Caitlin was pulling a freight train.
She calmly drove into the tunnel.
She drove halfway through the tunnel when suddenly she saw something... The lights of some train appeared ahead, although the track was only in one direction and there was no way another train could be here.
Caitlin became scared because she was afraid that the train would crash into her, but it began to slow down. The lights got closer and closer and finally this locomotive became visible. Slowly approaching very close to Caitlin, he stopped.
"W-who are you?" Caitlin asked in fear.
The locomotive did not answer.
"Who are you?!" Caitlin repeated louder.
The locomotive didn't answer again. He looked gloomy.
"Why don't you answer? You can not? You do not want?"
"I can..." He said quietly. "But I didn't want to do it earlier"
"Why are you here?"
"Where else should I be? Where can I be when my body is in a scrapyard..."
"What?! You are a... Ghost?!"
"Yes..."
"How long have you been here?"
"Many years, I've already lost count. But I'm actually not always here. I travel... But I'm here at night... Because usually there are rarely anyone driving here at night"
"What happened to you?"
"I'd rather not talk about it"
Caitlin remained silent, not knowing what to say.
"I hope I didn't scare you with my presence..."
"To be honest, at first yes..."
"It's quite nice to chat with at least someone... I haven't done this in so long..."
"But why? Can't others see you? Am I the only one who sees you?"
"No, I just don't show myself to everyone, for fear of scaring someone. And I appeared to you by chance"
Suddenly Caitlin realized that she was late.
"I'm sorry, I have to go!"
"It's okay. I don't want you late""I remember I read somewhere about the ghost train that is seen here. But I almost forgot everything about it. I'll have to read it again... Oh, and besides, I need to find out more about him..." Caitlin thought.
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Note from the author: Yeah, I've been waiting for Halloween to post this story.
Sorry that updates to the Country of Lesia series of stories have become less frequent. I'm just focused on something another right now. But that doesn't mean I'm stopping this series of stories!
Anyway, Happy Halloween!
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Date of writing: January 27, 2024
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The Country of Lesia
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