Chapter 6: A Special Night

Hey Everyone! BlueTornado3275 here with another chapter of Thomas and Friends: Amber's Journey. So you lot are still clueless (I hope.) to how Matt got here right? Well you'll have to read this chapter to find out. This chapter is going to be a clue for one of my Amber story chapter so read closely. Instead of listening closely. Get it? No? You know what? Never mind. Enjoy!

"Matt? How the hell…?" I was shocked. The guy who gave me my jewellery and made my heart beat a thousand miles per second was standing in front of me. And I had punched him. Smooth Amber. Very smooth.

Matt wiped his nose and a trickle of blood came out of it. I instantly realized I had caused it. He pulled a tissue out of his bag and put it to his nose.

"Oh gosh Matt. Did I do that? I'm so sorry!" He laughed.

"Yeah. You did that. But not because you punched me. Because I looked at you!" My mouth dropped open. He laughed harder.

"What!? You think I'm hot?" I asked him seductively.

"Just kidding!" Then he must have registered what I had said.

"Uh… well…" he was thinking hard. Obviously working out what to say as to not offend me.

"Like I said. I was kidding and you could say that I think your hot." I blushed. I was about to thank him when a certain someone decided to pull into the station.

"Amber we're ready to… oh? Who's this? Your boyfriend?" My eye twitched.

"Thomas. You sure know how to interrupt a personal talk." I turned around slowly.

"And now. You and I are going to have a chat. One sec Matt." I jumped into Thomas and scolded him. Matt was standing there waiting patiently.

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Thomas rattled through the countryside with Matt and myself in the cab. Annie and Clarabel chatting to themselves about how fast Thomas was going. I looked to Matt. He sighed.

"I suppose you want to know how I got here in the first place eh?" I nodded.

"Start talking buddy." He put his hands in the air.

"Whoa! Ok then sheriff. Ok. Where to start…"

…

After you called me before you left to go on your train to the Indian Valley I headed back to the airport to go home. The festival was nice but I wanted to see the rest of USA. I reached the airport and was about to buy my ticket when I happened to look over to the lost property area. I saw a red bike that reminded me of your hair. I had a look at it and sure enough there was a name tag on it with your name on it.

I knew you probably wanted it back so I called my mum and told her that the festival goes on for longer than we expected it to. She took the bait and sent me more money. From there I looked at the last place you'd called me from. I took a plane to Pennsylvania. Then I asked around and found the station that you had called me from. It was pretty easy to convince people that I was your brother that was looking for his sister. I caught the same train that you caught and headed to the Indian Valley.

Each station I got off and asked around if they'd seen you. No luck until I came to Strasburg station. I hopped of and started asking around. I soon identified the place as Shining Time from Thomas and the Magic Railroad. I met this old guy who said he had directed me to mystery. I was confused about it so he told me that he had sent me to Welsh Mountain or Muffle Mountain as we know it. He told me to find a cave through a camera lens. Then some younger man appeared and took him away. Once I bought a camera I headed up the mountain. I found a cave that I found though a camera lens and went inside. I found Burnet Stone's workshop up there.

As I walked in there was a small man standing on the table looking at something on it. He saw me and we struck up a conversation about trains like we'd known each other for years. He did seem familiar though. After about ten minutes he looked at his watch and nearly fell off the table. He told me he had to go and he directed me to the buffers and just like that, he was gone in a puff of gold dust. I found out they were the Magic Buffers from the movie and I ended up here. Bike and all. I followed the tracks and hitched a ride on a goods train to the station. I was having a hard time believing that I was actually on Sodor. It was just breath taking. This morning I took the express to Knapford and here we are now.

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I was amazed. Not only was Matt here but apparently Mr. Conductor was real too. Does that mean that…?

Thomas stopped so abruptly that Matt and I almost fell in his fire. I tried to get up but someone was atop of me. I looked at Matt whose face was buried in my chest. I cleared my throat and he was up in a flash.

"Don't get too comfy mister. That was a one use only." He nodded.

"Got ya. Nice view I must say…" I sighed.

"I knew it! I knew you were real! Even if you're not from Amber's world!" I got up to see what Thomas was fussing about now. I saw no one through the window in Thomas' cab. I turned around and jumped. There, standing in the flesh was Mr. Conductor. He smiled at Matt and I.

"Hello again Matt." He looked at me.

"Hello Amber." I pointed at myself like an idiot. But hey. If a fictional character that's just appeared out of nowhere knows your name I'm sure you'd be pointing at yourself too. I came to my senses when Thomas started moving again.

"How do you know who I am? I'm just a normal girl that loves Thomas and Friends for a living."

"Awww. Thanks Amber. I love you too."

"Oh shut up Thomas. I wasn't talking to you. I was just talking about you. There's a difference." Mr. C laughed.

"I know you because I have been watching you ever since you arrived in Shining Time." I shivered.

"And that's not creepy in any way is it?" Mr. C rolled his eyes.

"In a way, yes. But I've been watching you because you have something special with you." I tilted my head, puzzled. All I had brought with me was my suitcase full of clothes, toiletries and stuff like that. Then Matt had brought me my bike to me this morning. Nothing out of the ordinary. Mr. C must have seen my confusion because he smiled.

"You know what? You'll find out in time. I will see you further on in your journey." He pulled a whistle out of his jacket and blew it. He was gone in a puff of gold dust. Both Matt and I sat there stunned. Thomas whistled to us. We had reached the works.

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Throughout the rest of the day Matt and I got to know each other more. I learned that he loves to explore and play video games. I told him that I want to be an artist or photographer and that I love to draw. I even told him I was a good singer. He didn't believe me so I sang a song. He was amazed and his face was priceless. Thomas somehow managed to mess up four times during the day by delivering the decorations to the wrong place, crashed into the back of Percy's food wagon, derail Logan and crash through some buffers. Sir Topham Hatt wasn't happy with him.

As the performance came closer and closer Matt and I got closer and closer. Finally night came and everyone went to the town hall for Alicia Botti's performance. I sat next to Matt as the song began. I'm not a huge fan of opera but Alicia was great! She sang brilliantly and I loved it.

Alicia reached the final note and finished. Everyone applauded and the engines whistled with excitement. I smiled. It was a special night. The next thing that happened surprised me. Alicia took the microphone.

"Thank you everybody! Now I want to ask someone special to come up onto the stage. This person was requested to me by a young boy. Apparently she is a good singer. Good enough to sing to a crowd." I glanced at Matt. He was smiling a huge smile. I put two and two together,

"You didn't…"

"Could Amber McLeo please come up to the stage? We would all like to hear what you can sing." Everyone turned to me. I turned bright red. Matt was patting me on the back.

"Go on Amb's. It'll be fun."

You do realised I'm going to kill you later don't you?" He nodded.

"I'd rather hear you sing to a crowd and then end up dead than seeing you keep quiet about your talent." I rolled my eyes and got up.

"Such inspirational words Sensei."

I was applauded as I headed to the stage. Alicia ushered me onto the stage and handed me a microphone.

"Knock em' dead sweetie!" She walked down to a chair in the front row and sat down. I gulped. There were about twelve dozens of eyes watching me. I glared at Matt, took a deep breath and started to sing.

I sang my favourite song from my world. One that I had loved for all of my time. It was a slow soothing song that always calmed me down whenever I was in a grumpy mood thanks to Jo or some other bully. Everyone was washed away by my singing. I was on TV's, on radios and on the PA system at Ulfstead Castle. Far down below the castle in the mine Diesel 10 had just dug himself out. He stopped and listened to my singing. He listened for about a minute or so before oiling away.

"I'll let you have your fun. But tomorrow I will get you." He was saying to himself.

...

Far away back in the UK Taylor had just gotten back from work. She turned the radio on to listen to her favourite station. She listened for a little bit before turning to get changed. As she did she bumped the tuning knob. She cursed as the radio became static. She fiddled with it to get the station back. She stopped when she came across a mysterious channel that had a girl's beautiful singing voice.

"Wow. This is soothing. Funny. It sounds like Amber. Oh well." She sat down on the couch and listened to the rest of the song.

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I reached the end of my song and I bowed. The town hall erupted in applause and whistles. I smiled and looked at Matt. He was smiling. He gave me a thumbs-up and I realised that if it wasn't for him I'd still be in my shell. I never would have bloomed. I also realised that I didn't like him anymore. I loved him. With that in mind I pumped a fist into the air and struck a pose.

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"Nice place you've got here." Matt had come with me after the performance. Thomas had dropped us off at Brendam Docks so we could go back to my hotel. I nodded.

"Yeah. Sir Topham Hatt set me up with this place when I first got here. He payed for me to stay here one night and told me that if I wanted to stay longer I'd have to pay myself."

"Seems fair." I nodded. I then made a decision.

"Thank you Matt. For bringing me out of my shell. I enjoy singing but I didn't like singing to anyone else. Except my roommate and family that is." Matt shrugged.

"I just thought that you needed to show the world what you've got. It was a perfect chance. I told Alicia about you and she was all green lights for it. So yeah. I hope you're not mad at me or nuttin'."

"No I'm not. But it made me realise something."

"Yeah? What did you realise?" I took a quick breath.

"I love you Matt." He stumbled back.

"Whoa! Ok. Wow. That's... something." He turned red.

"Don't worry. I love you too."

Ooo! I told you all that Matt wasn't just a single one way crush! Wait. You knew that already? Gosh darnit! I'm assuming that you think my writing is predictable. If you do I'm sorry. Anyway how's that? Did you like this chapter? I wanted it to be special (I hope it was.) because a chapter in Amber will relate to this one. Just telling you. So what'll happen next I wonder? Too bad for you that you'll have to wait until then while I have it locked up in my brain.

-You have me pinned to an operation table while you rev up a chainsaw.-

I DIDN'T MEAN LITERALLY! PUT THE CHAINSAW DOWN! HELP!