Chapter 14
Narrator: Harry and Sally were speeding along the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, on their way back to Harrisburg where they had left Polly's body. They were running the engine as fast as it could go. It was only a small 0-4-0 tank engine, so it could only go so fast. They were going along just fine, and had traveled for about 50 miles, when Harry realized something. He shouted out to Sally.
Harry: Sally! We need to stop somewhere for coal and water for the engine!
Sally: Oh No! Where are we going to stop for coal and water?!
Harry: I don't know! I don't think that there are any water towers or coal tipples along the main line! These tracks were meant for bigger tender engines that can hold more coal and water in their tenders! We are running just a little tank engine that can only hold so much to go so Far!
Sally: Say, wait a minute! This engine might be able to burn wood! We could probably stop and find wood in the forest that we could use for fuel. And if I remember correctly, coming on the way up is a stream! We could use the water from there!
Harry: That is a great idea! But we will have to work fast!
Sally: I know!
Narrator: So Harry and Sally stopped the engine. Harry went into the woods to find wood to burn in the engine, while Sally grabbed a bucket to fill the tank with water. After a few minutes, Harry had managed to fill up about half of the coal bunker with water, while Sally had filled up about a quarter of the engine's tank with water. Just then Harry spoke up.
Harry: Sally, I just felt the rails, and I can feel them vibrating! I think it is a train coming!
Sally: Oh No! What are we going to do?!
Narrator: Just then, Harry spotted an old, abandoned siding that looked like it had not been used in years. It was covered in brambles and branches. It also headed into a deep wood. Harry shouted.
Harry: Sally! We can hide in that siding!
Sally: Brilliant Idea Harry! We just have to get the engine in there!
Narrator: So Harry flipped the switch, and then they pulled the engine into the siding. They had just got the engine well into the siding, when the train that Harry had heard sped past in the opposite direction. After the engine had past, they pulled the engine out of the siding, and back out onto the main line. Just then, Harry spoke up.
Harry: Phew! That was too close!
Sally: I could not agree with you more!
Narrator: With that, they finished refueling the engine, and they continued on their way to Harrisburg. After a few more hours, they reached Harrisburg. Just then, Harry thought of something.
Harry: Say, Sally, where are we going to park the engine? I mean, Harrisburg is a city, and the city is always crawling with trains, and there are bound to be no unused sidings where we won't be noticed.
Sally: Oh, you are right. Wait a minute, I just thought of something. I just remembered that my house is right next to a siding that leads to a small coal plant. We can just stop there, go into my house, grab Polly, and get back into the engine, and head to somewhere else where we can do the ritual.
Harry: that is a great idea Polly! Why did I not think of that before?
Sally: Never mind that! Let's do it!
Harry: Alright, we had better hurry. It will only be a matter of time before the Police track us back here.
Sally: Well, then, let's go!
Narrator: So Harry and Sally started the engine, and they switched the tracks over to the branch beside Sally's House. Then, they stopped the engine, and harry and Sally went into Sally's house to get Polly. But once they got inside the house, they smelled something awful. It turned out to be Polly's Body which had rotten to the point that it smelled really bad.
Sally: Ew! that is disgusting!
Harry: I know! But we have to get her out of here!
Narrator: So harry and Sally each took one end of Polly's body, and together, they took Polly's body out to the engine. They thought that they were in the clear, when a passer-bye saw them with Polly's body, and shouted.
Passer-Bye: Look! There is the man who killed that girl with her body! Get him!
Narrator: Harry and Sally got Polly into the engine and pulled it away just in time. But just then, harry thought of something.
Harry: Now where are we going to go?! We have been spotted here and we can't hide anywhere in the city.
Sally: I know where we can go! We can go to the town of Strasburg, located on the Strasburg Railroad!
Harry: Where is that?
Sally: It is a place located about 20 miles from here, where it is amish country! The Strasburg railroad is a four mile short line railroad that branches off the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad only runs during the day, and it is getting close to night already. There probably is no body around there. We can probably sneak into the yard and do the ritual there.
Harry: you are splendid Sally! We probably have time to do the ritual too!
Sally: Yes, but we had better be quick!
Narrator: So harry and Sally got the engine back on the main line, and headed at top speed to Strasburg. After a few minutes, they reached the junction, and they threw the switch, and headed onto the Strasburg Railroad. They traveled down the railroad until they reached the main yard, and stopped the engine. Then they thought of where they would perform the ritual. Then, harry thought of something.
Harry: Say, Sally, I think that we had better go into the engine house. That sounds like a good hiding place for us to do the ritual.
Sally: That sounds like a great idea! We had better do it quick, though.
Narrator: So Harry and Sally broke the lock into the engine house, and put the engine in the building. Harry and Sally then started to prepare to do the ritual. They thought that they were going to create a magical girl with a magical steam engine, but what they did not know was that they were going to create something much more than that.