Arrival

-Prologue-

Ah... Where to begin this tale? Hmm... Well, let's just say that it all began when I was but a normal boy in a normal city. I went by the name Alexander Grey. However, most days, I now go by Madara Uchiha. Confused aren't you? Let me rewind. I forgot to mention this, but when I said "back then", I meant: "back then."

Are you starting to get it now? No? Let me start again and refresh your feeble human minds. As I said before, I lived in a city- New York City- to be exact. I was a boy around average height and weight with deep green eyes. I was slightly Caucasian in skin color and had an average physique too. My hair was jet black and I wore regular clothes. They consisted of a pair of slacks, a blue shirt with flames, fingerless red gloves, a black jacket, and boots.

It was just another boring day in my opinion, but when I think back, I wished it stayed that way. Anyway, I was returning to my apartment (I live alone) after a long day working at the local book store. I know it's not a real "exciting" job, but it pays well. I then stopped at the entrance when my landlord approached me.

"Alexander!" He shouted. "Your rent is long overdue!! Where's my payment?"

Sighing (quietly mind you) at that, I took out my wallet and counted the amount due. I then gave it to the greedy man and he gave me a smirk.

"Heh. You got lucky boy," he taunted, "But I'll have you gone eventually! In the meantime, thanks for the money." He then walked off with his head held high like a king. Bastard.

As you could see, I was not well-liked by most. Mainly because I was a recluse with little to no social contact. Not to mention, my parents were involved with some...acquaintances...from bad parts around town. Yeah. Now let's get something straight. I'm no gang member like they were, but I do have a bad habit of pickpocketing people at times. One day my parents got caught and I was left homeless without any family. I was taken in by many orphanages, but was never adopted. I then managed to strike out on my own one day, and here I am.

Anyway, the main reason my landlord hates me is because I "borrowed" some money from him once. He was NOT happy. He was planning to evict me of my apartment, but I bargained with him. I said that if I payed double the rent for each and every month, he'd lay off. Thankfully, he accepted. I'm still running low now though, and it's only a matter of time before he double-crosses me. That slimy snake is in it only for the money. Sigh. Guess what they say is true: "Money is the root of all evil."

I wiped my shoes on the carpet and entered my apartment room. It wasn't all fancy or anything like most people make apartments out to be. It was mainly dusty and rundown, with some refurbishing done. Had a working TV, microwave and kitchen, along with a regular bedroom. It wasn't always comfy, but it was home (for now at least).

After eating a small meal consisting of a sandwich with french fries and a small soda, I took a shower and put on some pajamas. I was going to hit the hay, until I saw that my computer had received an email. Fancy that! I don't get emails from many things, except for Facebook and the various sites I sign up on.

Deciding it was worth a look, I opened the email and it seems that I was formally invited to a Comic Con being held in Manhattan. There was plenty to see, buy, and eat. Not only that, but they were holding a Comic Con Costume Contest! If one were to win they'd receive $5,000 for 1st, $3,000 for 2nd, and $1,000 for 3rd. I was ecstatic. If I entered, this could be my chance to escape this hellhole! Mustering up a small smile, I decided to get the materials tomorrow as the Comic Con would be three days from today.

The next day, I walked out happy and with an easygoing grin. Not even the old, pompous landlord could ruin my day! I had already thought of who to dress up as at the Contest. You see, I am a big fan of a certain manga called Naruto. Epicness I tell ya. Anyway, I had a liking towards the main antagonist Madara Uchiha. I could kinda relate to him someway. Maybe it's because we both have a bit of a dark past? Hmm.

After picking up the necessary supplies, I headed back to my apartment and put together the costume. With a satisfied grin, I was ready.

The day finally came when the Comic Con would be in town. I drove my Mustang car to the entrance and entered. As Madara Uchiha, I wore his crimson armor with numerous metal plates, with protective guards along the chest, waist, shoulder and thigh areas. Underneath, I wore the Uchiha outfit: a blue high-collared, long sleeve mantle that split down the lower half, and a simple, light-brown obi and belt. I also had his (handcrafted) orange-brown gunbai made from various material. I finally had a metal belt, as well as a brown leather sash to hold some of my other "weapons", and a pair of belt sashes to hold two of my pretend swords. To complete the look, I had multiple black "cracks" appearing all over my body. This stuff was simply make-up however. You can probably guess at what version of Madara I am cosplaying as. That's right. The Edo Tensei version of Madara Uchiha.

Back to the main topic though. As I walked and took a look at the many sights and various wares the merchants had to sell, I saw many good costumed people too. Still though, I had no doubt I was gonna win the contest.

Feeling hungry, I decided to grab a bite before the contest started. I had a burger, diet soda, and of course, some french fries with some good ketchup on the side. Delicious I tell you. Seeing that I only had about twenty minutes left before the contest began, I started to make my way to where it would be held at.

It was before I reached the main hall entrance, that my life would change now and forever. There was a lone stall near me. For some reason, I felt a strange force of sorts that led me to walk towards it. It was a relatively regular looking stall, but when my eyes landed on some unique eye contacts, my interest was piqued.

I reached for them and looked at them delicately, as if they'd break any moment. The way they changed patterns from the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan to the Rinnegan had me completely and utterly mesmerized. I had to have this.

It was then that I was interrupted from my inner thoughts by a small cough. I turned around surprised to see the merchant of this particular stall right behind me! How'd he do that without me noticing? Was I THAT absorbed in my thoughts? Looking at him, I took note of his appearance. He had tanned skin, a hunched form, amber eyes, and a wrinkly old face. To complete the appearance was a small grey goatee.

"Ahem," he coughed again, "I said I was wondering if you liked that particular item lad?"

Nodding my head in an affirmative, I said, "Yes sir."

He grinned a toothy smile, which had a few rotted teeth (ugh) and stroked his goatee. "Mm. I see! Well my boy, it is a unique item. It was created to change eye patterns depending on the person's mood, but sadly, wasn't popular. I believe that I possess only this last one." He informed me.

Hearing this, my eyes widened in surprise. This was the last of these cool looking items?! That just made me want it even more! Fumbling around in my pockets for my wallet, I asked, "How much do you want for it?"

Seemingly satisfied that I wanted it, the man grinned again and said, "Well, it IS my last one, but I'm willing to part with it for $70. Is that acceptable?"

I grinned and shook his hand, sealing the deal. "It's a deal old man." I totaled the exact amount needed and gave it to him while he handed me the contacts. He then handed me a mirror while I put them on.

As I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw how amazing my eyes looked like with the contacts. Simply incredible. Before I could thank the man again, I saw something in the back of the mirror. I then looked a bit closer at my reflection. It was then I was immediately freaked out as my reflection gave me the most evil grin I've ever seen. I wasn't even making the same face! What was going on?! The "me" in the mirror, smiled once more and opened his mouth. It was then that the mirror glowed and I was swallowed into a portal of sorts. I then immediately blacked out, not seeing the changes being made to my body.

I then awoke to find myself in a forest of sorts. That, however, wasn't what was strange to me. The forest somehow looked familiar in my mind. I also saw that my eye vision was somehow sharper than it was before. Why was that?

I slowly got up and immediately knew something was wrong. I felt...taller...and more older. I looked down at myself, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. Although the "cracks" over my body seemed a bit more realistic though. Seeing a nearby pond, I looked at it and it was there that I knew I wasn't in the Big Apple anymore.

I still had the relative same appearance I did before, at least costume-wise, but what seemed to have caught my attention was that I had the Sharingan! I looked closer and they immediately turned into the Rinnegan. What?

I touched my now long flowing black hair and felt that it was completely real! Could it be? Was I actually Madara Uchiha? In the undead flesh?! I had heard of this happening to people on made-up stories, but I never knew it'd happen to me.

I was angered at being tricked for some odd reason. I wanted to destroy something. Something should suffer! I'd- wait. What WOULD I do? This, this wasn't me thinking. Something else was at play here. But what?

'It's simple, it's because your Madara Uchiha.' My inner voice reasoned. 'That can't be.' I thought back. 'You know it's true. Search your feelings. It's the truth!'

Looking at my hands once more, I begrudgingly admitted to myself that my inner voice did have a point. That left the question as to where I was. I know that the trees looked very familiar when I first woke up, perhaps if I explored a bit more?

After a couple of hours and still nothing, I began to think it was futile to find out where I was. I was about to give up hope when I suddenly heard...weapons clashing? And...war cries?

Giving in to my curiosity, I ran to the sounds. As soon as I arrived, I saw hundreds of horses- no- ponies fighting insect-like creatures that were similar in appearance to them.

"Keep fighting everypony! We have to drive them off! FOR EQUESTRIA!" A general (most likely) shouted. The other soldiers saluted with their hooves and replied back.

"FOR EQUESTRIA!"

Well shit. Wouldja look at that? Me in Equestria as freakin' Madara Uchiha. Did NOT see that one coming!

Realizing that their efforts were in vain as more of those creatures (Changelings I recall) swarmed the army. It would seem that they needed help. Thinking no further, I jumped into the fray.

Everypony and every Changeling was awestruck at my sudden appearance. I folded my arms and hands Madara Uchiha style and spoke like a badass. "You can try and hurt these ponies that are now under my jurisdiction and die, or flee for your lives. Choose wisely little insects!"

Thinking I wasn't a threat, the bugs simply ignored me and attacked anyway. I was annoyed. How dare they?! They dare to ignore the great Madara Uchiha?! They would pay dearly with their lives!

I unleashed a huge amount of Killer Intent and every single Changeling froze in fear as shudders went down their exoskeletons. They hesitatingly turned to me as soon as I gave the instinctive command, "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!!"

A huge stream of fire engulfed the Changelings and I gleefully smiled as they burned to ashes. Some more came at me and tried to avenge their fallen comrades, but I repelled them with a Shinra Tensei as my Sharingan suddenly transformed into the Rinnegan again.

One even dared to look me in the eye and I said, "Tsukuyomi!" Immediately, the Changeling was caught in my Genjutsu and almost immediately died from mental strain.

I laughed. These things were pathetic! How could they possibly match up to me? As more and more came, I once again grew annoyed. Their queen no doubt is trying to flee as I destroy her precious hive. Coward. I despise them with a passion.

I then used Amaterasu and quickly killed off the rest of the Changelings as I began to locate the queen. Seeing that she was nearby, I used a Body Flicker and appeared before the terrified royal.

"P-please!" She stuttered. "Have mercy on me! Don't kill me!"

I glared down at her pathetic form and simply said, "You're pathetic. Out of my sight little insect!" Her pleas were immediately silenced by an Amaterasu and she lived no more.

Grunting in satisfaction, I saw that I was not alone as two ponies trotted up to me. I looked at them and one of them gulped while the other said, "Equestria owes you a great debt stranger. However, we do not know your intentions. I politely ask you come with us as their Royal Majesties, King Eclipse and Queen Eternity wish to speak with you."

"Very well." I replied with some hesitation. It appears that there is no Celestia and Luna yet. What could this mean for me?

TO BE CONTINUED!!

Prologue Part 2

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The two ponies along with myself were ever so slowly approaching Canterlot Castle. As the guards continued to take glances at me for any funny business, I merely ignored them. Instead, I focused more on my surroundings.

I checked again and again, apparently I indeed was in Equestria and not in some crazy dream after all. You may have noticed that I know quite a bit of what's going on here, specifically about Equestria itself. The truth is, I forgot to mention that I'm an (or was) intense Brony. I had always taken a liking to the MLP show and the main plot. The only thing that I really didn't focus on was mainly the "Friendship Reports" that were delivered to Celestia by Twilight Sparkle. Shame. It might've helped me make friends.

Sighing to myself, I thought I might as well keep that part of me in the past. After all, I'm no longer ME now am I?

After a couple more hours, we had finally arrived at Canterlot. It was vastly different from what I remembered. Back in my world, it was always alive with business ponies that frolicked around like scurrying mice running from a cat.

Instead, what I saw, were old buildings and regular looking shacks. Apparently, Canterlot doesn't even exist completely yet! I guess it made sense though. This IS before the era of the Two Royal Pony Sisters.

I was broken out of my stupor by a cough from one of the guardsponies. The two were waiting for me at the entrance of a grand castle that was at least three stories high. I nodded and continued to follow them. Our footsteps/hoofstomps echoed throughout the hallways and before we knew it, we were all standing in front of two massive doorways.

One of the guardsponies knocked on the knocker lightly and respectively before saying, "Your Royal Majesties! Guards Prism Stone and Knee Buckler reporting. We request to enter your chambers!"

A commanding voice then said, "Enter," and we did so. Entering, I found myself amazed by the interior. It was nothing like outside where everything was simply stone and brick. No, it was much more beautiful. The interior was made out of pure glowing crystal, shining like dozens of stars while polished marble decorated the floors. It was like a sculpture of the night. Luna would've loved to see this!

"Greetings my little ponies," a serene and calm voice said. "To what do King Eclipse and myself owe this pleasure? Is it this being standing behind you?" I looked at the one who spoke and saw a pink with white highlights Alicorn. From it's voice, I assumed it to be a she, while the other Alicorn was male. These were most likely the very first rulers here in Equestria.

The guard, Prism Stone, said, "Yes Queen Eternity. Please allow me to give a full report." The pony then gave a deep breath in and said once more, "As we were surmounting an attack on the Changeling armies, we were suddenly surrounded on all sides. Apparently they had been ready for us. We all almost gave up hope until this being came to our aid. Using strange magic, he practically wiped out the Changeling forces in less than five minutes!"

The Queen, Eternity she was apparently named, gasped and put a hoof to her mouth, while her husband, King Eclipse, who was a striking grey color with purple outlines, an armor, and cape, narrowed his eyes. Both had interesting Cutie Marks. Eclipse's was that of a Lunar Eclipse with a jeweled crown on top, and Eternity's was an Ankh with a sun and moon on the top and bottom of it respectively. He then said in a commanding voice to the two guardsponies, "Leave us. We wish to speak with this being alone."

The two guards saluted, knowing that their rulers could handle anything if the being overstepped it's boundaries. They then bowed and left respectively.

Seeing as I was now alone, but strangely without any amount of fear, I turned my gaze to the two monarchs. The Queen simply stared at me in wonder and awe, while the King narrowed his eyes even more, as of deeming me a threat or not.

The silence was broken when I thought I might as well respectively bow as it is common courtesy. The two were taken aback slightly at this and the King gave a small 'harrumph' to regain his composure.

The Queen then said, "Well! Aren't you quite the respectful one? Allow me and my husband to formally welcome you to Equestria Mr...?"

"Madara," I said. "Madara Uchiha."

"Well Mr. Uchiha." The King continued in his wife's stead, "I am King Eclipse and this lovely mare," here, the Queen blushed and gave a smile, "is my lovely wife Queen Eternity."

"I am...humbled to be in your presence Your Majesties." I said politely. "If it's not too much trouble, might I ask why you're at war?" I then asked, hopefully not angering them in the process.

"I'm afraid that is not something we can easily share foreigner." Eternity said. "However, we might be able to tell you if you could possibly share what you are exactly? Friendship is built on trust after all." She finished.

"I agree." Eclipse said. "Share with us what you are and what abilities you possess. After that, we will see what we can share or do. However," here there was a pause, "do not forget that we're in our rights not to reply back to certain questions or not at all. Is that understood Mr. Uchiha?"

"Very well." I said, agreeing with the terms.

It was then that I began to tell my tale on who I was and why I was here. I told them all about my own home world and that there, walking bipeds like myself were the dominant species instead of ponies. I told them bits of my life and how I was eventually transported here. To say they were flabbergasted was pushing it. They were incredulous! And perhaps a might bit suspicious too.

"I see." Eternity said. "That is...quite the tale Mr. Uchiha." She took in a deep breath and gave a glance to her husband and he gave a nod. She then looked to me and said, "Please wait outside in the waiting area. A pony will escort you there while we decide on what to do. Please help yourself to some snacks and beverages that are there."

I bowed and then walked over to a pony that was summoned minutes after my departure. As I gorged myself on some delicious goodies, I wondered to myself, what next?

Meanwhile...

As the strange being known as Madara, formerly Alexander, was waiting for Eternity's and Eclipse's decision, said King and Queen were discussing it.

"What do you think my dear? Should he stay?" Eternity asked. "He could prove useful and help us with the war."

Eclipse gave a small sigh. "That may be, but I am worried for his potential to do just the opposite. What if HE brings war to us? You know how I worry for our subjects Eternity." Eclipse then rubbed his brow in frustration and added, "Plus, we're going to parents soon." He then pointed at his wife's stomach. "I don't want our children to suffer the darkness of war."

Eternity clasped her husband’s hoof with her own. "Then how about this, we enlist the Shadow Guard to keep an eye on him until he proves us trustworthy? Who knows dear? He may be someone we'll need in the far future."

Eclipse sighed once more. "You can be too kind of a mare my sweet Eternity. But that's what I love about you." He said with a small smile. "Very well, I'll place my trust in you." Eclipse then turned to a guardspony and said, "Bring Mr. Uchiha back in and tell him we've reached our decision."

"At once my Liege!" The guardspony said.

A few minutes later, the man named Madara appeared before the two Alicorn Rulers. Eternity cleared her throat and said, "Madara Uchiha, we have reached our decision and have chosen to believe your story. However, you will have to earn our trust. Is that clear?"

Madara appeared to be hesitant, but nonetheless said, "I accept your terms."

Many years later…

It had been years, perhaps centuries since I had become a part of Equestria's armed forces. For once, I appeared to be amazingly satisfied with my life. Although, deep in my mind, I had lingering doubts. Would these ponies really trust me and my powers? What if they didn't accept me? Am I just a tool to them?

It frustrated me not knowing these answers. Not only that, the Royal Family had been acting up even more so than usual. At first, they seemed to have no problems with trusting me. But now, they've been more distant and reclusive. Why was that? Could it be that it's because Eternity is going into labor to birth two baby Alicorns? Plus, my attitude has been changing little by little as well. I was more focused at winning my fights and could practically care less about my comrades. Was it the infamous Uchiha Curse? If so, that would explain Eclipse's hesitance around me lately. I’ve also felt like I’ve been watched on for awhile too.

I guess it didn't matter. I- no- we had a war to win. Banishing my doubting thoughts, I headed to my armada of ponies. You heard right. My own army of ponies. It had taken time, but I was able to prove my physical prowess on the battlefield and awarded my own squad I dubbed the Akatsuki. This squad would mainly focus on infiltration, spying, and executions of the enemy soldiers. In Earth terms, we'd be like the Black Ops or Ghost Squad of Equestria.

"General Madara Uchiha!" My trusted lieutenant Swift Scythe said. "We've reached the enemy camp. Your orders?"

I closed my eyes and reopened them to reveal my Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. "Destroy every last bit of the place. Leave no survivors." I said calmly, but with power under lacing my tone.

Swift Scythe nodded and saluted. "It will be done General! I shall relay your orders to the troops."

"No." I interrupted. "I shall get them myself and participate in this battle as well."

"General!" Swift Scythe said taken aback. "Are you certain?"

"Are you doubting my decisions lieutenant?" I said threateningly.

"N-no s-sir!" He stammered under my crimson gaze. "Not at all. It's just that the King and Queen's orders are that you're only to participate in emergencies!"

That was the last straw. It would be one thing to disobey my orders, but for some reason, the mere mention of the King and Queen ignited a fiery rage inside my core. Who were THEY to give ME orders?! Did they not trust me?!

I then unleashed a HUGE amount of Killer Intent and Swift Scythe immediately buckled under the intense pressure and power I exuded.

"Listen and listen well Swift." I said with gritted teeth. "I am the one in charge at the moment. Not them! WHO is the one commanding this army and WHO is currently sitting on the throne on their lazy rears?! Now, do as I say...or I will have to use extreme measures."

"U-u-understood sir!" He then left like a bat out of hell and I smirked. Yet I wondered, just what came over me?

Even as I wondered, I did not see a lone pony in the shadows who had seen everything.

After a few more hours, my army alongside myself marched into battle. The attire worn by my squadron had the same attire as the Akatsuki in the Naruto anime. A dark cloak robe with red clouds. Each had a hood attached at the back along with hidden blades and other various weaponry. Most ponies in my squad were Earth Ponies or Pegasi.

I then gave the signal to halt as a huge amount of Changelings and Griffins headed our way. Each led by their own respective general. General Toxin, a male Changeling with bulging muscles and powerful magic to boot, not to mention his incredible endurance, led the Changeling side.

The other general, General Warhawk, of the Griffin army, was covered in scars and looked very similar to Toxin in the muscle department. He also wore an eyepatch over his left eye. Both enemies gave each other a nod and that's when I knew they were going to give the order to attack.

Not wasting a moment, I said, "Attack!" And we all sped toward the enemy forces with me leading the charge. I appeared behind an unsuspecting Changeling with a Body Flicker technique and then immediately decapitated it with one of my Chakra Rods. Ever since learning of the power I now possessed, I had taken time to master every last bit of it. And the efforts were worth it.

More Changelings rushed me and I countered every move with my Sharingan active. I then used Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation to burn every last Changeling to a crisp.

Even as more foes dropped around me, I cared not. I was lost in the ecstasy of battle. I didn't even care that my armada was caught in the crossfire. I then used Summoning Jutsu to bring in three giant dragons to lend my aid. The three dragons killed and burned everything in their path. All that was left were bits of my army and the two enemy Generals. I gave a small shake of my head to my Akatsuki and they took it as the queue to back away; I had always killed every General on my own without my army's aid.

General Toxin and General Warhawk slowly approached me. "Humph!" Toxin scoffed, "Apparently my army along with my ally's underestimated you General Uchiha." At this, Warhawk muttered some griffin curse words at Toxin.

Toxin paid it no mind and continued, "We'd be honored if you would join our army. After all, what have these ponies done for you?"

I contemplated it at the moment. It was true that most Generals I encountered tried (yet failed utterly) to recruit me into their midst, but none mentioned how the ponies have done anything for me. 'Well played General Toxin.' I thought.

"As interesting an offer that is, I must refuse General Toxin." I said. "These ponies have accepted me for who I am, I doubt you'd do the same."

Toxin sighed at this, "My, my...then it appears we've no more reason to negotiate. However, before we start our battle, I will warn you that Warhawk and I are no pushovers. We've both seen many battles and have triumphed and suffered for it. Do not think either of us will go down easily!" As soon as Toxin finished, Warhawk lunged for me at high speeds almost invisible to the naked eye. If I hadn't activated my Sharingan at the last moment, I wouldn't have seen it coming.

I quickly ducked while fighting both Generals. They were skilled, I'd give them that much. Warhawk did not cease in his assault and left little room, if none, to counterattack. Toxin provided support with multiple spells while flying in the air with his insectoid wings.

Having enough, I used Shinra Tensei to repel them and then unsheathed my most feared weapon: Madara's Gunbai. Whenever I took it out, it meant I was starting to really get serious.

Putting on the most bloodthirsty grin I could muster, I rushed at them and immediately decapitated one of Warhawk's wings. He grimaced in pain, but did not scream in agony. I applauded him silently for that. Warhawk then pulled out a jagged blade of a sword and clashed with my Gunbai. The winds kicked up from the clash and blinded both of us along with my army.

Toxin chose that moment to get in close and jab me with a poisonous dagger hidden in his hooves. I grunted in pain, but either way, I relished in the thought of these worthy opponents. After all, I had not been injured in quite awhile!

The winds died down and I then used Wood Style: Multiple Wood Clone Technique. With this Jutsu, I had created an armada of clones of myself made out of wood. I then mentally told them to keep my opponents busy while I summoned my strength for another attack.

Toxin and Warhawk easily dispatched the Wood Clones (none of them held even a fraction of my power anyway), but it was too late as I activated my Susanoo. Using my Susanoo's immense strength, it punched at the ground and then threw the debris at my foes. Warhawk managed to dodge in time, but Toxin's body was crushed by one of the many rocks. I then Body Flickered to Toxin and beheaded him. Seeing his friend and comrade dead, Warhawk went into a rage and tried to attack me more furiously than before. Finally finished with toying the pathetic griffin, I used my Gunbai to block his blade jab. I then used Gunbai Fanned Wind to blow him away. I then charged at him with a Chidori in hand and stabbed it straight through his heart.

Warhawk's blood splashed against my form and as I looked into his eyes with my Sharingan, I immediately attacked his mind with Tsukuyomi, quickly ending his life. I turned around and faced my armada. There was silence, until finally, cheers arose.

I grinned proudly at my work and raised my Gunbai in victory. We had won. No one would dare challenge my or Equestria's might!

I then looked at the bodies one last time and found something. It appeared to be a token of some kind. Pocketing it, I then headed back to our camp's tent, but not before seeing a cloaked pony vanish in my line of sight…

TO BE CONTINUED!

Prologue Final Part 1

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"Push dear! Push!" King Eclipse said to his beloved wife, who was about to give birth to two new healthy baby Alicorns.

It had been a few months since the last report on the war (along with Madara's latest actions as well). Technically, this really worried the King. But right now, what mattered most was seeing his two new daughters being born into this world.

As he continued to comfort his wife (who was screaming in pain and cursing profusely), he finally saw two little heads slowly starting to poke out. Ecstatic, he encouraged his wife to continue pushing.

"That's it dear! They're almost out! Come on! You can do it!" He shouted with all his might.

With one final scream of pain, Eternity's head hit the pillow. She took deep gulps of air and at first, couldn't hear anything, until finally, the static left in her ears faded away to slowly hearing two foals' crying. HER foals!

"Did...did they come out okay dear?" She asked slowly and tiredly.

Giving her a loving hoof, Eclipse joyously shed tears saying, "Yes. They did. Not only that, they're truly beautiful. I think they want to see you." He then handed the two Alicorn foals to Eternity. She couldn't help but feel so proud of herself that she had given birth to not one, but two beautiful daughters. She knew they'd become quite the fetching mares when older.

Her train of thought was broken when a unicorn doctor came in. A pony by the name of Medic Queue, rushed in and said, "Your Royal Highnesses! Forgive my tardiness! Am I too late to check upon the newest additions to the Royal Family?"

Eclipse gave a small sigh at Medic Queue's antics. Even though he was a doctor, he tended to be stress a lot and always somehow be tardy to meetings, social gatherings, etc. It was kind of ironic because of his name.

"No," Eclipse said, "You're not too late this time Medic. By all means, check our two baby daughters' health please."

"O-of course Your Majesty!" Medic Queue stammered slightly. Using his magic, he used a spell of his own design to check the newly borned babies’ health. He liked to call it his "Health Ray".

Seeing nothing wrong, but double-checking just to be safe, he found no problems within the two baby foals. He did note though, that they had quite the magical reserves.

"Well, other than their abnormally high magic reserves," he said, "The two young dears seem to be perfectly healthy! Congratulations King Eclipse and Queen Eternity!"

Eternity gave a thankful sigh at this, while Eclipse let out a breath he'd been holding. "That is good news. Thank you Medic Queue." Eternity said with a warm smile at the young doctor.

Said doctor blushed slightly at the praise, he nodded his head and quickly left the room to allow the two Royals to have time for themselves.

As said two Royals (now four if you count the two babies), looked upon their foals with loving gazes, something else was seemingly going on in a hidden room inside the castle…

The inside of this secret room had many different decorations aligning it. Multiple test tubes and containers were everywhere. There were also vials of some sort of liquid scattered upon the table in a messy manner. There was a computer as well in the center of it all, completing the appearance. In all ways, it was your typically cliche, yet effective secret lab.

Meanwhile, a figure stood over the spot where the computer was. This man was none other than Madara Uchiha. The same being who had triumphed over many battles in war, whom was also one of the Royal Family's greatest generals, and most importantly, their "friend".

Typing various keys on the keyboard, he gave a small sigh. No matter what he did, he could not find out what made the small "token" he found so special. It had no Chakra or magical residue. It was a complete mystery. Yet, there was some small energy he COULD find. It was Void Energy. A type of energy that only existed through arcane works of spacial manipulation. How it was here though confounded the mind.

Rubbing the bridge of his nose in a bit of frustration, Madara decided to take a small break and grabbed a small batch of items to make some coffee. It was always quite interesting how similar and not similar Earth and Equestria were from each other. They both had some similar manner of vitamins, natural resources, and to an extent, technology, but what made things completely different was the magic, the ponies, and the other fantasy creatures that boggled the greatest of minds.

Madara was somewhat surprised he hadn't gone insane after finally absorbing all the information and comparing it to his own home dimension. Finally, the coffee was ready, and he took a nice long sip from the cup.

'That's a good cup of joe right there!' He thought to himself. He then sat down and leaned back in his chair. He continued to drink his coffee until a small alert sounded on his computer. Setting aside the warm concoction, he sat up straight and pushed a random key on the board. The alert read as followed:

"HAIL THE NEWBORNS!"
'TODAY ON AN AMAZING DAY, TWO BABY ALICORN FOALS HAVE BEEN BORN FROM THEIR ROYAL MAJESTIES, QUEEN ETERNITY AND KING ECLIPSE! EVERYPONY WAS EXCITED TO HEAR THE WONDERFUL NEWS. THERE MAYBE A SILVER LINING IN THIS WAR AFTER ALL! SOMEPONIES HAD THESE COMMENTS TO SAY:
--"Incredible! We now have four Alicorns in Equestria! Imagine how this'll change our future!"
<General Mud Bomb>
--"I'm happy and proud to have been there for this great occasion. After all, I WAS the one to make sure the two newborns were thoroughly healthy. I hope I don't get too old to see how they grow up! Maybe they'll even come to me for medical lessons!"
<Medic Queue>
--"While I agree that this is a momentous occasion, I cannot help but feel that this is all too much. What would happen if the Royal Family were to become too powerful? What would we "regular ponies" do then? I believe that there should at least be some sort of law that limits the amount of Alicorns that currently exist here in Equestria."
<Anonymous Noble>
'AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! THOSE ARE THE MOST COMMON KINDS OF GOSSIP GOING AROUND HERE TODAY. STAY TUNED ON EQUESTRIA DAILY FOR MORE!'

After reading it over once more, Madara began to feel his headache grow ever stronger. Now there were FOUR Alicorns to deal with in his future plans! Yep, you heard right. He had grown tired of being the Royal Family's lapdog. For quite a while now actually.

As time had passed, he had looked into things when he had seen that mysterious "shadow pony". It was one day when he finally stumbled upon something which angered him greatly...

FLASHBACK

2 Months Ago...

Madara was walking through the empty halls of Canterlot Castle to give his latest report to King Eclipse and Queen Eternity. He was hopeful that they'd praise him for his latest success on the battlefield. Still though, there was always that nagging doubt that they wouldn't. Why would that be? He had served them for years!

Nonetheless, he continued his pace to the Throne Room. As he was about to knock, he sensed not one, but THREE Chakra signatures in the room. What was this foreign Chakra signature?

Curiosity winning over him, Madara used his Animal Path's power to summon a small chameleon to be his eyes and ears. He then slipped it through the door silently. The chameleon then walked and camouflaged on top of the ceiling while paying close attention to the three ponies.

The first two were the King and Queen. The third and final, was a hooded pony. His (or her) face was shrouded in a hood of darkness. This made them unrecognizable to Madara. Nonetheless, he listened.

"I see. Thank you Shadow Star for your substantial report." Eclipse said.

"It was of no problem Your Highnesses." The now identified Shadow Star said in a monotone voice.

"It is troubling to hear about all this." Eternity chimed in. "To believe that Madara is not only winning at the cost of his own soldiers, he doesn't even seem to be the same individual as he once was when we first met him."

"Indeed my Queen." Shadow Star said. "What do you suggest? Assassination?"

"NO!" Eclipse and Eternity shouted in unison.

Shadow Star stepped back in small surprise and fear. He then bowed his head asking, "Then what do you suggest?"

Eclipse rubbed his hoof over the bridge of his nose. This was all simply too much for. Him to take at once. He was not only to be a father soon, but to hear of Madara's "exploits" troubled him.

"How about this then?" Eternity said, breaking Eclipse's train of thought. "We utilize the Shadow Guard to keep an eye on things like this from now on?"

"The Shadow Guard live to serve your every order Your Highnesses. Are you in agreement my King?" Shadow Star asked while looking to Eclipse, awaiting orders.

Eclipse gave a deep frustrated sigh, and replied, "Yes. Do as Eternity suggests. Be sure not to reveal your presence(s) to Madara. Dismissed!" He ordered.

Shadow Star placed his hoof on his chest and disappeared in a flash. Madara's chameleon then left the chamber as well by giving a small "poof" sound to show that it was de-summoned.

Madara was meanwhile enraged. 'They dare not trust me?!' He thought in pure unadulterated anger. 'Perhaps that should go for me as well. I'll show them. I'll show ALL OF THEM!'

END FLASHBACK

It was then that Madara knew he could not trust anyone but himself from that day on.

'Soon...' He thought. 'Very soon, this world will know the divine power that is Madara Uchiha!'

...

Another 3 months later...

'War meetings.' I thought to myself. 'I hate them with a passion.'

It had been at least a total of three long months since the small foals, Luna and Celestia were born into the world by their mother Eternity. Since that time, I had been working in secret on my projects; making sure everything was running smoothly. Now all I needed to do was reveal a small bit of my intentions.

'After all, I don't want to give away everything at once now do I?' I thought with an inward smirk. I then broke out of my thoughts as I listened to the King's "noble" suggestion.

"Indeed it is true that we have the Griffon and Changeling armadas surrounded on all corners thanks to General Madara here." He mentioned to me with his hoof. "However, not everything has to be solved with needless bloodshed. I say we should propose a treaty and befriend their empires. That way, no wars between the two will ever happen again."

I watched as most ponies agreed and gave a small nod at this proposal. It was then that I subtly activated my ETM Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami on Eternity.

'You know what to do my dear...' I mentally said to myself.

Eternity's hoof then slammed on the table scattering the small figurines and models of the enemy. Her face was set in a grim expression. She then said venomously, "Eclipse! How could you think that?! These ruffians have slaughtered many of our little ponies! I will never forgive them for that! I instead say we wipe them all out!"

Many ponies gasped and muttered amongst themselves. This was WAY out of character for their beloved queen. Why choose to kill off the enemy? And in such a harsh way? It went completely against the nature of Equestria!

Eclipse knew something was wrong the moment his wife suggested such a thing and used his horn to sense for any foreign magic that might be manipulating his beloved queen. What he saw both shocked and angered him. Using his magic, he broke off the foreign magic's hold on Eternity and gave me an angered look. I simply smiled.

"Madara!!" He shouted. " What is the meaning of this BLASPHEMY?! You dare control my wife against her will?! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT! We are having a BIG discussion later on you and I!"

I simply bowed mockingly and said, "As his Highness commands it." I then gave a smug smile and left a seething King and recovering Queen with their subjects. Soon...they and their precious little ponies will know that my ways are right and theirs are wrong!

I walked out of the war room and stumbled across the two “adorable” (or should I say disgusting) Celestia and Luna. They had grown quite quickly as all natural Alicorns tend to. After all, that was so the Natural Order of Equestria could prosper more and more.

"Hi uncwle Madwa!" Luna said to me.

"Good day Uncle!" Celestia said to me in a polite tone. I knew that that tone would sicken me one day.

I gave a small fake smile and said, "Hello to you my little nieces. You've grown quite well!"

"Thwank wou!" Luna said with a happy face.

As much as I hated to admit it, Luna was indeed cute when she said that. When the two were first born and met me, I was thereby declared their beloved "stone-faced uncle" due to the cracks on my face as Edo Tensei Madara.

"You're welcome my dears. But Uncle Madara has to go for now. I will see you two later?"

"Yay!" The two of them shouted with glee. It was then that I made my next move. I cast a small Genjutsu on them and inserted small Chakra Rods (which were hardly visible to the naked eye) inside them. I then quickly left. Once I was out of sight, I dispelled the Genjutsu to make sure Eclipse or anyone else wouldn't get TOO suspicious.

Later...

King Eclipse was seen walking down a lone corridor, his thoughts focused on Madara and his actions in manipulating Eternity. Just what caused Madara to do something like that?! It was something he simply couldn't understand! It was then that he stepped on something with a soft "squelch". Looking down, he saw something horrifying!

There upon the floor was a lone unicorn horn! Taking a closer look, he could tell that it was forcefully ripped off. Such actions against a unicorn would result in the highest penalty of all Equestria: death. But still, he had been cautious of who he let in his and his wife's castle. Who could've done this?

As if fate was leading him, he thought he saw a shadow move across the corridors. Steeling his nerves, he ran after the strange shadow thing. Each time he rounded a corner, he would see tiny droplets of blood lead to where the thing would move next. It was as if it was taunting him into catching it! Whatever this thing was, it was clever.

Finally, the thing had truly vanished, and in front of the Alicorn King, was a narrow, dark passageway. He could hear some strange sounds from there and decided that whatever it was warranted inspection.

He slowly and quietly trotted down the deep tunnel which led into a spiral staircase that led deeper into the earth. Finally, he reached a locked steel door. Gulping down a small bit of saliva, he used a phasing spell to enter the room behind the door.

At first, he didn't see anything out of the ordinary. But as he went deeper into the lab (assuming that that's what it was), he saw something that made him want to vomit. There, inside multiple test tubes and various vials were the innards of pony hearts, pony organs, and other unidentifiable deformed things! It was truly a sight worthy of your deepest nightmares.

Before he could comment, footsteps sounded behind him and out of the shadows, Madara approached. The king could only look back and forth between Madara and the disfigured "things" in the tubes. Madara then gave a small, yet evil smirk and said, "Beautiful isn't it?"

"M-Madara..." The king stammered. "Wha-what have you DONE?!"

Madara continued to smile and took slow, intimidating steps towards the stunned Alicorn King. After a few more footsteps, Madara stopped and said, "Why, it is the work of pure genius my King!" He said the last word mockingly. "With the experiments and various materials I have gathered here, I shall go about and create something incredible to bring about true peace!"

"P-peace?! You say that this...work of horror, will bring about true PEACE?!" The king then shouted while gathering his wits. "I will never allow this Madara! I- no- WE TRUSTED YOU! How could you?!"

Apparently though, this was the wrong thing to say. Madara then gave an animalistic snarl and looked at the king with anger and hatred. "YOU?! TRUST ME?" He shouted with raw anger. "Don't make me laugh you fool! You never trusted me! I had learned of your spy network long ago! After all, I'm sure that this pony looks familiar?" The king stepped back as Madara gave out a burst of Killer Intent which was shielded from the outside thanks to the special material the walls of the lab were made out of. He then activated his EMS Sharingan and used Kamui, summoning a deformed body from the pocket dimension.

The body was none other than Shadow Star! The body plopped down near the King's hooves. He then approached it as tears slowly formed in his eyes. Shadow Star was his most trusted friend, and now, he was dead. Madara then interrupted the king's train of thought with one of the most heartless things a non-pony could say to a regular pony.

"A fitting end for a lesser being don't you think?" Seeing that the king was still focused on the body, Madara continued. "Don't look so upset. After all, you've no one to blame but yourself for sending him as a spy. You should've known I'd catch on and resort to drastic measures."

"St-stop it." The king muttered with the guilt slowly starting to eat at him.

Madara decided to fuel the fire and continued without a care in the world. "And so, once I found him, I decide that for his acts of betrayal against a "friend", he'd be one of the many others to suffer as my experiments!"

"Stop it." The king said a bit louder, his anger growing.

"Still though, I must thank you for such a fine specimen. You really should've heard his pleas for his beloved king to save him. Hard to believe that this little pony who was so emotionless before suddenly began breaking down into a mere shell of his former self before my magnificent power."

"Stop. It!" Eclipse began to grit his teeth together.

Deciding to end his fun with one final quip, he said, "Oh and one other thing. I must say that despite your power, you’re quite a pathetic excuse for a king. I wonder what would happen if I experimented on your little twin girls next?" He finished with a dark smile.

The king could no longer hold in his anger and shouted, "DON'T YOU DARE LAY A BUCKING HOOF ON MY FAMILY!!!!!" Eclipse then rushed straight at Madara and make him pay for his despicable actions.

Dodging the blows and pushing him back with a weak (yet still powerful) Shinra Tensei, he said, "Oh? Are you angry? Do you hate me? Then direct that anger even more onto me! I won't accept anything less!"

"MADARA!!!" He shouted once more after regaining his bearings.

Madara simply shook his head and commented, "You never learn do you?" Madara used Shinra Tensei once more to force back the king. "You cannot touch me. This is the power of Madara Uchiha. DIVINE POWER!"

"You will pay with your life Madara, I swear it!" Eclipse continued to shout.

"I've heard that many times in this lifetime my King. And I grow old hearing it. It's nothing new after all. Anyway, your path ends here." Madara then pulled out a remote from his pockets and pressed a little red button. This caused the lab to start shaking uncontrollably!

"What is this?!" Eclipse shouted in question. "What's going on Madara?!" He began to look around, seeing the various test tubes and containers vanishing into mysterious portals.

Madara smirked. "Heh. I'm simply sending my experiments to a safer location seeing as this lab was infiltrated. But it doesn't matter. I did lead you here after all." The lab began to shake even more and Eclipse was beginning to worry. Madara closed his eyes and breathed in as if he were in deep thought. He then said, "Looks like it's time to begin phase two. If you survive Eclipse, I'm sure you'll love the beautiful new world that'll take the place over this stale, old one." And without even a "by your leave", Madara used Kamui and disappeared with the king shouting one last time: "MADARA!!"

TO BE CONTINUED!

Interlude: The Two Uchiha

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At last it had begun. He would finally show those stupid, naive ponies about true power and how love was not necessary. Power was the only true necessity! Madara smirked to himself as his plans were about to come to fruition. It wouldn't be long now.

After having leaving the betrayed King under rubble (although thinking he was dead would kind of be anticlimactic in his opinion) and using Kamui, he had teleported to an area near the Changeling Empire's lands.

Of course, this laboratory was far underground and only accessible via Kamui; since it only reacted to chakra. Not magic. No one but himself would be able to find this place. Of that, he was sure of.

He then heard small 'whooshing' sounds. It appeared that his experiments had finally arrived to the new laboratory's location. Excellent. Now then, all he had to do, was put the final phases into the plan.

It would take time of course, but then again, Madara was a patient man. He had all the time in the world. Literally.

~Back at Canterlot Castle~

Many ponies were quite surprised when they suddenly felt tremors all around them. Many panicked and others simply did their best to keep their cool and find shelter.

As for certain others in the castle? Let's say that somepony was VERY worried. It didn't help that she was being examined at the time either.

Everything seemed normal at first. Then Eternity had felt a small bit of dizziness. It soon passed off, but she seemed to suddenly remember what was said and she somehow...overreacted? It was kind of hard to remember. All she could remember was that she heard her husband yelling at Madara. Why though? It was then that she was ordered to be taken in for a check-up.

And that of course, was when the tremors began. They were small at first, but then began to increase exponentially. This was a bad sign to the queen. Just what on Equus was happening?! She shot up straight from her bed, scaring Medic Queue in the process.

"My Queen! You shouldn't get up so quickly like that! You could get your headache back quicker that way! I know we're experiencing tremors of sorts, but you need to stay calm or I can't finish your examination!" He frantically said.

Queen Eternity however, had no time. "Where is my husband?" She asked with a small bit of urgency.

Taken aback, Medic Queue could only reply, "Well your Majesty, after your 'episode', he had gone off in search of Madara to have that 'talk' with him."

That was all that needed to be said to the queen though. Madara. She knew somehow that these tremors were his doing. Not only that, her husband was probably caught up in the middle of it all!

Queen Eternity wasted no time and immediately flew off to the epicenter of the quakes, much to Medic Queue's surprise (and extreme worry). She then began to scan the various quakes by sending out a pulse of magic, spreading it out like a submarine would to track any enemies. At last, she found the location of her husband and sped over to the location.

Landing down on the ground, she sent one more pulse and it was confirmed that her husband was somewhere around this area. It was then that her instinct told her to get out of the area. She trusted it and was thankfully spared the wrath of a small explosion that blew up where she was at moments before!

She gave a small sigh of relief. She then remembered her husband and found him coughing and spluttering, while struggling out of the rubble caused by the explosion.

Gasping, she quickly rushed over to her beloved husband. "Oh my Faust! Dear! What on Equus happened to you?"

Eclipse took a moment to answer, but then remembered the sudden betrayal of one Madara Uchiha. "It was that traitor Madara!" He shouted with pure venom. "He...he did unimaginable things! Things I dare not say in public. He's truly beyond reasoning. ~cough~ ~cough~"

"Relax dear." Eternity comforted him. "Tell me everything that happened. Piece by piece."

And so...Eclipse told her everything. As he did so, our main character was back at his laboratory once again examining the strange token.

POV Change

"What is this?!" I practically shouted in pure frustration. "Why can I not identify what the heck this is?!" I rubbed my temple with two fingers and took a few deep calming breaths. It was then that I had a sudden epiphany. Why hadn't I thought of it before?

I quickly rushed toward the laboratory's main computer and scanned the strange token again. Yes. It was indeed Void Magic. Which of course coincides with spacial magic in a way. And the only thing that I have in my Jutsu arsenal that comes close to that would be my Sharingan's Kamui! 'Yes...yes! Now we're getting somewhere!' I thought excitedly.

Focusing my chakra onto the token, I then proceeded to use Kamui. After that, a purple and black portal of sorts appeared in front of me! It was very similar to those Dark Corridors that were featured in Kingdom Hearts. Fascinating!

Reaching towards it with one of my hands, I felt the inside and found it to be a cold sensation. Something similar to the cold embraces of death in a sense. Mustering up all my courage, I entered; keeping Kamui's power over me.

Through the portal I flew, and what I saw amazed me. Void after void, I saw so many others like me, along with other universes I could never begin to comprehend. Sadly, there was no portal back to Earth, but I didn't care much, as Earth had nothing I truly cared for anymore. I also filed away some universes I thought would come in handy in the future. It was then that I saw a light of sorts seemingly calling for me. Reaching towards it, I felt myself being pulled toward some sort of Equestria similar to my own. And before I blacked out, I managed to catch a glimpse of two Sharingan looking at me.

My only thought was, 'What?'

I woke up on the floor of my lab. I remembered the other Sharingan and looked around. Standing in my lab, inspecting my experiments, was Sasuke Uchiha. He must have sensed I was awake because he spoke.

“Now this is interesting,” he said calmly. “The last thing I was expecting was to see another Uchiha.” He looked over to me, “Nice setup you got here. What’s with all the noise upstairs?”

I suddenly recognized that I was talking to THE Sasuke Uchiha! Call me a rabid fan. Still though, I asked, “What? What’re you doing here?”

He kept walking around. “I’m just going to take a wild guess that you aren’t the real Madara Uchiha.” I tensed slightly. “Don’t worry, I’m not the real Sasuke. Bet you never thought cosplay would get you in this much trouble either, did you? As for why I’m here? You tell me. You called me here.”

Finally gaining my bearings, I stood up while brushing myself off. “So,” I said. “You’re just like me aren’t you? I merely activated Kamui to explore different worlds, but I never expected this!” I frowned a tiny bit as he touched one of my vials. “Please don’t touch that. It’s rare and fragile.”

He finally turned to face me. He was different from the ‘official’ Sasuke. He wore a friendly smile. It was somewhat unnerving to see that on his character. “There are a lot like us. I would refrain from random void travelling as a noob,” he said. “Even with your current immortal status, I’m pretty sure there are actual gods out there. And what is this stuff?”

Despite him calling me a ‘noob’, I refrained from lashing out; instead I decided to take his advice. When he asked the question concerning the vial, I replied, “That is the essence of a special creature found here in Equestria. It belongs to a Lich. Trust me, those things’ hearts are something special; a key ingredient to remaking my own version of the 9 Tailed Beasts.”

He smiled deviously. “Now I’m positive we’re going to get along great. Now for the real intro: We are Displaced. There are many like us and yet none like us. So far you are the only other Uchiha I’ve met. We come from different Earths but we've all landed in Equestria. If you want to contact one of us, you use a token.” As if on queue, a slew of small objects dropped out of the void. “It’s way better to cross the void if you have a destination. And seriously what is that noise?”

I was taken aback by this ‘unique’ speech of his. As hesitant as I was to believe it, he was living proof that what he says is true. Remembering his question, I replied, “Ah. You mean the explosions from my old lab that self-destructed in the middle of Canterlot Castle?”

Sasuke cocked his head to the side briefly. “I’m just going to ignore the lab in Canterlot Castle and move on the ‘self-destructing’ part’. What?”

I sighed. This would take a few minutes of my time, but nonetheless, I’d explain. “To answer your question, this Equestria is in a period long before the Two Royal Sisters. I arrived here during their parents’ reign much to my immense confusion at first. I was ‘interviewed’ for a lack of better term, and made their war general due to their time of war. However, I learned to not trust them, seeing as they distrusted me right from the start. I therefore began experiments to show the ponies true power and true destruction. This is my justice in a way. I digress though. I lured the King, a fool by the name of Eclipse, to my lab, showing him my experiments to instill terror in him and to show him what true betrayal is like. I then began to explain parts of my plan vaguely to him and left the lab while sending the remains of my projects here. I activated my self-destruct sequence after to hide the evidence and will soon begin the final phases to my plan. Erase the fools from this world, and create a true utopia in my image.”

Sasuke looked at me strangely and spoke calmly and slowly. “I’m only saying this because I am genuinely concerned for your well being. I think you’re losing it. You want to sit down and talk about your feelings? It might help. Or, and hear me out all the way, we could go to a professional and get you some help.”

I laughed. I couldn’t help it! I knew he was serious, but nonetheless, I responded back. “I may be crazy yes. However, these inferior creatures are truly deserving of this punishment. Why? Simple. Back on Earth, before I became this, I was a social recluse all my life. I made friends, but in the end, they used that trust against me. Here in Equestria, I thought it would be different. But no. They lie. Every. Last. One! So I then assumed that’s when my Curse of Hatred surfaced. Some may reject it, but I embrace it. I personally don’t care what your opinion is of me at the moment, as my plans matter more. However, enough about me. I’ve told you plenty about myself. What of you? I don’t know much about YOUR views on your Equestria. Did they wrong you? If so, I believe my actions are justified.”

Sasuke looked like he was taking in what I said. He looked up and scratched his chin before he shrugged and went back to smiling. “It’s not my place to tell someone who's using hate as a power in a land where love is literal power that they’re doing something wrong. My story? There’s not much to tell. I landed in Equestria during the early part of the Royal Sisters’ reign. I helped them win some wars and develop as rulers. No real issues… Until I massacred a village. Things kind of got out of hand at that point. Ended up destroying a forest, a castle, and ended up trapped in stone for a little over a thousand years.”

I gave a small laugh. “Seems we’re both somewhat insane. Me moreso than you.” I then pondered for a moment. “What are you planning now that you’re out of stone? Perhaps we can help one another in some way. Undoubtedly, I too, would end up in stone, but I’ve backups for that. What say you fellow Uchiha?”

He grinned. “I say I smell a mutually beneficial deal! What exactly are you looking for?”

I grinned savagely. “Well, there are at the least, two things I’m looking for. One, the power of an Alicorn. Mainly so I can have a way to use Equestrian Magic of my own. Second, I need at least 6 pony bodies for my soon-to-be Six Paths of Pain. And for my future Akatsuki organization. If you can provide me with these things, I’m sure that I can replicate my Sharingan and perhaps give a pair to you. I see that it would be in your best interests since you only have the Mangekyou. Not the Eternal. Well?”

His eyes changed and he looked at me with… Eternal Mangekyou? What? “I already got a spare set of eyes.” His smirk was slightly irritating. “But if you’ve got Kamui, I’ll take that. In return…” He did a few hand seals and a bottle of golden liquid appeared in his hands. “I’ll give you this bottle of Alicorn Blood. And…” Sasuke’s smile faded as he did a few more hand seals. He summoned a white unicorn mare with a blonde mane. “Mama Blue’s body for Kotoamatsukami. Don’t ask who she is or where she came from. Just know that she had a unique magic and to treat her well.”

Smiling once more, I examined the body and thought to myself for several minutes. I then said, “Very well. You have yourself a deal. But, I’m still in need of at least five more bodies. If you can supply me with those, I’ve a special plan to replicate my Sharingan with the Alicorn Magic and hand them out to only to a small amount of loyal followers I will most likely gain. Perhaps I could spare a few for you in return for the remaining bodies should anything happen to your current eyes?”

His face returned to normal as a scroll was summoned to his hand. He bit his thumb and put the blood across the scroll. Five bodies were summoned in a puff of smoke. There was a griffon, two pegasi, a minotaur, and another unicorn. “These are worthy enemies I've faced,” Sasuke said. “I didn’t want to reincarnate them and we were having a bit of an issue with necromancers for a while, so I’ve actually got a lot of bodies in storage.” He chuckled, “Don’t tell Celestia though. She thinks I got rid of them.”

If my eyes could change to money signs, I swear mine would’ve. I smirked and held out a hand for Sasuke to shake. “Very well. You’ve got yourself a deal and have impressed me with your quick thinking.” I then performed some hand seals and prepared to transplant the wanted ocular powers to him. “Keep in mind though that this might sting a little. Use my gifts wisely.”

I put my forefinger and middle finger to the center of his forehead and prepared to use the Transcription Seal. “Wait a second,” Sasuke said. “This isn’t supposed to hurt.” I activated the technique and he let out a yelp of pain. “It feels like you’re cramming a rock into my eye socket!” he yelled. It only took a moment for the transfer and he held his hand over his eyes when I finished.

“You’re probably wondering why that hurt. Simple. Transferring powers from an undead being to a living one is quite...painful as you no doubt felt. Nonetheless, you now have Kamui and Kotoamatsukami. Are you satisfied with these powers? I could always grant you more deals like this in the future should I require more...interests…” I paused for a moment adding, “Speaking of which, how do I summon you again? And how would someone summon me for that matter?”

Sasuke rubbed his eyes and grumbled something inaudibly. “It would be nice to have a human business partner,” he said as he summoned a necklace. It was made of green jade and had six magatama. “This is how we call each other. Its a token. Any Displaced, you included, can make one. Basically just infuse something with your essence and a short message and whatever brought us here takes care of the rest. I think.”

“I see. In that case,” I performed a few hand signs and made a piece of wood from my Wood Style. I then shaped it into a claw of sorts, and much to Sasuke’s disgust, pulled out one of my Sharingan eyes. I then placed it into the claw’s grasp, and added a few remaining touches. “There. This shall be my token. The wood comes from my Wood Release and will therefore keep my Sharingan ‘alive’ as long as it stays there. It also activates as a special scope of sorts to let me see some events happening in the void. Granted, it’s limited. As for my phrase, here it is:

I am Madara Uchiha, the famed enemy of Hashirama Senju. Should you require my aid or visual prowess in battle, summon me, and I shall rend the flesh from any opponent who dares to challenge us!” After indicating my 'chant', I took in a deep breath and exhaled shortly after. I then turned to Sasuke. "Well then, what now?" I asked.

“Now…. I don’t know, actually,” he said scratching his head. “We could...maybe…..fight?”

At hearing the last word in Sasuke's suggestion, I suddenly gained a grin. "Hmm...a spar to see how we fare against one another? I like the idea of that!" I then looked at my token and then suddenly it vanished! Sasuke looked at me in bewilderment and I gave him an answer to his unasked question.

"I felt a sort of...energy call out to me. I then focused my powers, and it seems that my token was somehow placed in the void."

“Yeah. That happens.”

I sighed. "And you didn't mention it before why?" I said a cross between annoyed and amused.

He shrugged. “I dunno. Would you believe it slipped my mind?”

I shook my head in exasperation. "No," I said. "Not really." I sighed once more and then grinned again shortly after. "Well then, how about that spar?" I asked.

Sasuke immediately threw several kunai at me and I dodged them easily. I wondered about sparring in my lab with all of it's sensitive experiments, but I was sure Sasuke knew better than to mess them up.

I activated my EMS, and sent us to the dimension of Kamui. Despite my thoughts on Sasuke knowing not to mess up my laboratory, I wouldn't take any chances. I then went into one of my famed combat stances the Equestrians dubbed the "Lethality Stance".

I grinned and performed some handsigns and saying, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Sasuke responded with his own handsigns. “Water Style: Tearing Torrent!” The clash of the two jutsus created a steamy smokescreen.

Believing to know what my opponent had in mind, I used Wind Style: Great Breakthrough, to cleanse the smokescreen. I then quickly performed more handsigns and used Lightning Style: Lightning Shadow Clone Jutsu. I then disappeared from Sasuke's sight.

I saw him activate his own Mangekyou Sharingan. A skeletal Susanoo formed around him and it started swinging wildly at the clones. It seemed…. uncoordinated.

Not one to usually be deterred (and also taking a mental note on Sasuke's Susanoo), I activated my own Susanoo to counter his. They then clashed with each other causing a huge shockwave. I then performed a few more signs and decided to do something surprising.

"Vapor Style: Solid Fog Jutsu!" I shouted. I intended to melt his Susanoo to mush thanks to my immense power. How would he counter I wondered?

“You can use Boil Release!?” he yelled. He then summoned a small book as his Susanoo was melting. He looked through it and performed some handsigns. “Two can play at this game! Vapor Style: Solid Fog Jutsu!” He used his own fog to neutralize the acidity of my fog. A Shadow Clone then appeared in his Susanoo and formed Rasengan. It ran out of the Susanoo at me.

'Interesting,' I thought to myself. 'I never thought he'd be able to counterattack so well! Nonetheless though...' I finished my train of thought by performing my own Jutsu. However, instead of a Shadow Clone, I used Wood Clones. I then had each use Chidori at the incoming Rasengan. Then, I deactivated my Susanoo much to Sasuke's surprise. As the standoff between the Chidori and Rasengan clouded me from view, I vanished and somehow appeared right next to him! He was caught off guard and I managed to stab him in the shoulder with one of my Chakra Rods.

“AGH! Son of a bitch!” He jumped back holding his shoulder as the clone from earlier appeared in front of me and slammed the Rasengan into my stomach. “Bet you weren’t expecting that!” Sasuke said. “I put a Flying Raijin mark on you while you were knocked out!”

"Impressive Sasuke!" I commended him. "But I am not one of the most famed Uchiha for NOTHING!" I then began laughing maniacally. I enjoyed this! To Sasuke's surprise once more, my Rinnegan began to activate.

"Shinra Tensei!" I shouted without restraint, pushing everything back with such force, the ground practically shook! "Ha ha ha! Yes! Show me more of your power Sasuke! I no longer want you to hold back." I then waited for his next move with my arms crossed.

“Rinnegan is definitely cheating,” Sasuke muttered. “But don’t turn it off just yet. I’ve got something for you.” His grin became maniacal as his Susanoo’s top half fully formed. It held a ball of Amaterasu's black fire, which it formed into a bow and arrow. “Eat this!” It shot the arrow upwards, momentarily confusing me. Then it began to rain Amaterasu arrows with enough force to crack the ground wide open. I stood in the center of the onslaught waiting for the crescendo. Sasuke did not disappoint. The black fire swirled in a vortex and it was all focused on me until it exploded.

The smoke slowly dispersed, and I was seen panting from the attack while smoke was wafting off of my slowly regenerating body. I was in shock, it appeared that I was so caught off guard, that I wasn't able to try and use one of my Paths to absorb it. However doing so might've caused a risk to my body. I grinned one last time and decided that my last attack would finish this.

"Good work Sasuke." I said. "But this Jutsu I created myself should end this fight. Please try not to die." I then put my hands together and began to gather chakra around myself. Once enough chakra was gathered, I then began pulling out a blade. I opened my eyes shortly after and shouted, "Yin Release: God-Killing Spear!" My blade was then enveloped in pure Yin chakra and it suddenly extended. It hit Sasuke in the stomach (painfully I might say) and extracted out shortly after with a squelching sound.

I grinned and said, "You might as well give up and submit Sasuke. With a simple twitch of my fingers, the chakra piece I inserted inside you would blow up along with you. Unless you have some sort of counter? I also know you're not a clone. I can see it with my Sharingan."

He coughed up blood and smiled. “Nope. I’ve got nothing for this.” He performed some handsigns. “Orochimaru Style: Body Replacement Technique.” In the most disgusting manner possible, he shed his skin and crawled out of his own mouth, body completely healed. “I don’t have much chakra left. Healing life-threatening wounds takes a lot out of me. It wouldn’t be much fun to continue.”

I smiled. Looks like I had won. Although being the good contestant I am, I reached out with my palm to help him up. He accepted gratefully, and I restored his chakra just to be nice. "I must say that your Orochimaru Style was completely unexpected Sasuke. Still though, have you ever thought of creating your own Jutsu like my own? If you'd like, I can teach you it. It will however take a lot of chakra and drain you, so it's a last resort technique to those who aren't Edo Tensei like myself. Nonetheless, a great spar!"

“As much as I would love to create my own jutsu, I think I’ll hold off for now. Things are about to get interesting back in my Equestria. I’ll come back once my plan advances a little bit.”

I nodded. "Very well. I can respect that." I said. I then reached into a drawer and pulled out an item. I then handed it to Sasuke. "Here. Take this. It's a list of some of my own techniques I created. They're not as perfected as my God-Killing Spear, but perhaps you can perfect them." I smiled once more and remembered one other thing. "Also, should you ever need my assistance, call for me. I'd enjoy a nice vacation from this Equestria. If though, I'm not available, I'll send someone...else as a mediator of sorts. Fair enough?" I asked.

“Seems like a good deal,” he said as he put my pages into his book. They attached themselves to the bindings and reformatted themselves. “Huh,” he said. “So that’s how that works.”

I stared and then stared some more. I then couldn't help but keel over in laughter. "Ha ha! I must say Sasuke. I believe you and I will get along very well! Now then," I said recomposing myself, "I must get back to work at the moment. However, take one more thing that I offer." I then gave him the container holding the heart of the Lich and gave it to him. When looking at me in confusion, I merely said, "Think of it as a backup plan in case you ever need it. Word of warning though, it should only be used sparingly. Never use it on a living being. But the results on an artificial creation or undead being are quite...extraordinary." I finished.

Sasuke contemplated my words for a moment. “I do love backup plans. Alright, thanks. Good luck with… whatever it is you’re doing.” A void portal opened up behind him. He turned to walk through it and waved.

I replied back, "An Uchiha Elite believes in no such thing as luck my friend. But I thank you nonetheless." I gave off a slightly amused grin and waved goodbye back. I was sure that things would be QUITE interesting with other fellow Displaced like my friend Sasuke.

~Meanwhile~

"And that's what happened my dear." Eclipse finished.

"Then it appears we've no choice," Eternity said with a stern tone. "We must prepare for battle against the traitor Madara Uchiha!"

TO BE CONTINUED!

Prologue Final!

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My Little Pony: An Uchiha’s Wrath – Prologue Final!

Finally, everything was ready. Soon, all the pieces he had placed on the board would make their move. Power would triumph; love and friendship would fall!

As Madara smirked to himself in maniacal glee, he double checked everything that needed it. Going through papers, sorting through test tubes, etc, Madara found everything to his liking.

Now all he needed to do was plan a grand entry on those pathetic ponies! He would instill fear, power, and true despair in front of them. He would watch every last pony BURN.

But still, what about the possibility of the Elements of Harmony interfering? He knew he had plans for the Elements, but he sure hoped that they would not make an appearance yet.

Putting a finger to his chin in thought, he clicked his teeth in annoyance until suddenly he had an idea! Surely after his reputation in multiple battles, he must've gained some sort of recognition right? If so, he could use that to his advantage.

Smiling once more, he headed to where his computer was (where he also stored the “gifts” from Sasuke), he rummaged through a cabinet that had multiple files.

By Celestia almighty, how he HATED the mess of files he had to go through. So troublesome. Great, now he was sounding like a certain Nara.

(Somewhere in the universe, said Nara sneezed. “Troublesome allergies.” He said to himself while gazing at the clouds)

Finally, after a few more minutes of looking through unimportant files, he found what he was looking for. He looked at the cover, and it was titled: Project – Akatsuki.

Yes, this would be his backup plan. Using the reputation he gained, and inspiring loyalties into other ponies, he'd create an organization that would most definitely have the power to bring him back! Of course, even though there would be a leader, he would be the main influence. Yes…he'd make sure that everything would go right; from the darkest of shadows. At this, he looked at the six dead pony bodies that Sasuke oh-so-happily delivered to him.

The six bodies were all dressed with a dark cloak robe with blood red clouds being the main pattern on them all. Each would possess a fraction of his powers, thanks to the Chakra Receivers he inserted into each of them. He had named each accordingly:

•1: Pain a Pegasus of the Deva Path

•2: Orochimaru a Unicorn of the Preta Path

•3: Sasori a Pegasus of the Animal Path

•4: Kakuzu a Minotaur of the Asura Path

•5: Mama Blue (now known as Konan) a Unicorn of the Human Path

•6: Itachi a Griffon of the Naraka Path

And finally,

•7: Himself – The Outer Path!

It was all perfect. Thanks to his magnificent powers, he was also able to bestow upon the paths similar Jutsu and Dōjutsu to each of them. Pain had his Rinnegan (it would fade to dust if anyone else besides Pain or Madara used it, plus it's powers are more limited), Orochimaru has his enhancements (and snake-like abilities), Itachi possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan, Kakuzu has his five hearts, Konan had plenty of chakra enhanced paper weapons, and Sasori had the ability to use chakra strings to control any enemy or rogue summon. He was also the first Pony Puppet.

Glad that the Alicorn Blood had proved very beneficial in replication spells and forbidden Alicorn Techniques, his work was pretty much almost complete. What remained was his Tailed Beast Army. But their time would soon come. For now though, ‘I shall revel in the taste of the ponies’ blood when this is all over!’ He thought with an evil grin while activating his Six Paths of Pain Technique.

The Six Paths, stood at attention, bowing to their master and creator. Madara cleared his throat with a small 'harrumph', and began to give them their mission.

“My Six Paths of Pain, you now stand before me as the top generals of the future Akatsuki. You will obey only me, report to only me, and free only me when the time comes.” Here, he paused. Why was he speaking to them again?? Oh right, because the Alicorn Blood had somewhat ‘awakened’ their dormant personalities from when they were alive and thus, they all had some form of sentience. He then continued, “As I make my way to Canterlot to destroy those damned ponies, I want you to gather me as many loyal followers as possible. Hopefully, the Changelings will be among them. Once that is done, I will check on your progress. If you hear that I'm somehow in stone, do not act. Keep gathering followers. For I shall return in due time. Is this understood?”

Each of the Paths, knelt and nodded in respect while saying, “By your command Lord Madara!!”

Madara smirked. Let the fun begin…

~Back At Canterlot~

Meanwhile, as Madara was preparing his plans for the invasion of Canterlot, both King Eclipse and Queen Eternity were gathering their forces for a full scale defense should Madara show his traitorous face.

Eclipse nuzzled his wife and walked up to a podium, and began to give a small speech. “Attention everypony!” He shouted. At this, everypony in the room immediately gave their undivided attention to their great leader.

Seeing that all of his subjects’ eyes were on him now, Eclipse continued. “Today, we stand on the verge of a crisis. Our once great ally, Madara Uchiha has betrayed us and in general, all of Canterlot!” At this, there were gasps and whispers amongst everypony. “But,” Eclipse continued, “We must stay strong. You're all gathered here today to fend off this opposing force and prove to this traitor why Canterlot is not to be trifled with so easily! You're not just doing this for Canterlot though; no. You're also doing this to protect your loved ones, your friends, and all of Equestria!!”

At this, there were multiple cheers as the whispers and gasps had stopped altogether. Although some ponies were still a little hesitant about what to do.

Seeing that they needed a push, Eclipse concluded his speech. “I understand those who’re scared and hesitant. Those who are, I am not forcing you into battle. You may stay if your heart commands it. All I ask, is that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers.”

The hesitant ponies them smiled and began to stomp their hooves at their leader for such an inspiring speech. More joined shortly after, until suddenly, the WHOLE ROOM began to stomp!

Seeing this brought a tear to Eclipse and Eternity’s eyes. They truly did have such loyal subjects. No. Not just subjects, but one big happy family.

Eternity then spoke up and proclaimed, “Today, MADARA UCHIHA FALLS!”

"HOORAH!!!" Everypony echoed.

"Alright everypony!!!" A soldier shouted. “Let's move out and kick some tail!”

“Sir, yes sir!!” Everypony agreed.

~A Few Hours Later~

After a couple hours had passed, everypony was in position and ready for action. Many had their horns ready to shoot deadly spells, the pegasai had storm clouds ready along with blades on their forehooves for close encounters. As for the Earth Ponies, they simply got ready by flexing their muscles and practice-bucking some training dummies.

Shortly, a scout named Danger Ranger, spotted something. “I see something! Movement from the North!”

“What's the ETA?!” The commander questioned.

“Unknown sir! Estimated at less than ten minutes sir!”

“Alright everypony! Get ready! To your battle stations now! Move, move, move!” The sergeant commanded with supreme authority.

While the units began to mobilize, the two Royals were busy putting little Celestia and Luna to bed in a safe bunker.

"Alright. There we go my girls.” Eternity said. “You'll be safe here.”

“Bwut we want to bwe with yoo Mom!” Luna cried sadly.

“I understand my dear Lulu, but right now, mommy and daddy have to work. Please understand.”

Celestia then asked, “Where's Uncle Madara?”

At this question, both Eternity and Eclipse gave a quick glance at each other and said, “I'm afraid he's gone to a dark place sweetie.” Seeing the two about to cry again, Eclipse hushed them gently and said, “Don't worry. We’ll be back before you know it my sweet daughters.”

“Pwomise?” Luna asked with a trembling lip.

“We promise Lulu.” Both Eternity and Eclipse said. Little did they know that that promise would mean nothing in the end.

~Back With The Canterlot Guard~

“Here they come!” A soldier shouted. It was then that only one figure appeared. It was none other than Madara Uchiha. He glanced around the entire area and gave a superior smirk.

“I see that you have the welcoming committee all laid out for me.” He said tauntingly. “I'm flattered honestly.”

“Madara Uchiha!” The sergeant shouted. “You're under arrest for manipulating Queen Eternity, along with multiple experiments involving ponykind!”

Madara gave a frown at this and lowered his head; face clouded in shadow. “What…did you say?”

“I said-“

“I damn well know what you said INSECT!!” Madara shouted in anger, his face completely wrinkled up in disgust. “What I meant to say, was: did you dare mutter that Whorse Queen in front of me?!” At this, he began to glow with raw chakra and his Sharingan spun wildly. “YOU SHALL NEVER MENTION THOSE NAMES EVER IN MY PRESENCE! Shadow Clone Jutsu!” He then summoned a clone; possessing Madara’s famed Rinnegan.

“Destroy them.” Madara uttered with angry, shallow breaths to his clone.

The clone quickly obeyed and shortly after, it said, “Summoning Jutsu!”

Many puffs of smoke appeared and Madara’s Shadow Animal Path had summoned a three-headed dog, a centipede, a bird, rhinoceros, and a dragon. All possessed the Rinnegan and many chakra piercings.

“Now, ATTACK!” Madara shouted with an insane grin. And after that command, all Tartarus broke loose.

Each soldier backed away in fear as the Animal Summons attacked multiple places at once. The Centipede destroyed many buildings by slithering around them and tossing rubble everywhere. Many ponies were crushed by the debris.

Earth Ponies tried to hold back the Rhinoceros, but they were all rammed away by it’s massive horn.

The bird dropped many bombs that exploded everywhere, leaving death and mayhem everywhere. On it, was Madara watching with satisfaction.

He watched as the Dragon blew fire on buildings and ponies alike, while the dog(s) shredded it’s foes to pieces with it’s fangs.

Madara then de-summoned his creatures and clone, and soon rose into the air with his eyes closed in concentration.

He slowly opened his eyes and soon said, “And now, this world shall know the pain it has caused me.” He watched as every single pony struggled down below. Merely crawling like the pathetic ants they were. It was time to end their feeble existence. “Shinra Tensei!!!” And at that, everypony nearby was pushed back by a tremendous force. Some were crushed by it, others were pushed into debris getting critically injured, while others survived; albeit barely.

Madara then used Kamui and headed to his main target: Canterlot Castle.

~Canterlot Castle~

Tremors were heard all around the castle, glass windows shattered, and fire slowly began to eat away at the royal decorum. Ponies, mares and colts alike, ran as if the very Gates of Tartarus were upon them (in some ways, it was).

The two Royals did their best to try and calm everypony down, but it was to no avail. It was then that a wounded soldier slowly approached the two of them.

“My lord and lady…” He panted while coughing up a bit of blood, “Canterlot…it’s…it’s in ruins!” He managed to say.

Suppressing gasps, Eternity and Eclipse both trotted over to the nearest window at a furious pace. It was there that they saw the horror that lay before them. Where Canterlot once was, a giant sized crater easily able to fit three grown dragons, was in it’s place!

Eternity could no longer bear to watch and turned away while sobbing for the loss of so many of their precious ponies.

All Eclipse could feel though, was pure anger at what Madara had done. “Curse you Madara…” He uttered with venom in his voice along with an angered expression. “CURSE YOU TO THE DEPTHS OF TARTARUS!!!!!” He shouted, no longer able to suppress his sorrows and anger.

It was then that a taunting voice rang out of nowhere, yet everywhere at once. “My, my Eclipse. Is that not nice of a way to say to your friend?” Madara then appeared out of thin air stunning the two Royals. He was practically untouched! How did he manage to get past all of their forces?!

Seeming to read their minds, Madara began to slowly approach the two. He had a smug smirk on his face and his aura just screamed power. As if all were just specks of dirt to him. He then said, “I know what you must be thinking. How did I ever get past your forces?” Here, he paused and then gestured outside. “It's simple my friends, those who possess power and enough of it, are the ones who make a true difference in this world. Love is not necessary. It will only breed sacrifice until it soon becomes hate. It is then that one comes to know pain. And the only thing to get rid of that pain, is to show that pain to others.”

“You've no right to say that you MONSTER!” Eternity shouted. “We trusted you and here you are, walking over all of us! Have you no heart?!”

Madara glanced at her and used a small Shinra Tensei to hit her back where she crashed into the wall, unconscious. “Loudmouthed wretch.” He simply stated.

“You…black-hearted DEVIL!!” Eclipse shouted at Madara. He would not stand for anyone laying a hand on his precious wife, be it physically or by power alone. Before he could do anything though, Madara vanished, reappeared behind him, grabbed his throat via Banshō Ten’in, and uttered, “Kamui.”

Eclipse then felt like his insides were churning and being pushed out at the same time as both he and Madara traveled to the destination Madara had in mind.

It was then that both were seen hovering in the air, miles above the crater of Canterlot; Madara holding Eclipse by the throat.

Eclipse tried to struggle out of the madman’s grasp, but Madara was simply too powerful. After a few minutes, where Eclipse was about to pass out, Madara eased his grip and let go of him. Eclipse barely managed to stay aloft with his wings on time.

“Why…*pant*…why are you doing *cough*…all this?!” He managed to ask through ragged breaths.

“Did I not tell you before Eclipse?” Madara replied back. “Let me spell it out for you.” Using Banshō Ten’in again, he grabbed Eclipse by the torso and punched him in the face, practically dislocating it! “You're.” Punch! “Too.“ Another punch. “Soft!!”

Blood dripping down his chin, Eclipse could only breathe in pain. Madara then looked at him with a frown on his face. Madara then let Eclipse go once more and this time, Eclipse could only stay aloft using Levitation Magic; his wings all but useless due to fatigue.

“You asked me why I’m doing all this.” Madara stated. “But even if I told you why, I doubt very strongly that the knowledge would change anything at all.” Here, Madara paused and waited till he had Eclipse’s full attention. When he did, he continued. “But let's say that I did take the time to explain it to you. What do you think would happen then?”

Eclipse could only stare at Madara as he was unable to form a proper sentence. Madara narrowed his eyes and began to explain. “My goal is not only to show how frail and soft your sense of peace is, but to create my own ideal world. What I want is the perfect world. One where true peace is obtained.”

Eclipse was then finally able to breathe out a sentence. “But…*cough* even if you do, what about all the crimes you've done this very day?! The way to your peace would be full of nothing but lies and death!”

“Hmph.” Madara scoffed. “You clearly don't understand.” Eclipse gave him a look that simply said, ‘what do I not understand?’

“We've all suffered at the hands of those who deceive and cause death. You and I are no different to this pain. However, what if there was a way to stop such things? It's simple. Wipe the slate clean.”

Starting to understand what Madara was saying, Eclipse couldn't help but gasp in horror. "Y-you don't mean to-"

"I do." Madara said with no hesitation. “I will destroy this world…and recreate it in MY image. Ponies will no longer exist. Instead, only I will live amongst this world. After that, I will then find a way to enhance my great powers even further and become a god. When I do, I shall create a race that is perfect. If the results are displeasing, I will reset the world until it meets my expectations.”

“You…are truly insane Madara.” Eclipse said through labored breaths. “Perhaps it was wrong indeed of me to trust you.”

“Well, I will say this: you ponies aren't the smartest of creatures. Finding peace through friendship? Laughable. You are all simply living a dream if you think peace can be achieved that way. Your flawed ideals are simply nothing but false promises to one another.”

Madara then closed his eyes and reopened them to reveal his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. “I believe we've talked long enough old friend. It's a shame that you won't live long enough to see my plans become a reality. Now, prepare to burn. Amaterasu!”

Eclipse closed his eyes, waiting for his death, but it didn't come. He opened his eyes and found himself encased in a force field. He then looked behind him and saw Eternity giving him a smile. He gave her one as well, as his wounds healed thanks to her. Madara saw this and immediately jumped back.

Both Royals then flew next to each other, while looking at Madara dead-serious in the eye.

“Madara.” Eternity said with barely suppressed rage, “For your actions against all of ponykind, Eclipse and I WILL destroy you!”

Madara then grinned. The grin soon became a chuckle to full blown out laughter. Wiping a pretend tear out of his eye, Madara then said, “Go ahead then! I urge you to try. But know that I cannot be destroyed…” He then disappeared from their sight. He then reappeared behind them continuing, “So once I show you how futile your efforts are, I think I shall kill your children and make you watch. Sound like fun?”

At that, both Alicorn’s hearts froze. They then slowly turned and gave Madara their attention and suddenly, unleashed a MASSIVE amount of magical energy! It was so strong that even Madara was blown slightly back.

“You will never…” Eclipse started.

“Lay a hand…” Eternity continued.

“ON OUR CHILDREN!” Both then finished.

Seeing that the two were done playing, he switched his Sharingan to the Rinnegan. “Bring it on then! Show me your so called resolve!” Madara shouted in maniacal glee.

Both Alicorns needed no more incentive than that. The two Royals then immediately rushed at the insane man/monster that would dare lay a finger on their children. Eclipse’s hoof was engulfed in a powerful aura. This showed his immense talent in being able to combine a Unicorn’s magic with an Earth Pony’s. Something similar was the case for Eternity. She had her Unicorn Horn surrounded by a magical aura as well, but she was also causing a huge vacuum with her wings.

Madara would not be denied his victory though. He immediately used the Deva Path’s Shinra Tensei to repel Eclipse’s technique, and used the Preta Path’s energy absorption abilities to make Eternity’s attack all but useless. Switching from defense to offense, he used the Asura Path to create multiple limbs over his body that fired off many missiles along with a few flamethrowers added into the mix.

Eternity managed to put up a force field in time around her and Eclipse, but both still recoiled from the intense heat.

Eclipse gritted his teeth. This was getting nowhere. They had to distract him somehow so he wouldn't use that repulsion technique of his! He quickly used a telepathy spell and told Eternity his plan. She simply nodded in confirmation. She then dropped the shield and both teleported behind and in front of Madara respectively.

Madara simply grinned and prepared to use another Shinra Tensei, but was surprised when he found his arms encased in a crystal substance thanks to Eclipse. Eternity then rushed at him with a hoof aimed at his face. Madara simply smirked as she just passed through him thanks to the power of Kamui.

Thinking that it was time for a change in scenery, Madara used Kamui again, but not just on himself. Eclipse and Eternity were taken along for the ride!

It was then that after a few minutes of regaining their bearings, the two Royals realized they were in Canterlot Castle! Could Madara have known that Celestia and Luna were here?

“Why so scared you two?” Madara tauntingly asked. “Rejoice! For this Castle shall be your grave. Be happy that you'll receive a good tomb!”

Madara then made a series of handsigns and shouted, “Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!”

The fire hit everything. The whole entire room was alight with death consuming flames, making it hard to breath. Eternity and Eclipse both had to hold their hooves to their mouths to keep from breathing in the fog of death.

“Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!” A huge blast of wind then shot at the two from the back of the flames. This not only caused the flames to grow bigger, but nearly push back the Royals out a nearby window!

“Madara! Come out and fight!” Eclipse shouted. “Or are you just a coward?!”

Eclipse knew he had hit a nerve as he felt a hand immediately grasp his shoulder and crush it!

"Aagh!" Eclipse shouted in agony; his face twisted into one of pure pain.

“Eclipse!” Eternity shouted to her husband. She tried to rush to his side, but was repelled by an invisible force. It was then that the flames slowly began to die down, revealing Madara. Out of the flames he stepped; like the devil from Hell.

Rinnegan flashing violently, he uttered, “Banshō Ten’in!” This caused Eternity to be pulled toward Madara who immediately unsheathed a black chakra blade from his right sleeve and stabbed her in the gut!

Blood spilled from the wound and Eternity coughed, barely able to stand. Eclipse could only watch in horror.

Madara then spoke. “I can stand being called mad, even insane, but above all, I will NOT EVER BE CALLED A COWARD!!” He shouted in outrage. “Perhaps I should show you the consequences of your actions! Kamui!”

A portal opened behind Madara. And as he stepped aside, what was behind him was made clear. It was the two Royal Sisters! Both were huddled together, cowering in fear. Madara then unsheathed another black blade.

Eclipse realized what Madara was about to do. He shouted, “No! Don't do-“

The black chakra blade then fell down, along with the heads of the two sisters. Both with shocked expressions on their dead faces…

Eternity and Eclipse were horrified. Their children, their pride and joy, the lights of their life…were dead.

“N-no.” Eternity whispered. “NO!” She then began to sob, holding her hooves to her face.

Eclipse wished that this was just a nightmare. A figment of his imagination. But each time he pinched himself, he was still seeing the same thing over and over.

He then felt something else. What was it? Sadness? No. It was pure rage. A rage that could no longer be contained. He and his wife both began to glow with an unlimited amount of power that not even Madara could handle!

Madara could only think, ‘What is this?! Perhaps I went too far?’

“Madara.” Eclipse said calmly; which unnerved Madara. “You killed our children. For that, YOU WILL RUE THE DAY YOU EVER CAME TO EQUESTRIA!!!” He shouted. “DIE!”

Both Eternity and Eclipse began to pummel Madara with their hooves, magic, and even used their horns to jab at him! And all while Madara was using Kamui!

‘How?! They're somehow negating Kamui! I know my recharge time isn't needed yet, so how are they doing this?!’ Madara thought, trying to comprehend what was happening.

Having enough, Madara shouted, “Shinra Tensei!” This one was even bigger than the ones he had used before, but thanks to him having infinite chakra capacities, he didn't feel any drain. He then turned his gaze over to the two furious Royals. It was then decided that he'd played around with them long enough. It was time to bring out the big guns.

“I've had enough playing around. It's time to show you…THE SUSANO-O!” Madara shouted as a giant glowing blue warrior surrounded him in an amazing aura of power.

“Enough fun!” Madara shouted, completely serious this time. “The end has come for you!”

“I couldn't agree more you beast!” Eternity shouted. Eclipse merely nodded at his wife’s statement and both rushed at him.

At first, Madara was confident that his Susano-o was perfect and could not be penetrated one bit. He was soon proven wrong when as soon as the two rushed at him, a crack quickly began to form.

‘What?!’ Madara thought. ‘How is this possible?! First they negated my Kamui, and now they are even breaking through my Susano-o!’

Reaching out his hand, he then said, “Well now, I underestimated your powers! But no matter, it doesn't faze me a bit.” He proclaimed as six tomoe surrounded his Susano-o, giving it enhanced power and more defensive capabilities.

The Susano-o then followed Madara’s mental commands by attacking with it’s massive energy swords. Each time it did, they were quickly dodged by Eclipse and Eternity. Both then continued to attack the defenses to get to the main shell, quickly causing more cracks to form.

“Hmph!” Madara grunted. “I'm surprised you've lasted THIS long against me!” He then clapped his hands together, getting ready to use his ultimate technique. “Here's your reward! Chibaku Tensei!”

The Susano-o roared and glowed brightly as many pieces of rock from both space and earth were hurled at the two Royals.

Both were hit by a few, but they managed to dodge most of them intact. Nonetheless, they were both worn out and their injuries were weighing heavily on them.

“Eternity,” Eclipse gasped out. “I don't think we can hold out much longer. What do we do?” He asked almost in a pleading voice.

“I think it's time we…used THAT spell.” Eternity replied.

Eclipse knew what spell she was talking about. A forbidden spell to be precise. It would allow the two Alicorn Royals to fuse into one being of true power, one that could rival all else. The only thing that made it forbidden, was the magnificent drain on the two users’ life. Even if they managed it, they'd probably only be able to live for a few years. Five if they were lucky.

"I guess we've no choice.” Eclipse said. “Let's…do it.”

“Right.” Eternity said with unwavering resolve. “Remember, I'll always be with you. Just as Celly and Lulu are right now.”

Giving a small tear at the reminder of his deceased children, Eclipse sorrowfully nodded.

Both then began to glow with a golden aura while Madara watched with an impassive gaze.

‘Hmm…what are they up to now? No matter, I will still crush them!’

It was then that the aura faded and a huge light blinded Madara, along with everypony still alive down in Canterlot. As soon as it appeared, it went away. Madara then unshielded his eyes, and what he saw, amazed, yet somehow sent chills down his spine.

With two pairs of wings, a magnificent jeweled crown, white pupiless eyes, and surrounded in a glowing gold aura, was the power of an ancient being known only as an…ALPHA ALICORN!

“Madara Uchiha!” The two fused Alicorns said in unison. “Prepare yourself. For we now cleanse you of everything you've done to our little ponies! Heavenly Light!”

Soon, a glow from the Alpha Alicorn’s horn shot down onto the ground of the ruined Canterlot. Slowly but surely, ponies who had died, including Celestia and Luna, were soon revived from the dead! The Alpha Alicorn grunted a bit, as the life drain was getting bigger. The light also weakened Madara as he was panting hard.

“And now, we bid thee farewell Madara Uchiha! Accept the power of Judgement!” A huge saber of light then pierced straight through Madara’s Susano-o, making it shatter. It then stabbed straight through where Madara’s heart should be. It then began to glow and imploded, taking Madara with it.

The Alpha Alicorn soon separated and turned back to the Two Royals, who were now a lot older than they once were. Wrinkles and once vibrant colors were now faded and adorning them. Both panted and looked at the charred remains of Madara.

“At last…” Eclipse said through ragged breath.

“Madara…” Eternity was about to say when suddenly-

“Is dead?” A voice said behind them?

They quickly turned around, but it was too late. With their horns immediately cut off, while simultaneously stabbed in the heart, Madara reappeared behind them as they fell to the ground; kunai knife in hand.

“Im-impossible! How?” Eternity questioned.

Madara then turned to them and said, “The Izanagi. An Uchiha forbidden Jutsu. The user can tie illusion and reality together, in exchange for the sight in one eye. A visual Jutsu that only those who possess both Uchiha and Senju powers can perform!”

“Wh-what?” Eclipse exclaimed. “Just who- what ARE you?!”

"I am Madara Uchiha, and I possess the powers of the Senju. I am unique, I am a god!” Madara proclaimed. The two Royals could only look on in disbelief.

“Hmph. I'd love to stay here chattering with you, but I'm actually very busy. Conversation is over.” Madara said evilly. “Although I am weakened at the moment, I can still cast a few last Jutsu. When I have finished casting this Genjutsu, you will be finished too.” The last thing they saw was Madara’s one Sharingan spinning, and their two revived children coming to them as Madara used Kamui to leave.

‘Celestia…Luna…forgive us…’ Both thought with their final breaths. They then faded from the world…forever.

To Be Continued…in the next Arc!

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---A Ruined Anniversary part 1---

Many Years Later…

--Canterlot--

‘Today is the day of that one horrible moment, isn't it?’ Celestia thought to herself. The now adult Alicorn Princess was a true goddess in terms of pony beauty. Her rainbow colored mane flowing out like a wisp of flame, and her coat a beloved angelic white color.

It had been decades since that dreadful day. The day he killed both her and her sister’s beloved parents: Queen Eternity and King Eclipse. Today, was the anniversary of their deaths. Each anniversary, both Princesses of Equestria (along with many of the townsfolk) would light candles up and let them drift up into the sky as a symbol of respect and everlasting love they had for the King and Queen.

Celestia sighed once more. This day was truly a sad day for her. After his attack on Canterlot many years ago, it was decided that his name was a taboo to speak of. It was also decided then and there that seeing as they were the only true heirs to the throne, Celestia and Luna would become co-rulers of Equestria. They however, refused to take up the mantle of Queens as there were no Kings. Henceforth, they were simply known as the Princesses.

When they ascended the throne, the first of their many acts was to find him and bring said monster to justice. Years of searching yielded no results. It was as if he disappeared from the face of Equestria. At first, it frustrated both her and Luna, but the nobles of Canterlot proclaimed they could not waste so many resources (and money) to look for just one criminal. Even though it was selfish of Celestia and Luna to use up so much resources, the nobles were sadly right. The search was eventually cancelled and put to an end for the time being.

Interrupting her thoughts, the throne room’s clock struck twelve o’ clock at midnight. This signaled the time for Celestia and Luna to begin the ceremony. Knowing that her sister is most likely there waiting for her, Celestia takes in a deep breath and calmly walks out the room to the stairs that lead to the balcony.

‘I just hope that things stay peaceful for a little while longer…’ Celestia mentally prayed.

--Unknown Location—

Alas, things would not go as Celestia prayed. Far deep underground, where not even the dwellers of the dark would go, a portal opened and out stepped the fabled Madara Uchiha. The same one who destroyed all that Celestia and Luna cherished/loved.

Over the past years, Madara had not changed in the slightest. Still possessing cracked skin and his famed Sharingan eyes, Madara was the epitome of fierceness. Upon his shoulders were multiple objects of many types. Many of these he had gotten from his “raids” in the many worlds of the Displaced. And soon, with the objects he had obtained, he would finally succeed in his goals.

Even now, his Six Paths of Pain were recruiting promising members to his Akatsuki organization. Their numbers had already begun to range in the hundreds! Soon, very soon, things would change in this pathetic world of his.

As he set the last of the things on one of the many lab tables, he smiled sinisterly. He could hear it. The screams of pain and death of the war he would wage. He almost drooled at the prospect. But first things first. His creations.

Madara pressed a button on one of the lab’s consoles and headed down deeper into a hidden chamber.

‘I wonder how my pets have been managing?’ Madara thought to himself. Ever since he'd first come across the many possibilities of the items one could get from the Displaced worlds, he had begun experimenting on as many possibilities he could think of. And apparently, one of his many trial runs were successful:

The revival of his very own Tailed Beasts.

Using a combination of Magic and Chakra, he was able to re-create the Biju (Tailed Beasts) in his image. Although most were not the same, the ninth (his personal favorite) stayed the same. Among them were:

One-Tailed Snake - Serpenoid

Two-Tailed Shark - Sharknado

Three-Tailed Centaur - Centorrier

Four-Tailed Harpy - Harpus

Five-Tailed Dragon - Hydraxon

Six-Tailed Golem - Golurk

Seven-Tailed Scorpion - Scorponox

Eight-Tailed Spider/Crab Hybrid - Ebirah

Nine-Tailed Fox – Kurama

These Biju would be the key to renewing the world in his image. Unlike in the show he had watched long ago, they could not form the Juubi, but nonetheless, they had a frightful ability which Madara was hoping to show the Princesses soon. He would have his victory! And if not, well what are backup plans for?

He approached one of the cages, specifically, Kurama’s. The mighty Nine Tailed Biju looked at him with a little bit of anger and slight approval. You might be wondering, why would this version of Kurama not attack Madara on sight? It's simple. Although Madara could simply use the Sharingan on the Biju to guarantee certain loyalty, it would still halve their powers and effectiveness in battle. Plus, even though his own control would be slightly more effective, he would do no such thing to one of his creations. Hey! Even he had standards (to an extent).

No, instead, what he did was insert a tiny piece of Corrupted Nature Chakra inside them along with his DNA (basically, a bastardized version of the Cursed Seal). This would basically mean that the Biju were in essence, his children. And the Corrupted Chakra (as he calls it) would be the key to future endeavors.

His internal monologue of thought was broken by one of Kurama’s growls. “Lord Madara. When will it be the time to destroy those pathetic Ponies? Will I even get a challenge?!”

Madara smirked. “Soon Kurama. All we need is a small bit more of time for my forces to get ready, then we strike. If you cannot find a worthy opponent as you put it, I'll have you fight alongside me against the Princesses of Equestria. It is fitting no? After all, it'll be like when the original Madara fought against Hashirama from the show eh?”

Kurama rolled his eyes and said, “I know Father. You keep reminding us every single time about that damned show! Yes we have your memories, but that doesn't mean we are comfortable with them. Am I really based off of that pathetic Kyuubi? I would never turn to ‘the light’ as he did!”

“Kurama,” Madara interrupted with a sneer, “when I created you, did I ever say you could talk back to me like that?” A huge Killer Intent filled the air as Kurama shivered. “I created you yes, you have my memories yes, but do not ever, EVER DOUBT YOURSELF OR ME! Is that understood?!” He shouted, causing the Kyuubi to fall to it’s equivalent of knees. “Do I make myself clear?” He asked.

“Urg. Crystal clear Father.” Kurama wheezed out.

The pressure softened and Madara patted Kurama’s nose. “Do not worry yourself my Son. Soon we will strike. Until then…be patient for a little longer.”

Madara then proceeded to feed his pets their meals of Chakra Enhanced food grown to huge proportions. After that was done, Madara then left to go back upstairs and contact his spies in Canterlot…

--Back at Canterlot--

Meanwhile at Canterlot, Celestia had arrived at her destination. There, awaiting her, was Luna.

Like Celestia, Luna too had grown into a beautiful Alicorn mare. Her mane shimmered with stars like a flowing canvas carved from the night sky along with her coat being a beautiful midnight blue.

Seeing her sister arrive, Luna gave Celestia a small sad smile. “Hello Celly.” She greeted.

“Good evening dear Lulu.” Celestia replied. “Are the preparations ready?”

“Indeed sister. All of our little ponies are waiting for you to begin the ceremony to honor our deceased parents.” Luna said the last part with a tear falling from her eye.

Celestia understood Luna’s pain. Using one of her Pegasi wings, she brushed off the stray tear Luna shed. “My dear Lulu, do not cry. Remember, our parents are still with us. In here.” At the last part, she pointed a hoof at her chest.

“That still doesn't make the pain go away Celestia…” Luna quietly sobbed.

“I know Lulu. Here, give your sister a hug.” At this, the two embraced. Not even Celestia could help but shed her own tears at the grief of losing her parents to that monster.

After a few more minutes, the both of them felt a lot better and both proceeded to Canterlot Castle’s balcony to address the many ponies outside. Some were civilians, while most others were the Nobles of Canterlot. After all, Equestria was still developing and not too many ponies knew the war was over.

“My dear little ponies,” Celestia began, “Today marks the day of when our parents, your King and Queen, fought and nearly defeated the monster known as Madara Uchiha.” At the very mention of his name, most ponies gasped at how she said the name without preamble and with such venom in her majestic voice. She then continued. “Alas, they fell in combat shortly after and died in our very hooves.” Celestia could barely speak now, “But today is a day not to focus on the past, rather our future. This ceremony shall pave the way toward a brighter future and forever carve the memories of our dear King and Queen into our hearts forever. May they live long and prosper in the Pure Land that Faust created for them. Praise King Eclipse and Queen Eternity!”

At this the ponies cheered at the fantastic speech. “PRAISE THE KING AND QUEEN!!!” They all shouted with tears, sad smiles, and above all, reverence. However in the background, six ponies did not join in the cheers and applause. Well, most of them were ponies. Two were entirely different species altogether. One was a Minotaur, while the other was a Griffon.

The leader nodded its head at the lone Pegasus (besides itself), and it nodded back. It then created a single hand sign muttering, “Shadow Clone Jutsu.” At this, eight clones appeared. What was familiar about them was that each bared the eyes of Celestia and Luna’s nightmares: the Rinnegan. The clones then dispersed as the six individuals departed (excluding the Griffon).

Sensing a small flux of power from the balcony, Luna spotted a lone figure wearing a black cloak-robe with red clouds. As she looked closer, she saw it. Pure crimson eyes with three tomoe surrounding the pupil. A piece of her thought it was impossible, but the proof was there in front of her. Those eyes were undoubtedly the eyes of the Sharingan. Something only he possessed!

A gasp beside her caught her attention. It appears that Celestia saw the same thing she did. However they could do nothing, as there were too many innocent ponies nearby. Engaging the enemy now would be a very bad idea. The enemy though, would have no problem attacking now, so why didn't he?

The answer was simple. It was a distraction. Using the Sharingan, the Griffon would bring up past memories from the two Princesses’ minds and strike fear into their hearts. It was when they were most vulnerable, the leader would give the signal for the Animal Path’s clones to begin their Summoning Jutsu.

Deciding that it had fulfilled it's purpose, the Griffon began to disappear into the shadows. Luna would not accept that, and before her sister could stop her, Luna was flying after the Griffon!

Seeing their Princesses act strangely, had the ponies worried. Celestia immediately summoned four of her personal Sun Guard to her side.

“Yes Your Highness?” One asked.

“Sun Gleam,” she said urgently, “Evacuate the ponies here immediately! He is here!”

Sensing what Celestia really meant, the guard immediately began to follow his orders. It was too late though. A lone Pegasus was seen in the air, it's face hidden in shadow. It was then that the Pegasus outstretched its hooves and said the one phrase Celestia never wanted to hear again: “Shinra Tensei!” At this, a huge ~BOOM~ was heard and the many ponies instantly began to flee. Celestia tried to calm them, but it was all for naught. As if to make things worse, eight mighty roars were heard from multiple places around Ponyville AND Canterlot.

Celestia then saw the beasts arrive in a plume of smoke, summoned and ready to cause chaos. Celestia couldn't help but have a sense of dèja vú. This was no ordinary attack. It was far too coordinated, far too similar to…

Her train of thought was interrupted by a swirled distortion appearing out of thin air. And out of it, stepped Madara Uchiha. Said Uchiha smirked down at Celestia sinisterly.

“Hello my dear niece. It's been a long time hasn't it?”

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A Ruined Anniversary part 2

“Hello my dear niece. Pleased to see me again?” I asked tauntingly. Celestia merely looked at me with wide eyes, as if she could not comprehend my existence in front of her. I wasn't really all surprised. After all, having been absent for a century or two planning and plotting, one tends to forget their past nightmares.

“M-M-Madara?!” She managed to stutter out; truly pathetic.

“Why yes dear Celly.” I continued to taunt her. “Is it really that much of a surprise to see me? Why don't you give your dear Uncle a hug?” As soon as I finished that sentence, Celestia’s power spiked. Apparently I made her quite mad reminding her of that fact. Ha!

“You're not my Uncle.” She seethed. “You're nothing but a monster destroying all that he deems as mere insects to him!” Celestia then took in a deep breath before continuing. “Tell me Madara, why return now? Why not sooner? What is your aim?!”

I had to laugh at that absurd question. So I did. “Ha ha ha ha ha! Why Celestia, I thought you of all ponies would know that my aim is to show Equestria it's rightful place in the “food chain” so to speak!” I then gestured out to Canterlot where my minions wreaked havoc. “To me, you ARE insects! You proclaim to try and bring peace and friendship, but the mere hypocrisy of your race sickens me! It will never be that simple Celly. Nothing is ever black and white! So henceforth, I am merely…giving you a taste of reality.” I then crossed my arms and activated my Sharingan.

Celestia immediately tensed upon seeing it. She then narrowed her eyes at me and exclaimed, “It is you who will never understand peace and friendship Madara! Power only corrupts and it is better to make a friend out of an enemy than simply slaughtering them!”

I scoffed and shook my head. “Celestia, Celestia…” I patronized, “There it is again. Your naïve ideals truly do amaze me. If you're so content at making friends with an enemy, how do you know they won't stab you in the back?! How do you know if even now, there are those who agree with me, and not you?”

As if struck, Celestia drew back. “Wh-what?” She stammered.

I sighed. It appears she didn't get it. Must I spell out everything for her? “I mean, how do you tell friend from foe? I got in here yes, but not without I admit, some inside help. Do you see now? Even some of your little ponies agree with my ideal that you're simply too weak to lead!” I then pointed a finger at her mockingly, “Even now your citizens betray you and plot behind the scenes. It is THEY who are smarter than you. They know who will bring this world to true order. And once I do exactly that, I will award them with power they could only dream of!”

“And what power might that be Madara?” Celestia asked, truly curious.

“Hmph. I guess I can enlighten you my dear niece. It is the very same power I have: Chakra!”

Meanwhile…

‘For a Griffon, this one is quite fast!’ Luna thought to herself as she continued to chase after the Griffon which possessed the Sharingan. She then gave a small groan of annoyance. ‘Does this being even run out of energy?!’ she questioned mentally.

As if hearing her, the Griffon stopped and turned to her. She immediately saw this and was suspicious. She then folded in her wings for a landing and realized where they were, the Uchiha Bunker. Said to be a base of operations for Madara during the Warring Era against Equestria's enemies. But why would he stop here?

It was then that the Griffon spoke. “Come inside if you dare Princess Luna of Equestria…” It then burst into a plethora of crows. Luna gulped and wondered what exactly she was facing. She looked to the entrance once more and shivered as it looked more like a gaping maw than anything else.

Hesitant, but determined, she walked forward. Ready to fight for her beloved ponies. ‘Here I go. Mother and Father…guide me.’

She then entered the Uchiha Bunker. Once inside, the entrance closed and locked behind her, startling her.

“Huff huff huff…relax Luna,” she breathed, “he's just trying to intimidate you. Don't let him succeed.” Once again, filled with courage and determination, she set off further.

After what seemed like hours, she was nowhere near finding that Griffon. Just what was going on? ‘I feel like I've been walking in circles…’ Luna thought to herself, ‘is this all some sort of illusion?’

Finally, she saw a small light ahead of her. Seeing that she was near the exit, she wasted no more time and rushed through. There, she discovered she was in a throne-like hall room of sorts. The only thing decorating it were six tall cylindrical pillars and in the back was a chair shaped in the form of a throne. It was there she saw the Griffon with an emotionless gaze, with it's Sharingan eyes and unmoving posture.

“Alright you!” Luna shouted. "Who art thou?! What art thou doing here? And why do you possess his eyes?!" Luna furiously bared her teeth in anger.

The Griffon merely looked at her with a bored-like look. “I'm honestly not surprised you made it in here Luna.” The Griffon spoke impassively. “You always did have more determination than your sister.”

Luna growled. He was mocking her! How dare he? “I won't ask again, who are you!?”

The Griffon put a fist on its chin as if pondering on what to say. Finally it spoke again, “I'm afraid that's a bit of a tough question my dear. I once went by the name Hawk Eye. Now though seeing as I'm somehow alive along with these new gifts that were given to me, I go by my designated name: Itachi Uchiha, the Naraka Path of Lord Madara’s Six Paths of Pain. Once again, it is a pleasure to meet you Princess Luna.”

“What? Naraka Path? And did you just say Madara?!” Luna shouted in confusion. “If you indeed serve him, you and these…Six Paths, I have no choice but to place you under imprisonment for questioning!"

“Before you attempt to do so,” Itachi said, “What makes you think you’ll be able to bend me to your will so easily? I know that you lace the Royal Canterlot Voice with magic to intimidate others and make them obey.” Luna gasped that her plan was so easily seen through. It was then that Itachi said something truly surprising. “Also, how do you even know if I'm sitting on this very throne?” Itachi then burst into crows and appeared at her side, a blade of sorts in his hand. Luma barely had time to react before she was suddenly missing part of her left wing.

"Aargh!” Luna yelled in pain. She gripped what remained of her left wing and held it gently in her hooves. It burned! The pain was excruciating! She then turned back to Itachi who was seen back at the throne as if he never even moved.

“So…shall we dance Princess of the Night?” Itachi smirked condescendingly.

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A Ruined Anniversary part 3

Clash! Itachi vs Luna – Madara vs Celestia

With Luna…

Luna was panting. Why? Why couldn't she touch this guy?! This…Itachi Uchiha. Was it that cursed eye of his? The evil Sharingan?

“What's the matter Princess of the Night?” Itachi taunted her; something she hated. “You must be wondering why you can't touch me, yes? It's simple. My Sharingan can read your movements. You’re powerless to stop what shall happen to your beloved Canterlot.”

“You're wrong!” Luna shouted back defiantly. “No matter what it takes, I WILL defeat you and Madara! You'll both pay for killing mine and Celly’s parents!”

“Good. Use that anger and hate. Maybe then you'll have a chance to best me…” Itachi whispered.

The two then clashed once more. Magic against Jutsu. Luna expertly dodged the fireballs thrown at her by Itachi, but Itachi himself was just getting started.

“Fire Style: Bomb Blast Dance!” He then sent a swirling ball of fire straight at Luna which she tried to dodge, yet it managed to burn part of her coat.

“Aagh!” Luna shouted in pain. “Blast you! Eat this!” She then sent out a beam of energy that then seemed to hit Itachi. “Yes!” Luna shouted in glee. She finally got a hit in.

“Did you really think you had me cornered?” A voice said from behind her. She turned around to see Itachi looking her straight in the eyes, his Sharingan now transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

It was then that he muttered one word: “Tsukuyomi.” At that very word, Luna’s world went pitch black.

Back with Celestia and Madara…

Celestia watched as Madara grinned after what he said. “Did you say…Chakra?” Celestia managed to make out.

“Indeed my dear niece. Chakra. The very power that I use and control. Once I gift this to a select few ponies, I will use a powerful Genjutsu that shall control them AND their Chakra. I will have a super-army at my command and rule ALL of Equestria!” Madara proclaimed with insanity in his voice, arms gesturing out in a grand stance.

“Y-y-you'll never win Madara!” Celestia said. “Power may be influential, but it will never stop the power of harmony!”

Madara scoffed once again in annoyance. “Then tell me Celestia.” He then gestured out to the utter ruin and flames surrounding Canterlot and Ponyville. “Just exactly WHERE is your harmony in all this?” He then walked over to her. “I'll tell you where it is: it's not here because this true harmony of yours DOESN’T EXIST!” He then backhanded Celestia with a quick flick of his hand.

Celestia toppled to the ground and winced in pain. Madara was a lot stronger than before when he fought her and Lulu’s parents; that was for certain.

“Tell me Celestia,” Madara said in a somewhat curious tone. “What makes you think that harmony is more powerful than power itself?”

“You would never understand Madara.” Celestia countered. “Harmony is fueled by the wills of all Ponies that wish for peace. That will bring forth true harmony which shall lead to peace.” She explained.

“Hmph.” Madara scoffed once more. “Will? Will has nothing to do with peace or power. If anything, will is simply physical power that crushes all that opposes it!” Madara then gestured to the burning city of Canterlot.

“Do you see now? If will truly exists, then my interpretation of it is sound. My will is on a completely different level than yours! You have no chance of winning against me my dear!” Madara laughed maniacally.

“Then perhaps...” Celestia then slowly stood up with her horn glowing with power. “The time for talk is now over!” She then blasted a powerful energy beam at Madara who simply used Kamui to evade the attack.

“Ha ha! Indeed!” Madara grinned, once more lost in his lust for battle. “Come now! Dance for me!” He then went through a series of hand signs saying, “Chidori!!!” He then rushed at her, fist full of lightning cocked back and aimed at her heart…

Back with Luna and Itachi…

She couldn't move. She could hardly breathe. Where on Equestria was she?! All she could see was a dark wasteland and a blood red moon in the shape of a Sharingan. Just what was this?!

“Welcome Princess Luna…welcome to my Tsukuyomi technique. Once you had made contact with my Mangekyou Sharingan, your fate was already in my hands.” Itachi said emotionlessly.

“My fate?” Luna asked. “What are you talking about! This is just another one of your mere illusions! Fight me like anypony should!” She demanded.

“It seems you've inherited quite the temper Luna. You got it from your dear father didn't you?” Itachi hypothesized.

Luna was silent before saying, “H-h-how d-did you k-know that?”

“Didn't I tell you? My Tsukuyomi not only traps you in the ultimate illusion, but also reveals your darkest secrets to me. Such as your anger for your sister…” Itachi said that last bit with a small knowing smile.

“I don't hate my sister! Stop this at once!” Luna shouted.

“Hated? Who ever said that you ‘hated’ anyone? I certainly never said such a thing. I simply said you had anger for Celestia. You're the one who said the word hate.”

“Shut up!” Luna shouted again, only she had tears in her eyes this time. “You don't know anything! I will-” She was interrupted when she suddenly found herself pinned to a cross with several Itachi Griffons looking at her with their Sharingan.

“Enough chatter Luna. It's time for you to experience pain like you've never felt before. I wonder how long you can last for three days in this world?”

“Thr-three days?!” Luna gasped out. “How long does this Jutsu of yours last?”

“In the world of Tsukuyomi, I am God itself. Time here is different than it is outside. Now…know pain!” Itachi then stabbed her multiple times over and over with Luna gritting her teeth in pain and torture. “Only seventy-one hours, fifty-nine seconds remaining dear Luna… would you care to watch a movie while I…work on you?”

“You know something? Aaagh! You're…truly… hurk! You're a truly sadistic being!” Luna managed to say.

“I'll simply take that as a compliment. Let's take a look into the deepest corners of your mind shall we? I'll even let you watch and re-watch your worst nightmares over and over. Sleep well Luna. For once I'm done with you, SHE will eventually awaken…” Itachi said in a voice that simply screamed foreshadowing.

Celestia and Madara…

Celestia barely dodged Madara’s blow. The Chidori thankfully missed and she was glad for that. Truly glad, as the attack instantly hit one of the castle walls and put an enormous hole in it.

Celestia gave a small gulp. If that had hit her…

“What's wrong my dear Celly?” Madara tauntingly asked. “Losing focus are we?” Celestia could only glare as Madara chuckled darkly and prepared another attack.

Her horn immediately began to glow with power and she began to blast multiple blasts of energy, ruining Madara’s focus.

“Ha ha! Yes, keep dancing for me!” Madara laughed insanely.

Already growing tired from using so much magic, Celestia quickly racked through her brain for any possible ideas on way to do. No matter what she did, Madara’s abilities clearly outmatched her own. By Faust, if only Lulu was here…

She was immediately snapped out of her thoughts (literally) when Madara punched her hard in the cheek. “I wonder…what's distracting you my dear? The city…or Luna?” Madara grinned knowingly.

Celestia could only grit her teeth in anger and slight pain. “Either way, since you can't seem to focus, you are going…TO DIE! Fire Style: Great Fire-”

“DO NOT DARE TOUCH MY SISTER!!” A voice suddenly shouted. Madara could not activate Kamui in time and was hit by two powerful hooves in his face.

“Luna?!” Celestia gasped in surprise.

Indeed, it was Luna. She was covered in bruises and slight blood, but nonetheless, Celestia’s sister simply smiled at her and said, “Hello sister. Shall we get rid of this monster?”

TO BE CONTINUED!

My Little Pony: An Uchiha's Wrath

by Lord Nopony

Arrival

Prologue Part 2

Prologue Final Part 1

Interlude: The Two Uchiha

Prologue Final!

A Ruined Anniversary part 1

A Ruined Anniversary part 2

A Ruined Anniversary part 3