Knight Rising

Prologue

Prologue:

It's funny how looking back at my life I realize everything I have done. I have destroyed, killed, and fought. I have lied, cheated, and even stolen. I had become someone else entirely.

Sometimes I wonder how my life would've been if my parents were still alive. Would I still be this same girl? No, I wouldn't. Everything would have been different. I would have been something else. A doctor perhaps? No, probably a teacher or something soft like that.

Most people in my shoes would've said that their life had been taken from them. In a way, that's true. I don't get the same chances others get. Instead I have different ones. Every choice I make won't only affect me, but also the city. Hell it will affect the world.

If I walked down the street, people would think that I was normal. Most would probably not even notice me, too busy with their own lives to notice anyone else. A few might glance at me. For the most part, I appeared to be normal. If they took time to see me they would notice the bruises and the scars on my skin. They would chalk it up to be an abusive relationship. That's a half truth. They wouldn't be able to handle the actual truth.

Sacrifices are made every day. When I took up the mask, I gave everything up. I couldn't get married. I couldn't have children. I couldn't be normal.

He had warned me about this. For years he had hidden this from me, not wanting me to have to make this choice. He didn't understand that I never had a choice. Gotham needed me. The world needed me.

 I am the dark of the night. I move in the shadows. Slowly, I am taking back my city one villain at a time. I am Batgirl.

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A bit vague, I know. I sort of enjoy this though. I'm excited for this story.  

This gorgeous cover on the side is by ominous_ I couldn't have asked for something more beautiful than this! Above and beyond what I had expected her to make