The next morning Otto woke up and got dressed. He got almost no sleep last night but was use to it so he went ahead and headed down to the library to read more on a certain spell he found last night.
He read for around forty five minutes, when he heard voices coming down the hall way. The doors opened and he saw Twilight and Trixie walk in.
"Oh there you are Otto, we were wondering where you went." Said Twilight.
"I've been in here all morning... And most of last night." Said Otto.
"When did you go to sleep last night?" Asked Twilight.
"Somewhere around three in zhe morning." Said Otto.
"Three in the morning? Aren't you tired?" Asked Twilight.
"Nah, I'm use to getting very little sleep." Replied Otto.
"If you say so. Are you ready to meet the princess?" Asked Twilight.
"Yeah, I vas just trying to learn a spell before ve go." Replied Otto.
"Ooo, what kind of spell?" She asked.
"You'll see." He said.
"Ok then, let's make are way for the train station. Trixie will you be coming?" Said Twilight.
"No, I'll be staying here." She said.
"Ok, try not to break anything." Said Twilight.
"Don't worry, I'm not clumsy like Spike." Said Trixie.
Twilight started to giggle. "Yeah, your right. Stay out of trouble while we're gone." Said Twilight.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Said Trixie.
"Come on Otto we don't want to miss the train." Said Twilight.
And with that, Otto and Twilight made their way to the train station.
Ten minutes later, Twilight, Otto, and many other non-important ponies were waiting on the station platform.
"So Twilight, how long exactly is zhe trip?" Asked Otto.
"Around twelve hours." Replied Twilight.
"Twelve hours?!?!" Exclaimed Otto.
"Yeah, why?" Asked Twilight.
"Vhy is it so long?" Asked Otto.
"Well, our trains can only go at a maximum of ten miles an hour, plus the technology is still pretty new to us." Said Twilight.
"Hmm... I wanted to wait to do this but I think I can show you the spell I was reading on." Said Otto.
"Which spell exactly did you read about?" Asked Twilight.
"You'll see..." Said Otto.
Soon they felt the platform start to vibrate, and in the distance they saw the train coming. After a minute or two it finally pulled into the station.
"You call zhat a train? It's so tiny." Said Otto.
"What's this spell you want to test?" Asked Twilight.
"You'll see... But it may cause a bit of a delay, so zhat I can perform it properly." Said Otto.
"Ok, I'll go talk to the conductor." Said Twilight.
THIRTY SECONDS LATER
"NO NO NO! I'm on a very tight schedule, and have no room for delays!!" Said the train conductor.
"My companion over there says if his spell works it will let the train get to where it needs to be ahead of schedule." Said Twilight.
"Hmm... Ahead of schedule you say? Fine, but it better work or your paying for the money that I lose." Said the conductor.
"Thank you." Said Twilight.
"Come on Otto, let's not waste any time." Said Twilight.
"Ok, but keep everyone away from zhe train so zhat no one has zhe possibility to get hurt." Said Otto.
"Ok, but hurry Otto, like the conductor said, we're on a tight schedule too." Said Twilight.
Otto the turned to face the train. He began focusing his magic on the actual part that pulls the train cars.
Twilight watched as he did his work. One thing she noticed was that instead of his normal blue aura, his magic had a purplish green aura. Something she hadn't seen since the battle in the crystal empire...
She saw the train begin to glow and after a few seconds she heard metal start to buckle and bend as if the train was collapsing in on its self.
And then it vanished, and after ten to twenty seconds later something unexpected happened. A new machine appeared in the old trains place it looked like a train but was much larger and longer than the ponyville express.
Twilight couldn't believe her eyes, Otto had made a train of some kind appear out of thin air, even though days ago he could barely even levitate a quill!
She looked at Otto to congradulate him, but when she did she could see he was under a lot of strain and his horn was still glowing, and then his eyes had a slight green tint to them.
"Otto?" She asked, but he didn't seem to hear her.
"Otto!" She called again, this time he began shaking his head and he was blinky really fast.
"H-huh? V-vhat happened?" He asked.
"I don't know, but your spell worked." Replied Twilight.
"H-heh, zhats gut." He said, right before he passed out.
Later Otto felt himself become more and more conscious again.
"Otto? Otto, wake up!" He heard Twilight yelling.
"Ok, ok I'm up." Said Otto.
"Vhere are ve?" Asked Otto.
"We're still at the station. The engineer can't figure out how the train works." Replied Twilight.
"Vell, I guess I should help him out zhen." Said Otto.
"How long have I been out?" Asked Otto.
"Just a few minutes actually." Replied Twilight.
Otto made his way to the front of the train, where he heard the conductor and engineer yelling.
"Hurry up and get this thing moving you bloke!" Yelled the conductor.
"I'm trying sir, but I can't read any of these labels." Said the engineer.
"Uh-hem, Maybe I can help?" Said Otto, getting the two stallions attention.
"Go ahead and try, I don't care how it's done, just get this thing moving." Said the conductor.
A few minutes later Otto had shown the engineer the basics on how to work the train.
"Ok, so to get it moving I pull this lever back and push this one forward?" Asked the engineer.
"Yes, but make sure to constantly feed it coal or else it's fire box will die and it won't run." Said Otto.
Two minutes later the train was puffing and steaming down the railroad.
An hour later, "this is incredible we're at 60 miles per hour and the speed is still rising!" Said the engineer. "At this rate we'll be at canterlot within the next ten minutes."
Sure enough, nine minutes later they pulled into canterlot station.
Though soon ponies in armor and holding spears ran up to the train.
"Vhat's going on?" Otto asked the engineer.
"Meh, they probably just came to check the train since this isn't the train we usually come in." Replied the engineer.
Once everything had been sorted out with the guards, Otto and Twilight made their way towards the castle.
"Zhis place is amazing!" Said Otto, as they walked through the streets of canterlot.
"Indeed, it is." Replied Twilight.
"So Twilight, how come almost none of the ponies in ponyville vear clothing, yet here it seems everyone vears clothing." Asked Otto.
"Well, each city or town has it's own fashion style' ponyville tends to not have one like most others do, we really only wear clothing for special events." Said Twilight. "Why do you ask?"
"Vell in my world, ve vear clothing all zhe time, it's sort of required, ve vear clothing for two reasons, one, to look nice, two, is to hide some of are most private parts." Said Otto.
"Interesting, you said you were from the human world right?" Asked Twilight.
"I'm from earth, yes." Said Otto.
"Hmm, well, come on, lets get to the castle." Said Twilight.
They continued walking towards the castle every now and then Otto would ask a question and Twilight would answer it. Though completely oblivious to the pegasus following them.
Once they reached the castle, they had no problem with guards since they've seen Twilight hundreds of times.
"Huh, zhis castle is nice but not as impressive as yours." Said Otto.
"Heh, well this castle was actually built by hoof, mine, believe it or not, was grown." Said Twilight.
"Grown?" Asked Otto.
"It's a long story, besides we're here." She said as they came up to a large set of doors. "The throne room is right through here." Said Twilight.
They walked through the room Twilight went through, but when he went through he was suddenly tackled. "Hey! Vhats going on!" Yelled Otto.
He looked to see two guards pinning him down. "Vhat are you doing?! I haven't done anything vrong!" Said Otto.
Suddenly a midnight-blue colored mare appeared in front of him. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?" Asked the mare.
"I am captain Otto Kretschmer, and I vas told to come here so I can meet princess Celestia." Said Otto.
"Oh my apologies, you must be the one twilight has been telling me and my sister about." Replied the mare.
"Vho are you?" Asked Otto.
"I am princess luna." Replied the mare.
"Uhm, can you get zhese guards off me?" Asked Otto.
"Oh sorry." She nodded to the guards, who reluctantly got off him.
"Sorry, they tend to take their job seriously around new faces." Said Luna.
"Where is Celestia?" Asked Twilight.
"She is having a meeting with a representative from Saddle Arabia." Replied Luna.
"Vell I guess ve'll have to vait zhen." Said Otto.
The waited for Celestia, Twilight and Luna made small talk, while Otto thought about how this meeting would go.
Soon a door at the end of the room next to the thrones opened. "Thank you your highness, and as long as you keep your end of the deal we'll continue to supply you with resources." He heard a males voice say.
"Thank you ambassador, and do not worry equestria keeps it's promises true." He heard a female voice say.
A stallion walked down the hall, giving a slight bow as he passed them and walked out the door looking rather pleased.
"Hello Twilight." Said some one voice from behind him, and turned to see a rather tall, white alicorn walking towards them.
"Hello Celestia." Said Twilight.
"And who is this you've brought with you miss sparkle?" Asked Celestia, giving a warm smile towards Otto.
"I-I'm captain Otto Kretschmer, your highness." He said, getting on his hind legs and doing a salute.
"Are you ok mister Kretschmer?" Asked Celestia.
"Y-yes, why do you ask?" Asked Otto.
"Uhm, your standing on your hind legs and putting your hoof on your head." Said Celestia.
"I'm saluting, don't your guards salute?" Said Otto.
"They do but not like that. Plus your not in are military so it's not necessary for you to salute me, especially since your technically a prince because your an alicorn." Replied Celestia.
"Right... Vell, why did you ask me to come here?" Asked Otto.
"Well, being in charge of equestria, I need to make sure my subjects are safe therefore I need to make sure new faces aren't a threat to others." Said Celestia.
"Celestia before we go on, I need to go through that mirror so I can ask somepony something in the... Other world." Said Twilight.
"Of course Twilight, go ahead." Said Celestia.
"Y'all can continue with out me, I'll probably be awhile." Said Twilight.
Twilight walked out the room and then Celestia turned to Otto. "Now Mister Kretschmer, I have a few questions for you." Said twilight.
"Vell, ask away." Said Otto.
"Well, where are you from?"
"Uhm, vell, I vas born in Legnica, Poland. Before I vas teleported here, I vas in Lorient, German occupied France."
"These countries do not sound familiar to me, are you even from our world?"
"No, like I said, I vas teleported here."
"Interesting... How were you teleported?"
"A scientist by the name of Steiner built a machine, zhat it's purpose vas to do just zhat, teleport zhings. But during the test zhings vent... Vrong..."
"I see... But still tell me. What planet are you from?"
"Earth"
"Earth?"
"Yes, is zhere something vrong vith zhat?"
"N-no, it's just I've heard myths about it. Though after one of Twilights adventures, most of those myths were made just that, myths." Said Celestia.
"Vell, is zhere anything else you vant to know?"
"Well, what exactly do you do?"
"Vell, you see, I'm zhe captain of a U-Boat."
"U-Boat?"
"It's a ship zhat can sail under vater."
"Interesting, and what exactly are these U-Boats used for?"
"Vell, zhey're used to get behind enemy ships and zhen launch torpedoes at zhem."
"Torpedoes?"
"Yes, it's zhis zhing I have on my flank." He said showing her, his cutie mark.
"Well you and your society seem rather advanced... Hmm... The new train wouldn't happen to be your doing would it?" She asked.
"Indeed it is." He said.
"I thought so..."
"Vell, anything else you vant to know."
"Well, I'm guessing you have naval experience, correct?"
"Indeed, in fact I have a lot of experience."
"Ok, here's the deal, I'm afraid equestria is on the brink of war with an empire over seas that calls itself the "empire of the Royal Navy", and every peace comity we send never comes back... except for one, but when it came back there was only one member of it alive and he seemed to have gone insane. He had a note from the empire." said Celestia before handing Otto a note that he quickly read.
don't send another comity they'll just end up dead like the rest, this is your one and only warning, abandon your country and make way for the Royal Navy or feel the wrath of Winston Churchill!!
No, it can't be the same Winston Churchill can it? Otto thought to himself.
"Otto, as you have seen, we are in no condition to fight an empire on the seas. We have no navy, and then our coastal defenses are small, we only have a few ballistas and roughly one thousand guards."
"Ok, vhat do you vant me to do?"
"How would you like to equestrias first admiral of the navy?" Asked Celestia.
"M-me?"
"Yes, seeing as you have experience in this kind warfare you'd be the perfect choice." Said Celestia.
"It vould be an honor your majesty." He said, giving another salute.
"Then congratulations admiral. I will leave the navy preparations to you, do not disappoint me mister Kretschmer."
"Vait your just giving me full command just like zhat?"
"Yes, is that a problem?"
"Not really, I just find it surprising zhat your giving me an honor like zhis as if it's nothing."
"Well... I see your point but equestria is on the verge of war, and we don't have time for the formal things."
"I see, vell you can count on me your majesty."
"Please, call me Celestia."
"Ok Celestia."
"Well, I leave you in command of the navy, do what you must to protect our nation."
"Yes your highness err... Celestia."
Celestia nodded, "now go and do what you must." And with that Otto walked out of the room.
I wonder what Twilight is up to thought Otto.
Canterlot High
4:28 P.M
Sunset shimmer and her new friends were sitting in front of the school talking, when suddenly there was a bright flash. They looked to find twilight sprawled on the ground in front of the statue.
"Twilight?!" They all said in unison.