There was something strange at Ulfstead Castle, but Ms. Richards could not tell what it could be ever since her encounter with that ghost.
Much to Sir Robert Norramby and Ms. Richards' surprise, the ghost they encountered was King Godred himself and could be a reflection of his past doing one of his duties.
Ms. Richards did not believe much in the supernatural before arriving on Sodor, but now that she had encountered one, she was a little on the edge of experiencing another.
But this lingering feeling felt like something was looming over the castle—like an aura of danger roaming its walls.
Sir Robert Norramby noticed Ms. Richards' uneasy expression while exploring the castle together to keep an eye on the crowd of people, pausing from his walk and asking, "Is there something the matter, Katie?"
"There is this uneasy feeling, Robert," Ms. Richards explained. "It doesn't feel like the normal feeling around Ulfstead Castle."
After responding to Sir Robert Norramby's question, she shook her head, muttering, "It must be my nerves getting to me after seeing King Godred's ghost."
Sir Robert Norramby said nothing after Ms. Richards shook her head and walked forward, having a slightly suspicious feeling that she could be right about something.
But he does not want to pressure Ms. Richards to tell him more, so he turns his focus to one of the lines, telling them to follow him to another part of the castle.
Somewhere around Ulfstead Castle, the ghost of King Godred was walking through the castle's walls, looking at the redesign of the place with a proud expression.
Ever since his death, his kingdom had collapsed over time while he roamed through the destroyed hallways, grumbling about his missing crown or peering through one of the shattered windows to watch the small village grow into a town.
He wanted to go down to the village to look closer at how well it had grown, but since he died in the castle, he would not leave its grounds.
King Godred was a little offended that he would not leave, but he slowly understood that it was his home and where he died, so he stayed and watched millions of years pass from the castle he called home.
He had to get used to some things, ranging from the previous invaders who roamed Sodor when he was a young man, sometimes getting into small quarrels with them from across the window to where they were, to people rudely entering his castle, which he used his newfound powers to scare away.
Then there are the yōkai, who sometimes come into his castle, giving him a startle of his undead life whenever they pop around, usually ranging from ape-like creatures to gigantic one-eyed monsters.
At first, it was a little unnerving with all these yōkai roaming, but he slowly got used to them as others were kind towards him, explaining who they were and where they came from, even understanding his Sudric language.
King Godred thought that everyone had forgotten him as time went by until an elderly man named 'Sir Robert Norramby' came to his castle and started to rebuild it, much to King Godred's surprise.
So people remembered him!
King Godred watched the so-called 'workers' start rebuilding his castle from the blueprints destined to create a museum, making him worry that they might add weird things to the castle itself.
Much to King Godred's relief, they kept the castle as it was and started showing some familiar things, like armor and others throughout history, which all piqued King Godred's curiosity.
He did not suspect that so much had happened outside his castle; he even saw steam locomotives roaming around it as they had laid out tracks for them.
One was called 'Millie,' and another was called 'Stephen,' and they both piqued King Godred's curiosity whenever he looked at them.
Out of curiosity, he got close to them when they were asleep, but he could not figure out their little levers or how the small devices worked, much to his silent frustration.
But he could watch from a safe distance as he watched the workers and their 'drivers' and 'firemen' scoop coal and fill them with water.
It was all very curious for King Godred as he continued watching how they worked from a safe distance.
He saw more appear to help around the castle, even a little agitated when they screwed up on one of the building structures, but could not show his agitation towards them.
However, his agitation soon flipped to shock when Sir Robert Norramby's beloved steam engine, 'Stephen,' found the most prized item he thought would be lost forever.
His crown!
King Godred wanted to give Stephen a proper king's thanks and reward for finding his crown, but he reminded himself he was a ghost among the people and watched with pride as Ulfstead Castle opened.
Some strange things happened throughout his time watching new and old people wander through his rebuilt castle, even encountering a 'coffee pot' engine named 'Glynn,' which was the strangest he had ever seen.
And Glynn became his favorite because he felt identical to this steam locomotive, with them both thinking they were forgotten forever but were rediscovered and rebuilt.
Not including his red paintwork that matches his cape.
Then Toby comes and stops two thieves from stealing the crown itself, and once again, his crown is out of harm's way, and King Godred feels proud of this small boxed engine for stopping the two thieves.
However, when Wendell appears and captures the trio, even transforming Sir Robert Norramby into a steam locomotive, and learns that Juliet is coming back, King Godred feels useless as the castle is emptied.
He hurried to the tallest tower he had and peered through, watching as Juliet's dimension over at Deadman's Island cracked, and Juliet emerged from inside the prison she was sealed in, sending King Godred into fear.
If Juliet manages to take control of Sodor's magic, everything will be in ruins and under her wicked control.
King Godred was praying to the gods and goddesses like no other as he watched the battle between Juliet and ships in the distance, wishing that someone would stop Juliet from taking over Sodor.
To his surprise, a glowing ship started battling against Juliet, almost glowing like the sun as the ship crashed into her.
The ship and Juliet's magic clashed against each other as King Godred watched from the tallest tower, teetering over the ledge with sweaty palms of nerves as he watched the battle, wanting to join to aid the ship but giving his prayers towards the mysterious ship.
After what seemed like hours, Juliet was finally defeated, and the ghosts of the ones she had crossed dragged her into the unknown in the water, where everything returned to normal, finally ending Juliet's reign.
King Godred slumped against the rock wall of the tallest tower where he was, feeling relief wash over him and finally feeling happy that Juliet was finally defeated.
He should not be worried about Juliet's return or wandering throughout the castle to find the key he used.
King Godred thought everything was done after years passed until something started draining the island's magic and transforming everyone into statues.
Strangely, he can move away from his castle and wander across Sodor, looking at everything he could not see while stuck inside Ulfstead Castle.
The other ghosts that roamed across Sodor could do the same to their confusion, interacting with others who died and stuck around to roam across Sodor.
Ironically, King Godred did not expect to see ghost engines roaming Sodor, but his adventure around Sodor ended when a spread of Gold Dust suddenly went through the air.
He was returned to Ulfstead Castle and had strange feelings that a looming threat was wandering throughout Sodor itself.
Sure enough, he came across some creatures that resembled goblins trying to enter Ulfstead Castle, but King Godred kept kicking them out of the castle by pushing or frightening them.
These imps, as he would call them, were very annoying and dangerous, capable of damaging places, and would attack each other without a second thought.
But something or someone kept getting rid of them as there were fewer and fewer imps roaming around Sodor, meaning that something or someone had scared them.
King Godred kept searching for what would cause that strange feeling but could not find it, feeling it grow stronger over time.
"Ree Godred," King Godred stopped walking after hearing his name and glanced around, frowning a little when he noticed no one around. "Soilshaghey ayns shoh."
King Godred looked down and saw a black cat standing before him, and King Godred thought the cat was blind.
But, when it opened its eyes, it had four eyes: the right eye was an emerald color, the left eye an aquamarine color, the right eye on the forehead was a ruby color, and the left eye was an Angelite color, all with vertical pupils.
Then the cat smiled as it stood on its hind legs and responded in Sudric, "Ta shid. As v'ou dy doillee cheet harrish trooid y Castle Ulfstead."
King Godred stared at this strange cat before him and responded, "Erm, dy jarroo, agh kys haink shiu ayns Castle Ulfstead?"
"Ta my folliaghtyn hene aym's, nagh lhisagh dooinney seaghnit dy hoilshaghey magh rieau." The black cat responded. "Agh cha nee er yn oyr shen haink mee ayns shoh."
King Godred knelt to the black cat's height as the cat approached him before standing back onto its hind legs, continuing, "Ta fer jeh'n Zodiacs doo er vloaddey stiagh 'sy castle ayd's croobagh veih-my-cheilley."
"Ny Zodiac doo?" King Godred repeated. "C'red ta ny Zodiac doo?"
"As hee shiu fer traa t'eh doaltattym cheet," the black cat responded. "Ta feym ayd cur mraane Richards as Sir Robert Norramby magh ass y castle shoh roish dy bee eh ro-jerree."
"Kys nee'm shen y yannoo?" King Godred asked. "Ta mish scaan!"
"She scaan oo." The black cat nodded as it started to walk away from King Godred. "Agh oddys shiuish caghlaa smooinaghtyn dooinney erbee liorish 'Insh' daue cre'n arrickyr heet. Feddyn yn traa yesh dy 'insh' daue."
King Godred chased after the black cat after it told him and looked around the corner, seeing that the cat had simply disappeared into thin air.
"Zodiacs doo." King Godred muttered, glancing away from the hallway. "Kys oddym's cur raaue da ny pobble shoh mychione ny Zodiacs doo?"
He turned around to continue walking when he saw what looked like a fish's tail connected to a long, scaly tail with fur trailing and disappearing from sight.
"OH MY GHUEE!" King Godred exclaimed before peering over the corner. "Va shen ny ard-nieu?"
Instead of standing around, King Godred rushed to find Sir Robert Norramby and Ms. Richards, knowing there were dire consequences if he did not.
Sir Robert Norramby swore that piece of the artifact was there, but how could it just disappear from sight?!
Ms. Richards entered the room and saw Sir Robert Norramby going into a tizzy, asking, "What's wrong, Robert?"
"One of my artifacts is missing, dear," Sir Robert Norramby mentioned to the pedestal where the artifact was, which was missing. "But that is not all. Almost half of them are missing, and the inside glass containers were torn off or melted."
"What?!" Ms. Richards exclaimed. "How can that be possible?!"
She peered out the window and watched people wander around, glancing back towards Sir Robert Norramby and telling him, "Let's see if we can find clues outside the castle."
Sir Robert Norramby nodded and followed Ms. Richards outside, but as they left the room, something gigantic swiped one of the items from a pedestal and disappeared into the darkness.
Outside Ulfstead Castle, Stephen noticed that the coaches they used had gone missing, going from three to two.
"Millie?" Stephen called, calling for Millie as he puffed around the estate. "Millie? Where could she have gone? Millie?"
Glynn followed behind, although he was a little groggy from being woken up from his nap as he puffed down the line.
"Are you sure she is here?" Glynn tiredly asked as he yawned.
"Come on, Glynn," Stephen urged. "Stay awake."
Glynn blinked a few times before seeing something through the sky, causing him to be fully awake, and he exclaimed, "SNAKE!"
Stephen looked up at what he was staring at, watching a gigantic, long, rope-like winged creature fly through the air.
He chuckled, looking back at Glynn, but his driver and fireman noticed and quickly hopped off, "That's not a snake, that's a-" Realization hits him too late as he shrieks, "DRAGON!"
Stephen and Glynn tried to back away from the speeding dragon, but it scooped them up from the ground in one sweep, flying back through the air and towards Ulfstead Castle.
Meanwhile, Sir Robert Norramby and Ms. Richards were going through the castle, but as they turned around the corner, they perked up when they suddenly heard what sounded like screaming.
They instantly entered the throne room before hearing clattering noises, but they froze after seeing what was causing all the panic as the people quickly exited the throne room.
Curled around a pile of gold, treasure, and museum artifacts, along with other missing items and a panicked Glynn, Stephen, and Millie, was a gigantic, long dragon.
The dragon had a blend of bull, fish, and lion, having a lion's mane with whiskers, a tail that belongs to a fish, and the horns of a bull with its own horns, but parts of the body were severely damaged as if it had gone through a battle.
The dragon roared after seeing intruders, and Ms. Richards screamed but was scooped into Sir Robert Norramby's arms as he instantly started running, avoiding the dragon's breath of fire as it chased after them.
King Godred was running through the hallways as people went through his body, following where people were running away and hoping he was not-
But he instantly turned on his heel after seeing the dragon behind Sir Robert Norramby as he was carrying Ms. Richards in his arms.
The dragon kept breathing fire towards Sir Robert Norramby's heels, but he ran straight while avoiding the dragon's attacks, giving roars and thundering down the hallway.
They soon exited the castle, and the dragon followed behind, roaring as everyone scrambled off the hill.
However, the dragon cleverly used its tail to draw the drawbridge, causing everyone to scramble quickly, luckily avoiding falling into the empty ravine.
Sir Robert Norramby went onto the rising drawbridge as Ms. Richards held onto him, feeling the dragon drawing closer to him, but as they were on the tip of the drawbridge, the dragon's clawed hand suddenly came in towards them.
It grabbed Ms. Richards with its claws and ripped her out of Sir Robert Norramby's arms as he watched with horror.
Its tail smacked against Sir Robert Norramby's body and tossed him through the air as Ms. Richards screamed, beating against its clawed paw while extending a hand towards him, "ROBERT!"
King Godred was outside of his castle and panted a few times before perking up when he heard Ms. Richard's shout.
He looked over and saw Ms. Richards in the dragon's grip and even watched Sir Robert Norramby soar through the air before crashing into the distance, wincing before instantly heading to where he crashed.
King Godred's castle is now occupied by a dangerous mutant dragon as it perches on the top of its tallest tower, giving the loudest roar.