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Chapter 10: Breakthrough

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I open my eyes

Blackness

“Shit, im blind again!” I yell as I facepalm a very audible facepalm. Before i could say anything else, my eyes were assaulted by a staggering white light. “Gah, what the fuck!” i yell as i cover my eyes from the light, and let out a hiss as if I was a cat.

“Didnt expect that reaction” I heard Twilight say as she lifts the blinds, effectively letting the sun into the library.

“Twilight, why the fuck am i in your library?” I ask, looking at the magenta mare with confusion.

“You sorta fainted last night, Pinkie was really worried so she came to me, and i took you here.” she explained.

The events of the previous night came flashing back to me like a shitstorm of knowledge, all at once.

“Oh shit” I say to myself as I cover my face with a hand. I sit up in the couch Twilight had put me in so i could get some sort of feeling in my legs.

“What happened Max?” Twilight asked me out of concern, no doubt noticing my tone.

“I’m pretty sure that….” i trail off on the last four words of my sentence, they don't need to be spoken at this very moment. There is no doubt, that me and Pinkie kissed last night. The thing is, what am i going to do about it?

Well, the way I see it there are three options I have here.

Option 1 - Run, to canterlot where no one will find me, maybe seek refuge in the slums or the castle. Celestia will no doubt take care of me, and give me all the accommodations i need to live there in hiding permanently.

Option 2 - Become Batman, and reign justice over all of Equestria. Of course i would have to go about making the costume, and that would cost some major coin. The only pony i know that would be capable of making such a costume would be Rarity. If i asked Rarity to make such an outfit, she would do doubt become suspicious and tell the others who i have yet to meet.

note to self, meet rest of Pinkies friends.

Option 3 - BE A MOTHERFUCKING MAN 

Well, it really does seem i have one obvious option.

I Step off of the couch and start to walk toward the door. “Twilight, do you have the bits Celestia was supposed to give me for research purposes?” i ask as i put my hand on the doorknob.

I Hear shuffling behind me, my bat senses are already kicking in and i haven't even started, damn im good.

“Yea there is a pouch on the table, where-” before she can finish her sentence i grab the pouch, flip the table and dive out the nearest open window, you know why?

Because i'm motherfucking Batman.

I stick to the shadows as i walk to rarities boutique, because the shadows are my ally now. I’ve already decided, that since i'm going to be Batman, i need an Alfred. Rarity will be my Professor Faux, and The small purple dragon who’s name i didn’t bother remembering shall be known as Alfred. I giggle to myself in excitement as i carry the 50 pound bag of golden bits over my shoulder and approach Rarities Boutique.

I would go in through the door, but Im Batman now, i have….other ways of getting to places i need to go.

I do a quick check on my utility belt.

I look down and see that i'm not wearing a utility belt. “Damn!” i whisper to myself, a Bathook would be really useful right now.

I walk around back of the boutique to see a clothesline, “BINGO” i say to myself as i throw my bag of moneys into the thick bushes

I climb sloppily on top of the first pole that was connecting the clothes lines. I go from there, and jump on top of the roof, holy shit this is rickety.

I walk steadily, making sure to watch my step, when out of nowhere my left foot breaks through the ground under me. my entire left leg is consumed by the beast that is Rarities roof. My face makes contact with the floor, giving me just enough time to stop myself from coming all the way through the roof. I hear voices below, shit Rarity has customers.

It was Rarity first

“Well dear I can understand why you came to me of all ponies. But this is something you should bring up with him.”

Then, Pinkies voice responded.

“ I know but it's just a little hard to do. I mean I can throw a party for every reason but this is a bit much even for me. You've seen how he acts. What do you think would happen if I told him I only said yes because I pinkie promised FireStorm who was using his body at the time because of something kind of super soul switch thing after having and extreme awkward conversations about the whole heat thingy just to have him make me promise him that I would go out with Max. I mean I had a lot of fun after the whole restaurant thing. I mean he even got me to laugh about leafs Rarity. I mean I can take a good leaf joke like any mare but that one was so bad it was funny. Then just to say I cared for him and he froze that I had to get Twilight to bring him out since he went into a form of surprise shock like Fluttershy did after her twenty first birthday. I don't even know if he came out of it. What do I do Rarity?”

I furrowed my brow at her words, but before i had a chance to unforrow my brow, the roof caved, sending me and several parts of her roof tumbling down.

Rarity and Pinkie Pie looked at me with confusion. I got up, wiped myself off, looked up and said to Rarity. “Yea your roof might be broken” I say as i point up at the hole in the ceiling.

Rarity looks at me and says ; “ Well that answers at least one question. But makes so many more.”

I look for the nearest window and run over to it, wishing not to cause anymore damage of property, i open it first then dive out of it. I Make my daring escape into the bushes and stay silent until i'm certain no one is around anymore.

I wait another few minutes, and dive out of the bushes like the member of the league of shadows i used to be. I crept to the back door of rarities boutique, being careful to be quiet.

“I know you're there darling, you don't have to sneak around” i heard rarity say in my direction.

I step out of the darkness, slowly and cautiously. “How did you know?” i ask as i raise one eyebrow.

“Because darling, you're not the most stealthy of ponies” she said with a condescending tone.

“Ill get better at it.” i say as straighten my jacket.

“You know you need to tell Pinkie Pie that you're okay, right.” i froze, damn responsibility.

“I can do that….” i pause.

“When i'm done with my task at hand.” i finish by approaching Rarity, with a large frown on my face.

“And what might that be?” Rarity raises an eyebrow.

I pause, look down, making sure the lighting in the building makes me look mysterious.

“need you to….make...something for me.” i say mysteriously.

She gives me a curious look. “And what might that be darling?”

“A suit” i say as i turn around mysteriously.

“What kind of suit, darling?”

“A Batsuit” i said as i grabbed some paper and a pencil from her desk.

“A….Bat-Suit?” she asked me with confusion.

“Yes, a Batsuit, its something a friend of mine owned back home, and i always wanted one” i do a detailed sketch of Batmans suit.

Of course i wanted Christian Bales Batsuit from The Dark Knight. I thought about it, and it really did make sense for me to be batman.

I went through the large list of batman characters in my head, and tried to associate them with ponies in equestria as i drew the impressive sketch of Batman's armor.

Twilight would have to be Commissioner Gordon

Spike is my Alfred

Rarity is my Dr.Faux

Pinkie is Rachel, but i don't want her to die, i would never want that.

Celestia or Luna will be Harvy Dent, Maybe i'll meet another pony that will take his place.

as i continued through my list of characters, noting all the badass villains i will have to face along the way, i finally finished the extremely detailed sketch of the Batsuit.

“Here” i said as I handed Rarity my sketch.

She looked at it, a bit intrigued when she first looked at it. “Why would you need something-” I interrupted by putting a singular finger over her mouth.

“I will now address you as Faux in private, and you will address me as Bruce in private.” She looked at me with a bit of a smile.

"Max is there something you're not telling me?" Rarity asks me with a bit of confusion in her tone.

"Of course there is, there is always something im not telling someone" I say crypticly

"But the whole truth..." I pause.

"Im sorry Faux, I cant tell you the entire truth. But what I can tell you, is that you must keep this a secret." I say, kneeling down in front of Rarity so I can make eye contact.

"no one can know my true identity." I say dramaticlly.

Rarity looks at me with complete and utter confusion at first, but then with a concerned yet playful look.

"What is this secret identity you need me to keep secret for you?" She says, blinking twice.

I explain the concept of the batman to rarity. Then Rarity and I argued wether The Batman was the hero equestria needs or the hero equestria deserves.

This prooves useless, as it seems crime rates in equestria are at an all time low. So there was no chance of a pony joker or a pony scarecrow stepping forward, I would focus my efforts on saving the lives of ponies im ponyville just for a start.

"Max, you are being unreasonable, why are you doing this, really?" Rarity asked me.

I wasnt going to avoid it forever.

"Im.....im scared rarity." I said, dropping to my knees im front of her.

"Scared of what exactly Max?" She asked me, with a serious tone.

"Im scared of Pinkie...." I say, spilling my guts to the ivory pony.

"Im sure she can be a bit spontaneous and erratic at times, but its nothing to be scared of darling." Rarity says, putting a hoof on my chin.

"Thats not what im scared of rarity" I say, letting a tear escape my eye.

"Than what are you scared of darling?" Rarity asked

“Im scared of…..well….relationships in general.” i say wincing.

"Why darling, theres nothing to be scared of!" rarity exclaims

"There is when youve never been in one before" I say

I get close to rarity.

"The only reason I even thought of starting this relationship with pinkie pie is because.....well" I stop, thinking of what to say

"Darling, ive seen the way you look at her, its love." She says, which confuses me.

"ugh!" This rusteled my jimmies.

I stormed out of the boutique, shes not helping, I just want to be the dark night.

Rarity followed me outside, which slightly annoyed me, but I understand her concern.

"Darling, you cant run away from you feelings for her forever." She says as I stop walking away from the boutique.

"I......I know." I say as a tear leaves my eye.

I turn around, and face Rarity.

"But what if I do something wrong?" I ask.

She looks at me with sympathy

"Darling, the answer is simple, you dont do anything wrong." She said with a grin.

"Now about this secret batsuit you needed me to work on" Rarity said, keeping a smug grin on her face.

"Its going to cost bits, and when I say bits I mean hundreds" she says raising an eyebrow.

I look at her, turn around, dive into the bushes grab the sack of bits and walk out proudly carrying the large ammount of currency.

Rarities jaw drops to the floor as I toss it to the ground in front of her.

"Put Celestias bits to good use." I say, turning to walk away. I have decided on option three and option two at the same time. It does seem a little far-fetched to be able to be a man and be The Batman at the same time, but I think I can manage.

I approach sugar cube corner, my short walk had come to a conclusion. I flexed my chest muscles, or what chest muscles I had, hehe.

I pushed open the door to the bakery, wait.

I stop in my tracks.

"Did they get a new door?" I question myself and raise the manditory left eyebrow.

"Oh hello deary!" I hear Ms.Cake say from behind the counter.

This made me jump.

But my jimmies remained unrustled.

"Fuck you startled me Mrs.Cake." I say, brushing the dust off of my shoulders, how the fuck did that get there?

I strided over to the counter where Mrs.Cake silently stood.

"Listen, I know I owe you some bits, and I have them no-" my sentence was inturrupted by Mrs.Cake.

"I Dont think your here for that Max." Mrs.Cake said with a sly grin.

Damn that clever mare.

"I will get that few weeks of working for you done!" I say running past her to the stairs while pointining my finger at her.

"I know deary, I know." Mrs.Cake says with a smug grin.

I approach the top of the steps, and knock on the door 7 times.

"One second!" I hear from behind the door.

I hear some slow hoofsteps at the door.

The door opens to reveal a quite depressed looking Pinkie Pie. Her hair is straight, and her coat is just a tiny bit darker than usual.

"Oh, Max." She says as she looks up to me. "Why are you here? To tell me to my face how much you hate me and want to avoid me?"

JIMMIES RUSTLED

"No Pinks, I would never do that!" I say to her while I start to kneel.

"Than why are you here?" Pinkie asks me, her ears low.

"Ugh- I just need... I mean....I dont...." I do he most rational thing that my mind could process, which was to kiss the depressed pink mare I front of me.

I leaned in fast and made face contact with Pinkie, which obviously surprised her.

Her eyes grew wide at first, which I was expecting; but the next part I was not.

Her hair poofed into its regular shape, and her eyes slowly shut, as did mine.

We stayed there, In that same kiss for what seemed like hours, but what was acually seconds.

I finally broke off of the kiss, and looked at pinkie, who was just sitting there, staring at me.

"Pinkie, I could never hate you." I say, cupping her cheek with my left hand. "Ive just never been in a relationship....well, ever." I say shrugging.

Pinkie approaches me and gives me a tight hug as she whispers something inaudible to my ear.

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