Chapter Two: Changing Tides

It wasn't that I wanted to change sides. I don't know how my world returned from Looney World to Reality. My life had changed dramatically once again. I was the best psychiatrist in Arkham Asylum and I gave it all away for a man who didn't even love me. I was just a simple pawn for his game and I was a fool for believing it would bring me closer to him. I loved my job and my status but I didn't count on falling for the Joker…but I did.

Harleen strolled towards the window looking out into the bright backyard. She never thought in a million years that she would be living with Bruce Wayne. The richest man in the city had given her a chance to get her life back. Harleen had to change. If it wasn't for Batman she'd been dead. Batman saved her then later she found out it was Bruce Wayne behind the mask. Harleen gave a smile at the sun. This was going to be a great day.

The new heroin changed her set of pajamas and into casual wear. Her bright blue t-shirt fitted her perfect and her black jeans were tight and comfortable. She walked down the endless of stairs that the Wayne mansion had. Each day she would run up and down the stairs every morning and night. Bruce had told her that not to use the stairs as a gym but she did it anyways. She would always give him her cute puppy face and it was enough to let her off the hook.

At times Harleen never stopped being well Harley.

The blond girl stopped at the sight of Bruce as he read a book alone. The thought always bothered her on why he saved her. Why would he risk his time on saving a criminal who tried to kill him several times?

"Bruce, can I tell you something?" Harleen came up to him and sat down on the chair's arm rest. The young man looked up. In his eyes she saw that he had his attention. It's been two years that she changed her ways and was his new sidekick.

"What's on your mind?"

"Why did you save me?" She struggled with her own words. She never made any sense on why. No matter how many times he had to remind her she never understood.

"I'm not a cold person Harleen. I don't treat my teammates like animals. When I saw you on the rooftop trying to live I knew I had to do something. I saved you and I don't regret it. You were once an ally and a good person. You tried to make others understand why people such as the Joker went down the path of evil." Harleen made a face at the Joker's name. "My only question to you is why did she try to kill you? You two were good friends and she helped you when the Joker tried to kill you on several occasions." Harleen looked away. She didn't want to remember that day.

Flashback

Harley Quinn jumped from building to building holding a bad of pheromones that Ivy had asked for her to get. She lured birdbrain and the bat into her own trap which gave her the chance to escape from them. She jumped on the last building were her nice car was waiting for her with her symbol shining from the moon light. The villainess gave one good look at her goods making sure she had what she needed when she heard footsteps slowly creeping behind her.

"Oh you scared me! Wait what are you doing here?" Harley Quinn asked as she turned around.

"I've been around thought you needed a hand."

"Ivy I told you I could do it!" Harley made an annoyed childish face. She was not a child and hated how Ivy sometimes treated her like one. Harley gazed into her best friend's eyes and noticed something different in them.

"What's wrong?" Harley took a step forward then felt a sharp pain in her chest. Her hand went to the source of the pain when she pulled her hand out and let the moonlight light up her hand she saw blood. Ivy had a handgun pointing straight at her. Another bang came from the end of the gun and hit Harley's shoulder. Everything went black in matter of seconds. She felt her body hit the rooftop. Ivy had shot her.

"Ivy…" Harley whispered.

End Flashback

"Harleen… Did you two had a fight before that happened?" Bruce asked. He had set his book down on the coffee table. The girl shook her head. She wasn't sure why Ivy had tried to kill her. Maybe Ivy was fed up with her and couldn't handle it no more and decided to take her down. Either way being betrayed by your best friend was enough for Harley to switch. Villains don't have friends' just enemies.

XXX

Harleen Quinzel was back into society as the Psychiatrist in Arkham Asylum. She missed her job and it gave her the sense that she was helping again. The feeling of doing something good was even better than she had imagined. Today was her day off and it going great. She was enjoying the sunbathing next to the pool, the Wayne mansion was empty since Bruce never had a day off from work and Alfred had gone for some errands.

Her hands glided up and down her body as she poured sun block on her evenly tanned body. She had changed into a bikini that had her colors which were red and black. She thought again about Poison Ivy and it brought her memories that made her doubt her friendship with the girl.

"What did I do?" She asked out loud. She felt a small amount of anger creeping around her body. The sensation reminded her of the Joker when he got her mad. He would always whisper in her ear telling her things that weren't true then holding her in place making her stare at herself as she watched him smiling behind. Each time she showed some sense of her anger he would pull on her pig tales which would be too rough and caused her face to be slammed to the ground. He never liked to see her show any other emotion only the ones that he allowed.

"What did I DO!" She let her anger get over her. The bottle of sun block went flying into the pool. Her upper body was standing straight, her legs on both sides of the chair, and her arm reaching out in the direction of where the bottle went. Her chest was going up and down violently. She was tired of the emotional and physical abuse that she was put through by the Joker. Who knows if Poison Ivy did the same? No, Ivy was never abusive towards her and she knew it. So why would Harleen going to lie and say that Ivy did abuse her. When the once Harley Quinn looked back into the memories that she stored with Ivy and she had to be honest Ivy was not abusive.

Ivy was Ivy. She was a sweet, gentle, and honest woman that she loved. Harleen never thought that she would have such feelings for her best friend. So when Poison Ivy shot her it brought her to doubt everything that she felt for the friend that she thought was a friend. Were all the times they lived in the Riddler's apartment and shared deep intimate conversations fake? Did all the times they said that they were friends in the cruel world a lie? What was real in that friendship or relationship?

Why can't she get all those questions out of her mind? Why can't I fucking get the thoughts out of my fucking head! Why the hell is this happening to me! The unstopping thoughts were causing her to shake with tears and sobs. "Why did this happen to me?" Once the tears came out they didn't stop. Maybe it's best that Ivy left and never returned. Harleen didn't want to see her again. It was best that she stayed where she was at. After the sobbing was over she fell back into the chair. "It's a good thing that I changed. I can't go back and I won't. I will take down all of them."

Okays I am sorry that I haven't been updating this fic. I'm sorry once again. I hope you enjoy this story and I will update this story as soon as I can. I'm signing off. (: