Jake and Janet's Universe: The Polar Express
On Christmas eve of 2013, we all nestled in the corner on the stage, keeping warm. I can faintly hear the breathing of my friends. I can also hear the snow outside slowly falling. I was sort of awake. I was just waiting for the bells of Father Christmas himself.
Jake's POV:
A soft bell could be heard. It echoed the halls of the Pizzeria I opened one eye to see what is was. Nothing. I looked at my watch to see what time it was. It read 8:30. The placed closed down before Christmas eve. I drifted back asleep. That's when I heard it again. I felt someone move. It sent off a chain reaction of movement. First it was Foxy, who noticed and moved a tiny bit, than Freddy, than Chica , Bonnie, and finally Janet. Figuring that everyone was awake I moved from my position to escape from my sleeping friends. The place was cold.
"Dang it's cold!"I thought to myself as I brought my hands to my skinny biceps.
Golden Freddy was in the pile keeping warm and I'm guessing that some of the cold air got to him. Whatever he felt, I felt. I looked down the west hallway and then the east hallway. I heard the voice of Janet call to me.
" Your up too?", She asks quietly.
I turned to Janet. The Fazbears were all trying to keep warm by curling in fetal positions. Janet was the only one not trying to keep warm.
" I-it's c-c-cold this y-y-year." she says shivering.
I nodded. Utah is usually a bit warmer in the winter but not this year. It might have to do with the green lighting that happened not too long ago or something.
" True. Hey did you guys hear the-"
Freddy interrupted me with a bear-like yawn.
" Jake, I was so warm! And you had to move?!", he said annoyed.
I looked at Freddy with a stern look. " Are you finished?", I said.
He nodded slightly. Janet rubs her arms, trying to conduct a bit of heat. Then she rubs her hands.
" Sorry mates!" Foxy said, " I think that be my fault. I be hearn' a strange sound. Like a bell of some sort.",
"A...a bell?" Janet said confused. " All I heard when I woke up was your footsteps. I didn't hear anything."
A thought came to me. What if he came? I smiled and bit while looking at Foxy .
" Do you think he came?" I said to the pirate fox.
Foxy and the other seemed to knew what I was talking about ,but Janet seemed confused. The Fazbears smiled.
"SANTA!", Foxy said as he ran to the kitchen.
In the kitchen we set up a small tree and some cookies. And a small note. Foxy came back disappointed.
" No…he didn't come."
Everyone including me all looked down in sadness. Janet looked at everyone.
"Oh well.", She says with no feeling. I look at her with shock, " Why are you not upset? That's something I didn't accept from you, Miss Baker."
Janet looked like at me like the YOU-REALLY-BELIEVE-IN-THIS-CRAP look.
" I am just not upset. I...I don't really believe in him.", Janet says plainly.
Everyone gasp.
"JANET BAKER, I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING!" I yelled sarcastically
She looked at the Fazbears and sighed, " You guys to?"
They didn't say a word.
" I'm sorry. I just don't.", Janet says.
You maybe wondering why I still believe? BECAUSE I DO! My parents told me he wasn't real but I knooooooow they're lying. As I was going to to explain about the true meaning of Christmas and why I shouldn't still be friends with her, I heard a different noise. Something that I never thought I'd been hearing in this town. Now I know the farthest train station from here was in the next town over, but this was close. Very close. Like this was outside the restaurant close. Freddy walked to the window in front of the Pizzeria.
" You guys hear that?" he said looking out the window.
The noise grew louder. I felt the vibration grow until it stopped slowly. We all walked to the window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Now here me out on this. A steam train, all colored in black, was in front of the Pizzeria. The coal car behind the big engine said, in big bold yellow letters, The Polar Express.
Janet's POV:
" What in the world?", I said out loud.
It as a huge train outside the pizzeria. I don't know how but it's on tracks. There has never been tracks out here before.
" Everyone else is seeing this right?", I say.
Everyone nods. We found ourselves outside of the Pizzeria in the cold glaring at the giant train. We walked to a man who was standing near the passenger car. He was medium height man with glasses, brown sideburns, and what looks to be a conductors hat. He was the conductor alright. He smiles a bit as we walked toward him. Jake waves to him.
" Hello! I see you have parked your…train here. I have to say, I can't let you park here after hours. Company rules!", Jake says.
I don't think the guy listened. " Will I'm only here for a pick up," the Conductor said, "So…are you coming?"
We all looked at each other.
" Where?" we all said at once.
" WHY TO THE NORTH POLE OF COURSE! THIS IS THE POLAR EXPRESS!", he shouted happily.
" Wait...hold on...there's nothing up at the Pole. Why are you making a trip there?" , I questioned.
He is not taking us to see "Santa" is he? Jake was all smiles.
" YES! I'M SO ONBOARD WITH THIS!"
Jake slapped his knee and laughed. He looked around to see if we were laughing. We weren't. He stopped laughing a clear his throat.
" Ok then i'll just-"
"Not so fast young man," The conductor said before Jake was about to get on the train. "there are a couple of things I need to go over."
He pulled out a clipboard. " Is this you?"
Jake looked on the clipboard to see if that was his name. " Yep and the Fazbears too. Why do you ask?"
" Well, it looks like someone didn't make cookies for Santa and no letter either." I rolled my eyes. I couldn't believe this.
" What do you mean? We put out cookies…" Jake turned to Chica who was blushing. " right, Chica?
" Uh, Jake? I didn't...well... make cookies. I made…"
Jake put his hand up to shush Chica, " Let me guess...extra cheese with pepperoni and Pepsi? Or was it Coke?"
She nodded with her head toward the ground.
" Chica," Jake said with a sigh, " I'm sorry for being a pain-in-the-butt, but Santa doesn't want Pizza. He wants cookies and milk."
Chica sigh with her head down still. " Sorry, Jake."
" It's fine, I like the fact that you thought about it. It was nice thinking though."
Jake turns back to the conductor, " Now about the letter, we made the letter a bit late. So we made one and place right next to the tree. It was late cause Freddy, Bonnie and I couldn't decide what we wanted."
The Conductor nodded. " Well it's fine, you can still come aboard. We are actually going to go see him."
See Santa? Santa isn't…
" YAY!" Foxy cheered as he climbed aboard the train.
Everyone followed but I stayed behind. Jake was about to climb on when he saw me. I stared at the train not knowing what to do.
" Hey Janet, you know this is our only chance to see him right? Come on!"
He grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the stairs leading up to the passenger car. I held back.
" Jake, do you really believe this? I mean come on, really? A train that will take us to the North Pole? That will take days!"
" But Janeeeeeeet," he said whining like a toddler. "It's a train! A TRAIN THAT JUST RODE IN OUR TOWN ON MAGIC RAILS! HOW COOL IS THAT?!"
I sighed, " Well…cool...but...come on Jake think about it.
Jake looked at me blankly, " Uh, yeah I thought about it...AND I DON'T CARE!".
Jake hopped on the train and I decided to follow. What else could I do? Besides I know one thing, if he does something ,there's no stopping him. And where he goes, I go. I climbed up the metal steps on to the train and turned to see Jake sitting near the window. He was staring out into the snowy night. Nobody was on board yet but sooner or later there will be more. The Fazbears looked super excited. I smile a bit. It's nice that they're happy. I sat to left of Jake, who was too busy looking at the window like a child. Sometimes, I feel like Jake is a child in his mind. I remember the days when I was child but me being gone since 1987, everything has changed. A lot. And now since I'm older in years but not in they way I look, I don't know why everyone still believe in Santa. It doesn't make sense. Why do some older kids still...believe? I guess I will never know. The train whistle blew and the train lurched forward. I looked back at Jake who was still looking out the window into the snowy dark night. This is going to be a LONG night.
Jake's POV:
I felt the seat move a bit and turned to see Janet. She didn't look all that happy. She's just being a stooge. Or a scrooge. I do admit I was being a little kid at first, but this is AMAZING! I mean... come on? When was the last time you saw a train pull up right next up to your house on Christmas eve? The train stopped at a bunch of kid's houses. All of the kid's got a even bigger surprise when the saw Freddy's band on board. As the amount of younger kid's got on, Janet started to hide her face. She was probably embarrassed by the fact that we were the only teens on the train. She sighs as she looks around the train. The gang played with the kid's and sang songs to them. One of them songs they sang was a Polar Express theme. Yeah, the train has a song. COOL! Couple minutes went by and we pulled up to one kid that stood out to me. A kid in blue robes and a yellow undershirt stood in the snow in awe at the sight of the train. The Conductor talked to the kid and said the same thing that he said to us…and everyone who came on. He must be kind of bored saying the same line over and over again. The train moved on but the kid still stared then he decided it was best to go anyway. He looked around for a seat and he decided to sit next to me. He looked at me and then looked down. I hope my eyes weren't creepy. I looked at Janet and tried to signal her. She soon noticed. I pointed to my eyes, trying to ask her if they were on "creep mode". She shook her head 'no'. I sighed in relief. I noticed that the kid was staring at the girl that was sitting right next to Janet. She had darker skin than me and had a pink nightgown on.
" Hey! Hey you! Yeah you! You know what kind of train this is?"
Me and the boy looked up to see a kid with a yellow rocket ship shirt.
" Uh…" said the boy confused.
" Train do you know what kind of train this is?"
" Of course, it's a magic train." , said the girl next to Janet.
She than looks at the boy next to me and said, " We're going to the North Pole."
Mr. Nerd decided to yap about how the train was actually a train made somewhere else in the states. I wasn't listening. He reminded me of the Storyteller: a know-it-all and a person who just wouldn't shut up.
" Are we really going to the North Pole?", the boy asked.
Oh god, not another one. A doubter. Just like Janet.
" HEY GUYS LOOK! HERPLASHIMERS!", The nerdy kid said as he pointed out the window.
We looked outside and saw the big store in front of us. I can see the reflection of me and my friends on the windows. Everybody 'oooo'ed and 'ahhh'd as we passed the by the store slowly. The memories started to flood in. My mom and dad always took me there every time I visited my grandparents in… wait a minute.
I looked at the Fazbears and said, " Hey guys, do realized where we are?"
"Herplashimers. Duuuh." Freddy said rolling his eyes.
" We're in Washington state! My grandparents live here!"
Janet turned her attention to me.
" Washington state? How is that possible? That's hundreds of miles from Utah."
Foxy overheard Janet speak and said, " Ay, this be a very magical train!"
Janet rolled her eyes. By the looks of it, she's still not buying this whole North Pole deal.
" Tickets please! TICKETS!" yelled the Condutor has he clicked his ticket puncher. Aw crap! I don't think we have tickets. Janet looked at me in panic. It was just like forgetting to do the homework that was due the next day. The Conductor came to me.
" Ticket please."
I looked around nervously. I saw Freddy taking off his hat. He reached in and pulled out six tickets. WHAT!? How did he…? Where did they…?
" I think one of my friends have them." I said to pointing to Freddy. Freddy gave one ticket to Chica and two to Foxy, who gave one to Bonnie. Freddy walked down and gave me one.
" Ta da!" , he said like a magician would if he did something magical.
Freddy than gave one to Janet who exhaled in relief.
The boy got his ticket punched than it was my turn. He punches tickets it really fast! He blew the ticket to get rid of any stuff remaining stuff on it and gave it to me. I looked at my ticket.
" F-S? What does that mean?", I asked Janet.
" I don't know." , she said looking at her's and than at mine.
Her's had the letters B and E. I looked over at the others. They looked at there tickets in confusion.
" Next stop, 1124 Embroke Ave. Next stop, 1124 Embroke.', The conductor says into the intercom.
The train came to a halt at another kid's house. I looked outside the window and saw the conductor with the kid. The kid looked a bit younger than everyone else on the train. He had short dirty blond hair, a greyish green nightgown, and black boots. The boy shook his head and stepped away from the train.
" Suit yourself." The conductor said, waving a lantern at the front of the train.
The whistle blew and the train started to move. Me and blue robed kid looked out the window and waved to him. The look on his face wanted me to do two things: hug him and bring him on board. Yeah. He's that cute. The Fazbears felt the same way as the watched him. Suddenly he started to run for the train!
" Hey, I-I think that kid wants to get on the train.", The Blue robed kid said.
I poked my head out the window and yelled, " Hey kid come on! Hurry up!"
The kid ran as fast as he could but fell face first into the snow. Foxy saw what happened and leaped from his seat. I looked out the window and saw Foxy jumping off the train and running for the kid.
" We have to stop the train! ", I said looked around.
With the help from the nerdy kid, he found the brake and pulled it down. The train came to a screeching halt. Freddy and Bonnie almost fell over but caught themselves while Chica, Janet and I fell down. I hit the floor face first. Ahh crap! Please don't tell me that I got a bloody nose! I lifted my head up and looked toward Janet. She was fine. Chica caught Janet in her arms so she wouldn't hit face first onto the floor. Oh come on! She could've saved me! I stood up and saw Foxy and the little boy at the door. Foxy held the kid in his arms, his face covered in snow. I gave a thumbs up to Foxy. He nodded and entered the observatory car behind in front of us.
" WHO IN THE BLAZES PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE?!" a voice shouted.
I turned to see the Conductor who was pretty mad about what happened. The nerdy kid pointed a finger at the Blue robed kid and said, " HE DID!"
Wow. What an ass…
" Well! Incase you haven't noticed, that cord is for emergency purposes only. And tonight..." he stuck he out of the train and waved his hand and yelled, " is Christmas eve!"
The train whistle blew. He stuck his head back into the car and continued to yell to the boy.
" Now young man, Christmas me not be important to some people, BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE REST OF US!"
" B-b-but…"
Janet stepped forward and said, " ALRIGHT! I am sorry to yell but he just wanted to get the other kid ON! Is that so wrong? Just yelling at him? And in fact...are we just gonna WAIT here and get to what I guess is the North Pole?!", she yells.
What. The. Fudge!
I have never seen her get so...sassy. The Conductor looked behind us and at the Observation Car. I looked to see Foxy talking to the kid. He gave him a hug and walked over to...Goldie? WHAT IS HE DOING HERE? I felt Foxy patting Goldie's head.
" I see. Young man," He looked over to me and the Blue robed kid. " Is that what happened?"
The kid shook his head.
" That is the truth. My friends are eye witnesses." I say smiling.
The Conductor looked at the Fazbears sighed, " Well, thanks for the cooperation AND MY GOSH HAVE I NEVER BEEN LATE BEFORE! Everyone take your seats, please!"
Everyone rushed to their seats as quickly as possible.
" Thank you…" he hissed.
This Conductor is kind of… mean!
The train lurched forward and started to move again.
" Your attention please, are there any Polar Express passengers that need any refreshments?"
Everyone shot their hands up. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and I waved our hands violently.
Janet's POV:
I swung up my hands reaching them to the sky as the tables turn. I faced another pair of kids sitting in another seat. Soon an army of waiters came out holding tray and kettles. They tapped their feet and put on a bit of a show for us as they poured our drinks. Jake looked amazed. I smiled. I have to give this one to the magical train; they can really do some crazy things. As much as I hate to say it… I am a bit impressed. The waiters soon went away and the door slammed shut as we finished our cocoa and it was taken away by them. The hot chocolate had a delicate flavor that was pure and defined. I never had great hot cocoa but this was...unbelievable. It tasted amazing. I looked around and then turned my head to Jake.
" I have to admit..that was good. What did you think about the Cocoa?"
Jake turned his head slowly toward me. " Y'know Janet, I would say it's good but incase you don't know, I happened to be immortal… I can't have that feeling of the warm mixture down my throat. I can't even taste it either."
" Oh right.", I replied.
I should've known..oh well. He turned his attention to the kid he was sitting next to. He had a conversation with him. I hope he wasn't telling him about his...special ability. Probably not. He would know better…I hope. The girl who sat next to me, who I learned her name was Lily, went and reached underneath her seat and pulled out another cup of the delicious beverage.
Jake's new friend noticed her and said, " What are you doing?"
Lily replied, " I'm going to go give the other kid some of the Cocoa."
" Are you sure that's a good idea?"
She stopped in front of the door. The Conductor came up to her and asked, " So what about this lad in the back? Did he get a refreshment?"
She looked up at him and shook her head.
" Well let's bring him some, by all means!" he said happily.
Lily and the Conductor walked towards the door to exit the passenger car of the train. The Conductor opens the door leading her out carefully. Then as they left I saw her ticket on the seat cushion
" Her ticket.", I said in a quiet whisper.
It was not punched in. Jake looked over and saw the ticket. The boy who sat next to him saw it as well.
" Uh oh," the boy said, " she forgot her ticket."
The boy headed toward the door with the ticket in his hand. He walked up to give it back to her. He came back and the ticket was gone.
Oh wind must of blew it away. I figured. What will happen if the Conductor finds out? This could lead to a problem. I looked at Jake.
" Oh no. Michael what happened?" he said as the boy sat down right next to him.
" Her ticket..", he starts, " it blew out of my hands. It's gone.', he says to Jake looking up at him.
" Eh, sorry about that Mike. I hope she won't get kicked off or something. I bit he will understand."
The girl and the Conductor came back into the car. The Conductor pulled out his ticket puncher came up to us.
" Young lady," he said, " forgive me, but I do believe I haven't punched your ticket."
She looks up at him and then checks around her seat for it, but...it wasn't there.
"I left the ticket here on the seat. But it's gone."
" You mean… you have lost your ticket?"
I was about to tell him about what happened but Jake stood up.
" She didn't lose it, my friend here was going to give it back to you. But it flew out of his hand."
Jake pulled out his ticket with the letters F and S on it.
" She can use my ticket."
As Jake give the ticket to her the Conductor snatched it.
" This tickets are not transportable." he said trying to keep his cool.
He handed back the ticket to Jake. Jake rolled his eyes. I heard him say under his breathe, " Yes ma'am."
The Conductor his attention back to Lily. " Young lady. You're going to have to come with me.", the Conductor said quite calmly.
Please, please don't kick her off the train, I said to myself.
She seems like a nice kid...like me. When I was young I was naive young child and always had a kind heart. Like she has. Jake watched the Conductor exit the car.
" You know what he's gonna do right? He's gonna kick her off the train." , the kid in front of him said.
This can't be good. I was gonna take action to keep her safe, but Jake saw something. The ticket was in the little vent systems flapping in the wind. He went to go grab it. Then went for the door.
" Hey Michael, come with me. Let's go save your friend!"
Michael stood up and ran after Jake. I smiled. Looks like sometimes you don't need a Time Lord to save you.
Jake's POV:
The opened the door and the gust of wind hit me like a train. HAHAHA! Anyways, I jumped the gap between the two cars and turned around. The kid didn't jump yet. He put the ticket in his mouth and jumped. Ew, remind me not to touch the ticket. We ran into the Observation Car. Michael, who I was about to call him "Dad", saw the boy and talked to him. He asked where they were. Meanwhile, I stopped to talk to Goldie. For the past month, I learned a bunch of cool things I can do with Golden Freddy. I can talk to him in my mind and when I closed my eyes and focus on Goldie, I can see what he sees.
" Hey Goldie, how are you?" I said to him.
Behind you.
"Hm? Behind me?"
I turned around to see two shadows.
" Da- Michael! Look!",I said pointing outside.
He saw what I(or Goldie) saw and ran to the end of the car. I followed him. It was dark out so my eyes should change by now. I heard the child's laughter in my mind. Creep mode, Activated. He looked around to see if we can somehow get on the roof when I saw the ladder. I climbed up the ladder. I made it to the top of the train but Michael didn't.
" Hey kid, grab my hand!"
He looked up in horror. Oh… right... my eyes. I can see in Mike's eyes, my eyes: All black as the night and the bright red pupils in the middle.
I looked away and said, " Don't look. Just grab my hand! I won't hurt you!"
He grabbed my hand and I pulled him up. We shuffled our way through the snow and toward the light. It was pretty cold out by the looks of it; Michael was freezing his butt off while I was warm and toasty. Luckily, Goldie was warm, Just as long as he stayed outside.
" HEY!" Michael yelled.
" WAIT, WE HAVE YOUR TICKET!" I added.
The light stopped. Did we get their attention? We walked closer and saw a… what? A hobo was sitting on a box playing a small guitar. A small fire was by his feet. Above the flames, there was a small container which might have something warm in it.
" Is there somein' I can do for ya?", he said.
" Uh, we are looking for a girl."
He laughed. " Ain't we we all?!"
I laughed at that. I, in fact, happened to have dated many girls in the past. One girl was named Abby. What was her last name? Lake? No wait, it was Pond! Abigeal Pond! She's a nice girl, but I haven't hurried from her in years. I hope she's ok. We sat down with the Hobo and we talked for a bit. He claimed he was the ' King of the North Pole' and stuff like that. What has he been taking? He offered us some cup of "joe" in which I gulped down. Michael gagged on it. I saw a sock being pulled out of the container. I didn't taste anything because of MY FREAKIN' TASTE BUDS! Michael and the hobo started to talk about not believing and the jibberish. I learned that Michael wanted to believe but it's just that he didn't want to be, in my case, " Yonked" or " Bamboozled". Suddenly, the hobo took the canister off of the stick above the fire and poured on it. The fire went out and everything strangely disappeared. Me and Michael stood up quickly as the fire went out.
The hobo swung his red sack over his shoulder and said to us, " Seeing is believing. You get it?"
We nodded. He turned and started to walk away but then he stopped. He walked back to us.
" By the way, do you believe in ghost?" Michael shook his head.
I smiled at him, " I do, do you?"
" Yes I do kid. Yes I do."
He walked away from leaving us alone.
" WAIT!" , Michael screamed.
He tried to walk but it became harder for him to. Not for me. I can't feel the pressure in my legs.
" I have to wake up. Yeah… I have to wake up!"
I watched him pinch himself and throw snow in his face. I held back my laughter. I decided enough was he enough when he buried his face in the snow.
" Hey hey hey! Kid listen," I said as I pulled him out of the snow.
The snow was all over his face barely covering his eyes and nose.
" This isn't a dream. This is reality. This is actually happening."
I heard the train whistle but then it sounded like a man.
" Kiiiiiid! Get your head out of the clouds! Wake up, kid!"
Thank you! Someone decided to talk sense into the kid. The hobo guy or ghost came back but was on skis. Skis? Where did he get those? He lifted the kid up and place him on his back. I went in front. He described to us about a hill that was leading to this tunnel and that we had to make it to the front of the train before it's too late. Oh boy, this, I bet, won't go well for them. Not for me of course. Cause if I die, I'll just go back. No big deal... right?
Janet POV's:
It has been a while since Jake and Michael left to go give Lily her ticket back. I hope they are alright. And I hope Jake hasn't done anything to ruin that boy's childhood memories forever with his special ability. I sighed as I looked to the front to see Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy at the front of the car. They seemed to be having a lot of fun, talking to the kids, playing songs, laughing, and the list goes on and on. And me? Just sitting around being embarrassed to be the only teen on the train. I look out the window as the snow falls gently. I wonder what is going on back in Utah. I haven't really kept track on where we are. Suddenly, the Conductor came back. He's gonna find out that there gone...and I do not think he will be not happy about that.
"Young lady," he said looking at me, " Do you know where your friend is?"
Chica looked over at me and confused. I was silent for a moment.
I had to tell him, " Well….", I started off.
He looked into my eyes.
" Does this have to do with the Lily's lost ticket?", I look up at him with a nervous smile.
" Maybe...", After a moment I sighed, " They left to go find her and to give her ticket back."
" Well than, Lily is in the front of the train helping out and judge by the fact that you are the only one that's… older, I want to invite you to come to the front. You can bring your other friends to if you want."
I stood up looking at the animatronics. I look at Freddy and the others, " Hey Guys!", I said raising my voice.
They all look up at me.
" Does anyone want to go to the front with me?", I asked.
Freddy nodded. Freddy went over the seat and tapped Bonnie on the shoulder. He looked at Freddy annoyed but then smiled. Bonnie clapped his hands to get Chica's attention. She nodded and got up. Freddy and Chica went over to the Conductor while Bonnie went up to Foxy.
" Foxy," Bonnie said, " you're staying with the kid's, right?"
Foxy nodded. " They be in good hands, Bonnie!"
We left the car soon after. We made it to the front to see that Lily was fine and doing what the Conductor said. But where is Jake and Michael? As we looked around at the controls, I heard some screaming behind me. I jumped a bit I turned around to see Jake and Michael alive! I went over to them as everyone turned their heads.
" Where the heck did you guys go?!", I yelled with a worried tone in my voice.
Jake smiled as he lifted his head up, His face was powdered with coal and his clothing was black as well.
" You see Michael, this is what I like about Janet. She always gets mad at me when I'm gone for five seconds."
I looked at him, annoyed, tapping my foot , " Is that so Jake Michael Schmidt?"I snapped.
Jake got up and smiled, " I'm just kidding, i'm just kidding."
He hugged me. When he released me from his hug I looked down and saw that I had black spots on my clothing. I look up at him and down at my clothes again. I dust them off. Could be worse right?
" So again...How did you get here from there?", I ask.
" Uh, well, it's hard to explain. Let's just say it's complicated."
Michael was shocked to see Lily and said, " You?! I thought you're thrown off and...your driving the train?!"
Lily smiled, " The engineers had to change the lightbulb in front, so he put me in charge."
I heard the screaming of one of the engineers. That must be them, I hope they're doing alright. Lily pointed out some of the controls to us. She pointed out a rope that dangled near where Michael was standing.
" Is that? No…" Jake's face lit up. " No. Way. I…can I try?"
Lily nodded.
Jake grabbed the rope and pulled down on it. The train whistle blew. It was loud and perfect. It sounded nice. Jake looked at me with a great smile across his face.
" THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!"
Michael and the Fazbears all got a turn to blow the whistle. That's when I heard one of the engineers scream something.
" STOP THE TRAIN!"
Everyone looked around the room for the brake. Lily and Michael looked at each other. Michael looked at the big red lever that looked like the break. Lily pointed out that the handle in front of it was the brake.
" Are you sure?!" he asked nervously.
Lily didn't reply.
" ARE YOU SURE?!"
" Michael, do what your gut tells you to do. Just make it quick.", Jake said.
Lily covered her eyes, Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica huddled closely, bracing for what's to come. I close my eyes as well. Please someone stop the train. The train stopped violently. Jake caught me before I can hit the floor. I open my eyes and looked around. Jake looked outside the window and laughed.
" Ha ha! You did it, Mike!", Jake says.
The Conductor's voice can be heard not so far from here.
" YOU!", he hissed, " If I should of known. I have just one question for you. Will this train ever reach the North Pole?"
" But look!", Lily shouted staring outside.
The Conductor came over and looked outside the window.
" CARIBOU CROSSING?!"
Jake's POV:
Caribou? What the hell is a Caribou? I asked myself this as we carefully made our way across the ice platform to the front of the train. There, we were greeted with the two engineers and a HUGE crowed of Caribou. We were in a tight crack… don't laugh that's not supposed to be taken that way. We had to find someway to clear the track, but how? Michael almost slipped but grabbed one of the man's long beard. He let out a yelp. The Caribou reacted a little bit but still didn't move. The Conductor did it again but harder. He screamed and Caribou still didn't move. That's when I thought of something. A couple weeks back when Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and I were cleaning the Pizzeria up, Chica let out a blood urching scream when she saw a spider. It was so loud that it made my ears bleed and it actually hurt! Goldie heard the scream and teleported away as soon as possible. The windows in my dad's office and in the front of the Pizzeria cracked a bit and Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy, and Mike almost went deaf. Back to the present, I smiled and looked at Chica.
" Hey Chica, scream."
She whipped her head at me, " What? No! That will damage everyone's ears!"
" Jake are you crazy?" Freddy asked.
" Slightly, but just do it Chica."
Chica crossed her arms, " I won't do it not even if-"
Bonnie's hand moved slightly across Chica arm with the tip of his fingers. Chica eyes popped and she let out her loud scream. Everyone, covered their ears but me. Of course, I can hear the scream but it doesn't hurt. Wired huh? She stopped her scream and everyone uncovered their ears. Chica eyes looked like their were going to pop out of her metal skull. She then looked around at everyone. She then becomes extremely embarrassed.
" S-sorry I thought that was a spider.", she says very quietly.
It looks like I went deaf.
I turn to Janet who looks at me in shock ,"How could you…?!", she sighs, " Let me guess..the screeching doesn't affect you."
I can hear her voice a bit," Sort of I went deaf for a bit but i'm fine." I said as I scratched my chin.
I looked at my hand soon after to find that the were covered in blood. I was bleeding out of my ears.
" Well would you look at that, Chica broke my eardrums.", Janet sighs in a bit of worry and annoyance.
The Caribou cleared the track as quickly as they can.
The Conductor smiled. " Well than… now that we got that situated, ALL AHEAD SLOWLY."
The two engineers went back to the engine. Everyone else stayed in the front. The train lurched forward and off we went. Again. Freddy, Bonnie, and Janet were still trying to calm Chica down after her fake bug issue happened. Michael, the Conductor, Lily and I kept looking foward. I noticed that we were picking up speed.
" Uh, Janet you noticed how fast we're going right?", Janet turned away from Chica noticed the train was moving faster and faster. Janet looks back at Chica noticing the slight change in speed. She grips on to the front rail.
" Tell the engineer to slow down.", The Conductor said to me.
I climbed up on the frozen stairs and yelled, " HEY SLOW DOWN! DUDE, LOOK HOW FAST WE'RE GOING!"
They didn't seem to hear me yell at the top of my lungs. I almost lost my voice.
" They can't hear me!" I say to the Conductor.
" They can't?" He looked forward and saw signs pointing out to " Slow down". We were approaching Glacier Gulch.
" This is good. Quick everyone under the safety bar."
He unclipped his blue suspenders, tied it one end of the railing and to the other. We all ducked underneath the suspender and used it as some sort of safety thingy. To me, that's the last thing I want to worry about. If we all die, I'll be the only one out alive. I smiled as he fastened us in.
" Jake, I know what your thinking. If we die, you'll make it out alive. But Goldie is in the back and he might be destroyed."
I smiled turned upside down.
Crap.
" I suggest that we all hold on…", The train made it to the top of the peak. " TIGHTLY!"
The train shot down the Gulch as fast as a bullet. Everyone was screaming their head off as we experienced one hell of a roller coaster ride!
" WOOOHOO!" I yelled.
I looked to my right to see The Conductor, Lily, and Michael. To my left, Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Janet. Her hair was flowing in the wind and her hands gripped so tightly her knuckles were white. By the looks of it, she is terrified. Freddy was seconds away from losing his hat, Bonnie's ears were pulled back, and Chica's bib was to it's side. I had my hands high in the air.
" COME ON GUYS!", They stopped screaming and all looked at me confused and frightened.
" SERIOUSLY?!", Janet yelled as she gripped on.
We could only hear each other if we yell.
" WHAT? THIS IS FUN!"
" HOW IS THIS FUN?"
" IT'S JUST LIKE A ROLLER COASTER! BUT BIGGER AND COOLER!"
" WELL…..SOME PEOPLE DON'T CARE FOR THEM!", she shouts.
The train went down another steep hill for the final time before heading toward a frozen lake.
" THE ICE IS FROZEN OVER THE TRACKS!", The Conductor yelled.
Oh boy! This train keeps getting better and better.
Janet's POV:
This train keeps getting worse and worse. We slid down an extreme non-stop roller coaster and now THIS! I am personally no roller coaster fan or extremist fan but this just takes it to far. I-I don't even know anymore. I close my eyes and hope for the best. I then open them. The train slid on the icy lake. Jake was having a grand old time while we were on the verge of dying. I saw up ahead a small iceberg. We were going to collide with it.
" ICEBERG, RIGHT AHEAD!" Jake yelled.
I looked up to see it. Oh no. We smacked into the Iceberg and the front of the train was tilted to the left. It kept sliding for a moment. Suddenly the train screeched and the train turned around. The train stopped but we were still tilted.
" Everyone lean to the left!" Jake yelled.
We did as he said and the train tilted to the right, than to the left, then was finally top-sided.
" Well, that's more like it."
The Conductor said as he straightened his tie and fixed his suit. Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica were patting away.
Jake smiled, " YEAH! THAT WAS AWESOME! Let's do that again!"
" NO!", we all yelled.
Jake was startled but rolled his pitch black eyes. We climbed back to the engine where the Conductor was yelling at the two engineers. As he yelled at them, I heard something crack.
" LOOK!", Michael yelled pointing toward the source of the sound.
I look to see the ice breaking. Oh no.
" GET US THE BLAZES OUT OF HERE!"
One of the engineers pulled the throttle and the train moved again. The train took a bit to move of course, but then it started to move at full speed. The train swayed left and right. As the Freddy, Bonnie ,and Chica held on to each other for dear life, Jake saw something up ahead.
" TRACKS!" , Jake yelled pointing in the direction of the tracks.
The Conductor saw them and telled the engineers to aim for the tracks.
" LEFT!" he yelled.
The train moved to the left.
" RIGHT!"
The train moved to the right.
Jake looked at Michael and Lily and saw them trying to grab a ticket. It was Lily's! Jake looked at me and the Fazbears.
" Well, if we don't make it. I just wanted to say sorry for everything. That is if I done something…"
The train shook violently.
" BRACE YOURSELVES!" The Conductor yelled.
I couldn't watch. After closing my eyes for a while, we somehow got back on track right when I open them we were back on track going up a mountain. The moon shined brightly and the snow on the top of the mountain the magnificent scene. We are safe!
" Well, that's more...like it." said the Conductor as he jumped down into the engine.
" Thank you! Thank you! You found my ticket!", Lily said as he hugged Michael.
The Conductor climbed back up upon hearing about the long lost ticket.
" Did someone said they found a ticket?" Jake nodded.
" Yes sir-ee! He, I mean, WE found it. We were trying to get it back to her. Aaannnnd here we are!"
I laughed as he threw his hands in the air. The Conductor punched the ticket and bits of the ticket flew back into the Conductor's face. It also flew into Jake's face. A lot of it got into Jake's eyes. Jake didn't even flinch as the shiny tiny particles touched the surface of his eyes. I blinked constantly at the sight of it trying to keep the particles from getting into my eyes.
" L-E?" Lily said as she looked at the newly punched ticket.
Wonder what it means?
" Hey yeah just like that know-it-all kid." Michael said.
I nodded to Michael's response it was also the same. The Conductor guided us back to the passenger car where Foxy and the kid's are. As we walked on top of the slipper tender car, the Conductor told us a story about him being saved by someone. Or something.
" Who saved you?" Jake asked.
The Conductor stopped and faced us. " I don't really know, but I do remember this. Sometimes seeing is believing. And something we believe in things we can't see." He opened the door when he finished his sentence.
We entered a dark and very messy car. it was very..strange yet it terrified me a little. It was filled with old and broken toys and creepy puppets on the ceiling. The puppets on the ceiling softly banged into each other making a small sounds. The Conductor went on talking about the toys as Jake and I looked through the piles of toys in each seat.
" Hey Jake look at this." Freddy said.
Jake and I turned our heads. Freddy was holding a small half destroyed replica of a Police Box.
" Is that the Storyteller's spaceship thing?", Jake asked.
I nod walking over to it, " Yes, it is. But...why is it here?", I asked.
" I don't know. But check this thing out."
Jake pulled out a music box and cranked the same handle on the side. The tune of the music sounded...familiar. I remembered in my dream when I died I heard a tune like that.
" Do you guys know who this theme is? Or is it just me?" , I asked everyone.
Bonnie smiled, " That's the tune from My Grandfather's Clock. It's a very morbid song, but it's really famous tune."
I nod in interest. We searched around for other items. Jake found a small Goldie plush with a purple bowtie and hat, Bonnie found an old guitar and I found a toy that caught my eye. I picked it up. It was an animatronic that looked like Bonnie but...golden. Wait... I gasp clutching the item in my hand. Vincent died in this same suit! Does this mean?
No, Janet calm yourself down.
"Janet? You alright?" Jake asked as walking over to me.
I turned and looked up at him. I showed him the Spring Bonnie plush.
" Janet. He's dead.", I take a deep breathe.
" But what if he's not dead…", I said my voice full of worry.
Jake looks at me with his dark soulless eyes and sighed.
" Janet. He won't come back. If he does, we will be ready for him. We'll kick his metal ass back to hell", he says.
I smile a bit. Hopefully. Hopefully. We walked out of the creepy car. I stopped for a moment. I could of sworn I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Like it looked like… The Puppet?
" Janet? You coming?", he asked.
I nodded as I headed towards the door to the passenger car. I walk in and kept those haunting toys and plushies in the back of my thoughts. I felt like someday they were going to come back to me. I hope they don't come any time soon.
Jake's POV:
We reunited with Foxy and the kid's only to see that Storyteller wannabe who went blabbering about the train being on a steep mountains and that crap. Janet still had that worried look on her face as she sat down right next to me. she twiddled her thumbs in anxiety. This girl… What is up with her and and that purple doche? HE'S DEAD! D-E-A-D! DEAD! I noticed that Michael came in a bit later than everyone else did. He heavily panted as he made his way past the Nerdteller who was still talking about the train. Seriously kid, SHUT UP! I noticed that Michael went to the back of the train where Goldie and the other kid was. I followed. Lily in front of the door. She told us to be quiet because Billy was singing something. I looked toward the end of the car and saw Billy doing just that. He was humming something. The Fazbears stood near him as they looked up at the night sky.
Billy:
I wishing on a star.
And trying to believe.
Than even though it's far.
He'll find me Christmas eve.
I guess that Santa's busy.
Cause' he never come around.
I think of him, when Christmas comes to town.
Freddy turned to me and lightly smiled. He had that smile when he was about to sing. It looks like everyone was going to sing as well.
Freddy:
The best time of the year.
When everyone comes home.
Bonnie:
With all this Christmas cheer.
It's hard to be alone.
Chica:
Putting up the Christmas tree.
With friends who come around.
Foxy:
It's so much fun.
When Christmas comes to town.
Lily came up to Billy and pointed out something that was appearing in the air. The snow was forming into presents with bows on it.
Lily:
Presents for the children.
Wrapped in red and green.
Billy:
All the things I've heard about.
But never could be seen.
Lily:
No one will be sleeping.
On the night of Christmas eve.
All( expect Jake and Michael):
Hoping Santa's on his way!
The snow formed into something different. It took form of Santa's sleigh! I smiled as I walked up to the gang and sang.
Jake:
When Santa's sleighbells ring...
Billy:
I listen all around.
Jake:
The herald angels sing.
Billy:
I listen all around.
Jake:
And all the dreams of children…
Billy:
Once lost will all be found!
Jake:
That's all we want.
When Christmas comes to town!
Lily turned to Billy and held his hands.
All:
That's we want.
When Christmas cooomes...
To town.
Janet and Michael stood near the door in silence with their arms in front. Janet smiled. She likes when I sing. And I like it too. The Fazbears are great singers as well. Of course, why do you think they're so famous?
" Look!" Lily shouted as she pointed up into the sky.
Lights glowed in the distance. The Fazbears "oohed" and "ahhed" as the looked up. Foxy made me laugh when I looked at him. His tongue stuck out and he had this stupid/cute look on his face. Inside, everyone's a little kid. Foxy, however, is probably the youngest of them all. Freddy pointed out something else as well. There was a huge ball of lights that were sailing in the middle of frozen sea. Janet and everyone else looked over at the strange floating thing. I soon realised it wasn't the Titanic or something else like that…
It was the North Pole!
End of Part One
Author's Note:
Hey guys, sorry this took a while to finish up. We had testing coming up so we are a bit on a tight schedule. The next part will be done as soon as possible. Make sure to visit our other channel on IFunny for more details and updates. We do not own The Polar Express. Jake and Janet are OC. Yeah you know the deal:)