"Batmare: The Pink Knight [Anon & Pinkie]"
By 8th-Sin (https://pastebin.com/u/8th-Sin)

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Created on: Tuesday 4th of June 2013 11:35:27 AM CDT
Retrieved on: Sunday 9 of May 2021 08:40:04 PM UTC


>You are Pinkie Pie.
>And you’re just an Itty, Bitty, Twinkie Pinkie taking a break from working your parent’s rock farm to play with your sisters; Inkie and Blinkie.
>Tag is one of your favourite games in the whole wide world.
>”Piiiinkiiieeee, I’m gonna fiiiiind you.”
“Eep”, that sounded like Inkie and she’s close. You gotta get outta here.
>You see a big rock, perfect.
>You rush to hide behind the rock and see an old well.
“Ooh, HELLO!”
>You hold out your ear and listen to your echo; it must be pretty deep because your echo carries for a while.
>”GOTCHA!” Inkie calls out, which causes you to tumble backwards into the well behind you.
>It really is deep. When you finally hit the bottom you hit your head.
>You’re out cold.
>You’re not sure how long it’s been but you begin to stir.
>Is... That a voice?
>”PINKIE!” Yeah, you can hear a voice, who is it?
>You feel a drop of water hit your face, it must be raining.
>You get back on your feet and look around, the bottom of the well looks like a cave.
>”PINKIE! ARE YOU OKAY?”
>Looking up towards the voice, its Inkie and Blinkie, they must be worried sick.
“I’m okay sis, uh, can you go get Dad and some rope?”
>”Oh-Okay, don’t go anywhere.”
>Well, where are you meant to go?
>You wait for a few minutes and decide you’ve waited long enough; it’s time for some exploring.
“I wonder where these caves go.”
>What if a bear or a dragon lives here and you’ve rudely fallen into his house? You should probably apologise and explain. Maybe they’ll know the way out.
“HELLOOOooOOoO, Anyone hooome?”
>Your echo carries on for what seems like forever and then you hear a screech.
“Bears don’t screech. Do they?”
>’It must be a dragon,’ you ponder what other creatures it could be but you soon have your answer when a cloud of bats begin swarming towards you.
“AHH BATS! BAT’S ON MY FACE, IN MY HAIR! GET THEM OFF, GET THEM OFF!”
>These horrible, evil bats are going to take you away and you’ll never see your family--Oh, they’re gone.
>You let out a long exhale and look back up where you fell again.
>That’s when a snake drops onto your face.
>Will today just end.
“SNAKE! SNAKE! GET IT OFF!”
>”PINKIE! IT’S A ROPE!” you hear a familiar voice call out.
“DAD?”
>”Yes Pinkie, now grab the rope.”
>You take a look again at the ‘snake’ and notice it really is just a rope leading all the way to the top of the well where your family waits for you.
>With a shake of your head at yourself for being silly, you grab the rope and call out to your Dad to pull you up.
>When you reach your family they giving you a warm, loving embrace. You love them all dearly; you don’t know what you’d do without them.

-That Night-
>You and your family are going into the Ponyville Theatre and you are so, so excited.
>It’s been ages since you last went.
>You’re all dressed up and looking nice, you even combed your hair.
>But it just went all poofy again; you’re not sure why it does that. You’ll have to find a way to fix that.
>You’re going to see a movie called “Avengers of Harmony”.
>It’s a silly little movie about superheroes but it sounds like fun.
>Imagine if superheroes were real.
>Well, you’d be the best hero of them all.
>When the movie is over your family and you begin the long walk home, it seems to go faster with you all talking about the movie.
>You’re all talking about your favourite bits and arguing over if there will be another movie, they left it open kind of but Blinkie doesn’t think so.
>A chill runs over your back and that’s when you notice you’re in a dark, scary looking forest. It must be the Everfree forest, you’ve heard some scary stories about this place and usually you just walk around it to get home but it looks like you aren’t tonight.
”Daddy?”
>”Yes, Pinkie?”
”I’m scared, why are we in the Everfree?”
>You can see even your sisters and Mum are just as afraid as you but your Dad keeps a stern face as always.
>”It’ll get us home quicker, we’ll be fine, just remember your Granny Pie’s song.”
>You hum the tune aloud for your family.
>You keep walking when you feel your body move on its’ own. Granny Pie calls it a ‘Pinkie Sense’, you’re not sure what it means but you know it’s a bad feeling that you’re about to find out.
>”Gimme all yer money, now!”
>A mean, tuff looking unicorn jumps out of the bushes with his horn charged and aimed right at your Dad.
>You freeze in terror, you’ve never been more afraid in your life and Granny Pie’s song isn’t going to help you calm down.
>”Now look here, I’m not giving you a single bit!”
>Your Dad is being stubborn, why won't he give the unicorn the money? He’s scary and might hurt someone.
>”Ahh ain’t repeatin’ myself, now gimme all your money. NOW!”
>His yell causes you to jump, he’ getting even angrier now. ‘Please dad, just give him the money.’
>Instead he takes a step towards the unicorn.
>’Dad no, don’t challenge him.’
>”Now don’t take another step, or else!” He points his horn right at you.
>’Daddy, help!’
>”Stay away from my family.” Your dad charges head first towards the unicorn but before he reaches him, he fires off several bolts at you all.

-Present Day-
>You wake up in a cold sweat.
>You were dreaming about that awful night again. The night your whole family were taken from you.
>You get up and walk into the bathroom to wash your face. As you gaze into the mirror you see a tired, pink pony with a flattened mane. It’s you but it doesn’t feel like you, you don’t even remember the last time you felt like your normal self.
>Turning to leave the bathroom you notice Gummy, your butler. Well that’s what you pretend he is, he’s actually an alligator that was given to you by the cakes when you moved in with them, you just stuck him in a suit and pretend he has a soothing British accent.
>’Good morning Miss Pie, breakfast is served and waiting for you downstairs.’
“Thanks Gummy, what would I do without you?”
>You head downstairs to eat your delicious pancakes as you plan your entire day, and night.
>Your plan’s for today are just the same as most days, help out around the bakery for the Cakes and then go spend time with your friends and cheer up anyp0ny who needs a smile.
>That’s the role you’ve found yourself taking when you moved into Ponyville.
>Of course it isn’t the only rule you’ve got in this town.
>By night you take up the mantle of Batmare, a vigilante who saves the people of this town from the frequent amount of crime.
>The guards do try their best but they’ve obviously been no match for the organised crime here.
>And so you took it upon yourself to stop crime in its’ tracks, of course the guards don’t like you doing their job for them and being a vigilante is a crime but that won't stop you.
>These p0nies need you and you’re not about to let them down.
>Nobody else will have to suffer and lose to crime like you--never mind.
>What’s important is, you are the Batmare.
>And tonight's the night, you’re going to track down a group of outlaws who think it’s okay to hurt the innocent p0nies of this town for not paying protection money.
>You carry on with your day like you usually do. Make cupcakes and you went to see Rainbow Dash afterwards to plan some pranks another day. 
>Once it gets dark, that’s when you carry out the plans you’ve REALLY wanted to do.
>The Batmare dons her signature costume, made by Rarity. She was generous enough to help you make it and keep it a secret which, let’s be honest, is very difficult for her to do.
>You stand atop the Town Hall’s roof, watching for any and all movement.
>You needed to find out where these guys were hiding so a week ago you asked Rarity to stop paying her protection money, when they come to collect in the dead of the night like usual she would pay and you would follow them back to their hideout.
>A perfect plan if there ever were one and here they are.
>You see two shadows of stallions making their way to Rarity’s Boutique.
>Gliding off the roof of the Town Hall like a boss, you hide behind a nearby tree.
>A few minutes later, the two stallions leave the boutique with their money with you tailing close behind.
>They’re talking about something but you’re too far away and there’s a higher chance of getting caught so you hang back. When you get closer to their hideout, which is just a small camp in the Everfree, you notice something is wrong.
>It’s quiet and their fire just got put out, the two stallions charge off into the camp but you still hang back. You hear the stallions call out for help then the forest goes quiet.
>This is bad.
>Someone did your job for you.
>Why that... Who does that p0ny think they are?
>This is a job for the Batmare, not them.
>You hear humming and you dive into a nearby bush. You’re going to find out exactly who thought they could take the Batmare’s job from her.
>The creature is bipedal and is skipping through the forest. He’s a snappy dresser, you’ll give him that.
>He’s wearing a purple suit with green hair and even more makeup than Rarity.
>He stops and turns to your bush.
>”You can come out, I won't hurt you.” the creature says with a sweet tone “Or maybe I will.” That last part seemed a little aggressive.
>You jump out the bush and flash a glare at this beast.
>”OOH! A pretty little p0ny.” He claps his hands excitedly. “And playing dress up and in a big scary forest, I see.”
“I’m not ‘playing dress up,’ I’m the Batmare, the watchful protector of Ponyville. Who and what are you?”
>”Me? Why, how rude of me to not introduce myself. I’m Anonymous the human or Anon or Joker or handsome, whichever you prefer.”
>You give a giggle, Anonymous may be strange but he’s funny.
“I’ve never heard of a human before.”
>”Well that’s because I’m not from this world. I was kind of involved in a nuclear reactor imploding, details aren’t important and I wound up here.”
“Oh, do you know how to get back?”
>”No, but I rather like it here anyway if you’re the big guardian of this town then I’m guessing this money those big bad men had belongs to them. Can I count on you to return it for me?”
>You give him a salute and take the bag of bits.
“Thanks Anonymous, I’ll go return this now. Goodbye”
>”I’ll see you again soon.”
>You head back into Ponyville with the bits and leave Anonymous in the forest.
>He seems like such a nice guy, how could you have been suspicious of such a gentlecolt?

-Anon’s POV-
>Well, after that little accident and you woke up here, you thought you’d never see that cursed bat again.
>You thought that’d be a good thing but you got bored quick.
>No point living the life of crime if nobody can stop you. BORING!
>That’s what you thought until tonight, you saw a p0ny version of that bat. Perfect, it looks like the Joker is back in business but this time, under a new name.
>A fresh start, as Anonymous.
>You let out an evil laugh before you realise you’ll need to establish a new syndicate here. You could have used those outlaws, oh well.
>First things first, you need a new Harley Quinn.
