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// The mirror 
// Story: Four Empeors in Equestria 
// by Derpyfan1 
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It was a cold, rainy day in the German Empire, it was 1915, much of Russia and France have been occupied by the Central Powers. A soldier, very loyal to the Kaiser, is on a ship, headed to Canada, a dominion of the British Empire, disguised as a British Soldier, with several other German Soldiers.
Several days later, they arrive in Vancouver, Canada, with trust from King George V. They enter into a secret lab, with a mirror.
"A mirror?" Asked a soldier, "That's what the British are researching?"
"Nevermind what they're researching, Der Kaiser told us to get whatever we can from Canada, and bring it back to Berlin for research. The British are around, keep your guns by your sides, for the Fatherland!" The Germans go toward the mirror, practicing British accents.
"Gentlemen, what are you doing?" Asked a British Soldier, the German soldier looked worried.
"Ahem, yes, sir, The King wanted us to bring this to him and the Prime Minister." Said the Soldier, the British soldier squinted his eyes, and notices a necklace under the German's military jacket, touches it and notices it's an Iron Cross, his eyes widen. He than calls out for backup.
"Shit! We must initiate plan 2!" The Germans come out with Guns loaded.
"FÜR DAS VATERLAND!" Calls a German, as a British calls out "GOD SAVE THE KING!" The battle ends in a German victory, the Germans who weren't shot and killed by the British took the mirror and brought it onto their ship.
It was a long, long voyage, they could no longer disguise themselves, and had to be wary of British, French, and Russian ships, but once they came to Ottoman waters, they were safe, they brought it from Constantinople, through Bulgaria, Occupied Serbia, Austria-Hungary, until they finally reached the Kaiser's Palace. They knock on the Kaiser's door. Prince Wilhelm, son of the Kaiser, answered.
"Ja?" Asked the Prince, he was informed the Kaiser was needed, so he got his father. The soldiers bow to their Kaiser.
"Rise." Said the Kaiser, the soldiers get up. "Come, Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg is with me, we're discussing the current status of the Great War. Thanks, my son, for informing me of the soldier's arrival." Prince Wilhelm nodded to his father and went into his room. Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Theobald talked with the soldiers about the battle in Vancouver, and how the lab only had the mirror, and some Chemical weapons.
"The Chemical Weapons could come in handy." Informed the Chancellor, "But what could our Kaiser do with a mirror? Unless the British are messing with us! But why would they risk 30-40 soldiers for a dumb joke? The King of England is incompetent, but he isn't stupid." The Kaiser got a little offended. He may be at war with George V and Nicholas II, but they were cousins, and shared a grandmother in Queen Victoria, and grew up loving each other as cousins would. But he got over it quickly. He walks over to the mirror, looking at the mirror.
"I am quite glorious in this mirror, am I not? In the future, I shall be known as Wilhelm the Great, German Emperor, greatest Emperor the world had seen since Constantine of Byzantium!" Wilhelm had a bit of a vanity problem, a soldier rolled his eyes. Wilhelm places his hand in the glass, but...it goes through? What was happening? "AHH! WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT?!" Yelled the Kaiser.
"Calm down mein Kaiser!" Exclaimed the Chancellor. "This is interesting, maybe...a portal? To another world?"
"Pfft, you're funny mein Chancellor, another world, what's next, Unicorns?" Laughed The Kaiser as did his soldiers.
"You don't know, maybe there are? Who knows?" Said the Chancellor, the Kaiser laughed even harder. The soldiers did too. The Chancellor had a serious look on his face.
"Oh wait you're serious?" asked the Kaiser, "Let me laugh even harder!" He continues laughing. He finishes, "Look, if that IS true, which it won't, but just in case...get the others." The Kaiser ordered. The Chancellor salutes his Kaiser, and goes  off. Franz Joseph I, Ferdinand I, and Mehmed V are told to go to Berlin at once, which they do, with their prime ministers, who are placed as their regents until they get back.
"By Allah's Name, Wilhelm, I hope what you have is something important. I have stuff to do, such as lead not just an Empire, but an entire religion!" Exclaimed Mehmed V.
"Mehmed, Franz, Ferdinand, I have something to show you." He places his hand into the Mirror.
"So what? You can do magic tricks, if I wanted to see a magic trick I'd go to America and see a Houdini show." Said Ferdinand, Wilhelm told them to try it, Franz Joseph does it, and gets surprised.
"In my 67 years as Emperor of Austria, I've never seen something so...magical." Ferdinand and Mehmed try it too, both are surprised. The Emperor's place their prime ministers as regents.
"I've accepted...this is a portal...we must investigate!" Said Wilhelm. The other Emperors nod in agreement.
"Before we go...I must pray one last time before we go to another world. It is just that time, and just in case we don't get back, tell the Muslims of the word...it's been amazing serving you." Mehmed V started to pray in the traditional Muslim way, with a mat he brings on the go. It was a beautiful pattern, orange, yellow, and black, fit for a Caliph. He starts praying. Once he was done, he put it away. "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, I am ready to enter into one of your other worlds, if I die, I want to tell you that I've served my people and the legacy of Muhammad well." The other Emperors nod, Mehmed draws his sword, "FOR ALLAH! ALLAHU AKBAR!" Mehmed V, Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph, and Ferdinand charge into the portal. Through the portal, they see bright colors all around them, so bright compared to what they see usually in their bleak, dark world.
The Four Emperors dropped into Equestria. They see before them beautiful valleys, forests, creeks and ponds. Something they hardly saw in their industrialized Empires.
"This...is the most beautiful place I've ever seen..." Wilhelm shed a tear, "It reminds me of a simpler time, as a child, mein vater telling me fairytales...I miss him dearly. His 99 days as Kaiser, he suffered..." Wilhelm started sobbing. His dear friend and ally, Franz Joseph, comforted him.
"This is so beautiful. Allah truly created a beautiful universe, shaallah, we shall ally with the inhabitants of this world!" Said Mehmed. The Emperors walk further, towards a town. They encounter Pinkie Pie.