//------------------------------// // Misunderstandings // Story: The Hero They Need // by MetalJrock //------------------------------// Sitting within Twilight's castle, Batman sighed, 'Why did I bother coming here? I'll only be wasting time by just sitting while Ra's could be doing who knows what...' he thought, waiting for the lavender alicorn to begin speaking. "If you have any questions you better hurry up and ask them before I decided to leave myself." he said. Twilight groaned as her friends gave the Dark Knight a spiteful glare, except for Spike who remained silent all the while "Alright then, Batman. We won't send you to Princess Celestia if you answer us. Once you do then we'll let you do whatever it was you were doing here. Does that sound fair?" "Fine." "First question. Who are you? Really?" Twilight added the last question to get a better answer. "I told you. I'm Batman. And that is all you are getting from me." he answered in his usual stoic demeanor. "Alright then," moaned Twilight in annoyance, "Why did you save us even though you knew that we had no business with us like you mentioned earlier?" "Because you needed help..." he admitted, "I'm not going to turn away when that happens. You were dealing with something beyond your world and something from mine. You would've stood no chance against Bane on your own." "That's another thing, Batman." Rarity added, "Why are you here exactly?" Batman remained silent for a moment, 'They have no business knowing my reasons for being here. They already got too involved once Bane revealed himself... Then again, Ra's could be repeating what he's doing now again, and then I won't be here to stop it.' Dash pointed to the Dark Knight, "Hey! Are you going to answer her, Batman?!" "I'm here by accident." he finally answered. "I was stopping an old foe of mine, Ra's Al Ghul from destroying the world. He had a crystal capable of doing so. By destroying the machine, I created a rift to this world by accident. Ever since, I have been searching for him." he explained, "Now... Answer my questions." "Um... Okay..." muttered Twilight, "But we're not the ones being investigated Batman, you still have to answer why you harmed Celestia's guards." "They were being rash." replied Batman, "They saw me and attacked me without any reason." he explained, "I chose to defend myself since I was wasting time at the point. There. Are you satisfied?" he added, finally shutting them up. 'That should keep them satisfied long enough for me to learn about this world.' "Now. As I said earlier, you have sime exolaining to do for me." muttered Batman. "Why the hay should we speak to you?" Applejack questioned the Dark Knight. "Because if you don't then I'll leave you to whatever Ra's plans on sending next." threatened Batman. "Girls. Let's just listen." Twilight insisted, "He helped us defeat that Bane person." she soothed. "Okay. Why did you want to find me so bad? I was hiding out for a reason and how did you find me?" "We were told to go search for you by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. We found a runaway timberwolf heading in the opposite direction of your cave. We figured that you would have a hoof in doing something so crazy." answered Twilight. "Have any of you faced any threats in this world? I fear that Ra's would fina a way to manipulate them to his cause." Batman wondered to the ponies. "Ha! We took 'em all down easily. Ya got Chrysalis and she hasn't been seen in forever, Sombra's gone, Tirek's back in Tartarus, and Starlight Glimmer won't be showing herself anytime soon!" Rainbow Dash boasted aloud. "You're all in danger should Ra's find someone capable of messing with you. It's very likely that he would ally himself with 'Chrysalis' or this Starlight Glimmer pony you were talking about. You got lucky that it was only Bane that came here and not someone more dangerous from my world." "More dangerous?" wondered Fluttershy. "Bane was already wrecking the town! Who else could do that much damage or even more?" shouted Twilight. "...Let's hope you never find out." answered Batman grimly. All of them gulped. There were other creatures more dangerous than what they faced, Ra's Al Ghul, or Bane? Now that worried the ponies sitting around Batman greatly. They all came to a decision on an important matter minutes later. "Okay... Batman. If you help us clean Ponyville, we'll tell Celestia to remove the bounty and let you go your way, deal?" Twilight offered the Dark Knight. Batman stood up from his spot, "Alright. Just this once." Batman helped pick up a piece of a building off the ground, placing it in a bag, 'This is humiliating... Being stuck cleaning for a town full of neon equines. Then again, if I do this then it would make my search for Ra's easier with them off my backs.' 'Did you follow my advice?' Solar appeared next to the Dark Knight. The Batman looking at the cloaked pony, "Yes. It almost didn't work. It was a smart and dumb move on their part, I say. Luckily, Bane is gone but Ra's is still on the loose in this world. There is not much time ledt to waste." 'I warned you about this. You must put aside your ego. Your alliance with the ponies shall bring you closer to what you seek than you would alone.' the hooded pony hinted. "No. This is my job. Ra's is my responsibility to find. And something I must do alone. The ponies are not safe around me," responded Batman with a gruff in his voice. "That is why I must do this alone. Nopony should've even found me to begin with. A sloppy error on my part." he added in annoyance. "Uh, Batman? Who are you talking to?" asked Twilight in confusion. Solar nodded, 'Until we meet again, Batman.' she said before fading away from his sight. 'So. Solar can only appear to the people she wishes to see. Clever. That means no one else can join in our... Debates as it were.' thought the Dark Knight. "I was just thinking out loud." he lied. Twilight smiled, not seeing through his lie. "Thank you for helping, Batman. I'll keep my word and speak to Celestia about it. She would never know that you were here to begin with." she assured. Before Batman could continue, he felt something hit him in the back. Then, the Dark Knight lost consciousness and fell to the ground loudly. Twilight and the other ponies saw a figure standing behind him. Princess Luna shot a spell powerful enough to knock him out, "Do not worry, citizens. The Bat creature has been dealt with." "Oh man, he's not going to be happy and smiling when he wakes up!" wailed Pinkie Pie. "Oh no... Princess Luna? Why are you here?" "I sensed something wrong within Ponyville and came to investigate. Thou are glad to see that it was the bad that was behind it. I took care of it before he could do anymore damage." Luna explained, feeling proud at that moment, much to the other ponies' dismay. "Batman is not the enemy, Princess Luna! There is something bigger happening! He saved us!" shouted Twilight. Luna was confused by her comment. "Saved you? What has thy missed?" The six ponies and Spike explained to Luna what had happened before she arrived, "I... I am sorry..." she apologized, "I shall take him to a hospital to recover properly." she lifted Batman up with her magic and led his body to Ponyville hospital in order to heal properly. The former Elements followed her. "How hard did ya hit him?" Dash asked. "Hard enough. Though we shall only hope that this Ra's doesn't send anymore evil ponies in Ponyville while he recovers." Luna quietly prayed for her friends, placing the unconscious body of Batman on a bed, keeping him still while he recovered from the blast of powerful magic she dealt him with.