Third Person P.O.V.

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Shining awoke with his back felling both sore and uncomfortable. He looked around and saw he was resting on the stairs of Ash's tomb. As he sat up he remembered the events of yesterday and looked around for Bones who was nowhere in the room. Suddenly, the sound of footsteps appeared in the room and he saw Bones walking in with a plate of food.

"Morning," Bones said emotionlessly.

"Hi...where did you disappear to?" Shining said.

"I was getting breakfast," Bones said as he walked past Shining and placed the meal in the middle of the group. "Wakey, wakey. Got breakfast for you lot!" Bones yelled causing everyone to groan at the interruption of their rest.

"Can't this wait until later?" Cadence groaned.

“Maybe but I'd rather get to a more secure location then here. So the sooner you all eat the sooner we can get back to camp," Bones said in an annoyed tone.

"There's a camp, where?" Celestia asked.

"The Everfree forest I'll transport us there once you all eat," Bones said.

"If you can get us there instently, why didn't you do that sooner than kick us off the cliff?" Lightning Dust asked as she came over and sat down.

"You're still mad about that, get over it already. We survived it didn't we? I say it went well. And as for why I didn't do that sooner is because I was recovering my magic. I exhausted myself in that fight back in the throne room," Bones said.

Lightning gave me a huff. Once everyone had gathered around and began to eat I walked over the stairs.

"Not going to eat Bones?" Twilight asked while chewing on an apple.

"I already ate," Bones said as he walked down the steps.

Bones walked to the entrance of the tomb but as he did he saw something resting beside the door and went to pick it up. Upon closer inspection he noticed it was a double barrelled pistol however the gun was broken. It had a large hole in the side of one barrel and the other was ripped off the gun itself. Bones then put it in a bag for later inspection before he leaned against the doorway. Soon he heard hoofsteps approaching and saw the others were ready to go.

"So how do we get to this camp you mentioned?" Celestia asked.

"We'll take a doorway," Bones said before he drew a rectangle in mid-air but nothing seemed to happen.

"So do we just walk through this doorway?" Swift Spear asked as he gestured to the massive doorway.

"No, the one behind you," Bones said.

"But there's no doorway behind - whoa," Holy Light said before he turned around and saw the door Bones uses.

Bones then walked up to the door and opened it. He stepped through it and stepped into the clearing where the camp was located. The others stepped through and looked around.

"Our uncle's tomb, how did you find this place?" Luna asked before the door disappeared.

"You have Rarity and Daring Do to thank for that. Ah, speak of the devil," Bones said as he gestured to the two mares who seemed to be happy to see them.

"Twilight I'm so glad you’re ok!" Rarity shouted as she hugged Twilight for dear life.

"Once again you come through Bones. Nicely done," Daring said offering him a fist bump but he ignored it.

"Hello Daring Do I'm glad you are well," Celestia greeted with a warm smile.

"You too Princess," Daring said.

"Oh heavens I should have some clothes made for all of you as soon as possible," Rarity said.

"Thank you Rarity, it was uncomfortable having to spend the night naked outside," Chrysalis said.

"If I may ask where were you all last night?" Rarity asked.

"Ash's tomb," Bones answered causing Rarity and Daring's ears to flatten against their heads.

"Hey Bones is Diann...?" Daring started.

"I'm afraid the bastard still lives but I think I did well even snagged the crown he wore," Bones said gesturing to the crown in Luna's hand.

"Ash's crown!" Rarity yelled.

"Another God Piece dang those things just keep popping up, don't they," Bones said.

"What you just said implies you have other pieces of Ash," Shining said.

"Oh yes, we do. Even some items from your old home Luna that we managed to grab. Ash's left arm is also among the items we recovered," Rarity said.

"Thank you Rarity," Luna said with a grateful smile.

"Oh I'm afraid I can't take credit for that Luna, it was all Bones. It seems Bones is a magnet for these items," Rarity said.

"I see, then my thanks goes to you for recovering my husband's items," Luna said.

"No need to thank me. I just stumbled upon them and speaking of God Pieces, I believe you would want to take possession of these again," Bones said as he removed the pistols and handed them to Luna.

"Twilight!"

Suddenly the lavender alicorn was bombarded in a hug from the rest of the Bearers of Harmony.

"Girls, you’re all okay," Twilight said as she hugged the girls back.

"Hello you lot," Amalthea said as she walked over to the group.

"Amalthea, it is a relief you are safe," Luna said.

"You too Luna. I can see Bones managed to pull off yet another rescue," Amalthea said as she looked at Bones but he just stayed silent. "Anyway let's see what we can do about your horns," Amalthea said before she looked like she was straining herself. Her horn was then coated in Life Fire and both Luna's and Celestia's horns were restored to their former glory.

"Oh that is better," Celestia said.

"I'm glad," Amalthea said before she collapsed but Bones managed to grab her and help her onto her hooves. "Thank you Bones."

Bones gave a small snort before he backed off.

"Oh Luna, I complacently forgot to mention, both Pip and Midnight are safe and sound here," Rarity said.

"Where are they!?" Luna demanded.

"Why don't you ask them yourself," Daring said pointing over to Bone's home.

Everyone then looked to where Daring was pointing and saw the foals playing around Nightmare Moon who was sitting on the ground. Sweetie Belle was trying to put Nightmare's mane into a braid while Scootaloo admired her wings. Apple Bloom and Rumble were sitting down beside her listening to Pipsqueak as he held Midnight and he appeared to be telling them both a story. The new arrivals could only stare in shock when they saw the dark alicorn. Celestia's horn then lit up and a halberd appeared in her hand with a sun insignia on its blade. Celestia then spread her wings and flew at Nightmare Moon with a murderess intent. When Nightmare turned to look however Celestia was already bringing the blade down on her. But instead of the blade hitting Nightmare, she was pushed to the side and the blade struck someone else and sent them flying back a bit. When everyone looked they saw it was Bones lying on the ground.

However Celestia wasn't interested in that and re-aimed her weapon for Nightmare Moon again.As she brought it down diagonally the blade was stopped again by Bones. However everyone saw the top right corner of his body was annihilated leaving only...well bones. Celestia stared into the turquoise flame flickering in Bone's right eye socket and felt a chill go up her spine. Bone's right shoulder was pressing against the blade but Celestia couldn't cut through him. Bones then used his right hand to grab the halberd and ripped it from Celestia's grasp. He then twirled it around before he slammed the handle of the weapon into Celestia's stomach knocking her to the ground. This caused everyone to stare in shock at Bones as he slammed the handle of the weapon onto the ground scorching the grass before he clenched the weapon tightly causing it to shatter. Everyone stared in shock at Bones as he looked down at his broken body then his clothing.

"Aw hell, I liked this coat," Bones said.

"What...the...hell!" Lightning shouted.

"What are you?" Celestia asked as she got to her hooves and backed away from Bones but Bones did not answer the question.

"You six get over here right now!" Applejack shouted to the foals.

The CMC were absolutely terrified of what was happening and were staring at Bones in fear. It intensified when he looked at them over his shoulder. Bones then gestured with his head for them to go over to the other group, which they did quickly. The two groups stared at one another just itching for someone to ignite the powder keg that would set everyone off. However, Bones just turned around and walked over to Nightmare. He placed a hand on her shoulder and said something in a hushed whisper. He then walked over to the house made for him and walked inside. Everyone just stood there staring at what just happened. Nightmare then turned into a wisp of purple smoke and flew through the bedroom balcony doors. Once they were both gone everyone just stared at the house before Celestia's horn lit up intending to burn down the house.

"Haven't you done enough?"

Everyone turned to the new voice and saw Slender was standing behind the group.

"It will not be enough until Nightmare Moon is destroyed. That heartless monster that takes shelter in that house with her deserves a punishment just as great, I will personally see to it," Celestia said preparing to launch her magic at the tree however a tendril slams into the ground in front of Celestia startling her and stopping her from destroying the house

Slender then lifted over the group and set himself in-between Celestia and the house, his tendrils were in an attack stance.

"You will do nothing of the sort Celestia!" Slender roared.

"You defend them, They are both guilty. That...thing is more so for all the innocent lives it took!" Celestia yelled.

"The only lives he's taken are the caribou and traitors Celestia. I can tell because the trees watched him since he awoke and Nightmare has changed her ways!" Slender yelled back

"What do you mean Slender?" Twilight asked.

"Were you all so blinded by the fact that Bones is actually dead and by the sight of Nightmare Moon you all didn't see what was happening?" Slender asked causing everyone to stare in confusion. "Nightmare Moon was sitting down in the sunlight smiling. Allowing foals to braid her mane and telling her stories. Tell me, would the Nightmare Moon that was still linked to Dream Catcher and Luna do that?" Slender asked causing everyone to reel back a bit in shock at the words. "And what of Bones. Would a heartless monster as you put it even think about rescuing mares and brainwashed stallions from the real monsters. Also would he dare bring Equestria's greatest weapon, the Elements of Harmony, together and risk having himself destroyed Celestia?"

"What are you implying Slender?" Celestia asked.

"Surly you are not this stupid Celestia. This Nightmare Moon is not the same mare you battled against when you lost Luna. Also Bones isn't as heartless as you claim, even if he believes it himself. Which means if you try being nice to them instead of greeting them with a blade, you may be surprised on what you will find. If you will not talk to them Celestia then stay away from them for I will not tolerate battle here and those two have done nothing to deserve your wrath," Slender said empathizing the last word by slamming his hoof on the ground.

"Are you saying we should make friends with them?" Celestia asked.

"Have you forgotten friendship is a very powerful thing," Slender said causing Celestia to recoil at the words before Slender walked away.

The group stared at each other for a bit before they all walked away.

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Three Days Later Bones P.O.V.

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I was laying on the couch staring at the ceiling. After I told Nightmare not to retaliate and went inside, we sat down and I told her everything about me that I knew. Since then Nightmare and I haven't spoken to each other at all. I have been struggling to think of something to do to kill my boredom but my mind kept on being drawn back to how to kill Diann. If what he said is true about owning the power of a god, it will be difficult to kill the bastard. Nightmare Moon appeared to be bored and was playing a game of chess against herself which was amusing in its own way to watch. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and I don't think Nightmare could have moved any faster if she tried. When she came back up she had a smile on her face and was being followed by the CMC but all of them stared at me in fear because the damage from Celestia hasn't been fixed.

"Relax you lot, I'm not going to hurt you," I said.

"You sure about that?" Rumble asked.

"If I wanted you dead I would've done it when we first met kid," I said.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door so I got off of the couch, walked down the tree trunk and towards the door. I then opened it slightly, looked through the crack with the intact side of my face and saw Rarity.

"Oh hello Bones I thought I'd come by and fix that coat of yours," Rarity said.

"I'm afraid there is nothing I can pay you with," I said.

"Oh this is on me Bones," Rarity said.

I opened the door and allowed Rarity to come in before I walked upstairs. I then went into my room to grab my coat before I heard voices coming towards the house. I walked over to the balcony and saw Celestia, Luna, Dream Catcher, Chrysalis and Cadence walking towards the door. They seemed to be debating if it was a good idea to come here. But, before they could reach the door I opened it with my magic, surprising them.

"Door's open," I said getting their attention before I walked back inside.

I walked into the lower room and handed the coat to Rarity as I saw the princesses’ step inside.

"Had I'd known we were going to be this popular I would have had some snacks ready," I said as I lay on the couch.

"We're sorry we dropped in unannounced but we've had many questions buzzing around our heads about you and Nightmare Moon and we just need to know," Cadence said.

"Well shoot," I said.

"Alright then first Nightmare Moon, how are you here?" Dream Catcher asked.

"It was actually when Luna was in mourning for Ash Blade. Her hatred and despair overwhelmed her transforming her into...well me. Then the bearers came to use their ability's to destroy me however the feelings this time were so strong, Luna started believing she was me. Thus I was truly born and when the rainbow of harmony struck, it split us. Since the laws of harmony prevent them from taking a life, I was given my own conscious," Nightmare Moon said peeking my interest.

"So my grief, anger and sorrow created you," Luna said taking a step towards Nightmare.

"That would be the sum of it," Nightmare said.

"If that's so then why didn't you know about my dad then?" Pip asked.

"When the rainbow struck I lost my physical form, my power, my link to the moon and also many of my memories. It wasn't until you told me about Ash Blade did I remember everything Pipsqueak," Nightmare said.

"Nightmare Moon I have another question for you," Celestia said causing Nightmare to gulp slightly. "Do you still intend to bring eternal night?" Celestia asked causing Nightmare to bow her head.

Nightmare then got up off the place she was sitting and did something none of the royals were expecting...Nightmare Moon bowed.

"No…My friend made me understand the consequences of such an act…I never had the desire to see my subjects harmed. And if my death is the only way to prevent them from suffering then I will welcome it,” Nightmare Moon said as she looked at me while the royals stared in disbelief till finally Celestia cleared her throat.

"No Nightmare Moon. I did not come here with the intention of killing you. Even if I did surly Bones will interfere," Celestia said.

"Heh damn right, be a pretty poor host if I allowed my guests to die," I said.

"In any case Nightmare Moon I do not need the Elements of Honesty to see you are telling the truth and for that I no longer consider you an enemy," Celestia said. "But know this Nightmare Moon I do not trust you yet...However, I cannot ignore the efforts of someone running straight into my blade to save you, even if he is dead," Celestia said with a warm smile.

I laid my head back and closed my eyes when suddenly two heavy objects landed on my body.

"Rainbow Dash is in the tree house!"

"Wow nice place you got here but couch is a little funny."

I looked down on my chest and saw both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were sitting on me.

"Get the hell off me!" I shouted throwing the two annoying ponies off me. "What's wrong with the both of you?"

"What's wrong with us? what's wrong with you, lying on the couch!?" Rainbow shouted.

"I live here I can do what I like and where did you two come from. I don't remember opening the door for you," I said.

"The door was already open when we arrived."

I looked at the staircase and saw Fluttershy, Twilight and Applejack.

"Apple Bloom, I thought I told ya not to come here anymore," Applejack said.

"Why you worried I'll eat their brains or something?" I asked in an annoyed tone.

"Well...Ah," Applejack started,

"Save it you're just like the rest," I said.

"Care to explain?" Chrysalis asked.

"The fact you all think of me as a monster when the true fact is I haven't killed anyone besides the caribou. True murder is murder but can each and every one of you look me in the eye and tell me they didn't deserve it?" I asked causing everyone to look at the ground. "Thought not and besides being like this isn't a picnic either."

"How so?" Celestia asked.

"Well for starters my sense of smell, hearing and sight work fine however my sense of touch doesn't work and the only thing I can actually feel is pain from both physical and emotional wounds. So that heartless monster was a pretty hurtful comment Celestia," I said.

"You heard me?" Celestia asked.

"I'd be able to hear you if I you shouted it from the moon," I said causing Celestia to have a nervous look on her face.

"You know being dead doesn't sound so bad I mean you don't need to worry about eating, sleeping, drinking and you don't run out of steam because you don’t need air," Rainbow said.

"Oh yeah sure there a few small perks but the cons outweigh the pros. Example I can smell delicious food being made and since I am dead I have this terrible hunger and thirst. But, when I go to try some food it will rot in my mouth forcing me to spit it back out. Also anything I drink will turn to ashes. I'm constantly exhausted despite me not showing it and when I try to sleep it feels like someone lit a fire under my eyelids forcing me to stay awake. You guys get where I’m going with this? It’s like having something you really want in front of you but it’s just out of reach," I said.

"Okay, okay I take it back. That really sucks," Rainbow said.

"And the worst thing is I don't know who I was before this mess started. Just little pieces of my memory are there but nothing vital to telling me who I was," I said.

"Could you tell us maybe we can help," Dream Catcher said.

"Yeah!" Twilight said.

"Well what's the worst that could happen," I said before I took a breath. "Ok the first thing in my head was just a blur and sounds of clanging metal. I remember a lot of shouting in the distance and that's it."

"Okay anything else?" Dream Catcher asked.

"Yeah and these two are really strange but I remember...flying," I said.

"Flying?" Dream Catcher asked.

"Yeah I was flying over a forest. But I couldn't see much because of all the mist that surrounded the trees," I said.

"Okay and what was this other strange memory?" Dream Catcher asked.

"Well uh I was a wolf still but in this one I didn't stand on two paws but four. I was running through the forest chasing something. But, I couldn't get a good look at it because branches and trees kept on getting in my way. But, whatever I was running after was midnight blue," I said.

"Okay anyone else lost on what's going on here?" Rainbow said.

"*sigh* Told ya it was weird," I said.

"Hey it could be a memory Boney. You can use magic so who knows, maybe those things did happen and you used magic to make it happen," Pinkie said.

"Yeah I guess that is kinda true. If I did use magic who knows, those two thing may be possible," I said.

"Bones I would like to know what you would get out of this if I let you walk about amongst our subjects and help us take back Equestria?" Celestia asked.

"I don't know Celestia because I don't entirely know the purpose of why I'm here," I said.

"But what about in the throne room what you said to Diann," Luna said.

"I didn't say that, I mean yes but...grr...this is so confusing. The words did come from my mouth but I didn't want to say that. It's like someone else took control of me and forced me to say that," I said.

"But with Lightning Dust you said we had to stay out of your business," Chrysalis said.

"Would you tell a complete stranger what I told you and expect them not to call you crazy?" I asked causing everyone to form an o with their mouths.

"Well since you've saved many of my little ponies I will not have you destroyed but like Nightmare Moon I don't trust you yet," Celestia said.

"Yay we have a new friend!" Pinkie shouted before she started bouncing around the room.

As Pinkie bounced she hit Celestia in the back pushing her towards me were Celestia collapsed on me. Her hands landed on my shoulders, my hands landed on her flanks to stop her from falling on me and our muzzles ended up being millimetres apart.

"Well this is awkward," I said turning my muzzle away from Celestia.

"Uh thanks for trying to catch me but...do you mind?" Celestia asked with scarlet coloured cheeks.

I then heard some snickering coming from Rainbow, Pinkie, the foals and I swear I could see a jealous look on Nightmare Moon. I then released Celestia. She got off of me and backed away. Suddenly I felt a sting in my hand and saw my fingertips had a burning orange glow to them. I felt a great heat beneath my skin and clutched my hand over it in a futile effort to ease the pain, drawing the attention of the others.

"Bones, are you alright?" Fluttershy asked.

I then looked at my hand and saw the skin was now chard from burns. Suddenly my hand was engulfed in fire causing me to grip my wrist with my right hand and scream in pain. I collapsed to my knees as the skin melted off revealing scorched bone. But in a flash my hand was restored and the pain was gone.

"What just happened?" Rainbow asked.

"I-I don't know?" I said before I inspected my hand and saw a pale image of bones going along my pinkie finger and they looked like the skeletal structure of my pinkie finger. There were also bones for a part of my hand as well but as I looked closer I saw something. "Chains?"

Suddenly Celestia moved her dress and looked at her cutie mark and I saw the chains on her cutie mark were gone.

"The branding marks are gone," Celestia said causing her sisters and Twilight to look.

"Didn't they disappear when Amalthea fixed up your horns because I though Life Fire heals all injuries from what I've been told," I said.

"It was but the chains had an extremely powerful enchantment on them that prevents them from being removed. This was meant to remind and show others that we were slaves," Celestia said.

I looked at Celestia before I took a breath and stood up. I extended my hand once more and Twilight, Cadence, Dream Catcher, Chrysalis, and Luna gave a yelp of surprise. Their chains flew off their flanks and began crawling up my fingers and hand. They became another set of bones to add to the pinkie, making up the whole hand and forearm. Finally entangled in the forearm’s bones was a scroll and on it were the words The Reaper's Hand. Suddenly, I felt a searing pain rush through my body forcing me to my knees again. I placed my left hand over my right eye and curled my right hand around my waist to grip my left shoulder. I held in my screams of pain and once the pain ended I stood up shakily. I looked at myself and saw I was restored before I looked at the others and saw they were staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Ya'll might want to take a look in the mirror Bones," Applejack said.

Rarity then summoned a full body mirror and I saw my body was restored but over my eye was a strange rune circle made out of pale chains stained into my fur.

I didn't say anything as I brushed my fingers over the circle. I then removed my shirt ignoring the blushes from the mares and saw I had a few new pictures on my body. There was a flaming spiderweb on my right shoulder-blade and a clock striking midnight. On the left side of my back, next to the clock, was a snowflake, a calendar marked December 25 and many others.

"There's so many," Cadence said.

"Those weren't there before though," Nightmare said.

"She's right, because these are memories," I said.

"Memories does this mean you know who you were?" Twilight asked.

"No I'm afraid not. But I think this one tells me why I'm here," I said as I pointed to the skeletal image on my left hand.

"The Reaper's Hand wicked, but what does it mean?" Rainbow asked as she came closer to inspect my hand.

"It's my title," I said.

"What?" everyone asked.

"My memories of my time in-between. My time with the living and now have returned and during that time I'm what you may call a wraith," I said.

"A wraith!" Celestia shouted as she and her siblings backed away from me.

"Would you relax already!" I shouted.

"Yeah what's a wraith do that got you so spooked?" Rainbow asked.

"Wraiths are creatures that suck the souls from the innocent," Celestia said with a scowl.

"That's not true most wraiths are not like that!" I shouted.

"What do you mean most wraiths?" Celestia asked.

"*sigh* Listen most stories about wraiths that you know us by aren't true. We wraiths don't just pluck a soul out of someone whenever we want to," I said.

"Alright then Bones explain this to us. What is the purpose of a wraith," Luna said.

"Ok wraiths are known as Agents of Death when someone's time is up we go out, sever their souls from their bodies and take them to be judged. Then they are sent through either the gate of heaven or the gate of hell till their soul is reborn and returns to the land of the living to restart life," I said.

"Wait a second before you said most wraiths aren't bad as claimed," Twilight said.

"*sigh* For me to answer that I'll need to tell you how wraiths are made," I said.

"This ain't going to get weird is it?" Rainbow asked.

"A wraith is someone who has made a deal with Death himself asking for a few more minutes of life for themselves or someone else. When the deal has been made the person is then turned into a wraith to serve as one of Death's Agents until the life they borrowed has been worked off," I said.

"And how do they do that?" Dream Catcher asked.

"By collecting the souls of those whose time has run out. Death gives a wraith a name and an hourglass. The wraith goes out and stays with the person till they die. They will wait for the hourglass to run out before they collect their soul and take it back to Death. Then they collect another one and repeat this till the debt is worked off," I said.

"So we could have another wraith sitting in this room right now?" Applejack asked a little creeped out.

"Who knows I'm just as oblivious to them right now as you but I wouldn't worry about it. You all look like you'll live for a good while longer," I said.

"Very well but tell me what does all this have to do with...bad wraiths?" Celestia said.

"Well because of how long it often takes to collect one soul some wraiths will become impatient with their task and that will...uh get messy," I said.

"Messy?" Luna asked.

"Sometimes an unexplained death or mass amounts of death like wars is normally triggered by one wraith. We call these guys Rouge Wraiths," I said.

"So wars are normally triggered by wraiths?" Twilight asked.

"Not exactly you see just because a Rouge Wraith manipulates others into a war it doesn't mean it won't happen on its own. But the point is that what Rouge Wraiths do is the source of most of the stuff that you know that classifies us as evil," I said.

"Blamed for others actions," Celestia said.

"Bingo," I said.

"So if a wraith does go rouge what happens?" Nightmare asked.

"Well that is where I come in," I said as I showed them my left hand. "You see the title 'The Reapers Hand' means I'm more important than other wraiths. I'm harder, faster, smarter and more powerful than any other wraith. When a wraith goes rouge I'm the guy that's sent to kill the rouge."

"So what, like a bounty hunter?" Rainbow asked.

"Exactly you see Death has rules and he doesn't like having his rules broken. They normally are by both rouges and necromancers. When a rule is broken I'm the guy sent out to punish them," I said.

"So why didn't you kill Grogar?" Chrysalis asked.

"I do not know who that is and the last hand was released from his duties hundreds maybe millions of years ago depending on which world you’re in. I wasn't around until recently," I said.

"Do you know precisely when?" Luna asked.

"Hm can't say I do," I said.

"But why did it take Death so long to find a replacement?" Twilight asked.

"Death can't just pick a random hand whenever he wants Twilight Sparkle. There is a system that involves studying his candidates and ruling them out when they don't make the cut," I said.

"Okay," Twilight said.

"Bones are you supposed to be chasing a rouge wraith now?" Fluttershy asked nervously.

"Yeah you said you hunt down guys who mess around with some rules and stuff but if that's the case then why are you here?" Rainbow asked.

"Very observant but no I'm not looking for one but several targets," I said as I showed them my right arm and wrapped around it was a chain. On the wrist was a scroll and on it said the words Death List. Going along the chain were names and Diann's name was among them. "Diann and his sons are my targets."

"What did those guys do to get on your list, necromancy?" Rainbow asked.

"Of a kind," I said as I snapped my fingers.

Suddenly eight hourglasses appeared in front of me each one was curved and had the top half of a skull covering the top half of the glass. In the bottom half of the glass was red sand that made a mountain. However the sands that were supposed to be falling seemed to be moving in random directions. But never did it once touch the red mountains of sand. Finally on each skull's forehead was a name carved into it.

"What are those?" Dream Catcher asked.

"Hourglasses of life. These tell me how long someone has left to live and as you can see each one has a name on it that matches the name on my arm," I said.

"So Diann and these others are your targets?" Twilight asked.

"These others are Diann's sons but yes they are my targets," I said.

"But why are they like that, the sand isn't flowing like normal," Cadence said.

"This is the crime they committed. Secretly these pieces of filth have been stealing life from others for...100 years now. At first Death sent an ordinary wraith, however he never returned. When he tried again and it continued, it was suspected that Diann had found a way to kill wraiths. Then one day Death became furious with Diann and sent me down here to kill him," I explained.

"Whoa something tells me I shouldn't mess around with that guy," Rainbow said.

"Bones do you know why he became furious?" Celestia asked to which I just shook my head.

"I find its better that I stay out of his personal problems," I said.

"Well that was certainly an informative yet interesting talk and Bones I have finished your coat," Rarity said before she presented me with my coat that looked like new.

I then gratefully took the coat from Rarity and put it on before I bowed my head to Rarity.

"Thank you Rarity," I said.

"Oh you are quite welcome," Rarity said.

I then looked back at the group and I saw they were all looking at me carefully.

"It suits you," Cadence said.

"Hey Bones I was going to show Nightmare Moon all the stuff that belonged to dad you wanna have a look too?" Pip asked.

"That is very kind of you Pip but I've already seen all the God Pieces we have and I doubt I'm permitted to go anywhere near them anymore," I said.

"Please mother please," Pip pleaded.

Luna looked at Pip. I then saw him and the rest of the CMC tilt their heads sideways, make their pupils go as big as saucers and also made their lips quiver.

"Now how can I resist that," Luna said causing the foals to cheer.

"Really, its fine. You don't have to show me if you don't want to. I understand he meant a lot to you," I said.

"No its fine, besides Pip will not take no for an answer," Luna said before she led us down the stairs.

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