Mr. C [narrating]: Far away on Sodor, the steam engines were confident, cheerful and determined not to be bullied by Diesel. Only James, who now felt really useful too, was complaining.
Thomas, I should have collected Mr. Conductor.
James is right, little Thomas. [chuckles] Collecting Mr. Conductor is an important job. Hmm? Important is big. James is a big engine, hmm?
You, Thomas, are small. Small-small-small, teeny-weeny-weeny. And I, I'm a big blue engine, who knows everything. [chuckles]
Bossy Sprockets! All that steam has gone through your funnel.
Splatter Hey, there they are.
I'm not good at backing up.
What's important is to stand up on our own wheels to Diesel.
Toby's right. Diesel knows that the lost engine in the legend really exists.
Percy the Small Engine What legend?
Of an engine whose magic makes her more powerful than Diesel will ever be. That's why he wants to find her.
Percy Then we'd better find her first.
[comes out of the shed]
Leave it to the big engines, Percy!
Little Engines can do big things, especially when they have nice blue paint like me.
Hey, hey! Just watch what happens with that blue puffball...
...When Harold the Flopper Chopper flies past here.
HH Harold the Helicopter
[flies by]
Routine, flyby chaps, hello!
The boss dumped sneezing powder everywhere.
Let's start laughing now!
H Harold
[flies past the sheds, causing dust to fly everywhere]
Ooh, sorry, troops. A bit of a dust up. Love to stay and clean up. Got to go, bye now! [flies away]
[Thomas, Splatter and Dodge are covered in sneezing powder.] [covered in sneezing powder]
Uh, did you mean to look like that?!
[covered in sneezing powder]
Uh, no!
[covered in sneezing powder]
This must be Diesel's doing! [leaves] Choo! Choo!
[reading letter, as Sir Topham Hatt]
"Dear Mr. Conductor. Where were you? My wife said she couldn't miss our little holiday. We'll telephone to make sure you have arrived. Signed, Sir Topham Hatt." [quietly] Sir Topham Hatt. [removes his hat and puts on Sir Topham Hatt's hat, and looks in mirror; imitating Sir Topham Hatt] Where were you? [laughs and looks at picture of Sir Topham Hatt, who looks angry; Mr. C takes off hat, and then he Looks at picture of Sir Topham Hatt, who has an open mouth, and as places it rack, the picture of Sir Topham Hatt returns to smiling again, then the phone rings and Mr. C dives for phone, almost drops photo of Lady, but grabs it, and answers phone.] Oh, good afternoon, sir! A real honor, sir, like my family before me… and how is Lady Hatt? [puts photo of Lady hat back on desk] Yes. Watch out for Diesel definitely. But keep an eye on Henry's health certainly. Uh, yes, sir, the 3 R's - reading, writing and arithmetic. Uh, I mean... I will be responsible, reliable, and really useful. Yes, sir. We will all get a good night's sleep. Looking forward to a hard day tomorrow. Goodbye, sir. [hangs up phone and sighs]
[In the sheds, the steam engines are snoring. Mr. C writes in his book, yawns and swaps his nightcap from "thinking" to "sleeping". He winds up his alarm clock, and picks up baseball bat.] [chuckles]
So, who dropped the ball then? [catches a beach ball] Oh, there you are. I'd like a nice cup of hot cocoa. Would you fellas care to join me? No? What would you rather do instead? [to the beach ball] Go outside and play? Well, I can understand that. [to the bat] What do you think? [makes the bat hit the ball; mock disappointment] Why do you keep hitting him like that? You gonna have to have a time out. [throws bat on his bed and makes his hot cocoa]
[Diesel 10 appears and laughs evilly] [sips cocoa]
Just a little sweeter, I think. [adds sugar to cocoa]
All right, Pinchy, my little bucket of badness, time to feast yourself.
[sips cocoa again, and is satisfied]
Ahh. Now that's better. [Diesel 10 tears off part of the sheds] Whoa! [removes his night cap and puts on his conductor hat, as the steam engines wake up in alarm, and Diesel 10 tears off more of the sheds and laughs evilly] Ahh! Whoa!
[alarmed]
Cinders and ashes! It's Diesel!
[Diesel 10 laughs evilly]
Hello, Twinkle Toes! I got a plan and you're not in it!
You can't catch me, Diesel! [blows on his magic whistle twice, but only a little gold comes out of it]
[laughs coldly]
Losing your sparkle, huh? What perfect timing. Now where is that lost engine?
You're not clever enough to stop me.
No, you're not! Ah-- [sees Mr. Conductor hold up a bag of sugar] What–?! Is that...?!
That's right, it's sugar, Diesel! And if I throw this in your tank, it'll seize you up for good!
[grunts and chuffs away]
Make the most of tonight, Twinkle Toes, because you won't like tomorrow! Neither will that... that line of tin kettles! [to his claw] Shut up, Pinchy!
[after the diesel leaves]
Mr. Conductor, but what happened to your sparkle?
I don't know, Thomas, I'll just have to sleep on that.
[confused]
On your sparkle?
No, Thomas. On the problem of what happened to it.
Percy Oh, but Mr. Conductor, without your sparkle or the Lost Engine, you can't travel here to help us anymore.
I'll solve the problem. You just go to sleep now.
Percy Easy for you to say.
Percy [Percy puffs into the night by Diesel 10's Mountain]
I am brave. I am brave. Thomas says I'm brave, so I'm brave. Oh, it's not easy being brave. [sees Splatter and Dodge at the buffers] Shiver my pistons. There's Splatter and Dodge. Oh, they found the buffers! Oh, now what's going to happen? [a flock of birds fly by a tree] Ohh!
[rolls along]
Hey, partner. Excuse me, coming through, pardon me.
Percy Oh, that's just nothing. [a shed door opens slowly, then closes quickly] That nothing was something!
These must be the buffers Diesel's looking for.
Are we supposed to go through them?
This is a job for the boss. [an owl hoots, scaring them] We'll tell him tomorrow.
Percy [backs away]
Oh, I'd better hurry back and warn Thomas.
It's time to finally put Twinkle Toes' lights out. This is a job FOR THE BOSS! [Pinchy chomps]
I've got to delay him, I'm going to distract him. Hmm… hmm… [rings his bell]
It's the Old Teapot! Smash him! [Pinchy raises up high]
You shouldn't push that! [Pinchy pushed the shed, the roof traps them underneath]
[Pinchy chomps the roof]
Pinchy, get back here! Don't make me come up here! I'd hate it when you do that!
[chuffs backward]
Good show!
Did you mean to let the roof fall in?
I always mean what I do (you rattletraps)! [groans]
[song plays as Percy pulls the cattle cars in front of the windmill and Toby pulls Henrietta at dawn] [voice only]
Diesel was in a dump (but the steam engines were still right on track).
S Singers
[Thomas bumps freight cars as Percy pulls them]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, you know ♪
♪ All the other engines, they'll tell you so ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel past a Sir Topham Hatt sign]
♪ He huffs and puffs and whistles, rushing to and fro ♪ [Henry pulls the coaches at Killaban Station]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, we adore ♪ [Henry chuffs slowly in a siding behind Butch]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, you know ♪ [James pulls out of the Smelter's Yard with a load of pipes who chuffs into the smelter's yard with empty cars while Toby chuffs through the countryside with Henrietta]
♪ Cause the Fat Controller, he told him so ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel past a station]
♪ Now he's got a branch line to call his very own ♪ [James pulls express underneath the water tower and Gordon chuffs out of the tunnel with the express]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine, we adore ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel passing other trains at Knapford Station]
♪ He's the one ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel behind the windmill]
♪ He's the Number 1, Thomas the Tank Engine ♪ [Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel over a bridge]
♪ He's a Really Useful Engine ♪
[Thomas pulls Annie and Clarabel passing Toby and Henrietta] ♪ We adore ♪
[chuffs backwards past a Sir Topham Hatt sign and passes a sick Henry]
Morning (Henry). What's the matter?
I've got… [sniffs] boiler ache.
And I'm collecting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 trucks of special Island of Sodor coal for you.
Oh, thank you (Thomas). Special coal will make me feel [sneezes] much better!
[backs into the trucks]
I wish I could make Mr. Conductor feel better (too) by finding him.
B Bertie
[the 6th truck goes zooming into a pair of buffers with a nearby tumbleweed and disappears into them; Thomas pulls the remaining trucks as Bertie passes by]
Hello (Thomas and your 5 coal trucks)! Vroom-vroom!
5? But I'm supposed to have 6.
Hello (Percy).
Percy Oh (Thomas), I've been worried about you, Bertie says you lost a coal truck today.
Yes, it disappeared when I was at the buffers near the little grotto.
Percy Maybe those are the buffers that leads to the secret railway.
And the grotto is the lost engine's special platform!
Percy Yes!
Percy, you protect those buffers from Diesel.
Percy What?
And I'll find Mr. Conductor.
Percy Me! Why me?
Because you're a brave engine (Percy).
Percy Oh I forgot.
[The scene changes to the viaduct to Mr. Conductor walks along the side of the tracks before the viaduct when Diesel 10 approaches behind him] .
Hello (Twinkle-Toes), remember me?
[Mr. Conductor gasps and puts his hat on running] .
Fat Hatt won't have much use for you looking like that. [Cackles and turns his claw as Mr. Conductor climbs up the hill and trips] Oh I see you forgot to bring the sugar, how careless of you. [Usies his claw to pick up a panicking Mr. Conductor] Say hello to Pinchy!
[He cackles and chuffs again over to the viaduct before cackling again and moves Mr. Conductor around in his claw] .
[to Mr. Conductor] Okay (Twinkle Toes). I know about the buffers.
[notices the bridge crumbling]
That's what I saw in my dream! It's coming true! My universe is starting to crumble!
And I know about the Magic Railway, and when I find that engine, you and all those Puffballs will be history. Now tell me where the buffers are now! [Mr. Conductor grabs a blue pair of scissors] You got 10 seconds!
Percy [puffs into the night by Diesel 10's Mountain]
I am brave. I am brave. Thomas says I'm brave, so I'm brave. Oh, it's not easy being brave. [sees Splatter and Dodge at the buffers] Shiver my pistons. There's Splatter and Dodge. Oh, they found the buffers! Oh, now what's going to happen? [a flock of birds fly by a tree] Ohh!
[rolls along]
Hey (partner). Excuse me (coming through) (pardon me).
Percy Oh, that's just nothing. [a shed door opens slowly (then closes quickly)] That nothing was something!
These must be the buffers Diesel's looking for.
Are we supposed to go through them?
This is a job for the boss. [an owl hoots, scaring them] We'll tell him tomorrow.
Percy [backs away]
Oh, I'd better hurry back and warn Thomas.
I was doing my best to keep Lily cheerful, I knew she was worried about being late for her grandpa.
Mr. Conductor, I was supposed to be back by sunset.
You know (Lily), perhaps your grandpa can guess where you are.
Maybe because I think he's been here himself long ago and if he can help, I do wish he'd hurry, I haven't told Junior this but soon he'll grow as weak as I am.
Junior said there used to be an engine that traveled on the Magic Railroad and if only we could find that we could still head back to Shining Time.
Oh that engine disappeared never to be seen or heard from again.
I tave to tell you something (Mr. C), I've heard a train whistle and it sounded like it came from the mountain.
Mountain, I just remembered another part of the clue: "Stoke up the magic in the mountain and the lady will smile," but we need more information (Lily) and I know that your grandpa could help if he would just believe that he could.
