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// A night in with Thomas 
// Story: TCB: Invasion of Sodor 
// by autobotfan15 
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May 20th 8:27 PM
From the Journal of Keith Hartley, Thomas’s Driver:

It’s hard to describe the feelings we have here. The boss wants us all on standby with our engines. We were relieved that many familiar faces came to the shed. However Rebecca and Nia haven’t returned yet. Hope both them and their crews are ok. 

Henry was the last to arrive. He said he felt safer here than in Vicarstown. Gordon said it was the right decision because people are trying to flee Sodor and that Connor and Caitlin’s trains were full. He also saw a train carrying tanks passing through the station.

This whole thing seems to upset Gordon so much because he has been ranting about Celestia being wrong and how he met many great humans in his life. He even went on about the time how he had the honor of meeting Winston Churchill during the Second World War.

Edward, who also felt safer here than in Wellsworth, is trying his best to keep everyone calm but it’s barely manageable for him. He barely kept Gordon from yelling his voice out. The problem barely started and it’s already affecting our express engine.

Although strangest of all, Henry and his crew have been having hushed conversations. But by the way Henry is acting nervously around the others, it seems like he knows something we don’t. Emily’s crew are currently getting ORPs and coffee from the military we should have them soon. If anything we are practically soldiers now. 

Looks like we’ll be working overtime.

May 20th 8:31 PM
From the journal of Lewis Mort, Henry’s driver:

They must not know she’s here. Why did we take her here? I told my fireman we would’ve been safer hiding in a goods shed. At least she’s a world champion of the quiet game.

I swear looking at her is like looking at a kitten. She’s so innocent when she’s asleep. Thank heaven Gordon’s rant didn’t wake her up. We just need to keep her here and then we’ll sneak her out when the boss gives us orders.

May 21st 12:07 AM
From the Journal of Keith Hartley, Thomas’s Driver:

I cant believe it. We found one hiding. A yellow pegasus in Henry's cab.

Ok it was around eleven when we heard a sneeze. It was too high pitched to be one of us so at first we assumed some kid came sneaking in here or something. While we looked confused Henry looked terrified I then peaked inside the cab while Henry's crew watched in shock. The moment that mare laid eyes on me it shrieked and attempted to fly out the door but someone slammed it shut and it crashed into it with a thud and landed on the track.

We attempted to surround it but henry wheeshed steam at us. It was as if he was trying to protect her. With all the doors shut we were coughing. Henry just told us to leave her alone. As soon as the steam was vented out we were surprised to see it didn't escape but instead perched herself on Henry's running board. As soon as we all calmed down the two explained themselves.

It turns out this pony named Fluttershy wants to help us and that she never agreed with Celestia's view on the human race. She was originally hiding out in Henry's forest, but when she was told by the wildlife to trust Henry, she decided to go with him. Turns out she's basically a pony Dr.Dolittle. Gordon says we cant trust her because she might be a spy. But Henry reminded us that both the ponies and humans have our share of enemies and allies as he mentioned Hitler and Churchill. That immediately shut us up.

For now we are keeping a close eye on her some of us feel like we can trust her including myself and Thomas, but others like Gordon are still skeptical. We'll have to speak with the boss about this tomorrow for now I need to catch at least a bit of sleep. We were fortunate the military gave us sleeping bags. Percy's crew is keeping an eye on Fluttershy as I write this.