The Scythe (Death's Familiar)

Death (Grim Reaper) has a familiar, or a pet / companion that helps him carry out his deeds. He stands his scythe in the ground, and the blade turns into a beak, and the great black wings form out of the hilt. The Scythe bird stretches his wings wide and lets out a screech like the sound of hard steel blades being scraped together