My Little Pony: The Seal of Death

by Azrael the alicorn

01: The Meeting

Chapter 1
The Meeting

After a quick train ride, the mane 6 and Spike arrived in Canterlot. Unsurprisingly, they found the city and the palace full of soldiers, all of them clearly expecting an attack.
They walked to the Canterlot Castle from the train station, and told the guards outside the palace who they were. With clear hesitation, one of them walked the mane 6 and Spike inside and led them into the throne room.
When inside, they found the two princesses awaiting them, and after exchanging a cordial welcome, they noticed the presence of a third alicorn. Twilight looked more closely at the mysterious angel of death. He was taller than Princess Celestia, and had a more robust physique. His hair was also pure white and his eyes were bright blue.
Azrael sensed the mane six’s suspicion, and gave them all a warm smile.

“You can rest easy, my little ponies, I have no bad intentions,” he said warmly. His voice was sophisticated, classy, and filled with wisdom.

He turned to face Twilight.

“Twilight Sparkle, it is a pleasure to meet you. I have heard a lot about you and your friends, as well as your noble deeds.”
He then eyed Twilight’s recently obtained wings.

“And I see that you are finally able to reach your full potential, being an alicorn. Although I must add that you will still have to learn to control your new power, but I have no doubt that you will.”

“Thank you very much,” said Twilight Sparkle.

“Thank you for letting me be in your presence,” Azrael said to Twilight smiling. He then turned to back to face Celestia.

“Should we begin the meeting?”

“Absolutely,” replied Celestia, as she motioned the group to sit down.
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When everyone had sat down and were comfortable in their seats, Azrael went straight to the point.

“I believe you are familiar these two deadly foes,” he said. “One is the changeling queen: Chrysalis. The other is the mysterious King Sombra.”

“WHAT. Sombra’s still alive?” asked Spike.

It was an understandable reaction. Recently, King Sombra had tried to reclaim the Crystal Empire, but the mane six had presumably killed him with the Crystal Heart. It was obvious that they hadn’t killed him however, as he was spreading darkness once again in Azrael's land, and possibly soon, the entire world.

He paused, and then continued. “You six, the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, will hopefully be able to defeat him, and reclaim……”
He glanced at Celestia and Luna, and then continued.

“Sombra stole……. The Seal of Death,” he said incredibly hesitantly, looking away as he spoke.

“What’s The Seal of Death?” Asked Twilight.

“You will not know,” answered Azrael, getting up from his seat and walking up to the window which showed the mane six defeating Discord, looking at the window rather than them whilst he spoke. “It is an artifact dating back to the golden age of the alicorns, in which all documents have been destroyed.”

This was very displeasing to Twilight, as she would have given anything for the opportunity to read these documents.

“However, I was born in that age, and remember what happened as clear as day,” Azrael continued, turning back to face them..

“What happened then?” asked Twilight.

Azrael took a deep breath, and started to answer.

“Once upon a time, alicorns were the dominant species of Equestria. Powerful, wise, and free from the passage of time. Yet, despite all of their incredible skills, there was a being that far exceeded even their combined power: Death. An entity that existed from an immemorial time.

Rainbow Dash suddenly jumped up from her seat and butted in. “Hang on a sec, but are you not death?. I mean, you're the Angel of DEATH.”

“No,” replied Azrael. “I just take care of the souls of the dead. Death on the other hand is the abstract embodiment of the end of life. Death had chosen the appearance of an alicorn to be able to interact with the population and keep them under control. The alicorns greatly feared him, because them being an immortal race, he had the power to put an end to their lives. But how could they get rid of him? The only way it was remotely possible was if they imprisoned him, and it took every single member of the alicorn race to do so. And they succeeded…….”

“So….,” said Rainbow Dash.

“It was nothing less than a Pyrrhic victory. Death’s imprisonment took so much magical energy that the alicorns lost their immortality. This change and contradiction caused conflict in our society, and after years of tension between tribes, a war finally broke out, wiping out the majority of our race.”

Azrael looked at the ground, his eyes filled with sadness.

“Only when the alicorn race was near extinction did we realize our mistakes. Filled with regret, the leader of what remained of our race gave me the task of hiding the glyph which kept Death imprisoned…. And until now, I was successful at fulfilling my task.”

There was a long silence as everyone processed the information, taking in what Azrael had just said. Finally, Fluttershy spoke up.

“Um… If every ancient alicorn lost their powers by partaking in the spell, how come you still possess yours?”

Azrael was lost in thought as he searched for an answer, but did not find one.

“I do not know….. with certainty,” he said, eyeing the mane six gingerly.

“Did Sombra want to free Death?” Asked Rarity.

“No,” answered Azrael, walking around near the table as he spoke. “And even if he did want to free him he would need something that only I possess. What he’s about to do however, is no less terrible. There is a reason why the ancient leader of the surviving alicorns asked me to hide the glyph. Anyone wearing the relic will get powers second only to Death himself. Sombra now posesses that power, and I do not need to explain the amount of danger all of Equestria is in"

Everyone stared in silence, stone faced.

“What can we do?” Asked Twilight.

Suddenly, there was a booming noise outside.
To Be Continued……

Comments

[King Leoric]

5961773 this will get my fave simply becuse of darksiders.

[Azrael the alicorn]

5961828 Thanks!
BTW: Darksiders rocks!

[King Leoric]

5961837 apsolutely. I have bested 2 on diferent times and is working on the first.

[Theponycipher]

I... Self insert.. Not... Insert?
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[Jarvy Jared]

You have certainly grabbed my attention! Though, please, don't forget to add the closing quotation mark at the end of a dialogue. It's kind of sliglty annoying me...
I look forward to seeing how this story plays out!

[darkstone57]

A good start, I look forward to where this leads too.

[darkstone57]

By the way, you're on the popular stories list. Good for you :)

[Arctofire]

5962038

All my fault, sorry. I'll get Azrael to fix it.

We're only human, and even with Google translate, translating is no easy task. I might have missed a couple here and there.

Really glad you enjoyed it though.

[4TheLulz]

Badass alicorn OC... Check
Death controlling villan who was-suppoused-to-be-dead-but-isn't... Check
Obvious PrincessxOC shipping... Check
Dangerous artifact hunting... Check

Please add to this story shit-ton of action
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