Thomas & Equestria Girls 2:
Adventures From Sodor!
Chapter 24: Quarry Scuffle
The Girls all puffed down the mainline tracks of Sodor's North Western Railway, staying vigilant so as to not come across any diesel during their travels. Now that the group knew Adagio Dazzle was stealing their magic, they had to avid any and all confrontations with diesels in hopes of preventing their encounters from conjuring any more negative energy for her enchanted pendant to consume.
Nobody took the news too well when Twilight explained this to them. How where they going to protect themselves from any threat if their magic only makes the Siren stronger? The entire Island was populated with nothing but diesels who want to send the rouge steamies away. Not to mention the Siren was now well aware of their magic, as were they with her scheme to consume as much magic as she can force them to dish out. It was going to be a difficult task.
Everyone pondered a way to avert conjuring negative energy while still being able to fend off their diesel enemies, even going back to their earlier proposition of using equestria magic the same way they utilized it to defeat the Dazzling's. Everyone knew, however, that it was best to try and stay on course with their current form instead of dishing out magic that Adagio could now easily overt.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy was happily humming to herself while Mr. and Mrs. Birdie, a pair squirrels, and some rabits rested on her footplate.
"You're in a cheery mood all a sudden, Fluttershy," Applejack smiled. "Aren't you still worried about Henry?"
"Oh, I feel just awful for leaving him behind," Fluttershy replied, "but now I know he's still at the Dieselworks. I'm going to try and rescue him again anyway I can."
"Now that's what I like to hear!" Rainbow Dash encouraged. "Does this mean you'll finally be able to brake without needing Spike?"
"That's what I'm hoping for. Though I wouldn't mind at all if Spike still stayed with me for a bit longer."
Spike humbly smiled and agreed he would.
"It'll also be much nicer to not hold everyone back anymore too."
"Sweetie, darling," Rarity said. "You never hold us back. We said so already regarding the Crystal Race. What ever is giving you such an impression?"
"Oooh! I Love Impressions!" Pinkie Pie chimed. "Wanna See My Impression Of Mr. Cranky Doodle On A Monday?!"
She then puts on a gruff and grouchy tone. "'My coffee's cold, we're all outta chalk, today's lunch menu is all junk! Pinkie Pie, quit making balloon animals in the middle of class! Pinkie Pie, those text books aren't meant for building castles!'"
A few chuckled but were more concentrated on Fluttershy's sudden optimism.
"I promise," she claimed, "my hindrance wont cause us anymore trouble, once I'm used to them, I mean."
"Fantastic news, Fluttershy!" Sir Topham Hatt agreed. "Having everyone contributing will make our journey much easier in deed."
"Never, never give up," She beamed, proudly. "That's what Twilight told me last night. Right, Twilight?"
But Twilight Sparkle was in her own little world, and wasn't paying attention to what was being said. She was darting around her surroundings, looking a little anxious.
Even though she agreed to take full responsibility over helping her friends adapt to Sodor's Railway, Twilight felt she could only achieve this unless Sunset Shimmer was by her side. She was the one who encouraged her to do so in the first place. But now, she was off delivering Edward to Canterlot City. The other Girls could sense her distress and tried to calm their friend's nerves.
"Relax, Twilight," Applejack assured. "Sunset'll be back after bringin' Edward to our world before you know it."
"Relax?! Who needs to relax? Me?! I'm fine! Super fine! Why wouldn't I be?!" She chuckled. "Nope, I'm relaxed. So relaxed!"
Sir Topham Hatt, Spike and the Girls all shared perplexed glances.
"So, what do we do now?" Spike asked.
"We could always put in more training so we'll be extra swift in avoiding diesels," Rainbow Dash said.
"Ugh, I'm tired of engine training!" Rarity moaned. "No more! I'm perfectly fine being perfectly mediocre!"
"Well, we can't be fightin' diesels no more," Applejack said. "Maybe we oughta go back to basics an' try usin' our own magic to destroy her gem again."
Twilight quickly snapped out of her unhinged breakdown and spoke with a clear thought.
"Actually, now that I think about it, we haven't heard back from Mavis yet. I'm worried something might've happened to her."
"You don't suppose the diesel's have captured her too?" Sir Topham Hatt asked, just as worried.
"And had the Siren use her magic on Mavis?!" Spike added.
Pinkie Pie gasped. "Oh-No! Bill And Ben Are In Mega Trouble If Mavis Caught The Diseasel!"
"What about Derek?" Fluttershy asked. "I hope he wasn't enchanted either."
"We'd probably hear from them by now if they weren't enchanted," Rainbow Dash said. "Just saying."
"Well, we haven't seen either one since the Dieselworks," Rarity said. "And it's difficult enough looking for one of us without constantly running into those miscreants just casually wondering the tracks. Like hello, do the diesels own the whole Island or something?"
"Uh, they kinda do, Rarity," Rainbow Dash said.
"Yes, yes, but do they literally have to be everywhere we just so happen to wonder at every turning point?" Rarity countered.
Mr. & Mrs. Birdie, tweeted something to Fluttershy which made her geode lantern pulsate a glowing yellow light.
"Mr. & Mrs. Birdie said they'll look a head to see if Mavis is at her quarry," She said. "Maybe she can tell us what happened to Derek too."
"Perfect!" Twilight said, a little more confident now, "Follow Fluttershy's birds to Ffarquhar Quarry!"
The determined brigade agreed and thundered down the tracks towards Ffarquhar Quarry.
There were hardly any diesels out on the tracks. Either they just got really lucky in avoiding any unwanted attention so far, or they tussled the diesels so much that they were still being repaired at the Dieselworks. Entering Ffarquhar Quarry only amplified their suspicions even more upon inspecting its desolate inactivity. Nobody was at work. There weren't any crewmen to be seen either.
Everyone entered and parked underneath or near the two road, open shed stationed next to Mavis' single road shed, which had been the temporary hiding place for Bill & Ben, the two saddle tank engines Mavis helped hide from leaving Sodor. Only Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie parked facing the actual shed door.
Twilight Sparkle tried getting Bill & Ben's attention while trying to remain discreet.
"Bill, Ben? Are you there?"
But there was no response. This made Twilight and the others nervous. All except Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie happily puffed up to the shed's wooden door and banged against it with her front buffers.
"HEY! Bill, Ben!" She exclaimed. "Open Up! It's Us! Helloooo?!"
"Quiet, Pinkie!" Twilight warned.
But to everyone's relief, the door swung open before them, and out emerged both Bill & Ben, looking rather weary and tired.
"What's all that racket?" Bill complained.
Ben yawned, "Honestly. Don't you girls know what time it is?"
"It's the middle of the afternoon," Applejack said, irritably.
"Exactly!" Both said.
"We were catching up on some much-needed rest," Ben said.
"Hi, Bill & Ben!" Pinkie greeted, happily. "Did You Miss Us? We Stopped By To Check Up On You!"
Both twins were happy to see Pinkie Pie.
"Oh, hello, Pinkie Pie!" Ben replied.
"Pinkie Pie is here too?" Bill asked. "Oh, have you got anymore magic tricks for us?"
"Ooh, yes!" Ben said, eagerly. "We love your tricks! Do show us, Pinkie! Please?"
Pinkie giggled. "I May Have Something Up My Funnel. Watch This."
Pinkie Pie's shuts her eyes and puffed her cheeks. She began exerting as if trying to push something while her geode lantern began glowing a pink light. Bill & Ben waited with giddy anticipation.
"Oh, we don't have time for this," Sir Topham Hatt said before climbing out of Spike.
But then, to everyone's surprise, a fully baked cupcake shot out of Pinkie Pie's funnel. The cupcake was vibrating and glowing a bright, sparkly pink. Everyone watched the cupcake reach high enough to where it stopped mid air, and exploded in a cloud of sugary, majestic fireworks display. Varying colors of pink, blue, and yellow sprinkled everywhere the air amidst the sugary cloud.
"Ta-Da!"
Bill & Ben were in awe. How did she make that piece of Cupcake explode like that?
"Wow!" Both say in unison.
"Pinkie Pie!" Twilight Sparkle scolded. "Be careful. We don't know who else could be here."
"I'm more curious over how long she's had that held in for," Rainbow Dash commented.
Sir Topham Hatt made his way over to the two saddle twins.
"Do you two know if Mavis has returned to the Quarry at all?" He asked.
"How should we know?" Bill stated. "We're practically cooped up in this shed all day."
"Bill and I are only allowed out when Mavis tells us no one's around," Ben explained. "And we haven't been out since she left to help you, Sir."
"So, you don't know where she is?" Twilight Sparkle asked.
"No, why? What's happened to her, Twilight?" Bill asked, looking a little worried. "Is Mavis alright?"
"Of course, I am, Bill!"
"Mavis?" The girls all say.
Everyone's eyes widened when approaching them was Mavis herself. She came in from one of many lines that exit the Quarry. She purred under a stone hopper and towards Twilight and Pinkie until she parked onto a set of switches next to Bill and Ben.
"What a silly thing to suggest."
"But, But, But, But, But, But, But, But-"
Pinkie Pie's stuttering was quickly interrupted when Mavis spoke through her rigid, friendly grin.
"Oh, hello, Girls! I was wondering if you'd try and find me."
"Where have you been?" Rainbow Dash said.
"We thought we lost you to the diesels," Rarity said.
"Or worse," Spike said. "The Siren!"
"Oh, it was just awful," Mavis explained. "The diesels had me surrounded, but I managed to evade them with ease. I wasn't sure if they were still on to me or not, so I had to hide away until I knew it was safe to come out."
"Thank goodness you're safe, Mavis" Twilight said, relieved. "We were all so worried about you."
"Yes, I'm sure you were." Mavis' response came off more bitter than she intended, but she soon perked up again. "Now, what can I do for you?"
The Girls and Sir Topham Hatt explained what they've been up to since their successful rescue. They then tried pitching ideas to save Henry now, who was still being held captive at the Dieselworks. Their suspicions began to show again when they asked about Derek, to which Mavis didn't dabble on much and casually continued aiding support to their current objectives.
It wasn't long til a flock of Fluttershy's birds entered the quarry with three remaining above the sky while two came soaring down towards her and her glowing geode lantern. Fluttershy beamed when Mr. & Mrs. Birdie hovered in front of her and began tweeting in a rather urgent manner. Her cheerful smile quickly faded when the robin and blue jay continued tweeting, and flipped into extreme worry and fear.
Their excessive tweeting caught everyone's attention when they looked over and saw Fluttershy anxiously whimpering over Mr. and Mrs. Birdie's warning.
"Fluttershy?" Applejack said. "What're they sayin'?"
Fluttershy could barely keep her trembling in check.
"Th-there's a whole bunch of d-diesels! And they're all waiting outside the Quarry!"
The quarry echoed with everyone shouting the same response.
"What?!"
"Oh-no?!" Ben shuddered, wanting to hide back in the shed.
"How many are there?!" Bill asked.
This immediately put everyone on edge. The pack of birds above tweeted to Mr. & Mrs. Birdie, who then relayed what they were seeing to everyone while Fluttershy translated.
"There's too many to count. Every exit is blocked off! We're surrounded!"
The Girls all shared looks of anxiousness and worry. How did they find us? How did they know they'd be here? Everyone immediately then looked to Mavis, who gave everyone an inquisitive brow. Sir Topham Hatt marched over to her, already getting a good idea what this is looking like and spoke what everyone was thinking.
"Mavis," He questioned, strictly, "Did you bring a bunch of diesels to this quarry knowing we'd meet you here?"
"Why would I?!" She defended. "We're on the same side, remember?"
"I don't know, are we?" Applejack refuted.
The girls were definitely conflicted. Mavis was supposed to be their friend, one out of a handful of diesels who weren't enchanted. But now, some seemed convinced she might now be involved with something else, especially the more Twilight Sparkle began deducing their predicament.
"That whole period when we were separated, when you never returned to the quarry, something happened to you, didn't it?"
Twilight inched closer and closer to Mavis, who tried keeping up her meek smile.
"Did you really out run a pack of diesels? Did they capture you just let you go because they confused you for being on their side? Or did a certain equestrian creature persuade you to conform to their side?"
"Bill, Ben!" Mavis tried reaching out. "Don't let her bully us like this! She's stepping out of line!"
The twins didn't know what to think at first. But they were still indebted to Mavis for rescuing them, so Bill & Ben just went along with it even when Twilight kept throwing out accusations.
"How do we know you're not going to turn us over; or turn over Bill & Ben for that matter? Are those diesels out there on our side too? Or is every diesel on Sodor just now suddenly converging on this location to trap us thanks to a certain diesel's input; a diesel we thought we could trust?"
"Leave Mavis alone, Twilight," Bill defended. "She wouldn't turn us in!"
"Yeah! She's the one who saved me and Bill in the first place. Mavis isn't-"
Twilight interrupted with a sharp stare.
"Under the Siren's spell!"
Mavis' eyes widened and jaw slacked. It only made sense for everyone to assume that during their separation from Mavis, something definitely was keeping her at bay. Perhaps the diesels really were chasing her. But in the midst of her chase, the Siren more than likely used her new batch of negativity that the Girls unknowingly conquered to influence Mavis over to a more aggressive, and deceitful side. Mavis became deeply offended.
"Huh! How dare you suggest such nonsense, Twilight! After Derek and I went out of our way to help you all."
"HA!" Pinkie accused. "You Didn't Even Wanna Talk About Derek! Is It Because HE has The Diseasel Now Too, Or Is It Clearly You!"
"Mavis," Sir Topham said, a bit broken up. "Say it isn't so!"
"Mavis hasn't turned against us!" Ben claimed.
"Yeah! She doesn't have the diseasel," Bill chimed, "right, Mavis?"
Mavis gave a side glance then shied away and darted her surrounding. This didn't help the twin's arguments or their concerns for her at all.
"Bill, Ben," Twilight instructed, firmly. "We're taking you back to our hideout. The Quarry's not safe for you two anymore. Pinkie Pie."
"On It!"
But before Pinkie could even puff towards Bill & Ben, Mavis jerked forward a bit on impulse and accidentally biffed Twilight back through the crossing and into Pinkie Pie.
"NO!"
Both girls recovered from her shove and joined everyone who stopped silent and shot Mavis suspicious glares, especially Bill & Ben, who were now starting to see Mavis' true intentions begin to show a lot clearer. Mavis looked back at everyone, knowing fully that they seemed more than convinced a large gathering of diesels didn't just conveniently assemble at this one quarry, surrounding every exit for no reason at all. Not even her smile was winning them over.
After glaring back at her former friends, Mavis blew on her loud diesel horn, which echoed all throughout the quarry.
Another, more worrisome sound, came out of nowhere. A barrage of faint, reverberating diesels horns resonated within the compounds of Ffarquhar Quarry and it's rocky cliffsides. Everyone could hear the horns coming from all directions and were on the verge of panicking. They really were surrounded. All of Fluttershy's birds began chirping hysterically, which didn't help with Fluttershy's own panic as she could hear everything they were seeing from their point of view.
"Oh-no! Oh-no!" Fluttershy exclaimed, anxiously. "They're closing in!"
"IT'S AN AMBUSH!" Pinkie Pie called.
Everyone became afraid and were on the fringe of panicking. But despite their fears, the Girls knew they had to act fast.
Twilight Sparkle was the first to make a move. She tried charging towards Bill & Ben before Mavis could get in the way again. But Mavis was too quick. She got in Twilight's way through the crossing just in time for both their buffer's to collided with a hard clash. The two engines pushed and fraught back and forth, both straining to barge one another the way they came.
"Mavis!" Ben called. "Stop!"
"What're you doing?!" Bill chimed.
Mavis growled and grunted, eventually overcoming a struggling Twilight and shunting her back with ease. Pinkie Pie puffed in and biffed against Twilight to give her friend some leverage. The two engines handled Mavis fine on their own, enough to shove her over the railway switches, but couldn't get Mavis to budge any further. Mavis was just too strong for the two steamies. But she wasn't strong enough for Applejack, who waisted no time finding her way over to their track and reversed back to biff against Pinkie and Twilight. Applejack's strength was just what they needed to completely overwhelm Mavis and send her flying back towards a stone hopper with one fowl bump.
A dizzying Mavis stood underneath the stone hopper with swirling eyes. She quickly recovered, only to feel a single pebbled fall on top of her. When she looked up in confusion, a shower of stone and rock came raining down onto Mavis, causing her to cough from all the rubble falling down and nearly burying her in a pile of stone.
Fortunately, this gave the Girls enough time to work out an escape plan. But with one problem temporarily out of the way, the trick of trying to leave unscathed and disadvantageous, to the Siren became everyone's overbearing concern. Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash were parked near a separate shed beside Bill & Ben's when they felt a strange rumble beneath their wheels. The rails they stood on shook ever so subtle enough to make them stop and stare at the shaking tracks below.
It wasn't an earthquake, it wasn't a rockslide, it was more diesels than either could guess to count now making their way to the Girls and their frightening circumstances.
"There's gotta be a million of them out there!" Rainbow Dash said.
"How are we to escape then?!" Bill asked.
"Oh, there is no escape!" Ben cried.
"We're doomed!" Rarity cried, dramatically. "Doomed I say! DOOMED!"
"Alright, everyone," Sir Topham Hatt assured. "Let's not panic. We'll figure a way out."
"The only way I'm seein' a way out is by fightin' past 'em," Applejack reminded. "And we sure as apple sauce can't be doin' that."
Twilight Sparkle tried thinking of something. The pressure was on everyone to evade the hordes of diesels closing in on them with every second they waste. Indeed, there seemed to be no way of escaping without fighting. Twilight and a few of her friends thought it might be what they'll have to resort to. 'If only Sunset Shimmer were here,' Twilight thought. 'She'd know what to do.' But Sunset wasn't with them at the moment, so Twilight had to think of something all on her own. And the second something plausible sprung into mind, Twilight Sparkle beamed a proud smile.
"I got it!"
Everyone was relieved. But the diesel horns and revving engines were getting closer and closer to their proximity.
"No time to explain!" Sir Topham Hatt urged. "Just walk us through, Twilight!"
"Sir, help Pinkie Pie couple up to Bill & Ben."
Pinkie Pie and Sir Topham Hatt agreed and rushed over to the two twins while Twilight continued giving out orders.
"The rest of you will form a train. Rarity, take the front. Applejack will couple up behind you. Then Rainbow Dash to Applejack, and Fluttershy and Spike to her."
Nobody stopped to question anything and quickly got to work. The Girls arranged themselves onto one track line. Rarity was at the front while Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Spike coupled up to one another from behind. Sir Topham Hatt used his shunter pole to couple up Pinkie Pie facing Bill & Ben. Then he ran to climb back on Spike while Twilight shunted into Pinkie Pie and used her telekinesis to couple herself up to the three engines. Pulling Bill & Ben, Twilight and Pinkie Pie then reversed back, crossing over a few switches to another line next their friends all anxiously awaiting the next step. They revered all the way to the front train until reaching and stopping for Twilight to face Rarity.
"Rarity," She instructed. "This whole operation falls on you now."
"Oh, thanks for the added pressure, darling," Rarity said, sarcastically.
"I need you to construct a diamond, plow/shield fabrication, something to prevent them from stopping our train."
"But I don't think I've ever formed something quite like that."
"Well, yer gonna have to now, Sugarcube," Applejack said.
"Applejack and Rainbow Dash, you'll need to use your magic to assist Rarity."
"But what if we use up all our fuel and can't move?" Rainbow Dash asked, nervously.
"And what'll happen I go an' knock Rarity off our line instead?" Applejack asked.
Rarity scoffed. "You had better not, you two!"
"Now's more than the ideal time to use our magic, guys," Twilight spoke, sincerely. "I know everyone can do this. I believe in you. All of you."
On that note, Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie pushed Bill & Ben to the back of the train to get themselves coupled up.
Rarity wasn't so sure of herself, but the urgency of their situation was enough to set aside these worries if only for this moment. Rarity then shut her eyes and focused deeply on creating the required diamond construct. Every twinkle and shine of her sparkly construct slowly formed and assembled in front of Rarity's front engine.
"They're coming!" Spike panicked.
Spike could see the diesels entering the Quarry from where they came in. There were two rows of about ten different diesels rolling down the tracks towards him and their train. Salty, Sidney, and Norman were among the diesels leading the pack, now looking gruff and aggressive. Rarity lets out a scream upon seeing more diesels entering the quarry. The direction they were to escape pass consisted of plenty more different sized diesels taking up three track lines in rows of more than twenty. Among the regular Class 08 shunters, some packs consisted of peak 46, hymek 35, Electric type 4, and Class 14s.
Before she knew it, Rarity had completed her fully formed, twinkling diamond implement.
The projection was that of a transparent, snowplow shaped diamond construct, which mounted on her front buffers and protected Rarity's face, funnel, and glowing, purple geode lantern. The large, curved, diamond plow scooped along the rails with thin edges along the blade's end that met with the tracks almost within inches of contact.
At last, Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie, carrying Bill & Ben, were now coupled up with Spike and the train.
"Uh-Oh!" Pinkie Pie called out.
More diesels from across the quarry came closing in from behind the stone hopper Mavis was buried under.
"There's too many!" Ben gasped. "They'll get us all for sure!"
Salty growled the closer him and the trialing diesels got to the train. Mavis soon barged from the stone pile and made her way towards the train, evidently clearing a path for more diesels like Den and Dart to pass with many more purring by.
"On ward!" Sir Topham Hatt called and pointed.
"Go, go, go!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
The Girls put in all their strength, traction, and forward momentum to get their train moving. Steam hissed from their pistons with each rotating wheel grinding against the tracks. Applejack's strength and Rainbow Dash's speed helped propel the train into high gear, as well as propel Rarity and her diamond plow shield towards the first of many diesels lined up a head of them.
A Class 20 diesel blocking their line came charging at Rarity and her friends. Rarity shut her eyes and prepared for the worst.
But instead of bumping into her, the Class 20 diesel found his wheels rolling onto the curved, diamond plow, which then flung him off the tracks from the train's hefty push with a seamless toss. Gravel powder fogged around him as the diesel laid on his left side dazed and confused.
The collision's jolt invited Rarity to take a small peak with one eye. The other diesel behind the previous one charges onto her diamond plow, flies off the tracks, and falls on his left side as well. Then the next one after him flew off, then the other, and another, and another. By this point, Rarity had both eyes open and began chuckling and giggling with relief over remaining on track, and the sight of every diesel in front of her being tossed aside.
"It's working!" Rainbow Dash cried.
Rarity, now fired up with a determined grin, proceeded to puff into the next unfortunate diesel driving onto her diamond plow and slipping off and out of the on-going train of steam engine's way. The compression of incoming engines was nothing with Applejack's strength and Rainbow Dash's speed to push pass. One by one, many diesels flung to either their left or right side, each one either landing and laying flat on the ground. Everyone kept their focus and built up speed to move even faster. Rarity tried keeping her diamond plow shield in tact from cracking. Applejack used all her strength to help Rarity push the diesels out the way while hauling her friends. Rainbow Dash's speed did wonders in not only aiding in Applejack and Rarity, but also to move their train along much faster.
"Excuse us," Fluttershy said, politely. "So sorry. Um, sorry. Pardon us. Sorry. Sorry about that. Sorry."
Fluttershy and Spike continued looking down at all the derailed diesels, thinking how much work it'll be for them all to get back on track again. Sir Topham Hatt seemed a bit worried. They weren't causing too much conflict, but all this still seemed a bit too rough enough to generate some negative backlash. Regardless, they were on the move and escaping their captors.
Despite clearing a path for the train to barge through, there were still diesels from all other sides of the quarry who eventually made their way onto their line, passing all the fallen diesels laying on the ballast land in defeat. Rarity's shield was doing their train wonders, but small fractures developing from the heavy blows eventually began splitting into even bigger cracks. Rarity could hardly keep it together for much longer, and more and more diesels kept running into it.
Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie spotted these oncoming diesels. Bill & Ben could hear them approaching too, along with Mavis and Salty's familiar diesel horns, whom both used to gain their attention as they purred towards the two saddle tanks and the Girls, intent on taking the twins and anyone else they can snatch. Mavis' engine was damaged from the rocks. Her engine revved in an inconsistent motion and spewed icky black smoke. She had to rely on a grudging Salty to shunt her along.
But Pinkie Pie had a plan of her own up her funnel. Both Sir Topham Hatt and Twilight could sense what she might be up to.
"No!" Sir Topham Hatt said. "Pinkie Pie, don't!"
"Do it, do it, do it!" Bill & Ben chanted, also getting the same idea.
Eyes shut and cheeks puffed, Pinkie Pie launched yet another baked pastry from her funnel. This time her funnel shot out creamy, puffed berry cakes, macarons, cinnamon swirls, and gourmet brownies. Each food item soaring mid air began vibrating and glowing a pink, sparkling light as well. Then, each landed either near or straight onto Mavis' and Salty's face and exploded in a sugary cloud. This made them stop in their tacks and temporarily hold up the train of diesels now accidentally bashing into one another. The two diesels were covered in splattered pastry from top to their bufferbeams.
"I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you found Sodor's Bakery?" Twilight joked.
"No Creature Can Withstand My Infinite Surplus Of Sugary Baked Goods!" Pinkie proclaimed.
"Hurray!" Bill & Ben Cheered.
The twins kept praising and appreciating Pinkie's unexceptionable talent for hiding pastry in her funnel. Salty and Mavis eventually started up again but the Girls were already well enough on their way out of the quarry, and away from the remaining diesels still in pursuit. They all trailed through a faint, minimal mist of green energy now fogging up small portions of their line, and eventually soaring to the sky in a single stream.
At last, everyone made it past all the diesels blocking their line, and managed to exit Ffarquhar Quarry unscathed.
The Girls all cheered in celebration as they raced down the mainline. But whilst everyone applauded their escape and Twilight's ingenuity, they were unaware of an oncoming Class 50 diesel zooming in from a siding leading to a branch line. Only Sir Topham Hatt noticed this by the time him and Spike approached the crossing and quickly grabbed his shunters pole.
"Twilight!" He warned. "Watch out!"
The class 50 diesel charged in with malicious intent. Twilight, Pinkie, Bill & Ben noticed him too late, but were thankfully saved when Sir Topham Hatt uncoupled Twilight from Spike. The four engines applied their brakes just before the diesel reached over the points and screeched to a halt with Twilight's back buffers nearly clipping his generator. The four engines had no time to react proper to their separation, or the growling diesel already making his way onto their line. Twilight then instructed Pinkie Pie and the twins to recede the way they came before any remaining diesel from the quarry caught up.
Sir Topham Hatt, while glad to see they were safe, helplessly watched the four engines evade and escape towards the opposite direction. Spike could only cry out Twilight Sparkle's name as his train continued steaming on.
"Twilight! Nooooooooooo!"
They were already long gone by the time the class 50 diesel got onto the mainline, and reversed down the line in pursuit of their friends.
To Be Continued.