The Reaper

by Ghost56

Rating: mature
Tags: Anthro, Main 6, Princess Luna, Drama, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Thriller, Violence, Princess Celestia, Death, Alternate Universe, Human
Length: 2146

Once a man now no longer

Given another chance at life, Gabriel was brought into a new world and given a new role as the world angel of death. But this world doesn't take too kindly to something born in the darkness

Published 2022-10-24 23:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2023-04-08 09:54:53 UTC

The reaper is born

My heartbeat was fast at first and then slowly began to slow. I remember riding in a car with my friends, we were a little high. That would most likely be my downfall as I saw flashes of light, then a crash, and finally sirens. Slipping into a deep sleep and the real world I could see my brothers and family. I knew this was the end, this was the last time I would be able to see them. Using what remained of my strength I tried to get up only to have pain shoot through my body. I then decided to choke out my final words to the one I will never see again.

"I...Love... You all" That were my last words as my heart stopped and I slipped into the cold embrace of death that was when I realized that my eyes were still open. All around me were just darkness and nothing more nothing less. That was when I felt like I was not alone in this dark void. I stood on the ground littered with smoke and fog and there was an uncanny valley feeling to the whole place. That was when I turned and saw a dark figure standing only a few feet away from me. He or she was holding a lamb and had a cloak and black wings on its back. I stood there not knowing what it was or what it wanted. That was when a scale appeared behind it and I saw my inter life on it and all the good and bad things.

"You were a good man. If your life were to go on you would have a great family." The figure said with a dead voice and I couldn't help but be a little afraid of it. That was when it had presented me with a choice I had to make. "You can live in the eternal holy land. Where nothing bad can ever happen there." I looked on in stunned silence as what I saw could only be described as heaven itself. But before I got a good look at it, the figure showed me the other choice. "Or, you can be an angel of death in a world that needs it the most." That one got my attention as I knew that heaven would be boring but is this option better? "The choice is yours." That was the last thing I heard from the figure and I knew what I wanted. All my life I wanted to help dose who need it and being an angel of death would be perfect. Without a second thought, I chose the angel one and as soon as I did I felt my body change. The once alive skin and flesh around me turn to a black corpse with my fingers tips becoming claws. A black cloak appears on my body, A scythe in my hand, and finally a raven on my shoulder. My face now just a skull was hidden in the hood of the cloak.

"I am a Reaper," I say on instinct and that was when I was thrown into a new world. What I felt was the familiar cold of snow and wind. I stood and looked around seeing where I needed to be as I saw the crystal empire. A certain king is long past his time in this world. And his angel of death is here to collect what is long due for any normal living being. The raven appeared on my shoulder and then on my back as it turned into my wings. Finally flying to the castle the winter wind did not affect me at the least. Flying through the bubble shield and approving the city, many ponies below me looked up in shock and fear. But their time is not now, only one time has passed and his life will finally be claimed and taken to death itself.

Landing in the throne room I scanned the room seeing the room and saw the pony I need. King Sombra on one of his crystals on the outside of the balcony. Not taking a chance to miss the very soul I came here for his, I flew directly to him. My scythe was in my hands as I raised it and brought it down. All the ponies that witness this looked on in horror as my site not only cut into flesh but had harvested his very soul.

"King Sombra. Your time is up, your death is unavoidable." His eyes widen in fear as he knew this would happen he knew that death would come for him. But an angel of death was something new to him and the life in his eyes faded away. His body fell to the ground landing with a thud. The very soul of Sombra I had sent straight to my employer where he will be judged. That was when I landed back in the throne room and the once empty is now filled with seven ponies and one small dragon.

"Stop right there you.... uh.. whatever you are." The rainbow main one said as she flew approving everyone else. I simply looked at them with my skull face but what they saw was an empty spot where a face should be. All back up in fear, but the one with horns and wings eyes widen and she spoke.

"Your an angel of death aren't you?" She asked looking at me with shock and awe. I nodded my head not wanting to use my voice as I do not want to make them shit themselves. All looked at the light pink alicorn with the pink, yellow, and purple main.

"Honey, do you know what this thing is?" The white male pony with a blue and light blue main asked. The alicorn then nodded her head as I turned around. My wings appeared on my back and not saying a word I lifted myself out the balcony window.

The Reaper has come for those that cheat death.

death is a part of life

Flying threw the cold winds Death's angel knew this world is out of balance. The life span of normal ponies is too long and if they continue to grow life will trump death. That cannot be allowed to happen as death needs to take over, death needs to be their end. No matter how old they are if they were good or bad death needs to be the end of life for everyone and everything. That was when something hit me not physically but rather mentally as I realized I just took someone's life. Sure that someone was a slaving ruler who wanted to take the lives of those who stood against him even if that person was a child. I look at my hand only to see what looked like black mist all around me and my flesh looked like stone. Black and cold to the touch my hood cover my face or rather the skeleton that was my face. What I am suppose to do here? I am here to kill dictators or I am here for some other reason. That was when I remembered the word Death himself said to me, well some of it and the way that I am here to deal with a rebel reaper. And the ones he helps to cheat death's design, I do not know if I could take the life of anyone innocent. But then again I have a job to do and this world seems out of balance with too much life. My raven landed on my shoulder and I knew there was no time to waste as the new reaper of this world I will have to take up what one Reaper failed. Focusing, I saw two lives that cheated death. Not wasting time I then teleported far from this frozen wasteland and ended up in the castle of Canterlot.

I was in the gardens and looking around I could feel the lives of the two that cheated death for so long. The raven turned back to my wings and I took flite and crashed through the throne room glass. The ponies inside all looked in fear until the voice of Celestia rang out of the throne room.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? JAMES!?" That caught me off guard as Reapers are meant to forget their lives before. Did this Angel get his memory back? I will have to find out later as my wings transformed back into the raven. I looked at the princess and she did the same but he once angered looked turned to one of fear. "You're not James." She said almost seeming afraid of what I am and what I could do. But before I could act the very angel of topic appeared in a cloud of smoke. But he seemed to look more human than me as I could see he still had skin and hair from what I could make out of the hooded Angel. That was when he removed his hood and looked at me with a glare.

"I thought I told Death to fuck off. They are under my protection." His eyes were hollowed out like that of a skull but two red dots showed where he was looking. Unlike me, I was completely faceless with my voice being the only way to tell how I was feeling. I stood there and I could see that he was waiting for me to speak and say something to them.

"Why?" That is all I was to them and they looked confused.

"The fuck you mean 'Why' Because I love them." He said as he raised his sword he pointed it at me and seem to be ready for a fight. I knew all too well what was going on here, After all, I am new and improved from what Angel of death he was. I was made to be more like death itself which means I know everything the target has done. I know what they did to get immortality and he was too blind to see that they were using him like some kind of fountain of youth. Throughout the two sisters' lives, they feared death deeply so what they did to stop what would always happen they learned about the angel of death. And when one shows up knowing his life knowing a certain show he liked to the very point he spends the better half of his life in his room doing nothing but obsessing over that show. This kind of angel is giving most of his memories or rather his memories of that show. Memories that she used to manipulate him to grant them eternal life. I know what I must do I must get rid of this 'Angel of death' hell he shouldn't be called that as he is nothing more but a human with the powers of an angel.

He lunged at me and struck me with the sword made to take the life of anyone who touches it. But you cannot take life away for what never had in the first place. I gripped his hand and my very touch burned his hand he let go of his weapon seeming surprised at what I did to him.

"You're a Reaper that should have killed you!" He yelled looking at me with rage. But it chanced when he looked deeply at my faceless hood. "What the fuck are you." He said and I gave him the truth.

"Death." Taking the sword, I turned it and then threw it at his shoulder pinning him to the wall. Celestia ran to him and began to check up on him and then turned to me.

"You will not take me!!" She yelled and then leaped toward me with flames on her hands she threw several at me and summoned a blade as well as armor. The very Flames were one of a god that could kill even the most hellish demons with their flames. But as they made connect with me I only felt nothing as they did nothing. I sent out the Raven to deal with the blade that could easily split anyone living person in half. The Raven then took on an arrow-type shape and strike the sword snapping it in half. Not taking a chance to let her try anything I closed the distance and threw her to the wall where he was pinned. I was going to end it right then and there but a dark magic bolt hit my chest and for once I felt some pain.

"Tho will not take my sister's life." The Goddess of the night looked at me with rage. And for once I was going to have to try against this one.