Here is a revised version of Season 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sodor Chronicles with more mistakes fixed and new things added in. The original version of the story was originally posted on the account of Jriddle41, but it's gonna be moved to my account. The story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:
Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel
The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry
Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami
Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown
WARNING: Again, the story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.
With Percy's win against Lady, the green-haired boy now had four star coins like Thomas, while the beautiful blonde-haired girl was down by two, though she was still in the tournament.
With James's group somewhere in South San Francisco, they were at an outdoor burger joint getting some lunch before resuming their search for duelists. James was eating three burgers, a large order of french fries, and a large orange soda to drink, Gordon was eating six burgers and a chocolate malt to drink, and Henry was eating two large orders of french fries and onion rings along with a large Pepsi to drink.
"Man-" grinned James, stuffing his face. "-looking for a duel can sure make a guy hungry."
"You said it." agreed Gordon, taking a big bite out of his burger.
The cook laughed. "Boy, oh boy. You fellas sure love to eat big orders, yes?"
"Hey, we're growing boys here." Henry pointed out. "We have big appetites."
"I know! It means very good business for me!" The cook replied cheerfully.
Lunch really couldn't be any sweeter and delicious than it could be, can it?
Title: Heroes vs. Heroes, Part 1
Half an hour later, after paying the cook (the bill was high costing, but worth it), the trio of older boys walked away from the food joint, feeling as full as ever.
"THAT was delicious." sighed James. "While we may have all of that stuff back home, American food is just awesome."
"You said it." Gordon agreed. "Maybe when this thing is over, we can take some more food home."
As three boys continued chatting, laughing, and overall having a good time, James accidentally bumped into someone without looking. It resulted in knocking both him (James) and the person down onto the ground.
"Hey watch where you're going!" snapped the red-haired boy.
"Sorry, that was my fault." The person sighed, before getting up.
Once the person stood back up, the trio of Gordon, Henry, and James recognized the person as the very same gray-haired boy they and the rest of the Tidmouth Teens spotted from the first day of the tournament...and current champion of Washington.
"Hey, y-you're Stanley Hudswell, aren't you?" Gordon asked.
"Indeed I am." smiled the grey-haired boy. "A pleasure to meet all of you. If I'm not mistaken, you three are from the Island of Sodor in England."
"I'm Gordon." said the elder blue-haired boy.
"Gordon? Say, you wouldn't happen to be the cousin of CEO and champion duelist, Spencer Gresley, by any chance?" asked Stanley.
"Yes, I am." nodded the tall blue-haired boy, growing a little unhappy. "Although I'm ashamed to say so."
"What makes you say that?" Stanley quizzed curiously.
"Because Spencer is a cocky, rude, and selfish jerk!" snapped James rudely. "Just like what I think you are, too!"
Stanley felt hurt.
"James!" scolded Henry. "You know better than to judge someone before you get the chance to know him. Stanley might be a nice guy."
Gordon was also displeased with James being rude and looked over to Stanley.
"Sorry about him." he sighed. "He saw you with a large group of girls and is rather jealous that you're popular with them, as well as being the current champ of Washington."
"No, I'm not!" James argued.
"Then tell us why you were rude to Stanley, eh?" Henry demanded.
"I have my reasons."
Of course, being a very nice guy, Stanley was very forgiving towards the red-haired boy. Then, he noticed the Duel Disk and glove James had.
"Are you a duelist in this tournament?" The gray-haired boy asked with interest.
"Why, yes I am." said James quickly, just beore pointing forth at Stanley. "And I'm challenging you to a duel!"
Gordon and Henry, unfortunately, both weren't too sure if that was a good idea.
"James?" whispered Henry. "Are you sure that's wise? Stanley happens to be a champion, you know."
"I can take him." insisted James confidently, looking at his deck. "My heroes will kick his little butt back to whatever city Stanley's from."
"I accept the challenge." accepted Stanley, reading his own Duel Disk.
Gordon and Henry both looked at each other, then back at the two duelists. They hoped James's overconfidence wouldn't be his own downfall.
(elsewhere...)
Meanwhile, inside Discord's office, he was busy watching TV. In reality, he was watching over the duels going on all over the city.
"My, what a lovely day for a tournament." The creator of Duel Monsters sighed to himself pleasantly.
Then, one duel started to catch his interest... In one TV monitor, James and Stanley were getting ready for a big duel. This made Discord very interested indeed.
"So young James-boy is going to duel against a champion." he said only to himself. "Let's see if he knows what he's doing."
(elsewhere...)
Back with Gordon, Henry, James, and Stanley, the final two boys took their positions in one spot on the sidewalk and activated their Duel Disks.
"How many star coins do you have?" James asked.
"Two." Stanley answered. "I haven't found any duelists since yesterday."
"I have two, as well." James held up his dueling glove, showing the two star coins inside. "The winner will get either players' star coins."
"Cool!" Stanley nodded, smiling confidently.
"That means the loser will be out of the tournament." said Henry.
"Come on, James." Gordon thought to himself. "Don't you dare screw up!"
Suddenly, there was a loud cry.
"Over there!" came a female voice.
"A duel is about to start!" added another female voice.
"And Stanley Hudswell is in it! Let's go cheer him on!" squealed a third female voice.
Before long, the two duelists were surrounded by a wave of fangirls.
"We love you, Stanley!" One girl cried out.
Seeing Stanley have so many fans, this made James very cross now.
"You won't have all those fangirls once I'm through with you, Stanley!" he shouted.
"Then let's see what you've got, my friend!" Stanley declared, but not in an arrogant tone.
Both players drew their opening hands, and their life points were set to 4000.
"Get your game on, Stanley!" called James.
"You, too." added the gray-haired boy.
Gordon, Henry, and the whole crowd of girls all waited patiently for the first turn.
"Here they go." said Henry quietly.
"I'll take the first move!" James insisted.
Turn One: James Hughes (LP: 4000)
Deck: (35)
Current Hand (5): Elemental HERO Avian, Polymerization, Hero Kid, Cross Heart, and R - Righteous Justice
Looking at his hand, the red-haired boy smirked at what his opening hand contained.
"Pretty boy over there won't know what hit him once he gets a taste of my hero deck." he thought to himself, before he takes a card from his hand. From there, James laid his selected card onto an empty monster field slot on his Duel Disk. "I summon Elemental HERO Avian in attack mode!"
Appearing before them was a man dressed in green with wings on his back (Level: 3/ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000)
"Is that an Elemental HERO monster?" asked Stanley, growing excited at seeing a monster from the Elemental HERO series. "Wow! I've heard all about them, but never actually got to see them before. You're so lucky to be using a deck based on them, James!"
"Thanks." said James, feeling somewhat flattered by the compliment...although not by much. "But flattery won't get you anywhere." As he spoke, he took one more card from his hand and slotted it into his Duel Disk. "I'll set this card facedown now."
A facedown card materialized behind Avian.
"That'll do for my turn." James finished. "Okay, Mr. Champion, show me what you can do!"
"Stanley! Stanley! Stanley! Stanley!" cheered the crowd.
"Okay, James!" Stanley stated, before going and drawing his card. "My turn!"
Turn Two: Stanley Hudswell (LP: 4000)
Deck: (34)
Current Hand (6): Clock Tower Prison, Destiny HERO - Dogma, Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude, Monster Reborn, Call of the Haunted, and D - Mind
The gray-haired boy smiled at his current hand and looked up at James.
"Since I now know that you play an Elemental HERO deck, I think I'll tell you and everyone else a secret; I play a Hero deck too."
"What?" asked James, sounding a bit surprised.
"You'll see!" smirked Stanley, placing a card on a monster field slot on his Duel Disk. "I summon Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude in attack mode!"
A humanoid male, with messy white hair, wearing a black outfit and cape with pieces of diamond sticking out of various parts of his body, appeared and glared at Elemental Hero Avian (Level: 4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1600).
James was surprised to say the least. "A 'what' hero?"
"A Destiny HERO." explained Stanley. "They're a bit tougher than your Elemental HEROES."
"What do you mean by that?" James seemed to take offense to that statement, even though the gray-haired boy never meant it in an insulting way.
"You'll find out much sooner than later." The gray-haired boy took another card from his hand, brought it to the edge of his Duel Disk (on the right), and placed it into the special zone for Field Spell cards. "Next I play the Field Spell card Clock Tower Prison!"
The scenery around them changed into a large Clock Tower with buildings around it.
"Clock Tower Prison..." James whispered, looking around.
"Creepy..." whimpered a fangirl.
"But a reason we love our Stanley!" exclaimed another fangirl happily.
Stanley smirked. "My Field Spell has a few hidden surprises that you'll find out in some due time."
"I don't think I'd like to know what those surprises are." mumbled James to himself.
Finally, the gray-haired boy entered his battle phase... "Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude, attack Elemental HERO Avian now!"
Diamond Dude obeyed, charging at Avian and punching him with his diamond fist. Gordon and Henry were both amazed on how fast Diamond Dude was.
"Such a fast monster..." whispered Gordon.
Elemental HERO Avian was destroyed by Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude's attack. James grimaced as he took some damage to his life points (LP: 3600).
"Nice try." he said, pressing a button on his Duel Disk. "But since I took battle damage, I can play this Trap card!"
James poked a button on his duel disk and his facedown rose.
"Cross Heart!"
Stanley blinked. "Cross Heart?" He then gasped as he saw something happen to his monster. "W-What's happening to my Destiny HERO?"
Diamond Dude was struggling to fight whatever was controlling him, but he lost and went over to James's side of the field.
"Whenever I take damage from an attack-" explained James. "-this trap lets me take control of the monster that dealt that damage."
"Hey, you took Stanley's monster!" complained a fangirl. "You big bully!"
"Not to worry." Stanley replied, taking a card from his hand. "I'll protect myself using Monster Reborn!"
The Monster Reborn Spell card materialized face-up. A few moments later, Elemental HERO Avian reappeared on Stanley's side of the field in defense mode.
"Yay, Stanley!" cheered the girls. "He always thinks ahead!"
"Wow." commented Henry. "Those girls are so obsessed with him."
"Now I can see why James is so jealous." Gordon agreed.
Stanley then selected one more card from his hand and inserted it into his Duel Disk. On cue, a facedown card materialized behind Elemental HERO Avian.
"I place one card facedown and call it a turn."
"It's my turn then!" said James, drawing his card. "So get ready!"
Turn Three: James Hughes (LP: 3600)
Deck: (34)
Current Hand (4): Polymerization, Hero Kid, R - Righteous Justice, and Pot of Greed
The Pot of Greed Spell card immediately materialized face-up.
"I play Pot of Greed! Now I can draw two cards!"
The red-haired boy drew a monster card (Elemental HERO Bubbleman) and an Equip Spell card (Bubble Blaster), bringing a smirk to his face.
"Hope you like playing with bubbles." said James, placing a card on an empty monster field slot on his Duel Disk. "Because I summon the Elemental HERO Bubbleman in attack mode!"
A humanoid monster (or man) wearing aquatic armor appeared (Level: 4/ATK: 800/DEF: 1200).
"No offense, James, but it looks pretty weak." Stanley pointed out.
"Not for long." retorted James, slotting a card into a Spell/Trap slot. "I'll equip him with an Equip Spell card called Bubble Blaster!"
A large water bubble gun appeared and Elemental HERO Bubbleman took hold of it, giving it a decent power boost (ATK: 800 - 1600).
"This increases my Bubbleman's attack by 800 points!"
"Atta boy, James!" called Gordon.
The rest of the crowd, however, booed loudly.
"Meanie!" cried one fangirl.
James just ignored them. He didn't want to lose any focus right now.
"Alright Diamond Dude, attack Avian!" The red-haired boy called out to his monster
Diamond Dude obeyed, striking down Avian with his diamond fist again.
"Now Bubbleman can attack you directly!"
Bubbleman unleashed a large turret of water from his blaster aimed at Stanley, who took the direct hit while yelling from the attack (LP: 2400). The audience of girls grew even angrier.
"You horrid person!" huffed another girl.
"Stanley will make you pay for that cheap shot!" came yet another fangirl.
"Oh, will you all just shut up?!" snapped Gordon. By now, he was getting annoyed with the fangirls ranting. "This is how Duel Monsters is supposed to be played!"
Unfortunately, a small group of the fangirls instantly surrounded Gordon in response, making the tall blue-haired boy sweatdrop nervously.
"On the other hand..."
"Ladies, please behave yourselves!" scolded Stanley, upon recovering from the direct attack. "It's just a game. No need to take it so seriously."
In an instant, the girls all left Gordon alone before anything violent could happen to him. Henry was amazed that Stanley could control those fangirls.
"They must really love him." he muttered.
"My turn, James!" Stanley announced, drawing his card. "Now!"
Turn Four: Stanley Hudswell (LP: 2400)
Deck: (33)
Current Hand (4): Destiny HERO - Dogma, Call of the Haunted, D - Mind, and Graceful Charity
"I activate Graceful Charity!" Stanley held out his drawn Graceful Charity card.
Raindrops gently fluttered above him and onto his deck, like celestial light of a sort.
"Now I'll draw three cards-" The gray-haired boy drew his three cards, and then sent two more cards from his hand to the graveyard. "-and then discard two!"
After discarding the two cards, he looked at the three cards he drew. They were shown to be Destiny HERO - Celestial, Over Destiny, and Draining Shield. Knowing what to do, Stanley selected the monster card he drew from Graceful Charity.
"I summon Destiny HERO - Celestial in attack mode!" The gray-haired boy announced, setting the card onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
A monster entered the scene. Its suit looked like a vertical pattern of red, black, and red. On his back was a pair of wings that looked like blades (Level: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400).
"It's as strong as my Bubbleman." James dismissed. "And it's equally as strong as the Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude I took from you."
"Don't be so sure." Stanley rebuffed, wagging a finger. "Destiny HERO - Celestial, attack Elemental Hero Bubbleman!"
Celestial obeyed and charged at Bubbleman, who stood ready to counter.
"Whenever Celestia attacks-" explained Stanley. "-I can destroy an Equip Spell card and inflict 500 points of damage to you."
Celestial punched the Bubble Blaster out of Bubbleman' hands, and it exploded. As a result, Bubbleman's strength returned to its original amount (ATK: 1600 - 800). The explosion from the destroyed Bubble Blaster also briefly caught James.
"Aaugh!" cried James, as he took a small life point hit (LP: 3100).
The fangirls cheered for their favorite duelist.
"Now Bubbleman's weak enough to be destroyed." Henry panicked.
Celestial followed up with a punch right in the kisser! -so to speak. Either way, Bubbleman was hit and fell down, causing him to shatter into pieces. This caused James to take another life point hit (LP: 2300). This made the fangirls cheer even louder. Henry and Gordon had to plug their ears to drown out the noise. Just before Stanley called it a turn, he slotted one more card into his Duel Disk.
"I'll place this card facedown." he said, as a hologram of a facedown...well, card, appeared behind Destiny HERO - Celestial. "That finishes my turn."
"Man, this Stanley guy's better than I thought." thought James." But my deck is just as tough."
With that said, he drew his card.
Turn Five: James Hughes (LP: 2300)
Deck: (31)
Current Hand (4): Polymerization, Hero Kid, R - Righteous Justice, and Card Trooper
James held out his drawn monster card. "I summon Card Trooper in attack mode!"
A small robot with a red upper body and blue lower body appeared (Level: 3/ATK: 400/DEF: 400)
"Aww, it looks cute." gushed one fangirl, but then scowled irritably. "Too bad it stinks!"
"Well, then watch and learn, ladies." retorted James. "Because I activate my Card Trooper's effect!"
"What effect?" asked Stanley.
"By sending up to three cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard-" explained James. "-Card Trooper gains 500 attack points for each one."
With that said, the red-haired boy drew and sent the top three cards of his deck to the graveyard. Card Trooper grew stronger as a result (ATK: 400 - 1900).
"Go and attack Destiny HERO - Celestial now, Card Trooper!" James commanded.
Card Trooper obeyed, firing its blasters at Stanley's monster.
"I'm afraid my monster isn't going anywhere!" shouted Stanley, poking a button on his Duel Disk. "I activate the Trap card Draining Shield!"
The facedown card on the gray-haired boy's field flipped up and revealed itself. On cue, a shield of some sort appeared and created an energy field around Stanley and his cards. The laser blasts struck the shield, causing Stanley's life points to go up (LP: 4300).
"Your life points increased?!" James asked in disbelief. "But how?!"
"That's the power of Draining Shield." explained Stanley. "It negates your attack and increases my life points by the attack points of your attacking monster."
Stanley's fangirls began to cheer again.
"Great." grumbled James. "Now my Card Trooper's attack returns to how it originally was now."
Card Trooper's attack returns to its normal amount (ATK: 1900 - 400).
"My turn has come to an end, I guess."
(elsewhere...)
While all of this was occurring... somewhere in the harbor of Los Angeles, the same ship commanded by Sailor John had sailed in. John, Skiff, and four other pirates watched on from the sides. John smiled to himself.
"Here we are at last." said Sailor John with glee. "Time to pay an old friend a little visit."
"Captain." Skiff interrupted. "While we are in America, we're actually in a city called 'Los Angeles'."
Needless to say, Sailor John was NOT happy to learn of that.
"What?!" The pirate captain demanded. "We were supposed to have landed in San Francisco! You've messed up the coordinates, Skiff!"
"I'm sorry." winced the younger boy.
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" snapped Sailor John, angrily look to his other men. "Alright, everyone, back onto the ship."
"Wait a second, sir." spoke one of the pirates. The pirate was male, tall, with short brown hair and a calm expression on his face. "May I make a statement, please?"
Sailor John, still fuming, decided to listen to the pirate. "Speak, Commander Leon."
The pirate (Leon) started to speak. "If we sail by the ship now, we'd be too late to try and ruin the tournament. But if we go there by stealing a vehicle, we'll probably make it to San Francisco within two days or so...maybe even sooner if we leave now."
Sailor John thought about it and gave a cruel smile.
"Yes, that's a good point, Commander Leon." he snickered. "Change of plans, boys, we're stealing us a vehicle and driving the rest of the way to San Francisco!" The pirate captain then turned to a big, burly pirate. "Nathan, can you go steal us a vehicle?"
The burly pirate (Nathan) grunted. "Leave that to me, captain." he said with a deep voice.
(elsewhere...)
Back to the duel, Stanley began his turn by drawing his card.
Turn Six: Stanley Hudswell (LP: 4300)
Deck: (29)
Current Hand (2): Over Destiny, Destiny Draw
"Get ready, James!" cried the gray-haired boy. "Destroy his Card Trooper now, my Destiny HERO - Celestial!"
Celestial obeyed and charged at Card Trooper.
"James is about to lose more life points!" cried Gordon.
Celestial used his blade wings to slice Card Trooper to pieces, making James grunt (LP: 1100).
"I play Card Trooper's ability!" The red-haired boy announced. "When it's destroyed, I can draw one card!"
With that said, James drew his card as said. He looked and saw that he drew was a monster card called Elemental HERO Bladedge, which also pleased him.
"Now I need a card to summon him."
"I'll end my turn," said Stanley, going to his end phase.
Bravely, James drew his card.
Turn Seven: James Hughes (LP: 1100)
Deck: (26)
Current Hand (4): Polymerization, Hero Kid, R - Righteous Justice, Elemental HERO Bladedge, A Hero Emerges
The red-haired boy saw that his drawn card was a Trap card called A Hero Emerges.
"Yes!" James thought to himself happily and inserted the drawn card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. "I'll set this card facedown!"
A facedown card materialized.
"That's all for my turn."
"My move then!" announced Stanley, drawing his card.
Turn Eight: Stanley Hudswell (LP: 4300)
Deck: (28)
Current Hand (3): Over Destiny, Destiny Draw, and Destiny HERO - Malicious
Stanley looked at the card, added it to his hand, and took hold of another card.
"I'll play my Destiny Draw Spell card!" The gray-haired boy declared, holding the card. "Now by discarding one Destiny HERO monster from my hand, I can go and draw two cards."
So Stanley discarded Destiny HERO - Malicious and drew two cards.
The cards he's drawn were D - Chain and Destiny HERO - Dasher. Smiling, Stanley took the monster card and held it out.
"I'll tribute my Destiny HERO - Celestial!"
Celestial vanished in a blue streak.
"With him tributed-" continued Stanley, placing another card onto an empty monster field slot on his Duel Disk. "-I summon Destiny HERO - Dasher!"
A black colored robotic monster appeared (Level: 6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1000).
"Next I use my Trap card!" Stanley held out his hand, causing his facedown card to flip up and reveal itself. "Call of the Haunted! With this, I can bring back a monster from by graveyard."
On cue, Destiny HERO - Celestial reappeared.
"And I choose Destiny HERO - Celestial!"
James sweated, but tried not to show fear.
"Come on, attack me..." he thought to himself.
"It's been a fun duel, James-" Stanley stated pleasantly. "And I do hope we can play again sometime. But I'm afraid this is where it ends. Destiny HERO - Celestial, attack Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude!"
Celestial obeys and charged forth.
"James's about to lose!" Gordon stated, eyes widened in horror. "Once Diamond Dude's gone, nothing will protect him from a direct attack!"
Suddenly, James smirked.
"Not today."
Stanley was puzzled. Quickly, James poked a button on his Duel Disk and his set Trap card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"I activate the Trap card A Hero Emerges!" anounced James.
"Oh no!" cried Stanley.
"Oh yes! Now you have to pick a card from my hand. If you choose an Elemental HERO monster, I can special summon it to the field. But if you choose a Spell or Trap card, then the attack will continue and you'll win as a result."
James held his hand out (without showing it). He had Polymerization, Hero Kid, R - Righteous Justice, and Elemental HERO Bladedge.
"This is it." James thought to himself. "If I don't get my Bladedge onto the field, then my hopes of moving up in the tournament are as good as over."
To be Continued!