Area: Chaotic Realm
Year: 1810

Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom stared out into the distance of this chaotic plane. The starry sky stretching near endlessly and randomly. "'When anger and frustration stop filling me after each defeat, something worse will come: the boredom of monotony.' Twice. I've lost twice. What did I do wrong the first time or the second?!" Sweetie Belle yelled out that last question.

"You did nothing wrong," Death said as he approached the group, "It was just another case of hero doing things right. If your plan had gone correctly, Scootaloo would not have succeeded," he finished his statement.

"Ah'm sorry... ah underestimated how much DNA would be needed for Twilight ta be willin' ta listen... if anyone should be blamed fer the mistakes made, it's meh," Apple Bloom said, causing Death to laugh.

"You did underestimate, but that is not a failure. You both are new to the scene and didn't plan for variables out of your control, common mistake. Dracula's words reign true that you'll eventually stop feeling frustrated or angry at losing and just feel bored but that shouldn't discourage attempting to learn from the mistakes and getting better," He said but he said it in a way that did cheer up both Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.

"Thank you for the words of encouragement, Death, I can see why Dracula keeps you and your kind around," Sweetie Belle commented while knowing that Death was only called Death out of one's preference. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom had found multiples of Death, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Death, or at least the current one, knew the progress on the castle and on Chaos.

Time in the Chaotic Realm mostly blurred together, Sweetie Belle had taken to training and attempting to master all kinda of new tricks, such as a song that could, albeit for a short time, hypnotize the hearer into fighting for her. It still wasn't perfect and had many flaws, one such flaw proved... difficult as it didn't work on ponies. Such is the way of being a vampire and mistress of her own castle.

But sometimes Sweetie Belle would see interesting sights. Sights from beyond her universe. A massive flower, a spooky castle, and the remains of a massive robot. All the odd sights usually disappeared after she looked away from them for some reason... and yet seeing those filled her with a strange sense of dread. As if she knows the power that was able to destroy or survive such areas. A part of her wondered why the dread arose but she kept training regardless. She wasn't going to let whatever threat to her plans next get in the way. Accounting for uncontrollable variables isn't hard to do. It's hell to do.

Apple Bloom teleported back from Europe after making sure very little suspected that the supposed "Order of Ecclesia" could do little with their "glyphs." She did not take the news of the triad of glyphs called Dominus being made, but the other news was what made her interested, "Barlowe actually plans ta use Shanoa to revive Dracula and it helps that the Dominus glyphs were made of Dracula's essence. Ah made have also given him a spell ta open portals across universes," Apple Bloom said causing Sweetie Belle to smirk.

"Apple Bloom, how long do we have till the plan can be executed?"

"About 3 years, Dracula's castle will be finished in that time as well, why?"

"Apple Bloom, I need you to find a pony dumb enough to fall for your lies so you could make Barlowe's job easier."

"Got it, Sweetie."

As Apple Bloom teleported to Equestria, Sweetie Belle trained with Dracula appeared, "Still training? Do you not wish to take a break?" He said after Sweetie Belle knocked the 15th Doppleganger out. "I need to keep training to make sure I can defeat whatever threat comes to my plans. No, not just my plans, our plans. No one will stand in our way with what we will do," she spoke as shs sat down, "But a break can't hurt. I assume Death told you everything he learned about what the humans of Europe are doing?" she asked as Dracula nodded.

"That Barlowe, such a clever dog he is. I may have lost many times over, but I am not down yet. I'll have my dark priests on Earth to bring me back, even if it's a... minor benefit," Dracula said as he pulled two wine glasses from a Skeleton Waiter before handing one to Sweetie who gladly took a sip.

"Yeah, I plan to see if Apple Bloom can trick stupid ponies into becoming a similiar case. A way to come back and make Chaos spitting my castle out less random luck," Sweetie added with a chuckle.

Dracula chuckled as well, "I guess most ponies will know better then? To be fair, I don't know if I'd blame them or not after all-"

"What is a man/pony? A miserable little pile of secrets!" Sweetie finished as the Chaotic Realm brought White Creative from the Invertation to the group, her red eyes giving Sweetie the most loyal look. "Mistress Sweetie Belle, shall I send the monsters I was conceptualizing to Dracula's castle for your next plot?" White Creative said as Sweetie and Dracula sipped their wine, "White Creative, did you need to ask such a pointless question? You may be the inverted version of my sister but I will not be afraid to suck every drop of blood from your body," Swedtie Belle replied causing the monster concepting mare to shudder.

"Sorry Mistress, I was... just following protocall. I'll make sure the monsters know that they'll be assigned to Dracula's castle, first thing. Now I need to ask, what do you plan to do with Darklight?"

"Darklight?" Dracula asked.

"Darklight's a zombie impersonating Twilight Sparkle as a zombie, as for what we'll do with her... let's have her guard the castle entrance, she proved to be not as strong as all of us would have liked but she'll definitely stall the threats if they even get to the castle, maybe I find someplace better for her but for now, he'll be at the forefront of defense in the castle," Sweetie Belle remarked as White Creative nodded and left.

Three years... that's all the training time I have left, three years.

Author's Note

So I've decided that while the plot of Ecclesia will be mostly the same, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom will still interfere and make Shanoa and Scootaloo's lives harder.

Ain't that fun?

References: The Dreamstalk(Kirby Series), Thanatos' castle, and one of Eggman's many mega robot suits in that order. If you can see the commonality these three share, good job. Expect more references of this format.