Anon-A-Miss: Soul of Friendship

My name is Jordan Steel and I'm 18 years old. My family just moved to Canterlot City because my Mom got a new job and we all had to move.

"Are we there yet?" my five year old sister asked. Her name is Jenna. She's a happy go lucky person with a smile everywhere she goes. There's also my Mom. Avery. And my Dad: Derrick.

"Almost there, sweetie," Avery answered. Derrick made a left turn and I could see a not so good looking house. I immediatley knew what was happening. I groaned in dismay.

"I know it doesn't look the best, sweetie." Avery told me. "But we don't have much and this is the best we could afford."

"It looks so, broken down!" I complained. "It looks likes it's barely hanging on!"

"But at least we still have a place to stay." Jenna reminded me. I sigh.

"I guess your right."

"You're going to love it here." My Dad said. "Canterlot is a very nice place. I'm sure you'll make lots of new friends at your new High School."

"Yeah...friends." I grumbled. Forgot to mention someting about me. I don't really like to make friends much. No let me rephrase that. I don't like to make friends anymore. Don't get me wrong. I don't hate people I just lost interest. For reasons I won't tell right now. While I don't like to make friends. I'm still willing to talk to you if you have the patience. I don't have many friends anyways. If anything I have more of them in the video game community than in real life. Friends online are just easier to talk to. I don't know why. It's not like I try to change myself in the online community. I'm almost the same online as I am in real life. Most of my friends I met were from Valorant, Doom Eternal, Counter Strike: Global Offensive. We had all played together and they had helped me get better in those games. We all keep in touch by using Discord. Don't mean to brag or anything but I've actually been getting better at FPS games and it's all thanks to the people I met and helped me. Let's just hope our new home has good internet connection. My dad pulled in the driveway into our new house. We all grabbed our stuff. Mostly our clothes and toothbrushes. The rest of our furniture will come tomorrow in a huge truck.

"Here we are," Derrick announced. "Home, Sweet home!"

"Except it's not really sweet." I muttered looking at the state it was in.

"Look, son. I know it's not an ideal. But sometimes we have to appreciate what we have." he said gently putting his hand on my shoulder. He was right. Even though the house didn't look great, it was still better than sleeping out on the streets. A golden retriever puppy jumped out the back door and barked happily. Her name is Ginger. My family adopted her just a few months ago and she's been living with us ever since.

We went inside the house and looked around. The inside didn't look as bad as the outside at least.

Jenna decided to take the room upstairs down the hall, while I took the one on the same floor closer to the stairs. Ginger sniffed around the house. Nothing too unusually there. I noticed a door right that led downstairs into the basement. I groaned. I am not a huge fan of basements. Especially unfinished ones where they don't even have carpets.

"We'll use the basement as extra storage," Derrick said. "Right now you should probably set up your room. Have you already decided which one you're taking?" I nodded.

"Great. We'll order some food for tonight. How does Subway sound?"

"Sounds, great. Thanks, Dad." He smiled and we both looked down the basement doors. I looked a bit nervous. I could just feel something wasn't right. I didn't want to appear scared so I just gulped and started to venture downstairs. For starters the light was very dim. Didn't make it feel any less creepy. The basement was just a large room with 2 small rooms inside. There were no carpet anywhere. What gave me the most anxiety was the fact that it was completley silent. Nothing. Not even an airconditioner whirring. The feeling of someone watching me made me uneasy. The feeling of dread starting to get to me but I quickly shook my head. Stop being such a pussy! I thought to myself. Jenna was there with me. She didn't look as nervous as I did she just happily looked around. Perhaps she's immune to feeling of fear?
I went back upstairs and Jenna stayed down there for a little longer. I won't be going there anytime soon, that's for sure.

Later that night, we ate Subway and decided to get ready for tomorrow. For me, that means my first day at Canterlot High School. While we ate Jenna told us that she had made an imaginary friend.

"Really? That's really nice!" Avery gasped pretending to sound excited. "Who is it?"

"Her name is Sunset," Jenna said innocently. "She's really nice but she's also very sad."

"Awww, are you trying to cheer her up?" Derrick asked.

"I am. She says she doesn't have any friends because they all left her."

My parents made an 'Awwwww" and we continued to eat. After that we decided to turn in for tonight. Since we don't our beds we would just have to use air mattresses.

"Arf! Arf!" Ginger barked looking at the basement door. I got up from the table and went to her.

"What's wrong girl?" I asked. She continued to keep on barking at the door. "There's nothing in there." I opened the basement door to show that there was nothing or more specifically, no one inside. Ginger however didn't seem to agree. She continued barking. Not at me but at something in the basement. I looked around trying to see what was triggering her. Maybe it was a small fly that I couldn't see? "Come on, Ginger. There's nothing in here to bark at." I said. I picked her up and carried her to my room where she could sleep with me. After taking a shower and putting on my sleeping clothes, I told my family goodnight and closed the door behind me. Ginger kept on whimpering so I comforted her by letting her lay on my lap for a while until she would calm down. After she did I finally dozed off.