Rainbow Dash awoke from her nap, to find that the day was half way over. For her, it was a very tiring day; Her had done her morning exercises, finished her weather patrol duties, and had raced Applejack in a private two-mile race.* So she took long cloud nap near Whitetail Wood, lest she be disturbed from the strange noises coming from the Everfree Forest or from the busy ponies of Ponyville. With yawn and a stretch, Rainbow stood up on her little cloud. She look over Ponyville, watching the ponies move about on their business. She gave herself a moment to plan out the rest of her day; She would practice a couple of aerial maneuvers for the next few hours, then she could stop by Sugercube Corner to pick up a snack, maybe have a talk with Pinky Pie, and if there is still some daylight left, maybe pull a prank on Twilight.
As Rainbow Dash got ready for her practice runs, she noticed something moving about in the woods. She discounted it as it was probably somepony taking a walk through the forest. Monsters only came out of the Everfree, right? As she thought to herself. She continued her stretches and warmup runs, before getting ready to so awesome maneuvers. Dash saw it, well could barely see it. It was blurry, but she could tell that it was tall, thin and dark. What bothered her the most was that the trees behind it were as clear as day. From what Dash could tell, it was watching Ponyville.
Dash continued to watch the blurry figure. The more she focused on it, the easier it was to see. At this point Rainbow Dash was watching it from the clouds. She could see that it was holding a farming tool in its hand. I seen Applejack use it one in the wheat fields, what was it called? "a soothe, no... a sci, no... A Scythe!" Now she pondered why was the creature wielding one? Did Applejack hire it to cut the fields? No... She to stubborn to ask for help, and besides she needs the bits to help the Apple family, let alone to pay a stranger. She kept looking at the strange being, she felt as it was watching Ponyville with a purpose... Like as in studying the village. Then she saw it bend its head or what she thought was it head, toward the scythe. She saw it twirl the tool in its hand. A shiver went down her spine. No way in Celestia does that Thing have any good intentions for Ponyville.
It was time for action, she was not going to stand around any longer. This pony was going to kick this thing back to what ever it came from.
Rainbow Dash then proceeded to dive bomb the the thing that she would find out later was in fact, Death itself.
'THUMP'
Dash screamed at the top of her lungs as she dove at the figure "AAAAHHHHHHHH!" Rainbow Dash felt herself slam into the creature. It felt cold, it was light, and felt boney.
She open her eyes, Dash saw that she had the creature on its back, she then got a closer look at it. That strange? its was still blurry. Its face was faintly yellow, the kind of yellow that you get when a white wall gets, when the sun is beating down on it for years. It was wearing a purple black robe, with a black belt that had a sliver buckle. She saw that the belt was wrapped around an impossibly thin waist. The kind of thin were you were dying of hunger or died from it. She looked at it again, yes, the whole creature was very thin. Looking at the belt, Dash saw there was a sword attached to it, It was eerie to look at; with its bone white handle, the old shaped skull pommel, bone shaped guard and its black and silver scabbard. Fear started to creep over Dash's body. The thing became clearer, she could see that it had a silver brooch at the base of its hood. The brooch only had one thing on it, it was a funny looking U that was turned upside down. She sworn that she that symbol before. But where?
As Rainbow Dash became lost in her own thoughts, the world in Death's head had stopped spinning.
OUCH
At first Rainbow thought she heard something, but she did not hear it from her ears. It seem to come from her head. Puzzled, Rainbow look back at Its head. To her horror, she saw it move. It was looking around. She felt as if ice spike imbedded themselves into her spine, when she felt its gaze fall upon her. As if on Que, the blurry image became clear as crystal. Rainbow Dash saw it for it really was. The hand and arms were just bones! The robes were hanging so loosely was because it did not have flesh! In the back of Rainbow Dash's head, she wonder why such a terrible looking creature would need to use a farming tool, that for some unknown reason glowed an eerie blue along its edge.** The most terrifying aspect of the creature was its head, It did not have a face, it was just a Skull! And the eyes, the eyes! It did not have eyes, instead there were many blue lights, grouped together as if looking at a small galaxy or a group of galaxies!
As fear held her in place, she watched the terrifying being slowly get up on to its feet. It was tall, at least three time taller that her. As it towered over her, it pointed its boney hand toward her and spoke in a voice that she could only hear in her head. "RAINBOW DASH, MY NAME IS DEA... ERR.. I MEAN BILL DOOR" "COULD YOU-" As soon as Death spoke her name, she believe that the being was invading her head, looking into her very soul. She was finally pushed over the edge from paralyzing fear, into full Run and Hide Mode.
With an impossible burst of speed. Rainbow Dash flew into town, presumably toward the safest spot she could think of. While screaming of the top of her lungs, "GAAAAHHHHH!"
"-TELL ME WHERE AM I?" Death muttered to Himself, as He watched Rainbow Dash retreat back into the village.
Death wonder how it could have gone better, He touched His head, feeling for the spot Rainbow Dash collided into. He could feel a slight crack on His skull, it was painful, and He knew that it will bother Him for a few days. If He had seen her coming, He could have stop her or at least let her pass thru Him.
No, she could have gotten hurt, and passing thru Him could freak her out more. So maybe if He approached first, things may occur differently. Yes, I could also ask for their name first, instead of announcing it. How did He know her name? He did not know her name before He met her, but as soon as He saw her, the name Rainbow Dash popped into His head.***
With this new plan in mind, He started to walk toward the village. A thought popped into his head, His appearance is terrifying to the ponies. So Death headed toward the large farm instead. There would be just few ponies there, so I wouldn't scare the whole village at once. "I WONDER IF I COULD GET A SIMILAR JOB, LIKE LAST TIME I WAS ON A FARM." Death mussed to Himself. As Death walked, He started humming to Himself, despite things were already going south. What was that saying? Oh yes, things could be still on the mend... or was it on the bend... wait, that still does not make sense, why would you what things to bend? Never mind... Death continued to hum the only tune He could get right.^*
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*Of which they both tied, despite both side going through rigorous training ever since they challenged each other to this new race.
**As Death may be the walking, talking, anthropomorphic personification of death. His the anthropomorphic personification of death formed from the belief by humans. So to ponies, His attire and reaping tool does not make sense, as ponies have their own believe of what Death should look like. However a walking, talking skeleton with glowing blue eyes, is still terrifying sight to see.
***The current theory is that since Death can read the name off of a Life timer or the List and then know what the person looks like and where they are. He then in turn, could see the face of the person and then he would know what the name is on the their Life timer and its position on the shelf.
^*Funeral March. What tune would you think Death would hum? Just don't think How can He hum in the first place.