A/N: well, I had some free time in my day so I decided to write another chapter, and I promise, from this point on it will get more interesting, hope you enjoy.
Legacy of the Alicorn's: chapter 8: tour around town
After having a rather peaceful and comfortable sleep, Rising Star was awoken by the sun shining right through the window and into his eyes, he groaned as he opened his eyes and say up, looking around the room, he smiled as he remembered being here instead of at the prison cell, he openly stretched and sighed with relief as some of his stiff joints popped and cracked.
After climbing out of bed, he walked into the bathroom, and combed his mane, and took a brief shower, and brushed his teeth, he smiled as he opened the door and went down the stairs, as he walked, a pleasant smell filled his nostrils, he quickly followed it into the kitchen, where he saw Twilight pulling out a few plates, "oh, good morning Twilight" he said calmly, unfortunately she wasn't expecting it, and jumped sending the dishes flying into the air, Rising Star reacted and caught all of the dishes with his magic, and stacked them on the counter, Twilight chuckled nervously as he helped her up.
"Oh sorry about that, you just startled me, good morning, Spike made some hay pancakes if you want some?" she asked pointing over to a heaping pile of them, Rising Star smiled kindly, "mmm, they do smell great, thank you" he said as they both settled down to have a pleasant breakfast, much to Rising Star's surprise, they were very good, and he helped himself to a large portion, and they spent the time chatting and going over where they would go.
After finishing breakfast and washing the dishes, Twilight got her stuff together, as well as Rising Star, and she turned to him, "well, I suppose we can head to Applejack's farm, you would not believe how good her apples are" she said as they headed for the door, Rising Star smiled and chuckled, "sounds good to me, lead the way" he said gesturing with his hoof, she smiled and happily trotted past him.
(Later…)
After chatting and making their way across the town square, and to the outskirts, they quickly found themselves walking along a dirt path, flanked on both sides with large apple trees, Rising Star was greatly admiring the scenery as they walked under and arch and walked into a clearing in the tree's where they saw a large farm house, and a red barn with the front wall slowly being pulled up, by a group of construction workers, as they walked up they saw a familiar orange coated mare standing beside a taller red coated stallion, they appeared to be watching the construction.
Twilight smiled as they walked up, "hey Applejack, what's going on here?" she asked, Applejack turned and walked over to her smiling, "oh, howdy Twilight, howdy Rising Star, I guess I got caught up in all this alicorn stuff, I forgot to mention, we're replacing the wall of the barn, turns out the structure was moldy and weak, and some other stuff like that" she said as they turned and saw Applebloom and her friends running around the barn, laughing and playing.
Applejack groaned as she walked up to them, "Applebloom! What did I tell you and your friends about messing around in a construction site, it's dangerous, if ya'll want to play, go back to your little clubhouse" she said as she turned and walked away, they all whined in disappointment, "come on Applejack, you know were trying to get our cutie marks, were helping examining the building, CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS BUILDING INSPECTORS!" they all shouted as they started looking around the building, Applejack groaned as she walked back to the others, "anyway as I was saying, we've got plans to eventually renovate the barn completely…" she went on as they walked around, but before they turned around, Rising Star heard some of the ropes creaking and the construction workers shouting out, "catch the ropes! Don't let it fall!" one of the shouted, he turned around completely and watched as they struggled to hold the ropes, his eyes widened as the rest of the ropes snapped, and the wall began to fall backward.
He watched in fear as the three young fillies were still running around, they stopped and looked up in fear as the wall fell, they cried out in fear and they all turned around, "Applebloom!" Applejack shouted out as she broke into a run, but Rising Star beat her to it, and took off into the air, and swooped down, catching the fillies and putting them on his back, Twilight and the others watched in amazement as he took a deep breath and his horn glowed brightly, they watched in shock as the entire wall was enveloped in bluish aura.
They all watched as he closed his eyes tighter, and his horn glowed brighter, then much to their surprise, the wall stopped falling and stayed in place, they shifted their gaze from Rising Star to the falling wall, and watched as the wall slowly began to life back up, all of the ponies around even the construction workers stared in awe, as the wall was lifted up completely straight, the other on the ground immediately went to brace it up, then turned to see Rising Star breathe in slowly and his horn stopped glowing as he floated down to them, they all ran up as the fillies hoped off his back, Applejack ran up and immediately embraced her younger sister, followed by Big Mac, "Applebloom! Are you okay?" she asked in a panic.
Applebloom nodded and hugged her back, "yeah, we all are, thanks to him" she said turning and looking at Rising Star who merely smiled and wiped the sweat from his forehead, Applejack let her sister go and stood up and smiled, "that was the greatest I've ever seen, you saved my sister's life, how can I ever repay you?" she asked, Rising Star smiled and shook his head, "there's no need for that, I did what needed to be done, nothing more" he said with a smile, Applejack smiled back as they lead Applebloom into the house, sure to give her a big lecture and punishment.
The other two fillies exchanged goodbyes and thanked him, before heading home themselves, he smiled and turned to Twilight who was still completely shocked at the event, "how…how did you do that, that was amazing, that wall had to weigh at least a ton, no pony I know could have done that alone" she said, he smiled at her, "well, as I said yesterday, Alicorn's have a natural gift for magic, it runs through our veins, if you would like, I can show you the things I was taught, and show you how to use real alicorn magic?" he said, Twilight didn't need to asked twice, she quickly nodded her head, and they both smiled as they made their way back to town.
(Later that day…)
After finishing up the tour of the town, and visiting all her friends, Twilight asked if Rising Star would be willing to teach her few things, and he was more than happy to accept, and they packed up a small dinner and went to the outskirts of town, to one of Twilight's favorite spots, where you could see the sun setting over the hills, as they set up, Twilight stood and waited as Rising Star began their lesson.
"okay, first things first, as I'm sure you've studied, alicorn's have a natural talent for magic, they are able to learn spells faster than any unicorn, there have been a few very gifted unicorns such as Star Swirl the Bearded, but even he could not hail in comparison to the alicorn elders" he said as he paced in front of her.
"Back in my time, I was chosen to be what was called a 'Keeper', it was their duty to study and preserve our way of life, and uncover new forms of magic, unfortunately many of the Keepers were killed in the purge, but I was one of the few who survived the attack on our school, but I learned many things while there, normally it takes years of training and study to master an alicorn's true power, and when they are at their peak, it is said that they can calm the fury of the largest storm with their magic" he said as Twilight waited patiently.
"an alicorn's true power, doesn't come from their horn, it comes from the soul, when an alicorn draws from their heart, mind and soul, they are said to be almost invincible, only then can you become a real alicorn, over the centuries alicorn's have studied all forms of magic, even the dark arts, but only the most disciplined can control all these forms, after that you can do amazing things, such as this" he said as he took a deep breath, and his horn glowed.
Twilight waited for something to happen, but then she started to feel a low rumbling, she turned and saw the tree enveloped in his blue aura, she watched as the tree was lifted up from the ground, the roots and everything, Rising Star breathed calm and slow as he lifted the tree, and slowly placed it back after a few seconds, Twilight watched in shock, as it was placed in the ground, and the ground swallowed it up, and the cracks healed themselves, to make it look like nothing had happened, Twilight turned to Rising Star and watched as he slowly exhaled and opened his eyes.
"That was amazing!" she said in shock, he smiled and shook his head, "now you try" he said gesturing to the tree, she looked at him and then to the tree, her smile fell into a frown and she backed away nervously, "I…I don't think I can?" she said unsure of herself, he kindly walked up beside her, "you're a very talented magician, you have skills greater than you know, just remember, draw from the heart, the mind and the soul, that is where true power lies" he said with a comforting smile.
She smiled at him and nodded, and faced the tree, getting in the proper stance; she forced her eyes shut, she started straining as her horn glowed and the tree was enveloped in her purple aura, her horn started to glow brighter, as a few cracks started to appear, Rising Star watched patiently, but the more Twilight strained herself, the more tired she got, and then she felt she couldn't go any further, and she collapsed and her horn stopped glowing, sweat ran down her forehead.
She slowly stood up and groaned, "why can't I do this?" she said in frustration, Rising Star walked up to her, and placed a hoof on her shoulder, "it's because your still thinking with the mindset of a unicorn, you must abandon those ideas, and embrace your new form, I never got it the first try, I trained for many years, it takes time, but always remember this, true power comes from inside, you'll get it, in time" he said with a kindly smiled, she sighed and smiled back at him, slowly her eyes wondered to the horizon, and she gasped, "oh I love this, the sun's setting perfectly, come on" she says as she rushes under the tree and leans up against it, Rising Star quickly follows.
As they both leaned against the truck, they watched as the sun slowly made its decent, Twilight sighed happily, "this is my favorite part about being here, everything's so peaceful, this is the type of place I've always wanted to live in, to settle down and start a family" she said with a dreamy tone, he chuckled at her ideas, she looked up at him and smiled, "tell me Rising Star, have you ever had a marefriend?" she asked, he looked at her confused, but he smiled and chuckled, "yes I did, a long time ago, we grew up together, and that friendship turned into love, we promised we would be together forever, but…" he hesitated the last part, she looked up at him concerned.
"What happened?" she asked, he looked away for a minute, and then turned back to the setting sun, "Bloodmane's purge happened, during the attack at our school, I lost her, she died in the attack, I did what I could, but I had no choice but to flee into the forest with my parents, and I regret it every second" he said as the slightest tear slipped down his cheek, she looked away sadly, "I…I'm sorry" she said, he turned to her and smiled, "but it's all in the past, I have no choice but to move on, but enough about me, what about you, have you ever had a coltfriend?" he asked with intrigue.
Twilight blushed as the conversation switched to her, "well…no, I mean there have been stallion's I liked, but I've never actually been in a romantic relationship with somepony" she said looking away nervously; he chuckled to himself, "really? That's surprising; I thought a beautiful mare like you would always be turning heads" he said and they both chuckled, "well, I was always caught up with my studies, and never really had the time, but now, I think that they would fear that I'm a Princess, and that my guards would seriously hurt them" she said and they both laughed.
They stopped and looked at the sunset, before he turned to her, "well, despite that you're a Princess, I still think you are a very talented and beautiful mare, Twilight Sparkle" he said in a kind tone, she blushed heavily and looked at him, "you really think so?" she asked with a blush, they were both facing each other now, they both smiled, "indeed…I do" he said as they both fell silent, as he got lost in her purple eyes, they unknowingly found themselves leaning closer, until their lips were a mere few inches apart, they both closed their eyes as their lips collided in a light kiss, a blush appearing on both of their faces.
They stayed like that for a few seconds and parted, they both opened their eyes, both of them still blushing, Rising Star immediately felt a pang of guilt, and looked away, "I…I shouldn't have done that" he said as he stood up, and began to walk away, Twilight stood up and took a few steps towards him and raised her hoof, "Rising Star, wait" she said and he stopped, but did not turn to face her, "I shouldn't have done that, I mean, you're a Princess, and compared to you, I'm nothing more than a commoner, I'm sorry" he said slightly turning to face her.
Twilight shook her head, "no, don't think like that, true I may be a Princess, but your no commoner, you're a very kind, caring, and brave pony, and that's what I like about you, even for your young age your very wise and knowledgeable, I may not be able to know the pain you felt when you lost your family, but maybe that's just it, I think you're afraid of making friends, because you fear you'll lose them, but you're here with us now, were your friends now, we'll always be there for you" she said in an honest tone, he stood still for a moment, and then sighed and turned to her.
"maybe your right, but I don't think I'm right for you, we should head home, it's getting dark" he said as he picked up the basket, and started heading back to town, Twilight watched him go with sadness in her eyes, she looked down as a single tear slipped down her cheek, and fell to the ground, she quickly wiped her eyes and picked up the remainder of stuff, and walked after him.
A/N: well there you have it, like I said it was going to get more interesting, hope you all enjoyed and see you next time.
