Summary: NORMAL. Limp Sam

Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural or the characters

This chapter is a little long, and a little boring, but put up with it cause it really picks up later.

The Grand Illusion

The Road So Far

On Sam's 6 month birthday, Mary Winchester heard baby Sam fussing over the monitor. Finding that her husband John has not come to bed yet, she goes and checks on her youngest, but finds that John is already there, relieved; she goes back to bed…

What if the demon never came? What if all the supernatural beings that we have become so used to seeing our beloved Winchesters battle night after night never existed? Would the Winchesters be safe, happy, NORMAL and if so what other kinds of dangers would they face?

Chapter 1

"Good morning Lawrence, it is 7 o'clock in the morning, and its time for everyone to get their buts out of bed because unfortunately most of us have to go to work, and school…Man I miss those days so simple so carefree… well let's get this morning show on the road shall we, we are going to start off today's program with 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath! This is Zach Smith on Lawrence's only classic rock station, CrazyClassic FM!"

Sam Winchester startled awake to the sound of Black Sabbath on his alarms radio. Dean must have been messing with it again, because last he checked the station was set to easy rock.

Today was just another typical day, and Sam was ready to get it over with. He loved school with a passion, but it was now late May, and the only thing on his mind was summer break. This summer was going to be amazing; he was going to go on a road trip with his brother Dean, in his newly rebuilt classic 1967 Chevy impala. But to get there he would have to put up with the last couple of weeks of school, and the mundane rituals that went with it.

So here he would go again, he would wake up, go to school, come home do homework, and then the next day he would wake up, go to school, come home and do homework, and then the day after, he would wake up, go to school, come home and do homework… until that sweet sound of the bell on the last day of school signaled his freedom.

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In his still half asleep state, he managed to get down most of the stairs, before his foot slipped on the fourth from the bottom, and he fell hard down on his ass, and continued his way down to the hardwood floor with a loud thump, quickly followed by a stream of curse words.

He could hear his parents in the kitchen:

"Ha!" … "John!" …"OW! Sorry son you okay out there?"

"Ya, I'm fine." A now full awake Sam responded

"Honey, hurry up and get some breakfast, or else your going to be late." Said his mom.

Sam managed to get his awkwardly long limbs into the kitchen and situated into a kitchen chair without incident, and stared at the peanut butter toast, he really wasn't hungry this morning.

"Nice entrance there son, if your legs get any longer we're going to have to get new doorways!"

"John, be nice to your son, being tall is nothing to be ashamed about." Mary said with a smirk on her face.

"Ha-ha dad, that's funny." He responded un-amused.

The morning progressed just like any other. He finished his breakfast, fixed his hair the best he could – his dad was always at him to get his long shaggy hair cut, but his mother insisted that it looked adorable on him – , got dressed, and did whatever else needed doing, and walked out the door.

"Bye mom, bye dad, love you."

Outside, the skies were blue, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and as cliché as it was the day was absolutely beautiful.

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 Today was proving to be an uneventful day, but still a pretty interesting one. His English teacher had been sick for the past 2 weeks, and the school was out of substitutes so his first class had been cancelled. He had spent most of that time in the library reading up on law. Whenever he had a spare moment he liked to read up on miscellaneous subjects, and his endeavors into the world of law were proving to be a great deal of interest to him.

His next class was chemistry which was always fun, but was especially so. Brian Timms had thrown to big a piece of potassium into the water, and not knowing what would happen, it exploded in his face, he had then proceeded to throw the extra potassium into the garbage can, onto a bunch of wet paper towels, thus setting the can on fire. This had set off the fire alarm, and everyone was sent outside until it was deemed safe. The rest of the 15 minutes of class was spent with a long lecture on safety from the teacher, but everyone had been to busy laughing to listen to her.

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"Hey Sam, where are you going?"

"I forgot my lunch today, so I have to buy it."

"Okay. Hey are you coming to Jenny's party tonight?"

"No dude, I can't tonight's family night, my mom, my dad, and my brother and I are all going to the movies tonight, it's the only time we have available to spend together any more."

"That sucks, family nights are so lame."

"Ya, I know. The name is lame, but I get to go to the movies so I'm okay with it, anyways Jenny's a bitch, I wouldn't go to her party even if I weren't busy."

"Whatever dude."

After getting his lunch – pizza, coke, and skittles – he sat down beside his best friend Eric. This was the way lunches always went, and he really enjoyed the crappy fast food pizza that he ate everyday, and if his dad knew he would get in shit because in his dad's words 'that crap will make you fat someday', but it just tasted so damn good.

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By fourth period he was tired of looking at the clock, why did it always seem the more you wanted to get out the confinements of the school, the slower the clock went? It was a Friday afternoon, and he wanted to get home, to see his brother. After Dean had turned 18 he had moved out into a local apartment, and lately he had been busy with work, and the many girls that he spent his nights with, that Sam never got to see him.

As Mr. Richards tried to finish the last little bit of his lecture the bell rang, and with that all the students jumped up, and rushed out of the classroom.

"Hey Sam are you sure about tonight."

"Yes, Eric! I told you about tonight, and it's the only time I get to spend with my brother."

"Okay, whatever, your such a dork."

"Yep, and I'm proud of it!"

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"Hey little bro, come in here."

As soon as he walked in the door Sam was greeted with Dean's voice calling him into the living room.

Upon entering, he saw that they were not alone, his dad sat beside his brother on the couch, watching a muted football game, and each holding a beer.

"Hey Dean, what's up?"

Instead of Dean answering, his dad spoke up.

"I know you've been trying hard in school lately, and I know things have been tough for you ever since your brother moved out…" Dean nodded in agreement in Sam's direction, "and lately we've been ignoring your needs, and for that I'm sorry, so I think its time we go on a little family vacation, you, me, and Dean. How does that sound?"

"Um… good I guess." Sam was a little surprised at this intervention, and wasn't sure exactly what to say.

"Good, I'm glad you agree, because tomorrow we're going to go camping, it should be fun, so go pack, and meet us down here so we can finish watching the game."

'Wow' was all Sam could think. He had wanted something exciting, and camping was definitely a change from the usual pace. This sounded like it just might be fun.

After packing, Sam sat down with his family to watch the now un-muted football game, and waiting for his mom to come home so that he could tell her the news.

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So this is the first chapter, what do you think, it picks up later on so don't worry, and there is some limp Sam in the next chapter. I hope you like, I post the rest of the story later, it's all done, I just want to see if people are interested.