Silly Steamies

Thomas And The Magic Railroad told from Diesel 10's point of view.

Written by Blueberry706.

Chapter 1: The Past

There were rails beneath me, trees surrounding me, and a large, red bridge in front of me. I purr down the line and across this bridge to this so-called "magical" island known as "Sodor." The controller from this mediocre island had recently bought me so that I could help his pathetic steam engines with their jobs.

Steamies. I hate them.

I eventually arrived at this station in Vicarstown to meet the railway controller there. These people at the station just stare at me and my claw, Pinchy, in horror. I can hardly believe how pathetic these humans are. They're just as lame as steamies when they cross a diesel. Mind you, Pinchy could just pick up one of these idiotic humans with my claw with ease and chuck them somewhere across the station. But I'm feeling quite nice to be doing that right now, however.

Finally, the railway controller, Sir Topham Hatt (or should I say, Fatt Hatt) arrives at the station. That took him long enough if you ask me.

"Ah, you must be the new diesel I purchased. What is your name?"

"It's Diesel 10." I replied to him rudely. All the while, I thought about how lame that name was. Might as well name a person 'Human 10' if you're gonna name a locomotive 'Diesel 10.' Pah!

"In that case, welcome to Sodor, Diesel 10." The Fat Controller told me with a smile. "Now, for your first job, I want you to take a goods train that is in the goods yard to the docks. I'm sure that the engines will be able to help you if you ever get lost or need directions."

As Sir Topham Fatt Hatt was leaving the station, I heard some of the foolish steam kettles mocking me behind their back, some of them terrified and puffing away from me, and others just staring at complete shock at me and Pinchy.

Those puffballs drive me crazy.

"What diesel wears a CLAW on their roof?!" mocked a stupid engine while laughing at me.

"Yeah, it looks ridiculous!" chuckled another.

The more they laughed and teased, the more they drove me nuts.

I'm not sure if you know this about me, but I'm no cowardly diesel whatsoever. So I decided to scream at these foolish puffballs and to show them who's boss.

"Oh, so you think a claw on me looks ridiculous?! Well, guess what? Pinchy's HUNGRY FOR A STEAMIE! And you look like you'd satisfy his appetite! Gahahaha!" I snap at them. Pinchy snaps open and shut towards them. That made those airheads running for their lives. Hah!

Now, where was I? Oh yeah.

After scaring away those idiot puffballs, I went to the Vicarstown Goods Yard to complete my first job. As I was traveling there, I could already tell that I was going to have a wretched time on this island. Heck, it was already bad enough when I first crossed that bridge.

At the goods yard. I saw two identical engines. They were waiting for me to give me my goods and to give directions since I just arrived on Sodor not too long ago.

"Psst, Dodge! The new diesel is here." One of them says

"Huh? What?" Dodge asked as he woke up from a nap.

Then he saw Pinchy on my roof.

"Yikes! He has a claw!" exclaimed Dodge.

Oh great. First, we got pathetic steamies and now we got pathetic diesels? What's next? Scaredy COWS?!

"Dodge, don't be so rude!" lectured the other one.

At least one of them isn't foolish I thought.

"Of course I got a claw! Have you never seen one before? Gosh, you are just as stupid as those kettles!" I yelled at Dodge.

"Oh sorry about that. Dodge is just being a nut. I'm Splatter by the way. Say, do you hate steam engines too?"

"Of course I do! They make my fuel boil." I said to him.

Just as I expressed my hatred towards steamies, Dodge said something.

"Y'know, speaking of steam engines, I heard that there's a Victorian one on this island that is said to be responsible for keeping this island standing. She's rumored to have magical gold dust too."

"Oh don't be ridiculous, Dodge. You know that magical engine is probably not real. There's no silly gold dust anyways."

Just as he mentioned this engine, I got an idea.

"Magical engine responsible for keeping the island alive? If this engine really is real and if she is on this island, how would you like to help me DESTROY her? This will destroy this pathetic place and all the steamies standing here once and for all!"

The two knucklehead diesels look at each other and chuckle in an evil way.

"We'd love to." The two say.

"Great, now follow my lead!" I say to them.

So I get my goods train and me and Splodge head to the docks.

This diesel has got a plan to get rid of these foolish steamies and this island once and for all.

Splodge and I finally arrive at the docks and I deliver my cargo. This crane at the docks, Cranky, never even cared about Pinchy as he was taking care of my goods train, nor did he say a word about I'm being honest with you, he's probably the only one on this island that I like.

We head on the mainline to report to Knapford to meet Fatt Hatt there. As Splodge and I were at a signal on the mainline, something suddenly caught my eye. It was a small, magenta and gold tank engine. She was a Victorian class tank engine as Dodge explained to me. It shocked me to discover that she exists.

We've hit the jackpot I thought.

"Well meatheads, I think we've found what we were looking for." I told them deviously.

"What are you talking about, Ten?" Asked Splatter.

"We found the magical engine that Dodge told me about. And I think that Pinchy is hungry for some silly steamies like HER!" I exclaim, raising Pinchy high in the air.

They looked at each other with a devious look and laugh. Our signal then turned green and we were off to annihilate a puffball.

The small, Victorian engine was puffing down the line with trucks to take to the quarry. A man, who served as her caretaker, was in her cab driving her.

"Ya know, Lady, you and I make a really good team, both in Shining Time and on Sodor." The man said to Lady.

Lady smiles hearing that. "I'll agree to that, Burnette." she replies.

I then decided to break their precious little moment and open and close Pinchy repeatedly, scaring the two.

"PINCHY'S HUNGRY!" I yell at Lady.

The man in the engine's cab turns around and looks at me in fear and the magenta engine has the scaredy engine look on her face. It makes me want to laugh seeing that on a steamies face.

"What do you want from us?!" Asked Burnette in Lady's cab, startled.

I had the most devious grin on my face as I was chasing them at this moment.

"Oh nothing much, just to DESTROY YOU!" I reply to them. Pinchy then snapped open and shut at them, and that sent them running.

And then the chase was on.

I chased Lady on the mainline and through signals. I tried grabbing Lady's funnel with Pinchy, but she sped up, dodging it.

"And just where do you think you're going? Muahahaha!~" I deviously asked, picking up speed as I chased her.

Then, there was a goods train up ahead of Lady. As soon as she saw it, she put her brakes on but couldn't stop and tine and then...

CRASH!

Lady had crashed into the goods train, damaging her front buffers and her coupling. Just as I was about to attack her, she backed up and suddenly… disappeared?

"DRATS! She got away!" I exclaim in frustration.

Splatter and Dodge then looked at each other and then looked at me.

"W-We don't know where she went, Ten. Honest." Dodge stuttered.

I stood there in frustration for a second, and then I spoke.

"I'll find you one day, you magical engine." I say to myself. "And when I do, I will destroy you once and for all, you'll see!"

And with me on this pathetic island, this engine's life and the fate of Sodor will be on the line for sure.