Before I begin, I just want to take a minute to explain what this is. Fated Oneshots is simply a collection of oneshots and drabbles based on my story Fated. Some are deleted scenes, others are just scenes from the points of view of various characters, etc. Most of this will be K+ to T, never anything above that. This won't be updated regularly or anything (not that Fated ever is, but w/e), it'll be updated whenever I feel like it. So, please enjoy. If you have any questions or requests, leave it in a review, thank you. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: This is Katie, here to tell you that Kim does not own Danny Phantom. If she did, it would still be going, and I would be in it, but I wouldn't be Death, which, personally, I'm okay with. Until that day comes, she only owns my parents, my siblings, and me.

Drabble: An Intro to Death

Katie POV

T for mild Language

No pairings

Timing: Before Ch.1, referred to in Ch. 7

Summary: Katie's story on how she found out she was one of the Fates.

An Intro to Death

Hi, I'm Katherine Marie Fenton. I am 15 years old and my current residence is in Cairo, Egypt. I have two doting parents and an annoying little brother and his fraternal twin sister. Oh, and did I mention that I am Death?

No, you read that correctly, I'm Death. You know, the Grim Reaper, the Rider of the Pale Horse, the Angel of Death. Yep I'm all of those. Yes, I know that Death has always been portrayed as a guy, which I am clearly not. Apparently, I am one of the legendary Fates, or as the Romans so affectionately called us, the Parcae, also known as the three creepy sisters that shared the eyeball in that stupid Disney movie (and no, we don't actually look like that).

Now I know you must be wondering how all of this happened. Well, I'm getting to that part, so wait a minute. It all started a couple of weeks ago, when it was announced that there was an asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. After a few failed attempts at saving us, mainly from my Uncle Jack and my parent's largest benefactor, Vlad Masters (who decided the apocalypse was a great time to announce that he's a half ghost and to take over the world), the world had pretty much given up, as we had run out of options.

Then something unexpected happened. After Masters' attempt to save us failed, the famous Hero of Amity Park, Danny Phantom, announced his ambitious plan to turn the world intangible. As it was our last hope, we all worked hard to make sure it was a success.

It was the day that the asteroid was to hit, the day Phantom's plan was to be enacted, that I received a visit from Clockwork, who claimed to have something important to tell me. I was confused, but I didn't protest him whisking me out of time for a while (it's useless to attempt to anyway). The good news is, the world wasn't going to end if the time stream remained intact. The bad news is it is up to me to make sure that this happens.

Okay, it's bad enough that I find out that I'm some genetic mutant when I'm twelve, now at fifteen I'm told that the fate of the world rests on my shoulders. Perfect. I mentioned this to Clockwork, with a few choice words added in, and was informed in his normal, cryptic manner that I was right, sort of.

My only job, according to him, was to make sure that Phantom doesn't die. I wondered why this was my responsibility, as it seemed really random to give this job to me, especially since it's really hard to kill a ghost. Clockwork, anticipating the question that was still being formed in my head, informed on why I am even being told any of this; he said quite clearly, and I quote, "You must do this because you are soon to become one of the ancient Fates. As such, it will be your first task as the infamous Morte to make sure everything goes as Time dictates."

Oh. Well, that is definitely a good reason for why it's my responsibility.

So, I carefully followed Clockwork's instructions. When Phantom entered the Ghost Zone and attempted to gather ghosts to help him, I secretly went around and invisibly, I used my influence as a Fate to remind them of their ends if they weren't to help him. Having visions of their impending doom forced upon them convinced the ghosts to accompany him. Once that was done, I even gave whatever energy I could spare to the effort needed to turn the world intangible.

When everything was said and done and I returned to school, I was convinced that this was all a dream, that this whole thing was a stress-induced hallucination. Barely an hour had passed since Clockwork contacted me in real world time, and not even two minutes since I left the North Pole thanks to the Time Master, so by the time I got back, everyone was gathered in the main auditorium watching the event on the big screen. I joined two of my close friends as we happily watched the world celebrate. As we watched, two things happened that convinced me that this wasn't a figment of my imagination. First, the piece of beef jerky some generous soul had shared in celebration turned to ash in my mouth. Then the camera focused in on Phantom as twin rings of light surrounded him, turning him into… my cousin, Danny. When I didn't wake up with a fright or faint, and instead said my cousin's name in confusion, everything clicked, and my brain finally registered the deluge of information I had received that day.

So, that is how I found out I was Death. Thanks to my cousin's hero complex and a morbid twist of fate (no pun intended), I found out that I was part of a long line of immortal Deaths. Go figure. Oh well, it could be worse. It could have been the apocalypse.

Sorry, this was just a little oneshot that I wanted to write for a while now. I was stuck on chapter 20 of Fated, so I wrote this to get the creative juices flowing. Speaking of which, hopefully I'll have a new chapter of Fated out this weekend.