Toby and Mavis' Bond

Toby and Mavis' Bond is the thirtieth episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Toby and Mavis both tell Leo the story of how they became a couple.
==Plot==
Final exams were drawing to a close, and summer vacation was going to start soon. Although Leo has finished all of his exams, he's still hanging around Sodor High School to spend time with his new friends. One day, Leo walked into the cafeteria and sees Mavis (in a significantly lighter outfit than usual) and Toby holding hands and engaging in some playfully flirting. After buying his lunch, Leo joins his friends and explains that he's still coming to school because he'd rather not laze around at home while his parents were working and his brother is still in school. Mavis discusses how she can't wait to get the exams over with so they can enjoy the weather, with Toby expressing hope that she'll let her haor down at the beach, a sentiment Mavis agrees to. At last, Leo asks if they're a couple and Toby reveals they've been dating for the past seven years. Leo is stunned that they've been seeing each other since they were 10-years old and assumes they were a perfect match from the start, but they admit they originally couldn't stand each other since Mavis used to irritate Toby by thinking she knew best and putting things in different places everyday. Leo becomes invested in the backstory behind they relationship and asks to hear the whole story, to which Mavis gives Toby permission to explain it.
After the East Angelia tramway closed down due to vehicles becoming more and more commonly used, Toby's Father secures a job at the Ffarquhar Quarry. He, his whole family, and his faithful tram engine are transferred to their new home on the Island of Sodor. Although at first worried they would have trouble adjusting, the family found that they had no need to worry about living in their new home, as Ffarquhar proves to be a wonderful town, and the family makes plenty of friends shortly after the move. The younger Toby especially makes some great friends in Thomas, Percy, eventually James (after a small incident with some tar), and the likes. The little tram engine does a fine job, but the quarry still needs another engine to keep up with the demands, so, after some time, a small diesel had arrived. This diesel also has cowcatchers and sideplates just like the tram engine. The engine's driver manages to get along quite well with everyone, but his young, tomboyish daughter, Mavis, proves to be another matter altogether.
Mavis proves to be young, full of energy, and also full of her own ideas. Whenever she came to Toby's place, she would rearrange his things without his permission. He tries to convince her to stop, but she barely listens to him, which reaches a breaking point where their Fathers have to come over and separate them before their argument turns violent. Mr. Drewry talks to his daughter, and she pouts and thinks she should be doing what she wants. However, it comes to another head when, during a winter's day, she and Toby are going to the quarry to visit their respective Fathers. The roadway, like the railway, has a steep hill that first goes down, then up into the quarry. People have often gotten stuck at that spot many, many times, with the worse times being during the winter, but many manage to figure out a way to prevent getting stuck. They stop before reaching the lane, someone goes ahead and checks to make sure the traffic is clear, and they set off again. By using the downward slope, they are able to gain speed, which allows them to tackle the hill and get into the quarry on time. For this to work, the workers and visitors have to travel in groups.
During the bike ride, Mavis, still upset with Toby, is not interested in listening to a word he says. Reaching the hills, Toby stopped, but Mavis continues on. Thinking Mavis is going on ahead to make sure the path is clear, Toby encourages the idea, but Mavis has other ideas; she instead charges at the hill, but doesn't stop. She blasts through the intersection without stopping, and collides with a small a rock that she doesn't see. Her front tire hits it, and she falls off her bike and landed face first into the mud. Unhappy, she finds herself being honked at by various lorry and car drivers, demanding she move out of the way. However, Mavis has hurt her ankle and can't get up, causing the drivers to get very angry with the delay. Toby watches and fumes to himself at first, but decides to help her out. As he does, Toby makes an innocent comment, much to Mavis's anger. At the quarry, Toby again lectures Mavis, who just storms off to find her Father.
The flashback briefly ends, and Mavis recalls how her ankle had hurt for a few days and how she was so angry with Toby at the time that she blamed him for the accident and vowed payback. Diesel soon comes by and hits on Mavis while making fun of Toby, but is chased away by Leo, who then asks what happens next in the story, causing an awkward silence between Toby and Mavis before the latter speaks up, considering the next section to be something she isn't proud of to this day. The story resumes, where weeks after her ankle healed, Mavis still blamed Toby for what happened and thinks of what she would do to get revenge. As winter ends, she gets the idea to visit the Troublesome Trucks gang somewhere in town, a group of delinquent teenagers who cared very little for the law and craved chaos and destruction for the amusement. Mavis asks them to damage Toby's bike and humiliate him. At the quarry, the trucks wait until Toby enters the office to talk to Mr. Holden, then they use some scissors to snip the brakes on the bike.
As Toby leaves the quarry and bikes towards town, he tries to put his brakes on, but finds they do not work and roars through the hills before stopping upright. He starts to check what's wrong with his bike before the Troublesome Trucks gang show up and surround him. The trucks kidnap and bring him to an old wooden bridge near the river. The leader offers to leave Toby alone if he crosses the bridge on his bike. Halfway across, the trucks push a large log down the creek until it hits the supports of the bridge. With a loud crash, the bridge is destroyed and Toby's bike splashes into the water below—except Toby doesn't fall, but is holding onto a single beam for dear life. The trucks attempt to break the beam and make Toby fall to his death when Mavis shows up, having seen what happened. Toby finds out this is Mavis's doing, but Mavis instead tries to save him, causing the trucks to try and kill Mavis as well, only for the police arrive. The leader of the trucks tries to flee with the gang, only for one member to reveal himself to have been working undercover, who then arrests the leader for attempted murder.
At first, Toby flatout refuses any help from Mavis, but Mavis, admitting the whole thing is her fault, convinces him to accept her help, and they soon make it back to safety. Unfortunately, Toby is still mad at Mavis, and, when they get home and reveal to their families the tragic events, so are the adults. Mr. Holden is very relieved his son is safe, and Mr. Drewry thinks Mavis should never go near Toby anymore if everything between both kids led to this, much to her sadness. Mrs. Holden thinks the decision should come from Toby, but he doesn't say a word, convincing Mr. Drewry that Toby would rather not go anywhere near Mavis again, leaving Mavis heartbroken.
The flashback ends again, but Leo is confused as to why Toby and Mavis are together if she was ordered to stay away from him, and Toby explains that six months afterward, he never heard from Mavis, but one day during autumn, that changed. Mavis asks Percy to pass on a message to Toby the next time they meet, and Percy gives his friend the message to meet her at the station. Toby agrees to visit, and upon arrival, Mavis apologizes for what happened months ago and presents a new bike for him, and she explains that she started doing extra jobs around the house to earn enough money to buy the new bike to replace the one that was destroyed. After a long silence, Toby smiles at Mavis for the first time in months and accepts the apology and gift, admitting he actually missed having her in his company and decides they should change that. Mavis promises to change her ways and become a better person, something Toby believes she's already done, making her very happy and relieved.
With the story all over, Toby and Mavis claim they managed to convince their families to lift the restriction, and they've grown closer each day to the point of dating—with their relationship lasting to this day, making Leo smile. The bell rings, and Mavis has leave for her next exam. Toby speaks to Leo one more time before he leaves, too, for his next exam, allowing Leo some alone time to finish eating his lunch and think all about Emily.
==Characters==
* Leo 
* Toby 
* Diesel
* Mavis
* Percy (flashback)
* The Holden family
** Flora (flashback)
** Mr. Holden (flashback)
** Mrs. Holden (flashback)
* The Drewry family
** Mr. Drewry (flashback)
** Mrs. Drewry (Debut; flashback)
* Troublesome Trucks (Debut; flashback)
* Thomas (flashback; cameo)
* James (flashback; cameo)
* Spencer (mentioned)
* The Splinterson family
** Mikey (mentioned)
** Mrs. Splinterson (mentioned)
** Mr. Splinterson (mentioned)
* Emily (referenced)
* Jimmy (referenced)
* Marcus (referenced)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode's plot is inspired by the television series' third season episodes, "Mavis" and "Toby's Tightrope".
* This episode reveals Toby and Mavis have been dating for seven years.
* This is the third episode that Emily doesn't appear in.
* The events of "Meet Leonardo" are referenced.
* Some mild suggestive themes were originally going to be included, but were edited out during writing.
* This was the last episode to be posted before the series went into hiatus until 2016.
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