Meet Leonardo

Meet Leonardo is the twenty-seventh episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales. It serves as the Season 2 premiere.
==Synopsis==
A new student make a powerful first impression.
==Plot==
One lovely Friday afternoon, Thomas, Percy and Emily walk home from school and strol past the big football field, where various soccer players are practicing. The three teens are all tired and are looking to summer break approaching, but Thomas brings up how for the last two summers, there had been non-stop rain. As Percy hopes for more sunny days this year, Emily dreams of getting to go to the beach with her new friends as she had only swam in her backyard swimming pool as either the butler or one of the maids carefully watched over her, which made her feel lonely. 
Thomas soon looks to the big Football field and whistles in admiration. Percy acknowledges that the big game between Sodor High School and Ffraquhar High School is going to be exciting, much to Emily's confusion, and Thomas explains what it's all about, encouraging Emily to go watch it—especially since Gordon, James, and Edward are on the Sodor High School team. At the Football field, the players are practicing hard when one of them kicks the ball so hard that it heads straight towards the three Sudrian teenagers on the sidewalk, causing the players to yell a warning. The ball comes for Emily, but Thomas steps in and takes the ball directly to the face, knocking him out with a black eye, bump on the head, and a bleeding nose, much to Emily and Percy's shock. 
One Football player with messy dirty blonde hair goes to see if everything's alright, while Percy asks who he is, but is ignored as the teenage boy checks on Thomas and is relieved to see he would be okay. Emily watches the Football player and blushes over thinking he's very handsome, although she goes back to worrying about Thomas shortly after. The Football player has to return to practice with the ball, but not before flashing Emily a wink, making her blush again. Thomas then wakes up, injured but okay. Once they're home, Emily wets a wash cloth in cold water and placing it gently on the bump, hoping it will help with the swelling. Thomas has a towel pinched to his nose to try and stop the bleeding. Emily claims Thomas didn't need to step in to get hit by the ball, but Thomas insists he didn't want Emily getting hurt by anything or anyone, making Emily smile. Annie and Clarabel come running into the kitchen when they heard what happened by Percy, and Thomas reassures them he would be okay. Thomas then asks Emily and Percy who kicked the Football, claiming he never met anyone who could kick a ball that hard or fast since last year when he got slammed by a ball kicked by James. While Percy and Emily explain who it was, they never got a name out of the player. 
On Monday, Thomas, Percy, Toby and Emily are heading the cafeteria in hopes of grabbing some breakfast before the bell rang. Toby expresses his condolences over Thomas getting hurt on Friday, which Thomas appreciates, when James and Henry run by, hearing that there's a new student in the cafeteria doing a martial arts demonstration. This gets the interest of Thomas, Percy, Toby, and Emily, who decide to go and check out the action with James and Henry. Upon arrival, they find a crowd of students gathered around with various "Kiai" sounds heard in the center. Unable to get through the crowd, Emily gets the idea for Thomas to lift her up so she can get a look. He accepts it, gets down on the floor, and Emily steps up. Now standing tall, she sees the new student doing various karate poses, kicks, flips, punches, the whole nine yards, just as James mentioned. 
Spencer snorts in jealousy, claiming he is from a rich family and hypocritically adds that the new student is nothing but an arrogant show-off. The crowd breaks away to let the new student through to confront Spencer. Percy and Emily immediately recognize the student as the Football player they met on Friday. The new student remembers seeing Percy and Emily that Friday before he tells Spencer off, but Spencer doesn't back down so easily, so the student challenges him to a short contest of breaking something hard like boards. A talented martial artist himself, Spencer, believing he can put the new student in his place, agrees. A few minutes later, a set of three solid boards are placed between two tables, and Spencer easily breaks them apart. The new student then reveals he will try breaking three bricks, much to the exasperation of Thomas and concern of Emily, but Toby believes the new student knows what he's doing. 
Proving Toby's point, the new student makes short work of the bricks, stunning Spencer as the gathered crowd cheers. The new student then further tells Spencer off over the comments, who then retreats in subdued silence, much to the amusement of James and Henry. The new student then begins hitting on Emily, introducing himself as Leonardo (Splinterson), nicknamed Leo, and calls Emily's name beautiful like a Queen's name—like she is. Thomas watches as he feels a slight ache in his heart due to some jealousy over Leo getting close to Emily. Before he can try speaking up, the bell rings and Leo has to go see Sir Topham Hatt to find out his homeroom classroom. Once Leo's gone, James comments to Thomas that he might have a little competition for Emily's heart. Thomas denies any competition, insisting he and Emily are just friends, surprising Emily and making her feel slightly discouraged. 
Later during lunch, Thomas, Emily, Percy, and Rosie are heading to the cafeteria with Emily still thinking about what Thomas said earlier on. Rosie asks if anything's wrong, but Emily assures nothing's wrong—not wanting to give Rosie a chance to beam if she told her the truth. Arriving at the cafeteria, the four teenagers meet with Leo, who apologizes to Thomas for getting him hurt, and is luckily forgiven. After getting their food, Thomas, Emily, Percy, and Rosie find nearly all of the tables to be taken, leaving them without a table to sit at. Luckily, Leo comes to their rescue and invites them to join him. Percy and Rosie introduce themselves, with Leo revealing he's from Scotland and while waiting to get signed up to attend Sodor High School, he signed up for a chance to play for the Ffarquhar Football team, which is how he met Thomas, Percy, and Emily. In addition, he also knows Donald, Douglas, and their cousin Olivia very well, plus he lived in the United States of America for most of his earlier years. Thomas then realizes that Leo was on the train going from Scotland back to Knapford, which Leo confirms. 
Soon after they finished eating, the Smelter Classroom students—except for Paxton, Sidney, Den, and Dart—start causing trouble, demanding money. Thomas isn't having it and, while talking to Leo, calls them lame brains. 'Arry and Bert do not take the insult well, saying that Thomas and Rosie will have to pay double. Leo doesn't understand why Rosie has to pay double until Emily explains the reason to him. Not about to let his friends get bullied, Leo confronts 'Arry and Bert, demanding them to back down. Rather than back down, 'Arry tries attacking Leo by throwing a punch, only to get his fist grabbed and held in place, much to Thomas and Percy's amazement. Leo yells at the bad Smelter Class students to leave him and everyone else alone. 'Arry (who is still being held in-place) and Bert grow furious, with the latter moving in to try getting 'Arry free, only to be stopped by Thomas and Percy. In desperation, he turns and grabs hold of Emily's right arm and used her as a human shield, threatening to hurt her if Leo didn't let 'Arry go and pay up triple. Bert then deliberately provokes Leo by pushing Emily's arm in, making her scream in pain. 
Leo does release 'Arry—by throwing him straight into Bert, releasing Emily and sending the twin brothers to the floor before they are grabbed by the shirt collars and slammed against the wall by the furious Leo, who coldly threatens the two if they ever try a stunt like that again. 'Arry and Bert wisely apologize and agree to never do that again, causing Leo to release and allow them to flee from the cafeteria with their friends. Percy thinks what Leo did was both cool and scary, but Emily sincerely thanks Leo for saving her, causing Thomas to secretly watch in jealousy before shaking his head. As the bell rings, Rosie spots Leo and Emily interacting very positively and hopes that they would eventually get together, giving her a real chance to get close to Thomas. 
Once school is over for the day, Leo greets Thomas, Emily, and Percy at the bus waiting area, and Percy reveals that Rosie goes on a bus heading to Knapford. Leo then reveals he's not only the new star player of the Ffarquhar football team, but also a resident of Ffarquhar. This worries Emily, since Leo doesn't know her secret. Suddenly, a smirking Gordon arrives, having heard that Leo knocked Spencer down a peg earlier in the day, but he still warns the new student to be careful on the Football field since he is Sodor High School's star player, hoping to win against Ffarquhar High School and face London's team. Leo is unfazed by the warning and tries giving Gordon some advice about how Football is not about winning or losing, but having fun with friends and teammates. Gordon isn't convinced and enters the bus while laughing, beginning a friendly rivalry between himself and Leo. 
During the bus ride home, Leo tells his new friends about his adventures while living in Los Angeles (The United States) and later Edinburgh (Scotland) before coming to Ffarquhar, and Thomas, Percy, and Emily tell Leo about some of their own adventures. Upon arriving in town, they leave the bus and walk to the Football field, where Leo is meeting his teammates and get some practicing done before heading home to his parents, younger brother, and Grandfather. The friends bid farewell as Leo runs to find his teammates, while Percy, Thomas, and Emily head home. 
That night, laying in bed in her room, Emily has a nightmare where Diesel 10, who's learned of her identity as Sir Topham Hatt's daughter, is sending his allies after her. She finds Thomas and Leo, but they are held captive by a few of DIesel 10's grunts. Diesel 10 then shows up and tells Emily to choose between Thomas (who she's been living with) and Leo (who is in-love with her). Emily refuses, saying they both are her friends. Diesel 10 goes to kill Emily, who screams and shuts her eyes—only to wake up safely in bed before falling back asleep, hoping that her dream isn't a premonition of things to come. 
==Characters==
* Thomas 
* Emily 
* Percy
* Rosie 
* James 
* Leo 
* Gordon 
* Henry 
* Toby 
* Annie and Clarabel 
* Spencer 
* 'Arry and Bert 
* Paxton 
* Diesel 10 (dream sequence)
* Den (does not speak)
* Dart (does not speak)
* Sidney (does not speak)
* Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)
* Edward (mentioned)
* Duck (mentioned)
* Donald and Douglas (mentioned)
* The McIntosh family
** Mr. McIntosh (mentioned)
** Mrs. McIntosh (mentioned)
** Olivia (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* For the first time Thomas shows jealousy towards any guy getting close to Emily, hinting he might have feelings for her.
* The scene where Leo breaks some bricks was inspired by a video of Johnny Yong Bosch (voice of various characters in English dubs of anime and video games) breaking some bricks in a VoxReax Tour appearance. The video in question:
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DxFYGUbcOg
==Goofs==
* The episode is incorrectly titled "Meets Leonardo".
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