Where in the World is Cassandra Cain?

I really love the new Batgirl series. I like how it's a fresher look on the character. I do feel, however, that the one-panel explanation for why Cassandra isn't the one under the mask doesn't do the character justice.

The problem for me is that Cassandra says that she was fighting for Batman. They've spent all this time building up the fact that she wanted to be Bruce's successor, and now that he's dead she suddenly decides that it isn't what she wants at all. I can understand if she's just in shock (which might be interesting if they have her come back and try to take Batgirl over again), but it was just too abrupt.

And where did she go?

Fanfiction!

Confession: I am a comic fanfic junkie. It is possibly the most underestimated of writing, but I love it and therefore I'm devoting this post to the best fanfic I've found.

Authors:

The-Lady-Isis writes possibly the best Batman/Wonder Woman fanfiction I have found. It is genuinely very good, and coming from someone skeptical of the whole BMWW thing, that means a lot.

Two fantastic authors of Batman-Superman friendship fics are KCS (who writes excellent under-300 word ficlets), Paxwolf (only three stories so far--Shift and Downshift are my favorites).

Dunyazade also writes fabulous Batman-Superman fanfiction (can you tell I have a thing for that?). But she also has some really good Dick grayson-centric fics. However, I would avoid the M-rated one. It will warp your mind.

Best Stories:

Staring and Screaming: Batman's worst nightmare, brought to life by Doctor Destiny

Knightfall: no correlation to the comic-book "Knightfall", but this is definetely a must-read. It almost made me cry.

Understand: very good. A conversation between Batman and Flash.

Homestead: Its' supposed to be Superman-centric, but the part on Batman is just awesome.

Kansas Roads, World Domination, and YOU!: It's just funny.

Read, and I'm sure all of these authors would appreciate a review.