Encounters
"So, do you mind telling me what's up with you?" Sunset asked, breaking the awkward silence between her and Twilight. The cold, winter night seemingly getting worse as the wind was starting to pick up as Twilight, Spike, and Sunset all made their way down the walkway, snow covering their shoulders and any other part of their bodies as they trekked towards Sunset's apartment.
Twilight hadn't said a word since they had all left Canterlot Mall, she just couldn't find the words to at the moment. Seeing what Cozy Glow could've been had she had the chance to be reformed hurt Twilight, made her feel inadequate being the Princess of Friendship.
Trixie, Starlight, even Discord had the opportunity to turn their lives around for the better, and yet Twilight never got the chance to offer that to a young filly? That didn't sit right with her. Why would the Princesses not console her about this? Did they not respect her as a Princess? She wasn't technically royalty, she was only considered a Princess because of her wings.
Luna and Celestia are related by blood, and Cadance was adopted by the Solar Monarch when she was young, so she was royalty in that regard. But what about Twilight? She had been thinking about this ever since Cozy was sent to Tartarus. Sure she used to be Celestia's faithful student, but other than that, she wasn't even royalty. She was only addressed as a Princess out of respect.
Hay, even her brother, Shining Armor, was royalty due to being married to Cadance.
If that was the case, then what made Twilight so special? Why was she meant to be a Princess? She would outlive all of her friends and any others she would make by centuries. But even then, would she still consider herself worthy of the title of Princess?
Twilight sighed heavily, all of her stress and resentment weighing her down, "I-I don't want to talk about it, Sunset." She replied, sounding dejected, which worried Sunset even more.
It was then that Spike decided to pipe up, "Come on, Twilight. You have been acting weird lately, ever since we stopped Cozy and sent her to Tartarus you've been quiet, secluded, and overall just not yourself." He recounted as he peeked his head up from Twilight's backpack, "Plus, all that stressing about the other Twilight and--"
Whatever Spike was about to say would never be heard as Sunset suddenly interjected, cutting Spike off, "Woah, woah, woah, hang on." Sunset said as she shook her head and waved her hands to stop the conversation, "Let's rewind it, Twilight, you were stressing over our Twilight?"
To Sunset's surprise and shock, Twilight actually snarled when she finished her sentence.
"Your Twilight," The Princess of Friendship scoffed as she picked up her walking pace, getting further away from Sunset.
"Twilight wait!!!" Sunset shouted before running towards her friend, who was clearly angry about something. "C'mon, talk to me!" She pleaded, trying to get her friend to talk to her.
Twilight however, was in no mood to talk, "Sunset, I don't want to talk about it!"
Sunset, finally having caught up with her friend, positioned herself in front of Twilight to block her path, "You may not want to talk about it, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't talk about it!" Her stern expression softened as she put a hand on her friend's shoulder, "I'm worried about you, Twilight. I want to help you, so tell me what's wrong."
"Why? So you can just replace me again?" Twilight replied spitefully before scoffing and walking around Sunset.
The Equestrian stood there, confused beyond belief before she turned around to see Twilight's retreating form, "W-What the hell does that mean?!" She yelled, expecting a response from the angry Alicorn.
Twilight's body snapped around to face Sunset, but before she could yell a reply, a sudden gunshot sounded off nearby, causing the girls, and dog, to flinch. Sunset, knowing what a gunshot meant, decided to grab Twilight's wrist and booked it out of there.
"Come on, Twilight! We have to get out of here!" Sunset shouted with urgency in her voice.
Twilight was confused, "Why? What's going on?"
"Nothing good, someone could in trouble or hurt. We have to call the police!"
"Someone could be hurt... And Sunset wants to RUN?!" Twilight thought to herself mentally. She was about to tear Sunset a new one, when a sudden thought came to her. This was it. This was her chance to prove that she had worth as not only a Princess, but as a friend willing to help out anyone in need. She had no clue why Sunset was running away, they defeated The Dazzlings and other magical threats, even without her help. "No, I'm the Princess of Friendship, and I won't abandon anyone, or any creature ever again!"
Twilight suddenly planted her feet onto the snowy ground and broke free of Sunset's grip. Taking the girl's confusion as an opportunity, she tossed her backpack, with Spike inside, to Sunset and made a beeline for where the gunshot sounded off.
A building with a radio tower installed on the roof.
Sunset's eyes widened in horror as Twilight made her way towards the building, "TWILIGHT!!! NO!!!" She shouted before placing the backpack, and Spike, on her back and ran right after the foolish Alicorn.
Up inside The Batwing, a strange signal suddenly appeared on the navigation HUD inside the vehicle, which caught Batman's attention.
He clicked the earpiece inside his cowl and spoke, "Alfred, I've got--"
"I know, sir, I’m tracking it, too." Alfred's voice cut him off, revealing that he too was getting the same signal as he looked at the map of Canterlot City on the Batcomputer. "It appears one of the radio towers in the city is putting out a strange signal. Seemingly jamming all forms of communications in the surrounding area."
Batman scowled, his expression hardening as he tapped the screen, specifically where the signal was coming from, "Riddler's making his move, I'm heading there now, Alfred." He explained before nose diving The Batwing downward and activating the boosters.
"Understood. Be careful, Master Bruce."
Twilight walked through the building, wondering where everyone was. She searched the lower floors and made her way to the top floors of the building until she reached the floor below the roof. The Princess of Friendship was nervous, but put on a brave face.
She was coming around a corner but stopped suddenly when she heard the sound of voices.
The Alicorn turned Human poked her head around the corner and let out a small gasp at what she saw. There were three men standing above an injured man, he was grasping his right arm, it looked badly hurt. Twilight didn't understand what was going on.
Were these guys just bullying this man for no reason?
Twilight scowled, she didn't like bullies. Believe it or not, Twilight used to be bullied just for being Celestia's student. Ponies used to call her names, push her around, tease her, all because she was... special. Her frown deepened, she was going to put a stop to this.
And she would have too, had a hand firmly grasped itself around her wrist.
Twilight turned around, only for a light amber hand to cover her mouth. Sunset gave Twilight a glare that actually surprised the Princess.
"Twilight... What the hell were you thinking?!" Sunset whispered to her naïve friend, "You could have gotten yourself killed, you moronic Pony!"
Twilight's eyes widened. Killed? She could have been killed? "W-What are you talking about, Sunset? These are just your run of the mill bullies, that's all." She tried explaining herself.
Sunset looked at her as if she were insane, "Twilight, those aren't bullies. They're criminals!" She whispered harshly before adding, "This isn't like Equestria, where things can be solved with a song and dance. No. If you go out there, you could die."
Twilight was at a loss, all she wanted was to prove her worth as a Princess, maybe she was in over her head.
Her thoughts were broken when both she and Sunset heard the sound of the hostage's voice, "I swear, I'm the only one here. Look, My boss gets a call that the tower starts acting funny, right? So he sends a guy over. But he never shows. Probably went home for the night, lazy bastard… Anyway, when he doesn’t report in, he sends me over. There’s no secret plan here, fellas. I'm just doing my job." The clearly terrified hostage reassured his captors, hoping that they would believe him.
One of the goons was about to reply when suddenly, his Walkie-Talkie sounded off. He removed it from his belt and answered, "Yeah boss?"
"What's taking you imbeciles so long?!" The voice of The Riddler shouted over the Walkie-Talkie, "The signal is live but I don't have a complete connection! Did one of you idiots drop the device?! If you dropped it I swear..."
"Uhhh, no boss, we've kinda hit a slight setback." The thug replied.
Riddler was now annoyed and curious, "What kind of setback?"
"Some tech company sent a worker here to check on the tower. We got 'im here, but we don't know what to do with him."
Riddler groaned over on his side of the Walkie-Talkie before replying, "Isn't it obvious, you dunder-head?! Do you want a step-by-step tutorial on what to do? Well here you go! Step number 1: Take out your gun. Step 2, and listen carefully, this next step is very important. You take the gun.... AND YOU BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT, YOU DIMWITTED DROPOUT!!!"
Twilight, Sunset, and Spike all collectively gasped. Whoever this person was had no problems with taking the lives of other people. Their looks of horror only got worse when they all saw the thug take out his gun and aim it at the hostage's head.
Twilight, having seen enough, rushed around the corner and reached out her hand in an attempt to stop the criminal.
"STOOOOOP!!!" Twilight shouted just as Sunset and Spike rushed in after her to stop her from doing something stupid. All three Riddler Thugs turned around and aimed their guns at the three friends.
That's when the lights went out.
There was only darkness for no longer than a few seconds.
But a few seconds was all that he needed.
When the lights turned back on, the three Riddler Thugs screamed while Sunset Shimmer gasped in shock. Twilight and Spike were confused at the sight before they saw what the criminals were afraid of. What Sunset was shocked about. Even though they had no idea what was going on, they could tell that a sort of presence had entered the room.
Because there, standing in the middle of the room.
Was Batman.
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Sheesh, Twilight should talk about this. No good can come from keeping secrets.
Remember Mt Aris.
There's one of the flaws of Equestria. Singing and dancing can't solve all their answers.
HECK YEAH BATMAN KICK THEIR ASS!!
Oh and also save Sunset,Twilight pls thank you 
Let's recap:
As Twilight tries to avoid mentioning the reason for her anger with Sunset and Spike, a mysterious gunshot catches her attention, forcing them into a building where they witness something horrible: three of the Riddler's thugs were preparing to kill a hostage.
But then, just as Twilight was about to stop them, the lights go out for a few seconds, prompting the legendary Dark Knight, known as Batman, to appear.
Have I forgotten something?
Damn Twilight just almost made the biggest dumbass mistake of her life that nearly cut it short, thank God the Batman arrived just in time though knowing him he might unintentionally give the pony princess and dragon turned dog PTSD through his “Heroic Brutality”.
Man...
I get that Princess Twilight felt useless for being a princess, especially since she couldn't reformed Cozy. And it didn't help that she still felt jealous towards Sci-Twi for being "replaced" by her friends.
But she made a foolish decision to get herself involve saving a hostage, endangering herself and her friends in the process. All because she wanted to prove herself!
Thank goodness Batman arrived!
I'm on the edge of my seat for the next chapter!
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Both Sunset AND especially Batman needs to SLAP some god damn sense into Twilight next chapter!!!!
She nearly got everybody else killed, due to her naively and stupidity to face criminals with FRICKIN GUNS!!!!!!
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Agreed.
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And last I checked unlike her human counterpart she hasn’t gotten means to activate magic whenever(and the musical one only counts when in a rhythm mood which would be useless in this scenario), so yeah she’s not ready for the Bat Bitch Slap.
I just read the newest chapter and man this was crazy. I'm honestly dissapointed in Twilight in this chapter as she shouldn't keep things bottled up as if she doesn't tell Sunset what's wrong it's only going to get worst in the end. Though I can understand why she is frustrated, especially no thanks to Celestia as it didn't help with her keeping secrets from not only Twilight but Sunset as well. And let's not forget her stupid test's that she made Twilight do. Sorry to any Celestia fans.
And honestly like you pointed out in this chapter, if Discord, Trixie and Starlight Glimmer could have a second chance then why not Cozy? If anything Twilight is starting to feel like a figure head.
Anyway nice going Spike for opening your big mouth but now Sunset and Twilight are in some serious trouble as the Riddlers goons are in the radio tower with a hostage that will end up dying! But what happen next was stupid as Twilight thought she could rush in there and try to solve it like it was a friendship problem when this isn't Equestria!
Sunset had to spell it out for her that she could die here and I agree with everyone who reviewed this chapter. Twilight should get a slap in the face for trying to do something so stupid. And now they will get a chance encounter with the Batman.
I can just imaging the beat down those three stoogies will get as they will soon learn that working with Riddler will only get you sent to the hospital. Before I forget I agree with SonicFan05 that Twilight doesn't need to do anything to prove herself. This is getting good and I hope to see more.
Good Luck Battwell.
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You know what would be even stupider for Twilight? She believes she could try and reform the Joker, only for the clown to play her like a fiddle
Sunset: Twilight, those guys will use lethal force.
Twilight: Lethal?
Sunset: Yes. Guns don't stun, they kill.
Twilight: Kill?
Sunset: This world is deadly, Princess.
Twilight: Dead? *faint*
It is peculiar isn't it? It's almost like the others had qualities Cozy Glow lacked from the outset. Like um I don't know...magic?
Ah. So that's what this is about. Here I thought something else was bugging you. Good to know you got your priorities straight.
Sunset Shimmer's point of focus surprises me. Then again, maybe she knows all about Celestia's punishments, and is just desensitized to the whole thing.
I honestly thought this was going to be Joker. It's much more his style.
In fairness, when's the last time someone actually tried to kill Twilight? And of those times, which of them didn't have the bad guy taken down by a convenient rainbow lazer?
So... It's Grimdark Riddler. Or Arkham Riddler, depending on how you look at it.
Question Mr Nygma? What calls unnecessary attention to your project, and will bring Canterlot Police down on your head? Answer: Gun Shots.
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I would rather shoot her myself, before she does THAT idiotic crap!
The Original and Classic Joker isn't like his White Knight variation. Some people really just want the world to burn, and sadisticity enjoy it.
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I know that MLP is a kids show. But, COME ON!!! Wasn't "War" a thing in their world? The Three Tribes will obviously do a civil war back then. Technically, Nightmare Moon did a war against her sister. Chrysalis, Sombra, and Tirek did their "personal wars" against the ponies.
I also remember that Prince Rutherford of all beings threatened Twilight with it. Then, there was the many timelines of the Crystal WAR/Sombra, Changeling War/Chrysalis, Tirek Timeline, etc.. And the Storm King possibly did his own invasion wars against other countries/kingdoms.
If there is a concept of war in Equestria, then there is lethal, kill, destruction, and death.
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Yes. But it is an abstract idea to Princess Twilight Sparkle. She has been taught that ponies just incapacitate their enemies. And killing is something that monsters do, or that Griffons do to the prey they hunt. For killing your own species? That is what shocks her.
Yeah. Thanks very much for getting this next chapter up. Again, really good job on the exchanges, (most of the) characterizations, action and future chapter set-up. And, yeah, Twilight trying to keep the frustration bottled up only makes things worse (Starlight Glimmer can vouch for THAT). And, yeah, I can understand wanting to help that guy and even understand that she HAS faced and beaten much worse than a few punks with guns (when she had her magic AND her friends at her back - neither of which was the case here) but Sunset had a point about going in recklessly (and, yeah, even if they DID call the police like Sunset wanted, the police almost certainly would not have gotten there in time). But, yeah, they WERE lucky that Batman got there when he did.
REALLY looking forward to more of this.
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Sadly that is one of many of the bad scenarios that is going through my head right now.
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Yeah riddler is kind ofna poor choice there. Tas riddler only tried.to kill those dorectly a threat to him
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Trixie was influenced by the alicorn amet. Discord was.stoned Twice. Starlight..well.frankly should have been executed.
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For practically creating timelines that caused slavery and mass murder that most likely ended in at least 20 zeros or more over petty selfish reasons?
Awesome story but I feel like it doesn't make sense for princess Twilight to be so resentful to sci-Twi this whole issue with them just feels so melodramatic and unnecessary to me because it doesn't make sense for princesses twilight's character
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The same Princess Twilight who started to somewhat resent her best friends in the movie? I get what you are saying but trust me, it will all make sense when she actually opens up to Sunset.
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Oh she wants to reform the most deadly man in humanity but not a broken child?
I hate her
Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na! BATMAN!!!