Here is a revised version of Season 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sodor Chronicles with more mistakes fixed and new things added in. The original version of the story was originally posted on the account of Jriddle41, but it's gonna be moved to my account. The story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:

Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel

The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry

Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami

Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown

WARNING: Again, the story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.


Opening up on a street somewhere in San Francisco, James was still dueling against Stanley Hudswell, the champion of Washington. These were the current standings:
-James had Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude (which he took from Stanley earlier in the duel) on his side of the field, and an activated Trap card called A Hero Emerges.
-Stanley had two Destiny HERO monsters on his side of the field (Celestial and Dasher) and a activated Trap card called Call of the Haunted.

Both Gordon and Henry were cheering their red-haired friend on. Stanley, on the other hand, had a whole crowd full of fangirls badly wanting him to win the duel.

"A Hero Emerges?" quizzed Henry. "What does that do?"

"Basically Stanley gets to pick a card in James's hand." said Gordon. "If it's an Elemental HERO monster, James can summon it right away. But if not, it goes to the graveyard."

"Wow." Henry blinked. "Basically, he's taking a page from Percy. Luck that is."

Gordon sighed. "Well, here's hoping that James can use this card to get a powerful monster onto his field. Otherwise, he'll lose."

"Alright, Stanley." said James, holding up his hand. "Pick a card, any card. If it's a monster, I can summon it. If it's not, I discard it."

Stanley took some time to think for a minute before making his decision while sweating rather nervously. The gray-haired boy was so close to winning, but if he made a mistake it could result in James turning the tide of the duel. James only had four cards in his hand, so the result of him holding a monster would be one-in-four...right?

"What's the matter, Stanley?" James teased. "I only have four cards in my hand, and the shot of you picking a monster is a one-in-four chance. And if you pick a Spell or Trap card, you'll win!"

"All right!" said Stanley at last. "I pick the one on the far right."

James selected the card from his hand. Everyone, Gordon, Henry, the crowd of fangirls, all watched and held their breath at what was about to happen.


Title: Heroes vs. Heroes, Part 2


James held up the card. "Congrats, Stanley, it's-" He turned the card over proudly. "- the Elemental HERO Bladedge!"

The fangirls were practically wailing from the reveal. Stanley himself was even shaken from the monster being revealed to him. Gordon and Henry were both excited and relieved.

"Wow, for a minute, I thought James was gonna lose." sighed Henry.

"Why do our friends do this to us?" grumbled Gordon. "Do either James or Thomas LIKE giving someone, like me, near heart attacks?"

With James, he laid his monster card onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.

"Come forth - Elemental HERO Bladedge!"

Appearing before them was a large warrior fitted in a golden body armor with horns atop of his head, and blade-like wings from his arms (Level: 7/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800).

"That's one powerful monster you got there, James." Stanley admitted. "I guess I've underestimated you." He then smirked confidently. "But don't think I'm down just yet. When the time comes, I'll show you the true power of my Destiny HEROES."

"And what true power would that be?" asked James.

Keeping his smirk, Stanley merely shrugged innocently from the question.

"You'll see. Now, my turn is done."

James didn't know if the gray-haired boy was either bluffing or really telling the truth. This plagued the red-haired boy's mind before he drew his next card.

"You're trying to mess with me, aren't you?" asked James crossly. "Well it won't work. My move!"


Turn Nine: James Hughes (LP: 1100)
Deck: (23)
Current Hand (4): Polymerization, Hero Kid, R - Righteous Justice, and Draining Shield


"Bladedge, attack Destiny HERO - Dasher!" James commanded. "Slice and Dice attack!"

Bladedge obeyed and opening out his blade, charged towards Dasher.

"Oh no!" cried a fangirl.

"Not Dasher!" wailed another.

Bladedge went and slashed his blade into Dasher, knocking the monster back until he hit the ground and shattered...but Stanley's life points didn't decrease.

"Your life points didn't decrease?!" James was aghast. "But how?"

"Thank Clock Tower Prison for that." explained Stanley proudly, pointing up at the Clocktower. "After it has been out for about four of your standby phases...or rather equipped with four clock counters, I take no battle damage."

"Darn it..." James thought to himself in anger.

"Just when James was home free, Stanley bounces right back." sighed Henry unhappily.

The fangirls shrieked happily, relieved that their Stanley took no damage from the attack. James, however, was far from finished.

"Then I'll just get rid of your Field Spell!" He held out his R - Righteous Justice card. "I'll play the Spell card R - Righteous Justice! If I control a certain amount of Elemental Heroes on my field, I can destroy that number of Spell/Trap cards YOU control!"

A large R Appeared behind Bladedge and shot out towards Clock Tower Prison, destroying and reducing it to rubble.

"Heh, now I'm free to finish you off." said James smugly.

"Don't be so sure..." Stanley replied.

"Huh?"

The gray-haired boy held out his hand, pointing a finger forth in triumph.

"You've activated my Clock Tower Prison's second effect! It activates when you destroy it when it has four or more clock counters!"

"Why does it matter?" asked James, trying to dismiss he had just played into his opponent's hand.

"Because you've just unleashed something incredibly powerful and dangerous!" said Stanley, taking a card from his deck and readying it. "Now I can call forth Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster!"

As the Clock Tower Prison was reduced to rubble, someone new broke out of the rubble. This someone was a human male, huge and muscular, long black hair and facemask, and no doubt a powerful-looking brute (Level: 8/ATK: ?/DEF: ?).

"Yikes, that thing is huge." Gordon gulped nervously.

"That's Stanley's most powerful monster!" cried a fangirl, just before the other girls erupted into high school girl-like squeals.

"For my new monster's first ability-" said Stanley, as his graveyard started shinin all white. "-all monsters on my field without the name 'Destiny HERO' is destroyed. But since I only control Destiny HERO monsters, that effect won't work. However, now I can revive up to two Destiny HERO monsters from my graveyard."

Out of Stanley's graveyard came both Destiny HERO - Dasher and Destiny HERO - Malicious.

"I special summon Destiny HERO - Dasher and Destiny HERO - Malicious both in attack mode!"

With that, Stanley's two Destiny HEROES returned to his side of the field.

"I don't see how tough your Dreadmaster is." James scoffed. "It has 0 attack points and 0 defense points."

"Don't be quick to judge, my friend." Stanley retorted, wagging the index finger of his right hand. "Now my monster's next effect activates."

Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster started glowing gold as he started beating his chest with a loud roar, all while his stats took a big, BIG jump (ATK: 0 - 4500/DEF: 0 - 3200).

"Whoa!" gasped Gordon. "Why'd it become so powerful?"

"My Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster's attack and defense becomes equal to the combined attack and defense points of all of my Destiny HEROES on my field." Stanley explained. "As a combined total of attack of 2100 + 1600 + 800, it gives my Dreadmaster 4500 attack points! While the combined total of defense of 1000 + 1400 + 800 gives Dreadmaster 3200 defense points!"

James looked on in fear, realizing he had completely played into Stanley's hand.

"I'm not out yet." he said, placing a card in a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. "I place one card facedown and switch Diamond Dude into defense mode."

Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude knelt down into a defensive stance.

"Then it would be my turn now!" Stanley stated, drawing his card.


Turn Ten: Stanley Hudswell (LP: 4300)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (3): Over Destiny, D - Chain, Destiny's Force(!)


"I play the Spell card Destiny's Force!" The gray-haired boy slotted his card into his Duel Disk.

The Destiny's Force Spell card materialized face-up.

"Using this card, we are both required to discard our current hands and then draw until we both hold three cards." Stanley explained.

He and James both discarded their hands, and then drew three cards from their decks.

"Next I'm required to pay 500 life points per card you and I discarded."

Stanley's life points took a hit from Destiny Force's effect (LP: 2300), thus causing the fangirls to gasp in shock.

"Stanley just lost life points!" One fangirl wailed.

"That was rather pointless." snorted James. "Aren't you supposed to be a champion duelist? Why would you give up your own life points like that?"

"It's worth it." Stanley pointed out. "Now for this turn, my Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster can now deal piercing damage. In other words...you'll still lose life points if your monster is in defense mode!"

"Uh-oh!" panicked the red-haired boy. "That means if your attack goes through, I'll lose!"

"That's right!" nodded Stanley. "Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster, attack Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude and end this duel!"

Dreadmaster obeyed, beating his chest, jumping into the air, and charging his fist towards Diamond Dude. The fangirls cheered wildly that their beloved Stanley was about to win the duel.

"Hold it right there!" shouted James, poking a button on his Duel Disk. "I activate the Trap card Draining Shield!"

As with Stanley before, a shield of some sort appeared and created an energy field around James and his cards. Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster's fist struck the shield, causing James's life points to go up (LP: 5600).

"So, you have one, too." admired Stanley, sounding impressed. "But it will take more than that to defeat me."

Gordon and Henry both sighed with relief.

"That was so close." said Henry.

"Again." Gordon added. "James once again nearly gave me a heart attack."

"I end my turn." Stanley announced.

James narrowed his eyes and looked at his current hand.

"The Heart of the Cards worked for Thomas." he said to himself, preparing to draw. "Now let's see if it'll help me."

The red-haired boy bravely drew his card.


Turn Eleven: James Hughes (LP: 5600)
Deck: (19)
Current Hand (4): Transcendent Wings, Solemn Judgment, Winged Kuriboh Lv.10, Winged Kuriboh


James's eyes widened when he saw what he drew.

"All right!" he thought to himself. "I've drawn my good old Winged Kuriboh. I think I know what I must do."

James took a card from his hand and placed it onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk (sideways).

"I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!"

A little brown furred monster with two white wings appeared, making a squeaky little voice (Level: 1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200). Gordon and Henry both facepalmed in embarrassment, while the crowd of girls either laughed scornfully or squealed at how cute that monster was.

"Don't be deceived at how weak it is." James warned. "My Kuriboh will bring me a win. Just you all see." He slotted two more cards into his Duel Disk. "I place two cards facedown and end my turn. Your move, Stanley."

Stanley nodded and drew his card.


Turn Twelve: Stanley Hudswell (LP: 2300)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (4): Heavy Storm, Polymerization, Ring of Magnetism, and Raigeki


Look up at James while holding his drawn card, Stanley sighed.

"As much as I want this duel to continue...I'm afraid this will end here." he stated, taking and holding up a card. "I play the Spell card Raigeki!"

"Oh no!" said Henry. "Now all of James's monsters will be wiped out!"

Lightning bolts started raining from the skies towards all of James's monsters, including the panicking Winged Kuriboh. But the red-haired boy merely smirked.

"Not today!" he declared, holding his right hand out. "Go Solemn Judgement!"

James's first facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.

"By giving up half of my life points-" explained James (LP: 2800). "-my Trap card can negate the effect of your spell and destroy it."

The lightning bolts disintegrated. Stanley merely held up another card in his hand in response, before turning it around and showing it.

"Now I play the Spell card Heavy Storm!"

James was worried. "Not that!"

A huge gust of wind erupted in the center of the duel field, destroying whatever Spell/Trap cards James had facedown.

"Heavy Storm destroys whatever Spell/Trap cards we both have on the field...but I have none, so only you are affected."

"I needed my Transcendent Wings." James thought to himself. "Now I'm the one who underestimated my opponent...again!"

"My turn is not over yet." Stanley continued, inserting another card into his Duel Disk. "I equip my Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster with Ring of Magnetism!"

A large ring appeared and equipped onto Dreadmaster's finger.

"At the cost of lowering my monster's attack and defense by 500 points." Stanley explained. "You can only attack Dreadmaster now!"

Now James was really sweating.

"Dreadmaster, attack Elemental HERO Bladedge now!"

Dreadmaster obeyed, charging at Bladedge with his fists.

"This time you have nothing to protect your monster!" declared Stanley.

Dreadmaster punched Bladedge in the face, knocking him onto the ground while then shattering into pieces. James grimaced in pain and worry (LP: 1400).

"Go, Dasher!" continued Stanley. "Destroy Diamond Dude!"

Dasher obeyed, speeding towards Diamond Dude and kicking him. Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude fell back and shattered into pieces too. Now all James had left was Winged Kuriboh.

"Destiny HERO - Malicious, take out that Winged Kuriboh!"

Malicious obeyed, charging and punching Winged Kuriboh. The poor creature shattered upon getting punched. James was completely defenseless.

"James." Stanley began with regret. "You've put up a great duel, but this is where it all truly ends. Destiny HERO - Celestial, attack James directly!"

Celestial obeyed, charging forward towards James. Suddenly, a beacon of light surrounded the red-haired boy, blocking the direct attack.

"What the-?!" gasped Stanley in surprise.

"When Winged Kuriboh is destroyed in battle-" explained James. "-any damage I take after that becomes 0."

Gordon looked so shocked from watching James save himself, again, that he clutched his chest and fainted on the spot.

"That was even closer!" cried Henry. "When will this all be over?"

The fangirls were surprised, too.

"That guy's got more lives than a cat." commented a fangirl.

"Too bad that he'll never beat Stanley!" responded another fangirl.

"Come on, James!" cheered Henry. "Gordon and I believe in you!"

"Easy for you to say." groaned James, looking at his deck. "Many of my strategies were countered so easily, and even though I bounced back with Bladedge, it wasn't enough."

James slowly put his fingers to his deck.

"This might be my last chance," he thought. "Please, Heart of the Cards!"

Slowly, he drew his card...while slashing a colourful wave in the process.


Turn Thirteen: James Hughes (LP: 1400)
Deck: (18)
Current Hand (2): Winged Kuriboh Lv.10 and Card of Sanctity


Looking at what he drew, James sighed, knowing he would have to draw a new hand to possibly get what he needed. Wearily, he inserted his card into his Duel Disk.

"I play Card of Sanctity!"

The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up.

"Thanks to this-" said James. "-we get to draw until there are 6 cards in our hands."

Both boys drew their cards. These were James's cards were:
-James had drawn a second copy of Polymerization, Elemental Hero Sparkman, Goddess with the Third Eye, Skyscraper, and a second copy of Hero Kid.

Smiling, the red-haired boy took the Skyscraper Spell card from his hand and held it out for everyone to see.

"Time for a change of scenery," he declared, as his Field Spell zone opened itself up. "I activate Skyscraper!"

While they were in the middle of a city, the city itself had changed around into one you'd see in a comic book.

"Skyscraper?" Stanley quizzed. "What do you plan to do with it?"

"You're about to find out," grinned James, placing another card in a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. "Next I activate Polymerization!"

The Polymerization Spell card materialized face-up.

"With it, I'll call forth my Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!"

"But you need the correct monsters to create it!" Stanley protested. "And you likely don't have them currently."

"That's where you're wrong." retorted James, taking two cards from his hand. "I fuse Elemental HERO Sparkman and Goddess with the Third Eye! And the former's ability allows me to use her as a fusion substitute."

Sparkman and Goddess with the Third Eye (who turned into Elemental HERO Flame Wingman) appeared before fusing together.

"I fusion summon the almighty Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!" James announced dramatically.

A light silhouette of a monster appeared before them.

"Amazing..." whispered Stanley.

The whole crowd of fangirls even stared in awe.

"That looks so cool..." whispered a girl.

"Like totally..." agreed another fangirl.

The light faded to show a monster with green skin and white wings on its back (Level: 8/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100)

Stanley breathed a sigh. "Nice try, James. But not even your new monster pales in comparison to my Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster. And don't forget, I still have Ring of Magnetism equipped to him, so he's the only monster you can attack."

"That's where you're wrong again." James rebuffed.

"What?"

"For every Elemental HERO in my graveyard-" explained the red-haired boy. "-Shining Flare Wingman gains 300 attack points."

Four Monster cards (Avian, Bubbleman, Bladedge, and Sparkman) slid out of James's graveyard, and the red-haired boy took hold of them.

"And there are four of them in my graveyard. That gives my Shining Flare Wingman an extra 1200 attack points. Now my Shining Flare Wingman has a total of 3700 attack points!"

Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman glowed all white while gaining strength (ATK: 2500 - 3700).

"James!" called Henry. "Your monster's still not powerful enough to defeat Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster!"

"Yeah!" a fangirl agreed arrogantly. "There's no way he can beat Stanley!"

"Tell that to Skyscraper." retorted James, sweeping a hand around before clenching it into a fist. "It gives my Elemental Hero an extra 1000 attack points when battling a stronger monster."

The whole crowd grew stunned, but no more than Stanley.

"This can't be!" he exclaimed. "No one's ever been able to defeat me or my Dreadmaster!"

"Best to believe it." James kept his smirk. "Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman, attack Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster with Shining Emerald Orb!"

Shining Flare Wingman obeyed, flying high into the air, charging a ball of green energy in his fist, and dove down towards Dreadmaster.

"Now for my Shining Flare Wingman's next effect!" James went on. "When it destroys an opponent's monster by battle, the opposing player will take life point damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack points!"

Stanley's eyes widened in horror...yet he remained silent on the matter.

"I take it you're too shocked to speak!" teased the red-haired boy. "Take it away, Shining Flare Wingman!"

Shining Flare Wingman punched Dreadmaster hard with his green energy hand, causing the massive monster to shatter, taking the rest of the Destiny HEROES with him. The wave of energy hit Stanley as well, causing him to scream as his life points dropped before hitting zero (LP: 0).


DUEL RESULTS: James Hughes wins!


"And that's game!" James declared with a wink.

The holograms all vanished as Stanley fell to his knees in shock from the defeat he sustained.

"I...lost." The silver-haired boy whispered to himself. "The champion of Washington..."

The fangirls all couldn't believe their eyes when their beloved Stanley Hudswell had been beaten.

"Whoo hoo!" cried James in excitement. "I won!"

"Way to go, James!" cheered Henry.

It was then Gordon finally woke up, standing up drowsily.

"So, what did I miss?" he asked sleepily.

"James finally defeated Stanley!" explained Henry.

But the fangirls weren't happy at all. In fact, scratch 'weren't happy', because they were furious!

"There's no way you could have beaten Stanley!" one fangirl protested.

"You must have cheated!" said another fangirl, pointing an accusing finger to James. "Now give Stanley your star coins or we'll give you a beating you three will never, ever forget!"

James, Henry, and Gordon all looked scared. However...

"That is enough!" snapped the voice of Stanley.

The gang of fangirls backed off when they saw that the gray-haired boy was standing back up and looking very cross with them.

"James beat me fair and square." he said angrily. "And here you go trying to assault him and accuse him of cheating? You girls should be ashamed of yourselves! If I ever wanted fans, I definitely don't want any of you to be them...unless you apologize this instant!"

Needless to say, the fangirls started to realize this themselves.

"Oh my gosh, he's right." One girl sighed in realization.

"We're sorry, Stanley." said another sadly.

"It's not me you should be apologizing to." Stanley sternly pointed out. "You should be apologizing to those three over there."

He was referring to Gordon, Henry, and James.

"We're so sorry for being so rude." The fangirls all said to the trio. "It will never happen again."

Stanley then walked over to speak to James.

"That was a great duel, James." he admitted, smiling. "For your reward, I give you both my star coins as promised."

Stanley held out his two star coins, which James took in respect.

"Thanks, Stanley." he smiled as well, but then felt regret. "I'm really sorry that I acted so antagonistic towards you at the start."

"No biggie." Stanley grinned. "I'm rather used to it. People I meet usually act hostile towards me at first due to my popularity. But once they get to know me, their opinion changes rather quickly."

"Maybe one day-" said James. "-we could duel again."

"Perhaps that will happen."

The two boys shook hands, sealing their new friendship. Just then, Gordon had a question he wanted to ask.

"If you don't mind me asking, but how did you get access to the Destiny HEROES?"

"My mom bought them for me on my birthday." Stanley explained.

"Wow, that's great!" smiled James.

But Stanley frowned. "But not the kind of present I was expecting."

He started to have a flashback from three years ago.


FLASHBACK

A younger Stanley had just come home with his mother. As soon as they entered their house, something they spotted in the hallway made them terrified.

"DAD!" screamed young Stanley.

father was lying on his front in the middle of a pool of blood. It was extremely clear Mr. Hudswell had been murdered by someone. Mrs. Hudswell held the crying child close to her.

"Who could have done such a thing?" Young Stanley asked, sobbing.

Poor Mrs. Hudswell didn't have an answer, and could only cry, too.

"I don't know who did this, but when my twelfth Birthday came, I received the starter set containing the Destiny HEROES." Present Day-Stanley narrated. "I then dueled and dueled until I became the champion of Washington. One day, I vow to find the ones who killed my father and bring them to justice."

END FLASHBACK


The flashback ended, and Gordon, Henry, and James each could not believe their ears.

"That's such a tragic story." muttered Henry in sorrow. "We're so sorry for what happened."

"I am, too." agreed Stanley slowly. "But I guess I'll have to wait a little longer to find who was responsible." He looked over to James and smiled. "Regardless, I wish you the best in your later duels."

"Thanks." James replied. "Good luck tracking down your father's killer."

"Thank you." said Stanley quietly, wondering who the killer was.

As the four boys continued to chat, the group of girls started to surround them, deciding that the three boys from the Island of Sodor (especially James) weren't so bad after all. Yup, it looks like a new friend was made.