This is my first attempt at a fanfic. It concentrates mostly on the animated series as well as the comics. I do not own any of the characters so don't sue me. Though if I did, maybe they would be together.

The Darkness and The Light

Prologue

I try not to look at her. Try not to reach out to her and let her beauty claim me as her victim. She looks at me and when I say nothing, quickly looks away. It takes all I have to remain unmoving, to not touch her, and say something, anything. But it can never be. She doesn't belong in my world no matter how many times I try to justify it. I belong to the night, to my demons, my pain and my vengeance. For she, she is the light and I, I am the darkness. It's where my I live, where I belong, where I have sentenced myself. I am the Dark Knight. As such, I cannot give in to the feelings tormenting me. The darkness would claim her as it has claimed me and I cannot allow it. I live among the shadows of my tortured life and she can not reside there with me. She deserves better than what I can offer. And so I turn away knowing she is not mine to have. Knowing she is the light in my world of darkness.

I can feel him behind me as if he wants to reach out, touch me or say something to me. I look at him, it costs me and see nothing, except the face I have come to dream about. The black mask, covering the identity only known to few. The white screens, covering his eyes, his jaw set and stubborn, devoid of any emotion. Where normally I would hold my chin high, regally and hold his gaze forcing him to break the contact, I find I cannot and look quickly to the ground. He makes me weak. And he is the one weakness I cannot afford. I want to bring him into the light with me, out from the shadows, out of the darkness where he abides if only for awhile. He makes no move and so I turn back staring out into the void of space as I hear his cape rustle around him as he leaves without a word. He is the darkness, the danger in my world of innocence, in my world of light.

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