Coltham City. Originally built as a second Canterlot, this city quickly became known as the salvation to some, and the damnation to others.

In Coltham a war goes on. This war cannot be regularly seen, however it is always present. This is the war on crime. You see over a hundred years ago onepony known simply as the starter, created a secret group of mares and colts dedicated to helping the city prosper. They gave out loans to small businesses, they protected the city, and gradually helped run it for the mayor.

But as the generations went on, the Allforponi family as they would be called, began to do things more for themselves than anyone else. They egan to demand repayment for loans, charging for protection, and began to even cause problems for the mayor than solve them.

In time they became a crime family, the most powerful in equestria. They stole, they beat, and they killed. This it became a war between police and the crime family. Each step taken towards the destruction of one side was almost instantly rectified by the other. These two forces looked like they would go on fighting forever. That all changed the day one pony changed the game for both sides.

(Scene: Outside Coltham national bank)
A pony with disheveled green mane hanging down in odd angles stands on a street corner facing the bank; atop his head is a blank mask painted over with a clown's face. The pony wears a purple outfit which seems to look like a purple suit, where he would acquire this nobody knows. Upon seeing two figures heading his way the person pulls his clown mask on, a strange face on it that looks like a "Bozo" clown.

walking forward Bozo catches up with the other two people, each wearing an outfit similar to his own with purple clothing. The first one is wearing a "Chuckles" mask while the other is wearing a "Grumpy" type Clown mask over his face. "So what's the plan?" Chuckles asks of Grumpy while taking a crossbow like weapon from Bozo.

"The other two guys are going to deal with security on the roof to keep the police away for us and break open the safe with the gold after they do. We deal with the others." Grumpy explains while nudging to Bozo who merely reached into his suit and pulled out a bolt for said crossbow.

“The bolts are lined with a natural poison, one knick and your done.” Grumpy explains while Bozo gets down and pulls out two very oddly designed cross-bow’s with a quick reload feature and hands one to Chuckles.
"Wow… so we're going in with just three guys?" Chuckles questions as Bozo simply taps his horn on his head. After all, when in doubt, use the gifts Celestia gave you.

"Two guys are on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty." Grumpy offers and Chuckles tilts his head to one side after a second.

"Six shares, don't forget the guy who planned the job." Chuckles reminds and Grumpy snorts as they both make their way from their hiding spot and towards the bank, Bozo following after them.

"He thinks he can sit the job out and still take a slice? I KNOW why they call him The Joker…" Grumpy grumbles out as they quickly make their way towards the bank while on the roof of the building two men are working on several magical seals. Like the other three they are dressed in a combination of purple suits and clown masks, one wearing a trench coat over his outfit however with a "Happy" Clown mask and the other with a "Dopey" clown mask on.

"So why do they call him The Joker?" Happy questions as they set up the magic array to stop anyone from entering the building prematurely.

"I hear he wears makeup…" Dopey muses mostly to himself aloud and Happy blinks beneath his mask.
"Makeup?" He questions while his partner nods his head.

"Yeah, to scare people. You know, war paint." Dopey offers and Happy has to wonder about that as he and his partner continue their work. Meanwhile below them the other three clowns make their way into the building.

"Let's roll…" Grumpy says while Bozo glances around the area even as they enter the bank silently. Once inside, Bozo closes the main door of the building and then pulls a bomb from his suit and then ties it to the door before following after the other two clowns. Grumpy suddenly raising his Crossbow like weapon into the air and firing it at several of the people to get their attention.

"All right, everypony, heads up, hoofs down!" Grumpy calls out while Chuckles grabs the guard and then holds him down against a nearby table. As he does Bozo heads over to a table and places his gun down and opens his trench coat to reveal multiple Bombs. "I said, heads up, hoofs down!" Grumpy then calls out while grabbing tellers and pulling them out from behind their counters. "Lets go pal I'm making a withdrawal here!" Grumpy then says darkly while pulling a Teller who was pressing the silent alarm button from behind the counter…

Back up above Happy and Dopey were at a wire connection box where wires that led to police HQ were placed. In Dopey's hoofs, the colt had a strange device that had a screen on it and several buttons, a set of instructions in his other hoof as he worked the device. " Here comes the silent alarm… and there it goes." Dopey muses up above as he deals with the security with a smirk on under his mask while working the device, which the Joker had sent them for doing just that. "That's funny, doesn't look like it was heading through the police line, it was going down a different channel…" He mutters while behind him Happy narrows his eyes.

"Is it a problem?" He questions and Dopey merely snorts.

"No I'm done here." He offers only for Happy to shoot him in the back of the head then pick up his own back and make his way into the building. Turning down a hall and making his way down a flight of stairs Happy then sees the vault and nods his head as he walks over to it…

"Now obviously we don't want you doing anything with your hoofs… other than holding on for dear life!" Grumpy says with an amused chuckle as Bozo passes out the many bombs to the people around the bank. "Just a warning to you all, lets those little babies go, and you've got yourselves a one way ticket to hell." Grumpy then utters while Chuckles slams the bottom of his weapon down into the back of the guard he'd grabbed hold of, knocking him to the ground.

"Everybody stay down!" Chuckles calls out only for the manager behind him to finish a spell, a blast of lightning coming from the man's horn as it slammed into his back. Calling the spell once more the man sent it towards Bozo, the colt ducked behind a counter however and quickly made his way towards the end of the counters with Grumpy at his side.

"Do you idiots have any possible idea who you’re stealing from?" The man demands while forming another bolt that Bozo and Grumpy dodged. "You and your friends are dead!" He then calls out while Grumpy looks to Bozo as they stay down behind the counter.

"Got any ideas?" He asks Bozo who considers for a few moments before nodding his head. "Well what is it?" Grumpy questions and Bozo pushes him from behind the counter, the manager firing another small lightning spell at him that slams into his shoulder and knocks him to the ground. Moving quickly Bozo moves from behind their counter and quickly fires his own spells at the man, causing the floor to wrap up around the unicorn and entrap his horn.

Once finished with the spell, the young colt walks over towards the manager to make sure he's incapacitated. Nodding his head once he is sure that the man was down Bozo then turned at a sound and saw Grumpy getting back to his legs.

"What the hell! Are you fucking crazy?" He demands angrily before walking passed Bozo and heading towards the vault in the back as Bozo looks around the bank silently. Heading into the vault however, Grumpy finds Happy as he kneels before the vault with his ear to it. "You almost done?" Grumpy questions and Happy smirks as he then reaches up and opens the vault with a chuckle.

"Open sesame." He offers and Grumpy rolls his eyes before looking around.

"Where's the other guy?" Grumpy asks while Happy takes off his work gloves and slowly stands up.

"Boss said to take him out as soon as he was done. One less share, right." Happy offers and Grumpy nods his head while raising his weapon up towards his back.

"Funny… he told me something similar." He offers and Happy turns around quickly with wide eyes.

"He what… No, no!" He shouts as Grumpy shoots him in the head, his body falling back as Grumpy then reaches down to the man's bag and pulls out several folded bags as he then takes the bags into the vault and starts to dump pounds of gold and thousands of bits into the bags quickly. Nodding to himself the man then starts to drag them out of the vault and into the main room where Bozo was still waiting for him.

"If this Joker guy was so smart he'd have had us bring something to carry all this." Grumpy says while placing the bags down and Bozo nods, only to come face to face with grumpy aiming his weapon at his head. "I'm betting the Joker told you to kill me as soon as we got the cash…" He says simply and Bozo sighs to himself before raising his right front hoof and moved his sleeve enough to show a watch, which he took a quick glance at.

"No, no. I kill the other guy…" Bozo offers, confusing Grumpy who continues to point the weapon at him.

"Other guy?" Grumpy questions while Bozo moves further to the side with Grumpy moving to stay in front of him. "What other guy?" Grumpy then demands and is sent flying as Bozo's bomb on the door behind him detonates, sending the colt flying into a counter and snapping his neck. From the newly made hole comes a new Clown with a "Smiley" mask who looked towards Grumpy.

"Whoa, that guy's not getting up, eh?" Smiley offered while Bozo grabbed a bag and then dragged it over to the hole. "Right, I got the cash…" Smiley then begins to throw the bags into a wagon which was currently parked halfway in the bank. "That's a lot of money…" Smiley whispers to himself as he finished throwing the bags into the wagon. "Where are the other guys?" He then asks only for Bozo to turn and shoot him in his head.

"Think your smart huh… your boss… he'll just do the same to you…" The manager mutters from his spot nearby as Bozo walks over to him slowly. "I remember when people in this town used to believe in something. Honor… Respect…" The man says while looking up at Bozo as he then kneels down in front of him. "What do you believe in huh? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN!" The manager then demands of Bozo who then shoves a long silver cylinder into his mouth.

"I believe, that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you…" Bozo starts to say before reaching up to remove his mask, the manager's eyes widening in shock and fear at what he's seeing before his eyes. A young stallion, with bright emerald green eyes, his lips have two long curved scars at the sides forming into a twisted Glasgow grin, with white paint over most of his face and fingers, black paint around his eyes and red formed over his lips and scars like a clowns grin.

"Stranger." The Joker finally offers to the manager darkly before nodding to him and quickly turning his back to him while walking off. A piece of purple string that was from his old worn jacket is leading to a pin of some sort located on the cylinder. Jumping into the vehicle brought by the last clown, Joker’s horn glowed for a second as the brainwashed colts pulling the cart began to rejoin others on the road. As Joker took off, he pulls the string from his coat and breaks it off as the pin in the cylinder up above comes off. The Manager's eyes widen at this only for him to moan out in relief seeing green smoke rise out of the object…

A second later however, something fell from the colt's lips that had been wedged between them and the cylinder… upon hitting the floor, a card with the word JOKER printed on it twice with a clown like figure on the front landed…

End of Chapter

A.N. Now keep in mind this is my first story and most of it is just a ponyfied version of the opening of the dark knight. Now I’m going to try to at least get through the dark knight with the elements of harmony as the great and powerful TRI- I mean Batman.

Anyway review if you like it, heck review if you don’t like it.