Madara Uchiha stood in his samurai-like armor and frowned at the sight before him. These.....creatures....couldn't see him.

After all, he was merely a ghost.

The Shinigami (God of Death) had not been happy of Madara somehow not going back to the after life after the "Impure World Resurrection" had been reversed...he had forced himself to stay through sheer willpower and had made his pawn revive him.

For being nothing but a pawn, Obito Uchiha had served him well.

After he had been ripped apart as Kaguya Otsutsuki emerged from the Shinju, the Shinigami had come to claim him....and yet he had evaded the God of Death itself!

Somehow, while Kaguya was ripping through dimensions trying to reclaim all Chakra in existence, Madara had gone through a portal and ended up....wherever he was right now.

There were humanoid beings with arms and legs....but that was where the similarities ended.

These creatures often had fur covering them, and some of them had horns or wings....sometimes even both, and their legs ended in hooves.

Most of the equines were often female...which in all honesty made him upset.

He wanted to be reborn the same gender that he was born as....a male.

Many of the males in this building...a castle...were too old to successfully possess (and were in jobs under close scrutiny) and the few that were the right age were under close observation. They were also only slightly above average in terms of power. This was unacceptable to Madara.

He was Madara Uchiha! A man whose name sent fear throughout the world!

In no way would he be associated with such weak beings.

But....in front of his very eyes, a toddler Unicorn filly hatched a baby dragon.

A dragon!

A legendary creature of power and fire!

He had his new body....now...the dragon had to be a child when his fire settled into controllable spurts.

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Six years later:

Spike's age: Six

Twilight's age: Nine

Madara gave a very sinister and malicious grin as he willed himself to appear in front of the dragon. He had managed to get the dragon alone!

Unbeknownst to him, Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle had just entered the room.

"Now...I will be reborn in a new body....yours!" Madara said as he leaped into Spike's body through his heart and Spike collapsed on the ground, convulsing.

Princess Celestia and Twilight were by their son (in Celestia's case) and assistant's (in Twilight's case) side.

Their horns glowed as they tapped them against Spike's head and entered in subconscious. When they opened their eyes, they were inside a dark room of Canterlot Castle and saw Spike being absolutely manhandled by that figure. The man's spiked black hair swung wildly as he landed punch after punch, kick after kick, upon Spike.

"Why do you prolong the inevitable? Accept your fate." The man said.

With that, he made a strange symbol with his hands and called out "Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!" before he inhaled and exhaled a literal wall of flames. Spike was helpless as the fire consumed him....only to charge out the other side and attempt to headbutt the man.

Except his strange, red eyes seemed to track his every move Spike made and the man caught him and threw him to the ground.

"Pathetic." The man said, pressing his sandal-ed foot against Spike's head. "To my Sharingan, all your moves are useless."

However, his focus was turned to the two mares, who had their magical auras wrap around his legs.

His red eyes glanced into the two mare's eyes, and with that Celestia and Twilight found themselves paralyzed-like they had frozen every limb in her body.

"Whatever you do is useless. I will be reborn." The man said, before a stream of dragon-fire burned his left arm and leg.

"What?!" Madara said, growling as he found his left side harder to move.

"I....WIll...Not....Bow to you!" Spike growled out, before he found himself paralyzed by looking into the man's red eyes.

"But...you will...your body will be mine!" The man said, inching his way to Spike.....

Only for a sword to pierce his chest.

Behind the man holding the sword was a demonic looking entity. He wore a white cloak and had purple skin. The whites of his eyes were black and his irises yellow. Sharp teeth protruded from his mouth and he had spiked white hair going down his back, with red horns protruding from the top.

"Finally. I apologize for the delay, creatures of another dimension." The figure spoke in a deep, dark tone. "It took way too long to track down this soul."

"Who are you? You're not trying to possess me too are you?" Spike said as the paralysis wore off.

"No. I am the Shinigami....his world's God of Death. However, since my world's lost soul interfered where he did not belong, I now owe you a favor, but I need something from you in return...something you cannot replace." The ghostly figure stabbing the man said.

Spike thought long and hard. Should he take the offer? But what should he give up?

Then something he learned about his species came to his mind.

Dragons hoard.

With Twilight and Celestia motioning him to not take the offer, he stared into the Shinigami's eyes and said "I give you....my greed."

This dumbfounded the Princess of the Sun and her student.

The Shinigami gave a loud, booming laugh.

"Oh you are a smart one. You knew of your species major flaw and found the perfect way to get rid of it!" With that the Shinigami inhaled and a sickly, poisonous green energy flowed out of Spike into the Shinigami's mouth.

"Now....since it caused you so much trouble...I grant you this man's-Madara Uchiha's-abilities. The fire that is more mould-able than dragon-fire. The Gunbai used by him...and his eyes, Mangekyo Sharingan....Pinwheel Copy Eye...that can call forth an ethereal being for defense and attack." The Shinigami said.

"Ha!" Madara coughed out "He'll go blind within a year."

"Which is why I'm removing the blindness from the Mangekyo, but that also prevents it from evolving into the Rin'negan...which is for the best. Look what the Rin'negan turned you into Madara!" The Shinigami countered, before a red energy flowed out of Madara into Spike. Who closed his eyes.

When he opened them, his eyes were red and it had three black raindrop-shaped markings with holes in the largest section-all interconnected around the pupil. (Look up the cover image...that is Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan)

"Thank you...Shinigami-sama." Spike said with a bow as he deactivated the Mangekyo Sharingan....reverting his eyes back to his emerald green color with a cat-like pupil.

"No. I must thank you. Too many times Madara Uchiha has cheated me. It was thanks to you fighting him off that allowed me to finally locate and take him." With that the Shinigami started fading away before his final words rang out.

"By the way, those gifts are inheritable...which means that your children will have them."

With that, everything started to fade as Spike woke up and Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle returned to their own bodies.

"Inheritable by his children..." Celestia said, as she gathered her son into her arms.

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Twilight's age: 19

Spike's age: 16

The sound of fists striking armor was what Twilight Sparkle awakened to, a book on her desk-which she slept on-and the sun shining through the window. Glancing through the window to the outside, Twilight was greeted to the sight of her older brother-Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guard; and Spike, only member of the Royal Guard Special Attack Forces; sparring.

Shining Armor wore the traditional Royal Armor, and Spike also wore golden metal armor...but his was slightly different.

Spike's armor consisted of multiple metal plates interlocking to protect his sides, front, shoulders, and waist. It also lacked a helmet.

(Basically, it is a gold version of Madara's Armor, shown below)

On the topmost shoulder-guard, on each side, was an altered version of the Royal Guard symbol. Instead of being an exact replica of Princess Celestia's Cutie-Mark, the left-most side of the "sun" was a crescent moon.

While Shining Armor held a spear in his hands, Spike held a gunbai-a Metal War Fan. It was gourd-shaped, similar to the number "8", and had black metal around the sides. There was a long pole through the middle with the handle end wrapped in sport's tape. The bottom edge had three red tomoe markings on each side.

(Madara's Gunbai, shown below)

As Shining Armor charged, Spike blocked the spearhead with the bottom of the gunbai, making sparks fly off, before jumping back and yelling "Gunbai Fanned Wind!" and swinging the gunbai. This launched a barrage of gale-force winds at Shining Armor, who blocked by creating a magical shield.

Spike frowned as his Mangkyo Sharingan scanned the shield, and Spike attempted to make eye contact with Shining Armor. If he could trap the Captain in an illusion-he would win.

"Enough!" A regal voice called out, and the two turned and bowed to the voice's owner-Princess Celestia.

"You two are the most powerful guards in the Royal Guards...and I don't say that because one of them is my son. You both have earned the titles." She said, "But I have a mission for Spike."

"Yes mom." Spike said quietly, standing up and brushing dust off his shoulder guards.

"Tomorrow I am sending Twilight Sparkle to Ponyville to learn about the Magic of Friendship and to oversee preparations of the Summer Sun festival. I will need you to protect my student. Is that alright?" Celestia said, her face softening at her son's determined look.

"I am Spike Solaris. Prince of Equestria and only member of the Royal Guard Special Attack Forces. I will not fail you!" Spike said, gazing up to Twilight-who was waving from the window of her room.

Author's Note

For the Jutsu Spike will know, I took it from a list of Madara's jutsu and deleted EVERYTHING related to the Rin'negan, Six Paths Technique, and Wood Release.

And fire release, while still able to turn ponies into ash, is not as hot as dragon-fire...but can be shaped better.

*Attack Prevention Technique

*Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique

* Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation

* Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction

*Fire Release: Great Fireball Shower

*Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique

*Fire Release: Hiding in Ash and Dust Technique

*Genjutsu: Sharingan

*Gunbai Barrier Technique

*Gunbai Fanned Wind

*Kamui

*Sensing

*Shadow Clone Technique

*Susanoo

*Uchiha Return

And the only technique that Madara didn't know

*Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique