A/N Johnny, one of my new OCs tells his story.
Hello, everyone. I'm Johnny and this is my story. I've always wanted to help others, providing service or advice, whatever they need. My friends here can rely on my support and empathy, like my old friends on the Mainland. Because I'm very caring, sad stories make me very sad. I cry only if no one around makes me uncomfortable. I prefer to cry only when someone around won't be upset. I've always been able to sense when someone's unhappy and if it's someone I care about, I give them support, to help them feel better. Because of how much I care, I want to be that strong support system. However, sometimes I need my driver to comfort me because I get sad. I escaped a Mainland scrapyard to come here. Dreadfully sad place, because I had a friend and some of my siblings get scrapped there shortly after I arrived, so, though I had water on arrival there, I cried it all out. Driver was there to visit me, so he said, "There, there, Johnny. You can trust me, so cry. I can tell you're sad, so let it all out." and dried my tears with a cloth as I sobbed and sobbed until I could cry no more. My fireman was there, too and he said, "They, if your water hadn't evaporated before you were cut up, would've drained you of it then. But you did it for them.". The first time I ever cried in my life, I was very sad because I was unable to help a friend. So, I cried in my shed that night and my driver said, "There, there, Johnny. I know you feel sad, so cry. I wish I could wipe your sadness, so I shall wipe your eyes. Your pain's valid, so I'm here for you.", as he dried my tears with a cloth.
The next time my crew visited me, they said, "We're going to Sodor. Since you can be fixed at the Steamworks, Mr. Percival, the narrow-gauge controller, told the workmen of the Steamworks you were the right engine for them.". I was put on a flatbed, pulled by a Sodor engine, as I was told, then we went to my new home. I was taken to the Steamworks, to be repaired and take Victor's job after that. I miss life before diesels, but I like Sodor.
Here on Sodor, I know I'm safe, as long as I'm Really Useful. That and my new friends are why I like this place. I'm a very friendly little engine, so many of the engines here are my friends, especially the narrow-gauge engines and some smaller standard gauge engines, like Thomas. He's a friendly engine, but he can be cheeky. Kevin, the crane here at the Steamworks, told me Thomas is usually kind and cheerful, but he's sad about Luke. I traveled here parallel with Rowena, a little diesel who's taking Luke's work on the Skarloey Railway. But she came by boat. I visited the Skarloey Railway after I got out of the Steamworks and she told me about her journey.
A/N Not sure if damage or illness sent Johnny to the scrapyard, but he was replaced by a diesel, as his Mainland railway was dieselizing.