A/N: well, since I have updated a lot for this specific story line, I have decided to upload a few more, and then shift my focus to another story, as to give this one a break, and allow myself to finish making the story, hope you enjoy this chapter, there may be one more after it.

Rise of the Alicorn's: chapter 2: questions and answers

After boarding he train, the whistle screeched loudly and the train pushed forward, it would be a long ride to Canterlot, Rising Star knew that Emerald would have many questions, and they purchased their own private seats, while his friends got their own, as they rode a long, Rising Star spent the time telling emerald, that she had been gone for over a thousand years, just like the others, surprisingly, she took it better than he thought she would, many of the ones he and twilight found, had freaked out, but she remained rather calm.

"So you're saying…that I've been gone for a thousand years, but how is that possible?" she asked, Rising Star nodded, "did you use the time freeze spell?" he asked, she simply nodded, "then I'm afraid it's true, my awakening, somehow triggered others, we weren't the only ones to have this idea, and now they are returning" he said with a smile, she looked out the window at the passing landscape, "it doesn't feel like a thousand years, my family…must be long dead by now" she said with a sad look in her eyes, Rising Star could understand her pain.

"I know how you feel, I watched as Bloodmane himself, slaughtered my parents, and then he came for me, I did what we were taught at the school, I used the time freeze spell to escape, but Bloodmane was caught in it, and we both ended up here" he said looking away momentarily, before turning to her, "what about you, what do you remember?" he asked, she looked at him confused, but she looked down for a moment, "I…don't remember much, Bloodmane's forces came to our house in the middle of the night, they demanded we come out, my father went out to stall them, he was a very skilled fighter, but he died, my mother took me and my sister away, into the forest, we tried to escape, but…I can't remember after that" she said as she leaned back, the faintest hint of tears in her eyes, Rising Star could tell it saddened her greatly.

He slowly leaned back against his seat, "well, you're safe now; those thugs must have been part of his army, we all need to learn to be careful, as the weeks have gone by, they've been interrupting our searches, more and more" he said with a calm look on his face.

Emerald turned and looked out the window again, "what happens now…to me, I mean" she said looking towards him, Rising Star smiled a little bit, "Princess Celestia has tasked me with finding lost alicorn's and bringing them to the castle, there you can catch up on all the events you've missed, as well as find a place to live and a job, and carry out your life as you see fit, our kind must stick together, especially with this growing threat" he said, she looked at him and nodded, before shifting her gaze to the passing landscape once again.

(Canterlot, train station)

After chatting for a little longer, the train whistle cried out, signaling that the train was nearing its stop, they patiently waited as the train came to a slow, and eventually, a full stop, as they stood up, Rising Star and Emerald, made their way to the platform, where they met up with the others, before they continued on, Rising Star turned to emerald, "you might want to put you hood on, there might be some of those thugs here as well, even canterlot isn't safe at times" he said, she nodded and pulled her hood up, and they quickly made their way into the city, and towards the castle.

(Canterlot castle, outer wall)

As they left the busy part of the city, they made their way to the castle exterior, where they walked up to the towering castle walls, they noticed the bridge was up, as they came closer a voice from the top of the wall, "halt! Who goes there?" the guard yelled from the top, Rising Star looked up, "it's alright, it's just us, were here to see Princess Celestia, we just got back from our mission!" he yelled up, the guard nodded and walked away, they waited and a few seconds later, the drawbridge began to lower, after it was done, they walked into the courtyard.

As they walked through, they saw a familiar white unicorn walking up to them, "Rising Star, glad to see you returned safe from your mission, I can tell it was a success" he said looking at Emerald, Rising Star stepped to the side, "Shining Armor, may I introduce you to emerald, we brought to speak with Celestia" he said, Shining Armor smiled and nodded, "of course, follow me" he said as they made their way into the castle, as they walked, Rising Star went up to Shining Armor, "so, where's Twilight, is she still busy?" he asked, Shining turned to him and smiled, "she's in a meeting with Celestia and Luna, they're all in the throne room" he said as they made their way inside.

(Canterlot castle, throne room)

"but sister, we have no reason to believe that this is a liable threat" Luna argued as she sister paced back and forth, Celestia sighed and turned to her, "Luna, the Grand Galloping Gala, is in a few days, we need to be cautious, I'm not cancelling the party, all I'm saying is that we heighten the security, more of them appear every day, they are disrupting Twilight and Rising Star's missions more frequently" she said turning to Twilight who had been pretty much listening the entire time, she hated not being able to go with Rising Star on the latest mission, but she was forced to stay here and discuss the recent threats they had been receiving, from the unknown faction.

Their arguing finally came to an end when the door to the throne room, opened up and in walked Rising Star, Shining Armor, and the rest of their friends, followed by an unknown pony, they all turned and smiled, "we shall speak about this later" Celestia said to Luna, as they walked up, but Twilight seemed the most happy to see them, "Rising Star!" she said happily as she ran to him, and threw her hooves around his neck, and gave him a quick kiss on the lips, "I'm glad your back safe" she said as they rubbed their horns together affectionately.

After greeting each other, Rising Star turned to Emerald, "everypony, May I introduce Emerald, this is my marefriend Princess Twilight, Princess Celestia and her younger sister Luna, and this is Shining Armor, Prince of the Crystal Empire" he said pointing to each of them, Emerald gave a slight bow, as Celestia walked up and smiled, "it's very nice to meet you, I'm sure you must be tired and hungry, as well as having many questions, please follow us" she said as she and Luna walked to the door, Emerald looked at Rising Star, he simply nodded and she followed after them, leaving the eight of them alone.

Twilight turned and smiled at Rising Star, "so, how was Baltimare, did you run into any trouble?" she asked, Rising Star wrapped his hoof around her, and sadly nodded, "unfortunately yes, two of Bloodmane's soldiers caught her before we did, but I managed to fight them off" he said with a proud smile, as they all made their way out of the room, Twilight chuckled at his bragging, "great, looks like those fighting classes with Shining Armor paid off" she said glancing and winking at her older brother, as they continued walking, rising star felt the growing need to ask Twilight something, "so, what was that meeting about?" he asked, Twilight sighed and walked in front of him, "I'll tell you later, anyway, what time are you girls leaving?" Twilight asked looking over to her friends; Rarity was the first to speak up.

"well, I believe our train leaves later today, I need to finish up our new dress's for the Gala, I've got to make them perfect" she said as she walked away, Twilight just looked at the others and shrugged, and they made their way down the hall.

(Later that day…)

After having fun with their friends for the remainder of the day, Twilight and Rising Star went with their friends to the train station, where they all exchanged goodbyes, "are you sure you girls can't stay, at least for dinner" Twilight said as they all hugged, Applejack chuckled, "unfortunately no, we got to get home and do our own thing, Rarity's got to finish our dress's, but we'll be back a day before the Gala, and we can all have a girl's night out" she said with a wink, Rising Star groaned as they all climbed on, Twilight and Rising Star waved goodbye, as the train slowly pulled out of the station.

(Later that night…)

After returning to the castle and eating dinner with the other Princess's, Twilight and Rising Star returned to their room, now that they had been a couple for a few months, they had been allowed to share a room, which they were more than happy to accept, as Rising Star set the alarm for tomorrow, Twilight walked out of the bathroom, after brushing her teeth.

Rising Star smiled and walked over to her, "so, what was that meeting you had about?" he asked again, Twilight frowned slightly, "well…we've been receiving threats from Bloodmane's followers, Luna believes that it's false, but Celestia fears that they might try to attack during the Gala, things are getting worse aren't they?" she said turning away sadly, Rising Star went over to comfort her, stepping beside her, "hey, it's going to be okay, I'm sure we can think of a way, I'm sure Shining Armor will increase the security" he said, despite her worries, she turned and hugged Rising Star tightly, he embraced her back, and soothes her by brushing down her mane.

"hey, listen to me, as long as were together, we can handle anything, because we're a team, you and me, right?" he asked, she turned and looked at him, and smiled, "right" she said before kissing him passionately, they stayed like that for a few minutes, before breaking away.

Twilight smiled slyly as she rubbed her hoof on his chest, "you know Rising Star, we have the rest of the days off, and then we can enjoy ourselves at the Gala, it's said to be one of the most romantic things to do, in all of the kingdom, what should we do?" she asked, he smiled and turned to her, "I can think of a few things" he said as he kissed her again, Twilight smiled and leaned into it, he always knew how to comfort her.

They broke away and looked at the clock, they both sighed sadly at how late it was, "well, we should probably get some sleep, we need to help with the final preparations for the Gala, it's certainly going to be a very fun night" she said the last part slowly, Rising Star smiled widely at the thought, as they both got into bed, and closed their eyes, descending into a deep sleep.

A/N: well that's all I got for now, there may be on more chapter, or two, all I can say is we'll see, hope you enjoyed and stay tuned, peace out.