--On The Battlefield Hours After The Rift--

The four princesses of Equestria laid on the ground beaten and bloody as the sky darkened over them. Their armor almost completely destroyed and their weapons shattered. Guard laid dead all around them dead or severely hurt by the one-sided slaughter that had happened. A figure stepped forward with a rather evil and haunting chuckle. He wore a hood that covered his face completely and walked with a scythe in his right hand. He gazed down intently at the fallen alicorns and pointed the blade down at Celestia first. The figure stood tall. And wearing dark robes with a red fiery aura flowing around him. He began to speak in an ethereal tone, one that sends shivers up one’s spine

“You fought bravely. But no one can defeat Jack The Reaper. After all, I am death himself. And you cannot cheat death, no matter how lucky you are. Now then. I believe it is the time I sent you to your creator my dears. And the first to go will be your beloved sun princess.”

Celestia looks up at Jack with a defiant look. Trying her best to hide her fears of what is about to happen.

“He will stop you…. I know he will.”

Just as the scythe was making it’s way down to make the killing blow, there was a loud boom in the sky, and a solid black and white beam of light felt towards their direction, and at a quick rate. Jack leaped back out of the way before whatever...or whoever was inside the beam could collide with him. Once the dust cleared, Celestia only looked up to see another hooded figure. But she knew exactly who it was just by the mask he wore. A weak smile formed on her face and tears began to stream down her cheeks. Luna had the same reaction as she knew who it was as well.

“You came...I knew we hadn’t lost you Luna and I have missed you so so much…”

Luna gave a weak smirk towards Jack.

“You are finished now…”

--A Few Hours Before The Rift--

It has been a few months since Zemrite was pulled into the the dark portal that came to claim him. Both princesses and every other pony involved still remember that day fully. It was a celebration of him and the crystal army having defeated all the orcs that had come through a rift that had opened. After that, that is when he disappeared. Where he was, he was only gone for a day. But it would appear that in Equestria a few months have rolled by. And all was quiet until this day.

Celestia gazed out the window of their bedroom. Luna was off doing her royal duties for the evening and making sure that things were kept in order like any other ruler would do. But both of them had the same being on their mind. And missed and worried for him dearly. Celestia stares up at the moon and then looks down at the shadows that cast over the town from the buildings and mountainside. Both of their hearts were aching without Zemrite at their side.

I will be back, I promise.

Those words rang over and over in the two sisters’ minds day after day. In the months that Zemrite had been gone, quite a few things have happened. Twilight had become a princess for some reason. Something about true friendship. Then faced down some evil centaur creature and even gained a castle for it. Zemrite was going to be in for quite a surprise with that. Even the other girls would have a lot to tell Zemrite about their experiences whenever he’d return. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. A familiar voice spoke from behind it, making Celestia’s ears perk up.

“Aunty Tia? It’s me.”

Spoke Cadence as she awaited a response from Celestia.

“Come in my dear.”

She said in her soft warm tone. The door opens and Cadence walks in, seeing her aunt staring out the window like she has been for a while now. Cadence stands by Celestia and hugs her gently, nuzzling into her affectionately. She knew what both her and Luna were going through.

“He will be back Aunty. He would never ever leave you two behind. He said so himself…”

Celestia gave a weak smile and hugged Cadence against her gently. She knew that as well. But, the aching in her heart was still there because he wasn’t there. Her gaze returned to the sky, hoping that the next rift that would come would bring him back to her and Luna.This hasn’t stopped both of them from completing their royal duties, not in the slightest. But there isn’t a day that goes by that they haven’t missed their mate. But suddenly, as if on cue lightning flashed throughout the sky and clouds began to swirl above the castle. Celestia’s eyes lit up with potential joy as she saw the dark portal open and a figure lowered itself from the sky. Celestia wasted no time in jumping to her hooves and running to her balcony, immediately taking flight and flying down to meet with what she assumed was her lost love. Luna wasn’t too far behind herself.

“W-wait, Aunty!”

Cadence cried out. Something was...off with this figure. She could sense these things about beings and it nearly frightened her. She flies down after Celestia and lands next to her, grabbing her wrist and tries to pull her away.

“Aunty...be careful…”

“Zemrite...you are finally back! We have missed you!”

Luna exclaimed as she ran towards the figure who spun around and grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up with one hand. This startled all three of them. Luna started gasping for air and kicking her legs, trying to break free from the hardening grip. She was able to get a look at the face under the figure's hood to find out that it was NOT Zemrite. But someone much more sinister.

“Well well, it seems you have mistaken me for someone else. How unfortunate for you, my dear.” he said before tossing Luna back towards Celestia and Cadence like she was a ragdoll. The mare started gasping for air and coughing. Both princesses rush to her aid and get a good look at the figure who now appeared to be completely different than what Zemrite was.

--Present Time--

The dust cleared as Zemrite slowly rose to his feet from his feet. He eyes looked around the area seeing all the casualties of the one-sided battle. He eyes fall to all four of the princesses who looked up at him with weak smiles and hopeful eyes. He was worried about them all, but he was mainly worried about his two mates and Twilight who he considered a little sister. He walks over to them and kneels in front of them, removing his mask and gently placing his hands on Celestia and Luna’s cheek. They immediately noticed the change in his features as he pulled his hood down. They were concerned as to what had happened to him

“How...long have I been gone…?”

He asked in a slightly surprised tone, under that calm tone, however, was an angered monster ready to tear apart who hurt those he cared for with so much love.

“It’s been nearly three months my love...Lulu and I thought something bad had happened to you….”

Celestia grunts in pain as she tries to reach out to him. Luna trying to do the same. His gaze turns over to Twilight and frowns.

“Hang in there Twi...this will all be over soon.”

He said as he takes out two red potions and holds them to Luna and Celestia. A look of concern on his face as he looks back to the other figure who he instantly remembered. He then looks down at his mates.

“Drink these and get yourselves and the others out of here. The last thing I need for you to do is to get even more hurt out here. I promise I will explain everything later when this is all said and done. For now, please go.”

Before he could get up back to his feet, they both grabbed his wrists and give him a serious gaze.

“You better come back from this. You have made us wait long enough, mister.”

“Too long in fact..”

They both said before drinking down the potion, their wounds healing enough to where they had enough strength to grab Cadence and Twilight to teleport away from the scene. Once that was done, he turns his attention to the one who started this whole change in his life. The one who killed him when he was a human.

“Ah, Jack. Looks like we meet again. This time, however, you are in MY world now. And you have the balls to fucking come here and try and hurt my loved ones? Looks like I am going to have to show you what happens when you mess with the wolf. You get the fucking teeth.”

Jack lets out an evil laugh and removes his hood, revealing a rather pale and bony face. And spoke the spell that killed Zemrite when he was human.

“Cry Of The Banshee.”

The ethereal clock appeared behind Jack as it began its usual countdown. However, A slow smile crept across Zemrite’s face Before he canceled out the spell with another. This putting Jack off guard and a bit shocked.

“Reaper’s Mercy.”

And just like that, the countdown stops and the large clock vanishes. Zemrite stands there with a smirk on his face and his dagger drawn.A storm starts to roll in as Jack realizes what he’s up against. This wasn’t the same moon elf from before.

“That’s right Jack. I am a reaper as well. And I was hoping there would be a day where I get my revenge on you for killing my friends and I. And now that you are here in my world trying to hurt those I love and take them from me, it gives me more of a reason to kick your bony ass and send you to hell where you belong…”

Zemrite launched towards Jack with nearly the same speed as lightning. The fight was on. A fight that Zemrite had wanted to relive with that one memory in the back of his mind. And now that he had returned to find this monster attempting to take away his loved ones, the man was a bit more than angry. He was going to kill Jack one way or another. And it wasn’t going to be a merciful kill.

“You are going to pay for taking my guildmates’ lives!”

Shouted Zemrite as his eyes glowed with rage and revenge. His blade connecting with the blade of the scythe that Jack used. The fight was unbelievable to watch. every time the blade connected, a bright like bounced off them. They moved across the ground at great speeds. It almost seemed like time slowed down for them though. Their weapons swung and cut through the now falling rain perfectly.

“Why should you even still care? You are far from what you used to be. Why still worry about them and these soft beings? I am sure that you noticed I hurt them more than they hurt me. Imagine if you hadn’t had showed up, those four horse bitches would have been dead at my feet, and all the rest would have soon followed~.”

Zemrite’s eyes narrowed, those very words really pissed him off, and his cruel nature in the way he spoke about it only made him angrier. A fiery black aura surrounded him as his eyes struggled to stay their soft soul blue glow and not go crimson. Jack was digging himself a rather deep grave with his words. Three of those mares are the world to Zemrite. And he will be damn if he would protect them with every fiber of his being. The fight kept going on as they clashed their blades with each other. Little did that Jack know that Zemrite may have evolved into a reaper, but he still had all of his shadowmancing abilities and even could still shift into his garou form.

“You won’t lay your boney hands on any one of my mates or my friends anymore. This isn’t the old world. Here i can kill you for good and you cannot return.”

“The same goes for you little wolfy. And from the looks of it, you are starting to tire out. Soon enough, I will run my scythe through your neck and sever your head from your body. Then your loved ones will share the same fate…”

The fight went on for what felt like hours. And it appeared that Jack was right. Zemrite was still quite new to his power and he was wearing down quicker than the other reaper. He falls to a knee, breathing heavily as he stares in anger at the approaching Reaper who had his scythe resting on his shoulders. Zemrite kept his head down with a wicked smile slowly forming across his face, however. All was going according to plan. As the sun had fully set now.

“And now, to add your soul to my collection. Permanently.”

Zemrite lets out a dark ethereal chuckle as he looks up at Jack. Zemrite may be hurt from his wounds that Jack had inflicted upon him. But now that the night was fully out, and the storm was still going. The clouds blocked out any light from pouring through. Zemrite suddenly disappears as Jack swings the scythe down for the killing blow. But, he missed completely.

“You see, Jack. You were an NPC reaper. That’s all you are. A reaper. But I went through stages to get here. And you may know about my werewolf form, but you don’t know about this…”

Zemrite said before moving through the darkness as quickly as possible, digging and running his dagger through the body of Jack with each pass by. A wicked laughter coming from Zemrite as he deals blow after vital blow. Jack was aware of shadowmancers back in the other world sure, but he wasn’t aware of this kind of shadowmancy. It’s like a totally different breed! He started to get shaken and swung his scythe around blindly to try and hit Zemrite in any way he could. But no succession. He was starting to get angry with him.

“Come out of the shadows and fight me like a warrior! You are nothing but a coward!”

Suddenly there was a sharp slice through the tendons to the back of Jack’s knees which caused him to fall to them instantly. He used his scythe for support to hold himself up from falling, only to see Zemrite approaching him, twirling his blade around in his hands. Jack looked up at his face, the skull of the grim reaper appearing in his vision where his face should be. Jack knew he was staring death in the face now. Zemrite kicks the scythe away from Jack, making him fall to the ground. Suddenly many, many hands reach up from the ground and start to tear off any part of Jack’s body they could reach, boney shadow claws digging into the flesh and ripping it out and breaking bones slowly and roughly. Blood started spilling and pooling onto the ground and splattering everywhere accompanied with the screams of Jack. Zemrite only watched as the slow death happened before him.

“How does that feel? This is a little something that i created myself. Devouring Shadows. That’s the very pain you caused my loved ones here. Only you will not get to recover from it. This is for them. And my comrades you killed back in the other world. May your soul burn in the lowest circle of hell for all eternity.”

Whatever remained of the body was pulled from the ground and devoured by whatever was summoned by Zemrite. After all was said and done, the sky cleared and the rain went away. Revealing the beautiful night sky with Luna’s moon high in the sky with stars shining brightly. Zemrite could only take in the now calming stillness. He was exhausted. But at least this time, he didn’t pass out. Quite an improvement. He makes his way back to the castle, knowing that his beloved mares would be in the medical wing.

“What a homecoming... “

Was all he said.

Author's Note

No, this isn't the end. Calm your tits. :P

May the darkness grant you peace.