Well the waiting period is over, we're now into the edited versions of the 'Day Of the Diesels' adaptation for this series. The original version was completed in August 2012, and this current version was done by both myself and SF64Rules in 2016. Part 2 should be coming out next Monday, so make sure you keep your eyes open for it.
Sodor High School: Thomas & Friends Tales
Written by: ThomasZoey3000/Edited by: SF64Rules
Based on the Railway Series by: The Rev. W. and Christopher Awdry
Based on the Television Series by: Britt AllCroft, David Mitton, Lionsgate, and Universal Pictures
Episode 21: Inside the Smelter's Class
Based on "Day of the Diesels The Movie"
After visiting the rubbish dump and finding out that Gordon works there, Thomas and Emily headed off for home. They took the train, then they walked along side by side. As they walked along though, Emily started sniffling.
"Is something wrong Emily?" Thomas asked, "are you catching a cold?"
"No it's not a cold Thomas," she answered, "I can smell smoke..." she sniffed again, "I think it's coming from one of the nearby farms."
Emily ran off to the direction of the smell of the smoke. Thomas ran along after her. Before long, the two teenagers found themselves surronded in black smoke, which meant only one thing, "it's a fire!" cried Emily. She was right, the teens ran on ahead and soon found the source of the smoke. A barn was on fire, all the workers were lined up and passing buckets full of water into the barn.
"Come on men! Don't give up!" cried Farmer Terence, "we can't let this barn burn!"
Without even asking, Thomas and Emily raced in to help. They grabbed extra buckets, filled them up with water and tossed the water into the barn, "how did this fire happen Terence?" Thomas asked.
"One of my workers was having a smoke, I came in and told him not to..." he coughed as the smoke blew into his face, "he dropped it and, as you can see, it fell onto the dry hay."
"Sorry again!" called one of the workers.
"Never mind that now, we got to save this barn and prevent that fire from buring down the entire farm!"
They all did their best, but the fires were intense. For a while, it seemed as though the whole barn was going to be burned to a crisp. That was until they heard the sounds of sirens in the distance. Then from out of the smoke came a very big fire engine, blaring it's horn loudly and ringing a very loud bell. It came to a stop just outside the barn, then two individuals stepped down from the engine, "yikes, that's a big fire," said the young female firefighter, "that's the biggest fire I've ever seen."
"Never mind that now Belle, we have work to do. Now give me a hand with the hoses."
"Yes sir," she saluted.
Without wasting a second, the two firefighters got out the fire hoses and connected them to the fire engine, "alright Flynn, it's all set up!" The young female, otherwise known as Belle, called out.
"Excellent, now call the rest of the fire brigade and let them know we may need extra help..." He then turned to Thomas and Emily, "can you two give me a hand here?"
"Sure," they both said in unison.
Both teenagers ran over towards him, "good, now grab onto that one hose that's sitting on the ground and follow me," he said firmly. They didn't need to be told twice. Emily picked up the end of the hose, and together they ran to join the fire cheif. "Both of you hold onto that hose! The water that comes out of that thing comes out fast and if you don't hold onto it, it could fly out of control, so hold on tight!"
Within seconds, the water started shooting out of the hoses, it shot out of the hose quite quickly. Both Thomas and Emily held on as tight as they could and thankfully they did or else the water would've shot everywhere else. They quickly learned that this task would've been impossible for one person to do alone.
"I called the rest of the fire brigade!" Belle called a moment later, "the other fire engines are on the way right now!"
"Good," smiled Flynn, "now turn the pressure on high for my fire hose and grab onto it."
"Yes sir!" Belle did as she was told, she turned up the water pressure for more water to shoot out, then she ran to join Flynn.
The fight aganist the fire was intense, but by the time the rest of the fire brigade arrived, the fire was almost out. It took a few more minutes, but at last the fire was completely out.
Farmer Terence went to check out the barn, "not too much damage was done," he said, "quite a surprise, considering how big that fire was."
"And thankfully no one was hurt," added Flynn before turning to face the foolish worker, "what you did was completely dangerous," he said firmly, "you're lucky that no one was hurt in this incident, I hope you've learned something from this."
"Oh yes I have, I promise I won't sneak around for a smoke...in fact, I'm going to give up smoking completely."
"Good thinking," Belle piped up, "cause smoking is bad for your health."
Flynn turned and walked over to speak with Thomas and Emily, "thank you, both of you for your help, not many people would be brave enough to face a fire head on and help to put it out."
"Takes a lot of guts to do something like that," added Belle, "so thanks again for your help...uh..."
"My name is Thomas, and this is my good friend Emily."
"Well it's nice to meet you probably, I'm Belle and this is my fire chief; Flynn."
"How long have you two been working for the fire brigade?" Emily asked.
"I've only been working with the department for over a year," Belle answered, "but Flynn's been working with the department for quite a long time."
"Twenty two years to be exact," said Flynn, "I started off washing the fire engines, then after some training, I got to help fight fires and before long, I became the chief...but I do go on alot."
"That's alright," said Emily, "both Thomas and I find that interesting, right Thomas?" she asked her friend.
Thomas nodded in reply.
"Glad to hear it. Anyways, we better head off back to the station, but if you ever need help, just call us and we'll be there."
"Faster than you can say 'fire and smoke'," added Belle with a chuckle.
Once the fire hoses had been put away, Flynn and Belle climbed back into their fire engine, then they, along with the rest of the fire brigade, left the farm and headed off down the main road.
"I guess we should be going too," said Thomas, "otherwise Annie and Clarabel will be worried of what's happened to us."
And so the teens left, after saying good bye to Farmer Terence and the other workers, who thanked the teens for their help again.
Far away from the barn, at Rosie home, the pink-haired girl was trying to call her friend on her mobile phone, but couldn't seem get through.
"What's up, Rosie?" asked a voice from her doorway.
Rosie looked and saw her brother, Brad standing there.
"Oh, hi Brad," Rosie greeted her brother. "I've just been trying to call Thomas to see if he wants to see a movie tonight, but I just can't seem to get through."
Brad smiled, for he knew his beloved sister had a crush on Thomas, even though Rosie decided to give other boys a try as shown when she went with Oliver to the Valentine's Day Dance. From his guess though, it didn't work out between her and Oliver.
"Well, maybe Thomas is busy. Remember this is the spring cleaning season or maybe he's doing his homework," Brad suggested, before walking into the room. "If you want my advice Sis, try talking to him tomorrow at school."
"I guess, but who am I going to ask to go to the movies with me tonight?"
"Well, you could always ask me." Brad suggested with a small smile. "I mean, we haven't done anything together since I was shipped off to Military Camp."
Rosie had to smile. "Yeah, I guess we could do that. Want to go with me to the movies?"
"You betcha little Sis," Brad smiled kindly. "It'll be just like old times."
Rosie nodded, and then, after wrapping her arms around her big brother's left arm, they left the house and headed off to the movie theater.
Later on at Thomas' house, Emily was just coming out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe after taking a quick bath.
"I think I finally got the smell of smoke out of my hair," Emily thought to herself, while drying her head with a towel. "...although my clothes may take a few washes in the laundry before the smell is finally gone."
"You finished Emily?" Thomas asked, just as the dark green-haired girl passed his room.
"Yeah, I'm done. The bathroom's all yours Thomas."
Thomas smiled. "Thanks...um, hey, Emily...how do you feel right now?" he asked cautiously.
"I'm feeling okay Thomas. Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering, cause I promised your dad that I wouldn't let anything hurt you. If anything...or anyone, did hurt you, I would never forgive myself," Thomas said seriously as looked down unhappily.
Just hearing her friend say that made Emily blush into a light shade of red. She quickly looked down to hide the blush from Thomas' view.
"I assure you I'm okay Thomas. I didn't breath in too much smoke and all the flames were too far away from us anyway."
"Alright, I was just checking. Anyways, I'll be out in a while. Annie and Clarabel have already gotten started on making dinner, it should be ready real soon." With that said, Thomas walked off to the washroom to take a shower.
"Maybe he does like me.." Emily thought to herself. She turned and walked off back to her bedroom to put on a fresh set of clothes.
The next morning, Rosie walked into the school, hoping to see Thomas. She didn't have to look too far before she found him, he was walking along with Emily beside him.
"Hey Thomas!" she cried out, and ran up to both him and Emily.
"Oh, hey Rosie. What's up?" Thomas smiled.
"Well, I tried calling you last night to see if you wanted to see a movie with Brad and I. Yet, you didn't pick up. How come?"
Thomas rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, sorry about that Rosie. My mobile phone hasn't been working properly lately, so I had to take it to get repaired," he explained. "But even if it was working well, I wouldn't have been able to join you."
"We were quite busy last night with homework and working with Annie and Clarabel to finish up some spring cleaning," Emily added, "And before that we were helping to put out a fire at Farmer Terence's barn."
"A fire?!" Rosie exclaimed. "How awful! Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, we're okay," Thomas answered. "Everyone kept a good distance from the fire...although we did smell like black smoke afterward."
Rosie sighed with relief. "That's good to hear. So, are you two going to be busy tonight?"
"To be honest, I'm not sure," Thomas said looking thoughtful.
Just before he could say anything else, the three teens heard the school bell and they had to run to their classroom before they were late. What they didn't know was that Diesel was watching them from the shadows, he chuckled for a bit before heading off to the Smelter's classroom.
Later on that afternoon at around lunchtime, Rosie was sitting all alone at a bench while eating her lunch.
"All alone again Rosie?" asked a voice from close by.
Rosie looked and saw Diesel walking up to her table. At first Rosie didn't say anything to Diesel. She had been told of his many antics and fibs by some of the other students.
"Yes, I'm eating all alone," the pink-haired girl answered simply.
"Let me guess, you were waiting for Thomas to come down here, right?" oiled Diesel.
Rosie frowned. "Maybe. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, just being curious. I've seen him hanging out with that pretty girl; Emily, and I think that if he keeps hanging out with her...then he won't want to hang with you anymore."
"I don't believe you. Thomas isn't the type who would ignore a friend for someone else," Rosie growled.
"Well you never know," Diesel looked around before speaking to Rosie again. "My friends in the Smelter's Class would never act like that. We welcome anyone into our friendship group, and we would never let you down."
Rosie just raised an eyebrow when she heard this.
"I'm telling you the honest truth, young Rosie..." But then Diesel stopped the moment he saw Thomas and Emily both walking towards the cafeteria, "Oops, got to go now, I'll see you later Rosie." And with that, Diesel headed off to get his own lunch.
"Hey Rosie." Emily called. "Was Diesel talking to you just now?"
Rosie nodded. "A little bit, he was just being himself."
"Well, don't believe everything he says Rosie," Thomas said to her. "Many of the Smelter Class teens are devious fibbers and troublemakers. They make you think that they are your friends, but when you get into trouble, they'll turn their back on you. Many of my friends have learned that lesson the hard way."
"The only likely exception would be Paxton," Emily added to that. "He is a good friend of ours."
"So, anyway, just remember; be careful around them."
"I won't forget that...oh, and before I forget..." Rosie piped up. "Are you going to be busy tonight Thomas?"
"Actually, yes I am. My parents are coming back for the night, so we're going to be spending some family time together. Maybe tomorrow night, would that be okay?"
"Oh, yeah...yeah, I guess that would be okay." Although she was smiling, deep down, Rosie felt a little hurt. "Well...I hope you have a good time tonight."
"Thanks, Rosie, but I promise you that we can hang out again tomorrow night," Thomas said reassuringly.
The following next morning, around seven-thirty, Rosie was walking up to school, earlier than anyone else did. It was during that time she kept on thinking about what Diesel was saying to her the day before. Rosie was so focused that she didn't hear Diesel call out to her until after the third time he called out to her.
"Huh? What?"
"I asked you if you're okay," Diesel said. He was standing by one of the pillars in the entrance way of the school.
"Oh, yeah. I'm okay," Rosie answered, though she started getting suspicious. "Why do you even ask?"
"Well I just noticed that you were looking up like there is something on the roof. In fact you almost had me looking up there...anyways, what brings you here this early in the morning?"
"I came here to do some research on a project I'm handing in to my teacher on Monday," The pink-haired girl answered. "Why?"
"Oh, no reason at all. Just curious...did you ask Thomas if you two could hang out last night?" Diesel asked.
"Yes."
Diesel grinned. "And?"
"And..." Rosie decided not to answer. "...sorry Diesel, but I can't tell you."
Instead of storming away in anger, Diesel just shook his head. "He couldn't hang out with you, could he?"
This caused Rosie to stop walking, but she still didn't answer his question.
"Oh, you poor girl. All you wanted was to spend some time with him and he instead says 'no'. Ha! Some friend you have there."
"He was busy with family business," Rosie retorted, trying to defend her friend Thomas.
"So he says, but I bet he fibbed to you, like he's done on so many occasions," Diesel accused fiercely.
Rosie didn't want to believe Diesel, but she had to admit that she hasn't known Thomas as long as some of the other Sodor High School students have.
"Maybe...maybe Diesel really is telling the truth," she thought to herself. "...or maybe he's just lying. I just don't know what to think."
"My friends in the Smelter's Class would never do that to you Rosie," Diesel continued. "In fact, just yesterday I was talking to one of my friends, and he said he would like to meet you. He said he would never betray like so many others have in the past."
"And who's this friend of yours?" Rosie asked.
"He's actually my teacher in the class. A very, very wise person. If you would like to meet him, the door is always open. All you have to do is call out 'I'm here to see Mr. Scott Ten', and he'll come to you."
And with that all said, Diesel walked away. Rosie left too, but in a different direction. She walked off to the library to do some research for her project.
When she was done there, Rosie immediately headed off down the hallway for a little walk before the bell was due to ring. As the pink-haired girl walked along, she came across the doorway to the Smelter's classroom.
"Well maybe there's no harm in going in to have a look around. I mean, that's the one room I haven't seen since I arrived at this school," Rosie said to herself.
And so, she turned the handle and pushed the door open, upon gazing inside the room, Rosie gasped in surprise. The entire room had seats and desks like a regular classroom, but the walls were painted in dark red and black, the chalkboard looked worn out and most of the equipment were damaged and broken up scrap.
"Wow...this is probably why this room is called 'The Smelter's Class'," Rosie commented.
Then she heard a voice call out. "Who is that?"
The voice made Rosie jump in shock. That voice sounded mean and scary, but the pink-haired girl put on a brave face and spoke up.
"I'm here to see Mr. Scott Ten!"
For a moment, there was silence in the room, but then...there came a loud clang of metal on metal. A rusting sound could be heard from the nearby office and seconds later, a middle-aged man came walking out of the back room with a claw for an arm and a scar on his face.
"Ahh Rosie I assume." said Mister Ten. "Welcome to the Smelter's Class, we've all been waiting for you."
"Y-you have?" Rosie asked nervously.
"Indeed we have," Mister Ten answered. "Diesel's told me a great deal about you." He then smiled kindly. "You are a very special young lady, whose friends don't even notice she's there. Poor child. Well we won't ever treat you that way. Why don't you follow me into the back room, the rest of the class is waiting for us there."
Mister Ten turned and walked into the back room. Rosie felt nervous and didn't know if she should go in or not...but after a moment, she started walking towards the door into the back room.
Rosie could not believe the size of the room. It was about three times as big as her classroom, but on every table was old worn out machinery. Waiting inside the room were Diesel, 'Arry, Bert, Mister Ten, Paxton, and four other students Rosie has never seen before.
"Uh...hello," Rosie greeted nervously and uneasily.
All the eyes peered at Rosie, some had suspicious and/or mean looks on their faces, except Diesel, Paxton, and Mister Ten.
"Welcome to our classroom, young Rosie," smiled Mister Ten. "In this room, we repair broken machines and give them a second chance, and while I'll admit that this room isn't as grand as your own classroom, it's still a great room and we're very happy to have you join us here."
"Um, thank you Mister Ten...and I hope you don't mind if I ask this, but who are those four students. I know Paxton, 'Arry, Bert, and Diesel, but I've never met them before."
"Mostly because we stay late and come in early every day," said one of the Smelter teens. "I'm Den...uh, what I mean is..."
"What he means is that he's the teacher's assistant and I help him. I'm Dart," said another Smelter teen.
"It's nice to see you again Rosie," smiled the green-haired boy, whose name was Paxton.
"I'm Norman," said a red-haired boy. Most of his clothing was all red and he had one eyebrow, making him rather creepy looking.
"And I'm Sidney," said the dark blue haired boy. "I'm actually the newest of all the students here."
"We don't get out of the classroom very often," sighed Den. "Mostly because we have everything we need here to repair the broken machines and as for lunch...um, I think..."
"What he means is that we have a storage area where it keeps our food," said Dart.
Rosie was just amazed. "And here everyone thought that..."
She got cut off by Mister Ten, "I know. Mostly everyone thinks that the Smelter's Class is like a detention hall for the devious and troublesome students, but when really the Smelter's Class has another purpose to it; to give these students work experience and to teach them things no other class could ever hope to teach. But enough about our class, why don't you come and tell us a bit about yourself young lady."
No longer feeling scared, Rosie smiled and walked further into the classroom.
"Well, I'm a transfer student from the United States. The city I used to live in a long time ago was New York City, one of the biggest cities in the world. I actually came here with my family and my brother, who wasn't who he was."
"Pardon?" Den blinked.
"What he means is, what are you talking about?" Dart asked.
The thing with Dart is that he normally corrects Den because sometimes Den doesn't always say the right thing. Half the time though, Dart speaks out when he doesn't need to.
"Well, it was my other brother; George, pretending to be my brother Brad," explained Rosie. "Just recently however, Brad came back and revealed the truth."
"Ah yes, the truth," muttered Mister Ten, smiling to himself. "Everyone knows that it's very important to always tell the truth."
Just then, they heard the school bell ring. Rosie immediately started to approach the room's exit.
"Uh-oh, I got to get going, otherwise I'm going to be late for class. I'm sorry, but I really have to go now."
"It's alright, young lady, I understand that you don't want to upset your teachers," said Mister Scott kindly. "You can go, and please note that you can come back to the Smelter's Class anytime you want, for the door is always open for you...just be sure not to tell anyone else you've been here."
"Well Mister Ten, I'll be sure to come back later."
"Please do."
To show his kindness, Mister Ten walked with Rosie to the front door. Once she was out of the classroom, a small evil smirk came across Mister Ten's face.
"Yes, do come again Rosie...we'll be waiting for you." He started cackling with sinister laughter and pushed a button to shut the door to the other room, but the doors closed too quickly and they banged against him, nearly crushing him. "Ouch! Blast it all. Oof! Come on!" Mister Ten managed to squeeze himself through the door until he was finally in the room and the doors slammed shut. "Ooh!"