As Rarity returned to the Batcave, she found several guests waiting for her. Two she easily recognized as Garfield and Rachel, but the third was a complete stranger to her. He was a young looking man with red and black hair with a single white streak, dark brown eyes, and a strange aura of power surrounding him. "Father?" Rarity asked. "Who is this?"
Bruce smiled. "This is Jason Blood. He's an old friend of mine. When I mentioned your present...situation, he was happy to come and help you through it. Garfield and Rachel are here for similar reasons."
"And exactly what advice could this mortal provide regarding our situation?" Nightmare demanded through Rarity's mouth. "Besides, I'm pretty certain we are already of accord. How could any of these three help?"
Bruce groaned. "All three have dealt with having 'monsters' inside of them in the past, though Jason's situation is the closest to yours. Rarity, why is she talking when you're in control?"
"Part of our agreement," Rarity explained. "She gets to talk if we're only around people who know about her, without us having to switch control of the body."
"Does that mean if you're around people who know Nightmare is also you, you get to talk through her mouth?" Garfield asked.
"No."
"Yes."
"Not a chance."
"It's only fair."
"Not happening."
Jason chuckled. "And I thought my passenger was a handful."
"Oh?" Rarity asked. "And who is your 'passenger'?"
Jason smiled. "I think I'll let him introduce himself." He took a deep breath. "Gone, gone the form of man. Rise the demon Etrigan!" His body burst into flames as the transformation took hold. When the flames passed, a gold skinned, fish faced demon dressed in red and blue stood in his place.
Nightmare suddenly gasped happily. "Etty?" she squealed. "Rarity, please, I must show him my new shape now! Please!"
"Let me talk out of your mouth then," Rarity countered.
"...just this once."
Rarity smiled. "Gone, begone, child of light. Now you face the Darkest Night!" Rarity's transformation into Nightmare form passed quickly, and Nightmare fluttered her eyelashes at Etrigan.
Etrigan, for his part, stared in shock. "My brithday does not come so soon, and yet my eyes behold Nightmare Moon?"
Nightmare chuckled. "Just Nightmare now, Etty. I'm no longer a part of the one I was born from."
"Etty?" Bruce, Rarity, and Garfield asked in shock. Rachel face palmed.
"Born she was from emotional scars, with me she danced amongst the stars," Etrigan explained.
"We used to date," Nightmare translated.
"Used to?" Rachel asked. "What happened?"
"I was bound in magical chains, when she sought one to share her pains."
"Around the time Rarity became my new host, Etty got sealed into that Blood fellow," Nightmare explained. "We never actually broke up, though."
"Speaking of in this new light, what are you doing this wondrous night?"
"My daughter is 13!" Bruce interrupted angrily. "I don't care how old the two of you are, that's still my 13 year old daughter along for the ride!"
"While a tad inappropo," Etrigan replied, "as demon I find I must ask...so?"
Why do I keep picturing him with zebra stripes? Rarity asked Nightmare silently. Nightmare burst into laughter.
"What's so funny?" Garfield asked curiously.
"You are, but looks aren't everything." Nightmare smirked when that caused Garfield to burst into laughter. "So why are these two here-"
Rachel's eyes suddenly split into four crimson slits before returning to normal.
"This honor, Nightmare, you now have, to meet the accursed child of Scath," Etrigan explained.
"Am I to assume that Changeling has his own story of a Beast inside?" Nightmare asked dismissively. "Oh wait, he already told it. It's here in Rarity's memory. What exactly can these two offer Rarity that she doesn't already have since we have made a proper compromise?"
"Lessons in manners for you?" Rachel offered, a little angrily. "You could certainly use them."
"And why should I debase myself with such-"
"These are my friends and family," Rarity interrupted. "You will be appropriately respectful, or there will be consequences."
Nightmare chuckled. "What sort of consequences can you inflict on someone in your own mind-"
She was interrupted as her own hoof struck her in the face. "Stop hitting yourself," Rarity commanded.
"What-"
"Stop hitting yourself."
"How are you-"
"Stop hitting yourself."
"This is against our agreement!"
"Tough."
Nightmare was silent for a time. "Fine," she relented. "I will be respectful of your friends and family when speaking aloud-"
She was interrupted by a sudden squeal. Kori scooped Nightmare into her arms. "Oh who is this adorably dark bat winged unicorn with the shiny blue eyes! She is absolutely adorable!"
Nightmare blinked. "...the evil demonic spirit time sharing Rarity's body?" she offered cautiously.
Kori gasped. "Rarity? You have sprouted wings? I did not know your race went through a Transformation as my own did. Such lovely wings!" She gently stroked the wings. "And your coloration is quite lovely, and your mane!" Setting Nightmare down, she began brushing her mane and tail.
Nightmare started to relax into the brushing, but paused. "And...what I said about being evil?"
"If you were truly evil, Rarity would not let you have control. She is too much a Bat trainee to allow that," Kori explained. "Ergo, you are at best irritating."
Nightmare pouted, much to the amusement of those around her.
Hahaha, I knew Starfire was gonna react that way.
Huh, I was expecting Dr Fate.
5811351 Dear God, no! Dr. Fate would react poorly to Nightmare's presence in Rarity.
Dr. Fate is a force of ultimate order, so he would more than likely deem Dissociative Identity Disorder as a very bad thing.
Oh my word.
I am so loving this and laughing here.
And the Zebra comment, that is awesome!!!!!
Just down right awesome.
I will say this, you seem to enjoy the Stop Hitting yourself joke.
That appears to be one of your marks in story writing, and it is an enjoyable one to see.
Eeyup. that just happened.
etty..poor bruce now he really have something to worry for about rarity, forget her being a vigilante or sharing a body with a demonic entity, no he has dealt with most of that one way or another on his life but for the first time on his life he is dealing with his teenage daughter having a boyfriend or at least being involved in a relation with someone way older than her
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The zebra I don't get...
5811439 he keep reminding rarity of zecora for the way he speaks
Oh, that bit at the end delighted me to no end.
I'm a little surprised to see Etrigan rhyming given this is based upon the DCAU, but I don't mind.
5811439 Zecora. She speaks in rhyme all the time.
Man, it has been so long since I've seen Etrigan on Justice League. Never realized he had a penchant for rhyming at one point.
so, when is the Joker actually going to show up?
...I'm not sure if this is one of the joke chapters or not.
I'm almost convinced it's too silly not to be, though.
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See. This is why he should have married Catwoman. She could deal with that. Bruce is doomed. Did he even have any female role models in his life after his mom died?
KAWAII DESU!
Ooh...gonna need some Bat Balm for that burn.
That... That was adorable.
5811960 fully agree
HOLY CORRECT GUESS FROM LEFT FIELD BATMAN! I was just kidding about the Nightmare Entity knowing Etrigan! wait a second. I just realized something. This might be an April Fools joke. Please tell me this isn't an April Fools joke. That would make me look stupid.
I guess our little Nightmare has some stars in her eyes after seeing our kitty foreign Ettity here.
And Kori heads for brushie petty time. Reminds me of the finger poking the chubbys on DeviantArt.
Umm.. Wow... I'm a bat-pony too! Well, half unicorn. I need a transforming spell too... Gone, gone, shiny fangs, Pixel will rise to deceive a-gain!
Wait! Nightmare and Etrigan? Wow, that will end up being a tad fucked up given that's a 13 year old's body they are using. I wonder if Rarity also has longevity due to her inner demon like Blood does.
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Haven't you seen the new, more gritty and edgy batman? You know, where he snaps jokers neck then spits on his corpse?
When did Starfire get there? There's no mention of her being there before she reacts to Rarity's new appearance.
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Right then. She was running late.
You know, IF Grundy appears in this, be could possibly be anything.
He may be a good guy because of his final moments in the Justice League cartoon before he dies. Don't know why they didn't have him come back though. He IS Grundy after all. Plus he has very a few appearances in previous comics where he was a hero.
OR similarly, he could be one of the hardest villain Rarity ever faces, due to some of the abilities he gets, depending on the writer.
specifically, the fact that he is basically indestructible, and when he dies, he just comes back. Practically immune to certain things like fire. and has control over The Grey(and used to The Green.) The Grey
Plus A smart Grundy is a very dangerous Grundy.
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5811498 You forgot the computer.
Oh, how this story so deserves more likes.
5813882 if Grundy comes back I'd like to see him either back to the zonbieish mentality of his last JLU appearance. I'd also like to see rarity talking with a old hawkgirl about him. I think it'd be a nice (well not nice but needed) lesson for Rarity (and to be honest a good deal of the characters from mlp and DC) to learn that sometimes the kindest fate for a friend gone bad is to just...well...end them.
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The Robin who was in Return of the Joker was Tim Drake, not Richard Grayson.
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Starfire's Tamaranean name is Kor'iander. Her Earth civilian name is Kori Anders.
Beast Boy's birth name was Garfield Logan.
Cyborg's birth name is Victor Stone.
Raven's birth name is Rachel Roth.
Why do I keep picturing him with zebra stripes?
Why do I find that so funny? Have a great day of the bunny.
Ha! Zecora and Etrigen aren't the only ones who can rhyme!!
...Any one else now imagining Zecora and Etrigan having a rap battle?
5811493 *puts on glasses* Well from what I can gather Tetsuro will be dealing with villains from Batman Beyond and the subsequent TV Movie "Return of the Joker" in the order they appear. So from that logic Joker will most likely be the final antagonist, if not Blight.
I can't believe that I am just noticing that the "Stop hitting yourself" gag is in a majority, if not all, of you Adopted Displacement stories.
Also, I am not sure if you answered this question or not, but won't the addition of wings on both Rarity and Batmare make some people connect the dots? Finally, will the artificial wings from the batsuit still be used now that Rarity does have wings? Just curious.
5831877 knowing Rarity, she can hide her new wings under a dress and still look 'fabulous' while concealing them. as for appying the wings to Batmare, thats up to her and Dark Night now isnt it?
Etty?
I seem to be missing a lot of context. ALso, bIRthday.
So, about that Etrigan/Nightmare Moon shipfic...
MY SIDES!
You, know each other?
MY FUCKING SIDES!
Starfire properly used Ergo? She's gotten a lot better at English. Impressive. Also, that is hilarious!
That by itself was worth the entire chapter! Great work.
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I like dis chapter.
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I think we can all agree that the answer to that question is a resounding "no".
5831476 so I'm not only one. Also, the night trigan ship has sailed.
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well, let's see here: 1) Jason Blood: knight cursed to hold an ancient demon *Etrigan* and 2) Rachel Roth/Raven: daughter of a demon lord *Scath/Trigon*; yeah, I think it's safe to assume Rachel/Raven and Jason/Etrigan at least know OF each other; as for "Nightmare", Starfire said that the tales of Trigon's cruelty were well known, even on Tameran, so it's not TOO much of a stretch to believe that Equestria's at least heard of the demon lord, especially if you added the part of Nightmare and Etrigan having a previous relationship...
5811395 Nabu is/was/whatever an asshole1 NO on including him in anything.
Etrigan is my favorite DC charicter (next to Lobo), so to see him used this well is a real treat. Nicely done.
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Or go to Japan in a few years.different laws. For age at least.
Though with rarity being sentient the bestiality laws are a question to whether they even apply.....? um...how WOULD those laws work...? It's a good question for if chimps ever learn to talk o.o sentience vs animality....?would they be considered a beast still or....hmm...gonna have to find a word besides human too...'humanity' sadly has been associated too closely to homo sapien through ignorance.
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I think that's the biggest issue with Human x Pony. In all honesty, we shouldn't find them sexually attractive at all.
But then again, there's the furry sub-culture. That's why I try not to judge.
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Yeaah, Lords of Order, from what little I’ve gleamed from them, are kind of a bunch of assholes.
Woah Yeah I'm totally shipping this now! Woohoo!
HOLY CRAP ON A CHEESE GRATER RARITY TAMED NIGHTMARE I AM SOOOOOOO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN AND SEE LUNA FACEHOOF SO HARD SHE SENDS HERSELF TO THE MOON LOL
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agreed
YOU DATED A NIGHTMARE!!!?