Curse of the Old Castle Manor

Curse of the Old Castle Manor is the eight episode of the third season in Little Bear: The Last Aura Wielder.

Plot
While our heroes are telling ghost stories, James startles them and tells them to go to sleep. The next morning, Sir Topham Hatt decides to give an old Castle-manor that had stood unused for many years, to give it a restoration to use it as a tourist attraction.

James is put in charge of being supplies to the yard just before the junction while Thomas, Percy, Toby, and Henry are tasked to take those supplies and workmen to the Castle Manor for working and the Human Mane 7, their pets, and Blythe are allowed to come too, but then one night while Thomas is ready to take the workers home, a blaster shot and a young filly's scream is heard. As a frightened filly races past them. As Thomas, spooked races back and raises the alarm, but no filly is found. And Thomas is scared out of his mind and even the girls and their pets are petrified. That Sir Topham Hatt decides to let him just do the shunting of the cars. Of course, Percy thinks it all funny but Toby and the guys don't.

Then the next night when Toby and the guys go to the manor a blaster is heard but this time, a young colt runs by yelling: "CRAZY SOLDIER ON THE LOOSE!!!" And to make it worse, Little Bear sees a light move within the building despite the fact that no one is inside. They too are scared but not that much.

And Percy still finds it funny, enough to get scoldings from the team and the other engines.A couple of days past, and many voulenteers are also brung to the house by Bertie but soon less and less are going as Bertie then shares that most of the volunteers are scared out of their minds. Then when it's Percy's turn to take a train to the Manor, another blaster shot is heard and now, a badly scared soldier holding a blaster appears and everyone hightails away leaving Percy behind and he's scared to death as the man walks towards him and he shuts his eyes, but when he looks no one is there.

Then when Henry brings Percy back, Edwards decides to confess about the manor, years ago, the Castle Manor was once home to a Duke and Duchess whom were very rich but they later deceased and the Castle Manor was left empty for year's. However it was later found and turned into a safe house for injured soldiers and refugees from the Mandalorian Wars. Foreign engines who brought them from the mainland had to witness terrible things. Until one day, when one soldier. Whom had suffered the most tragic of due to PTSD triggered sights and then he went insane and broke into a gun safe, taking a blaster. And then shot a colt and filly thinking they were Mandalorians. And then fired random shots all around the place before the guards raced in and had no choice but to put him down. And now their ghosts remain in the castle manor as the Filly and Colt despitely try to find help before the soldier can take his next victim.

The engines and our heroes were shocked, and had nothing to say about it. But Sir Topham Hatt overhears all of this and decides to cancel the project as the track is pulled up. But to this day, the engines and team look on at that old Castle Manor, wondering what has become of the poor foals and the mad soldier.

Trivia

 * This episode is based off of the New Railway Series episode: "Horror at Ballahoo Manor".
 * This marks the first appearance of Ghost Vietnam Vet Stallion, Ghost Pegasus Filly, Ghost Colt