Hey, guys, I'm back with a new story! I absolutely LOVED the new Batman movie and I've read a lot of great B-man FanFics on here so I was inspired to start my own! Okay, I'm kinda basing this off of the Dark Knight so there will be SOME scenes from the movie, but mainly, it's going to be my own story.

I do NOT own Batman or any related characters. My character, whom you will see in the next chapter, is all mine! This is like a journal entry kind of...thing so you can see what my character's opinions and such. XD I hope you like!

Prologue: Exit Light

Life in Gotham City wasn't necessarily bright and cheery or any walk in the park. No, it was the number one place where people were mugged, kidnapped, and killed everyday – which is why it was best to stay on your toes and not play it safe, but play it smart.

Gotham was the breeding grounds for criminals, most of them not too different from each other. None of them really had a problem destroying innocent lives, old or young. Whether it was night or day, you could never ensure your safety. That is, until there was a change.

There wasn't really anyone to look up to. Sure, the police did a good job cleaning up the city, but it never seemed to be enough. The hard-core crooks didn't fear the cops anymore; they had to be masterminds in order to figure their way in and out of situations. Absolutely no fear. Then, the knight in black armor appeared. After he came, no one would be caught dead in the streets. Who was he?

The one and only Batman.

Now Batman seemed to understand that the criminals were fearlessly tearing Gotham apart. So what did he do? He shared his fears with everyone else by becoming a giant bat. This tactic worked and the guy saved the entire town from losing their minds completely.

Enter the Joker. Brilliant mastermind with an I.Q. of 300. This guy thinks of everything before it even happens, like all he does is sit at a black board for 24 hours and plans every step he takes. He knows how people work and what their reactions will be to certain situations. Batman would have to live on the edge with this freak roaming the lonely streets of Gotham. He couldn't win this alone.

This is where I get in the picture. If Gotham thought the Joker and the Batman were the smartest guys out there (unless they were too freaked out to notice), they had another thing coming and it wasn't a man in tights.

Exit light. Enter knight. The Dark Knight. Enter my journey – my journey into the darkness.