Equestrian Girls: A very Steaming Christmas

Chapter 1

Sunset laid in her Bed, but she couldn't sleep. Her Mind was twisting with one Question: Is Santa Claus Real? She though long and hard, and soon, she made a Plan how she can proof that Santa was Real. She would only pretend that she was asleep, and when Santa would come, she would see him in Person. The time only crawled by, and she was soon getting bored. She looked at the Clock, 22:15. She groaned lightly and looked at her ceiling. Suddenly, she heard something. It sounded like a Bell. She jumped out of her Bed and quickly walked down the Stairs towards the Living Room. But when she got about halfway down the Stairs, she saw a light from the Kitchen, and then saw the silhouette of an Man, with something that looked like a big Bag over his Shoulder. She gasped in awe, but suddenly, the Figure shaped, into a Man, with an Child in his Arms.

Sunsets Dad: All right Sarah, you've got your Water. Now of to Bed with you.

Sunsets eyes went wide, and she raced up to her Room. She hide herself behind the closed Door and watched the scene in front of her through the Keyhole.

Sarah: But Dad, when I'm asleep I wont see Santa.

Sunsets Dad: You don't need to see Santa, you know that he's real, and Sunset thinks so to.

Sarah: Sunset says that she isn't so sure about that. She said that, if he would travel around the World, he would go as fast as the light, and if he would carry Toys for every Child in the World, his Sleight would be as big as a Cruise Liner.

Sunsets Dad: She said that? Well, she knows that Santa is real, just as Christmas is real to. Now, have nice Dreams.

Sunset got away from the Door and took a Flash light out of her Drawer. She pointed the Lights to a shelf with Books and took one of them out. She opened a Page and looked at it. It was a Page about the North Pole. She read and one paragraph stand out from all the others. It read: “No sign of life.”

Sunset was now even more troubled and looked to one of the shelf’s in here Room. There were many Pictures and Newspaper articles, all about Santa Claus. She was just starting to read one of them when she heard something coming towards her Room. She got into her bed as fast as she could and closed her eyes, just in time as her parents got into her Room.

Sunsets Dad: Look she's already asleep

Sunsets Mom: Yes, but she's getting older. She should already know that there is no Santa

Sunsets Dad: Still, she can believe that a little while longer, she grows up so fast.

Sunsets Mom: And soon, the Magic will disappear too.

As Sunset heard those words her Eyes flew open, but she quickly closed them again. Her Mom leaned down to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek and wished her sweet dreams. As they began to leave, her Dad said:She's sleeping so tight, not even an Express Train would wake her up.

Sunset didn't stood up again and had her eyes shut. She could only hear the Ticking of the Clock.

Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick-

But then it stopped. She looked at the Clock and was surprised. The last time she looked at the Clock it was 22:30, now it was 23:55! Suddenly, there was a rumble, and she felt the earth shake lightly. She looked around her Room and noticed that some of her things were shaking. It began lightly, but the rumbling got louder, and the shaking got harder. Some of her things fell over from the Shaking. She looked at her Window and at the heater and saw that it was putting out a lot more Steam than usual. And then, an very big cloud of Steam came out,followed by an very loud Steam Whistle. As she continued to look out of here Window, she could see that something long and bright was Passing her House. Her Curiosity got the better of her and she took her gown from her Bedside, and making a pretty big hole in one of the Pockets, and ran out of the House. When she was halfway between the House and the Road, the Mist around the Object lifted and she could see what It was. In front of her, was an Big Steam Locomotives, with 5 Long Passenger Coaches. She gasped as she saw the Long Engine and its Coaches standing in front of her, with Steam coming out of the Funnel and the Cylinders. She made her way towards the Engine. As she passed the Tender, she could read a Name, that was Printed on the Side of the Tender. It read: POLAR EXPRESS. But before she could look into the Cab, a voice was heard behind her.

?: ALL ABOARD!

Sunset looked back, to see a Man with a Lantern in his Hand looking in her Direction. She turned around, looking if there was someone else who he was Talking to. As she didn't saw someone else, she looked at him again, and pointing to herself, asking if she was the one who was called.

Man: ALL ABOARD!

Sunset walked towards the Man. As she stood in front of him, she could see that the Man was the Conductor of the Train. He had an Railroad Uniform, with an Cap, on which a gold Plate was bolted onto, with the Word 'Conductor' on it.

Conductor: Well, you're coming ?

Sunset: where too ?

Conductor:(Explaining) Why, to the North Pole of course! This, is the Polar Express!

Sunset:(Confused) The North Pole ?

Conductor:(accepting) I see, Hold this for a Moment.(gives here the Lantern) Thank You.(Pulls out a Manifest, showing it Sunset) Is this You?

Sunset:(looking at the Manifest) Yes.

Conductor:(reading) It says here, No List to Santa and You made your Sister put out the Milk and Cookies this Year. It seams that this is your troublesome Year. If I were you, I would think about climbing aboard.

Sunset walked a few steps away from the Conductor and shaked her head.

Conductor:(accepting) Suit Yourself.

And with That, the Conductor got back on board of the Train, and shook the Lantern. With a loud blast from its Whistle, the Locomotive puffed loudly away from Sunset. But as the Coach past here, something made her run after the Coach and Jumped on board. She griped the Handrail and watched as her House past her, and she watched as she saw, what looked like her Snowman, waving his Arm. She watched the Landscape for a little While longer, until she heard someone behind her. She turned around, to look at the same Conductor, opening a Door for her to get into the Coach. She stepped inside, not knowing where this Train was bringing her, but believing that she would get here Answers there.