Chapter 12: Sayonara Sodor! It's been a blast!

Hey Everyone! BuleTornado3275 here with the last chapter of TAFAJ! Hmmm… I hope you're excited for this. It's going to be a good one. Uh… Yeah I don't have anything to say here. Nothing's on my mind so on with the Final chapter. Enjoy!

Dark clouds swirled around the sky as Thomas paced around the yard. Raven was really Lady and he hadn't been told. He had so many questions for her. Like, where had she been for the last sixteen years? Or maybe, what's happening to the island? He wanted to talk to her really badly but that wasn't an option. She was at the hospital after she collapsed at the Dieselworks. He passed a line of trucks. They giggled at him.

"Oh shut up. I'm not in the mood." He said sadly. Imagine his surprise when they actually did.

"Sorry Thomas."

"It's just the way we were made."

"We can't help it."

"We understand your pain to lose a loved one."

"We've lost lots to accidents."

Who knew the troublesome trucks could understand the engines feelings. Thomas sighed.

"Still waiting for news Thomas?" Thomas looked ahead to see me sitting on the edge of a break-van porch. He smiled weakly.

"Yeah. It's been hours. Do you think we should go to the hospital now? I have a feeling that she'll wake up now."

"Thomas. That's what you want to happen. But yeah, we should." I jumped in Thomas' cab and we headed for the hospital.

…

Matt sat outside Raven's room. He was waiting for anything to happen. His mind wondered around his head, looking at all the memories he'd made here on Sodor. He remembered how I slugged him when he came up behind me at Knapford, the performance, when he and forgot to wake me up and he went with Thomas on his own and more. He smiled.

"What are you smiling about Matt? Any news about Raven?" He looked toward me as I walked up to him. He shook his head.

"Nah. Just remembering the fun times I've had here. My time on Sodor was fun."

"Yeah, I know. There are a lot of memories to remember." I looked toward Raven's door.

"Are we allowed to…?" Matt nodded. I opened the door and walked in. Raven looked as if she was asleep. I sighed. I walked over and sat on the chair.

"Are you ok Raven? Please wake up." I sighed. She probably couldn't hear me but hey. You never know. I watched her for a moment before getting up to walk out. As I did I heard a growling. I looked back to Raven. Was that her stomach? I jumped as Raven suddenly sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Ooh. What time is it?" She looked toward me.

"Oh hi Amber. What's shaking?" It took me a moment to realize what happened before I ran up and hugged her.

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Turns out she was just sleeping. After she sent that energy ball at Diesel 10, she felt very tired. So she fell asleep on the spot. Thomas and the other engines were thrilled. Thomas then somehow managed to organize a party at Knapford Station. All the engines I had met on my adventure showed up. Even the little engines from Arlsdale, The Blue Mountain Quarry and Culdee Fell. But they were all on flatbeds. Matt and I watched on as Thomas, Annie and Clarabel took all the children for rides and Gordon boasted about how fast he was. Matt gave me a hug.

"Well I suppose I'm going to get you a new necklace to replace the other one don't I?"

"Yep. No question about it." He laughed as Raven walked up.

"Thank you for all your help Amber. I would never have seen Thomas again if you didn't help me. I may still be a human but once I get enough power, I should change back to normal." I nodded. Raven smiled.

"But for you, this isn't a party for celebrating is it? You have somewhere else you have to go?" I sighed.

"Yeah. I have to get back to my world in time for school. My teachers will kill me if I'm not back for the first day back."

"And my mum will kill me if I'm not back by the designated time we organized." Raven smiled warmly.

"Well say no more. I can send you back when you want. Just say your goodbyes and I'll send you back." I sighed. I was regretting this day from the start but it had to be done.

As Thomas pulled in with another train of hyperactive children I walked over to him.

"Hey Amber. Are you having fun?"

"Yes I am. But there's something I need to say to you."

"What's that?"

"Thank you for all your help. I have to go back to where I live. I have to go back to my world." Thomas' face instantly dropped.

"But… What about me? What about everyone else?"

"I'll always remember you and your friends. I've had such a great adventure. But unfortunately all good things must come to an end at some point. I will try to come and visit you again, but I can't promise you anything." I saw a tear roll down his face. I gave him a pat and walked back to Raven. Matt had also said his goodbyes and was next to Raven. I turned to face Thomas.

"Ready Amber?"

"Yeah. Let's go Raven." The word had flashed around the station quickly and everyone watched as Raven concentrated and Matt and I floated up into the air. I looked at Matt.

"I'm going to assume she's going to send you back to your home in Australia."

"Most likely."

"I guess this is goodbye then."

"It's never goodbye. It's more see you soon." I slapped his arm playfully.

"Ok then. See you later." I looked toward the engines as the energy reached its full power. I smiled.

"See you again guys! Sayonara Sodor! It's been a blast!"

As I felt myself fade I heard the engines whistle.

"Goodbye Amber!"

…

I blinked. I could hear the sight sound of something moving around. I sat up and looked around.

I was in my secret room back in the UK. I smiled as I watched my modal trains scurry around. Once I managed to get up and not fall over, I headed to the ladder. I opened it and reversed back down into my room. I saw my suitcase on my bed. I opened it up and I found my camera. I looked to see if the pictures were still there. Sure enough they were. I sighed with relief. I put it around my neck and headed toward the stairs to the living room. I stopped at the top as I heard humming. Taylor must have been in the lounge. I was about to go greet her when an idea struck me.

…

Taylor was watching the late night talk show. It was her favorite show. She glanced at the clock.

"Half an hour till Amber's plane lands. I better get…" she didn't finish her sentence. A bucket of cold water had been dumped on her head. She screamed and jumped up with the bucket still on her head. She turned to behind the couch and struck a karate pose. She heard laughing that sounded awfully familiar. She lifted the bucket off her head slightly and saw me standing there laughing.

"Amber? But… Your plane land in half an hour! How…?"

"Long story. But we've got time though don't we?"

One story later.

Taylor stared at the photos. She was amazed by my story and that I had photo proof.

"You actually visited Sodor? Man. That would have been amazing."

"It was. I had a fun time." Taylor scrolled through the photos and stopped on one.

"Who's this?" she showed me the picture and I smiled.

"That's Matt. He was someone I met at the airport before the whole adventure started. He was the one to give me the necklace."

"And that jeweled flower I'm guessing." I reached up and took the flower off my head.

"Yeah."

"He must have been quite a guy." I blushed.

"No! It's not like that!"

"Sure. Now you should get to bed. You've got school tomorrow." I nodded and headed back to my room. I couldn't wait for it.

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I parked my bike in the bike rack at school. I walked to the gate, took a deep breath and walked into the courtyard. Not many people were there but I knew that Jo would be here early getting her stupid shuffler ready. I looked around, ignoring the occasional tease.

I finally found her surrounded by guys asking for her number. Jo was ignoring them by looking at her phone. I stopped near a tree and cleared my throat. Jo looked up and saw me.

"Hey look. It's the Thomas lover. You do know this is a school for teenagers not babies." I smiled. Jo realized something was up.

"Why are you smiling? I just teased you about you favorite show. Why…?"

"I'm smiling because I know something that you don't. I know that their real." Jo scoffed.

"Yeah sure. You're just saying that to get out of it. Not going to work you know."

"That's what you think. Come and have a look." I pulled out my camera. Jo excused herself from the guys and walked over. She looked through the photos and her eyes almost popped out of her head. She franticly looked through them, most likely to find a picture that would reveal that they were a hoax. She didn't have any luck though.

"I know these are fake! You've just cropped in a picture to have you in it! I can delete these!"

"You do know that I've already uploaded the pictures to your Facebook page? Also I wrote that you were sending me an apology."

"Wait. How do you know my Facebook password?"

"You've posted it all over Facebook. It was easy to find." Jo stood there stunned and angry at the same time. I walked away to class whistling to myself as the bell rang.

All day I was getting apologies and people asking for forgiveness. I took all of them politely and my day was excellent. I was chuckling to myself as I walked back into the flat. Taylor was waiting in the lounge room waiting for the news.

"How'd it go?"

"Worked like a charm. Now Jo's going to be looking all over Facebook for her password. I like having a computer geek as a friend." We both laughed. Jo's password was never on Facebook. Taylor just hacked her account. Taylor high-fived me. She then seemed to remember something.

"Oh yeah. When did you get a pair of old buffers from?" now it was my turn to be puzzled.

"Buffers? I never brought home buffers."

"Yeah well there's one in the secret room."

I headed up to the secret room. Once I got there is saw a pair of buffers sitting in the corner. I also saw the old man from Shining Time standing there.

"Well. It seems you worked out my riddle. I told you they were real."

"Who are you? You never told me. And how did you get here?" The old man smiled. There was a puff of gold dust and on the floor was Mr. Conductor. I smiled.

"I thought you might want to visit your friends again. So I brought the buffers to you."

"Thanks. Mr. C? Will I see you on Sodor next time I go?" Mr. C laughed.

"Of course I will be. I'm going to stay on the island for a while so you'll see me around. I'm going to be helping Sir Topham Hatt and the engines build the Sodor Academy. It'll be for teenagers like you and I promise that there will be a statue of you out the front."

He checked his watch and almost fell over.

"I need to go. I'll see you on Sodor when you come back!" And he was gone in a puff of gold dust. I looked at my new buffers. I noticed a note stuck to it. I pulled it off and looked at it.

Dear Amber

I hope you got home safely. I have great news! After I transported you home I regained my normal human colours! Now I have blond hair and my clothes are now pink and purple. Thank you for all you've done Amber. I hope to see you again!

Sincerely Lady/Raven

PS. Don't worry about Diesel 10. He won't be back for a long time. He is getting a tan where he is.

I laughed. Raven was back to normal. My mind wondered, remembering all the fun I had back on Sodor. I also wondered where Diesel 10 was…

…

"Buzz off you stupid Pelican!" A seagull had landed on the roof of an odd boat. Diesel 10 growled. He was out in the middle of the ocean in a large dingy. The sun was blaring down and he was hot.

"When I get back, you are going to be sorry Amber. Mark my words, I will destroy you!" The seagull decided that this perch was too loud. It took off leaving a smelly present for him. Diesel 10 roared as loud as he could.

The End (For now!)!

And finished! For good this time! I hope you liked the final chapter. If you didn't see your favorite character in this story, don't worry. Amber will return to Sodor in Amber and I'll use more engines that didn't show up in this story. Such as Spencer, Bill, Ben and more diesels. I hope you enjoyed my story as much as I did. Please let me know if you enjoyed the story in the reviews or Private message me. I love to hear what you're thinking about my stories. But for now I will see you all later! BlueTornado3275 signing off!