Inside the Smelter's Class

Inside the Smelter's Class is the twenty-first episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Rosie explores an unusual portion of Sodor High School.
==Plot==
After their stop at the rubbish dump, Thomas and Emily head for home by train. As they walked, Emily starts to smell smoke and runs off to a nearby farm with Thomas on her heels. They soon find a barn on fire and all the workers lined up and passing buckets full of water into it. Thomas and Emily begin to help in an instant and learn from Terence that one of his workers was smoking and dropped whatever they were smoking onto some dry hay. For a while, everyone does their best to fight the flames, but it seemed the whole barn was going to burn to the ground. Soon everyone hears sirens in the distance and from out of the smoke came a very big fire engine, its horn and bell blaring. It came to a stop just outside the barn, and two individuals, a young woman named Belle and Fire Chief Flynn. stepped down from the engine and got to work. With Thomas and Emily's assistance, they're able to use the fire hoses to fight the fire, putting out enough of it so that when the fire brigade arrives they put it out entirely. Once the damage has been assessed and Flynn scolds the foolish worker (who chooses to quit smoking after the ordeal), Flynn thanks Thomas and Emily for their help and head off to the station while the two teens continue their trek home.
At Rosie's home, the pink-haired girl is trying to call Thomas to see if he'd want to catch a movie her but isn't able to reach him. Brad, who enters the room to check on her, knows about his sister's crush and how things didn't work out between her and Oliver after the Valentine's Day dance, tells her to talk to Thomas at school tomorrow and offers to go the movies with her, which she accepts since it's been so long since they've done so. A little later at the Brighton house, Emily has finished bathing to rid herself of the smell of smoke and tells Thomas the bathroom's free for him to use. Thomas asks if she's okay and when Emily says yes and asks what he means, Thomas brings up his promise to Sir Topham Hatt to protect his daughter, being unable to forgive himself should he fail. Emily looks down to hide her light blush and assures Thomas she's okay; once he leaves to shower, Emily walks to her bedroom hopeful that Thomas does return her feelings for him.
The next morning, Rosie walked into school hoping to see Thomas and soon finds him walking with Emily, approaching them and learning Thomas' phone wasn't working along with the fire. Rosie tries to see if they'll be busy that night but before they can answer, the bell rings and they run to class unaware that Diesel had been watching them.
At lunchtime, Rosie was sitting alone on a bench and eating her lunch when Diesel came to her table. He takes note of her eating by herself and guesses she's waiting for Thomas before telling her with how much time Thomas spends with Emily, he likely won't give her the time of day anymore. Rosie, knowing about Diesel's troublemaking, doesn't believe him since Thomas would never do that. Diesel continues by saying if it is, then he and his friends would welcome her into their fold before scurrying off once he catches sight of Thomas and Emily. Thomas warns her about the Smelter Class teens and their habits of lying and untrustworthiness, with Paxton being the only likely exception. After, Thomas tells Rosie that he can't hang out that night because his parents are coming home. Rosie, though hurt a bit, accepts his answer and Thomas promises to hang out tomorrow night.
The next morning, Rosie arrived at school earlier than anyone else to do some research for a project. She's unable to stop thinking about what Diesel said to her the yesterday and was so focused on it that she didn't hear Diesel call out to her until the third time he did. He questions if she hung out with Thomas last night qnd when she doesn't provide a straight answer, he guesses they didn't. Diesel accuses Thomas of lying about having family business, and it actually causes Rosie to doubt Thomas since she doesn't really know him that well. Diesel continues and says his friends would never lie to her, not even his teacher who wants to meet her. He tells her if she ever decides to visit the Smelter's Class, just say she wants to see Mr. Scott Ten; with that, Diesel walks away while Rosie goes to the library to do her research.
When she was done there, Rosie walked through the hallway before class and ends up in front of the door to the Smelter's classroom. She decides to look around and enters, finding seats and desks for a regular classroom, but the walls are painted dark red and black, the chalkboard was worn out, and most of the equipment was damaged. A voice calls out, startling Rosie and she says the phrase Diesel told her to use. After a moment of silence, a scarred middle-aged man with a claw for an arm came walking out of the back room and warmly welcomes Rosie to his classroom. The man is Mister Ten, and he tells her he knows of her problems with her friends from Diesel and tells her he and his students would never treat her the way her friends have. He guides her to the backroom, which is three times bigger than her classroom and littered with worn out machinery. Besides Diesel, Mister Ten's other students consist of 'Arry, Bert, Paxton, and four other boys she hasn't met before; Den (Mister Ten's assistant), Dart, Norman, and Sidney. The reason she never met the other four is because they come in early, stay later than the other students, and eat lunch in the classroom. Mister Ten explains that they know everyone sees the Smelter's Class as a detention hall for troublemakers, but its true purpose is to give students work experience and to teach them things no other class can. He asks Rosie to tell them about herself, and she tells them about her old life before moving to Sodor and the problems with her brothers, Mister Ten noting how it's important to tell the truth. Suddenly the bell rings, and Rosie has to get to class but before she leaves, Mister Ten tells her she can return at any time, which she promises to do. After walking her out, Mister Ten says they'll be waiting with a small evil smirk…
==Characters==
* Thomas 
* Emily 
* Rosie
* Diesel 10/ Scott Ten
* Diesel
* Terence
* Brad
* Flynn (Debut)
* Belle (Debut)
* Den (Debut)
* Dart (Debut)
* Paxton (Debut)
* Sidney (Debut)
* Norman (Debut)
* 'Arry and Bert (cameo)
* Gordon (mentioned)
* Oliver (mentioned)
* The Brighton family
** Annie and Clarabel (mentioned)
** Dalton (mentioned)
** Andrea (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode, along with the following two, is based on the television series special, "Day of the Diesels".
* When the chapter was being rewritten, Percy was originally supposed to play a supporting role in helping his friends with fighting the fire like in the special itself, but was ultimately not included.
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