In the front seat of a green car, Manny is drawing in a sketchbook while his mother, Maria, is driving the car

"So what are you drawing this time Mijo? Let me guess, jetpacks." Maria asked

Manny said as he continued to draw "No mom, not this time. I'm drawing me in a really cool tiger costume that came to me in a dream."

Maria asked "What kind of dream?"

Manny explained "I don't recall all of it, but I think I was a anti-hero who fought for the side of good and sometimes fought for the side of evil."

Maria said raised her eye about the evil part "Really?"

Manny said showing his mother the drawing of him in what appeared to be a "tiger" costume of sorts but in all black "Like I said, I don't remember all the details. Maybe I was undercover or something like one of those old spy movies or something. Here's what I have so far."

Maria said "This is a really good. You should bring this to Carmelita."

Manny said "Zoe's mom. Mom, that's crazy. She takes art super seriously and considers drawings like mine doodles. She'll relate anything to cartoons as terrible art and I know that because of this kid on school that brought superhero drawings to her and she indirectly crushed it in front of her. Besides, Zoe's mom hates me just like how Frida's dad hates me for some reason."

Maria said "They don't hate you Manny. Rather, you sort of have pieces of them that remind them of themselves when they were younger and your friends with their daughters."

Manny said "Yeah friend, not girlfriends. I don't like Frida and Zoe that way and I never will."

The car pulls up to the entrance of the school and Manny gets out of the car.

Manny said "Bye mom. See you later."

Maria said before driving away "Be good Manny."

Manny headed inside of the school and went to his locker before going to home room. As he is heading to his locker, he notices Diego and Sergio watching him from afar. Manny always got the feeling that those two hated him the most for some reason and never understood why. It probably had something to do with him mistaking Sergio as an elementary school student on his first day of school and he (surprisingly) beat Diego in a science fair project in sixth grade. He ignored them and went to homeroom where he found his two friends, Frida and Zoe. However, he had to take the long way to homeroom since Vice Principal Chakal is close by and Manny didn't want to run into him

Frida asked "What took you so long?"

Manny said "Had to get something from my locker."

Zoe said "While also avoiding Chakal?"

Manny said "While also avoiding Chakal. You accidentally leave a pack of thumbnails on his chair and you're marked for life by that guy."

Zoe asked playfully "You sure it was an accident?"

Manny said "Yes it was; you were there."

Zoe said "Just saying."

Frida said while holding Manny's sketchbook "So no jetpacks this time."

Manny said before getting the book back "Hey give that back."

Zoe said as she grabbed the book from Manny "Is this a Tiger costume or something?"

Manny said "Yeah. It came to me in a dream I had last night."

Zoe said "I'll say this; it's nothing like the wrestling outfits that you used to draw of your dad's wrestling team or you dressed as a wrestler."

Frida said "You kind of looks like a superhero."

Zoe said "I would say he looks like a supervillain."

Before they could talk about it any further, their teacher came in and class started. They talked about it more during lunch since Frida and Zoe both wanted Manny to draw them as a superhero and supervillain respectively. Frida wanted to be a rockstar type superhero that has a powerful guitar that shoots electricity out of it and Zoe wanted to be a bird like supervillain. Normally Manny wouldn't take art request like that from anyone, but Frida and Zoe are the exceptions to the rule since they are his best friends equally.

After school was over, Manny was picked up by his mother and the two headed home for the day. When they arrived, Rodolfo is already making dinner.

Maria said before giving him a kiss "Your home early Rodolfo."

Rodolfo explained "I know. The Gym had to close early today for renovations so I had to cut practice time for the team short. Dinner will be ready in an hour."

Maria said "Alright."

Rodolfo asked his son "What are you drawing this time?"

Manny said "Drawing request for Frida and Zoe at the same time."

Rodolfo asked "Why the same time? You shouldn't add too much stress on yourself like that."

Manny explained before going to his room "But if I don't they'll ask who I did first and if I say I do one over the other first then they'll say that I like one over the other. I don't even like both of them "like that". I'm going to get ready for dinner."

Maria asked Rodolfo "Do you think Manny really doesn't like Frida or Zoe like that yet?"

Rodolfo said "He was telling the truth. I taught our son not to lie. Although, I give it another year if he decides to which girl he likes the most. He's still growing. He has time."

In Manny's room, after putting his stuff down to get ready for dinner and (probably) start on his homework, the wind blew on his sketchbook to the tiger costume that he drew. He also noticed that one of his red colored pencils rolled onto it. An idea popped in his head and he drew a red scarf around his neck and red stars on the gloves. He then wrote the title El TIgre at the very top.

This popped up in my mind one day and I decided to write in the form of a one shot. I call it the Normalverse. Basically, as the name implies, everything is normal. There are no superheroes, supervillains, monsters, undead, mystical items, etc.

I've also decided to try doing AU one-shots that can act as pilots for possible future stories that I might do or willing to let someone adopt if they talk to me first; like what JustSomeoneElse is doing but with my own thoughts along with any suggestions anyone has. While these consist of one shots I'm willing to do sequels to a certain AUs if it is popular enough in terms of feedback.