The Return of the Reaper of Life

As the Alicorn was lost in thought Death slowly looked around him and stared at the trees and flowers. He raised his head and looked to the sky to see not the empty void but rather a beautiful sunset and stars as far as his eyes could see. Suddenly the Alicorn approached Death and embraced him in a hug. "Please stop crying." she said and gasped, her voice had changed with it now held a melody like quality that was quit soothing.

"Told you were Life." He said with a sigh as he turned and froze. "wh-what happened to you!"

"I... I used my power to somehow change my form so that... I just thought that you would be more comfortable if I took a form more similar to you. Do... do I look ok?" She asked hesitantly.

Death blushed and looked away as he removed his cloak revealing the silver armor with gold inlay underneath and handed it to her. "Here, cover yourself with this. It's... well I guess it doesn't matter anymore but from where I'm from it is taboo to... well... it's complicated but just put this on."

Life accepted the cloak with a giggle. "You don't need to explain, I understand. So what do you plan to do now that the world is alive?" She asked as she put on the cloak.

Death laughed and lay down on the grass and looked up at the sky. "For now, nothing."

"What do you mean 'nothing'?" Life asked.

"I can't tell you the last time I've seen the stars or felt the grass beneath me so I will enjoy this time." Death replied without looking at her. Life watched him for a moment before walking over and lying down next to him. The two said nothing for a time simply choosing to laying together in companionable silence however the silence soon ended as Death looked down at the Alicorn. "We need to think of a name for ourselves I can’t keep calling you Alicorn or Life."

The Alicorn turned to Death and laughed. "And I suppose I can’t simply call you Death, so what is your name or will you choose a new name as well?"

Death frowned. "As I said before, once long, long, ago I was called by another name but I have forgotten it. Besides while I may not remember where I came from I do know that this isn't my world and that name would hold no meaning any longer except to remind me of what I have lost."

"So, new name then?" Life surmised.

"Yes." The two continued to lay together in thought. "I... may have a name for you..." Death said slowly "While I don't remember much of my old life after so long one thing that has stayed with me was the old Mythological stories from my world. I always loved those stories... one of the bigger stories, actually it was a collection of stories, was Orphic tradition and the Iliad." Life sat up and crossed her legs, excitement clear in her eyes as she listened to Death. "The legend tells of the Gods and Goddess's but also their parent the Titans and there parent the Primordials. They were the very first ones and if I remember right there were 24."

"Who were they?" Life asked.

"Do you want me to list them all or just the ones I'm thinking of?" Death asked.

"Can you list them all?"

Death sighed. "If you really want me to I'll try." Life nodded her head excitedly and Death sighed again. "Alright, to start off with there was the Eternal Void its name was Chaos, from Chaos came two beings. Erebus who the God of Darkness and then there was Nyx the goddess of the Night. From them came the rest of the Primordials. Gaia the kind goddess of the Earth, Uranus the Cruel God of the Sky, Ourea the wise God of the Mountains, Pontus crazed the god of the Sea, Tartarus the mighty warden of the prison that bared his name, Aether the god of Light and his daughter Hemera, the goddess of Day. After them came Achlys the demented Goddess of Misery, Physis who was known as Genesis, Ananke was the goddess of Compulsion, Chronos was the Lord of Time, Aion was the God of Eternity, Himeros was the God of desire and unrequited love, Phanes was the original god of procreation, Nesoi was the Goddess of Islands while her sister Thalassa was the Goddess of the Sea. Then there was Ophion the god of Life, Moirai the weaver of Fate and last was Moros the god of Doom."

"That's fascinating but what does it have to do with us deciding upon names?" Life asked confused.

"Moirai Physis," Death said. "it means Fate Genesis and that's what you are."

"If that is the case then you will be Aion Erebus." Life replied with a smile

"Eternal Darkness, why that name?" Death asked.

Life smiled. "If I am to be Fates Beginning then you will be my Eternal Darkness."

Death laughed as he rose to his feet and bowed. "Very well my lady, I Aion Erebus the Grimm Reaper and Primordial of Death swear that as long as you live I will guide Souls to the Gates Eternity and be your Eternal Darkness."

Life rose and reached out grasping his hands and cupping them in hers. "And I Moirai Physis the Fate Weave and Primordial of Life swear that as long as you live I will weave the Strings of Fate and Life and be your Eternal Light." After that little proclamation the two smiled at each other before laughing till they fell back into the grass and lay together. "Will you tell me more of those Mythology stories tomorrow?" Moirai asked Aion. "And can you um... can you teach me how to use my power better, I... I want to try and actually bring life to this world."

"I'd love to help but for you to be able to actually create living beings will take a long time. While we have given this planet life there is a lot to do before it can support life. Remember the other Primordials that I mentioned?" Aion asked and Moirai nodded her head. "Well think about them for a moment, what did they all have in common?"

Moirai thought for a moment. "Most of them were tasked with controlling an important part of the world or Universe, things like Time or Emotions."

"Correct, we got our work cut out for us." Aion said.

Will we have to create all those Beings that you told me about?" Moirai worriedly asked.

Aion chuckled. "No, I have a plan, well I'm working on one so don't worry." The two lay together for a time neither falling asleep. "Can't sleep?" Aion asked.

"No." Moirai replied.

Aion smiled and began to sing.

As the song ended Moirai was fast asleep and Aion smiled. "May all your dreams be sweet this night Moirai." Aion whispered as he closed his eyes and drifted into the realms of sleep.