Epilogue


Exactly Three Years Later


Paxton was busy shunting trucks in the Blue Mountain Quarry. It was over 80 trucks long, and there were two lines. Every single Narrow Gauge Engine was shocked.

"Paxton, who on earth is going to take these? Sam can only pull 40 alone! Are you telling me that Hiro, Sam, Henry, Hank, and Murdoch are going to split these?"

"No Skarloey, only two engines will pull these. Here they come now!"

All the engines watched as Alexander and Sebastian backed up to the trains. They were surprised. Luke, who was really surprised, approached the two giants.

"Hello, I'm Luke. You two are very strong!"

"Hello Luke, I'm Alexander, and this is Sebastian."

"Thank you, Luke, I'm just built for strength. You are very special too."

With a toot and a hoot, the two giants left for the docks. There was a huge shipment of stone to be delivered. As the two exited the quarry and carried on, they stopped at a junction. They met Murdoch and Hiro. They were heading to Misty Island with empty flatbeds so they can head off to the docks with the shipment of Jobi wood. The four of them stopped for a quick chat.

"Hello, Alexander and Sebastian."

"Hello, Hiro."

"Off to Misty Island?"

"Yeah. There's a lot of work to do."

The signal turned green and Murdoch and Hiro left toward Misty Island with a toot and a hoot. The two of them collected 30 flatbeds of Jobi wood and chuffed back to the docks.

The two of them soon met up with Alexander and Sebastian. The four of them headed to the steam works for a fresh coat of paint. Victor smiled at the four of them, and then, Connor and Caitlin arrived.

"Hello, you four."

"Hello, Connor and Caitlin."

"Ready?"

"Wait, where's Sam?"

"He'll be here soon. There was his ship docking when we left the mainland."

Just then, Sam arrived.

"Howdy folks. Let's go to Knapford Station."

The seven of them tooted goodbye to Victor. Victor smiled, and went off, just to find out that Kevin had flipped to his side and blocked his route.

"Sorry boss, slip of the hook boss. Sorry."

"KEVIN!"


The seven of them arrived at Knapford Station. They were greeted by everyone. Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Duck, Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Emily, Molly, Arthur, Hank, Rosie, Stanley, Stephen, Porter, Paxton, Sydney, Philip, and Stafford were waiting. They all tooted and hooted. Edward came forward and faced the seven.

"Greetings all of you. We are glad to say that today is the day that the brave seven and the international squad have rescued our good friend Murdoch. It has been three years later, and it is time for our lap around the island as a thank you to all of you guys. Thank you again, and let the lap begin!"

All of the signals turned green. There weren't any trains today as the lap was taking up all of the tracks. All twenty-four of the trains lined up and ran along the line. Soon, they reached the Arlesdale Railway. The Miniature Railway then pulled up alongside. Rex, Mike, and Bert all tooted and hooted at the parade. They couldn't run along with them because they are minimum gauge engine can't run along the standard gauge rails, but they sent their regard to the engine.

"Sorry, we can't go!"

"We send our regards!"

Then, they slowly turned, one by one, they turned on the turntable. Those who were too heavy then went to a loop siding, and they all left, tooting and hooting. They passed through Marthwaite, Arlesburgh, and Tidmouth. Then they passed through Knapford, Crosby, Wellsworth, Maron, Cronk, and Kildane. They passed through Kellsthrope Road and Crovan's Gate. There, they met up with the Narrow Gauge engines. They ran along while they can, and tooted goodbye. They all puffed all the way to Vicarstown. There, there was the surprise. There was the international squad waiting for them! Ashima, Rajiv, Yong Bao, Vinnie, Carlos, Raul, Shane, Frieda, Gina, Axel, and Ivan were waiting for them so they could celebrate the anniversary of Murdoch's rescue.

"Hooray!" Everyone was happy to see Murdoch running his third year after the rescue. They all had the day off.

"Hip hip HOORAY!"

"Hip hip HOORAY!"

"Hip hip HOORAY!"

Soon, the day ended quickly, and all the trains went to their home. The Steam Team went to their home. Toby went to his shed. Duck, Donald, Douglas, and Oliver all went to their shed on the Arlesburgh Line. Stephen went up to Ulfstead Castle. Paxton, Sydney, and Philip went to the Dieselworks. Stafford, Rosie, and Stanley went to their sheds in Knapford. Soon, Molly, Hank, and Murdoch were chuffing toward the docks, where they slept. Hank knew that Molly and Murdoch adopted each other as brother and sister, so he pulled up into the shed and went to sleep. The two remaining engines chuffed side by side, back onto the mainline.

"Murdoch…"

"Yes?"

"You know, I say this every year, but it's great to have you back brother."

"Molly, you know something? Now, I don't have to separate with you."

"I don't understand, don't you have to do your nightly deliveries?"

"With Alexander and Sebastian being a permanent resident of Sodor, they took over pulling the night runs. Henry still pulls the Flying Kipper, seeing how he is the best one at it and has the most experience. The nightly long freight train to the Mainland will be taken my the two of them."

Molly was happy. She was glad that her adopted brother was going to stay close together. While he was gone, Molly was never herself, the optimistic, lovely engine she was. She was kind, but she was still sad. Now, she was whole again, with her brother on her side. Murdoch buffered up to her. They smiled. Then Murdoch did something that they only did before. He pulled her all the way to their sheds. Hank, Arthur, and Harvey were already sleeping there. Murdoch carefully shunted Molly into the shed and got on the turntable himself. He turned around and chuffed into the shed.

"Goodnight Molly."

"Goodnight Murdoch. I love you brother."

"I love you too sis."

Then the two of them fell happily asleep.

Meanwhile, Alexander, Sebastian, and Sam were all waiting for Sam's boat. Sam had to go back to the Virginian Railway.

"Alexander, Sebastian, I will see you guys soon!"

"Bye Sam!"

"We'll miss you!"

The boat left, and the two giants left for their sheds back at Vicarstown.

"You know Alex?"

"Yeah, Seb?"

"I think that being here is the best thing that could have happened to us."

"I think so too."

With that, the two friends fell asleep, happy and content to be on Sodor.


Finally. Officially. Done. With, My. First. Multi-chapter. Story. YAY!

Shoutout to Chocolate X My Mouth, thank you for the support and thank you to everyone who is reading things that I write. :) Cya in Thomas and Friends: High School Years!