Emily the Stirling Engine is a beautiful, friendly, very lovable engine on Sodor, especially on the Steam Team. She was like the mother or sister of the group as she would always keep her friends calm and support them whenever they were in a situation. She had a great adventurous boyfriend in Thomas who would be by her side every day, but who she also had by her side every day was her fantastic driver Ellie.

Ellie was just as beautiful, friendly, and lovable as Emily. She would also be a sister figure to her bandmates and be able to calm a friend down, hence giving her the nickname the Calmer. She was also Tyler's girlfriend, who coincidentally was Thomas's driver who is dating Emily, how convenient. Emily and Ellie had by far the closest bond out of all the pairs on the Steam Team.

The two never at all have had arguments or fights, the two were the closest of friends you could think of. The two adored each other very much. Ellie was especially in love with Emily's new design as well.

Today, Emily and Ellie were both lucky to have a day off together, and they never really get that. Emily was having a nice nap in her berth, but Ellie wanted her to get some fresh air, and she also had a surprise for her.

Ellie walked up to her engine sleeping, and just had to look at her adorable sleeping face.

" Oh Emily, you look so sweet. " - Ellie

When she said that, Emily started to wake up and see her driver right there.

" Hi there Ellie. " - Emily

" How are you doing? " - Ellie

" I had a nice nap. " - Emily

" That's good. I do have a surprise. " - Ellie

" Really? Tell me. " - Emily

" Earlier at Knapford I talked to this guy who was a photographer, and he thought i looked very pretty. " - Ellie

" Well, he's not lying. " - Emily

" Yeah, well then he asked me if I wanted to have a picture of me for a magazine. And I said, yes. " - Ellie

" That's great Ellie, will many people see you? " - Emily

" I'm pretty sure, magazines can be seen from around the world. But also, I asked him if I could have a friend with me in the picture, and so, i chose you. " - Ellie

Emily blushed in excitement and also embarrassment.

" You want me to be in the picture with you? " - Emily

" Yes. I think it would look amazing...what's wrong? " - Ellie

She noticed Emily had a worried look on her face.

" The picture isn't happening now right? " - Emily

" No, a little later today. What's the problem? " - Ellie

" I don't know if I can do it. I've had my picture taken before, but this one being seen by people around the world. " - Emily

" Oh sweetie it'll be totally fine. It'll just be a regular picture. And i know you'll look fantastic and beautiful, especially with your new look. " - Ellie

Emily was very touched by Ellie's words, but she was still nervous.

" OK. I'll do it. " - Emily

" That's my girl. " - Ellie

" But I'll need to fix myself up a bit before i do it. " - Emily

" What do you mean? " - Ellie

" I should get a wash, then maybe a repaint, and maybe they could add some decorations on me at the steamworks. " - Emily

" Oh you don't need to do all that. You look totally great right now. " - Ellie

" Thanks, but I just woke up and I haven't worked at all today, I must look very dreary. " - Emily

" No you do not Em. You always look very stunning. " - Ellie

" I'm not sure if I believe you though. I don't wanna look like this for the picture. I should go. " - Emily

She ended up taking off in a hurry.

" Emily, wait..." - Ellie

But her engine was already gone. Ellie was surprised, Emily never acted like this before. Maybe Ellie made her paranoid because of the picture possibly being seen around the world. The photographer never said where it would be seen. Ellie just assumed that.

Emily made her way to the washdown to get her paint nice and clean for the photo.

" Can you guys give me a nice clean? " - Emily

The workers looked at her and thought she looked fine.

" You look pretty clean to me. " - worker 1

" No way, I don't look clean enough. Just do as much as you can. " - Emily

" Whatever you say. " - worker 2

The workers did as much as they could, until Emily was satisfied. After about 3 cleans, Emily liked herself more.

" There we go. Perfect. " - Emily

" Is that finally good? " - worker 1

" Yes. Thank you guys, now off to the steamworks. " - Emily

She once again left pretty fast.

" What's up with her? " - worker 2

Emily never really was this urging. She soon then arrived at the steamworks. She came in pretty fast and that surprised a lot of workers, including Kevin who had fallen over.

" Emily? What brings you in here so fast? " - Victor

Emily then started to think really fast on what she wanted on her, and she had something.

" Do you guys still have those decorations you made for me for the railway show? " - Emily

" Yes, they're in the back. Why? " - Victor

" Cause me and Ellie are gonna be in a picture for a magazine, and I want to look great for it. " - Emily

" Oh, but you look so great right now. " - Kevin

Emily blushed.

" Thank you. But this picture is gonna end up being seen around the world, and I don't wanna look so regular. " - Emily

" Well we'll get you those decorations for you. " - Victor

" Thank you Victor. " - Emily

" Right. Kevin! " - Victor

Kevin was still looking at Emily though, and Victor noticed.

" Kevin! " - Victor

" Oh, right sir! " - Kevin

Him and everyone else scrambled around and got those decorations for Emily. After they got them, it took about only 10 minutes for them to be put on her.

Emily smiled the whole time and thought about the picture. Once everything was down, Violet the owner put a mirror in front of Emily.

" Their you go. " - Violet

Emily looked and was so excited to see her wearing these decorations, they made Thomas drool.

" Perfect. Thank you very much. " - Emily

Just as she was ready to leave, she saw someone come through the door. It was Ellie, and she had someone else with her.

" There you are Emily. " - Ellie

" Hi Ellie. I was just coming to see you. " - Emily

" I can see why. " - Ellie

Ellie was surprised to see Emily wearing her railway show decorations again, but she didn't mind, she thought Emily looked amazing in them.

" Who is that with you? " - Emily

" This is the photographer, Bryan. " - Ellie

Bryan waved hi and showed his camera.

" Oh god. Not another camera. " - Kevin

Kevin then ran away, not sure why he's afraid of cameras.

" So are we ready for the picture? " - Emily

" Yes, but also we came for another reason. " - Ellie

" What then? " - Emily

" Well, I think you should know that this picture is not gonna be like seen all over the world. " - Ellie

" Seriously? But you said..." - Emily

" I know, I'm sorry Em, I should have been more specific. But Bryan says this picture will be on a magazine somewhere in England. Right? " - Ellie

" Yes, somewhere, in Northern England. " - Bryan

" Uh, yes. That's it. " - Ellie

" So, i did all of this for nothing? " - Emily

" No not at all sweetie. You look amazing, and we can so do the picture now. " - Ellie

" We can. Come outside. " - Bryan

Emily smiled and went outside with them. They went near a spot where the Sun was in the background.

" Right there. That's good. " - Bryan

He positioned the girls until they were good.

" OK. Here we go. Smile. " - Bryan

Ellie and Emily smiled cutely and the photo was taken a few times.

" Their were go. " - Bryan

" How do I look? " - Emily

Bryan didn't answer though and turned around to look more at the pictures. Ellie was skeptical.

" Um, Bryan? Is everything good? " - Ellie

She then noticed something else, she walked up to him and saw something on the back of his jacket.

" You said your name is Bryan Fletcher, right? " - Ellie

" Well yeah. " - Bryan

" On your jacket it says, Ryan Fletcher. " - Ellie

" Bryan " got a little nervous and turned around smiling, Ellie along with Emily and even some steamwork workers looked at him.

" It's probably just a mistake. " - Ryan

" Oh I also meant to ask you, what company do you work for? " - Ellie

Bryan, or Ryan just stood and tried to speak, but just remained their smiling. Then he dropped the camera and started running away.

" Phony! Get him! " - steamworks worker

Him and the others ran after the fake photographer.

Ellie smiled and then turned back and went back to Emily.

" Well, so much for that I guess. " - Ellie

" Yeah. And i'm sorry if I was acting a bit paranoid. " - Emily

" Hey. It's ok sweetie. I know you wanted to look your best, but you always look amazing and beautiful every day. " - Ellie

" Really? " - Emily

" Yes, so you would have looked just as great as you were earlier. " - Ellie

Emily blushed and Ellie picked up the guy's camera.

" And we could use these for our own good. " - Ellie

" That would be awesome. " - Emily

" You do look very stunning in those decorations. " - Ellie

She rubbed Emily's cheeks and also rubbed her buffers.

" I love you, you know that. " - Emily

" Yes i do. And I love you too. You're the best engine I could have had. " - Ellie

She kissed Emily's cheeks and the two girls laughed and enjoyed the rest of their day and would soon upload those pictures to the Steam Team website for their fans to see them, especially the Ellie and Emily fans.

The end


Next: Natalia and Nia


Now 7 done. We've got just a bit more to go. I hope these stories are keeping you guys entertained during this stay at home time. I'll be here to keep giving you all good content.

I'll see you all for the next one. Love, Ethan and stay safe.