Me: Hey guys, Prowl here, I've recently finished the chapter, and I've got a while before Halloween, my birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas come, I could really use a break right about now.

Fred: I hear that, besides, it's gonna be a while before you come back, right?

Me: Yeah. I'm betting the others from other stories will want to to join in to read?

Fred: Yeah, besides everyone's getting restless to hear from you.

Me: Alright, but it better not be crowded.

Fred: Sorry, but it ain't my decision *Turns to everyone offscreen* Come on in, guys

Me: *Manages to avoid being stepped on and run over* Well, at least I managed to avoid having been stepped on and run over. Now with that out of the way, let's start the chapter. Oh, and Asperman1, I'm still considering your offer, it sounds VERY tempting, at least give me time before I can come to a decision.


One morning, Henry wasn't feeling well, his fire wasn't giving enough heat, Fred and Vanessa were trying to help the poor engine. "I knew this would happen eventually, we've got to tell Sir Topham Hatt about this." Fred said as he finally got Henry's fire going, but it wasn't burning properly, Vanessa saw it. "Well, you were right, Henry needs to have that welsh coal, but we need it now rather than later." She said, Fred nodded. "I know, I've known about this problem ever since I first got here, shortly before you did, if you remember correctly, Vanessa, that was about a year ago." He explained, Vanessa remembered the crazy things that happened over the previous year, she was glad it was over, and secretly, Fred was also glad to see it go by so quickly, he had enough of the crazy things that happened to him, mostly because it was mostly directed at him.

Fred was trying to keep Henry's fire from going out, he let out a sigh. "And I hope we get this sorted out soon, or Henry'll be scrapped, and I don't want that to happen." He said, his voice cracking, Vanessa hugged him, she knew that Fred didn't want anything to happen to Henry or any of the other engines, he sobbed, Henry could understand Fred, then he felt even worse for the driver, he let out a sigh. "Nobody understands the pain and suffering I go through, except for Fred, he knows what I go through." He said to himself, but he was loud enough to be heard by James. "Rubbish, Henry. What you need is exercise." He said, Henry didn't know that James was only joking, Gordon looked from Knapford station, he felt sorry for the green engine.

Henry got ready for his train, Sir Topham Hatt was on it as well, Henry tried hard, but it was no good, there wasn't enough steam, Henry felt awful by the time he reached a station, the passengers got out, they weren't happy, but they weren't mad, after they had seen how sad Thomas was the previous year before, they decided not make such a fuss about it, Sir Topham Hatt had ordered new parts before, but it still wasn't working, the results were the same as they were before. "I can't understand it, Henry, We've given you lots of new parts, but they don't seem to be helping." He turned to Vanessa and Fred, both looked like their chance had come. "What do you two think is the matter with Henry?" He asked, Vanessa was ready to answer that question. "Well sir, Henry's been a poor steamer lately, and we've had a poor batch of coal, lately. Now the other engines can handle normal coal because they have normal fire boxes, but Henry's is smaller, and he can't burn the regular coal properly, our only option is to use Welsh coal." She explained, Sir Topham Hatt looked in thought, he knew Welsh coal was expensive, but it was Henry's last chance, and he knew Henry needed the coal, and fast. "It's expensive, but it might just work." He said, he arranged for Edward to take the train as Henry backed on to a siding, Edward smiled as he looked at the big green engine in sympathy. "I know you feel bad, Henry, but all good things come to those who wait. The Welsh coal will come, but it will be a few days before you'll feel better." And the blue tender engine was right, the Welsh coal had come, but not only did it come, a man had come to Sodor to meet with Sir Topham Hatt, the two were in Sir Topham Hatt's office at Knapford station.

"Well, Sir Topham, I am a busy, but respectable man. I will lend you my coal for your engine, provided that the coal will be efficient enough to help Henry, was it? I love steam engines, but my wife and daughter don't have the same drive as I do. My wife owns a scrapyard full of automobiles, thankfully it's not full of scrapped steam engines, that would never do, while my wife does share my love for steam engines, my daughter does not. However, I will help you with the problem and I intend to help you solve it." The man said, Sir Topham Hatt nodded, he knew that this man was noble, humble, and honest, but there was something off about his voice, while it did sound happy and joyful, there was a hint of sadness in his voice, it was almost as if he wasn't happy about something, and Sir topham Hatt was concerned. "I see. Can you tell me about your daughter? It seems that she isn't what she seems." He said, the man nodded in agreement. "I know, she hates steam engines, I love her and all, but she won't change her mind, I'm afraid she's going down a dark path, one which she won't stray from." the man said with a solemn tone, Sir Topham Hatt knew that the man was really upset, and he would allow someone like the man to live on Sodor if he would look at it from his point of view. "Well, I'll make sure that steam will be preserved here, I believe that I might interest you in staying here if you want to." He offered, the man smiled. "I'll think about it, while your offer sounds nice, I do have a company to run, provided that my daughter doesn't do something rash and unforgiving to ruin it, you also have a railway to run, so to speak." He said, Sir Topham Hatt nodded in agreement, the two shook hands. "I'll make sure that I will put your coal to good use, Mr. Welsh." Sir Topham Hatt nodded, the man laughed. "Just call me Harrison or Harry when we're not busy." He said, Sir Topham Hatt nodded, he knew that this was the start of a grand partnership.

An hour later, the two men were at the platform among the passengers, as they had boarded the coaches with little problem, Henry was soon feeling like himself again as he backed up to the coaches, but Fred and Vanessa knew that they wanted restrain Henry after being told to hold the engine back, they carefully stoked his fire, Henry didn't like that. "You're spoiling my fire!" He complained, Fred laughed, he knew this was what was supposed to happen. "Don't worry, Henry, you'll be fine, you might just might break Gordon's record if you wait patiently." He said, Henry felt better as the stationmaster blew his whistle, and Henry steamed off perfectly as he puffed out of the station, he was making good time as he rolled across the countryside, he reached the next station where Thomas was waiting, Henry was feeling good enough to make a joke, he left, but Thomas wasn't upset, he was happy that Henry was himself again, as Henry finished his journey, He felt tired but he was glad to be back in full steam again, word soon got out of his first train in days, James felt happy for the big green engine, Gordon felt a bit jealous, he hid it well, but he was happy that Henry was back in steam again.

One early morning a few days later, Henry was woken up by Fred and Vanessa, Fred was smiling. "Wake up Henry, Sir Topham Hatt's given us a job, we're to pull the Flying Kipper, and if we do well enough, we might get to pull the express." He whispered, then he took a quick look at Gordon who was still asleep, he then turned back to Henry. "Don't tell, Gordon, he'll get jealous again, I think Gilbert noticed Gordon's jealousy coming back." He continued whispering, he looked to Vanessa and started to whisper to her as well. "Let's hope Gordon's jealousy isn't going to be like last time." He whispered, Vanessa giggled quietly. "I think he'll get what's coming to him later, besides, let's hope we do well." She whispered back, the two friends got in Henry's cab and slowly, but quietly left, they soon reached the harbor, box cars were filled with fish that were needed to be taken the mainland, Henry was getting impatient, soon a whistle was heard, and Henry set off with little difficulty.

The trio were making good time, but they were heading for trouble, they didn't know that ice had frozen the signal to where it was pointing down, they didn't see a yellow flag planted in the snow either, Fred obviously forgot that this was where Henry was going to have an accident, and truth to be told, up ahead, another train was in front of them, the crew enjoying a nice drink of cocoa, but it didn't last long as Henry was coming in too close, Fred tried to apply the brakes but it was no good, he and Vanessa jumped clear in time, the crew from the other train was launched out due to Henry crashing into the break van and completely destroyed it all together.

Fred and Vanessa were horrified as they ran over to Henry to see if he was hurt. "Henry! Are you alright?" Fred asked, Henry groaned, he didn't look so good. "Not really. I think my boiler's damaged, and my firebox is destroyed." He moaned, the crew from the train went over, the fireman didn't look happy. "You ruined my cocoa! And you also my uniform!" He shouted, Vanessa looked furious. "Forget your stupid cocoa and uniform! What was supposed to be a safe journey turned into an accident!" She said, fury almost overtook her until Fred calmed her down, the driver from the other train came over to apologize. "Forgive my friend's rude behavior, we didn't mean to be on the same line as you, we should have checked to see if there was a goods train coming through this line." He said, Fred understood, the driver was humble, and he had good manners, and he was apologetic as well, he understood where the driver was coming from. "You're forgiven. So, what's this freight train doing here in the middle of the line?" He asked, the driver looked at the rest of the train then he looked back at Fred and began to explain. "Well, we were supposed to move along, but we were stopped by something that shouldn't have happened, the blasted cocoa got in our way and we should have checked for incoming trains, what's the train you were taking?" He asked, Fred looked to the fish that were spilled all over the place. "Well, we were taking the Flying Kipper, but you know how that turned out." He explained, the driver nodded. "That's understandable, all of this could have been avoided if we weren't so distracted." He said, Vanessa nodded in agreement.

Sir Topham Hatt arrived with Mr. Welsh, they came to see the damage, they felt sorry for Henry. "Cheer up Henry, it wasn't your fault, Ice and snow caused the accident." Sir Topham Topham Hatt said, Henry did feel a bit better, but he still felt miserable. "I'm not going to be scrapped, am I, sir?" he asked, Mr. Welsh laughed heartily. "Sir Topham is going to send you to Crewe, a fine place for sick engines, besides, you'll have a new shape while you'll be there, but it'll be a few months before you get back to Sodor." He explained, Sir Topham Hatt nodded in agreement. "That's right, you'll feel better after you have your rebuild, you'll have a new firebox as well." He replied, Henry looked confused. "But what about the Welsh coal?" He asked, Harrison chuckled. "Well ironically, the company ran out of the coal, but I don't think we'll need it now that you will be sent to Crewe." He said, then Sir Topham Hatt looked at Fred and Vanessa, he smiled. "I know you weren't responsible, but I want you two to be careful in the future, and due to Henry's accident, I will give you a week off. No more than a week, you hear?" He asked, Vanessa smiled, Fred grinned, they were given a chance to take the week off, he kept himself under control. "Thank you, sir, I promise that we'll spend the week off without having any trouble." He said, Vanessa squealed in delight quietly, but her happy mood soon vanished. "But sir, who'll be looking after the goods work?" She asked, Sir Topham Hatt laughed. "I think Edward and James will share the work, I know Edward wouldn't mind, but I'm not sure about James." He said, wondering what James's reaction would be.

Fred laughed, knowing how James would react, but the real question was how Gordon would react to all of this, he let the question go for now, but then he wondered how they were going to get back, without an engine, they would be stuck. "Um, excuse me sir, but how are we going to get back? I know that Edward left, but who'll take us back?"He asked, Sir Topham Hatt never got a chance to answer when the driver from the other train came up. "Oh don't worry, We'll take you back, our train got delayed due to the accident, so we'll take you back." He said, leading them to a familiar Pannier tank engine, but there was something different, he had dark green paint and his number was different, but he was still recognizable. "Hello, sorry about the mess, but is there something I can do for you?" He asked, Fred nodded. "Yes, actually. We need to get back home, we don't want to catch hypothermia while standing out here." He explained, the Pannier tank engine understood. "Oh no, that would never do. Climb on." He said, it wasn't an order, it was out of kindness, Fred didn't need to be told twice, Vanessa followed, and Sir Topham Hatt as well as Mr. Welsh after the driver got in, the Pannier tank engine was uncoupled from the freight train, as he went around where Henry was, the Pannier tank engine stopped for a moment, he felt sorry for the big green tender engine. "I hope you get better, you look like you need it." He said, all Henry could do was smile, that was all he needed to hear.

That afternoon, Fred and Vanessa were in the cafe as they were warming up from being outside for so long, Gilbert came up to see them. "Hello you two, what are you doing here?" He asked, Fred turned to see him. "Oh, uh...Henry had an accident and...well, Sir Topham Hatt gave us a week off, we needed it, and now we're out of Welsh coal. Ironically, Mr. Welsh isn't upset about it, he seemed happy, too." He explained, Gilbert nodded, then he thought about Gordon, he knew that the big blue engine would be jealous if Henry came back from crew with a new shape, it would take months for Henry to get it. And it did happen eventually, he came back a few months later, people gathered to see his return, and I'm sorry to say that a few certain boys were late to school. Henry pulled the express so well that Gordon was once again back to what he was before, except this time, he wasn't going make the same mistake again, or so he thought.

The morning after Henry had pulled the express, Gordon was cross, he began to complain. "Why should Henry have a new shape? A shape good enough for me is good enough for him. He goes gallivanting off to Crewe and comes back saying how happy he feels about his new shape, it's disgraceful!" He grumbled, the engines gasped around him, they hadn't heard him say something like that since last year, and he continued. "And there's another thing, Henry whistles too much. No respectable engine ever whistles loudly at stations. It isn't wrong, but we just don't do it." He finished, poor Henry didn't look happy anymore, Fred and Percy felt sorry for him. "Never mind about Gordon, Henry. We're glad you're back, all of us are, and I like your whistling." Percy said cheerfully, Fred nodded in agreement. "Yeah, like Percy said, never mind about Gordon, he's just jealous that you got to pull the express yesterday. Although, I have a feeling he's going to have a jammed whistle, and I suddenly have the urge to use ear plugs if Gordon's whistle get's jammed all of a sudden." He said, he came prepared, having two sets of earplugs, one set for him, and the other set for Vanessa. "Just in case." He said, handing the second set for Vanessa, she looked at him in confusion, but she accepted the ear plugs without question.

"Let's see, who's taking Gordon?" Fred wondered out loud, looking at the schedule, he saw that Gilbert was the unfortunate victim for Gordon's jammed whistle, but he waited to say it after Gilbert and Gordon were out of hearing range. "Goodbye Henry. We're glad to have you with us, but remember what I said." Gordon ordered as he left for the coaches, Fred now had the opportunity to speak. "I feel bad for Gilbert, the passengers, and Sir Topham Hatt, their ears are gonna be ringin' throughout the day." He said, Nobody questioned how he knew what was going to happen, Fred looked at the schedule again, he was to be paired with Edward, and Vanessa was paired up with Henry, Mr. Hawkins was paired with Thomas, the other drivers were paired with James and Percy, everyone went off to do their jobs as the day began.

Fred and Edward were waiting as Henry pulled in with the express. "Well, We're here." Vanessa announced as she headed over to Edward's cab to meet up with Fred. "Well, so far nothing's happened yet." She said, but Fred knew otherwise. "Don't be too sure, trouble's just around the corner." He replied, hearing Gordon's jammed whistle in the distance, Fred knew this was coming, he pulled out his ear plugs and inserted them into his ears, Vanessa was dumbfounded, but put her ear plugs in as well, Henry could hear the whistle. "Do you hear that?" He asked, Edward chuckled. "It sounds like Gordon, and it ought to be Gordon, but Gordon never whistled like that." He said, it was Gordon, he came rushing down the hill at a tremendous rate, he didn't look at Henry, and he didn't look at Edward, he screamed as he rushed through the station, there was no sign of him as he left, Fred and Vanessa took out their ear plugs as they could hear properly again, Edward laughed. "Well." He said, Henry also laughed. "It isn't wrong, but we just don't do it." He said, mocking Gordon, Fred and Vanessa laughed. "Maybe next time Gordon ought to keep his big mouth shut, because what goes around comes around." Fred said chuckling, Vanessa hooted in laughter. "Oh god, I do feel sorry for Perkins though. I have a feeling that he'll be deaf for the rest of the day." She said, Fred nodded in agreement. "Yeah, that's why I waited to say it after he left with Gordon." He said,looking at the schedule again. "Some moron put him with Gordon when he was supposed to go the Steam Works to get his whistle fixed. Ah well, Gordon will get there soon." And he was right, by the time Gordon got to the station, he was uncoupled from the coaches and was sent to the Steam Works for his jammed whistle to be knocked back into place.

That night, Gordon had returned to Tidmouth sheds, unfortunately for him, everyone heard from Edward and Henry about what had happened, they laughed. "It isn't wrong, but we just don't do it." A voice said to no one in particular, Gordon thought it belonged to Henry.

The next day Henry felt happy as he was taking the express, Fred and Vanessa were on him, Henry whistled happily. "I feel so well, I feel so well!" He said, Fred laughed, he enjoyed the long run, then he spotted three familiar boys. Uh-oh, here comes trouble. He thought, Henry whistled hello, but his friendly greeting was met with the boys throwing stones at Henry and the coaches, one hit Fred in the head, he let out a scream that put Sylvester The Cat to shame, the rest of the stones hit the coaches as their glass windows were broken. The Passengers got out, they were cross. "Call the police!" One of the passengers said furiously, Vanessa had a different idea. "Can you keep a secret?" She asked, the Passengers nodded as she began to Explain. "I've got a plan, think of it as payback to those boys, Henry's going to sneeze at them, there'll be plenty of ash by the time we reach the station, and once we come across those boys, we'll give 'em a lesson they'll never forget." She explained, the passengers were satisfied with Vanessa's plan, and by the time when they got to the next station, Henry was about to sneeze, but he held back so much, he couldn't say anything because he'd sneeze, the stationmaster walked up to Vanessa as she wrapped bandages around Fred's forehead, she saw the stationmaster as she walked out of the cab and met with him. "What's going on? And why is Henry looking like he's going to sneeze?" He asked he looked to Fred, then he started gathering the pieces together, but he was still confused. "What happened to the driver?" he asked, Fred only had enough consciousness to answer. "Boys...bridge...stones...concussion... " With those words, he collapsed, Vanessa caught him in time, she turned to the Stationmaster. "Get him some medical attention, he may need it." She said, the stationmaster nodded, then the pieces in his mind came together. "You do realize that Sir Topham Hatt will be cross with you." He said, Vanessa nodded, but she didn't care. "He'll understand, but for now, those boys will be dealt with twice, once when Henry sneezes the ash that's stuffed in him, they'll learn not to throw stones at us, look at the coaches, their windows were hit by the stones, I'll leave the second part to Sir Topham Hatt, he'll give those boys a scolding once he informs their parents." She explained again, the stationmaster nodded. "Alright, Sir Topham Hatt won't like it, but sometimes such things must be done." He replied, knowing that Vanessa and Henry would get into trouble, then he wondered how much ash Henry had. "By the way, how much ash has Henry got?" He asked, Vanessa giggled. "Plenty." She answered, then she looked to the green tender engine. "We'll show those boys a thing or two , won't we, old fellow?" She asked, Henry winked and smiled.

The stationmaster took Fred inside as the train started up again, at the bridge the boys were ready to throw stones again, but Vanessa and Henry were prepared. "Alright, when they start to throw those stones, we'll give them the punishment they deserve. When I give the signal, sneeze as hard as you can." She instructed, they were nearing bridge as the three boys were about to throw their stones, Henry was about ready when Vanessa gave the signal as Hall Of The Mountain King played in her mind. "LET 'EM HAVE IT!" She shouted, pulling the chord for Henry's whistle.

"ACHOO!"

The boys were startled as the ash hit them, the train was out of sight as Vanessa laughed. "Well done, Henry! Well done!" She said as Henry could breath through his nose again. "Remind me to never do that again, Vanessa." He said as he arrived to Knapford station, Vanessa nodded in agreement. "Noted. By now, Sir Topham Hatt's gonna be cross with us, I'm sure that I can convince him that it wasn't our fault." She said. Later, Sir Topham Hatt was at Tidmouth sheds, he wasn't happy, but he wasn't cross, he was disappointed, though. "What's this I hear about Henry sneezing over a bridge? The boys that were on the bridge told their parents and they told me. Vanessa, where's Fred? I thought he'd be a good driver on the railway, but now I'm not so sure what to think." He said, Vanessa looked guilty and afraid, she didn't want to see the man she became friends with a year ago be fired.

"Actually, sir, it was my idea, and from my side of it, we were assaulted by those boys, they had stones, not only did they damage railway property, but they also assaulted a member of this railway, Fred was given a concussion earlier this morning, he's in the hospital as we speak." Vanessa confessed, Sir Topham Hatt wanted to believe her, but he didn't know if Vanessa was telling the truth. "I want to be fair, Vanessa, but I don't know until I can ask the parents about what they would think of what you told me, and until Fred is out of the hospital, I want to hear it from him." He boomed, Vanessa nodded. "Yes sir, I do speak the truth, and in all truthfulness, those boys lied to their parents, it's just guess, but it's possible, please take that under consideration, sir, none of us think that Fred would be the suspect, it's possible that he's the target the boys want to cause trouble on." She replied, Sir Topham Hatt looked in thought, if Fred was the victim of assault, then it would come clean later. "I...will take your guess into consideration, Ms. Lodge, if you're right, I have a feeling that those boys will be trouble in the future." He said, he left in his Rolls Royce automobile as Gilbert comforted Vanessa as she sobbed. "It'll be alright, Fred will pull through, he's going to need our support, and he needs it badly." He said, Vanessa still sobbed.

Mr. Arkwright nodded in agreement. "Yes, but how can we help him?" He asked, Vanessa calmed down as she looked to Gilbert, she didn't know what to do, then Gilbert had an idea, he laughed, everyone looked at him like he was crazy. "I have an idea, if anyone doesn't object, then here's what we'll do, we go to the homes of the three boys and tell their parents what really happened, that will get Fred out of trouble. Anyone else agree?" He asked, Gordon hadn't been supportive of Fred back then, but seeing how Fred would lose the very job he earned would be devastating, now he felt bad for the young driver, and after hearing what happened from Henry about the boys, he knew those boys would have to be punished. "I second the idea, those children must be punished for their actions, not to mention they damaged railway property, but to see Fred lose his job would be devastating and we all know that it would be the last thing we would want." He said, everyone agreed with Gordon, they began their plan

The next morning was a Saturday, and the crew began their plan to pay the boys out, Gilbert and Vanessa went to the first boy's house, Mr. Arkwright and Mr. Hawkins went to the second boy's house, and finally, Charlie and Sidney went to the third boy's house, and all of them told what the boys had really done, the boys were punished once their parents found out, they weren't happy, the boys were grounded until they helped pay for the damage.

A few days later, Fred was released once he woke up from his coma, the boys apologized to him, He knew they learned their lesson like Gordon did, and he knew that Sir Topham Hatt would watch him closely after what happened, but something happened, Jane Hatt, had been packing for a special occasion, and that occasion was for a holiday, Stephen and Bridget Hatt wanted go as well, and they left for a week, and at that time, they met a tram engine named Toby, and when Sir Topham Hatt came back, he heard that nothing bad had happened, unfortunately, Fred and Thomas were about to be in trouble.

One day, Thomas was taking some cars to the quarry, having Annie and Clarabel on the end of the freight train, the reason was that Thomas had to take workmen to the quarry, and had to do both his passenger run and his freight train at the same time, he didn't mind, especially when he saw the policeman as he always came through the crossing, Thomas liked policemen, they were kind to him when he often passed by, whistling hello every time he met them.

A few days went by, and Thomas was just at the crossing, a new policeman stopped them, he didn't look friendly at all, and Fred knew that Thomas wasn't at fault, he knew that this policeman meant trouble. "Look, we were just only saying good morning, sir. Besides, if you..." He never finished his sentence as he was interrupted by the policeman. "Don't give me that excuse, where are your cowcatchers and side plates? You're breaking the law, every engine must have cowcatchers and side plates." He fumed, Fred looked annoyed. This idiot can't even tell a tank engine from a tram engine, and on top of that, he sounds like Bluenose from the TUGS cartoon, I bet he even acts like him, too! He thought, he was furious. "What idiotic nonsense! we've been here many times, and never had an accident. Besides, there's been no accidents up here at the crossing, and you need to..." He was interrupted once again by the policeman. "That makes it worse!" He shouted, he wrote 'regular breaker' in his notes, he looked to Fred in disappointment. "I will have to speak to your controller about this." he said, Thomas left sadly.

At the station Sir Topham Hatt and Fred argued with the policeman, no matter how hard they argued, it was no use, and Policeman left very full of himself, Fred was very upset. "Well, I suppose we'll have to get those side plates and cowcatchers for Thomas, sir." He said sadly, Thomas looked frightened. "Please, sir, I don't want those on me, people will laugh at me and call me a tram!" He protested, Sir Topham Hatt laughed, he remembered Toby from his holiday. "Well done, Thomas! Why didn't I think of this idea before? While I was on my holiday, I met a nice little tram called Toby." He explained, Fred remembered Toby as well. "Yeah, with Toby, we'll show that policeman who's in charge, when will Toby be here?" He asked, Sir Topham Hatt smiled. "Once I write a letter to his driver and fireman, Toby will be here in a few days." He relied, Fred nodded, he hopped that was enough time for Thomas to be innocent.

Word soon spread, Fred was worried, but he knew that Sir Topham Hatt would have faith in Toby, and once Toby arrived, he frightened the new police officer once he got to the crossing, when Thomas and Fred heard about it from Toby's driver and fireman, they laughed until they got bored rather quickly, as for the policeman? He was fired once Sir Topham Hatt informed the chief of the stunt he had pulled.

Over the course of the week that followed, James had an accident, which everyone laughed about, and the near accident that followed with a landslide, and because of Mrs. Kyndley, Thomas's train was delayed, but everyone was safe, thanks to Mrs. Kyndley's actions, both she and her husband were given a vacation by Sir Topham Hatt, she got better before she came back home, and when she came back, everyone celebrated her heroism for preventing an accident from happening.

As time went on, it was a day before Christmas, and Thomas coming up near a tunnel that led to the Kyndley home, Fred thought it was a great idea to greet Mrs. Kyndley, as they saw the house coming up, they saw Mrs. Kyndley waving, Thomas whistled as Fred waved back. "Happy/Merry Christmas!" They called out as they left in the distance. A day later, they arrived to the sheds, the other engines minus Toby were gleaming as their paintwork shone in the sun.

The engines engaged in a conversation about Mrs. Kyndley, Thomas pitched an idea about having a Christmas party for Mrs. Kyndley, the others agreed as they cheered, but the cheering soon came to an end as Sir Topham Hatt came with bad news, "I have been informed that during last night's weather, Mrs. Kyndley has been snowed in, and she can't make it in time for the Christmas party, unless there's a way we could get her out, we need an idea." He informed, Fred and Thomas and Fred had an idea, they didn't know if they could do it, but they had to try. "Sir, if we may, would it help if we could get Thomas's snowplow? We could also use Toby's and Terrance's help as well, this could be our turn to help Mrs. Kyndley after she saved me, Thomas and our passengers from the landslide." he proposed, Sir Topham Hatt nodded in agreement. "Very well, we mustn't waste time." He ordered, Thomas knew that he had to use his snowplow, and this time, he knew that arguing wasn't going to help, rescuing Mrs. Kyndley was more important.

A few moments later, Thomas and Toby were were charging through snowdrifts, sometimes Thomas got stuck, and this time, he wasn't going to get stuck again thanks to Fred and Vanessa who were doing their best to free Thomas by digging him out of the snow, when they got there, they were just in time, and Terrance was there too, helping clear the snow from the lawn.

Mrs. Kyndley thanked Terrance and He promised Mrs. Kyndley that he'd look after the cottage, both Thomas and Toby left the cottage as they came back to the sheds at night, but it was dark, Thomas almost sank in depression when the lights came on, everyone was there, and the sheds were covered in Christmas lights and decorations, everyone had a good time, but the fun wasn't over, in the sheds after the party, everyone was having a great time, Fred and Vanessa were having fun by playing a game of chess, Gilbert eventually snuck a mistletoe above the two, they didn't even care, Vanessa kissed Fred, he ultimately lost the game, but he decided to kiss her back, only because his girlfriend had won, that got an uproar or catcalls and wolf whistles, Fred laughed. "Alright, I get it, you guys want me to marry Vannesa, right?" He asked, the others nodded, Vanessa knew what they wanted, but she didn't want to go that far. "Cut it out, I'll marry him one day, but I'm not gonna go that far, we've only started, remember?" She countered, no one had thought of that, and neither did the engines, the only one to understand was Fred, he nodded in agreement. "I agree, I don't want to got that far, either, we'll get married one day, but right now, we're just happy to be together." He explained, everyone agreed, there were more adventures to come, but for now, things were quiet, things were definitely going to be crazy after New Year's Eve.


Me: *Looks around to see only me, Fred and Vanessa still around* Well, since everyone's left, I enjoyed writing this chapter, what are your favorite parts you two?

Fred: My favorite part was where Gordon got what he deserved with the jammed whistle.

Vanessa: my favorite part was where Henry and I taught those boys a lesson, I find it funny.

Me: I do, too. but my favorite part was where we got to see Duck before he was a permanent part of the series, and in his RWS colors before he was painted into what we see in the TVS, besides, I'd make him familiar with those of us who would recognize him, and it would make sense sense that he'd be involved with the incident, which would be where he ended up on Sodor when the big engines keep on pressuring Percy into doing more work, and honestly, I feel bad for Percy and Duck for what they're gonna go through.

Fred: Yikes!

Vanessa: Tell me about it, besides, I want to see more, and So does Tam.

Me: Tam? Oh, right, Tam, that person had wanted to see more, I hope he or she understands that writing a story takes a lot of devotion and work for it to be written, besides, after this, I'm still trying to write the other stories, I'm only human and I don't have superpowers.

Fred: Yeah, that's true, and speaking of which, you're gonna be writing a movie for your Captain N series, right?

Me: Yeah, though it'll be a while before I start writing again, like I said, I need a Break.

Alpha: *From off screen* AND YOU NEED ONE, BADLY!

Fred: Is he always like this?

Me: You mean to tell me that you haven't even noticed since last year?

Fred: Nope, I wasn't around until the middle of this year.

Me: Oh...forgot about that.

Vanessa: Don't worry, we'll be here when you get back to work.

Me: Thanks for the support, Vanessa, I really appreciate it.

Vanessa: You're welcome! *Looks at you guys* Don't forget to leave a review, otherwise Prowl wouldn't know what you guys would think of this chapter.

Me: And as always, my fellow readers, I will see you next time. Bye!