Trying To Believe

Believed

A singing elf sang a song as a band was playing and all the elves were dancing.
A couple of elves bringing the back cart back as Iida was finishing punching holes in everyone's tickets shaped into letters.
"Show your tickets have the tickets ready thank you", said Iida.
The back cart connected back on the train as the elves fell of the see saw cart handles.
Deku laughed at them.
"Alright you ticket please".
Iida punched more holes into Monoma's ticket then gave it back to him.
Monoma read Lean on his ticket.
"Lean, whatever the heck that's supposed to mean", said Monoma.
Iida grabbed Monoma's ticket.
"Lean is spelled with four letters and I believe I punched in five", said Iida showing the ticket saying Learn.
Monoma grabbed his ticket back.
"Hey, are you saying I don't know how to... oh I'm sorry, it says LEARN, my mistake", said Monoma stepping inside the train.
"Lesson learned", said Iida.
"Ticket".
Todoroki handed Iida his ticket then punched holes into it.
Iida gave Todoroki back the ticket and read a word in reverse.
He flipped it over then read Depend On.
He flipped it around two more times then read Rely On and Count On.
"That is some special ticket".
"It sure is", said Todoroki.
"So, can you count on use to get you home safe and sound", asked Iida.
"Absolutely, me and my friends", answered Todoroki smiling.
Todoroki stepped in the train as Iida was punching holes in Uraraka's ticket.
When he finished he gave Uraraka back her ticket then read Lead.
"It says LEAD (led), like lead balloon", said Uraraka.
"I believe it also is pronounced LEAD (leed), as in leader, leadership, Lead the way, follow you anywhere, ma'am", said Iida saluting.
Uraraka stepped in the train when it was finally Deku's turn.
"Ah yes, young man with all the questions, ticket".
Deku handed his ticket to Iida.
Iida punched the holes behind his back then gave it back to Deku.
Deku read Believe on his ticket.
"It says be..", said Deku.
"No.. it's nothing I need to know", said Iida interrupting.
Deku walked in and saw the kids cheering for him.
As Deku putted his ticket back in his pocket it magically disappeared.
"Come on come show us the bell", said Uraraka pulling on Deku's arm.
"Yeah let's see the bell", said Monoma excitedly.
Deku sat down next to Uraraka with everyone crowding around him to see the bell and tried looking for the bell in his pocket but noticed the hole knowing he lost it.
"It's gone, I lost it, I lost the bell from Santa's sleigh", said Deku saddened.
"Don't worry, we'll find it", said Todoroki.
"Yeah, we'll help you, all of us", said Monoma.
"Yeah, let's hurry up and find it right now", said Uraraka getting up.
But then the train started moving before anyone could jump out and find it.
"It's to late".
"Gee that's really to bad, really", said Monoma.
Everyone sat down in there seats as Deku begin to cry.
"I'm sorry", said Uraraka rubbing her hand on Deku's back.
The train slowly rode by the dancing elves as it circled around the tree.
Later on the train arrived at Todoroki's home.
"11344 Edbrooke, next stop, 11344 Edbrooke", said Iida into the microphone.
The train came to a stop and Iida walked down to the door as Todoroki got up from his seat.
"Hey where are you going", asked Monoma.
"Home", answered Todoroki.
"Oh okay, merry Christmas", said Monoma.
Todoroki walked up to Deku.
"Thanks for stopping the train for me", said Todoroki.
Deku and Todoroki shook hands and Uraraka and Todoroki hugged.
"You have a wonderful Christmas", said Uraraka.
Todoroki stepped off the train.
"Watch your step please, a merry Christmas to you mister Todoroki", said Iida.
Todoroki pointed to something and Iida insisted him to go to it.
Todoroki quickly ran inside his house.
As Deku and Uraraka were looking out the window.
"Look, Santa already went into his house", said Uraraka.
The train slowly started moving as Todoroki ran back out showing his present from his porch.
"Look look, Santa got here", said Todoroki excitedly.
"Isn't that amazing", said Uraraka.
"It is amazing", said Deku smiling.
Deku sat back down.
"It is amazing".
The train finally arrived at Deku's house where the snow man was out front.
Deku was about to step off but said goodbye to Uraraka and Monoma first.
"Hey I'm sorry about the bell, it was a really special present", said Uraraka.
"Well you know what they say, it's the thought that counts", said Monoma.
"Yeah", said Deku.
"Well, see you", said Monoma.
Monoma walked back in.
"Well, see you", said Deku.
"See you", said Uraraka.
Deku and Uraraka hugged as Iida was standing outside checking his watch.
Deku stepped down off the train.
"Watch your step please", said Iida.
"Thank you", said Deku.
"No than you, one thing about trains, it doesn't matter where they're going, what matters is deciding to get on", said Iida winking.
Uraraka and Deku waved each other goodbye.
Deku walked in his house but heard Iida say something as the train was leaving.
"What", yelled Deku.
Iida was standing on the stairs of the train.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS", yelled Iida.
Iida and Deku waved each other goodbye then saw Uraraka inside the train looking out from the window and then saw Shigaraki on top of the train cart waving goodbye then magically disappeared.
Deku closed the door behind him then stuck his fingers through the hole in his pocket and looked under the Christmas tree with no presents under there yet or in the stockings and none of the cookies and milk were gone yet either.
Deku walked upstairs and there was some dust coming down from inside the chimney.
Eri was waking Deku up from his sleep on Christmas morning.
"Wake up, wake up Santa's been here, Santa's been here", said Eri excitedly.
Eri ran out of Deku's room to Inko and Hisashi's room.
"Hurry up, Hurry up, Mom, Dad, wake up, wake up, Santa's been here, Santa's been here".
Deku grabbed his robe and heard a rip in it as he pulled it from the rack.
"Mom, Dad, look , he brought us all kinds of stuff, look, a train".
Deku noticed he made an even bigger hole in his pocket.
A much smaller version of the polar express was running through around the Christmas tree as Deku and Eri were opening their presents.
"This is the most beautiful-est, most wonderful-est Christmas ever".
Eri found a small present from under the tree.
"Wait, look, here's one more, has your name on it", said Eri crawling out from under the Christmas tree.
Eri gave the present to Deku and he opened it and found the bell in there and rang it by his ear.
Deku heard the bell and smiled.
Deku then gave it to Eri and she rang and heard the bell.
He then found a letter inside the present then read it.
"Found this on the seat of my sleigh, better fix that hole in your pocket, Mr. C", said Santa's voice in Deku's hand.
Eri gave the bell back to Deku then he rang it by his ear and heard it again.
"What a beautiful bell, who's it from", asked Inko walking in.
"Santa", answered Deku giving the bell to Inko.
"Santa, really", said Inko.
Inko shook the bell by her ear but didn't hear a sound.
"Oh that's too bad".
"What's this", asked Hisashi walking in.
Hisashi took the bell from Inko and shook it by his ear but didn't hear a sound either.
"Broken, huh, sorry about that sport", said Hisashi handing Deku back his bell.
Inko and Hisashi walked out and Deku rang the bell by his ear twice and heard it.
"Come on kids we don't want to be late", said Inko.
"Coming mom", said Eri.
Eri ran out of the living room as Deku stared at the bell then sat it on the table and left the living room.
"At one time most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years past it felt silent for all of them, even Eri found one christmas that she could no longer hear it's sweet sound, though when I grew old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe", said Deku's thoughts.
The bell sat there on the table.