Thomas scratched the back of his head with is hoof, he was uncomfortable with all theses eyes on him, eager to ask him their stupid fancolt questions. His eyes quickly looked to his left to see the young pegasus sitting happily in the chair next to him ,looking at Rainbow Dash's little sister Scootaloo with the same eyes that Rosy looked kept glaring at him. Thomas sighed at the thought of the rest of his Sodor friends, he tried his best to block out the memories but they haunted him in his dreams. The questions where quite bland really, mostly about the day he was dubbed "The Swift-Hooved Guardian." and about being teamed with Mare-do well in some comic book. He answered to the best of his ability, soon after the Q&A the trio retreated to the tree that Twilight had claimed as her home. "So Thomas, mind explaining that thing to me now?" Twilight asked in slight annoyance as he hooved rapped against the wooden floor.
Thomas knew he could no longer avoid the approaching explanation he had to give, he sighed as he decided on how to bring his past to light. he looked down at her hooves, unable to explain it AND have her believe it. Twi noticed his dismay and slowly walked to him, "Thomas...are you ok?" She asked in a sincere voice of concern towards her friend. Thomas straightened himself into a speaking position and cleared his throat, "Twilight, I'm going to tell you the truth, ok?" He seemed very nervous as he looked into her eyes and took in a breath. Twilight sat in front of the blue stallion, her eyes showing eagerness to be enlightened on his back story.
"I'm not from Equestria...I'm from another dimension or universes, whatever you call it." Thomas let out in a puff of breath, he hung his head to where his mane covered his face, he knew she had no reason to believe him. Twilight knew no other sane pony would believe him, yet she knew first hand about inter-dimensional travel and how it can alter your form. "I understand what you mean Thomas, I traveled between dimensions before." She spoke in a soothing tone and used her hoof to lift his head.
Thomas' eyes widened in surprise, he quickly rushed into a question of his own, "Have you even been to the human world?" He finished in a puff, a tiny steam cloud escaping his mouth. Twilight's eyes widened in shock of this feat that just happened before her, yet she shook it off as her mind playing tricks on her, "Y-yes I have...your a human?" her voiced seemed to spike with curiosity at her hypothesis. Thomas shook his head, "No I'm not...have you ever heard of a tank engine?" he questioned as he was sure she might have.
Twilight seemed to struggle in her search through her memories, at last a lightbulb went off over her head, indicating she found the answer to his question, "I have, while in a library I read about some island where trains could talk. Of course me and Spike had a good laugh." She ended her sentence with a giggle that hurt him. Thomas couldn't tell her the truth, she wouldn't believe that he was a magical talking train. He then gasped in realization, the magic! What if the magic ran out from Sodor while he was gone? His breath quickened as he began to worry about home. He soon fell unconscious.
Thomas stood up, a ringing in her ears as he looked around. Instantly he knew that he was dreaming. He took in a breath of the fresh, familiar air of his island. He trotted foreword wondering why he was still a stallion and not in his true form. "Hey, Thomas!" yelled...himself? He turned and saw that his true form was behind him on the rails. "You need to return to Sodor soon." His engine self said knowingly, this somehow made Thomas cross at...himself. He seemed even crosser as he spoke "Why should I? The island can survive with out me and Percy." He spat out as he turned his back on the rails. Thomas the tank engine blew his whistle until Thomas the Swift-Hooved Guardian turned his attention back towards his alternate self.
"No It cannot, with Lady on the other railways, Your the only one who absorbed the magic of the magic railroad! You alone hold the islands magic in your soul. Without you, Discord will drain the magic reserves and fill them with Chaos!" Thomas the S.H.G' eyes widened at this new information he received. He sighed as he agreed to try and receive help from Twilight to get back home.
Thomas awoke in a sort of daze, he felt tired as he looked around to find a small baby dragon, Spike, asleep on the foot of a new bed near Twilight's. He smiled as his hoof stroked the dragon's scaly back in a petting motion. Twilight watched from her bed, pretending to be asleep as she smiled at the adorable sight of Thomas enjoy Spike's company, seeing as how he almost attacked him when they first met.
Percy, on the other hand, wondered aimlessly through Ponyville as the night dragged on. He didn't want to crash with Twilight on his first night, he would at least try and find his own lodgings for the night, "-sigh- Maybe I should turn back." Percy mumbled as he looked towards the tree line of the Everfree forest, maybe he'd find a nice abandoned hut to sleep in. Overhead he heard the crash of thunder then felt the pour of rain, he tilted his head up and opened his mouth, allowing water to run down his throat.
Percy smiled and splashed in a puddle as he walked along, enjoying the familiar feeling of water. He whistled and smiled in happiness as he heard not a normal whistle, but his high pitch train whistle escape his lips and surround him. He found a cozy spot under a large tree to lay his head, "It's not a hut but it's something." he yawned as he lied his head on his hooves and soon drifted off to sleep.