Destiny - A Ducktales Fanfic

3. Train Ride

Louie thought his luck was changing for the better when he arrived at Duckberg Central Station and found the last train of the night was a train to St. Canard and left fifteen minutes from now. 

Maybe fate was finally taking pity on him.

After buying his ticket, Louie found himself having fifteen minutes to kill. He though about texting Donald and telling him he's coming to stay with him but his phone died before he could. Having nothing else to do he bought a can of Pep from a vending machine and sat on a bench and waited for his train.

The fifteen minutes past quicker than Louie thought it would and he boarded the first class car. When he sat in that comfy faux leather seat he felt more tired than he had ever felt before - The wear of the day catching up to him. All he wanted to do was sleep but he knew better than to fall asleep in a foreign place while he was alone.

Alone, he was all alone now, Wasn't he? The more he thought about it, the more he realised he had been alone for some time now... he'd been alone since Donald left. Webby had Lena and Violet, Huey also had Violet as well as the other Woodchucks and Dewey... Well Dewey didn't really have any other friends. But he had Della and they would do everything together. 

He had never felt so alone. The pain he had been bottling up was finally released. Tears dripped onto the train's red carpet and he did his best not to make any noise. Not that anyone would hear, apart from him the train was baron.

Well not entirely baron. - "Hey Sharpie." Turning his head he saw the familiar face of Goldie O'Gilt a woman who'd once swindled him out of millions in birthday party treasure.

When Goldie had boarded the train to St. Canard she never thought she would see Louie Duck, she had taking a liking to the kid and she thought she could use the train ride to catch up with kid but then she saw him crying. - "You okay Louie?" - She had turn from a stone cold con-artist to a kind and nurturing mother in seconds.

Louie wiped his face. - "I'm fine." 

"Okay." - She responded, her voice gentle. - "Where are you going."

"To my Uncle Donald's." - He sniffed

"Why?"

"You wouldn't understand." - He turned to face the window.

"Try me."

"Nobody respects me there... I'm blamed for every problem or mistake. They want me to be something i'm not, they try to make me a brave adventurer."

'They want me to be something I'm not' - Those were all too familiar words for Goldie, before she met Scrooge, She had been the youngest daughter of a wealthy businessman, during that time she had stood out for being more interested in money, literature and history rather than dresses and dancing. So she had fled home and began her new life as a treasure hunting con-artist.

"I understand what you mean to be different." - She admitted. - "My family didn't accept me for who I was either and I also ran way."

"Where'd you go."

"Everywhere, I took my chance and made a new life for myself." - Louie responded to this with a yawn.

"The train rides 3 hours long. You should probably get some sleep. He just sleepily nodded and rested his head on her shoulder, he was silently snoring within minutes.

Goldie rested her head on top of his and wondered would the kid have the same life as she had.

Thank you for reading Ch. 3 of Destiny! I hope to see you in Ch.3 -MM