Berlin, Imperial Palace, 1906

"This is outrageous!” The Kaiser yelled out, tearing the piece of paper in half and throwing them to the side. "What does that Edward think he is!? My son is missing, so as my prized ships and he has the audacity to speak to me of the unfortunates of life!?!"

"With all due respect, my Kaiser, there is a possibility that a-" Bernhard tried reasoning the Kaiser, but the Kaiser interrupted him before he could say more.

"No storm could've sunk those ships! None!" The Kaiser continues on, pacing back and forth, his cane angrily smacking the wooden floor of the office.

"Even if it did, the SMS Deutschland wouldn't just, turned up missing exactly where they disappeared!"

Wilhelm was right, only a truly terrible storm could've sunk the two ships, and also does not explain the disappearance of the Deutschland. Still, he was making a big mistake, and if Bernhard could not quell his Kaiser's rage. Germany, and possibly all of Europe could be dragged into a devastating war.

"We still can't be sure if it was the British-"

"NO! I refuse to let that scheming Brit's lies be!" Wilhelm made his way to his desk, grabbing a piece of paper and grasping a pen, he sat on the finely made chair and began writing his will. "If those fools on that damned island want war, then I will give them war!!"

Bernhard gulped, witnessing the Kaiser make the biggest mistake he could ever make.

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Equestria, Canterlot, 1002

If one were to ask Wilhelm what he thought was the most prestigious and beautiful of all the capitals in Europe, he would reply with Berlin. Not only does it reign supreme as one of the biggest capitals in Europe, it also serves as the seat of power for the most powerful Empire in all of the known world.

From Fredrick the Great, all the way till his father. Berlin had become something of a symbol to Germany, a symbol of triumph and pride for the Kaiserreich and her people.

Yet, when he gazes upon the ancient city, he cannot help but be enraptured in its beauty and its absolutely ingenious emplacement. Canterlot is built upon the side of a mountain, the only ways in were the steep and narrow roadway leading into it, which opens to a wide field. With the modern ingenuity of the Kaiserreich and add that with the walls already protecting the city proper, it could easily become an impenetrable fortress capable of withstanding any siege that is thrown against it.

As Wilhelm and his troop moved closer to the city walls, he could see that the walls itself shone brightly against the rising sun. Further cementing the city's eternal beauty.

"Mein Gott." His captain muttered in amazement, absolutely stunned with the scale of its walls and towers.

"If you've already been enraptured by its walls, just wait until you get in the city proper." Twilight giggle onto her hoof, watching in pride and amusement as the humans before her were amazed at the mere sight of Canterlot's walls.

With that, the bewildered Prince and his band of royal guards made their way towards the gate, wonder and excitement bubbling within them never before felt since childhood.

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Celestia will admit, when she first received the letter, she didn't expect its first words to be 'made contact with alien species'. for a millennium she had seen all sorts of species, participated in all types of cultures, some more interesting then the last. So by the time she had settled down and founded Canterlot, Celestia thought she had seen it all.

But due to recent events, and confirmation that life indeed exists somewhere in the universe. Life it seemed, was not done with showing the Alicorn all it had to offer.

Luna, her younger sister and co-ruler of Equestria turned to her, worry etched within her expression. When they first heard of Twilight's report, Luna had been suspicious of these newcomers of another world. Memories of Chrysalis and her invasion was still fresh within her mind, and had advised Celestia to be cautious with these newcomers.

In truth, the Princess of light knew to be cautious, she did not yet know of their true intentions, and there's a high possibility that this so called Prince and his lost fleet of ships have come to Equestria with less than savory intentions. Last time she let her guard down, she had been subsequently defeated and Equestria almost conquered if it weren't for the mane six.

Still, she could not simply ignore a plea for help, whether they have good or bad intentions, as benevolent ruler of Equestria, it was her duty to help those within her realm, alien or otherwise.

"Sister, are you certain in inviting these 'humans' into the royal palace itself?" Luna asked, scepticism and concern laced within her voice.

Celestia sighed, "Luna, I can't just simply ignore their cries for help. Besides, what if they're genuine about their problem?"

"They might be just good liars." Luna countered.

"That may be so-" Celestia looked beyond the huge doors leading out of the throne room, "-but that does not mean I cannot ignore it entirely."

Luna, seeing her older sister's resolute expression, nods in understanding, then returns to her side as before, facing the door and patiently awaits the newcomers.

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When he went on a trip across all of Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm had seen many a castles, palaces, and cities that the Kaiserreich possess. Most of them, were a thing of beauty, an example of Germany's superior engineering and architecture.

But when he walked through the streets of Canterlot, he saw for himself the architecture and culture of these strange ponies for himself.

For one, they were far more different than the modern architecture the Prince were more used to. Unlike the simple and sturdy structures he had come to know, it had seemed the ponies of this world had gone for a more colorful and medieval like structures, the buildings took on a seemingly odd whitish grey and purple like paint scheme.

but atop all this unique infrastructure, rising higher than the rest. Lies their destination.

It stood higher than the rest of city, its towers spiraling so high it might as well be touching the heavens itself. The Palace of Canterlot stood like the shining beacon that it is, showing to all who truly ruled these lands.

For the first time in all his years of living. The Crown Prince developed jealousy for another Monarch's palace.

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His jealousy only grew when they had entered and passed through the palace gates. Even the palace gardens nearly overshadows those in Berlin, many well trimmed plants and bushes dots the gardens, every plant in here were as beautiful as was how strange they were to the Crown Prince. If the botanists from back home could see the sight that the Crown Prince bears witness to, they'd all have a field day cataloguing each and everyone of these.

After the gardens, came the interior, to the surprise of the Crown Prince, it was what one would usually see in any palace. Well made paintings dotting the walls here and there, relics and other things that a monarch would want to display for all to see.

Though it wasn't those that caught the eyes of the Germans. Their attention were focused on the guards.

From what he has seen during the trip here, it seemed that this Equestria was at least kind of on par with the other nations of earth. They at least had a railway network connecting all across the nation, allowing Wilhelm, his men and the mane six (He was well aware of the pun, he just didn't want to show it out of respect.) to swiftly cross from the peninsula to Canterlot in a day.

Yet for reasons that escaped him, it looks as though the guards themselves had come from Ancient Greece. They wore armor similar to that of a Greek hoplite, crested helmet and armor alike.

Their weaponry even reflects their medieval like appearance, a xiphos sword strapped to a scabbard on their side and a spear as their main armament.

If this was the best that Equestria had to offer in terms of military power. If they were to ever enter earth's world stage, they'd be picked off like vultures by the other European powers.

His captain had the same thought as well, as he leaned in to the Crown Prince, taking care to speak in their native language so as to not be understood.

"These guards look as though they had just come from antiquity." The Captain glanced at the Equestrian Royal Guards a second time, sort've in disbelief. It's another to be in an alien world filled with magic and talking ponies, but it is an entirely different manner to see said ponies be wielding and wearing the arms and armor of armies from earth's antiquity.

"They have a railway network, so clearly they are at least on par with our industry, yet they still use armor and spears like the medieval ages." The Crown Prince said, agreeing with the captain's observation.

"Maybe they're not as advanced as we thought, my Prince."

"We can't be sure of that, Hauptmann." The Crown Prince turned to the mane six, leading the way to meet with this Princess. "We have not seen what this world really has to offer yet."

The Captain nodded, trusting in his Prince's judgement.

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Out of all the Mane six, Applejack had been the most suspicious of these Germans.

"Ya'll think that this human Germane 'noble' would come here with his fancy ships for no reason?" She voiced out, during the train ride to Canterlot.

"Applejack, if they were here with any ill intentions, why just bring two ships? One of them is a yacht for Celestia's sake." Rainbow Dash countered.

"It could be likely just a scouting party. To get a feel for their future foe." Twilight attested to Applejack's point, also suspicious but severely less so then Applejack.

"If it was a scouting party, why involve their Crown Prince? The heir to this 'German Empire' that these strange folks come from?" Rainbow Dash refuted, not believing the theory one bit.

"I,-i second Dash's opinion." Fluttershy, the shyest of the mane six, spoke up, much to the surprise of everypony present.

"What makes you think that, Fluttershy?" Twilight questioned, curious as to the shy pony's opinion of the humans.

"W-well, you all heard of what they did back in that village, right?" The ponies nodded, Dash especially, she was the first of the six to witness it first hand after all.

"Well, if they did have any, less than kind intentions, they wouldn't have gone out of their way to let themselves get hurt like that to protect strangers they barely know." Fluttershy frowned, the graves of the Germans who lost their lives pops into her mind, remembering the sadness in the human's expressions.

"Fluttershy is right, heck, even the Prince himself got hurt protecting the ponies of that town." Dash said, further adding more evidence to the good intentions of the Germans.

Applejack looked back at the Germans, despite displaying their good intentions, seeing them whisper in their strange language had made her even more suspicious of them. Who knows what they're planning, or why they are here, for all she knew, they could be conquerors seeking a nation such as Equestria to invade.

Then again, maybe they were also here by mistake, after all, like Dash said it wouldn't make sense to send your heir to a scouting missions, they could've just send a diplomat instead.

For now, she'd keep an eye on him, only time will truly tell of their intentions. She just hopes that she is wrong.

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After a considerable amount of time navigating the halls of the Canterlot Palace, Wilhelm and his guard arrived in front of a large double door, two guards on either side stood guard, deterring any possible intruders.

Twilight approached the duo, and with a swift nod, the guards push open the door, allowing the mane six and Wilhelm and his Troop to enter the throne room within.

The sight the Prince was first greeted with was a pair of horses, they were biggest of all the other ponies Wilhelm had seen so far. The tallest of the pair sported a skin tone as white as ceramic, with their mane being that the color of the rainbow itself, the other, being the shortest of the two, has a skin akin to that of midnight, and indeed even her mane was like that of the stars in a clear night sky. Like Twilight they sported a horn on their foreheads but longer.

As he and his troop got closer to the duo monarchs, he could start feeling a strange aura surround he and his men, it was the first time he ever felt it, and it seemed to get more intense as he approached the two monarchs, the closest the Crown Prince would describe this feeling would be a sense of awe, an aura of beauty and grace, like one would feel when meeting something like God himself.

When Twilight reached about ten meters from the thrones, she reared back her front hooves and leaned her head close to the ground, in an almost bowing like gesture. The rest of her pony friends followed suit, with only Wilhelm and his men, remaining where they were.

"Twilight, my student." The white Monarch exclaimed, a hint of happiness laced in her voice. "I am glad you have returned safely."

Twilight rises from her position, a smile on her face as she meets eyes with the Monarch. "Likewise Princess Celestia." Twilight then raises a hoof towards the Crown Prince and his entourage, the former slightly bowing his head in respect to a fellow Monarch.

"My Princess" The young Alicorn began, "I present to you the Crown Prince of a foreign land known as Germany. Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern."

The Monarch laid her gaze on Wilhelm and his troop, and that aura from before begins to flare ever brighter, almost consuming the Prince with it's light. Fortunately for the Prince, he regained his composure and bowed his head lower in greeting.

"It is an honor to meet you, Princess Celestia, I have heard many things about you." The Crown Prince greeted.

"Likewise, Crown Prince." The Monarch responded "I am Princess Celestia-" she then gestures towards the other Monarch on her side "-and this is my sister, Princess Luna."

The Crown Prince turned to the Co-Monarch, noting how shorter she was to her fellow sister. Said sister turned to him in turn, giving him a smile of her own.

"So, Crown Prince Wilhelm." The White Monarch began "Let us start with how you got here."

Author's Note

haven't been posting for awhile, busy hanging out with the lads and other more important stuff, like school, to which has now started, so I'm probably not gonna be posting a lot for awhile, so hope u enjoy.