Princess Celestia just finished her royal meeting with Fancy Pants and the others within the palace of Canterlot. Once they departed from the throne room, Celestia rejoined with her sister Luna in the hallway. “Well, a decent morning so far. The meeting went better than expected.” Celestia said.
“I’m glad it went well, sister.” Luna said. “My night shift keeps getting better and better every night.”
“Really? How so?” Celestia curiously asked.
“More ponies are starting to become more open and honest of how they feel and what challenges they face, especially during their dreams and nightmares. That allows me to understand them more clearly than before.” Luna explained, sighing in satisfaction.
“I’m very proud of them...and you too, Lulu.” Celestia said, smiling tenderly.
“Thank you, sister.” Luna smiled. Before they cloud embrace, a letter magically appeared in front of Celestia. Surprised of receiving a letter unexpectedly, she opened up the letter with her magic and read what was written.
“What is it, sister? What does it say?” Luna eagerly asked.
After she was finished reading the letter, she closed it back with the same calm demeanor. “It’s Twilight. She says she has both some alarming news and exciting news to share with us. Although she did not specify what those news are in her letter, she will arrive here shortly.”
“My, my, she must be really keen to see our reactions herself by telling us personally.” Luna stated.
MEANWHILE
Batman continued soaring in the sky as he was on his way to the Crystal Empire to confront Scarecrow and his lackeys. He carefully looked down below to observe any suspicious signs of their activity. Seeing none so far, he kept himself in the air while on his way to the kingdom.
But while flying, he started to become curious about King Sombra whom Twilight talked about earlier. “If this King Sombra was as terrifying and powerful as she described him to be, is there a likely chance he might return? I cannot even image what he looked like during all those years ago when he ruled this Crystal Empire. Was he like Scarecrow? Both known as masters of fear, I see. If they ever met together, who knows what sort of permanent damage they might make here in Equestria...or in Gotham.” Batman pondered.
“HEY, BATMAN!!” a familiar young voice called out.
“Huh?” Batman wondered. Once he looked down, he saw Scootaloo waving her hoof at him. He slowly descended all the way to the ground right in front of her. She ran to him and hugged his right leg affectionately.
“Great to see you, again! I was wondering where you were after not seeing you in Twilight’s library!” she happily greeted.
“Nice to see you too, Scoots.” Batman greeted back although in a monotone voice. “However, I can’t talk right now; there is a potential threat in the Crystal Empire at the moment. You help Nurse Redheart alert your neighbors of the threat while I deal with it.” he ordered. But Scootaloo grabbed hold of his cape just as he was about to walk away.
“Wait! I want to go with you! I want to see you in action!” Scootaloo pleaded.
“No. You stay here. I don’t want you to get hurt.” Batman sternly forbade. He also roughly removed his cape from her grasp.
“PLEASE????” she begged again. Without another word, Batman took off to the air with his grappling hook and cape. She watched him soar away to his destination. “Aww, come on! I hate to miss out all the fun!” Scootaloo pouted. But then, she got an idea. “Hmmm, maybe I could just go to the Crystal Empire myself and see him kicking villain butt while I’m hiding! Yeeeeee, I’m so excited!!” she squealed. She then ran back to Ponyville.
BACK AT CANTERLOT
After approximately ten minutes, Twilight and Spike arrived at the throne room and kneeled before Celestia and Luna. “We came here as fast as we could, Princesses! You absolutely won’t believe what I have to share!” Twilight exclaimed.
“Please do share, Twilight. What is it?” Celestia asked.
“Well, first off, there is a new creature here in Equestria—which we have never seen before—and he is from an alternative dimension where a species called humans inhabit it.” Twilight explained. “The creature’s name...is Batman.”
Celestia and Luna looked at each other slightly surprised at the news and completely intrigued by the fact of a newcomer visiting Equestria. “Batman? Hmm, is this creature a subspecies of bats?” Luna asked.
“Not exactly. He is a human dressed as a bat since he is actually a defender and crime-fighter of a city called Gotham in his world. That’s where he came from.” Twilight replied.
“Very interesting, Twilight. I assume this Batman is friendly?” Celestia asked.
“Yes! He is! You will actually like him once you get to know him!” Twilight said. Spike nodded in agreement.
“I see. It is very rare we have alien strangers from other worlds visiting our own. This Batman sounds very intriguing to me. I wonder if he is a watcher of the night...you know, since bats are nocturnal.” Luna said, smiling.
“Indeed. It would be a pleasure to meet him. I believe that was the exciting news you wanted to share?” Celestia asked.
“Yes. The alarming news is that—.” Twilight spoke before a crystal guard burst through the doors of the throne room.
“YOUR HIGHNESSES!! I have alarming news!!” he shouted in terror. Twilight and Spike were startled by his abrupt interruption.
“What is it, solider?” Luna asked in a authoritative tone.
“The Crystal Empire is under attack! There are several bipedal creatures taking dozens of hostages at the moment! One of them is their leader! He calls himself...the Scarecrow!” he fearfully uttered the name. Everypony else gasped in the room.
“That’s somewhat what Twilight was going to tell you.” Spike said.
“How do you know about this? Who informed you of the attack?” Celestia asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Batman did. In fact, he was the one who sent us to inform you of the rising threat from those creatures. However, neither of us knew they were attacking the empire...well, as far as I know.” Twilight explained. Celestia and Luna then pondered on what she said.
“Very well.” Celestia said before addressing the crystal guard. “What of Cadence and Shining Armor?”
“They have been captured by the terrorists. They also managed to slaughter several of my comrades before they even got their hooves on them! I escaped their brutal attack to let your majesties know.” he said, kneeling.
“THEY CAPTURED MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER-IN-LAW?!” Twilight screamed in shock. “They better not hurt them!!”
“We need to make haste! Luna, gather the Royal Guard together. We will march against those bipedal monstrosities and rescue our family and friends from those fiends!” Celestia commanded. Luna nodded before heading out of the room.
“Twilight, see if this Batman can assist us.” Celestia ordered.
IN GOTHAM CITY
King Sombra saw everything that happened in Equestria through his green orb on top of Wayne Tower. He saw the work of Crane and his men in the Crystal Empire and Twilight informing Celestia and Luna of their attack. He then switched to the sight of Batman flying towards the Crystal Empire to confront his enemies. “Hahahahahaha!! Thissssss is going to be so much funnnnn.” he hissed gleefully.
“Well, with my army well prepared for a full-scale invasion of Equestria and Dr. Crane doing the dirty work for me in my rightful kingdom, I believe it is time to make things more...savoryyyyy.” He looked upon his brainwashed army of Gothamites saluting him and raising their weapons while shouting their battle cries.