Area: Biology Labs
Year: 1798
An hour before Scootaloo notices Castlemania.

Twilight was trapped, her friends imprisoned with her in this castle basement. "So what next lady of death?" The odd version of Diamond Tiara asked Apple Bloom, "Get meh the six syringes on that table," she said as she pointed at a table with her scythe in hoof earning a look of confusion, "What's in the syringes?" The Diamond Tiara asks.

"Just give meh the syringes!" Apple Bloom asserted as the definitely not filly handed Apple Bloom the syringes, Twilight noticed the syringes had labels... on one of them, it was what Twilight knew as the Giant Bat. There was also syringes with a wolf-like creature, a book, a Golem, a ghost(why?), and another more... unknown... monster.

The one of Giant Bat was injected into Fluttershy and suddenly she looked more like her "Flutterbat" appearence, though... much more in pain. One by one each pony was injected until Twilight was left... all of her friends... hybridized with monsters and in so much pain...

Then it was Twilight's turn. The only syringe left was the one with the book on the label and she was injected but... oddly... there was no pain like she expected. She looked as her wings had become more like book pages and her magic changed, the bindings were removed and the first thing Twilight did... was run away, to the exit! To Scootaloo!

Area: Castle Courtyard
Year: 1798
Present day.

Scootaloo enters the castle courtyard and sees a very bruised and... different Twilight. "Twilight? You alright?" Scootaloo asked as she carefully approached Twilight, Fatal Wind in her magic. Twilight rose and coughed out some paper, "Argh... remind me to never run through monster filled castles again..." she said before turning to Scootaloo, "Oh! Scootaloo! Listen, the others are still in this castle with monsters DNA hybridized into their own! You need to go and save them!" she added in a hurry.

"Calm down Twilight, I'll save them, anything else I should be aware of?" Scootaloo asked as Twilight nodded.

"Yes, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle have recruited a demon and a pony to their cause, though the pony just looked to be there for whatever Apple Bloom had offered her," Twilight replied. Scootaloo nodding and starting to go deeper in the castle... but then, "Wait! I know I said remind me to not run through monster filled castles but... could you bring me with you?" Twilight asked before Scootaloo begrudgingly sighed and nodded.

And so they started through the castle.

Scootaloo kept a careful eye on the presence of Apple Bloom, never know where she'll show up but the appearence of a save room, which in this castle forgoes the usual interaction point in favor of a wall panel, seems to imply that Apple Bloom isn't taking Scootaloo's equipment which also implies that the castle has much stronger monsters. Just wonderful.

Twilight touched the save point and a green glow surrounded her, healing her bruises but not her hybridization. She was stuck with it... great. Scootaloo soon followed and saved at the same save point. "Oh boy... you got used to the feeling of activating save points?" Twilight asked as Scootaloo nodded.

When the two left the save room they ran into an immediate problem... a door that had no switch to open it. "How in Celestia's name are we supposed to open this door?" Scootaloo said as Twilight, nearly instinctfully, approached the door and started lighting her horn, opening the door with a new spell she just knew. "... Guess that works," Scootaloo said, ignoring the obvious oddity that exists in that. They walked through the door.

Area: Ominous Garden
Year: 1798

Walking through the door to a greenhouse-like area was ominous... the many portraits in the area didn't help. And while Scootaloo could navigate the area perfectly... Twilight couldn't and many of the paths are blocked with more switchless doors.

"It's almost like they wanted you to give up or be stuck in the first room," Twilight commented making Scootaloo chuckle a little. How stupid they must have been.

Moving through the Ominous Garden proved to have several fruits, both literally and figuratively, mainly a relic which allows Scootaloo to slide as a form of attack and mobility. And it wasn't long before they found a boss door. Scootaloo entering while Twilight was forced to watch from outside.

Scootaloo trotted into a room full of painting of both ponies she knew and were unfamiliar with, luckily she had a Fairy Tome from Alucard back at the party. The paintings suddenly started shaking as they started flying and started forming the shape of a giant unicorn... it was time for Scootaloo to face her first custom made demon... Portrait Pony.

Because of Portrait Pony's sheer size, it can't easily move around as a copy of one of the ponies in the paintings jumped out, this pony being Trixie Lulamoon with the Alicorn Amulet. Scootaloo had to jump and slide to get close to Trixie and attack her, and the amulet broke in... two... hits... damn, these things aren't as durable as the originals? Pathetic.

Scootaloo tried to approach Portrait Pony again but another painting pony attacked, this one being unfamiliar to Scootaloo but a quick attack gave her its name, Golden Crafter. Wonderful. One more quick destruction of a painting pony and she returns to trying to approach Portrait Pony. Before she gets double teamed by more painting ponies, "Damn, this thing really doesn't want me near it, does it?" Scootaloo said... before realizing, "Wait a moment..." Scootaloo stepped backwards from Portrait Pony and fired some Hellfires, did it deal much damage? No. Did it summon painting ponies? Also no.

Scootaloo looked around, finding several candles... if attacking from a distance works and yet fire doesn't hurt the Portrait Pony much... maybe...

When Scootaloo breaks a candle, she gets... the axe! Exactly what she was after! She picked up the axe, got to a safe distance as close as possible to Portrait Pony... and threw it! It hit Portrait Pony causing the collection of paintings to scream in the many voices that make the portraits ponies. After that attack, the painting pobies start spawning even without Scootaloo being close and getting close to Portrait Pony makes it worse. A quick Soul Steal proves it's a HP thing. The higher Portrait Pony's HP, the less painting ponies spawn in general.

Well... shit.

Another painting Golden Crafter spawned at shot a knife right at Scootaloo's side which was dodged with a lucky duck. The painting pony was swiftly destroyed.

This was not picture day, so it was time to try and destroy the Portrait Pony. A quick Dash Attack proved Scootaloo's Fatal Wind wasn't going to be helpful in damaging this thing. It may have a weakspot though. But first, fighting another Trixie to get rid of the annoyence that is her boosted magic.

Attacking the painting Trixie herself does next to no damage so...good to know. Another two hits to the amulet and back to trying to defeat Portrait Pony. Scootaloo jumped 4 times and threw an axe, hitting the horn causing the Portrait Pony to scream louder than before, "Good to know, the horns the weak spot," Scootaloo spoke to herself and she fell down and had to slide damage a painting Sombra to get rid of it because other damages did nothing.

She still had to jump high up to attack at full effectiveness. Each hit caused the painting ponies to increase in frequency and even strength! She was even having to fight painting versions of Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom(even if they are less durable than the real thing) and destroyed more and more of the Portrait Pony's health.

More and more... more and more... and she missed to be hit by a painting pony's attack. Scootaloo coughed out some blood from her injuries, causing her to have to eat one of her food items to heal. "Damn... this enemy is really difficult now... how in tartarus am I expected to win here?" she asked as she destroyed 5 painting ponies in one fell swoop.

The Portrait Pony looked to be barely stable from all the attacks it took. The paintings all look slashed and damaged... and Scootaloo couldn't handle it... she used Infernal Darkness and Petra Spirit at once creating a new spell. Five dark entities appeared in the air and quickly dashed towards Portrait Pony, destroying its hooves in a fell swoop. Scootaloo approached the Portrait Pony... and stabbed through its head.

Twilight sat outside as Scootaloo exited the boss room, a butterfly key in her magic grip. "You... you beat that portrait beast?" Twilight said, both hopeful and scared.

"If I didn't, I'd be dead right now," Scootaloo said matter of factly, "Anyways, we now need to find the door or doors that this key opens," she added. Twilight knew... just the butterfly on the key gave it away... a fight with Fluttershy was close.

For now, Scootaloo and Twilight needed to explore, opening new doors and pathways before finding a new area locked by a butterfly door.

Area: Fluttershy's room
Year: 1798

Scootaloo and Twilight entered the room, Apple Bloom was floating high up, "My my, ya'll finally showed yer faces here? How'd ya enjoy Portrait Pony ya chicken?" Apple Bloom asked with a laugh, not even giving a chance to reply, "Nah, ah know ya didn't... but ah bet ya don't know what ah did with the ponies that didn't run off, just know, the once kind Fluttershy... is very much after yer death now Scoots," Apple Bloom said as she vanished, leaving a pained and hybridized Fluttershy, her giant bat wings opening before she did the drill move that Giant Bat did. Luckily Scootaloo knew this attack by heart and dodged with ease... only to be caught off guard when the attack changed direction.

Twilight coughed out a page, it read as follows, "Yep, she's still in pain as when I saw her last. When I see that vile little filly again, I'll make her regret ever touching me and my friends!" she quickly reached for the page and hid it. She is starting to hate this cough, now the pages are showing her inner thoughts...

Scootaloo landed a strike on Fluttershy, causing her to actually bleed. Twilight noticed something, that slight amount of blood drawn seems to have changed something in Fluttershy... she was hesitating. "Scootaloo! Stop hurting Fluttershy!" She announced causing Scootaloo to stop attacking Fluttershy, who tried attacking with a swarm of bats... albeit hesitately which caused the bats to be less coordinated and thus, easy to dodge.

Scootaloo was confused by after another rather easy to dodge attack and she finally realized that Fluttershy wasn't wanting to fight.

Five more really easy attacks and Fluttershy fell on the ground... out cold. Twilight approached Fluttershy and used a spell she didn't think she knew on instinct. Fluttershy's face eased up and yet she still had the bat wings(although they weren't giant anymore.) "I think she's okay now, but... what did you do?" Scootaloo asked as Twilight shrugged. "I don't really know... I just kinda... followed my instincts," Twilight said as they both trotted out of the room...

Area: Ominous Garden
Year: 1798

Upon leaving Fluttershy's room, Scootaloo and Twilight noticed many new paths but looking behind themselves showed that the butterfly door was gone.

Oh well. Scootaloo and Twilight go to a nearby save room and save.

Author's Note

Areas discovered: Castle Courtyard, Ominous Garden, Fluttershy's room.

Hybridized Ponies met: Twilight(Spellbook), Fluttershy(Giant Bat)

Relic(s) obtained: Lizard tail(Allows the holder to slide[down + jump]

Bosses beaten: Portrait Pony, Flutterbat.

Bet you guys weren't expecting a boss fight against Fluttershy, were ya? Expect a boss fight against each of the Mane 6 members(minus Twilight) and also expect Rainbow Dash to be last.

For those wondering, Apple Bloom didn't expect Twilight's alicorn magic to cause her to feel little to no pain from hybridization. And also the "unknown monster" is Doppelganger. Hehehe. To be specific, there are five bosses(minus AB and SB) that hold keys to fighting the Mane 6 and all of the Mane 6 rooms act similiar to the area "Alucard's nightmate" and even Scootaloo's dream from the last arc. One time areas that exist for boss battles. Hehehe.

Good luck making assumptions on who's been hybridized with what(aside from what has been revealed). Also, I may go back and update Arc one to always have the area and year headers when switching areas.