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 back outside Discord's mansion, Thomas and his pals had returned to tell everyone else there about the pirates and Sailor John's fates... but only actually told Discord about it.
"So, my old friend is now dead." Discord sighed unhappily.
"And the Millennium Eye was stolen by whoever did the deed." Thomas pointed out.
"Where did you get that Millennium Eye, anyway?" asked Percy.
Discord gave another sigh. "It takes me back to when I returned to Egypt... but I'm afraid this tale will have to wait for another day."
"What?" James blinked. "Why won't you tell us?"
"Because the time is not yet right." Discord replied sternly. "When the time is right, I will tell you all."
"So, I'm guessing we should bury Sailor John, right now?" asked Gordon.
"For everything he's done, I would disagree." James stated. "But... after seeing him lying on the ground dead, I can't help but almost feel sorry for him."
"Agreed." Discord nodded in agreement. "Perhaps if he never came with me to Egypt back when we were friends, then maybe he would never have taken that dark path in his life."
Title: Aftermath
A while later, everyone had the bodies of Sailor John and the remaining pirates buried in a local cemetery.
"Farewell... John, old friend." Discord said quietly, shedding a tear in the process.
(elsewhere...)
After that, everyone returned to the mansion to see how everyone else was doing. Currently, everyone was inside Spencer's room. It would seem he was still lying in bed and in his coma.
"Spencer didn't wake up yet?" asked Henry.
"No." Emily replied, shaking her head. "We're getting really worried now."
"What about Sailor John?" asked Mr. Gresley (Boxford). "Did you kids catch him?"
"Someone got to him before we did." explained Thomas. And he told them about Sailor John's death.
"What kind of monster would do such a thing like that?" Mavis asked, looking absolutely terrified.
"We have no idea." said Edward. "But it was clear he was after the Millennium Eye and only killed Sailor John to get it."
Suddenly, they heard a groaning and looked over to Spencer. The silver-haired boy slowly opened his eyes.
"W-What...?"
"SPENCER!" cried Mr. and Mrs Gresley (Boxford) running over to their son.
"You're awake!" came from Gordon.
"Where am I?" Spencer asked groggily.
"You're in your room."
"Oh, Spencer." sobbed Mrs. Gresley (Boxford), hugging her silver-haired son. "We were so worried."
"We're so glad you're alive." Mr. Gresley (Boxford) added, joining in the family hug.
"Mom?" gasped the silver-haired boy. "Dad?"
"Yes, sweetheart." confirmed Mrs. Gresley (Boxford). "It's us."
"But... how did you get away?" asked Spencer, who was looking shocked.
"We rescued them." answered Gordon.
"And...what about Sailor John?"
"He's been taken care of." Percy spoke up. "Thomas here defeated him."
"And it was all thanks to part of your deck combined with mine." added Thomas.
"My deck?" asked Spencer, as his rival handed the cards he borrowed back.
"If it wasn't for your three Blue-Eyes White Dragons-" Thomas pointed out. "-I honestly would have lost that duel. In other words, I have you to thank for."
The silver-haired boy stared both long and hard for what seemed like forever before, for the first time in a... Well, ever, Spencer Gresley smiled, in a truly genuine and sincere way.
"Thanks for taking down that pirate."
"It was not a problem." Thomas insisted.
"No. I really mean it." Spencer stated, getting out of bed and standing before the blue-haired boy. "You and your friends, as well as my Cousin, saved my parents. As much as I don't like admitting it, they're the most important things in my life. If I never saw them again, I don't know what I would do."
Everyone was amazed. This was a side of Spencer's they've certainly never saw before.
"What's going to happen to Skiff?" asked Lady.
"Am I going to have to live in an orphanage?" Skiff added, looking sad.
"Actually, we've thought hard about it." Mr. Gresley (Boxford) spoke up, smiling.
"And since Skiff lost his family at a young age, and that Sailor John wasn't a very good father towards him-" Mrs. Gresley (Boxford) added. "-not to mention we've grown very fond of him, we're going to adopt Skiff into the Gresley family."
Skiff and Spencer both couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"What?!" Spencer exclaimed in disbelief.
"D-Do you really mean it?" Skiff asked, hoping it wasn't a cruel joke.
"Of course, we mean it." insisted Mr. Gresley (Boxford).
"What about you, Spencer dear?" Mrs. Gresley (Boxford) asked. "What do you think about having a brother?"
"Adopting a pirate's helper?" asked Spencer, sounding disgusted. "Have you both lost it?!"
"Son-" said Mr. Gresley (Boxford) calmly. "-sure he was adopted by Sailor John, and yes, he did do some questionable things. However, Skiff was lied and mislead by Sailor John, so the stuff he did wasn't partially his own fault."
"I know what I've done wasn't exactly the best of my life." Skiff agreed. "But when your parents showed me the error of my ways, I've began to think of them as my real parents."
"Please, Spencer?" asked Mrs. Gresley (Boxford). "Try to give Skiff a chance. For us?"
"Oh... alright." sighed Spencer, after what seemed like forever. "Welcome to the Gresley family, Skiff."
"Oh thank you!" cried Skiff, giving the older boy a hug. "Did I forget to mention that I think you are the best duelist there ever is? Sure Thomas defeated Sailor John and won the tournament, but from what I've heard you nearly did, too. Maybe if you did win, you could have faced Thomas and won! You're so cool, I want to be just like you!"
"Looks like Spencer's got his own little fan." chuckled James.
Spencer grinned. "You know, maybe having a little brother won't be such a bad thing, after all."
"Oh boy..." Toby moaned.
"This is sure to swell his ego." added Emily.
"Oh, the indignity." sighed Gordon, doing a face fault.
"Billinton..." said Spencer suddenly, turning his attention back to Thomas. "Because of the situation, our rematch didn't count. One day, we will duel again and decide who is the better duelist."
"That's fair enough." Thomas agreed, holding his right hand out.
"And when we do have our rematch, know that I will win." Spencer finished, holding his right hand out and smiling.
And thus the two friends/rivals shook hands on good terms.
"So, what now?" asked Percy.
"Discord mentioned that the tournament prizes would be handed out this evening." Henry pointed out.
"Sweet!" smiled James.
"What should we do until then?" asked Lily.
"I know what I'm going to do." Spencer spoke up. "I want to catch up with my parents. After all that has happened, I want to spend some time with them."
"What about me?" Gordon asked. "I mean, we're family too."
"Oh, fine." sighed Spencer, sounding hesitant. "You too."
And so, Thomas and the rest of his friends (except Gordon) took their leave, allowing the Gresleys (and Skiff) to spend some time together.
(elsewhere...)
Back in the hallway, Percy had a question for his best friend.
"Did you really use some of Spencer's cards against Sailor John, Thomas?" he asked.
"Yes." answered Thomas. "I fused Spencer's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with my Black Luster Soldier to create Dragon Master Knight and defeat Sailor John's Five-Headed Dragon."
"The Dragon Master Knight?" Edward was even surprised. "I've heard of most of the cards in the card, but I've never even heard of that specific card."
"Must have been pretty cool." said James, sounding impressed.
"Maybe we'll get a chance to see it one day." Percy put in.
"Maybe, maybe not." Thomas shrugged. "Just remember that the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is one of Spencer's monster cards."
"Too true." Henry nodded.
(elsewhere...)
Later on, it was the evening, and it was time for the reward ceremony. Everyone had gathered in the duel chamber for the prizes to be given out. While all of the non-duelists watched from the balcony above, Thomas, Percy, James, Lady, and Spencer all stood on the dueling platform. Before it all began, Discord went and gave a few words...
"We are here to offer congrats to these five proud duelists for their efforts in the San Francisco Tournament." he began.
Lady was the first to step forth.
"Lady Stone..." said Discord, handing her a Premium Booster Pack. "Well done..."
"Thank you, Discord." The beautiful blonde-haired girl smiled gratefully.
Thomas was also proud of his new friend. Discord then approached Spencer.
"Spencer-boy." He started to hand over a Gold Booster Pack, but Spencer held up a hand.
"I was never here for your tournament." The silver-haired boy pointed out. "I only had to take part because my parents were in danger."
"If you say so." nodded Discord, turning to walk away, but quickly flashed Spencer a smile and wink. "Good job, anyway."
Spencer kept his neutral look. Discord walked over to James and Percy next.
"Seeing as both of you boys tied-" The jollyman stated, holding up a thirty pack-filled Booster Box. "-I think you should share this prize."
"Wow, thanks!" said Percy excitedly.
"The cards in the Booster Packs will hopefully serve to boost your decks very well." insisted Discord. "One half is filled with special cards known as Neo-Spacians, and the other with luck and warriors."
Percy grinned. "Neo-Spacians, eh?" he thought to himself. "I guess I'll-"
"I call dibs on the Neo-Spacians!" James quickly announced.
"Oh, come on!" exclaimed Percy. sounding annoyed. "Why do I get stuck with the luck based cards?"
"Because you were born to use them." teased James, nudging his green-haired friend's side.
The green-haired boy grumbled to himself. Discord approached Thomas, carrying a large golden trophy.
"Thomas-boy, on behalf of my company, I reward you this trophy." The creator of Duel Monsters announced. "With it, you are crowned the 'Duel King' of the San Francisco tournament."
"Thank you." bowed Thomas, taking the trophy.
Up on the balcony, Emily felt so happy for her friends (especially Thomas) that she nearly burst into tears.
"You all did great." The dark green-haired girl sobbed happily, clapping.
"Well done!" called out Gordon, also clapping.
Soon the rest of the friends began to clap as well. Down below everyone (well, except for Spencer) felt very proud of themselves for doing well in their first tournament, but they all had the exact same thought... They still had a long way to go to become great duelists.
(elsewhere...)
Later that evening, Thomas was in his room looking at his trophy.
"Tomorrow-" he said to himself. "-we return home to the Island of Sodor."
The blue-haired boy was rather happy. He had won the tournament, and stopped an evil pirate from endangering the world.
"I couldn't have done it alone." Thomas said to himself.
He was referring to all of the monster cards in his deck, his friends, and even Spencer. After all, if it wasn't for Thomas using some of the silver-haired boy's cards, he would never have won the duel. Although he had won, Thomas knew he wasn't a professional duelist yet.
"Too bad I still have a long way to go."
With that said, he began to have a flashback to his very first duel in the tournament; which was against Diesel.
FLASHBACK
Thomas had just special summoned Dark Magician Girl, who faced off against the Insect Queen.
"Sorry, but your little girlfriend is still no match for my lovely Insect Queen." Diesel stated. "That move on your part was the last mistake you'll ever make!"
"Tell that to my final Spell card!" Thomas rebuffed, holding a card out. "Diffusion Wave-Motion! Now, by paying a total of 1000 life points, my Dark Magician Girl can go and attack all your monsters at once!"
The blue-haired boy slotted his card into the Duel Disk. He then glared fiercely at the black-haired Smelter Teen (LP: 100).
"Normally this card requires a level 7 or higher spellcaster-type monster to use, but thanks to Magical Academy my Dark Magician Girl's level also increased from 6 to 8. And with the Dark Magician card in my graveyard, she gets a even bigger power boost of 300 extra attack points!"
Dark Magician Girl's wand was crackling with blue energy from Diffusion Wave-Motion, while her whole body was glowing purple from the power boost from the Dark Magician in Thomas's graveyard (ATK: 2500 - 2800).
"Aw yeah!" cheered Percy. "Scramble those eggs, Thomas!"
"Dark Magician Girl." commanded Thomas. "Go and destroy all of Diesel's insects with Dark Burning Attack now!"
Dark Magician Girl obeyed and fired a magical shockwave blast from her wand, destroying all of Diesel's monsters. The egg tokens were the first to be destroyed. This weakened the Insect Queen considerably (ATK: 3200 - 2600 / DEF: 2400). One final shockwave ripple then came and tore through the Insect Queen and destroyed her. Diesel's eyes widened as the ripple suddenly came and smacked into him, knocking him back a distance while yelling until he laid down on the ground (LP: 0).
END FLASHBACK
The flashback ended, and Thomas gave a small smile.
"If I hadn't won against Diesel, then not only would I had been eliminated from the tournament, but who also knows what would have happened to Mavis."
Lying down on his head, he started to have another flashback. This one was to his duel against Rosie.
FLASHBACK
"Next I'll set two cards facedown." Thomas continued, as two facedown cards appeared in front of him. Finally, he held up a new Spell card called Dark Magic Curtain. "Finally I'll play Dark Magic Curtain!"
A large curtain with a skeleton on top appeared before them.
"What does that do?" asked Rosie, looking a bit nervous.
"By paying half of my current life points-" explained Thomas, smiling (LP: 1300). "-I can special summon from my deck any Dark Magician-type monster I want." He drew a card and laid it onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk. "So now... I call forth Dark Magician!"
The curtain was drawn and Dark Magician came out from it, twirling his scepter for battle (Level: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100).
"Aw yeah!" cheered Emily. "He's got his ace out. Rosie's in trouble now."
"Is that...the Dark Magician?" asked Rosie in wonder. She suddenly went into fangirl mode. "Omigosh, Omigosh, Omigosh! I'm actually facing the headliner of your whole entire deck!"
"Now I play one more Spell card." Thomas held out his final card. "The powerful Dark Burning Magic!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up. Rosie looked scared of what was about to happen.
"As I have both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl on my field-" explained Thomas. "-I can destroy every card on your side of the field!"
"Yes!" cheered Percy. "Maiden in Love's ability protects her from being destroyed in battle, but not by card effects!"
Rosie couldn't believe her ears when she heard that bit of info. This would leave her life points wide open!
"Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl!" called Thomas. "Combine your powers together and wipe out all of Rosie's remaining cards on her side of the field!"
The two magicians obeyed, charging magical energy from their wand and staff before bringing both together and firing the blast right at Rosie's cards. Maiden in Love cried out as she was destroyed.
"My maiden!" Rosie screamed in horror. "This can't be happening to me!"
"Rosie..." said Thomas. "You've put up a great duel, and you're as strong as I thought you were... but I'm afraid it's all over for you, now."
Rosie stared at Thomas in awe for a few seconds before closing her eyes, lowering her head a bit, and blushing.
"You win, Thomas." she thought to herself. "I'm glad you've won, too."
"Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl! Attack Rosie directly with double Dark Magic attack!" called Thomas.
Both magicians obeyed, charging more magical energy from their staff and wand and firing at Rosie. The two blasts of energy combined into one as they hit, causing Rosie to scream as her life points dropped to zero (LP: 0).
END FLASHBACK
The flashback ended, and Thomas chuckled a bit.
"She really did put up a good fight." he said. "Rosie sure lived up to her role as a champion duelist."
Suddenly, Thomas had another flashback. This time to his tag duel against the Paradox Brothers.
FLASHBACK
Knight of Dark Dragon disappeared in a flash as a swirl of fire appeared.
"I summon the Red-Eye Black Dragon!" announced Percy, placing the card on a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
On cue, the black-scaled dragon with glowing red eyes materialized in the blaze of fire with a mighty screeching roar (Level: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000). All of a sudden, Para and Dox both laughed at what looked like to be the worst move they've ever seen...
"That's it? That's all you went through just to summon?!" asked Para dismissively.
"It was pointless!" Dox added. "Our Gate Guardian can overcome those two monsters without even putting up a fight!"
"Laugh all you want-" retorted Percy. "-but we'll have the last laugh. Besides, did you forget your own little rule?"
Para and Dox both stopped laughing.
"You can use your teammate's cards in addition to your own." The green-haired boy continued. "And now I'm gonna use my teammate's facedown card as if it were my own!"
Thomas nodded in agreement and poked a button on his Duel Disk to reveal his facedown. The card facedown was revealed to be... Polymerization.
"Now I'll go and fuse Red-Eyes with Thomas's Summoned Skull!"
The two monsters began to fuse together.
"Behold!" said the two duelists at once. "The Black Skull Dragon!"
When the fusion ended, standing in black was Red-Eyes Black Dragon with very bony-like scales all around its body. The head now had two large horns also. The new dragon let out a deep-voiced roar (Level: 9/ATK: 3200/DEF: 2500). Finally, the finisher came...
"This cannot be possible, brother!" gulped Para.
"I know, brother, but it is probable." Dox agreed.
All that was left to attack was...
"Black Skull Dragon-" Thomas began.
"-attack their life points directly." Percy added.
"MOLTEN FIREBALL ATTACK!" The two duelists called out at once.
The Black Skull Dragon obeyed, charging up a blast and firing it at the Paradox Brothers. Once the fireball collided with them, the two pirates cried out in pain as they lost the rest of their life points (Team LP: 0).
END FLASHBACK
The flashback ended, and Thomas sat up.
"Those pirates really gave me and my friends a headache." he remarked to himself.
After all, Sailor John and his pirates had almost ruined the whole tournament for everybody. But thankfully, he had been stopped. Cue another flashback!
FLASHBACK
Thomas's big duel against Sailor John. The blue-haired boy had just fusion summoned Dragon Master Knight.
"Behold the legendary Dragon Master Knight!" announced Thomas.
Sailor John gasped at the sight of the extremely powerful monster. But then he regained his thoughts, as both monsters were tied.
"Your new monster is just as strong as mine!" The pirate captain protested. "If you attack, they'll both be destroyed!"
"Wrong." Thomas rebuffed.
"Huh?"
"My new monster gains strength for every dragon-type monster either player has ever used." explained Thomas. "The only exception would be itself, but your Five-Headed Dragon also counts!"
The blue-haired boy held up his right hand, showing the palm.
"And I count ten dragons in total." he continued. "Meaning 500 x 10 equals 5000 extra attack points!"
Dragon Master Knight grew even more powerful (ATK: 5000 - 10000). Sailor John could now only watch in pure terror.
"N-No..."
"Sailor John, This is a message from Spencer Gresley; YOU LOSE!" Thomas declared dramatically. "Now Dragon Master Knight...!"
Suddenly, a spirit of Spencer appeared next to the blue-haired boy (left).
"Attack the Five-Headed Dragon..."
Finally, a spirit of Emily appeared on Thomas's right.
"...and put an end to the duel!"
"DRAGON SABER BLAST!" cried all three main protagonists.
Dragon Master Knight obeyed, first charging and firing a Neutron Blast attack with the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon before Black Luster Soldier threw in a Chaos Blade attack from his sword. The Five-Headed Dragon tried to counter with a breath blast of its own, but it wasn't good enough. The mighty Five-Headed Dragon's attack was pushed back and the monster itself had finally been destroyed.
"The Five-Headed Dragon has been brought down!" announced Thomas..
Sailor John watched in horror as his beast finally fell and what was left of his life points were depleted.
"N-No..." he thought to himself (LP: 0). "This can't be possible!"
Thomas stood triumphantly, spirits of his friends also appearing. Together, Thomas and his friends stood before the beaten Sailor John.
"Sailor John-" The blue-haired boy said slowly. "-WE win."
Sailor John collapsed to his knees. "I... I've lost! This isn't possible... My plans... They're finished!"
"You'd better believe it." confirmed Thomas. "Your reign of terror has come to an end."
END FLASHBACK
The flashback ended, and Thomas remembered someone murdering Sailor John afterward.
"Someone took the Millennium Eye." The blue-haired boy thought to himself. "But who exactly did it?"
There was a knock on his door.
"Who is it?"
"It's Emily, Percy, Toby, and Mavis, Thomas." Emily's voice replied. "Could we come in?"
"Sure." acknowledged Thomas. "Come on in."
The door opened, and walking was Emily, Toby, Percy, and Mavis.
"Where are the others?" Thomas asked.
"Gordon, Henry, and James are having a movie night in Gordon's room." Toby replied.
"Edward's busy getting his things together." Percy threw in.
"Lady is spending some time with Patch and Lily before leaving tomorrow." added Mavis.
"While we wanted to see how you're doing." Emily finished. "We're all so proud of you for winning this tournament."
"I couldn't have done it without any of your help." stated Thomas.
"Heh, got that right." Percy stated. "Emily cares very much for you, you know, Thomas. Why can't you both admit that you like each other more than as friends?"
"Percy!" scolded Mavis.
"I'm just saying." shrugged Percy innocently.
Thomas and Emily both blushed from their green-haired friend's little comment.
"Maybe one day..." Thomas thought to himself.
"...we just might." Emily also thought to herself.
"Well, in a few days being on a fancy plane-" said Toby. "-we'll all be back on Sodor. Wait until everyone hears about how you took down that pirate even with his Millennium Eye."
"Hold on." Thomas interrupted. "You... Do you really think everyone on Sodor will believe the tale about the Millennium Items?"
"So you think we should keep it secret?" asked Mavis.
"I'm just saying not everyone will believe in pirates or magical items. But yes, we should keep those details a secret."
"Alright." agreed Toby. "But news like this would make you a hero to everybody."
"Unless you wanna get my ego shot up to Spencer's level." Thomas retorted. "The last time something like that happened it got me in serious trouble."
"We all remember." said Emily, placing her right hand onto Thomas's arm in comfort.
"Besides, I'm not a professional duelist yet." Thomas went on. "I still have a long way to go."
"But you'll have us by your side when you do." Percy pointed out. "Not to mention James, Lady, and I also aim to become professional duelists, too."
Thomas felt so lucky to have such great friends. Yup. This night would be one he would never forget any time soon.
(elsewhere...)
Early the next morning, Thomas and the others (minus Spencer, Skiff, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Gresley (Boxford) who took their private jet to go home) were all at the city's airport to board their flight to go home.
"Well, everyone, this is where we must sadly depart." Discord sighed sadly.
"You can always stop by Sodor for a visit if you want." said Emily.
"Too true, but I am a busy man." Discord replied. "However, if you ever get a chance to meet my adopted children, just mention that you're all friends of mine."
"Adopted children?" Thomas blinked. "You mean you adopt children without homes?"
"Correct." nodded Discord. "As you can see, I adore kids very much. In fact, I sometimes travel around the world to adopt orphans to have them become potential employs at Industrial Illusions when they grow up, or even into becoming great duelists."
He started to smile very fondly.
"Five in particular; Matt, James, Carlie, Mike, and Zack. They're are all about around your age group, and are even champion duelists here in America."
"There's another James about?" asked James, feeling a hint of jealousy.
"Oh yes." Discord nodded. "Four of them also are masters of a new summon technique."
"New summon technique?" Edward gasped. "You mean there are other summon techniques other than Normal, Special, Fusion, and Ritual?"
"Indeed." confirmed Discord. "This new summon technique is called the Synchro summon."
"Synchro summon?" Thomas whispered in amazement.
"Could you tell us a bit about it now?" Percy asked hopefully.
Just before Discord could answer, an announcement was then heard.
"Attention passengers, the flight to Sodor will now be boarding."
"Sorry, kids." sighed Discord. "It will have to be another time. You all have a flight to catch."
"Thank you for everything, Discord." Mavis said graciously.
"We'll miss you." James added.
"And we'll miss you too, Lady!" came from both Lily and Patch. "Tell Burnett we said hi when you return to Sodor."
"I will." waved Lady. "Goodbye!"
"We'll be seeing you, Discord!" Thomas waved goodbye.
With that said, the gang went to go catch their flight. Discord smiled to himself as he waved goodbye.
"This isn't the last we'll see each other, Thomas-boy." he thought to himself. "We'll see each other again soon... That's a promise."
(elsewhere...)
Several minutes later, the plane had taken off from the airport and into the sky and above the whole city.
(elsewhere...)
Inside the luxurious plane, while Gordon, Henry, and James each argued over who's turn it was to cook lunch, Thomas merely looked out the window at the disappearing city below.
"Thanks for the fun, San Francisco." he thought to himself. "But now it's time we returned to our home on Sodor. Where our other friends, as well as family, are all waiting."
And thus, the plane flew on its way.