Thomas was with his friends at Knapford Station. He was bored of doing the same boring things, going to the same boring places, and doing the same boring work.
"Why do we have such unlimited freedom?" Thomas asked everyone else.
"Maybe because we run on tracks?" James suggested flatly.
"Then we can not run on tracks. That would sure be fun to attempt!" Percy peeped excitedly.
"Technically, that's impossible unless you like derailing and staying derailed." Gordon grumbled.
Thomas sighed exasperatedly. "I mean, why do we do the same boring work every day when we could be doing so much more? We need to somehow spice up our lives!" he said determinedly.
The engines just blinked at him.
"Whelp, good luck with that." Henry said as he went away to go do whatever he needed to do.
The other engines followed, all departing the station. Thomas was left alone thinking about his idea.
"I got it!" he exclaimed after half an hour. "I can just convince Sir Topham Hatt to order that special type of coal from Alaska that I heard of from the newspaper that can make us all go crazy!"
Thomas waited for him to come, and then Sir Topham Hatt teleported over, munching on a cupcake.
"Sir! I have an great idea! Can you guess what it is?!" Thomas shouted at him.
"What? Raise my payment bill? Because that would be great." Sir Topham Hatt replied irritably, taking another bite of his cupcake.
"No! You want us to go faster and bring you twice as much food, right?" Thomas told him.
"Food?" Sir Topham Hatt immediately perked up at the thought of food. "Yes!"
"Okay. I heard of this special coal from Alaska, it makes engines go twice as fast, and twice as strong! We can bring you so much more food! Pleeeeeease?" Thomas begged, hoping that his lie would work.
"There's coal in Alaska? Oh whatever, I'm so ordering this coal! I want more food! Great idea, Thomas! Thanks!" Sir Topham Hatt rushed over to the telephone to order the coal.
Thomas smirked, letting out a mischevious giggle.
In a matter of two hours, the coal arrived and Sir Topham Hatt made sure that all the coal hoppers were replaced with the new special Alaskan coal. Thomas was satisfied that his plan had worked.
And so the craziness started!