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// Chapter 2: What a chemical smell. 
// Story: Castlevania: Magic of Friendship 
// by WiltedBloom2013 
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Scootaloo awoke from the saved state feeling revitalized, "Celestia... that was weird," she said stretching her small wings noting how the decadhendion was not returning. Alucard nodded saying, "It usually is weird the first time you use it," swinging his sword again, as if getting a feel for it. Scootaloo and Alucard walked out the room but... Scootaloo had an odd feeling about a future encounter.

Alucard jumped up several platforms which were hard for Scootaloo to reach because of her shorter height, at the top was a living suit of armor wielding an axe which it throws like a boomerang... and somehow Scootaloo knew what it was despite this being the first one she encountered, "It's an Axe Armor! How do I know that?" She said before Alucard attacked it when it dropped a chestplate that looks nothing like the one it wore. Alucard picked it up and put it on under his shirt as he said, "Not sure, maybe it's an effect of the save room, sometimes when I awaken from it I feel as if I know things that I didn't know before such as my next opponent or something similar but it usually relates with how I 'died' at that point," without a hint of worry.

Then... Scootaloo racked her brain and remembered.





Scootaloo lays on her hooves, injured and about to die... she had an artificial horn on her head as a giant bat charged Alucard and killed him, Scootaloo tried to reach Alucard as he exploded into blood before she died as well.





"I remember... we were fighting a giant bat!" Scootaloo announced, "However both of us died during the fight which is probably how we ended up back at the save point," she added, giving Alucard time to think.

"The bat was either just a Giant Bat, Bat Company, or Darkwing Bat," Alucard said as he grabbed a relic he called the Cube of Zoe... right next to an artificial horn which Scootaloo grabbed. The horn automatically placed itself on her head and she used it to attack with Fatal Wind... oh yeah, this was the good stuff.





All the ponies (Except Pinkie Pie) were shocked at hearing what Scootaloo had said... she died but was restored at the save point? "No way, I refuse to believe that!" Twilight stated aloud only to be met by Pinkie Pie giggling and replying with, "Silly Twily! Of course it's true, how else do you except Scootaloo to have known the Axe Armor's name?" while also wearing a shirt with "Scootaloo rules" on it for some reason, the same shirt on Rainbow Dash oddly. "Come on Twi! Look at Scoots go!" Rainbow Dash said as Scootaloo and Alucard just finished fighting a literal floating eye ball which was called by Alucard "Peeking Eye"... fitting.

"I mean, darling, you must admit that some of the things Scootaloo is doing is dangerous, I mean... she's jumping without looking as pits appear," Rarity commented on as Scootaloo did just that considering it was a new path before returning with a helmet on her head... a leather helmet...

This isn't even going over how Fluttershy is with the fact that she's hiding behind her chair in fear due to the number of skeletons and monsters, "L-let me know when the monsters d-d-disappear..." the poor pegasus said as Scootaloo attacked a living painting next to a chemical station... the painting was of Apple Bloom... great. Alucard just burned the portrait by teleporting a small way and lifting his cape to shoot three fire balls at it. The ponies watch it an just get confused... again... except Pinkie Pie.

"Can that human do magic? Ah thought humans couldn't do magic as Twilah said," Applejack asked to which Discord nodded, "Yes, magic in this universe is different from our magic, however. Our magic comes pretty much purely from the inside, unless you're a Sweetie Belle who was sent to a universe of dreams..."





Sweetie Void suddenly sneezed, "Why do I feel like I was mentioned?" To which Classic Sonic shrugged.





"...but the magic Alucard did use was a kind of magic outside of what is 'inside' for us, as his magic is because he's a half vampire-" "Woo! Go Scootaloo use that fire!" Pinkie interrupted Discord as he looked back and saw Scootaloo using her artificial horn to use Alucard's fire spell. "Maybe something's deeper than I first thought."





Scootaloo was surprised as she used Hellfire... she was not expecting that, now all she needs is a cool cape to lift to shoot the fire balls from and it'll be complete, for now her horn will do. "Man, all these enemies are sure making this castle Tartarus to go through," Scootaloo said, well aware of her language and not feeling sorry for it as she smashed a vial containing... some pudding which Alucard picked up... how will pudding help exactly? Nevermind, no time to question it, the next room has some ominous smoke coming from it... "That's where the bat's located," Scootaloo announced as she stepped forward, she and Alucard had gone everywhere they can right now, they should have plenty of strength for this first boss... I mean... it's just a bat, how bad could it be? Bad enough to kill her and Alucard before.

Alucard walked in first, with Scootaloo following behind... the sounds of bats nearby being clear. Not far into the room as the bats awoke and started circling into one spot forming a Giant Bat which Scootaloo attacked using Fatal Wind, greatly damaging it. "Woah, okay. Note to self: Never lose Fatal Wind," Scootaloo announced as she jumped to the side to avoid an attack from the Giant Bat who was prompted attacked by Alucard and yet this bat wasn't letting up the charge forcing Alucard to move to the side, "Yeah and this bat's relentless," Alucard added when the bat stopped it floated in place for a moment giving Scootaloo a chance to attack it followed by Alucard using Hellfire to damage the Giant Bat.

The Giant Bat screeched at that, seemingly getting mad before it started spinning like a drill over Scootaloo's head, Scootaloo was lucky enough to notice the shadow and dodge out of the way of the first part, the drilling debris however... hit her a bit. "Okay, how was I expected to know debris would fly everywhere?" Scootaloo asked before Alucard attacked the bat who didn't react as much as before as if it get a tougher defense all of a sudden. "You weren't, that was why it got you, next time though, you'll know that there is debris," Alucard said as he jumped over the bat as it drilled towards him from the front before hitting the wall and drilling into it which also launches debris around however it isn't as deadly this time because... it doesn't exactly go anywhere.

Scootaloo used Hellfire while the bat was drilling into the wall and that seemingly finished the bat off as the bat broke apart and eventually left just a container of rainbow-esch water which Alucard calls "Life ups" which was grabbed before they left the room to go to the next, seemingly leaving the Chemical Labs. There were many more paintings of ponies Scootaloo knew and she called this place the Memory Museum. Not long later and Scootaloo found a save point and saved yet again.