The Lyoko Warriors gaped in shock at the sight before them. A train, that's right, a TRAIN was in front of the dormitory buildings.

Jeremie shook his head, with wide eyes. "T... T- That's not possible..." Jeremie said, with shock

The group looked up at the train with shock as they cautiously approached it.

Anne locked her hand with Dylan's, as the Lyoko Warriors cautiously approached the mysterious train.
"ALL ABOARD!" A voice shouted, in the distance

Anne rose an eyebrow as she looked around. "Huh?" she questioned.
Dylan looked to their left and noticed a figure in the distance by one of the passenger carts.
"ALL ABOOOOAAAARRRRD!" the voice called yet again.

"There's someone on one of the passenger carts!" Dylan said

"I can see that..." Chase retorted.
Slowly, the Lyoko Warriors walked to the direction of the voice. Eventually, the smoke cleared, revealing a man wearing a conductor's uniform.

"ALL ABOOOAARRDD!" The man yelled

Once they reached the man, he looked at them.
"Well? You comin'?"

The Lyoko Warriors all had confused looks.
"Comin'? Comin' where...?" Odd asked

"Why to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!" the man said as he gestured to the train.

Chase had a confused look.
"The North Pole...?" Chase asked

William crossed his arms.
"This can't be real..." William said

"I mean, a TRAIN shows up out of nowhere on Christmas Eve..." Chase said, trailing off.

Jeremie rose an eyebrow, looking at the man.
"Who are you...?" Jeremie asked

"You can just call me the Conductor." the man replied.
"Just the Conductor?" Anne asked.
The man nodded. "Just the Conductor."

"O... Kay..." Dylan said, with a confused look
"So, this train goes to the North Pole...?" Odd asked

The Conductor nodded. "It does."

"Can I come?" Anne asked, smiling

Chase gave Anne a look. "Seriously?"
"Oh, come on, Chase! Don't you remember what Christmastime was like for you, Dylan, and I when we were kids?" Anne asked.

Chase and Dylan both nodded, smiling.
"I remember how you wouldn't sleep from the excitement..." Dylan said, smirking

"I remember how you always called us on Christmas Eve talking about Santa Claus..." Dylan said.

"Or about the reindeer..." Chase said

Anne chuckled.

The Conductor smirked at the Lyoko Warriors.
"Are you comin'?" The Conductor asked

Aelita stepped forward. "I'll come."

Chase stepped forward. "If she's going, then I'm going with."

Ulrich sighed. "Well, I guess I'll go... I wanna find out if this guy's telling the truth..."

"I'll come!" Odd piped up.
Dylan stepped forward. "If Anne is going, then I'll go with her, too."

Jeremie sighed, nodding. "I'm going with you, Aelita".

William crossed his arms as he looked at the Conductor uncertainly.

"I dunno... This doesn't make sense..." William said, shaking his head

"Suit yourself..." the Conductor shrugged.
Everyone except William climbed aboard. The Conductor waved to the front, signaling the engineer to move on.
As the train started to move, William looked back at Kadic and back at the Polar Express. Then he took off running after it.

The Lyoko Warriors saw William running after them. Aelita leaned against the train, holding out her arm.
"Come on, William!" Aelita shouted

William managed to grab hold of the rail. Aelita reached out and pulled him onto the train.

William landed on the train, as Aelita landed next to him. Anne smiled, as she helped them up.

"T-Thanks..." William panted.
"What made you wanna come?" Aelita asked.

William shrugged. "I dunno... I just wanted to see what'll happen, I guess..."

The Conductor stood by the door and opened it for them.

The Conductor smiled. "Well...? Come on in!"

One by one, they entered the passenger car.

The Lyoko Warriors went wide eyed, seeing several other Kadic students in the passenger car.

Each of the Lyoko Warriors took a seat. Dylan and Anne sat together in one. Aelita and Jeremie also sat together.

Chase and Odd sat behind Aelita and Jeremie, as Ulrich sat behind Dylan and Anne, and as William sat in front of them.

Ulrich looked out the window as the Polar Express passed by the science building.

"Are we gonna get Yumi?" Ulrich asked

Aelita shrugged. "I don't know..."
Anne looked out the window and watched as the train approached the Kadic gates. She was surprised to see train tracks ahead of them.

Those DEFINITELY weren't there before...

Chase also noticed the tracks, and went wide eyed.
"Those aren't supposed to be there!" Chase exclaimed

"How did they get there?!" Anne asked.

"I dunno!" Dylan exclaimed

The Polar Express then left Kadic Academy, heading into town, where there were train tracks on the road.
The Conductor then pulled out a puncher. "Tickets. Tickets, please."

The Lyoko Warriors all had confused looks.
"We don't have any tickets..." Jeremie stated

"Check your pockets." the Conductor said, hiding a smirk.

Anne reached in her pocket. She went wide eyed, as she pulled out a golden-colored ticket. The rest of the Lyoko Warriors did the same, finding a ticket in their pockets.

"What the..." Odd whispered.

"T- That... What?!" Jeremie asked, with confusion

The Conductor held his hand out. "Now... tickets, please."
Anne handed her ticket to the Conductor. The Conductor started to punch something into the ticket rapidly.
A piece landed on Anne's lip, but she blew it off.

Dylan quietly snickered, seeing another piece land in Anne's hair.

The Conductor then finished punching the ticket and handed it back to her.
Anne rose an eyebrow as she took it, seeing two letters punched into it; 'L' and 'E'.

"'L', 'E'?" Anne asked, with confusion.

The Conductor started to punch a couple letters into Dylan's ticket.

Dylan felt a piece land on his head, which he brushed off.

The Conductor then handed him back his ticket.

Dylan smiled, and looked at the ticket.

Two letters were punched into it; 'R and E'.
The Conductor then started to punch letters into the other Lyoko Warriors' tickets.

Aelita smiled, watching The Conductor punch her ticket.

Eventually, he got through all of them.
Odd's ticket had the letters 'L' and 'I'.
Jeremie's ticket had the letters 'L' and 'E'.
Aelita's ticket had the letters 'C' and 'E'.
Ulrich's ticket had the letters 'O' and 'N'.

"'C', 'E'?" Aelita asked, with curiousity

Chase and William looked at their tickets.
William's had the letters 'B' and 'E'.

"What's this?" William asked

Chase's ticket had the letters 'P' and 'T'.
Chase rose an eyebrow, but shrugged as he placed the ticket in his pocket.

"Weird..." Chase muttered

Aelita looked out the window, watching with slight amazement as they passed by several buildings in town.
"You guys really think this goes to the North Pole?" Ulrich asked.
"If that were possible, then how?" Jeremie asked.

Aelita smiled. "Maybe magic?"

"Magic?" Jeremie asked doubtfully.

Aelita rose an eyebrow. "You don't believe in magic, Jeremie...?"

"Do you?" Jeremie asked.
"Some magic. Christmas magic, too..." Aelita said.
Jeremie leaned back. "Well... a locomotive shows up on Christmas Eve out of nowhere... I don't see how its possible.
"It could be magic." Aelita suggested.
Jeremie shrugged. "Yeah... maybe..."

Chase and Dylan both looked at Anne.
"What about you, Anne...? Do you believe in magic?" Dylan asked

"I don't know..." Anne shrugged.
The Lyoko Warriors continued to chat amongst themselves, unsure of where this mysterious train would stop at next.

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