Knocking on Death's Door

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I suck at titles and names. I was thinking Chronos or something like that, but Kronos is the titan of time, and I didn't want to have that name. Anyway, Derp.

The next day, Death woke up from his 'slumber', except for the fact that he doesn't sleep. He awoke and looked around, being surprised by the decor of the room. It was filled with books, a desk in the back with a book and candle on it, and notes everywhere. Such a messy child. He walked up to the door, then opened it. He walked down the stairs to the main part of the library. He began skimming through it, looking for anything on his wife. He searched and searched, but the only books he found were about her sister. She doesn't deserve the attention. My wife is more powerful than her, and she always is beautiful. "Hey, Chrono?"

"Yes young one?"

"Well, now I have two questions."

"Ask away young one."

"Well first, how did you meet Starswirl the Bearded, he was a legend, and no one saw him for years."

"I met him in a dark road while I was wandering. He told me of a place with happiness, unlike my home. He and I spoke for a short, then he convinced me to come out and see the world again. Shortly after, he passed away."

"He's dead, but I thought he could live forever!"

"Maybe he thought that he has done greatness in his life, and didn't want to live to see himself change, like I have."

"That is my second question. You keep talking as though you are really old, but you look about twenty-five."

"Looks can be deceiving. I am older than Starswirl, that is all you need to know."

"WHAT! How can you be older than Starswirl? He is the most powerful unicorn ever! He could barely perform an ageless spell. How are you older than him?"

"Like I said, all you need to know is that I am older than him. Perhaps later I could trust you enough to tell you how, and maybe why."

"Fine, but today at noon, we are going to have a picnic with my friends. There you will answer some of my questions."

Death just stares at her, and his ying-yang eyes just making her shrink in fear. "I will choose what I answer." Twilight just nods her head, unable to look away from his eyes. Just like the stare, Twilight thought with fear. Death just sighs and looks away, releasing Twilight from his 'Stare.' He continues his look for a book on his wife.

"Heh, um what book are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a book on a pair of ponies, a blue and white pony sisters, both very tall."

"Oh, you mean Celestia and Lu-"

"DO NOT SAY HER NAME! She ruined my life, left me alone for so long." Death looked heart broken. He just sat down and looked at the ground, a single tear coming from his eye. He wipes it away with one of his hooves, then looks at Twilight. "Do not ask any questions yet, just wait for the picnic. How long until noon?"

"Um, about three hours." Death just nods, then continued to look for a book. "A book you could read is the Elements of Harmony. It has a lot of words about the princesses. Death nods again then looks for the book. When he finds it, he opens it up, then looks through it for a picture of Luna. He keeps flipping through it until he sees a picture of Nightmare Moon.

"Twilight? Who is this mare in this picture."

"Oh that is just, um, the night princess when she was possessed by a dark evil, then she was banished to the moon. Two years ago she was released by the Elements of Harmony. Me and my friends are the Elements of Harmony." The Elements of Harmony, my wedding gift to my wife. I knew I felt a sight drain in my powers. "I am the Element of Magic. We all saved the world from Discord using the Element's powers. We trapped him in stone." Deaths eyes grew at that. Of course Celly would give him a Fate worse than death. Hehe, I said my name. "She said he would be unaware of anything while in the stone, and that is was merciful compared to just killing him."

"Well she should know better..." Death mutters to himself. "Well, I will be back before noon. Until then I will be out." Death closes the book and sets it back on the shelf. "I will see you soon Twilight." Then Death walked out the front door, He notices the bright sun, then goes back inside and grabs his cloak. When he exits again, he sees many ponies staring at him. He just snorts and walks down the path. He keeps walking when he runs into a pink earth pony.

She stares at him, then gasps. "OHMYGODYOURNEWHEREIHAVETOMAKEYOUAWELCOMEPARTYORELSEYOUWONTHAVEANYFRIENDSANDTHATISTERRIBLEYOUHAVETOLETMEMAKEYOUAWELCOMETOPONYVILLEPARTY!"

Death just looks at her, no surprise in his eyes. "Yes, you may make a party, but not for friends. I already made friends with the librarian."

"You mean Twilight? Wow, you must have hid pretty well for me to not find you walking through Ponyville."

"Well a cyan pegasus named Rainbow Dash-"

"Did someone say my name," Rainbow Dash said right behind Death, hoping to surprise him.

"-who brought me through Ponyville, and I just followed her without question," Death continued without any pause. Rainbow Dash just stared at Death like he was some crazy pony. "You can try and scare me but I always know where you are. Like that pink mare who is now in my cloak." Death looked down into his cloak. "Could you please remove yourself from my cloak."

"Okie dokie lokie." And the pink pony removed itself from his cloak. Rainbow Dash just looked at Death with surprise.

"No one was ever able to know where Pinkie was hiding."

"Well obviously Pinkie has found her match," said a purple maned white unicorn. She is one of the elegant ones. My wife and her sister were the only elegant ponies I could stand. "*GASP* How could a handsome stallion like yourself wear such rags? I must make you new ones at once!"

"Uh, no thanks, me and my 'rags' have been through much together. Perhaps more than anyone should go through. If you wish to make me more clothes I will accept, but I will still wear my robes at informal places."

"Okay, but first we must have measurements. I will bring you to my boutique." Death and Rarity both walked down a path leading to the Carousel Boutique. The whole time Rarity was, as she put it, 'examining' Death. He knew that she took a liking to him, but he was still angry about his first relationship. Everything had gone perfect, then just one day, she was gone.

When she disappeared, there was a great war. Something about a pony named Nightmare Moon. She looked like his wife. She was summoning monsters from the depths of hell. He was one of the warriors that fought to keep her at bay, while Princess Celestia used her powers to imprison her. They all had taken as many precautions as possible. They all had shields covering them, but Nightmare knocked them back, one by one. The ponies were all falling, so Death, while still mortal, ran up to Nightmare, and he stabbed her right through her chest with a sword, knowing full well that if he didn't, everyone would die, and if he did, he would still die. He shot a prayer at his wife, hoping that she would forgive him for whatever he did to draw her away. Instead of dying, he was locked in stone. Two-hundred years in stone made him crazy. Everything around him started to go wrong. Many new creatures were created. A forest began to grow around him, becoming what is now known as the Everfree. He was crushed by a powerful being, one that recently escaped. Discord. He tried to run from Canterlot, but crashed in the forest landing on Death. It broke Death's statue to pieces, making him beyond repair.

When he died, he woke up in a dark forest. He walked around until he found a pony wearing a dark cloak and a scythe in his jaw. "Um, are you Death?"

"Ah, my replacement has arrived."

"Replacement?"

"Yes, whenever a Reaper feels the need to 'move on', he or she can create a replacement. When the replacement dies, it replaces the old Reaper, to become Death. You, though, were a replacement for one long ago, and since a replacement lives until needed, you can still live." The current Death was happy. He had not only found a way to live on, but also to be a judge of the dead. He always was interested in the afterlife, and now he commanded it.

"You there?"

"Huh, what?"

"I asked if you could stand up straight."

"Sorry, I was... Thinking about my past."

"Well darling, if you ever want to talk about it, you can talk to me."

"Thanks." And so he straightened up, and Rarity measured him and when she finished, she told him to come back in a few days. Death looked at a clock above Rarities door, seeing that he had about thirty minutes until twelve, he started to head back to the library. He was surprised at how Rarity was not nearly as prissy as he had originally thought, not that she wasn't.

When Death reached the library, it was ten til twelve. He saw that Twilight was running around collecting item for the picnic. "I see that someone is in a hurry."

"Well the picnic is in a few minutes and I still haven't prepared!"

"Let me help," then Death held out his paw, making everything that would be required for a picnic to appear in front of him. Twilight gasped.

"No pony can make things appear out of nowhere! You must be the strongest unicorn ever!"

"More like the strongest being ever," Death muttered to himself.

"You've been muttering to yourself quite a lot. Maybe when we get to the picnic, we can talk about what is upsetting you."

Death just responds with a, "Maybe."

Picnic: 12:00

"Why are they late? The picnic was supposed to start at 12 o'clock sharp!"

"Well, the others might not be as exact as you," Death said, while thinking, who the hell starts an event at the exact time it says?

"There they are. Only three and a half minutes late. At least that is better than last time."

As all the ponies settled, Death noticed that he knew four of the five new ponies. "Chrono, these are-"

"I know all the ponies here, except for the orange one." Applejack just stared at Chrono suspiciously.

"Oh, well that is Applejack. She works on the apple farms called Sweet Apple Acres." She notices how Applejack is staring at 'Chrono'.

"Well hello everypony, My name is Chrono Necrosis." Applejack stares at Death, then looks like she is about to say something. "Yes young Applejack, that is not my real name. The Element of Honesty is hard to trick." Applejack was completely blown back that he knew about honesty's power. "But, me being my age, I have learned how to trick it. Watch, I am a pink fluffy lollipop that eats cucumbers."

"A-ah can't tell if your lyin' or not."

"Yes, I know. Now Twilight has questions to ask, and I said I would answer some of them. All of you can ask questions as well."

"How old are you Chrono, if that is your real name."

"No, it is not my real name, I have many, but I will not tell you them. As for my age, I am older than anything alive. Next question." Death looked happy, having surprised all the ponies.

"Who was your wife?" Twilight asked.

"No."

"Why not."

"Because I am upset, and the last time I was upset, I nearly killed Nightmare Moon, and I wasn't nearly as powerful as I am now." All the ponies either stared at him with: Disbelief, Fear, Suspicion, Confusion and curiosity. Death laughed then said. "Well, since I told you some of who I am, I will tell you my official name, although I prefer it over anything else.
My name, is Death."

A/N

AWWWW SNAP! He just dropped the bomb. So if you still don't know who his wife was, you are a really slow thinker. I love you all,

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