Author's notes: I love this one. All the jokes here are hilarious and I love the interactions between the characters. Let's go.

Bulstrode

Narrator: A few days later, Percy was shunting in the yards at Ffarquharr with Mr. Roberts and Pinkie Pie, when the station master came up.

Mr Roberts: Oh hello Nicholas. You look like you've been running a marathon. What's up?

Nicholas the Station Master: Leave those trucks please Percy. There's an emergency down at Knapford Harbour, and the Fat Controller wants you, Pinkie Pie and Mr. Roberts to sort it out straight away.

Percy/Pinkie Pie: But Toby and Flora can't….

Station master: Never mind. The Fat Controller needs you double quick. Leave us to worry about the shunting. I'll call Pug over. The work down at Tidmouth Harbor is very light today and I think Jinty can manage on his own.

Narrator: And with that, the station Master left to make the arrangements and Percy puffed away down to the harbour.

Mr. Roberts: (Gravely) Oh dear… sounds like Bulstrode's at it again.

Pinkie Pie: (Confused) Whose bulstrode?

Percy: (Confused) What type of engine is he?

Mr. Roberts: (Sigh) Bulstrode is not engine, he's actually a stone barge and a regular grouchy old buzzard that never stops complaining, (Sigh) I just hope Lightning Dust keeps him under control this time.

Narrator: Unfortunately for them, Mr. Roberts was right. Bulstrode was a 1920s self-propelled 2 hull coastal barge used for carrying stone. He usually worked with another pony called Lightning Dust delivering stone around certain areas Sodor that were unreachable by rail or over to the isle of man. He was a very disagreeable barge. Nothing was ever right for him and he grumbled and complained unceasingly and Lightning Dust often had to suffer the brunt of his complaining. The trucks grumbled too but they weren't a patch on Bulstrode. And this morning the barge was more bad tempered than ever before as he shouted rudely at the trucks, much to the annoyance of Lightning Dust..

Bulstrode: (Bad tempered) COME ON! COME ON! WHY AREN'T YOU TRUCKS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE?! HOW IN THE WORLD CAN BE LOAD IF YOU RUSTED PLANKS DAWDLE ABOUT UP THERE AYE?!

Lighting Dust: (Annoyed) Perfect, just perfect!

Truck 1: (Cross) Theres no engine and we can only go where we're put!

Truck 2: You're in the wrong place, not us.

Narrator: The trucks had some stone for Bulstrode to take with him but they were not in the loading siding and they argued all morning long but it made no differences what so ever. Truth be told, Bulstrode was in fact in the wrong place, and was not due to leave until the following day, but he wasn't going to let a little thing like that stop him complaining .

Bulstrode: Well, if you little twerps can push engines down hills, surely you can move yourselves!

Lighting Dust: Ugh Bulstrode this again! Will just quit complaining for once in your life?!

Truck 3: Listen Dummy! We can only push them if we are pulled or pushed by engine to gain momentum to do so!

Bulstrode: WHY YOU LITTLE!

Lightning Dust: SHUT THE HECK UP BULSTRODE! My goodness Bulstrode you are just really restless today! (Gritting her teeth) You are just as annoying as that Gilda, whom was whining, complaining and shouting at the waiters because she didn't want to tip the waiters at Cloudsdale restaurant!

Pinkie Pie: Did somepony say 'Gilda'?

Lighting Dust: Oh great!

Pinkie Pie: (Singing) She's an evil enchantress
Who does evil dances
And if you look deep in her eyes
She will put you in trances
Then what will she do?
She'll mix up an evil brew
And she'll gobble you up,
In a big tasty stew
Sooo WATCH OUT!
(Gallops off)

Bulstrode: What the heck was that!?

Lighting Dust: (Sighs) Don't ask.

Narrator: At last when Percy arrived, Bulstrode was sulking. Lightning Dust was slamming her face into a desk in his cabins quarters in annoyance and the trucks were very cross and annoyed with him still.

Lighting Dust: (Hears Percy's whistle lifts her face) Oh thank Celestia. The cavalry has arrived!

Narrator: Lighting Dust flew out and percy stopped to meet her.

Percy: Hello there. Who are you.

Lightning Dust: Name's Lightning Dust, and are you an absolute sight for sore eyes.

Pinkie Pie: Hey, your the pony that nearly ki….

Lightning Dust: Yeah I know and I'm very sorry about that. Really I am. That's why I came here to redeem myself. Long story but please help us.

Mr. Roberts: Of course. So what's the situation.

Trucks: Our stone is for Bulstrode! Please put us in the loading siding so we can load that floating moron up and be rid of him as soon as possible.

Bulstrode: Rid of me! I WOULD HAVE LEFT HOURS AGO IF YOU WERE IN THE RIGHT SPOT!

Trucks (Barring one)/Lightning Dust: OH FOR PETE SAKE!

Oddball: Well, he is a bit annoying but he's not due to leave until tomorrow, so I think we can still wait.

Truck 4: (fuming) OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, NOT ODDBALL!

Truck 5: First we get this annoying floating raft and now we have be paired with the most stupidest and annoying is truck on island!

Oddball: Well to be honest, I actually do know math. 2 + 2 =4 an = 56. Oh, and theres 10 x 4 which equals….

Truck 6: Oddball, SHUT UP!

Lightning Dust: (On her knees) Oh please help us please!

Mr. Roberts: Alright, alright! Just keep your wheels and wings on!

Lightning Dust: Oh thank you, thank you! I'll wait in Bulstrode.

Narrator: And with some borrowed ear plugs from Pinkie Pie, she flew back to Bulstrode. The line slopes downward from a hill towards the harbour. Percy coupled up to the trucks and pulled them a little ways up the hill clear of the points. Mr. Roberts saw Pinkie shudder.

Pinkie Pie: HUBBBBBUUBBBBBB!

Mr Roberts: Let me guess. Doozy?

Pinkie Pie: Doozy .

Narrator: But then her tail started twitching.

Pinkie Pie: What the? My tails twitching too. That's a new combo!

Percy: Really, what does it mean?

Pinkie Pie: Don't know. Never got anything like it.

Narrator: As he stopped, one of the trucks brakes slipped on. Percy started to push the trucks started with a jerk and a coupling broke, and 4 loose stone trucks heavy with stone ran out of control, gathering speed.

Trucks: HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP!

Narrator: A shunter saw them and bravely tried to stop them but only broke his shunters pole. The trucks rattled along the quay straight towards Bulstrode and Lightning Dust unsuspecting at the end. Bulstrode and Lightning Dust heard a rattle and shout or two but they could see nothing. The first they knew of anything wrong was when 4 loaded stone trucks shot one by one off the quay and buried themselves in his hull.

Lightning Dust: Holy sweet Cloudsdale! ABANDON BARGE!

Bulstrode: OOOOFFFPP!

Narrator: The sailors had landed clear in the water and Lightning Dust flew to safety as the trucks landed with a crash in his hull, stones lay all over him. But anything else was lost in a gurgle as the trucks had burst a hole in hull and water began pouring in. Poor Bulstrode was experiencing an awful sinking feeling.

(Pinkie Pie comedy drums)

Bulstrode: (Gurgling) HELP! I'M SINKING! SAVE ME! I'M DROWNING!

Narrator: But fortunately for him, Bulstrode didn't drown. As chance would have, the tide was out so he did not go right under the water. Though trucks were upset about losing some of there friends, they were very little bother about Bulstrode and were quite relieved too.

Truck 5: Nothing was a nuisance like he was.

Truck 6: Not even Oddball, heheheheh. Always 'barging' in and moaning…

(Pinkie Pie comedy drums)

Truck 6: …About not being loaded fast enough.

Truck 7: Heheh. This time he got his load faster than he bargained for.

Truck 8: Heheheh serves him right if you ask us.

Pinkie Pie: Oh! So that's what the combo was!

Mr. Roberts: Huh?

Pinkie Pie: Twitchy tail and doozy shudder means a doozy and something falling will happen.

Mr. Roberts: Okay… That sorta makes sense.

Narrator: Percy, Pinkie Pie and Mr. Roberts were kept busy for some time afterwards, clearing up the mess. It took a long time to clear up the mess too, but at last when the remainder of the stone trucks were lifted out of Bulstrode. They took them to the scrapyards whilst the workmen, sailors and Lightning Dust rescued what stone they could. As for Bulstrode, when everything else was cleared, his remains were towed away to the beach nearby the harbour where they could do no harm. He had caused trouble one time to many.

(A tugboat reaches the beach and workmen shove Bulstrode to the shore)

Workmen: Right then now you can stay there. From now on, children, foals and seagulls can play in you all day and at long last you can be useful for once.

Bulstrode: What! You can't leave me here! Please come back and repair me! Come back Lightning Dust!

Narrator: But the workmen and Lightning Dust ignored him and walked away.

Lighting Dust: Well it serves you right! Goodbye Bulstrode! Now, where are Pug and Jinty at? They don't grumble about their work.

Narrator: And she flew grimly away to find Pug and Jinty.

Bulstrode: Ooohh! Why did I have to be so foolish!

Narrator: Now a days, children, foals and even seagulls play happily amongst Bulstrode's wreckage. If Bulstrode is still grumbling, as I expect he is, the children, foals and seagulls take no notice.

Yep. That's Lighting Dust. Next episode is 'Toby Takes The Road' (I think)