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// Death in the Marketplace 
// Story: The Grand Illusion and Other Short Stories of Pony Wisdom 
// by Knowledge 
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Equus Kilo - Equestria - Ponyville - Market Square

Starlight Glimmer had gone shopping for food as the Friendship Castle had run out. While there, she saw Mortimer the Pony Reaper staring at her and pointing.

The lilac unicorn screamed in fear and ran back to Twilight.

After Twilight calmed down her down, Starlight explained what she had seen.

“Okay, take these bits. Get a pegasus chariot and go to Canterlot. My parents live there. You should arrive by dusk.”

Starlight took the bit which jingled loudly in her saddlebags next to the bits she had already received for restocking the castle. Then the unicorn left.

Her teacher went to the market to confront Mortimer.

“Why did you scare my pupil so, Reaper?”

Mortimer looked confused for a moment. “I scared her? She scared me.” He pulled out a long piece of paper from his white robe. “She is still here in Ponyville, but my list told me I was to meet her this evening in Canterlot.”