"That'll be fifteen dollars sir. Will that be cash or credit?" Asked the cashier as she finished scanning my items, which were some snacks that I had just run out of, being chips and soda.

"Cash" I reply as I hand her the money. Even though I usually wait until I get groceries to get more junk food, I had planned to do nothing but play videogames and watch TV this weekend, and I hadn't expected to run out of chips tonight.

"Alright" The cashier replied as she took my money and finished bagging my items. "Here you go sir. Have a good night."

"You too" I said as I walked out of the gas station toward my car.

As I got into my car and started it to head back home, I began thinking about the interaction I just had. Why did it make me feel so old? Is this how my dad feels like? Who knows, I'm barely twenty years old and I already feel ancient. That's probably not good.

"I'm probably just overthinking it" I say as I drive towards my apartment.

Am I though? I mean, my life has been kind of... Slow these past few years. It seems that ever since I graduated highschool life's gotten boring. And more than usual.

"It could just be me though" I tell myself as I stop at a red light.

I mean, maybe, but I have to admit that I haven't really done anything major since moving out. I haven't even left the state in years. When's the last time I even left the city?

"I probably just got used to going somewhere new every year" I reason as the light turns green.

That could be true. Back when I was younger, my parents would take me to another state every year. What was the last trip? Oh yeah. They took me to D.C on my seventeenth birthday.

"Jeez, that feels like it was yesterday" I say to nobody as I take a right turn.

Maybe I should go somewhere. That'll probably get rid of these negative thoughts I have. But where? Another state? Maybe another country? I've never left the United States. Maybe it'll be cool to visit a different country.

"But that will probably have to wait. I've got college." I say to myself as I enter the apartment complex parking lot.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. College. I enrolled right after highschool, and so far.. it's been fine. But you know, boring. So then what can I do? I've gotta do something to get out of this monotonous cycle I've got going here.

"I am about to play videogames all night" I tell myself as I park my car.

That will only help for so long and you know it bud. Ya gotta travel. Ya gotta go somewhere interesting.

"Why am I even arguing with myself about this?" I ask myself as I shut the car off.

Who knows. Maybe you finally lost it.

"...I've gotta stop getting overly dramatic." I say as I grab the bag with my snacks and exit the car. The walk to my apartment is short, as my apartment is situated on the second floor of a four story building. So far I haven't had trouble with rent, or with money in general. Gotta thank gramps for that.

I approach my apartment door while taking my keys out of my pocket. After picking out the door key, I unlock said door and head inside.

My apartment is small, having a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. I don't think much about this as I go straight to my room to start my night of gaming.

As I set the bag's contents on my desk I start deciding on what I'll play first. It doesn't take me long to decide, as I choose smash bros.

"Some poor saps bout to get forward Ariel'd" I joke with myself as I sit down and boot up my Nintendo switch. But as I was about to connect it into my TV, I felt my pocket vibrate.

....

It vibrates again.

"Who's calling me?" I ask myself as I pull my phone out to check the number.

"David? Huh. Wonder what he wants." I say as I answer the call from my little cousin, David.

"Hello?" I answer. "Hey cuz!" David answers excitedly. "Hey David, how's it going? Do you need something?" I ask. "Na, just wondering when's the next time your visiting" replies David. "Oh? And why the sudden interest in my visiting schedule?" I ask. "No reason, except the next time you come, I'll be able to show you my favorite show, and I'm pretty excited for that" replied David. "Ah. Well what show is it? Gotta make sure I haven't watched it already you know" I asked. "It's called My Little Pony" replied David.

...

"My Little Pony? That sounds.. interesting" I reply with a smidge of doubt. "Don't worry, I didn't expect anything either. But once you actually watch it, you'll get why I like it so much. You'll especially like Twilight" replied David. "Twilight?" I asked. "yeah, Twilight Sparkle, she's the main character, and my favorite character" ..."Ah, care to tell me about her?". "Sure, well, I'll only tell you that she's the protege of a princess, you'll get to actually see more when you visit, and speaking of, when are you visiting?" Asked David. "I honestly don't know dude. Maybe next weekend? I'll let you know" I replied. "Alright. Well that's all I wanted to ask, so good night!" Said David. "Night" I replied as I ended the call.

"My Little Pony huh? Wonder what it's about" I ask myself as I finish setting up the switch into my TV. "Twilight Sparkle.... I feel like she's important... I mean she's the main character so no shit she's important... But I can't help but feel like she will be even more important in the future...

...

"Maybe I should go to sleep early tonight" I tell myself as I create an arena.

After a while of playing smash, I decide to switch to the Xbox to play some Avengers. Not the best game, but it's the best iron man action I got in a game, so beggars can't be choosers.

As I start up a mission as iron man, I think of how awesome it would be to have real iron man armor. It'd be so badass.

Iron man was and will always be my favorite superhero. He's just cool, what do you want me to say?

As I continue thinking up a fantasy where I've got iron man armor and am a fuckin badass, I don't notice time slip by, and start falling asleep while playing.

"Oh shit... Dam time went by fast... Whelp, I'm going to bed" I say as I turn off the console, throw away my trash, and head to my bed.

But before I lay down, I look out my window and see the night sky, and I think back to the conversation I had with myself in my car.

"...I just wish my life was a bit more interesting. That too much to ask?" I say to the night sky like it'll answer me.

After a moment, I decide to just go to sleep. Ready to start another normal day tomorrow.

...Oh if only I knew.

Author's Note

Well there's the prologue of my first story. Hope you liked it.