Return to Gotham

Chapter 3

Summary: Set two years after Worlds Collide. Hermione and the Joker are back in Gotham. Hermione has discovered that she loves the power she feels when she uses her magic. So now with the Joker's psychotic mind and Hermione's powerful magic the two make a dangerous duo. What will happen in Gotham this time?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.

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When Hermione stepped into the door of the small bar the memories came back to her:

The bar was the first place the Joker had taken her since they had been to England. The Joker wanted it to be a surprise so he didn't tell her where he was taking her. When they got to the bar and went in Hermione looked around. She had never been in a bar like this. All the other bars she had been in in Gotham with her uncle were classy, country club type bars. The Joker looked down and saw her studying the place. He leaned down and whispered to her.

"Listen, I've never really done this before so if you want to go some where else we can. I know Bruce Wayne was your uncle so you're probably used to fancier places than this."

"No let's stay, I like it."

"Really, you don't have to lie we can go some where else."

"No, I'm not lying I really do like it."

"Okay, so do you want to play pool or something?"

"Umm…I don't know how to play pool."

"Oh, we're going to have to do something about that."

Hermione just smiled and laughed.

They walked over to the pool table and the Joker picked out a pool stick for him and one for Hermione. He put chalk on both and handed one to her. He got the pool table ready for them to play.

"Okay, I'll break."

"That's where you take the white ball and hit it toward the other balls to scatter them right?"

"Right."

"Okay just making sure."

The Joker broke and then he grabbed Hermione's wrist gently pulling her closer to the table.

"You're going to hold you're stick like this, and lean down to the table." He said holding the stick like he was about to shoot.

Hermione did the same as he did. "Like this?"

"Exactly; now hit the white ball toward the ball where you have the cleanest hit to get it into one of the pockets."

Hermione leaned down and hit the white ball. The ball jumped the table and rolled across the floor. Hermione looked up at the Joker.

"Maybe this isn't the best game for me."

"No, no you're just hitting it to hard." He said going to get the ball. He came back up to the table and set the ball in about the same place it had been.

"Now get ready to shoot again." The Joker told her.

Hermione leaned down and positioned her pool stick like she had before. The Joker came up and put an arm around either side of her and then gripped her hands to help her shoot.

"Just bring it back a couple of times to build up a little strength." He put emphasis on the word little. "Then just hit it about that hard." He said helping her make the shot. One of the striped balls fell into one of the pockets.

She looked back and smiled at the Joker pleased.

"You think you got it?"

"I think so."

"Okay, but I'll go easy on you."

"You better." She said pushing him playfully.

The started to play and the more they played the more Hermione got the hang of it. They played three games and the Joker won all of them but Hermione was getting better.

Now Hermione had played pool various times and was some competition for the Joker. They walked over and started preparing a table to play.

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So here's Chapter 3. Basically just some memories but I hope you like it. Please Review!!!

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