It was now October, and it was the year 2017. Halloween was soon coming up, and the Island of Sodor would always have a big celebration. Some loved this occasion, while some others weren't a huge fan.

Around 9:00 pm at Tidmouth Sheds. The engines were all telling each other what their favorite thing about Halloween is.

" I love when people dress up in scary costumes and scare other people. It's satisfying " Henry said earning a few stares from the others.

" Well, I like the haunted houses. They are scary and fun to go through. " Thomas said, and then Percy gave a reminder,

" Yeah, like the time you were scared of a "ghost" engine, but it was actually me. " Percy giggled, he would always remember that moment. Thomas groaned. He hated that.

" Oh come on Percy, you would be just as scared, you always get scared by so little things. " Gordon said, and all 6 other engines glared at him.

" You leave him alone, Gordon. Everyone gets scared out something. Hell, I was frightened by an engine one time. " James yelled, and he remembered the time he was scared of Gator and crashed in the water.

" BTW Gordon. I don't get scared that easily anymore. I am brave, I'll show you. " Percy yelled back at Gordon.

" Well, then why don't I tell a little story, a scary one. " Gordon said in a scary tone. " Go ahead, won't scare me. " Percy dared.

Gordon began his story. " It was said a long time ago, that a mysterious creature lived in the woods on this very island. They say every night it comes out and lurks around for anything to attack. One time, a small engine went into those woods and was all alone. No driver, or anything. He ended up getting lost and couldn't escape. Then the scary creature had sneaked up on the little engine, he grabbed him off the rails, and ate him up. All people could make out were his blood curling screams and sounds of his body crunching. The monster soon would go back in his hiding spot, but every night he'll be out in about in those woods, waiting for another engine to gobble up. "

He ended the story. All 6 engines acted really scared, but in their minds they knew that it all wasn't real.

" You scared? Any of you? " Gordon said wanting an answer.

" Not even a little bit. " Henry said, but the tone of his voice sounded like he was scared.

" I know that story is a joke. " Edward said seriously.

" We know that these creatures are not real. " Emily said, earning a wink from Thomas.

" Yeah, if that was real, no one would ever come here again. " James said. Percy was the only one who hasn't commented. He was thinking about the story, and how scary it was to him.

" Percy. You gonna say anything? " Gordon said, believing he was scared.

" Alright Gordon. I'll show you. I'm gonna go into those woods myself and see for sure if their is anything. Right Now. " Percy before heading out immediately.

" Wait Percy. You don't need to do this. Come on. " James yelled, and was now worried for his oak.

Patrick was waiting outside when he saw Percy come by.

" Whoa boy. Where do you think you're going. It's 9:30. You should be in bed. " Patrick disciplined his engine. " And you shouldn't be. " Percy said to his awake driver. " I'm just waiting for someone " Patrick excused. He was actually trying to scare Mr. Caleb.

" Come with me please. " Percy begged. " Alright fine. " Patrick groaned. " Where are we or should I say you going. "

" To prove someone wrong. " Percy said feisty. Patrick just stared at him. The two were off for an interesting surprise.

Time had gone by as Percy made it to the woods. It was truly dark outside, with the only light coming from the full moon in the sky.

Percy stopped right at the entrance of the woods.

" So. Why are we here again? " Patrick asked, still confused.

" I just wanna show Gordon that I can handle something as spooky as this. He says their is a monster in these woods. Well I'll show him what's here. " Percy let out before going into the woods slowly.

For the next couple seconds Percy looked around and saw the trees blowing in the wind, bushes rustling, and birds flying away. In his mind, Percy was still scared.

" See. Just coming through. Nothing scary here. " Percy yelled out. Then he heard a loud bang.

" What was that? " Percy said with his heart jumped. Then Percy heard Gordon's voice from when he was telling the story.

" One time, a small engine went into those woods and was all alone. Then the scary creature had sneaked up on the little engine, he grabbed him off the rails, and ate him up. All people could make out were his blood curling screams and sounds of his body crunching. The monster soon would go back in his hiding spot, but every night he'll be out in about in those woods, waiting for another engine to gobble up. "

Percy tried his best not to get scared. He then saw the bushes in front of him rustling louder. Owls started to hoot and the wind started to blow faster.

" Hello? Is someone there? " Percy quietly asked. He started to back up.

" Percy, it's probably just an animal. " Patrick said trying to calm his engine down. " Maybe you're right. " Percy answered back.

Then all of a sudden, a shadow emerged on the ground. The shine from the moon made the shadow super big. Percy saw it and gasped. The shadow looked like a large creature. It had claws and longs horns.

" Oh god! Gordon was right! " Percy screamed and quickly puffed away. Patrick quickly looked back at the shadow, and then he saw a small bunny come from the bushed. The shadow was just coming from a little rabbit. It was clearly not a monster.

Back at Tidmouth, everyone was asleep except for Thomas and Edward.

" I hope Percy comes back. He's out there all alone at night. What if he gets lost. " Thomas said worried. " He's fine Thomas. I'm sure he'll come back very soon. " Edward said to Thomas. Edward was always a father figure to Thomas.

A few seconds later, the two heard someone's whistle from afar. Then they saw Percy coming around the corner.

" Help me! " he screamed and was coming in hot towards the sheds.

The other engines who were asleep woke up and saw Percy coming.

The turntable was aimed right at Henry. Henry immediately the time Percy ran into him when he heard a noise coming from under a bridge.

" Not again! " Henry yelled. The person who worked the turntable then switched the lever and aimed it towards James.

" Wait. What are you doing? " James asked, but it was too late as Percy came right towards him.

" James! " Percy yelled and then BAM! He pushed James back into his shed. Percy was shaking and crying as he put his face closer to James's.

" Whoa Percy. What's wrong? Are you okay? " James said to his scared lover.

" I saw something. " Percy yelled and then backed up outside.

" For the love of God Percy. This is the second time this has happened. What is the meaning of this. " Gordon yelled, very angry.

" Well I went to the woods. And I thought I heard something. " Percy started. " I heard rustling from the bushes, and then a large shadow came out. It was big, scary, and it was coming towards me. You were right. Their is a creature in those woods. " Percy then started crying again.

" I thought I was gonna die. " he yelled before buffering up to James again.

" It's alright Per. Their's nothing to be scared of. " James said trying to calm down his love.

" Wow James. " Henry then said. " What do you mean? " James questioned. " It's just in the past, you would call Percy a scaredy engine. " Henry said next.

" Well I'm not. Okay. So just stay out of this. " James yelled at Henry.

" Percy. It's okay. I'm sure what you saw wasn't a monster. We all know they don't exact. Right? " James said to everyone.

" Well was it then? " Percy asked. Patrick then came down.

" Percy. It was just a rabbit. I saw it come out of the bushes. " he said.

Gordon began to giggle. " A rabbit? You were scared by a little rabbit. " he laughed hard. James glared angrily at Gordon. Then Henry began to laugh. And then Thomas started to laugh.

" I mean, how do you mistake a rabbit to a large monster? " Thomas asked and then laughed some more.

" Was the rabbit gonna attack you with it's ears? " Henry laughed next. Percy had enough.

" Shut the fuck up! " he screamed. Everyone was surprised by his language. " I didn't know okay. I don't give a shit if it was anything else. I was scared alright! "

Gordon was still laughing though.

" James. You understand right? " Percy said hoping his knight wouldn't laugh too. James sat there for a few seconds. And then he began to laugh as well. Percy was heartbroken.

" James. How could you? " Percy yelled.

" What. No, I'm not laughing at you. I'm just laughing at the thought of.." but before James could finish Percy backed up.

" Where are you going? " James said begging.

" I'm sleeping alone tonight. " Percy yelled before leaving entirely. James was really sad, he wasn't laughing at Percy. He was laughing at the thought of Gordon being scared.

" Well, looks like he's not coming back. " Gordon said.

" You know what Gordon? You can be a real son of a bitch, you know that. " James cursed. Gordon ignored him though. James then went to the back of the shed and was crying. He didn't want Percy to be mad at him. He needs to fix this, but he couldn't think of anything.

Percy slept at the Steamworks, and he couldn't stop thinking about James laughing at him. He then had horrible memories of when James scared him with that scrap monster.

It hit him hard, and Percy didn't get any sleep that night. He knew what tomorrow was gonna be. And he wasn't prepared for it.


Guess What? This story will have more than 1 chapter. What?

What's gonna happen next? Find out next chapter, which may be out tomorrow or Monday. Hopefully

Lots of cursing in this chapter. So sorry for that.

Thank you to kbear100 for suggesting this. You don't have to, but I would love if you talked about my fanfiction on your Youtube channel. Again, you don't have to.