Sick as Blazes

Sick as Blazes is the sixth episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Henry begins falling ill, and Emily is shocked that his closest friends don't believe him.
==Plot==
Shortly after the autumn festival, everyone who had gotten the flu had recovered but were disappointed that they couldn't chew out Spencer since he's not around at the moment. In Tidmouth class, everyone appeared to be present only for the teacher to ask where Henry was. Gordon believes he's skipping school which is a habit for him, but Emily says he was sick like the majority of them, Gordon included.
Just then, everyone sees the door open and there was Henry, red in the face and breathing heavily. Gordon assumes he got caught for truancy, but Henry says he's just late due to not feeling well and has a slip that the teacher accepts. Gordon and James loudly say he's merely faking to get out of his schoolwork but Henry says he really is sick only for the teacher to quiet them down. Emily could see that Henry looked worse than when he came into the classroom, starting to worry.
Later that night, she speaks to Thomas about Henry; Thomas explains that Henry was born with a serious illness that nearly claimed his life, but he was able to get over it. Unfortunately, there were times when that illness nearly claimed his life. He continued to fight it off, but the same thing nearly happened several times occuring every two months, then years and now it seems it's happening again. He also reveals that Gordon and James have never believed he was ever really sick, shocking Emily with the James part. Thomas goes on to say everyone else knows about it and usually he, Edward or Percy aid Henry and that his illness doesn't have a name or a cure. Emily asks if there's anything she can do to help Henry, Thomas tells her to defend him for Gordon and James and be ready to take him to the nurse's office should he need it. This just makes her worry even more.
The next day, Emily saw that Henry was getting worse. His face was nearly red and he had difficulty doing anything, mainly breathing, and each time Gordon and James mock him she got crosser with them. After recieving some kind words from Toby, Henry asks to get a drink of water and he left the classroom weakly. Gordon then calls him a chicken, which results in Emily blowing up at him and James and asking if they really find it funny watching their friend die and leaves the classroom in tears, causing Thomas to go follow her. Gordon and James started thinking over what Emily said while being surrounded by their classmates' disappointed stares, with Edward and Percy scolding them for not being there for Henry when he needed them.
Thomas finds Emily crying under the stairwell to the lower level and does his best to comfort her, commending her for telling off Gordon and James as everyone else couldn't. He adds that they might take Henry's condition seriously one day, which Emily thanks him for with a hug. They seperate when Percy comes for them saying Henry collapsed and can no longer move. They rush back to help Henry, pushing through the crowd of of students surrounding him and help him up. Unable to get through the crowd to get to the nurse's office (especially when students from the Smelter Class don't co-operate with them), they're surprised when Gordon and James help get them there. They make it to the nurse's office where one of the nurses guesses what's happened. A black-haired boy named Diesel sneers that Henry's just faking, and before Emily lays into him, Gordon and James defend their friend, sending Diesel away in a huff, to Henry's relief before he falls into a coma. As Henry is moved into the office and the others return to class, Emily apologizes to James and Gordon for snapping at them only for them to thank her for helping them see sense.
Days go by, and Henry is transferred to the hospital with no signs of him waking up. Thomas and Emily often visit him, Gordon and James more so, but he doesn't wake up. Another two weeks pass, and Emily resorts to wishing on stars begore bed in desperation. Annie and Clarabel comfort her before asking her to get some sleep.
One cold wet rainy day, Thomas, Emily, Percy, James, and Gordon visit Henry and when they enter his room,, they're shocked to see Henry wide awake and smiling broadly. He attributes his recovery to their words of encouragement, accepts Gordon and James' apologies, and thanks his friends for their support, most of all Emily's. He soon reveals he will be discharged from the hospital that night and James offers to have his Mother give him a ride home. Three minutes later, Thomas, Percy, and Emily all leave to go see Hiro to exchange stories with Percy learning about the former teacher's family. After a while, the three teens go home.
The next day at school, Henry returned looking like the picture of health, and he presents Emily some chocolate and roses as a thank you gift for her help. The gesture earns envy from James and curiosity from Henry, both wondering if Henry likes Emily (with Rosie seeing it as hope for getting Thomas to like her.)
For the rest of the day, to everyone's surprise, Henry excels in all his classes with even Spencer being impressed. At the end of the day, James overhears Henry talking to Rosie and tell her he doesn't like Emily as anything more than a friend. Once Henry leaves, James goes over and encourages Rosie ask Thomas out again, but this time to take him somewhere they won't bump into any of their classmates. Once Rosie runs off happy, James snickers with triumph over his fighting chance to win over Emily before Henry calls him to catch the bus, causing him to dash off confidently.
==Characters==
* Thomas
* Emily
* Percy
* Rosie
* James
* Gordon 
* Henry
* Edward
* Toby
* Tidmouth Class Teacher
* Annie and Clarabel 
* Spencer
* Hiro
* Diesel (Debut)
* Duck (does not speak)
* The Kawasaki family
** Koyuki (mentioned)
** Yoshida (mentioned)
** Yuji (mentioned)
** Sakura (mentioned)
* Daisy (mentioned)
* Dennis (mentioned)
* Mrs. Hughes (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode is based off the TV series' seventh season episode, "What's the Matter with Henry?".
Category:Thomas and Friends
Category:Sodor High School
Category:Episodes
Category:Fan Fiction