//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Return of the Bat // Story: The Dark Knight Christmas // by Gleaming //------------------------------// Ponyville: Twilight's Library ''Well, here we go. Time to get this spell right, to show Princess Celestia how much I've grown over these past few years.'' Twilight's horn sparked with a purple swirling aura surrounding her horn, the magic books all around the library start flying out of the window, a purple portal starts to form near the front door of the library. ''I did it!'' Forcefully coming out of the portal after the gas container explosion back in Gotham, Batman comes out of the portal near the front door of the library. ''Oh great, I'm back in this mysterious place again. Hmm, oh look it's Twilight Sparkle the talking horse.'' Screaming in a surprising fashion, Batman starts to fall unconscious on his back into a fainting motion. ''I hope that you're okay Bruce, because my teacher Princess Celestia needs your help to fix an unknown appearance of a strange clown in the Everfree Forest.'' Twilight said nervously, wiping the sweat from her forehead. ''Will do Twilight, just take me to Princess Celestia.'' Walking out of the library with Twilight to the Royal Sisters castle in Canterlot, which wasn't too far away from their current location. ''I think I know a faster way to get there, Twilight.'' Taking out the Remote Claw from his belt, grappling up to the top of the castle, flying out to the castle from the long grappling hook, and kicking the side of the castle wall down. ''What is the meaning of this?! Oh, hello Twilight who is your friend?'' Celestia said shockingly, looking at the huge wall that Batman left leading into the castle with the shattered remains of the wall scattered on the floor. ''Princess Celestia, sorry for the intrusion. This is Batman, he is the caped crusader of Gotham whom he protects the city only at night time. You told me to enlist his help by, using the same portal spell that you taught me in your school.'' Twilight exclaimed, looking up at Celestia's disapproved facial expression. [/hr] Ponyville: The Everfree Forest ''I understand Twilight. There have been many rumors of a pony who was wearing red makeup, has green hair, and his skin was fully bleached white. This new mysterious figure can pose a threat to all of Ponyville even on a holiday of peace and tranquility, we can not take any chances on letting this threat roam free. I need you and Batman to investigate any weird events that you see, if you see anything out of the ordinary notify me immediately.'' Twilight and her new friend in tow agreed with what Celestia stated with a nod, they quickly exit the castle with no hesitation. With the two new allies on the run to stop the new threat, little do they know that this mysterious threat is the Joker who was last seen fighting Batman in the Gotham sewers to unleash his laughing gas mayhem all over Gotham. But, now he is planning to take over Equestria instead of Gotham. The Everfree Forest was populated by the very mysterious bats in the caves, crocodiles, and the Joker was roaming around the trees decorated in star shaped lights to show the festivities of Hearths Warming Eve. The clown grabbed a red marker and a pair of balloons, strapping the balloons to a tree while writing the words HA, HA, HA. ''This new universe might be boring, but I'll always be the one who has the last laugh! With the bat out of the way, I'll be able to accomplish what I didn't pull off in Gotham. Sadly, without my henchmen or Harley Quinn I'll have to go solo.'' Twilight Sparkle and Batman finally reach Joker near the Everfree Forest, and began to question why he was here in the first place. Many questions were asked to make Joker spill the beans, informing him about the future consequences. ''Batman? I thought I killed you back in Gotham!'' Joker said, surprisingly in shock. ''You almost did but, I promise you that you will not get away by taking over Equestria!'' Batman shouted in anger, yelling in front of Joker's face. ''Sorry, Batsy. But, I'll be spreading as much chaos just like I did in Gotham and I'll be getting rid of you!'' The bomb that Joker took out of his pocket was a molecular separator bomb, in which it will tear Equestria apart, getting rid of it's own matter, and eliminate the whole universe completely. The bleached face clown pony threw the molecular separator bomb on the ground, attaching a timer to the front of the bomb. ''Now, to make things fun I have added a timer to the bomb to spice things up a bit. If you don't disarm this bomb in time, this whole place will go boom, and you get to watch me take over. Now while you excuse me, I've got a nation to conquer, chaos to reign in, and enjoy the mayhem!'' [/hr] Joker's legs walked very nonchalantly away from Batman and Twilight Sparkle, with the timer starting to tick from 30 minutes. With a time limit on the line to save Equestria from the Joker, Batman and Twilight must find the rest of the Mane 5 to enlist some help from a certain reformed Draconequus to keep the Joker occupied.