Prologue: The Tome of Memories
Castlevania... a recurring castle, so much so that it's had more defeats than there were wars on Earth. And yet... oddly... many consider it nothing more than an urban legend. Its defeats have been catalogued as well as the heroes who made those defeats possible. All within a book called the Grimoire, though many consider it an urban legend as well, even Equestria. As of right now, only 6 know it's real: A man named Seward(Who's secretly Death), his cat Sacrifice(Who's secretly Apple Bloom), Lucy Westenra, Hermina Lecarde, A redish pony named Blood Tome, and the ever known Midnight. These six "dedicated" themselves to keeping the Grimoire safe and secure.
Then something changed. "Oh come on, Grimoire stop! I need to send a letter to Alucard and Scootaloo!" Lucy said before Hermina and Blood Tome stopped her.
"Lucy... no. We do not need to get Alucard and Scootaloo involved yet, I'm sure Seward has a plan ready for this sort of situation, he usually does," Blood Tome said, unaware that Seward and Sacrifice weren't expecting the Grimoire to act up this early.
"Yes, keep others out of our problem foe the moment Lucy, I'm sure the situation will sort itself out, we just need to be patient," Seward said, sweat beads on his head.
"Meow," Sacrifice said, laying her head down as Seward nervously pets her, her own nervousness visible on her face.
"We still have a lot to do as well. I'm sure Scootaloo and Alucard have a ton more pressing matters to handle," Midnight looking fond of his memories of the battle he and Scootaloo had back in 1813.
"Yeah, worry not Lucy, I'm sure everything is going to be fine," Hermina said, "I swear on the Lecarde name that it will."
Lucy looked at all her friends and co-workers... before nodding in determination, "Alright, thanks everyone, I needed the encouragement. So we agree to wait and see if the Grimoire sorts itself out?" Lucy asked as everyone in the room nodded in affirmation.
Within the Grimoire...
Alucard ran forward, his equipment changed to the Alucart set until he found Scootaloo in this strange paper-like place. "Scootaloo?" Alucard asked as he approached the visibly panicking pony.
"Okay okay okay, calm down Scoots, I'm sure I'll find my real equipment soon, just... calm down. Oh who am I kidding, I CAN'T CALM DOWN!" Scootaloo said in pure panic.
"Scootaloo! Calm the hell down!"
"Alucard? Is that you?" Scootaloo asked as she turned around to look at Alucard.
"Yes, now tell me what the hell is happening and where the hell we are."
"Ehehehe... uh... funny story... I have no idea how to answer either of those except that I no longer have Fatal Wind."
"You lost your rapier? But... I see it at your side."
"But it isn't Fatal Wind, it's a sham, a fake! I'm calling it Fatal Wint for now... what about you, Alucard?"
"Stuck with the Alucart set for now, but I also have no idea where we are, nor do I really want to know now."
"We might have a clue," Jonathan said as he and Charlotte appeared. Jonathan was still holding Death Mercury but was completely without sub-weapons and Charlotte was holding a new book she'd never used before.
"Yep, it's someplace called The Grimoire, specifically it seems like the chapter index," Charlotte said as she pointed to the big letters in the area. It was definitely a table of contents.
"Thank you... who... are you two?" Alucard asked to Jonathan and Charlotte.
"Jonathan Morris, wielder of Death Mercury."
"Charlotte Aulin, owner of the Book of Binding and the greatest magician who ever lived."
Then, a white haired boy in a mostly white outfit, with a black shirt under the big coat, with blue accents throughout his appearence... it's almost like... "Anyone know what's happening here?" He said as he grabbed his axe from his back.
"Welcome to the club kid, only guess is that it has something to do with Dracula or Sweetie Belle... probably both if I'm honest," Scootaloo said, seeming to get an eyebrow raise from the mysterious boy.
"Something to do with Dracula... but... I'm Dracula's reincarnation and I didn't do any of this. Name's Soma Cruz, and before any of you ask, no. I'm good," Soma said as he noticed everyone's eyes widening at him saying he was Dracula's reincarnation.
"So... is there anyone else who should be showing up?" Alucard said as Shanoa walked up, a smile on her face.
"Greetings, I am Shanoa," She said as she approached the group. Scootaloo noticed something.
"Aside from Charlotte and Jonathan, is all of our equipment back to the basic teir we are used to using at the start of our adventures? Well, minus me since I never lost my equipment before," Scootaloo asked as basically just Shanoa nodded.
"I'm not used to starting with the Alucart gear," Alucard said.
"I started with a knife and the soul of a Winged Skeleton in the only adventure I had to start fresh and that was in 2035." Everyone looked at Soma like he was crazy, "What?"
"I feel so bad, you had to use a knife for a bit in your first adventure, I had more range since I had the Vampire Killer that I couldn't even use but part-way into the adventure I also learned that I didn't want to unless I felt like losing my soul piece by piece."
"I always had a sword unless Death stole my equipment then I was without anything for a moment so he at least had it better than me," Alucard replied.
"I always used Confedere until the end of my journey where I switched to using Falcis and Hasta," Shanoa said in the conversation.
"Lucky, all of you are lucky, I had an Encyclopedia which had horrible range and damage, but I usually rely on spells anyways so, maybe I'm just conplaning."
"Pretty much always been a jack of all trades, good at many things, not a master of any. Unless you can call me a master at using a rapier in which I'd believe you," Scootaloo said as she looked at everyone. "Alright everyone, I say it's time to go and figure out what the hell is happening as we sing our Harmony... of Despair! We'll share our Symphony of the Night and our Aria of Sorrow. For our paths have crossed again, we'll show them the Order of Ecclesia and the Portrait of Ruin as we show them our Magic of Friendship and Harmony!" Scootaloo said, uniting everyone present under one cause... defeating Dracula and whatever minions he has!
Author's Note
Welcome... to the Harmony of Despair.
Character's present:
Alucard - Symphony of the Night
Soma Cruz - Aria of Sorrow/Dawn of Sorrow
Jonathan Morris - Portrait of Ruin
Charlotte Aulin - Portrait of Ruin
Shanoa - Order of Ecclesia
Scootaloo - Magic of Friendship.
So... how will this handle? Chapter 1 and 2 will be identical to the original version. Chapter 3 will be identical except for the boss being a familiar alter ego. Chapter 4 will be identical. Chapter 5 will be *mostly* identical. Chapter 6 will be Chapter 7, Chapter 7 will be Chapter 8, Chapter 8 will be Chapter 9. Chapter 9 will be a new chapter I'll call "Fate of the Ruined Apple," Chapter 10 will be a new chapter I'll call "For Whom the Vampiric Belle Tolls." Chapter 11 is what used to be Chapter 6. Okay so what about "Origins" and "The Legend of Fuma?" ... I'll get to them :3
This was just an introduction chapter to see if you guys would be interested in this puesdo-sequel.
So, as our favorite Dhampir says, "Shall we?"
