Thomas and Friends: the New Adventures

by The Blue EM2

Thomas' Christmas Party

Once again, it was Christmastime on the Island of Sodor, where Christmas seems to come around with frightening regularity. It was, of course, extremely busy, and the engines and coaches were kept constantly working as they puffed up and down the line. Thomas and Toby were hard at work on the Ffarquhar Branch Line, pulling passengers and parcels as they rolled along the line, and taking them to where they needed to go. Everybody was happy- except the coaches. Annie and Clarabel were busy grumbling.

"I feel so full, I feel so full!" Annie complained. "Not only that, I am the wrong way around!"

"It's always the same at Christmas!" Clarabel grumbled.

"Cheer up you two!" said Thomas, as they entered the tunnel before the cutting. "Where's your Christmas spirit? Christmas Day is almost here, after all!"

As they exited on the other side, a familiar face stood there, waving to them. "Look!" Twilight called. "It's Mrs Kyndley!"

Thomas smiled. "Peep Peep! Happy Peepmas!"

Keeper of Porridge, please get off my keyboard and leave the room.

Shall we have that again?"

Thomas smiled. "Peep peep! Merry Christmas!"

"And a happy New Year!" Twilight added. "Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without her, would it?"

"It wouldn't!" Thomas replied. "Which is why I think we should do something nice for her."

---

At the engine shed, the other engines had been repainted and polished, and their brasswork gleamed in the sunlight and the bright, cool air. "Hello Thomas!" said Gordon, who was in an unusually jovial mood. "Don't we look splendid, all of us?"

"I suppose we do," Edward said. "But I would rather like to get back to work. There are things to do apart from sit and sunbathe, you know."

"Edward does have a point," added Henry.

"Never mind any of that!" said Thomas. "Twilight and I have had an idea."

"Please tell us!" said Percy.

"Well," Twilight began, as the screen went extremely blurry, "it's a year since Mrs Kyndley saved us from that nasty accident in the cutting."

"You told us!" Edward said. "She waved a red dressing gown out of the window and prevented a nasty crash into a landslip."

"And," Percy interrupted, "we all gave her presents, and Sir Toppham Hatt sent her to Bournemouth to get better. How is she now?"

"She's doing very well," Thomas replied.

"The rest of us have never had a chance to thank her," James sighed.

"Exactly," Thomas smiled. "One good turn deserves another, I think. So I suggest that we throw her a special party to show her how much we value her."

"What a lovely idea!" exclaimed Gordon. "Where shall we have the party?"

---

Sir Toppham Hatt agreed to the party, and everybody set about making plans. Applejack and Edward set off for Sweet Apple Acres to get the food for the party. Pinkie Pie and Percy, alongside the Cakes, would handle drinks and fun games, whilst Rarity and James would decorate the sheds with some leftover fabric and the finest tinsel. Rainbow Dash and Gordon, as well as Henry and Fluttershy, would oversee the music. Suddenly, news came in.

"We've got some bad news," said Sir Toppham Hatt. "The weather's got worse, and a snowstorm struck Thomas' branchline. Mrs Kyndley is stuck in her house, under a snowdrift, and the line is also blocked. Toby is already tackling the problem from the Ffarquhar end, but we'll need two engines to clear the snow. That means wearing a snowplough, Thomas."

Twilight did look stern as she attached the heavy device to Thomas' buffer beam. "I don't want any nonsense, like last year," she said.

"I may hate this thing," Thomas sighed. "But we must rescue Mrs Kyndley. I'll do my best!"

---

It was hardly easy going up the branch line. Much of the snow was stuck fast on the track, and although some drifts would clear simply by charging through them, others were stuck hard and Twilight had to help dig Thomas out. Then, they would back up and charge again, and if it didn't clear, they repeated the process until it did.

"This makes you wish for a snowblower!" Twilight said. "That'd clear this problem fast!"

"Why not suggest it to Crovan's Gate?" Thomas asked. "I'm certain they'd like it."

A few minutes later, they reached the cutting, where they met Toby. He had made his way through from the other side, and Flash and a few men were busy shoring up the snow to prevent it from falling.

"Well, will you look at that!" Flash exclaimed. A massive wall of snow blocked the entrance to Mrs Kyndley's home. "That'll be a job and a half to shift!"

Suddenly, a familiar engine started up, and Terence the Tractor rumbled into action with a snowplough, effortlessly pushing the snow aside with skill and bravery. Big Mac drove him so well that they were done in minutes.

"How'd you get here?" Twilight asked.

"As soon as Ah learned of the snowfall, Ah drove Terence cross country to where we could help clear the mess!" Big Mac replied. "Boy is it cold here."

"Eeyup," replied Terence. "I trust you had an easier time! We had to navigate a frozen lake!"

"You'd be surprised," Twilight replied, sighing.

At long last, the rescue was complete. Percy came with a brakevan, and he and Pinkie Pie took Toby's workmen away. Mrs Kyndley said thank you to Terence and Big Mac, and wished Big Mac the best of luck with his fiance, Sugar Belle. Terence, in return, promised to watch Mrs Kyndley's cottage whilst she was away.

Thomas and Toby then headed for Tidmouth Sheds, but the yard was completely dark when they arrived. Moments later, the lights came on, and a most spectacular display awaited them. The shed had been decorated with Christmas lights, tinsel, and baubles. Trees covered in decorations sat all around, and a massive banner reading MERRY CHRISTMAS hung in the air.

"A splendid job!" said Sir Toppham Hatt. "I am proud of you all for the hard work you have all put in over the years, and although we have had some scrapes, it has been quite the honour knowing you all. Mrs Kyndley, I hope you find all to your liking.

"Three cheers fer Mrs Kyndley!" shouted Apple Bloom. "Hip hip!"

"Hooray!"

Hip hip!"

"Hooray!"

Hip hip!"

"Hooray!"

Mrs Kyndley couldn't have been happier. She was very pleased with all the arrangements, and spoke to the smaller engines. "Thomas and Toby," she said, "you have been my friends for a very long time, and now Percy you are my friend too."

And they all came together to sing a very famous carol.

"We wish you a merry Christmas!
We wish you a merry Christmas!
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!"

They all thought it was the best Christmas ever, and everybody agreed that there was no better place to live than the Island of Sodor.

Author's Note:

This is the only episode of Season 1 not to a story taken from the books (although Awdry penned it for the TV series). I originally considered including it in Retold Adventures, but as that was the books only, it didn't really fit.

Comments

[JimmyHook19]

Not only that, I am the wrong way around!"

Noice Goof reference. X3

[Banshee531]

I feel like we just had a christmas story a new chapters back?

[Sudrian Engineer]

Always lovely to have a nice happy story to distract from real life.

[Thomlight Sparkle 1]

I think this was a wise idea to make

[TwilightSparkleStudios]

So will Silverstream's parents stop fighting or what?

[The Blue EM2]

10271894
Careless of the producers, eh?

[The Blue EM2]

10271896

10271929

10272052
Thanks.

[The Blue EM2]

10271903
We did.

[The Blue EM2]

10272098
What happened?

[The Blue EM2]

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Yes.

[ScisetShimmerEvan]

Shall we have that again?"

That " isn't needed at the end.

"I may hate this thing," Thomas sighed. "But we must rescue Mrs Kyndley. I'll do my best!"

Good.

"This makes you wish for a snowblower!" Twilight said. "That'd clear this problem fast!"

Or a rotary snowplow.

"Eeyup," replied Terence. "I trust you had an easier time! We had to navigate a frozen lake!"

A reference to Terrance breaks the ice I'm guessing?

At long last, the rescue was complete. Percy came with a brakevan, and he and Pinkie Pie took Toby's workmen away. Mrs Kyndley said thank you to Terence and Big Mac, and wished Big Mac the best of luck with his fiance, Sugar Belle. Terence, in return, promised to watch Mrs Kyndley's cottage whilst she was away.

Congrats BM!

"A splendid job!" said Sir Toppham Hatt. "I am proud of you all for the hard work you have all put in over the years, and although we have had some scrapes, it has been quite the honour knowing you all. Mrs Kyndley, I hope you find all to your liking.

A " is missing at the end.