The Magic of Friendship, Love, and Guns

NO POV

Jason walked through the door to see Twilight and all the others inside. Grayson was sitting on the couch with Scootaloo as he told her some of the adventures he and Jason and the rest of the family had over the years.

“Dad!” Scootaloo stood up and hugged Jason.

“Hey kiddo.” Jason lifted her up and kissed her cheek.

“Jason, while you were gone, we discussed where we'll be staying. Robin will stay with Rarity, Nightwing will stay with Pinkie Pie, Red Robin and Strongheart will stay with Applejack and I’ll stay with Fluttershy.” Batman explained to Jason.

“Really? Are you all fine with it?” Jason asked his herd.

“Jason, darling, after everything you have done for us, letting your family have a place to stay is the least we can do,” Rarity said.

“Darn right! Besides, now Ah can hear stories about you as a young’un,” Applejack said.

“I’m starting to like that one.” Nightwing laughed. Jason groaned but had a small smile on his face.

“Thank you. We’ll be sure to be on our best behavior. Right?” Batman looked at others “Right?” He gave them his infamous Bat glare.

“Yes, Batman,” they all said.

“He really is a dad.” Pinkie Pie giggled, causing the others to laugh as well. Batman groaned a little, but he did feel a bit of joy as he heard that word. For all the things that have happened, Bruce did see all of them as his sons. His family.

“Don’t forget, we need to focus on finding Luthor and the others as soon as possible. Jason, since you have close contact with the Princesses, you try and get them to have scouts all over the land. Have them report everything they find and inform us about everything. We’ll also need maps on the land to look for possible hiding spots and others who they may try to convince to join them,” Batman told Jason.

“Yeah, I’ll be sure we do everything we can. Ain’t no one, and I mean NO ONE, is going to hurt my family. Not again,” Jason proclaimed.

“Kinda surprised you decided to host the big bad bat, Flutters,” Rainbow joked. “No offense, Batman.”

Batman groaned a little at Rainbow’s remark

“If Jason trusts him, then I trust him,” Fluttershy said.

“Be nice or I’ll kill you,” Jason glared at Batman.

“Don’t tell me what to do,” Batman said back as Twilight then walked over to Batman. Batman raised an eyebrow as he saw Twilight holding a notepad and a pen “No.”

“Oh come on! Please tell me everything about all of you! We saw Jason’s memories of you and I MUST know how your armor works. How did you make it? What is it made of? What kind of tricks does it do? How durable is it? Do you have more than one suit?” Twilight started going off like a pistol with questions. Batman glanced over at Jason who just laughed.

“You get used to Twilight’s science mode,” Spike told Batman as he tried to hold in his laughter.

“I’m leaving,” Batman said as he headed for the door.

“No, wait!” Twilight tried to stop him until Tim stopped her.

“You aren’t getting anything out of him. BUT! I would love to tell you everything in exchange you tell me all about magic in your world,” Tim offered.

“Really? Of course! Follow me to my lab!” Twilight squealed with joy as she and Tim headed downstairs to do nerd stuff.

“Oh God, now there’s two of them,” Damian said with a facepalm.

“Ten bits says he ends up living down there,” Jason joked.

“Is he usually like this?” Strongheart asked, feeling a little jealous after seeing Red Robin get so excited to spend time with Twilight.

“Sometimes. You should’ve seen him when we stumbled upon that alien base and stopped an invasion back during his Robin days. He spent weeks tinkering with alien tech, he didn’t leave them alone until Alfred threatened to no longer give him coffee to get Tim to take a break.” Nightwing told them which made the others laugh

“Now that I would love to see.” Strongheart giggled, feeling a bit better now that she doesn’t have to worry about Tim being alone with Twilight.

“How is Alfred? And Babs?” Jason asked his brothers.

“They miss you. A lot. Alfred did whatever he could back in the cave on the bat computer and Babs, along with Tim, worked on finding where you went after looking through the footage of the robbery and the intel we gathered from the weapon Joker used.” Nightwing explained. Jason smiled sadly as he was glad to see they all cared, but hated the fact that he pushed them all away so many times for so long.

“…Thank you…all of you…” Jason said softly. Damian walked over and hit his leg “Ow! The heck, you little demon?!”

“That’s for getting yourself into this mess.” Damian said before patting Jason’s leg and going to sit down. Jason rolled his eyes at Damian, but he did miss their little fights.

“I think we should get you all settled in first.” Fluttershy said. They all agreed and they, except for Tim, followed the ponies who they would be staying with out the door.

Batman followed behind Fluttershy as the ponies in town all gasped at the sight of seeing them all, some were a bit fearful but many were just in awe and wonder at the sight of them all.

“Don’t worry, the ponies here are wonderful. They grew to trust Jason, and I have a feeling they’ll grow on you all as well.” Fluttershy smiled at Batman as she led him back to her cottage.

“How did you all come to meet Jason?” Batman asked.

“W-Well…we had gotten word from the Princesses about a strange creature in Manehattan and came looking for him, we later found out about his…activities. We soon found him and, unfortunately, a fight broke out. It wasn’t stopped until the Princesses came and trapped Jason in a magic bubble,” Fluttershy said.

“Jason isn’t the most peaceful person,” Batman remarked.

“You’re wrong.” Batman turned to Fluttershy as she said this. “Jason is the kindest person I have ever met. Sure, he is rough around the edges, especially when we first met him, but over time we saw the love and goodness in his heart. You should have seen him when he was answering questions from the fillies and colts at the school, or when he would be playing with Scootaloo and her friends.”

Batman was a bit surprised to hear this and it made him start to rethink about Jason. Sure Batman knew that there was good in Jason, but he still saw Jason as too hot headed and too reckless and violent. It made him regret all the actions and how he acted towards him over the years and wanted to not repeat those same mistakes again. They reached Fluttershy’s cottage and the first thing Batman noticed were the multiple animals around her home.

“You certainly are an animal lover,” Batman stated as he saw chickens, birds, squirrels, and even a grizzly bear.

“Yes, I always had a gift with animals.” Fluttershy opened the door and led Batman inside.

There were even some animals inside as well. On the couch sleeping on a fluffy pillow slept Angel.

“Angel. Wakey wakey, we have a new guest,” Fluttershy nudged the little bunny.

Angel slowly stirred awake and rubbed his eyes, looking up and gasping in shock and fear at The Batman. Angel stood up and got into a boxing stance as he prepared to fight Batman. Batman stared down at the small rabbit and Angel’s blood ran cold, he soon ran up the stairs and hid in Fluttershy’s room.

“I-I apologize for Angel’s behavior,” Fluttershy apologized.

“It’s alright, I have that effect on others.” Batman dismissed.

“I hope you don’t mind sleeping on the couch,” Fluttershy said as Batman sat down on the couch, it was surprisingly soft and comfortable.

“It will do just fine. Thank you again. I know this is a very big favor, especially since we aren’t in any position to be asking for any,” Batman said.

“Nonsense. You’re Jason’s family, therefore you are family to us.” Fluttershy smiled warmly at Batman as the Dark Knight felt a warm feeling wash over him. Seems this place also affected Batman just like it did Jason .

“Would you like some tea?” The timid mare offered.

“I’d love some,” Batman said, seeing birds and squirrels rush over to the kitchen and began helping Fluttershy prepare the tea. That isn’t a sight he sees everyday. Batman then began going over a plan in his head, but unfortunately he couldn’t come up with much due to the little information he had. He had to think of something to stop Lex and the others from bringing chaos into this world.

"This world is filled with all sorts of magic. From what I read, there are all sorts of different creatures in this world. Lex will definitely be looking to find and control the magic of this world and there are many whom he can manipulate into working with him. The Diamond dogs are one, the Changelings are also another possible ally for them. Changelings will be the most dangerous as they can take the forms of anyone and even match their voice, but we could work our way around that since they don’t seem to be able to copy personality and memory, if the book was right about that." Batman thought deeply as he began to list all possible allies Lex might recruit.

Batman took out the vial of Titan and used his cowl to scan it, trying to figure out any changes of it.

"This is the same compound as the original, but it’s more refined and less harmful to the user. While still maintaining its effects, it is stronger and less lethal."Batman thought to himself, having a bad feeling of what dangers may come to this world.

Over with Nightwing, he was walking alongside Pinkie as she led him to her home where he will be staying for the time being. Like with Batman, the residents of Ponyville were all shocked to see more humans in Equestria, but what really caught their attention was Juan and Jim. Those two are what really got the attention of many mares, and even a few stallions, that passed by Nightwing. It didn’t help that his suit was skin tight. VERY tight.

“My sweet Celestia~.”

“Mmm, now that is a nice pair of buns~.”

“Wonder if he’s single?”

“I wonder if he’s gay?”

“Oh my sweet Celestia, I want him to sit on me~.”

These were the many comments Nightwing could hear from the ponies as he knew exactly what they were talking about, especially since it was thanks to his skintight suit that outlined his ass perfectly. Nightwing couldn't help but laugh a bit at hearing these from the ponies.

“What’s so funny?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“Just loving the fact that some things never change.” Nightwing grinned as Pinkie Pie led him to Sugarcube Corner. “Is…that a building made out of candy?”

“Yeppers! Come on!” Pinkie Pie yanked his arm as she pulled him inside. The ponies inside all stared at Nightwing as he smiled and waved at them.

“Wow! Another human! Never thought we’d ever see another one,” Carrot Cake said. “Welcome to Sugar Cube Corner.”

“Thanks for the warm welcome, my name’s Nightwing,” Grayson introduced himself.

“Nightwing is gonna be staying with me for the time being, hope you don’t mind,” Pinkie said.

“Oh, of course not, Pinkie. Go right ahead,” Mrs. Cake said while handing a customer their cupcakes. As Nightwing followed Pinkie. he felt something slap his ass and yelped. He looked back and saw a mare with light blue hair and pink colored skin.

“Hey! Hands off! I am a married man!” Nightwing told her while rubbing his ass.

“Damnit!” A stallion shouted after hearing this. Nightwing followed Pinkie to the back and up some stairs.

“So, how far are you pregnant?” Nightwing asked Pinkie as she smiled down at her stomach and rubbed it.

“About two weeks. I’m already thinking of names for it.” Pinkie Pie smiled happily as she can already picture her and Jason with their newborn foal playing together, reading them bedtime stories, eating together, she couldn’t wait for it. Nightwing smiled as he saw just how happy Pinkie looked, he also felt proud for Jason and how far he had come.

“What about you, Dicky? Do you have any kids?” Pinkie asked innocently.

“No, not yet anyway. Me and my wife have been talking about kids though, still can’t believe Jason beat me to it.” Nightwing laughed softly.

“Well when you do, I’ll be sure to make the best baby shower ever! Oh! Our kids can even play together!” Pinkie Pie giggled at the thought. Opening a door, she showed Nightwing the room he would be staying in.

“Thanks again, Pinkie. I really appreciate this,” Nightwing said.

“Anything for family.” Pinkie hugged him as Nightwing hugged her back.

Nightwing then laid down on his new bed while Pinkie rubbed her belly.

“I’m gonna go and help out the cakes with the customers, but don’t be afraid to ask for anything. Mi casa, es tu casa.” Pinkie Pie said.

“Thanks, and I wouldn’t mind helping. Don’t wanna be a freeloader,” Nightwing said as he stood back up. Pinkie Pie smiled at him and led him back downstairs and had him help with serving customers their orders.

Damian was following Rarity while glaring a bit at all the ponies that stared at him, smirking as he saw the fear in their eyes as they quickly looked away.

“So wonderful to have you here, Damian.” Rarity smiled at him.

“Call me Robin,” Damian told her while crossing his arms. “How exactly did you all fall for Todd? Do you all just have terrible taste?” Rarity felt her eyes twitch a bit at his attitude.

“No, it’s because we know he has a kind heart, is loving, sweet, and will do anything for the safety of others,” Rarity said. “Not to mention he is hot as Tartarus.” She whispered under her breath and blushed a bit as she remembered the first time they made love, she wiped away some drool that was leaking from her lips.

“I did not need to hear that last part.” Damian shivered in disgust, not wanting to hear about Jason’s sex life. “… Thanks…for not killing him, anyways,” he muttered. Rarity smiled at him as she heard this, it seemed he did have a heart under that attitude of his. Rarity led him to her house and opened the door.

“Voilà and welcome, this is where you will be staying.” Damian looked around and nodded. It seemed she appeared to be a clothing designer. He wasn’t one for fashion but even he knew that her work is very fine indeed. Damian looked up and saw a young girl, roughly around his age, coming down some stairs.

“Hi Rarity!” Sweetie Belle waved to her sister.

“… How fast do kids grow here?" Damian asked, thinking Sweetie Belle was Rarity and Todd’s kid.

“What? Oh, no no no! Sweetie Belle is my sister,” Rarity cleared up, although she did have a small image in her head about her and Jason having foals together.

“So you’re Robin, right? That’s awesome!” Sweetie Belle ran up to him as she eyed his outfit. “Whoa! You even have a sword! Can I see it?”

“Hmm…” Damian took out his sword and twirled it around, showing off his skills with the blade for her. Sweetie Belle had stars in her eyes as she watched him handle his blade like a pro.

“Whoa!” Sweetie exclaimed in awe.

“Okay, please put the…sword away. And why do you have a sword?” Rarity asked, a little uneasy that a CHILD has a SWORD.

“Gift from my mother. She gave it to me for my first birthday. Which I used to defend myself against the first assassin she sent after me,” Damian explained as he tossed the sword up and held out the sheath, the sword then fell back perfectly into the sheath.

“Assassin?!” Sweetie Belle and Rarity gasped after hearing such a thing, what kind of mother would do that to their own child.

“It’s a tradition we have. Every year on my birthday my mother sends a lovely assassin to try and kill me, but I’m still here. She and father have trained me well,” Damian said nonchalantly, as if it was normal. To be fair, he has done it his whole life so it was normal for him.

“Oh my, that is simply cruel!” Rarity snapped.

“I’ve grown used to it. Besides, Pennyworth bakes the cake, so that is a win in my eyes,” Damian shrugged it off.

“I-I’m so sorry,” Sweetie Belle said as she touched Damian’s shoulder. Damian stepped back from the touch.

“Yeah…” Damian said warily.

“I know you must be itching to get out of those clothes, so how about I make you some new ones?” Rarity suggested as she tried to move away from that conversation. She moved over to her supplies while talking about opening a new line of clothing for fillies and colts and having Damian model for her. “Sweetie Belle, be a dear and help me-”

“He’s gone,” Sweetie Belle said.

“Excuse me?” Rarity turned around to see that Damian had, indeed, left.

Damian was currently running down the street while saying nope repeatedly. Suddenly, Damian was enveloped in a blue magical aura and whipped his head around to see Rarity smiling at him as she pulled him back with her magic.

“Don’t be like that! I’ll make you look adorable!” Rarity chirped, showing off a sailor suit.

“NO! NO! I’LL DO ANYTHING TO ESCAPE THIS HELL! I’D RATHER CLIMB EVEREST WITH BOTH OF MY ARMS BROKEN THAN THIS!” Damian screamed as he was dragged to his doom. The ponies that watched could see Damian grabbing on to anything he could to try and escape Rarity’s hold, but it was all pointless as Rarity took him back to her home and shut the doors. Damian’s screams could still be heard inside.

Over with Red Robin, he was talking with Twilight about the technology of his world and the magic of her world, the two eagerly writing down notes and comparing how both their science and magic to work together

“It’s nice to meet another pony, er, human I mean, that shares a common passion. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jason with all my heart, but he never really talks about his gadgets or much about his world's technology,” Twilight said.

“Yeah, Jason isn’t much of a people person. Or in this case a pony person,” Tim joked. “How did you all meet exactly?”

“We first met in Manehattan where we found his…work. I will admit, we weren’t thrilled to have him here. We admittedly treated him like a monster. We thought he was nothing more than just a killer. But he risked his life to save us. Risked his one chance to get home in order to save us. Even helping us with a trauma that he himself never fully recovered from.” Twilight took a deep breath and relaxed herself. “It was then that we started to fall in love with him, to see him more than just what we thought of him.” Twilight smiled and placed a hand over her heart, still remembering his touch.

Tim smiled as he heard Twilight speak fondly of Jason, but he was still shocked to hear this.

“Still surprised that Jason changed so much. We knew there was good in him, but we’ve never seen him so…happy. You all did what we couldn’t.” Tim placed a hand on her shoulder. “Thank you.”

“Don’t thank us, you all helped him as well. Whenever he would mention any of you, he always called you his family, and I could tell that he loves all of you deeply.” Twilight smiled at Tim and patted his hand. Tim nodded with appreciation from hearing this. He saw the door open and saw Scootaloo coming down with Spike.

“Hey Uncle Tim. Hey mom,” Scootaloo said.

“Hey Scoots,” Tim waved.

“Hello, sweetie. Hello Spike,” Twilight said.

“Jason started cooking and wanted us to tell you two to come up,” Spike said. “Also, uh…you guys wouldn’t happen to have any open slots for a new partner?” Spike asked Tim.

“…Jason! We got a new member to the family!” Tim shouted.

“I swear to God, we are not pulling a Bruce!” Jason shouted back.

“Just to piss him off, you can join us,” Tim told Spike, Spike cheered and grinned proudly.

From the doorway, Tim caught sight of Strongheart peeking in and staring at him. When their eyes met, she eeped and ran off down the hall.

“Uh…okay.” Tim scratched his neck and chuckled a bit. “Let’s head upstairs and eat.”

In the kitchen, Jason looked at Strongheart as she was blushing heavily at the table. Jason saw her and walked over to her and patted her shoulder. She looked up at him and sighed softly.

“Thanks, I still have some nerves to work out.” Strongheart giggled nervously.

“Been there. Just know this.” Jason leaned down and stared deep into her eyes. “You hurt him, or force him to do something he doesn’t want to do, I will hunt you down and go through every single form of torture I know with you until you’re left as nothing more than a broken husk of your former self.” Strongheart felt her blood run cold and her body frozen from fear. Tim and the others came up and Strongheart took this chance to be as close to Tim as possible and hide from Jason.

“What’s for dinner? Wait…when the heck did you cook?!” Tim asked.

“Since always, now shut up,” Jason said as he cooked some spaghetti and buttered toast with a salad.

Jason put down the plates as he sat down next to Twilight. Scootaloo sat next to Tim and Strongheart sat on his other side.

“What kind of adventures did you have with my dad?” Scootaloo asked Tim with a look of wonder in her eyes.

“Hmm…” Tim hummed to himself as he scratched his chin. “There was this one time where me and your dad were sent to deal with a villain called Killer Croc, a meta-human that is half man half crocodile, but all time dangerous. We followed him into a sewer and he suddenly just burst out of the water, snapping his jaws at us looking to have us for dinner! Jason fired his pistols at Croc but his scales were too thick.”

“Also because I was using rubber bullets,” Jason muttered.

“Killer Croc lunged at Jason but Jason quickly threw a smoke bomb into Croc’s mouth, making him gag and cough from the smoke,” Tim continued. “It was at that moment that me and Jason kicked Croc back into the water and I used my staff to electrocute him! Zap! Then we were able to cuff him and send him away to Arkham Asylum.” Tim finished his retelling of one of their stories. Scootaloo had stars in her eyes as she listened to every single word intently.

“That is sooo awesome!” Scootaloo cheered.

“A giant crocodile man? No wonder you all were able to beat the alpha,” Avril said while kissing Jason’s cheek.

“Technically, it was me who beat him,” Jason said smugly.

“Yeah yeah, zip it. If your head gets any bigger, your helmet won’t fit you anymore.” Tim chuckled. Jason playfully kicked him and Tim kicked back, the two having a kicking contest under the table.

“Boys, behave yourselves.” Avril giggled as she playfully slapped their arms but the two continued to act like children, even laughing a bit. Strongheart giggled as she watched Tim mess with his brother, having not seen this side of him before.

“You seem more carefree than when we first met,” Strongheart told Tim.

“How did you two meet?” Spike asked her, this made Jason stop as he was also curious how Tim ended up in Appaloosa.

“After we were caught in the blast of Lex’s portal we were all sent to different places of this world,” Tim said. “I ended up in some ditch in the middle of nowhere and I walked for hours searching for some form of civilization. That’s when I came across Appaloosa, but then I saw it was under attack by Diamond Dogs. Even if this wasn’t my world I still had a duty to protect people. I rushed towards the town and started to fight them off along with the local townsfolk and buffalo warriors. It was at that time where I was saved by Strongheart after a large Diamond Dog pinned me down. After that, I stayed there helping fend off raids and attacks from the Dogs. And the rest, well, you all know.”

“I had never seen such a warrior before, he moved with such ease it was as if he was dancing with the wind,” Strongheart said, a light shade of red on her cheeks.

“You were great as well, I still remember how you broke a Diamond Dog’s leg with just one kick and sent another through a wall,” Tim complimented her. Jason grinned a bit as he could tell the two had a little thing going between them.

“That is so cool!” Spike said. “Think you guys could teach me?”

“Sure. But you won’t be Robin,” Tim told him.

“Unless you wanna fight Damian to the death for it. That’s the only way you will earn that title,” Jason warned.

“I-I think I’m good! But maybe…the Nightstalker?” Spike suggested his own hero name.

“Hmm…the Drake?” Tim grinned as Jason groaned and cringed.

"Dear God, no." Jason groaned.

"It's a good name!" Tim argued

“I thought it was a good idea,” Spike huffed.

“Your last name is fucking Drake! Why did you think that would be a good idea?” Jason deadpanned.

“Drake is a type of bird, ok?” Tim crossed his arms.

“It’s also your last name! You don’t think people will put two and two together?” Jason argued.

“I…S-Shut up, Dead Hood!” The two bickered like children and started kicking each other again until Avril stood up and grabbed both of their arms. Avril then growled a little as she tighten her grip on their arms.

“Ow ow ow ow ow ow!” The two yelped in pain.

“You two gonna behave?” Avril warned.

“Y-Yes ma’am/Honey…”

“Good.” Avril let them both go and the two grumbled and glared at each other. Scootaloo and Spike both laughed as they found their sibling dynamic amusing. Jason and Tim glared at each other more, until they slowly started to smile and then laugh.

“Still the same butthole,” Tim joked.

“Still the same smartmouth,” Jason said back as the two kept eating. They knew, all of them, that they needed to get to business soon. But for now? Now they just wanted to lighten up, just a little.