Chapter 1: Meet Amber

Hey Everyone! BlueTornado3275 here with my second fanfic. This time it's about Thomas and Friends. Now you might be thinking "Gee. This guy's a baby for liking Thomas." Think what you want to but I've always been fascinated by trains. So that's why I like Thomas and Friends. A while ago I was in a Thomas and the Magic Railroad mood so I decided to do this. Don't worry. It won't be a baby-ish kind of Thomas. It'll be more mature and more of an adventure and discovery sort of story. Also there probably be more Amber than Thomas. So without further ado let's get on with it!

Ever since I can remember I've always been a fan of Thomas and Friends. They've always fascinated me. Only a selected few know about it but their trustworthy. But one day, everyone found out. So I wanted to prove them wrong. I headed off to find some form of clue. But what I discovered was much better than a clue…

"Amber! Are you going to get up or do I have to dump water on you again?" I groaned. Was it 7:30 already? I pulled myself out of bed and wandered down the stairs. My roommate Taylor was filling up a bucket of water in the sink. She turned around and saw me walking into the kitchen.

"Aww. You got up. Damn. I wanted to dump this on you again." I gave her a grumpy look. She laughed.

"Why are you so obsessed with putting water on me? You always make sure it's cold." Taylor grinned wickedly.

"Because I like to hear you shriek! Muhahahahah… Hey!" I took the bucket from her hands and put it on her head. She shrieked as the cold water went down her top and dripped on the floor. She looked at me and grinned.

"Why you little… come here!" I turned to run but she grabbed me from behind. She then hugged me and I shivered as the water from her body jumped to my back. I eventually got out of her grasp and bolted upstairs. I was back in my room and I locked the door. I sighed and turned to my room. It was an average room that you would find in any 18 year old girls room. Posters of bands and a make-up table in the corner. But there's more to my room than meets the eye.

I walked over to my bookcase and pulled a book. A click was heard and a hatch in my ceiling opened. I pulled the ladder from it down and went up it. Inside was another room I'd found a while ago. I'd set up a big model railway in there with dozens of trains. Amongst these trains were my five favorite engines. Thomas, Edward, Percy, Emily and Oliver. My entire set was based on the Thomas and Friends series. No one but me and Taylor new about it. If anyone else knew about it they'd tell someone else and in the end my reputation at school would be ruined.

I watched the engines scurry around for a while. After that I went over to another bookcase in the corner of the room. In it was all of my Thomas and Friends collection. I had books, toys and DVD's about Thomas. I loved them too much.

I heard a noise from the stairs. I turned as Taylor came up with a bowl of cereal in her hands. I sighed. I forgot she had a spare key to my room. She smiled.

"Here's your breakfast." I giggled. She was still soaked from the water.

"Sorry about that. I had to get you back for the other times you've done that." I took the cereal from here and shoveled a spoonful into my mouth. She smiled.

"All good. I can dry myself because I have two and quarter hours until I start work. You however, have school in an hour and fifteen minutes." I looked at the clock on the wall (Yes. Everything up here has to do with Thomas.). I gasped.

"Shit! I'm gonna be late! Again!" I quickly ran down the stairs back to my room. I took my pajama top off and chucked it on the bed. I grabbed a bra and shirt out of my closet and put them on. I took my pajama pants off and put some tracksuit pants on too. In the end I had my blue top that revealed my stomach and my black tracksuit pants with a green belt on. I had done a terrible job of brushing my hair but hey! I never brush it (I'm thankful that I have short red hair). I quickly packed my satchel bag and headed for the door. During that time Taylor had wandered down the stairs and was now standing by the door. She held her hand out with a green lanyard with a key on it hanging off her finger.

"Don't forget your locker key." She said. I grabbed it as I raced outside. It was already hot outside. I rushed down the apartment stairs and stopped at the ground floor. I grabbed my helmet and bike and took off toward school. I used to live in Australia but I didn't like it there. After discussing it with my parents I moved to the United Kingdom. Here I lived with my uncle for a good year or so until I met Taylor. We became best friends and she offered for me to live with her. I agreed and here I am now. As I rounded the corner to head toward school for the last day before summer break, a car came out of nowhere and nearly hit me. It quickly screeched to a halt. I was about to give the driver a piece of my mind when Jo stuck her head out of the window. Jo is the school's number one diva. She is the sort of girl who flirts her way out of anything. Believe me. She is drop-dead gorgeous. I'd never say that to her face because she is a downright %$# $ to me. All the guys at school are always fighting over her. She also has this stupid system that every day, she draws a random name out of a shuffler on her phone. Then she spreads rumors about them. It's annoying. Anyway she looked at me with a horrified look.

"Amber! You nearly hit my car. If you had I would have made you pay for the repairs." And just like that, she was gone. I groaned. She was so annoying.

I finally reached school ten minutes later. I took a deep breath. Here I am probably the second or third on every guy's to-date list. Not just because I'm busty or anything (Which annoys me slightly because of all the eyes that fall on me during my life.) but because of my personality. I am friendly to everyone.

Anyway I still had fifteen minutes till my first class so I went to find Tash and Rox. Tash is my second BFF and Rox… well… his real name is Rocky but we call him Rox. He just tags along to look cool. But he's a good kid. I couldn't find them before the bell went so I headed into class.

It was the same as always. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Boy! Teachers sure know how to ramble on. But by recess, fait took hold of my life. As I walked to the courtyard for recess, I noticed that people were snickering at me. I started to worry and I walked into the courtyard. There I saw Tash and Rox leaning over a phone. They were laughing at something. The phone was in someone's hand which was connected to… Jo. Jo looked at me and snickered.

"Hey Everybody! There's the Thomas lover!" My heart skipped a beat.

"What! How did you…" I suddenly realized what was going on. I covered my mouth. Too late... Remember when I talked about her stupid shuffler? She must have pulled my name out and her random rumor just so happened to be about Thomas and Friends. Jo stared at me

"Wait. You… OMG! It's true! She does love it!" She then typed away on her phone. I glanced at Tash who was sitting next to Jo at the time, to take her phone away. But she was laughing too hard to notice. Now I was the laughing stock at school. For the rest of the day it was "Oh look! Thomas freak coming through!" or "Go away baby!" Even my so called "BFFs" and some of the teachers were laughing. As the day drew to a close I couldn't take it anymore. Once the bell rang I ran out to get my bike. Jo was waiting there. Obviously to tease me again. I'll never know because I never gave her the chance. I slugged her in the face. I must say, it was reliving to something like that to her. She looked at me with disbelief. I smiled darkly.

"You ruined my life. So I'll ruin yours." And with that I grabbed my bike and took off for home.

Later.

"I'm home Amber. How was your day?" Taylor shouted as she entered the flat. She heard sobbing from the lounge. Concerned she tiptoed into the lounge and saw me lying on the floor. She sat down next to me.

"What's wrong Amb's? What happened?" So I told her the whole story. After that she shook her head.

"I never did like that "Jo" character anyway. I tell you what. Next time I see her, I'll spread a rumor about her. Ok?" I nodded. She smiled.

"So. Wanna have pizza and a movie? Your choice." I smiled too.

"Thanks Taylor." I then ran up the stairs to my secret room. I grabbed a random DVD off the self and ran back down. Taylor was ordering pizza. I checked what DVD I had picked up. I smiled even more. It was Thomas and the Magic Railroad which happened to be my favorite movie out of the entire series. Taylor smiled.

"Pizza will be here in ten. Get the lounge ready.

In the end we ended up eating pizza with blankets wrapped around us while watching Thomas and the Magic Railroad. During the movie I noticed a sparkle in Taylor's eyes. I took no notices of it and continued watching. Little did I know that that sparkle was something that would change my life forever…

Well how about that? Amber is my OC character (Is that what it's called? And what does OC stand for? Please tall me!). She is a huge fan of Thomas and her reputation was ruined by Jo. Lucky its summer break. So what was the twinkle in Taylor's eye about? Stay tuned to find out!