Canterlot City
The blistering cold hit Sunset Shimmer like a freight train, why did she think that walking alone in the harsh winter was a good idea? Her teeth chattered together upon reflex to the cold as she wrapped her arms around one another in an attempt to warm herself up. Her nose became runny, and her fingers began to feel numb, this definitely wasn't a good idea in the slightest.
But her attention was brought away from the cold when she accidentally bumped into someone on the sidewalk. "Oh, excuse me." Sunset said politely in an attempt to apologize for her clumsiness.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Sunset Shimmer." The bacon haired girl stopped dead in her tracks at the sound of the oh so familiar voice. When she turned around, she was greeted with the sight of The Dazzlings smiling viscously at her.
Sunset clenched her fists as she tried to remain calm.
She failed miserably.
"Adagio, Sonata, and Aria," Sunset listed off their names with distain, "What the hell do you think you're doing here?" She asked, clearly not in the mood for any type of game they were willing to play.
The Dazzlings chuckled before Aria flicked her hair, "What? Is it illegal to go out for a nice stroll in the middle of the night?"
"Besides," Adagio continued, "We're reformed now. Not like we can do much since you removed our magic."
Sonata then added, "Well, we can eat as many tacos as we want, but that's beside the point."
The Equestrian girl looked at the former villains suspiciously before placing one hand on her hip, "Well exuuuuse me for not exactly believing a word any of you say." She replied before adding, "It's not like any of you guys are exactly trustworthy."
Adagio rolled her eyes, "Oh you made that perfectly clear at the Starswirled Music Festival. You know, when you broke into our bus and manhandled our toaster!"
Sonata looked to the sky in sadness, "He hasn't been the same since."
Aria looked to her sister in an annoyed fashion, "Sonata."
"Yeah?"
"IT'S A FREAKIN' TOASTER! IT DOESN'T HAVE FEELINGS, MORON!!!"
Sunset rolled her eyes and turned away from the trio of Sirens, already having had enough of their shenanigans, "Look, I don't know why you girls are back in Canterlot and right now I frankly don't care. I have other crap to deal with. So, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way."
And with that, Sunset Shimmer continued her walk down the sidewalks, leaving The Dazzlings to themselves. However, once Sunset was out of earshot, Adagio took out her phone and dialed a number before placing it on loudspeaker.
"Alright, we did what you asked." Adagio informed the recipient of the call.
The Clown Prince of Crime.
"Well played, Kiddo! Ya did good!" Joker praised before adding, "Now get your asses back here! Time for a good ole fashioned game of Cat and Mouse. Hahahahahahahaha!"
Back with The Rainbooms, it had only been ten minutes since Sunset had decided to go her own way. Twilight Sparkle was worried about her friend, she seemed really distant since the girls' encounter with Batman. She held Spike in her arms as he whimpered slightly, also worried about the former Equestrian.
The Princess of Friendship looked over to see the others looking dejected as well. Not only did they have to worry about Rainbow Dash, but Sunset as well. She noticed that her counterpart had curled herself up and rested her head against the window of the vehicle.
Twilight's eyes softened as she laid sight on Sci-Twi. All of that amnesty she had been feeling toward her seemingly vanished when she gazed upon her. By the way she was sitting, Twilight could tell that her human reflection was genuinely worried for her friends.
They had made a real connection.
Maybe... Maybe she should do the same with Sci-Twi.
Start over. Begin a new chapter. Sunset is right after all. It's not healthy to keep such emotions bottled up and it is certainly not right to push all of that anger and sadness onto an innocent girl who just wants to be liked. Twilight sighed, gently stroking Spike's fur as she turned to face her counterpart, hoping to build new bridges between the two of them.
"H-Hey, Twi--"
But whatever she intended to say didn't get said as a minivan smashed itself into the side of the vehicle, sending the van tumbling down the road and stopping on its side, the engine of the car smoking out of the now destroyed bonnet. Twilight's vision became hazy, she could feel a warm liquid dripping down her forehead.
The last thing she saw before fading into unconsciousness was Applejack being pulled out of the drivers seat... And the door on her side open up, revealing a man in a green suit standing above her.
Sunset sat at the edge of the roof of her apartment complex, feet dangling and swinging side to side as she was left alone with her own thoughts.
"Okay, so I know that Bruce Wayne is Batman. What the hell do I do now?" Sunset thought to herself, "Well I obviously can't tell anyone, as that's a can of worms I do not want to open." She then looked downward in worry, "But I don't want to keep things from my friends. Secrets are like walls, eventually they break down and people get hurt. But if I tell anyone, people could get hurt."
Shimmer exhaled, the freezing cold air showing her breath leaving her mouth.
But it was then that a thought came to Sunset's mind.
"Wait, if Batman knows of our abilities and what we can do with them... Then why did he let me grab his arm? Why risk the exposure of his identity? ARGH! THIS IS SO CONFUSING! WAS IT A TEST? DID HE SIMPLY NOT KNOW?" Sunset sighed and rubbed her forehead ferociously with her hands, finding it hard to think straight with all these questions running amok in her brain.
Well at least she was alone with her thoughts and not having to deal with anyone else's crap while driving herself mad.
"Shimmer."
"YIPE!!!" Sunset exclaimed loudly before turning her head to face Batman, who's cape was shrouded around his entire form. She let out a sigh of relief before asking, "Do you have to sneak up on people like that?"
Batman however wasn't in the mood for small talk, "What did you see?"
It was then that the teenager's eyes widened in shock and predominantly fear.
"S-See?" Sunset stuttered before turning to face the vigilante completely, standing up from the ledge of the roof, "What do you mean?"
Batman's glare harshened, "I'm not in the mood for games, Shimmer, I know you looked into my memories."
At this, Sunset looked down shamefully, she was caught red handed.
Not a word was spoken between the two, at least not until Sunset tried this.
"I'm sorry about your parents."
Batman's eyes widened for a second before returning to that scowl he was known for. "You looked into my memories. Why?"
Sunset then raised her hands defensively at the accusation, "I-I didn't mean too." She pleaded to the dark hero, "I just wanted to stop you from leaving."
"The wards in my suit should've prevented you from peering into my head, how did you break through them?"
Sunset was now confused, "'Wards'?"
Batman's glare remained as he elaborated, "I don't like magic users peering into what doesn't concern them. That's why I had a certain Magician conjure wards into my suit to protect my mind from magical intruders. But you broke through them and I want to know how."
Sunset Shimmer was now at a loss for words. If what Batman said is true, then how did she break through the wards? Maybe she underestimated the sheer power of Equestrian Magic? The girl rubbed her arm awkwardly before answering, "I honestly don't know. For some odd reason my magic just... Flared up. I didn't mean to peer into your mind, I swear I didn't. I'm not gonna tell anyone, I promise."
Batman didn't respond, he just simply stared at the girl as his cape flapped with the wind. The two just stared at one another before Sunset looked to the ground in sadness.
"If it's worth anything, I know what it's like to lose your parents as well."
Now that caught Bruce's attention.
As Batman didn't respond, Sunset took that as a sign to continue, "When I was a filly, I lost my parents as well. We were so happy, nothing could separate us. But then one night, as I was practicing magic, one of my spells went wrong and it started a fire." She stopped suddenly as she hugged herself with her arms, "I didn't mean it, I tried to stop it but I couldn't. I screamed in fear as my parents shot into my room. Without even a hint of hesitation, my mother and father dashed over to me so they could protect me."
It was then that Sunset looked away and squinted her eyes closed, tears leaking from the enclosed orbs.
"B-But that was the last thing that they would ever do. The floor beneath them collapsed and they fell... And they were.... W-Were..." She couldn't even finish as she began openly sobbing, she hated thinking about that night. It always ended up with her in tears.
But all of a sudden, Sunset felt something embrace her shivering form. Someone wrapped their arms around her to comfort her.
Batman held the young girl close, he knew what it was like, he was reminded of it every single day. The loss of your parents really made an impact on your life. It would change you forever. He felt the girl sob into his chest, bawling her eyes out as the painful memory returned to her.
Batman made no movement whatsoever. He just continued to hug the poor girl.
And he would continue to for as long as he needed to.
It is kinda funy just how much a Batman thing this is. He is vary empatic dispite what everyone thinks.
Poor Sunset. She suffered so much, don't know if Celestia knew her tragedy?
He cares more than he lets on. That's our Batman.
First of...oh boy, the Riddler captured the rest of the Rainbooms, no thanks to the machine reading Rainbow's mind.
And surprising Sunset shares the same parental loss like Batman.
I hope those two rescue the others in time.
Sooner or later either Sunset or Batman will realize that Riddler has kidnapped the Rainbooms and knows about Equestria and their magical abilities. I do hope they'll be able to rescue the others.
I feel bad for Sunset as she's suffered so much.
Let's recap:
As Sunset wanders the streets trying to figure out what to make of her discovery of Batman's secret identity, she has an unexpected reunion with the Dazzlings, who secretly plan to involve the Rainbooms in the Joker's scheme.
Meanwhile, Twilight decides to make peace with her human counterpart, but she and the Rainbooms are also attacked by the Riddler.
In the end, Sunset has another encounter with the Dark Knight, promising him to keep her secret, while she confesses to Batman that she also lost her parents when she was little, causing him to give her a hug to calm her down.
Have I forgotten something?
So as Sunset was walking around to think, she ran into the Dazzlings but didn't trust them, which is understandable. But that was all part of the "plan" by the Joker.
...I honestly wasn't sure what that purpose was to have them bump into Sunset. Was it to mess with her mind?
As much as I like this funny scene, my issue is this part of the dialog:
In Sunset's Backstage Pass, the Dazzlings shouldn't remember this part because after that moment, the day reset again for Sunset (when Sunset decided to be nice to Pinkie), therefore her meeting with the Dazzlings and the debacle with the toaster never happened.
And crud! The other Rainbooms got captured by the Riddler, leaving Sunset the only one left!
Just when Princess Twilight was about to get to know the human Twilight.
Sunset met the Batman again in the roof and Sunset's backstory of her losing her parents was not only surprising, but heartbreaking as well!
At least Batman can relate and comforted her. It just goes to show that despite his rough demeanor, he's a good person underneath.
Sorry for giving you some criticisms, but I really enjoyed this chapter and I'm looking forward to the next chapter!
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There is already a position in this story for recaps with spoiler: me.
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I was only speaking my own thoughts on this chapter, but choose to to use spoiler filters so that I don't give everything away.
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Okay, sorry
Well there’s the positive emotional side to Batman we hadn’t seen in ages.
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She just sheilds himself.till you reach an area
She's really angling for the Harley Quinn spot huh?
Ouch! Poor Sunny!
Batman. The best DC hero.
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Thanks again for your thoughts on the chapter mate.
And as for the dialogue, I have an awesome and legitimate excuse. Are you ready?
I had completely forgotten that had happened lololololol
I read this chapter again as I didn't get a chance to review it and this was just amazing. So Sunset has run into the Dazzlings and the three stoogies are being bitches as usual. Honestly Adagio and her sisters need an ass kicking. But I have to agree with SonicFan05 as the Dazzlings shouldn't remember that Sunset snuck into their van. But now I'm worried because Adagio called the Joker and I'm wondering if they planted a tracer on Sunset?
Then we get to the Rainbooms as Princess Twilight wanted to start over with her human counterpart but before she could even start she and her friends wind up getting kidnapped by the Riddler and his goons which isn't good as I'm wondering what torture methodes he used on Rainbow Dash to capture the others?
We then head back to Sunset who's thinking over what she found out until Batman shows up demanding how she was able to see his mind and nice mentioning of Zatanna. Though I think he should have asked Dr.Fate or even John Constantine but I'm surprised Sunset was able to break through the wards.
Then we get to this scene and I will not lie I cried when Sunset brought up how she lost her own parents because of an accident. Batman was even kind enough to comfort her. After reading this and I'm sorry if I offend anyone but I seriously hate Celestia as Sunset wanted to form bonds with someone who could have been a mother for her but Celestia had to be a bitch yanking her chain in trying to gain her approval. Sorry I think about a crossover I enjoy reading.
But now I'm wondering if Sunset has any martial arts background because I know she will want to help Batman save her friends when she finds out they got kidnapped by the Riddler. Before I forget that's one thing I hated about Hasbro as the never developed more on Sunset's character as we don't know if she ever had parents or was an orphen. This is getting good and I hope to see more soon.
Good Luck Battwell.
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Admiral were you vary tiered when you wrote this.
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On phone
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Ah!
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lol! It's okay. It happens to the best of us!