#ttte Shining Rails AU

[paigeparty]

"Monitoring you, like machines do.

You still got it, I'm just keeping an eye..."

Lady picked the most underqualified individual to be her conductor but she doesn't care, she turned into mother 💋

[dragons-and-magic]

I'd be interested to hear about your dragon au! I've loved dragons longer than I've loved trains!

(In all honesty, though... I am poking around at writing a ttte dragon au as well, but if mine ends up being too similar to yours, I can change mine - I don't want to steal/copy your ideas in any way and I am so sorry if it might end up seeming like that at any point. I dont know - or really care to be honest - who came up with the idea first, I will just do my best not to copy your ideas)

Yay! That's great! Also, it's okay if you have one too! Even if it similar! That happens ALL the time in fandoms! It's all good!😁👍

So, let's see now. Where to start.

So the AU is called The Dragons Of Muffle Mountain. Or alternatively, Sodor Dragons. It's basically Thomas And The Magic Rail Road, mixed with Wings of Fire... And pretty much all the TTTE movies. Yeah, it's crazy.😂

The island of Sodor is a bit different than in the series. For starters, there's no humans there in this AU! The island of Sodor is a magical dragon sanctuary, created by Lady. And in this story her name is Lady Arcana, the Golden Dragon. She's the Dragon Spirit of Life! And her enemy is Lord Draavil. (Aka Diesel 10!) He was the Dragon Spirit of Death. But more on that later.

Anyways, Lady created a life source for the island that is very powerful and keeps the island hidden from humans via a thick ring of magic mist. The Gold Dust Spring! And one Dragon Clan took it up on themselves to guard it. The Gold Scale Clan. Which is the clan Thomas and his friends are from! All Gold Scale Dragons have shining gold on some part of their body. Like in this concept of Thomas here!

Once you join their clan, you get some gold coloration, signifying your connection with the spring and Lady. Thomas is actually a very special dragon because he is Lady's next Champion. Edward was the last one and he trains him in this story to fight a mysterious dark force that was prophesied to attack!

Other Characters from the series have clans too. The narrow gauge engines are a mountain clan, and the Godreds Castle crew have a clan too! And diesels have a clan as well. The Iron Hide Clan. They serve as the main antagonists for a good chunk of the story. (Especially Diesel. Who's a evil dragon sorcerer in this!)

So that's just the tip of the ice berg! I actually have WAY more story and lore than that. I've been working on this for a very long time. (Since I was literally a kid.🤣) So I have plenty to share! Also, since this is a dragon AU, some of the stories might be changed slightly to fit the continuity and theme better.

And that's it! I can't wait to see you dragon AU too! I'll bet it's awesome! Thanks for the ask!

[paigeparty]

Pov: You're secretly a Faerie from Shining Time and run a Heritage Railway on Sodor called Shining Rails with your magic engine and suddenly, you're in charge of a JNR Class D-15 nicknamed 'Master of the Railway'

(Faeries / Faefolk in this AU can switch between their human and fae forms ; Mr. Conductor and Junior are also Faeries!)

[ohmylordprimus]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL I LOVE THIS

Pov: You're secretly a Faerie from Shining Time and run a Heritage Railway on Sodor called Shining Rails with your magic engine and suddenly, you're in charge of a JNR Class D-15 nicknamed 'Master of the Railway'

(Faeries / Faefolk in this AU can switch between their human and fae forms ; Mr. Conductor and Junior are also Faeries!)