Area: Master's Keep
Year: 1944

Scootaloo was sitting alone. Jonathan and Charlotte went to something called the "Nest of Evil" to train up before Brauner, Wind and Rainbow Dash were talking to themselves. Silent Night, Stella, Loretta and Sweetie Bot were conversing amongst themselves... leaving Scootaloo. Alone.

Scootaloo would've taken a nap but she also knew it wasn't going to help anything because of Blood Rush being a part of her mind, so she waited. And she waited. And she was waiting until someome arrived, not Jonathan and Charlotte, no... "Hey there everybody, guess who's here!" Fabricator said, his cloak less grey and much more bright, "Hehehehehe, HAHAHAHAHA! Oh MAN does it feel good to be in the presence of two familiar faces, eh Scootaloo and Rainbow Crash?"

"Hey! Watch what you call me!" Rainbow Dash said in annoyence.

"Chill, I was just coming by since me and Wilter were in the area. Speaking of... HEY WILTER, IN HERE!" Fabricator called out as a version of Apple Bloom with a dark wheat-esch colored coat, dark red/pink mane, and a blood red ripped and tore bow peeked through, a small little crown on its head.

"You... uh... sure that this is okay, Fabricator? I mean... I'm sure they have other things to do-" Wilter said before being interrupted.

"Wilter, do you trust me?" Fabricator said while standing in the middle of the room. Wilter took a moment to think before nodding and slowly entering the room and looking around. Scootaloo and Wilter looked each other in the eyes.

Wilter approached Scootaloo, "Hey... uh... I'm Wilted Bloom, or Wilted or Wilter... whatever you wanna call me, really. I'm... uh... the current demon lord and... uh... well... I want to assist with all my friends and the demons of Hell to help you win the battle of 1999. I will tell you, there is a difference between what I call Hell versus what you know as Hell. But regardless, I'm here to ask if you'll have me and my subjects and friends as a part of your army!" Wilter said. The demon lord was honestly really adorable in how he seemed to be a pretty anti-social pony.

"Well, we'd have to talk to princess Twilight about it but we'd love to have you, your friends, and your subjects in the fight against Dracula and Sweetie Belle," Scootaloo said, getting a wide smile and a hug from Wilter.

Fabricator and Wilter really hit it off with everyone... except for Fabricator not exactly hitting it off with Sweetie Bot, something about her programming not approving of demonic forces or whatever.

Fabricator and Wilter left nearly right as Jonathan and Charlotte came back... in their pony forms. "Woo! Nest of Evil was fun, wasn't it Charl?"

"Yes, it really was, Jonathan."

Scootaloo approached the two with her jaw dropped. Loretta wasn't as shocked, having seen their pony forms before while in the Sandy Grave, Wind, Rainbow, Stella, and Silent Night were all confused as to why two random ponies entered the room. Sweetie Bot just looked on.

"What... the... FUCK?! HOW ARE YOU TWO PONIES RIGHT NOW?! WE ARE NOT IN A PONY ZONE!!" Scootaloo said in confusion.

"They must have found the transformative spell I left behind in the Overgrown Mansion. I made the portrait and unknowingly left the spell behind so... you know... that happened. I'll tell you all this about Mental Sap since you three will be fighting him since I knew him personally," Silent Night commented with Scootaloo knowing exactly what she meant. The term "bug-fucker" exists for a reason, after all. "He despises using transforming unless it ensures victory, so never let your guard down and keep your health up. He can attempt to control your mind but will fail unless you were caught off guard or are a complete dumbass."

"I'll add in that keeping your guard up, as a pony, near somepony you trust is hard as fuck because instinct say that we're safe if we're near a pony we trust can defeat the foe, hence why I seem to look down and downplay your achievements, it's not that it isn't good, it's so I don't let my guard down."

"Yes, fighting Brauner and Mental Sap will not be easy. I know little about Brauner, so you all are on your own unless Eric Lecarde wishes to talk about Brauner," Silent Night looked to Wind, who looked a little... hesitatent to explain Brauner. Charlotte transformed into a pony and proceeded to do the cutest puppy eyes anyone in that room had seen.

Wind took a moment to take a breath before he spoke, "Okay, I don't know much about Brauner's abilities due to how fast he beat me but I do know he can create portraits that summon monsters able to inflict certain conditions upon anyone who gets hit by them. I know for certain that the green paint creates a monster that poisons you," he said as Charlotte undid the transformation to go back to being a human.

"Well, I guess we have the information we need, Jonathan, Scootaloo... you both ready?"

"Charlotte, do you even need to ask that? Of course I'm ready!"

"Yes, I'm ready as well, we have a vampire and a changeling admiral to defeat and I want to make sure they realize how bad of a mistake it is to cross me," Scootaloo said before the trio rose up and walked towards the last portrait.

They looked at each other, and nodded before they entered the portrait.

Area: Lost Gallery
Year: 1944

Brauner sighed as he heard the sound of the trio landing. Mental Sap smirked while looking at them. "So... you three arrived..." Brauner said, dejected. Brauner knew he'd lose... it was all because of that scary as hell pony. "Let's get it over with..." Brauner said again as he prepared some demonic blood-like paint.

Mental Sap had things he wanted to say though, "So you three think you can beat us? Ha! I'd say think again but I know you all are too stupid to do that, but do you think a three on two's a fair fight? Cause I'm an asshat and even I know that a three on two's unfair," Mental Sap said, "But... you don't care do ya? No... you just want this castle destroyed and you'll do anything it takes to do so," Mental Sap's horn glew in green changeling magic, "So be it."

Scootaloo and Charlotte looked at each other before nodding. Scootaloo held out a hoof as Charlotte held out a hand and when they touched, they shouted "Phlegeton" at the same time. The floors and walls started covering in fire while Jonathan just kept whipping the enemies and by the time the fire was done, Brauner just looked ready to give up. Scootaloo looked at Brauner and felt... really really damn bad. He had no chance of winning.

Scootaloo told Charlotte and Jonathan to focus on attacking Mental Sap as she went to talk to Brauner. "Brauner, look, no hard feelings, it's just that we have to destroy this castle whenever it appears. I heard your daughters died in World War I, I'm sorry to hear that. You know... you could put this life you've formed behind you and help me and my friends as we prepare for 1999," Scootaloo said whole-heartedly... but Brauner just shook his head.

"Thanks for offering but... by now I just don't want to stick around... please take your rapier and just kill me... that way I can at least see my daughters again..." Brauner said as Scootaloo nodded in understanding. She raised Fatal Wind... and pierced Brauner in the head, killing him immediately. She removed Fatal Wind from Brauner's head and wiped the blood off before turning to Mental Sap... well shit.

Jonathan and Charlotte are now unconscious. Nah, Scootaloo had prepared ahead of time. She snapped and the fakes were replaced by the real ones who immediately went after Mental Sap. "Ugh, you stupid imbeciles! You shall not stop what we have planned!" Was Mental Sap's last words before his head was pierced by Scootaloo's rapier.

"Man... this was a heavily underwhelming fight, I expected more of a fight from these guys," Jonathan said while shrugging.

"Regardless, we have one fight left. I would know because I feel that the barrier to the throne room has fallen since Brauner's death," Charlotte said as she moved to a small portrait of the Throne Room.

"One battle, three or four opponents, only one team can win," Scootaloo said tossing a bit up before it landed and twirled around, landing on tails. Scootaloo picked her bit back up as the group knew... it was time to finish this adventure.

Area: The Throne Room
Year: 1944

Scootaloo, Charlotte, and Jonathan looked up the staircase, "I sense Sweetie Belle, Death, and Dracula all up there, no Apple Bloom, funnily enough. She must be busy preparing for 1999," Scootaloo stated while smirking. Everyone here had grown a lot since the start of the journey, Scootaloo was more powerful than ever, Jonathan knew better than to effectively ram head first into situations, and Charlotte had more magic than even the church! All that was left... was one trio fight. This time... everyone had a foe.

The trio climbed the stairs which eventually revealed a throne room alright... but this one was much more "arena" like than others. Everyone the group had met on this adventure watching from the stands, and even Twilight was watching, the stakes have never been higher. Dracula was sitting in the bigger throne and had black hair instead of the white one he usually has. Sweetie Belle was sitting in the smaller throne and had a much grimmer appearence on. Her cape a deep, deep black with a blood red inside. Her coat was mostly red with black highlights. For all intents and purposes, minus the cape, Sweetie Belle and Dracula's clothes colors are inverts of the other.

"So, you all have arrived. Finally, now we can end this as we should have long ago," Dracula said as Sweetie Belle took a sip of her wine.

"And even if you refuse to listen, we still have our powers to make you listen. Now let's see the damage you can do... we have a child that refuses to accept who she really is... a boy with his brain the size of a plankton... and Scootaloo... a chicken," Sweetie Belle said that last bit in a singsong-y voice. But she didn't get the reaction she was expecting... instead of anger... they just smirked. All of them.

"Hey Charl? Scoots? Can you believe her? Thinking we're the same as we were at the start? Sure, I'm not smart but that's where Scootaloo and Charlotte come in, Charlotte uses big words I don't understand, then Scootaloo comes in and explains it in a simpler way for my brain to understand," Jonathan said as he held a good grip on Death Mercury.

"As for me, I have accepted who I am, and so as everyone else here accepted me. I may be childish sometimes but that doesn't stop me from being the smartest of the group, I'm a witch of the church for a good reason!" Charlotte said keeping a good grip on her Tome of Arms X.

"And your words hold no power over me, Belle! Yes, I was a chicken before, but a chicken would never climb to the top of this god-forsaken place just to eliminate the greatest evil known to every being in the universe! I may not be some "morning sun" or "holy body" but I will do everything in my power to banish you to the deepest pits of hell!" Scootaloo said as she grabbed Fatal Wind in her magic. Sweetie Belle listened to the words... and was at a lost for words... her ticket to victory was lost but... she still had one trick Scootaloo didn't know about.

Death flew down as Dracula and Sweetie Belle teleported into the arena. Sweetie Belle started singing an, admittingly, pleasing tune but Scootaloo attacked her before she could finish. Scootaloo got a diagnostic of the attempted trick, however. "Really Belle? A hypnosis spell?" Scootaloo said as Sweetie Belle slashed at Scootaloo's face. Scootaloo noted that the fight seemed to be seperated between all three of the heroes... until Death flew over Sweetie Belle, held out both of his hands and turned into a pony, albeit, a skeletal pony with a massive cloak, with him then firing a dark beam and Sweetie Belle who grabbed it and made it turn towards the heroes. When the attack ended, Death returned to his usual form.

Sweetie Belle and Dracula got together next and both smirked as they both turned into bats and did their own bat dashes, Dracula's going once, Sweetie Belle's going three times.

Sweetie Belle then attempted singing again but Jonathan attacked her before she could get it off. Jonathan and Charlotte then looked at each other in a smirk and got together to use "Thousand Blades!" They screamed the attack name as Charlotte used her magic to increase the speed at which Jonathan throws knives, most of which hit Sweetie Belle's head since she was facing them. Her lack of height is really a curse.

Once Death got with Dracula, a bunch of Mini-scythes spawned in a wavy shape, Scootaloo, Jonathan, and Charlotte knew they needed to destroy them and they destroyed most of them, the ones not destroyed turned into dark balls of flame which were not hard to avoid due to how many actually spawned. Jonathan used the power of Death Mercury to turn his whip into a wind whip to deal major slash damage to Dracula.

Sweetie Belle, Death, and Dracula seemed desperate, this wasn't how things were supposed to go... Scootaloo and whatever allies they had were supposed to die by now! Instead Sweetie Belle, Death, and Dracula were getting their asses handed to them on a silver FUCKING PLATTER!

Sweetie Belle teleported and slashed Jonathan with her Magic Claw. Dracula, meanwhile, was using Infernal Darkness, now collectively renamed to Dark Inferno for some reason, to attack Charlotte... but Charlotte used the Pony Morph spell to make dodging easier. Everyone who hadn't already seen the pony forms were shocked by Charlotte just turning into a light blue unicorn. Charlotte took some time to do the same spell to make Jonathan become his pegasus form, Scootaloo dashed attacked Sweetie Belle in her shock, "What's wrong Belle!? Shocked at the pony forms of Jonathan and Charlotte, or did you forget the first rule of combat?!" Scootaloo taunted, causing Sweetie Belle to get angrier, making her attacks noticibly more desperate.

Sweetie Belle fell down after one last attack from Charlotte using Raging Fire, this left Dracula and... oh, Death's down. Well Dracula's fucked. And fucked he was. He didn't last a moment, Dracula didn't even seem to want to try a second form... but he had a reputation to uphold... so... he sent Death away with the orders to "keep watch over Sweetie Belle until I return." It wasn't long before Dracula turned into a massive winged demon.

He wasn't an issue. The group left as the castle crumpled.

Area: Field
Year: 1944

Everyone, including Wind, was now outside watching to castle fall onto itself. That was it, that was 1944. Scootaloo smiled as Wind and his daughters spoke for the last time today... Silent Night was talking with Twilight, probably about 1999, while Sweetie Bot and Rainbow Dash communicate. Scootaloo was happy. Especially so when Alucard and Shanoa arrived, "What did I miss, Scoots?" Alucard asked.

Scootaloo explained everything in great big detail... well... she did leave out the mentions of Blood Rush but... it was her problem... no one else's. Alucard and Shanoa even got to meet Jonathan and Charlotte, who switched between their human and pony forms for them.

... but Scootaloo can't shake the feeling of 1999 being one castle... more. Everything is starting to feel... weird. It's like Scootaloo feels as if events aren't supposed to go this way but... what the hell is she thinking? Of course they are... they... are... right...?

Area: Chaotic Realm
Year: 1944

Dracula sat in his throne, deeply sighing. "Sweetie... could you delay the time your castle comes out to 1999? I want you to be the opener for my unwanted war, since Scootaloo, Twilight Sparkle, and Rainbow Dash are most certainly already preparing for it." Sweetie Belle heard Dracula's statement... and nodded.

"Yeah, I could... probably be better that way anyways, I still have no clue what some of the guardian monsters I'll include are," Sweetie Belle said, wholeheartedly. Apple Bloom had one planned out, an alicorn from a whole city of alicorns named Opaline Arcana. Sweetie Belle knew a little about her, how she was once a friend of a young Celestia and Luna and now desired dragon fire... Sweetie Belle now realizes what Apple Bloom's plan is... "I do know one actually. See, Apple Bloom is going and sorta "recruiting" an alicorn named Opaline Arcana and is most definitely going to have her link her soul to Chaos thus allowing her technically infinite life... but Opaline will most probably be hybridized with some form of dragon monster, probably a Zombie Dragon if my intuition is correct," Sweetie Belle said.

"Then... I guess you have no issue delaying it, I need a new castle to be built before anything happens." Dracula said before looking into the distance... 1999, the year Dracula will fall... is upon everyone.

Author's Note

Bosses defeated: Brauner and Mental Sap, Dracula, Death, and Sweetie Belle

Arc 4: "A Bloody Masterpiece" COMPLETE!

Now's a good time to mention that 1999 will be four chapters, at least. Two for Castlemania, two for Castlevania.

Also... a good time to mention that... "Death is never the end for Sweetie's dark minions."