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.
Opening up at Baker Beach, Thomas and his friends were hoping to get some relaxation after having dealt with one of Sailor John's pirate commanders the other day...but alas, that was never meant to happen. Why? Well let's see... James found himself in a duel with another of Sailor John's pirate commanders. A real brute of a man named Sledge:
-James (LP: 2000) only had Elemental HERO Clayman on his side of the field, along with no cards in his hand.
-Sledge (LP: 1000) had Dark Elf on his side of the field.
"While James is low on cards in his hand-" Gordon pointed out. "-he's at least got more life points than Sledge."
"True, but he doesn't know much about Sledge's deck, other than it being loaded with high-powered low level monsters." replied Edward.
"That must give it the style of a beatdown strategy." Percy threw in.
"If only one of us had brought our Duel Disks, too." said Thomas.
James, meanwhile, was sweating nervously. "So far I'm ahead on life points, but that guy has a strong monster on the field, and I have no cards in my hand. Not to mention it's his turn now."
Title: James and the Brute, Part 2
"Har har har!" laughed Sledge. "Sledge will get by your so-called hero in no time!"
"Then show me if you can!" dared James.
"Gladly shrimp!"
Turn Four: Sledge (LP: 1000)
Deck: (32)
Current Hand (4): Axe of Despair, Pump Up, Dark Mirror Force, and Vitamin Refresh(!)
From there, the brutish pirate commander held his drawn card out for James to see.
"First he'll go activate this Spell card. It's called Vitamin Refresh! What it does is it forces me to banish all cards from my graveyard from the game."
From Sledge's graveyard came three cards.
"From there, Sledge gains 800 life points per card banished!"
"And since he's banishing three cards-" said Henry. "-that means he gets 2400 more life points."
"Great..." mumbled James unhappily.
Sledge smiled as he gained quite a bit of life points (LP: 3400).
"Now I'm almost back to full power," he laughed. "And you have no hope of beating Sledge."
Sledge then took a card from his hand and slotted it into his Duel Disk. The Axe of Despair Equip Spell card materialized face-up.
"Next he'll equip Axe of Despair to my Dark Elf." he continued. "This gives Sledge's monster a 1000 attack point boost!"
A large, wicked looking axe appeared in Dark Elf's hands as her attack points went up (ATK: 2000 - 3000)
"Now Sledge will give up another 1000 life points for his Dark Elf to attack!" announced Sledge. "Attack the boy's Clayman!"
Dark Elf obeyed and fired another orb of dark light, striking Clayman and destroying him quickly and painlessly.
"Give up?" Sledge asked (LP: 2400). "A loser like you could never defeat the great and almighty Sledge!"
"I am not a loser!" yelled James angrily, as he drew his next card.
Turn Five: James Hughes (LP: 2000)
Deck: (32)
Current Hand (1): Pot of Greed
In a instant, the red-haired boy slotted the drawn card into his Duel Disk.
"I activate the Spell card Pot of Greed!"
In an instant, the card materialized face-up. From there, James drew his two cards from the top of his deck. They were shown to be Elemental HERO Bladedge and A Hero Emerges.
"Now I'll throw down a facedown card and end my turn!" James finished.
A facedown card appeared.
"Pathetic!" laughed Sledge. "Sledge's go!"
He drew his card.
Turn Six: Sledge (LP: 2400)
Deck: (31)
Current Hand (3): Pump Up, Dark Mirror Force, and Goblin Elite Attack Force
"Sledge will summon a second copy of Goblin Elite Attack Force!" The brutish pirate commander announced gleefully.
A second set of the Goblin Elite Attack Force monster appeared beside Dark Elf (Level: 4/ATK: 2200).
"Goblin Elite Attack Force, attack James directly and end this duel!"
"If James's facedown card doesn't help him now, he'll lose!" cried Edward.
"I win!" boasted Sledge.
"Guess again!" rebuffed James, poking a button on his Duel Disk. "I activate the Trap card A Hero Emerges!"
The red-haired boy's facedown card flipped face-up, revealing what it was.
"Now you must choose a card from my hand." James explained. "If you choose a monster card with Elemental HERO in its name I can summon it. Otherwise, your attack will continue and I'll lose."
He only held one card in his card.
"And since I only have one card in my hand you HAVE to choose it!"
Sledge growled in annoyance. "Fine." he said with no interest. "Sledge chooses the only card in your hand."
"And that card is-" said James, flipping the card over. "-the Elemental HERO Bladedge!"
Appearing before them was the bronze armor wearing hero (Level: 7/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800).
"All right!" cheered Percy. "Now Sledge is the one in trouble!"
"That he is." agreed James. "Bladedge, counter attack those Goblins!"
Bladedge obeyed and, opening out his blade, charged towards the group of goblins. He then went and slashed his blade into them, shattering them in an instant. This caused Sledge to grunt as he took damage (LP: 2000).
"So what?!" he shouted. "Sledge's Dark Elf can and will take out your monster! Attack now!"
Dark Elf obeyed, charging a ball of magic energy and firing it at Bladedge, destroying him and making James take damage (LP: 1600).
"Well, that wasn't so difficult." snickered Sledge (LP: 1000). "Better luck next time, loser!"
"Shut your bearded pie hole, baldy!" snapped James. "Your attack cost you another 1000 life points, so now you're back to just one thousand. Once I find a way to get through you, you're finished!"
With that said, he drew a card.
Sledge was outraged by the insult. "BALDY?!" he roared. "Sledge will enjoy tearing you limb from limb once this duel finishes!"
Turn Seven: James Hughes (LP: 1600)
Deck: (29)
Current Hand (1): Card of Sanctity
James held out his drawn card. "I activate Card of Sanctity! Now we are both required to draw until we hold six cards in our hands."
Sledge drew four cards, while James drew six cards. James had drawn Elemental HERO Avian, Elemental HERO Bubbleman, Monster Reborn, a second copy of Polymerization, Invincible Hero, and The Warrior Returning Alive. Smiling with his new hand, the red-haired boy took The Warrior returning Alive card from his hand and slotted it into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk.
"I activate The Warrior Returning Alive!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up in the direction of Sledge.
"This lets me add a warrior from my graveyard back to my hand." explained James, just as a card came out of his graveyard. "And I choose to add Elemental HERO Sparkman!"
"Why would you choose to add your Sparkman to your hand?" asked Sledge. "My Dark Elf would crush it in an instant!"
"Tell that to my second copy of Polymerization!" James rebuffed, holding the mentioned Spell card out. "With it, I'll fuse Sparkman with both Avian and Bubbleman from my hand!"
The three heroes appeared before fusing together in a bright light.
"Behold!" announced James. "The Elemental HERO Tempest!"
Once the light dimmed, a humanoid male monster that looked like a fusion of the three Elemental Heroes used to create him was shown (Level: 8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2800).
"How does it feel to be staring in the face of defeat, Sledge?" James asked teasingly.
"Don't make me laugh." smirked Sledge. "Your monster might be powerful, but Sledge's Dark Elf is much stronger than him!"
"Oh really?" James raised an eyebrow. "Well then let's see what happens. Elemental HERO Tempest, attack the Dark Elf now!"
Tempest obeyed and jumped into the air.
"Glider Strike attack!"
"Dark Elf!" commanded Sledge. "Counterattack!"
Dark Elf obeyed and started charging another orb of dark light. All of a sudden, James gave a smirk.
"It's time to activate my Skyscraper's effect!"
"What?!" cried Sledge, looking around and remembered something to his shock. "Shoot! Sledge forgot that you have your Field Spell still out!"
"But I thought Clear Field destroyed it?" said Percy, puzzled.
"Apparently it doesn't seem to affect Field Spell cards." Edward remarked. "I'd say James should consider himself lucky for that."
"Grrr!" growled Sledge. "Sledge forgot that his Clear Field card doesn't target Field Spells."
Tempest continued his attack, firing a blast from his laser that evaporated Dark Elf's blast and then destroyed her in the process.
"My Skyscraper's effect boosts my Elemental Hero's attack by 1000 points when he battles a monster stronger than himself." James explained, pointing forth. "Seeing as your Elf had 3000 attack points, that granted my Tempest an attack total of 3800, making him strong enough to destroy her!"
Sledge looked really peeved (LP: 200).
"I place one card facedown and end my turn." said James, sliding a card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk.
"One more attack and James will win!" cheered Emily.
"Guess you're not so big after all." James taunted.
"You dare to make a mockery of the great Sledge?!" Sledge bellowed in a very booming voice, making the Tidmouth Teens (plus Mavis, Lady, Patch, and Lily) all nervous to say the least. "The last person who went and did that paid dearly for it after Sledge won. And now, he's gonna make YOU pay for it, kid!"
The brutish pirate commander fiercely drew his next card.
Turn Eight: Sledge (LP: 200)
Deck: (26)
Current Hand (7): Pump Up, Dark Mirror Force, Monster Reborn, Mystical Elf, Polymerization, Block Attack, and Heavy Storm
"I activate Heavy Storm!" Sledge bellowed, holding out his card. "This will go and destroy every Spell and trap card on the field. So say goodbye to your Skyscraper and facedown card!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized and a large storm swept across, destroying James's facedown and Skyscraper.
"But Sledge is not close to being done yet." Sledge seethed, holding out another card. It was the Monster Reborn Spell card. "Now he'll activate Monster Reborn and revive the Dark Elf!"
The darker skinned Elf reappeared.
"Now I'll fuse her with the Mystical Elf from my hand, using a card you've justed used; Polymerization!"
A blue skinned elf with blonde hair appeared next to Dark Elf and the two fused.
"Behold the Enchanted Elf(!)!" Sledge announced.
The fusion ended, and there stood a Mystical Elf...only wearing sorceress clothing and a slightly meaner look on her face (Level: 7/ATK: 2100/DEF: 2450).
"Sure she looks weak, but all of that will change!" Sledge held out a Spell card. "My Pump Up will double her attack points for the remainder of the turn!"
The mentiond Spell card materialized face-up and Enchanted Elf began to grow bigger and bigger until she was about twice her original size (ATK: 2100 - 4200).
"Wow, that monster is huge." Patch commented nervously.
"Elemental HERO Tempest is doomed!" added Lily, looking scared.
"Enchanted Elf, destroy Tempest NOW!" called Sledge.
Enchanted Elf opened her eyes, charged an orb of light from near her chest, and fired it off towards Elemental Hero Tempest. The orb struck and instantly shattered the monster as if it was nothing. The orb then continued moving until it struck James and knocked him back a distance.
"JAMES!" cried the Tidmouth Teens.
James laid on the ground, taking a life point hit in the process (LP: 200).
"Get up, loser!" sneered Sledge. "Get up so Sledge can knock you over again! And again! AND again! Or just lay down and know that you're a loser, and always will be! Once Sledge knocks you out of this tournament, he can go and take your friend with the blue hair out!"
Hearing the word loser caused James's eyes to open up fiercely as he determinedly stood back up.
"I. AM. NOT. A. LOSER!" he roared, before he drew his card. "I DRAW!"
"Now my Enchanted Elf's effect activates!" Sledge announced. "If it dealt life point damage to you last turn, you draw three extra cards."
James did so.
Turn Nine: James Hughes (LP: 200)
Deck: (19)
Current Hand (4): Monster Reborn, Winged Kuriboh, Transcendent Wings, Winged Kuriboh Lv.10, and Elemental HERO Necroshade
"I'll show you that I'm not a loser!" he exclaimed, holding out his Winged Kuriboh card. "I summon Winged Kuriboh in attack mode!"
The winged ball of fluff appeared to James's side of the field and caused the pirates to burst out laughing (Level: 1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200).
"What are you expected to do with THAT?!" Sledge scoffed. "If anything it should be sucked up with a vacuum cleaner!"
Winged Kuriboh didn't take too kindly to that insult and start puffing up in anger.
"Aw look, it looks like it wants to attack me!" Sledge continued to taunt. "A loser card belonging to a REAL loser!"
"You won't be saying that for long." retorted James, sliding another card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk.
A Spell card called Transcendent Wings flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"I activate the Spell card Transcendent Wings!"
"Transcendent Wings?" blinked Sledge.
Lady gasped. "I've heard of Transcendent Wings! This will allow Winged Kuriboh to unlock its true potential."
"How so?" asked Emily, just as she and the other non-dueling teens all looked to the beautiful blonde-haired girl.
"Just watch." Lady advised.
"I discard two cards in order to activate this card's effect." explained James, sending two cards from his hand to the graveyard.
Suddenly, Winged Kuriboh started glowing with a bright white light.
"Now watch as my monster transforms itself into its most supreme form!"
When the light faded, Winged Kuriboh's wings had become longer and he gained a yellow dragon-like top for his head.
"Say hello to Winged Kuriboh Lv.10!" announced James.
The pirates only resumed laughing.
"But it still has the same number of attack points as before!" called a pirate.
"You MUST be desperate to be defeated and/or humiliated!" added another pirate.
"Strength isn't everything, you know." smirked James. "The true power lies in my monster's special ability."
Sledge's look clearly didn't become worried.
"What effect might that be?" he asked mockingly. "To make you lose even sooner?"
"Then why don't you attack and find out?"
"Don't mind if Sledge does." grinned the brutish pirate commander, drawing his card.
Turn Ten: Sledge (LP: 200)
Deck: (25)
Current Hand (3): Dark Mirror Force, Block Attack, and Dark Elf
"Enchanted Elf, attack and destroy Winged Kuriboh Lv.10! End this duel in Sledge's favour and the favour of Sailor John!"
Enchanted Elf obeyed and charged a ball of magical energy that shot at Winged Kuriboh Lv.10. But James began grinnin because Sledge had fallen into his trap.
"I play Winged Kuriboh Lv.10's special ability!" he announced. "When he's attacked, I can sacrifice him and destroy all your monsters, inflicting damage to you for the combined attack of every monster destroyed!"
Before the orb of light struck him, Winged Kuriboh Lv.10 suddenly vanished, causing the orb to rebound off an invisible barrier and fire right back towards Enchanted Elf. Watching this in horror, Sledge started having a massive freak out at his impending loss.
"This is impossible!" he shouted. "Sledge never loses!"
"First time for everything!" replied James.
The orb of light finally struck Enchanted Elf, who screamed a little bit before shattering into countless pieces of monster glass. The back wind of the attack then came and smacked into Sledge, causing him to scream as he flew back a good distance until he landed on his back and his life points dropped to 0 (LP: 0)
DUEL RESULTS: James Hughes wins!
As the holograms faded, the pirates gasped in horror at the defeat of their strongest member.
"That kid just took out Sledge!" cried a pirate.
"Let's get out of here before he does the same to us!" said another pirate.
Without wasting a second, the pirates fled just as the sound of police sirens filled the air.
"Sounds like the police are coming." Mavis commented.
"Discord must've gotten wise to the duel." Toby added.
As soon as the police cars pulled into the beach, the police surrounded Sledge.
"Looks like he's out cold." said one police officer, before looking to the teenagers. "Do any of you kids know what happened to him?"
"I'd say he's suffering from a severe case of crushed ego." chuckled James.
"He also tried attacking innocent people." Emily pointed out.
Thomas limped forth, whil showing that the bruise on his face had turned purple.
"Like me." he said weakly.
One of the police officers handed Thomas an Ice Pack for his bruise while the rest apprehanded the now waking up Sledge.
"You are under arrest for trespass and assault." announced an officer firmly.
"You can't do this to Sledge!" Sledge ranted. "I'm suppose to be invincible! Unbeatable! UNSTOPPABLE!"
The police ignored him, and Sledge was loaded into a police car. From there, said car drove away with the brutish pirate commander continuing to rant and rave in helpless anger. Before leaving, the remaining policemen looked to the teenagers and gave a salute.
"You kids be safe now." one officer advised.
The remaining police cars drove away out of Baker Beach. The Tidmouth Teens, Mavis, Patch, Lily, and Lady were all relieved.
"That's another pirate down." said Gordon.
"Hopefully Sailor John will give up and leave Discord's tournament and us alone." sighed Thomas.
Suddenly, Lady saw something glittering on the ground where Sledge used to be.
"Look at that!"
They walked over and saw that it was the star coins that were on Sledge's glove.
"They must've fallen out when he was blasted by his own attack." Thomas pointed out.
"Those star coins must belong to a duelist who lost to him earlier." Henry said. "But who exactly?"
"I don't know." said James, picking up the coins. "But they're ours now."
"Normally we return them to their rightful owner." Edward mentioned. "But since that person is probably long gone, I guess they're now yours, James."
There were four in total. Combining them with James's six, this gave him a grand total of...
"Ten star coins!" cheered James. "I finally got all ten! Anybody want the last two?"
"You can keep those first four, James." Percy declined. "Thomas and I both want to win our final coins on our own."
"That goes for me, too." Lady added. "But I will say you did a great job in your duel against that brute."
"Thanks." smiled James. "Now I have all ten coins and an extra two just in case."
Suddenly, the wind picked up and carried the remaining two star coins out of James's hand until they landed in the ocean, drifting out to sea.
"-or not." The red-haired boy sighed in disappointment, but then smiled. "Oh well, at least I have ten coins now."
"Let this be a warning to you, Sailor John." said Thomas as he looked to the sky. "In case you might be hearing this, you will never stop us or this tournament! We will carry on to become professional duelists and make you pay for the innocent lives you have ruined. We're coming for you, Sailor John!"
(elsewhere...)
Inside Sailor John's cavern hideout along the cove, it would seem he overheard Thomas's vow and chuckled darkly.
"Then come and get me, little Thomas." he said to himself. "But don't forget who holds all of the cards here."
Two more pirates walked in. These two looked like twins.
"You have-" began the first pirate.
"-summoned us, sir?" finished the second pirate.
"Yes." confirmed Sailor John. "I want you both to find Thomas Billinton and eliminate him and his friend from Discord's tournament. And DON'T fail me like Laura and Sledge both have."
The two twin pirates bowed.
"We will-"
"-obey."
And they walked away from their leader. Sailor John then stood up and walked over to the nearby cage containing Spencer's parents.
"It seems that Billinton kid won't give up." he said. "But no matter... That fool has no idea what he's in for."
"What are you talking about?" asked Mrs. Gresley (Boxford). "You're after our family's company, aren't you?"
"Not entirely." corrected Sailor John. "I just wanted another excuse to discredit Discord and make people hate him."
"That doesn't make any sense!" Mr. Gresley (Boxford) argued.
"Perhaps." shrugged the pirate captain. "But know this; if my plan to eliminate that Billinton boy fails, I'll resort to plan B."
"What's plan B?" asked Mrs. Gresley (Boxford).
Sailor John gave another evil grin. "I'll just get Spencer to knock Thomas out of the tournament."
Mr. and Mrs. Gresley (Boxford) both didn't like the sound of that plot one little bit.