The Return of the Reaper of Life
Chapter 1 - Meeting the Immortal Family
Previous ChapterNext ChapterTwilight Sparkle and her friends walked into the throne room of Canterlot castle before them sat Celestia and Luna upon their thrones, However four other Alicorns sat with in the room each sitting upon a throne made of different material. Discord sat off to the side a big smile on his face. The first was a mare, she had a brown coat with dark blue eyes, a sandy-yellow flat mane and tail, she wore a green dress made of leaves and her feathers fade from brown into grey at the ends. She sat upon a throne made from Stone and gems. The second was a stallion, he had a sky-blue coat with sun-yellow eyes, a white windswept mane and tail and his feathers fade from sky-blue into white at the ends. He wore heavy silver and bronze armor with a sky blue cape. At his side was an ornate rapier and he sat upon a throne of clouds. The next was a large stallion, he had a navy-blue coat and his eyes were miss matched with one red and one blue, he had an ethereal dark and light blue mane that looks like a waterfall, his feathers fade from navy-blue to royal-blue at the ends. He wore hardened leather armor and had a trident gripped in his hand, he sat upon a throne of water though he seemed to not be wet.
The last one was Cadence. She smiled as Twilight ran over and hugged her. “Twilight.” Cadence said with a smile as the purple Alicorn neared and stood before her old foal sitter. “Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake, clap your hooves and do a little shake!” They both said in unison as they went through the motions. Celestia smiled as the other beings stared in confusion.
"It's good to see you Twilight." Celestia said as she rose and walked over to her. "I only wish that this was under better circumstances." She sighed
The stallion on the throne of air laughed. "Well, well, little Tia finally found a lover. Shame to, wouldn't have minded trying to make a pass." Celestia and Twilight's face turned red at his comment.
"Oh don't tease them Caelus." The mare on the earthen throne chastised the warrior.
"But Gaia!" Caelus whined only to get a stern look from the Alicorn mare. "Fine." He huffed.
Luna sighed. "Allow us to introduce you to our family, the oldest and most immature family on Equus." Everyone froze in shock except for Rarity who fainted. Fluttershy whimpered and curled into a ball. Discord teleported over to her and picked the shy girl up and caried her over to his throne and placed her down stroking her main trying to calm her down.
"Tact Aunty Luna" Cadence said with a sigh.
"What tis true, they are all immature and act like children, Discord especially." Luna retorted.
"Hey, I resent that remark!" Discord exclaimed.
Pinkie gasped. "Oh I have to plan a Happy-First-Family-Reunion-2000 years-Party!" She exclaimed in excitement."
"You read the story didn't you?" Discord asked with a chuckle.
"Yup, Oh there's so much to do I have to plan the celebration and get the invites and bake the cakes and get the presents, does a Happy-First-Family-Reunion-2000 years-Party even need presents? Oh, so much to do." Pinkie exclaimed as she skipped out the room.
Celestia sighed and shook her head. "Twilight these are my brother and sisters in a sense. The one on the Earth throne is Gaia Nesoi Ourea, she is the Aspect of the earth and it tasked with maintaining the earth and insuring it stays healthy. The one on the Air throne is Caelus Atlas Uranus, He is the Aspect of Air. He's tasked with maintaining the air, weather and everything else. He's ruler of the Hippogriff race. And the one on the throne of water is Nereus Pontus Aquaria, he is The Aspect of the Ocean and is tasked with maintaining the ocean."
"Oh ya, Like I can do that when that damn Bastard Starswirl Killed almost all my subject!" Nereus yelled in anger. At his comment the mood severely darkened as the other aspect grumbled an agreement.
"Nereus, we aren't here to rehash the past. Were here because someone got to nosy and started looking for answers despite it being obvious that those answers were erased." Said a mare as she entered the room. The women has long red hair, two big white angel wings and hooves instead of feet and she wears a white sleeveless dress and white cloth to covered her eye. Next to her walked a stallion, He had short cut red hair, blue eyes and demon horns. He wore a business suit.
"Karma, Murphy It is good to see you!" Luna exclaimed as she walked over to the pair and hugged them before turning to Twilight and here friends. "Twilight, this is our big sister, Karma and big brother Murphy. They're are the Avatars of Retribution and Probability."
"Wait, what'er Aspects and Avatars?" Applejack said confused.
Gaia sighed and rose from her throne. "Right well have to start at the beginning. Long ago there was nothing, In this Nothing a single being walked. He was named Aion Erebus and he was the embodiment of Death. One day he stopped to rest and another being appeared before him, It was a mare and Her name was Moirai Physis. She was the embodiment of Life. They became friends and traveled to a dying world, when they reached the world Moirai Physis restored it and gave it life."
Caelus cleared his throat as he then rose from his throne and picked up the story. "Over the next three years Moirai Physis and Aion Erebus brought the many races and creatures of this world to life, Moirai Physis created the Earth Pony, Pegasus, Unicorn and Zebra in the image of her and Aion. She then based the Griffon, Dragon, Minotaur Phoenix and Windigo after legends that Aion had told her about. Aion then created the guardians and denizens of the Underworld."
Caelus finished speaking and Nereus Rose next and spoke. The first he created was the first Changeling, The High Queen. She then gave birth to twelve children who would become the Hive Queens and lead the changelings. Next he traveled deep into the planet and created the Underworld. He them made the Reapers, Arbiter and Valkyries. The Reapers were tasked with the duty of escorting the souls of all who die to the River Styx where they are handed over to Charon the Ferryman who escorts them to Purgatory for judgement. Arbiters were created by Aion with the unique ability to judge the souls of the dead and determine if you went to 'Heaven' or 'hell'. The Valkyries are the warriors of the Underworld, acting as both law enforcement and military/guards for the Underworld. Once this was done Moirai and Aion created the place you call White Tail Woods. With in these woods They created two more races to act as the guardians of the Gates to the Underworld, the Goats and the Deer."
Discord then walked over to the group and cleared his throat. "The Deer were created by Moira Physis to act as the protectors of Life, while the Goats were created by Aion Erebus to act as the Guards to the Gate to the Underworld. Despite being near opposites of the each other they get along quit well together and both live in harmony side by side. Once this was done Aion And Moirai returned to the ancestral home of the Ponies, Dream Valley. It was then that they created the Avatars and later the aspect. An Aspect is a living manifestation of a certain part of the world. For example Gaia is the Aspect of the Earth and has full control of the earth and anything to do with earth but has no control of the air or sea because that is not her domain. An Avatar is the physical manifestation of a Cosmic Law, like me. I am the Avatar of Chaos."
Murphy stepped forward. "The first to be created w-"
"Was me!" A girl exclaimed excitedly as she appeared from nowhere. She looked like a young filly with pale white skin, white hair, frost-blue eyes, 2 small horns and 2 small wings. She wore a light purple dress. "The first was the Avatar of Magic, me, Asteria Hecate!" The girl giggled. "Next was my brother the Avatar of Time, Chronos Theodon Astraios."
"And where is big brother?" Luna asked before she was hugged from behind by a tall stallion His hair was black streaked with silver and he had a well trimmed beard that was the same as his hair, his eyes are green. He wore a royal-blue hooded robe with gold trimmings and a golden scythe as strapped to his back.
"Right behind you." The stallion said with a chuckle. "Greetings I am Chronos Theodon Astraios, the Avatar of Time. I was the second to Avatar."
"SO who was next?" Twilight asked excitedly.
"That would be Discord and His twin sister Eris." Chronos replied.
Discord sighed. "We were the Avatars of Order and Chaos."
"You had a sister?!" Twilight and her friends exclaimed in surprise.
"What happened to her and if she is order then why didn't she stop you instead if us?" Rainbow asked angrily .
"Because she can't!" Discord replied angrily.
Murphy placed a hand on Discords shoulder. "You weren't the only one he got. She'll be free soon. Any way After them came me and my sister Karma. We lived in peace for many years but where there is light there must be shadows, and were there is shadows there is darkness."
That Darkness took the form if a being like Aion and Moirai, His name was Moros Apocalypsis, bringer of the Apocalypse. Moros Apocalypsis had only one desire, to destroy everything. His first attack was during the days of Dream Valley and it came in the form of the Demon called, Tirek. However he was defeated and banished. The next to attack was a corrupted Goat named Groger the Ram Necromancer. He was slain by Aion and His power over the dead was used to create the last two Avatars, Finitis Mors and his sister Aeterna Vita."
"Where are those two?" Celestia asked.
"There on their way with father and mother!" Asteria said with a big smile.
"So there coming as well?" Gaia asked and Asteria nodded.
"Yup and there bringing someone special!" Asteria exclaimed happily.
Anyway, it wasn't too shortly after that Aion and Moirai created us to be the Guardians of the Earth, Sky and Sea. That's the end of the story." Nereus said finishing the story. Twilight nodded in thought.
"What about the Princesses?" Fluttershy asked quietly as she had calmed down.
"I ascended like Twilight." Cadence said before turning to Celestia and Luna. "However you never mentioned how you to were created, were you made like the others or did you ascend?" Gaia, Caelus and Nereus glanced at each other before chuckling.
"So you never told them." Nereus said with a smile.
"Celestia and Luna are vary, vary special." Gaia said with a devilish smile. "All of us were made by Moirai and Aion mixing there magic to create us, we were created by magic but Celly and Lulu were created another way and no, they didn't ascend."
Cadence looked confused for a moment before realization dawned. "They had a natural birth!" She gasped.
Gaia nodded. "They are the first and only true children of the very beings who created the world."
Author's Note
Sorry this took so long to complete I really don't like this chapter and kept changing it, another reason is I just recently uploaded a new story and I wanted to get it going. The story is called Project Clockwork and I've been working on it for over two months!
Any way I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I hope to see you in the next one.
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