slowly coming through the wall, distorting it slightly. He had come all the way through the wall, which was blackened a little, and looked like some pony had just randomly beat on it with a sledgehammer.

She flew up her stairs, reaching her bathroom, she ran in and grabbed all her medical supplies from a first-aid box. She came back down, seeing Death standing next to her friend scared her. She missed the last step because she was distracted by Death, and she landed on her leg awkwardly, snapping it in two. She gasped in pain, then quickly got off it, only to see it was wiggling around freely. She puked from the pain, then looked at her door, seeing the snake there again, she almost screamed, until she realized it was staring at Death, who was now next to Fluttershy.

"I got a long list to fill, and I can't be caught for just killing you" he said to her and Rainbow, then he pulled out the orb that had a list on it. "Lets see, the most common predator here, is a timberwolf" he said, releasing a low, slow chuckle. He pointed at the snake, which now had a look of terror on it's face. Death opened his hand slowly, making the snake swell a little, then he opened it the rest of the way, making the snake's bones break from it's skin, leaving a pile of scales and organs.

"What the hell?" Rainbow asked, looking at what used to be her killer.

"Oh don't worry, it only gets worse" he said, then the bones reshaped themselves, breaking, snapping, and changing. The pile of leftover flesh and scales turned into a dark matter, which flew to Death, as his cloak absorbed it, giving him a bit more power. The bones had finished their work, and now looked like a fully fledged timberwolf, but made of bones. He pointed at the two ponies on the ground. "Destroy"

The bone wolf locked eyes with Fluttershy, then leaped at her. Fluttershy put her hands in front of her face, but to no use, since her arms broke on contact with it. It chomped down on her left shoulder, making her scream in pain. It started doing the basic instincts in wolves, rip out the throat. It started thrashing it's head violently, making her entire arm rip off in a few seconds. It threw the arm to the side, then quickly lashed around, clamping down on her throat, silencing her screams of terror and pain.

It thrashed it's head again, severely mangling her neck and head. "Fluttershy, no" Rainbow said weakly, her body still wrapped in pain. The wolf slowly looked towards her, and just stared at her for a few more seconds, before doing the same. It leaped at her, panding on her legs, crushing them. Rainbow let out a silent scream of pain, and tried crawling away. The wolf noticed the struggle, and didn't want to have none of it. It stabbed it's sharp claws straight into her back, impaling her stomach and a few other organs. It started digging into her back, shredding it, as organs started coming out with the claws, Rainbow let out one final breath, then faded from life.

"Finally, some pony souls! I've waited 2613 years just for this moment!" Death exclaimed, then slowly walked over to Fluttershy's corpse. He put his hand above her, then closed it, as if grabbing something. He lifted his arm slowly, pulling her soul from the deceased body. Her soul was that of pure sadness, never to see her friends, pets, or family ever again. But she felt a spark of hope, trusting that she would see her parents again.

"Oh your not going there, for your god is unaware of your death, so she cannot take your soul to that 'sanctum' of yours" he said, putting her flaming hope in shattered bits. Then he walked over to Rainbow's shredded body. He did the same, pulling her soul out. Her soul was that of fear of the unknown, but she felt as if she would see her old pet, Skittles the cat.

"There is a special place for pets, and it's not where your going" he said to her, instantly shattering her hopes of something familiar. He brought out a soul jar, opening it, their souls began being absorbed into it. They released screams, screams that were icy cold, empty, silent. The screaming ended when they were fully absorbed, then were trapped forever when he closed it. "Sounds good to hear something die" Death said, then looked at the bone wolf that was sitting by Rainbow's corpse.

"I have no more need of you, go kill something in that forest, for I release your soul" he said, then the wolf instantly charged out, breaking the door on the way out. He grinned a little, then pulled out his orb list again. "Who shall we kill next?"