//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: A Chaotic Introduction // Story: The Dark Knight Falls // by TheClownPrinceofCrime //------------------------------// IN PONYVILLE “This is horrible!! Fancy Pants is dead?! Who did this to him?!” Mayor Mare yelled in shock. All the Ponyville residents fearfully murmured at the grisly sight of his hanging corpse. Pinkie Pie, on the other hand, was holding a Joker card that had the threatening message written on it. Once she read it out loud, she was confused and slightly afraid of what it actually meant not only for Batman but also for them. “There is a big-meanie villain who is behind this! What are we gonna do?” Pinkie asked. Twilight and her other friends stepped forward as they too were shocked beyond words at the sight of Fancy Pants’s dead body, especially Rarity. She was both shocked and infuriated as she saw his body and realized that somepony was responsible for his death. “Whoever did this to Fancy Pants will dearly PAY!!! Somepony must be a complete sicko to do this horrid atrocity!” she angrily shrieked. “I agree, Rarity. We need to find out who did this and why he did this.” Twilight firmly declared. The others nodded in agreement. “I really can’t imagine anypony doing anything like this. This is so...(gulp)...bad!!” Fluttershy whimpered. Applejack wrapped her arm around Fluttershy’s neck to make her relax. “Easy there, sugarcube. Whoever he is, he won’t get away with this!” Applejack stated. “Yeah! If he wants to mess with anypony, he’ll have to get to us first!” Rainbow added. Everypony cheered for them once she said that. But at that moment where absolute bravery and justice rose in the air, the Joker appeared in a white flash in front of all the ponies. They all gasped in surprise once they beheld the infamous Clown Prince of Crime. He wickedly smiled at his new victims. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! I am...today’s entertainment!!” he mockingly greeted. “What the hay?” Applejack uttered. “Who are you?” Rainbow asked. “AHHHH!! A clown! I’m scared of clowns!!!” Fluttershy cried before hiding somewhere. “Oh my! You have a loathsome makeup but a handsome suit I definitely approve!” Rarity said, looking at his apparel. Pinkie zoomed in front of Joker, jumped in his arms, and made a large smile on her face just as she gazed at him. “YEEEEEE!!! I LOVE CLOWNS!! Do you like parties?!” Pinkie blurted out. “My, my, my...a jolly spirit I see! Well then, I will be more than happy to have a party with you all! My name is Joker. What is yours?” he introduced. “I’m Pinkie Pie! I love your name! We’re gonna have the best party EVER!!” Pinkie shouted. “Pinkie, what are you doing?! You don’t know where he is from! Get away from him!” Twilight warned. “Come on, Twilight! He is a CLOWN! What harm can clowns do?” Pinkie asked. “Wait a minute, there was a Joker card on Fancy Pants that said, ‘Will the Batman learn his lesson and stand up?’. This creep has to be the culprit!! It has his name on it!!” Mayor Mare accused. Joker then dropped Pinkie on the ground and angrily stared at the mayor. “What do you know? I’m guilty as charged. What does it look like, hm?” Rarity again gasped. “WHAT?! It was you?! HOW DARE YOU?! I’ll tear you apart, you murderous ruffian!!” Rarity angrily threatened before Twilight restrained her with her magic. “I don’t know what your motive was, but you have no right to kill any of us, Joker!!” Rainbow added. “I presume you’re from Gotham. What do you want, and why are you here?” Twilight sternly demanded. “To have my second round of fun, of course!” Joker replied. “I’m always in favor of an aggressive expansion!” “A round of fun? Aggressive expansion?” Twilight repeated. “Expansion of what?” “Chaos, little unicorn. Chaos.” Joker hissed. He then drew closer to her and bent down to her level. The others backed away in fear of the clown as they sensed his ill-will. Twilight had a mixed look of fear and anger, but the former quickly overcame the latter. “You look nervous. Is it the scars?” Joker asked. Twilight didn’t reply. “You wanna know how I got them?” he asked. Twilight again did not reply as her fear clouded her mind. The Joker then roughly grabbed her head while taking his knife out to her muzzle. Rainbow tried to interfere but Applejack and Fluttershy restrained her. “I had a young sister who was very serious in her training to be a police officer. I was repeatedly annoyed by her usual stone face and stern tone, ‘Do this! Do that!’ and so on.” Joker began his second story. “One day, she was shot in the leg by a robber; I came to her and saw her critical condition. I said, ‘Sis, why are you taking this seriously? You need to laugh at something to ease your pain!’ So I grabbed a box cutter and did this...” Joker pointed at his Glasgow smile, “...to myself.” “At that moment, she couldn’t laugh...she yelled in terror until she later on bled to death for lack of medical attention. So now, I’m always smiling!” Joker concluded before Twilight blasted him off of her. He laughed in amusement. “Heh, heh, heh, a little fight in you. I like that.” Joker said. “Then you’re gonna love me.” a deep, intimidating voice spoke behind him. Joker looked behind him and received an immediate punch in the face from the Dark Knight himself. The latter then grabbed his leg and tossed him against the Mayor’s Hall house. “YOU NEED TO STOP THIS NOW, YOU MANIAC!!” Joker took his Taurus 1911 pistol and shot several bullets at Batman. Batman raised his arms and blocked the bullets from hitting him. He took out his grappling gun, shot its hook around Joker’s left leg, and pulled him toward him. As he flung in the air, Batman closed his fist and punched him again in the face. The ponies were rooting for Batman as they fought. “You got this, Batman! Kick his butt!” Rainbow cheered. “Ya got him, Bats!” Applejack added. “I can’t bear to watch!!” Fluttershy squealed, covering her face with her pink hair. Joker then tripped Batman and held his knife in the air to stab him. The latter however slapped his knife away and head-butted him. Joker fell on the ground and realized he couldn’t defeat him one on one. Thus, he chose the easy way out like he did before. He grabbed Twilight in his left arm and held her at gun point. “Make one move and this cute little horse kicks the bucket.” Joker threatened. Batman smirked as he noticed how outnumbered he was. “Perhaps you didn’t realize that my friends vastly outnumber you.” Joker was then kicked on the back of his head by Rainbow, causing him to release Twilight. Dash grabbed Twilight and brought her to Batman away from Joker. “You’re safe now, Twilight.” Batman said to her. Twilight smiled at her brave hero. “Well, this is cute and fun, but I believe I have some place else to attend to. Oh, and by the way...I killed some ponies at Canterlot and destroyed its library. See ya!” Joker nonchalantly said before running off. Twilight stood frozen in place. That VERY library where she spent most of her studies and time on was actually destroyed from existence? She could not believe it. Twilight’s face turned scarlet red as she shrieked in seething rage. “WHAT?!?”