This is where the homesteaders will discuss about what their intent will be before the beginning of the new priorities to the Homestead. What will be agreed as the season progressed, and before long some mysterious circumstanced will begin to occur on the Island of Sodor from another realm. Where possibly would it come from? Let us read on and find out, shall we?

I do not own any part of Thomas The Tank engine & Friends, nor Tugs they are owned by the following.

Thomas the Tank engine & Friends

By the Rev W Awdry.

Produced by Britt Allcroft

Owned by Mattel.

Project Developments.

It has been over a week since Thomas and some of his friends and sister Ariel had brought home some needed trout for the growing mouths on the homestead. Thomas and some of his friends are present with the controller, along with some of their neighbors on what are the plans throughout the year, before the holiday makers return to Sodor and may want to travel in the back country of Sodor. Since Thomas and Rosie are owners of the homestead, they really need to pay attention to everyone involved to hear all who are present before investing into the new proposed projects for the comfort and stability of the homestead. After revealing that those who work for the railway are given a huge refund due to the fact, they are providing for those who have family members and are either unable to provide for themselves yet, or underage to find much needed jobs for the additional income for all who live there. They are also given some reductions in what are called dividends since they made extra improvements to the homestead and providing livable structure and purpose structures for the homesteaders needs. In the end the refund means that Thomas and Rosie will plan to upgrade the cabins, only a quarter of them will be dry cabins, while the majority are going to be full cabins since many who visit may not be skilled or equipped for venturing in the wild out doors without learning about survival training. Not only that they also allowed for a ranger station to be located in the middle of the homestead for new ranger recruits to learn how to interreact with the visitors who may ask a series of Questions that Thomas and his Friends and sister may not have time to answer since they will be busy with either work with the railway or work around the homestead whether on the trail, the feeding range, or even the vegetable gardens and orchards. In the hoop house Rosie, Emily, and Ariel are together sowing the first sets of seeds for the growing season. They are in the hoop house to planting their first set of seeds such as Celery, Broccoli, other leafy greens and even some of the pepper plants they plan to start off soon.

Ariel. "Time to start the garden, how are you two getting along with your items today?"

Rosie. "We are doing fine Ariel, it is a perfect time to get the seedlings a head starts if we want to make sure everyone has enough to eat throughout this year into the next."

Emily. "Has Thomas finally know what to tackle first, Rosie?"

Rosie. "Yes, he and some of the guys are in the woods using a method on how to measure the size of some of the trees we plan of bringing down for the new improvements on the cabins, and the first one they wanted to tackle it to break ground for the Cattleman's cabin."

Emily. "I bet it would be nice in there instead of sleeping on the cold ground of the Sudrian soil, no telling where the cows have gone where you lay." Both Rosie and Ariel just chuckled about Emily's comment.

Ariel. "Not to mention that it could be like a get away from some of the spaces that make finding time with another as a struggle for the some of us."

Rosie. "Thomas and I are not stopping your interest with Seaman Eric Ariel, I am sure you both can find that time whether we are there or not."

Ariel. "True, but I still like to find time without hearing cracks from Thomas now and then."

Rosie. "I am sure he is just being big brother Thomas to you, help make your time with Eric a fun one, even if it means to break the mood from the two of you for a brief moment."

Ariel. "Oh, I do know Rosie, he just has a cheeky way of letting me know how he feels for my relations with Eric."

Emily. "Well at least it is not in a vicious way, can you imagine if you had an over protective brother who cannot imagine their sisters ever in a relationship to anyone beyond their families. It is best to have a cheeky fun brother instead of an overbearing and protective brother."

Ariel. "And I am lucky to have Thomas as my older brother, looking out for my happiness and safety."

As the girls are busy in the hoop house with the seedling flats, deep into the woods behind the homestead, Thomas along with some local woodmen, along with some of his friends Toby, Percy, Gordon, Edward, Scott, Polly, and Mavis are present to learn how to chose the trees one must have if they want to build structures with the downed timbers on the homestead. Even if they had asked Misty Island for a request of logs to be transported to the homestead, the local trees need to pick very carefully since they did not want to strip the land of the timbers in order to have the logs ready to make the Cattleman's Cabin. They are shown how to use a tool that is used to measure the base of the trees to determined if they are to be used. The ones they chose for the project are then marked with a can of spray paint, before they all checked out the next ones to measure before deciding to mark them or not according to the conditions of the trees. Then after they marked the trees to be cut down, Thomas, Edward, and Gordon are to decide where to fall the trees since they need to be careful not to endanger anyone who are not paying any attention to the work as they are progressing.

Scott. "So, have you three decided on how to get the trees to fall down?"

Thomas. "According to the woodsmen they insist of planning out where we are to send the trees falling in a way, we don't lose any of the trees, nor have anyone in danger of the falling trees we are to cut down."

Edward. "Don't worry as long we plan the cut carefully, we can get this job done, we just need to be made aware that no one is going to be in the path of the falling trees."

Gordon. "Well now let us get going, shall we?'

Then the friends got to work and start by cutting away from the front part of the tree to give them the direction they needed to go, only to stop the cut almost half way through. Then started to cut the tree from behind the tree to allow the tree the lean toward the direction of where the tree is to fall to. Some of the trees are a bit trickier since some may have some surrounding trees that are not meant to fall, so some had to climbed up the trees to make sure to secure a rope to help provide a way to make sure the fall of the trees are to hit their marks as they did. While Thomas, Edward, and Gordon are busy bringing the trees down, Toby, Percy, Scott, Mavis and Polly help take the fallen timbers and decided to use a tool called a draw blade that is designed to debark the logs and get them ready to be use on the cabin. Toby and Percy are Measuring the logs to check the thickness of each one from the root end or the butt end, compared to the measurements of the top or the end of the tree. They all determined that the cabin will be big enough to accommodate at least four to six people in the cabin and had its own amenities to make it feel more like home. Where the homes back on the homestead have fixed up plumbing inside the homes, the Cattleman's cabin will have an outhouse a little bit away from the cabin. This is a more rustic type living, than luxurious.

Percy. "This is what cabin living should be like, nothing like the great outdoors, and searching for your needed provisions while keeping watch over the cattle herds."

Toby. "This cabin is going to be sweet, I cannot wait until it is ready for the first every cattle drive to the feeding range of the homestead."

Scott. "I do admire the amount of land that Thomas and Rosie have to their names, it almost makes me feel like they have everything they need to make their living possible."

Mavis. "Are you going to miss this place when you return to your engine half Scott?"

Scott. "I probably would, but then again those who have my engine side are going to want me to return to my engine half and be the pride of the British rails again. Do not worry, if I do manage to find that crystal in my lamp, I can always find an excuse for a return to see my brother and cousins again. My engine side can remain on the rails, but then I can remove myself from my engine side when ever being such a celebrity can be too overwhelmed for me."

Toby. "I am sure Thomas and even Gordon may not mind, although I believe that Gordon will miss you more since you two got to know each other since your humanizations last year."

Scott. "Ha. Ha. Yeah, he and I have become closer since then. Once we return to the rails either as the drivers or the engines, we will surely be missing each other only for a while until either one of us want to see the other."

Polly. "Did Gordon say he may want to visit you on your railway Scott?"

Scott. "He did, although he may not have been clear to mentioned it, but we can clearly see that he does want to visit me from time to time but as humans and not the engines. That way travelers can still travel to their destinations, while Gordon and I reconnect after times apart."

Percy. "That is good to know."

While everyone was chatting away in the feeding range preparing the logs to be used in the cabin build, back at the homestead. Duck, Nia, Donald and Douglas are in the animal pens feeding the animals and cleaning out the spaces of the animal's waist then taken the animal messes and placed then in the composting piles where they will be used to bring nutrients back into the soils of their growing fields. It was also here that Oliver along with his girlfriend Gina accompanied with Ashima in hopes to find time with Ryan. The three came over to see if they can bring their input on what to grow to help their pizzeria business.

Nia. "Hello Oliver, I see you had brought over Gina and Ashima. What do we owe the pleasure you two?"

Gina. "I actually came to see Oliver and hopes to ask Rosie, and the other ladies about what else they plan to grow in their gardens that we can use in our pizzeria."

Ashima. "And I had come as an excuse to see Ryan since I hardly seen him for a while since Valentines."

"". "Well you are about to see your purple clothed lover beautiful." Then all seen Ryan show up after he came home from an errand for the controller. Ashima came up to him and greeted him by embracing him around his waist as he embraced her and came together for a warm hello kiss to the lips.

Ashima. "Hello, my wonderful Ryan I was hoping you would been at home today."

Ryan. "Actually, I had to fill in for a fellow worker in the shunting yards today, and I came home just in time to see you Ashima." Then the two kissed again before addressing the reason for Gina and Ashima's visit. "And what is your Excuse Gina? Planning to spend a day with Oliver, did you?"

Gina. "Maybe, also to ask Thomas and Rosie if they are interested in providing some produce we can use in the Pizzeria. That way we hope to cut some cost to the business during the spring break that is coming soon."

Duck. "I thought it was the college bound students who have a spring break, not high school students."

Donald. "Where have you been Duck? Of course, we get to have a spring break as well, that way we can rejuvenate our minds and priorities of what we plan to do this year."

Douglas. "Not only that, remember when we suggested that resort near the little western be our place before the summer rush. That way we can still be close to our original jobs on the railway, and when we are able to return as drivers then we can find places to stay at night."

Oliver. "I Think that it would be best to remain here until knowing where I plan to stay, no offence but I kind of like the way I am living. It keeps me busy, I have invested myself in raising meat rabbits, and I am part of the homestead Outdoors club. I can honestly say I feel like I am where I belong."

Duck. "Are you saying you are not going to live along the little western? What is not appealing to you about our branch line?"

Oliver. "I actually have nothing disrespectful about the branch line, but I like it here in the woods, I feel like I can do what ever since learning outdoor crafting and building structures out of pure joy it brings me."

Donald. "I think I know why he is declining living along the branch line, it barely features any inland woods that Oliver is now enjoying his free time. It gives him a place to ease his mind and rejuvenates his soul."

Douglas. "And he has been taking his time in the wood building survival structure, testing his ideas on how to make structures into shelters and living spaces."

Gina. "I was in one of his outdoor structure, I find it very interesting that he has these skills. He and I had a wonderful night once while sleeping in one of his cabins away from the game trails."

Nia. "Are any of them the cabins Thomas and Rosie plan to build dry or full cabins from?"

Oliver. "I had shown Thomas What I have managed to accomplish while he works in the yards and provides us shelter and warm meals. He investigated them and found them to be great structures to rent out to the holiday makers that want to rough it in them."

Gina. "In turn, Thomas had an inspector come over and see if any of them can be utilized as a bookable cabin for the Holiday makers and nearly all of them had passed for livable cabins. Thomas and the others plan to make log style since the ones that Oliver had made may not suite to everyone."

Duck. "Well then I say that is time well spent, and a passion well earned."

Oliver. "Thanks Duck."

While the little western friends continue with the farm chores, James, Molly, Jessica, Jasper, Holly, Conner and Caitlin are in the dining hall. James is on the computer listing the things he liked as an engine, while listing the things he likes as a human, trying to decide what is the best course for him to take. Molly knows she will find it best to return as a driver and decided that she can still earn her keep and have that kind of living while working on the railway. Jessica and Jasper are also talking to their American friends about what they plan to do while coming up with plans for their futures.

Jasper. "Conner and Caitlin, have you two planned of returning back to the rails as engines or as drivers?"

Conner. "I plan to return as a driver, since our humanization, I now like to venture to places that did not allow for rails to travel down on."

Jessica. "What about you Caitlin, any plans to return to the railways as either a driver or as an engine?"

Caitlin. "I plan to return as a driver, I still like traveling on the rails but love to end the day in a nice warm inviting home to live in at the end of the day."

Molly. "Thought about how you plan to live your life Caitlin, I am sure there will be those who may find interest in you."

Caitlin. "Recently, I have been talking more with Scott than anyone else on the homestead."

Holly. "Have you?"

Caitlin. "Yes, since realizing that Gordon is happier with Rebecca, I find better company with Scott. He is charming, sincere, and is a real gentleman more so than Gordon can be." James just turned around after hearing about Gordon not using proper approaches to the ladies in his life.

James. "Just don't let him hear you said that Caitlin, it may make him, and Scott compete who would more of a smooth dude to you ladies. I am not to sure about being in the middle of that conflict." The rest could not help but to Chuckle about Gordon and Scott becoming competitors between them selves and their loved ones.

Everywhere on the homestead and even down by the lagoon area, where the humanized tugs are hard at work with their projects to help better improve the outcome of the homestead whether it be on land or out around the Sudrian coast by sea. Until unknow to everyone else a mysterious event will come not only to Sodor but involves everyone who lives on the homestead. Out of no where a gust of wind was felt across the landscapes, from the feeding fields to the lagoon. From Elsebridge Station up to the heart of the homestead itself. Thomas and those who are in the woods stopped their activities and gather to ponder where this wind had come from.

Percy. "I had no idea the wind was going to be this strong today."

Toby. "It was not supposed to be this strong today Percy."

Mavis. "What could be the reason for it to be this strong?"

Then Thomas, Edward, Gordon, and Scott Stopped their activities by turning their equipment off and gathered with their friends who are also experiencing this event.

Thomas. "Is everyone alright, is everyone going to be ok?"

Percy. "We are fine Thomas, we just do not know why the wind had picked up like this."

Then at this moment Polly felt something, still being part of the Magic railway she had felt some presence entering through the buffers and after it had jetted out and landed in front of the group of friends before the winds had finally died down and everyone looked to see a strange looking book had landed where they were debarking the fallen trees into the logs for the Cattleman's Cabin. The book looked old, on the cover the inscriptions read the history of the Royal Sisters of Equestria. Thomas was the first to see this and stepped over to pick up the book and wonders where the item had come from.

Thomas. "The history of the Royal sisters of Equestria, Equestria? What would a book like this be doing here in our universe and of all places here on Sodor and on our homestead?"

Edward. "Any Idea of where this could have come from Polly?"

Polly. "I am afraid so Edward, I have seen this book before, although I have only seen this book in the world of magical ponies I have once mentioned. However, I do not know of the reason this item had found its way here to the Island of sodor."

Percy. "Can it be there could be something going on that allowed for this book to be present her in our version of our world?"

Polly. "I am not sure, I will have to go down the magic railway to reconnect with my engine side and look into this matter and find out the reason the book was brought here."

Thomas. "I suggest that you do so during the Spring break where you will have more time to investigate the reason this even had occurred just now."

Edward. "I suggest in the mean time we can continue on the work we are making for the cattleman's cabin."

Toby. "Good Idea."

Meanwhile on the other side of the portal in the castle that resembles a crystal tree, a small purple and green scaled dragon was pacing after loosing a special book that the pony princess of the castle had requested that he find that special place for the book that led her on the adventures she and her friends had before she had become a princess in the town known as ponyville.

"". "What to do what to do?" The little dragon's name is spike, he was given a task to place the book about the two sisters Celestia and Luna about how they ruled their lands and the history between the two. "I cannot believe I had lost that book, and I had thought that I had left it right here."

What could have allowed for that book to travel from this pony world and end up on the Island of sodor? Is there more going on that could or should keep everyone in both worlds nervous, or warned about? Find out next time to see where the next adventures will lead to on the Journey through Northwestern High school.