A Train to where?

"Nolan... Nolan wake up... NOLAN!" A Hard smack brought him flying back into the world of real life. He looked around the bus at the other kids staring at him. "Nolan, We're almost there, Do you really want Mr. O to find you asleep again?"

"Um, Well" Nolan looked up at his friend that had hit him. He had known Lacey for quite some time. Since third grade to be exact. He at one time had tried dating her, but alas, he had been friend zoned a long long time ago.

"Well if Mr. O finds you asleep you will get another detention. And remember what happened the last time your parents got wind of your detention?" Lacey said continuing hold a very motherly and disapproving frown down on him.

Nolan shuddered at the thought. "Yea, I remember. But Mr. O's Field trip's are always so boring. How come my home room go's nowhere fun." He looked out the window at the passing city.

"Our homeroom you mean. And because Mr. O is so old, All he knows is history. Besides, at least you got me." Lacey gave Nolan a reassuring smile and turned back around in her seat.

'Please, I would rather be lost in the desert than be on one of Mr. O's "Special" field trips.' He lowered himself in his seat and stared out the window. He looked at the site adjacent to his there sat Kyle, his drum major. He was s stoic guy, never talking to any body. All he could do was keep time and blow into a whistle. In front of him sat Liz, Kyle's Girlfriend. But being as he rarely talked she was always hitting on Nolan. It wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't so... OCD.

The bus came to a halt and Mr. O with military like precision marched everybody of the bus into the already hot sun of the Mojave Desert. "Alright, Now i don't want anybody here to touch anything, Break anything, Smudge anything, BREATHE on anything."

"yes ma'am" Nolan muttered under his breath only to receive an elbow to the rib from Lacey.

"Now i'm gonna go talk to the tour guide, you talk among yourselves till I get back." Mr. O turned but stopped as he noticed a students hand out of site from Nolan. "What?"

"Can we go inside out of this heat?" Some student said.

"Um, No." Mr. O walked inside and left everyone out in the heat.

Nolan took of his lucky M.A.S.H. hat and began to fan himself. Looking around he let a small smirk appear on his face.

"What is so funny?" Lacey asked noticing the suspicious smile on Nolan's lips.

"Oh just the fact, I am the best suited for the heat." He looked over his shoulder at Kyle who was still in his black Foothill High band jacket.

"I'd say were equal on that matter." She said punching him on the shoulder.

"Okay, but I as a manly man will not parade around in Daisy Duke shorts." He said looking down at his slightly baggy khaki cargo shorts that he was wearing.

Lacey began to laugh uncontrollably, "Oh my... You manly?" She let the laughter take over.

"I can be perfectly manly if i want to be." He said placing his hands on his hips. He let Lacey continue to laugh while he turned around to try to talk to Kyle. "Aren't you hot in that?"

Kyle looked at the bus then back to Nolan and shook his head. "You're nuts." Nolan turned back around to annoy Lacey some more when He could here some racket coming from behind the bus.

On the other side of the bus some bullies were dumping out the contents of a poor kids backpack onto the ground and laughing. "My Little Pony? Dude you are in a world of hurt, No guy in his right mind Likes a show for three year old girls. And were going to beat that into you."

"Ya know no guy in his right mind meddles in the business of others." Nolan appeared standing in the most threatening stance he could muster.

"Oh looker what we got here boys, A hero thinking he could beat us." The one that looked like the leader motioned to the two other guys who let go of the kid and and came to the sides of the leader. "Soak him Jon"

The smaller of the three came running head first a very determined look on his face. Nolan stepped to the side stuck his foot out and with one fluid motion took Jon by the collar and flipped him around onto his back knocking the wind out of him. Nolan looked down and shook his head at the guy on the ground gasping for breath.

"What... Go" The guy on the other side didn't do the same stupid maneuver. He put his fists up and began to slowly walk towards Nolan. Nolan smiled tossed the bag on the ground in front of him and threw his fists into the air. Fists began to fly, but being as Nolan was smaller than the brute he was able to avoid his punches. However after a brief moment Nolan took a strong hit to the gut. Out of breath, He drew up quickly and placed his fist right to the underside of the brute putting him on his back as well.

"Ga, You lazy assholes, I'll get him myself. The leader reared up to and was about to fight when Nolan holding his stomach. He abruptly paused and said, "Fuck it". With three steps for a running start, Nolan kicked his backpack nailing it to the guy's groin, taking him down to the knees.

"Thank god for Soccer, You alright man?" Nolan looked over at the younger kid who had gotten his stuff back into his bag. Nolan intern picked up his backpack and a small figurine of a pony and walked over to the kid and handed it to him.

"Fucking bronies..." the guy rolled onto his side looking at the two as he held a firm grasp on his groin.

"I'm not a Brony, I have never seen the show. But it is not alright to mistreat someone for what they believe in... or watch for that matter.

"FOOTHILL HIGH! LINE UP"

"Aw shit" Nolan ran back around the bus.

LATER

"A Detention, For saving a kid, Mr. O gave me A detention." Nolan slammed his head onto the table. "Why do these things always happen to me.

Liz came by carrying her tray of food and sat across from Lacey. "What happened to him?"

"Mr. O happened." Lacy said holding up the yellow detention slip.

"Oh, Jeez, sorry Nolan." Liz said taking a bite from her apple.

"My whole life is messed up... and Boring"

Suddenly every cell phone in the area began to ring, even the ones that were off. Nolan's phone didn't ring, instead gave the notification of a new message. 'No name, Weird.'

"well it's better than being sad for my self." Nolan said picking up his phone, but nobody heard him, everyone was trying to decipher the strange noise from cell.

"Nolan T. Croco" said the phone.

"Whoa, Was that.." He looked around nobody had said anything, they weren't even paying attention.

"Nolan, It's Time to determine your Future."

"Who is this? what do you mean Determine my future?"

"Your destiny is calling, Take bus 108 to the 61'st and J stop."

"This is way better than being bored, my destiny? Hell yeah that's downright awesome." Nolan took this chance and grabbed his bag and ran out of the room away from prying ears.

"Bus 108... let's see," Nolan had pulled up the bus route on his phone and was looking at the schedule. "Next bus leaves in... FIVE MINUTES!!" He threw his phone into his pocket and began running along the park's pathways.

He got to the bus stop just as the bus was pulling away. "Aw, COME ON! Mr. O is going to kill me..." just then another bus pulled in front of him. He glanced at the schedule, 108, 'It can't be...' He glanced at the bus a block away. 108. 'This is just weird.' He climbed on the bus and took a seat near the back. The bus was deserted except for the bus driver who didn't even look back.

The bus didn't stop anywhere else, it just kept going, shadowing the other bus. Eventually it stopped at the 61's and J street stop and the doors opened. Nothing from the bus driver. Nolan got of the bus and looked at his phone, the same message was still displayed on the screen. He turned around to find the bus gone, 'Okay, now that's creepy... But where do i go now?' Across the street he could see the kid with the Brony bag entering one of the casinos. 'Maybe he knows.'

Nolan entered the casino and looked around, He spotted the kid down the hall turning a corner. Nolan ran after him when his phone began to ring. "Aw, Lacey, not know," he picked it up and brought it up to his ear. "Hello?"

"NOLAN WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" Lacey yelled so loud he had to pull the phone from his ear.

"Lacey can't talk now it has to do with my destiny." Nolan turned the corner and looked around, he saw the kid down a long hall by an elevator.

"DESTINY??? MR. OSTRIKE IS GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"

"Can't talk now gotta go." Nolan hung up the phone and threw it into his pocked. 'Sorry Lacey.'

Nolan watched the kid get in the elevator and surged forward, "HEY HOLD THE ELEVATOR!" He dove into the elevator head first, barely getting in before the door closed.

"Dude, were's the fire... YOU!" The kid leaned over and helped Nolan off the ground.

"Yea... It's me... I'm okay, ish. The names Nolan. Nolan Theodore Croco. Junior at Foot Hill High school." Nolan said taking the hand helping him up and shaking it firmly.

"The names. T.K. I'm just a seventh grader from Manion Middle School." T.K. said scratching the back of his head. T.K. was a short kid, probably only 5'5" kind of short, baggy shorts, Yugioh shirt, and a My Little Pony Friendship Is Magik Messenger bag.

"I came from Burkholder middle myself." Nolan said smiling at the slightly scrawny looking kid. "You come here because of the message too?"

"Yea, Any idea what it means?"

"Not a clue... Whoa, look." The looked up at the numbers on the wall, SL3, SL5, SL6, SL9, the elevator was moving faster down, the numbers soon became a blur.

"What the." The elevator came down with a crash, the kid was still standing but Nolan was still on the ground. "I gotta stop landing on my ass. He glanced up at the numbers which read SL8238. He grimaced at how deep in the ground he was. The doors opened up and the kid went running out the door.

"Um... Bye then." Nolan looked around him, he was surrounded by different colored trains.

"ALL ABOARD!" Nolan looked around and found why the kid ran off. The trains were departing.

"shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit," Nolan took off running at the train that was pulling away the slowest. He was just about to reach it, it was just out of reach. 'I am so not built for so much running... BUT I  AM A VARSITY SOCCER PLAYER!'

With one surge of strength he heaved himself onto the last car of the train and looked back. "That was close. Now... Where are we going?" He opened the door and looked inside. The interior was completely ripped to shreds. The seats were ripped up, a few had the springs popping up out of them, some had no cushion at all. The wall paper was falling down leaving bare metal showing on the walls, and there were only a few lights working on the roof.

"Huh,creepy, it's like a ghost train... ... ... WHAT IF IT IS A GHOST TRAIN!" Nolan ran forward to the next door and tore it open. The next car was the exact opposite to the first. Perfectly sown seats, The wall paper looked ass if it was put up yesterday, And a bright chandelier hung in the center of the car. "Well that's strange."

Nolan walked through the next nest set of doors, It let him back onto a platform just like the rear of the train. Out side there was a purple mist surrounding the tracks and the train. There was no wind at all, the only way he could tell the train was moving was the tracks below him flying by. He backed in and shut the door and sat down.

'This is better that being bored i suppose, strange, but kinda cool.' The train suddenly lurched upward as if climbing a steep hill. Nolan had left the back two doors open and had fallen back against the railing of the last car. "AAAAAAAAHHH" the train continued to travel upward till it leveled off and stopped hard. Nolan was launched into the fron of the train and grabbed hold of one of the armrests.

"What the hell?"

The train came to a full stop and the doors flew open and the lights inside went out. Nolan causally pocked his head out the door. There was a long tunnel leading of to the left with red arrows pointing down the opening. Nolan stepped off and as he did, the trains door's shut and it was gone as fast as it came.

"Well wherever I am, I'm stuck here." He turned and walked down the corridor, the first thing that struck him was the chill in the air, it wasn't cold. But there was an Erie chill in the air. it was dusty and dirty in the corridor, probably nobody had walked it in years. The tunnel eventually opened up into a grand station hub. It kinda looked like grand central station but with a metal spiral stair case leading up. Nolan looked around him. The benches were lined with dust, the ticket counter was lined with dust, the doors were lined with dust. He began to check the doors one by one, each was locked except for the one that said storage.

The storage locker contained coats, radio's, and a bunch of uniforms. But the uniforms were oddly shaped. He pulled of one of the coats, the arms were to short, but the waist and length on the coat was huge. It was like it belonged to a giant dog... or a pony.

He decided to make his way up the metal staircase. Cautiously he took it step by step. once he was a few loops from the top the metal began to creek. Nolan took of running and jumped onto the floor above him. Looking into the hole he watched the staircase fall with a very loud crash.

"Well there goes my way down."

Around him was what he thought to be immigration. The windows were long boarded up. and it was a single room with only the giant front doors. The roof had a strange symbol on it. In the center of the roof there was a single large skylight letting in an eerie lunar glow. And as he turned he was taken by a giant portrait of a Pure white pony with a crown smiling down onto the room.

"Wait... I've seen that before..." Nolan suddenly flashed back to the figurine he picked up when he was in that scruff with the bullies.

"It can't be." Nolan turned and ran to the window, Outside there was a dirt road leading into the night. "Night Night? It was just after midday when i left..." He noticed a soft glow in the distance. "Thank god a city."

Nolan pulled out his phone and checked the time. His phone said 2:15 pm. But the sky said otherwise, not to mention he had no service. 'great, well i suppose there isn't any reason to remain here.'

Nolan pushed at the doors, no dice they were rusted shut, With a strong swift kick, Nolan was able to force the doors open. A Sudden and cold went came rushing in all at once. The sudden cold sent a step chill up Nolan's Sine. Nolan dropped his bag to the ground, Out he pulled his Letterman jacket and threw it on. It helped block some of the cold, but not all of it. He began walking through the lonely dirt road threw a lonely forest.

"Well at least it can't get any worse." Nolan immediately face palmed himself for at that moment it began to snow.

LATER

Town was much farther than he thought, The sun was just bridging the hills as he mad his way into town. The town was so misshaped and odd looking. He turned a corner and came face to face with a pink pony who had strange yellow hair. They just stared at each other for what felt like hours before finally the pony let out a scream and went running the other direction. Nolan remained in somewhat in a daze.

'Okay no need for alarm, I just came face to face with a pony... A PONY?!?!... I must be loosing it.' Nolan turned around and very stiffly walked a different direction.

The next pony was a Green pony that stared at him, Nolan said quivering slightly, "Um... Hello?" The green pony with a shriek yelled, "I KNEW THEY EXISTED!!!" and ran. Nolan remained silent. He continued his search of the town. by mid day he had only seen those two ponies.

'Okay, so I'm in a world of ponies... No problem, now i kinda wish T.K. was here, he might have been able to help me. but where is everybody anyways?' His question was soon answer for as he made the next bend he watched a large number of house shutters slam shut, and doors slam closed with closed signs hanging on them.

Nolan was now very cold, Very hungry, and Very tired. He continued his search outside of town. He was walking along a path pondering what to do when down the road he saw a small yellow pony with wings and pink hair carrying a basket. "HEY! WAIT!" He ran forward the pony dropped her basket and ran away. "I JUST WANT SOME HELP!" She had run forward into a small cottage around the bend.

Nolan picked up the basket and looked at the cottage. The basket contained some freshly backed muffins and cupcakes. As well as some mail and papers. He was about to turn and around with the basket but stopped. After a very heavy sigh he turned and thought differently. He walked up the the cottage door, snow was now covered his hair, and he was beginning to lose feeling in his toes.

He hesitated a moment then knocked on the door. "Hello?"

"Go- Go Away, Whatever you are." A small voice answered from behind the door.

"Hey, I have no idea where i am, I just want some help." Nolan pressed his ear against the door, but silence was all the followed. He placed the basket at the base of the door. and turned to face the snow covered land. "I just want to know where I am..." He tightened himself up in his jacket and began to walk away when the door opened part way and the small voice called to him.

"Find Twilight Sparkle in the town library, she can help you. You're in Equestria." The owner of the voice then shut the door and locked it.

"THANK YOU!" Nolan yelled from where he was standing. And turned and headed for town, with the dreams of a nice fireplace in his mind.