Canterlot City
The cold wind picked up, causing Princess Twilight to shiver involuntarily as she gazed into the clearly annoyed expression of the Batman. After Rainbow Dash zoomed away to think, the Gotham City Vigilante decided to make himself known to The Rainbooms so that he could talk to them.
And that included scaring the daylights out of them.
All had been silent ever since Batman arrived, no one had even dared to say anything, they were too afraid to.
Applejack, being the brave teenager she was, decided to clear her throat and break the tension, “Um... Howdy, Ah'm--"
"Jaqueline Apple; also known as Applejack," Batman finished, cutting her off, "I know who you all are, what you can all do." He then looked at each and every one of them with his famous Bat Glare before adding, "I also know that you're thinking about going after The Riddler. Let me give you a piece of advise."
He then took a step forward, to which the Equestria Girls took a step back.
"Don't."
That shocked all of them, not the fact that Batman told them to stay out of the way, but the fact that The Riddler was in town. Things just went from bad to worse. The native Humans shivered in slight terror, the thought of being in one of Riddler's puzzles terrified them.
They were all broken out of their stupor when Batman continued, "The Riddler is far too dangerous for you to take on. Your friend, Rainbow Dash was nearly killed because she overestimated herself. If I hadn't been here, your friend would've been killed." The hero then turned his back on them and began retreating into the darkness, "So do me a favor and stay out of the way."
None of the girls made a sound of defiance, he had clearly gotten through to them on how dangerous this mission of his truly was. And that's exactly what he wanted, for them all to stay out of the way and remain safe.
"But we can help you!"
Batman frowned, clearly one of them wasn't as bright as the others.
The hero turned his head and saw that Princess Twilight was the source of defiance, a look of sheer determination written all over her face. She wasn't going to back down.
"Look, from what I know from my friends, you are some kind of hero here on Earth," Understatement of the century, "But as a Princess I just can't stand by while there are innocent people in trouble." She declared, taking a step forward, hoping to appeal to him, "Please, let me prove that I'm worthy of being a Princess."
With Batman not replying, Twilight's hopes were rising. Maybe she had gotten through to him.
She didn't.
Batman gave the former Alicorn a quizzical look, "You want to prove yourself? Show everyone that you're more than just a poster girl?" He surmised, slightly shocking the former Pony. When she nodded her head, Batman only had four words for her.
"Cry me a river."
Twilight's mind shut down and began rebooting at that very moment.
"You wish to put the lives of your friends at risk just so you can prove yourself?" Batman shook his head in a disappointed fashion, "That doesn't sound like a Princess of Friendship to me. That sounds like a Princess of Selfishness." And with that, Batman turned his head and began to walk away from the flabbergasted Princess.
Twilight tried imitating a fish, opening and closing her mouth multiple times. Her mind tried to comprehend what had just happened, but it just couldn't fathom it.
When Twilight looked away and bowed her head in sadness, Sunset glared at the retreating form of the Batman.
"Hey!" She shouted, stomping over towards the retreating vigilante, "You can't talk to my friend that way and just walk away!" Sunset emphasized this point by grabbing hold of Batman's hand, hoping to stop him from leaving.
But as soon as she made contact with him, her eyes glowed bright and stopped dead in her tracks.
She was looking into his memories.
Sunset's eyes snapped open, her breath escaping her as she found herself shrouded in darkness. The former Unicorn panted heavily as she looked around at her surroundings, fear slowly creeping up her spine. She backpedaled before bumping into something behind her. Slowly turning around to face what was behind her, she was relieved to find that it was only a sign.
A sign with the words Crime Alley written on it.
Tilting her head to the side in confusion, the young girl then noticed that the darkness surrounding her began to brighten, a spotlight shining down on a family consisting of three members.
A mother.
A father.
And a child.
Keeping at a safe distance, the Equestrian slowly followed behind the family as they laughed heartedly at the young boys antics. It appeared that he was role playing that of a hero of sorts, using a foil to fence away at his imaginary foes.
Their laughter was suddenly drowned out when the sound of heavy footsteps sounded out in the alleyway, the family freezing to a halt when a man covered in darkness made himself known. Sunset looked at the shrouded man, noticing how his hands were in his pockets.
His face was completely blank, as was the rest of his body, shrouded in nothing but blackness.
The girl's eyes shot open in horror as the shrouded man removed his hands from his pockets, revealing that he was holding a gun. The mother held her son close while the father stood in front of his family, willing to defend them from harm. Sunset took note of the young boy, he looked terrified, he clung to his mother for dear life.
But suddenly the father rushed forward, hoping to disarm the shrouded man.
BANG
A single gunshot sounded off in Sunset's ears.
She looked on in horror as the father fell to his knees, blood oozing from the wound in his chest.
He had been shot.
Sunset let out a scream as the father fell to the floor, succumbing to his wounds and bleeding out.
The mother let out a pained cry as the shrouded man walked towards her and her son. Reaching for her pearled necklace, he tore off the jewelry before aiming his gun at the mother.
Sunset's eyes widened even more as she rushed forward, hoping to stop what was about to happen.
"NO!"
BANG
Sunset stopped dead in her tracks as the second gunshot sounded off. She looked on as the mother collapsed right in front of her son, lying down on the ground right next to the father. Sunset put a hand over her mouth as tears began falling from her eyes.
She once again took note of the boy, who's face was one of pain, tears streaming down his face as he fell to his knees. Sunset watched as the shrouded man took off into the darkness, escaping into the night with his prize, leaving a family forever broken.
A few minutes passed before Sunset worked up the courage to walk over to the young boy.
As she walked closer, she noticed a strange amount of bats flying above her, which was really strange. The closer Sunset got, the louder the boy's sobs came to her ears. But it would appear that she got too close, as suddenly, a tornado of bats appeared from the sky and swirled around the young boy.
Backing away, Sunset could only notice how the boy slowly got to his feet as his two dead parents faded away. Then all of a sudden, the boy turned to Sunset, a vengeful scowl written across his face. It was then that all of the bats obscured Sunset's vision of the boy.
She reached a hand out to help him, but stopped dead in her tracks as the bats parted, revealing a familiar silhouette.
Sunset gasped as the shadow of the Batman appeared in the middle of the swarm of bats, his white eyes turning into a frown as the bats suddenly shot towards the Equestrian.
Sunset placed her arms in front of her in a desperate attempt to defend herself.
But she was engulfed in the swarm of bats.
And Crime Alley dissipated.
Sunset returned with a pained gasped, her hand releasing Batman's as she took a shaky step back away from the vigilante. As Sunset looked around in confusion and fear, the Rainbooms could only look on in concern for their friend.
"Sunset?" Fluttershy asked in worry, taking a step towards her friend and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Sunset flinched at the touch, but relaxed when she saw that it was only her friend.
But that didn't help much.
She turned around to face the Batman, but found that he was already gone.
Pinkie looked around in confusion, "Hey, where'd he go?"
"I don't know, how did he do that without any of us noticing?" Sci-Twi asked as she too looked around for the Dark Knight.
As the others looked around for the hero, Princess Twilight noticed how Sunset didn't move an inch from her spot. Concerned, she walked over to see if she was okay, "Sunset, are you alright?"
The student didn't answer the teacher.
She was too busy processing what she saw.
What revelation she witnessed within her vision.
The story of a young boy who lost both of his parents after coming home from a movie. As she put the pieces together, she reminded herself of a news article she found on the computer when researching about Earth when she first arrived.
She remembered the story of the Waynes.
That was it! The pieces fit together!
And Sunset finally put it together.
And it shook her to the core. How could it not? She let a gasp of air escape her as she finally came to the only logical conclusion of what she saw.
The reason why he does what he does.
His origins.
Sunset Shimmer had figured it out.
Bruce Wayne is Batman.
Let's recap:
Unaware of Rainbow Dash's kidnapping, Batman reveals to the rest of the Rainbooms that Riddler is in Canterlot City and warns them that if they don't want to die, they should stay out of his way.
However, when Twilight tries to convince him to help him, but he rebuffs her, Sunset manages to touch the Dark Knight, bringing up a horrifying memory... of a criminal killing two people in front of her only child.
As the vision ends, Batman disappears and Sunset deduces that the Dark Knight... is billionaire Bruce Wayne.
Have I forgotten something?
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Batman's rebuff was a reference to the Justice League episode where Darkseid went to them to save Apokolips from Brainiac and Batman said how Darkseid brainwash Superman, humiliate him, had him attack Metropolis, and hurt Supergirl.
Almost like Discord did except Twilight was completely oblivious to his plan.
Oooh, someone knows the secret.
I hope they realize Rainbow is in trouble and that they need to free her.
*rubs head*
I swear Twilight...She still WANTS to prove herself?!
Lady...IT'S THE FUCKING RIDDLER, YOU CANDY BRAINED COOT!!!
If the Rainbooms go through with this then Batman NEEDS to say this:
Because right now, that is what is going through my head!!!!
I figured they will get involved more at some point now that Rainbow has been kidnapped, but Jesus man this Princess is sure a dumbass for wanting more smoke without knowing shit of how dangerous it is.
Oh Shit Sunset figured it out, will she tell her friends or will she keep her trap shut.
Welp this will be interesting.
ok is it just me or is batman testing the girls here? pay attention to the fact he said that he knows who they are and what the girls can do. so with that knowledge don't you guys think it's kinda off that batman allowed sunset to touch him or at least try to counter her without hurting her in some way? there is no way that someone with no combat skills would be able to get batman by surprise like that.
is it just me or is ol' Bats being ten times the usual jackass he tends to be here?
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To be fair, Twilight isn't exactly doing herself any favors by being too stubborn to heed his warnings. And he DOES have a point about how dangerous Riddler actually is. Not to mention Riddler is only the ACT ONE boss, so to speak. There's still the Joker left to deal with, which is even worse.
I just read the newest chapter and this was good, really good. Batman was not in a mood to negotiate for anything what so ever as he was blunt told the Rainbooms one simple thing which was stay out of his way. They now know that the Riddler is in Canterlot City which scares them as they got is a complete fruit loop with his puzzles.
Then we get to this part.
Twilight didn't you listen to ANYTHING Sunset said to you a few chapters ago. You DON'T need to prove ANYTHING to ANYONE as you already did some good things in both Equestria and the Human World! God Celestia is an idiot for not teaching you common sense. Then again she made you into a neurotic, dependent mess and forced you into making friends to unlock the elements just to save her sister. Sorry everyone this came to mind from another story I read on this site.
But then Batman straight up said this.
That was cold but he did raise a point as she was being selfish in wanting to do that.
But now we get to the most shocking part of this story and that is Sunset now KNOWS Batman's real identity as Bruce Wayne. I honestly didn't think Sunset would find out the truth so soon but now she see's why he does what he does but the big question is what will she do next? If this was the old Sunset when she was a villain she would try to force him under her control but we know that would end VERY badly for her. Thank God she's not like that anymore. But what will she do now that she knows? Will she share it with her friends or keep it to herself? I think she should keep it to herself for now. Love the music you put in when you had Sunset grab Batman's hand and her power's activated for the memories she saw.
I have to agree with BestinDworld with his review. If Batman knows about their powers he wouldn't let Sunset touch him so why did that happen? He could have easily stop her from seeing his memories. Is this a test or was Bat's a little worn out from his fight with Slade? Which I doubt as this is Batman we are talking about.
This is getting really good and I hope to see more soon.
Good Luck Battwell.
Well then...
While Batman is telling the girls to NOT get involved, I'm afraid they're already involved with Rainbow Dash kidnapped by the Riddler. It's only a matter of time before the girls knew what happened to her.
So Sunset now knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman thanks to her empathy power (awesome scene by the way)? Wonder what she'll do with this information?
El como Sunset descubrió que Bruce Wayne es Batman me parece algo fuera de lugar y demasiado conveniente.
Sucede todo el tiempo en las series así que, meh.
How Sunset found out that Bruce Wayne is Batman seems a little out of place and too convenient.
It happens all the time in series so, meh.
Translated by Google.
They're going to get involved once they find out Rainbow is missing...
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Thank you, I’m really proud of how that particular scene turned out.
When are you going to post the next chapter, I wanna know what happens next.
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I’m still working on it, haven’t had a lot of time due to the holidays
I hope to get it up soon
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wow thats......
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