After the long hug everyone was sitting on the couch again. "So Thomas can you tell me more about your past?" asked Steven "Steven I don't think that's a good idea." said Pearl. "no it should be fine Pearl." Thomas interrupted "talking to people about how past helps you from what I've heard." "Well what are you waiting for let's hear it" said Amethyst. "Hold on let me think of where to start"said thomas. then a thought flew into Thomas as funnel "well might as well go back to the beginning" "when you were first a gem?" asked Steven "nope further" "to when you got abducted?" asked amethyst "further" "to life on your old railway" "further that even the" said thomas " let's go back to where I was built" he paused impressively "1913" then he closed his eyes and thought back.

Brighton works 1913

It's was the year 1913 and the steam engine and railways had been tested for a good thirty years,many railways had been made the United kingdom my homeland. I was built London,Brighton and south coast railway ,LB&SCR for short, i was built as the E2 class along with 8 other engines. Now I didn't stay on the LB&SCR because In 1915 I was bout on trail to an island to the northwest of England the Island of Sodor.

Island of Sodor 1915

When I arrived on sodor the railway was far from finished I there were many engines there were many engines from the old railways on the island. There was Adam,Lilly,and colin from the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway Neil,Roger and Clive from the Sodor and Mainland Railway, and there was winston a red engine. When I got there I was told by the director that the first engine of the north western railway and I was painted with number 1.

"So that's why you have that on you star" said steven pointing to his chest. On Thomas' chest was a yellow star with a blue number 1 with a red outline. "Yep" said thomas "now where was I."

"right sodor".

Sodor 1917

It took almost two years ,but, after 2 years two year we finished the line and we had a grand opening. After that I was turned station pilot to Knapford station shutting coach for the other engines, before I got my own branchline. For many years I like was good but the hard times came.

Sodor 1934

It was the great depression a lot of people didn't have money mony anymore so there were less passengers,industries were also closing left and right so there less goods for us to take. It got so despite that that railway had to sell a lot of the older engines for scrap against the directors wishes. Soon enough there were only seven of us,but then we were bought out by W.D industries. They were going to tear up out rails to build roads ,soon enough we were all put out on a siding expecting the worst. One night I went to sleep on heat siding,but when I woke up I was somewhere completely different.

Homeworld ?

When I woke up I was somewhere different and felt different I then fell on my hands then I realized something I had hands! Then I fell on my face I try to stood up but I had some trouble, after few attempts to got up and then after I had some practice with my body then someone came into the room I was in.

"Hello rose quartz Facet-2T6P Cut-9JX" the gem said "uh hello my name Thomas" I said "yes quite,are you ready?" "for what?" "for training of course" at first I didn't know what she meant but soon I would soon. I was trading to be a soldier for the "earth colony" as there put it with the rest of my engine friends on sodor. I was happy to see them again but not this way, they wanted to make us to destroy the Crystal gems

After we finished our training we were made into a team, I was given the role of leader we did basic missions around earth security,retrieval stuff like that. During this time We could see what they were doing to our planet they were stripping it of all its resources, we were disgusted by what we were doing. We are trying to find way to get out but nothing worked, that was until I saw her.

Rose, she was there with Pearl to to attack the kindergarten witch we were grading. I went to attack her but when we made eye contact I could tell we had a connection, eventually they got away and we left for our next mission. But on the way there something happened to our ship it started malfunctioning and we crashed landed, I was knocked out.

I woke up in a forest alone and no-one was around not the ship, not any of my team, nothing. I walk for what felt like hours Intel I found something, a valley of Rose bushes. I was amazed I had never seen something so beautiful, I jumped down to have a closer look then I heard something,singing I follow the voice to a fountain were I saw Rose again.

She had her eyes closed so she didn't see, that was until I stepped on a twig,*SNAP* she opened her eyes to see me,she was so surprised to see me she fell in to the fountain. "are you alright" I asked rushing over to her "Oh yes I'm fine" she'd said reassuringly "I just wasn't expecting to some new that's all" "im sorry my ship crashed and I found this valley and here you singing and-" "Its ok" she cut me off "you just surprised that all, no harm done." she then she stared into my eyes.

"your that gem from the kindergarten aren't you" she asked "yep that's me" I said nervously. "tell me when we made eye contact there did you also feel a-" "strange connection" I interrupted. "yes, let me see your gemstone please" I did so and she was amazed. "Same color,same placement same size looks just my gem" she said amazed pointing to here "probably a coincidence" i said "I don't think so my gem is slightly off color from other rose quartz I can tell and your color is the exact same color as mine" I looked at both our gems and indeed they had the exact same color "and the placement it's one and million for gems to have the exact Same gem placement" "Well I wasn't a gem originally a gem" I countered "It was probably placed on me" "even so I think it's a it too coincidental for your gem to the have the exact same color as me" she debuted "well maybe-" "WAIT A SECOND" she shouted "what" I asked "I remember something" the she told me she she remembered.

Rose was attaching a gem laboratory she was shot by something in her Gem. "OW" she shouted she looked down to see a mini ejector *FLICK* she'd flicked it off her and looked at the thing , it had pink liquid in it' she then went on her way and past no further mind to it.

"What does that mean?" I asked very confused. "Well it means that liquid was probably used to make you gem" "OHH , well what does that mean" I asked confused "it means" rose said "that your gem is a clone of mine" "Oh I see, well now what" rose frose up. "oh right you still work for home word, your problem going to turn me in right? It's fine I'll just-" "wait wait" I interrupted "i'm not going to turn you in" "your not" Rose ask surprised "no I'm not,in fact" a hosted out my hand to shake hand with her "I want to join you sister" "sis-tor?" rose said confused "It's what an offspring calls another female offspring" I specified "but were not offspring of anything " but we are the same gem and mines a clone of yours" "that means were. technically offspring" "right and that makes you my sister" "oh I see" "right and sense I'm a male that makes me your brother" "Well then" Rose took my hand "welcome uh" "Thomas" I said "my name's Thomas" "welcome to the Crystal gems Thomas" with that we shaked hands "now" Rose said "tell me about yourself" "it a long story" "I've got time com sit" she said moving here hand to feel me to sit .I sat on the fountain and told rose my story.

"And that was the story you just heard." concluded Thomas there was an awkward since. "WOW" said Steven "That was incredible" "you had to to go through all that" said pearl "Well I said it be long didn't I" "not just long that was gut punching if you know what I mean" said Amethyst "it has very sad" said Garnet "Well I don't see you crying" "im crying on the inside" Thomas rolled his eyes. "Sure you are Ruby" "what happened next" asked steven "Well I met pearl shope wasn't too happy to meet me" pearl looked a way abashed "they I met up with the rest of my team and they became Crystal gems to" "who was you team you didn't go into much detail about them" "Oh yeah I didn't did I" realized Thomas "well I'll tell you about them right now"

First there was Edward:

He was the the wisest of us he gave great advice. He often got us out of trouble,with his sapphire gem he could tell the future pretty well.

Then there Henery:

He's a little shy but since you get to know him he's like a big teddy bear, with his tourmaline gem he could bend nature to any he wanted.

Of course I can't forget Gordon:

How could I forget the fastest of us he can go right on water, but that's not all he can do with water with his lapis lazuli gem he move any amount of water.

And then there's James:

Thought eh many little vain james is still hard working and very reliable. With is ruby gem he sat fire to anything he wanted.

And of course Percy

Percy was my was my best friend on sodor a cheeky helpfully and keep to promises' Percy is the bestest friend you could ask for. With his peridot gem Percy made ideas for the next generation of gems as a well as many other useful gadgets.

Aad last but not least Toby

Toby is in Many ways is like Edward except Toby has a gun. With his citrine gem Toby had an hand pistol named henrietta Toby inflected what he called justice.

"And with me as their leader" said Thomas "we were the STEAM TEAM" "WOW" said teven star eyed "where are they now are they still around" Steven asked shortly after "well" thomas started "after the the war they wanted to leave" Thomas said before pausing "and I didn't. I wanted to start with Rose she's my sister after all. So they left and I stayed and I never saw them again."

"Oh" said steven "I fact that's either reason I wanted to got around the world to see if I could find them but *shigh* I had soon such luck" "hey it's ok" said Garnet "we'll find them eventually" "and at least you have us" said pearl "your right" Thomas said "at least I've to got you four for now" with that there was other group hug.

"Well" said Garnet "It's getting late time for bed Steven" "but I have more question to ask" steve said frantically "you should mission steven, you need to your sleep" "aww" "tell you what if you go to sleep i'll answer all the questions you have and I'll let you do whatever you want me tomorrow how's that sound" "ok" said Steven and he got ready for bed. Steven got tucking into bed by thomas "goodnight uncle Thomas" "good night Steven" and steve driffed of to sleep.

*YAWN* "well looks like should be getting to sleep too" said thomas a little tired "goodnight yo three" "g'night Big T" said Amethyst "good night Thomas" "night my big cutie pie" said Garnet Thomas blushed "Oh garnet" with that thomas go on the elector to the yard,took it down,put it back up so no one would fall ageing,morphed into engine mode,got on to the turntable and rolled into berth into the shed where he drifted happily to sleep.

Author's note: Well told you we had a lot to get thought. In all seriousness focks I hope you enjoyed this Big Bertha as mutch I did making imaking it see you and next time.