Anne stared out the window as they passed by a store with a Christmas display.
Dylan also saw the display, and smiled. "Nice train set..."
A bunch of kids on the train rushed over to the windows and awed at the display.
"Look at all those presents!" one cried out.
"That teddy bear is so huge!" Tamiya cried out
"I want that train set so bad!" another kid cried out
"I want all of them!" A kid cried out.
Chase sighed. "Oh boy, here we go..."
Even Aelita went to look at the set up, with wide eyes. She smirked, as she saw a large pink teddy bear, about 4 or 5 feet high.
"That's a BIG bear..." Aelita stated, snickering
William sighed. "Those kids just want, want, want..."
"Tell me about it..." Ulrich muttered
Anne leaned back in the seat as the kids looked out the window.
Dylan looked at Anne, sighing.
"Those kids are so annoying..." Dylan muttered
"Seems they don't understand what Christmas really means..." Aelita sighed.
The Polar Express soon entered a suburban part of the neighborhood.
Ulrich went wide eyed. "Wait... Isn't this Yumi's neighborhood?"
"Yeah..." Odd nodded.
The Lyoko Warriors saw the Polar Express stop in front of Yumi's house.
A moment later, they saw Yumi rushing out in her pajamas slipping on a jacket and slippers.
They saw Yumi look up at the Polar Express with shock.
"Oh wow..." Yumi muttered, with shock
The Conductor stepped out and walked up to Yumi. The Lyoko Warriors gathers by the windows and watched.
"Well? You comin'?" The Conductor asked
"To where...?" Yumi asked suspiciously
"Why to the North Pole, of course!" The Conductor exclaimed
The Conductor gestured to the train.
"This is the Polar Express!" The Conductor said
Yumi crossed her arms. "This can't be real..." she said to herself.
Ulrich pulled down the window next to his seat, and looked at Yumi, nodding.
"It's real, Yumes!" Ulrich exclaimed
Yumi gasped. "Ulrich?!"
"We're all in here..." Ulrich said
Anne pulled the window down and waved. "Yo!"
Yumi looked at her with shock. "Everyone's on there?!"
Aelita pulled her window down, and smiled. "Yep! We all are, Yumi!"
Yumi looked at the Conductor suspiciously. "Does this seriously go to the North Pole?" she questioned.
"Well, why don't you find out?" The Conductor said.
Yumi sighed, and looked at Aelita and Anne.
"Should I?" Yumi asked
Anne smirked. "Ulrich's here. So you wanna come with him?" she asked.
"If I were you, I'd get on!" Aelita said.
Yumi blushed, as she turned to look at The Conductor.
"I- I guess I'll come with... How much is a ticket?" Yumi asked
"You don't need to pay." the Conductor told her.
Yumi nodded, as she walked towards the train.
The Conductor opened the door and she stepped into the passenger cart.
Yumi smiled, seeing the Lyoko Warriors in the cart. Yumi walked to them, and waived.
"Hey guys" Yumi greeted
"Hey!" Anne greeted from her seat with Dylan.
"Hey, Yumi!" Chase greeted
Yumi sat down next to Ulrich as the Conductor walked over to her.
"Ticket, please."
Yumi blinked. "I don't have one..."
"Check your pocket, then." the Conductor told her, hiding his smirk.
Yumi rose an eyebrow, as she put her hands in her pockets. She went wide eyed, as she pulled a ticket from one of them.
The Conductor took it and began punching two letters into it.
Yumi rose an eyebrow.
He then handed the ticket back to her.
Yumi rose an eyebrow, seeing letters on it.
The letters were 'T' and 'S'.
Yumi looked at The Conductor.
"What's with these letters?" Yumi asked
The Conductor walked away, not answering her question.
"Same thing with us." Ulrich told her as he showed her the ticket.
"I got 'P' and 'T'" Chase said, showing his ticket
"'L' and 'E' for mine..." Anne said.
Yumi had a confused look, as she nodded.
The Polar Express chugged through town.
The Lyoko Warriors all looked outside.
They saw the last few buildings before they exited the town.
Anne smiled, looking at Dylan.
"I can't believe we're going to the North Pole!" Anne exclaimed
"You seem really excited." Dylan chuckled.
"I am! Aren't you?!" Anne asked, with excitement
"Yeah, a little. That is, if this guys telling the truth." Dylan replied.
Anne nodded, smiling as she looked at Chase.
"What about you, Chase?" Anne asked
Chase had a thoughtful look.
"Eh... Not really... I've been there before and it was WAY too cold..." Chase said
Anne rolled her eye.
"Uh huh..." Anne said, flatly
Eventually, they felt the train begin to slow down.
"Who're they picking up next?" Jeremie asked
Aelita lowered her window so they could hear what was going on.
A young boy, most likely 11, stepped out of a small house in the country.
Aelita saw The Conductor walk out to him.
They could only hear bits and pieces of the conversation.
"This is the Polar Express!" they heard The Conductor say
"What's goin' on?" Anne asked.
"Ah, they're just picking up some other kid." a random kid said from a seat.
Anne nodded, looking back outside, at the kid.
The kid shook his head and backed away.
"Suit yourself." the Conductor shrugged as he climbed onto the train and signaled for the engineer to start the train up again.
They watched as the kid simply stood there, watching the train slowly pass.
A few seconds later, the kid started to run after the train.
Anne and Aelita went wide eyed.
Chase's eyes widened. "Hey, that kid wants to get on!"
"Someone stop the train!" Aelita said
"Come on!" Anne yelled to the kid.
The kid suddenly tripped, and fell in the snow.
Chase's eyes widened. "Hey! Stop the train! He wants to get on!"
"We have to stop the train." Jeremie stated as he got out of his seat.
"How do you suggest we do that?!" Dylan asked
"The emergency brake!" A kid exclaimed as he pointed at the emergency brake near the front of the cart.
Jeremie ran to the emergency break, and pulled it down, making the train start to stop.
As the train slammed to a halt, everyone lurched forward. Anne ended up hitting her face on the seat on front of her.
"D'OH!" she cried out.
Dylan went wide eyed. "Anne, you okay?"
Anne groaned and rubbed her nose. "Y-Yeah..."
Dylan nodded, as everyone saw The Conductor enter the cart, frowning.
Aelita, Yumi, and Jeremie noticed the kid had caught up thanks to the train stopping. The kid climbed on. Aelita smiled and waved, but the kid shyly looked away and headed into the back cart.
"Who pulled the emergency brake?!" the Conductor demanded.
Jeremie went wide eyed, as he saw the Conductor point at him.
"You! Young man, I don't know what you were thinking, but Christmas Eve may not be important to you, but to some other people, it is VERY important!" The Conductor said.
"But-But-But..." Jeremie stuttered.
"He was just trying to stop the train so that boy could get on!" Aelita defended as she pointed out the door to the back cart, where the boy had gone into.
The Conductor looked at the back cart, seeing the boy.
"Young man, is that true?" The Conductor asked.
"Y- Yes sir..." Jeremie said
Aelita nodded. "Yes, sir... It's true..."
The Conductor nodded, and smiled.
"Well, let me remind you that we are in a very tight schedule. I've never been late before-" the conductor paused for a moment to check his watch. "And I am certainly not going to be late tonight! Now, everybody, take your seats PLEASE!"
The kids all nodded, sitting in all of their seats.
"Thank you..." he sighed before he grabbed the microphone. "Now, are there any Polar Express passengers in need of refreshments?" he asked into the microphone.
The Lyoko Warriors all nodded, raising their hands along with the rest of the kids.
The Conductor smiled. "That's what I thought."
Anne rose an eyebrow.
Just then, several waiters stepped out of the door, coming into the cart tap dancing as they spun the chairs around so the kids in them could face the kid behind them.
The Lyoko Warriors all instantly went wide eyed. "Oh wow..." Anne muttered "That's pretty cool..." Aelita said
The waiter started to sing.
"Hot, hot!"
"Ooh, we got it!" the Conductor chimed in.
"Hot, hot!"
"Hey, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Say, we got it!"
Anne went wide eyed, seeing the refreshments was hot chocolate.
The waiters sang as they tap danced while serving the hot chocolate.
"Hot, hot!"
"Oh, we got it!" the Conductor sang.
"Hot, hot!"
"So, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Yo, we got it!"
"Hot chocolate!" the waiters sang.
The Lyoko Warriors went wide eyed, as the waiters set up some tables at their booths.
"Here, we've only got one rule Never ever let it cool Keep it cooking in the pot Then you've got-!" the Conductor sang before he moved to the side for the waiters as they brought in a sort of machine that served hot chocolate. "Hot chocolate!"
Anne smiled, as she saw the machine.
The machine served hot chocolate, each serving landing perfectly in their cups on the tables.
"Hot, hot!"
"Ooh, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Hey, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Say, we got it!" As they sang, Aelita secretly slipped her cup of hot chocolate under her seat.
"Hot chocolate!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Oh, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"So, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Yo, we got it!"
"Hot chocolate!"
Chase smirked, noticing Aelita slipping the cup under her seat.
"Here, we've only got one rule!" The Conductor sang.
"Here, we only got one rule!" the waiters sang as they served the drinks and tapped danced.
"Never ever let it cool!"
"Never ever let it cool!"
"Keep it cooking in the pot Soon ya got hot chocolate!" the Conductor sang as he slid on his knees before he got up.
"Hot, hot!" He sang.
"Ooh, we got it!" the waiters sang.
"Hot, hot!"
"Whoa, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Yeah, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Whoa, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Hey, we got it!"
"Hot, hot!"
"Yeah, we got it!" the watiers sang while they tapped danced on the tables. They then jumped off and pulled the tablecloths off, the table mysteriously disappearing. They all picked up the now empty cups of hot chocolate and tapped danced out of the cart with the Conductor following them. The conductor closed the door behind them as he stepped out.
Chase had a wide eyed look, staring at the door. "Huh... That just happened..."
Dylan wiped the hot chocolate mustache off his lip. "Catchy song..." He remarked. Aelita reached under her seat and pulled out the cup of hot chocolate before heading to the back door leading out to the last cart. "What're you doing?" Jeremie asked.
"I'm bringing this to the kid in the back cart... And I was thinking I might sit with him for a while, to cheer him up" Aelita said, smiling.
"Hey, you can't go out there on your own without an adult. It's against safety regulations!" A voice piped up. They saw that it was Herve who had said it. "Herve? What're you doing here?" Jeremie asked. "Same as you did." Herve told him.
Jeremie nodded, as Aelita turned to look at Herve. "I'll be right back... That boy didn't get any hot chocolate" Aelita said
"You really shouldn't go out there by yourself..." Odd said. "I think I'll be fine, guys..." Aelita said as she headed towards the back door. "You sure?" Jeremie asked. Aelita froze hearing this. Just then, the Conductor walked up behind her. He looked through the window to see the boy sitting alone in the last passenger cart. "And what about this young lad in the back? Did he get any refreshments?" he questioned.
"N- No, he didn't..." Aelita said
The Conductor smiled. "Well then, let's take some to him, by all means!" he said as he led Aelita out the door. "Watch your step..." he advised before shutting the door behind them. Jeremie smiled at Aelita's kindness before he looked down and his eyes widened. Aelita had forgotten her ticket!
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