The Winx Club's Sodor Adventures - Season 2

Episode 1: Double Trouble


It was a beautiful morning on the Island of Sodor. Thomas the Tank Engine's blue paint sparkled in a sunshine as he puffed happily along his branch line with Bloom, Annie and Clarabel. He was feeling very pleased with himself.


"Hello, Thomas," whistled Percy. "You look splendid."

"Yes, indeed," boasted Thomas. "Blue is the only proper color for an engine."

"Oh, I don't know. I like my brown paint," said Toby.

"I quite agree with you, Toby," said Roxy. "Brown really suits you. And I love to wear pink and green."

"I've always been green. I wouldn't want to be any other color either," added Percy.

"Yeah, Percy," agreed Musa, "I like your green paint too. And I'm happy to wear red."

"Don't you see, Thomas?" asked Bloom. "Everyone have different opinions in life. It's what makes all of us different and special."

"Well! Well, anyway," huffed Thomas, "blue is the only color for a really useful engine. Everyone knows that."

"Thomas, what's with your attitude lately?" asked Musa. "You're acting more like James than your own self."

"Listen, you silly party animal," Thomas huffed, "do I look like a red engine to you?"

Musa was furious. "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" she snapped.

"Don't bother with him, Musa," said Percy. "Sometimes he acts like a tree."

"What do you mean by that, Percy?" asked Roxy.

"Outside all bark, inside all sap!"

Everyone laughed, except Thomas. "Very funny, Percy!" he said crossly.

Percy said no more. He just grinned at the others.


Later, Thomas was resting when Percy arrived. A large hopper was loading his freight cars full of coal.

Thomas was still being cheeky. "Careful," he warned. "Watch out with those silly cars."

"Go on, go on!" muttered the cars.

"And by the way," went on Thomas, "those buffers don't look very safe to me."

"What did you say, Thomas?" asked Musa, then she felt a sharp jolt and fell off Percy's cab. Luckily, she wasn't hurt.

But after the freight cars pushed Percy into the buffers, the hopper's timing was up. And with a rumble, the last load of coal poured down.

"Help, help!" cried Thomas to Bloom. "Get me out!"

"Hang on, Thomas," cried Bloom as she climbed into her engine's cab, and tried to move him.

Percy and Musa were worried, but they couldn't help laughing. Thomas' smart blue paint was covered in coal dust from smokebox to bunker. And also Bloom's hair and clothes were black and sooty from the coal, making her a very dirty fairy indeed.

"Are you alright, Bloom?" asked Thomas, coughing. "Why didn't you help me?"

"I was!" said Bloom crossly. "But we're stuck, and it's all because of your attitude this morning about your blue paint. I hope you're happy now. Now how are we going to get out of this mess?"

Then, they heard Musa and Percy laughing.

"Ha, ha!" chuckled Percy. "You don't look really useful now, Thomas. You look really disgraceful."

"I'm NOT disgraceful," choked Thomas. "You and Musa did that on purpose, Percy. Now get us out!"


It took Bloom and the workmen so long to clean Thomas, that he wasn't in time for his next train. Toby and Roxy had to take Annie and Clarabel.

"Poor Thomas," whispered Annie to Clarabel. They were most upset.


Thomas was grumpy in the shed that night. Toby thought it a great joke, but Percy was cross with Thomas for thinking he had made his paint dirty on purpose.

"Fancy a really useful blue engine like Thomas becoming a disgrace to Sir Topham Hatt's railway."


Next day, Thomas apologized to Bloom for his bad attitude yesterday and was feeling more cheerful, as he watched Percy and Musa bring their cars from the junction. The cars were heavy and Percy was tired.

"Have a drink," said Musa. "Then you'll feel better."

The water column stood at the end of the siding with the unsafe buffers. Suddenly, Percy found that he couldn't stop. The buffers didn't stop him either.

"The brakes have failed!" cried Musa. "I must jump out!"

"Ooh!" wailed Percy. "Help!"

The buffers were broken and Percy was wheel deep in coal. It was time for Thomas and Bloom to leave. They had seen everything.

"Thomas," asked Bloom as she heard him laughing, "what's so funny?"

"Now Percy has learned his lesson too," Thomas chuckled.


That night, the two engines made up their quarrel.

"I didn't cause your accident on purpose, Thomas," whispered Percy. "You do know that, don't you?"

"Of course," replied Thomas, "Bloom told me that the coal hopper chute was rusty and wasn't closed properly. And I'm sorry I teased you and Musa. Your green paint looks splendid again too. In future, we're both be more careful of coal."

And when Bloom and Musa heard that their engines forgave each other, they were very happy. And I think we can be sure that Thomas and Percy will be more careful with coal, don't you?


The End