Katja and Sapphire on the Polar Express

by Sapphire Jacqueline Stone

Not your ordinary Polar Express story, I can tell you. Anyway, two good friends, Kat and Sapphire, are reunited just before the NZ Christmas holidays. On Christmas Eve, they go to bed, not expecting to have noticed much until the next day. However, they both receive genuine tickets to ride on the Polar Express. Reason as to why I'm putting this up now is found in the story.

6. Chapter 6

Billy
AN: I shall do my absolute best to get this story finished by Wednesday next week. If not, it may not be finished until New Years. On that note, I shall stop writing this, and write the chapter.

Sapphire shrugged, and looked at her friend's ticket which read "BE."
Then the train slowed down to pick up the last passenger; a sad, little lonely boy called Billy.
At that very moment, Sapphire tapped her friend's shoulder, muttering discretely, "We should go sit in the other carriage, whilst the train's stationary."
Katja nodded, and the two of them just about bolted down the walkway of the train, to the carriage behind them. They had no sooner sat down, when the train began to pick up speed, and the little boy outside began to run.
They heard "Hero Boy" calling to him to hurry, and about a minute or so later, both girls nearly fell to the ground as he applied the emergency brake. They looked up in time to see Billy jumping in to their carriage, after glancing into the adjacent one.
Sapphire smiled warmly at him, and Katja did the same. Billy looked at them in dismay; he had been sure that there would be no one else in there to bully him, which he had had quite a bit of.
With a sigh, he sat down, and muttered "Hello."
"Hello, I'm Sapphire, and this is my friend Katja. What's your name?" She, of course, knew what his name was, but it would have looked strange if she had greeted him by name.
"I'm Billy." He said quietly.
"Nice to meet you, Billy." Kat said, and held out her hand to shake his. He looked at it as if she were offering a lollipop, which she would then snatch from him.
Hesitantly, he offered her his hand, and shook it. "So, Billy, are you looking forward to Christmas tomorrow?" Sapphire asked, and in answer, Billy looked away, a sad, gloomy expression on his face as he shook his head.
"Christmas never works out for me. I always lose family members, and I live with my oldest cousin, who keeps blaming me for the deaths of my family."
Katja and Sapphire both looked aghast, and although they didn't have much experience in being blamed for the deaths of family members, even they knew it was horrible.
"Maybe things will get better, Billy." Sapphire said, as the door opened to reveal the "Hero Girl" and the Conductor, with a mug of hot chocolate.
"Oh, I wondered where you girls had got to," the Conductor said, and with a sudden snap of his fingers, two cups of hot chocolate appeared out of nowhere.
As they sipped hot chocolate, and Billy's ticket was punched, Sapphire had no idea that her statement about things getting better for Billy would come true.
AN: And that's a wrap for now. Enjoy :)