Another request from tate310. Takes place after Emily's New Route.


Emily came to Tidmouth Sheds. There, she saw James talking to Henry. James saw her.

"Oh. Hello, Emily. How was Black Loch?" he asked.

"Much better than I expected, James. Say, did you just make up the Black Loch Monster?" Emily asked.

"No, I didn't. I overheard Donald and Douglas talking about it when I was at the Coaling Plant the other day," James explained.

"Hmm. I should have a talk with those two," Emily said.

The next morning, Emily set out to find the twins. She soon found them at Tidmouth Hault.

"Hullo, you two," she greeted.

"Hullo to you too, Emily," Douglas replied.

"What can Douggie and I do for you today?" Donald asked.

"Um, James said he heard you two talking about the Black Loch Monster the other day," Emily said.

The twins laughed.

"Oh, no, Emily. Donal' and I were talking the Loch Ness Monster," Douglas explained.

"'Loch Ness Monster'?" Emily asked.

"Aye," Donald said, "T'is an old story from our homeland. Nessie, as people call her, is supposedly an aquatic dinosaur whose species has survived to this very day."

Emily gasped.

"A dinosaur?" she asked, amazed.

"Aye," Douglas said, "But dunna be gettin' yer hopes up, lassie. Nessie inna real."

"Oh," was all Emily could say.

She thanked the twins and went back to Tidmouth. She explained to James, as well as the other engines, about what she learned about the Loch Ness Monster. They, too, were amazed. Everyone then went to sleep, some of them dreaming about strange lake monsters.