Constructive Efforts

Constructive Efforts is the third episode of Sodor High School: Thomas & Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Thomas and Emily recruite a few friends to their cause to help Hiro.
==Plot==
In the afternoon, Thomas walks down to where the junior high students attended school when Emily catches up to him; he informs her that he's going to ask his friends Skarloey and Rheneas to build them a wagon to carry Hiro since they are incredible at building things and always do him favors no questions asked. Not believing this, Emily follows Thomas to Rheneas and Skarloey's classroom where the two agree to help since they know what Thomas is doing is probably important; they proceed to give and receive a proper introduction from Emily which is interrupted by their classmate Duncan, entering class while grumbling about being late. After telling the younger students when to come over, the two older students take their leave.
Around lunchtime, Thomas and Emily are in the cafeteria thinking on what else they could do for Hiro deciding to bring food and tools to cut the beams he's pinned under. They soon see Spencer walking towards their table having heard the tail end of their conversation and assuming they're up to something; they refuse to say anything and he leaves, declaring he'll find out for himself and spilling Thomas's lunch on the floor. With no money to buy another, Thomas believes he'll have to go without until Rosie offers him her own homemade meal. In turn, Emily gives her the rest of her food so the pink-haired girl doesn't go hungry and taking her leave but not without feeling a little downhearted seeing Rosie and Thomas talk.
Later on at the bus stop, Thomas waits for Emily who found some important information about Hiro and where his family lives along with a phone number for their home. As they makes plans to visit Hiro, Spencer questions who they're visiting and Thomas lies, saying they're helping Rosie find some extended family member; Spencer accuses him of fibbing and that he will figure his plan out before taking his leave. Once he's gone, Emily asks Thomas why they can't tell anyone else about Hiro to which he explains that Spencer's the main reason; if he finds out about Hiro, he'll have him sent to an asylum under the belief that he's mental and Thomas refuses to allow Spencer to ruin the rest of the old man's life. Just then, Rosie approaches them to ask if they had gotten down all the notes the teacher wrote down earlier and while Emily confirms she did, Thomas admits he didn't as he was working on another assignment at the time. Rosie holds out a notebook, having copied all the notes down before and tells him he can use them stating it's not a problem for her as she has a good memory so she doesn't usually take notes. When Thomas asks why she did, Rosie says she did it for him; speechless for a moment, Thomas thanks her before she walks over to her bus. Thomas stares at her for so long that he fails to notice James walking up behind him and slap him hard on the back. The irate redhead states his anger is attributed to how their female classmates perfer to be around Thomas and Gordon agrees; just then, Percy walks up claiming he wrote down those notes earlier, knowing Thomas was going to need them and asked Rosie to give him the notebook while passing off Rosie's behavior as acting practice for the drama club. Percy then threatens to sic Hank and Murdoch on James and Gordon for messing with Thomas sending the two off to the bus stop with Henry in tow. Thomas thanks Percy for saving him just as their bus arrives to take them home.
As the bus rolled on down the road to Ffraquhar, Thomas finds himself wondering why Rosie keeps doing things for him when Percy spots a helicopter flying by. He tells Emily of the time he raced its pilot, Harold, to prove to him that he wasn't as slow as a tortoise and won. Thomas, finally snapping back to his senses, joins in on the conversation, saying he's still both amazed and shocked that Percy beat Harold, who was flying a helicopter, while riding a bike. Emily is amazed by this herself, leading Percy to claim that's why people call him "Percy the Fast" only for Thomas to point out no one calls him that and if they did, they'd bring up the coal yard incident more often. This sparks an arguement which Emily quells which Toby deems unnecessary as the two never mean any harm; Percy proceeds to question Thomas and Emily on what they were talking about before Rosie came up to them but the blue-haired boy apologetically says it's top secret at the moment, which his green-haired companion understands.
Soon, Thomas and Emily return to Victor's shop to pick up Thomas' bike, good as new. Just as the teens are about to leave, Emily notices two huge wheels and asks Victor what he plans to do with them; the shopowner replies he's waiting for someone to take them away. The teens offer to take them off his hands instead and he agrees; soon, they had the wheels on the back of Thomas' bike and the two of them set off for the hill. As they went along, they hear a loud bicycle bell going off. Thomas realizes it's Spencer and fears he'll take the wheels to the dump; as a result, he steers beside some thick bushes then he and Emily wait until Spencer rode by. However, Spencer stopped and looked around thinking he saw someone ahead, Thomas and Emily holding their breaths until he dismisses it and rides away.
Thomas and Emily soon ride up to the old house and head inside, giving Hiro the rations they brought and explain their plan: to build a cart to carry him to the hospital. When they explain about Skarloey and Rheneas and how they didn't probe them for why they needed it, Hiro remarks that they have good friends. Thomas then asks Hiro if they could tell one of their friends about him, mentioning they can keep a secret and he agrees so he makes a call on Emily's phone. Almost an hour later Percy arrives and is led inside the ruined house by Thomas until he finds Emily and Hiro, being in complete shock at the sight in front of him. Following introductions and explanations, Percy agrees to help just like he did in a previous adventure where he drove a bus home after the driver passed out at the age of 12, surprising Emily and Hiro.
Emily proceeds to check if she has a signal on her mobile phone and using the phone number, she dials and is soon talking with Koyuki, Hiro's wife, before placing the phone near Hiro's left ear. Despite initial skepticism (as she believes her husband is dead), Hiro manages to prove himself by remembering her favorite flower, cherry blossoms, and the times they'd see such trees in their youth. Koyuki is stunned that it really is Hiro and he explains everything about the plan to reunite with her and their kids, to which she reveals she had a third child, a girl named Sakura, a year after he disappeared; he calls it a beautiful name and ends the call saying he'll be home before she knows it. After hanging up, Hiro begins crying tears of joy after hearing from his wife for so long, and the kids soon leave since Thomas and Emily need to help Skarloey and Rheneas with the cart promising Hiro they won't let him down. Thomas asks Percy if he wants to help, but the green-haired boy reminds him of their homework before he heads off for home. Emily tells Thomas he has a good friend (to which he reminds her that all his friends are hers now) before they too ride off for home.
==Characters==
* Thomas
* Emily
* Percy
* Rosie
* James
* Gordon
* Henry
* Spencer 
* Hiro 
* Victor
* Kevin
* Skarloey (Debut)
* Rheneas (Debut)
* Duncan (Debut)
* Koyuki (Debut)
* Harold (Debut: cameo)
* Annie and Clarabel (mentioned)
* Hank (mentioned)
* Murdoch (mentioned)
* Sir Handel (mentioned)
* The Kawasaki family
** Yoshida (mentioned)
** Yuji (mentioned)
** Sakura (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode, along with the previous and following ones, are based on the TV series' first CGI special, "Hero of the Rails".
* This is the first episode that Edward, Toby and Duck don't appear in.
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