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, Thomas and Percy were both locked in a duel against two pirate brothers by the names of Para and Dox:
-Thomas had a warrior-type monster, Buster Blader (Level: 7/ATK: 2600), and a facedown card on his field, and Percy only had a facedown card on his field.
-Para had a monster called Sanga of the Thunder (Level: 7/ATK: 2600) on his side of the field, and Dox had a...wall-like monster called Labyrinth Wall (Level: 5/DEF: 3000) on his side of the field.
Regardless, Thomas and Percy both had to win this duel if they wanted to save their friends, Lily and Patch.
"Para, Dox." Thomas spoke up. "Why not you both just let our friends go and finish this duel fairly?"
"But that would spoil the fun of the second challenge." said Para snidely.
"And Sailor John wanted us to get a reason to duel and eliminate you." finished Dox.
"I've had about enough of this!" snapped Percy. "Why is Sailor John so obsessed with ruining this tournament and getting us eliminated?"
Para snickered. "The reason for the tournament getting ruined and your elimination is our little secret."
"One secret you'll never find out!" Dox added.
"Now enough banter! Lets continue the duel!" The two brothers said at the same time.
Title: Double Duel – Double Trouble, Part 2
The warehouse was silent... very soon, it was time to begin Para's turn.
"It's now my go!" announced the pirate, drawing his card.
Turn Seven: Para (Team LP: 8000)
Deck: (34)
Current Hand (5): Tribute Doll, Defense Wall, Dungeon Worm, Fairy Meteor Crush, and Suijin
His drawn card was a monster card called Suijin.
"Not just yet." Para thought to himself, smiling. "I'll first bolster our defenses first for the ultimate combo." He took a card from his hand and spoke aloud. "I summon Defense Wall in defense mode!"
A large stone wall with arms appeared and kneeled (Level: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2100).
"As long as this monster remains on the field, it's the only monster you can attack!" Para explained.
"No problem!" said Thomas confidently. "My Buster Blader will just crush it into rubble on my next turn!"
"We'll see." insterrupted Dox. "Now it is your turn, Percy!"
"Okay." The green-haired boy said, drawing his card. "Here goes."
Turn Eight: Percy (Team LP: 7600)
Deck: (34)
Current Hand (4): Gearfried the Iron Knight, Double Snare, Salamandra, and Reinforcement of the Army
Unfortuntely...
"Nuts!" thought Percy. "Nothing I have right now can get by their monsters. Guess I'll have to make do for now."
He took his drawn Spell card and held it out to show everyone.
"I activate Reinforcement of the Army," announced the green-haired boy. "This lets me add a level 4 or lower warrior-type monster from my deck to my hand."
Percy took his deck out of his Duel Disk and opened it up. There, he found a card he was looking for and took it. Afterwards, Percy shuffled his deck, and then put it back in his Duel Disk before readying his obtained card.
"Now I summon Blue Flame Swordsman in defense mode!" continued Percy, laying his monster card onto a field monster slot on his Duel Disk.
The black armor clad warrior with the blue sword appeared before them (Level: 4/DEF: 1600).
"Now I play my Flame Swordsman's effect!" Percy continued. "It can transfer any number of its attack points to another monster on the field of my choosing."
"What?!" cried Para and Dox at once. "ANY monster?!"
"That's right, and I choose Buster Blader!"
Blue Flame Swordsman started glowing blue as it began to transfer at least 1000 of its own attack points over (ATK: 1800 - 800).
"I'll have my monster give up 1000 attack points to make Buster Blader even stronger!" grinned Percy.
Buster Blader began to glow blue as his attack points rose (ATK: 2600 - 3600).
"A very good idea to do." Para admitted.
"Too bad your monster will never get a chance to use its buffed up stats!" Dox finished.
"We'll see." retorted Percy. "My turn is over."
"The next move is mine," said Dox, drawing his card.
Turn Nine: Dox (Team LP: 8000)
Deck: (33)
Current Hand (3): Labyrinth Tank, Tribute Doll, and Block Bound(!)
Dox let out a triumphant laugh and looked to his brother. "Brother, I have drawn what we need to make ourselves completely invincible!"
"Then let us celebrate, dear brother!" Para suggested.
"That doesn't sound good." muttered Thomas.
Thomas, Percy, Edward, Emily, Toby, and Mavis all watched as the Paradox Brothers both went into a series of acrobat flips before landing in a pose.
"I activate the Equip Spell card Block Bound!" Dox announced, slotting his card into his Duel Disk, causing the card to materialize face-up.
"What does that do?" asked Percy.
Dox laughed. "Why spoil the surprise? It's better for you to just find out for yourselves!"
Edward looked serious when he heard the pirate say that.
"Something's up."
Without a word, Thomas drew his next card.
Turn Ten: Thomas (Team LP: 7600)
Deck: (33)
Current Hand (4): Curse of Dragon, Magician of Faith, Sage's Stone, and Monster Recovery
"Very well, if you want to meet the full power of my Buster Blader, you've got it!" The blue-haired boy pointed forth. "Buster Blader, attack Defense Wall now!"
Buster Blader obeyed and dove into the air with his blade.
"This will be the end of your Defense Wall!"
The Paradox Brothers only snickered to themselves, watching as Buster Blader's sword as struck Defense Wall! ...only for the monster to grab the opposing monster's blade like it was nothing.
"What the-?" gasped Thomas.
"Buster Blader should've destroyed that monster and reduced it to rubble!" Percy complained.
"Surprise!" called Para and Dox at once.
"This was your Spell card's effect, wasn't it?" Thomas demanded.
"Correct." Para nodded, smirking. "As long as this Spell card is equipped to Defense Wall..."
"...it cannot be destroyed by battle!" Dox added.
"And Defense Wall can be the only monster targeted by battle!" The Paradox Brothers both said at once.
"This isn't good." commented Edward unhappily. "Now Thomas and Percy cannot even get by any of their monsters to damage their life points."
"The Paradox Brothers are completely invincible!" Mavis added.
The Paradox Brothers laughed at their opponents' misfortune.
"I end my turn." scowled Thomas.
"My turn!" announced Para, drawing a card.
Turn Eleven: Para (Team LP: 8000)
Deck: (33)
Current Hand (5): Tribute Doll, Dungeon Worm, Fairy Meteor Crush, Suijin, and Gate Guardian
On cue, a Spell card called Tribute Doll materialized face-up.
"I play a Spell card!" The orange clothing wearing brother announced, holding out the card in question. "Tribute Doll!"
"Tribute Doll?" Percy blinked. "What's that do?"
"It's a powerful card, Percy." Thomas pointed out. "It allows Para to tribute any one of his or his own teammates' monsters to special summon a level 7 monster from his hand."
"Correct." confirmed Para. "So I sacrifice Labyrinth Wall to call forth Suijin!"
Dox's Labyrinth Wall vanished in a blue streak, and taking its spot was a blue colored monster that looked like the lower part of a monster's body (Level: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2400). Edward noticed that something was familiar about the two monsters Para and Dox controlled. Something...so very deadly about them. But what?
"Is something the matter, Edward?" asked Emily. "You've been quiet since those two pirates summoned Sanga of the Thunder earlier."
"It's just that something seems familiar about those cards." said Edward.
"Have you heard about them?" Mavis asked with interest.
Edward nodded slowly. "Yes. If those two are on the field with a third monster, something powerful will come forth."
"But what could it be?" Toby wondered.
"I don't know, but let's hope Thomas and Percy win before those two brothers manage to pull that summon off."
"Me too." Emily agreed. "Otherwise we'll never see Patch or Lily ever again."
It was then Thomas spoke up about where Patch and Lily were.
"Okay, where are they?" The blue-haired boy began firmly. "Tell us which doors you're keeping Lily and Patch behind."
"Why I would be happy to say!" said Para teasingly. "They are behind my door."
"No, they're behind MY door!" cut in Dox.
Para laughed. "Brother, you lie!"
"Nonsense! I never lie, liar!"
Unknowingly, Para and Dox's arguing was really a trick to throw their opponents off. Percy eventually got fed up with the arguing...
"ARGH! Would you just give us a clue or something?!" he demanded irritably.
Para and Dox both smirked slightly. "Fine."
Thomas and Percy both waited for either pirate to speak up. Finally...
"We'll give you a clue." said Para. "While everything one of us tells you shall be true..."
"...the other will speak nothing but lies to you!" finished Dox.
Back over with Edward, Toby, Emily, and Mavis...
"You know, this is starting to sound like an old riddle I've once heard." said Toby.
"Really?" Emily looked at the brown-haired boy.
"Where did you hear it?" Mavis asked.
"From my father." explained Toby. "It starts with a fork in the road; There's this kid trying to get to the village of truth-tellers. The thing is, there's a village of 'liars' right next to it. The kid doesn't know which way to go, so he asks a villager for directions. *But*, he doesn't know if the villager's from the truth village, or the 'liar' village. So the villager guy says he'll answer 'one question' - and that's the riddle; what should the kid ask to get to the truth village?"
The Paradox Brothers, meanwhile, were both still goading Thomas and Percy into believing one or the other.
"Don't be fooled." Para coaxed. "My door will most certainly lead to your friends."
"Liar!" snapped Dox, smirking. "'Mine' is the door that'll grant safe passage; 'and have a happy end'!"
It was then Toby called out to both Thomas and Percy...
"Guys, this is all a riddle!"
Thomas and Percy both looked over to their brown-haired friend. Para and Dox both also looked on with frowns on their faces.
"What do you mean by that, Toby?" asked Percy.
Toby told them the riddle he explained to Emily, Mavis, and Edward, about the kid wanting to go to the village of truth-tellers, and meeting a villager from either the village of truth-tellers or the village of liars. Unfortunately, Para and Dox both overheard it and decided to take advantage of the situation...
"In that case, we will allow you both one question each." Para pointed out.
"Like the kid in the riddle asked the guy to show him his village, all I have to do is ask you to show me your 'door'!" Percy stated confidently. "So 'both other you' - show me the door that you're guarding!"
Para and Dox both raised their right hands up into the air, pointing a finger upward. Percy, meanwhile, smirked to himself...
"At this point-" he thought to himself. "-the truth-teller will point to his own door, while the liar will point to the truth-teller's door."
The brothers then pointed both towards Dox's door.
"Huh?" gasped both Emily and Mavis.
"What?" gasped both Edward and Toby.
Percy, who knew this would happen, felt very pleased with himself.
"Bingo!"
Thomas looked over to Percy cautiously, who then continued to gloat.
"Para is the liar, and Dox tells the truth!" whooped Percy. "Now all we need is a certain someone here to ask where the door leads to."
He looked over to Thomas, who was in his thoughts over the situation...
"I don't know." Thomas thought to himself. "That seemed a little too easy."
"Anyway..." continued Percy, drawing a card. "It's my go!"
Turn Twelve: Percy (Team LP: 7600)
Deck: (32)
Current Hand (5): Gearfried the Iron Knight, Double Snare, Salamandra, and Little-Winguard
Before the green-haired boy could take a card from his hand, Thomas called out to him...
"Percy, don't be fooled by them."
"Huh?" Percy looked over to his best friend curiously. "What do you mean?"
"The riddle has 'some' things in common with our present predicament." explained Thomas, "But there are some 'key differences'. And trust me, Percy, those key differences change the entire nature of the problem."
"What's Thomas talking about?" quizzed Mavis.
"I don't know-" shrugged Toby. "-but I think he might have heard the riddle once before, too."
"In the riddle, there was only one person to question at the crossroads." said Thomas. "But in our situation, we have 'two' - Para *and* Dox. Now, both Para and Dox have told us the 'exact' same thing - one of them will speak nothing but the truth, and the other will speak nothing but lies. But there's a problem with that already."
The brothers were no longer grinning. Thomas had found them both out!
"Because if they were 'as they said' - one truth-teller and one liar-" Thomas went on. "-the liar could never admit to it. That would be telling the truth... the only way they could both make that statement is...if they were 'both lying'. And that means we can't trust *either* Para, Dox, *or* their riddle."
"Wow, my head hurts just thinking about that." groaned Percy.
"Don't worry about it, Percy." said Thomas. "That riddle was just meant to throw us off-course." He smiled. "Let's duel now and figure out the door dilemma later."
"Good call, Thomas. And if I remember correctly, it's still my turn." With that said, Percy took a card from his hand. "I summon Little-Winguard in defense mode!"
A pint-sized monster wearing blue armor, which covered all but its yellow eyes, with two tiny wings on both its shoulders appeared. It wielded a sword and shield (Level: 4/DEF: 1800).
"I'm afraid that's all for me." sighed Percy.
"This doesn't look too good for Thomas and Percy." Edward stated. "Unless they can get rid of that Defense Wall, they'll never be able to get at those brothers' life points."
"My turn!" declared Dox, drawing his card.
Turn Thirteen: Dox (Team LP: 8000)
Deck: (32)
Current Hand (3): Labyrinth Tank, Tribute Doll, and Graceful Charity
"Now I activate my Graceful Charity card!" He held it out to show everyone. "Now I can go ahead and draw three cards from my deck, and then discard two from my hand."
Dox drew his three cards and then discarded two from his hand. He now had added Monster Reborn, Kazejin, and another copy of Kaiser Sea Horse to his current hand, which also included Tribute Doll.
"Brother!" Dox called to Para. "I've done it! The one card that will seal their fates!"
"Well done, brother!" praised Para. "Now play it."
"Gladly!" Dox accepted, slotting a card into his Duel Disk. "But first, I'll go and play Monster Reborn!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up. All of a suddenly, a large purple tank with several drills materialized (Level: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2400).
"And I'll use it to revive the Labyrinth Tank!" The pirate then held out his own copy of Tribute Doll. "Finally, I'll play a copy of Tribute Doll!"
"Oh, not again!" groaned Percy.
"Oh yes!" grinned Dox. "Now I can tribute my tank in order to summon a level 7 monster from my hand." He held out the card in question. "And I choose to call forth Kazejin!"
Labyrinth Tank vanished in a blue streak, and taking its spot was a green colored monster that resembled the midsection of a body (Level: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2200).
"We've done it!" cried Para joyfully. "We've got the three monsters we need!"
He was talking about Sanga, Kazejin, and Suijin, of course.
"What are they going to do with those?" asked Emily.
Suddenly, Edward remembered what they were.
"Oh no!" The intelligent blue-haired boy exclaimed in horror. "The trinity!"
"Umm... the what now?" Mavis quizzed.
"Three monsters that are used to summon a more powerful one."
At this point, Para and Dox both began to do a summon chant as the three monsters began to meld their powers together.
"Elements of Thunder, Water and Wind. Suijin, Sanga, Kazejin begin. Meld your powers in eternal light. Show these fools your unstoppable might."
The three monsters merged together; Suijin at the bottom, Kazejin in the middle, and Sanga of the Thunder at the top.
"He is pain beyond description!" began Para.
"He'll mark the graves with your inscription!" added Dox.
The two brothers finished with... "Gate Guardian!"
The fusion was complete, and there stood the three monsters as one. The powerful Gate Guardian (Level: 11/ATK: 3750/DEF: 3400).
"What...is that?" asked Percy in awe and fear.
"Meet the Gate Guardian!" Para announced. "The one monster-"
"-no one has ever beaten when facing us before!" Dox finished.
"Looks like Thomas and Percy are in trouble." said Emily, sounding extremely worried.
"Trouble doesn't seem to cut it." added Toby. "Just look at that thing! ...3750 attack points!"
"Your fate has been sealed!" grinned Para.
"And your friends with it!" Dox added, going into his battle phase. "Gate Guardian, blow away Buster Blader with your Thunderstroke Attack!"
Gate Guardian obeyed, letting loose a bright pink beam of concentrated power.
"Say farewell to your Buster Blader!" cried Para.
"And hello to some life point damage!" added Dox.
Buster Blader was hit by the beam of power and was destroyed. Thomas grimaced as he braced himself from the power of that attack (Team LP: 7450).
"Thomas!" cried his friends in worry.
"Ha ha ha ha!" laughed Para. "Did you feel that? It's the sound-"
"-of your impending defeat!" Dox finished.
"We're not finished yet!" Percy declared hotly.
"Besides-" added Thomas, drawing his card. "-it's my turn."
Turn Fourteen: Thomas (Team LP: 7450)
Deck: (32)
Current Hand (5): Curse of Dragon, Magician of Faith, Sage's Stone, Monster Recovery, and Big Shield Gardna
"This isn't going to be easy." he thought, looking worried. "Their Gate Guardian is so much more powerful than anything we've currently got."
"Well now, do you give up?" Para taunted.
"When a friend is at stake, I never give up!" retorted Thomas, taking a card from his hand. "I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode!"
The familiar warrior wielding a big shield materialized in a defensive stance (Level: 4/DEF: 2600).
"HA! You think that will help you?" Para scoffed.
"Looks more like it will hinder you!" Dox added.
Thomas ignored those pairs of comments.
"My turn is finished."
Para drew a card without saying a word, but gave aloud laugh upon seeing what he drew.
Turn Fifteen: Para (Team LP: 8000)
Deck: (32)
Current Hand (3): Dungeon Worm, Fairy Meteor Crush, and Harpies' Feather Duster
"Behold the Equip Spell card Fairy Meteor Cruster!" Para slotted the card into his Duel Disk, causing the card to materialize face-up.
"This is bad!" Edward commented. "Now Gate Guardian is able to deal piercing damage to any monster it battles while they are in defense mode!"
"No fair!" objected Percy.
"Exactly the point!" laughed Para. "Gate Guardian, strike down the Blue Flame Swordsman now!"
Gate Guardian obeyed, letting loose a bright pink beam of concentrated power. Just then, Percy gave a small grin.
"Not this time."
The Paradox Brothers both gave confused looks on their faces. To show what me meant, Percy poked a button on his Duel Disk and his facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"I activate my Magical Arm Shield Trap card!" The green-haired boy announced pridefully.
"NOOO!" screamed Para and Dox. "NOT THAT!"
"Got that right, now I can take control of one of your monsters and you'll have to target it instead!"
A shield materialized on Blue Flame Swordsman's left arm, and he used it to launch some tongs of a sort.
"I'll now grab hold of your Defense Wall!" Percy announced.
The tongs stretched out and grabbed hold of Defense Wall and brought it over to the path of Gate Guardian's attack.
"Brother, hurry and call off your attack!" Dox panicked.
"It's too late, brother!" replied Para, horror-struck. "The blast has already been fired!"
Indeed it was too late. The blast hit Defense Wall, who was saved by Dox's Equip Spell, but not to protect the Paradox Brothers' life points.
"And since you attacked your own monster-" said Percy. "-you take the damage instead of us."
Para and Dox both scowled angrily from the heavy damage they took (Team LP: 6350).
"A mistake we won't make again!" growled Para, holding out a card. "I play the Spell card Harpies' Feather Duster!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up.
"This allows me to destroy all your Spell and Trap cards."
A feathery storm ensured and destroyed Thomas's only facedown card (Ambush Shield) as well as Magical Arm Shield.
"HA! Despite that setback, our Guardian is still undefeated." Para said arrogantly.
"Which you will soon feel its wrath!" added Dox.
"As long as we believe in the Heart of the Cards-" retorted Percy. "-we'll find a way to beat you two!"
"Then show us what you can do!" The Paradox Brothers both said at once.
(elsewhere...)
While the dueling was going on... Over at the Arcade, Gordon, Henry, and James were each enjoying themselves immensely. They had been playing the games there since they arrived in the morning and were now seated at a table waiting for their pizza to arrive.
"Man, this day has been awesome." smiled Gordon
"You said it." agreed James. "Arcade games, boatloads of tickets, junk food galore, and there's no one I'd rather enjoy it with than my two best friends."
"Here, here!" Henry also agreed happily.
Unfortunately, their day suddenly got very bad. How so? Oh, because a large number of pirates had arrived at that very moment.
"All right, this is a stick-up!" called a pirate.
"You've got to be kidding me!" moaned James in annoyance. "Why can't we go one day without these guys bothering us?!"
The whole arcade was frozen in fear as the large band of pirates slowly walked inside.
"Now..." said a pirate. "Which one of you is James Hughes?"
No one dared say a word.
"I said which one of you is James Hughes!?" shouted the pirate. "Someone better tell me before we shoot!"
James couldn't take it anymore and stood straight up.
"That would be me!" The red-haired boy shouted. "Now leave these people alone!"
The pirates slowly approached, not lowering their guns.
"So, you're James." said a pirate sinisterly.
"And I take it you're here to duel?" James asked rhetorically.
"Hardly." sneered the pirate. "Unlike Sledge, who ended up failing to take you out, we're here to eliminate you...permanently."
"That's not going to happen! Why are you pirate freaks obsessed with kicking people out of Discord's tournament?"
"That's a secret only our boss knows." retorted the pirate. "And you and your two friends here won't live long enough to find out."
With that, seven pirates surrounded Gordon, Henry, and James, all armed with rifles. Oh no! Is this really the end of our three heroes? Stay tuned!
To be Continued!