TGR but There's a Roleswap (2x5)

Chapter 4 - Special and Red

Word Count: 243

"I really wished you guys hadn't said anything," scolded James once they were far away.

"But it's true!" they exclaimed in unison.

"You could've at least helped him get to the Mainland!" reprimanded the first coach. "Now you left him stranded at Maron!"

"The Main Line isn't that difficult to travel! It's fairly easy."

"To you, it is!" said the second coach.

"That engine is a foreigner," followed up the third coach. "They don't know this railway as well as you do, James."

"Why are you guys so obsessed with that engine?" exclaimed James.

"And why were you so rude to him?" piped up the fourth coach.

"Because-!" James panicked, knowing that "because he's red" wouldn't fly by that easily. "Because what does he have that makes him qualified for the Great Race? He doesn't look fast or strong. The four-leader-four-drivers aren't as great as they once were, you know!"

The brake coach hummed. "Well, he did have a nice shade of red. Much nicer than yours, really."

James' eyebrows furrowed and his face scrunched. "Excuse me?"

"You do have a bright color," said the fourth coach. "Too bright of a color."

"But he's still red!"

"Well if it bothers you so much, then how about you and get yourself repainted with a few decorations?" joked the brake coach.

And James had an idea.

He stopped suddenly, making the Honeypot coaches bump into one another before reversing down the line, back to Maron.