Another original Thomas story, this time it's "Return to Sogem" with added lines by tate310. This is Chapter 1. Enjoy and comment.
It was a beautiful night on the Island of Sodor, and all the engines were just getting ready to go to sleep for the night.
"We want to hear another story." said James,
"And please not another Sir Topham Hatt railway story." added in Henry.
"How about a story about Sogem?" asked Thomas.
The engines had never heard about Sogem before.
"What is Sogem?" asked Gordon.
"Let me tell you all about it!"
So Thomas began his story.
One day, Sir Topham Hatt asked me to take a special special to the station at the Sodor border.
But on my way back, I saw a curved track, which I believed to be a shortcut.
I decided to take the shortcut, which led me to a strange place.
Then, I saw a castle, which looked like a lot like Castle Loch.
And inside the castle, there were engines who looked a lot like us. There was Perry, who looked a lot like Percy, Lady Emily, who looked a lot like Emily, Duke Gerald, who looked a lot like Gordon, Count Toby, who looked a lot like Toby, Jerry, who looked like James, and Eddie, who looked a lot like Edward.
There was also a man, who looked like Sir Topham Hatt. His name was Sir Chappell Winston. He said, that there was no such thing as Sodor, which he claimed that it was an island with nothing to see or do.
They told me that I couldn't leave, until I didn't believe in Sodor anymore, and placed me in a special shed.
But then, by surprise, they started to believe in Sodor!
I promised Prince Perry that I would return, and I want to keep my promise.
The engines were curious. They wanted to see Sogem for themselves.
"Can we go to Sogem Thomas?" asked Emily.
"Of course!" replied Thomas, "but we'll have to ask Sir Topham Hatt first. I'm sure he'll say yes."
Everyone was excited!
The next day, Sir Topham Hatt came to Tidmouth Sheds.
"Sir, may I ask you a question?" asked Thomas.
"Feel free." replied Sir Topham Hatt.
"Can we go to Sogem?"
Sir Topham Hatt thought about this for a long time.
"Yes." he boomed.
The engines whistled.
"SILENCE!" called Sir Topham Hatt. "You can leave tomorrow, but you must all be really useful today. No confusion and delay, whatsoever, or else the trip will be cancelled."
The engines all agreed to be really useful throughout the day.
Next morning, it was time for the engines to depart to Sogem.
But there was just one problem. Thomas's fire wouldn't start.
"We've tried everything, but his fire just won't light." said the firelighter.
"How is Thomas going to go on the trip without any fire?" asked his driver.
"We'll have another engine push Thomas."
Edward agreed to pull Thomas, and soon the engines were off to Sogem.