The Magic of Friendship, Love, and Guns

(A/N the story will now take place where we last left Jason walking back from Fluttershy's cottage)
JASON'S POV

I was making my way back to Twilight's place as i started to hum softly to myself, looking at the setting sun in the distance. I smiled a bit, this place was... Peaceful and calm, the exact opposite of Gotham. I made my way back to Twilight's house and opened the door

"I'm back." I said, seeing Twilight wearing her pajamas

"Welcome back." Twilight smiled at me

"Hey." Spike said as he was sitting at the table with a game of chess set up "Uh... Are you up for a game?" Spike asked me. I looked at him, realizing that I never really interacted with him, so i thought why not.

"Sure." I said as i went over to the table and sat down, seeing Spike's face lit up as ee started to play a round. I wasn't the most smartest one out there, but I still had some brain so i was able to beat Spike 3 times

"Wow. You are really good af this game." Spike said

"Thanks, you're not so bad yourself." I told him as i got up "Alright, i gotta get some sleep." I said as i gave him a fist bump

"Goodnight, Red Hood." Spike waved as he put away the chess game

"Goodnight." Twilight said as i went into the guest room, shutting the door as i took off my boots and sat down on the bed. I took off my helmet and looked out the window to the moon, thinking about Luna. I groaned as i ran a hand through my hair "Fuck.... Well, maybe i can ask her about the gem." I said softly. Setting my helmet down on a nightstand next to the bed and laying down, slowly closing my eyes and going to sleep.

NO POV

Over in Canterlot Princess Luna was standing on a balcony that looked over the beautiful kingdom, she wore an elegant dark blue dress that seemed to shine like the stars in the night sky. Luna sighed softly as she expected to be unable to enter Jason's dream, she then used her magic to allow her to enter the dream realm. Princess Luna smiled softly as she looked around at all the doors, looking inside to see if the pony was having a dream or a nightmare. Luna then stopped as she felt that darkness once again, looking around and seeing THAT door again. She ran towards it but stopped a few feet away from it as she could hear laughter, and not the one of that of Pinkie Pie, no this... This sounded sick and twisted, like the sounds of a mad man. Luna walked towards the door and gulped as she now stood right in front of it, Luna then took a deep breath and had a look of determination in her eyes. Opening the door and stepping inside, but seeing nothing but darkness. Luna tried using her magic to light up the darkness but it didn't work, she then started to hear somepony whimpering in the darkness, Luna turned and then see a hallway light up, but everything looked... Unsettling. The walls seemed to be in poor condition and the floor had roaches crawling around. Luna was disgusted by this but ventured down the hallway, hearing the whimpers get louder. Luna walked faster and soon opened a set of metal doors, but once she did she saw a dark room with a single light shinning down on a tarp or something. Curious, Luna slowly walked towards it and pulled down the tarp, and then gasped at what she saw. She saw Jason wearing that red armor like last time but he was more bloodied and beaten, his right eye swollen and his forehead was dripping blood

"Oh my word... Jason..." Luna covered her mouth

"No... Please... Just stop it, please...." Jason said softly. Soon Luna heard footsteps coming

"What do we have here, then?" A voice asked from the darkness, the footsteps getting closer until the source of the voice appeared. It was that... Mad man from before

"Leave Jason alone, foul monster!" Luna shouted, using her royal voice as her eyes and horn lit up, her magic seeming to have returned or at least is working now, but the man didn't respond to her at all as he walked around Jason as the young man was hanging with his hands tied over his head

"Wakey wakey." The man said, Jason shifted as he tried to get away, but it was futile

"What's wrong? You think I'm going to hurt you? Why? I'm not the bad guy here. Oh no no no. It's Batman." The clown said, looking Jason. Luna tried blasting at the clown but it did nothing, Luna had feared that this was a memory but she didn't want to believe something this horrible was possible

"Jason! Stay strong, thy am here for thou!" Luna said to Jason

"Please... Please, let me go..." Jason whimpered

"He abandoned you... Thrown you away like an unwanted puppy." The clown said "Oh Daddy, can i please keep him? Oh please, oh please, oh please?" The man said in a childish way and looking up like a child would when speaking to their parent "Anything to make you happy, Princess. Just make sure people know he's yours." He said. Just then Luna realized that he was holding something in his hand. A branding iron with the tip glowing, showing that it was still hot. Luna's eyes went wide as she realized this. Soon Jason dropped to the floor and started to crawl away as the man softly laughed, walking towards Jason as the terrified Jason whimpered

"N-No... Please no... No no.... AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH." Jason then screamed in pain as a loud hissing sound could be heard, Luna didn't need to see it as she could tell that the man had branded Jason. Luna tried to run after Jason, to comfort him, but the dream realm started to collapse, meaning that Jason was waking up. Luna was then thrown out of the dream and back to the dream realm as she saw Jason's door crumble away. Luna panted heavily and had tears in her eyes after witnessing this, seeing Jason's pain and feeling her heartbreaking

"Jason... What happened to you...? How could this happen to anyone...?" Luna asked out loud as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Over with Jason he was sitting in bed as he panted heavily, sweat all over his face as he panted. Holding his head in his hands as he then grabbed his helmet and put it on, getting up and putting on his boots. He then quietly snuck out of the house and walked away, reaching into his pocket inside his jacket and pulled out a pack of smokes. Opening it and taking one out, putting the pack away and taking out a lighter, lighting it up as he tried to lit his cigarette but his hands were shaking. He groaned as he forced it to stop shaking and lit his cigarette, taking a puff of it and blowing some smoke out

"Motherfucker.... Why did i do that? If she saw then she must think differently.." Jason said to himself "Wait, why do i care what she thinks?" He asked himself. Not fully knowing why her thinking differently about him made him feel... Sad? Jason groaned as he took another drag of his cigarette, leaning against a wall as he looked around. Seeing a large clock "Five twenty. Shit." Jason said as he took one last drag and threw his cigarette down on the ground, crushing it under his boot as he walked back to Twilight's place and quietly walking back inside. He entered his room and sat down on the bed for a bit, waiting for the day to begin. After two hours he got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower, taking off his jacket, armor, pants, and helmet. He turned on the water and stepped inside, sighing softly as he let the water wash down his scarred and muscular body. He grabbed a bottle of shampoo, lavender smell, and put some in his hand. Scrubbing it in his hair as he let the water wash down the soap. Jason later stepped out and grabbed a towel, drying his body off. He started to dry his hair when he heard the door open, turning around to see Twilight standing at the door. Jason used the towel to cover his face but Twilight could see his cold blue eyes, soon she looked down at the multiple scars and wounds all over his well toned and muscular body, then looking even lower and holy shit he is hung!!! Twilight turned bright red as she looked down to see a very large... Part that was hanging between Jason's legs. Twilight was aware of a stallions body, but never really seen one, let alone one of a human. Twilight screamed in embarrassment as she shut the door

"I AM SO SORRY!" Twilight shouted from behind the door. Jason just stood there and chuckled softly, drying his hair as if nothing happened. Jason then got dressed and walked out of the bathroom, seeing Twilight hiding under the covers and seeing Spike standing on a stool near the stove

"Uh... What happened?" Spike asked Jason

".... Nothing you need to know at the moment." Jason chuckled as he saw Twilight poking her head out only to hide again when their eyes met. Jason sat down at the table as he saw Twilight slowly get out of bed and then dashes towards the bathroom, Jason laughed as he saw this

"So, any plans today?" Spike asked as he cooked breakfast

"Yep. Today may be my last day in this world." Red Hood told Spike, making the young Dragon gasp

"What? Why?" Spike asked as he felt sad that a real life superhero was leaving his world

"Spike... You should've known that i wasn't always gonna be here. I plan on finding this Alicorn king's gem and using it to get home." Red Hood explained

"The Alicorn king's gem? But that's a myth." Spike told Red Hood

"If there's one thing I've learned in life it's this. Nothing is impossible, that and things that are "myths" are actually real." Red hood told Spike "Besides, the girls don't like me that much so the sooner I leave the faster they can get rid of me." He said. Spike frowned sadly when he heard this, turning around to continue cooking. By the time he was finished Twilight came out wearing a purple turtleneck and blue jeans, her head down as she walked over to the table and sat down. Red Hood lifted up his helmet just a bit as he ate his pancakes, Twilight taking a few glances at him and blushed madly. Red Hood ignored it and then told Twilight of what he plans to do today

"The Alicorn king's gem? But that's just an old pony tale." Twilight said

"Sometimes myths have truth behind them. Besides, you all thought humans and the multiverse didn't exist, yet here we are." Red Hood told her

"... Fair enough..." Twilight said, still blushing as she avoided eye contact with Red Hood. She was embarrassed at seeing naked, yes but she was also still shocked that someone could have scars like that and still be alive. Twilight was no doctor, nor was she an expert on medical stuff, but the scars she saw looked like they should have killed a pony. Twilight shifted a bit "H... How did you... Get those..." Twilight couldn't really finish what she wanted to ask, but Red Hood knew

".... You don't need to know." Red Hood said, soon a knock was heard at the door "I got it." Red Hood put his helmet down and got up, walking over to the door and opening it. He looked to see two batponies and Princess Luna standing at the door "I paid my taxes." Red Hood joked

"Are thou alright, Jason?" Luna asked worriedly

"Yeah, don't worry about it." Red Hood said "And don't call me that. It's Red Hood." He told her, the two guards glaring at him but Red Hood ignored them

"I... I'm sorry. But please, let me help you." Luna said as she placed a hand on his chest "I... I saw what happened... And i am so sorry you-" Luna was cut off as Red Hood gently grabbed her hand

"There is no helping me. Everything that you saw, drop it. Forget about it, all of it. I didn't have help then, so i don't need help now." Red Hood said

"Please, i want to help you." Luna said as she looked into his eyes, at least through his helmet that is

"If you wanna help me, then tell me anything you know about the Alicorn King's gem." Red Hood said. Luna was taken aback by this but sighed softly, saddened that Red Hood once again refused her help

"Very well. The Alicorn King's gem belonged to an old King that lived way before me and my sister. He was King of an ancient civilization, but was killed during an invasion from another land. In his last act he poured his magic into a gem and hid away in a secret underground catacombs so no one can use his powers, it is possible that if you find it you can use its powers to get back to your home." Luna explained "But it is dangerous, it is said that the catacombs are guarded with all sorts of traps, and the gem is protected by a powerful magical beast." Luna warned him

"I have faced things that should have killed me, yet I'm still here." Red Hood said "I got a map of the where this place is located, so I'll be heading there now." He said

"By yourself?" Luna asked, worried about him

"Well duh. I won't let anyone get hurt, besides the sooner I'm gone the quicker you all can get rid of me." Red Hood chuckled softly

"No." Twilight said as she stood behind Red Hood "You're not going alone, me and my friends are coming with you." She told Red Hood

"Like Hell y'all are. None of you are coming with me." Red Hood said as he crossed his arms

"Too late. We're getting them now." Twilight said as she grabbed his arm and started dragging him... At least, that was the idea. Like last time Twilight was pulling his arm but he didn't move an inch from his spot

"Awww, look, she's trying to be strong. So adorable." Red Hood laughed as Twilight kept trying to drag him, grunting as she used all her strength yet could not make him move "You can stop, not like you're going to succeed." He told her

"No... I will not... Let you go... Alone." Twilight grunted as she was still trying to pull him

"Oh! Are we playing tug-o-war? I'm in!" Pinkie Pie, appearing out of nowhere, said as she grabbed Red Hood's arm and pulled. Red Hood went wide eyed as Pinkie actually did succeed in pulling him. Red Hood then accidentally landed on Twilight, their faces mere inches from each other as Red Hood was on top of her. Twilight blushed heavily as she stared up at him, her face red in embarrassment

"So close!" Twilight thought to herself as she just kept staring up at him. Red Hood quickly got off her and cleared his throat, dusting himself off as he then reached out his hand to Twilight

"You uh... You good?" Red Hood asked, Twilight nodded slowly and took his hand, accepting his help. She got back up but kept holding his hand, smiling and still blushing

"S-sorry, and thanks..." Twilight said shyly. Princess Luna watched and for some reason had a... Dislike for Twilight at the moment, but didn't know why

"Yay! We won! What do we win?" Pinkie Pie asked, Twilight perked up at this and then smirked

"We all get to go with Red Hood." Twilight said

"Like Hell you are." Red Hood said "And can you let go of me?" He asked as he looked down at their hands, still holding each other. Twilight pulled her hand away and couched a bit

"Too late, we are all going." Twilight said

"Oooh! Vacation!" Pinkie pie said as she then ran off, only to come back 5 seconds later wearing a light blue one piece swimsuit. The swimsuit left little to the imagination as it outlined her beautiful and luscious body, her breasts jiggled a bit and her bubble butt was outlined perfectly from the swimsuit. Red Hood was thankful that no one could see his face, otherwise they would have saw him ogling Pinkies body

"We are not going on vacation. Get changed, and how the fuck did you do that so damn fast?" Red Hood asked

"Aw, no beach?" Pinkie said sadly, but soon ran off and got changed, now wearing a pink shirt with balloons on it, blue jacket, a pink skirt with white and yellow stripped stockings.

"No. Just getting something that might get me back home." Red Hood explained "Seriously, how are you doing that?" He asked once again

"It's better to not question... That." Spike said as he stood at the doorway eating some pancakes

"Wait... You're leaving?" Pinkie asked sadly as her hair went down, as if deflated

"Look, we all knew this would happen. And the sooner i leave, the sooner you all will be free of me. So win-win." Red Hood told her

"But... W-We're friends... Right?" Pinkie asked him

"We're... Ok. I don't really do the whole friendship thing, not my thing." Red Hood said

"What about your friends back home?" Spike asked. Red Hood was silent for a moment as he remembered his best friend, Roy, and how he died. Red Hood shook his head

"Forget it. Plus, no one is going with me. Got that? I don't want none of you hurt." Red Hood explained to them

"We are going." Pinkie Pie crossed her arms "Friends always help their friends." She said

"You do know that this is dangerous, right? I can handle this on my own." Red Hood told her

"Yep." Pinkie Pie smiled "But we can do anything together." She smiled softly. Red Hood sighed and shook his head, he then petted Pinkies fluffy head

"You're stubborn. I like that." Red Hood said "Alright. Go get the others and crap, i don't care." Red Hood said as he headed to the train station. Luna watched and smiled sadly

"If this is goodbye... Then i wished we got to... Know each other better..." Luna said

"The less you know what i am, the better. See ya later, Princess Moonbutt." Red Hood joked. Luna heard this and giggled softly as she watched Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Spike follow after Red Hood as they went to gather their friends, and to help get Red Hood back home