Harry Potter: Secrets and Trials

Second Year's End

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It was evening on the Island of Sodor and the fleet were discussing the outcome and aftermath of Yzma's Challenge and Trial and the fact that while Yzma won the forces of darkness made sure that the victory felt more like a loss. Word of the events spread far and wide and the people were cheering.

"Yzma won her challenge which means we can finally go after the forces of darkness directly," Murdoch said, "Ordinally I'd say this is a time to celebrate but it's not. My driver's nephew Duncan has been tossed into a one-way portal leading to the Omega Dimension where all tossed in there will freeze to death and there is absolutely no what to escape said dimension at all."

"And let's not forget that Fudge now has Yaxley as his new Chief of Staff which means that thanks to Arcanon the Ministry is now further behind than ever," James said, "Arcanon also injured Myra so badly so as to prevent her from interfering with the challenge for position match which means Abigail is gonna be in for the fight of her life. It's times like this I wish Tori was here to give us some advice."

"Who is Tori and what do you mean by that?" Bear asked curiously.

"Victoria or Tori as she prefers to be called is a steam driven ocean tug that once worked in Bigg City Port in New Jersey for the Navy," Henry said, "My Driver and his relatives can tell you more considering they're archivists for the Navy and Marine operations just as they served as the archivists for the Ravenclaw Family. In fact my driver and his family are direct descendants of Rowena Ravenclaw herself."

"Okay that answers some unasked questions," said the Class 35 diesel, "But what does any of this have to do with Victoria the Ocean Tug?"

"Tori is a capable tugboat and member of the fleet she currently works for," said the Green Stanier Class 5, "But during her days with the United States Navy she had one weakness. She was known for being late. Now being late normally wasn't an issue since half of the time her tardiness was due to her being a good Samaritan. Unfortunately, her tardiness grated on the nerves of some of the Navy vessels and none were more annoyed than Bluenose."

"That dunderheaded dingus who caused the great fire in New Jersey in 1926 which was so bad the Arkeyan Weapon Masters were forced to intervene and fix the damage?" BoCo asked.

"That would be the very same twit," Henry said, "I'd tell you the story but we are getting a bit off topic. Long story short Bluenose and Tori despised each other."

"Tell me Bluenose met his punishment for being so foolish, reckless, and stupid," Bear asked.

"He did," Henry said, "He was court marshalled, executed, and used as target practice."

"The Arkeyan Weapon Masters do not waste any time do they," BoCo replied, "Remind me never to get on their bad side considering Myra has the Star Saber in her possession."

"Trust me if you hadn't proven yourself years ago Myra would've hacked you, Bear and the rest of the diesels into pieces as soon as she found the Star Saber to begin with," James said, "She even cleaned house on the Other Railway when the First Wizarding War came to an end because Lord Arcanon, the Most feared warlord and Dark Portal Master in the universe rallied the diesels that despised Steam Engines to help him terrorize his enemies and in return he'd crush anyone and everyone they despise or who crossed them so naturally Myra executed the diesels that agreed with him on the spot."

"Anyway let's get back to Tori," Gordon said, "While she had issues with being late due to being a good Samarian she can actually give great advice and her advice works not to mention that she works very hard when the situation comes down to it. Given this situation we need her more than ever now."