//------------------------------// // Relations and Surprise 2 // Story: The Bismarck // by cellum95 //------------------------------// As they near the ships, the ponies heard a very strange voice, not knowing the accent they have. "Lassen sie Aufsichtsrat die schiff.(Let them board the boat.)" In a moments notice, a boat was lowered and 4 bipdeal clad in naval uniforms approached them in the boat. They come even closer, even closer, until in such point that the ponies could really detail their uniform. It was colored blue, with some gold stripes, buttons and they have hats with an eagle attached to something. One of them spoke in a language that they don't know of. "Folgen uns.(Follow us.)" Although confused of what he said, they soon know because the being say his.....hand back and forth to the point that it's a body language of 'follow us', which they did. As they follow the boat with the mysterious beings, they could see more of the beings in the deck, with their metal clubs, in the deck. They could see, when the boat with the beings got to the large ship, it got pulled up and joined the rest of the team. 'Interesting.' Celestia thought as they got to the large ship. When they got to ship, they got pulled, and when they got to the point when they could see personally up close to the beings and the ship, they are greeted by 2 beings with the same black cross on their neck. "Willkommen die Bismarck.(Welcome to the Bismarck.)" 'Bismarck? An odd name for an odd ship.' Celestia thought as she, her sister and the chief got to the deck. -Kriegsmarine- The crew was shocked when they could see, up close, the horses. One is white, one is dark blue, and the other one is grey on color. But it wasn't a shock to the Captain and the Admiral, they keep their posture and stature leveled up. A few moments later, the one in white color said: "Hello, could you understand us?" The crew has no idea to speak English, but one hand was raised and said: "I do miss. Sorry for my comrades, they couldn't speak English. By the way, meet Captain Ernst Lindemann and Admiral Gunther Lütjens, commanding officers of the Kriegsmarine fleet and the Bismarck, with the Prinz Eugen." The ponies, who's body language was very distinctive, was in a very mental shock. "By the way, who are you?" Like a cue, the dark blue one answered. "I'm Princess Luna, and this is my sister, Princess Celestia. This is Ironbutt, Grand Naval Chief of the Equestrian Navy. What brings you here, or most importantly, why did you sink one of our prestige ships?" "Oh you mean the one with the catapult firing mechanism? Sorry, but it's our instincts in the Kriegsmarine or German Navy to sink unidentified or unknown ships." "But do you know how much it cost us to build us that ship?! It cost us nearly 100 million bits just to build it!" Ironbutt exclaimed. "Sorry, but ours is much more costly than your Dreadnought type ship. However, I couldn't tell you because it's classified." Ironbutt was about to explode when Princess Celestia interrupted. "It's okay. I must say, your ships are very unique and advance than ours. Could you lend your blueprints so we could construct one of ours?" "Sorry, but it's closely guarded secret." "It's okay. Would you mind telling us what are those black colored cross around the you know on the Captain and Admiral." "It's called the Knight's Cross, only to be rewarded by the ones with extreme battlefield bravery or successful leadership. I believe Ironbutt here has a similar type, only to be 2nd class to us, the EK II, formally known by us as the Iron Cross." "What?!" "Enough! Well, enough with the chit-chat, could you plea the Captain or Admiral to get the ships to Manehattan Harbor so that we could establish a peace relation?" "Maybe. Let me talk to them." The sailor moved towards the Captain and the Admiral, and is discussing in the rather previous form of accent, in which the sailors could hear and understand, while the ponies cannot. After a few moments, the sailor got to them again. "Well, the Captain and Admiral both said 'yes', however, you must not touch any of the equipments here in the ships, got that?" "Well okay." With a thumbs up, the Captain ordered in the accent again, saying: "Geh zu die hafen und sichern unsere waffe.(Go to the harbor and secure our weapon.)" With a chant of 'Ja', the sailors got to their posts, cannons in 'neutral' mode, and the ships sailing towards Manehattan Harbor. -Manehattan Harbor- The Mane 6 saw the boat of the princesses and the chief as they got near the ship, and got towed up to the ship. "I don't like the feeling of this." Twilight said. "Don't worry dear. I'm sure they are fine." Rarity secured Twilight's emotion. "Hey girls?" Fluttershy getting the attention of the other ponies. "What is it Fluttershy?" Twilight asked. "T..Take a look of those ships." The ponies turned their heads around, and saw the ships moving towards the harbor, with their 'turtle shells' in some sort of rest mode. 'I don't like the feeling of this.' Twilight thought. -Kriegsmarine- The ships got closer to the harbor, with their passengers on board. The sailor, who knew English much, kept them busy. "So your saying that your country started the war because a man called Adolf Hitler promised you all a 'Third Reich', which would last for a thousand years?" Celestia asked. "Yes, and we believed. Early in the war, we met shocking successes, and we have high hopes that we would win the war." "Interesting. Your 'guns' are what type again?" "You mean the guns of the Bismarck? Well the main ones are eight, 38 cm SK C/34 Guns, while the secondary ones are twelve 15 cm L/55 guns, with sixteen 10.5 cm L/65, 3.7 cm L/83 and twelve 2 cm Anti-Aircraft or Flak guns." "So basically it's a fortress." Luna said. "Yes." "How about the Prinz Eugen?" But before the sailor could answer, the Captain said in the accent that the ponies still don't understand, but the sailor said: "He said that we are now approaching the harbor, and he and the Admiral could see 6 others of your kinds, in different variations." "Hmmm.....Well, let's just get to the harbor." Celestia noted. "Agreed." -Manehattan Harbor- The ponies watched as the two massive ships docked themselves in the harbor, with the ponies wondering what is their intent. But then, 3 figures trotted on the deck. It was the unmistakable figures of Princess Celestia and Luna, and Ironbutt. However, as soon a plank was lowered, and they trotted towards them, 3 figures are also with them. All 3 of them wore naval uniforms in blue, with some golden stripes on them. "What are those uniforms dear? They look fascinating." Rarity said. "Nicht berühren.(Don't touch.)" One of the beings said. The ponies are dumbstruck. These creatures are talking, and have the capacity to build wonderful ships like the ones docked in the harbor. "Elements, meet Captain Ernst Lindemann and Admiral Gunther Lütjens, commanding officers of the Kriegsmarine fleet. Also, meet their ships, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen." The ponies are getting a lot more dumbstruck, but are also fascinated with the creatures ships. "I have a lot of research to do." Twilight said. "Oh no you don't." Another one said, causing Twilight to back off. "Now, now Twilight. We shall treat our guests as friends, as such." Celestia proposed. "Well, at least they couldn't fly." Rainbow Dash boasted. However, the Captain ordered in the accent the Mane 6 couldn't understand, and in a few moments later, a metal contraption flew in the air, getting Rainbow Dash dumbstruck. "I stand corrected." Dash said. "Okay now my little ponies, let's get to a restaurant to discuss with the Captain, Admiral with this sailor here." Celestia said.