The Goddesses of Ice and Fire

by Foal Star

Chapter six: Meeting Batmare

Rainbow Dash trotted through the Everfree Forest as she headed over to the old castle deep within the dark forest. She walked over slowly to the decrepit castle ruins. She came through the ancient ruined grand hall and saw her marefriend Winter and her friends already busy with renovations of the place. The mare was a bit unsure of what to do, so she walked over to take some rotting beams of wood. But suddenly, out of nowhere, Applejack quickly grabbed them and placed them over her back. "Don't ya worry, I got this?"

Rainbow Dash got rather angry, knowing full well Applejack was being overprotective of her, and snapped, "Hey! I can easily lift those too!"

Applejack seemed to try to explain her action in a rather nonchalant tone, "Hey, I'm the earth pony here, so stop worrying about it."

"Ya sure it ain't because I'm pregnant!" Rainbow Dash growled under her breath.

The farm mare held up her hooves in defense. "What!? N...no! Ya overthinking about this!"

Applejack then scratched the back of her mane and replied sheepishly, "b...but I have to ask how ya holdin' up?"

"Oh, I'm fine alright, In fact, I just got back from the hospital, and I found out I have to…." Rainbow trailed off with her cheeks flushing red, realizing she almost exposed her secret.

"Wait...what did ya say ya, havin' twins!?" Applejack exclaimed at the sudden news.

Pinkie Pie slid over to the two on the brushes strapped to her hooves and squealed, "oh! I felt my mane twitching earlier. I knew somepony was having twins, but I didn't know it was you!"

"Come on! I didn't say, twins! I said to...t…to...oh forget it!" Rainbow started to sweat as she began to feel more frantic with the news now known among her friends.

Twilight walked over with a smile on her face and asked, "oh Rainbow Dash, you're having twins! Did you just find out!"

The daredevil mare started to feel her face turn hot and begin to turn red, then shouted, "yeah! I'm having twins, alright! Now I can just get back to work!"

She flew off looking for anything to do to get the idea of having twins from her memory. The daredevil mare looked over and spotted Rarity, who was busy fixing up the drapes and stitching them together. Rainbow Dash walked over and asked, "Hey, need any help? Want me to get you some supplies?"

"No, darling, I'm quite alright; there's no need to strain yourself, and congrats on the twins! I'd have to make some adjustments on your paternity dress designs…." Rarity explained.

"What, no...I don't need any dresses!" Rainbow Dash roared in anger and slammed a hoof to her face. "You're all just crazy!"

She flew off, now more furious, and flew off to find a quiet palace by herself. She'll just find something to do, avoid her friend, and prove she doesn't need to be coddled!

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Later that afternoon, the pegasus was busy tossing out debris from a tower, taking old fallen bricks or rotting wood, and tossing them out a broken window. The mare was just pissed off and taking the time to vent her frustrations on the stone and wood lying about. While going about her work, she almost didn't notice Spike was sitting down on some pillows and reading a comic book.

Rainbow Dash was rather curious as she slowly came over to see the portrait of Maneiac on the cover. In all honesty, the comic looked pretty cool as she asked, "Hey, what's that?"

"It's my comic about the power ponies, that's all…." Spike explained.

Rainbow Dash scratched her mane. "Huh, I think I saw foals reading those back in Cloudsdale? Ya think I can borrow it after you're done?"

"Seriously, I thought you hated books!" Spike asked out loud.

"Of course not! Well...I hate most books, but Daring Do was cool; I guess I could try reading something else while waiting for her next issue." Rainbow Dash explained rather sheepishly.

Spike opened up the comic and revealed the last panels, and explained. "Yeah, but something is wrong with this comic, the last page is missing, and instead, there's something written here in small print on the back cover."

Rainbow tapped a hoof to her chin. "Hmmm, I think there was a magnifying glass somewhere…."

She then spotted one and tossed it over to Spike. "Here, now I'm gonna leave the room just in case of spoilers!"

"Alright, go on! I wana to see what this says!" Spike exclaimed excitedly. Rainbow chuckled as she flew off to leave Spike to his comic. At least she had something to look forward to later...then she heard her friends shouting and turned to see that they were coming around the corner.

Twilight waved a hoof and asked, "Hey, Rainbow did you see Spike? He's been gone for some time."

"Yeah, he's down t-" then suddenly, bright light exploded forth and enveloped them all in its blaze. Rainbow Dash had to shield her eyes as she and her friends were pulled into a vortex of colors.

Rainbow Dash groaned as she slowly got up, rubbing a hoof over her head. "W...where am I?"

She looked around and realized that she wasn't in the castle anymore...she was in some strange city...it looked a lot like Manehattan with rising skyscrapers and giant streets full of neon signs. Rainbow Dash looked upward to see that it was now in the middle of the night with giant air balloons flying overhead. Everything seemed to be dark. She then noticed that she was wearing...a dress! She looked around herself to see the dress was sporting violet color, and she had a big sun hat over her head. "What kind of outfit is this!"

As the mare was walking, a building near her exploded with the bricks and glass shattering all over the streets. Rainbow Dash was somewhat surprised by the sudden explosion as she cried out, "what the buck was that!?"

She then looked over to see that some crazy-looking stallion was wearing a strange outfit. One half of him was a white coat with a gold mane and blue eyes, looking like a prince from a fairytale. The other half of his body was a dark-looking stallion with a black mane, a red and black striped mane, and red eyes. The strange-looking stallion was wearing a suit, with one side being nice and clean while the other side was torn and filthy. He had a gang of weird-looking cronies running off with sacks with giant bit signs plastered on them to some chariots nearby, throwing the bags inside and riding off in a cloud of dust.

Rainbow Dash wasn't paying attention to anypony else as she was memorized by the strangest pony she's ever seen. The stallion had an evil grin as he looked over at Rainbow Dash and laughed maniacally, "So! Some random civilian in the middle of my heist! You will make for a perfect hostage!"

"Buck that!" Rainbow shouted as she rose up and flung her wings out, and then the dress disintegrated, leaving her in a rather strange-looking flight suit.

The stallion gave a loud gasp and cried out, "Zap! I thought you retired!"

He then slammed a hoof into the ground and shouted, "it doesn't matter! There's no way you're going to ruin my heist!"

The stallion's horn then shot out a barrage of black crystal shards. The daredevil mare braced herself as she threw her hooves over her body, deflecting the crystal shard with ease.

As the barrage of shards ceased firing, Rainbow Dash flew high in the air and shouted, "I have no idea why you're calling me Zap! But my name is Rainbow Dash!"

She then dived down headfirst into the crazy stallion, then lit the left side of his horn shooting blinding lights. Rainbow Dash dived headfirst nonetheless, and instead of a rainbow trail, she was starting to shoot lightning outward at the strange stallion. The crazy stallion jumped back as he then shot out a giant spire of black crystal at his foe. Rainbow Dash flew backward to avoid being skewered, and that was when the stallion seemed to notice her bulge.

The villain bowed and commented obediently, "I apologize for insulting you; you're pregnant; no wonder you retired!"

Rainbow stopped in her tracks and squealed, "wait! You're not going to fight me because I'm pregnant!? Come on, seriously!?"

"Of course not! I could never harm a beautiful mare like you!" the stallion proclaimed in a sweeter tone.

But then he had a devilish grin come over his face as he snickered, "but that doesn't mean you wouldn't make a perfect hostage lay a trap for Batmare!"

He then took out a net gun at her and shot it at the daredevil mare as she wrapped around her body. Rainbow kicked and shouted, in turn being trapped in the next being unable to escape from its grasp.

The strange stallion tied her up and carried her to a chariot. After placing her inside, he waved a hoof and snapped, "Alright, let's go!"

They then sped off down the road as Rainbow Dash sat across from the stallion struggling against the ropes. Still, every time she tried to send electricity through her body, it would dissipate.

The villain waved a hoof with a smirk, "sorry, my lady, that rope is made of rubber; you're just going to have to be patient and be saved like a good hostage."

Rainbow snarled at the comment, but this crazy pony had a point there was nothing she could do...she just had to wait to be saved.

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After the long chariot ride across the dark city, they came to a warehouse where she saw many goons stacking sacks of bits and other priceless artifacts and art pieces. Rainbow Dash was led through a house, still tied up to a rather strange-looking dining room. One side had its walls and table warped and in a state of decay, with mold growth and the chairs broken and strewn about. While the other side of the room was relatively pristine with a beautiful chandelier overhead, the tablecloth a pure white, and the room on the right side was spotless. Rainbow Dash was then placed down on the far end of the table, tied up in her chair, half-rotten and the other half well kept. The crazy pony then untied her, walked to the other side of the table, and sat down. A waiter then came by, giving the mare a platter and revealing a dandelion sandwich; one side was cooked to perfection while the left looked like a sloppy mess and burnt to a crisp. Rainbow looked up with a glare and snapped," I'm not eating that."

"Then starve!" the stallion snarled as he pointed a hoof at his horn. “I'll remind you that I have full control of this building, plus my men are all outside still sorting out my treasures. Make any sudden moves, and it ain't going to end well for you."

Rainbow eyed him as she started to figure out what was going on; she must have been sucked down in Spike's comic book. As crazy as that sounds, this strange city and this crazy gangster obviously was proof of that. She needed to first get an idea of who she's dealing with to escape and asked, "ok...so who are you, and why did you kidnap me?"

"Oh, that's easy, my name is Geode; I have my more proper princely side," Geode explained, but then he gave an evil grin again and growled, "then there's my more devilish side. I kidnapped you because you are a witness to my crime, so I can't just let you go. Secondly, you're bait for my nemesis Batmare!"

"Batmare!? Wait...am I in a comic book!" Rainbow groaned as she was sort of hoping she was wrong.

"Comic book!? What are you talking about1? This ain't a comic book!" Geode shouted as he slammed a hoof down on the table.

Rainbow rolled her eyes as Geode's behavior confirmed to her this was indeed a comic book. That must also be why she was wearing some stupid costume, plus this villain was obviously some insane mobster. Also...she had to wonder if this is the same comic Spike had, and if so, that means her friends should be here too... But she couldn't have them see her like this! Worse, have them rescue her! Not a chance she was going to get out of this and bring this crazy mobster to justice...but she had to be wise...he has some sort of split personalities, like a mix of King Sombra and an arrogant Prince Blueblood. She couldn't help but realize that this would be much more difficult to track, never knowing what side she was dealing with.

She then looked up to see a strange-looking pony in the rafters above them. The pony was wearing a strange outfit with a cowl and pointed bat ears. There was a long black cape, and the mysterious pony was wearing a utility belt around their waist. Rainbow Dash noticed she looked somewhat similar to the Mysterious Mare Do Well, who was really just her friends trying to teach her a lesson. It could be one of them there! She couldn't just let her take her thunder and rescue her!

Rainbow's eyes narrowed at the mare, and they had to find a way to escape! She then eyed the goblet of water near her and then took it with her hooves as she asked, "so...Geode, tell me what is that you're going to do with all those bits?"

"Oh, you would like to know, wouldn't you!?" Geode growled.

He then looked somewhat apologetic and held up a hoof. "I am so sorry for my behavior; of course, I would love to explain what I'm going to do with the bits! A few years ago, I was a prince who was in line to inherit my parent's money. But, something horrible befell me when thieves broke in, and one cursed me, turning half of my beautiful body into a hideous creature. I was then thrown out of my home and forced to create a gang to inherit a fortune of my own!"

As Geode kept on monologuing, Rainbow Dash took the drink and poured it down her body, and groaned, "oh no! I think my water just broke!"

"What!?" the stallion shouted and looked down to see the puddle of water forming under his hostage's hooves. He ran over and was panicking, "why would you pee all over yourself!?"

"This isn't pee; my water broke, you morone! I'm giving birth!" Rainbow shouted.

The stallion then untied Rainbow Dash. She then gave the stallion a good kick with her hooves with electricity shooting outward to boot. Rainbow rose into the air and shouted, "aha! Take that idiot!"

Then she felt two things woosh over her head, and she looked behind her to see two goons bonked on the head by what looked like boomerangs. Then the mysterious pony flew down from the rafters with her dark cowl covering her face, and two leathery wings sprouting out from her sides. She turned to Rainbow and growled, "Zap, you always seem to forget to mind your surroundings, and when did you get pregnant?"

"Excuse me, but I don't think we met before?" Rainbow growled.

"Very amusing now pay attention there's more coming," The mysterious mare replied, and soon the two were surrounded by goons with Geode standing upward with his minions. He pointed a hoof and roared," Get them!"

"And mind Zap she's pregnant," he added in his strange apologetic tone.

The hordes of ponies ran in. Rainbow and the mysterious bat pony started to knock them out, with Rainbow Dash sending bolts of lightning at the ponies and knocking a few down. She turned to see the bat pony was taking on double of her number, flipping around and smacking ponies down with bat shaped boomerangs. She was now fighting Geode with the crazy stallion shouting, "Batmare! We meet again!"

The mare's eyes narrowed, "Geode, I know that what happened to you wasn't your fault, but robbing banks and art isn't going to change things."

"Of course not! But this city owes me, including my parents! They all deserve to burn for abandoning me!" Geode roared as he began to shoot both bright light and black crystal shards at the same time!

Batmare was able to fly up and dodge most of the projectiles and slamming her hooves into the stallion's face and sending him backward. He held his ground and was going to ram his horn into the Batmare. Still, Rainbow Dash could fly across the room with lightning bolts flying from her body as she slammed him into the wall.

"I saw that coming," Batmare grumbled as she walked away. This Batmare's behavior did more than just piss off Rainbow, who shouted, "oh well, your welcome!"

She then flew after the Batmare and asked, “So, what now?"

"We run, I already called the cops, and you don't want to be here when they get here," Batmare explained rather bluntly as she took Rainbow Dash by the hoof, and the two flew off through the skylight.

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The two mares were now standing on the roof watching some cops bringing the gang into the back of their chariots and driving off probably to some prison. Rainbow felt rather proud bringing in a bunch of gangsters into justice...but she couldn't help but feel bad for Geode, who seemed to be a tragic villain caught up in unforeseen circumstances. "That Geode though, I mean, he's crazy, but I can understand his situation... I'm forced into having twins I never intended to have."

Batmare shook her head and replied, "every pony goes through unforeseen misfortunes; it's what you do to overcome those challenges that define you."

"Well, that's easy for you to say!?" Rainbow Dash scoffed, getting more annoyed with this moody superhero.

Batmare turned to face her and responded, "trust me, I understand what you and Geode are going through more so then you realize. But you can't change the past but what you do with your future is up to you."

Rainbow Dash paused for as second that was pretty wise....even if it's a bit patronizing she then asked, "say...you don't have powers, huh?"

Batmare, looking into the night sky and replied, "besides flying and being good in a fight, not really."

Rainbow Dash was somewhat astonished, "dang, that's crazy! You're fighting superpowered villains with no powers!? Are you crazy!"

"Maybe, but I like to think I'm just making this city a better place," Batmare responded in her rather serious tone.

Rainbow Dash wasn't a fan of the mare. Still, she turned away and looked down to see the last of the gangsters being rounded up and replied, "Well, you're not my favorite hero, but I think you are making this city a better place."

She then looked up to see a light shine in the air shining into the sky in the shape of a bat. "Thanks, but now I must be going, looks like something else came up."

"Alright, just wanted to say th-" Rainbow paused mid-sentence looking around and saw that the mare was gone. "Ugh, seriously!? That was rude."

Then suddenly, a bright light hit her once more, and she felt herself being sucked into the light itself.

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Rainbow Dash woke up from the blinding lights seeing dots dancing over her eyes. She was back in the castle and turned to see her friends and Spike all over the place looking discombobulated and getting up, most being as confused as she was. The daredevil mare was the first to ask, "Hey, what happened!"

"Oh, Rainbow, I'm so glad you're ok!" Winter squealed as she flew over and gave her marefriend a hug.

Rainbow hugged her back, and they held the embrace as the others got up. Spike looked over and asked, "Hey, where were you, Rainbow?"

Rainbow Dash looked over at Spike and retorted, "where were you guys?"

The young drake gave the mare a smirk as he replied, "oh, we were just fighting the crazy Maneiac, and I was actually pretty useful considering I was Humdrum!"

"Oh, that's nice to hear; I got kidnapped by some crazy gangster named Geode." Rainbow Dash replied.

The others were confused, but Spike was rather surprised and gasped, "you mean you faced Geode by yourself!?"

Rainbow scratched the back of her mane not knowing how to take that and replied, "well, there was this dark and brooding mare named Batmare."

"You met Batmare!" Spike squealed, "oh, that's so cool! The power ponies always try to recruit her, but she always denies them."

Spike then made a solemn-looking face and replied, "she then always says, sorry I don't do superhero groups I work alone."

The other mares were all somewhat confused but snickered at Spike's impersonation as Rainbow Dash responded, "yeah, I'll admit she seems to be a bit of a loner, and I think it's crazy she's trying to fight superpowered ponies without powers. But she did help me, and I did learn a lesson or two."

The daredevil mare then gave out a yawn and stretched her limbs as Winter walked over and gave her a pat on the back, "As interesting as your story maybe, I think we both had enough excitement for one day; why don't we head back to your place?"

"Sure, that sounds like a good idea," Rainbow yawned as she laid over Winter, letting her take her back through the air...Rainbow Dash wondered deep down how she felt at times being like Geode, and wondering if she will be able to keep herself under control and finally accept what's happened to her.

Comments

[Chrome Masquerade]

Later that afternoon, the pegasus was busy tossing out debris from a tower, taking old fallen bricks or rotting wood, and tossing them out a broken window. The mare was just pissed off and taking the time to vent her frustrations on the stone and wood lying about.

And cleaning up at the same time! #concurrentactivity.

[Chrome Masquerade]

"Buck that!" Rainbow shouted as she rose up and flung her wings out, and then the dress disintegrated, leaving her in a rather strange-looking flight suit.

Shinobi tenshi!

Of course, that would require raising the ESRB rating a tad.

[Chrome Masquerade]

Spike then made a solemn-looking face and replied, "she then always says, sorry I don't do superhero groups I work alone."

Sounds familiar.

[Foal Star]

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I'm making this story for a friend with a OC who is the goddesd of winter. So honestly I don't really care about the dislikes.