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// 28 Minutes Later 
// Story: A Good Share of Lives 
// by Sea Pony 
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I was able to get out of the house just in time. I tried to find Titiritero but he was gone all he left behind was the undead that send everypony in a panic. Many ponies been turned in ghouls some even got their magic suck off.

I tried to fight the undead but they were too many even for me. I was forced to barricade myself with Pinkie and the Cakes in Sugar Cube Corner. The screams of the ponies stop a while ago. I don't know how many been bitten I hope most of them found a safe place.

Celestia how could things turned so bad in only half an hour? Well twenty eight minutes to be precise but it doesn't matter. I looked at my aunt Pinkie who was looking at the ground sadly her mane wasn't as pink or as curly as usual. I sighed, "when I was young I through that a zombie apocalypse would be cool all these monsters to destroy and nopony there to stop you. But reality isn't the same thing as fiction. I never liked zombies since the Discord's games. I know I shouldn't say things like that but we should have killed Titiritero when we had the chance."

It took a while for Pinkie to respond. "I think you're right." I was shocked to hear that from Pinkie. "The Soul Reapers they aren't the same villains we usually fight. I mean sure some of them could have bring the end of Equis. But sometime I ask myself would they have really gone that far? No matter how many meany we foughts nopony ever been killed or seriously hurted. Heck even Sombra who had all the Crystal Ponies as slaves never wounded any of them." She sighed.

"But the Reapers, they hurt ponies they don't care what pain they inflict, they value their goal more than other living beings and that something me and the girls aren't used to." Then she looked at me with pity which made me uncomfortable. "It's not fair Winter, you're so young you shouldn't be the one that have to fight these heartless monsters, yet it's seem you and your father were always in the front line when the Reapers were too close of home."

"Don't tell mom I said that she would probably freakout. But I feel I have the responsability to protect Equestria from the Reapers. I am the reincarnation of Roxanne Dreamer she, Time Skip and four others people kept the peace as best they could before the Veil was created. It's my legacy to protect the ones I love from evil."

I heard Mrs. Cake approaching me. "You don't have to follow the hoofsteps of a person that died thousands of years ago Winter. It's your life not her."

"But I am Roxanne I may not remember it like I don't remember being Dream but she's part of me and my powers come from her. When Fluttershy welcome me in her family with open hooves I made myself a promise I will protect my family no matter what even if I have to kill gods to do so."

"But killing isn't the way of a hero." Mrs. Cake said with a frown.

"Who said I was a hero? I don't care if my actions are good or evil as long as my family is safe it's all that count." Before any of them could reply we heard  banging on the doors. Followed by a ghostly figure going through the door.

"Sorry I didn't want to attract the ghouls here but they should leave soon enough if we don't make too much sound." The unicorn mare said.

"Star Secret? what are you doing here?" I asked with a confused expression.

"Ah Winter! I search everywhere for you! Sweet Tooth, Golden Pie and your family are in danger at Fluttershy's cottage!"

"What? But mom and sis are the quietest ponies I know, how could they have attracted the attention of the ghouls?"

"Well I think Titiritero is in search of Discord and the ghouls must have smelt some residual of his magic all over you mother's home."

I growled at that new. "Then there no time to lose I must find mom and Meek Sky!" I was about to rushed outside but before I could do so Star Secret put herself in my way.

"I don't care how strong you think you are but you can't just run outsie like that you will get killed! The only reason I'm alive is because I can turn myself into a ghost and fortunately the ghouls seem more interested for blood than magic otherwise I would have died anyway."

"If you don't want me to go why did you warned me about my family?! And even if it's dangerous I have to go."

"Oh you will rescue your family but you will need my help. Together we can save them, I would have save them myself if it's wasn;t for Titiritero I'm sure he's close of the cottage and I'm no match against him so if we have to fight him can you take care of him?"

Pinkie Pie gasped as she heard our conversation. "Winter you can't go! You're just a little filly it's way too dangerous for you!"

I rolled my eyes at the 'little' comment. "Oh come on aunt Pinkie! If Spike could defeat Sombra when he was still a baby I'm sure I can handle this sorry excuse of a villain."

Without letting her the chance to reply I turned my attention to Star. "Let's go it's time this monster be definetly stopped for his crimes." The Unicorn nodded before me and her became transparent. And with that we ran outside in the moaning and growling horde of undead.

- - - - -

Kira had been walking for hours but no matter where he went he didn't see anything that could serve as a base for the Soul Reapers. He was about to return to the Veil and send scouts in his place to go faster. But that when he felt it a spike of magic appear for barely a second but it's was enough for Kira to locate it.

When he arrived close of the magic disturbance he expected to see something unusual like a base or a anormal form of life. But all there was were rocks and ashes like any places in the Oasis wasteland. Kira huffed in anger before kicking in the rock. The result was unexpected.

The rock disapeared in oblivion and left a ripple in midair in his wake. "A 'don't see me' spell? But the power required to cover an entire base would be enormous!"

He shook his head, this is not the time to question the credibility of what is just in front of you, Kira told himself. With a resolved sigh he step through the invisible barrier. He expected to see many things on the other side of the illusion. A giant base with weapons and traps everywhere, troups of thousands soldiers and maybe even a squad of hateful gods waiting to kill him. But a giant forest in the middle of a dead world wasn't one of them.

No time to be awed by the ennemies I need to stop them. Kira told himself. As he walk through the forest Kira felt something was off. It's was too silent the only sound in the forest was the sound of his hoofsteps echoing through the forest. It went that way for a good while but then he heard a single sound loud and clear in the forest. It's was the cry of a raven that spot him.

After the first three cry of the bird the forest came alive with malevolence. Kira heard the movement of bushes and before he knew it he was surounded by a pack of werewolves. "What? There something wrong with these things, they have no soul it's as if they were created out of nothing. Only made to follow specifics orders. But I know only one person that can do that. but that can't be her she wouldn't ally herself with these sick fuckers."

The werewolves growled a last time as if to give him a chance to back up before they charge at him. Kira withdrew his scythe and slash at the first of the group. He wasn't surprised when the beast disappeared in a cloud of green energy it was a typical way for an magic made being to die.

Three monsters were remaining two of them leap at Kira but before they could hit their target he faded into the shadows. Then three perfect copy of the werewolves appeared. Kira watched as the two packs killed each other and when there was only one standing he   reappeared from the shadow and finished the last beast that was alive.

"Once again you show that you have no mercy for living beings that stand in your way, Kira." A smooth feminine voice said atop of a tree. 

"I don't have any urges to feel pity for soulless puppets Grim Reaper if it's your real name."

The leader of the Soul Reapers jumped down from her branch and landed with a graceful thump in front of Kira."We're close enough of the begining, I think they're no harm in revealing who I am now. I can't wait to see the hopeless expression on these dirty humans faces when they see who they have as an ennemies."

"The begining? The begining of what?" Kira asked suspiciously.

Grim Reaper smiled Kira couldn't see her expression under her hood but he imagined she looked quite smug right now. "Why the begining of the greatest war ever made in the last three thousands years."

Kira couldn't help but to laugh in her face when she said that. "Ha! You really think you and you're team of gangsters could be as menacing as the events of the Great War of The Gods? I saw many stupid people on a power trip but you take the cake."

"I think you're really underestimating me, brother." With that 'Grim Reaper' lifted her hoods to reveal a yellow Earth Pony mare with a green mane.

Kira looked at her in shock. "You, how could you join these filthy criminals?! How could you after all the rebels did to us they killed our world and now you want to do the same thing as them?!"

"Join them? Don't make me laugh I created the Reapers myself from scratches I am the reason they exist at all I didn't just 'join' them. As for why I do this it's simple The shards of life killed this world it can also heal these dead lands and make it as beautiful as it once was. But this time I will not let the filthy mortals races taint it. My main target are the humans who constantly spit me in the face always trying to defy the laws of nature they are a abomination, other races will die as well but they are just a minor nuissance compared to these apes that been reproducing like bunnies in all the multiverse."

Kira looked at her with fury. "You want to commit genocide just so you can have your little private paradise untouched?!"

Gaia looked unfazed by his accusation. "Sometime when a color just doesn't fit a work of art you just have to throw it and replace it by a better shade of color."

"You're talking about billions of lives as if they were simple tools." Kira growled.

Gaia looked at him in pity. "You always been the weakest of the four of us brother, why do you want to see mortals as equal? They have been created by us we can do of them what we please they are merely puppets for us to control and when they're roles are not satisfactory we just have to cut the strings. Harmony understand that he has to make sacrifice for the greater good."

"Most of the time he only relocate the ones he has to 'sacrifice' he don't kill them!"

"Believe what you want brother it doesn't change the fact that the human race has overstayed their welcome. If the council isn't with me then I will just have to build an empire over it's remains."

"No you won't I didn't want to come to this conclusion but I will have to stop you myself!"

A surge of electricity echoed in the forest before a giant wolf appeared between Gaia and Kira. "I will help you take care of him mistress." Infinitus state loyally.

"No captain, you would just get in my way against an ennemy of this caliber, go to the base and protect Editor in case the coucil send reinforcement." Infinitus growled at that but followed the orders.

Gaia smirked at her opponent. "Life against death it's was bound to happen someday it was inevitable."

"Yes but I'm sure everyone through the role would be reverse."

"What? who would think of you as the savior?" She said sarcastically before looking at kira with a glare. "Don't think you're the hero here because you're not." Kira growled and like that, the biggest rivalry since the universe was born had began it's conclusion.