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// Chapter 8: Journey To Sodor! 
// Story: Thomas & Equestria Girls 2: Adventures From Sodor 
// by LPFanFic 
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Thomas & Equestria Girls 2:
Adventures From Sodor!


Chapter 8: Journey To Sodor!

The Vicarstown Dieselworks is a repair yard that specialises in diesel engines, located in a desert-like area not far from Vicarstown. Its junction housed many flat surfaced tracks, all of which circled around the yard, overlapped each other, and cut past any warehouse on site. Four main tracks took up the middle junction with three leading to the main building, one to the five-road shed with a turntable to accommodate the diesels, and one branching off from the main set towards a small, smelting warehouse that serves as an extension to the main Dieselworks building.

BoCo emerged from the Main Building after a quick check up when he spotted a train of diesels enter the yard on a single lane. The pack of diesels were hauling two steam locomotives, steamies BoCo instantly recognized and smiled upon closer inspection.

"Edward!" He said. "My old friend."

He scurried over to the train and stopped next to Edward. BoCo reversed along with the diesels still hauling Edward and Henry.

"BoCo?" Edward said, surprised. "Is that you?"

BoCo was relieved. "I was beginning to think I wasn't gonna run into any of you. But, uh, what brings you to the Dieselworks?"

"BoCo, you have to help us. There's an engine that's taken over the diesels. She's out to get rid of all steam engines."

"What? What's all this about?"

BoCo then spotted Henry, looking just as worse for wear. He had scuffs on his buffers, and scratches and dust on the right side of his paint. Both him and Edward were syphoned of their water and deprived of coal. Their tenders were completely empty.

"Henry?" BoCo said, stopping in place.

Henry was too downcast to say a word. The diesels took Edward and Henry past the Main Building and towards the Smelting Foundry. Devious Diesel rolled up from behind the train and came to a stop beside him.

"What's going on here, Diesel?" BoCo asked. "Where are they taking them?"

"These troublesome steamies were caught trying to escape," Diesel explained. "We're keeping an eye on them until Director Gisborne arrives with the news of their departure."

"Escape? Departure? Is that what's happened to all my friends? Then," He gasped. "It's true. Sodor really is getting rid of steam!"

Adagio Dazzle puffed up quietly from behind upon hearing their conversation.

"Is that a problem, BoCo?" Diesel asked with a suspicious brow.

"Well if I knew we were all gonna replace the engines on this Island, I never would've agreed to come along."

Diesel looked to Adagio and her devious smirk. He cleared his throat.

"Well, I think you make a fine addition, BoCo. We're here to improve the Railway after all. And we ought to keep it that way."

"Improve it without me," He protested. "I won't stand for none of it. Not if this is how we treat our friends."

"Oh. What a shame," Diesel smirked.

Giving her the cue, Adagio Dazzle's pure red lantern glistened as she begins to sing.

"Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh."

A confused BoCo didn't have time to question the mysterious singing when his eyes stared twitching a bit. Henry and Edward were shunted into the Smelting Foundry when her singing echoed over to their location.

"Did you hear that, Henry?" Edward asked. "That must be the Siren."

The two steamies didn't seem fazed by her music, unlike the diesels shunting them, whose eyes glistened a glowing green as they left the warehouse. Diesel grinned deviously while watching BoCo submit to her music.

"Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh."

Adagio kept going until she finished. All the while, BoCo's eyes remained shut until they reopened and glowed an eerie green.

"We are your friends now," Diesel said in a sly, conniving tone. "Diesel to diesel, and diesels only."

BoCo grimaced back down the track Edward and Henry were taken down.

"Now," Diesel ordered. "Back to work!"

A begrudging BoCo tooted his horn before taking off. A few diesels around the yard had stopped working and paid their attention to Diesel.

"The same goes to the lot of you!" Diesel ordered. "Let's go, chop, chop!"

Many diesels scurried and rolled about until things were back on schedule. Seeing every engine doing as he commanded delighted Diesel. He finally got a true taste of what it means to be in charge. And he loved every feeling it gave him.

"Now this is more like it!" He grinned.

Adagio, with a disapproving frown, puffed up in front of Diesel. She took a look down at the tracks before speaking.

"So, just two, huh?"

"That's right! Two stinking steamies accounted for!" 

But he was confused to see Adagio's disapproving glare.

Diesel chuckled, sheepishly, "I mean, um, two is better than none?"

Hissing steam, Adagio crept closer to a nervous Diesel now backing away from her. He found himself biffed against a set of flat beds parked on another set of tracks blocking his line.

"No! Wait, Adagio! Please! I-I can explain!"

"Don't have to." Adagio grinned and stopped in front of him, "You did accomplish exactly what I hoped. Everything can still fall perfectly in place."

A diesel arrived to push the flatbeds out of the way. Diesel remained where he was, raising a brow in confusion. He expected Adagio to berate him for letting the other steamies slip away.

"B-but, Sunset took them back to that school. Aren't you worried the steamies and those Girls might use their magic against you or something?"

"Not anymore. Allow me to paint a pretty picture for you. What happens when I take away two of your wheels?"

Diesel scoffed. "That's absurd! I need all six of my wheels. Otherwise I won't function properly."

"Exactly," Adagio grinned. "So take away two of their friends, and the rest won't function without them either. And when they can't function, neither will any of their combined powers."

Diesel was too confused by her scheme. During their conversation, Gerard Gisborne pulled up in his red car and walked over to the two engines.

"That's still not going to stop Sunset and her magic friends from coming after you."

Adagio groaned. "Just let me worry about them. The only thing their magic is good for in this world is to refuel mine. I've done it once before and I can seamlessly trick them into doing so again."

Gerard Gisborne cleared his throat, catching the two engine's attention.

"Well? Care to explain yourselves?"

Confused, Adagio and Diesel looked at each other, blinked, then back at Gisborne groaning and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"The steam engines at Tidmouth are gone!"

"Oh, not to worry, Sir. I captured Edward and Henry," Diesel explained. "They're parked over at the smelting foundry."

"And the rest?"

"Uh, well. The rest managed to escape, actually. They-"

"Un-ex-ceptable!" Gisborne boomed.

"And what's the big deal if they did?" Adagio asked. "You wanted them off the Island, and that's exactly what you got."

"Those engines, DRB-50, are property of the Railway Company! The ferry scheduled to collect them is due by the end of this week." He then turned to Diesel. "You must find the rest, Class 08. I don't care how you do it, just make sure it's done."

"Why do I have to do it?!" Diesel complained. "I have more important work here; diesels to boss about and what not."

"Useful diesels obey orders. My Orders! Not yours! Mine! Now, bring them back before the next ferry arrives. And unlike Sir Topham, there will be extreme consequences for disobedience!"

On that note, Gerard Gisborne walked back to his red car and drove off. Diesel was rather hurt, but expressed more anger over Gisborne's disapproval over him being the boss of all the diesel.

"This isn't fair. You promised to have Gisborne put me in charge of diesels. Can't you make him not let me go or something? You don't even want those silly steamies here."

"What I want is to keep them and those Girls separated by whatever means. So, either keep them at that school, or make sure they're on time for their departure. You decide. I'll have Gisborne surrender his reign as a reward."

"Doohhh, I'm sick of doing all these silly trials! I want to be in control already!" Diesel grumbled and murmured in annoyance.

"So, you'll do it then?" Adagio asked, snidely.

Diesel groaned and pouted, "I will. But it won't be a pleasant visit."





On the Magic Railroad, Sunset Shimmer emerged from the Magic Buffers in her N3 Vapor Beyer Peacock locomotive form. She looked over herself, making sure everything was intact, before chuffing up to give her friends some room. The golden portal spirals open, allowing Twilight Sparkle and Spike to emerge from the Buffers. Twilight moaned as her eyes slowly reopen.

"Twilight?" Sunset said. "How are you feeling?"

Twilight recovered and examined her surroundings. Then, with eyes widened in shock, she looked down at her buffers and nearly stuttered a scream.

She was an TVR O2 class tank engine of a 0-6-2T wheel configuration. Her smokebox and funnel were a dark sapphire with moderate purple and brilliant rose streaks. The base of her boiler and cab were painted in a pale, light grayish mulberry while the water tank's sides were painted violet. Her wheels were painted a light, pastel blue color along with the lined stripes throughout the engine. Coupling rods were magenta and cab roof was black. She even still had her black rimmed glasses, which held into place despite the absence of temples. Her purple geode lantern sat above her front, red buffer beam.

Unable to react proper, the golden portal spiraled open again.

"In Coming!"

Pinkie Pie shoots out and rammed into Spike and Twilight, jolting them forward a bit. She quickly recovered and was amazed by the Magic Railroad's countryside and golden tracks.

"Ooh! Goldie!"

She was a NS 7742 "Bello" steam locomotive of a 0-6-0T configuration. Her smokebox and funnel were colored a brilliant rose with cerulean blue at the funnels rim. The base of her boiler and cab were painted in a light ceriseish pink with cerulean blue stripes. Her wheels were a dark, fuchsia pink. The coupling rods and pistons connecting to just 4 wheels were white while the cylinders were hot pink. The cab roof was white, buffer beam red, and the dome was a brass yellow. Her magenta rose geode lantern sat to the right of her front buffers.

Pinkie Pie then gasped at her new form.

"Check It Out, Twilight!" Pinkie called. "We're Trains Now!"

Twilight chuckled sheepishly, but deep down she was still trying to process their transformation. Just then, Rainbow Dash and Applejack emerged from the portal, chuffing in with baffled expressions upon looking down at their buffers and the tracks moving beneath them.

Rainbow Dash's engine was based on a PR E7 Atlantic type locomotive of a 4-4-2 configuration. The smokebox and funnel were a blend of brilliant amaranth and vermilion, pale, light grayish olive, moderate harlequin, cerulean, and purple. The base of her boiler, cab, and tender were painted in a pale, light grayish cerulean blue with red, purple, and pale olive stripes. Her driving and tender wheels were harlequin green, coupling rods a navy blue, and cylinders a brilliant amaranth. The cab roof was vermilion orange, buffer beam red, and the tiny cowcatcher pilot was painted a deep violet with worm frost white creasing. Her blue geode lantern sat above her face and in front of the funnel.

Applejack's engine was based on a number 486.0 ČSD series tender locomotive of a 4-8-2 configuration with the Wagner-type smoke deflectors absent. Her smokebox and funnel were light brown with a tint of pale olive. The base of her boiler, cab, and tender were painted a brilliant gamboge orange with red stripes. The front running board above her red buffer beam was a pale, lighter gamboge and the cab roof was denim blue. The driving and tender wheels were all brown and coupling rods were a moderate sap green. Her orangish red geode lantern sat to the right of her front buffers.

Both girls felt the noticeably cramped difference in their appearance, but were also captivated by vast and mystical landscapes all around them. This was the first time any of the girls other than Sunset have entered the Magic Railroad. Seeing the Magic Railroad as it should be was a site for them to behold in deed.

"Whoa! This is the Magic Railroad?!" Rainbow Dash called.

"Color me impressed!" Applejack said, astounded. "Look at all that land. It must go on for miles."

"Is that everyone?" Sunset called. "Where's Fluttershy and Rarity?"

Lastly, Rarity and Fluttershy emerged from the golden portal.

"Here, Darlings!" Rarity announced in a sing song voice.

Fluttershy's engine was based on an E 3/3 3 "Beinwyl" built by Krauss & Co but with a unique 0-2-2-0 wheel configuration. The smokebox and funnel were a pale, light grayish rose. The base of her cab and sandboxes were painted in a pale, light golden yellow while the boiler was a light, sea green, cyan color with pale opal stripes. Her wheels were a pale, light grayish rose pink, buffer beams red, cab roof a light, pale opal, and coupling rods and cylinders a pale, light grayish gold. Her pinkish rose geode lantern sat above her face and in front of the funnel.

Rarity was an NSB Class 21c of a 2-6-0 configuration. Her smokebox and funnel were a moderate indigo shade. The base of her boiler, cab, and tender were painted in a light, sapphire gray with purple stripes. Her driving and tender wheels were all a dark, moderate mulberry purple, cylinders were cyan, and coupling rods a light cornflower blue. The cab roof was violet and buffer beams were red. Her indigo geode lantern sat to the right of her front buffers.

Upon dashing through the portal, Fluttershy ended up ramming the back of Applejack's tender. It wasn't enough to jolt her forward, but Applejack could still feel the push.

"Ow! Careful back there."

"I'm Sorry!" Fluttershy cried. "I can't control my driving yet!"

She kept reversing backwards only to jolt Rarity back a smidge. She tried moving forward and hits Applejack, then Rarity, and Applejack again. Fluttershy kept apologizing the more accidental biffing and bashing she did. After running backwards again, Rarity decides to shunt Fluttershy against Applejack's tender to keep her in place.

"That's Everyone!" Pinkie remarked.

Twilight gasped. "Wait! Where's Spike!"

"Uh, back here!"

Instead of changing into an engine, Spike was now a LSWR 10 ton Goods Brake Van, with a light mulberry base, moderate harlequin roof, and light lime green axle boxes. He was coupled up to Twilight from behind and facing Pinkie Pie.

"Spike!" She called out. "Are you okay? How do you feel?"

"I can't move!" Spike tried nudging himself.

"Spike Is Some Kind Of Back Train!" Pinkie said. 

"You mean he's a brake van?!" Twilight said, surprised.

"That too!"

Spike was disappointed. "How come I'm not an engine like the rest of you?"

"I think you might be better off, Spikey," Rarity groaned, inspecting her appearance. "Someone tell me how I look! Am I hideous?! Is my engine form subpar beautiful at least?"

"Everything feels so hollow for me," Spike commented.

"Not for us," Fluttershy admitted.

"Yeah, not gonna lie," Applejack admitted. "This all just feels a pitch dense."

Rainbow Dash scoffed. "You think? I can barely move a muscle, or look in any direction other than what's in front of me."

"That's 'Cause We Don't Have Arms And Legs Anymore, Silly-Billies! We Have Wheels Now! See?" Pinkie Pie began reversing back and forth seamlessly. "WHEEEEEE!"

"And we're gonna need to learn how to use them fast," Sunset said. "Luckily, I have some degree of experience. Teaching each other the ropes won't be that difficult. Right, Twilight?"

"Ye-yup," She chuckled, a bit unhinged.

"Which begs the question," Applejack began, "how many of us can actually move on these darn wheels?"

Pinkie Pie already had a handle on it, but the Girls showed more signs of difficulty until Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity soon mastered driving backwards and forwards, if only a little. They still had to trek through the Magic Railroad and over onto Sodor. Twilight showed the most difficulty driving. She tried moving forward with Spike but barely made an inch. She strained and she tugged, but didn't gain any distance.

"Best you stay put for now, Fluttershy," Rarity instructed Fluttershy. "I'm sure we'll find you some ground, err, rails to practice on later."

"What about you, Twilight?" Sunset asked. "Any luck?"

"I can't seem to move," Twilight groaned, finally giving up. "This isn't good. Ooh. I knew I should've gone in last."

"It's okay," She assured. "You'll pick up on driving in no time. It's actually not that hard once you get use to it."

"Easy for you to say. You've been here already."

"What about our geodes?" Fluttershy said. "Do they still work?"

Twilight peered at her lantern, and shut her eyes to channel its magic. A purple, magical aura lights up and surrounds the lantern, along with the rattling coupling chain that hung around the hook of her front buffers.

"They do!" Twilight exclaimed, excitedly. "Our magic geodes are still active."

Rarity tired out her diamond manifestation ability and created three blue lozenges circling mid air in front of her.

"Ooohh!" Rarity giggled. "How absolutely divine!"

"Good thing too," Sunset said. "I'll carry Twilight to Sodor until we find shelter."

"Sunset's right," Rarity said. "We need to get going, post haste!"

"Then quit sitting around and get going already," Rainbow Dash said, determined.

"Lead the way, Sunset!" Applejack encouraged.

Sunset backs into Twilight, who then uses her purple telepath aura to lift her chain onto the hook of Sunset's back tender. The Girls were ready to take off. Sunset led the charge, straining to pull Twilight and Spike all the way until Pinkie happily biffed up against Spike and helped push the train, along with Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Fluttershy, being pushed by Rarity, managed to gain her own traction and pushed the train with all her friends, working together to chuff along the Magic Railroad's golden tracks.

"This isn't weird at all. This isn't weird at all," Twilight kept repeating.

"Uh, Twilight," Spike asked. "You gonna be able to keep it together?"

Twilight was still a bit unhinged. "Not weird, not weird. Just new normal! Temporary, condensed, fixed perspective kind of normal!"

"We've got a lot of work to do," Said a worried Sunset.





At last, the Girls arrived on Sodor, as they puffed down the Mainline of the Island's Railway. The Girls were amazed by what they saw so far. Being engines was still much too alien for them, but most of those feelings were temporarily stifled upon rushing past Sodor's sun shining country sides, landscapes, and beautiful crisp forests that stood near the tracks. They never would've imagined traveling to another world. It was almost hard to believe at first. While veering along bends overlooking Sodor's countryside, passing over watermills, windmills, and crossing bridges, the Girls were proud in their decision to journey to Sodor.

Some even got glimpses of what each of their engine forms looked liked. They each had emblems either on the sides of their boilers, bunkers, or tenders. For the water tanks and bunkers; Twilight's was a pink six-pointed sparkle surrounded by five small white sparkles, Pinkie's was two blue balloons with yellow strings and one yellow balloon with blue string, and Fluttershy's was three butterflies with cyan bodies and pink wings. For the sides of their tenders; Rainbow Dash's emblem was a blue, yellow and red lightning bolt from a cloud, Applejack's was three red apples, and Rarity's was three blue lozenges diamonds.

Puffing down the Mainline again, Sunset drove on the middle railway lane with Twilight and Spike coupled up from behind still. Pinkie Pie followed from behind too, keeping an eye on Spike while getting distracted by passing scenery. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy rode on the left lane, and Applejack and Rarity rode to the right. Most of the Girls looked around, both curious and excited by their surrounding.

"So?" Sunset asked. "Pretty great, huh guys?"

"I guess," Rainbow Dash said, unimpressed. "But Thomas made Sodor out like it was some magical land. Everything just kinda looks the same to me."

"At least there's lots of land for all the little animals to roam," Fluttershy said, admiring some birds flying by.

"There must be hundreds living in these woods. Which means, there's bound to be lots of squirrels that I can," Spike's enthusiasm soon diminished, "… not chase."

"Well, I for one think the landscapes look beautiful," Rarity complimented. "An ideal getaway spot if I do say. Not accounting all the noisy locomotive traffic that is."

"I LOVE It!" Pinkie giggled. "I Can't Wait To See The Chocolate Factory! No! The Bakery! No! The Ice Cream Factory! No! No! THE BALLOON FACTORY!"

"Uh, you sure Sodor even has half of those establishments, Pinkie?" Twilight smiled.

"I WILL MAKE THEM HAVE IT IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!" She shouted.

"How about finding a place for us to sleep first?" Sunset said.

"Then we'll try to save Henry and Edward, right?" Fluttershy asked.

"I reckon that's the first thing we work on once we make bare of our livin' quarters," Applejack agreed.

"I agree with Fluttershy too," Twilight said. "Rescuing Edward and Henry should be our top priority."

Fluttershy beamed.

"There's still that Siren we gotta deal with too," Spike reminded. "Why not just stop her like you girls did at that Battle of the Bands thing?"

"This world doesn't have the same kind of magic as Canterlot High," Sunset said. "Equestrian magic won't work like it does back home. Not like this. That's what The Siren said."

"Uh, why're we believin' anythin' she tells us again?" Applejack asked.

"Well, it's not like I can shred on my guitar without any hands," Rainbow Dash commented. "Not that we could without our band equipment."

"Why not just sing?" Rarity said. "Thomas and his friends likely perform random musical numbers on the spot all the time without any instruments."

"But Sodor doesn't have Equestrian magic," Fluttershy said. "At least not that we know of."

"Which means," Twilight added, "if we hope to defeat this Siren, we'll have to figure out another way to counteract her spell, and free anyone who's been enchanted."

"So, we're definitely gonna have to get good at bein' steam engines then," Applejack commented.

Rainbow Dash scoffed. "That's easy. Being an engine's gonna be a piece of cake. We're already storming down tracks like it's nothing… Well, except for Twilight."

She chuckled sheepishly while Twilight shot her an unamused glare.

"Perhaps a few lessons in engine control would be greatly beneficial," Rarity said.

"Good Thing Our Geodes Still Work On Sodor Too!" Pinkie Pie said. "Once I Find A Bakery, That No Good Siren And Dastardly Diesels Won't Know What Hit 'Em!"

"Are you gonna be able to use your magic, Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked. "I mean, without using your, um, hands, to make sweets explode?"

"Oh, Right. Eh, At Least I Can Still Eat Them!"

"Um, again, don't you need-"

"Just let her have this one, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash smiled.

Still puffing down the Mainline, Fluttershy overhears chirping birds soaring towards her. She looks over to her left and sees one robin and a blue jay flying next to her. Then, her geode lantern begins glowing a bright yellow. Fluttershy examines it then turns her attention back to the birds and responds to their greetings.

"Oh!" Fluttershy giggled. "And hello to you, Mr. and Mrs. Birdie. How kind of you to welcome us."

The two birds soar in front of Fluttershy and land on her front buffers. They chirped to her again, waving their wings in different directions during their explanations.

"That's why we're here," She said, "to make sure no more steam engines are sent away."

The other girls could hear Fluttershy's conversation with the robin and blue jay.

"Oh. You don't have to worry about us. But I do appreciate your concern. Still, I don't suppose you wouldn't mind helping out at all? Or, you know, if you want to."

The Robin and Blue Jay shared looks then chirped while nodding in agreement.

"What did they say, Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

"They'll help us!" Fluttershy said, excitedly. "Oh, thank you so much. You're both such sweet hearts."

"Ask them about Edward and Henry," Sunset said.

"Could you look for two friends of ours? They're names are Henry and Edward. I'm hoping they're still on Sodor somewhere, or that they haven't left yet."

She described what they looked like with Sunset's help. The two birds jumped off her buffers and flapped in the air while chirping. Fluttershy beamed as they soared off into the sky. But it wasn't soon until a dejected Fluttershy sighed over the thought of Henry already being gone.





As the Girls made their way down the track, they could hear faint purring of various diesel engines closing in from behind. Then, to Sunset, Applejack and Rainbow Dash's shock, three diesels approached them from ahead, all riding along three of the Railway lanes blocking their paths. Skinhead, Western and Whistler parked in front of the Girls. Sunset and the rest tried applying their brakes and came to a stop. Fluttershy kept chuffing, however, until she ended up ramming the back of Rainbow Dash's tender.

"Ow!" Rainbow Dash winced. "Fluttershy!"

"Sorry."

The three diesels who were following Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity from behind also parked into place. 'Arry, Bert, and more Class 08 diesel shunters blocked their path as well. The Girls were admittedly afraid for what's about to come. Already they've been spotted.

"This doesn't look good," Spike commented.

"Well, well," Skinhead chortled. "Looks like we've still got ourselves a few stragglers on our turf."

"Your turf?" Applejack snapped.

Chuckling to themselves, 'Arry & Bert biffed Rarity and Pinkie Pie.

"Ugh! Back away you ruffians!" Rarity said. "I have a magic lantern and I'm not afraid to use it!"

After a silent pause, the six diesels all laughed. But despite some embarrassment on their end, the Girls were true to their claims. Even after exchanging looks of intent, they couldn't hide the fact that their predicament still looked dodgy after the diesels finished their laugh.

"Alright, we're taking you lot in," Whistler said. "Push from the back, lads, we've got the front covered."

Some of the Girls whimpered as the diesels closed in. Rainbow Dash wasn't afraid, however. Her Geode lantern glowed a bright blue, and steam hissed from her engine.

"You're not gonna take me out that easy!"

Whistler was confused by her glowing lantern.

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash sped right into him, almost within a blink of an eye. Before anyone realized it, Rainbow Dash and Whistler were speeding down the track in a blue streak of rainbow colors. The two screaming engines zoomed at an intensified rate. Trees along the tracks zipped by, and the wind pressed against their faces. Finally, Rainbow Dash's speed ceased. And while she managed to slow down, Whistler was still flying across the tracks, tilting sideways left and right. Coming across and tilting over a track bend, Whistler dangled from the rails until he veered off, crashed, and slid across the grassy plains.

Rainbow Dash came to a stop and panted for a bit. Then she examined her glowing blue Geode lantern. Rainbow Dash grinned, realizing how much faster she must've been going than her usual speed, and what she could do with such power upon this discovery.

Way back down the line, the Girls and diesels were still caught off guard by Rainbow Dash and the diesel's sudden disappearance. The Girls knew what happened, but the other diesels were completely puzzled. Knowing that their Geodes still granted them their abilities, the Girls had just what they needed to retaliate. Sunset and Applejack glanced to one another, then back at the two diesels with determined grins. Western and Skinhead raised a brow.

"LET'S GET 'EM!" Pinkie called, excitedly.

And just like that, Sunset and Applejack jerked forward and biffed the two diesels. Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy do the same, biffing up to and pushing back Arry, Bert, and the other Class 08 diesels. Everyone ended up separating from one another as the Girls and diesels pushed and fought one another.





Sunset Shimmer tried pushing against Skinhead, but his resisting strength and Twilight adding weight to her made it difficult to budge him back.

"Come on, Twilight!" Sunset demanded while straining. "Push!"

"I'm trying!" She said, straining just as much, only her wheels still didn't move.

Suddenly, Skinhead felt something biff him from behind. Next thing he knew, he disappeared in a streak of blue and rainbow colors. Sunset ginned. She knew who that streak belonged to. Rainbow Dash sped down the track faster than any bystander could spot with Skinhead coupled up from behind. She was having the time of her life. She'd never gone this fast before, and being an engine gave her plenty amount of speed she'd never thought possible.

"This… is… so… AWESOME!"

Western and Applejack charged towards each other until both their buffers clashed on impact. But as they did, Western was jerked and pushed back by Applejack and her geode lantern glowing bright orange. Western tried applying his brakes, which screeched and spewed sparks that grinded against the rails. No matter how hard his brakes were applied, Applejack kept pushing him as seamless as she would be driving at her fastest pace. Smirking with determination, Applejack throttled Western along towards a set of buffers sitting over a wide ditch. The buffers brake on impact, sending a panicked Western tumbling into a ditch, and a chuckling Applejack to leave him where he is.

Rarity and Fluttershy were puffing away from a few diesel shunters. Fluttershy found herself going over a set of points and separating from Rarity. Three diesel shunters pursued Fluttershy while Rarity continued heading down the track she was on, often screaming a few times until she finally escaped them.

After sighing with relief, she spotted three more, along with Bert, heading right towards her. Rarity applied her brakes and shut her eyes. Bert and the diesels shunters closed in on her. Upon doing so, she creates three diamond faced walls that stood in their way, causing them to ram into and collide with the diamond surfaced barriers. Peaking with one eye then opening the other, Rarity giggled and grinned, before using the force of her diamond manifestation to thrust the diamond barriers back against the three diesels. Bert and the diesel shunters went flying back until two of them collide into one another after crossing over a set of points.

The diamond walls fade away, and Bert was the only one with his wheels still on track. Rarity was nervous. Bert charged towards her, only to be intercepted by a train of empty trucks rolling in front of him in a purple, magical aura. It was too late before Bert realized this and applied his brakes, only to collide into the empty trucks and derailing him from the front. He and the other two diesel shunters were unable to move. Rarity puffed forward to inspect the damage when she spotted Spike, Sunset, Twilight and her glowing geode lantern. The four of them exchanged gratified smiles before puffing away to find the others.

Alone in the forest, 'Arry rolled down one lane of two tracks and surveyed his surroundings, looking for any intruding engine. All was quiet aside from his generator running. The sun shined through the leaves shading the darkened branchline.

"Yoo-Hoo!"

'Arry stopped in place. He looked around nervously for the noise, but didn't see anything. Arry kept on going, until he heard another noise.

"Over Here!"

Finally, 'Arry stopped and looked up at a high tree with thick bushes. Two branches unveil to reveal Pinkie Pie's face poking out from the foliage.

"Peek A Boo!"

'Arry was baffled. "Wh—H-how did you get up there?!"

Pinkie Pie's giggle disappeared within the closing foliage. 'Arry didn't know what to make of this. He then went to try and reverse away, but everywhere he looked, 'Arry kept seeing Pinkie Pie poke out from each tree no matter how far he went.

"Leaving Already? Don't Cha Wanna At least Try To Chase After Me? Everyone Else Is Doing So!"

The more of her 'Arry saw, the more frightened he became. No steam engine, let alone any engine period could physically fit up in these trees. It was too unreal to see this unfold. Suddenly, he ended up colliding into Pinkie Pie, now sitting on the tracks behind him.

"Oops! Sorry!" Pinkie beamed. "I'm Just Having A Kablast! It's Like Kaboom And Blast Mashed Together Times Kabillion!"

'Arry began to panic as he now tried to drive forward. But upon looking up a head, he saw to his gasping horror Pinkie Pie in front of and chuffing towards him.

"I Mean, Can You Believe We're Actually On Sodor? I've Always Wanted To Visit Ever Since My Friend Thomas Came To Visit Our High School-"

A screaming 'Arry applied his brakes then tried reversing backwards again until he spotted a set of points leading to another track. He tried taking these tracks without paying any mind to where they led. Anywhere to get away from this crazy, pink steamie. The track was not yet finished. There were still some rails that haven't been put in place where the sleepers laid. Riding down a condensed forest, 'Arry soon found himself reaching the unfinished line, and began rolling off onto the sleepers and into a puddle of mud.

Pinkie Pie stopped before the switches 'Arry went down and pouted.

"Humph! Party Pooper!"

Meanwhile, Fluttershy was still being chased by three diesel shunters. She kept on chuffing as fast as she could. But the diesels continued their chase. Suddenly, one of them disappeared in a streak of blue and rainbows. The two stopped and looked all over for where the streak of light came from. Then, the blue streak zips by again and takes another diesel. The lone diesel shuttered and stood where he was. The diesel shunter then felt a biff from behind. Rainbow Dash with a proud smirk was coupled up to the shunter. Before he could react, Rainbow Dash carries him away down the opposite track he was following Fluttershy on, all while hollering with fright.

With her eyes shut, Fluttershy peaks out with one then opens the other upon realizing the diesels weren't chasing her anymore. She sighed with relief.





The Girls and their magic were overwhelming the diesels. Sunset, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and the others biffed and bashed into many diesel shunters, scarring them into fleeing the scene. The others chased away more shunters until the remaining pack scurried away down the track. Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash watched some of them retreat.

"Yeah, you better run!" Rainbow Dash taunted.

"Guess we'll be takin' this here turf for ourselves now!" Applejack said.

The three engines all laughed as they reversed back to find their friends and switch onto another line. Sunset, Twilight and the rest all arrived and met up on the Mainline again, each with their own exhilarant steam hissing as they chuffed down the tracks.

"Yeehaw!" Applejack called. "Now that's what I call a good 'ol fashion rustlin' rodeo!"

"That Was The Best Thing We've Ever Done In This World!" Pinkie said. "Scratch That, Second Best! We Still Haven't Gotten Started Yet!"

"Wait, what was the first one?" Spike asked.

"Don't Know. It Hasn't Happened Yet!"

"You see that Siren endeavour against us and our geodes after that," Rarity boasted.

"I knew you guys would be able to catch on quick," Sunset smiled. "But we've still got a long way to go."

"And with enough predetermined groundwork and a whole lot of preparation," Twilight said, "we might actually stand a chance at defeating the Siren."

"Are you kidding?" Rainbow Dash boastes. "Did you see how fast I went?! Even I couldn't see myself zippin' by. We totally got this!"

"Here-here!" Rarity chanted in agreement.

Everyone else cheered and celebrated their victory. Fluttershy chuffed on a lone lane, feeling ashamed in herself. She didn't do much during the scuffle. All she did was hide behind some trees until the diesels ran away. The Girls slowed down to a stop, all except Fluttershy, who slowly chuffed on past the group and gained more speed by the second. Fluttershy's friends noticed she wasn't stopping and watched her still chuffing down the Mainline.

"Uh, Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash said. "You can stop now."

Frantic, Fluttershy looked down at her wheels. No matter how badly she wanted to stop, her wheels just kept turning faster and faster.

"Apply your brakes, Fluttershy!" Twilight called.

"I don't know how," She cried in distress. "I can't stop! Help!"

Fluttershy screamed as she sped down the track. The Girls called for her, but she was already too far away from them to hear her name.

"Hang on! I'll get her!!"

A determined Rainbow Dash chuffed down the tracks after her and disappeared in a blue streak. Sunset Shimmer, accompanied by Twilight and Spike still coupled up to her, followed after them as well. Still screaming, Fluttershy veers past a bend where Whistler still laid with Rainbow Dash catching up quick. Sunset wasn't far behind, but still had lots of ground to catch up as she chuffed by the track bend. It was rather difficult to build speed with Twilight and Spike lugging behind. At last, Rainbow Dash caught up to Fluttershy and rode at the same pace beside her.

"Hang in there, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said.

"Please!" She cried. "Just make it stop!"

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash started losing speed, much to her bafflement. She slowed down and started dragging behind Fluttershy further and further away.

"What?! Wh-what's happening?!"

Her wheels kept turning at a much slower pace until coming to a grinding halt in the middle of the line.

"Errr! Come on, come on!"

She tried moving forward, but she couldn't. She tried using her Geode lantern to catch up with Fluttershy, but still Rainbow Dash couldn't budge. All she could do was helplessly watch her friend disappear down the line again. To her relief, Sunset, Twilight and Spike still sped by in hot pursuit. They continued chasing after Fluttershy, still whimpering in distress despite how hard she tried to stop.

A signal box came into view up ahead, and beside it a set of points leading to an empty siding. There was a large bank of dirt piled on top the rails at the end. Fluttershy sped into this siding, and screamed even more as she charged and planted face first into the pile of earth, causing a cloud of brown dust to billow everywhere and all over her. Fluttershy coughed out brown dirt once the cloud cleared.

Sunset pulled up and parked alongside the siding, panting while assessing the damage.

"Are you okay, Fluttershy?!" Sunset asked.

Luckily, Fluttershy still remained on the track, but half her front engine section was buried deep within the earth bank. She didn't seem too hurt, but she still felt embarrassed and ashamed.

Shortly, the other Girls arrived too, with Applejack hauling Rainbow Dash to their location. They had no idea what just happened. For some reason Fluttershy couldn't apply her brakes, Rainbow Dash suddenly stopped, and Twilight still couldn't move on her own without being carried around. Sharing collective glances of worry, Sunset, Twilight and the rest all agreed that being steam engines wasn't going to be as easy of a task as they initially thought. They truly did have a lot of work ahead. The Girls then proceeded to pull Fluttershy out of the earth bank, with Twilight using her telepath to brush off all the dirt sticking to her buffers.

The worst was still yet to come. Back where all the derailed diesels laid, a twinkling green mist had fogged up their vicinity. It was all generated near the diesels derailed from the points, Arry from within the forest, Bert from the truck collision, Western from the ditch, and Whistler from the track bend. The mist breezed together in one giant collection, and flew to the sky in a near single stream.





To Be Continued.