A (Somewhat) Normal Life

Canterlot City, people say that this place is the place to be if you want to start a new life. A place where you can make new friends and attend to the best school in town, Canterlot High. “What the fuck?” A boy said as he was reading the pamphlet about said city.

“Joshua Tanner!” A women said in disgust of the boy’s language. “Watch your mouth.”

“Sorry Mom, it won't happen again.” Joshua apologized and looked out the window of the back seat of the car. Looking at the cars passing by as they were driving down the highway. “I just don't get it. Why are we moving from Las Angeles to here, out of all places?” Joshua asked, still looking out the window.

“Now, Josh.” A new voice was added to the conversation. “The reason is that, over the past couple of years, you have got into some trouble. And we think that, it’s best if you start a new life, and what better way to do that than moving to Canterlot City?” He said with joy in his voice at the end of his sentence.

“But Dad,” Joshua said to his father. “I don't want to start a new life. I don't want to make friends, I'm fine on my own. Besides, friends only let you down and abandon you when you need them the most.” He said with a little sadness in his voice.

His mother decided to put her two cents in. “Listen Josh, we’re only doing this because we care about you. I know it will take some time getting use to, but trust me it will be for the better, okay?” His mother said with comfort in are eyes. “So please give this a chance?" She asked her son.

Joshua sighed “Okay, Mom. I'll give it shot.” He said with smile on his face. His mom reached back and messed with his hair.

“That's my boy.” She replied back and returned to reading her book. Josh decided to put his earbuds in and listen to some music. Hours passed and soon enough they were at their destination.

“Well here we are, Canterlot City.” Josh`s father said as they drove down the street. Josh looked out the window and saw some buildings and the people living here walking by, there were some normal looking humans, but there was also humans with multi-colored skin as well. Josh kept looking at the window watching the pedestrians walking, looking at there phones or walking there pet's. He saw a group of 7 girls walking by. One had long hair that looked like fire, then there was one girl that had her hair colored to look like a rainbow and one of them had pink hair and resembled that of: cotton candy. They were talking to one another, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

“So where are we living, Dad?” Josh asked while still looking out the window of the car.

“Well we're going to be staying at your Aunt April’s place, until we can get all of our stuff into the new house.” His father replied.

They continued their way down the street until they came across the high school. “This is where you’ll be going from now on Josh Canterlot High, what do you think?” His father asked as they stopped by the high school. Josh looked at his soon-to-be new school. It had a castle like look to it, it also had a statue of a horse on a platform.

“It looks nice, I guess.” Josh said with an unamused look on his face. He still didn’t like the idea of this being his new school that he had to go to from now on.

“Alright, now let's head to April's place.” His dad said as they continued driving down the street. They came up to a two-story house in a suburban part of the city.

“I'll never understand why she decided to live here.” Josh thought to himself as he looked at the house.

“We're here.” His father said as he parked the car on the side of the street. “Now Josh while we are here, please clean up after yourself and listen to your Aunt, okay?” He asked Josh.

“Sure Dad, I'll be on my best behavior.” He replied to his father as he got his suitcase, opened the door, and stepped out of the car. His parents did the same. They got their suitcases out of the trunk of the car. They started walking up the steps, and once they were at the front door his father knocked on the door.

Josh looked at the sky, the sun slowly started setting and the sky was turning purple with an orange tint to it. He always did like how it looked.

“Who is it?” A muffled voice said from inside.

“It's us April. Me, Beth and Joshua.” His father replied.

“Oh, okay. Hold on, I’m coming.”

Soon the front door opened and revealed Aunt April. She always loved to see family members visit her, especially her little brother.

“Oh Tyler, it’s good to see you again. How have you been?” She asked.

“It's been going good, April. We were wondering if we could stay here for a while until our stuff gets moved into our new home. Is that okay with you?”

“Sure, you're always welcome. I have a guess room you and Beth can use,” She said. Then she looked at J.T. “But I think J.T. might have to use my daughter’s room for the time being.”

“Won't Kate be upset sharing her room?” Josh’s mom asked. “Because last time I checked, she’s not too joyful about sharing her room with someone else, even if it’s family.”

April shook her head in response “No it's okay, she moved out of here when she went to college, so she won't mind. Well don't just stand there, come on in.” She said while stepping aside to let them in.

“So Aunt April, what have you been up to lately?” Josh asked his Aunt while taking off his shoes and setting them by the door with his parents shoes.

“It’s been going good, Josh.” She replied. “I have a job as a waiter at a restaurant. What about you? What have you been doing?”

“Oh, I've been doing okay. I'll be attending Canterlot High tomorrow, so that's that.”

His Aunt was excited to hear the good news. “Ooh, well that will be fun. I hear there’s a lot of good things there, however I also heard a bunch of rumors that there has been some crazy things that happened at that school.”

“Like what?” Josh asked with curiosity in his voice.

“Well there's that one time the school was attacked by a raging she-demon, then there’s the time with the battle of the bands when three sirens tried to take over the world, and then there’s the Friendship Games where there were evil plants, but like I said they’re just rumors from what I hear.”

Josh. couldn't believe what he was hearing. “A raging she-demon, sirens and evil giant plants. Why the fuck would my parents suggest moving here when this place has crazy shit like that happening?” He thought to himself.

“So April, do you have anything to eat?” Josh's father asked, looking a little bit hungry. “We've been on the road and we haven't eaten for hours.”

“I did ordered pizza a while ago, there’s some leftovers in the fridge so help yourselves.”

“Well, thank you so much for letting us stay for a while, April. It means a lot,” Josh's mother said.

“Oh, it’s no problem. That’s what family do, we look out for each other and I’m so glad you decided to move here. Trust me, you won’t regret it."

After eating leftover pizza and watching TV, it was time to hit the hay, so everyone went into their rooms to rest for the night. J.T. opened the door to his cousin’s room and walked inside. The room had all the things needed for a room. A bed, a closet, a computer desk, a TV with a DVD player and it’s own bathroom.

“Thank goodness,” Josh said to himself as he set his suitcase down. “ That Kate was not into girly stuff and painted her room pink.”

He opened his suitcase and opened the closet. There were still some of Kate’s clothes in it, but it did have some space for his. He started putting them away. After that, he went back to his suitcase, took out his laptop, and placed it on the desk. He then took out a couple of things like his underwear, his laptop and I-phone chargers. Lastly, he took out a few porno magazines and porno DVDs.

“Good thing I was able to bring these goodies with me,” He said with a smile on his face. He put the magazines and DVDs in the closet. He took his military jacket and jeans off, leaving him down to his t-shirt, boxers, and socks.

Josh looked out the window, it was night time out. The street lights brightening up the neighborhood with a golden tint to them. He decided to call it a night and crawled into the bed, which turned out to be a water bed. He closed his eyes because tomorrow he'll be starting his first day at Canterlot High.