The North Pole- Part 2

Previously:

Then they shut everything down, and climbed aboard the pneumatic, knowing it was the fastest way to get to the square on time. "And time is money." Said the chief elf.

"Let's go," Sophie whispered, as they waited for the elves to leave.

The elves climbed into the pneumatic, and were off with a zing. Katja eyed the pneumatic somewhat worriedly. "There probably won't be enough room for all of us." She whispered to Sapphire, who nodded in agreement.

Turning to the others, she said, "Listen. We'll get in the one after you, please stay where you are." The other three nodded in agreement, and were off with a zing.

Sapphire and Katja climbed into the next pneumatic, and as they took off, it took them through the city, much like a ride in space before it stopped.

The other three were waiting patiently there for them, and Sapphire remarked, "Some ride, huh?"

The sounds of "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" reached their ears, and far below them was a very long conveyor belt, no doubt there to escort every single present in the world to Santa's Sack.

Chris glanced down at the arrows which were pointing in a straight direction, and said that they should probably follow them. This they did, until they reached a tunnel. Once out of it, there seemed to be no way to get out.

"We're going to miss everything," Sophie muttered, but just then, there was a loud blaring sound, the conveyor belt moved, causing them to get off, and a present fell onto it.

Chris eyed it eagerly, and exclaimed, "It's going to my town. To someone named Billy."

Billy pipped up, "That's my name."

When Sophie said the address, Billy said, "That's my address."

As the present passed by, Billy eyed it, and then jumped onto the belt. The other four did the same, and found themselves on the hugest slide they had ever seen, going up and down, before beginning to spiral in the same way that water is drained from a bathtub. Billy was hanging into the present tightly, as they all fell right on top of the huge bag of presents. Billy exclaimed over the present in his hands. When Sophie said that it read "Merry Christmas Billy, from Mr C," Sapphire couldn't help but laugh.

"What's so funny?" Kat asked, and Sapphire smiled. "My English teacher is called Mr C." she explained.

Billy, after giving it a shake, and saying that he wanted one of these his whole life, was prepared to open it. Sophie stopped him, and pointed to another label that read, "Do not open till Christmas."

Billy looked so sad, but as Chris pointed out, those were the rules. They were then pulled along on a large trolley that was moving backwards, before they were directly underneath a canvas tent which had a huge hole in it.

They all looked at each other before there was a sound of fireworks being set off. They were so busy watching the ropes above them that none of them noticed that the sack was being lifted up and around the presents.

The sack, which was connected to some flying machine in the sky, was lifted right up out of the hole, and was carried right over the majestic city, all the way to the square.

As they looked at the majestic sights coming their way, Billy suddenly gave a yell, and fell. The three girls and Chris took hold of him, and managed to pull him up, as well as Luke.

"Whatever are you doing here?" Sapphire asked sharply.

"Same as you. I came to check my presents and all I got was some stupid underwear."

Sapphire rolled her eyes, and suddenly couldn't wait for him to find out what his ticket said.

Suddenly, Chris said "Look" and pointed to an astonishing sight. A ginormous Christmas Tree was shining gold in the center of the city, and it looked utterly beautiful. A golden star shone from the top, and a voice from above them called, "You may start your descent any time now, at your convenience of course."

Four elves took some of the air out the large balloons that supported them, making a farting sound, and causing Sapphire and Katja to snigger uncontrollably.

Sophie suddenly said cheerfully, "It's still five to, I think we're gonna make it."

Luke scoffed, and said, "What gives? It's been five to for the last hour. We've got time to kill."

Chris said that he didn't think they were going to make it, as the Conductor called out below, "I may just be an old railroader, and know nothing about lighter-than-air craft, but from my layman's perspective, you need more altitude."

The crowd below chorused, "More altitude!"

The same voice above called, "Altitude please, a bit more altitude please."

Some of the elves floated down to the ground, and the bag was lifted high into the air. The Conductor said the elves were called "The Flying Elves." He also said they were specialists, and they were never to try that at home.

As Chris said again that they weren't going to make it, the bag knocked the star off the tree, which fell to the ground, striking an elf on the side of his nose, before flying back to the top of the tree, relieving him.

"A well-oiled machine." The Conductor said, sounding very pleased, as the sack was placed on Santa's Sleigh.

Just then, a couple of elves peered in, and said, "Alright you stowaways, party's over."

Luke looked a little nervous, and bluttered out, "I was just following them."

Sapphire, Kat, and Chris echoed in unison, "We fell in here by mistake."

One of the elves reassured them. "Forget about it. We knew you were in there the whole time."

"So, we're not in trouble?" Kat asked.

"No, don't worry about it. Although, we may want to make sure that you don't do things like stowawaying next year." The elf said.

"Is that even a real word?" Kat asked, before the elf said, "Alright, time to get down."

Sapphire and Katja climbed out first, slid down the sack, and then ended up doing somersaults, to great amounts of applause.

"Well, hello again." The Conductor said, before greeting the other kids. Once Billy had finally handed his present back to the elf, it was placed in the sack, and the string was tied around it.

AN: Another long chapter for you all. And no, there is no such word as "stowawaying."