//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: The Life of Death // by Nightmare Darkness //------------------------------// Six months have passed since then and well my job has remained steady. Never out of clients. Peace talks began between the sisters and queen chrysalis and everything seemed to return to somewhat normalcy. The angels that had fallen in the fight I learned afterward was not the end to them, their souls would return to the sphere of light and be reborn in time much like the souls of the ponies I collect. Tootsie was not as fortunate. Nopony knew what happens when a death well...dies. I was thinking back to all that had transpired and it seems not real at all. The days begin to blur passed as I keep doing my job and nothing changes. More ponies die and others still live on. The monotony of it all is boring at times. I only hope that things never pick up like they did. I felt my scroll vibrate and I frowned pulling it out, Celestia was asking for me. I thought it odd because she rarely sees me let alone personally contacts me. I found the nearest door and I was soon standing in her presence as Luna was pacing back and forth before I could say anything she looked up and approached me with a hug. "It is good to see you again." she said and looked back at Celestia who was walking from behind her desk. "it is good to see you Luna...but I'm not here for a normal visit." I said as she nodded knowingly. "No but I am glad you got here quick we have a problem." I frowned as she said this. "What problem... You can't deal with it?" I said hoping that she could but knowing she wouldn't have called me if she did. "The Sickle is missing." She said. My heart if it still worked, stopped. "What." I said flatly pulling my hood back. "You said you had the best defense." I began and she raised a hoof. "I know what I said. But it does us little good now. It's missing and we have no clue who could have taken it." She said. My head began to spin as I closed my eyes. "What can we do?" I asked. Celestia shook her head. "Nothing for now until the thief decides to make himself known with it we just have to wait...." She said. I frowned. "I hate waiting." *Undisclosed location.* A hooded figure places the sickle onto a holding place where it was propped up letting the light glint off of it. Stepping back the figure revealed that beside it was the shield. Hoofsteps behind the figure made it look around as a dark figure entered the room. "Well done...now that all the pawns are in place..." A male voice said. Out of the shadow Lucifer's menacing grin appeared. "Vedra did well....now I have the tools to do what needs to be done... And I have all the time in the world." He laughed as Fire Pleasure pulled down his own hood with a smirk.