My Little Pony: Equestrian Girls/Sodor On Vacation
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Season 2: Timothy Saga
Episode 2 (18): Going Back
After Norman, Den & Dart were accepted with the Sudrians, they as well joined their vacation. Everyone is having lots of fun with the three, and they greatly agreed. At a nearby café, Norman, Den & Dart were having smoothies, one being raspberry, mango and pomegranate, and are joined with Daisy, Mavis and Dennis.
Daisy: I must say, you three are incredibly lucky you didn't do something more sinister or else, you would've been in serious trouble.
Norman: Agreed Daisy, at least the three of us decided to change our ways before more trouble comes at our door.
Dart: Same here, I'm just glad you guys gave all of us a second chance.
Mavis: I'm just glad you three are okay. Speaking of which, has anyone heard a word about Boco.
Dennis: I'm sure he's fine, he's one tough son of a gun.
Norman: Anyway, what have you guys done in the past before all of us came here?
Mavis: You wanna know what we did in the past?
Dart: Sure Mavis, at least we can see what you guys did way before we came here?
Dennis: Speaking of which, did anyone have a word of what the Steam Team and Rainbooms are doing, while we're sitting on our behinds doing nothing?
Sour Sweet: I believe I know, last I've heard from Sunset, the girls along with the Steam Team are going on another camping trip.
Daisy: Who are you?
Sour Sweet: I'm Sour Sweet, and right behind me is Sunny Flare, Indigo Zap, Sugarcoat & Lemon Zest.
Lemon Zest, Sugarcoat, Sunny Flare & Indigo Zap: Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
Daisy: Nice to meet you ladies.
Sugarcoat: Hmm, from what I've heard from the Steam Team, you must be Daisy, Mavis & Dennis.
Daisy: That's correct.
Mavis: Spot on!
Dennis: Hey, what gave it away.
Sour Sweet: Nice to meet you three.
Norman: It's nice to meet you ladies again.
Sour Sweet: Norman, Den, Dart, what's up. I'm glad you're released from jail and get to spend time on your Sudrian vacation.
Den: Thanks Sour Sweet, uhh, what I mean is…
Dart: What me means is that we're treating this vacation like a tourist at a resort. This is paradise!
Dennis: More like lame paradise if you ask me.
Mavis: That's your opinion Dennis, but not to the rest of us.
Derek: Agreed Mavis.
They look in the direction and see Derek & Salty arrive.
Salty: Arr matey, what do we do have here, a couple of good looking sheilas we have around these here parts.
The girls chuckled from what Salty said.
Mavis: Don't mind Salty, that's how he talks
Daisy: Any word from Boco?
Derek: Sorry Daisy, I haven't heard anything from him. That is strange, very strange indeed.
Dennis: Can we worry about him later, and try to tell Norman, Den & Dart our past experiences.
Daisy: Sure thing, Mr. Sir-Lames-A-Lot.
Dennis: Whatever.
Mavis: Well then, why don't you start first Dennis.
Dennis: Ugh, fine, if you insist. When I was first brought to the island, Sir Topham Hatt expected me to do some "work" for him, delivering tiles to the children's school. But I'm known for being a lazy engine, and don't care about work, all I care about is myself. Until one faithful event, I got myself stuck in a ditch, broken down and I've tricked Thomas, one too many times, on his day off. Man, how stupid I was, but I've learned my mistakes and now I'm really useful.
(Flashback: Dennis was one of the new diesels that was introduced on Sodor, his job is to deliver roof tiles for the children's school, but there's one thing that hinders his work, his laziness. All the while Thomas is enjoying his day off, so Dennis tries to exploit him to deliver the tiles to the school. But his plans to get out of work didn't work out well, so he raced off not even caring about his job, but he didn't pay attention and crashed into a ditch. When Thomas arrived, Dennis explained that he tricked him into making him do his work, and he feels sorry for doing that to Thomas. After Thomas accepts his apology, he helped him deliver the tiles to the school, and after receiving a scolding from Sir Topham Hatt, Dennis vows to never be lazy in his work again)
Salty: Aye matey, that's rough.
Dennis: I know right, and it still pains me to this day, just remembering that particular event.
Daisy: Well, at least yours isn't as embarrassing as mine.
Mavis: Oh, I know what it is.
Daisy: Hush Mavis, ahem, well, I was talking to Toby that since he's incapable of wheeshing away any stray animal on the tracks, I think he's full of himself and I even think I can I do it myself with a toot of my horn, and when I encountered a bull named Champion, he wouldn't even budge, all because he was concerned of is his breakfast. I tried again, and instead of running off, he sniffed close to my face and I had enough.
Sure enough, Daisy was right.
(Flashback: Daisy was having a conversation with Toby, who's warning her to be careful about livestock on the line, but Daisy is so full of herself that she didn't take any of his advice, and thought she could toot any animal that comes her way, even bulls. So she rolled off thinking her way of clearing off animals off the line. Until she met Champion, a prized bull that escaped its paddock and went onto the line Daisy was on. She saw the bull and tried tooting her horn but the bull didn't listen and continued chowing down on his breakfast, she tried again, but it didn't do anything. This made Daisy angry, and did it one more time, and this time, the bull was pissed, which worried Daisy until she sees him sniffing her face, and that did it.)
Some of the others snickered and try to hold in their laughter. Daisy's cheeks flushed red with embarrassment since retelling that tale.
Derek: Man, that's really embarrassing.
Daisy: You have no idea.
Lemon Zest: Hey, sorry to change the subject my friends, but have you've heard of the recent arrival of Logan & Sam.
Salty: Hmm, those two don't come to mind, sorry mate.
Lemon Zest: Well, I did hear from talking to them, since we're still getting to know each other, that they helped build a new museum back on your island.
Dennis: Now that you mention it, I did catch a glimpse of the two while I was passing by, but I didn't know that was what they're building.
Lemon Zest: Huh, who was the last to see them.
Mavis: I believe it was Thomas, but he's away with the rest of the team, Starlight and the Rainbooms on a special campout.
Lemon Zest: Drat, so who else knows Logan & Sam.
Derek: Try asking Ryan, I think he'll be able to help you.
Lemon Zest: Thanks, let's go girls.
So the Shadowbolts walked around downtown to see if they can find Ryan, and they did, at Canterlot High, hanging out with Stanley, Charlie & Rosie.
Sour Sweet: Maybe that guy can tell us where we can find Ryan.
Charlie: Ha, tell me if I'm hearing things, but is that the famous Shadowbolts the girls we're telling us?
Sugarcoat: That's us, and you are?
Charlie: I'm Charlie, and this is Stanley, Rosie & Ryan.
Ryan: (Chuckles) That's Charlie for you, always standing as the center of attention.
Sunny Flare: So you're Ryan, I'm Sunny Flare, and this is Sugarcoat, Indigo Zap, Sour Sweet & Lemon Zest.
Ryan: Well, it's nice to meet you ladies. So what brings you around here?
Sour Sweet: Well, we were wondering if you know Logan & Sam before they left Sodor.
Ryan: Well, after they built the museum that Sir Topham Hatt ordered, Logan & Sam were called back to the Mainland, some of us were sad seeing them go, but we know that someday they'll return to Sodor.
Ryan wasn't lying about the tale he's telling.
(Flashback: Thomas was rolling down the line when he stumbled upon a large train, and wondering, who was pulling this many freight cars. As he counts the cars, he stumbled upon the engine pulling them, an American engine Sam, who was pulling this massive train, he was heading to the museum building site. Thomas is happy to lead his new friend to the construction site. Once the museum is finished built and opened, Logan and Sam were called back to the mainland, while the rest of the engines were sad to see them leave, but they reassured them that they'll be back and help the Sudrians out.)
Sour Sweet: Amazing, I didn't know that those two have to come back to the Mainland. It's sad, but I'm happy they're here in Canterlot.
Stanley: That's right Sour Sweet, with them joining us, it'll make this vacation a lot sweeter.
Rosie: Agreed, having them will be a blast.
Lemon Zest: Well, I'm glad you guys are having fun with them around here, and I'm hoping I'm not intruding, but do you guys want to share some past moments in your history.
Rosie: Well, I did one embarrassing thing one time. When a carnival special was to be taken and I was so excited that I didn't know Emily was supposed to be taking the special and I took half of the train, which led to coconuts blocking the level crossing, pink sugar covering Stepney and seats for the Ferris wheel crashing into Emily.
(Flashback: Rosie was excited to take the carnival special, but she didn't know that Emily is taking it, she accidentally took half the train, which led to a lot of broken couplings, with the first being coconuts blocking Bertie's path at the level crossing, a car filled with pink sugar crashing into Stepney and as Emily was climbing the hill, the cars carrying the seats for the Ferris wheel bashed into Emily.)
The Shadowbolts cringed after hearing Rosie's tale.
Sunny Flare: Ooh, that must've been rough.
Rosie: You have no idea.
Stanley: Well, there is one thing I did that sort of got my friend Thomas very upset, I was doing all those nice things to everyone that I took so much away from Thomas, that I felt like I was replacing him.
Stanley wasn't lying about his tale.
(Flashback: When Stanley first arrived on Sodor, he was getting all the attention from all of Thomas' friends, pulling Annie & Clarabel and sleeping in Thomas' berth which made Thomas very upset.)
Sugarcoat: That doesn't sound nice.
Stanley: Well, not really, turns out it was just a big understanding.
Indigo Zap: Well, at least that's taking care of.
Lemon Zest: Ryan, what about you?
Ryan: Well, I helped Thomas stop a pirate by the name of Sailor John trying to steal the treasure and the pirate ship that Thomas found, I saw this and I thought it was coming towards me until Thomas told me to stop it, and it sorta happened that the anchor hooked onto my buffer beam and with my might, I managed to pull the ship to the ground, leaving the pirate for Thomas to deal with.
(Flashback: Ryan was rolling down the line when he encountered the stolen pirate ship and Thomas trying to stop it, which he told Ryan to try to stop it, and he did, with the help of a loose anchor which hooked onto Ryan's buffer, and with his might, he pulled the ship to the ground, leaving Thomas to deal with Sailor John.)
Sour Sweet: Wow, that's amazing!
Ryan: It sure is, I was also happy that Thomas congratulated me for helping to stop that pirate.
Lemon Zest: I'm impressed, these past stories you engines are telling us, is actually really enjoyable. I really want to hear the other engine's stories.
Ryan: If you want, I can come with you and introduce you to some of my friends.
Sunny Flare: That would be most appreciated!
The Shadowbolts and Ryan walked around town to see if they can find more of the engines, they eventually find another group of engines that are talking at a juice bar: Harvey, Arthur & Murdoch.
Ryan: Ladies, meet Harvey, Arthur & Murdoch.
Harvey: Hello, you must be those Shadowbolts that the others were talking about right.
Sugarcoat: That's us.
Arthur: So what brings you around here?
Ryan: Well, Arthur, these fine ladies wanted to hear you past stories, they really like to hear them.
Murdoch: Really, how interesting.
Ryan: So, who wants to start?
Arthur: I'll start, around my first arrival on the island, I was tasked to take some cars to market, but I didn't take in account how troublesome the trucks are and I was steaming down the hill, I didn't see Duck waiting at the level crossing and I crashed into him from behind and have squashed fruit all over me.
(Flashback: Arthur is pushing the four trucks down the line, everything was going smoothly until they played their tricks, as he was racing down the hill, he didn't see Duck at the crossing and crashing into him, spilling fruit all over the place.)
Sunny Flare: Ooh, that's got to be the worst way to go.
Arthur: It was, but I managed to put that aside.
Murdoch: I guess it's my turn, while I was pulling a large goods train, I stumbled upon a flock of sheep blocking the line, my drive and fireman tried everything to get the blasted sheep off the line, but it didn't work and at the same time, I couldn't bear their baaing anymore, because I'm known for my peace and quiet, and the sheep were not helping one bit, well, until Toby decided to end this madness.
(Flashback: Murdoch is pulling his long goods train enjoying his peace and quiet, until he had to stop by a flock of sheep that strayed onto the tracks, his driver and fireman tried everything to get the sheep to move, but it didn't work, just as Murdoch was about to reach his breaking point, Toby came in to save the day.)
Lemon Zest: Wow, I'm just glad Toby managed to be there to help stop your sheep problem.
Murdoch: Yes, and I thank him for that, but next time, if there's a sheep on the line, I'm turning the other direction.
Harvey: Probably for the best, well, I guess I'm the last one. Well, when I arrived on the island, the other engines thought I was strange, because of my crane arm design, and everyone thinks I'm not really useful because of my design, but they're soon proven wrong, when I have to help Percy from an accident he had, and after that, everyone respected me.
(Flashback: Harvey was lowered onto the tracks at the docks, he was happy being the newest engine to Sir Topham Hatt's fleet. But, everyone starts complaining about his design and that made him sad, thinking he's not really useful, until it all changed when Percy had an accident with the trucks, Harvey was called to rescue him and he showed everyone and the railway board, even Percy how useful his design can be.)
Sugarcoat: How rude.
Soar Sweet: But hey, they didn't open up to his potential, but I'm glad you showed them.
Harvey: Thanks, it's a pleasure talking to you girls.
Lemon Zest: The honor is all ours, so who's next.
Ryan: Hmm, I know, let's find the Pack, I'm pretty sure they have some good stories to tell you girls, follow me!
Sour Sweet: Oh man, he's such a gentleman, don't you think?
Sunny Flare: Agreed.
So Ryan led the Shadowbolts on another trip across town to find the Pack, just then, Ryan was suddenly in a speed duct which caused him to spin around and made him dizzy.
Ryan: Whoa, what the hell is that?
Caitlin: Oh sorry Ryan, we didn't see you there.
Ryan looked to see Caitlin and Connor riding two amazing motorcycles, their bikes are crotch rocket, one is maroon with a lavender stripe down the sides and the other is a turquoise with a sky blue stripe.
Lemon Zest: Whoa, nice rides!
Connor: Thanks Ms. Zest, since the townspeople are so nice in having us get these awesome rides, we just had to try them out, don't we Caitlin.
Caitlin: Agreed Connor, these babies rip!
Sunny Flare: Wow, those motorcycles are awesome!
Indigo Zap: Hmph, not as fast as our beasties, I say the next time we come across you two, we'll do a little race, are you in.
Caitlin & Connor: Oh, we're so in! oh, we're so in!
Caitlin: Well, we'll see you girls next time! See ya Ryan!
The two speedsters sped away in their new motorcycles.
Ryan: See ya Caitlin & Connor! I see you girls gotten yourselves acquainted with the Earl's royal fleet.
Sugarcoat: Wait, they're part of his royal fleet?
Ryan: Well, not battleship royal fleet, more like, streamlined royal fleet.
Sunny Flare: That's so cool! I did not they were royalty.
Ryan: Technically no, but they did deliver passengers from the Mainland, to Vicarstown and even deliver tourists to Ulfstead Castle.
Lemon Zest: Wow, more surprises from Sodor by the day! I just love it!
Ryan: Well, you'll find more when we get to the Pack.
Bertie: How about I gave you guys a lift?
They look to see Bertie come in with his bus.
Bertie: In fact, I know where they're at, they're at the park.
Ryan: Perfect, now let's get going.
So they go inside Bertie's bus and they set off to the park. Once they were off, they see what the Pack is up to: Jack & Alfie playing with a Frisbee, Kelly fishing in a pond, Oliver feeding the birds and the occasional squirrel, Byron lifting giant boulders probably as his workout routine, Patrick organizing different rocks, Buster and Nelson relaxing while watching nature, Isobella admiring her beauty looking at herself in a handheld mirror and Brenda & Darcy skipping stones across a separate pond.
Indigo Zap: So this is The Pack?
Ryan: Yep, well minus two members, they're Max & Monty, troublesome dump trucks always looking to cause trouble, so they took the time to not invite them.
Sour Sweet: I see, this just keeps getting better and better every time!
Nelson: Well, when you put it that way, it does get better every time.
Buster: (Chuckles) Agreed.
Sunny Flare: So you must be Nelson & Buster if I remember correctly.
Buster: You guessed right young lady.
Lemon Zest: Wow, it's such a pleasure meeting you all.
Jack: The same for the rest of us, welcome to The Pack.
Indigo Zap: So you must be the leader of The Pack.
Jack: Well, you can say that, though we mostly follow orders from our director Ms. Jenny, but she usually puts the leader title to me.
Kelly: Well sometimes Jack.
Jack: Kelly! Anyway, what brings you guys out here?
Sunny Flare: Well, we wanna know what past adventures have you guys done on Sodor.
Jack: Oh-ho boy, well, you've certainly come to the right place. I'm pretty sure everyone has past experiences they want to share, except Brenda & Darcy, they're sorta new.
Darcy: We heard that Jack. (Chuckles)
Jack: What, it's the truth. Anyway, who wants to start?
Kelly: I'll probably get this problem I had over with. There was one time that Ms. Jenny called me out to do something, when a freak gust of wind came and tipped me on my side. Since then, I've been afraid of wind every step of the way, until I learnt to conquer it while I was rescuing Isobella from falling off the road.
(Flashback: Ms. Jenny called Kelly to do a task, until a freak gust of wind tipped him on his side, which sparked his fear of wind, until he had to conquer his fear to rescue Isobella.)
Sour Sweet: Ooh, that must've been scary and brave at the same time.
Kelly: It sure was, Ms. Sweet, but I know never to let wind take my mind of work.
Buster: I guess I could tell you one story that's always a good one.
Lemon Zest: Well, let's hear it.
Buster: Well, I was brought to help flatten the road for a racetrack, Max & Monty decided it will be funny to race me, and I accepted the challenge. So the race began, they're out in front while I'm taking my sweet time, then out of their own stupidity, they crashed into a ditch and I kept on going until I won the race.
The Shadowbolts were surprised hearing this from Buster.
(Flashback: Buster was one of the latest additions to the Pack, when he was flattening a section of road for a racetrack, Max & Monty thought it will be funny to challenge Buster to a race and he accepted the challenge. After a while, the race was underway, but the dump truck twins' stupidity has led to them crashing into a ditch, while Buster went across the finish line.)
Ryan and the Shadowbolts were shocked, they didn't think that was actually true.
Sugarcoat: There's no way that is true.
Buster: It sure is Sugarcoat, I did win that race, didn't I Jack.
Jack: He sure did, and he wasn't even speeding, since he's a steamroller, get it.
Some of the Pack, the Shadowbolts and Ryan got a laugh after what Jack said, then, Alfie made a suggestion.
Alfie: Hey, why don't we have Jackie-boy here say his past tale.
Jack: Oh crumbs.
Sour Sweet: What did you do Jack?
Jack: Umm, I rather not talk about it.
Alfie: Come on buddy, it doesn't hurt to let it out.
Jack: Ugh, fine, but you're gonna get yours one day. (Clears throat) Well, how should I start, it was around my first time being part of the Pack, I was so excited to be a part of the team that I didn't remember Ms. Jenny's saying "Safety first", and that in turn, caused me to tip off a rocky mountain slope and that almost made me lose my position to be part of the team, until I got redemption, by saving Thomas from a collapsing bridge.
(Flashback: Thomas had just dropped off Jack at the quarry, ready to start his first day of work, until he got too excited and caused him to tip off the quarry slope, which almost caused his position to be lost, until he got his position for the Pack back again, when he saved Thomas from a collapsing bridge.)
Sunny Flare: Whoa, that was the most epic story I've ever heard in existence!
Jack: I'm glad you liked it, say, if you girls want, you can hang with us, it'll make the fun all the more enjoyable.
Lemon Zest: Can we Ryan, these guys seem like loads of fun!
Ryan: Hmph, go ahead, I like to stick around but…
Alfie: Uh-uh Ryan, we also have some fun plans with you, and it wouldn't be the same without you.
Ryan: Umm, oh what the heck?! Count me in! Cowabunga!
With Ryan joining the fun, along with the Shadowbolts, they all did things with the Pack in extraordinary ways: watching butterflies with Brenda, playing football with Olive and Byron, freeze-tag with Alfie & Jack or relaxing on the grass watching the clouds with Nelson & Buster. For them, they were having the time of their lives. But, where are the Rainbooms, Starlight and the Steam Team, well, that's a story for another day.
Characters in Order:
1. Daisy
2. Norman
3. Dart
4. Mavis
5. Dennis
6. Sour Sweet
7. Lemon Zest
8. Sugarcoat
9. Sunny Flare
10. Indigo Zap
11. Den
12. Derek
13. Salty
14. Charlie
15. Ryan
16. Stanley
17. Rosie
18. Harvey
19. Arthur
20. Murdoch
21. Caitlin
22. Connor
23. Bertie
24. Nelson
25. Buster
26. Jack
27. Kelly
28. Darcy
29. Alfie