Wow! This story has gotten a really positive reception, I'm so happy! I guess Halloween has its benefits after all! :)

Review Responses:

SirDerpsAlotThe7th: Thanks for the feedback, I'll be sure to take that into mind when writing future chapters

Mr Beaver Buttington: Since Ozpin has cameras in the Emerald Forest; I decided that it would be logical that the military, council etc. would also have cameras placed outside the kingdoms to monitor the Grimm

BruceNadeauJr: Thanks for sharing your thoughts

Sienim1es: Thanks!

IMPORTANT: SirDerpsAlotThe7th pointed out a problem with how the story is portrayed POV wise. Just so you all know, the story will now be told in third person. Death will be referred to as 'Death' or 'he'. Other nicknames will show up, such as 'The Reaper' or other nicknames for death.

I apologise if this gets confusing, I will try to make it as simple as possible

I have also dumped the name 'Mortas' and decided to just call him 'Death'


Chapter 1:

Death's arrival on Remnant was… interesting, to say the least. Almost as soon as Death arrived, he was assaulted by some group of thugs in an alley. If he remembered correctly, they were henchmen who worked for some guy called 'Junior'. A couple of their souls had passed through recently and had instantly made it onto Death's 'Most annoying Souls ever. Of all time' list. The idiots lacked anything above common sense and some even lacked common sense. The souls wouldn't stop rambling about someone they called 'little red' who had apparently brought around their demise. Death couldn't complain though. They were souls that enhanced his strength and Death was thankful for that. Sadly, those were the last souls that passed by Death in the past week or so.

The fight started out as a simple misunderstanding, one of the henchmen shouting, "Get outta the way!" and attempting to push Death out of the way but instead he somehow managed to hit his head on a nearby dumpster. The henchman attempted to blame Death for the cause of his agony and then started swinging his red-bladed sword wildly in Death's direction.

Death easily dodged the man's attacks and knocked him unconscious with an elbow to the head. Two more of the henchmen also attempted to assault Death, but were met with the same reception from their foe. The remaining three henchmen ended up dragging their unconscious friends out of the alley, blurting out apologies as they struggled to drag their friends' limp bodies away from Death, hoping they would be spared.

It truly was a shame that he wasn't permitted to kill them.

Death sighed and waited for the henchmen to disappear from the alley before heading out onto the street himself. As Death stepped out onto the street he was met with the bright orange streetlights that illuminated the night time streets.

Death followed his predetermined course to Beacon Academy, catching an airship to reach the academy that lay atop the cliffs. When Death arrived, it was still dark. He sat on one of the many benches in the courtyard of Beacon Academy and decided to recap on his abilities and powers.

Each soul that passed by Death gave him Soul power. This Soul power was mostly used in Death's powers, although some of it went to keeping Death active. Each human or Faunus soul provided 100% Soul power. 20% of this would be dedicated to keeping Death active each week, leaving Death with 80% Soul power. Grimm souls provided a mere 3% Soul power, meaning Death would have to absorb a minimum of 7 Grimm souls each week.

The remaining Soul power went to increasing Death's strength or was used as fuel for his abilities. Death's abilities are as follows:

Life Leech – 8% - 30% - Leech the life of any living creature, healing any wounds. The greater the creature, the higher the cost and the greater the healing factor.

Massacre – 20% - Kill 5 living creatures in a radius of 10 metres

Nightmare – 60% - Put the target victim into a state of 'Nightmare', putting the victim into a state of Comatose and forcing the victim's worst fears into their mind. Similar to a nightmare.

In his current state, Death was too weak to perform any other abilities classed higher than nightmare. The lack of souls truly was an issue when it came to combat, especially when his adversary was… above average.

Death's current Soul power rested on 4%, just enough for the day to come.

Dawn came quickly and Death set off to complete the application test for Beacon.

The test was simple. All it contained was a few questions regarding the basic school subjects, such as history, Grimm anatomy etc. The second part of the test was a basic Grimm combat scenario. Death was presented with six Beowolves. All six Beowolves were killed in under three seconds in rapid succession, Death taking their souls afterward and raising his Soul power to 22%

Death was informed that he had passed the test with flying colours, as well as being one of the few new students who had no record of ever attending a combat school and passing the test.

With the test over, it was just under a week before the school year started and Death had accumulated just enough Soul power to survive the rest of the week. He would be able to obtain more Grimm souls when school started.


Apologies for the short Chapter, next will be longer!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!