Chapter 10: Culdee Fell Railway

Hey Everyone! BlueTornado3275 here with another chapter of TAFAJ! Sorry I took so long to update. I didn't know much about the Culdee Fell Railway so I borrowed Mountain Engines from the library. I read that and I liked it a lot! Also in the last chapter I found out I was misspelling Culdee. Sorry about that. Just curious. How many of you actually know about the Culdee Fell Railway? I imagine that it wasn't many of you. So aside from that let's get on with the chapter.

I stood at Brendam tapping my foot. Matt rolled his eyes. Thomas was late and we were in a hurry. Not a good combination.

"Where is he? This is taking forever."

"Amber. Chill. We'll get there. Maybe a little late but we'll get there."

I was about to retaliate (I had had another sleepless night so I was in a rather foul mood.) when James rolled in.

"Oh! Uh… hi Amber. Thomas told me to come and get you because he wasn't starting today."

"Oh is that right? Or is he just too lazy to come and pick us up?" James sighed.

"Sleepless night? Bring some bathers because I hear that there is a hot-spring somewhere up Culdee Fell. You can relax there."

"A hot-spring? Alright!"

…

James puffed through Killdane station and switched onto the Peel Godred branch line. I watched from the cab as Culdee Fell came into view. It was huge! I gulped. The shrine is apparently up there and we had to go up there. I sighed.

James pulled into Kirk Machan. I looked around looking for the Culdee Fell engines. There wasn't a soul around. I was about to ask James to go to the platform when an odd purple engine bustled up to us. Once again I recognized him instantly.

"Are you Amber?" he asked. I sighed.

"Yeah. I am."

"Great. I have a special train ready to go for you." He started to back up when he mentally slapped himself.

"Oh I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Culdee. Follow me." James followed Culdee down the line to the transfer station. Matt and I jumped out of James and into Culdee's waiting coach.

"I'll just wait here for you two. I have nothing else to do today."

"Kay. Thanks James. See you when we get back!" I could tell James didn't want to wait for us. He probably wanted to pull some coaches right now instead. I smiled. Culdee pulled away from the platform and headed to the bottom of Culdee Fell.

We were interrupted by Patrick or as he used to be called Lord Harry.

"Where are you going Culdee? There's a large storm coming and we've been grounded until it passes!"

"Patrick. I'll be fine. I'm just heading up to the summit to deliver these two and I'll wait up there until it's gone."

"That's not good enough Culdee. I won't let you pass. If I do, you'd probably end up like Godred." And he stood on the points to the mountain. Culdee blew his whistle loudly.

"Move Patrick! This is important. If you don't move, all of Sodor will be in danger. The light that has been watching over us is fading and once that's gone the darkness will take over. Then we'll all end up like Godred!"

"Still not buying it Culdee. You're not going any…"

"Please move Patrick." Patrick turned to look at another engine that had rolled up to the two engines. I was pretty sure that it was Ernest. That and he had a nameplate on.

"The whole island is in danger. The girl is a part of the Sodor Prophecy. If she doesn't get to the shrine the whole island will crumble. There are no mountains to climb if the island falls apart." It looked as if Ernest had finally gotten through to Patrick. But of course I was wrong.

"Yeah. Like the island's going to fall apart. I don't believe a word of that."

The arguing and my foul mood got the better of me.

"WILL YOU JUST MOVE, YOU PARANOID ENGINE! I HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE NOT LETTING ME THROUGH. NOW MOVE ASIDE PATRICK!"

Everyone stared at me. I literally had steam pouring out of my ears. Patrick finally took the hint.

"FINE! IF YOU WANT TO END UP LIKE GODRED BE MY GUEST! Nice knowing you Culdee." He stormed off, probably to give something a biff. I took a deep breath.

"Wow. You're the first person to ever make Patrick shout. Nicely done." I growled slightly.

…

"Chill out Amber! You're making me nervous."

We were almost at Skarloey Road and I wasn't feeling any better. I was still foul but I was slowly getting better. Culdee smiled as we finally reached Skarloey Road.

"There it is. The half way point. Do you want to have a look around?"

"Probably not the best of ideas. Patrick said that there is a storm coming. We should get above the clouds before it gets here."

"Uh guys. It might be a bit late for that." I looked to where Matt was pointing. Sure enough dark clouds were forming near Devil's Back. Culdee sighed.

"Well we may as well stop here and wait until it passes. Catherine is too light for the storms on Devil's Back." I was determined to continue.

"Go back to Skarloey Road. Let's get some sandbags or something. Then we can continue."

"Are you crazy Amber? We can't get through here."

"We will. Let's do it."

…

The wind and rain pelted Culdee and Catherine's faces. Catherine was getting it the worst.

"Culdee! The rain is pelting my face. We have to go back!"

"We'll be fine Catherine. We're near the summit so just hold on." Matt and I were fine thanks to Catherine's roof. I couldn't see anything because of the clouds that we were in. Lightning flashed around us. Culdee kept puffing up and up toward the summit.

"We're nearly there. We're nearly there." He was saying to himself.

We broke through the clouds and into the open air. There wasn't a single cloud in sight. We finally reached the summit of Culdee Fell.

"See? I told you so! We did make it!" I would have jumped for joy but I knew that Catherine wouldn't approve of it. As Culdee pulled into the station we jumped out. We said goodbye to Culdee and continued on. We reached the look out and man oh man.

The view was incredible! We could almost see the entire island. I took some pictures of the breathtaking view. Once we finished that we looked around for the shrine. It didn't take long because it was sitting right at the peak. It was old and dusty with ivy hanging down from almost every pillar. Matt saw a pedestal near the center.

"Hey Amber! Over here! I think I found it." I ran over and saw it too. Behind the pedestal was a mural. It was a mural of Lady pushing back a dark wave of some sort. I also saw behind Lady a girl glowing with light. I was guessing that it was me and that I was going to help Lady in some…

"Hey wait! I'm on the mural! Cool!" I took a picture and then walked up to the pedestal. I felt the Gold Dust Cocoon glow around my neck. I took it off and placed it on the pedestal.

After about three seconds it began to glow brightly. It glowed so brightly that I had to turn away. As it glowed something happened. The energy suddenly turned dark and storm clouds formed a twister above our heads. The energy crackled with energy as it formed something in the center. Then there was a blast of wind as the energy was pushed away from the pedestal. The sun returned and everything went back to normal.

Except for black haired girl lying on the ground.

"What?! What happened? There was light then darkness. And who's that?" Both Matt and I were full of questions. The black haired girl shifted and slowly got up.

"Ooh. My head. What happened?" She saw me and smiled.

"Oh. You must be Amber. You did it! You resurrected me!" She ran over and hugged me. Then a thought must have struck her because she backed off.

"What's wrong? Who are you?" I asked.

"I… I don't know. Something must have gone wrong. I'm not an engine." She sighed.

"I think I know what happened. Thank you Amber for everything. But you must have not passed enough Sodor Engines. I didn't have enough power to fully resurrect. I'm stuck in this human form until I have enough power. But it doesn't explain why I am a darker version of my human form."

She looked over herself. She was a tall girl with pitch black hair going down to her waist. She had a purple headband in her hair and dark blue eyes. She also wore a very dark green shirt, a black skirt and dark red gloves. Her shoes were also dark red. (A/N: I'm sorry if you find the clothes description boring. I had to do it for the fashion guru's that are reading my story.) Lady looked back at me and smiled weakly.

"Maybe it was because of the dark energy that is surrounding this place. Oh well." I patted her on the back.

"Maybe we should give you a different name to suit your new form." Lady smiled.

"Great idea. I never really liked being called Lady. It sounds too formal."

"How about… Hmm. How about Dark Lady?"

"Nah. Sounds too much like Lady."

We tossed names around for a little bit before Matt finally worked up the courage to walk up to us.

"How bout Raven? It sounds so cool doesn't it?" Lady looked at Matt and smiled.

"Yeah! I like that. Raven. Sounds mysterious." I gave a thumbs-up to Matt and he smiled.

"So. How about we go back down to the island now. It's kinda chilly up here."

Matt and I agreed.

…

James was bored. He had listened to Patrick rambling on about how Culdee would end up like Godred and he was sick of it. He waited for Culdee to come back down the mountain. He yawned.

"Is there anything to do down here? I'm bored." Ernest rolled up to James.

"There's nothing much that you can do here I'm sorry." James sighed. Ernest headed back to his work and left James sitting there bored again.

"Ugh. What's taking them so long? I want something to do."

"How about I give you something to do?" James glanced to his right and gasped with shock.

"How about we play "Claw Tag?"

…

Culdee rolled slowly back down the mountain. Matt, Raven and I were chatting about less useful stuff when I saw a patch of rock steaming.

"Hold up Culdee. What's that?"

"That's the hot spring. We bring tourists here all the time."

"STOP THE TRAIN!"

Culdee's automatic brake slammed on and we all lurched backwards.

"What's wrong?"

"Everyone to the hot spring!"

Culdee rolled his eyes as we jumped off and dashed for the hot spring.

"Their enjoying this too much."

…

We decided that we were all mature enough to let Matt in the same hot spring. We hopped in after we changed into our bathers. Raven had to hop in with her only her underwear. I felt the warmth flood over my body. My troubles just washed away. I sighed.

"This is the life. Wouldn't you guys agree?" I looked over to Matt and Raven. Matt was blushing bright red. I shook my head. Boys will always be boys.

After about half an hour there was a whistle coming from Culdee.

"What is it now?" I got up and I could have sworn Matt blushed brighter. I sighed and walked over to the rocks that were covering the hot spring from prying eyes. I looked over and saw Culdee and another engine behind him.

"We need to go. Now! Kirk Machan has been attacked!"

…

We reached the station to find it in a wreck. Everything was scattered and clawed. I shuddered. I already knew who was here and was waiting for me. As we pulled up to the station I saw him again.

"Bout time you lot got here. I was about to chip the paint off this red engine." James was lying on his side next to Diesel 10.

"Help me." He said weakly.

"So now that you're here we can finally have the chat that I've waited been waiting for." He rolled up into my face.

"Where is the Lost Engine?" I scoffed.

"Where are your manners? Say please."

"I'm not in the mood. Where is she?" I jabbed a thumb behind me.

"There's your "Lost Engine." Can you leave me alone now?" Diesel 10 looked at Raven. She looked slightly afraid. Diesel 10 growled.

"Not buying it Girly. Let's go." He moved away, grabbing me in the process.

"AMBER!" Matt and Raven cried as Diesel 10 picked up speed.

"Oh and don't think your little Ryan is going to save you this time Girl. I took care of him. He's not going to be a pain anymore." I frowned.

"What did you do to…?"

That was all I could get in before he knocked me out. I don't know how but he did. As my world went black I heard him cackle to himself.

"Victory is mine! Mine all mine!"

And Finish! I am done for another chapter. Lady was resurrected but something happened during it. So now she is Raven. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Ten chapters down, two to go. See you then!