A/N: Alright guys, I've got a new story! So, I've been a big fan of Thomas the Tank Engine since I was a little kid. In fact, I still watch it to this day. And while it has had a few rough spots ("cough" Sharon Miller Era "Cough") it is back on track (pardon the pun). Anyway, I've started reading stories in which the characters are humanized versions of themselves. I love these kinds of stories because they give us a different view of their world. So I thought why not do one myself. And thus, this story was born. I'm basically going to write humanized versions of the television series episodes. And what better place to start than at the very beginning. So here we go, with Thomas and Gordon. Enjoy!

A/N: I don't own Thomas the Tank Engine. If I did, seasons 8-16 would be something Wilbert W. Awdry would be proud of (may he rest in peace).

Chapter 1: Thomas and Gordon

(The scene opens up with a car pulling up to the engine sheds. A 20 year old man steps out and approaches the sheds, opening the doors. The man is slim and neatly dressed, with blue eyes and black hair. He has a plain white T-shirt underneath a pair of overalls. The man walks to a small blue Tank Engine.)

Man : Come on old girl. Time for another day of work.

(He climbs into the cab and starts to shovel coal into the engine's firebox.)

Narrator: Thomas is an engine driver who works at Knapford Station on the North Western Railway. He's a cheeky man who drives a tank engine with 6 small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome.

(The scene shifts to Knapford Yard, where Thomas is seen pulling coaches into the station as his season 1 theme plays in the background. After he pulls into the station, he leans out of the cab to talk to another driver. This man is a little taller than Thomas, though roughly the same age. He is slim, with green eyes, brown hair, and overalls over a white t-shirt.)

Thomas: You're all set to go, Henry.

Henry: Thank you, Thomas. (Blows his engine's whistle.) (Note: The engines that the characters drive are the same engines that they are portrayed as in the show. Same color and everything. Sorry that was not clear sooner.)

Narrator: He's a fussy engine driver, too. Always pulling Coaches about ready for the big engines to take on long journeys. And when trains come in, he pulls the empty coaches away so the other engine drivers can go and rest.

(Thomas whistles goodbye to Henry as he pulls away from the station. Henry whistles back in reply.)

Narrator: Thomas thinks no one else works as hard as he does. He loves playing tricks on the others, including Gordon (The scene shifts to a rather tall man. Unlike Thomas and Henry, he is rather bulky, almost like a football player. Like Thomas, he has blue eyes. He has spiky blonde hair as well.), a rather pompous engineer who likes pulling the express. Thomas will often blow his engine's whistle loudly at him. (The scene shifts to Thomas's engine pulled up along Gordon's. Gordon is in the cab resting, when all of a sudden Thomas blows his engine's whistle loudly.)

Thomas: Wake up lazybones! Why don't you work hard like me!

(The scene shifts to the next day, inside the Engine Driver's Common Room (From the Mr. Perkins segments prior to 2013). Gordon is sitting in a chair eating his lunch.)

Narrator: One day after pulling the express, Gordon was eating his lunch in the Engine Driver's Common Room.

Gordon: Swiss cheese sandwitches, my favorite! A lunch fit for a driver as fine as me.

(Unbeknownst to him, Thomas is right behind his chair with a slide whistle.)

Narrator: Just as Gordon was about to drink his tea, Thomas blew his slide whistle loudly. The noise startled Gordon, causing him to spill his tea all over him.

Gordon: Thomas! Look at what you've done!

Thomas: You can't catch me! (runs away.)

Narrator: After cleaning himself up, Gordon began to think of how to pay Thomas out. The next morning, the station was crowded with people waiting to board the express. There was only one problem: there weren't any coaches at the platform. Everyone waited and waited, but Thomas had not shown up.

(The scene shifts to the engine sheds, where Thomas is in the cab of his engine. He is trying to light the fire in the firebox, to no avail.)

Narrator: Meanwhile, Thomas was trying to get his engine started. He tried and tried, but could not get it to light.

Thomas: Come on, come on! Light you stupid thing!

(All of a sudden, the coal starts to burn.)

Thomas: Yes! Finally! (Brings his engine out of the yard.) Gordon will never let me hear the end of this.

Narrator: Finally, Thomas brought the coaches to the platform.

Gordon: About time, little Thomas. Now hurry up!

Thomas: Hurry yourself, you big lug! (backs the coaches down to the platform.)

Narrator: As soon as Thomas had brought the coaches to the platform, Gordon backed his engine down and was coupled up. Now, Thomas usually gave the engines a push to help them started, but he is always uncoupled first. (The train starts to move as the shunter reaches his pole down.) But Gordon started so fast that they didn't have the chance.

Thomas: Gordon, stop! I have to be uncoupled!

Shunter: Uh, was that supposed to happen?

(The scene changes to the countryside, as Gordon's engine thundered across the viaduct with Thomas in tow.)

Narrator: But Gordon didn't stop. This was part of his plan to get back at Thomas. A bit over the top, maybe, but that didn't stop him. They rushed across the mainline before stopping at Crovan's Gate.

(The train stops as Thomas's train is uncoupled. Thomas is shown to be quite dizzy from the ordeal.)

Gordon: Now, Thomas, you see what hard work really is.

Narrator: Poor Thomas was to dizzy to answer. He bought a quick drink from the refreshment stand, then drove his engine home, now realizing that he shouldn't play tricks on Gordon.

A/N: Well, what do you guys think? As you can see, I didn't follow the original story to the letter. I did change a few things. This will happen as I see fit, and expect more of this in later chapter(specifically, just about anything from the Sharon Miller Era.) Whether or not these changes are for the best is up to you guys. Let me know what you guys think and if I should continue it. Bye!