The School Could Use a Cowgirl

The School Could Use a Cowgirl is the twenty-third episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Rosie leads an assault in order to defeat Diesel 10.
==Plot==
After leaving Sodor High, Rosie runs to a nearby park and collapses in front of an apple tree, ashamed of what she did and bursting into tears unable to forgive herself. Brad comes up to comfort her and Rosie explains how she unintentionally assisted Diesel 10 and his Smelter students in taking over her school. Rosie calls herself stupid for making such a big mistake, but Brad tells her she believed she was doing something good and what Diesel 10 has done is not her fault. He encourages his sister to make things right and take back her school; as Rosie hugs him in gratitude, the siblings discover that smoke is coming from the direction of Sodor High, and Brad tells Rosie to get the fire department while he heads to the school.
Luckily for Rosie, Belle and Flynn are down the road with their team having put out a fire at an apartment building, and once she informs them of what's happening they pack up their equipment and race to the school. When the fire brigade arrive, they find Brad having been unable to enter the school and he recommends ramming the metal gate with a fire engine to open ot so the firefighters can handle the fire. After a few tries, Flynn breaks down the door and Rosie leads him and Brad to the Smelter's classroom while Belle and the team handle the blaze with the pumps. Once they arrive, Flynn kicks the door open and they find the classroom engulfed in flames. Using his radio, Flynn tells Belle to turn on the pumps and he starts putting out the fire while the Vulcan siblings head to the back room to free Thomas and Emily. They warn Dart and Den, who are standing sentry, about the fire and, at Brad's suggestion, Rosie intimidates the brothers into leaving so they don't get caught in the fire, and they flee while confessing they don't even like Diesel 10
With Den and Dart moving aside, Rosie and Brad are able to access the next room and find Thomas and Emily tied up near a desk. While working to free them, she apologizes for failing to realize Mister Ten is really Diesel 10 and not listening to her friends. Thomas and Emily forgive her, knowing Rosie was only doing she thought was right. Thomas notes that they have to stop Diesel 10 before he learns Emily's identity as Sir Topham Hatt's daughter. Once both teenagers are free, Rosie and Brad lead them out of the back room and down the hallway to where they found Flynn still fighting the fire, now with a little help from Sidney, Paxton, Den, and Dart, with Sidney claiming they had no intention of aiding Diesel 10, and he has been working to free to the trapped students when he saw Flynn having trouble with the fire. Pretty soon, the fire is under control and put out. Sidney explains that the freed students are waiting in the cafeteria; when Diesel and the likes asked what's going on, Sidney claims he's moving the unwilling students there to prevent any interference. Knowing they will need help to stop Diesel 10, Rosie requests that the student body will need to come to the principal's office, where the villain himself currently is.
Outside the office, Diesel and his gang immediately back off when they see they're outnumbered by Rosie, Thomas, Emily, and Brad, while Stacy Jones points the group to Sir Topham Hatt's office—currently occupied by Diesel 10. Despite being confronted, he remains calm yet maniacal, calling Rosie a fool and insisiting that Sodor High is all his. Rosie promises to stop Diesel 10, and he tries threatening her with his claw hand. However, to Diesel 10's surprise, he hears the shouts of the other students and teachers alike in the hallway, with Rosie taunting him over the prisoners being set free. Thomas claims that he, his friends, and everyone else will fight and save the school from Diesel 10's clutches, demanding that he surrender the role of principal and leave. Suddenly laughing maniacally, Diesel 10 sneers at Thomas and disagrees with every word, revealing that he anticipated something like this would happen and called upon his gang for backup, planning to make an example out of Flynn, Belle, and the firefighers outside to showcase his hold on power. Promising to destroy his enemies for good, Diesel 10 picks up the microphone and prepares to give the word for his gang to attack, but is interrupted by the timely arrival of Sir Topham Hatt, addressing Diesel 10 by his old name of "Alexander Ten" (and Diesel 10 refers to Sir Topham Hatt as "Bertram") and revealing that the police have arrived and scared away the hoodlums surrounding the firefighters.
Sir Topham Hatt berates Diesel 10 for starting a fire and nearly getting a lot of people hurt, saying he will now be arrested again and sent back to jail, but Diesel 10, refusing to admit defeat, takes out a gun and shoots a nearby window before escaping from it. With Diesel 10 gone, Sir Topham Hatt gets back the role of principal and ends the lockdown. Rosie confesses to her crime and accepts being expelled, but Thomas and Emily both defend her from that possibility by revealing that she at least went on to correct such a mistake. Fortunately, Sir Topham Hatt, while unhappy that she unknowingly aided Diesel 10, forgives Rosie and warns her to be more careful around shady characters. Thomas, Emily, and Brad leave the office, but Rosie stays behind and tells Sir Topham Hatt to take it easy on Sidney, Paxton, Den, and Dart, since they helped her and the others stop Diesel 10 before also asking if the Smelter students could have a new classroom since their old one isn't perfect. Sir Topham Hatt smiles and reveals that his meeting with the mayor was to secure a budget for the restoration of the Smelter Class.
Outside, Emily and Brad praise Rosie for her kind-hearted actions, then everyone leaves before their families get sick with worry. Before departing, Thomas promises that he will hang out with Rosie tomorrow night, which she accepts. Along the way, Thomas and Emily see Belle and Flynn, both unhurt thankfully, getting ready to go home along with their team and shout some words of thanks. Sure enough, Annie and Clarabel bombard their older brother with questions about why he and Emily were late coming home upon arrival, and it takes him some time to calm them down before he and Emily set to work preparing dinner as they share a conversation about Diesel 10's return and how they were scared, but Thomas reinforces his promise to protect Emily and then suggests that after dinner they work on their homework. Unknown to them, Annie and Clarabel watch them from the living room and believe Thomas and Emily would make a wonderful couple.
==Characters==
* Thomas 
* Emily 
* Rosie
* Sir Topham Hatt 
* Diesel 10
* Annie and Clarabel 
* Diesel 
* 'Arry and Bert 
* The Vulcan family
** Brad
** Mr. Vulcan (mentioned)
** Mrs. Vulcan (mentioned)
* Flynn 
* Belle 
* Den 
* Dart 
* Paxton 
* Sidney 
* Stacy Jones
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode, along with the previous two, is based on the television series special, "Day of the Diesels".
* This episode's events lead into those of "The Junior High Mystery".
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