The Ghosts of the School

The Ghosts of the School is the seventh episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Halloween has arrived and Diesel is determined to scare the Tidmouth class.
==Plot==
It's close to Halloween, and Sodor High is being decorated by the staff to get the students into the Halloween spirit. Percy is scared of the holiday, but he tries to keep a brave face; unfortunately, he gets spooked when Diesel sneaks up behind him shouting "BOO!" Poor Percy lets out a frightened shriek and ducks behind a nearby rubbish can. Upon hearing the cruel boy's laughter, Percy angrily tells him that wasn't funny. Diesel says otherwise, only for an angry Thomas with a mostly-neutral Emily standing by to warn him not to mess with his friends, extending the warning to 'Arry and Bert hiding in the lockers. Diesel growled crossly and walks past Percy towards two nearby yellow/orange lockers, opened them up, and in an instant pulled Arry and Bert out and dragged them away. As soon as they were gone, Percy thanked his friends and learns that Thomas has memorized their annual routine, saying he's good and wishes he was as brave, but Emily tells him to think nothing of it before they head off to class.
The trio soon arrived at their homeroom with ten minutes to spare. Suddenly, they hear a voice call out to them and see James was already wearing his costume, Elvis Presley. Gordon ridicules him and Henry points out Halloween is when you dress up as frightening things, but Emily supports James, whose joy is soon diminished by Gordon's insults. Before an argument takes place, Rosie, Edward, Toby, Duck, and Oliver walk in, covered from head to toe in strawberry jam and feathers due to Diesel, 'Arry and Bert pranking them. Emily questions if the Smelter class students always do things like this and is told there are a few exceptions, but everyone agrees on the slim possibility of Diesel and his goons being taught a lesson and stopping their mischief.
At lunchtime, Thomas and Emily head to the cafeteria for lunch and upon walking inside, they see Arry and Bert picking on Molly. As they observe this, Diesel sneaks up behind them to pour creamed corn down their shirts. However, he announces his presence allowing Thomas to restrain him. When Thomas' lecturing doesn't hammer some sense into the devious one, Emily points out Hank and Murdoch standing behind him, both displeased with his misdeeds, and he calls off 'Arry and Bert before they scramble away, Thomas thanking the two for their help.
Despite the setback, Diesel, 'Arry, and Bert continue to prank the students, but are repeatedly foiled by Thomas, Hank, and Murdoch, much to their frustration. While hanging out after school at the ice cream shop with Splatter and Dodge, Diesel bitterly sulks about the three of them until Dodge suggests scaring Thomas, Hank, and Murdoch; 'Arry recommends they do so at the Halloween party by fooling them into thinking there are real ghosts haunting the school. With a plan in mind, the quintet get to work setting it in motion.
Halloween night arrives, and everyone's dressed up and heading to the school's gym to join the party unaware of Diesel and his gang following them in order to set up their little revenge plan. The gym is packed with students and teachers with multiple tables for food, drinks, and Halloween candy laid out, on top of the DJ Sir Topham Hatt hired for the whole evening. Hank meets up with the group and warns them that everybody's there except for Diesel and his gang. Everyone splits off to enjoy themselves and Emily wonders how her parents are doing, receiving words of encouragment from Thomas before she pushes him into dancing with Rosie, to the latter's joy. Emily soon sees that Percy has lost the sheet for his ghost costume, and he heads off to find it.
Percy slowly returns to the front entrance; starting to feel scared, he says to himself "There's no such things as ghosts". Just as he finds his costume, he starts hearing moaning and groaning all around him. Suddenly, two mummies,a goblin, and a werewolf emerge from the darkness and Percy backs away as "the ghosts of the school" tell him to get out. Percy bumps into a suit of armour and it shouts "BOO!", scaring Percy into running off as the monsters disappear and the armour returns to where it was.
Back in the gym, Emily notices that 30 minutes have past since Percy left, and she goes over to Thomas and Rosie on the dance floor to tell them with Hank overhearing and Murdoch confirming he hasn't seen the green-haired boy around. Thomas finds this strange and Emily suggests looking for him, which Rosie disappointedly agrees to when the song she and Thomas are listening to ends. The group of five left, unaware of James fuming as this ruins his chances of asking Emily to dance with him.
Walking to the main lobby, the girls look around anxiously as the guys remain calm. It isn't long before they find Percy's costume lying on the ground. Rosie spots the goblin and the werewolf approaching them, and Thomas deadpanly guesses it's 'Arry and Bert, leaving them genuinely surprised nobody's scared and they figured their trick out. The mummies soon arrive, but Thomas merely pulls off their masks, revealing Dodge and Splatter. Murdoch then guesses that Diesel's in the suit of armour to his displeasure, which grows when he realizes he can't get out of his armour. Thomas and Murdoch threaten to leave him in it for the rest of the night unless the Smelter Class teens tells the group where Percy is, Diesel saying all they know is that he ran off heading for the computer labs. The five teenagers head off and Diesel orders his cronies to help free him, seething when they decide to wait for the others to return.
Thomas leads the small group through the hall leading to the computer labs, calling out for Percy. At last, they find him huddled in a locker scared out of his wits. They inform him of Diesel, and he feels unhappy that he let him and his cronies get to him. When he asks Thomas why he wasn't scared of Diesel at all, Thomas says he was just being brave because he knew there was nothing to be afraid of, something that makes Rosie admire him even more. Everyone goes back to the main lobby and helps Diesel out of his suit of armour, and the Smelter class teens apologize to them and go home (but not without secretly swearing vengeange.) 
The group returns to the gym to enjoy the rest of the dance, while Thomas and Emily goes to sit on a bench. Emily asks Thomas for a dance to the next love song, and he immediately accepts her offer, seeing as they do so that she's still worrying a bit about her parents, comforting her with a hug. Emily thanks Thomas for what he's done for her and his friendship as James angrily watches them, with Henry watching him nearby and worrying when James vows he'll win Emily's heart, even if it means fighting Thomas to do that.
==Characters==
* Thomas
* Emily
* Percy
* Rosie
* James
* Gordon 
* Henry
* Edward
* Toby
* Duck
* Diesel
* 'Arry and Bert 
* Hank (Debut)
* Oliver (Debut)
* Murdoch (Debut)
* Splatter and Dodge (Debut)
* Spencer (non-speaking cameo)
* Molly (non-speaking cameo)
* Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)
* Lady Hatt (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This is the Halloween episode of the series.
* The events of "Emily the New Girl" are mentioned.
* This episode reveals that Thomas, Emily, Rosie, and Hank are fans of the 2000 Square video game "Final Fantasy IX", and the former three even dress up as the following characters for the party:
** Thomas goes as Zidane Tribal, the main protagonist.
** Emily goes as Garnet Til Alexandros XVII (Dagger), the female protagonist.
** Rosie goes as Eiko.
* Along with Thomas, Emily and Rosie, many of the students' costumes are listed as such:
** James: Elvis Presley.
** Gordon and Henry: zombies.
** Percy: a bedsheet ghost.
** Hank: a truck driver.
** Murdoch: an engine driver.
** 'Arry and Bert: a goblin and a werewolf.
** Splatter and Dodge: mummies.
** Diesel: a knight.
** Edward: a wizard from the Middle Ages.
** Toby: a scarecrow.
** Duck: a Colonial Militia from the American Revolution.
** Oliver: a British Musketeer.
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