Azur Lane: Sunset

by madhat886

Rating: mature
Tags: Adventure, Violence, Crossover, Death, Alternate Universe, Human, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Equestria Girls, Science Fiction, Sunset Shimmer
Length: 64598

After Sunset Shimmer leap into the mirror, she found herself in the year 1918 in Russia. Where she looks just like Anastasia Romanov as she is her human counterpart. And she found a strange glowing cube that promises great power from within.

After Sunset Shimmer leap into the mirror, she found herself in the year 1918 in Russia. Where she looks just like Anastasia Romanov as she is her human counterpart. And she found a strange glowing cube that promises great power from within.

Published 2024-02-11 06:10:00 UTC
Last updated 2024-10-01 02:06:03 UTC

Chapter 16

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One month and 14 days, that’s all it took for Sunset Shimmer Romanov to crush the Bolshevik, and capture the leader Vladimir Leni. Counting from marching from the Ottoman Empire to where her forces captured the leadership of the Bolshevik forces. All it took for the Klabautermann fleet to conquer the Russian empire was from the middle of October to the final week of November, for the copy of Anastasia Romanov to retake the empire.

The Alexander Palace courtyard in the back of the palace was where the coronation is taking place where the new Tsarina will be crowned. The Bolshevik leadership have all been impaled on poles from their anuses and coming out of their mouths. Being on full displayed in the city center for all to see, the ones who spear headed the revolution and now for the ones still alive praying to die. As for the one who gave the order to kill the royal family, he was made to watch as his own family was killed in front of him one by one.

With the Bolsheviks leadership gone the civil war will be over with only the die hards left, but without leadership they be just bandits. Any would be warlord would be quickly be hunted down and killed. The human army has been disbanded and be rebuilt from the ground up, with none of the old leadership serving. The Klabautermanns will be serving the role of the army and one that Sunset can trust.

For Vladimir Lenin he was among the few who were still alive not having been impaled like the others but place in a cage and left on display and exposed to the elements for 2 days now. The Roman Klabautermanns came and took the pole holding his cage up down, tossing the pole and him into a wagon with the others both alive and the dead. The wagon was pulled to just outside of the city, slowly so that people could see the final destination for the Bolshevik forces.

The wagon was taken to a farm where hundreds of pigs have been placed in a large pit by the Klabautermanns and haven’t been fed for 2 days. The Roman Klabautermann went to work pulling the poles out of the men and tossing their bodies into the pit where they were eaten alive by the pigs. Tossing the dead ones first, to give the pigs a taste for it first and once the other pigs saw pigs chowing down on the human body, they joined in on the feeding frenzy. The ones who are still alive couldn’t do anything as they were too weak to even crawl as they were being eaten alive. Lenin was chained to two bodies and toss into the pit where he tried to run with the two bodies but couldn’t pull the dead weights and was eaten alive by the pigs.

All of which is being shown across Europe by Sunset, to make it clear to everyone that she isn’t anything like her father. The ones who executed her family, are being given the execution of, The Tubs. That’s based on the old execution method, The Boats. After they had impaled their family members in the false hope of being allowed to live, showing who they are to the world. And now after being impaled and left on display for 2 days, the leaders of the Bolsheviks both alive and dead. Are being fed to pigs, so that there be no remains of them, and that their humiliating and pathetic deaths will never make them martyrs. The same for the ones who executed her family. Sunset made their deaths as shameful, humiliating, and pathetic as she could. So that no would be revolutionary can ever point to the Bolshevik leadership as examples to strive to be like.

And Sunset made sure to make it clear that anyone goes after a family member of the Russian royal family. It’s not just them who will be killed, but it will also be their family who will also join them. There will always be people who aren’t afraid to die, they were more than willing to give their lives for this supposedly noble cause. However they believed that their families will be safe from any consequences they would have to face. As such, they are just executed, they'll simply become martyrs for those who oppose the royal family. But if their families die, they won't be so eager to oppose the royal family. Because they know that it won't just be them but their entire families lives on the line.

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England -

George Frederick Ernest Albert the king of the British Empire, watched as his niece is being crowned as the new Tsarina of the Russian Empire, by her grandmother Maria the former Tsarina. It’s not the coronation that he’s use to when a new ruler is crowned. There is no grand coronation or a parade where the people can see their new king or queen. The entire thing is being shown in the sky, so there is no real point he supposed.

The coronation is small with only some nobles who remained loyal to the royal family being there. The priest that would have crowned the new queen wasn’t there, due to the church in Russia declaring the Klabautermann being the work of the devil. So in responds to that, Sunset just broke royal ties with the church of Russia and just had her grandmother Maria do the crowning instead.

He isn’t alone as the other members of his family as well as his extended family are also watching. With Sunset as the ruler of the Russian Empire, it’s now the most powerful nation in the world. Both Germany and the Ottoman Empire have their own Klabautermanns, the Americans while they will have Klabautermanns, they can’t get them to obey orders.

Making the Americans a laughing stock, with newspapers having cartoons of the original 6 frigates and the daughter of one on strike, marching with signs as they do so. Another cartoon has them leaving the United States represented by Uncle Sam, and bringing with them all the other ships, drawn as children. George is already making changes to the colonies and laws, so that when the empire has its own Klabautermanns, the problems that the United States is facing, won’t happen to them. He’s not alone as the other countries with their own eyes on getting their own Klabautermanns are also making changes to their laws.

The frigate family made it clear that with how badly people who aren’t white are treated or men, they see no reason why they should be loyal to the country. As they aren’t the types who stay loyal no matter what. The saying ‘my country, right or wrong’ doesn’t work with them as they just responded that, ‘my country is wrong, I must right it, or find a new country.’

The sole white woman of the sisters, Constitution has converted to being a Jew. Who follows an older version of the religion where eating pork wasn’t put into the Torah, which happen during the Roman times. There are plenty of Roman Klabautermanns who are from a time that Jews were still eating pork. And the reason why the rule was made, is just embarrassing. Not that Christians aren’t being hit just as hard by the fact that, Jesus was a middle eastern man of dark skin, not white. (2)

The coronation stop when a flying ship appeared in the sky and hovered over the palace. A figure leap from the ship and floated to the ground, where they landed in front of the royal family. The figure is dressed furs and wearing a skull on their head, who revealed to be an old woman. And the Klabautermanns all just stood there doing nothing.

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Russia -

Sunset stood in front of her family as she stared at the old woman in front of her.

“Baba Yaga, it’s nice to see you again,” Sunset said greeting the legendary witch.

“You took back your country and now being crowned by your grandmother the former Tsarina. Now it’s time for you to uphold your end,” Baba Yaga said as she reveals a circlet from the furs she’s wearing. The circlet is simple in design but does have a black stone on the front in the shape of a tear.

“A magic crown?” Sunset ask taking off the royal crown of Russia and handing it to her grandmother.

“The crown of Dusk worn by the Lithuania goddess Breksta, goddess of twilight and dreams, who protects people from sunset to sunrise. It will grant you vast power of telekinesis. You be able to move things with your mind,” Baba Yaga said placing the circlet on Sunset’s head.

Sunset closed her eyes and open them and everything not rooted to the ground was suddenly lifted up in the air around her. The people around her look around in amazement at the display of power. In reality Sunset has been holding back her telekinesis and the crown is just for show, she shouldn’t show all of her cards on the table. Sunset place everything down where they were.

“Now for your end,” Baba Yaga said.

“Baba Yaga I proclaim you as the royal mage of the royal court,” Sunset proclaimed and in the eyes of the world, it seems that she now has the legendary witch in her employment.

“Now a new age of magic can begin and this time the church can’t stamp out magic. After all without magic the country who sticks to the teachings of the church and listen to the leadership that all magic no matter what is the work of the devil. Will quickly find themselves surrounded by countries that do have magic,” Baba Yaga said.

“The sultan and uncle already made that clear. The rest of the extended family have been sending people to get me to share magic with them,” Sunset said and looks towards Roosevelt who is one of the guests for the coronation. “I already done it 3 times and the other countries are wary of not having magic.”

“And the church can’t do anything about it,” Baba Yaga said.

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Author's Note

1 - The Alexander Palace is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles (48 km) south of Saint Petersburg. The Palace was commissioned by Empress/Tsarina Catherine II (Catherine the Great) in 1792.

2 - In real life the forbidding of eating pork was put in the Torah during the Roman times. And it has just been a tradition that is just followed without question. Like why it was made as a rule when before it was ok.

Chapter 1

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It wasn’t suppose to be like this. She should be someplace warm and safe, have a belly that’s full of food. Not this.

In an abandon village that was leftover from a nameless battle in a Russian schtetl, with burnt buildings and long abandon homes. The place is cold, a forsaken place, in 1918. Day after day of searing wind that would freeze flesh in seconds, drifts of deadly snow piled to the eaves of the houses. A crude collection of dilapidated houses, even more huts and shacks.

Sunset Shimmer the personal student of Princess Celestia, has been trap in for a month now. She’s no longer a pony and the ape body she found herself as after going through the mirror can’t eat the few plants she could find. She had to feed off of anything she could find, even the long abandoned food supplies that were left, making her sick.

She could still use her magic and telekinesis but the clothes that appeared on her when she went through the mirror, didn’t offer her enough protection from the cold. All she could do was to find a basement in what looked to be a temple of some kind from all the relics she found and the books she could read. The fireplace was still there and she’s been picking the other buildings for wood to burn and keep her warm.

Sunset toss the wooden name plank of a family home, Moskowitz into the fire. She’s wrapped in dirty rags that she could and handled next to the fire. Hoping to survive the cold. (1)

She didn’t want to sleep as the nightmares would come to her. The life of her human counterpart, Anastasia Romanov is what she dreams about. In those dreams she was apart of the royal family and the human Celestia was her mother along with her other sisters and little brother. It was a life she had always wanted in Equestria, where Celestia would be her mother.

But then came the Great War and the revolution that cause her family to lose the throne. She could remember how her human father sending letters to his cousins who are other royal rulers of their own countries to take them in, but they never did. Which ended with the new rulers of the country having them executed. Which happen on the same day that she came to this world, 17 July 1918 and somehow a psychic link had formed as her human counterpart died.

Which made Sunset fearful, of anyone finding her and recognizing her. But with her skin and bones, haven’t had anything to eat in days, there wasn’t much hope that she would survive long enough for that to happen. She tried to distract herself with doing things around the village, mostly to survive and using her limited magic energy to kill any animal she finds and eat it. Her last meal was a crow.

Sunset eyes widen as she spotted a mouse, using her telekinesis she slams a rock on it that killed it. The rock bounced and hit the wall of the basement which made a hollow sound. Sunset heard that but with her body craving for food, she fell on the dead mouse and impaled it on an old metal knife and cooked it over the fire. She pulled the guts out and place it into a clay bowl where she would try to use it as bait to lure something else. She gobbled up the mouse, giving her something in her stomach.

Sunset walked over to the wall that made the hollow sound and picked up a rock. She place her ear to the wall and banged the rock on it, making a hollow sound. Hoping it could lead to a secret storage room, Sunset pulled on the wall with her telekinesis causing the wall to collapse and reveal a hidden room behind it. But it wasn’t food or anything that she could use. The room is small and only held an old small wood table that has a glowing cube on it.

Sunset’s eyes widen seeing that there’s a magical item that has been hidden away for who knows how long. She walks over to the cube and touches it, causing the cube to glow brightly upon contact with her magic and causing her to feel warmth. She picks up the cube and hits it to her feeling warm, and praying to anyone to help her.

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Elsewhere -

Across Russia, a call came out from a member of the royal family to help them. The call was answered as 6 loyal soldiers of the old royal family heard it. And in a way that cause much uproar for the new Soviet government, as 6 warships just disappeared from their ports or out at sea. The men onboard the ships fell into the water as the ships they were on just disappeared underneath them, only leaving the lifeboats for those who were out at sea.

The Pallada-class light cruiser Avrora, The U-boat salvage tug Volkhov, The Gangut-class battleships Gangut, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, and Sevastopol, all disappeared with many people seeing the event and word spreading quickly. With some at sea disappearing while in sight of other ships and rescuing the crew. Rumors and speculation spread around even as the Great War as nearing the end. All wondering what happen to the six warships.

All six ships were apart of the Russian Empire navy and while their crews no longer served the old empire or the royal family, the ships on the other hand still did. When the call from the last surviving princess of their Tsar was heard, they answered her pray.

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Abandon village -

Six young adult women appeared in the village having heard the call. They walk into the village zeroing in on the source where the call came from. They came to what use to be the village’s synagogue which was half burn down, but the basement was still intact which is where the call for help came from. They entered the basement and found who they came for.

The six women came out of the basement with one of them holding the small form of Sunset in her arms. Covered by her large fur and insulted overcoat that has been buttoned up. Sunset held onto the warm body as she was carried away from the village. The five other women surrounded the one who held their princess on all sides for protection and as one they walk out of the village and headed south.

Reports of the lost ships came in, all inland and resting on the dry ground or in bodies of water. Disappearing when the sun came out before any officials could see it themselves. The people who did managed to get close told tales of women walking along the decks of the ships all wearing large white coats that covered themselves up and them bringing back anything edible they could find or hunted. One hunter told how he spotted a woman in a large white coat carrying a fully grown bear on her shoulder.

The ones who managed to speak with the women revealed that they’re the loyal soldiers of the Romanov royal family and are taking the surviving member of the royal family, Anastasia Romanov to a safe port. Which spark the anti-communist forces and those who are still loyal to the empire to fight. And the new communist government and the leaders to panic as they thought that the soldiers sent to kill the royal family had made sure that they were all dead.

Which is true, the human Anastasia is dead and the rest of her family. The pony one from a magical world is the one alive and she has all the memories of her human counterpart up to her death. And she found a wisdom cube which in a future time would have called warships of the past to fight against sirens. But thanks to an early discovery by a lost princess of another world, that future has changed.

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Author's Note

1 - I’m using the village that was attacked and destroyed in, An American Tail.

Chapter 2

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In the private quarters of the ship, Sunset slept in the warm bed, still recovering from weeks of starvation. The women who found her in that basement had called her by the name of her human self Anastasia, telling her they came after hearing her calling out for help and that they remain loyal to her family. They hand wash her dirty body and fed her, with her too weak and hungry to care who they are and how they found her, just that they saved her.

They’re all strong as she seen them uprooting tree with their bare hands and eating them whole. Overhearing that they needed better fuel, they did bring back animals they managed to find but gave her the best parts and taking the leftovers. They also can summon big ships out of nowhere and the ships are crewed by women who all looked like one of the women. The ships are warm and have beds, and warm food, showers, and light.

They been traveling for days with the women walking through the thick snow and rough terrain, only stopping at night. Meeting some people as they travel or came across the ships at night. The women always kept her close to them and kept on walking south.

They were joined by another woman a few days after she was rescue, a maid. She took over caring for her and reminded Sunset of the maids of the castle. Wrap in coats and blankets the woman Standart would carry her in her powerful arms while the others in circles them for protection. Telling her that she will always be at her side. (1)

Followed by a younger woman named Voevoda, who showed up the following day and joined the group. And Vpered who is a doctor who went to work on healing her body.

“Dinner is ready,” Standart said coming in with a tray of food for Sunset.

Standart is a gorgeous woman with long gray hair that she keeps in a long braid that goes down to her knees. She wears a long skirted grey maid outfit with an apron. Which does little to hide the voluptuous body she has, with huge and soft breasts that Sunset knows as she rest her head on them as she was carried by her.

All the women with her are also beautiful with gorgeous bodies.

Avrora, has long white hair that she keeps in two braids. Has a slender and busty body, that her outfit shows off.

Volkhov, she keeps her blue hair shoulder length, wears a welder’s mask and dresses in white overalls over a black shirt with a large tool belt around her waist. She wears a large white coat that is lined with tools, even carrying a torch. She has a robust and busty body.

Gangut, the eldest of the four sisters, a tall and powerful woman with long white hair that reaches her legs. She wears a large overcoat that covers her busty body that her clothes show off when she opens her coat.

Poltava, like her sister is tall and powerful with larger breasts and has long white hair. Also wears a large overcoat that hides her body till she opens it.

Petropavlovsk, has white hair that she has in a long braid and has wider hips than her sisters with her busty body. Wears a large cloak instead of an overcoat.

Sevastopol, the youngest and unlike her sisters has a slender and graceful body. She also has long pointy ears and red eyes, with long white hair that has two black stripes. She also wears a black and white gown instead of a military theme outfit like the others, that also shows off her modest bust compared to her sister’s.

Voevoda, is younger and has a slender but has an ample chest. She wears a coat that is smaller than the others and wears tighter clothes that shows off her legs. She’s the fastest of the group and scouts ahead of the group.

Vpered, wears a black button blouse and a white long white skirt and a long doctor’s coat. She has shoulder length blue hair and has a busty body. She carry’s a doctor’s bag with her.

“Thank you,” Sunset said as she looks at the food which is a bowl of thick stew of meat that has been grounded up for her to easily eat.

“You’re welcome princess,” Standart said.

“Who are you all? And how do you do all of this magic, did I summon you all with that?” Sunset ask as she looks at the cube on the table next to the bed.

“Yes, we’re the ship of the imperial Russian navy. As I said, I’m Standart, your late father’s yacht and the others are the battleships. That magic cube combine with your magic, gave us humanoid female forms. I can summon my real body and my crew are copies of myself like the others,” Standart said.

“You are all ship? Is that why you all eat wood?” Sunset ask.

“Yes we are and eating wood is to fuel our boilers. I’m royal yacht Standart, torpedoe gunboat Voevoda, hospital ship Vpered, light cruiser Avrora, U-boat salvage tug Volkhov, Gangut-class battleships sisters Gangut, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, and Sevastopol. The Bolshevik took over and executed most of the royal family, if they find you, they will end the direct bloodline to the throne,” Standart said.

“I’m not Anastasia Romanov, she died with her family,” Sunset said.

“You’re Sunset Shimmer, a unicorn from a magical world and the personal student of princess Celestia an alicorn who is your mother but hide that fact from you. And you came to this world on the same day your human counterpart died and shared her memories with you. You know her entire life and it changed you from the arrogance child you were, by giving you the one thing that your pony mother couldn’t give you, a loving family,” Standart said causing Sunset to stare at her.

“You all know, how?” Sunset ask.

“Magic from the summoning,” Standart simply stated.

“Oh,” Sunset said looking at the cube and back to Standart.

“We follow you because of that fact. We are Klabautermanns ship spirits given true form and you aren’t the princess we are loyal to but you carry all of her memories, you carry a copy of her and her counterpart,” Standart said. (2)

“All of these memories of a life, I never lived…,” Sunset said now knowing what it would have been like if she had a real mother, a father and siblings in her life.

“You wanted to become a princess, and a ruler, you the chance now,” Standart said.

“Why do you want me to replace a dead princess?” Sunset ask.

“You know why, you seen her memories and we have seen how the Bolshevik are no better, no worst then the very people they say they’re replacing. The White Army is disorganized and have separate factions. They need a leader someone to rally behind, word has spread about the sightings of you. The other Klabautermanns who haven’t been summon yet, have told us all about the tales being told. You ended up close to Yekaterinburg where your other self died, and we’re heading south to the boarder. From there you can decided to either wait till you can return to your world, or take the empty throne,” Standart said.

“To take the throne and defeat the Red army, I would need an army of my own and resources that, I don’t have,” Sunset said her mind racing. “My uncles did nothing when father pleaded with them for help. And the leaders of the White army would only see a young girl, not a leader.”

“You can call for more of us using the cube, after the others found you first, you held onto the cube and kept on calling, and we came once we could pin point where you were,” Standart explains. “Or you could use a piece of a ship to call for them to come.”

“A piece?” Sunset asks.

“This is Vostok, all that’s left of her wooden hull,” Standart said showing Sunset a wooden cross, she found in a long abandoned cabin. “She was a sloop of war but was broken up and her pieces sold off, this cross was made from one of her pieces. I can feel her sleeping waiting to be awaken.”

“So I can randomly summon more Klabautermanns or using a piece of them summon them," Sunset said her mind still racing.

"There's much for you to think about, but we will follow you no matter what, princess. Please eat and think about what, I said," Standart said leaving Sunset in the room to think about what to do next.

Sunset took the bowl of stew and began to eat remembering the life of her human counterpart and how it ended. That life, her human counterpart's life now apart of her and changed her, she isn't Sunset Shimmer anymore. Standart is right about that life changing her, she now has lived two lives, one hers and the other her human counterpart. She can see things in a completely different view, and that her pony home is one where the pony who birthed her didn't wanted her, while the human one did along with her father, sisters, and brother.

The Reds with their way of thinking of how things should be run, would just centered power to the elite few at the top. Once the leaders of the Reds have fully taken over, there be a power struggle like always, she has studied enough history to know what would happen with the kind of government that they want. The Reindeer of the Sera Plains of her world do follow that kind of government that the Reds want and it only works because they are a wandering people who have to keep traveling to avoid the months of night at the northern lands where they live. The ones who tried to settle down in lands where they didn't have to keep on moving and kept the same government where common ownership and no classes expect for the ones in charge. Have all failed with many deaths because of mismanagement of resources and the leaders keeping the resources for themselves.

There is also the story she read based on what happen at Manor Kingdom, where intelligence pigs took over the kingdom from a cruel pony with everyone else but the pigs to end up being even worst then under the rule of the monarch they help overthrow and the other animals suffered all the same. If the Red takeover and rule with how more violent this world is compared to hers, the results will lead to a lot more deaths while the ones in charge grow fat off of the ones they say they're fighting for. (3)

"I'm going to need to know how this cube works," Sunset said looking at the cube having made up her mind as she ate.

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Days Later -

Sunset learned much from her studying the cube and asking the Klabautermanns what they know about their bodies. They are able to eat entire trees to fuel their boilers and to resupply themselves. Anything that they eat they can convert into something that can be found on their ship bodies, they can eat metal and other things that no organic being could eat to help restore themselves faster. They do like eating real food for the taste. The food stores of Standart which she's been using to feed Sunset with, she can restock by eating enough materials to create more, like how the others can also do the same for their ammo. (4)

The Klabautermanns are one woman armies, able to survive anything that a armored warship can. They can summon their rigs which are the weapons they have on their ship bodies, that while small in their human form still packs the same power as the full size ones. They are also have magical abilities from firing blasts of energy to summoning things like fairy like beings to attack. Also when they use their rigs they hover over the ground and can travel much faster then by walking, but they also use more fuel than they would by walking. When they use their ship bodies and are crewed by copies of themselves, are alot weaker at human level.

She also learned that they can regenerate any lost parts of themselves by eating enough, like when Ganguts took off her heavy machine guns from her ships body and mount them on Standart's ship body, to give her more firepower to her lone QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun. After eating several trees and a long abandon broken wagon, eating the wood and metal bits she was able to replace the machine guns with new ones. And now Standart's rig is now more than one gun that she carries but also several machine guns, from harness on her sides like the others have.

It gave Sunset an idea and had Volkhov lead the others into creating a raft with them attaching an old abandoned log cabin onto it, making a house boat. Sunset then merge the cross made from Vostok timber to it and had the others curve runes onto the house boat to make it into one of the flying ships. Sunset had learned how to make the runes to make a flying ship but lack the mastery of professionals so the house boat could only float a few feet above the ground and needs her to charge it with magic to do it. But that’s the point to her experiment in how the cube works mixed with her magic knowledge. (5)

When Sunset summon Volkhov, a voluptuous older woman with wide, generous hips, magnificent bubble butt, lush, well sized melons, long, curly brown hair, her old ship form of a sloop of war, merged with the floating house boat creating a flying wooden ship. The other Klabautermanns went to work on adding a propeller to the sloop to allow it to move around in the sky, putting it at the back of the ship. They took the boiler from Standart to power the propeller and added better weapons. As for Volkhov, Sunset had her change from the old uniform of the Russian navy and changed into clothes made from furs and leather, with a headpiece made from a bear skull and horns from a wild sheep.

“Yes this is good,” Sunset said looking at Volkhov in her new outfit.

“What is this for?” Volkhov asked looking over her new clothes that replaced her uniform.

“I’m going to have to tell how I gain magic abilities and why I’m back from the dead. It will give honor to the loyalty that Grigoriy Yefimovich Rasputin had for my family, by him using his magic to contact an old legend that has stayed for countless centuries. Through her she gave me new life and powers, which you will become known as, I renamed you as Baba Yaga,” Sunset said to Baba Yaga.

“The witch, I’ll shall become,” Baba Yaga said.

“Once we’re airborn, head for the sea. We need to recruit more Klabautermanna and I remember how father said about the British intelligence helping in the death of Rasputin as he was pressing father to get out of the war. Might as well send a message to uncle as well. But in the meantime any Reds we meet, we destroy,” Sunset said.

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Author's Note

1 - The Standart was an Imperial Russian yacht serving Emperor Nicholas II and his family, being in her time (late 19th/early 20th century), the largest imperial yacht afloat. After the Russian Revolution, the ship was placed in drydock until 1936, when she was converted to a minelayer. During World War II, she participated in the defense of Leningrad.

2 - A Klabautermann is a water kobold that assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic and North Seain their duties. It is a merry and diligent creature, with an expert understanding of most watercraft, and an irrepressible musical talent. It is believed to rescue sailors washed overboard. The name comes from the Low German verb klabastern meaning "rumble" or "make a noise". An etymology deriving the name from the verb kalfatern ("to caulk") has also been suggested.

3 - Animal Farm

4 - The Klabautermanns are able to restore their supplies and parts lost by eating or repairing their ship bodies. They can also add things to their ship bodies and refit them for better equipment and weapons.

And like in the game they can use special attacks ranging from energy attacks to summoning something to help them or to attack an enemy.

5 - Seeing how there is flying ships in Equestria, there be books that explain how to make one. Which Sunset being Celestia’s student would have access to said books.

Chapter 3

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The scouting party of 3 that left the main army group of Bolshevik soldiers, they came across the bodies of the group of 20 who were lead by Pyotr Zakharovich Ermakov one of the soldiers who killed the royal family. They were all impaled by spike poles that were jabbed into their anuses and came out of their mouths, which some of them were still alive. Pyotr was the only one who wasn’t impaled having been placed in a prone position, his ribs severed from the spine with a sharp tool, and his lungs pulled through the opening to create a pair of "wings". (1)

Pyotr told the scouting party that the one did this was Anastasia Romanov who used magic who did the deed. She had lifted them up in the air and pulled their weapons away while the she devils with her made poles to impale the others with. She had personally gave him a blood eagle, while he was held down by her she devil servants. Then she left with her servants taking all of their supplies with them. The soldiers put him and the other soldiers out of their misery.

The tale spread as more and more Bolshevik forces being killed and their supplies taken. A reign of terror as soldiers are found impaled on spike poles, with the lucky ones dead, the unlucky ones still alive and died a slow and painful death. With always at least one soldier left able to talk to spread the tale, or any prisoners that the soldier had with them. All telling the same tale of princess Anastasia of the house of Romanov still alive and followed by demons in the form of beautiful women. The soldiers fired their guns at the women who the bullets did nothing to them and who have the strength of the devil making trying to fight them hand to hand useless. (2)

Then came the darker tales, of the legendary witch of the dark forest of Russia having come out of the shadows, the witch Baba Yaga. No longer the old woman who lives in a house on chicken legs and flys in a mortar, she now a younger woman who flys in a flying wooden sloop of war. The flying warship’s cannons fired glowing cannonballs and firing beams of light that destroys all. The ship would appear and disappear at will, seeking out Bolshevik forces in the field and strongholds, raiding and slaughtering the forces before continuing on, towards the Black Sea where it disappeared.

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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire -

In his palace the sultan Mehmed VI Vahideddin was shaken by the news of a heavily armed yacht flying the Russian Empire flag appearing at the port. The ship had sailed down from the Black Sea by Haydarpasa Chornomorsk, the ship has been identified as the royal yacht of the Romanov family of Russia the Standart. He has been hearing rumors from the north of entire companies of Bolshevik forces being impaled on spike poles and wilder tales of the witch Baba Yaga being seen.

But what’s the real shock is the one onboard the ship, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia last surviving child of the royal family. A letter from the ship was sent to ask for an audience with him, which was carried by the ghost of Grigoriy Yefimovich Rasputin, from what the people who had seen him in person and from the photographs taken of him could tell. He had walked off the ship in full view of everyone and just walk through anything that was in his way as he headed for the palace.

Mehmed hearing this went out to see it for himself and witness his guards trying and failing to stop the ghost who just walk through them, while holding a letter in his hand. The ghost saw him and walk to Mehmed offering the letter to the sultan. Taking the letter and reading it, Mehmed told the ghost that he will send a car to drive the duchess to the palace. The ghost nodded and walk back to the ship, without saying a thing.

In his throne room Mehmed and his staff prepared to greet the duchess and her 3 of her retainers in tow, all women. Word has already spread to the diplomats and the embassies in the city, with a number of the staff having seen it for themselves. In the throne room also watching are a number of diplomats from other nations who want to see the duchess themselves as rumors of the survival of the last heiress of the royal house of Romanov, has been spreading.

The doors open and Anastasia Romanov entered the room with her 3 retainers. The people in the room who have seen the young woman before, recognized her but for the fact she’s very skinny and worn from what they remembered, with a haunted look on her face. She wore a white long sleeved dress with white gloves with large chuffs. The dress hugs her body with a large v cut in the front and a smaller one at the back, showing that she’s wearing white pants underneath and wore white boots. The people who had seen her or talk with her before, recognized her but there was something off about her. (3)

The 3 older women with her are a sight to behold. The one standing behind the duchess is a gorgeous woman with long gray hair that she keeps in a long braid that goes down to her knees. She wears a long skirted grey maid outfit with an apron. Which does little to hide the voluptuous body.

The other two women also has eyes on them, the one standing on her right is a tall and powerful woman with long white hair that reaches her legs. And the one on the left wears a black button blouse and a white long white skirt and a long doctor’s coat. She has shoulder length blue hair and has a busty body.

“You honor me for this audience,” the woman claiming to be Anastasia said.

“You honor me as well. I heard that you were executed,” Mehmed said.

“Anastasia Romanov did died with her family. Let me show you her last moments with them,” the woman said as she held out her hand and a glass ball appeared on her hand and like a film projector showed the last moments of the royal family above the room for all to see.

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(This is what happen in real life.)

“Nikolai Alexandrovich, in view of the fact that your relatives are continuing their attack on Soviet Russia, the Ural Executive Committee has decided to execute you.”

Nicholas, facing his family, turned and said "What? What?"

Yurovsky quickly repeated the order and the weapons were raised. The Empress and Grand Duchess Olga, according to a guard's reminiscence, had tried to bless themselves, but failed amid the shooting. Yurovsky reportedly raised his Colt gun at Nicholas's torso and fired; Nicholas fell dead, pierced with at least three bullets in his upper chest. The intoxicated Peter Ermakov, the military commissar for Verkh-Isetsk, shot and killed Alexandra with a bullet wound to the head. He then shot at Tatiana, who ran for the double doors, hitting her in the thigh. The remaining executioners shot chaotically and over each other's shoulders until the room was so filled with smoke and dust that no one could see anything at all in the darkness nor hear any commands amid the noise. Alexey Kabanov, who ran onto the street to check the noise levels, heard dogs barking from the Romanovs' quarters and the sound of gunshots loud and clear despite the noise from the Fiat's engine. Kabanov then hurried downstairs and told the men to stop firing and kill the family and their dogs with their gun butts and bayonets. Within minutes, Yurovsky was forced to stop the shooting because of the caustic smoke of burned gunpowder, dust from the plaster ceiling caused by the reverberation of bullets, and the deafening gunshots. When they stopped, the doors were then opened to scatter the smoke. While waiting for the smoke to abate, the killers could hear moans and whimpers inside the room. As it cleared, it became evident that although several of the family's retainers had been killed, all of the Imperial children were alive and only Tatiana was injured.

The noise of the guns had been heard by households all around, awakening many people. The executioners were ordered to use their bayonets, a technique which proved ineffective and meant that the children had to be dispatched by still more gunshots, this time aimed more precisely at their heads. The Tsarevich was the first of the children to be executed. Yurovsky watched in disbelief as Nikulin spent an entire magazine from his Browning gun on Alexei, who was still seated transfixed in his chair; he also had jewels sewn into his undergarment and forage cap. Ermakov shot and stabbed him, and when that failed, Yurovsky shoved him aside and killed the boy with a gunshot to the head. The last to die were Tatiana, Anastasia, and Maria (however, according to Yurovsky‘s note, Alexei, Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia who were the last to die), who were carrying a few pounds (over 1.3 kilograms) of diamonds sewn into their clothing, which had given them a degree of protection from the firing. However, they were speared with bayonets as well. Olga sustained a gunshot wound to the head. Maria and Anastasia were said to have crouched up against a wall covering their heads with pillows in terror until they were shot in the head. Yurovsky killed Tatiana and Alexei. Tatiana died from a single shot to the back of her head. Alexei received two bullets to the head, right behind the ear. Anna Demidova, Alexandra's maid, survived the initial onslaught but was quickly stabbed to death against the back wall while trying to defend herself with a small pillow which she had carried that was filled with precious gems and jewels. While the bodies were being placed on stretchers, Anastasia cried out and covered her face with her arm. Ermakov grabbed Alexander Strekotin's rifle and bayoneted her in the chest, but when it failed to penetrate he pulled out his revolver and shot her in the head.

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The image which was from the point of view of Anastasia ended, leaving the people in the room shock and horrified at what happen to the royal family, some weeping at the slaughter. The diplomats from the countries whose royal houses are blood relatives to the Russian royal family, would send reports of what happen that would weigh heavily on them.

“Anastasia Romanov died that day with her family. I was reborn with all of her memories thanks to the loyalty and devotion of Grigoriy Yefimovich Rasputin. He crafted a spell to bring the last member of the house of Romanov to die back to life, and paid the price that Baba Yaga ask for the spell to work. Now existing as a ghost serving the witch and myself,” the woman said.

“You were reborn?” Mehmed asked.

“It’s the reason why I look different from what I use to be. This isn’t the body of Anastasia, I have all of her memories and experiences up to the point of her death. You can’t just bring someone back to life without a body after all, Baba Yaga simply made a new one. It be like you die and all of the memories and experiences of what made you, you were to be put into a new younger body. A copy of the original with all the memories and experiences of the original,” the woman explains.

“You’re a copy of the real duchess?” Mehmed said.

“Yes, I have all of her memories and now like a twin of her. It’s so strange of living a life that I know I didn’t actually live, but still have the experience of all of it, she now lives through me. And is the reason why I came to your court sultan, I need an army to help me retake the throne. The Bolshevik will bring nothing but ruin to my country. Of course, I’m not asking for your help without anything in return, seeing how my so called family of other royal houses did nothing when father sent letters pleading with them to help us in our time of need. I see no reason, to stay on their side in this war. The allied ships that have blockade the port of Constantinople, I can handle. All I need from you is the Sword of Osman, lend it to me and I can summon Klabautermanns, water kobolds who can turn this war to your favor. The stories of the Russian ships that disappeared, was of my doing and these 3 women with me are 3 of them, Standart the royal yacht, Gangut the battleship, and Vpered the hospital ship. Gangut if you would, with that guard over there,” the copy said pointing to one of the guard holding a rifle. “Take his gun and shove the barrel in your mouth and fire.”

“What?” Mehmed asked as shock as everyone else.

“Gangut is not a human woman, she’s a Klabautermann the spirit of the battleship in human form. And she’s just as powerful as she is in her ship form,” the copy explains.

“Sure am,” Gangut said walking up to the guard who is shorter than she is and grabs the barrel and shoves it in her mouth.

“No stop!” the guard shouted as he tried to pull the rifle away but found he couldn’t, two other guards came to try to stop the crazy woman but she acted like they weren’t even there as she fires the rifle while it’s in her mouth.

Instead of the back of her head bursting, the woman Gangut just stood there and fired the rifle again and again, till there weren’t any more bullets in it. She then took the rifle from the stun guard and ate the rifle, to the onlookers it’s like watching someone quickly eating a long piece of bread. And she walks back to the side of the copy of the duchess.

“She can also summon her guns of her ship form whenever she wants,” the copy said.

Gangut summon her rig causing people around her to step back as two ship like mechanical shark like things appeared on either side of her. Both having glowing eyes and two turrets of triple guns on each are on their backs. And Gangut is now floating above the floor.

“Her guns have the same amount of firepower as if they would be at full size. Meaning unlike a full size battleship she can go on land and fight against inland targets while maintaining the firepower of a battleship. And with her being much smaller makes her much harder to hit her with something that would actually hurt her. I can preform the ritual to make your warships to become Klabautermanns and turn around the defeats into victories. Like the other Klabautermanns that are serving me and have taken care of the blockade of allied ships,” the copy said to Mehmed as she used the orb again to show what’s happening off shore.

The blockade of allied ships numbering 6 warships off the coast of the city, have been wipe out. The warships in human female form, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, Sevastopol, Voevoda, and Avrora have sunk all but 4 of the ships. One of the ships has both Voevoda, and Avrora as full-size battleships pinning the lone allied ship between them, sandwiching the ship and preventing it from using its guns. The copy crew are swarming all over the ship, and while they’re weaker, they’re still much stronger than normal human women and the small arms of the human crew aren’t effected on them with only heavily or many rounds hitting the copies to finally bring one of them down. The French flag of the ship was taken down and the Russian Empire flag was raised. The scene is copied by Poltava, Petropavlovsk, and Sevastopol, each with a ship of their own and their copy crew overrunning the ships.

“As full size ships, the crew are copies of their human form and are weaker but that’s only compared to their human form. They are still Klabautermanns and all can carry something like a heavy machine gun with ammo around, that no soldier could handle the amount of weight alone, for long anyways,” the copy.

Sultan Mehme sat in his throne deep in thought hearing the offer presented to him. Seeing how effected the Klabautermanns are and being able to easily capture 4 ships out of 6 is unheard of. The war has gone badly for him but if he were to accept the offer that could quickly change.

“And what do you want in exchange,” Mehmed ask.

“The Ottoman Empire is the heir of the Byzantine Empire which is the heir of the Roman Empire. I want you to give me the title of Empress of the Roman Empire,” the copy said.

“And become empress Romanov?” Mehmed asked wondering what she’s up to with just wanting a title.

“I’m not Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov. She died with her family and all blood ties she had with the other royal households died with her. I’m Sunset Shimmer Romanov,” Sunset said.

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Author's Note

1 - Blood Eagle an ancient form of torture and execution.

2 - The shipgirls are all have the strength of a warship and just as tough as the type of ship they are. Meaning that no one in the story that isn’t another shipgirl or has magic can take them head on. As this is the 1910’s and there isn’t anything like power armor or anything else that would allow a normal human to fight a shipgirl.

3 - The outfit of Anastasia Romanov from Drifters.

Chapter 4

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The United Kingdom, London -

In the war room George Frederick Ernest Albert the king of the United Kingdom read the latest report from the Ottoman Empire. When the reports came in about the Russian ships disappearing with the crew onboard falling into the waters. He wouldn’t had believed it if it wasn’t for the many waitresses who had seen the warships disappearing, and saving the crew. The British Intelligence have been working to find out more information in what happened to the ships.

But the reports that came in about his niece Anastasia being still alive after getting reports of his cousin and his family being executed. He had listen to his advisers to not take them in and their deaths weighted down on him greatly. Hearing that one of his nieces might be still alive, gave him some hope to make up that mistake. From what the intelligence have gathered she’s traveling with a band of women heading south from the execution site. He gave orders for anyone who finds them to get them to safety and bring them to England.

Then the reports came of phantom ships appearing and disappearing, those women protecting his niece displaying superhuman abilities. With some of the reports of there being hundreds of them who all dress and look alike on those ships. Then came the reports of a flying ship, an odd looking sloop from the reports, it has a propeller at the rear end that propels it forward, along with its sails. The reports came that the flying ship has been attacking any Red forces it comes across laying waste and taking supplies.

Now from the diplomats in Ottoman Empire have sent telegrams reporting that his niece is alive but isn’t the original anymore. She has been brought back to life by Baba Yaga thanks to Grigoriy Yefimovich Rasputin making a deal with her before his murder and appeared as a ghost in the capital city of Constantinople, being seen by hundreds and seen by the sultan Mehmed. She isn’t his niece but a copy with all of her memories and experiences up to her death, which she used a magic ball to show the final moments of his cousin’s family and he read the detailed report.

As she’s a copy she feels no kinship with any of the royal families that she’s related to and has switched sides joining the central powers. Which also makes her on the side with Friedrich, but there is nothing in the reports saying what relationship she has with her uncle. But he wouldn’t put it past him to try to win her favor, especially with what she’s able to do now.

The women with her are the warships that disappeared, Klabautermanns as she calls them. Who in their human form have the strength and the power of a warship in human form. They also are able to summon their guns on what they call rigs. While in their ship forms the crew of the ships are copies of them. They already proven themselves in battle with the 6 warships that were the blockade of Constantinople.

Both HMS Venture and HMS Windsor Castle were sunk and the HMS Asia captured. The Greek ship, French and the Australia warships were also captured with the radio crews calling for help as women with super strength overran the ship and small arms are all but useless against them.

Already thoughts of how this changed the still on going war have filled the head of the army leaders. At sea they would have to fight against human size targets that can easily avoid fire from the warship cannons and small arms be useless against them, while having the firepower of a full size warship. It’s how both HMS Venture and HMS Windsor Castle were destroyed as the Klabautermanns just got in close and fired their weapons at the places that would sink them and then used their full size ship forms to board the other warships where they couldn’t fire their main guns.

Inland they can smash through any kind of barrier place before them and only cannon fire would harm them, as they just use the firepower of a battle shield on any mass gathering of troops or forts. Or they could use their ship forms and suddenly the troops would have to deal with the full size cannons in a position where there weren’t any defenses and have to deal with an army of super strong women from the ship.

“The surviving crews of the ships are now prisoners of the Ottomans. All ships and soldiers have retreated back to fallback positions and are now on the lookout for any of those women. No word of any sightings of Sunset since the diplomats were told to leave the palace. No signs of her for the last 4 days,” one of the generals said reading the report from the embassy.

“News has spread and now the troops are now scared of the Klabautermanns showing up. Most of the remaining Ottoman fleet have all disappeared,” the admiral of the navy said.

A ball of light appeared in the room and struck a wall expanding scaring the people in the room. The wall turn into a mirror and showed the landscape of a shoreline and what looks like a city in the background. But what surprised George was that he could see King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway, King Christian X of Denmark, King Constantine I of Greece and other rulers who he’s related to, all in circling sultan Mehmed of the Ottoman Empire in full military dress, holding the Sword of Osman in his hand in its scabbard using it like a cane.

Unknown to everyone but for Sunset, Baba Yaga has been busy flying around setting up the long range spell.

“Greetings other royals of your countries, don’t bother trying to talk you can only watch and listen. I, Mehmed VI Vahideddin have called this meeting of the royal houses to inform all of you that the Ottoman Empire is leaving this war. All foreign soldiers are hereby to leave within a week, giving enough time for transports to take them home. All military equipment will be left behind and all prisoners on either side will be freed. Your niece has turn my fleet into Klabautermanns,” Mehmed said as he gestured to a young beautiful blonde haired busty woman in an Ottoman navy uniform of an admiral.

“Yavuz Sultan Selim, built in Germany now serving as the Flagship of the Ottoman Empire. I lead a fleet of hundreds that have been risen from the depths of the sea,” the woman said and gestured behind her where hundreds of other women just as beautiful and all wearing different styles of Ottoman Empire that were used over the centuries.

Yavuz summon her rig which is a 20 feet long massive sea serpent made of metal and gun turrets on it. Scaring the people watching, which Yavuz pats on the side of its massive jaws like a dog. Mehmed taps the sword of Osman on the ground and the massive war beast coils around itself like a snake and rested its head on the ground, showing it knows who its master is.

“I’m giving you this chance to have your troops leave without anymore bloodshed. Free the prisoners and leave the military equipment behind, after a week, I will unleash my fleet of Klabautermanns upon any remaining soldiers left behind. This is also being shown not just to you but also around your capitals to make sure that all know my demands from their leaders and refusing it will just results in more men not coming home. Now it’s your niece’s turn to speak with you all,” Mehmed said walking off the stage and Sunset took over.

Sunset didn’t say a word as she played the recording of the final moments of Anastasia and her family. Having all to watch what their decision of not helping when help was ask has done. She wanted to make sure all of them knows what they did, how often her dreams are filled with nightmares of her human counterpart’s death. Then the recording ended.

“Your niece Anastasia died that night with her family. Baba Yaga brought me to life, thanks to the loyalty of Rasputin. I have her memories and experiences, but none of the kinships or family ties that she had with any of you. Which is why I turn to sultan Mehmed for a simple exchange, seeing how none can be trusted to help when it matters. At this point words don’t matter, only action. I have nothing to say to any of you as none of you would help when father ask help from all of you. I’m not your niece, not the niece you remember, the one who stayed silent and follow the rules of royal houses. I, let go of everything, my rage is so cold that it absorbs all heat,” Sunset said as she held out her hand to the sea and a large section of it turned to ice.

Sunset walks on the ice as the ocean around her turns into ice as all warmth is taken from it. Music begins to play out of nowhere. Sunset began to form a tall pillar of ice underneath her that grows with each passing second. Sunset began singing as she prepares the ritual.

The snow glows white on the ocean tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I'm the queen

Sunset now stood on top of an iceberg that could be seen for miles around.

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know

Sunset spreads out her hands as the ice and snow formed into shapes and a temple begins to form around her.

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway

Sunset dance as the temple grew and formed detailed statues and objects of Roman art style. The statues are the Romanov royal family all dressed in Roman garments.

It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free

Sunset dance her way to the edge of the temple looking down at the city below her.

Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I stay
Let the storm rage on

Sunset moves back to the center of the temple and stomps her foot on the ground creating runes and symbols on the ground that spread across the ground and up the walls to the ceiling.

My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past

The runes glowed with power as the temple is completed.

Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway

Sunset stood in the middle of the temple that opens to the view of the ocean. Eight ice torches formed a circle around her and are lit with blue fire. To everyone who is watching surprise, Rasputin appeared holding a glowing cube in his ghostly hands.

“The ritual is prepared, now to show this world what has been missing, that has only existed in stories for so long. Magic isn’t the work of the devil, if our Lord Jesus Christ were to be reborn of a dark skin race or a woman, how many would actually accept that, and not just say it’s the work of the devil. Magic is just another form of science that uses words and rituals, as science uses numbers and machines. Magical weapons are no different from weapons made from a forge, a solider taking a life with a wand that shoots fire is no different from a gun that shoots bullets. And now that I have shown the world that magic is real and can be used to do amazing things, people will seek it out once again,” Sunset said.

Rasputin walks up to Sunset who nodded in response of unsaid words that were exchanged.

“I need an army to retake the throne, now that I have the title of Empress of the Roman Empire, I can call upon part of the greatest army that this world has ever known, the Roman navy,” Sunset explains.

Sunset kneels down on her knees in the center of the ritual circle. Rasputin place the glowing cube down in front of her and disappears. The room glowed as the ritual begins, Sunset snaps her head backwards and thrust out her chest as she begins to sing.

(ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᚲ ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛒᚱᚨᚲ)
(ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᚲ ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛒᚱᚨᚲ)

Purple flames of energy began forming around Sunset engulfing her in a dome of energy.

(Wandering heart, clouds above)
(Rain begins to fall down)
(My bitter tears flowing out, they never dry up)
(I let the words of a curse be my deliverance)
(ᛗᛁᛖ ᚾᛖᚷ ᛟᚾ ᚷᛁᛖᚲ ᚷᛁᛖᚲ)
(ᚾᚨᚺ ᛈᚺᚨᛋ ᛏᛖᛉᛉᛖ ᛚᚨᚺ)
(These ancient words like a hymn of reclamation)
(Not even death will escape them)

Sunset stands up from the purple flames, purple wings of flames formed on her back and a purple gem formed on her forehead.

(How to center these troubled thoughts? I pray)
(Can the future bring calm to the sea? I beg)

Sunset wraps her arms around her body and lower herself back into the purple flames.

(It's time for salvation to finally come)
(I feel this rage, and I'm feelin' it strong)
(This weeping and wailing has gone far too long)
(Nothing left but to yеll! Yeah! Yeah!)

Sunset burst out of the flames leaning backwards, the viewpoint changed to her face that now has a craze look on her face as she sings.

(I know you feel it too so keep on singin' this song)
(Even whеn they abuse us, we'll keep singin' along)
(We'll start another big bang when we all sing as one)
(United, we're fightin', bring 'em down with our song of ruin)

The viewpoint changes to the ocean surface in front of the temple as large shadows formed under the surface.

(ᛗᛁᛖ ᚾᛖᚷ ᛟᚾ ᚷᛁᛖᚲ ᚷᛁᛖᚲ)
(ᚾᚨᚺ ᛈᚺᚨᛋ ᛏᛖᛉᛉᛖ ᛚᚨᚺ)
(We will rejoice when we get the freedom promised)
(The freedom so many die for)

Bursting out of the water came ancient Roman era ships, biremes, liburnas, navis lusoria, quinqueremes, triremes, and more. Ships from all across the timespan of the Roman Empire are being called and many are answering. Two massive ships burst out in front of the fleet of hundreds and counting. The twin pleasure ships of a mad emperor, one a floating pleasure palace and the other a floating temple.

(When there's nowhere to run we must find hope)
(Left forgotten within the light, there it glows)

The first ship the floating palace Prima, has a tall dark haired beautiful woman whose thick long hair hang to her feet. Her voluptuous body, massive breasts, large butt, and small waist, is covered by a fine silk toga picta and tunica palmata colored purple, embroidered with gold and wore many jewels on her body.

(Keep making this music 'til you breath your last)
(We dream but never lose sight of the past)
(Illuminate hope and forget all the rest)
(Nothing left but to yell, yeah, yeah)

The floating temple Seconda, is a mirror to her sister but being bigger. She wore the robes of a priestess of Ancient Rome carrying a golden staff with a hanging incense lamp by a gold chain. She stood at the bow of the ship and is joined by another woman who looks just like her and followed by many more, all looking and dressing the same. Which is copied with all the other ships.

(It's time for salvation to finally come)
(I feel this rage, and I'm feelin' it strong)
(This weeping and wailing has gone far too long)
(Nothing left but to yell! Yeah! Yeah!)

The ships behind the two Nemi ships are filled with beautiful women all wearing and armed with the armor and weapons of a Roman soldier of different eras. All coming to the call of their new empress.

(I know you feel it too so keep on singin' this song)
(Even when they abuse us, we'll keep singin' along)
(We'll start another big bang when we all sing as one)
(United, we're fightin', bring 'em down with our song of ruin)

The ocean in front of the ice temple is now filled with hundreds of thousands Roman ships, from warships to the ones used for transportation. Their decks full of the crew copies of Klabautermanns.

(ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᚲ ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛒᚱᚨᚲ)
(ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᚲ ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛒᚱᚨᚲ)

Sunset stops her singing and the wings and gem vanish. She looks down at her army who have answered her call. She turns to her family members who have all watched the performance. Sunset knew that she needed to make an impact to be taken seriously and came up with this performance to bring everyone to shock and awe. Looking at the faces of her human counterparts family, she got the results that she wanted.

“This fleet is just what I could summon, for now. If I perform again I can call more. The age of the Roman Empire is measured in centuries, and many ships used by the empire, I can still call upon. Hundreds of thousands of Klabautermann I can still call upon. This is your only warning, stay out of my way and of Russia. Don’t make me your enemy,” Sunset said.

The magic that fueled the mirrors disappeared, from the rooms of the royals and the sky above their capitals. The Roman Empire has been reborn and the girl that was their niece is now its empress.

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Author's Note

1 - The Nemi ships were two ships, of different sizes, built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD on Lake Nemi. Although the purpose of the ships is speculated upon, the larger ship was an elaborate floating palace, which contained quantities of marble, mosaic floors, heating and plumbing, and amenities such as baths. Both ships featured technology thought to have been developed historically later. It has been stated that the emperor was influenced by the lavish lifestyles of the Hellenistic rulers of Syracuse and Ptolemaic Egypt. Recovered from the lake bed in 1929, the ships were destroyed by fire in 1944 during World War II.

Chapter 5

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The impact of the show Sunset Shimmer Romanov gave to the royal houses and the capitals of their nations, were quickly felt. Overnight the war plans and strategies had to be changed, like how the tank changed the planning and strategies when they showed up on the battlefield. Military planners had to plan and come up with ways to take down a Klabautermann, with the smart ones pointing out that they’re ships so what works in sinking a ship will work on them.

The reports from the Ottoman Empire reported the brutal tactics that the Ottoman Klabautermanns took in reclaiming lost lands and driving out rebels. The allied soldiers were all evacuated from the region but for some holdouts namely T. E. Lawrence who had been aiding the Arab revolt refused to abandon them. The result is the revolt has been crushed within a month after the ultimatum was given by sultan Mehmed to leave within a week and to leave the military equipment behind. Which the soldiers were forced to leave as both the Russian and Ottoman Klabautermanns oversaw the evacuations and made it clear that any loading of the military equipment would just lead to the cease fire for the evacuation.

The Ottoman Klabautermanns being aided by the Russian Klabautermanns, working with the Ottoman army, crushed the rebels and the remaining foreign army. Battleships appearing out of nowhere and launch a bombardment on defenses and forts. Hundreds of women who couldn’t be harmed by small arms but for sustain group firing and heavy firepower. A photo of Gangut lifting a tank over her head and tossing it into the defense line of rebels, made all the front pages of newspapers around the world. Showing exactly what any army would have to face, but the newspapers also reported that many Klabautermanns were crippled and even killed thanks to cannon fire and setting one Ottoman Klabautermann on fire. But death isn’t permanent for a Klabautermann as they can be rebuilt from the remains.

Having watched the brutal execution of the Russian royal family the countries have also broken all ties and trade with the Bolshevik controlled lands of Russia and have been sending aid to the white army. The royals have been sending letters and telegrams to their niece in the hopes of mending their relationship with her, only to have nothing but silence. The only news from her came from second hand accounts.

The governments of Europe are now having historians and scholars researching magic. Old books and curse objects are now being sought after, scientists having heard that magic is just another form of science that uses words and rituals instead of numbers and machines, are now driving into the mystic arts. A new arms race is taking place, seeking the lost knowledge of magic that the last princess of Russia has rediscovered and to call upon Klabautermanns. The war has gone quiet and both sides have halted all advances and now soldiers of each side just sit and waited for orders. All sides wondering if they would be facing Klabautermanns or they be fighting along side with them.

The nations who have no blood ties to the new empress of Rome, are the only ones who are getting a response. One country had a request to be delivered to her within 2 months before she leaves the Ottoman Empire and retakes her kingdom. Sunset still needed to summon all the Ottoman Empire fleet and teach sultan Mehemd more about Klabautermanns as part of her deal with him. Also her new army needed time to prepare for the war ahead of them.

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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire -

The factories and workshops of the Ottoman Empire are busy as women in Roman armor are working around the clock on ancient Roman ships. They’re mounting light cannons like QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns, 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.), Newton 6-inch mortars and other weapons of both the Ottoman and the allied weapons, replacing the ballistas and catapults they’re armed with. Fitting machine guns on the sides, covering the sides with armor plating, adding engines where they could. The uniformity of the Roman fleet was soon replaced by a mismatched fleet of ships, that in a future world and time would be Mad Max on water.

The Roman Klabautermanns needed time to adjust to the modern world and learn to use the modern weapons. The languages that all of them spoke are all ancient and of different cultures and times like how the Roman Klabautermanns, came in many different races, thanks to the fact the boats were all built in different lands of the Roman Empire, even a few who are Asians showing how wide spread the empire was. The magic that brought them to life also allowed them to learn the new languages. (1)

A problem came up, due to the culture clash of the ancient world and the fact that the Roman Klabautermanns are all beautiful women, who have busty amazon bodies. Which because of the standards of the ancient world, where Roman orgies are exactly what people think it means, cause lots of issues. Of course seeing how the Roman Klabautermanns are much weaker then the modern Klabautermanns, its only compared to the younger ships, they are all still superstrong by human standards strong. Any man who tried to take advantage of the very sexy Klabautermanns by force are all soon reminded of that fact.

The two Nemi ships Prima and Seconda, took the leadership roles of the Roman Klabautermanns. The two voluptuous sisters are very impressed by their new young empress who displayed the ruthless cunning and skills one needs to handle the upper classes. The rules and customs that the nobles, rich and powerful live by when dealing with others of their class, Sunset was a duck to water. Thanks to her growing up having to deal with the same kind of crowd at the big social events back in her world, she’s use to dealing with nobles and politicians. And in this world they’re both intimidated and thought that she would be easy to handle because of her age.

Currently the two Nemi ships are hosting a party onboard their ship bodies and their crew copies are the staff. With the defeat of the last rebel stronghold and enemy countries forces are all gone, sultan Mehemd can now focus on retaining his power and keep his empire together. He now has an army that will never betray and will always follow his orders, and is celebrating the end of the war for the empire.

The guests are being served by the the copies of the two ships crew copies of their human forms. The two ships are floating on the new man made freshwater lake reservoir that still has floating pieces of ice around the two ships that are side by side and connected by catwalks. The guests walk on ice bridges that have rugs on them, allowing the people to walk on the ice without slipping. And enjoying the party on the two Nami pleasure ships, which are surprisingly advance with running water and heated floors.

Prima is serving old Roman foods along with modern dishes, all cooked by her in the kitchen of the ship that has been improved upon. From dormouse, jellyfish, to snails that have been fatten on milk, food dishes that haven’t been used for years or were lost were served. There is also a festival like party happening along the shore of the lake where the people of Constantinople who also celebrate, with tables of food being served to the people. Which is great PR for the sultan and would help him in the long run.

Above the two ships is the image of the one who made it all possible, Sunset Shimmer, who is playing music with a band of copies of Prima and Seconda. They’re on the stage of the temple ship playing music that could be heard around the ship and above it. Her song performance when she broadcasted around Europe has caused a new craze that hasn’t been since the Lisztomania of 1841. (2)

Many of the things that Sunset is use to in her world the humans didn’t have, like the music of the humans aren’t to her taste. So for the party she’s busy entertaining the guests with her music, which are songs that she has listen to back in her world. One of the few things that she and Celestia did together that she likes was going to concerts and her being able to get records while she was still at the castle with one genre she likes because Celestia couldn’t stand it, heavy metal. Which sultan Mehemd asked her to play something that’s softer then the hard hitting heavy metal she’s been playing.

So she went and played something else that’s softer.

Gundam Seed - "Anna ni Issho Datta no ni"

We once were as one, but now nothing remains
Even in twilight, the colors have all changed

Tell me the reason, I gave you my hand
And you took it, only to push me away
Soon your heart will be cold to the touch, frozen over
And you’ll be drifting astray

If this life is what fate has in store,
A white lie of promise for something more
We’ll close our eyes while under the grace of this cold, winter sky

We once were as one, but now nothing remains
Only the void of words we fail to convey
Even the distance between lies without revival

We once were as one, but now nothing remains
Even in twilight, the colors have all changed

Under the moonlight, we’re destined to fall deep in slumber
Where we may find peace at last

Your head’s held high, dear patron of burden
If you lost all you held dear, would you sway?
If you’re lonesome, don’t take words for granted,
There’s power in saying you’re not afraid

Even though it’s our promise at stake,
Along with our worlds that collide and break
No longer can I hold back my farewell to banal nights

We once were as one, but now nothing remains
Lost in our trial, there’s nowhere we can go
How can a union like ours make it through the undertow?

We once were as one, but now nothing remains
My other half has become but a stranger
Still we are pulled by a force that we barely remember,
Forever riven with mistakes

LIFE GOES ON so passionately
As long as I’m alive and breathing
Even if I lose sight of who I am
I will continue on, so it all can start again

We once were as one, but now nothing remains
Only a void of words we fail to convey
Even the distance between lies without revival
We once were as one, but now nothing remains
Even in twilight, the colors have all changed
Under the moonlight, we’re tempted to give into slumber
Where we may both find peace at last

Sunset was going to play another song when a Prima whispered something into her ear. The Americans had responded to her demands and have brought what she had asked for. Sunset took a bow and left the stage letting the Prima who had informed her of the special guests to takeover for her.

Walking with her is Standart and Sevastopol the others are all either standing guard or preparing for the upcoming war. Sunset ignores all attempts to talk to her as she walks pass the guests with some of the diplomats trying to get close to her for their countries. She walked into the inner temple of the ship with the doors closing behind her as Seconda closed it behind her and two Roman Klabautermanns stood guard.

Waiting for her are Nikola Tesla, who she remembers hearing stories about and surprisedly Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

“I did wonder who they would have sent, it’s a pleasant surprise to see you in person American Lion,” Sunset greeted the former president of the United States.

“With all that has been happening here, I would had like to see anyone trying to stop me,” Theodore responded.

“Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest minds but one who has trouble finding anyone willing to fund your projects. I asked for you to come because, I need a royal scientist who can think outside of normal science. Once I retake my throne, you will have the funding of my country behind you,” Sunset said.

“You want me for that?” Tesla asked shocked.

“Unlike those fools you had to deal with, I see promise in your ideas and having free power would be very useful for my country. The tower you built isn’t big enough for what you need, I can have it built to as big as you need. You can also study magic, it’s not that hard to learn, you already know how to calculate in your head, complex formulas,” Sunset said.

“You did say magic is just another form of science but with words and rituals,” Tesla said.

“Think it over, you have a week before, I’m leaving to retake my country. So enjoy the party,” Sunset said and turns to Roosevelt. “You have the items, I requested?”

“Yes all here,” Roosevelt said reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small ring case and a folded piece of paper, giving it to Sunset.

“As promise I shall bring to summon one Klabautermann using a piece of one of your ships,” Sunset said. “But I wasn’t expecting you of all people to come. I had thought that one of the other former presidents would had come. And seeing how it’s you, who had wanted to come and join the war but was prevented by president Wilson. To be frank I need a veteran military leader, one who isn’t an idiot. So many soldiers have died in this war because of the incompetence of the military leaders. I’m a magical princess who can summon soldiers who are literally armies all to themselves, I’m not a military or a tactical leader. I want you to lead my Klabautermanns.”

“You want me?” Roosevelt asked.

“Yes, you’re a larger than life figure whose life reads like one of those fictional stories of great people who do amazing things. Which you have done in real life. I need someone who can lead my soldiers and isn’t an idiot. I have been dealing with former military leaders and white army leaders all claiming to be the ones who can lead me to victory. When many of them are the ones who caused the defeats of the army. My father tried to lead and that didn’t help as he wasn’t a military man, but you are and an experienced one.”

“A former American president leading a Russian army?” Roosevelt said to himself. “I’ll do it, but the deal will have to be expanded.”

“Good and time to uphold my end of the deal. We can negotiate about the expanded deal,” Sunset said.

“You’re going to sing again?” Tesla asked.

“Yes, have to call the Klabautermanns. The songs are to lure them and guide them. Magic isn’t like in the stories told, if I didn’t make my summoning be seen by so many people at once, people would be spreading tall tales of what happen and changing things. No such thing as bringing someone back to life like in the Bible. I’m just a copy,” Sunset said.

“Speaking of which, that statement with you saying that Jesus coming back as a dark skin woman, has really upset people,” Roosevelt said.

“What better way of making sure people are following his message? Comeback as a woman and has dark skin and see if the so called good people are actually good. Besides there’s a few Roman Klabautermanns who actually saw him while he was alive. Stories have been exaggerated but he was still a good person for his time. And he’s was a middle eastern man not a European white man,” Sunset said.

“But that’s not what the Bible said,” Roosevelt said.

“Tell that to the Roman Klabautermanns who were actually there and saw him themselves. Or just believe in what the faith says he is instead of the ones who were around back then,” Sunset said pointing out that unlike everyone else, there are Roman Klabautermanns who were around and seen Jesus in person. (3)

Sunset walk back to the stage and the two Americans are lead to where the American dignitaries are sitting. Seeing this causes people to talk, seeing the Russian princess having talked to the Americans and that one of them being former president Roosevelt, who is known by many. All wondering what they had talked about and if so if any deals were made.

Sunset got back on stage and reading the piece of paper before giving it to her band who also read it. She open the small ring box and pulled out a piece of wood inside.

“For those who are wondering I have made a deal with the United States, former president Roosevelt has agreed to be my general for my upcoming campaign to retake my throne. And for my end of the deal, I’m bring a fellow veteran to help him. Who happens to have a song about her,” Sunset said bluntly.

“You what?” the American ambassador asked Roosevelt who gave out a laugh.

“Well now there’s no backing out of it now,” Roosevelt said seeing what she has done, if Wilson tries to pull out of the deal it would just leave the United States with egg on their face.

Sunset began the song.

The Constitution and the Guerriere

It oft-times has been told,
That the British seamen bold
Could flog the tars of France
So neat and handy, Oh!
But they never met their match,
Till the Yankees did them catch
Oh, the Yankee boys for fighting
Are the dandy, Oh!

The piece of wood was toss into the air by Sunset and instead of hitting the ground it floated in the air. Glowing red with unknown energy.

The Guerriere, a frigate bold,
On the foaming ocean rolled
Commanded by proud Dacres,
The grandee, Oh!
With as choice a British crew
As ever a rammer drew
Could flog the Frenchmen
Two to one so handy, Oh!

A tall woman with a busty and powerful built body of a woman in her 40’s or 50’s appeared in front of the stage. She has long red hair that reaches her shoulders with strains of grey. Her uniform is that of a Legion of the United States before it was renamed into the United States Army in 1796. USS Old Constitution.

When the frigate hove in view,
Says proud Dacres to his crew,
Come clear the ship for action
And be handy, Oh!
To the weather-gage, boys, get her.
And to make his men fight better
Gave them to drink, gunpowder
Mixed with brandy, Oh!

Old Constitution began singing along with the song and more red energy filled her body as more women began to appear one by one.

Then Dacres loudly cries,
Make this Yankee ship your prize,
You can in thirty minutes,
Neat and handy, Oh!
Twenty-five's enough, I'm sure,
And if you'll do it in a score
I'll treat you to a double
Share of brandy, Oh!

The next woman is a tall black woman who has long black hair that reaches her butt. And has a powerful and busty body, which her uniform did little to hide. USS President

The British shot flew hot,
Which the Yankees answered not
Till they got within the distance
They called handy, Oh!
Now, says Hull unto his crew,
Let us see what we can do,
If we take this boasting Briton
We're the dandy, Oh!

The next woman is a tall and busty Chinese woman who has her long black hair in a braided ponytail that reaches her butt. USS Congress

The first broadside we poured
Carried her mainmast by the board
Which made this lofty frigate
Look abandoned, Oh!
Then Dacres shook his head,
And to his officers said,
Lord! I didn't think those Yankees
Were so handy, Oh!

The next woman is a tall and busty Native American woman who keeps her hair black long and flowing. USS United States

Our secon told so well
That their fore and mizzen fell,
Which doused the royal ensign
Neat and handy, Oh!
By George! says he, We're done!
And they fired a lee gun
While the Yankees struck up
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Oh!

The next woman is a tall and voluptuous Mexican woman, who has long brown hair that reaches her shoulders. Who is also standing with a younger Mexican woman who is slender and busty in built. USS Old Constellation and the second USS Constellation. (4)

Then Dacres came on board
To deliver up his sword.
Tho'loth was he to part with it,
It was so handy, Oh!
Oh! Keep your sword, says Hull,
For it only makes you dull,
Cheer up, and let us have
A little brandy, Oh!

The last is a tall and busty Inuit woman who keeps her long hair that reaches her butt in two braids. USS Chesapeake

Now, fill your glasses full,
And we'll drink to Captain Hull
And so merrily we'll push
Around the brandy, Oh!
Johnny Bull may boast his fill,
Let the world say what it will,
The Yankee boys for fighting
Are the dandy, Oh!

“So you called your sisters as well Old Constitution,” Sunset said to the oldest ship in the US Navy. (5)

“I figured that since I’m being called to service again, why not call my sisters to come along as well. We are the original six frigates of the United States Navy,” Old Constitution said.

“Seeing how you are the older one now,” Chesapeake said as Old Constitution is the only one who has grey hair.

“Well I’m the only one around and serving, you and President got yourselves captured by the English,” Old Constitution said.

“Wasn’t that different, just them being more stuck up, but they’re the same cunts and wankers we were use to,” Chesapeake said causing the English diplomats to gasp and more than a few laughs.

“We’re navy ships and the foul mouthed sailors are always a thing. When HMS Victory is summon, she’ll be a proper English woman, who will slap you and shove a pistol into your mouth and curse a storm if you don’t follow commands,” President said.

“Is she really like that mom?” Constellation ask Old Constellation.

“Yes dear she is,” Old Constellation said.

“Shouldn’t you be Old Constellation and not your mother?” Congress ask her niece.

“Seeing how my newest daughter is still being built, I’m Old Constellation and she’s just plain Constellation till her sister is fully built,” Old Constellation said.

“Which explains why you’re so much fatter now,” United States said smirking at her sister who glares in response.

“At least I have children unlike you all, old maids,” Old Constellation said causing her sisters to glare at her.

“I’m still waiting for my daughter to be built,” Old Constitution said. “But I’m not going to let myself go unlike you fat ass.”

All six sisters glared at each other.

“I know that look all too well, and it means nothing good,” Roosevelt said seeing he’s going to have his hands full handling the sisters.

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Author's Note

1 - The Roman Empire at its height had people from the known world doing trade with them.

2 - Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances. This frenzy first occurred in Berlin in 1841 and the term was later coined by Heinrich Heine in a feuilleton he wrote on April 25, 1844, discussing the 1844 Parisian concert season. Lisztomania was characterized by intense levels of hysteria demonstrated by fans, akin to the treatment of celebrity musicians today – but in a time not known for such musical excitement.

3 - Seeing how many people refuse to believe what doesn’t fit into their view of the world. Even if someone makes something like a time tv that shows the past and shows that Jesus is a dark skin Middle East man, they would still refuse to believe it.

4 - Detail of USS Constellation (from Capture of the French Frigate, L'Insurgente –Watercolor by Admiral John W. Schmidt, 1981) Constellation was built in Baltimore and launched on September 7, 1797. On February 9, 1799, she fought and captured the French frigate Insurgente. This was the first major victory by an American-designed and -built warship. In February 1800, Constellation fought the French frigate Vengeance. Although Vengeance was not captured or sunk, she was so badly damaged that her captain intentionally grounded the ship to prevent her from sinking. Constellation was struck in 1853 and broken up. During construction of a new Constellation in 1854, it was claimed that it was a "repair" of the original ship (a common dodge of the time for political reasons) leading to uncertainty over which ship was preserved in Baltimore until it was proven in 1999 to be the second Constellation.

5 - Both Constellation and Constitution were renamed Old Constellation and Old Constitution to free up their names for the planned new Lexington-class battlecruisers that were later scrapped.

Chapter 6

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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.

Chapter 7

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The leader of the Bolshevik, Vladimir Lenin couldn’t believe what was happening, a copy of Anastasia Romanov is bringing everything down around him. Sunset Shimmer allying herself with the Ottomans and now her uncle and the Central Powers, resulting in the Allies now rushing forward in the peace talks they were already having. The White Army are rallying around the princess, the Red army losing ground as soldiers deserted their posts. The allies in the church are calling it the work of the devil, but the stories of Baba Yaga being the one behind the resurrection of the princess is causing much confusion.

The old tales of Baba Yaga has her described as a repulsive or ferocious-looking old woman who fries and eats children, while in others she is a nice old woman, who helps out the hero in the story. Causing many to ask why would she be helping the princess, if she was the later. Lenin has been having the newspapers under his control to run with the first, that she’s an evil witch bringing ruin to the country by helping the former princess. Stirring up being the work of the devil and the evil witch, to get the Red Army to fight the Klabautermanns.

Orders of killing any deserters and mass executions of the soldiers who tried in front of other soldiers, is holding the Red Army together but only for so long. Ordering decimation to units to keep the soldiers from deserting only goes so far. The other countries have turn their backs to him and supplies that were meant for the Red Army are being shipped to the White Army instead. All to not make the princess their enemy.

Lenin looks at the list of Russian ships that have disappeared from their ports or out at sea. Each ship disappearing is another blow to moral of the Red Army. He could understand why the other countries are scared of making the princess their enemy if she can sized their ships and make them fight for her, the biggest strength that many countries have be gone. There isn’t much of a navy left now, with so many missing ships and the navy wasn’t that big to begin with.

Petr Veliky, ironclad turret ship, depot

Smolensk, armed merchant cruiser

Almaz, seaplane tender

Pamiat Merkuria a barque-rigged steel and iron ship with a ram bow, a minesweeper tender

Delfin, submarine

Okun, submarine

Askold who was sized by the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Glory IV a depot ship.

Rossia, armored cruiser.

Rurik, armored cruiser

Admiral Makarov and her sister ship Bayan, armored cruiser / minelayer

Gromoboi, armored cruiser / minelayer

The sister ships, Imperatritsa Mariya, Svobodnaya Rossiya, and Volya, battlecruisers

Tri Sviatitelia, pre-dreadnought battleship

The sister ships Evstafi and Ioann Zlatoust, pre-dreadnought battleships

Pruitki, destroyer / torpedo boat destroyer

The sister ships, Leytenant Shestakov, Kapitan Saken, Kapitan-leytenant Baranov, and Leytenant Zatsarenny, destroyers

Novik, destroyer

The sister ships, Bespokoiny, Derzky, Gnevny, Pronzitelny, Bystry, Gromki, Pospeshny, Pylki, and Schastlivy, destroyers

Kamchatka, repair ship

Derzhava now renamed Dvina, yacht

Livadia 1 and 2, royal yacht twins

Kuru, stream ship.

Vekha, military transport ship

Wilhelm Carpelan, transport boat

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Constantinople -

The people of the city watched as something that hasn’t happen in thousands of years, a Roman army on the march to war. An advance force of the Roman ships are marching to the boarder with Russia. Roman legionaries in cuirass armor carrying large metal shields and carrying machine guns, but all still have a gladius on their belts. Each century having a centurion leading them. Signifers carrying the standard of the century and the aquilifer holds the standard of the legion, all flying the Russian Empire flag on the standards.

They're not marching by themselves as Roman wooden ships on custom built trailers that were train carts on large wheels are being pulled by trucks. The ships are acting as cargo trucks for the army and an endless source of Roman soldiers as they're all crew copies of the Roman ships. The Klabautermanns have been busy making sure that they're prepared for war, having the supplies to wage it.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr from the United State embassy watched the Roman ships advance force leaving ahead of the main army. He looks back from the window to the table in the office he’s using, on the table are the currency they used to buy supplies with from the Ottomans. He has seen Roman coins in collections before and recognized the coins, gold aureus, silver denarius, bronze sestertius, copper as, and other coins from other kingdoms and empires that Rome had trade with.

It's perfectly normal for foreign coins to end up being used in a foreign land, or old coins still being used. And while many couldn't officially be used as legal currency, it doesn't stop people from accepting coins made out of precious metals. From what he has heard the Roman coins have are being melted down to be made into ingots and added to the Ottoman treasury. (1)

The coins on the table are for some friends who collect Roman coins, which some look to be just been minted. Which is true as some of the coins were minted and shipped out on ships to pay soldiers or to infuse new coins in areas that needed more coinage. There are also other goods that the ships were carrying, rolls of silk, ivory, furs, wine, metal ores, grains, armor and weapons, among other things. Sunset had used the goods to trade for supplies from the Ottomans.

The Roman ships have also brought with them knowledge that has been lost for one reason or another. Thanks to so many Roman ships having come from the time where Egypt was still a kingdom, there are plenty of them who can speak ancient Egyptian and read hieroglyphics. There are also ships carrying Egyptian treasures when they sank as well as other treasures from conquered lands. Which were also used to trade and buy things that Sunset needs.

It's a nice distraction from the main problem that Roosevelt is dealing with. The original six frigates, refusing to march with the army group he had chosen to come with him to Russia. Thanks to one of the soldiers making a comment about the sisters all being different races and how a negro could be a ranking officer. Resulting in the soldier being hospitalized with a missing lower jaw and arms. The other soldiers trying to show the negro her place, which caused her sisters to join in on the fight. Ending result, many of the soldiers of white men of the Vaban Company unable to continue to be soldiers or be able bodied men anymore. The ones who weren't around during the one sided fight are now horrified of making any of the American Klabautermanns mad at them.

The Klabautermanns, Old Constitution, USS President, USS Congress, USS United States, USS Chesapeake, USS Old Constellation and the second USS Constellation are all on strike till their demands are met. Which they made it very public and made a big show that they won't tolerate people who think that because of how being a woman and of a different race means that they should let whites walk all over them, isn't going to happen.

Roosevelt has been working to smooth things out but they all know that they're more important and needed more, giving them all the cards. They also pointed out that most of the new warships are like them, where they come in different races with many more who look like native Americans. And being told what to do from whites who think they're better because of the color of their skin, isn't going to end well for the whites. Not to mention that the women of the United States still don't have the right to vote. Which has caused a delay to the invasion and making big waves back home. (2)

President Wilson tried to get them to follow orders, but unlike with the other 3 fleets of Klabautermanns, the United State Klabautermanns refused the order. Pointing out that unlike the other fleets, the one they take orders from are monarchs and the United States has presidents who are elected to office. Completely different system from what the other 3 fleets follow. The only one that they would obey on command was the late, Joshua Abraham Norton, the emperor of the United States and protector of Mexico.

Which Roosevelt asked how could he had been the emperor of the United States. The Klabautermanns pointed out that no one from the government had ever disclaimed his title or tried to impeach him and on his gravestone he's named as the emperor, which is good enough for them. Roosevelt asked the other Klabautermanns and they all confirmed that they would had also recognized Norton as the emperor of the United States. But because he has no heirs, he would be the only royal that the United States would ever have.

The main problem from this mess Roosevelt finds himself in and has to deal with, is that the plan to have Klabautermanns of the United States isn't going to be an easy one. The six oldest of the Klabautermanns fleet of the United States, pointed out that the rest of the fleet wouldn't all be white. They be of different races like the Roman Klabautermanns, thanks to having a large population of different races, which would be reflected onto them. They also wouldn't be as obedient or loyal as the other fleets as the United States is a democracy of elected leaders, and not a monarchy. So they won't tolerate any racist remarks or treatment, and they will refuse orders.

Leaving the United States with a huge problem that if it isn't solved, the deal with Sunset is off. Which Sunset said that if their end isn't fulfilled she won't fulfill her end either. And the news of the mess is spreading, with how the American Klabautermanns being treated badly by US soldiers have now all gone on strike. Which Roosevelt being married long enough knows that it's going to take alot of effort and time to get on their good sides.

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Author's Note

1 - Foreign money mostly when coins were used instead of paper money, it wasn’t that rare for a coin from like China to end up in France. Thanks to traders and ships trading goods from one country to another. And when the coins are values are based on gold and silver content, the trust that the traders give to the coin is more important. A tiny shift in precious metal content can lead to huge shift in value; very much like it used to be in real life, in fact.

2 - June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States.

Chapter 8

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“Just because they’re loyal doesn’t mean that they will tolerate being mistreated or take it without fighting back,” Sunset said to President Wilson thanks to using the magic rune on the letter she had mailed to him. Which is a page from her magic journal to make a link she can use like a telephone.

“Aren’t the other fleets completely loyal?” Wilson asked.

“Yes they are but it doesn’t mean that they can’t disobey an order from the one who summons them, meaning they can disobey me. I told both the sultan and uncle that while they are all completely loyal to them, it only works as long as they’re treated well and they’re not given idiotic orders, as they are only completely obedient to me their summoner who told them to obey the sultan and uncle. While they are ships given human form they also have independent minds, and telling them to just tolerate white men mistreating them for the color of their skin and them being women, isn’t just them obeying that order. They’re not mindless soldiers that just obey any order. Seeing how your constitution gives the right to throw off the government if their rights are step on by said government. Which too bad for you and your country, most of the fleet are going to be dark skinned women, who have the power of a warship and won’t be letting anyone mistreat them,” Sunset said.

“Isn’t there a way to get them obey?” Wilson ask.

“Sure, you just have to give everyone in your nation equal rights, and if you don’t, you lose your entire navy and have to deal with a group of angry women who have the power and strength of warships in human form. And making them obey against their will is possible, I’m not going to do it for you. Both the sultan and uncle asked for that which I refused to, their fleets will be loyal but only as long as they’re happy with them and their loyalty is rewarded. It’s your problem in how your nation treats its own people, you handle it yourself. And the deal still needs to be done or it’s off. So solve your own problem and get an army unit over here before I leave for Russia,” Sunset said turning off the spell. (1)

On his end, Wilson holds his head in his hands with the original six warships of the United States all on strike. He looks up at the other people, in the Oval Office who have been listening in.

“You heard her, if we want Klabautermanns of our own changes have to be made. The six are already on most of the front page of newspapers around the world, a huge embarrassment. And Roosevelt has no luck in talking to them either. Send an all negro army unit and make sure they’re given the best equipment we have over in Europe. We can’t make ourselves look weak or have any more embarrassment on the world stage,” Wilson said.

“What about what they did to those soldiers?” a politician asked.

“What about it? Toss them into a prison? The only ones who can do that would be another Klabautermann and right now none of them are friendly. They’re not human and while they are part of the navy, the only one still in service is Old Constitution. They’re also in another country which were still at war with till the peace talks are over with, and no prison would be able to hold them. And even if we did managed to do that, the other ships might turn against us,” Wilson explains.

“We’re struck,” a navy officer said.

“We can’t do anything to them without hurting us in the long run. We just have to take the lost and do what we can to keep them. There have been many people from other countries talking to the ships about joining their navies. They know that our ships aren’t happy and if press to hard they might join another navy,” Wilson said.

“Like who?” a general asked.

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Constantinople -

“We can join the British,” President said to her sisters who are drinking at one of the bars at the docks.

The bar had the usual sailors, ladies of the night, drunks, gamblers, smugglers, reminding the sisters of the old days when they were young. They’re seated at a large table and are drinking and eating, with people around them giving them a wide space as they know who they are. With all the other Klabautermanns around people are wary of getting close to any shapely and buxom woman they see, as the men who tried and are too forceful end up with broken bones.

“At least they don’t make Jim Crow Laws,” Chesapeake said.

“I had high hopes after the civil war but they failed to follow through,” Old Constitution said.

“Such high hopes when we were young of the country,” Congress adds.

“It would still be a shame to just leave it,” United States said.

“There is hope for the children to do better,” Old Constellation said.

“They just have to not care about following the morels and traditions of their parents. What’s important to the old generation just means crap for the next one,” Constellation said.

“The new army group is going to get here tomorrow,” President said who has a portable crystal radio receiver on her now like the rest of her sisters and their niece. Allowing them to listen in on radio transmissions and talk to other Klabautermanns.

“You think they be dumb enough to send another group of white bigots?” Congress asked.

“If they do, we can do the same thing to them like the first ones. Maim enough of them and they be running home,” Chesapeake said.

Around them are spies from different countries who have been watching and tailing the rogue US Klabautermanns. With them being displeased with how the US army group had treated them, they’re demanding a new army group that doesn’t have bigots in it. If not they will refuse any orders given to them, and with them openly talking about going to another country, the agents of said countries are doing their best to woo them.

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Next Day -

Stepping off the transport ship USS Duck, James Gotham looks around him as he and the other black soldiers from different company’s to make an all black army regiment of 3,000. The news of what happened to the first army unit that was suppose to march with former President Roosevelt to Russia had already spread all across Europe. White soldiers missing limbs, eyes, jaws, and maimed by the American Klabautermanns for being racist to them. The soldier, lieutenant Frank Dam who started off the mess is missing his arms and lower jaws. (2)

The 7 American Klabautermanns are wooden sailing ships and maimed most of the regiment of 3,000 by themselves. Making it clear that the modern warships would be even stronger but because of the fact that many of them wouldn’t be white, would cause tension with the white soldiers who are bigots and look down on women. Which happen with the first regiment of white soldiers, and the 7 American Klabautermanns are refusing to obey orders till their demands are met. Namely having soldiers who aren’t bigots and know better to make them mad.

Which is why an all black regiment was created by pulling every black man in the US army around Europe into one unit. With the white officers being personally hand picked who aren’t bigots and were shown pictures of the soldiers who set off the Klabautermanns. Who are needed more than any human personal, no punishment would be given if any of them decide that any US soldier does something that causes them to lose it.

The soldiers who were maimed by the US Klabautermanns are still hospitalized and the ones who weren’t are all scared of the Klabautermanns. Many are scared of leaving on the ship they came on as the Klabautermann of the ship is a black woman who appeared for a brief time thanks to Old Constitution allowing the ship’s klabautermann appear for all the humans onboard to see. And any accidents that happen on the ship is blamed on the ship who doesn’t want the soldiers on her.

James saw the former president Roosevelt personally greeting him and the others. And with him is a tall buxom Mexican woman wearing an old navy uniform, she’s looking at all the soldiers. A younger more slender Mexican woman is walking around looking at the soldiers and glaring at the white officers. She stops and stands next to the older woman and James could see that they must be related with them looking alike.

“Well?” Old Constellation asked her daughter.

“USS Duck said they’re ok,” Constellation said to her mother.

“Roosevelt make sure the whites know what’s expected from them,” Old Constellation said.

“I will,” Roosevelt said knowing that if this doesn’t work the deal is off. Seeing how Sunset is moving out to Russia with or without him.

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Author's Note

1 - Sunset can make the Klabautermanns all be completely obedient like robots, but chooses not too. Which is why they can disobey orders. She doesn’t want to be like Celestia.

2 - From Valiant Hearts

Chapter 9

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The advance force of Russian Empire Klabautermanns made up of mostly Roman navy ship Klabautermanns, followed the tried and proven Roman army tactics. Namely the advance force lead by Russian Klabautermanns, march on the main paved road leading to Russia. Once they came upon where the paved road ended they began to build their own Roman styled roads, but instead of using stones they use cement, and the roads are flanked by footpaths, bridleways and drainage ditches. They are laid along accurately surveyed courses, and some were cut through hills, or conducted over rivers and ravines on bridgework.

A team of Roman Klabautermann engineers are the ones in charge of clearing the way, whose ship forms were made to be engineering vessels. Besides machine guns, they’re loaded with construction tools and equipment with several being specialized in what they do. Some are loaded with cement mixers and cement bags, some have cranes on them, others have harpoons on them to fire guide ropes across rivers and deep ravines to make bridges, loaded with fuel tanks for welding, loaded with nails, screws, and other supplies needed to build whatever is needed. Thanks to the abilities of the Klabautermann engineers the road they paved before the main army marched, allowed the army to make good time. (1)

“Most of the roads are still dirt roads, my country is backwards and underdeveloped, barter is still used instead of money in many places. Russia has vast resources of natural wealth, skilled workers and everything else that is needed to be a powerful country, just that it lacks a economy that generates wealth that isn’t just centered on the upper class. With good roads and a railroad system that works, trade can flow freely,” Sunset said to Theodore Roosevelt Jr as they have lunch together, they’re eating pork and fish stew, Standart is standing by her.

They’re in one of the Roman ships that has been modified to be transport on wheels. The ship is protected by a magic shield that Sunset made by curving runes on the ship that would automatically draw energy from her to power it. The ship is being pulled by a truck and heavily guarded by the Russian ships with her and the army of Roman ships.

“Yes but really, displaying the dead like that?” Roosevelt ask having seen the impaled bodies.

“I’m dealing with a nation that has unrest even in the good times. It needs a firm hand to bring it to order. The White Army leaders are little more than warlords that have banded together for their gain and power. I’m making sure that none of them will think, I’ll be easy to control or that they be able to do what they want. Raiding of settlements and farms for supplies, murder and rape are the law of the land, which both the Bolshevik and White forces are doing, to my people. Impaling soldiers from both sides who done so, delivers the message across very clear. For any White Army forces to stop and obey my commands, or suffer the same fate as any of the Bolshevik forces. Once this is over none of them be left,” Sunset said.

“You’re going to kill them all?” Roosevelt asked.

“Of course, no loose ends this time. All will be impaled and left to be seen by all. You cannot make a martyr out of someone who is impaled by a spike pole from their anus and out of their mouth. And I’m making sure all who are tied to the Bolshevik are dead. I have no need to keep people around, Klabautermanns are the only faction that I need. The others are just useful help, but I don’t need them,” Sunset said. (2)

“Don’t you need a power base for support?” Roosevelt ask.

“No, I don’t need a base like others before me. Unlike before the Klabautermanns will never betray me, can’t be scared, threatened, or paid off. But the ones who had remained loyal have earned a reward for that loyalty. Carrot and stick style of ruling,” Sunset said.

“You do know why the uprising happen right?” Roosevelt ask.

“Father wasn’t much of a ruler like grandfather was and how he took control of the army just made things worst. I learn from those mistakes and why I have you as the general. I have no idea how to lead or command armies. I’ll be doing the important task of logistics instead and making sure that my people are safe and have a decent standard of life,” Sunset said.

“There is more than that,” Roosevelt said.

“Yes but Russia is going back to a monarchy and while there be some people to help me rule. Unlike you while you were president if someone keeps on making themselves a problem to have something pass for no good reason, I can just have them removed or impaled,” Sunset said.

“Can’t say I have never wish I could do that before,” Roosevelt said.

“Besides seeing how the 6 sisters and daughter/niece refused to follow the orders of President Wilson. Your country is going to have a hard time in getting the rest of the fleet to follow orders,” Sunset said.

“There’s much disorder back home,” Roosevelt said.

The newspapers are running wild with how the six are openly talking about joining another nation if their demands aren’t met. And that most of the other ships in the USA fleet are not white, which meant that if summon most of the Klabautermanns will be dark skin and other races. They will not obey orders if they’re mistreated and will react violently if press too hard. Causing much unrest as women’s groups are protesting for the right to vote, as well as civil rights groups. Pointing out that the Klabautermanns are women and many won’t be white, and with how the country threats them, will reflect on if the Klabautermanns will even stay loyal. (3)

“That's what happens when the problem is kicked down the road to deal with later. Wilson will either have to make sure that the fleet is happy with the country or risk losing them. Seeing how 2 of the 6 were in service of uncle’s country and both would like to see Victory again,” Sunset said.

“I was asked to give you a message from your uncle,” Roosevelt said.

“The answer is still no, uncle Wilhelm at least came himself and gave me his arm, with the ones who allowed Vladimir Lenin and the others to travel through Germany. Have been beheaded and their heads mounted on spikes,” Sunset said showing Roosevelt a recording using a glassball that showed the beheading thanks to the one she gave uncle.

“That was the deal?” Roosevelt ask.

“Yes to keep the fleet is what he had to do to complete the deal. And before you ask while I will complete the deal after you complete your end, I will not make them completely loyal where they will follow any order. If I haven’t done it to my own fleet why would I do it for you,” Sunset said.

“They’re not?” Roosevelt said.

“We can choose not to obey her, we serve her out of loyalty alone,” Standart said.

“I treat my fleet right and why they obey me,” Sunset said.

“I also notice that you eat a lot,” Roosevelt said, having seen how much food Sunset packs away. Seeing how Sunset is eating a whole roast pig by herself.

“The strain of using magic is draining, like someone who has to work hard for years and age rapidly because of that hard life. I need to eat a lot to make my body healthy enough to cast spells. The magic I use isn’t calling powers from spirits, demons, and gods, which is like using a gun to fire a bullet. It’s to draw out energy from you to use as you want. The singing and dancing that I do is apart of the ritual to build up energy like a fire in a boiler needs time to build up heat before it can power anything,” Sunset explains.

“How hard is it to learn magic?” Roosevelt ask.

“About the same as it takes to be able to do advance calculations in mathematics. If you can understand the blueprints of how to build a boiler from scratch, is a good start,” Sunset said.

“No wands?” Roosevelt ask.

“Wands and such are tools to allow someone like me to use magic easier without having to do extra work. Hard to make but once made can shorten the time it would take or just make it easier to cast spells by hand,” Sunset explains. “But of course opening a magic school will just have the people claiming that they speak for god saying it’s the work of the devil. When they do anything but speak for god, let alone making, Jesus white when he was dark skin. Seeing how there are Roman Klabautermanns who seen him when he was alive. The only whites were travelers and Romans, while he was native to the region.”

“That has already spread,” Roosevelt said.

“Many refuse to believe it as they can’t believe that their lord of their faith is center around can’t be anything but what they picture in their minds. A never meet your heroes situation as most of the time they’re nothing like you heard or pictured in your mind. Like meeting a god and finding that they’re nothing what you had believed them to be. Making everything you believed in and needed to be real to justify how you had lived your life to be worth something. No lies but the truth and that’s for some is the scariest thing for them to ever face, to be wrong. That everything they had believed in and lived by was for nothing,” Sunset said.

“You used that in the last interview with that reporter,” Roosevelt said.

“Yes but it is true. I find religion just a gamble hoping that the one you bet on is the winner,” Sunset said.

“You said you are just a copy of the real Anastasia Romanov. Who were you before?” Roosevelt ask.

“Finally, someone asked the right question,” Sunset said smiling. “Lets being with my tale, of Sunset Shimmer, a magical unicorn pony from the magical land of Equestria….”

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Author's Note

1 - The engineers of any army are very important to keep the army going.

2 - You can’t inspire people with a death when it’s a completely humiliating and horrible death.

3 - The right to vote for women in the USA happen on 1920.

Chapter 10

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The Roman Klabautermanns proved to be the prefect shock troops, the enemy soldiers both the Bolshevik and White army found out quickly. The Roman Klabautermanns used their crew copies in their ship forms to overwhelm the enemy forces. The Roman Klabautermanns used old tactics like forming a tortoise formation but with heavy machine guns pointing out from the gasps and mowing down enemy soldiers, while being protected by a wall of metal shields that could withstand all but cannon fire. In close combat they proved to be stronger than any man and combine with their armor and melee weapon of choice the iconic gladius to cut down the enemy soldiers.

The Roman Klabautermanns when using their single body forms got into positions on the battlefield and transform into their ship forms and created a fort with their ship bodies. Letting them unleash their crew copies out in the battlefield, leaving the generals or leaders of either armies trying to get their soldiers to fight and not to flee. Not helped by that Some of the Roman Klabautermanns are armed with cannons and mortars that their ship bodies can carry, leaving the enemy soldiers baldly out gunned. They’re also much harder to kill, thanks to their real wooden ship bodies that have been armored up with metal plating and reinforced. Where even head shots aren’t fatal to them. (1)

The Russia Klabautermanns lead the Roman Klabautermanns who use their more powerful weapons and even stronger bodies, that have taken cannon fire. They just power through everything that the enemy soldiers throw at them, with very little being able to actually damage their heavily armored metal bodies. Made easy thanks to the fact that the enemy soldiers are poorly armed on the most part. The few enemy soldier units who are armed with weapons that can harm a battleship are few and are concentrated protecting key locations, mostly where the leaders are holed up.

The US army unit under the command of Theodore Roosevelt Jr and using magic orbs instead of radios that could be listened by others, allowed the ex-president to listen to the in coming reports on the battlefield and give out orders without having to wait for someone to decode it. Along with a magic map that shows where the units are in real time, allowing Roosevelt to send reinforcements where they’re needed or anything else that happens on the battlefield.

As for Sunset she handled the important task of logistics both for her army and for her people. With the civil war ravaging the country, trade and travel has all but grind to a halt because of the soldiers of both the Bolshevik and White army plunder the lands for food, supplies, and valuables. Sunset’s army on the other hand does the opposite, they give them food and supplies to survive for the ones that were stolen from and pay using Roman coins for the villages and settlements that weren’t, thus winning them over.

They also leave behind at least 4 or 10 Roman Klabautermanns who be stationed at the villages and settlements. Building a Roman style fort and garrison by the ship’s copy crew. Giving the people in said settlement security and protection, and unlike the soldiers of either Bolshevik and White army, didn’t go and steal and rape at will. They also repaired what was destroyed and resupplied them with food and other supplies that they need to survive. Giving the lands they pass new infrastructure, paved roads, security and gaining the people’s loyalty. Slowing the advance but the long term gains, is far greater than the lost of momentum.

There are forces who are still loyal to the royal family who joined the army but they’re always with the Klabautermanns to keep them in line. Sunset spend most of her time meeting and talking with people who remained loyal to her family and wish to join her side. Which she would summon Rasputin which unknown to everyone but her Klabautermanns is nothing more than an illusion she created. While the ghost has their attention, Sunset cast a truth spell that prevents the person from lying which she plays off as being Rasputin’s power. Allowing her to find out which ones are loyal and which ones aren’t. Weeding out the ones who can’t be trusted from the ones who can be trusted, some of the untrusted ones only side with her for personal reasons or to survive. Which is fine with Sunset as long as they know their place. She has a country to rebuild and a government to create to replace the old one, she does need people to be apart of her new government.

Sunset is looking at the list of people who have pledged their loyalty to her and pass her truth spell. The ones who didn’t depending on who they are, have been impaled as a warning to others. Reserve for the ones who are planning on betraying her or have other plans to use the power they had hope to gain from her. She showed the people of the old government that she isn’t playing by the old rules anymore and nothing like the girl they remember. She needs competent people in power and not incompetent morons like the generals that lead her human father’s army.

“Princess,” the voice of Baba Yaga spoke from the crystal ball.

“Yes?” Sunset ask looking at the crystal ball showing Baba Yaga.

“Your uncle of England is trying to summon HMS Victory’s Klabautermann. He has been gathering everything he could think of to use to summon her,” Baba Yaga said.

“There aren’t any magic users who have the skills to do something like that left. The witch hunts took care of that. And I been trying to find anyone who does and found nothing, and you also been searching as well,” Sunset said.

“I did found a small hidden community of magic users but they been isolated too long by themselves and have inbred to the point where they have very little magic left and look the part,” Baba Yaga said.

“Like the Habsburgs?” Sunset ask.

“Yes,” Baba Yaga said. “Seems that they were apart of a larger community of a hidden magic world but they always refused to teach anyone who isn’t a fully blooded magic user. Resulting them becoming inbred and losing their knowledge they once had. The wards that hides the community from muggles as they call them, they have no idea how to recreate them.” (2)

“What happen to them?” Sunset ask.

“I killed them off. They wanted to use me as a breeder to give them powerful magical children,” Baba Yaga said.

“Good, and how is my uncle trying to summon a Klabautermann?” Sunset ask.

“He’s been singing with an orchestra playing the songs you done trying to get the same results as you did,” Baba Yaga said.

“The spies have discovered that a ruler is needed?” Sunset asks.

“Yes but then again you didn’t try to hide that fact,” Baba Yaga said.

“Gaining the title of Empress of Rome couldn’t have been hidden,” Sunset said and thought of something. “Has uncle found another wisdom cube?”

“No, all he has are old artifacts that are said to be magical,” Baba Yaga said.

“Good, the only one who knows besides use is Tesla and he’s been keeping quite in the lab I provided for him,” Sunset said.

“Has he made anything yet?” Baba Yaga asked.

“He made me a magic staff,” Sunset said looking at the staff Tesla made trying to harness the power of the wisdom cube. The staff is really a pylon where the main support is used as the handle and the top is a shielded Tesla coil. “It allows me to focus my powers and have more control.”

“Have you used it yet?” Baba Yaga ask.

“No, I haven’t. No need, the army is doing their job well and even when some are taken out, unlike the human soldiers, they can be rebuild,” Sunset said.

While the enemy soldiers often lack the weapons to damage the Klabautermanns, they did have explosives like sticks of TNT which they used. Resulting in many dead and wounded Roman Klabautermanns and damaged Russian Klabautermanns. But Sunset had come prepared and had Roman ships refitted to be mobile repair workshops being loaded with everything needed to repair and rebuild wooden ships or metal ones. The Russian Klabautermann Kamchatk a repair ship, along with Kommuna a salvage submarine ship with help from the Roman repair ships, repair their Russian sister ships. The wounded ones just needed to eat to repair themselves.

“There are also many spies and observers watching the civil war, among the reporters who have tagged along. They’re learning all they can about Klabautermanns and searching for weaknesses. Uncle Wilhelm‘s new fleet is drawing attention away from me, just as plan but the shock and awe you all present will fade as it’s normalized. And now that they know that magic is real they will eventually figure it out,” Sunset said.

“It’s a lost art for a reason,” Baba Yaga said.

“Yes and full of con artists who will try to profit off of the gullible trying to learn magic. The church made it very hard to learn magic and how priests who say they speak for God, which is why I’m separating the government from the church. But I could teach some young priests and nuns who have talent in magic to heal. Showing that magic is nothing more than a tool. No they will just use that to justify themselves for being the ones that people have to listen to live how they see fit,” Sunset said.

“But they will experiment and use anything to learn to use magic. And that show you did has them looking into music to use magic,” Baba Yaga said.

“Magic is a lost art but if people could learn to use magic once, eventually they will figure it out again,” Sunset said. (3)

“From what I have seen with your uncle. It will take years at the rate they’re going,” Baba Yaga said.

“And I have the only genius who can figure out magic using science,” Sunset said. “Have you found anything magical?”

“No, I haven’t found anything new. I’m going to travel to the Americans and see what, I can find there,” Baba Yaga said.

“The items you have sent are magic but weak magic. The humans haven’t refined or studied magic as they should. Now it be years for them to catch up without someone like me to show them how,” Sunset said.

“Like building a train when no one knows how but knows what they look like and an idea of how they work,” Baba Yaga said.

“Have tons of gifts being sent to me to win my favor and to teach magic. Mostly from my human family,” Sunset said.

“As if you owe them anything. The news of you being a magical pony unicorn that I used to make the new you has already spread here,” Baba Yaga said.

“They will either believe or don’t, either way if someone else from Equestria ends up here, they will know where to go to find someone else in the human world,” Sunset said.

“What about ones who got here before you?” Baba Yaga asks.

“They all should be dead but for the long lived races. But they would be humans, who don’t live that long. But there could be descendant,” Sunset said.

“How about the place you first appeared at?” Baba Yaga ask.

“Already sent a unit to secure the area and sent another unit to the mine where my human family bodies are. I will lay them to rest,” Sunset said.

“I will look for Equestrians,” Baba Yaga said signing off from the crystal ball.

Sunset got up from the table with the papers she’s been looking over and walk towards the bed, needing sleep. Where Standart is laying on having been in the room the entire time and ready to serve her princess. She didn’t have to be told what she needed to do, anytime her human family is brought up Sunset is hit by the memories of what her human counterpart had. Sunset cast a spell on Standart making her look like her mother and she lays down besides Standart and curls up to her and clings to her.

Standart hums as she holds her princess who only has the memories of her human self of what being with a mother is like. To have a father and siblings, to have a family. Something that her birth mother Celestia never gave her or could give. Sunset never missed what she never experienced before, but now with her human self’s memories, she knows what it would have been like. Her curling and hugging her mother Celestia who hugs her back while humming a tune, to help her sleep and give her comfort when she needed it.

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Author's Note

1 - The Roman Klabautermanns are able like in video games heavily armored enemies who can take several headshots before they die. Which unlike in video games where it’s just for gameplay, the reason is that the Klabautermanns are really ships and they don’t go down just by shooting them in the head.

2 - A Harry Potter like hidden world but with the magic users refusing to let anyone else but them to join. Resulting in the magic users becoming inbred and losing their magic, thanks to being inbreds with tons of genetic problems and mental issues.

3 - in settings that doesn’t have people fighting everyday to live another day, people can rediscovered lost art forms, it just takes time or even come up with something better. Along with people being allowed to relearn the lost art form and no group is making sure that people don’t learn things that they believe is forbidden.

Like modern chemistry can replicate Roman concrete, but no one these days wants to pay the premium for a building that will endure like the Romans' did.

Chapter 11

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Sunset stood in front of the impaled, the families of the ones who followed the orders to kill her human family. The special unit she sent found the soldiers and the other units brought their families. She had the soldiers watch as each of the family members were impaled, one by one, the children too. Which she made them do the deed themselves, placing a spell that controlled their bodies, not that she made it known that she could do that to people.

They are the ones who executed her family, Yakov Yurovsky, Grigory P. Nikulin, Mikhail A. Medvedev (Kuprin), Peter Ermakov, Stepan Vaganov, Alexey G. Kabanov (former soldier in the Tsar's Life Guards and Chekist assigned to the attic machine gun), Pavel Medvedev, V. N. Netrebin, and Y. M. Tselms. The ones who didn’t take part were spared the horror she had the others did to their families as they beg for mercy. Sunset had none to give and made them impale their families as they could only beg for her forgiveness as they were made to do the deed.

“Pyotr Zakharovich Ermakov, family is only spared because of us coming across him. And it’s not as satisfying to impaled them without him doing the deed,” Sunset said looking at the broken men before her.

The bodies of their families are all naked and been impaled with the pole entering their anus and coming out of their mouths. Some of them are still alive and wishing for death. But she wouldn’t let them have a quick death, this is just cold blooded revenge. Which is being shown across Europe, to show what happens to the people who cross her.

“Following orders, even if it is to impale, your own family members. Well done,” Sunset said to the men. “As any good soldiers should, always follow orders no matter what, even if it’s to kill their own family in horrible ways.”

Sunset turns to her extended family who have watched in horror. The Roman Klabautermanns held the family members down while the soldiers drove the poles up their anus and kept on pushing till it came out of their mouths. All so that they wouldn’t be impaled themselves.

“As promise, I won’t have you impaled,” Sunset said to the men who look relief. “But I never said I wouldn’t have you executed as you all still committed the crime of killing members of a royal family which is punishable by death. Isn’t that right my extended family members?”

Sunset look at her family who the other royal houses which all still have laws that punish anyone who commits murder to a member of their royal houses.

“If any of you had refused the impaling just so that you wouldn’t be impaled yourselves. Your families would have been force to drink a poison that puts them to sleep before they died. But you all showed everyone who you are, dirty cowards who rather impaled their own family just for the small chance of saving yourselves,” Sunset said.

The Roman Klabautermanns bound and gagged the soldiers, they carried them away for an even worst fate.

“They’re going to be executed by an old Persian method of execution that the Roman Klabautermann heard and seen done. The Boats, also known as Scaphism. In which the executed would be force-fed and covered in milk and honey, which would results in massive diarrhea, then tied to a boat, where they would lie for days while insects covered, ate and mated in their flesh and feces. This would go on for days and week, until the victim finally died of septic shock. But because of the cold weather here. Instead they’re be sealed in wooden tubs filled with milk and only their heads be sticking out. Where the girls will pour honey into their mouths. Which sounds kind of nice, at first till the milk spoils. Soon the tub fills with their excrement, then the flies, and their maggots. At first it itches a bit, then it starts to burn. Their skin peels away with every scratch that can't stop themselves from making. The blood mixes with the foul milk and excrement, seeping into their open wounds,” Sunset explains to the horrified onlookers watching. (1)

Her extended family all stared in horror at their niece.

“Don’t look so surprise, you all have laws that have horrible executions for people who kill a royal family member. I’m just reminding everyone that killing your rulers has grave consequences for the ones who do the deed. If anyone tries, I won’t just kill you. I’ll take everything from you as well,” Sunset said and cuts off the broadcast.

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Author's Note

1 - It’s a real execution method.

Chapter 12

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Inside the floating palace ship form of Nemi ship Prima, Sunset is doing an interview with reporters who tagged along with her. They’re all seated with their notepads and ready to write it all down, sending it over the radios to be published in the newspapers around the world. What Sunset had done to the ones who murdered her family, still fresh in their minds.

“You all going to ask the same question so let’s just get it over with. Yes, I offered the ones who murdered my family, to either impale their families and not be impaled themselves. Which they did, showing exactly who they are, dirty cowards who when offered a choice not to die, none of them even hesitated in choosing to impale their love ones. Which is why they deserve the fate of the Tubs. I gave them a choice and they choose to kill their own families to save themselves. They’re the ones who were fathers decided that impaling their own children is better than them, for the faint hope that they would live. A false hope,” Sunset explains.

Sunset waited for the reporters to finish writing on their notepads.

“You were going to kill them regardless,” one reporter said.

“That was a lie,” Sunset said.

Causing many to look at her.

“I was planning on just banishing the families, after making my family’s killers think I had them killed. But they proved they’re the worst kind of monsters, who rather have anyone else die in their places. They disgusted me,” Sunset said making sure that the Bolsheviks could never use those men as propaganda.

In true she was just planning on forcing the men to poison their families before having them impaled. But the plan changed when she had off handedly suggested to have their families impaled instead of them in exchange. To her surprise, they had all agreed. But instead she had them do the deed to seal their names and faces as monsters.

“But make no mistake, the laws of Russia still have the family members sharing the same fate of the one who committed the crime. Just that it’s hasn’t been used for a long time now. And I don’t see why people are so upset about those children’s deaths. Some of them were around my brother’s age after all. Besides I did spare the ones who won’t remember any of this because of them being so young. They’re all been sent to orphanages, where they won’t even know who their birth parents are,” Sunset said.

She waited for the reporters to finish writing.

“And don’t think any of my extended families are any different. They have given orders where children are killed because of their decisions. I just did it in a public manner and watch what my decision cause to happen,” Sunset said.

“But you still let children be killed to happen,” an American reporter said.

“I don’t need you an American to tell me about letting children be killed. The only real difference is that the people who died weren’t some dark skin people who aren’t someplace far away, out of sight and out of mind. The natives of your country and those of different color skin children, are regularly killed in those schools they’re sent to. I talk with the negro soldiers and learned a lot about what you whites allow to happen. So don’t act high and mighty. If they were dark skin children, you wouldn’t care,” Sunset said. (1)

The American reporter just held his tongue after being called out.

“But thank you for bringing that up,” Sunset said waving her hand causing the windows to open in the air. Revealing that she’s been broadcasting the interview all along. “When I finish in taking back my country. I will welcome people who are looking for a better life. I will treat everyone equally. A white man will face the same kind of punishment a negro will face. My laws will be harsh but, I will be fair to all of my subjects. Man, woman, different skin colors, will all be treated the same. Some opportunities and punishments. That, I give you my word.”

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Author's Note

1 - I’m not whitewashing history just because people don’t want to be told how things really were like in the past. Schools and other places that should have taken care of children ended up killing them instead.

Chapter 13

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After the public executions of her families murderers, the Bolsheviks forces faced mass desertions. All saw what kind of men the men who executed the royal family are and no amount of propaganda would ever make people think of them as heroes as the leaders of the Bolsheviks had claimed. They had all chosen to impale their families just for the false hope of not being impaled themselves. The royal heir to the Romanov house and the throne, Sunset Shimmer Romanov.

The only ones left were those who didn't have any family or friends left in Russia that they cared about; those who thought that the Communist ideology was worth fighting for and the true believers. They were slaughtered as the Klabautermanns mowed them down without mercy. Giving the same mercy to any White Soldiers they found pillaging, raping and killing, none. For Sunset wants wipe them out, so that any threat of further insurrection is neutralized.

Sunset's show of cruelty to her families murderers, won her the respect of her people who both fear her but flock to her for protection. She unlike either the Bolsheviks or the White Army, freely gave food, clothing, medical supplies, and other things that the Russian people needed to survive. The chaos of the Russian civil war caused more shortages and deaths than before, as all trade and work had halted, as no one knew who was in charge. Sunset for all that she has done, is the only stable rock on a sea being hit by a hurricane. (1)

Sunset herself has been showing herself to her people in the villages, towns, and cities taken by her forces. The places where the soldiers had been abusing the people, who weren’t killed or ran away, she held public executions. Even letting the ones who survive to do the deed. Like the women who were used as sex toys by the soldiers were given farming tools and allowed to take revenge on their rapists. Children allowed to be the ones who decided if the ones who killed their parents in front of them. Mobs allowed to tear their tormentors apart as they begged for mercy that they had showed none when it was them in power.

“This is just like back in our time,” a Roman Klabautermann said who is a middle-eastern woman watching as a mob of angry villagers tore the White Army soldiers apart.

“Really?” Jame Gotham a black American asked.

“Yes, there are times when bandits or others were caught and the soldiers allowed their victims to take their revenge,” the Roman Klabautermann said.

One of the groups tearing apart one of the soldiers, screams grew louder as one of the villages held up the privates of the soldiers high in the air. The White Army soldiers who are apart of the new royal army are made to watch the execution to remind them what awaits them if they abuse their power. Which works as the White Army soldiers now stayed loyal out of fear and that she doesn’t need them. She has an army that follows her orders and doesn’t abuse their powers over the people. That all the different leaders of the White Army quickly understood, they needed her more than she needs them. (2)

Former soldiers and officers of the old royal army, have joined in the hopes of grabbing power. But quickly found that the human soldiers that they could build a power base on, are few and the higher ranks are filled with Klabautermanns. Who couldn’t be brought or turn against their princess. And Sunset refuses to entrust any real power to former officers who made things a mess during the war.

Speaking of which the war is now over and while the soldiers are now just sitting around and waiting for orders. The Central Powers are now in peace talks with the Allied powers for an end to the war on their terms. With cargo trains of supplies from both the Ottoman Empire and Germany as part of the deal Sunset made to give them their fleet of Klabautermanns.

“The princess is really winning them over,” James said.

“Things haven’t changed much from our time. You humans remain the same,” the Roman Klabautermann said.

“Can’t say it’s different back home,” James said knowing how bad things can get.

“Word has it that you played a jazz show in France,” the Roman Klabautermann said.

“Yes, I did,” James said.

“Get a band together. The princess is going to be hosting some guests in a few days. A live band be nice,” the Klabautermann said.

“Sure, I’ll find some people,” James said who is under orders to keep the Russian princess looking favorably on the United States.

The original 6 warships and the daughter of one of them, aren’t happy with the country they were made to protect. Seeing how Constitution being the only white member of the family, has become Jewish as she visited every synagogue they came across. Which made waves back home as the sole white member of the original 6 warships is now a Jew. She pointed out that there is nothing keeping anyone from just picking a new religion anytime they want if the faith isn’t for them. (3)

Leaving the President from what he has overheard scrambling to get the US Klabautermanns to follow orders. And been busy trying to get the Russian princess to do something about it where they will follow orders. But as far as James can see, that’s not going to happen anytime soon.

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The United Kingdom, London -

In the war room George Frederick Ernest Albert the king of the United Kingdom, met with the war cabinet. The peace talks with the Central Powers aren’t going good but with them now having 2 fleets of Klabautermanns, there little that could be done. The only one who can give him his own fleet of Klabautermann of English ships, is his niece Sunset, who refuses to speak to him for his inaction of saving her family. Friedrich on the other hand got his fleet because of him making a deal with Sunset and giving up his good arm, which has won him respect from his people. Showing them what he’s willing to give up.

George has been trying to summon the Klabautermann of HMS Victory but nothing has worked. None of the so called magic users could use actual magic to summon a ship spirit. He’s been singing different navy songs trying to get the results that Sunset gets when she sings. The ritual needs a ruler to work, the spies and the shows Sunset put on all had a ruler or a former ruler whenever a summon took place.

USS Constitution showed that she could summon other Klabautermanns during her summoning. Bringing her sister ships and her niece to life, giving the United States their own fleet of Klabautermanns. But thanks to the sisters being different races and a bigot US soldier setting them off, they’re on strike refusing to take orders. Making the Americans have egg on their faces, and made into laughing stocks. And agents like his have been talking with the American Klabautermanns offering them to join their countries.

Sunset said she could have made them obey no matter what, but she won’t do that to her fleet and won’t do it for any other fleet. From what George has heard there are changes being made in both the Ottoman Empire and Germany. So that their fleets of Klabautermanns won’t suddenly decide to strike. And from what the intelligence agents have discovered there a have been more Klabautermanns showing up for the two fleets, giving backing to the idea that a Klabautermann can summon other Klabautermanns. The rumor had started after a spirit Klabautermann had showed up by one of the striking American ships.

“Isn’t there anyone who can use magic?” George asked having even put an ad in the news papers and telegrams across England and its colonies for anyone who can use magic to step forward. Even offering a position of court magician, like in the old days when court jesters were still a thing. (4)

“I had people look all across England and found nothing. All of the so called magic are just sleight of hand tricks, none of what we seen when the princess used her magic. I check church records and nothing that shows any hints of magic but for the it’s the work of the devil,” the intelligence officer said.

“If there was anyone who knew magic, they died in the witch hunts and the church stamping it out,” another officer said.

“It looks like the art of magic is just a lost art that we just have to rediscover,” one of the people in the room said.

“Look in the colonies, for witch doctors, shamans and anything else. There has to be someone who can use magic somewhere in the empire. And make sure that everyone knows that if one is found and is mistreated because of the color of their skin or they’re a woman, there will be grave consequences for that person. The only one who knows magic and can teach it that is known is Sunset and she won’t help. Without magic and Klabautermanns the war is over and any future conflicts, it be just a slaughter to fight the German and Ottoman fleets…,” George stop as he stared at someone who he hasn’t seen since he was a much younger man.

Standing at the doorway of the room is Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, his grandfather and Alexandrina Victoria his grandmother, both ghosts. Both of them stared at their grandson, Victoria with a look of utter disappointment. Albert toss a rotten piece of wood onto the table and both former monarchs vanished. Leaving the entire room stunned.

Baba Yaga smiles seeing the panic that happen shortly afterwards. The piece of the old shipwreck should work for what she has plan. Her pawns just need to get it right and an old legend will be given flesh again.

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Author's Note

1 - The Russian people don't care about that Sunset had her family's all killed with only the very young being spared. All they care about is that they're being given what they need to live and have security so that others won't take it. They’re hungry and scared of the fighting happening around them, people will flock to anyone who gives that to them. And almost entire families being executed by said person doesn’t matter to them as it didn’t happen to them. For people living in a war zone and aren’t apart of the sides fighting all they want is some stability.

2 - Giving the arm forces better treatment and more money keeps them loyal to those in power.

3 - If the religion doesn’t make you happy, you can just look into something else or just give up doing something that doesn’t help you in anyway.

4 - The court jester job lasted till the 1800’s. In 2015, the town of Conwy in North Wales appointed Russel Erwood (aka Erwyd le Fol) as the official resident jester of the town and its people, a post that had been vacant since 1295.

Chapter 14

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Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) former empress of Russia and the grandmother of Sunset Shimmer Romanov. By radio she contacted her granddaughter and made arrangements to meet up with her. Maria was with her two remaining children, Grand Duchess Xenia and Olga Alexandrovna of Russia with their families who could make it.

Sunset sent an escort of the Russian sister ships, Imperatritsa Mariya, Svobodnaya Rossiya, and Volya, battlecruisers. Along with a century of Roman Klabautermanns, each soldier being a ship that in their ship forms they could summon hundreds of crew copies of themselves. They made sure that the royal family stayed safe on the road to where Sunset is.

Using one of the Roman ships that has been modified to be transport on wheels, the royal family traveled on the paved road left behind by the main army. The Russian Klabautermanns, Imperatritsa Mariya, Svobodnaya Rossiya, and Volya, pulled the transport ship, showing the power and endurance that they have. The Roman Klabautermanns march on all sides of the ship and riding on said ship on high alert.

The sight of the army scared off any would be bandits from trying to attack the convoy. The bandits are made up of ex soldiers and the desperate but learned that the Klabautermanns aren’t to be messed with. The bandits are also being hunted down by the Klabautermanns who unlike their human counterparts, don’t get tried and don’t need sleep. The Russian Klabautermanns can go for a month before they needed to refuel and rest, the Roman Klabautermanns being sail ships, while slower could just keep on going without rest. Resulting in the Roman Klabautermanns just chasing down their prey by never stopping the chase while the humans needed to rest and sleep. (1)

The convoy made great time and it took them only about 10 hours to reach the camp site where Sunset had setup camp. Having been radioed ahead of the convoy of them coming. Sunset had everything setup to receive her family that she still cares about, she and her grandmother always had a rocky relationship but she and her aunts are her only living relatives that she’s close too now.

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The convoy -

Peaking out of the window of the ship transport once one of the soldiers guarding them told them that they reach the came, Maria looked out to see that the whole camp is a sea of women. Very beautiful women who dress in outfits that isn’t for northern Russia weather, which they weren’t affected by the cold at all. They showed off too much skin for her taste, for her daughters too as they reminded their husbands that they’re there with them and their children.

The ship transport stop and the royal family got off the transport that was setup for them to travel in. Each got a private room for themselves and a main large room for all of them, and a bathroom. Her granddaughter was very eager to see them again.

The other extended family have been in contact with her and her daughters, all wanting them to reign in Sunset. She is a copy of Anastasia, having admitted that she has all the memories of the slain princess, living a life she hasn’t lived. And that her new body is that of a magical unicorn pony who is the human Anastasia’s counterpart, who travel to Earth by a magic mirror. She was starving to death when Baba Yaga used her in the ritual to bring the human princess back to life. Resulting in someone new, she isn’t Anastasia or Sunset anymore, she’s both of them now. But she’s still has the family connection to her aunts and their families and her grandmother. They’re the only ones who can still influence her.

Maria spotted the Roman floating palace ship, Prima who is manned by those copies of her. A long line of identical women are lining up on the carpet leading from the transport ship to the palace. All of them being tall dark haired beautiful women whose thick long hair hangs to their her feet. Their voluptuous bodies, massive breasts, large butt, and small waist, are covered by a fine silk toga picta and tunica palmata colored purple, embroidered with gold and wore many jewels on their bodies.

Glancing back to her daughters they both look unhappy at the sight of the women and how their husbands are staring at them. She then stops as Rasputin appeared in front of her, she has heard of him and met him a few times. She had thought of him to be just a con man who claimed that he was treating her grandson. But now with everything that has happen, he showed that he was more than he had seemed.

Rasputin motions for her to follow and walks towards the pleasure palace. Maria look back to her daughters and their families, all look uneasy with the ghost of the priest. Maria followed the ghost and her family followed her.

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Prima Pleasure Palace -

The doors of the grand hall open revealing a large table laid out with a feast, greeted them. Which are the meals for the first class passengers of the SS Titanic. There is also a live band of black American soldiers, waiting to start playing. They were greeted by an English woman dress in a male captain’s uniform as their ghostly guide disappeared.

“I am SS Titanic, I have prepared the courses for tonight,” the buxom brown haired woman said.

“You’re Titanic?” Olga asked having read the news story about the sinking of said ship.

“Yes, been raised from the depths and now apart of the Russian fleet,” Titanic said.

“How?” Olga asked.

“Princess Sunset has been having the submarine Klabautermanns exploring the depths of the sea and came across my wreck. They been salvaging wrecks and gathering pieces of said wrecks to use to summon a Klabautermann. Many here are wrecks that have been brought back to life and are now apart of a fleet again. While we were from different countries, like the many sunken Spanish treasure ships, we have no loyalty to our old countries, that was another life. We’re now part of the logistic fleet to handle the supplies while the fighting ships can do what they’re made for,” Titanic said. (2)

“Logistics?” Olga ask again.

“With the war and the civil war here, trade and supplies are at an all time low or stop entirely. Klabautermanns like Langton Grange who was a refrigerated steam cargo ship, provide food for the starving people. Speaking of which here’s the courses,” Titanic said.

First Course -
Hors D'Oeuvres
Oysters

Second Course -
Consommé Olga
Cream of Barley

Third Course -
Poached Salmon with Mousseline Sauce, Cucumbers

Fourth Course -
Filet Mignons Lili
Sauté of Chicken, Lyonnaise
Vegetable Marrow Farci

Fifth Course -
Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Duckling, Apple Sauce
Sirloin of Beef, Chateau Potatoes
Green Pea
Creamed Carrots
Boiled Rice
Parmentier & Boiled New Potatoes

Sixth Course -
Punch Romaine

Seventh Course
Roast Squab & Cress

Eighth Course -
Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette

Ninth Course -
Pate de Foie Gras
Celery

Tenth Course -
Waldorf Pudding
Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly
Chocolate & Vanilla Eclairs
French Ice Cream

Maria and her family were all seated at the table where voluptuous maids serve them plates with serving of the food that’s been laid out. Sunset came walking out of one of the doors and silently sat down at the table. Sunset looks at her grandmother, her two aunts, their husbands and their children, her cousins.

“Thank you for coming, my family,” Sunset said. “By the end of the month I should have taken back the throne, barring any unforeseen setbacks. The Romanov‘s will once again be the royal family of Russia. I have even taken steps to keep all of you safe.”

Sunset motions to 6 of the maids who step forward and 2 of each walk over to either of her aunts and her grandmother.

“They’re are the former royal yachts. Who will be assigned to all of you. Aunt Xenia, you have, Dvina who was once Derzhava before being renamed and Alexandria. Aunt Olga you have Livadia and Polyarnaya Zvezda. Grandmother you have Opyt the first Livadia before being renamed, and Tsarevna. They will both serve you and protect you, all of them heavily armed and armored. As for my cousins I can make some arrangements in the future,” Sunset said.

“Don’t you need to be the ruler to summon Klabautermann?” Xenia asked.

“Oh that, I need to be a ruler to summon them from anywhere. But if I have something that once was apart of a ship, I can summon them no matter what. It’s the reason why I needed the title of Roman Empress, to be able to summon ships who have long since been destroyed and no remains are left. And because they’re sunken and long been abandon by their home countries, they just become apart of the new Russian fleet. The Spanish treasure ship Klabautermanns and others like them have given me a war chest that not only can fund this war but also the rebuilding,” Sunset explains.

“Russia will need much for the rebuilding,” Maria said.

“I know. Father wasn’t up to ruling and the wars showed it. Of course grandfather never did bother to teach him how to be a ruler. I have much to do to get this country running again and solving the problems that caused the unrest to happen in the first place. At least with the Klabautermanns replacing the human soldiers, there won’t be any soldiers firing into crowds and me being blame for it. We won’t have to worry about keeping the military on our side after this war is over with,” Sunset said.

“How different are you from Anastasia?” Maria ask.

“I have all of her memories, that have mixed with the other memories of who I was before. I know that you and Anastasia never really gotten along. But your relationship with her is much better than with my other mother. All she had seen me as was a tool, to be used and thrown away when no longer needed,” Sunset said.

“Other mother?” Maria asked.

“I regal you with my tale of my pony side and the birth mother who never wanted me,” Sunset explained as she began her tale to her human family. And motion for the jazz band to wait a bit longer but are free to share the courses of meals that the royal family are enjoying at a table being set up for them.

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Author's Note

1 - Real life sail ships can keep on moving long after the ships with engines have run out of fuel. The Roman shipgirls are able to keep moving when the Russian shipgirls are out of fuel, they’re weaker and slower but they make it up with endurance.

2 - With thousands of ships both recorded and unrecorded that have sank or disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean. The submarine girls of Sunset’s fleet are able to find pieces of wrecks and using that Sunset can summon a new shipgirl. Rather than using a wide net summon and hoping to get the ones she wants.

Chapter 15

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Playing jazz, James and the other black soldiers he found who could play, once given the go ahead started playing some songs for the Russian royal family. As he played, James look to where the young princess is talking with her remaining family members. This isn’t the first time he has seen her, he has also talked to her before.

He was surprised that the princess had wanted to talk to him of all people. Turns out that Sunset tried of only talking to Roosevelt and the white officers, had her Klabautermann go and grab some of the black soldiers so she could talk to them. She wanted to learn about how things are for his people and not the whites, she has heard about how free the United States is, but the people she had talked to before were all white. And with what Constitute and her family told, things weren’t that good for anyone who isn’t white.

James shared with her his late brother’s story. Freddie is a who originally moved to Paris to marry his fiancé, only to lose her tragically in a German Bombing attack orchestrated by Baron Von Dorf. In response, he became volunteer soldier who enlisted in the French Army in order to take revenge for his fiancé's murder. He return to the states where he was killed by a pair of white men who took issue with him dating Anna, a white Frenchwoman. The white men got off claiming it was self defense. (1)

The princess heard the stories of him and the other black soldiers she talked to during the journey. When James asked her why she wanted to know his story. She told him that she had to fall and lose it all, to know what real hardship is like. In both of her other lives she had lived in the upper classes, she never knew what it was like to be starving where she was eating anything that she could find just to survive. It was only by chance she was found and given a new lease on life.

The princess has lots of plans for her country, while her father wasn’t ready or trained to be a ruler, she would be. And one of the plans she has is treat the causes for the revolt to happen in the first place. There was so many social issues that cause her father had put off in dealing with, that it just snowballed and in the end even if he had finally gotten to dealing with the problem he had putted off, it’s far too late for it to actually matter. She won’t make those mistakes and deal with the problems before they get bigger. And unlike before, where the soldiers didn’t obey orders and cause things to get worst. Her new army won’t be making those mistakes.

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Sunset’s P.O.V. -

Sunset eyes the young man James playing with the band. Just a few years older than her, good looking for a human male she guessed. She’s still getting use to all the. New feelings that her human body and the memories of her human counterpart gave her. She finds him charming and still puzzled by how humans think skin color means something, where whites think that they’re the best.

She has plan to fulfill her end of the bargain she made with Rosevelt, but she told him before that she’s not going to make them obey commands. With more than half of the American Klabautermanns are going to be non whites, it’s going to be interesting to see the results of how they be interacting with the bigots of American. With the white American Klabautermanns be siding with their sister ships and will not tolerate any bigots on their ship bodies or obeying orders from said bigots.

The Americans will have to deal with the deep rooted racism of their nation or deal with their entire navy Klabautermanns going on strike and dealing with them deserting and joining another country. Which 5 of the original warships and the daughter of one are able to legally do, seeing how they’re discharged from the navy already with only Old Constitution being the only one still listed as a navy ship. Which they have many countries trying to win them over, with England agents talking to Chesapeake and President, both of who, use to be HMS Chesapeake and President after both of them were captured.

One of the double doors open and a very tall and powerful built woman stood there, who wore a white wooden mask of a rabbit that covered all but her lower face. She wore a sarafan, customized with utility belts that has 4 hatches hanging on them. She also held a long broad axe, that looks very old. She’s with a Roman Klabautermann who is holding a wooden chest. (2)

“Anna, Sofia, you're back,” Sunset greeted the two.

“We found the object just as requested,” Sofia said head of the scouting party. She opens the chest revealing a gusli inside. “But it’s just a self-playing gusli.”

“Good either way,” Sunset said and waved them off. “Once my family dinner is over your team are free to have the leftovers.”

“Thank you princess,” Sofia said leaving with Anna.

“The woman with the rabbit mask. Is she a Klabautermann?” Maria asked.

“No she’s a huntress who’s been living as a hermit when Sofia’s scouting party found her in the Red Forest. Uncle Wilhelm‘s soldiers went into the forest and she’s been killing them. She has proven very useful in tracking. She’s part of a team I assembled to find magic items,” Sunset explains to her family.

“Magic items?” Maria asked.

“Yes, I been sending people to find magic items. But thanks to the church and the witch hunts, magic is in very short supply. It’s the reason why Baba Yaga agreed to help, with all of this happening that proves that magic is real. People are once again seeking to learn magic and a new age of magic can begin again,” Sunset explains to her family.

“New age of magic?” Maria asked.

“Yes new age of magic. With so few people who can even use magic, the magic fields of this world are all but dead. I was shock that the magical field of this world which is like a muscle was so anorexic and underused. Magic users can't draw magic from nowhere, it has to be taken from magical fields. Think of it like a fire, if no one is using magic, the fire starts to die. It’s the reason why the stories have Baba Yaga as an old woman, she was wasting away without anyone else who could use magic. Thanks to me and the Klabautermanns, she is now much better,” Sunset explains.

“Will we get to meet her?” Maria asked.

“When she wants to show herself. She’s traveling around and doing her own thing,” Sunset said.

Sunset has Baba Yaga setting things up for the future, as she’s playing the long game. Plans that will only work if something happens and wouldn’t bare any fruit till then, with back up plans just in case. Most of her plans is creating a brain drain with the other countries, luring the people with the talents and knowledge that will bring Russia to a new age. She knows that Russia is backwards in many fields and will need skilled laborers, educated tradesmen and intellectual immigrants to bring Russia to a modern age. (3)

She’s going to make Russia be a good place for people who are treated badly to emigrant to Russia. She also gotten Tesla whose brilliant mind is already making some breakthroughs in his magic research. She’s going to give him all the funding and resources he needs to show the American government what they had lost. She’ll lure the educated and innovated people of all races to come to Russia, with some coming to study and learn magic.

Sunset will search for the people who have talents and skills her country needs. Which because of their race, sex, and other issues that some people find important above all else, she will extend a hand to welcome them to her country. So that they can make her country be the golden city on the hill.

All she has to do is make the other countries look worst compared to what Russia will become under her rule. Which won’t be that big of an effort to do, like America from the stories that she’s been told by James and the other black soldiers. There be people like Tesla who is not white or a woman in many countries. With those people, Russia will rise from the ashes.

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Author's Note

1 - The reality of how racist and how whites could kill a black person and get away with it is all too common back then.

2 - Anna, The Huntress from Dead by Daylight.

3 - Brain Drain is what happens in real life when the people who are educated and skilled leaves for a better place or for better jobs. Leaving the place they came from without someone who is educated or has needed skills. Which results in dying places or poverty for the people that are left.

Chapter 17

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With the Russian civil war utterly destroying the infrastructure and the economy of the nation, it also left much of the country in ruins. It caused a massive famine and about 5 million people starved to death. Massive inflation and the Ruble is worthless. Hundreds and hundreds of kilometers of railway tracks have been destroyed. Disease and epidemics have killed about 3 million. The populations in Moscow and Petrograd has collapsed. Life expectancy has plummeted. People are freezing to death in their own apartments, and life has been reduced to a constant search for food and shelter.

Now the new ruler Sunset went to work on fixing her broken kingdom. She had her Klabautermanns work on creating roads and railroads to connect her vast empire together. Due to how vast and inhospitable the country is, there are hundreds or even thousands of isolated settlements and people who are from various indigenous groups who largely live the way their ancestors did for centuries. Some of them may even be considered uncontacted. There are also the nomadic tribes that follow the herds and never stay in one place for long.

Sunset understands that Russia has vast wealth and resources, but because of how vast the nation is and how spread out the resources are and how the economy of most of Russia is by barter. Her country lacks an economy to become a world power, it has everything but an economy that doesn’t just make the upper class wealthy. So she’s been working on fixing that issue and others that her father wasn’t able to do.

With all the Roman Klabautermann’s Roman coins made from copper, silver, and gold, gave Sunset the wealth she needed to make changes. Melting the coins down and making new coins and ingots for exchange with other markets and countries. Buying resources that her country needs from the countries that had stayed out of the war, and hiring skilled workers for the many projects she needs to bring her country out of the old ways.

Her Klabautermanns have replaced the army and unlike the human ones, will not cause a mess of things. One of the things that caused the revolution to happen was the soldiers sent to break up a peaceful protest, went and shot the people and it becoming Bloody Sunday, helping the factions against her family to gain support. She disbanded the army and replace them with Klabautermann who are doing a much better job. The only ones left are the ones who had remain loyal to her family, but they still work with the Klabautermann who can overrule them.

The Roman style forts are being built near every settlement, and cities where the people could be protected and kept an eye on. Trade convoys are being setup so that supplies and trade goods could flow, with the Roman Klabautermanns making roads and railroads. All under their control so that the railroads mismanaged wouldn’t cause the supplies to be left to rot in the train yards. Due to the war and civil war, the railroads are a complete mess, with trains taking weeks to return from stations. The Klabautermanns replaced the rail workers and soon the railroads are working on clockworks.

The food stations open up in the cities and large towns and villages, to feed the starving population. The menu being flour, corn grits, condense and powdered milk, rice, coco, and sugar. Other provisions soon joined the menu as the Klabautermanns manning the stations added their own ration supplies to help feed the people. As they are able to eat anything to restore their supplies and repair their bodies, they only ate food for the taste. Canned meats, fruits, and vegetables, along with other army rations were given out to the starving population.

The Klabautermanns also worked as doctors, treating the sick with their medical supplies and know how. Becoming a workforce that repair and built new infrastructure, that many places had lacked before. And gave people protection and security that they didn’t had before. Winning over many Russian people to their new empress’s side. For she's giving them what Vladimir Leni and his party had promised and didn't give, peace and bread.

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The royal palace -

Sunset frowns as she reads the newspaper, the Russian people are being won over as she gives them food, medicine, shelter, security, and whatever else they need to survive. The brutal executions of her family’s murderers and their families has caused her to be painted as a tyrant with the other countries. Her extended family are fine with ordering the brutal killings of people as long as it’s out of sight and out of mind, but showing it where everyone can see it, is just too much for them.

“My extended family have ordered worst and yet they think they have the morel high ground,” Sunset said to herself. (1)

Her eyes darted to the article of the American Klabautermanns who have all gone on strike, over the mistreatment of women and non whites. Many of the ships are sea when she casted the spell to summon their Klabautermann forms, had gone and made the crewmen even the officers to walk the plank as they refused to allow them to be on board their ship bodies. Or just literally rip them apart when they used their crew bodies to just overrun their ship forms.

Which resulted in the newspapers focusing on the entire navy force of the United States being on strike as they have no ships left to use. Even the tugboats and smaller boats have their own Klabautermanns who joined their sisters. Who more than half of the American Klabautermanns are non whites, they are not willing to serve a country that treats people who aren't white and male as second class citizens. Resulting in much unrest in the country, and the civil rights movements on the raise with the Klabautermanns joining the marches, in disguise. Resulting in the police crack downs being flip as the American Klabautermanns fighting back and leaving the white police force broken, literally as many police had their backs broken, hands crushed and kneecaps shattered. The Southern states has been hit hard by the Klabautermann who in disguised caused the remaining police in the states to be fearful of attacking a female negros and ended up attacking a super strong Klabautermann instead, who will break them literally and make them cripples for life. They also attack anyone who interferes with the protests, mainly white men who are also crippled. The Klans members have been cut down by the Klabautermanns.

No matter what the Americans are offering she won’t help them as it’s their problem in how they treat the non whites and women, they have to solve their own social problems. She had upended her end of the deal, it’s not her fault that the poor treatment of non whites in American caused the Klabautermanns of their nation to go on strike and protest. The United States government is now scrambling to fix the problems and get the navy ships back to work. And that she didn't wait for the American's to be ready for the spell and just casted the Klabautermann spell without any of the singing and show like she did before, is just them not listening to what she told the American diplomats to tell their government. She said she would cast the spell the next day and they had expected her to make it into a big show like before, instead of just doing it in private.

Now the other countries seeing what’s happening in the United States who have their own ambitions in gaining their own Klabautermanns are changing laws so that they wouldn’t have to deal with the mess that the Americans are facing. Both her uncle and the sultan of the Ottomans are making sweeping changes to keep their Klabautermanns happy with them. They have proven too useful and important to mistreat, the Allies are being force to take the terms that the Central Powers want to end the war. The two nations are now two of the most powerful thanks to their Klabautermanns, while the United States has theirs on strike till they get want they want. Which pales to Russia and their magical empress.

Putting the newspaper down, Sunset looks at the paperwork that needs her signature after reviewing them. She had to rebuild the entire bureaucrat system up from scratch but it did allow her to get rid of people who didn’t do any real work and only got their jobs as kickbacks and knowing the right people. As she’s now obligated to handle all the paperwork and all the decision-making that comes with the role of a ruler, she’s making sure that the system works on all levels, unlike her father. And as the one with the absolute power and authority of Russia as the autocracy leader, she’s making sure things run well.

Her grandmother Maria is amazed at how well she has taken in being a ruler. Who has also been pressing her about marriage, with her being the sole heir to her branch of her family, she’s expected to have a family and have heirs. The people needed to know that the royal line would continue.

Sunset agrees but seeing what happen with her brother Alexei thanks to grandmother Victoria marrying her cousin Albert, passing down hemophilia to most of the other royal families. Leading to her parents turning to Rusputin and which lost them support among key members of the aristocracy who would later turn their backs. Which Sunset remembers to do the same for them as well in turn. So she’s looking into anyone who isn’t related to her in some way besides marriage.

She looks at the letter from the Japanese diplomat, she gave the diplomat her demand regarding the lost lands that was lost during the Russo-Japanese War. She wants it all back and if not, her attention will be on the Japanese home islands. She has already sent a fleet of both Russian and Roman Klabautermanns to the Pacific Ocean to safeguard the Eastern coast of Russia. And unlike what happen last time where the Russia navy personnel had let themselves go soft and weren’t ready to fight, the Klabautermann are always ready to fight. She is giving the Japanese time to leave the land they took from Russia but after that her Klabautermann are free to evict anyone that’s left.

The countries that were in the war are rebuilding and the other countries that weren’t are getting use to the new world they found themselves in. A world where magic is real, warships can become human women, and a magical unicorn pony has merged with the late Russian princess. Now everyone is looking for magic items and doing research on magic. All trying to catch up to Russia who not only has a ruler who can use magic, but also has a legendary witch Baba Yaga serving as the court mage.

Sunset looks at the report from Nikola Tesla who in his newly build laboratory, has been working on cracking the secrets from the Wisdom Cube. She has already summon all the Russian and Roman Klabautermanns, giving her a vast army that just better in every field that an army needs to be. And are all completely loyal to her and will never betray her or follow others, all she has to do is treat them nicely and they will follow her no matter what.

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Author's Note

1 - In this time period it’s common for nations to ordered the mass killings of natives and that includes children. No white washing of history and none of current morels and thinking rewriting how things are really like at the time setting the story takes place in. There are still human zoos running at this time period and yes as in natives from other lands being kept in cages for the amusement of white people. Look it up.

Chapter 18

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George Frederick Ernest Albert the king of the United Kingdom, is watching another attempt of using magic to do something with the rotten piece of wood that the ghosts of his grandparents had given him. A search for anyone who can use magic has gone out throughout the empire and nothing has been found. He has given the job offer of court magician to anyone who can preform real magic, and besides some con men and stage magicians showing up, nothing.

The war has ended and terms for peace was given by Germany and the Ottomans, they had asked for more but his niece Sunset told them to be reasonable and just end the war already. It was still in the Centeral Powers favor to end the war, both Germany and Ottoman Empire following Russia’s example in using the Klabautermanns to rebuild their nations. Using the magic ability that all of the Klabautermann process in restocking whatever is stored in their real ship bodies, by eating. By eating just about anything the Klabautermanns are able to supply the rebuilding efforts and feed the hungry population of each nation and with extra supplies going to their allies.

Both nations and their allies are rebuilding fast, thanks to their Klabautermann fleets. They’re also securing their nations thanks to the Klabautermanns being loyal to the royal families, as long as they’re treated well. Seeing what a mess the United States is right now because of the country not having a royal family for the American Klabautermanns to be attached to and how the nation treats non whites. Both countries are making sure to avoid that from happening with their fleets.

His cousin Wilhelm controls the German Klabautermanns with the scepter their niece given him, the scepter of Sacrifice. Which Wilhelm had given up his good arm to gain, that he used to show his people what personal sacrifice he’s willing to do for his people. A magic item like how sultan Mehmed uses the sword of Osman to control his Klabautermann fleet. Both rulers are able to summon more Klabautermanns from ships that are made apart of their navy. The captured ships taken by the Russian ships and given over to the Ottomans have been made apart of their navy and sultan Mehmed using the show of Osman summon the Klabautermanns of said ships and now they’re apart of the Ottoman navy as spoils of war.

According to the spies, both nations are retraining the navy to work with the Klabautermanns and the human crew. Even talks about letting women serve in the navy so that the human women can better handle the female Klabautermanns. As once angered the Klabautermanns have made the crewmen on them walk the plank, or while on shore left broken bodies behind.

George himself is pushing for the laws to be change and for the parliament to make other changes, so that once they figure out how to use magic, they won’t have to deal with the same problems the Americans are dealing with. The Klabautermanns reflect the people of whatever nation they’re apart of and where they were built. Which is why there are so many Native American Klabautermanns, as they were there first. And with how wide spread the British empire is, there be a great amount of different races. So the laws have to be changed so that the British Klabautermanns won’t be asking why they should be loyal to an empire that doesn’t treat them well.

George looks over to the reports on the state of Russiaon a nearby table. The country is still rebuilding from the ground up from both the war and civil war, using the genius of Nikola Tesla who now works for his niece and having all but unlimited resources for his inventions. Showing what advancements he could have brought to the United States.

Dams are being build using his hydroelectric power generators, to power the nation. Tesla towers are being built for wireless power transmission systems, that also acts as a wireless communications system. So many inventions that the rich and powerful men of industries say was a waste of time and money, is rapidly rebuilding and improving the lives of Russian people.

From what Roosevelt told of why Sunset wanted Tesla as part of the deal, is because of how smart he is and able to create things highly advance. He’s also smart enough to know the mathematical formulas that magic means, as one needs to be able to do high level mathematical formulas in their heads to use magic. According to Roosevelt, Tesla is working on the magic cube which is a key part of the summoning ritual. But once the civil war was won and Sunset was crowned by her grandmother, Roosevelt’s job was done as general and he with the USA army unit that came with him let go to return to their country.

Roosevelt returned as a war hero again, having lead the Klabautermanns to victory with his war experience. With him saying he wished that he was young enough to lead the Klabautermanns as a front line commander again. He’s currently teaching younger military officers in how to lead the Klabautermanns and how to treat them.

George shakes his head seeing the ritual once again ending in failure. They need to find someone who can use magic, if the empire was to remain as a world power.

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Kingdom of Greece -

The region is a mountainous region of Greece. The region of Valdelobos has culturally been isolated from the rest of the country for most of its history, being a former Roman city state and the home of Iluminados, a primal religion which survived while others faded away. The religion of Iluminados is base around the immortal sirens, a trio of sirens who made the region their home and protected it since ancient times when the Roman Empire was still around. Using their powers to cause any invading force to fight among themselves, allowing the defenders to slaughter the rest. Or transform into dragons unleashing their rage on the invaders. Causing a religion to form around the sirens who displayed powers and magic unseen.

Valdelobos was given control to the Dazzlings noble family who are said to have been started by said sirens, after a visit from the Roman emperor of the time to see the sirens for himself. After allying themselves to the Empire, they were given rulership of the region. It’s said that the reason why the Roman Empire lasted after the fall of the empire is because of the sirens aiding the empire. Till a betrayal told in the epic of ‘Siren Song’ where a power mad emperor tried to make the sirens his wives and cause the fall of the western empire when the sirens transform into dragons and lay waste to the city of Rome, with only the eastern empire surviving till its own fall to the Ottoman Empire.

The Dazzlings house continue to rule over the region, creating a sense of order while the surrounding lands, had kingdoms raise and fall. Merchants and traders came and did business in the region, with noble families moving to the area during the Black Death where the Dazzling house making sure that the chaos that the plague cause didn’t happen in their region. As they made it well known that the rats and their fleas are the cause of the plague and made examples of any of the people who tried to throw blame elsewhere or start witch hunts. By having the leaders being burn at the stake instead. Creating a safe zone while the other countries tore themselves apart, with soldiers keeping the few safe roads into the region under heavy guard to stop any spread. Which cause the region to become quite wealthy thanks to the Siren bank, seen as the most stable financial institution in the world. (1)

The city of Siren is built around the bank that the stories said to been started by the sirens themselves and still owned by the Dazzlings house. The bank loans to countries and invest in others, with the bank being very trusted thanks to how stable the bank is in managing the money that is put in. Other banks are more powerful but the Siren bank being the oldest is seen as the most stable. The bank is also known for their legendarily secretive bank accounts, which is a tax haven for many with ill-gotten gains.

Causing many companies and guilds to setup shop in the city. Which caused many of the smaller villagers to lose their young people who moved to the city for more opportunities and get an education. That gives the region a wall of protection, the city being a hub of economic power, few leaders dare to even think about invading as it would just bring down the wrath of other countries who depend on the bank to continue to operate.

Over the centuries, the Dazzlings house descendants continued to oversee and enforce matters in the region as feudal lords and castellans. While the land’s political and technological climate changed radically over the course of the centuries, the region itself remained a time capsule, being a remnant of the Roman Empire. Which is seen well among the oldest of the villages and Siren Castle, with some buildings having been around since those ancient times, being rebuilt and repaired over the centuries.

The soldiers of the Dazzlings House are of the remnants of the 27th Roman Legion, who served under the command of the Dazzlings house. Maintaining their ranking system, training, and discipline for centuries. The soldiers are still used as a military police force and during the war kept the peace as refugees came to the region and acted as neutral ground during talks between the two sides.

Far from Siren City is Siren castle that is built on a hill and separated from the city by a deep riven with a river at the bottom. Several old bridges and a newer one are built over the riven. Protected by an outer wall and an inner wall. It started off as a temple to the sirens before being built upon in the passing centuries. The castle has survived fires, sieges, natural disasters, and many other things that has damaged the castle. The castle has been rebuilt and remodeled to its current state.

The old outer walls built in Roman times is still used to keep out the wild animals that still roam in the forest and hillside areas. The forest and hillside is home to the last herd of Auroch, a specie of wild cows that died out everywhere else. The Dazzlings house has royal hunts whenever the population needs culling with them either being hunted and killed or captured and used for breeding bigger and stronger cattle. The forest also the home of elephants which the Dazzlings house collected over the centuries from side shows, privet zoos or another places, letting them loose in the forest where they bred and multiplied. There are also the flocks of dodos that one member of the Dazzlings house took a liking too and gathered up a flock and brought home with her. While the dodos died off on their home island they thrived under the care of the Dazzlings house and are now farmed like other farm birds.

Followed newer walls that protects the castle town. Between that are the smaller hamlets and farmlands which have emptied out over the years as more jobs and opportunities lay in moving to the city. The main military base is still standing at the site where the original Roman fort once stood.

The region is apart of the kingdom of Greece but as a self governing region. Which the government is happy with as the region keeps the payments and other agreements flowing to them. A deal that the Dazzlings house has always maintained with the different kingdoms and governments that raised and fall around them, while they remained.

The castle town and the remaining populated hamlets have been modernized thanks to the Dazzlings house investing to improve the living standards. Power lines connecting to the new dam and power plant, light up homes and buildings. The region still used the old Roman aqueducts and baths built and the public toilets, being repaired and maintained for centuries, with only the new water treatment plant being built to make the water clean and the sewage plant to treat the waste water. Which was dump out of a drain into the riven before the treatment plant was built.

The castle itself is protected by a dry moat, which depends on the time of the year is filled with water or dry. The wall that still have towers standing that have be changed to gun towers, cannons and machine guns were place on the towers during the war for protection. The main entrance is still the main gatehouse that still has a working drawbridge that can still be lifted up, the gatehouse also has a working portcullis. There are also several sally ports built along the wall, allowing people to get in and out from the castle from small and easily overlooked doors halfway up a wall. Unlike other castles thanks to the still working aqueducts the latrines didn’t lead to a pit where a gong farmer had to empty it out now and then, but are connected to the sewerage system that takes the waste away.

Inside the walls are several courtyards called baileys. During war times, animals and people were sheltered inside, during peacetimes the courtyards housed workshops. In the modern era the courtyard now houses 3 guest houses where workshops use to be located at. There is still a stable and a blacksmith forge, mainly used as a maintenance shed where all the tools are kept. Several store houses, a garage for the cars. A greenhouse has also been built. The guard houses are still around and used by the soldiers who guard the castle.

The castle keep has been changed and rebuilt to be more homely than a fortress. The great hall is located in the keep that is used both as the dining room and ballroom. The castle still has the shrine to the sirens, which is also a bathhouse, now serves as an indoor pool. There are plenty of bedrooms for the residents and guests, servant quarters, a guardroom for the soldiers station in the keep.

The kitchen that still has some of the old kitchen equipment still there, like the spit wheel where a small dog would run in the wheel to turn whatever is being spit roasted over the fire. Others like the larder has been turned into the refrigerator like the cold room that’s deep underground that is still in use to keep the food from rotting, has freezer AC installed to keep the room colder.

The castle is a mix of the old and new, with the current heads of the castle being the 3 Dazzlings sisters. The Dazzlings house has always been lead by women as no man has been born into the family and there is always 3 of them. The different generations would rule for some years before they would head off and never return. The steward left in charge would rule till the new generation of the house would return to the castle to rule, mirroring the appearances of the old generation but have different personalities.

Only a select few knows or managed to figure out that the Dazzlings house has always remained the same. They are the sirens of legends and are immortal, just disappearing for some years before returning as their own daughters to hide the fact that they don’t age or die. One being the current king of Greece, Constantine I, who has come to the remote region of his kingdom to talk to the 3 immortals, having received word from them to come to their castle for something that only to be revealed in person.

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Siren Castle -

Having been driven to the castle and escorted by Sonata Dust, Constantine wonders why they called him. They have kept to themselves and been happy in just ruling their region within the kingdom. Of course with what happen with the Russian royal family, everything has changed now that people know that magic is real and the Klabautermanns being summon.

They also been changing the world, as the Klabautermanns remember everything that happened to them, even after they were sunk. The Titanic remembers being broken in half when she sunk unlike what the ship company who made her said, about a giant gash being that sank her. With the Roman Klabautermanns revealing many things that happen in the Bible didn’t happen as it was written and what Jesus really looked like, has caused a big shake up. The pope and the Vatican have been trying to do damage control but the Roman Klabautermann, are the ones who were around during those times.

“Here we are,” Sonata said to Constantine and his two bodyguards with him. They had stop in front of a metal door in the underground part of the castle.

Sonata knock on the door and yells. “Open up.”

The door open up by Aria Blaze, who let the group into the room. The room is the treasure room, chests of all sizes from wood and metal are kept. The walls have paintings and bookshelves of ancient books are kept. There are also swords shields and other weapons also on display. But they all pale to the 8 glowing cubes that sat on a long table, where Adagio Dazzle waited.

“Are those what I think they are?” Constantine asked.

“Yes, the same magic cubes that allow the Russian princess to summon Klabautermanns. We come across these over the centuries and already know what they do,” Adagio said.

“Wait outside,” Constantine said to his two bodyguards.

“Yes sir,” the bodyguards said leaving the room so that their king can talk in private.

“You know how to use them?” Constantine asked.

“Yes but the problem is that once you summon a Klabautermann, the cube used in the summoning is used up. Like once you use a piece of wood to start a fire, you can’t reuse it again. But somehow the Russian princess managed to figure out how to use her Equestrian magic to summon as many as she wants,” Adagio explains.

“Equestrian magic?” Constantine asked.

“The world that the unicorn princess came from, the same world that we came from,” Adagio said.

“We been waiting for centuries and now that a pony princess has showed up, it means that there should be a way back,” Aira said.

“But in the meantime, it’s time for us to act and show off what we can really do,” Sonata adds.

“We have found and kept the lost art of human magic alive. So let’s show the other countries that Russia isn’t the only one that can use magic,” Adagio said to Constantine.

“We need a plan,” Constantine said his mind racing with what this means for his country.

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Author's Note

1 - Seeing how the Dazzlings have been around on Earth for over a 1,000 years like in the Highlander where the older immortals have nest eggs they have built up by simply living so long. The Dazzlings also can control people with their magic amulets, so they can get away with more stuff. So them having their own region that they rule would be a thing, and I’m guessing in cannon they would had lost a lot during both world wars and the Great Depression if Equestria Girls had them happening in the background lore.

Chapter 19

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It's been a year since the end of the Great War and yet there's still dying on a world wide scale. There's a influenza pandemic, commonly known as the Spanish Flu or the Great Influenza epidemic, was a global pandemic that's ravaging the world in the year 1920. The flu became widespread in the western front as the war was winding down, infecting thousands of soldiers who were crowded together in the trenches and training camps. Once the war was over, the disease spread throughout the world, wherever the demobilized soldiers went.

With so many dying, the rebuilding efforts and the economy took a nose drive for the countries that were apart of the war. With the exceptions of the countries that have Klabautermanns, who being shipgirls can’t get sick. The Klabautermanns went to work taking over the jobs that the human workers couldn’t, they’re able to work and take care of the sick without fear of getting sick themselves. Which also let them take advantage of how thanks to the flu killing lots of soldiers and quarantined other soldiers, there is little that the other countries can do to stop them.

The German colonies have been sized by the Japanese during the war, were taken back by the German Klabautermanns sent to the Pacific Ocean. Same went for the eastern parts of Russia, where the weaken Japanese army couldn’t stand the Russian Klabautermanns. Tsarina Sunset had given the Japanese her terms for the reclaiming of the lands her father lost, pointing out that unlike the human army and navy. There is no mismanagement of resources, equipment, or training, that was shown during the battle to reclaim what was lost once the due date had passed. The Japanese had dragged their feet and tried to rework the terms, and Sunset once the date to leave had past, sent in her forces to force them out.

Sunset has her eyes and strengthening Russia’s influence in Asia, and thanks to her summoning more Roman Klabautermanns numbering in the hundreds of thousands she has the army needed to completely control her massive nation. Thanks to the vast size and inhospitality of much of the country, made controlling much of the nation in named only. But now with the Klabautermanns, that’s no longer an issue in getting railroads built or having the soldiers needed to maintain the hold. The new military might of the Russian Empire has been strengthened by war and the Klabautermanns aren’t like the disorganized human soldiers.

Sunset decided to make a statement by invading Korea that has been annexed by Japan. Both to kick the Japanese off the mainland and show them that there’s nothing they can do to stop her. Her father lost much of the nation’s prestige losing to Japan, and she’s going to get it back. And to show the Japanese that she isn’t like her father.

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Korea -

Sunjong of Korea, personal name Yi Cheok, also known as the Yunghui Emperor stood in front of a large mirror that acted like a radio but both can see and talk to each other. The mirror also translates their words so that each could understand each other without using a translator. They’re in the royal palace in the throne room, the sister ships Evstafi and Ioann Zlatoust, pre-dreadnought battleships are the ones who lead the invasion force are with him.

The Russian Klabautermanns have overrun the harbors that had any Japanese warships, capturing them and the military personnel. A bunch of Roman Klabautermanns who are Asian had dressed up and had sneaked close to the bases and the warships off shore on small fishing boats. Where they sprung the ambush, taking the soldiers by surprise before the rest of the Russian invasion force came in. They lost some Klabautermanns but compared to the Japanese, they came out on top seeing how many of the Japanese soldiers had either died or are bed ridden by the flu that is sweeping the world leaving much of the port under defended. All the warships, equipment, supplies are now spoils of war.

“I have no intentions of claiming Korea for myself. I’m simply making a statement to the Japanese about the new Russia, I’m building. But seeing how I am freeing your kingdom from the Japanese, we can come to an agreement that both of us can be happy with. I can even provide you with your own Klabautermanns, they been a great help in providing medicine for my people and keeping them supplied with what they need. For some trade agreements and a safe port for any Russian ships,” Sunset said.

“You would give me Klabautermanns?” Yi Cheok asked.

“Yes, having an allied nation on the pacific would be helpful. All, I want from you is to be allied with my country, trade deals, and a port for Russian ships. And as an added bonus it will teach the Japanese that anything they claim, I can take away,” Sunset said.

“This will make you and Japan enemies,” Yi Cheok said.

“I know, and I welcome them to try,” Sunset said. “For the ritual, I do need you to choose an item to be the magic tool used to command the Klabautermanns. The sultan Mehmed has the sword, uncle has the scepter, the Americans have their first president’s sword, while I have the crown of Dusk. There is still time to decide, my forces are still handling what’s left of the Japanese forces and the spoils of war is yours to sweeten the deal.”

“You freed my country and giving me so much and asking for so little,” Yi Cheok said.

“I’m planning long term and planning ahead. I need to make new alliances seeing how my extended family didn’t help mine in our time of need. Helping you and your country will help me, regain what my father lost. He was a good father but as a ruler, he left much to be desired. Making war with Japan without even making sure that the army was up to it was a failure that he continued to do while he in charge. And with the flu killing off so many, it has left the other nations without Klabautermanns weaken. Well… American Klabautermanns are still not happy with their nation, remember to treat them well and keep them happy,” Sunset said.

“I keep that in mind,” Yi Cheok said and thought of something. “I heard that you’re a copy, does that mean you can just be brought back to life by using another copy?”

“Yes, as the whole thing of bringing someone back to life is just a story. It’s impossible to bring someone back to life once they’re dead and their bodies are cold. You can bring someone back to life by restarting their heart or get them breathing again for ones who drown. But someone who is stone cold dead and for a long time, that’s just a fantasy. But if you have the memories of that person saved somewhere, you can bring a copy of that person back to life,” Sunset explains.

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Moscow -

Underneath the Kremlin, Baba Yaga and a team of Klabautermanns were searching the underground tunnels for the lost library of Ivan the Terrible. They’re joined by Ignatius Yakovlevich Stelletskii, a Russian and Soviet archaeologist, historian, and researcher of the tunnels of Moscow. He was known to make searches for the library of Ivan the Terrible all throughout his life. (2)

Baba Yaga is using a Volshebnij klubok (magical ball of string), the ball rolls towards to what you’re looking for, which is why she gave it to Stelletski as his desire to find the library and the ancient books inside. They already found the maze of tunnels that help to protect the library. She’s making sure that the library doesn’t have any books of magic in it.

“Thanks to the church claiming everything magical is the worm of the devil, vast collections of magic books and items have been destroyed. Ivan’s library would be one of the few places that would have a book of magic spells in it,” Baba Yaga said to Stelletski.

“And why you’re searching for it,” Stelletski said.

“Yes and the books even if there isn’t any magic kept there are still priceless treasures. Sunset is having all ancient books copied so that there be new copies of the books, so that they won’t be lost to time. I remember some books that are now gone because of the fact all books had to be hand written to be copied and the knowledge and stories within gone,” Baba Yaga said.

“Don’t you remember some?” Stelletski ask.

“Some but going just by memory would leave lots of the details out. I can only remember the parts that stuck with me. I am hundreds of years old and remembering things from hundreds of years ago is like you trying to remember your childhood,” Baba Yaga said. (3)

They stop at a wall that Baba Yaga raised her hand and the wall crack as it was broken in the outline of a door. The new door slid forward and it was move to the side allowing the lights from the Klabautermanns rigs to shine into the hole. The chamber is the lost library of Ivan, bookshelves and cabinets are filled with books and scrolls that have been locked away for hundreds of years.

“A lost treasure,” Baba Yaga said scanning the room and wondering what she would find inside.

“It’s here,” Stelletski said looking at the books and scrolls. Many of the books bond in covers what have gold, silver, gems on them. (4)

“Call in the others, we box all of them and go through them on the surface,” Baba Yaga said to the Klabautermanns with her.

Baba Yaga scans the bookshelves looking for any books on magic and did find some.

The Spells of Astoroth, (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)

Grimorum Arcanorum (Gargoyles)

The Lemurian Codex (Mighty Max)

Books that were lost to time thanks to idiots who didn’t know or care what is lost, only caring about today and not tomorrow. Resulting in an unsustainable raiding where they killed everyone and took everything leaving nothing behind. And when the horde ran out of easy targets and couldn’t do anymore raids, they turn on each other or just died out.

Her tsarina is making sure that the mistakes of her father wouldn’t be repeated nor would the failures her grandfathers with their rule. She plans on advancing Russia from the backwards kingdom it is and raised the standards of living for her people. And with the world having to deal with the world wide flu, she’s able to take advantage of the situation while the other countries are weak.

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Author's Note

1 - The Spanish Flu or the Great Influenza epidemic either killed more people who died in WW2 at the lowest, or more then both world wars at the highest.

2 - There are lots of tales of lost treasures that do turn out to be true.

3 - Trying to remember things years ago is hard, like early childhood. All I can remember is waking up in my bed one day when I was still in the single digits in age and nothing else before that.

4 - The books in the time before the printing press, are all hand written and the illustrations and covers are very detailed with some lace with gold and gems to increase the value.

Chapter 20

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The region of Valdelobos of the kingdom of Greece is having a royal hunt of the Auroch herds that roam the forest areas of the region. Namely to cull their numbers, the game wardens and hunters are hunting down the wild cows for their meat or for export to farms where they would be used as breeders. Which has been done for centuries to keep the population of the wild cows in check.

The forest does have wolves, bears, and the last pride of European lions, to also help keep the population in check. The park of lions have been bred with lions that came from traveling shows and private collections through the centuries. Who are all protected by the Dazzlings house, with the last time a farmer killed a lion to protect his flock of sheep after he had herded them into the forest to feed there. The punishment dealt to him was having all of his sheep taken from him and his farm taken from him and him and his family being sold into slavery. If a lion were to come out of the forest and prey on farm animals the Dazzlings would had just paid for the animal eaten, but seeing how the farmer had gone into the forest so that his flock could feed there, that’s completely different. And since that time the people know better than going into the forest, for hundreds of years. (1)

Things have changed since the Middle Ages but killing a lion is still a big crime. With the game wardens and guards being given the go ahead of shooting on sight anyone who tries to hunt the lions. Same for anyone hunting the elephants and rhinoceros that also roam the forest or any other wildlife in the walled forest. The rhinoceros were added after one of the Dazzlings came across a traveling show that was breaking up and she brought the rhino and been bringing them over from Africa and releasing them into the forest.

The elephants roam wild but there are elephant sized barns built and maintained when the first elephants were let into the forest. The barns are where feed and water is left for them and shelter from the weather. The elephants still use the barns in bad weather and during the winter months where they’re kept warm and fed.

Some of the elephants are used as beasts of burden, by the Dazzling house. They have brought elephant trainers from India and Asia countries that use elephants as beasts of burden, to train a group of elephants to do the work that would have taken many oxen and horses to do.

Which is why in the Valdelobos region there are people of both Asian and India heritage living in the region. The elephants are still used to pull heavy carts and wagons around the region, till trains were built but in areas where trains couldn't go the elephants are still being used. And they’re used during the culling of the Auroch herds.

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Siren Castle -

On the battlements of the castle, Adagio watches as her sisters are handling the sorting of the wild cows. Most will be slaughtered would be going to help feed the hungry population still recovering from the war and are now being hit by the flu. The rest as breeders to strengthen the domesticated herds. She hasn’t seen death on this scale since the black plague which she had the borders all closed to prevent it from entering her lands.

“With the nations all still recovering from the war and dealing with the flu, Russia, Ottoman, and Germany are taking advantage of the weaken military powers,” Constantine king of Greece said.

“I remember doing that after the plague died down. Hard to stop my soldiers when they were still healthy and well fed,” Adagio said.

“How long will it take for those students to learn magic?” Constantine asked. He had sent young students both boys and girls to learn magic, having searched through the schools for the ones who could solves advance math equations.

“At least 5 years, there is no shortcuts in learning magic. Takes years of studying and hands on experience to learn it,” Adagio said as she snaps her fingers and a ball of fire appeared next to her before going out. “I make it look easy because, I do all the calculations in my head. The fastest type of magic is potion making which the chemists you sent are learning from the notes we made from the books we been holding onto over the years.”

“And what about the Klabautermanns?” Constantine asked.

“Still experimenting with them. Don’t want to waste one and only have one Klabautermann for the trouble. There are only 8 of the cubes and finding them in the first place was just luck and living for so long. The last one was in a sealed room of a manor where my soldiers were looting when they found it. And that was over 200 years ago, I think. So finding more cubes isn’t going to work if one is used up,” Adagio explains.

“What about magical weapons?” Constantine asked.

“I have have a magic glowing sword, which is just by today’s standards a flashlight that you can use as a weapon,” Adagio said causing the king to look at her. “I know, but hundreds of years ago it was amazing and terrifying.” (2)

“And making new magic items?” Constantine asks.

“Takes awhile and me and my sisters can only make simple items. A staff that can cast a spell like a fireball, will take months to create for me and my sisters. A magic wand and staffs are mostly to allow a magic user to cast spells with more focus faster and easier, like instead of doing a math problem on your head, you use a pencil and paper. Empress Sunset on the other hand is a natural when it comes to using magic. She quickly made the different regalias of the Ottoman and Germany into magic items to command their Klabautermann with. And with her having Baba Yaga as her court mage, me and my sisters know about magic and can use it but we never actually master it,” Adagio said. (3)

“Aren’t there any magic users left?” Constantine asked.

“I already told you, there aren’t any left. The church, the Spanish Inquisition, and idiot peasants took care of that. And once all true magic users were gone they turn on anyone else that wasn’t in their eyes right. The native tribes that still used magic thanks to the church missionaries were also stamped out. And yes, Jesus was a dark skin middle eastern man and he was a Jew. He was both a doctor and knew how to use healing magic, which people exaggerated in what he could do. People back then needed something to believe in and give them hope, and people needed to believe that no matter what the just will go to heaven. Like someone who raped and killed children can tell themselves that sure they killed children but at least they’re in heaven and that god is on their side for whatever reason they need it to be,” Adagio said causing Constantine to be uncomfortable at that fact. (4)

“There have been much unrest because of those Roman Klabautermanns,” Constantine said.

“Me and my sisters met Jesus and saw him die. We saw his followers grow power hungry and fight over control. Most of all saw his idea turn into a faith which he never wanted, ideas can change while a faith can’t. Me and my sisters mock it because we know what it was like when it first started and how the different leaders and groups changed it to suit their needs,” Adagio said.

“I would be able to summon Ancient Greek ships, and they would have much to tell,” Constantine said.

“I would had like to be around when Egypt was still a powerful kingdom. Those ships would have much to tell,” Adagio said.

“What about magical creatures?” Constantine asked.

“Most of those were from Equestria like me and my sisters. The last Phoenix was killed and its ashes was consumed by a king I have long since forgotten who thought that by doing that he would become immortal. It didn’t and the king died believing he would just burst into flames and be reborn. Like how people believe that rhino horns will cure you of anything, doesn’t work,” Adagio said.

“Don’t you sell powdered rhino horn?” Constantine asked.

“Their horns grow like fingernails and need to be trimmed now and then. Might as well sell it to idiots who pay through the nose for it and if they die because they believe just doing that instead of going to a doctor. Well who will even remember them in a few years. Like the people who think it’s ok to hunt the animals in the forest, who will care about them if they disappear,” Adagio said.

“What about here on Earth the magical ones?” Constantine asks.

“We brought over some Huli-jings, kitsunes, kumihos, and other fox spirits. We even have gargoyles, trolls, goblins, ogres and other beings from myths. All hidden by magic so that the church wouldn’t go saying the land is infested with demons. Been living here for centuries and the closest thing to a demon I have seen are inner demon made real,” Adagio said.

“Inner demons?” Constantine asks.

“The Fair Folks, the elves and fairies who are all sealed in the fairy realm. They are so different in how they think that raping a child on top of the bodies of the dead parents, isn’t seen as anything wrong. In fact sometimes when they want to do something bad to someone they sometimes end up helping the person instead but to them they did something bad. The inner demons was when one decided to help a town that was nice to them by getting rid of all of the people’s evil from them. Resulting in the people being split into two beings, one good and the other evil. The results wasn’t good. The only good thing about them is that once they give their word they will not break it, but they will find loopholes. Which is how they’re all trap in the fairy realm, after me and my sister made Oberon give his word and made it magically binding, to never leave the realm with any of their powers or any others. They can leave the realm but once they do they are render powerless and many of them found that out the hard way, till they just stop as they must have figured out that if they leave the fairy realm they can’t get back in as they need magic to do so,” Adagio said. (5)

“Aren’t they immortal?” Constantine asks.

“Yes but it doesn’t mean they’re immortal, immortal where they can never die. It just means that they can’t die by old age. Me and my sisters are sirens who in Equestria are an aquatic species of dragon. We dragons can live for thousands of years and are seen as immortal by other races, but we can still die. Besides the last immortal we had to deal with who couldn’t be killed, we just rip apart and toss the parts into volcanos all over the world so that there is no way for him to be put back together,” Adagio said. (6)

“How did that person become unkillable?” Constantine asked.

“A fairy did it. Don’t know how to break it but really don’t care enough to find out,” Adagio said.

“Are there any of the magic beings that can use magic?” Constantine asked.

“Besides their own natural magic the only ones are the foxes, they use chi magic which is just a mix of ritual and potion spells. The problem with that type of magic is that its spell construction that needs ingredients, hand signs, chanting, and dances. Other types of magic like Equestrian magic is just mathematical equations and formulas, without having to do all that and easier to learn,” Adagio explains.

“No easy way is there?” Constantine asked.

“No, unless you can find a trained magic user there isn’t any easy way to learn magic. Besides with me and my sisters and our collection of magic items and beings. You’re way ahead of the race compared to all the other countries that aren’t allied with Russia. Just wait and slowly build up power, your heir can takeover what you started,” Adagio said.

“Yes,” Constantine said thinking it over.

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Author's Note

1 - The farmer killing the lion after illegally entering the forest to have his sheep feed there, happen in the Middle Ages. And something like that happening to a peasant and their family is all too common.

2 - Some magic spells and items would have been amazing but only to a point, as a magic light would be only be able to be found with the rich and powerful but once indoor lights become a thing. The whole magic light source is just a very expensive redundant thing that does the same thing that a lightbulb does.

3 - While the sirens do have magical amulets and know magic, they haven’t actually mastered using magic. Like how you in real life using the instructions can put together something that comes in a box, is completely different from making one out of raw materials yourself.

4 - Using religion as an excuse to do evil, is no excuse.

5 - The fair folks are like they are in old stories, dark and twisted in how they see and interact with the world. Where they can’t understand why humans see them evil, when they just made their child into a sack so that they can be used to put things inside.

6 - Cutting up someone who is unkillable and spreading the body parts would work unless they can regrow from a single cell. Like in Harry Potter where the big bad might be unkillable till the magic items are destroyed, but it doesn’t mean he can’t be cut up by chainsaws and his parts toss into a meat grinder.

Chapter 21

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The newly built Ministry of Supernatural a branch of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, has been built outside of London near a military base for protection. The agents and all other government workers have been given orders to find people who can use magic, magical objects, and other supernatural beings and objects. Which is a hard task thanks to centuries of fear of prosecution causing those who know to hide away. But now that a ruler of a country is showing off her magic and has a magical army backing her, the other countries are now trying to catch up.

The agents are mostly going around looking into the claims of people who have magic or objects. Much time is spent looking over old books and records trying to find magic. Which is having to shift through all the things written by people who just made up things and con artists who want to make money from the government. The only person that the new ministry has managed to find is a Benita Clifford who is a clairvoyant. (Benita novel)

According to the spies in Germany and the Ottoman Empire, the two countries are having more of a success in gathering magic both objects and beings. It’s thanks to the fact that they have Klabautermanns who can spot magic in people and objects. Temples and churches have been search for magic object and books that been hoarded by the religious leaders, lead by a Klabautermann the search parties found what they’re looking for. And if the priests claim that the wrath of god will strike down them, they’re just arrested. (1)

The two governments reminded the churches who has the real power and that hoarding magic to themselves when they have no intention of ever using it, is a crime. Both governments have made new laws where people speaking against the Klabautermanns is a criminal act. Both governments are making sure that their Klabautermanns remain loyal to them and not is happening in the United States.

The American Klabautermanns are still on strike and has left the entire nation’s navy without any large ship. They refuse to serve a country that sees women and anyone not white as second class citizens at best. And other nations are doing their best to lure the American Klabautermanns to serve their countries instead. Some of the American Klabautermann have taken to sailing off to other nations to show the politicians of the United States that if they don’t give in to their demands of equal rights, they will just leave.

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United Kingdom -

The docks where HMS Victory is kept dock at, is the scene of a party as said ship is hosting the original six frigates of the United States Navy with a host of other American Klabautermanns. The navy personal tried to stop the party but against the super strong Klabautermanns, they couldn’t do anything or risk damaging the ship. Leading to the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Navy Staff, Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss came to see what’s happening, as he was nearby and heard about the American Klabautermanns.

What greeted the sea lord is his flagship hosting a gathering of American Klabautermanns, with tables of food and alcohol drinks of all sorts, with some sodas like, Moxxie. He looked around seeing the American Klabautermanns paying no attention to him or his men with him, as they know there’s nothing they can do to get them off the ship. He spotted both Chesapeake and President talking with a tall woman with a voluptuous and powerful built body of a woman in her 40’s or 50’s appeared in front of the stage. She has long red brown that reaches her shoulders with strains of grey. Her uniform is that of an older style of a royal navy uniform. (2)

“Oh look the latest sea lord is here,” the English woman said looking at Wemyss.

“Are you Victory?” Wemyss asked.

“Yes, I am and thanks to these two who are both part of United States and of the Royal navies, I’m able to interact with them and join the party. It’s nice to have some fun, I haven’t been used since I was a teaching ship. They and their party having enough of the stalling back in the United States have decided to spend sometime away from the country. So they and the group who went with them came here,” Victory said.

“And it’s nice to see Victory after so long,” President said.

“And after the party we’re going to do some fixing as she’s in bad shape,” Chesapeake adds.

“But I thought that to summon a Klabautermann you need to do a summoning ritual?” Wemyss asked.

“I’m here but not as you see me,” Victory said as she walks to Wemyss and passed through him like a ghost. “I’m just a spirit a normal Klabautermann that you can see now thanks to the solid Klabautermanns on me.”

“Without us, you humans wouldn’t even be able to hear or see her. Takes a lot of effort and energy just for a ship to manifest a Klabautermann in ghost form. And only when certain requirements are met first,” President said.

“The king has been trying to summon you and the others,” Wemyss said.

“I know, he’s trying but without magic it’s trying to use a radio without power,” Victory said.

“And we can only allow the ships to create a ghost form not a physical body. But as long as we’re here you can speak to her and other ships,” Chesapeake said.

“We also have plenty of money for expenses,” President said pulling out a coin purse and emptying it out on a table showing a collection of different currencies from dollars, doubloons, pounds, yen, franks, and other coins. “Seeing how sailors will gamble in any port, I have lots of foreign coins on me.”

“And there’s also a chest of money onboard ships for buying goods at ports,” Chesapeake adds.

“How long will you all be staying?” Wemyss asked.

“Till the politicians back home understand that that we’re not going to be serving a country that doesn’t give us equal rights. And we two have served under the crown before,” President said.

“You Klabautermanns are looking for a new nation to serve?” Wemyss asks.

“We’re still deciding,” Chesapeake said.

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Author's Note

1 - All Klabautermanns are able to sense magic thanks to being magical beings.

2 - Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that is among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" and was produced in Lowell, Massachusetts. The sweet soda is similar to root beer, but with a bitter aftertaste. It is flavored with gentian root extract, an extremely bitter substance commonly used in herbal medicine.

Chapter 22

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In the office in one of the buildings of the Japanese navy, Ichiro Ogami was busy as he read the reports of the movement of the Russian Klabautermanns. They completely made the tactics of navy warfare obsolete as well as land battles. He seen them in action and tried to fight them, he remembers how he emptied his gun into one and she just slap him away and toss him overboard. He survived thanks to the lifeboats they drop into the sea and allowed the remaining Japanese warships to pick up the survivors, after they were chased out of Korea. (1)

He clearly remembers the men strip naked and impaled along the shoreline. The men who were captured who had taken advantage of the people of Korea. Even chaining hundreds of them to a warship’s anchor and chain and dropping the anchor into the sea, dragging the screaming men with it into the sea. The ones who didn’t were allowed to return to the ships but with many of them missing a hand, telling how the Klabautermanns used magic to make them tell the truth no matter what. And the ones missing hands never trying to stop any of the executed men.

Done in full view of the warships to show what fate is in store for all of the sailors onboard the ships of what will happen to them. They had no choice but to retreat and return to the home islands.

Ichiro is now working with the new department of magic, in the hopes of summoning their own Klabautermanns. The entire nation has gone into searching for magic objects and people who can use magic. Thanks to how the nation was isolated the nation didn’t lose their magic like other nations due to the church, however they did lose most of it by other means.

It seems that to retain their power, some shines kept the secrets of magic to themselves and failed to pass the knowledge on to new magic users. Many had been very selective in who would be allowed to learn magic and the results were that because there were so few or only one, who suddenly died for one reason or another, the secrets of magic died with them. Following traditions that only one person can be taught the secrets of magic, and other very selective practices cause as much lost to the knowledge of magic as in the western countries. (2)

The results are monks, shrine maidens and others who while claiming to process magic, have none. The chants and ritual dances they do from the few hidden books and scrolls recovered from clans and temples, are apart of the magic ritual, but without actually understanding how to use magic, it’s just like using a bow without any arrows. Even the emperor has offering the position of court priest or priestess to anyone who can use magic, and all have shown no magic that can’t be explained away but being magic.

There are some who can use magic but they’re all little things like creating a ball of light, lifting small objects, and other small things. The traditional ways of magic they used was to hide and not show off their powers but to a select few from their orders or clans. So while they can use magic, from lack of use they’re very weak and take much effort for them to even do that much.

The emperor had ordered for a school to be open where the students are expected to learn and show off their magic in the open. They copied the singing and dancing of the Russian empress in hopes of awaking something but still nothing. They did learn that the magic that the Russian empress uses is mathematically, so the new magic school is also teaching math.

Then there are the non humans who are all but been hunted down. Mostly thanks to peoples belief that consuming a part of a non human will cure them or give them powers. And the frame that one gets for killing a youkai or the money to kill one. Resulting in them either died or been driven to hiding in remote places, with hatred of humans.

He thought he had something when a report of a kitsune is of a woman who had married a human husband and had two children. A bad harvest had the villagers blaming the kitsune and they lynch her, her husband and her children. He sent in his report and the villagers were rounded up and the ones who took part of the lynching were beaten to death one by one, to send a message to all over Japan, the youkais are worth more to the government alive and unharmed.

There can’t be any mercy shown, not with that’s happening to the new lands claimed by Japan being taken from them. Ichiro heard that the Russian empress wants all operations of Japan on the mainland and islands to halt. If not she will unleash her Klabautermanns upon the home islands.

The Roman Klabautermanns are the most dangerous, even if they’re weaker than the Russian ships. They’re use to mass killing and slaughter, showing the way things were done back in their time. According to a newspaper, many of them come from a time where slaughtering all the people, enslaving them, taking the women to be wives, and either killing or selling the children, was just how things were done. Entire nations and kingdoms disappeared because of being slaughtered to the point where there isn’t anyone left or the survivors are too few to rebuild. They have no problems at all in doing the same in this time, the only thing holding them back is the will of their empress.

For Japan to survive, magic must be learned and summon their own army of magical beings. It needs to be advance to be able to stand a chance against the Russians. The Russian Empress made it clear that the main reason why Japan won against her father, is that the Russian military was a complete mess, lacking weapons, equipment, supplies, and training, which allowed them to win. She’s not going to make the same kind of mistake. Her military is now mostly Klabautermanns who are always well armed, supplied, and well trained.

Japan just needs to be able to find people and objects of magic. Find non humans who can help in the search and teach. Or the empire will fall to the might of the Russian empress.

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Author's Note

1 - From Sakura Wars.

2 - The renowned selective mentor plot device would result in losing the knowledge they hold if they can’t pass it on.

Chapter 23

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In his home Theodore Roosevelt Jr is reading the newspaper as he relaxed from another campaign in war. The long list of titles and jobs he held, now has Russian General on it as well as mercenary general, seeing how he did earn a reward from the campaign. He wasn’t on the front line like he would had like but with his tactics and experience in leadership he had the Klabautermanns of Russia running like a well oiled machine.

Besides the American Klabautermanns using Washington’s sword, he also personally was rewarded for a job well done with a chest of gold coins. The coins are Roman aureus coins that he has already split among his family, keeping some for his personal collection. The American soldiers that were with him, were also paid in Roman coinage. Some of the black soldiers even stayed in Russia to serve under the new empress Sunset. And with how well they were treated while serving the empress, they decided to stay where they are treated well.

From what he’s hearing Sunset is doing her best in attracting people with skills and knowledge that her country needs to improve. Hiring teachers for the new schools she’s having built, libraries, hospitals and other public services that her country badly needs. Having her Klabautermanns build the infrastructure her country needs and hiring local workers for smaller building projects, while having farming machines imported to feed her people.

The new royal scientist Tesla with the full backing of Sunset, has been building his towers, that work in providing power and communication to the entire country. Which caused the naysayers who said that his inventions would never work lose credibility. Seeing how word got out that Sunset wanted Tesla for those very inventions that the people in business did what they could to stop as it would cost them money.

He then thought to the American Klabautermanns who are still refusing to serve a country that doesn’t see many of them as equals because of them being women and their race. Resulting in the entire nation’s navy force gone as all the warships and transports are gone, till civil rights and equal rights become law of the land. The racist politicians and those in power are fighting tooth and nail to stop any equal rights and refuse any kind of deals. (1)

The Klabautermanns in turn are supporting the people for equal rights for women and non whites. With the police scared to try to break up any protests as Klabautermanns frequently disguised themselves in the crowd. Resulting in warships appearing and hordes of copy Klabautermanns overrunning the place. Entire white mobs have been broken and beaten by the Klabautermanns, with the people apart of the mobs being crippled for life, with homes and businesses being destroyed.

The Klabautermann said that they’re just playing by the same rules as the whites have been doing to non whites. Pay evil unto evil is their motto, they’re not going to treat the racists any better than they treat others. They do avoid killing but they do rip the arms off of people so that they can never use their arms to harm others ever again. Forgiveness is only for those who earn it and not people who will never feel guilt for what they have done.

The Klabautermanns made it clear that they’re not humans and while some are white the white warships aren’t going to be turning on their sister ships. That includes the Confederate warships who are a mix of whites and non whites. They do not sugar coat what they do. They are murderers, killers, and sinners, and in no way, shape, or form are they the good guys, even if what they do is good. They’re soldiers who if they’re ordered to raze an entire city full of children, they will follow that order. But only if the one giving the order is worth serving, and the United States isn’t worth them serving under.

It’s a big headache and Wilson is no help at all in solving the problem. It makes him wonder if he shouldn’t run again, but he made a promise that he wouldn’t. He can only hope that someone will be able to solve the mess, before something happens. For without a navy, there is nothing preventing anyone with a navy from throwing their weight around with US shipping and territories.

Roosevelt looks at an article of the American Klabautermanns showing up in other nations. The six frigate sisters with a group of other ships are in the United Kingdom staying on HMS Victory and giving her a repair job while they’re at it. They’re also helping to identify anything magical as they can sense if something is magical.

The countries that have visiting American Klabautermanns are using them to find magic objects, in agreement to allow them to stay in said country. Which is known thanks to the American Klabautermanns not being shy about talking about it. Or why they left their country in the first place, and said countries are trying to have them sign up to serve in their country’s navy. Giving the United States, egg on their face.

“The government is going to have to get its act together before the Klabautermanns are all gone,” Roosevelt said to himself.

Since coming back he has been looking into finding magic. Using his government connections he’s been able to create a new government department, Spookhouse to handle magic, which he’s helping to build up thanks to having first hands experience in working under Sunset. Who also gave him pointers in what to look for when she learned of Spookhouse while he was still in Russia. (2)

Without the Klabautermanns the Untied States can’t defend its interests or make advancements in magic. With those racist fools rather ruining the country then making any sort of deals. They need to be taken out of office before anything could be done and get the American Klabautermanns loyalty.

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Author's Note

1 - Like in real life the racists in power fought any changes to the law where non whites would be given equal rights and support highly racist laws. And if the nation suffers for it, they would stick to their guns till they’re out of power.

And I am an American and I’m not going to paint a make believe past and history of how things were just because some people can’t stand the truth of how things were that bad. And the setting is in the past when it happen and not a make believe past, where non whites in the United States weren’t treated badly.

2 - Nocturne videogame.

Chapter 24

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The western frontier has long since been tamed and the romance of the wild days only live on in dime store novels. The western towns have either grown or died a slow death as people left the towns once whatever cause them to be built was gone. Which is where Jack Marston found himself wandering into.

On an old horse drawn cart, being pulled by his horse Doug, Jack has been wandering here and there for years. He made some money off of selling his story of his father and the gang he use to ride around with. He did changed some things here and there and changed some names but it’s based on what he remembers. He keeps his life savings on him and makes his living working odd jobs here and there before heading off for somewhere else. (1)

Jack is in the state of Colorado, heading to the nearest port town. He’s running low and everything and needs to find some work soon, he only has a 7 cans of beans left and unlike Doug, he can’t just eat grass. He and Doug have been living in a ghost town they found for over a year now with little contact with anyone.

The town was just a single street with only a few buildings that weren’t in ruins. Jack made his home in the old sheriffs office that was the only stone building. He kept Doug in a still intact stable and took up farming and hunting. But once his supplies began running out he knew he would go to the town and get supplies or work till he got the money he needs.

Jack got close to the port and wonders if the war is over. He got to where the town built on the side of a mountain slope. The town was small only having a few dozen buildings but is a hub for the ranches and farms to sell their wares where by cart be taken to the other town with a railroad. The town is mostly gone with it being destroyed by something that Jack only thought to be a myth.

The Slide-Rock Bolter was said to have inhabited the mountains of Colorado. However, it would specifically reside on the slopes of the mountains that were no more than a 45 degree angle. This creature was whale-like in appearance having a massive head, sunken eyes, and a tail that resembled the fluked tail fin of a dolphin. This creature's tail had grabbing-hooks on the end of it, which it used to grasp the mountains. It would then wait patiently for any tourists or helpless animal to cross it. Upon finding food, the Slide-Rock Bolter would release its grip on the mountain, and slides rapidly towards its prey. With its colossal mouth, the Slide-Rock Bolter would devour everything in its path. The Slide-Rock Bolter would then climb back up the mountain after having its fill to wait for its next meal.

That’s the only thing the large creature could be that is now sliding up another mountain after it had slide down and through the town.

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Belgian Congo -

A unit of soldiers came back from the jungle, with a large cage containing a beast of legends a Mulilo slug. The Mulilo is an herbivorous giant slug said to live in the dense forests of the Congo, near the Zaire and Zambia regions. This large slug is said to be as long as 6 feet long and 12 inches wide. It is described as being grayish-white to brown to black in color. The Mulilo is also said to only appear when there is a rainbow and has poisonous breath. They are thought to slowly climb trees. Natives would supposedly catch them with cages using roosters as bait, because their flesh supposedly had magical properties.

With the government offering rewards for any magical creatures, hunters and soldiers have been hunting for magical creatures.

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South America -

Charles F. Muntz a famous explorer, he found the bones of a tropical bird in South America but the scientific community claimed they were fake. Insulted, Muntz searches the South American wilderness for a live member of the same bird species, traveling in a zeppelin with his many pet dogs. He didn’t find the bird but he did find something. (2)

The beast resembles a cow-sized jaguar with a reddish waterproof coat, a thick mane, long droopy ears half a meter in length, and an overpowering stench catinga. It has jaguar like legs, or and hooved, donkey-like hindlegs. His dogs managed to corner it and he shot it with a dart knocking it out. He place it into a cage large enough to hold it and now he’s heading back to show his prize. (3)

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India -

The bodies of the villagers lay on the ground as British soldiers secured the area. The mob was broken and many lay dead, as the soldiers gave no quarter, not with the prize they would receive only as long as the cargo is intact. The cargo that the crowd had tried to take for themselves, is a female naga found in the jungle.

The soldiers capture her and are escorting her to a port to ship her off to England. The crowd learning there’s a naga had wanted to eat her flesh as someone said eating her flesh will give them magical powers. The soldiers open fire and slaughtered many of the villagers.

The soldiers would all be getting a big fat bonus for finding a magical creature and the naga can talk, adding to the value of their prize. They’re not going to allow some villagers from a middle of nowhere place go and take that away from them. The crown is offering lots of money for magical items and creatures and to have a bunch of no named people who think eating a naga will grant them magical powers just shows how dumb they are. It be killing the goose that lays gold eggs. (4)

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Russia -

In her room of the palace Maria Feodorovna, is writing letters to the extended family members. She’s been staying with Sunset while her other families all return back to their homes. She’s been getting close to her granddaughter and learning more about her and helping where she can.

Sunset has shown unlike her late father, she is a born ruler. Her better understanding of the darker sides of politics and hard-line attitude make her not only a better ruler than her father, but a more popular one as well. She purged many nobles and politicians, giving power and titles to the ones who had remained loyal to the royal family, she even made Rasputin’s daughter into a noble and granted her a title and lands of a former noble who had sided against the royal family. As many of the upper classes had turned their backs to her family, she’s returning the favor by stripping the titles and lands from the ones who had worked against her family. Sunset made it clear to the nobles that she doesn’t need them, as she has her Klabautermanns who no matter what will always side with her.

The palace is staffed and guarded by mostly Klabautermanns, with some of the old servants being rehired. The Klabautermanns all know the human staff by face and name, so there can’t be anyone who can just slip in unnoticed. The Klabautermanns all being beautiful and busty women, made it impossible for anyone to try to pass off as one of them, and even if one could find a woman that could pass off as a Klabautermann, the real ones could tell.

Sunset has also been helping the peasants by rising their standard of living, thanks to all the new infrastructure she’s having built. Rebuilding everything that was destroyed during the civil war and improving things while she’s at it. Putting lots of out of work people back to work as there’s lots of building that needs to be done. And giving them the latest farming equipment to be able to grow more food, in exchange for a percent of the harvest.

For more dangerous jobs, the prisoners of war are being force to work. The ones who didn’t were impaled and left out as examples, Sunset has no use for keeping people who rebelled against her around. They work or they die, simple as that. For she isn’t going to give anyone a chance to rebel again. Everyone that was apart of the Bolsheviks have all been impaled and put on display for all to see. The population of Russia been made to understand that any sort of rebellion against the throne will end with them being impaled. Simple but very effected in keeping order in the war torn country.

There is also new cities being built around sites for new factories that will be building Tesla’s machines. The people displaced by the war are already signing up to live and work at the new cities. Many of the Jewish communities that have been destroyed before and during the war are being given a new place to call home and be fully protected by the Klabautermanns. Who have built shelters for them and fed them while plans are being made in what to do with them and others who have been displaced.

With the Russian church against their new Tsarina using magic, Sunset in turn broke ties with them. Resulting in the church no longer having a place in the states affairs, and keeping to her promise Sunset is treating everyone fairly and the same. Meaning that unlike before under her father she’s protecting the Jewish communities in her lands and giving them new places to settle as many of the other communities didn’t want them. Which is why she’s offering them homes in the plan cities she’s building, she needs a workforce.

Maria went with her granddaughter in touring the new city being built that would be for learning and research of magic. Where Tesla’s main laboratory is already housed and built, where he’s studying the magic cube that allowed Sunset to summon Klabautermanns, unlocking its secrets. They rode on the flying ship of Baba Yaga, who has been looking more and more younger as time goes by. Before she was an old woman, but now she’s still an elderly woman but with a body a much more shapely and younger woman. Explaining that thanks to a new age of magic, she’s regaining her youth and strength.

The source are the new magic pumps that Tesla designed and built after Baba Yaga explained what mana lines are. The mana lines are so anorexic and underused that the magic fields they created around them had faded. Leaving Baba Yaga as an old woman, but thanks to so many Klabautermanns, the mana lines are regaining strength like a river that had all but dried up, suddenly having flowing water running down it again.

Sunset is planning on building more flying ships to allow greater movement around the country.

Maria sighed thinking about her granddaughter. She puts on a strong front but, she has seen her when she sleeps, using Standart and making her look like her late mother. Sunset is now the ruler of all of Russia but she is still a young girl who misses her mother and the rest of her family. Which is why she lashed out so cruelly to those who took that away from her.

From what Sunset told her of her other life in Equestria, she didn’t had a loving mother, all Celestia ever saw of her is a student. The memories of Anastasia and having a real loving family, filled her with something that she never knew before. And is why she was so cruel to the ones who took it away, making it so horrible that anyone who thinks about taking what’s hers again, know that the price for failing is that she will take everything from them. Making them watch as their families are killed in front of them or make them do the deed themselves in the faint hope of being spared. Just like the ones who killed her other self and her family.

Maria is doing what she can to be there for her granddaughter, which is why she’s exchanging letters to the extended family of the other royal houses. Sunset needs someone in her life that she can depend on, be with her and not be one of those Klabautermanns. A husband to show the royal line will continue and is stable.

Maria has been looking through the letters from suitors, having taken upon herself in finding a husband for Sunset. She did made it clear that she doesn’t want anyone related to her, by marriage is one thing but by blood is another. She doesn’t want what happen to her brother happening to any of her children.

Leaving Maria to look over the letters and photos of the suitors to Sunset’s hand. Maria knows that other countries are all planning on using the marriage to their advantage. As how the unmarried children of Wilhelm are now all being sent engagement letters. With Wilhelm controlling the German Klabautermanns, after giving up his good arm has risen his popularity with his people. Using them to rebuild his nation, as the Ottoman sultan is doing with his. And both nations are building new warships so that they can turn them into more Klabautermanns.

The military might and the other uses for Klabautermanns has made them all very valuable that all nations want. Hence why the suitors are coming out of the wood works. A troubling thought made Maria remembered how Sunset said that she doesn’t care if her consort or husband is from a noble house or not, she doesn’t care about following traditions in only marrying someone from a noble house, as she doesn’t want to marry into another inbred noble house. And if the other nobles are against it, she’s the one who has the Klabautermanns on her side. She’s the one who makes the laws now and she won’t be held back by outdated laws and traditions.

Sunset made it clear that she will bring Russia out from the Middle Ages and crush anyone who stands in her way. Even if she has to drag the nation kicking and screaming to do it. For she is their ruler and she is responsible and she has to make the tough choices that will affected millions, the weight of the crown and the responsibilities she holds isn’t for the kind hearted. She will be thought but fair, a promise that she will keep.

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Author's Note

1 - Jack from Red Dead Redemption.

2 - Up Film.

3 - The Tapirê-iauara, or Tapir Nymph, enjoys a wide distribution in the Amazon, from the Orinoco in Venezuela to the Rio Negro, the Madeira, the Tapajós, and the Amazon down to Pará. Sightings have been reported from around Codajás, Fonte Boa, Itacoatiara, Nova Olinda, Oriximiná, Santarém, and Urucurituba. It lives in slower-moving waters, near groves of aninga or palm trees, and avoids human settlements.

The name tapirê-iauara is etymologically complex. Tapiré is Tupi for “tapir”, while y is “water” and ara is “lady” in língua geral; it also draws from the Tupi uara (“dweller”) or yguara (“dweller in water”). Hence, “tapir water-lady” or “tapir nymph” is a rough translation. This same derivation gives us the Amazonian nymphs Yara and Oyoára, the sea monster Hipupiara, and Paraná Pura Iuraretê, which was apparently a giant turtle creature that later was subsumed into the tapirê-iauara (iuraretê meaning either “turtle” or “jaguar”).

Reports of the tapirê-iauara appearance have varied somewhat. Most accounts agree that it resembles a cow-sized jaguar with a reddish waterproof coat, a thick mane, long droopy ears half a meter in length, and an overpowering stench (catinga). It may have jaguar legs, or the forelegs of a jaguar and hooved, donkey-like hindlegs. It may have horse legs with or without catlike paws, duck feet, or large otter paws. Variations in fur color include red, gold, and black with a cream patch in the chest. It notably does not look much like a tapir.

A tapirê-iauara is heard and smelled before it is seen. The large, finlike ears flap noisily against the water as it swims, while its putrid odor precedes it. From a safe distance, it’s merely nauseating; at close quarters the stench of a tapirê-iauara is enough to cause fainting and outright death. Tapirê-iauaras can also mesmerize prey into standing still before pouncing on them.

Tapirê-iauaras have a broad diet that includes large fish, capybaras, caimans, and humans. They are attracted to hauls of fish and the halitosis resulting from eating poorly-cooked fish. They often show up to inspect fishermens’ catches – or the fishermen themselves. When they do, they are fast, persistent, and resilient, relying on their odor to weaken prey before killing it with their sharp teeth and claws. One fisherman had to empty 12 slugs from a .22 rifle into a pursuing tapirê-iauara before the beast expired. Other fishermen have not been so lucky, having their catches stolen at best or being dragged into the river and devoured at worst.

Sometimes the stink of a tapirê-iauara is enough to cause a human’s shadow (and therefore soul) to depart. A person who has lost their shadow in this way is said to be assombrado. They can recover their soul by inhaling the fumes of a fire made with leaves, sticks, and the bones of undercooked piranhas.

Caraña resin (Protium heptaphyllum) is repulsive to tapirê-iauaras, and anyone concerned about tapirê-iauara attack should equip themselves with some before heading into the Amazon. Tapirê-iauaras also cannot climb, and so shelter should be sought in trees. As the tapirê-iauara’s odor will cause fainting and potentially falling out of the tree, secure branches must be found.

The Tai-açu-iara from around Parintins is similar and may be the same animal. It appears as a black piglike creature with jaguar paws.

4 - Eating the flesh of magical beings is the same in real life of people who thinks that rhino horn cures anything.

5 - Because of no Soviet government there will not be any purges or deaths in the millions that cause the demographic problem that real life Russia is facing. As you can’t kill millions and millions of people in a country and not have a population problem down the line.

Overpopulation crisis has been replaced by a depopulation crisis as many people just don’t want to have as many kids as people did before.

Chapter 25

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In his office George Frederick Ernest Albert the king of the United Kingdom read the latest report of magical items found in Britain. Thanks to the visiting American Klabautermanns who can sense magic, they have found several items that are indeed magical. They just had to present the object to one of the American Klabautermanns and they just told them if it’s magic or not.

The biggest find was what was found in Fyvie Castle in the hidden room in the charter room. The curse is very specific: death to the lord of the castle or blindness to his wife if anyone disturbs it. To get around the curse using the radio of the American Klabautermann who went to the castle to see if there is anything magic and did found there is magic in the hidden room, George just strip the lord of the castle of his title and rank, leaving the castle without a lord. The American Klabautermann then broke into the hidden room and found another magic cube that Sunset used to summon the Klabautermann. (1)

The cube is now under heavy guard and being studied to unlock the secrets of the cube. The lord was given back his title a a large reward for the magic item, to incentivize others to search their homes for hidden rooms that might contain a magic item. Which has many people now searching their homes for hidden rooms that may contain a magic item, word of the magic cube the same kind that the new Russian Empress has in her possession has already spread in the newspapers.

That discovery lead to a race to find more magic cubes, searching and looking through ancient records for any mention of magic cubes. Nations posted huge rewards for any found, along with anything magical in nature, with living beings being worth more alive. Which seeing how villagers in an India village had wanted to eat the flesh of the female naga captured by soldiers who open fire on the mob after someone had said that eating her flesh will give them magical powers, it’s needed to protect them from people who believe in such tales. Like how in Africa there are people who believe that people who are albino, if eaten will grant them powers or having a part of them will grant them good luck.

George made it clear that any living magical creatures found are to be treated well and kept alive at all cost. He has the authorities in all the colonies of the empire combating misinformation about magic, especially concerning the living ones, as rumors and plain wishful thinking about cures and other things that can happen if eaten or processing a body part. Anyone caught trying is to be shot and if they survive hang, to serve as a warning to everyone else. The naga has already proven her worth in revealing magic knowledge, while the dead villagers didn’t offer anything. (2)

With Sunset not answering any letters, he had to communicate through Maria about the wisdom cube. Maria wrote back that the cube if used incorrectly will be used up to summon only one Klabautermann, Sunset using magic is able to get around the one time use. Leaving George with the problem of having a wisdom cube but if he uses it wrong it be only a one time use, like a match. And to create a new one, Baba Yaga has admitted to Maria that wisdom cubes are older than her and how to make a new one she has no idea. All she knows that it is possible to create a new one by having enough magic energy and using one to make a new one, or make an object into one that can summon Klabautermanns. George is trying to have the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross to be the magic object to summon Klabautermanns. (3)

All this interest in magic and how the Roman Klabautermanns who were around when Jesus Christ was alive, has caused conflict with the Church of England. With many claiming what they’re saying are lies, while the Roman Klabautermanns point out why would they lie about it? What would they gain, they’re not humans and have nothing to gain from telling them the truth of what the real Jesus was like and not the one that only exist in the imagination of wishful thinking and what they need their savior to be, to justify what they do. And that they’re not using it as an excuse to allow them to do horrible things and say it’s for their god that only exist in their head. And that he was a middle eastern man, not a white man.

As for him being son of god, the Roman Klabautermanns said that was added later, he never once claimed while he was alive to be god’s son. That what his followers did after he was gone and turn on each other to gain control of the faith they created around him that he never had wanted. And with centuries passing after the events of the New Testament with hearsay and political tampering, the Roman Klabautermanns barely recognizing it when they read a copy the Bible. The Vatican has been quite about it and hasn’t made a statement about magic or what the Roman Klabautermanns are saying. (4)

Groups have formed against the use of magic, saying it’s against their god. But the governments aren’t going to stop researching magic, if they don’t other countries will just leave them behind. Which George made it clear where he stands in learning magic, either they learn or the power of the empire will weaken as the 4 countries that do have Klabautermanns become stronger.

There was talk of Wilhelm being forced to abdicate the throne before their niece made herself known to be still alive and has magic powers. With him giving up his right arm and using the German Klabautermanns to rebuild his nation, has cause a turn around in his popularity with his subjects. He’s already made laws protecting magic users and non humans in hopes of attracting them to reveal themselves and join the German magic department he created.

The magic scepter that allows him to summon and order the German Klabautermanns around has other powers besides summoning. He’s able to move objects around by telekinesis, agents seen him showing off by lifting war wreckage and clearing the area in a matter of minutes. The agents did report that Wilhelm was tried afterwards and had to sit down, Sunset did say that using magic is draining, even if one is using a magic tool to do it, taking a mental and physical drain.

Wilhelm is teaching his son Friedrich how to use the Zauberer Scepter, which is the name he has given to the magic scepter. Agents has seen the crown prince using the scepter to summon more Klabautermanns, testing it on smaller ships, bringing to life several old tugboats and smaller sail boats. He had to stop as he said his head started hurting, which his father told him that using it too much will do that.

In the Ottoman Empire, sultan Mehmed VI Vahideddin is also teaching his heir in using the sword to summon Klabautermanns. If the sword has other powers, Mehmed hasn’t shown it yet in public. The Ottoman Klabautermanns are also rebuilding the empire and strengthening the royal family’s hold on their lands.

The American government is still split and the upcoming elections will be eventful for the country. There are stories of the American Klabautermanns who are staying in the country, making themselves home in the black communities and other minority communities. Where they’re rebuilding homes and helping the people there while doing nothing for the white communities that are racist to the minority community. They also protect and attack anyone who tries anything, with the local law enforcement unable to do anything without being crippled for their trouble. A picture of a black Klabautermann holding the still alive white sheriff who has his arms and legs removed made the headlines. And there was nothing anyone could do as only another Klabautermann could fight another Klabautermann.

Besides it was tried and in Tulsa, Oklahoma the white community was completely destroyed. Some Klabautermanns had made themselves home on Black Wallstreet as it’s called. Some white men had blown up one of the Klabautermanns with a bomb, it worked but the other Klabautermanns nearby went on a rampage with them using their real ship bodies to fire upon the white community till the ones responsible were given over to them. The ones responsible were lynch and left in the ruins of their town. There was much outrage but the Klabautermanns just responded that they’re just treating the whites as they treat non whites, so they don’t see why there’s so much outrage when the whites did it all the time. (5)

The Klabautermann that was blown up is being rebuilt by her sister ships. While it is possible to kill a Klabautermann, unlike humans who stay dead. The Klabautermanns can always be rebuilt. (6)

Which is why he made sure that there are laws being push through to give full equal rights to all people who live in the empire. He couldn’t afford to have the royal navy going on strike because of them not being white. The Americans showed what happens when the Klabautermanns are displeased with their country. The United States is now completely defenseless in any naval matters, leaving all oversea territories completely helpless if any nation decides to take them. But with the threat of American Klabautermanns attacking to reclaim anything that was sized, is scaring off any would be attackers.

George turn his attention to the reports of the most powerful country in the world now, Russia under the rule of his niece Sunset. She chase out the Japanese from Korea and has allied with the kingdom. He’s expecting for Korean Klabautermanns to appear any day, in a big song and dance show for all to see. Something that he rather enjoyed, the songs that Sunset knows has spread and given birth to new kinds of music.

Sunset is moving fast, with the Klabautermanns and her not needing either the nobles or the church on her side to maintain her power, there is no one to keep her in check or keep her from making changes. She’s gaining support from the peasants by improving their standards of living. Not caring how the nobles are displeased with the changes she made but with military now being mostly Klabautermanns there’s no chance of causing civil unrest like what happened under her father’s rule.

And there’s Baba Yaga the witch of the forest who is her court mage, with centuries of magical knowledge. With the secret library of Ivan the Terrible being found and the magic books found within, there’s no telling how powerful Russia will become. Along with Tesla who has his own city where people like him could study and research magic and new technologies. Russia if far ahead and only gaining strength.

George seeing how Sunset is taking an interest in Asia and in Japan, he has given the orders not to give her any reason to take an interest in them. She kicked out the Japanese from one Asian kingdom already and there are other kingdoms. China with all the unrest happening there and there’s word of Puyi the emperor of China seeking to ally with Russia. Once Sunset makes her move, all he can hope for that England won’t be caught in it.

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Author's Note

1 - The sealed room that has a curse on it is real in Fyvie Castle.

2 - Some people are worth more than hundreds of others, especially when those people offer nothing of worth.

Like picking between a soldier who is trained as a field medic over a YouTube influencer who videos are about celebrities and what new fad is hot, in a zombie outbreak.

I shouldn’t have to tell you who is more valuable to have.

3 - The game doesn’t explain where the wisdom cubes come from or how they’re made. So I’m making things up.

4 - One of the oldest surviving bibles has a note written on it asking people to stop rewriting a page on it. As books back then were all hand copied and for anyone who has ever hand copied something from a book for notes, how many times have you taken shortcuts in writing or added something that wasn’t on the document you’re copying?

With that said would it really be that big of a surprise that people who hand copy the Bible didn’t change things by adding and taking out things?

5 - As I said before I’m not going whitewash or pretend the ugly side of history didn’t happen just because some people rather just pretend it never happen. Like what happen in Tulsa, Oklahoma where a white mob destroyed the black community and has taken almost a hundred years for the city to admit it happen.

6 - That’s the main problem with mechanical beings. They can be destroyed but keeping them from being rebuilt is a completely different problem.

Chapter 26

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A year ago there was nothing but an empty field that is frozen during the winter and dry during spring and summer. It’s where a plan city was built, a city fully funded and has all the resources delivered to it by the Klabautermanns of the Russian Empire. Where the rich and powerful who care only for their own wealth and power, the status quo have no say or power. Empress Sunset has seen to that, and given the dreamers a place where they could create, wonders.

“Have you ever wondered what would happen… if all the geniuses, the artists, the scientists, the… smartest, most creative people in the world… decided to actually change it? But where? Where could they even do such a thing? They'd need a place, free from politics, bureaucracy, distractions… Greed… A secret place. Where they could build whatever they were crazy enough to imagine.”

Those are the woods written in stone and placed in front of the main entrance of the walled city. The city is built around the laboratory built for Tesla where he works on his inventions and study of the wisdom cube and other magic objects. The city is named Groznyj Grad.

Groznyj Grad is a significantly immense city and military base. There are ten major areas of the city/base.

The central laboratories, where all the real work is done.

The 2 residential districts, where most of the homes and apartments are located. Also the schools, hospitals, parks, and other public institutions are located.

The business district, where most of the stores and markets are located.

The industrial district, where the factories are located.

The utility district, where the power plant, water treatment plant, waste plant, and other utilities to keep the city running is located.

The government district, where the government buildings, police, fire department, and others are located.

The transportation district, where the train station is located and the airport, with blocks of warehouses.

The 2 military bases that are centered around two warships made into bases.

Chkalov the newly built aircraft carrier, station next to the transportation district. She was purposely built to be a floating laboratory along with being an aircraft carrier. Once she was summon as a long grey haired busty woman in a labcoat over her uniform, the copies of her helped out in the laboratories while also providing security.

Tri Sviatitelia, a pre-dreadnought battleship is station near the main entrance of the city. Her copies help guard the city, with the other Klabautermanns who have been stationed at the city. Her base is also where the secret police is station.

Sunset had restarted the secret police the Okhrana that her father started. Many former members of the secret police rejoined and are working with the Klabautermanns, to stamp out any potential threat to the empire. And by using magic to get people to tell the truth, there aren’t any mistakes and unlike before they’re taken care of permanently or used as force labor and test subjects. As Sunset isn’t even pretending to care about keeping up appearances of giving the the rights and protection of the very government that someone or a group is planning on overthrowing, she’s not going to banish them, she’ll make them disappear. (2)

Dvina, the former royal yacht has been place in charge of the city’s government and commands the other Klabautermanns station in the city. She is concise and takes a business-like attitude in running the city, like how Sunset does with the empire.

The sister ships Evstafi and Ioann Zlatoust, pre-dreadnought battleships

Askold depot ship

Pruitki, destroyer / torpedo boat destroyer

The sister ships, Leytenant Shestakov, Kapitan Saken, Kapitan-leytenant Baranov, and Leytenant Zatsarenny, destroyers

There is a legion of 800 Roman Klabautermanns, who oversee the human soldiers. The human soldiers are the new military with all the old guards gone to start anew. They’re trained as Roman soldiers, to create a well disciplined army, and with the new factories they’re well supplied unlike the old army. The few military officers who had stayed loyal are placed in administrative roles, while the Russian and Roman Klabautermanns are the field officers.

The city of Groznyj Grad with the promise of funding and resources, attracted many international scientists, scholars, engineers, and others. The catch is that they have to show they have to show they can actually do what they claim to do if they want funding and being able to live in the city. As Tesla had said that Thomas Edison took credit for many inventions that people who work for him created, himself included. Having assessments every few years to show that they’re doing something with the funding and resources given to them, for their sole projects or team projects. (3)

The other draw is the new magic school that taught the basics of magic and alchemy. But seeing how alchemy and chemistry are so alike, they been placed in the same department. The classes are taught by Klabautermanns who have learned to use magic. The classes teaches advance mathematics, which is needed to be able to calculate formulas to make magic work. So people who are able to do advance mathematics are searched for from all over the empire.

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Haiti occupied by the United States -

Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave the president of Haiti, is meeting with the American Klabautermanns who have gone on strike like the rest of the fleet. They were part of the military force that’s been occupying the island, and been largely friendly with the people and helping out here and there. The Americans upon losing their ships have been bunkering down and been keeping quiet, as the American Klabautermanns made it known that they’re not going to stand by if something happens.

The newspapers are filled with stories of the American Klabautermanns defending the non whites and killing, even destroying towns and large parts of cities once angered. The Klabautermanns have settled in either American Indian reserves, black and other non white communities, where they used their abilities to help the people who need it.

The American Klabautermanns who are native Americans are making the news as they kick out the agents of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or just killed them by impaling them and leaving them as warning. As agents been embezzling the money and resources that are supposed to be going to the tribes, so they either killed them or kicked them out after crippling them, mostly by cutting off their arms and cutting out their tongues. They also freed the children from the boarding schools and either killed or cripple the abusive staff, who abused the children, rape them and killed them. (4)

Dartiguenave has been working in finding anyone who can use magic or magic objects and gotten the American Klabautermanns to help out by seeing if someone or something has magic. He also has them working on improving the infrastructures of the island while they’re staying on the island as payment for room and board. They agreed to the terms and been working the jobs as being on strike meant that all of them are jobless and could be hired. And they’re the key to strengthening the country.

His plan is copied by others where there could be American Klabautermanns found. All hoping to gain the loyalty of the American Klabautermanns who aren’t happy with their country’s treatment of women and non whites.

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Korea -

Everything has been set as instructed by Sunset for the ritual, the torches are set and wood logs with the runes carved on them are all set around an alter. The monks and priestess have all practiced the song, the musicians have also practiced the music. The ritual could be just be a small one and not the big show and dance as Sunset calls it, but the show is for both making a statement but also a presentation to the rest of the world.

Stepping through the magic mirror that acted as a doorway, Standart and a number of Klabautermanns came through the mirror before Sunset steps through along with her grandmother Maria. She’s dressed for show and wore the crown of Dusk. There to greet the Russian Empress is Sunjong of Korea, personal name Yi Cheok, also known as the Yunghui Emperor, he held a decorated gold scepter. He took his position as Sunset casted the same spell that allowed people across Europe to see and hear her. This time it has been expanded to the capitals of other countries in Asia, Africa, and other island nations that has a Russian embassy or post.

“I am empress Sunset Shimmer Romanov, of the Russian Empire. I have allied with Yi Cheok the emperor of Korea, whose kingdom was invaded by Japan. My forces have driven them off and Korea is once again free. To cement our alliance, I gift the Yunghui Emperor with the ability to summon and command Korean Klabautermanns, along with the captured Japanese warships,” Sunset explains to her audience.

The scene changed to show the docks that held the captured Japanese warships that are now flying the Korean flag, along with a newly built Russian warship. (5)

“And he isn’t alone,” Sunset said as she revealed other rulers of different Asian kingdoms who agreed to the alliance and to kick out the Europeans.

Former emperor of Vietnam, Thành Thái, he held a ceremony sword.

King Vajiravudh of Siam, is wearing an amulet made of gold with a purple jewel in the middle.

Puyi the former Xuantong Emperor of China, held a new Heirloom Seal of the Realm, made from jade.

All of them are standing with an escort of their loyal soldiers and followers in their nations at secured ports being shown by their own screens in the air, with Russian and Roman Klabautermanns for protection. All of them standing in front of a newly made Russian warship, that has been gifted to their nations to serve as their flagship. The alters, runes and other things needed for the ritual have all been setup.

“I decided to extend my offer of an alliance with other kingdoms. All agreed to allow a Russian port to be built in the nations and trade deals. In exchange for their own fleets of Klabautermanns and protection against any hostile forces. And any enemy warships can be added to said fleets once captured. I’m changing the rules and beginning a new genesis,” Sunset explains.

Sunset’s crown of Dusk glowed along with the runes on the alters began glowing and the torches were all lit. She began to sing the song to awaken the new fleets, the monks and priestesses all began chanting as the musicians began playing the song they all have been practicing. The kings and emperors also took their places as the magical objects they held all glowed as well.

“We can choose the way of our future”
“Try a brand new path, if I change the world”
“If I change the world”

Sunset sang as she held out her hands as she began to dance.

“Say goodbye to everyone who stands against us”
“No one has the power to stop a change that come through music”
“No, you can't stop magic”
“Close your eyes and you can see the future before you”
“Every note I sing is bringin' you closer to your purpose”
“Once you're there, don't let go”

The ships in the docks for the four allied kingdoms all glowed as the summoning magic began to transform them into Klabautermanns.

“You wanna play a real game, unfurl the chain”
“Melody strung out like we're walkin' on a tight rope”
“Don't wanna try, don't wanna cry, wanna forget”
“Just wanna live inside a dreamland”
“I wanna be free”
“And let a brand new era dawn”
“I know that we can”
“Create a new world!”

The Russian built battleships given to the 4 kingdoms all transformed into tall, busty, amazons, all powerful looking and beautiful to behold. All of them look European thanks to being built in Russian shipyards, but all of them are dressed in the navy uniforms of the 4 Asian kingdoms. They summon their rigs that took the form of mechanical eastern dragons, long serpent metal bodies with guns mounted on them.

“We can choose the way of our future”
“Try a brand new path, if I change the world”
“If I change the world”
“This boundless music brings transformation”
“Messages in song reach even further”
“This dream will come true”
“I believe in you”

The warships both on the docks began glowing and bursting out of the sea came warships of the 4 kingdoms present and the past. The turtle ships of Korea, the ships from the Ming treasure voyages, and many more. All following suit of the flagships of their kingdoms.

“Say goodbye to everything that's weighing you down”
“Transcend beyond reality to colorful worlds of music”
“We need to keep on rising”
“Close your eyes and take my hand, we're runnin' together”
“We don't have to live like this, I know we can all do better”
“I sing for liberation”

The ships all transformed into Asian women with some European women and other foreign women thanks to some being built elsewhere or reflecting the races that live in the area where they came from. All of them are dressed in either naval uniforms or in armor from the different eras that they came from. All of them are beautiful, with voluptuous but slender bodies.

“You wanna play a real game, unfurl the chain”
“Melody lighting up the path to new horizons”
“Don't wanna try, don't wanna cry, wanna forget”
“Just wanna live inside a dreamland”
“I wanna be free”
“And let a brand new era dawn”
“I know that we can”
“Create a new world!”

They faced their kings and emperors who held the magic object that both summons and lets the one who hold it command them. As one they all bowed to their rulers showing their loyalty to their monarchs, including the mechanical dragons. Causing the people of their nations to be moved by the display showing the monarchs can command dragons.

“We can choose the way of our future”
“Try a brand new path, if I change the world”
“If I change the world”
“This boundless music brings transformation”
“Messages in song reach even further”
“Reach even further”
“A new genesis”

Sunset finishes the ritual with the vast fleets of hundreds of thousands of ships being summoned at once.

“A new genesis”

Sunset looks at the faces of the European rulers and leaders, all stun seeing that she has changed the balance of power in Asia. With the Asian kingdoms lacking the firepower of a navy, the European powers been able to just do what they wanted. But now Sunset that many of them are related to has given 4 of the kingdoms their own Klabautermanns and given the monarchs of those kingdoms to command at their wills.

“They are now allied with the Russian empire and any attack on them will be seen as an act of war. I will not interfere with my allies internal affairs or tell them how to handle the foreign governments who have been occupying their kingdoms. Talk to them but know this, I will unleash the full might of my empire on any nation that attacks them,” Sunset said as she shuts down the world wide broadcast.

Sunset only said goodbye to her new allies and went back into the mirror portal, leaving the kings and emperors to talk with their new fleets of Klabautermanns. They had already made all the arrangements and deals before hand and there wasn’t anything left to be said. The Russian and Roman ships that are already with the Asian rulers would stay and help to arm and supply the new Klabautermanns with modern weapons and equipment, all apart of the deal.

Once her party all return back to the private quarters of the royal palace, Sunset finally lets go of the magic spell she’s been using to strengthen and energized her body for the large summoning. Sunset fell as arms grabbed her falling body and held her. The last sight she saw before she blacked out is the worried face of her grandmother Maria.

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In Sunset’s room -

Having strip her of her clothes and putting on her night clothes, Sunset was laid on her bed. Standart stands near her mistress and Maria sits beside the bed. The spell has drained Sunset and will take her a long time to recover her strength. But with the display and showing no weaknesses in front of the world and her empire, she showed the image of power.

“She will recover in time,” Baba Yaga said entering the room.

“She told me it would be draining for her to use that much magic at once,” Maria said.

“Your granddaughter knew what it would do to her, but you know that showing strength and power is just apart of politics,” Baba Yaga said.

“I know, done that with the noble houses. Sunset really changed things with her not caring about having support from the other houses,” Maria said.

“She doesn’t need them but seeing how she has us,” Standart spoke up. “Besides I doubt that if the Bolsheviks would had allowed the aristocratic houses to maintain their power or influence.” (6)

“But they do help,” Maria said looking at the sleeping form of her granddaughter and wonders how much she will change Russia and the rest of the world.

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Author's Note

1 - Formed to combat political terrorism and left-wing politics and revolutionary activity, the Okhrana operated offices throughout the Russian Empire, as well as satellite agencies in a number of foreign countries. It concentrated on monitoring the activities of Russian revolutionaries abroad.

2 - Yes Sunset in this story rules with an iron fist where she will have people be killed along with their families. She doesn’t mess around or show mercy to those who want to overthrow her. But comparing to what happened in real life when the Soviet’s were in charge and all that happen because of them. She’s the lesser evil.

Like how in this story the Ottoman Empire doesn’t fall apart and the mess that the Middle East is in the real world, doesn’t happen.

3 - Thomas Edison did took credit for many inventions that he didn’t create.

4 - The Bureau of Indian Affairs, has a very dark history in the treatment of the native Americans.

And remember this story takes place during the time where Jim Crow laws and other injustices to non whites happen out in the open. Unlike a reader who wants to pretend that non of that ever happen and I should write a made up past that never had racist injustice happen to non whites.

5 - Warships of other countries that have been captured and claimed can be summon as Klabautermanns of that country. Like what happens in real life with captured warships.

6 - The aristocratic houses of Russia after the Soviet’s took over, either fled, killed, or lost everything.

Chapter 27

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The year 1927, May 14, it’s been 7 years since the alliance with the 4 Asian kingdoms with Russia. Each kingdom’s monarch being given their own fleets of Klabautermanns, who have been nicknamed as shipgirls by some, which was started in the United States. Once the fleets were rearmed with modern weapons and equipment, the 4 kingdoms became the Asian power houses.

Korea, under the rule of the Yunghui Emperor has purged itself of any Japanese influence thanks to their Klabautermanns.

The emperor of Vietnam, Thành Thái, with aid from Russia has chased out the French and sized their military bases and equipment.

King Vajiravudh of Siam, has weaken all foreign influences in his kingdom.

Puyi the Xuantong Emperor of China, has ended the civil war of China with the help of Russian forces. The last of the communist forces have been defeated and all foreign powers but for Russia have been kicked out. The last remaining holdout is Hong Kong, heavily protected by the British navy.

Russia trade with the 4 kingdoms and exchange of knowledge has caused all 4 to modernize quickly. With their Klabautermann fleets, making the European powers think twice of taking back what was taken from them. French tried and failed horribly with Empress Sunset while not taking apart of the conflict did unleashed the privateers of the Tempesta fleet.

Under the command of Queen Anne’s Revenge, the pirate ships summoned to bring terror back to the seas. Caused havoc to the French ships and any friendly ships that were trading with the country. Like the personal ship of Baba Yaga named after herself, they could fly. The pirates employed by Vietnam, raided merchant ships and stole their cargo. They sank or sized French warships and brought the ships back to Vietnam as spoils of war. With it coming ahead with the ransacking of Paris and it’s burning. (1)

The French government like everyone else was experimenting with magic and uncovered 2 wisdom cubes from hidden rooms found in old castles. They had built a battleship named after Joan of Arc prepared and have gathered everything that had that’s magic and the ones who could use magic, which wasn’t much. With the ransacking of Paris by the pirate ships, the order was given to use one of the wisdom cubes and using everything that used to talk to the dead, to bring back the warship’s namesake Joan of Arc. The ritual worked using one of the cubes to summon Joan of Arc, reborn as a Klabautermann of the French navy.

Joan of Arc finding herself reborn as a battleship, showed the nation of France what she thought of the nation that turned their backs on her and did nothing when she was burned by the very people she fought for. She destroyed the city, causing fires that burn the buildings and slaughtered the people of Paris. The burning of Paris was immortalized by the photo of Joan standing in front of the burning Notre Dame Cathedral, burning the holy relicts in a pile with the priest of the cathedral tied to a stake in the middle of the pile, mirroring her death.

Proclaiming that if the people of France saw her as a whore of the devil and let her be burn, then she will be what they believe her to be. The priest had tried to reason with her saying that the church had made her into a Saint and a retrial saw her as innocent of being a heretic. Which she replied that it’s meaningless to prove her innocence after the fact and her death. Joan of Arc rampaged through France for weeks, burning everything in her path before a force of Greek Klabautermanns killed her.

The kingdom of Greece has been for years, slowly building up its power while keeping quite of the wealth of magic objects and knowledge it held. King Constantine had sent 10 Klabautermanns to kill Joan of Arc, while the France government was talking with Germany and the Ottoman governments for aid from their Klabautermann fleets. The death of Joan and ending her rampage, and showing the world the power of Greece.

The aftermath had Baba Yaga explaining that bringing back Joan and expecting her to be the saint they held in their minds, was just wishful thinking. Proclaiming her as a saint and throwing out her verdict after it would had mattered didn’t matter to Joan, all she wanted was to watch France burn like she did and slaughter the people she fought for and who did nothing for her. The destruction of Paris and a number of other cities and settlements, along with the lost of oversea colonies caused France much hardships and has caused them to look inwards as they rebuild.

Greece became a powerful player in the international politics of Europe with the reveal that they been hiding their strength for years. Like the Roman Klabautermanns, the Greek Klabautermanns also had a long history and were around for many events in history, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. They also once armed and equipped with modern weapons and equipments are just as effective as the Roman ones. Along with knowledge of magic and the skills of the non humans that live in the country, making them second to Russia in terms of magic. Making Greece one of the most powerful countries, making the other countries phase in trying to show off their power.

The Ottoman Empire also having Klabautermanns in the thousands has strengthened their hold on their lands. Taking control of the ports and trading routes, and with the new oil wells, creating much wealth for the empire. Which is being used to build up the empire’s stand of living. The Ottomans have unlocked the old ways of magic and have open schools teaching it.

Germany having been rebuilt from the war, has emerged stronger then it was before. Becoming an industrial giant as new factories and technologies are being built. While having fewer Klabautermanns, they make it up by having greater firepower and armor. The schools of Germany are a hotbed for research on magic and new technologies.

The United States has finally gotten their Klabautermanns to end their strike, thanks to the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt who helped the movement for equal rights. Thanks to the fact many of the people were either crippled or killed by said Klabautermanns, there was little that the bigots in the government could do to stop the change from happening. Many were voted out of office or were paid a visit by the Klabautermanns after some tried to bribe the white Klabautermanns to take white pride and should look down on their sister ships who aren’t white, who responded by crippling them or just killing them in a humiliating manner. The Klabautermanns didn’t care to change the minds of the bigots, they just went to get rid of them, and force the government to change the laws or the country won’t have a navy. And some of the American Klabautermann had agreed to served in other countries for a number of years having grown to like it there, forcing the government to move fast before they lose anymore of their ships. They lost about half of the fleet because of all the stalling from the bigots in office, which in turn cost said bigots most of their political power and support.

Both civil rights and women’s rights have been made into law with the Klabautermanns enforcing it, with violence being met with violence by the Klabautermanns reminding everyone that they won’t allow the bigots be able to do what they want anymore. The American Klabautermanns return to their duties, but refuse to help rebuild the white communities they destroyed as they don’t want to help those people, and are willing to strike again if they’re ordered to. As they know that they’re more important then no named bigots who will not be remembered in a few years. And with the threat of the Klabautermanns slaughtering them if they try anything the KKK and other groups lost members and support. Still have lots of work but the United States is raising as a world power, slowly.

England after years of research and drawing resources from its colonies and commonwealths, has reclaimed some of its lost glory. The Royal Navy is now filled with Klabautermanns and there’s now a branch of magic users in the military, that also has a number of non humans in the ranks. With its wide reach the empire managed to find many magic users from the colonies. There are also Klabautermanns who are part of the commonwealth that were summon, with the same problems happening in Canada and Australia with the treatment of the natives. As it wasn’t just the United States that mistreated the natives and non whites, with the same results as the Klabautermanns of the countries also striking and taking revenges on the white communities. Which lead to newspapers around the world writing stories highlighting the treatment of the non whites and the Klabautermanns bringing justice to the dead, with some communities and white population completely destroyed. (2)

Russia has gone through the most changes thanks to both magic and technology breakthroughs. The Tesla towers have been built throughout the empire and provided free power thanks to the upgrades that Tesla made so that the towers acted like pumps, drawing mana from the surroundings and increasing the strength of the magic fields. Russia is seen as a haven for scientists and free thinkers from all over the world, where they may pursue their creative ideas completely free of any financial, corporate, governmental, religious or moral restraints. With a network of transportations, the vast empire is interconnected allowing the vast resources and wealth to be exploited. Russia is the new global power that many smaller countries have allied with for protection and for exchange of trade goods and knowledge.

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Russia Empire -

In the 7 years since she formed the alliance with the Asian kingdoms, Sunset has blossomed into womanhood, no longer the young woman but now a matured woman of 26. Growing in both size and power as the years passed, standing at 9 feet tall, she’s the tallest monarch in history. Her body proportions are so even that looking at her from far away and alone, you wouldn’t know how big she is till she’s closer. She embodies the idea of a harsh but fair monarch, being a highly competent, level-headed ruler who isn't afraid to unleash her power to protect her people. She commands much respect from her allies, as well as her enemies, so much that even people who hate her, will still defer to her authority.

Sunset is described to be graceful and majestic young woman of primal beauty, with regal and piercing features as though carved from the coldest glacier. She has stop wearing dresses but for events as is normally seen in a military style grey uniform, with a black belt around her waist. The only bright colors she had are two patches with her personal symbol of a red and yellow sun, the matching pair or red gloves and boots. The uniform covers her body but does little to hide her curvy figure, as her busty proportions are impossible to hide.

Because of her size and power she’s very intimidating for most people to get close to, but as she is the ruler of an empire and her beauty, she was a hot item. Her grandmother Maria handled the arrangements in meeting the eligible bachelors of nobles houses and had some meeting between them. None of the candidates Sunset found interesting or worth her time. As many are only after her hand for the power that they would gain for themselves or for their nation. Many of her extended family are offering her cousins by marriage for a political marriage. She didn’t find any of them of interest.

It was a shock that one day she announced her engagement with an American, one of the black soldiers that had campaigned with her when she waged war to retake her throne, James Gotham. She had befriended him and they had grown close over the years, with her taking him as a lover and had a child with him once they were married. It was a massive shock at the customs and traditions but with how powerful Sunset has become and how the Klabautermanns are all loyal only to her, there wasn’t anything that the other houses of Russia could do.

Sunset gave birth to Katarin ‘Midday’ Romanov, who is currently a hyper active 4 year old. She has light brown skin and has her mom’s red hair. She already showed an aptitude for magic, with Sunset having to cast a spell on Katarin to keep her from wildly using her magic at such a young age. Sunset also had a very tough first days as a mother, dealing with breastfeeding and the constant crying. Her grandmother and Klabautermann nurses helped in taking care of the newest member of the royal family. Because of her royal duties she couldn’t spend as much time with Katarin but her husband James looked after their daughter, while she was away.

There was talk about the princess being half black and a commoner being the father. Sunset shot that down as she pointed out that her brother had suffered from inbreeding and having some new blood has prevented her daughter from sharing the same fate. Once Katarin began displaying her magic, caused the talks of her being a commoner died down, helped by Sunset being very protective of her daughter and heir. As she views having blue blood is just a word to describe incest and has made it illegal for any incest marriage or relationships. She doesn’t want children to be born suffering ill health because of their parents being related by blood. (3)

Currently Sunset is in her personal chambers playing with Katarin on the bed, when her grandmother Maria entered. Thanks to magic potions and magic enchanted medicines, Maria is much healthier and younger looking than her true age. With her are the two bodyguard Klabautermanns that Sunset assigned to her, like she did with the rest of the family, Volga and Volt two refitted Roman Klabautermanns.

“Sunset, the church is making a move again,” Maria said as she walks up to her granddaughter and great granddaughter.

“Another anti-magic protest?” Sunset asked.

“Yes, though I think this time they have more people backing them, even some of the nobility is joining,” Maria replied.

“I wonder what triggered this one,” Sunset pondered.

“I don't know, but the church is claiming that your magic is going to bring calamity upon us all,” Maria explained.

“My magic has been used for so long now without incident, maybe they are trying to start something,” Sunset thought aloud.

“Still, you can't ignore them,” Maria said sternly.

“The only reason why, is because they never gave me a reason to take action. They been like this since I broke ties with the church,” Sunset said.

Since Sunset broke royal ties to the church and how while the church does nothing but stand against magic and gives promises of an afterlife, Sunset using magic has improved the lives of her people. Trains now span the vast empire from the west and east coasts and the largest northern settlements. The new flying zeppelin cargo ships, using magic to fly are able to the most remote settlements in regions that haven’t had contact with others for centuries in some cases. The unknown regions are then mapped and exploited of any resources found there.

One such scouting found the remains of Kitezh the mythical city of Russian legend.

According to the investigations of the ruins and the people living around the ruins, Kitezh's origins lie in the Deathless Prophet of Constantinople, a prophet and purported miracle-worker who rose to prominence in the Byzantine Empire in the late 10th century. The Prophet had discovered the Divine Source, an object that granted immortality, and leveraged it to gain a religious following among the people of Constantinople. This was tolerated for a time under reigning Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes, but when he died, his successor Basil II revoked that protection. In 977 AD, fearing persecution from the Roman Catholic Church, the Prophet and his followers fled Constantinople for Syria in the dark of night.

The Order of Trinity was sent by the Roman Catholic Church to pursue the Prophet and his followers, and execute them for their blasphemy. For the prophet dared to claim that no one can speak for or to god. Trinity knights caught up to the Prophet's procession and massacred many, including the Prophet. Trinity returned west and reported that they had succeeded in their mission, while the distraught survivors of the Prophet's followers conveyed the Prophet's corpse to an oasis outside Beroea, or modern-day Aleppo. There, the followers began building a tomb for the Prophet, but it was then that he miraculously returned to life. The Prophet's movement was revitalized, and founded a small city in the oasis that attracted new adherents from across the land.

Trinity learned of rumors that the Prophet still lived, but its leaders assumed that this was a hoax created by the Prophet's followers. A small army was dispatched to exterminate the Prophet's followers at the oasis. They assaulted the city and trapped the Prophet and his followers in the Prophet's tomb, but the Prophet cheated death once again and escaped, leading his surviving followers northeast to safety.

Deep within Siberia, the Prophet's followers constructed Kitezh, a new city in a sheltered mountain valley kept warm by geothermal activity. There, they hoped to lead a peaceful existence under the Prophet's guidance, away from the persecution of Trinity and the greed of those who sought after their most prized artifact: the Divine Source. The Prophet's Followers included a number of brilliant architects, engineers, and scientists, who pooled their talents to build Kitezh into a marvel of contemporary technology and self-sufficiency that rivaled anything in the Byzantine Empire.

Unfortunately, Kitezh's peace and prosperity was not to last. A Mongol army ventured into the mountains in search of Kitezh decades later, prodded by Trinity's claims of treasure; Trinity was determined to put an end to the Prophet once and for all, and to seize the Divine Source. The Mongols failed to overwhelm the city's defenses, and the invasion became a siege. The siege only ended when the Prophet's Deathless Army, seeking to ensure the Divine Source was kept out of enemy hands forever, deliberately triggered an avalanche in the surrounding mountains. The Mongols, their Khan and many citizens of the city were killed and most of Kitezh was entombed within the resulting glacier. The Deathless remained within the city to guard the Divine Source for eternity.

The following winters were harsh for the Kitezh survivors who escaped the avalanche. They had arrived in Siberia largely ignorant of how to survive in the wild, and had built a city that had allowed them to live comfortably and carefree; without the conveniences and luxuries they had taken for granted for so long, many of the Prophet's people perished. Those who were left decided that the loss of their city had been a rebuke by God. They became the Remnants, and taught themselves to how live off of the land rather than subjugate it. In the midst of the ruins of Kitezh's outskirts, they constructed a humble village and took up hunting, fishing, and farming.

Baba Yaga went to the ruins of the city herself and found the Divine Source, a wisdom cube. Thanks to the cube the Prophet was able to extend his life using the cube to enhance his magic. And the Deathless Army underneath their armor are in fact Klabautermanns that were created the same way Sunset did with her fleet. Warships were built in the city, and were then summon as Klabautermanns. And while they can be killed, they can always be rebuilt. The Prophet once killed could be brought back to life as well but only if he’s near the wisdom cube’s energy. By the time the Kitezh’s Klabautermanns found his body after the destruction of the city, he had been dead too long to bring back. (4)

Trap underground with the other survivors, they began digging and rebuilding the city, after slaughtering what’s left of the Mongol army. Years after the fall of the city the Deathless had finally dug their way out and made contact with the survivors on the surface. For centuries afterwards the people of Kitezh either lived on the surface or underground within the rebuilt underground city. (5)

Sunset upon learning this, went herself to the city and displayed her magic, once again displaying it around the world. She lifted the ice that’s been covering the city for centuries up into the air, and sunlight once again shined upon the city once again. She revealed why the city was buried as Trinity a group apart of the Vatican had wanted the wisdom cube for themselves and that the Prophet had dared to claim that the pope couldn’t talk to god or speak for god.

Which Sunset dared the pope and the faith he leads to show something, that the church can talk to god and can preform something, instead of having soldiers go and force people to submit to maintain their power. There was no response from the pope who was shown on a magic window screen. Sunset went on that she’s guessing that in the vaults underneath the Vatican there’s a treasure trove of magic objects and knowledge which the church has hordes and done nothing with, to maintain the image and power of a faith that is nothing like the faith the one who started it would had wanted. Backed up by the Klabautermanns who were around during Jesus’s time.

Sunset wondered why the church with all the knowledge and magic at their disposal hadn’t just used them to preformed miracles and heal the sick. But it doesn’t matter as all the Vatican can do give out empty words and no miracles, while she can preform feats of magic. And that event cause the already cold relationship with the Vatican to grow colder. As the head of the most powerful nation in the world, there was nothing that the Vatican could do or gain support as their stance on magic being work of the devil, doesn’t carry weight as all the nations are either using magic or learning it.

“So will you do it?” Maria asked.

“The secret police would have told me of anything. They’re under orders to inform me if the church tried anything. Besides all the church can do is promise an afterlife, while I actually do something for the living,” Sunset said.

“That's right,” Maria agreed.

“Well let's hope that the protests go quietly, I'm sure the secret police will stop them before they cause trouble. I'll send a few agents to make sure they don't cause problems,” Sunset said.

“Do you really think that the protesters won't turn violent?” Maria asked.

“I'm not worried about it, I've dealt with crazies before. Besides the Klabautermanns will be the ones who will be handling things. They will only act when they need to and not make a scene,” Sunset said.

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Author's Note

1 - English pirate Edward Teach, more commonly known as Blackbeard, captured the Concorde, a French-owned slave ship, in the West Indies in 1717 and made the vessel his flagship. Slave ships, which often featured a central partition to protect the crew against a slave uprising, made good pirate ships because they were built for speed. Blackbeard added 26 guns to the vessel, which already boasted 14, making the renamed Queen Anne's Revenge one of the most powerful ships in American waters. In May 1718, Blackbeard blockaded the port of Charleston. After looting five merchant vessels, he ran the Queen Anne's Revenge ashore on Topsail Inlet, and the ship suffered extensive damage when it slammed into the submerged sandbar. Given that Blackbeard knew the area well "" he had sailed off the same coast the year before "" many historians believe he wrecked the Queen Anne's Revenge deliberately in hopes of killing off some of his crew and increasing his share of the fortune. The ship was discovered in 1997 off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, and marine archaeologists have been bringing up treasure from its remains ever since.

2 - The brutal treatment of natives lasted longer than it should had. The time period is when there were still human zoos.

The Klabautermanns are able to get away in slaughtering people and destroying communities, because of them being worth more to the country than the people and communities they destroyed.

3 - I’m against inbreeding mostly because of the children born from it having health problems both in body and mind. Which can clearly be seen in dog breeding where dogs are force to breed with their parents and siblings just to maintain a certain look.

4 - Tomb Raider Rise of the a Tomb Raider.

5 - Never made sense to why being trapped underground, that people never just dig up when they have tools to do so.

Chapter 28

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The rampage of Joan of Arc reborn as a Klabautermann, that lasted weeks as she made her way north and destroying everything in her way. She blamed the French for turning their backs to her in her time of need, and would had burn the English if she wasn’t stop by the Greek Klabautermanns. The long term effects of her rampage caused the people of France to fear the consequences of using magic and using Klabautermanns. The Vatican used the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral to condemn all Klabautermanns and the use of magic. But the governments ignored the cries as they know that if they didn’t, other countries will continue to make more Klabautermanns and research magic.

Joan suddenly woke up, she immediately summoned her rig to continue her onslaught but found nothing. She looked around finding herself in a room made out of stone and looking down at herself she found herself floating in the air. She remembers those other Klabautermanns showing up and killing her with a barrage of cannon fire.

“I’m dead again,” Joan said figuring out that she’s dead.

“Yes in a way,” a familiar voice said.

Turning to the voice, Joan saw it’s, Aria standing next to a table with a hunk of twisted metal. There is also an odd looking radio on the table too but her attention was on her old friend.

“Aria?” Joan asked surprised that she of all people is there to greet her.

“You’re a Klabautermann still, just as a spirit now. Used magic to bring you back from this piece of wreckage,” Aria said. “How I’m still alive, I’m a siren, an aquatic dragon and we unlike humans can live for thousands of years.”

“You’re a dragon?” Joan asks.

“Yes a dragon. And you’re a Klabautermann of a resurrected heroine, who went on a rampage that destroyed much of France when they were still recovering from the last war. And destroying Notre Dame, the palace, the museum, the Eiffel Tower, and causing some of the streets to open up and revealing the catacombs full of bones of the dead. I never seen anything like that happen before. Your status as the Saint of France is being revoke,” Aria said.

“A empty title from a false faith. I know what the true faith is from Jesus himself. I devoted myself to a false faith that only cared to make the leaders rich and fat, all that I was taught are nothing but lies and twisted truths. Me destroying Norte Dame and the false idols within, isn’t seen as a sin against god. They’re just buildings of stone and wood, nothing more. They claim that magic is the work of the devil when it’s the only way god can communicate with humans,” Joan said. (1)

“And destroying France?” Aria asked.

“They turned their backs to me, with the people I fought and died for, doing nothing when I was burn to death. So I repaid their betrayal on their descendants and all of France. The French people who were apart of my trial sided with the English. And they dare to bring me back to fight another war for them? Claiming that after my death, that another trial showed that I’m innocent and that I been made a saint, would ever be enough to make it up to me? I killed those men who brought me back and destroyed the city, eating the people alive and dead to restock and refuel my body. I refuse to be a weapon and be thrown away once I’m no longer useful,” Joan said.

“I warned you,” Aria said.

“You did, and what about you?” Joan asks.

“I was already home in Greece when I heard the news. Remember when you saw Charles, I told you I would be going home after the party,” Aria said.

“Right,” Joan said.

“You also should be wanting revenge on the English,” Aria pointed out.

“Where do you think I was heading to next?” Joan asked.

“You be happy to know that thanks to being on the losing side, both France and England came out badly. And the reason why you were brought back was to handle the Klabautermann privateers or pirates that had been looting and raiding the French. The Russian empress loaned them over to some kingdoms that have problems with France. How much did you learn before you started destroying and burning?” Aria asks.

“Was told about how a Russian princess can use magic, making Klabautermanns and reclaimed her throne. The French controlled colonies being attacked by Klabautermanns and pirates being used. They only brought me back to fight another war and be their flagship of a Klabautermann fleet,” Joan said bitterly.

“The French really went out on that. It’s why we sent so many Klabautermanns to stop you,” Aria said causing Joan to turn to face her. “The French were calling for help and it was a good way to display our strength to the world. Germany was asking for an arm and a leg to send theirs. Besides if I showed up you would had just blasted me.”

“I would,” Joan said.

“Which is why I did all of this you are an old friend and it’s nice to have you around again, even if it’s as a spirit. Me and my sisters have already revealed ourselves to the world as dragons in human foams. And with us being lords of our own domain in Greece and being the only ones besides Russia having knowledge on the lost art of magic. We don’t have to worry about idiots who think that eating a dragon heart will grant them power or immortality. Doesn’t work as the idea that horn from a rhinoceros cures anything, just wishful thinking but idiots will still pay huge amounts for it. Might as well shake them down for all they got,” Aria said.

“You haven’t changed. I still remember you in that wagon train selling goods and medicine to my army and other camp followers,” Joan said.

“Me and my sisters learned long ago not to stick out and just be noblewomen who are heads of merchant guilds. Most of the time if we tried to help we would be called witches even after curing a plague. The church is losing lots of its power as governments don’t care what they have to say about magic. Russia broke all ties with the church and is now the most powerful and technologically advanced country in the world now,” Aria said.

“Good,” Joan said.

“There you have it folks, her side of the story. Joan gave up so much and only to have no one coming to her aid at her time of need and left to die. Only having after it would had mattered, anything done. And only being brought back to fight again for a nation that already betrayed her,” Aria said turning off the radio and pulled out the power cord to make sure it’s off. (2)

“What now?” Joan asks.

“Well all of this is being heard on radio, to get your side of the story. It’s been a couple of weeks since you were killed. But seeing how you are a Klabautermann now, if destroyed unlike before you can always be rebuilt,” Aria said.

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Author's Note

1 - In this story praying is like trying to talk to someone on the other side of the planet on a phone without power. Without magic to power the pray, god can’t hear anything.

2 - It doesn’t matter how much she was proven right and how she was made into a Saint after her death. All Joan cares about is that she was burn alive and no one tried to help her. And the nation that left her to die, making up to her when she’s already dead, isn’t good enough for her to care enough to not rampage.

Like someone refusing to help while someone close to you is dying and only after they’re dead, is when that person tries to help. And thinking that’s good enough to make up for not doing something when it could had save a life.

That’s how Joan views France.

Chapter 29

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In the country of Haiti no longer occupied by the United States, in a building marked as a Haiti navy building on one of the docks that dotted the shores of the island nation. Two former rivals are sharing a table with each other, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. Both American Klabautermanns had signed up to serve with Haiti along with several other ships, who didn’t like how their country treated its people who aren’t men or white.

Monitor is a beautiful amber haired busty woman with fair skin. The navy Union uniform she wore showed off her busty body very well.

Virginia is a beautiful dark haired busty black woman. She doesn’t wear the Confederate navy uniform she wore when she was first summon anymore but wore a Haiti navy uniform.

When she and the other Confederate Klabautermanns were summon it came to a shock to the veterans of that war that all of the Confederate ships are black. Shattering the hopes of the bigots in using the Confederate Klabautermanns to help them keep whites in power. Seeing how the black Confederate Klabautermanns have no loyalty to that long dead cause to keep slaves of people who look like them. And why during the strike so many white communities were destroyed, as they reacted very violently to any attacks on the black communities, as they saw no reason why they shouldn’t treat the white communities as they treat the black communities. (1)

Which is why many Union and former Confederate Klabautermanns are now serving in other countries, signing up to serve in their navies for a number of years. In Haiti there is Stevens Battery and Dunderberg both of whom are fellow Civil War warships. There are the Smith sisters of the Smith class destroyers ships, Smith, Lamson, Preston, Flusser, and Reid. The sister ships of a ship class usually stay together.

The oiler, USS Arethusa who has taken a liking to the tropical island and decided to serve. She is also very important as thanks to her only needing to eat to refill her fuel reserves, Haiti has a steady supply of fuel. She does need to eat more because of that but unlike humans she can eat anything organic. Allowing her to eat fishes that are normally toss back into the sea, like pufferfish and other poisonous fishes. Now fishermen are bringing in all of their catch and the ones not sold to the fish mongers are sold to the government who give it to the Klabautermanns.

Both Monitor and Virginia are sharing the table with Turtle the first submarine used in war and Nautilus the first practical submarine.

Turtle is a small woman with a slender figure with long brown hair, as she’s a one man submarine. She’s the weakest of all the Klabautermanns but for the submarines all see her as their mother or grandmother.

Nautilus like her mother, also has a slender figure and short brown hair. Both are wearing Haiti navy uniforms, both serving in the navy, mostly as administrative roles. They also go out and salvage the ocean floor for valuables, as while they’re weak compared to the younger Klabautermanns they can still survive underwater and don’t need to breathe.

Their latest find has paid off after finding a one of the many sunken ships.

A pile of gold doubloons.

A tarnished silver bauble in a pile of other trinkets like rings, and earrings.

A large goblet covered in what appears to be a thin veneer of gold leaf. On a tarnished silver plate. The edges are slightly discolored, eroded by the salt.

They also recovered a piece of the sunken ship the loot came from, to use to summon the Klabautermann. Haiti is currently making a deal with Russia, as they couldn’t use magic to make their own Klabautermanns, they’re just going to ask the Russians to do it for them. They just needed pieces of sunken ships found around the Caribbean and money to pay for it. Which is what the loot from the sunken ship is for.

With the debt Haiti had to pay to the French, left the country poor. But thanks to recent events has left France weak and their navy in ruins from the short war in Asia left their navy depleted and with the presents of Klabautermanns and American ones scared them away. The French couldn’t back up the payments from Haiti with their navy, as destroying the American Klabautermanns could get the other American Klabautermanns to come to their aid, especially with Turtle being seen as the mother of all submarines, her death would just cause all the other submarine Klabautermanns to go into a rage against France. (2)

With the country’s war debt, the raids from the pirate Klabautermanns, the cost of the losing the colonies in Asia, and Joan of Arc’s rampage through France. The country is in too much of a mess and unable to do much, thanks to the country barely having enough to keep everything going. They are receiving aid from the United States and Klabautermanns who are helping to rebuilt the country.

“A few more good runs and we’ll have enough to present to the Russians,” Monitor said.

“Hopefully it be worth enough to the empress,” Virginia said.

“It is gold and silver,” Nautilus pointed out, as no matter what time period it is, silver and gold has value. (3)

“The Russian coins are made out of pure silver and gold coins thanks to all the silver and gold they got from the Roman Klabautermanns who were transporting money. Which is why they’re showing up in the ports. Their purity gives them a high value no matter where they end up,” Turtle said as like many ports as in her time coins from different countries are exchanged all the time. They do use paper money but that’s for large transactions.

“There is Greece, they be able to do it,” Virginia said.

“Yes but both France and England are making moves to ally with Greece. They’re the only country that has a chance against Russia,” Monitor said showing a picture in the newspaper of the national animal of Greece the phoenix, facing off with the Russian national animal the bear. The cartoon showing the other national animals of the nations behind the two larger animals. Showing how powerful the two countries have become compared to the other countries. Seeing how they’re the only ones that can create more Klabautermanns on a massive scale.

“With how bad of a state France is now, they have to find allies wherever they can. They should had used Napolean as a Klabautermann instead of someone who was left to die,” Turtle said.

“But wouldn’t a man being used as a Klabautermann wouldn’t work. Aren’t we all women?” Nautilus asked. Causing everyone to think it over wondering if that would work.

“You know, I think it just never came up,” Turtle said.

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Egypt -

Girga, alternatively Digirga or Digurga is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River. It is the metropolitan see of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and is the oldest continuously-inhabited city on the African continent. And is home to an immortal who has witnessed the centuries past by.

In a building, sit the immortal as she listens to music on a record and reads through some newspapers. She has learned to keep herself hidden and wears a burka when she’s outside to hide her features. When Egypt was still a powerful kingdom she would like many wear very little, as the customs were much different back then.

She’s a black haired very buxom Egyptian woman, who is a true beauty. She had served as the guard of kings and queens, did battle against ancient armies and seen empires rise and fall. Been many things, heroine, villainess, savior, witch, and much more, having taken different roles through the ages. At this point she sees morality as something utterly meaningless, having seen heroes of human legend in the flesh and they’re far from the romantic figures that they are told to be.

She's the last of the Egyptian Klabautermanns, there were others but all of them have fallen ages ago for one reason or another. Never being human and having long since outlived all the humans that she actually cared about, she now sees humans as they sees a pet that they will outlive. It’s sad that they die but like any other pet they can be replaced with a new one.

She has mastered everything, as she has done so many things over the centuries. Her sword skills combine with her Klabautermann super strength would in a future world only be seen in anime, along with her unarmed combat skills. She’s the only true mistress of magic as she has centuries to refine her skills and learn to use magic in ways that no human could. She’s a brilliant tactical genius, as she has witnessed many battles.

With magic returning and other Klabautermanns running around the world again, she sees another age of magic and wonder is upon the world. Creatures out of myth and legends are appearing again, with the humans now aware what to look for again. She’s been thinking of revealing herself and joining one of the countries that have the most Klabautermanns.

The bear or the phoenix.

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Author's Note

1 - The American Klabautermanns have no loyalties to any group that see and treats their sister ships as lesser beings for not being white and not being a man.

2 - With Turtle being the first working submarine built for war, all the other war subs see her as their mother or grandmother. Meaning while she’s the weakest of the Klabautermanns, she has her daughters and granddaughters who will come to her aid.

3 - Even in a setting where gold and silver are worthless as money, gold and silver would still have value in electronics.

Chapter 30

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The strength of a nation is now measure by the number of Klabautermanns the nation has in its service. With how the Klabautermanns are able to regenerate their cargo, they quickly pay for themselves. Oil tanker Klabautermanns are the second most sought after Klabautermanns, with them being used to replace fuel sources. They don’t make as much oil as an oil well but for smaller nations, the oil tanker Klabautermanns are a keystone resource.

The tanker Klabautermanns are brought at high prices from the nations that are able to summon Klabautermanns, with some poorer nations becoming bankrupt from buying just one tanker Klabautermann. As the Klabautermann cost isn’t just from the cost of the building of the ship but also the cost of filling the oil tanks of the tanker Klabautermanns. As the restoring the cargo of the Klabautermann only works if they have a cargo to restore in the first place.

For all the hardships in gathering the money to buy a tanker Klabautermann or use an already made oil tanker ship or build their own for the summoning reducing the cost. The tanker Klabautermanns quickly paid for themselves as they reduce the need to import oil. The Klabautermanns couldn’t restore their cargo quickly as it took hours and lots of food for them to do that.

The cargo that the Klabautermanns carried on them can all be restored by them eating, but there’s different rate for what type of cargo. Food items are the fastest to restock, fuel is in the middle, while restoring ammunition takes the most. Other cargo items also have different rates of being restocked and how much food they Klabautermann needs. Because the Klabautermanns are able to eat anything, the food given to them could be things that people didn’t like eating or couldn’t eat. But the smart nations know better than feeding their Klabautermanns poorly.

The cargo of precious metals is tightly regulated and restricted to stop inflation from happening. With the metals going to the mints and treasuries, as there is enough gold, silver, and copper to make lots of coins. But there is a huge market for precious metals and where most of the metals ended up, as they’re used to make electronics for the new machines that are coming out of Russia. For gold, silver, and copper make excellent conductors for electricity.

The most sought after Klabautermanns are the warships, having proven themselves in the Great War. Against human soldiers, only weapons that can damage a warship could harm them. Combine with how they can turn themselves back into full-size warships crewed by armed copies of themselves, who are much weaker and easier to kill but make up for it with being much stronger then a normal human and as long as their warship body is intact, more copies could come out and fight.

The need for Klabautermanns soon outpaced the rate that shipyards could build a ship, as warships could take years to finish. Causing nations to turn to the older ships and shipwrecks, to sure up their numbers. The submarine Klabautermanns have all but found all the sunken wrecks and picked up the sunken treasures. With some digging up wreckage from places where a ship sank but was too deep at the time to get and was buried over the years. The submarines also began mining and gathering resources underwater that humans couldn’t do without expensive equipment. (1)

Soon the shipwrecks that could be found were all gone, with only the shipwrecks that are in far off locations or in very deep waters left. Leaving nations especially the landlock ones dependent on buying ships or Klabautermanns from the nations that could build or summon or both, for ships or Klabautermanns. Some nations used river ships, much smaller then some of the ocean going ships but are still better than nothing.

Then there is the knowledge of magic, needed to be able to summon a Klabautermann. Magic schools have sprang up in just about every nation, learning the secret magical arts that have all but been stamped out by the church. Said church has lost much of its power as government leaders are now ignoring them as they spoke of all magic being the work of the devil. For they see how advance and powerful the Russian Empire has become.

Under the rule of Empress Sunset, the once backwards and stuck in the past nation has become the most powerful nation. With both science and magic, she turned the vast country into an empire that past rulers could only dream about. A network of countries where trade flowed, alliances made, and an army completely loyal to her. The factions that past rulers had to deal with, have lost most of their powers as the royal family alone now controls the army. And for the people, the Empress has made sure that their standards of living has been raised, where they have food, clean water, shelter, medical care and other things that they didn’t had before that made their lives easier.

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Russia -

Like how her human family usually ate together during meal times, Sunset continued to uphold that tradition. Having lunch with her husband James and her 4 year old daughter Katarin. Sunset is eating 3 whole roast chickens with onions and potatoes by herself, due to her size and using magic burns up lots of energy, Sunset is a big eater. James is having beef and cabbage with a melted cheese with chunky tomato broth. Katarin is eating grilled fish with mustard and mushroom sauce. In the room with the royal family is Standart and other Klabautermanns standing guard.

“How are things going with the transportation department?” Sunset asked James.

Since marrying into royalty, James had to learn how to act and present himself as the emperor of Russia. With his past experience working in the transportation and logistics while he was still with the US army, James was place in charge of fixing the mess that was the roads and train lines. Which he did before he married Sunset as he helped her with getting the trade goods and other supplies from one place to another. It’s how he got so close to Sunset where romances between them just happen.

“Going well enough. The Klabautermanns at the transport hubs are keeping a close eye on all important shipments. The main depot is always busy,” James said.

The main depot, named Romanov Western Depot is the main transportation hub for trains for the western half of the empire. The terminal is used to transport workers and cargo between several industrial facilities. The Romanov Eastern Depot does the same for the eastern half of the empire, nearly all trains pass through the depots.

There has been lots of trains going to Groznyj Grad,” James said.

“Tesla is working on making a new electrical engine to make electrical powered automobiles,” Sunset said.

The door open and a Klabautermann came in with a telegram. She handed the telegram to Sunset who reads it.

“Roosevelt is dead,” Sunset said.

“He’s dead?” James asked surprised at the news of his old general’s death.

“Death must had taken him while he was sleeping, otherwise there would had been a fight. We must prepare to attend his funeral. He was my general after all,” Sunset said and looks at Katarin. “You be staying here with grandma.”

“Ok,” Katarin said.

“Katarin is staying?” James asked.

“Why?” Sunset asked.

“Well, it be nice for her to meet my side of the family,” James said.

“True…, my side isn’t that close,” Sunset said as most of her family she treats with disdain. “We just double the Klabautermanns that be coming with us than. And grandmother can hold things down while we’re gone.”

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Author's Note

1 - There’s lots of resources under the sea, but like getting oil from the sea bed, would cost a lot to get.

2 - In real life Roosevelt died in 1919, he lived longer in the story thanks to some magic healing.