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At the old Russian Embassy of Constantinople, the old staff had been recalled after war was declared but kept open communications with other embassies of neutral countries. The grounds are guarded around the clock by Klabautermann Romans and refuse to allow anyone but invited guests to enter. The embassies had reopen as diplomats were invited back for peace talks. But thanks to Sunset the peace talks are now has the Ottoman Empire having all the cards, being the only one with a fleet of Klabautermanns, besides the 7 American Klabautermanns. The city is full of agents from all over all trying to learn more about the Klabautermanns. (1)

Inside the United States embassy, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is informing president Wilson of the deal he made with Sunset in exchange for expanding the original deal. Nikola Tesla is now at the Russian embassy and is now the royal scientist, being promised the funding and resources that has been denied to him in the United States. From what Roosevelt managed to read from her, she’s nothing like the reports he had read about her from the people who actually met her. As she said, Anastasia Romanov died with her family, she’s just a copy Sunset Shimmer.

“She knows what she’s doing and can handle politics like a duck to water. I’m going to leaving with her and lead her army, the expanded deal is all there. In exchange for my services no matter what happens to me as long as I don’t break the deal, the United States will gain knowledge of magic while the other countries will be scrambling to learn, besides the Ottomans. Old Constitution and her family are going to be joining me in the campaign, it will give me time to learn how this whole Klabautermann thing works. A army unit of Harlem Hellfighters will be joining me on the campaign, at the princesses request,” Roosevelt said to the telegraph operator who sent the message.

“The princess wants the Harlem Hellfighters?” Samson the US ambassador asked.

“Yes she read about them and wants them. Saying that the soldiers of the embassy has gotten on her girls nerves,” Roosevelt said.

“Some of the men tried to get close to the women, and had to be reminded of how strong they are compared to them. Not that I can blame them. I have never seen such beautiful women who display their bodies like that before in public at least,” Samson said.

“If I was younger and unmarried, I would be trying my luck as well,” Roosevelt said.

“The Roman ones have really shaken things up around here. The way they behave is just being a whore with how they treat sex and open in how they have no problems in having sex with other women. They claim that in their day it’s common for men to take other men as lovers,” Samson said.

“Different times and culture,” Roosevelt said remembering the two Roman Klabautermanns of the two very comely women wearing very revealing silk clothes. They openly said that they hosted many wild orgies on them.

“You really think you can lead them?” Samson asks.

“This is once a lifetime opportunity and I’m nearing the end of mine. This old lion is going to have one last adventure,” Roosevelt said.

“Have you spoken to the American Klabautermanns about what they know about how they were summon?” Samson ask.

“I tried but they won’t speak of it. They said the deal needs to be completed first,” Roosevelt said.

“Agents from all over have been trying to get any of the Klabautermanns to talk, even kidnapping by Bolshevik agents. The Klabautermanns all quickly rush to where the kidnapping was happening and captured the 10 kidnappers. The princess used her magic to make them talk and made it very clear what would happen if anyone else tries to kidnap any of her loyal Klabautermanns. She had them all impaled spike poles, entering from their anus and coming out of their mouths, and 6 of them were still alive. They were then planted in front of the embassies of her relatives nations, saying that she would enjoy doing it personally to anyone who gives that order again. The sultan just let her as he doesn’t want that happening either. But we do now know that if one of them is in trouble, the other Klabautermanns will know. All of them won’t talk, can’t be charmed, bribe, or threaten, the Roman ones have pulled the arms or legs off of people. A slap to the face which would just leave a mark if she was a normal woman, took the head off of the man she did it to,” Samson said.

“Everyone is doing all that they can to learn about Klabautermann and magic. The church have all been all about it being the work of the devil and such, not that it’s going to stop the governments from learning all that they can. They’re sending people to talk to the Indian shamans to see what they know, seeing how Sunset sang and dance to perform the ritual. What was the song and dance was like?” Roosevelt ask.

“Like nothing, I have ever seen before. Watching it up in the sky is like watching a film being played, but with sound and color. She has single handedly cause a new genera of music to be created. People all over Europe have seen and heard her songs and are doing their best to copy it. She has inspired many people, and has surprised many who know her with her singing voice,” Samson said.

“She’s not the original she said it herself she’s a copy. I wonder what’s it’s like to know that you’re just a copy of someone else,” Roosevelt said.

“Many would like having another life after death. But she said that the one who knows is Baba Yaga and she has been spotted now and then in her flying ship but no one has been able to contact her,” Samson said.

“Isn’t she suppose to be in a house with legs?” Roosevelt ask.

“The princess said that she abandon that home long ago and switch to a flying ship. Said that it doesn’t shake with each foot step,” Samson said.

“Where has Baba Yaga been seen at?” Roosevelt ask.

“Her ship was last seen over Spain, the ship flys within clouds and only can be seen on clear days. The countries here have been trying to contact her with no such luck,” Samson said.

“Her relatives must be pulling out all the stops in finding the witch, from what, I have heard the embassies are pulling all the stops in winning her over,” Roosevelt said.

“You have no idea, I seen expensive gifts being given to the sultan as she doesn’t want them,” Samson said.

“Which of the Central Powers are closer to the princess?” Roosevelt ask.

“The ones still in the war is Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, she at least reading his letters, others she has them put in a pile and burn in public. Both Austria-Hungary and Germany are backing his efforts, if they are successful the war will go in their favor. The only weapons that are able to harm a Klabautermann is a weapon that can harm a warship, or setting them on fire. But unlike us, the Klabautermanns can be rebuild. The few Ottoman Klabautermanns that were killed came back after being repaired, how it’s done is a secret,” Samson said.

“And the deal with the princess only is to be completed after she regains her country. Leaving us with our hands tied,” Roosevelt said.

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Russian Embassy -

In a secured room Nikola Tesla stared at the glowing cube in front of him, he’s with Sunset and 4 Roman Klabautermanns. He had read about the cube the ghost of Rasputin gave to Sunset when she summon the Roman Klabautermanns. He read the news article of the princess saying that magic is just another form of science, and what he sees before him is beyond anything he has seen or heard about.

“Found beneath an old Jewish synagogue in a long abandon village, in a sealed room on a wooden table. No idea where it came from or who made it. Whoever sealed it away just left it there, till I found it. It contains energy and can power just about anything,” Sunset said as she held a lightbulb and touch it on the cube and it lights up.

“And it allows one to summon Klabautermanns?” Tesla ask.

“According to Baba Yaga if used by itself it would only summon one Klabautermann and be used up, like firewood. But thanks to combining it with magic, it can be used as a beacon to guide Klabautermanns to me. It takes much energy and power to summon, which is why I need to… power up of you will. Like a boiler needs to warm up where it can work at peak performance, hence why I sing, to power me up for the summoning. As for the cube, both Prima and Seconda said that they have seen it or another like it before as well as a number of other Romans seen or transported a cube before. And Klabautermanns have been summoned by using them before but with the lost of the cube. I’m the first person to use a cube to summon by infusing magic into it, instead of using it as it is,” Sunset explains.

“The cube is power,” Tesla said his mind racing with the possibilities the cube is giving him and the knowledge of magic.

“Infusing magic into machines can be done, it’s just knowing how to do it. I need you to study and research the cube to learn what it can really do. It takes a lot of power and energy to summon so many Klabautermanns at once. I need an easier way to do it,” Sunset said to him.

“I’ll see what I can do,” Tesla said completely awe stuck by what’s in front of him.

“Then you’re working for me than. I’ll leave you to your work, any tools you need, ask one of the guards to do it. I have other matters to deal with,” Sunset said.

Leaving the room Sunset walks to the room where the German guest has been waiting for her. If it wasn’t for who it is, she wouldn’t had let him inside. Nodding to the two guards at the door of the room, Sunset enters where her uncle Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, the Kaiser of the Kingdom of Germany has been waiting for her. With him in the is Standart serving refreshments, Sunset sat down in the chair facing her uncle.

“Just get on with it. I know you only came for one thing. What can you offer me in exchange,” Sunset said bluntly not caring at all for the social greetings of other royals that protocol dictated.

“I can offer you aid with rebuilding your country and finances,” Wilhelm said seeing nothing of the niece he met before in the young woman now in front of him.

“Do, I look like I need your resources?” Sunset said lifting a large wooden chest with her telekinesis and place it in front of her uncle and opens it.

Inside the chest is silver coins, that Wilhelm recognizes as Roman denarius, and unlike the coins he has seen in collections, these look newer. Another chest is place next to the first and inside is full of gold coins, Roman aureus coins. Followed by another chest that’s full of gemstones.

“As your agents would have already learn, all the Klabautermann resupply themselves by eating, restoring their ammo, fuel and other things that are onboard their real ship bodies. That also means the cargo they were carrying at the time, like the soldiers pay, the tax money and of course how the two Nemi ships are covered in treasure. I have the funding that I need, so what could you offer me?” Sunset ask her uncle. (2)

“You will need allies and make alliances with other countries. You have the military might to take the throne but you will need more than that,” Wilhelm said.

“I need trading partners, rebuild infrastructures, the economy, social programs, balancing the budget, keeping the peace, the Japanese diplomats have been busy relaying information back to Japan. Seeing how they are worried that I’ll turn my sights to them and retake what they took,” Sunset said to her uncle surprising him with what she knows in how to run things. Back in Canterlot she had been watching Celestia run the kingdom and she has explained things to her.

“You're different from what I remember,” Wilhelm said.

“I’m not your niece, she died with her family. I’m a copy of her, I have all of her memories. I know that Germany allowed Vladimir Lenin and others to travel through the country to cause Russia trouble. Isn’t that right Rasputin,” Sunset said as the ghostly form of Rasputin appeared behind her and while his mouth moved, Wilhelm didn’t hear a thing.

Wilhelm felt a cold chill down his back, as Standart stands next to Sunset, staring at him. He knows that she being a Klabautermann she can easily kill him.

“Now, I going to place a truth spell on you, and we’ll see what will happen to you,” Sunset said casting the spell on her uncle.

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Next day -

Once again across Europe Sunset Shimmer appeared over the capitals and in the rooms that her uncles and aunts were in, standing on another ice temple overlooking the sea. The difference this time, is Kaiser Wilhelm II standing next to her. He looks pale and shaken, with his right arm missing, leaving only his withered left arm. Which he held a scepter made of gold and a large blue gem. Sunset also is holding a guitar as she stands in front of the glowing cube she used before and a band of her Klabautermanns are with her.

Sunset didn’t even bother saying anything, as the dread has already set in for her relatives. Seeing her standing with her uncle Wilhelm who had somehow gotten Sunset to agree to an alliance. Sunset began singing another song to summon German Klabautermanns, playing the guitar in a way that no one in the human world would recognize till the invention of rock and roll in a future time. But is one that Sunset knows all too well that she has mastered just to drive Celestia crazy.

Are you the prey?
No, we are the hunters!

Sunset sang ripping one out on her guitar with her Klabautermanns, introducing the world to the power of heavy metal.

flowers with their names forgotten
trampled into dust they’re fallen
birds with broken wings are crying
wind can never take them flying
waste your precious moments praying
but god’s not here and nothing’s changing
if you want to fix your fate then
change it with determination

The sea in front of the ice temple began to bubble as something is happening underneath the waves.

pigs will sneer at the steadfast
as we climb o’er the dead keep advancing ahead
live your life in peace like you’re just a sheep but
wolves will never lose their freedom

The sea began foamed as the surface of the sea began to boil.

~Sick of the cage, that’s just the beginning
we’re a disgrace until we’re winning
over the walls like hunters, we’re fighting
they’re not the predators anymore

Jets of stream gusted out of the sea like geysers, out of the boiling sea.

hungry to kill, you’ll never forget this
piercing the sky with scarlet vengeance
bloody the bow and arrow in crimson,
rally the hunters to war

Bursting out of the boiling sea came mechanical beasts, some are dragons, some are sharks, and other beasts.

draw the bow now, chase the prey now, don’t you let it get away
loose the arrow now, got it cornered now, never let it get away
string is tightening, arrow lightening, bow is just about to break
endless volleying, hunters rallying, till we execute the prey

Riding on their rig beasts of war are many buxom and powerful looking women. All of them are dressed in the officer uniforms of the German Empire Navy.

it’s not the weapon nor the skill that
gives you strength to make the kill, no
you must be resolute, unbreakable and definite in will, oh!

Other women burst out of the sea, with rigs that are attached to them but have jaws and eyes.

We are the hunters - ever blazing like a fire
We are the hunters - ever merciless and cold as ice
We are the hunters - Draw yourself into the arrow!
We are the hunters - perseverant we will pierce the skies

A massive serpent like dragon mechanical breast rig burst out in front of the ice temple. The dragon has a long snake like body but has two large front arms and two massive metal wings its back. The woman that the rig beast came from is flying with a set of bat wings on her back and a long metal tail trailed behind her. Her captain’s uniform did little to hide her buxom body and she wore no hat as she has two metal horns on top of her head, coming out of her long black hair in two ponytails.

The attack on the titans
the child of yore will soon take up the sword
one who despairs in their powerlessness cannot change the winds of fate
the child of yore will soon take up the dark sword
Hate & Anger are a double edged blade
the day will come, when they bares their teeth against destiny

Two women appeared on either side of the winged woman, neither have war rigs and both are dress as maids.

to those, reaching for a dream, chasing after more than just your life
if you, ever will succeed, you will have to make your sacrifice
to think that any dream could be coming true, if you never take a single risk…
so step on up and take it, take it

The left one is older looking and has long black hair that reaches her butt.

fool’s indecision, just an illusion
maybe your reckless bravery
liberty’s pawn they’re pressing you on the
shackled will ride to victory

The right one has long brown hair that also reaches her butt.

~Sick of the cage, that’s just the beginning
we’re a disgrace until we’re winning
over the walls like hunters, we’re fighting
they’re not the predators anymore

The dragon mechanical beast reach down and scoops both maids up in the palms of its hands and lowers them to the ice temple.

hungry to kill, you’ll never forget this
piercing the sky with scarlet vengeance
bloody the bow and arrow in crimson,
rally the hunters to war

The dragon Klabautermann and the two maids enter the temple and bow to their Kaiser.

“SMS Pommern,” the dragon woman said.

“SMY Hohenzollern I,” the black haired maid said.

“SMY Hohenzollern II,” the brown haired maid said.

“We of the German Empire Navy are ready to once again serve,” the 3 German Klabautermanns said to their Kaiser.

“Thank you for you serving once again,” Wilhelm said to the 3 Klabautermanns in front of him.

“I was impress by uncle’s willingness to have his good arm cut off. One thing to sacrifice others as long as it doesn’t effect you in anyway, its another to offer yourself to be maimed for the rest of your life. Don’t think that cutting off a limb will work again with me,” Sunset said to her other relatives and turns to her uncle. “The deal is done, as long as you hold up your end.”

“Yes, I will up hold my end,” Wilhelm said.

“And don’t be greedy with the peace talks. This war has gone long enough,” Sunset said before the magic feed was cut off.

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Author's Note

1 - Constantinople wasn’t officially renamed to Istanbul till 1930.

2 - The shipgirls all can regenerate whatever they had onboard by eating. Means that the money and treasures that they had on them can be taken and the loot will regenerate to do it all over again.