So…it's been a while since I've posted a story on here, so please bear with me (I was Nova2002 years ago). All that I ask is for everyone to be somewhat nice with their feedback…healthy criticism is always very helpful, but let's keep it that way, as I'm still perfecting my skills.

This is the introduction story for my new character, Andromeda "Anna" Normandy. It's kind of a love story as well. Just a forewarning, this story is mostly about Anna and Wildwing…so don't say I didn't tell you!

So here goes nothing...

*~ I don't own The Mighty Duck; though I wish I did ~ *

From time to time, Wildwing let his mind drift though his childhood. He thought back to the earliest memories that he could think of. In these childhood memories was a girl. This girl lived across the street from him. This memory was of many of her crying because of something that Canard told him to tell her. Every time he remembered these parts of his childhood, he felt a large pang of guilt run though his body.

Wildwing didn't mean to tease and taunt her the way he did, and he didn't know the exact reason why he did it. Canard had told them when they were kids that girls were icky, mean and evil, so it must have given him enough reason to. Canard was like a big brother to him, someone to look up to and that's why Wildwing hung on to every word that Canard said.

He remembered her name. It wasn't hard to forget as it was unusual and strange. Her name was Andromeda Normandy, but everyone called her Anna. Wildwing called her 'Red' because of her hair. Back then Canard had told him that the weird name suited her perfectly, because she was weird.

Anna was unusually beautiful. She had wavy dark reddish auburn hair and blue eyes, an uncommon trait combination, but it made her unique. She always wore her hair up in a pony tail, which Canard always felt obliged to give it a playful yank. Anna's voice was soft, but was very powerful and could be served with brutal force when the need called for it.

No matter how bad things had been between them, Anna was always nice to Wildwing and Nosedive. He felt that it was it could be some kind of cruel payback or she was pretty dumb (another thing that Canard had told him about girls). She was nicer to Wildwing than he deserved, but the teasing continued nonetheless, no matter how nice she was.

His mind drifted forward, about six years later when he was 14, the night that his perception on Anna changed. Wildwing remembered watching TV with his father when he heard about Anna being severely injured in a head on collision. He learned later on the same night that her mother had died in the wreck. The guilt came back ten fold as all he could think about was how Anna was doing.

That night while lying in bed, Wildwing vowed to not to tease her anymore. Over the next year, he spent time with Anna as she recovered and to help her though the loss of her mother. It was a way for him to make amends for his past mistakes. During that time, the two of them became good friends.

He went forward in time. It was now around his sixteenth birthday. It was the time when Wildwing was changing, both physically and emotionally. He was becoming interested in girls and began flirting with them. His interest in girls was different than his interest in Anna, as it was deeply hidden inside of him. He couldn't describe it any other way, as these feelings were something that he couldn't understand.

It all started with Anna invading his every thought. That transitioned to Anna haunting him in his dreams every night. He couldn't find anything else to think about, and when he did, those thoughts didn't last very long. He felt different. It made him happy when he saw her, and he missed her terribly when she wasn't around.

Wildwing never told anyone about how he was feeling, except for his father. His father had told him that the feelings he felt around Anna were normal when you were started to fall in love with someone. He took his father's explanation with a grain of salt.

Trying to accept his feelings took him almost a year to do, and to finally believe his father's words. When the time came however, it was too late for Wildwing to finally admit those feelings to Anna. Nothing had prepared him for the news that Anna was dating someone already. There was nothing he could do to change the situation. He continued to spend time with Anna, but those times were now few and farther in between.

A couple years passed for both of them. They grew farther and farther apart as the months passed. Anna somehow ended up graduating a year ahead of her class, and ended up joining the Special Forces.

After their high school graduation, Wildwing didn't see Anna again…until a couple of hours ago, when he caught a glimpse of her running for her life though the heavily wooded mountains just outside of Anaheim.

Author's note: What did everyone think about chapter one? Let me know please! I'm working on chapter two, so hopefully that will be posted pretty soon, assuming everyone likes the story so far….