The night after she had taken Paul and Melvin to the Dieselworks, Daniella sat in her shed at the scrapyard, gazing up at the sky. Dennis, who was now resting in the same spot Mark had been in, looked over at her. "Are you alright?" he asked, then added in a soft voice, "I heard what happened,"

"I'll be fine," Daniella replied quietly, "I just can't believe some people think it's so horrible to treat us like anything more than machines,"

"It's messed up, I know," said Dennis.

"What's so bad about makin' someone who's sick and broken still feel wanted? What's so bad about lettin' us have just a little more choice in our lives?" said Daniella.

"There's nothing wrong with that, Daniella," said Dennis.

"Yeah, well, that Tiberius fucker thinks that even thinking like that should be punished by inflicting a fate worse than death!" said Daniella.

"And he's a bad man," said Dennis.

"Do you really think we can change things, Dennis?" said Daniella.

"What do you mean? You already have," said Dennis.

"I guess you're right," Daniella said with a sigh.

"C'mon, Daniella, you've helped change things for the better, and now others are starting to realize that. Word got out about all the good things you've done, and it's starting to show," said Dennis.

Daniella looked at him, thinking about what he had said. After all, her reputation was being cleared, as evidenced by the shunter who had spoken to her at the signal the other day. Though she hadn't been out of the scrapyard much other than to visit Sodor, she couldn't help but notice that practically no one was running away from her anymore.

"You're a good engine, Daniella, and now pretty much everyone knows it. You're kind and caring…I like that about you," said Dennis.

Daniella flashed a smile. "I know ya do," she said. She once again stared at the sky. She truly hoped that Lorelei succeeded in spreading the word about what Tiberius had done. However, she didn't dare get her hopes up that anyone would empathize with her, or what she believed in. While there were many out there who disliked the way that useless engines were simply discarded, hardly anyone would dare try to change that. After all, that was just the way things were for a very long time. Even if others did want to change that, Daniella doubted that very many would want to take after her. After all, for years she had been the most reviled, most feared engine around. Only very recently had her reputation begun to change.

Looking to her side, Daniella saw Dennis smiling at her. "I believe in you," he said in reassuringly, and Daniella smiled back.

The next morning on Sodor, Lorelei found herself confronted by a crowd of angry passengers. This was because none of the engines were doing their jobs, and none of the trains were running. She soon found out that nearly all of the steam engines had gathered at the Steamworks for some reason, and were refusing to do their work.

Once Lorelei arrived at the Steamworks, she was not happy, and neither were the engines that had gathered there, as they were all angrily shouting.

"QUIET!" Lorelei shouted, and all the engines glared at her. "What the hell is going on here?!"

Once again, the engines all began to shout angrily.

"ONE AT A TIME!" Lorelei shouted.

"We don't want you modernizing this railway!" James shouted.

"What?!" Lorelei said, flabbergasted.

"You want to bring more diesels here!" Duck said accusingly.

"Sodor was supposed to be a safe haven for steam, now with the Fat Controller gone and you in charge—" Gordon began.

"Hold it right there!" Lorelei said, putting her hand up, "I'm not getting rid of any of you! How many times do I have to tell you guys this?!"

"We want to believe you, Lorelei, but you're friends with—with Diesel 10!" said Emily.

"And Diesel 10 has been telling all of us that you're planning on replacing us!" said Thomas.

Lorelei pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. "Well, Diesel 10 is in deep doo doo for spreading rumors!" she said. "Honestly, you all know he's got some serious issues and a tendency to misbehave…a lot. You all should know better!" Taking a breath to calm herself, she continued. "Look, I've looked through Sir Topham's office. From everything I've seen, he used to be a really good controller…and suddenly changed,"

"Lorelei…" Edward said hesitantly, "Do you have any clue what happened to make him turn his back on the diesels?"

Lorelei shook her head. "No, Edward, I don't. From the information I gathered, he used to care about all his engines. I've no clue what made him do that," she said.

Edward looked down. "Oh…well, if you ever do find out why, I think we'd all like to know," he said.

The other engines murmured in agreement.

"The plans to rid this railway of diesels only date back a couple of months. Do any of you remember anything that happened that could have fmade him want to do that?" said Lorelei.

"No," Edward said sadly, and the others said the same.

"Not even one of the diesels acting like a complete jackass?" said Lorelei.

Once again, she was met with a chorus of "no's" from the steam engines.

Lorelei sighed. "I'll keep trying to get to the bottom of this. Even if we never find out why your old controller turned his back on half his engines, just know that Sodor will always be a safe haven for steam," she said.

At that, the engines sighed in relief.

"Now, I believe you all have trains to pull! And I need to have a word with Diesel 10 for spreading rumors," said Lorelei.

Finally, the engines went to do their jobs, and Lorelei went to the Dieselworks. By the time she arrived, she was very cross. "Diesel 10!" Lorelei snapped, storming up to the big engine.

"Yes?" Diesel 10 asked, sounding mildly annoyed.

"You've been going around telling all the steam engines that I'm going to get rid of them!" Lorelei snapped.

"But I thought you were going to modernize," said Diesel 10.

"No I'm bloody well not!" Lorelei said through clenched teeth.

"Why not? I think it would do this railway a lot of good if you got rid of those worn out antiques," said Diesel 10.

"I'm well aware of what you went through in the past, but this attitude that all steam engines are horrible has got to go! No engine deserves to be thrown out and discarded, and that includes steam engines!" said Lorelei.

"But—" Diesel 10 began.

"But nothing! You need to realize that not every single steam engine in existence is nasty and prejudiced! I thought you'd learned something when Lady of all engines went out of her way to save your life!" Lorelei said, and Diesel 10 looked down in shame. "Now, please, just try to be nice to them. They don't hate you, they're afraid of you! And I think you owe them an apology for making them think I was planning on getting rid of them," said Lorelei.

With that, Lorelei left the Dieselworks, leaving Diesel 10 feeling very guilty. She had made a good point, after all that had been done for him, he had gone and acted like a jerk and for no good reason. Yet, a part of him just didn't believe that there were very many good steam engines out there. While Lady had forgiven him and helped save him, to him she was an exception to the rule. To him, steam engines in general were horribly prejudiced, hated diesels, and would enjoy seeing him get scrapped.