The Winx Club's Sodor Adventures - Season 1

Episode 17: Percy Runs Away

Henry, James and Gordon were miserable. They had been shut up for several days for being naughty and longed to be let out again.

At last, Sir Topham Hatt arrived. "I hope you are sorry," he said, "and that you understand that every job on the railway is important. We have a new tank engine called Percy whom he and Musa help pull coaches, and Thomas and Edward, along with Bloom and Tecna, have worked the main line nicely. But I will let you out now, if you promise to work hard."

"Yes, sir!" said the three engines, "We will!"

"That's good, but please remember that this "no shunting" nonsense must stop."

Sir Topham Hatt then told Percy, Edward and Thomas, along with their fairy friends, that they could go and play on the branch line for a few days. And they ran off happily to find Annie and Clarabel at the junction. The two coaches were so pleased to see Thomas and Bloom again.

Edward, Tecna, Percy and Musa played with freight cars. "Stop! Stop! Stop!" screamed the cars as they were pushed into their proper sidings. But the four friends laughed and went on shunting until the cars were tidily arranged.

Next, Edward and Tecna took some empty cars to the quarry. Percy and Musa were left alone. They didn't mind that a bit, they liked watching trains and being cheeky to the other engines. "Hurry, hurry, hurry!" they would call and the big engines got very cross.

After a great deal of shunting, Percy and Musa were waiting for the signalman to set the switch, so that they could get back to the yard. They were both eager to work, but were being rather careless and not paying attention.

Edward had warned them: "Be careful on the main line, whistle to the signalman you are there." But Percy didn't remember to whistle, and although Musa had reminded him about it, she forgot, too, because she was looking forward to getting home, and so the busy signalman forgot about them.

Percy and Musa waited and waited. The switch was still against them, so they couldn't move.

Then Musa, who possessed sensitive hearing, heard a sound. "Something's coming," she said to Percy.

"Are you sure, Musa?" Percy asked.

"Yes, Percy," said Musa. "You see, I possessed sensitive hearing. And judging by the sound, it's a steam engine approaching."

Then Percy looked along the main line. "Peep, peep!" he whistled in horror, for rushing straight towards him was Gordon and Aisha with the Express.

"Oh!" groaned Gordon, "Get out of my way!"

Percy and Musa opened his eyes. Gordon had stopped with Percy's buffers just a few inches from his own.

"Musa, are you and Percy alright?" asked Aisha.

"We are now, thanks to your brave attempt to stop just in time," answered Musa.

But Percy had begun to move.

"I won't stay here, I'll run away," he puffed.

He went straight through Edward's station, and was so frightened that he ran right up Gordon's Hill without stopping.

After that, he was tired, but he couldn't stop. He didn't have Musa onboard to shut off steam and apply the brakes.

"I want to stop! I want to stop!" he puffed.

The man in the signal box saw Percy was in trouble, so he kindly set the switch. Percy puffed wearily on to a nice empty siding ending in a big bank of earth. He was too tired now to care where he went.

"I want to stop! I want to stop! I have stopped!" he puffed thankfully.

Just then, Musa, in her Magic Winx form, came flying towards him as fast as she could. And like Percy, she was tired, because she couldn't catch up with him since Wellsworth.

"Are you alright, Musa?" said Percy. "You look exhausted."

"That's because I... tried to catch up... with you... after you took off," panted Musa. "But I'm glad you're alright." She was very hot, so she took a drink from a water bottle.

"I wish I have some water after all this," sighed Percy.

"Never mind, Percy," said the workmen as they dug him out. "You shall have a drink and some coal, and then you'll feel better."

Presently, Gordon and Aisha arrived. "Well done, Percy, you started so quickly that you stopped a nasty accident."

"That's right," said Aisha, "if Gordon hadn't shouted about you, Musa and I would've been at a hospital for weeks."

"I'm sorry that Musa and I were cheeky," said Percy, "You two were clever to stop."

Then Gordon and Aisha helped pull Percy out from the bank.

The two engines are now good friends, but Percy and Musa are always most careful when they go out on the main line.

The End