We will see what is planed for Gordon and Nia about their academic, The Martial art club are starting to learn about self defense by two good friends. The spirits heard about the troubles of the bullies of the school and decided to make something stick to the three before it is too late to stop.

I do not own any part of Thomas the tank engine & Friends they are owned by the following.

Thomas the tank Engine & Friends

By the Rev W Awdry.

Developed by Britt Allcroft

Owned by Mattel.

Other Characters by Pinkninjaprime and blackboard26

Solving Issues.

On a cold afternoon at the high School, Thomas and his friends are attending a Martial Arts class with Hiro, and it was at this moment another familiar face as also decided to volunteer for the martial arts too.

Young Bao. "Hello everyone, hope I am not too late to start up with the sensei Hiro."

Edward. "Sensei Hiro?"

Hiro. "Sensei meaning master or in this case teacher in the orient."

Gordon. "Ah, well. How should we begin this class Sensei Hiro?"

Hiro. "First, I must address something, in order to become part of this class. You must remain focus on the moves we will be demonstrating for you to see, any distractions that you may have heavy mind over will surly hinder your performance. The art of defense is to teach you how face any possible problems with others while gaining confidence and awareness, but also how to prevent the event from escalating out of control. We will learn when to use our minds over our muscles in order to find smarter not stronger solutions to end a problem without coming to blows."

Thomas. "What you are saying is if we do our part right, we need to be aware of what we are capable of before we decide if confrontation can result in making amends before we act with physical contact with our learned skills of martial arts."

Hiro. "Correct Thomas, I believe many of you are fairing well in your academics as well?" He cans see most of them are confident enough to say yes while he sees that Gordon is concerned about something. "Gordon, how are you doing in school, are your grades doing well?" Gordon knows he is doing well, except for math, he knows he needs to study his academics in mathematics but cannot find ways from wondering from his assignments.

Gordon. "I am doing fine Hiro, it is just I am having a hard time concentrating on my math assignments, I try my best to keep up. But cannot keep myself from dozing off during my work on them."

Hiro. "I see, maybe after we are finish for the day, we can discuss on how to better perform on your academics, so that way you can have better confidence in your performance, and help you find ways of solving problems when they come into view, Alright Gordon?"

Gordon. "Thank you, Hiro."

Hiro. "For the rest of you, listen carefully. In order to succeed in this class, you must learn how to use physical means to disarm your attacker, or to simply show them your capabilities to them. That way they can decided if it is worth attacking you, if you can defend yourself from them. However, no matter how good you are in your performance as a martial artist, always remember to use it as a last resort. It is always best to work out your problems before deciding of throwing punches, no matter how difficult it can get. Now let us get started." As the group was under way with their class, back on the homestead Nia just returned after her visit with the school councilor about her learning difficulties. Duck was already heading for the workshops to help Oliver with his raising meat rabbit project. Turning the available lumber and timbers to build rabbit hutches and nesting boxes for the mothering does. Duck then sees Nia as she approaches the workshop shed, then comes up to meet up with her with a warm greeting and a hello kiss with her.

Duck. "Hello there my African Flower."

Nia. "Hello Duck." Then they shared their kiss before addressing Nia's learning issue.

Duck. "So, what did the counselor say about your problem?"

Nia. "Chances are that I may have something called Dyslexia, it is considered some sort of learning handicap where my brain is fine, but I am processing anything I see into something that is not, and that could be the reason of why my writing and spelling is in trouble."

Duck. "What did the counselor suggest we should do to help you Nia?"

Nia. "The counselor suggest we talk it over with Sir Topham Hat about allowing for me to be tested to confirm the reason for my struggles. If I was declared a Dyslexic, then we can talk to the teacher on how to help me overcome my problems and make them minimum to me for the future."

Oliver. "At least you are doing something about it Nia, from what we heard about those who have this kind of condition, often get teased by the other students who simply do not understand about how a mind of a Dyslexic actually works."

Nia. "Also, the counselor also mentioned that it can be unrecognized by teachers who may not be familiar with the disorder and may use the problems as not working well enough. I just wanted to make sure that I know what the real problem is about my understanding how I read as I spell and write, if I wanted to improve my performance in school."

Duck. "Don't worry my love, when we talk it over with the controller, he will know if you may need special treatment if you are having troubles in school. I am sure he will understand about your problem and may want to help you in any way my sweet." He says as he pulls Nia up to him to give her a reassurance kiss to help her feel better about herself. She kisses him back for the complement and to know how she feels for him.

Nia. "Thank you Duck, I really needed that. I love you Duck."

Duck. "I love you too Nia." Then the continue to kiss that made Oliver aware of how serious their loving is and decided to intervene before they did something not so loving.

Oliver. "OK you two, if you are going to continue with that then take it to the dormers already." The two broke it off after hearing it from Oliver who was just into the workshop entrance, and the three laughed of the thought of how nearly serious Duck and Nia love spark almost made Oliver want to head to his room in the dormers.

Nia. "Oops, Ha, ha, ha, sorry Oliver, we forgot that you are still there."

Oliver. "Ah no problem, I can get into such a situation myself when I want to find time with Gina from time to time."

Duck. "Well I had promise to help you on your rabbit hutches today and I aim to keep my promises to my fellow former great western engine friend."

Oliver. "Plan to stay and help out Nia?"

Nia. "Sure, just let me put my school books into my room and I will be more than happy to help out."

She does as Duck and Oliver continue to work on the rabbit hutches, back in the School the students who are taking the martial arts class had finished for the day and are now on their way home to the homestead. Thomas and Percy could not help but to talk about all they had learned about the class and decided to test them in a sparing session in their on-sight workout shed where they can practice.

Thomas. "That was not so bad aye Percy?"

Percy. "Not bad at all Thomas, those were some amazing moves Hiro and Young Bao had taught us."

Thomas. "As soon we get home Percy, we will head into the workout shed to test out the new moves in what they called a sparring session."

Rosie. "How did you like it Holly, I am sure it can spur up your confidence about being able to face any challenge that can come our way, don't you think."

Holly. "It is an eye opener Rosie that is for sure, when Thomas and Percy find time to spar with each other do you believe you and I can work on the moves Young Bao, and Hiro had taught us."

Rosie. "Sure, how soon you want to try them out Holly?"

Holly. "How about after Thomas and Percy is done with theirs sound?"

Rosie. "Works with me."

Edward. "So, Gordon have you learned anything while under the watch of Hiro and Young Bao perform the martial arts to us this afternoon?"

Gordon. "I believe there could be some improvement to my performance in this class, I just hope there is a way to for me to improve on my mathematics without dozing out on the subject."

Edward. "How come you are unable to pinpoint on the cause for your problem Gordon? Surely there could be a reasonable reason why you are having this problem in math."

Gordon. "I just wish I knew Edward."

Edward. "Why don't we sit down and find out why you are having this problem Gordon?"

Gordon was not so sure if Edward could help Gordon with his problems, but any help will do for Gordon to improve on his mathematics if he wishes to return to the rails as a driver.

Gordon. "Very well Edward, maybe together we can find out why I am constantly dozing off on my math assignments." Then it is off they went home to the homestead, just on another part of the Island of Sodor, Mason Trontuc had returned from school and is still unconvinced about able to walk around Sodor without permission from some former tank engine and his friends. His mother just seen him and is worried about her son having such thoughts about the engines becoming human. She decided to come to his room, just to have a talk with him, to see if Mason will finally see reason before it is too late for her son.

"". "Knock, knock, knock!"

Mason. "Who is it?"

Ms. Trontuc. "It is me Mason, I just want the two of us to talk." Mason went over to the door and opened to reveal his mother on the other side. The mood was an awkward one where Mason can tell that his mother is worried about his future. Mason went back onto his bed just as his mother came over to see where Mason's thoughts were coming from. "Mason, honey, we need to talk about this."

Mason. "There is nothing to talk about mom. I got arrested just because someone did not like for me to hunt the owls."

Ms. Trontuc. "That is not what I have heard, you were poaching not hunting, and it was not about someone not wanting you to hunt the owl's son. You decided to walk upon one of your classmate's land without his permission. You chose to work with a black-market person for some fast money, and endangering those who live on that homestead. You were lucky Thomas and his friends decided to have that game warden about, since they wanted to end the conflict before they use their firearms in self-defense."

Mason. "Don't tell me you have sympathy on those engines now human."

Ms. Trontuc. "Of course, I do, I have seen how much Thomas and his friends had cared for everyone on the island even before their humanization. If there was one engine one can count on this Island for, and that is Thomas the tank engine son. Now that he is experiencing what it means to be human, he can now explore more about the world around us, before he can decide what kind of a future, he wants to have now he is not bound to the rails all the time."

Mason. "Oh really, when was it the last time Thomas ever did anything to this Island before his humanization?"

Ms. Trontuc. "Plenty, the one that stood out the most for me, is when the Island was stuck by a terrible wind storm when the Airport was under construction. It was also at this time the controller wanted to make some changes to Tidmouth sheds. It was not until the steam engine and the diesel engine put their differences aside and worked together fix up all of Sodor. Even with the help of Diesel 10 the strongest and powerfully built 42 war machine, was able to put his feelings for steam engines aside and helped restore the repairs to the Airport before the first plane came in to land. The reason why I know of this mason, is because I was among the first to come over to Sodor on that first plane ride in."

Mason was amazed about how Thomas was able to set aside his feelings for the diesels so the engines will help bring the new arrivals by plane but was still not convinced about the engines now walking among the humans.

Mason. "That is amazing mom, but I still do not know why Thomas and his engine friends had come out of their engine shells and walk among us humans. Why doesn't he just go back the way they were, I always liked it when he was just the tank engine and not the human boy."

Ms. Trontuc. "Why does it bother you so much son? Thomas and his friends did not know they were going to become human, but after all that has revealed to them, they all decided it would be best to remain in school until they are old enough to decide for themselves what kind of life they wanted to have. It is now up to them what they wanted to do for themselves, before they can decide what it is best for them."

Mason still have his doubts about Thomas and the other engines becoming human and wonder why this had to happen. Then he looked on his desk and on it was a model version of Thomas when he was still on the tracks. He realized what was the reason for his disagreement about Thomas becoming a human instead of Thomas the tank engine.

Mason. "Maybe it is because I still want him to be the tank engine, so I can one day climb into his cab one day and hopes of going down the line as his driver one day. But now that he is human, it seems my dreams have died when he started to walk among us."

Ms. Trontuc. "Why not talk it out with Thomas and see how he understands things now that he is a human, maybe you can learn something new with him one day and see it is not so bad that Thomas is the human instead of the Tank engine."

Mason. "I do not know mom, it is so hard to talk to him without the reactions of my friends wanting to find way to do harm to them."

Ms. Trontuc. "If that is the case Mason, then you should find new friends if they are preventing you from understanding Thomas and his friends better." Mason just remained silent about whether or not to talk with Thomas and his friends, so far, he did make some bad impressions on the former engines, and Mason is not too sure if the residence of that homestead can ever want to have anything to do with him now he created some friction between them and his friends. Ms. Trontuc decided that it would be best for Mason to dwell about how to deal with this problem he is facing, and hopes it is not too late for her son to turn things around with the human engines. "If you need anything, I will be down stairs until you are ready to talk some more about this, OK." Mason just nodded his head knowing he must think hard about why he dislikes Thomas and his friends the way they are now instead of how they used to be.

Mason. "Sure mom, I just need time to think about this, alright." His mother nodded her head as she stepped out of the room and closed the door behind her just as Mason decided to sleep on the matter. Unknown to him, he was watch by the same spirits that allowed for Thomas and his friends to become human, now realized the reason for Mason and his friends' attitudes about the engines becoming human and decided to help Mason see things differently but in his sleep.

Back on the homestead Thomas and his friends and sister Ariel had finished watching Thomas and Percy spar with each other just as Rosie and Holly had finished with their mock combat with each other just in time for the Homesteaders to return and headed for the dining hall for dinner. Emily and Molly decided to create some healthy salads and entrees for the athletic group on the homestead for a healthier meal and some dessert to finish it off.

Thomas and the rest found their usual place of seating and after serving each other a portion of their meal, decided to hold each other's hand in a offering of prayer for a new beginning in the new year.

Thomas. "Dear lord, we are here today to give you our thanks in prayer, as we are about to enjoy the bounty you have provided us throughout this past year. Let us now ask of you for strength as we journey through this new year in hopes we can amend with everyone who we encounter so far. Allow for some of our classmates to know we wanted to be his friend, but he needs to understand that it was a hard decision about becoming a human and now attending high school to earn an education. Please allow for him to understand what it was like to be the engine before understanding what it means to be the human and help him and the others of why we chose the life we have now. Amen."

Everyone else. "Amen."

Ariel. "Let me guess you had another encounter with Mason and his friends, am I right Thomas."

Thomas. "Unfortunately, yes, I just wish there was a way to let him know that we chose to have this life, and even if we were to return back as the engines, I would feel incomplete without knowing all that has taken place since we have been humanized."

Rosie. "Maybe it may happen, if the ones who allowed for us to be human to begin with, are sure to have the ability for humans to know what it means to be the engines. I know he believes that engines are to be told what to do from day and night by the controller and some of the railway workers along the lines. He just needs to know there is more to it than that."

Percy. "It is a different world from living life as an engine, from what it is like to live as a human. Plus, as a bonus, humans have something that an engine doesn't, starting life from a baby with parents who want to love and care for you every day."

Polly. "Also, humans will look out for one another when times are tough, the engines of sodor might experience that here due to the controller who is in charge, but most engines have no time for any of that when there is work to be done up and down the railway lines."

Toby. "Mason may be lucky to have a family starting with the parents who brought him into the world, while engines are not born but built for the purpose any engine is built for."

James. "Not only that, if changes are to be made on any railway, most engines cannot voice their opinions about the changes even if it means that engines will be scrapped just to make the service better for the human world."

Henry. "We are just the lucky ones who are here to make the northwestern railway what it is even before our humanization, everyone else would surely give up on me due to the fact that I started out as a crossover hybrid and could not build up the steam correctly."

Edward. "And I would surely be left in the sheds after being left there since my original running back in 1914, if it was not for the kind-hearted young Wilbert Awdry who suggested the controller of the day a chance to see me run the lines again."

Thomas. "After all the mistakes I have made when I first arrived on this railway, any other controller would surly give up on me and send for some other engine. Not here though, Sir Topham Hat is indeed a controller above the rest when it comes to running a railway."

Oliver. "Indeed Thomas, it is because of his fairness when he allowed for both Donald and Douglas become part of this railway. Then I would not have the pleasure of meeting up with Douglas when I needed help from escaping the scrap yards that one faithful night."

Douglas. "It was nothing really, but I was inspired by Edward after he told me of the tale how he helped rescued his friend Trevor from Scrap, so I felt it would do a world of wonder to help you with your situation Oliver."

Oliver. "Still I thank you Douglas."

Douglas. "Aye, no problem my friend."

Meanwhile on other parts of Sodor, Mason, Ian, and Sean are experiencing a weird dream about what it is like to be an engine. As they were dreaming, they all heard a voice that can belong to the controller of the railway.

STH. "Mason, Ian and Sean you all need to wake up, it is time to start another day on the railway!" All three were confused about starting another day on the railway so Mason spoke up first.

Mason. "The railway sir, but we cannot work for the railway, we are not engines, we are humans and teenagers surly you have mistaken us for Thomas and the rest of the engines of Sodor."

STH. "Oh no, you three are defiantly engines on my railway, now all three of you need to get going the passengers and goods are not going to their destinations themselves now are they." The three were still confused about why they are told like railway engines and started to roll out of the shed when the three looked down in a puddle and discovered to be three engines, Mason was the tank engine, while Ian was a tender engine and Sean was the Diesel shunter engine already to work the railways.

Mason. "I do not understand how did we become the engines instead of Thomas and his friends?"

STH. "Thomas is busy on his homestead and is unable to help us out on the railway for the time being, so you three are going to work the duties here until sundown understood."

Mason and Friends. "Yes Sir!" Then the controller walked away, while Mason wonders how to sort out the trains and which engine is going to take them to their destinations. He remembers that it was Thomas's job to sort out the coaches and trucks for the other engines to take, but now it was up to Mason to sort out the Trucks and Coaches about the yard and wonders where to take them too. From their shed Annie and Claribel could not help but noticed how clueless that Mason was about which train to sort out first then calls out to him."

Claribel. "Yoo-hoo over here young engine." Then Mason eyed over to the coach shed to see Annie and Claribel calling to him and decided to see what they wanted.

Mason. "Well what is it you want to say to me?"

Annie. "Are you confused about the coaches and the trucks young engine?"

Mason. "Yes, due to the fact that I am not really an engine, I am supposed to be a human teenager, dealing with regular teenage problems, not working as an engine of all things."

Claribel. "Is it really that bad to be an engine Mason, surly you have seen how happy Thomas and the others were before they became human have you."

Mason. "I have and I thought they would definitely be happy how they could at least return to their engine sides after learning how to reverse the process of becoming human."

Annie. "And why do you believe they are not happy now that they are human, although we do miss our riding with Thomas while he was still in Charge of the branch line, but since then the rides were more smother than rougher, and everything gets done on time."

Claribel. "And even if he is not the engine, we still see him on the railway but in his old cab, so it will be like he had not left the railway at all."

Mason. "Maybe, but now I need to get these things moving, and I still do not know how to sort everything out, I wish I had someone to help me sort out the trucks and coaches about." Then he heard a voice from the other track.

"". "Do you need a buffer with something friend?" Then Mason looked over to the other track to see Stanley still in engine form and riding along the tracks with him and spotted the problem with the new engine.

Mason. "Are you Stanley?"

Stanley. "That I am, do you need any help with anything here?"

Mason. "Tell me which of these things I need to sort out first, I have no idea of how things work on the railway."

Stanley. "Follow me and I will show you." Then Mason followed Stanley while Ian and Sean try and understand their rolls on the railway. Then Stanley took Mason over to the coach yard to help understand the different coaches. "This here is the coach yard, there are many coaches to sort from like the Express coaches for A3, here are some other coaches for the Black 5 engine that was once Henry, and these shiny red coaches are usually pulled by James of Course. The first ones you need to take out first are the coaches for Henry, here let me show you how it is done." Then Stanley buffered up the first set of coaches just as the shunters pole reached over to secure the coupling to Stanley's buffer, before he can bring the coaches to the platform. Then with the toot of Stanley's whistle he reversed from the coach yard and onto the first platform of Knapford station where the people have gathered to catch their train to the mainland. "Always remember it is very important to keep our passengers happy and try not to make too many silly mistakes or the passengers will complain and will call us a terrible railway."

Mason. "Would it be very bad to have too many silly mistakes on the railway Stanley."

Stanley. "You better believe it, too many railways can lose revenue if passengers are bumped and jump along our railway lines, like the time James was too much of a show off one time where he ended up with a pouty face much of that time."

Mason. "Are all engines like that?"

Stanley. "No only James is like that due to the fact of admiring his splendid red paint for all the world to see, but it usually blocks his common sense and can get reckless at times. The rest of the engines often place pride into their work, to make this railway the most memorable railway that any holiday maker can marvel over."

Mason. "Is It really that hard to please the passengers on their travels across the railway Stanley?"

Stanley. "Not really, for any engine we do not see it as work like humans see it, we engines see work as play." That placed a thought on Mason, engines views work as play as they roll along the railway lines. Humans usually complain about how work often grinds their bones to the core and wonders if it was about not finding it hard in fun but in work. Then it dawned on Mason of why he felt this way towards Thomas and His friend about their humanization, not only are they living on a homestead, but they are also working there to keep them going since to them the work is almost like play to them, but instead of working on the tacks they are working just like any human being needing to being able to do the things that are necessary not only in survival but they also found it to be fun in all the activities they perform not only on the homestead but in the railway yards as well.

Mason. "Tell me Stanley, When Thomas and the others started out on this railway, did they all know the kinds of Jobs they had to perform for the railway?"

Stanley. "From what I have heard from the other engines who were here since the beginning of this railway. All had to learn from engines who were here before the arrival of Thomas and Edward when the Railway was still under construction."

Mason. "You mean that Thomas started out from the beginning, I thought he did not arrive until all the other engines had arrived according to the television series."

Stanley. "You know that television does not always get it right, it was all documented by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, after his first visit here on the railway when he first visited here in 1922. He first was introduced to Edward before he learned anything about Thomas and his struggles before he became the engine he is now.'

Mason. "I did not know there was so much about Thomas that the television show did not explain about."

Stanley. "There was a whole lot more about our railways that the television people did not want to write about that was documented by the Reverend. But the show did make somethings worth mentioning that the Railway series books did not write about."

Mason. "And what would that be Stanley?"

Stanley. "The Reverend only concentrated on British Engines alone let alone other engines that made their way to British Isles especially during WWII. Like the time we meet up with Rosie who was supposed to find her way to the South Hampton Docks where Thomas was from but ended up staying with us and from that and after a bit of misunderstanding between Thomas and Rosie, they are now a strong and loving couple on the Island of Sodor."

Mason have a lot to think about, there was so much history on the Island of sodor Especially with the engines. They knew since their arrival of what life was like during times of peace and time of war. All the engines who lived through the years have indeed passed the test of time and are now part of this new way of living after so many years on the railways as engines. Mason wanders if the engines had dreams during their time on the railways besides learning how to pull trains for their railways.

Mason. "Stanley, do you have any thing you ever wanted to do even if you're an engine?"

Stanley. "Well one time I had witness some toy rocket ship that landed near the railway line once and wandered what it would be like to travel into the stars and look back down to earth from a possible space mission. However, I learned it would be best just to dream about it rather to dwell on the fact that I cannot go since only humans can go and so can space shuttles."

Mason. "If you had the chance to travel to the stars as an astronaut, how hard are you willing to get there?"

Stanley. "As long as I can study hard and learn hard not only from books but from those who also traveled through the stars before I ever would. That way if there would be anything I will be needing, is to gain that education that can led me to follow my dreams if I was the human and not the engine. That will have to wait until there could be some room on Thomas's homestead since he has his spaces already filled up with the rest of the steam engines who are now human."

Mason was again deep in thought about how engines can also dream about things they cannot do since it is critical for engines to travel along the lines and humans do have the freedom to wish whatever kind of future any human wants to make. Mason himself did not know what he was going to be when he finished school, he did want to learn about becoming an engine driver, but now knows there are two worlds on the railway. The role of humans who work for the railways, and the world of engines who are the most hardest working part of the railways and there are times when even an engine like Thomas or even The Gresley Brothers Gordon and Scott who have their limits when it comes to working on railway lines across the landscapes of their origins.

Mason. "Stanley, is there a difference between an engine who pulls the trains while the workers who operated the engines and trains alike?"

Stanley. "Well as engines we look after our crews to make sure they are aware if the lines are cleared or blocked by anything that can block the flow of traffic on the railway lines. While the crews do all, they can to keep us running at top condition to avoid what we call here confusion and delay."

It was here that the three woke up from their sleep with a new understanding of the engines who are now human and realize there was more to Thomas and the others besides what it was like for them to be the engines. Mason was the first to wake up from his revelations and realized what he was missing since hearing about Thomas and the engine becoming human.

Mason. "Wow, it was just a dream, and yet there was so much more to them other than what it was supposed to be for them to be engines, they also have dreams, wishes and experiences that no human can ever know until now." Mason just decided that it was best to wait until morning and hopes that he can meet up with Thomas and hopes to apologize for his behavior to the thought of the engines becoming human.

The Following day everyone gathered in front of the High school and Thomas and the human engines are waiting for the doors to open as their usual school friends also came up to greet them just as Percy and Polly noticed Mason, Ian, and Sean approach the group just before the doors can open.

Percy. "Uh. Heads up everyone, it looks like we have someone to keep entertained." Everyone turned to see what the three wanted this time. Mason, Ian, and Sean just came up but with mixed emotions about what was revealed to them in their sleep during the night.

Mason. "Hello everyone, I hope we can start off fresh on our relations with you lot." Thomas and Cassey came together to hear what the three had to say as they both stood in front of the group of friends to listen in.

Thomas. "Go ahead we are listening."

Mason. "First I want to apologize about how I have acted towards you and your friends from the railways Thomas. When I heard you have been separated from your engine side, it made me scared to hear how you were now living among us. It was not about how you are living among us that scared me, it was how suddenly engines came to life just like that. It made me wonder if you were just more than some strongly built person, who may find it hard to find the friends in those like me and my friends. Then last night myself and my friends dreamed of how things would have been like if we were the engines instead of being the humans we always have been."

Ian. "We thought that if you were the human instead of the engine, it must have meant you have a different personality since your humanization."

Thomas. "The only thing that has changed of me is how I live now, not how I lived when I was the engine. Other than that, I am still the same Thomas everyone has come to know about and will continue until I decided what will be the best course of action for me as well for my friends. I always like to make new friends, no matter how they started out in life as. I am more than happy to let you all know that went on the railways since we all worked it during our time on it as engines. All you have to do is ask and we will be glad to tell you."

Percy. "Just be careful on who to ask since some of us here have the tendency to make fibs on some of the tales to make them more important from the rest of us." Everyone laughed at that comment knowing there are some among Thomas's friends who tend to boast about how their performances are like when they traveled the lines of the railways.

Edward. "Just let us know what you wanted to talk about, and we be more likely to explain what you wanted to know about our railway when we were still traveling across it from the very beginning."

As the friends talked on until it was time to enter the building to start a new day in School, Thomas and his friends are more than willing to tell the tales of their railways even what life was like even before they ever come to the northwester railways. The next time we come back we will hear the results about how Nia being tested for Dyslexia and let us find out how Gordon will find the answers for his sleeping problems in math class. When we continue our journey through Northwestern High School.