A/N: hey guys, it's been awhile since I wrote a chapter for this story, so I decided to get to it, and well…here's the next chapter, hope you all enjoy.

Legacy of the Alicorn's: chapter 3: captured

The young alicorn walked quickly through the forest, not sure of his destination, all he knew was that he was headed towards the structure off in the distance; he hoped he was getting close, as he was getting weaker by the second.

As he walked, his head started hurting at certain points, causing him to fall down and garb his head, trying to stop the pain, memories began flashing through his mind, as it all started coming back to him, "Rising Star, get out of here, go, run! Whatever you hear, don't stop, keep running" he heard a male voice echo in his head, he knew who's voice it was, it was the voice of his father, right before he was killed.

The visions and memories passed through his mind, tears began spilling from his eyes, as the memory replayed in his head, he remembered running through the forest with his parents, them telling him to run, their dying screams, the ominous black coated figure standing over him, and bright flashing light, and then nothing, it all went black.

He cried out as he leaned up against a tree, tears running down his cheeks, he wiped them away and placed a hoof on his chest, trying to slow his breathing, he could feel his heart violently pounding against his chest, after taking a few minutes to calm himself, he pushed himself up, his hooves shaking, he steadied himself, and slowly started walking in the same direction again, his hooves becoming weaker each step.

Finally after a few more minutes of walking through the dense forest, he pushed through a large bush and looked around, he found himself inside a very large clearing in the forest, he scanned the clearing, and spotted the same structure he was looking for, a very tall building with a courtyard surrounded by a large wooden fence, with what appeared to be guard towers, he guessed it was some sort of militaristic structure, he had rather hoped to find a town, but this would probably be the closest piece of civilization he would find for another few miles, and he was pretty sure he would be able to make it much farther, due to his aching hooves, growling stomach, and dry throat.

He quickly started making his way towards the structure, hoping to find some help.

(Royal Guard outpost 22)

A young royal guard pony walked along the wall of the base, as part of his normal patrol route, his duty was to watch and warn of any signs of danger, not anything ever happened, aside from the occasional Timber wolf pack that would come near the base.

The many ponies who were assigned to this outpost, felt it to be the worst position, everything was always so dull and boring, very little action occurred, being stuck on a base in the middle of the Everfree Forest, always felt boring, half the time he didn't even know why he bothered, he never saw anything out of the ordinary, it was always the same, trees and plants, that was…until today.

As he walked along the wall, he glanced off into the distance, to the edge of the clearing, sometimes he would see Timber wolves stalking along the tree line, as is trying to find a way to get in, as he glanced off into the distance again, everything seemed to be as it was, quiet and boring, but as he glanced a third time, something caught his eye in the tree line.

He turned and narrowed his eyes, but it didn't help much, he quickly grabbed the binoculars that he had at his side, and brought it up to his eye's and looked through it, he watched the same area, as a young pony came walking out of the tree line and stood near the tree's for a second, he continued watching as the strange pony looked over at the structure, stood staring for a few seconds and started walking over slowly, he appeared to have a unicorn's horn, but as the guard continued to study him, he saw two bulges at his sides, under his cloak, from what he could tell, they appeared to be…the outline of a pair of wings.

He lowered the binoculars, a shocked looked on his face, he turned around and looked at the other guards pony, "um Lieutenant?" he asked, the other pony turned and looked up at him, "yes, what is it Private?" he asked, the Private looked back, and then glanced at the Lieutenant, "I caught something interesting, I think you should take a look" he said, the Lieutenant sighed and started making his way up the nearest ramp.

"Alright Private, what's so exciting?" he asked as he walked up to the Private, who just gave him the binoculars, and pointed in the direction, the Lieutenant took the binoculars and looked where he was pointing, his eyes rested on the stranger, slowly making his way towards the base, the Lieutenant lowered them, "hmm, there's never any ponies out this far, we're in the middle of the forest" he said raising the binoculars again, the Private cleared his throat, "that's not the only weird thing sir, he has a unicorn's horn…and what appears to be wings as well" he said, the Lieutenant turned to him, "what makes you say that?" he asked, the Private rubbed his head, "look at his sides, there's a bulge on each side, and the outline looks like wings" he said, the Lieutenant gave him a confused look, and then looked back through the binoculars, he looked at the pony's sides and saw what the Private was talking about, his eyes widened as he lowered them, "that's not possible…" he said with surprise, he thought for a minute before giving the Private his binoculars, "get a squad ready, let's go meet our new arrival" he said, as he walked back down the ramp, the Private quickly followed.

(Meanwhile…)

As Rising Star made his way closer to the building, he watched as the front gate opened, and a large number of ponies came running out, he gave a sigh of relief, as he thought they were here to save him, but as they got closer he saw that they were carrying spears, and they didn't seem too happy.

He stopped in place and waited for them to come to him, when they did, they broke off and ran around him, and closed behind him, forming a circle, and forcibly pointing their spears at him, "what is this?" he asked confused, but none of them answered, he turned and saw another pony walk through the circle, he had a uniform on, with a medal on it, Rising Star eyed him suspiciously, "what is the meaning of this, I demand to know what is going on, I've done nothing wrong" he said, the Lieutenant looked him over, walking up to him, he lifted Rising Star's cloak, and a shocked look appeared on his face, he put the cloak down and looked up at his horn, and then turned to him, "you are aware that this is a restricted area?" he asked, Rising Star looked around, "no I didn't, this is the middle of the forest, why would it be restricted?" he asked, the Lieutenant stared at him for a minute, "normally we would just turn you around, but in your case, it's different, the call is out of our hooves, we will need orders from the Princess's, you are a particularly interesting case, you'll need to come with us" he said as he began walking away, the soldiers gave a rough push, and Rising Star started walking with them, he had no idea what was going on, or what would happen to him, but he knew he could only wait for answer's.

A/N: I apologize for taking such a long time with this one, but I just finished my session of summer school, so I will be free to do as much writing as possible, so you can all expect some more chapters for my stories in the coming weeks, thanks for being so patient, peace.