The Magic of Friendship, Love, and Guns

NIGHTTIME NO POV

Night covered the peaceful land of Equestria as Princess Luna looked across the kingdom of Equestria, she wore a beautiful and elegant dark blue dress that was cut down by the sides to show off her thigh thighs, the dress also captured her luscious curves

"Ok, time to help Jason." She said to herself as she used her magic to enter the dream realm, she looked around to see all the ponies have wonderful dreams, but she was focused on finding Jason's dream. She kept searching and searching, but nothing "Where could it be?" She asked out loud, last time his door practically screamed "here I am" yet nothing.

The reason for this was that Jason had some mutual friends of his cast a spell on his helmet that blocks out anything or anyone from messing with his mind, but it didn't stop his nightmares, or more accurately his past. He tossed and turned as he heard the sound of mad laughter, a crowbar hitting hard against flesh, the loud hissing sound of someone getting branded, and the cries of himself. He quickly sat up and panted, looking around as he realized that he was still here in this new world, he shook his head

"Damnit." He sighed as he quietly got out of bed and headed downstairs. He used the night vision in his helmet to look around the library, searching for books that might help him get back home. He grabbed a book on ancient relics and spells "Bingo." He sat down at the desk, grabbed some paper and a quilt, and started writing down everything that might help him. As he wrote down things that are his best bet to help him he started thinking back on his life, mostly on how he and Batman faced off one last time, how much Jason hated Batman for not only leaving and replacing him, but for letting the Joker live after everything he's done. Jason took off his helmet and looked down at it, able to see his reflection in the helmet, seeing the J that was branded on him ".... You all never truly trusted me... I could tell...." He said softly, even though he had some good memories of them, he knew that they don't see him as a part of the family. He shook his head and put his helmet back on, continuing to write.

Luna looked around to see if she can find him but couldn't

"How can this be?" She asked no pony as she kept searching, she eventually had to give up and go help other ponies with their nightmares. Hours have past and Luna will have left the dream realm and back to the real world. She kept thinking as to why she couldn't see Jason's dream "Was he awake all night? Why? Was it... Because he didn't want me to see it?" She shook her head and went to the bathroom to get ready for today. She took off her dress, revealing a large set of soft breasts under a blue bra and a dark blue thong that was wedged in between her large and soft ass. She took off her bra and thong, turning on the water as she stepped Inside, sighing softly. Her long flowing mane that looked like the night sky itself, soon grabbing some soap and scrubbing her body. As she did she started thinking about Jason and what she saw in his memory, seeing how much pain he was in, and the horror of that mad man "Jason.... What happened to you?" She wondered as she continued to wash herself. Later she stepped out and got dressed, heading out of her room and towards the dinning room to get some breakfast.

Celestia was already there eating breakfast, she looked up and was surprised to see Luna up

"Lulu? What are you doing up?" Celestia asked her

"I... I plan on going to Ponyvile and speak with Jason." Luna told her, a cook setting a plate of pancakes down for Luna "I tried to find his dream but it wasn't there, and trust me he would have stood out the most." She explained

"Couldn't find his dream? That does sound strange." Celestia mumbled to herself "Very well, sister." Celestia smiled "But do try to discover why you couldn't see his dream, it sounds very important."

"Of course, Sister. I want to help him anyway I can." Luna said as they both continued eating. Later on Luna stepped out into the courtyard and entered a chariot with two Bat-ponies. She entered it and the Bat-ponies then lifted it up and flew off into the air, heading towards Ponyvile.

Meanwhile Twilight was starting to wake up, she yawned and sat up. Rubbing her eyes as she got out of bed and headed to Jason's room. She knocked on the door but no answer

"Red Hood?" She asked as she opened the door, seeing that the room was empty. She mentally panicked until she heard his voice

"What?" Red Hood asked as he was still at the desk writing things down. Twilight looked at him and sighed in relief but was curious as to what he was doing. She walked over to see a stack of books on one side and a stack of papers on the other

"Uh... What are you doing?" Twilight asked

"I was reading some books to see if there was anything that might help me get back home. I took down notes on everything that might help and crossed out the ones that weren't useful, like they were forever gone, would awaken some evil being, stuff like that." Red Hood explained as he put the quilt down. Twilight looked at him with shock

"That's... That's actually very smart, and.... Well thought-out." Twilight said, honestly surprised that Red Hood was this focus.

"Of course it is, I got some brains in here." He said as he stood up and grabbed the papers

"Wait, how long have you been at this?" Twilight asked as she looked over all the books

"Most of the night.... All night." Red Hood shrugged, sitting down at a nearby couch and going over the notes, looking at one about an ancient gem in a lost temple that holds great magical powers

"All night?!" Twilight gasped

"Yeah." Red Hood bluntly said "Well most of the night, like 3 hours of sleep and I was good to go." Red Hood shrugged again, not seeing it as a big deal. Twilight was still shocked at how determined and dedicated he was to this, then again anyone would be if they wanted to get back home. She shook her head

"We'll I'm going to make breakfast, uh.... Do... Do humans eat pancakes?" Twilight asked, not wanting to make something if he can't eat it or if it's poison to him

"Yeah, but you don't have to. I'm fine." Red Hood said. Twilight smiled softly to see that he has some manners. She went upstairs to the kitchen and started cooking. Spike soon woke up and yawned as he headed to the kitchen, rubbing his eye

"Morning, Twi." Spike yawned as stretched

"Morning Spike." Twilight smiled

"Hey Red." Spike waved at Red Hood

"Yo." Red Hood said but he didn't turn to face Spike

"What are you doing?" Spike asked as he walked over to the Anti-Hero

"Checking all the artifacts or Magic stuff that might help me get back home." Red Hood explained. Spike looked over at the notes and the books, very surprised by this

"Whoa. You must've stayed up all night to read all those." Spike said as he went to out the books back

"Well, not all night. I did get three hours of rest." Red Shrugged, again, not seeing it as a big deal

"Wait, why only three hours? Isn't that unhealthy?" Spike asked, a bit concerned for Red's well being

"I was trained to be.... Different." Red Slightly explained, not wanting them to know that he is one of the most skilled fighters/killers in the world

"What do you mean by 'different' exactly?" Twilight asked, eyeing him

"Different. Leave it at that." Red Hood them out the papers down and got up, looking for a book on maps "Bingo." He said as he grabbed a book and opened it up, using his helmet to remember it and form a world map of his own within his helmet. He quickly flipped through the pages and then closed the book.

"What you looking at?" Twilight asked, going back to put the pancakes on three plates for them

"I just look through all the maps and turned them into a world map so that I'll know my way around." Red Hood said proudly

"Wait, what? How? No pony could do that so fast." Spike said, surprised by this

"I got a lot of tricks, amigo." Red Hood smirked as he put the book back where he got it from

"That is so cool." Spike said, smiling. Loving the thought of having not only a being from another world but also a superhero!

"Well, breakfast is ready." Twilight said

"Like I said, you didn't really have to." Red Hood said, he didn't really like anyone here but he didn't want to be some freeloader or anything

"It's no problem at all, wait... Have you really eaten anything while here?" Twilight asked, a little concerned

"A box of donuts I think.... Two days ago? That's about it." Red said as turned up to her

"Wait, two days ago?! You haven't eaten since then?!" Twilight shouted "A-Are humans just... Able to do that normally?" She asked

"No, not really. But I'm used to it." Red shrugged "So calm down, will ya." He said

"Wait, what do you by that?" Twilight asked softly, wondering what he meant by when he said he's use to not eating every day

"Don't worry about it." Red said, mentally cursing himself for just blurting that out. He and Spike went upstairs and sat down at the table, Red Hood lifted up his helmet a bit so that he could eat. Twilight looked at her and wondered how did he look like, Spike was curious as well but he was too focused on eating pancakes at the moment. As they ate Twilight noticed something as she looked at Red Hood, seeing something on his cheek when he lifted his helmet up to eat

"What's that?" Twilight asked as she went to touch the thing on his cheek. Red Hood quickly backed away and stared at her

"None of your business." He said sternly, quickly eating the last pancake, he got up and put his helmet down, going wash his plate. Twilight pulled her hand back as he did this, but this only raised more questions as to who he really is and how he looked like. Soon a knock was heard at the door

"That must be Lyra." Twilight said as she finished eating and went to wash her plate

"Shouldn't you change or something?" Spike asked, pointing at the way she's dressed. Twilight blushed slightly and nodded

"I'll be back, Spike could you get the door?" Twilight asked as she went to her room and grabbed some clothes before heading to the bathroom. Spike nodded and went to get the door, opening it to reveal a very excited Lyra standing outside

"Uh... Come in?" Spike slowly said, in a flash Lyra ran in and stared at Red Hood who was now sitting on the couch

"Oh my Celestia! You're really real!" Lyra screamed excitedly as she bounced with joy

".... Yeah...." Red slowly said as he eyed her

"C-Can you show me your hand?" Lyra asked, getting up closer to him

"Uh.... Sure..." Red Hood slowly took off his clove and showed it to Lyra, she then grabbed his hand and pulled it close. Examining his fingers

"Whoa! Just like a ponies, but your skin isn't as colorful. Are all humans like this?" She asked, holding her hand against his, seeing how his hand was bigger, rougher yet gentle against hers

"Not really, there are other people of color." Red Hood explained, letting the weird pony girl do this

"How tall are you?" Lyra asked, still examining his hand and fingers

"I'm 6'2, last time I checked." Red Hood explained, he was certainly bigger than all of them, except for the Princesses

"Oooh, you're really tall. Ok ok, uh, you mentioned that humans are more technology advance than us. Can you give me examples, please?" Lyra asked, letting go of his hand. Red Hood put his clove back on

"Well, humans have build ships to travel through the stars, have been to other planets, have laser guns, time travel, space stations." Red Hood Explained, it was technically true since he knows of people that did build these things. Lyra's jaw dropped as her eyes went wide

"Time travel?! Space stations?! Lasers?! Whoa, humans are so awesome!" Lyra smiled happily "Can I please see your face?" She begged

"No." Red Hood bluntly said

"Please?" Lyra begged again

"No." Red Hood crossed his arms, this went on for about 20 minutes when Twilight then came out, she dried her mane, showing that she had just taken a shower. She saw Lyra sulking as Red Hood kept his arms crossed

"Hey Lyra, are you ok?" Twilight asked Lyra

"I want to see his face, but he won't let me." Lyra admitted

"Never gonna happen." Red Hood said

"Fine... Then c-can..." Lyra blushed heavily "Can I-i touch... Your muscles...?" She asked shyly. This made Red Hood tilt his head and raise an eyebrow, why did she want to touch his muscles? He sighed and held up his biceps for her

"Go ahead." He begrudgingly said. Lyra perked up and touched his muscular arm, blushing heavily

"Sweet Celestia, you are ripped!" Lyra said "You could crush and apple with this, heck, maybe even a watermelon!" She said, still feeling his muscles

"Crushed bigger things, but thanks." Red Hood smirked with pride "You can stop now." He said, but she kept feeling his muscles, lost in them "Ok ok." He slowly pulled his arm back, snapping Lyra out of her dream state making her blush

"Sorry." She said "Ok ok, how did you get here?" Lyra asked. This also got Twilight's and Spike's attention as they were also curious, they stepped closer to hear the reason

"I was stopping someone from robbing a bank with... Someone I know, me and him stopped them and saved some hostages, but the leader of the crew that was robbing the bank had a device that, apparently, can send someone or something to another universe. My partner was about to get hit, but I quickly jumped in front of him. Taking the full force of the blast, next thing I knew I woke up here." Red Hood explained, a little heartbroken that he wasn't back home. Twilight, Spike, and Lyra gasped when they heard this

"Oh... I-i'm so sorry, I didn't know..." Lyra apologize

"Don't be, I'd Glady do it again if it meant I save someone." He said, and he meant this. He would do anything to protect people, especially... His family. Twilight and Spike looked at him with sadness, they couldn't stand the idea of being ripped from your home and being sent to a whole new world, away from your friends and loved ones. This made Twilight see Red Hood a bit more different, and when he said that he'll Glady do it again to save someone it made her smile

"He may actually be a good pony." She thought

"That is amazing, you really are a superhero." Spike smiled, admiring Red Hood's bravery and good heart.

"Thanks. Now then, anything else, Lyra?" Red Hood asked her

"Oh, what are other humans like?" Lyra asked curiously

"Well.... I can't really speak for all of humanity, but we have our fair share of bad people. But we still have good people in my world, so humans are ok I guess." Red Hood shrugged, he couldn't just tell them how truly cruel humanity can really be, and there are good people in his world.

"Oh, okay. I guess that makes sense, we also have some bad ponies here." Lyra said "I think that's all, thank you so much!" Lyra smiled happily as she went to hug him, which Red Hood flipped over to avoid

"No hugging." Red Hood said. Lyra pouted a bit but nodded, waving to Twilight and going to leave. Twilight and Spike waved goodbye to her, Lyra opened the door and was greeted by Princess Luna and two Bat-ponies by her side

"Princess L-Luna." Lyra quickly bowed to her

"Hello, my little pony." Luna smiled at her, Lyra smiled nervously and quickly walked off as Luna walked inside. Twilight and Spike bowed to her, but Red Hood just crossed his arms

"Yo." Red Hood said as he looked at Luna

"Hello, Jason." Luna smiled at him

"Call me Red Hood." Red said, not liking the fact that she knows his name. Luna frowned slightly but nodded

"Very well, Red Hood." Luna said, a bit of sadness in her voice

"What brings you here, Princess Luna?" Twilight asked, getting back up from bowing. Luna walked up to Red Hood and looked down at him

"Did... Did you stay up all night?" Luna asked him

"No, but I bet you want to know why you couldn't enter my mind. Am I right?" Red Hood smirked, making Luna gasp slightly but slowly nodded. He wasn't completely sure if she could enter minds whenever she pleased, but judging from her reaction she probably could. He thanked Bruce for teaching him some detective skills

"Yes, I've never encountered anypony who's dream I could not enter. Tell me, how does thou keep me out?" Luna asked

"Wouldn't you like to know, sweetheart." Red Hood cupped her chin and then laughed softly, walking back and sitting down on the couch. Luna blushed when he cupped her chin and got close to him, she quickly shook her head and stared down at him

"Tell me how thou keeps me thy from entering you." She said, Red Hood chuckled

"Entering me? My my, didn't know the Princess of the Night was so kinky~" Red Hood teased her, making Luna blushed heavily as he said that. Red Hood laughed more "Hahaha! Oh, man, but no, I'm not telling you how." He answered

"Please, I only wish to help." Luna said, still blushing slightly, Red Hood scoffed and rolled his eyes

"I didn't help then, I don't need help now." He told her, slowly getting more pissed off. Why the Hell does she want to help? He didn't know the answer. Luna sighed softly

"Then thou should go out into Ponyvile, converse with others." Luna smiled kindly at him, Red Hood didn't know why, but he thought she had a very nice smile

"... Fine, I guess I can search for these things later." Red sighed as he folded his notes and put them in his jacket. Luna smiled at him, glad to see that he will try and explore her world.

"I'm happy to hear that." Luna smiled kindly "I'll be going then, and if you need anything, please, let me know." She said as she soon started walking out of the library/house and enter her carriage. The Bat-ponies soon taking off with Princess Luna. Red Hood got up and looked at Twilight

".... Can't we just say I went out?" Red Hood asked them

"We can't lie to her, She's the Princess." Twilight said, shocked that he would even consider this

"You say that as if I care?" Red Hood said "Plus, Moonbutt entered my head. So i see no problem to lie to her."

"Show some respect to her." Twilight told him. Red Hood laughed at her

"Aw, you care about her. Must be nice, but I don't give a shit." Red shrugged "Besides, I'm not afraid of her, or Sunbutt, or you, or anyone here. I've faced things that your little mind couldn't even comprehend." He explained. His thoughts immediately going towards the Joker and all the crimes he committed. Twilight sighed and grabbed his arm

"We are going." Twilight said as she started walking.... But wasn't going anywhere as Red Hood didn't even budge, she grunted as she tried to pull his arm "Come on." She grunted, pulling at his arm

"Are... Are you even trying?" Red Hood asked, watching Twilight fail at dragging him

"Y-yes!" Twilight said. Red Hood sighed Heavily and shook his head, walking towards the door

"Let's get this over with." He said, this time he dragged Twilight out. Twilight looked at him and smiled, then she blushed as she looked down as she was holding his biceps when she tried to pull him out

"Sweet Celestia, what is this?! A cannon ball?!" She thought as she touched his muscles through his jacket

"You can let go now." Red Hood said as he felt her touch him. Twilight yelped and pulled away, blushing slightly

"S-sorry. Ahem, L-lets go to Pinkie Pie." Twilight said. Spike looked at her and shrugged, then looking at Red Hood

"So tell me, what's it like being a superhero?" Spike asked, having the light of an excited child in his eyes. Red Hood looked down at him, smiling softly as he remembers that look in Spike's eyes from somewhere

"It's tough, but it is in no shortage of adventure. I remember when I helped save a bunch of kids from a crime family, and fought a giant undead zombie." Red Hood said as he saw Spike's face light up

"Whoa! A zombie? That's awesome!" Spike said

"Yeah, and he was definitely strong. He threw me so hard into a tree that it snapped. But I was able to beat him." Red said, telling one of his many stories as an Anti-Hero. As they walked Red Hood would tell some more of his adventures but leaving out many things like how he killed a lot of people, what the villains did to people, the pain, horrors, and other things that would make these ponies go in complete shock. Twilight then took Red Hood back to Sugar Cube Corner

"You did meet the others last night, but I feel like you should get to know them much better today, me and my friends are the elements of Harmony." Twilight said proudly

"Wait, I thought only Sunbutt could use them?" Red Hood asked

"Now that's a story I'll tell later." Twilight smiled

They walked inside and saw Pinkie Pie standing at the cash register wearing a blue apron and some baking batter on her face

"Hi Pinkie." Twilight greeted her good friend

"Hi Twilight. Hi Spike. Hi Red Hood." Pinkie smiled happily and waved at them, her body bouncing with joy seeing them. Twilight and Spike smiled and waved while Red Hood merely nodded at Pinkie. Pinkie Pie then hopped over to them "Did you enjoy the party last night, Mr. Red Hood?" She asked him

"I liked the shake." Red Hood said

"But did you enjoy the party?" Pinkie asked again

"I'm not much of a partying guy, but it's was... Something, that's for sure." Red said "So you work in a gingerbread house? Honestly that's not the weirdest job or place of work I've ever seen." He said. Pinkie giggled and snorted a bit, Red Hood then Chuckled softly as he heard that " Wait, why the Hell did i chuckle? I swear this place is gonna drive me insane." Red Hood thought to himself

"Anyways, we were just showing Red Hood around so that he can know all of us better." Twilight smiled "Pinkie is the Element of laughter." She said. Pinkie Pie smiled happily and then went cross-eyed and stuck her tounge out. This made Red Hood smile underneath his helmet

"What the Hell is wrong with me?!" He thought to himself, he looked at Pinkie's face and thought it was sort of cute. He mentally smacked himself for thinking this

"Are we friends now?" Pinkie Pie asked

"Look, you all seem.... Okay, but there is no point in getting to know each other better if I'm not planning to stick around for long. Besides, I'm not exactly friend material." Red said as he crossed his arms. Pinkie Pie pouted sadly

"You... Don't want to be our friend?" Pinkie asked sadly, Red groaned and rolled his eyes

"If it makes you stop making that face, then fine. Yes, we're friends or whatever." He sighed

"Yippee!" Pinkie Pie then had a big smile on her face as she went to hug him but only hugged air "Huh?" She looked around to see that Red jumped over behind her

"No hugging." Red Hood said as he then headed for the door "Okay, we saw her, I know what she does, let's go." He said as Twilight sighed and waved goodbye to Pinkie, heading out the door

"Okay then, next is Rarity. She's a clothing designer and a seamstress. She's works and lives at Carousel Boutique, and she's the Element of Generosity." Twilight said, Red Hood looked down to see Spike go into some love state or whatever and started to laugh a bit

"Oh my God, you're in love with her, hahaha!" Red Hood laughed, making Spike blush in embarrassment

"N-no I'm not!" Spike said as he blushed heavily in embarrassment

"Hahaha! That is too funny!" Red Hood laughed more, slowly starting to calm down "Oh damn, I really needed to laugh at something." He sai, calming down

Spike crossed his arms, still blushing as he grumbled under his breath. Twilight led Red Hood to a large, white and purple fancy looking building. She knocked on the door

"Coming!" An elegant voice said from Inside, after 5 minutes the door opened up and there stood Rarity. She wore a beautiful royal blue button up shirt, a dark purple cardigan, and white pants "Twilight, darling, so good to see you." She said, then she looked at Red Hood "O-oh, uh... H-Hello." She said akwardly to Red

"I don't like you, you don't like me. Let's just get this over with quick so I can find a way back home and you all will never have to hear or see me again." Red Hood told her "Even in a new world, people still hate me." He thought, thinking back to all the times Batman and the others had tried to arrest him. He waved to Rarity and started walking off

"H-Hey! Where are you going?" Twilight asked him as she grabbed his arm, even though it wouldn't do anything

"We said hi. We're done here, let's move on." Red Hood said as he stopped, not feeling like dragging Twilight.

"We can't just leave like that. Just go inside and take a look at Raritys work." Twilight said "Please?" She asked. Red Hood looked down at her and sighed heavily

"Damnit, fine. Let's get this over with." He said as he walked back to Rarity, she smiled softly and led them inside. Red Hood looked around to see many mannequins with some very nice clothing on them. From dresses and suits to jackets and hats.

"Wow, she would give even fashion designers back home a run for their money." Red Hood mumbled to himself as he didn't want them to hear

"As you can clearly see I am a fashion designer and also a seamstress." Rarity said as she led him around, pointing at all the clothes she made "If you'd like I can make something for you." She offered, wanting to try and be nice

"No thanks, I'm good." Red bluntly said

"But you can't just wear this forever." Rarity gestured to his outfit

"No, besides I'm not taking my helmet off." Red Hood as he looked at a red shirt with blue jeans, on the back of the shirt was a pair of wings.

"Well.... You don't have to take that off, but surely you'd like to wear something comfortable. Yes?" She asked as she saw him eyeing that particular piece of clothing

"I'm wearing something that can help protect me, so I am very much wearing something comfortable." Red said as he looked at her "You are very talented, but no."

Rarity sighed but then sniffed his jacket, reeling back

"Good Heavens, when was the last time you washed that thing?!" She asked as she pointed at his jacket

"Uh.... A few days... And I did land here in an alleyway..." Red Hood said as he looked down at his Jacket

"Give it here, I will wash it." Rarity said as she held out her hand

"Look, I don't-" Red Hood was about to say until Rarity cut him off by just taking the jacket off. When she did that they got a better look at the armor he wore underneath, and also the skin tight suit he wore underneath his armor. It clung tightly to his body and perfectly outlined his muscular build. Rarity found herself staring as she blushed slightly, looking at his ripped thighs, he strong calves, and his muscular arms and biceps

"Oh sweet Celestia, you can crush a watermelon with those guns!" Rarity thought as she then quickly shook her head, walking off, still Blushing heavily

"I-i will wash them! You can come back later!" She said as she headed up to her room to wash them

"Wait, do NOT touch anything you find inside that jacket! Trust me, you do NOT want to know what they do!" Red Hood shouted from downstairs as she left "Goddamnit." He said as he put his hands on his hip, turning to Twilight to see her blushing slightly as she looked at his arms and legs. He snapped his fingers in front of her to make her snap out of it

"O-oh, uh, S-sorry..." Twilight said as she looked away "L-lets go and meet Applejack. We can back later for your jacket."

".... Fine." Red said as he headed for the door, he was unaware of the jealous look he got from Spike. They all headed out the door and towards sweet apple acres.