The Secret Railway (Female Controller Reader)

Chapter 1: The Death of the Controller and New Home

It was a dark day for Sodor. The Fat Controller, Sir Topham Hat, had passed away. A funeral was held for him in honor of his running of the railway. The Engines were the most sad. The Fat Controller had been like a father to them all. That night, the engines all went to their sheds, and they cried to sleep. 

The next morning...

The engines all headed to Knapford Station, where there seemed to be a large auction. "Sold!" said the man at the podium. Then, a coach was pushed away. Thomas then looked to Annie, Clarabel, and Henrietta. They were in line to be sold. Thomas hurried along, and he pulled up to the coaches, and he pulled them to safety. 

Soon, Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby and Emily raced out of Sodor, to the main land. They stopped at a sighting, and they took on more coal and water. Thomas couldn't help but shed a tear. He had lived on Sodor almost his entire life. He was about to puff off, when he heard a voice say, "Wait." Everyone looked to see a nice young woman standing in the forest. She had (E/C) eyes, (H/C) hair, and wore a dress with a white color scheme, with black trims. "You are all Sudrian Engines, aren't you?" "Yes, we are," said Gordon, "What do you want?" "I want to help you," said the woman, "I can't give you you're old railway back, but, I can give you a new home. One where you'll all be safe." "Who are you?" asked Percy. "I am (Y/N)," said (Y/N), "I have read the books about you and seen your TV show since I was a kid. I always wanted to have a railway of my own. And for my birthday, my parents actually managed to buy me a completely uncharted railway, where all engines will be safe." "How can we trust you?" asked James. "You wanna become black again?" asked (Y/N). "I say we see where we end up," said Edward. Thomas then un-coupled from Henrietta, and he gave her to Toby. (Y/N) then climbed on board Thomas, and she then lead the engines to the docks, and to a boat. 

Soon, they made it to an island, just off the coast of the mainland. "Wow," said Henry, "It's beautiful." There were all sorts of people, and there was a round house. There were trucks, tankers, vans, flat-beds, break-vans, red, green, and yellow branch-line coaches, red and green express coaches, and some special red coaches. "Wow," said Emily, "It's amazing here." She looked around, and saw some replicas of her own coaches. "Where are we?" asked Thomas. "Welcome to Paradise Island, home of the Paradise Railway," said (Y/N), "A place when engines can be themselves, and be really useful." "I don't know if I can trust her," said Gordon. "I'll tell you something," said (Y/N), "Before the Fat Controller died, he gave me this." She then pulled out a will, and she read it, "I, Sir Charles Topham Hat, hear by declare that (Y/N) Awdry be the owner of my engines from this point on. However, she will not be able to have the railway. Some rolling stock will be sold and then the Government of the Mainland will be able to move on with the Modernization plan for Sodor. All that I ask, is that she preserves my engines, or at least gives them to a heritage railway. I will look after you all from above. Tell the engines, that they have always been a second family to me." The Engines were amazed at the sounds of the will. "So, we are now a part of this secret railway?" asked Percy. "Yes," said (Y/N), "Now, you all take some trucks or coaches, and go down the main line, and get acquainted with it." Thomas and Toby headed down with their companions, James, Gordon and Emily grabbed some coaches, while Percy, Edward and Henry took some trucks. They each saw the sights, and were very happy with what they were seeing.

That night in the roundhouse, Gordon was still grumbling. "We shouldn't be here!" he complained, "We should be doing real work on a real railway!" "The Fat Controller had literally signed his name into that will Gordon," said Toby, "We are now owned by (Y/N) Awdry!" "Wait," said Thomas, "Awdry? Do you guys think that she's related to..." "Reverend Awdry?" asked (Y/N), appearing from the side, "He was my grandfather. His books were amazing. I wished to meet all the engines from Sodor. I just hope that we can find the rest of them. In the mean time, get some rest, you all start your first day working." The engines were amazed at what they heard. "Who's Reverend Awdry?" asked Emily. "He was the author of the Railway Series," said Edward, "a children's storybook series all about us. He visited the island many years ago, and he wanted to know all about our railway. He was happy to write about our adventures." "When was this?" asked Emily. "Back when it was just Thomas, Edward, Gordon and me," said Henry, "He visited very often, and he managed to see some of the mis-adventures we had." "Can we please get some sleep?" asked Gordon, "I just want to sleep tonight." "Very well," said Edward. So, the engines all closed their eyes, and went to sleep. They dreamed of what might happen here on the Paradise Railway.